27 Oct 2008

Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy



Genre: hard-rock

About the song:
"Chinese Democracy" is a hard rock song by Guns N' Roses, and the title track from their sixth studio album, "Chinese Democracy". The song is a big comeback for the group on the music market as their last single was released in 1999, although the song itself is actually 7 years old.
Axl Rose, the frontman, about the song: “The movie "Kundun" was on about the Dalai Lama. I was getting ready to leave, the TV was on and it was the end of the movie. And the Dalai Lama is about to cross over the border, to you know, be in exile for the rest of his life from his own country. And he looks back at the men who helped him, and you know he’s escaped the Chinese government. And he looks back at them and he waves and they wave at him. And then they show a scene where he looks back at them again and he sees every one of them dead. Because he knew they would be killed, and they knew that in helping him they would be killed. And you know the emotion in this next song, that’s all that’s about. It’s not like an intelligent song. It doesn’t have the answer to anything. And it's not necessarily pro or con about China. It's just that right now China symbolizes one of the strongest, yet most oppressive countries and governments in the world. And we are fortunate to live in a free country. And so in thinking about that it just kinda upset me, and we wrote this little song called "Chinese Democracy."
Source: Wikipedia

Music charts status prediction:
EUROPE: HIT (TOP 20)
USA: MINOR HIT (TOP 50)
WORLDWIDE: MINOR HIT (TOP 40)

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