I think the song can be interpreted in two ways. You can either look at it the way that most people would, and see axl rose displaying his utter insanity.
Or you can view it the other way, and realise that displaying utter insanity is probably the point of it. Axl knew what he was doing when he put this on the album. There's no disputing it's a shit song when you first listen to it, of course. But I think it's more than just axl excercising his ego... I think it's a wisecrack, a stab, at the people that criticised his mental state. He utilises the industrial beat and the explicit sounds to create a feeling of unease in the listener, and thus it scares most people, and makes them say "I hate it!"... but that unease then creates the feeling of fear towards axl, and I think that's probably what he wanted. He's taking a stab at people who say he's crazy, by acting crazy.
Why else would the lines "you wanna talk to me, so talk to me" be repeated? They're used to display the fact that he's sick of critics sitting around saying "axl rose is psychotic", but not taking the time to actually look deeper into his soul.
I think overall, it's more than possible that he's going for a "maybe I am craaaaazy, does that scare you!?!?" kind of approach, just to rebel against people and piss them off. It's like the line "but I won't do that" in meatloaf's "I'd do anything for love", it's either pure stupidity, or pure genius. In the end, it comes back to your belief on one of the most disputed things in rock n roll history... is axl rose a genius or a madman?
I think the song can be interpreted in two ways. You can either look at it the way that most people would, and see axl rose displaying his utter insanity.
Or you can view it the other way, and realise that displaying utter insanity is probably the point of it. Axl knew what he was doing when he put this on the album. There's no disputing it's a shit song when you first listen to it, of course. But I think it's more than just axl excercising his ego... I think it's a wisecrack, a stab, at the people that criticised his mental state. He utilises the industrial beat and the explicit sounds to create a feeling of unease in the listener, and thus it scares most people, and makes them say "I hate it!"... but that unease then creates the feeling of fear towards axl, and I think that's probably what he wanted. He's taking a stab at people who say he's crazy, by acting crazy.
Why else would the lines "you wanna talk to me, so talk to me" be repeated? They're used to display the fact that he's sick of critics sitting around saying "axl rose is psychotic", but not taking the time to actually look deeper into his soul.
I think overall, it's more than possible that he's going for a "maybe I am craaaaazy, does that scare you!?!?" kind of approach, just to rebel against people and piss them off. It's like the line "but I won't do that" in meatloaf's "I'd do anything for love", it's either pure stupidity, or pure genius. In the end, it comes back to your belief on one of the most disputed things in rock n roll history... is axl rose a genius or a madman?