if i happened to like a demo more than the finished product somehow in the end. Or worse I suspect it could be really annoying - like i'd prob like the structure of the demo more - but the sound quality of the studio!!!
Great post, but I'm just gonna quote this part. I totally agree, and I am already feeling that. We haven't heard the album yet, but the new songs being played on this tour sound different than 2001-02. I love The Blues from 2002. One of the best GNR songs ever(in my opinion). This 2006 version isn't nearly as impressive, and if the album version is this 2006 version we are hearing, then the song drops a few notches in my opinion. Even CD sounds different. Like you and several others have stated, this is what happens when the album never gets released and people fall in love with live bootlegs and demos of the songs. Certain songs mean something to you, and when you get to hear a newer rendition and see that its been changed, it almost isn't even the same song, because it doesn't have the same emotional impact.
Along time ago, Dizzy said there were different versions of all these songs. He sure wasn't lying.