2 leaked songs have to make space for big guns

[whiny]

what songs from the leaked ones would you sacrifice for some of the so called big guns? when it's time to "wrap up the baby", which 2 tracks could you easily trade in for some other, unheard stuff. i mean in terms of the QUALITY of the songs. having heard a leak too often, should not be the reason for dropping one song. think of what would blow people out there away, and what not.

simple question, feel free to answer, ignore or delete.

for me it's a) irs and b) chinese democracy (that was never leaked, so i cheated a bit)

[25]

I'd take any of the tracks I've heard over any "big gun" that I haven't heard.

[whiny]

I'd take any of the tracks I've heard over any "big gun" that I haven't heard.

nah, catcher and better are in my opinion songs you have to hear, or you really have missed something in your (musical-)life...

[gandra]

better and madagascar are those songs

[pilferk]

Hmmm...

IRS and Better have to stay.  I know I'm in the minority on this, but I love IRS...still.

That only leaves 2 real "leaks" to trade out......unless you cheat like whiny did.

If I get to cheat it would be Rhiad and Silkworms.

But if I don't it would have to be Catcher and TWAT...though it would kill me to do it.

[Jimmy?]

Better and TWAT (yes I'm one of the few who ranks this song as one of the best of the leaks!)

[whiny]

better and madagascar are those songs

if you don't just count the leaks, but also the live versions, i'd go for silkworms and rhiad; but this is not a real choice, for we know (do we?) that rhiad and sw won't be on cd. so if i neglect them and choose from cd, blues, madagascar, twat, catcher, irs, better, still cd and irs (or maybe twat) have to make room for something BIGGER.

[CheapJon]

i'll prolly be kinda unique with this choice... madagascar and CITR

[whiny]

Better and TWAT (yes I'm one of the few who ranks this song as one of the best of the leaks!)

then why does it have to go ?

[JDA]

 Rhiad and Silkworms please don't release these, I don't like them. 
All of the other songs we've heard, live and leaked, hopefully will be heard finished at some point.  I love Better and CITR.

[LordRazZ]

Well I'd have to say I.R.S. and....wow...this is a tough one.

I've kind of gotten attached to Better, the way I did with Oh My God.

Sadly, I'd have to say Chinese Democracy. Then again, I haven't heard the studio version, so I could be wrong there as well. That tune could blow us all away.

I couldn't get rid of T.W.A.T. or Catcher. I'm hoping if any of the leaks, those two are on the album. There's something epic about both tunes.

Here's a question. When's the last time anyone mentioned The Blues? Maybe that one could be sacrificed.

Chances are, if two were to go, it would be one hard rocker, and one ballad.

Since C.D. is the name of the album, that one will probably stay.

It would probably be I.R.S. and The Blues, but I still don't think C.D. is that strong of a tune.

[Jimmy?]

Well I'd have to say I.R.S. and....wow...this is a tough one.

I've kind of gotten attached to Better, the way I did with Oh My God.

Sadly, I'd have to say Chinese Democracy. Then again, I haven't heard the studio version, so I could be wrong there as well. That tune could blow us all away.

I couldn't get rid of T.W.A.T. or Catcher. I'm hoping if any of the leaks, those two are on the album. There's something epic about both tunes.

Here's a question. When's the last time anyone mentioned The Blues? Maybe that one could be sacrificed.

Chances are, if two were to go, it would be one hard rocker, and one ballad.

Since C.D. is the name of the album, that one will probably stay.

It would probably be I.R.S. and The Blues, but I still don't think C.D. is that strong of a tune.

EDIT: Neither do i however i think the finished version will sound much better, i mean it's gotta sound better than it is now.

[LordRazZ]

Ok..what was the point in quoting me? haha..

[Jimmy?]

Ok..what was the point in quoting me? haha..

I clicked post before i put my quote in 

I've edited it now 

[LordRazZ]

haha...gotcha.

I don't know about C.D.

I mean, it's a rocker, sure. But it sounds almost..dare I say...bland. Like the rest of the shit on the radio today. Maybe I'm just expecting too much as a long time fan, but there's just no "feeling" to that song, if that makes any sense.

Maybe Jarmo would like to jump into this debate. It's actually one of the few I've taken part in on this forum..so bravo for making a thread where I don't feel the need to belittle people

[SINSHINE]

I'd trade...

I.R.S. - song is decent, but being that it's meant to be a straight ahead rocker, I think it falls short just a bit...good song, not great

&

Better - a better (no pun intended) rocker than I.R.S. but the strength of T.W.A.T. & Catcher in the Rye is too great to cut from the album...if I cheat, I guess I would keep Better over Chinese Democracy (although I really like that song's punch and simplicity).

Madagascar & The Blues are great songs (especially the latter) and should definitely make the album at all costs. Rhiad & Silkworms I can do without...although I'd be interested in hearing a studio version of Rhiad before I make such a hasty decision. I like the song's hook, but the majority of it lacks for me.

[sic.]

If I'd go with all songs performed on the 2006 tour...

IRS. That's an easy one.

And I know this will get me flamed, but...

The Blues.

I love the RIR3 version, but since then the song's lost some thrill for me. Now, if they'd put the RIR3 version to the album, that'd be a different story.

[Jimmy?]

CD is bland, but the song is the title song off the album and I just can't see them putting it on the album as it sounds now. I just hope its been re-worked a bit. I mean they brought Andy Wallace in (supposedly) and I can't see him just opting to keep it plain and normal sounding. If it were released a few years ago i think it would have been much more modern sounding but time seems to have caught up with this particular song.

[John Galt]

I always thought Better was a "big gun"?

any how if we assume Rhiad and Silkworms are already shelved then...

CD and IRS ...

of course this would necessitate an album name change (maybe no bad thing)..  then the follow up album could be a re-worked Chinese Democracy..?

[LordRazZ]

Personally, I'd laugh my ass off if Axl changed the name of the album, put it out, and told every that Chinese Democracy was going to be delayed another year.

Just to be a prick to the critics..