I know, and yet people were screaming for the band to play MORE new songs at the shows during 06/07, yet now are pissed the songs they've heard are on the album.  Which is it?  You can't have it both ways.  You want to hear new music live, not AFD rehashed.  Yet you want even NEWER music on CD.  I guess once a song is played live, it shouldn't be released?  I don't know about you guys, but lots of studio tracks sound much different than the live versions and I more often than not enjoy the studio versions more.  So I'm excited to hear the final versions of the songs.  Shouldn't we all be?

Didn't Best Buy recently make a deal with Napster?  I haven't used Napster ever (or iTunes for that mattter), but I thought they might bypass iTunes and go with Napster.  I guess we'll find out for sure when we get all the details.

Yeah I think I'm done downloading any leaks or anything of the sort.  I never bothered with the Best Buy leaks.  We're close enough now, before it wasn't clear that we'd ever get the album so it was a free for all.  Things have changed though.

I know this is a completely different scenario, but when Contraband was released with the 3 different covers that was the only difference right?  There weren't different bonus tracks off each disc, correct?  I bought just the black cover and didn't get any bonus tracks, as far as I know.  Not sure if I would've bought the different versions if there was more to it or not, but I certainly would for GNR.  Of course I hope the incentive is worth it.  Not sure the different packaging alone would do it.  It has been 15 years though, so it might.