The Sopranos is majorly overrated. It's a very good series, don't get me wrong, but I would take a show like The Shield, any day of the week over it.

Season 1: finding their feet, a little unbalanced, but gets strong towards the end
Season 2: continues great improvement, very very good. Alot of classic episodes here
Season 3: stellar from start to finish. Their best season imo
Season 4: Another stellar season. Not as good as S3, but still - excellent
Season 5: Start to hit the backside. Still a very good season, probably on-par with S2
Season 6: Weak, their least season. Some episodes were a challenge to even watch. The first batch of S6 were 'okay', then the 'final episodes' rolled out the following year, and it was a snore fest. Only significant points in the very final episodes were the last two.

Score 3 on the board for Russ.

Garth Brooks ruled the world at that time, and it literally derailed his career.

This will be Beyonce's "Chris Gaines" album.

That list is false, and a false representation. I can name you a dozen sites that have the same lists, and they list those tracks under "Top 10 or Top-20 VIDEOS". As in the music videos for those tracks.

It has nothing to do with the actual songs on the radio, and who's listening to what.

Thus the reason it's so godawful. When you see stuff like this, with the exception of maybe Metallica, you know that payola is alive and well.

Yes, it's hilarious.

Shackler's Revenge is a finished track on Rock Band 2. That is the final version.

Street of Dreams: Take the intro back to the 2002 live sound, where it's guitar based and not piano. The vocals are fine imo, as long as they are not doubled or tripled. I think that would just push it past 'overproduction' and into 'good god' territory. I like the blend on the vocals between 2002 & 2006. Raspy for lows, falsetto for highs. It works for the song. The outro is weak, but always has been. I don't know what could be done there.

Madagascar: Get rid of the hip hop drums. Get rid of hip hop drums. Oh yeah - GET RID OF THE HIP HOP DRUMS. One of my favorite GN'R songs, ever (unlike many), I just love this song. But it is held back, even on my list, because of this. The drums need to be totally restructed in the song. The entire beat changed. It might alter the song, but at this point there's nothing to lose, and imo, it has no where to go but up on the drum end. Might even push it further up my Top-10. The song has the potential to be a GN'R great imo. This imo is one of the few songs, like the final-CD, that could actually use double or triple vocals. Yep that's right, one the few songs that would be benefitted by tri-vocaling, with a rasp, mid, and high, ala KOHD-studio. I think it would work great with the song.

Riad N' The Bedouins: my only "ehh" new GN'R song. Love them all, except this one. Vocals are weak, but that's just because they are so abrasive. Instrumentally the song is ace. I don't know what could be done here.

Catcher N' The Rye: Redo everything in the song, with only May's guitar remaining. I think it would kick major ass. Uping everything to the present (in a sense, if you count 2002 - present), but leaving May's guitar on there would give it that Queen-feel that made the demo so great.

Better: Like others said, pull back on the synth, pull up on the guitar, the vocals might be benefitted by more rasp/vintage-Axl sound. The live versions in 2006-07 were fuckin' amazing.

I.R.S.: ehhh, kind of the step child of Breakdown or Locomotive, but not as good. Maybe more rasp, to get it closer vocally to the live sound, but I don't see much that could be done here. Not a bad song, just a B-side.

TWAT: Hip hop drums need to go, ala Madagascar. Otherwise this song is perfection. Estranged II.

If The World: song is what it is. Very basic, and very good. I'd like to hear a rap remix one day by some one, preferrably Eminem. It'd just be so cool to see Em & Axl on a stage.

Prostitute: Perfect already to me. My favorite of the new stuff, and an instant Top-5 favorite ever of GN'R. Not much they could do to this to raise the bar, or even bring it down imo. Done. If I actually had a request... extend the outro... I want that baby 5 extra minutes long. It's so beautiful to me. I think it'd be even more rockin' if we find out it's the work of Chris.