http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/i … ere-is-it/

Rolling Stone reporting the mystery of the phantom new gnr video.

I wonder if the myth of the Better video will grow and grow like the CD myth did, and in a couple of years in the minds of GNR fans it must be the greatest video of all time that will bring about world peace upon its release.

Neemo wrote:

Saikin wrote:

It's not an insult to Ron, he's a very talented guitar player from what I've heard from him.  But his solo just really doesn't fit in Riad or Catcher.  It interupts the flow of each song I think.  For Catcher, I prefer the Brian May solo and for Riad I prefer the Bucket solo.

this just reinforces my comment that some peopel are "brainwashed" by the leaks....some people have listened to the leaks so much that the final product just seems off cuz its different from what you've come to know and expect in that particular song

for me i was never that enthralled with catcher but hearing the final mix i think its pretty awesome, somethign about it...amybe it seems a bit heavier and modern? i dunno, but I just like ron's tone more than what i remember of brian's tone on the song

I think you're going too far to call people brainwashed by the leaks.

For me, it's personal preference.  It's not like I like Bucket's solo better because I heard it first, it's because I honestly believe it fits the vibe of the song better.  Same goes with May's solo. 

If it were the case that I wouldn't like new contributions because I have come to expect certain things from listening to the leaks, I wouldn't like the new stuff in CD, or the final mix of If the World, or Madagascar, or Better, or TWAT- but I think the final mixes of those songs all turned out better than the demos.