That's the way it should be.  You'd think everyone would feel that way after such a long wait, the negativity will never seize to amaze me.  It'll never go away I guess, I just have to realize that.  No matter how good or bad things look, people are always gonna look for something worse.

To get back on topic

"Better" is not MY favorite track of the bunch, probably not even in the top half.  I initially liked I.R.S. and TWAT the best.  TWAT may be a little too complex to be a first single.  Might wanna get something less than 5 or 6 minutes out there as the lead single, then drop that at a later date.  I'd say that has the potential to be the biggest single, but since most liked Better off the bat, I guess that'd be the best choice.

I only watched the video once, but didn't Brain say it was HIS idea to record his parts in a Masonic Temple or whatever?  They put him in a studio and he didn't think that felt right, needed something more grand for a GNR record, something more Zepellin-like.  That certainly added to some of the craziness, didn't it?  And I don't think it's accurate to say Brain loved being in GNR before he became Josh's stand in.  It sounds like he was told up front that Axl loved his feel and wanted him to replay Josh's parts but with HIS feel.  If he had a problem with that, he could've decided to bounce at that very moment.  But he agreed, had someone transcribe the music, and then went to work.

I went with the unknown "Scraped".  But the majority of people really seemed to like "Better" best initially (not me), so that seemed to pass the Pepsi f'in challenge.

Well said, we're the only ones waiting with baited breath to read a press release from Axl.  Media outlets have already run their own stories, radio DJ's have already announced it, it's not like they're waiting for Axl.  It's coming out, there's no pulling out at this point (at least I pray to God there's not).

With that being said though, an official word from Axl would be nice.  I'm a devout listener to the Howard Stern Show and I hoped all week that Robin would mention something about GNR during her news segments.  Nothing though.  I'd like to think, once Axl puts it in writing, there'd be no avoiding it.  They went over the ACDC album being an exclusive, said it was a great idea.  They've talked about Guns over the years, played a little bit of the leaks back in 06.  They've gotta discuss it.  Not to single out the Stern Show, I imagine other TV/radio shows haven't gone into details yet either because there hasn't been an "official" announcement yet.