The Better leak 'leaked' in multiple segment teases. In the interim, fans spliced the parts together (it wasn't the whole song yet). Then the whole song was put out there. The original leak had some differences - there was an additional "I know you know you know I know Better" segment that the final and other releases didn't have. It was a high quality source (not a cassette), but a pretty 'blah' MP3 (128 kbps) from a bad encoder. I also suspect it was on a CD, then ripped from that CD and put into an MP3 or iTunes file, and then THAT was burned to a CD which was then ripped into an MP3 that ended up released.

At some point, an instrumental was leaked. I believed this was an iTunes file.

The Better leak was interesting because 1.) it wasn't sourced from a tape, 2.) It showed the blending of 'techo', 'numetal', and also 'rock', 3.) it wasn't using the clean voice Axl had been using live and showcased on leaks like TWAT and IRS - 'oh, he can still sound like Axl', 4.) it actually sounded like it belonged in 2006 and you could imagine it playing at a party or a bar.

That is a bit of a surprise... Like Slash and Duff playing over the parts, instead of making them sound like Slash and Duff, or going out of their way to leave a mark. It's telling that some were sure these were Slash and Duff leaks, versus others thought it was a pre-reunion leak from a vault, and then others were ambivalent. It lacks a signature. All I could say for sure, is that it reminded me of Sorry.

I, too, am glad these are out, in any case.

I think this is accurate and I agree with this. And I agree, I generally, like the song and vocal melody. The production/mix let it all down.

And YES - it's like an incomplete song, as are most of the Chinese Era left overs (and some on Chinese). A solid guitar solo, or an outro, a bridge, another verse... sometimes a chorus is what's missing, a breakdown/change up.  "Waiting for an idea that never came" is a good theory. It DOES remind me of the November Rain demos where he's got the CORE of the song, but not the middle or last verse, not the ending coda, no Slash solo. If Coma was a Chinese left over, we'd have gotten 15% of the song.

GNR does kid songs... B I N G O and BINGO WAS HIS NAME OOOHHhhhhhhhahhhhhhhhhhhohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhyeahhh.

Well, maybe he said all he had to say, or what he thought he wanted to say, he doesn't care anymore about? Or maybe recording it and it 'sort of' coming out made him get over it? Or maybe he's embarrassed by what some of the songs were or were meant to be? I wrote my poetic ass off once trying to get some feelings out during a particular time in my life... and now just the thought of those feelings make me cringe. What would he write new music about? Procrastination, anxiety, perfectionism, bordem? Being in a completely unrelatable and surreal situation compared to your family or whatever grounds him? How he can't go into Ralph's and get a pint of ice cream at 2 AM? Who knows what the vision is.