The whole 'reworked' argument doesn't really make sense to me, as in when you rework a song, there surely would be some idea, some riff, some part of your original attempt that makes it to the final take. I didn't dive into the technical side of these songs but as another user stated, there seems to be nothing in common between The General, Monsters & State of Grace (my favourite out of CDII btw). Different keys, tempos, scales.. So three distinct songs in my opinion.
I assume you've listened to earlier demos of Anything Goes. THAT is what reworking a song sounds like to me: loose the rap verse, change the build-up, re-write the lyrics, re-arrange the song and voilà. These changes notwithstanding, the AFD version remains very much recognizable compared to said demos.
On the other hand, what I totally agree with you on is that The General is meh at best. It totally failed to get my attention in any way.
Monsters is a good & honest effort however. You might not like the CD driven sound of it, but I bet it would've stumped you did it receive a UYI-like or any Slash solo effort treatment.