Blackstar

There are two versions of Sahara listed on GMR (one as English version) so that's probably it's like that on SACEM (the two versions are listed together) https://globalmusicrights.com/Search?q=1423294&filter=6&mask=SLASH

I see that the placeholder IPI code is the same as the placeholder code in the credits for Perhaps, where Paul Tobias is missing: https://repertoire.sacem.fr/detail-oeuvre/7S-mzMIyqPwv2FNJ5oMVxFWHQHRlryJafzzmbqB6CbE=/PERHAPS?query=McKagan&filters=parties#searchBtn It's probably a mistake in the credits for The General.

It's just not fully updated yet with the info from Duff's publishing company. It has a placeholder writer.

It's the same as SESAC, only missing Duff (It's apparently not yet been updated regarding his credit as it has a placeholder writer).

It's one two-part song that is about 9 minutes long.

Again, those were not real lyrics. They were the lyrics on the cell phone recording as Evader imagined them.

Poor Axl, he would struggle to sing these even if he was in fine vocal shape.

Here is the full article for anyone interested: https://www.a-4-d.com/t7429-2001-mm-dd-rolling-stone-argentina-axl-rose-fifteen-days-in-the-life (This quote mentioning PRL was from this article and not the O Globo one).

It's been registered as "The General and Monster" on SESAC, so The General has to be the first part.

They should release this on streaming services ASAP and not let the track(s) be judged by poor quality leaks.

I think Monsters is Leave Me Alone (which, as per Axl, was later renamed to Soul Monster).

Axl seemed to be referring to his vocals and I think the melody in the high-pitched sream-y part fits the description. Then there's the Marco Beltrami orchestration. And, I don't know, in my mind the lyrics to Monsters are more fitting to Soul Monster than to Monstrocity.

Axl seemed to refer to them as two separate tracks in 2008. And there's also the alleged CD2 track list (if we consider it legit) from January 2008 where they are also listed as two separate songs. That's why I think they were turned into one song after 2008. Regarding the orchestral piece that was used as intro at the concerts, maybe it was its own thing compiled from what Beltrami wrote for the two tracks. And then the two tracks were eventually combined as well?

Axl never mentioned Mostrocity. This song title came from MSL's care bear/blackmail video. It's also in a screenshot of an alleged CD2 track list dating from January 2008. I think Monsters is most likely Soul Monster (which means that Me and My Elvis is another song).

If I were to guess, I'd say that they started as two different tracks (and I believe that "Monsters" is most likely "Soul Monster") and by 2010 they were merged into one, two-part song.

These were not the lyrics on the phone clip (they were completely inaudible). They were the lyrics as @evader"heard" them in his interpretation of the phone clip.

No, he didn't. He said that it was originally called "Leave Me Alone" (same as in Marco Beltrami's interview from 2003), then "Elvis Presley and the Monster of Soul" and then "The Soul Monster". He didn't say "Me and My Elvis".

I never understood most fans' confidence about Me and My Elvis = Soul Monster just because of "Elvis".

That doesn't say anything in itself. It's probably just someone who combined the two leaked tracks. But they're most likely being released as one song regardless.

In that "CD2" track list from 2008 though (if it's legit, that is) Soul Monster and Mostrocity appeared to be two different songs.

I would say a two-part song, yes.

They are registered as one on SESAC regarding the writing credits.

He just lost that bet. Unless he gets away with it, because it seems that these are being released as one, two-part song.

I like Monsters. Not so impressed by The General. I think it makes complete sense now that these/this is being released as B/R side to Perhaps. They're far removed from what casuals and the general public considers classic Guns N' Roses. Perhaps, on the other hand is much closer to UYI era GN'R, plus it's much catchier. It also looks like both The General and Monsters share the same theme in the lyrics - which seems to be really child abuse.

It definitely looks like it's two songs combined into one. Otherwise the writing credits would have been registered separately on SESAC.