BEST CUTS
"Marry You" (in which King and Clapton buy the cow to get the milk), "Help the Poor" (the "poor" being the love-impoverished), "Come Rain or Come Shine" (in which King and Clapton polish a Johnny Mercer gem)

WORLDVIEW
When life gives you the blues, pick up the guitar and give them back.

ROLE MODEL STATUS
Having overcome poverty (King), drug addiction, and alcoholism (Clapton), they embody what G. Gordon Liddy calls the difference between "survivors" and "prevailers."

BEST CUTS
"Marshall Mathers"-an R-rated song (as much for "revealing" as for "revolting") on an X-rated album (as much for violence as for profanity)

WORLDVIEW
Contemptuous of everything-especially himself, his family, his record company, and, ironically, his society (for idolizing the likes of Eminem).

ROLE MODEL STATUS
Since his two recent arrests on assault and weapons charges, Eminem's mother has sued him for slander and his wife has attempted suicide.

BEST CUTS
"Don't Go Knockin' on My Door" (most meaningfully heard as an anti-stalking anthem)

WORLDVIEW
Happiness isn't being famous-it's flirting, dating, and kissing, and not telling anyone or anything but your diary.

ROLE MODEL STATUS
She's announced that she'd like to marry Prince William and is posing for more and more photographs with less and less clothing, sure signs that her media overexposure is approaching critical mass.

BEST CUTS
"Bed of Lies," a sympathetic look at a strained marriage that would make a fine country song

WORLDVIEW
As long as there's someone to pick you up and dust you off and to be your breath when you're too tired to walk, you'll always be able to smile.

ROLE MODEL STATUS
Low-profile nice guys.

BEST CUTS
"Higher," "Are You Ready?"

WORLDVIEW
"Faceless Man" and "With Arms Wide Open" continue Creed's Christian and pro-life themes, respectively, themes that the other songs neither affirm nor contradict explicitly.

ROLE MODEL STATUS
"[A]ll the members believe in God," writes frontman Scott Stapp at creednet.com, "but we each differ on our methods to reach Him.... [L]et us continue to seek, and if [Christianity] is the way, then we will find, [and] if we continue to knock, the doors will be opened."