NR is not #2, that was his personal list... And Sweet Child is #42.
That was the 2005 list he posted in which Sweet Child O' Mine was #42. It's #26 in the 2006 list. The 2006 list presumably isn't on the website yet.
well that is funny, considering Sweet Child O' Mine isn't even classic rock
Yes it most certainly is. It's got all the elements, a classic riff, a classic solo, high-pitched vocals. A Classic Rock Ballad is probably a good description. Admittedly, GnR are sometimes referred to as Hard Rock, a subgenre invented by Led Zeppelin who most certainly are also classic rock As everyone knows Hard Rock is just a heavier version of the blues-based classic rock played by the earlier pre-zeppelin bands such as the Yardbirds and the like. Most Classic Rock is hard rock, they're sort of synonymous at this stage.