Indeed, that RA2 theme song was pure genius :)
RA2 is better than TS in many respects, but, as stated in the post, TS will always be close to my heart.
I liked to play GDI mostly, and either US / UK for the allies, or Russia for the soviets. As for Generals, I don't know why, but the game never really gripped me, even though I liked it alot.