Though I remain an avid Rock Band and Guitar Hero player, I’ve long ago stopped caring about the releases of new songs for in-game play. I have more than enough to play right now, and I’m broke as a joke most days, so downloadable content is out—well, unless those songs can be as good as one of the new tracks that will appear on the first portable edition of Rock Band. See for yourself; one of these things is not like the others.
3 Doors Down, “Kryptonite”
AFI, “Miss Murder”
Alice in Chains, “Would?”
Audioslave, “Gasoline”
Black Tide, “Show Me the Way”
Blink 182, “What’s My Age Again”
Freezepop, “Less Talk More Rokk”
Jackson 5, “ABC”
Tenacious D, “Rock Your Socks”
The Jackson 5! “ABC” would be amazing to play on any format, so it’s too bad it’s being relegated to the PSP. It’s even more disappointing because nods to R&B and funk are few and far between, despite these games just calling for it. Rock Band‘s Funk Pack is pretty great, admittedly:
Average White Band- “Pick Up the Pieces”
Earth Wind & Fire- “Shining Star”
James Brown- “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine – Pt 1″
Can we get more of that, please? There are more Toby Keith songs for download then there are funk/R&B/soul tracks (no, I’m not counting rap-rock). Most funk is pretty “playerly” stuff, with great drumming and killer bass lines. It’s no less intense than repeat offenders like Blue Oyster Cult, and arguably way more fun to play/sing. Who wouldn’t want to jam some of Larry Graham’s Stand—era bass work, or Tony Thompson’s drumming on “I’m Coming Out”? Where is Guitar Hero: Prince? It can’t be hard to hard to get the rights to some of these songs.
What about you? What funk tracks would you like to play a plastic bass on? I want to sing the vocals on Gregory Abbott‘s “Shake You Down” with my all-girl band the Very Reverends, who are currently touring Europe.
‘Rock Band Unplugged’ Comes To PSP In June, With DLC [MTV Multiplayer]
Guitar Hero: Prince would be AWESOME.
@ghostyhead: You hear that Guitar Hero peoples? We’re giving you that tip for free!
@ghostyhead: If it comes with a Symbol guitar, I’m emptying my savings account RIGHT NOW!
Great idea, guys.
“Rock Band’s Funk Pack is pretty great…Can we get more of that, please?“
Sounds like fun.
I should have mentioned that Maggot Brain would make a good a GH challenge.
Those Rockband unplugged songs are scheduled to come out on the proper RB game as well. Anyone else here a freak for this game? I am absolutely obsessed with it ever since the first one came out, drumming is my thing. Even though I buy and play both the RB and GH franchises RB is leaps and bounds more fun to play in my opinion.
I’m just psyched the see the old Frequency/Amplitude gameplay revived.
Did you play the Rock Band funk track pack? Sure the music is great, but I had a hard time keeping myself awake. On “Pieces” every instrument except bass was extremely easy. On “Get Up” it was the vocals. Luckily “Shining Star” had a little variety.
@DrWorm: I did, and I had a good time. I’m not that good at either game, so everything’s a challenge for me!
Having said that, I could see issues with something like Parliament: 7 minutes of the same drum part or something. But you gotta agree that Prince or Sly and the Family Stone seem like obvious choices!
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