Queen in GHWT.

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

Crap.

Not the best choices for tracks mind you, but it's Queen.

Where's our Queen in RB?
:(

http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-03-2009/0004981873&EDATE=

[topperharley]

Damn, I would download that three-pack in a heartbeat. Yeah, Queen - Freddie Mercury + Paul Rodgers < classic Queen, but C-lebrity is a good tune. I've not heard of any exclusivity agreement between Queen and GH, so hopefully it's only a matter of time before we see some Queen in RB.

[kingtonyx]

more Hendrix too

I remember people saying they would need something epic to match up with SRV and Ten...

[Der_Lex]

Hmn, I might have to pick up the Hendrix tunes again. The first pack was good.
I like Queen a lot, but these are some really poor track choices, so I can happily leave them be.

[Fezz-Head]

We'll get it someday.

[Runa216]

another blunder for activision on the queen tracks,,,,great songs to listen to, no fun to play...*sighs*

Hendrix is a fantastic guitarist, but...frankly...I haven't liked any of his songs in GH yet....

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

Hmn, I might have to pick up the Hendrix tunes again. The first pack was good.
I like Queen a lot, but these are some really poor track choices, so I can happily leave them be.

Yeah I was puzzled buy the choices of tracks as well.

[Kelvis]

We Are the Champions & Fat Bottomed Girls? Come on folks, these are two of Queen's most *classic* tracks (and greatest hits)...

Quite disappointed that GH now has a Queen 3 pack, particularly given the amount of people requesting Queen music for Rock Band. :(

[Ultrace]

Good groups, poor choices. Not like we haven't heard people say the same of HMX before, but this definitely falls under the category of "dropped the ball." Now if Under Pressure or All Along the Watchtower were being released, well, that would be a huge deal... As it is, these are just notable groups, not notable songs from a gameplay perspective.

[nicko68]

The first half of March is a wash.. that's ok, more money for RB2 DLC. :) I may pick up 1 of the Jimi (Foxy Lady) and 2 of the Queen (We Are the Champions and Fat Bottomed Girls) tracks. But I wish they had chosen Killer Queen, that was fun in GH.

[brobot]

Aww man I want some queen

[Kelvis]

How is it anyone is able to tell whether these tracks will be fun to play when they're not due for release for another 3 weeks?

I certainly love playing along with these songs on my '89 Les Paul...

[iagomonk]

...which will join the more than 550 songs rocking the Guitar Hero catalog already.

What kind of special math are they using to get to 550 tracks? Is that across all Guitar Hero games ever?

I swear that's Brian Bright. What a tool.

[whofan]

As I said in another thread:

HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! They're getting "C-Lebrity". All I can say is "wow, how crappy". Actually, that pack doesn't really interest me at all (even though I'm a HUGE Queen fan). "Fat Bottomed Girls" is a decent enough track, but definitely not one of their best, "We Are The Champions" is grossly overplayed and "C-Lebrity" is just a pain to the ears to listen to.

However, that being said, just because Queen are showing up in GH:WT does not mean that they are exclusive, nor does it mean that we won't be getting any Queen any time soon. For all we know right now we could be getting Queen next week.

IF Queen rights were obtained at the tail end of last year, it stands to reason that their tracks would be in the pipeline right now, and depending on how many tracks were obtained (12 pack? 6 pack? 3 pack? Album?) it may be a little bit before they arrive.

I remember someone here asking a HMX member at an E3-like event last year why there was Queen in GH and none in RB yet, and the response was surprise and saying that they would get their legal team on it asap (if I remember correctly). Anyways, we may see some soon is what I'm saying, no need to panic yet.

Back to this Post:
They really did drop the ball on this one in a huge way. A lot of people complain about song choices for Rock Band, but this is just mind-boggling at best. I never thought I would see the day when I wouldn't be excited about a Queen pack coming to one of these games. For The Record, I would have chosen "The Show Must Go On", "I Want It All" and "Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...)" for a 3 pack

[whofan]

What kind of special math are they using to get to 550 tracks? Is that across all Guitar Hero games ever?

I swear that's Brian Bright. What a tool.
Of course it's across all the games, can't make it look like you're being trounced by the competition so badly every week that there is no way in hell that you're going to be able to catch up.

Activision doesn't care about facts at all, all they care about is their public image. They'll even go so far as to blatently lie so as to make themselves look better.

[Der_Lex]

My personal preferred track for Queen in any rhythm game is Headlong. Enough people know it, and it would be a blast to play on pretty much anything. I like your choices too, though, Whofan.

[afterstasis]

i would buy "fat bottomed girls", though i can think of at least 10 queen tracks i'd prefer.

[killer_roach]

Is it weird that, of that press release, the song that most appealed to me was the Within Temptation track?

*crickets*

[whofan]

My personal preferred track for Queen in any rhythm game is Headlong. Enough people know it, and it would be a blast to play on pretty much anything. I like your choices too, though, Whofan.
I'd take "Headlong" in a second! Hell, throw that in with the other 3 I mentioned "Scandal" and something like "Under Pressure" (for commercial appeal) and you've got yourself a guarenteed sale from me, even if you were to price it at $50 a pack

[Der_Lex]

Is it weird that, of that press release, the song that most appealed to me was the Within Temptation track?

*crickets*

What's sad about that is that it's by far one of their worst tracks. It's nice to see some WT in a rhythm game, but I just can't get excited about their newer stuff (although The Howling is all right).

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

What kind of special math are they using to get to 550 tracks? Is that across all Guitar Hero games ever?

I swear that's Brian Bright. What a tool.


Yeah I did the math a few weeks ago.

If you add up all the songs from GH1-3, Rocks the 80s, GH:A, GH:M, and GHWT AND all the DLC from every GH game(not counting dupes from GH1 re-released on 2), you get about 550 odd tracks.

So that's some fun use of the word 'catalog' right there ;)

[Mushroom]

I'd definitely grab Fat Bottomed Girls and We Are The Champions.

Does the C-Lebrity riff remind anyone else of The Metal by Tenacious D?

[Kelvis]

If we're talking choices for a Queen 3 pack, here's mine:

Keep Yourself Alive
Spread Your Wings
Dead on Time

[Runesmith]

I'd be much more excited about this if these packs were coming out for Rock Band. I'm really not a fan of GH:WT's UI and Neversoft's charting.

[notoriousgop89]

I really hope that Queen is not an exclusive band and that the reason we have had none is that HMX is creating a massive pack for them like The Who. Out of the Queen tracks listed, Fat Bottomed Girls would be an instant buy, and probably one of the greatest party songs to ever be. Well, at least we know that Queen has usable master tracks.

[whofan]

I really hope that Queen is not an exclusive band and that the reason we have had none is that HMX is creating a massive pack for them like The Who. Out of the Queen tracks listed, Fat Bottomed Girls would be an instant by, and probably one of the greatest party songs to ever be. Well, at least we know that Queen has usable master tracks.
If were Queen were Exclusive, it would probably be flaunted about, much like The Eagles and Van Halen were.

[Kelvis]

If were Queen were Exclusive, it would probably be flaunted about, much like The Eagles and Van Halen were.

Good point.

[elfreako]

i would buy "fat bottomed girls", though i can think of at least 10 queen tracks i'd prefer.

Precisely. When that's the best song in the pack, there's something really wrong.

[Magnet]

Anything from Hendrix is probably going to be a great addition to that game. The fact that Queen is showing up in GH:WT likely means RB has also been able to get their hands on it so I'm excited for that possibility. I'm absolutely baffled at the song choices for this Queen pack though.

As a Bond fan, I'd much rather see the James Bond theme come to Rock Band since I don't have GH:WT and have no desire to get it. But I doubt it ever will.

[givetoandy]

I actually purchase GH:WT the second week of its release, and then put it away the third week. This weekend I started playing the game again on guitar. I think it's challenging, but not as fun as Rock Band.

With that said, I will buy at least two of the Queen songs. I totally love "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "We Are the Champions". I would have loved "Keep Yourself Alive" or "Now I'm Here" or any of the older stuff instead of "C-lebrity" but hey... I'm no exec, so I gotta deal with it.

Perhaps Rock Band will get some Queen soon? I don't mind buying it twice if I can get it on Rock Band eventually...

[back_blows]

Not a Queen fan, so here's hoping something in April warrants a purchase from me.

[JetWolf]

If we're talking choices for a Queen 3 pack, here's mine:

Keep Yourself Alive
Spread Your Wings
Dead on Time

I absolutely love "Spread Your Wings", I think it's a gorgeous song, but I don't think it'd work great for Rock Band. Not until we're going with a vocal-heavy pack at any rate. My picks for a Queen pack in Rock Band would, I think, have to be:

"Let Me Entertain You"
"Headlong"
"Brighton Rock"

But really, let's face it, I'll take any Queen in Rock Band. Or, well, any Freddie Queen. Bring it on Harmonix.

[jeccaneko]

ARGH! I DON'T WANT TO BUY IT! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME, NEVERSOFT!

...I think I need to find some Rock Band DLC to buy to use up my points so I won't be tempted. :D (Side note for those curious: I don't like the GH games enough to deem them worthy to buy DLC for. Yes, I own the game, but at the price of the DLC - no. I'd rather save my points for songs in Rock Band.)

See, and people thought GHWT wouldn't have any decent DLC to compete with Pearl Jam. Ten is great, but IMO Queen beats Pearl Jam. Even one track would beat Ten to me. :( Queen really, really needs to come to Rock Band. Srsly.

[kiggidykev]

Ouch, hopefully this will be a case of GH first, RB second. I really don't want to buy any GH:WT songs, but these are mighty tempting. (Still no Killer Queen, though)

Although I could live without C-lebrity. That song grates on my ears.

[jeccaneko]

Ouch, hopefully this will be a case of GH first, RB second. I really don't want to buy any GH:WT songs, but these are mighty tempting. (Still no Killer Queen, though)

What about goofy Queen songs? Like Bicycle Race? If GHWT had decent vocals, I'd love to sing that for the goofy factor. That's why I NEED Singstar Queen. Yes, it's a need, not a want. :)

[kiggidykev]

Oh of course, Bicycle Race is a given.

And I'd also need Under Pressure so I could sing me some Ice Ice Baby.

[jeccaneko]

And I'd also need Under Pressure so I could sing me some Ice Ice Baby.

You remind me of my boyfriend. I was playing Guitar Hero Aerosmith the other day and got to Livin' on the Edge. He starts singing Weird Al's Livin' in the Fridge out of nowhere. I somehow didn't mess up even though I laughed hard enough I got tears in my eyes. He's sad Like a Virgin is no longer available as DLC for Karaoke Revolution American Idol Encore, since he wanted to sing Like a Surgeon.

I'm boring, apparently. I almost always sing the real words to songs. But when people make up stuff I find it super hilarious. Makes playing with people who do that more fun.

[kiggidykev]

You remind me of my boyfriend.

;)


I'm boring, apparently. I almost always sing the real words to songs. But when people make up stuff I find it super hilarious. Makes playing with people who do that more fun.

Man, the best ones are the made-up ones, or the completely unintentional ones! We've made some very, very dirty on-the-spot parodies of Livin' on a Prayer, Dirty Little Secret, Don't Fear the Reaper, and a few other songs. Playing while fighting back the tears is the best feeling in the world, we don't even give a damn if we fail and have to restart :)

Also, our cat-inspired versions of "Rockaway Puss" and "Last Train to Pussville" are much better than the originals. :D

[killer_roach]

I absolutely love "Spread Your Wings", I think it's a gorgeous song, but I don't think it'd work great for Rock Band.

Blind Guardian's cover version would work... :)

[Daemius]

I'm more upset that they're getting Within Temptation first. Isn't RB supposed to be the game for the small niche bands? :(

[killer_roach]

I'm more upset that they're getting Within Temptation first. Isn't RB supposed to be the game for the small niche bands? :(

Neversoft has a pretty good track record of getting niche bands out of Europe... doesn't surprise me, to be honest.

That being said, their song choices often leave something to be desired...

[Rock_Starman]

Queen AND Hendrix? Good luck topping that HMX.

Don't even try to argue with Fat Bottomed Girls,We are the Champions,Angel or Foxy Lady and especially don't try to argue those well known classics with songs most people don't or barely know.

C-Lebrity and Freedom aren't the best choices though. However,perhaps part of the deal to get the 2 classic well known songs for Queen was to include a new one. As I recall RB had 3 NEW Motley Crue songs before getting Dr. Feelgood. The only possible reason to go with Freedom is they're saving Voodoo Child for the next game. (Assuming All Along the Watchtower would have to be lisenced from Dylan)

I'm also buying In the Shadows,I like that song.

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

I will buy all of these. As a drummer, SRV and Ten do not interest me. The Hendrix tracks always have good drums.

[Gowienczyk]

How do people get off on calling WT a small band? I mean I don't like them, but haha.

[espher]

I'd take "Headlong" in a second! Hell, throw that in with the other 3 I mentioned "Scandal" and something like "Under Pressure" (for commercial appeal) and you've got yourself a guarenteed sale from me, even if you were to price it at $50 a pack

Headlong
Keep Yourself Alive
Sheer Heart Attack

Just imo! Of course, there are a lot of good choices. Brighton Rock would be pretty nice. Tie Your Mother Down would be fun. Yeah, a lot of choices.

[back_blows]

Queen AND Hendrix? Good luck topping that HMX.



Pretty easy to top it for me, considering I don't like Hendrix or Queen.

[killer_roach]

How do people get off on calling WT a small band? I mean I don't like them, but haha.

Considering they've sold fewer albums total in the US than Pixies' album "Doolittle" sold by itself...

...yeah, they'd be a small band.

These more prog-oriented bands have significant recognition and support among certain music circles, but it doesn't change the fact that they don't really sell all that well.

[Daemius]

How do people get off on calling WT a small band? I mean I don't like them, but haha.

I didn't mean they themselves were small. I just meant the genre is a small niche here in North America. It's much bigger in Europe. <3 WT, I'm probably going to pick up GH:WT now that they're getting that song.

[Gowienczyk]

Considering they've sold fewer albums total in the US than Pixies' album "Doolittle" sold by itself...

...yeah, they'd be a small band.

These more prog-oriented bands have significant recognition and support among certain music circles, but it doesn't change the fact that they don't really sell all that well.

Considering album sales lost their significance in this decade...

[killer_roach]

Even still... their studio albums total have sold under 2 million copies in all of Europe to date, and that's where they're the biggest.

That being said, their album sales keep increasing, so it's entirely possible they could be at least to mid-tier prominence in a few years...

[Gowienczyk]

Even still... their studio albums total have sold under 2 million copies in all of Europe to date, and that's where they're the biggest.

That being said, their album sales keep increasing, so it's entirely possible they could be at least to mid-tier prominence in a few years...

I was unaware Rock Band and Guitar Hero were games exclusive to America. :confused:

[iamdownhere]

we are the champions would be good for a drunken party time sing along but not much else. Fat bottom girls is a great song and i respect Hendrix music but still GH have not released anything that has made me really go into that crazy "I need to get that or the world will end!!" mode.

I think i would of prefered these Queen tracks

One Vision
Another one bites the dust
Boheemian Rhapsody (for the drunkin party singing times)

[ShoTTySLanKiN]

Damn Activision are some sly devils on this one. I don't care what anyone thinks of the choicesof Queen songs, if they were announced in RB tommorow I'd be super stoked. Prolly pick them up & Foxy Lady if I can buy the single.

[ggQc]

Queen in GH, damn! :eek:

*Telling myself while passing by GHWT shelf:
"No... Activision... i'm not going to buy GHWT! Nooooooooo!"

Queen in GH : Metallica, late march.
Queen in GHWT, late march.
Singstar : Queen also late march...
Coincidence?
Queen in RB in march or april? :D
Come on, HMX, don't let them kick you in the nuts. Fight back.

[Stones_Clash]

first springsteen and now queen? i appreciate the job harmonix has done with dlc, but come on, those two artists are simply too legendary not to have in rock band... here's hoping we get a massive pack of each ASAP.

[iamtheddrman]

Definitely disappointing that Queen is in GHWT and not Rock Band at the moment, but I'm holding out hope for them to make it here eventually. HMX secured the Beatles, so I'm not counting anything out just yet. We got SRV this week, and now we just need to dip a little further back in history to get some classic Rolling Stones and Queen :D

[LinkStrifeLeonhart]

Queen AND Hendrix? Good luck topping that HMX.

More like "The Beatles? Good luck topping that Neversoft."

[j_dub_rules]

Pretty good Hendrix choices, eh Queen choices. Tie You're Mother Down next time please?

[j_dub_rules]

Queen AND Hendrix? Good luck topping that HMX.

Ten for the win....yes!!!

[HeyRiles]

I'm beginning to think Slash hadn't a clue what he was actually talking about when he said there was a Hendrix game coming out

[kiggidykev]

I love Slash, but I don't know that I'd trust a word out of that man's mouth as far as video game releases.

[BathTub]

My personal preferred track for Queen in any rhythm game is Headlong. Enough people know it, and it would be a blast to play on pretty much anything. I like your choices too, though, Whofan.

Yeah Headlong has pretty much always been on my list for the game.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love is one that I think would be good on all instruments. A lot of the time you can't hear much bass going on so it's hard to judge how good it would be, and hard to judge a lot of songs.

[ZOMG_A_RANCOR]

How are the queen tracks poor choices?

We are the champoins is one of their most popular, and fat bottom girls is irresistable. The other is..meh, but 2/3 sure as hell aint bad.

Oh, and angel is one of my favorite hendrix tracks. That one got me laid.

Honestly, why cant RB drop stuff like this.

Queen and Hendrix >>>> SRV and pearl jam

[jgosh]

Give It Up Guys The Queen Pack Is Full Of Win

[killer_roach]

Fat Bottom Girls is awesome, enough said.

We Are The Champions, though... can we say "boring" for a music game?

[ArmsAreLoud]

Fat Bottom Girls is enough win to make the pack a must.

And to those of you complaining about how We Are the Champions is a bad choice, I'm sure you're the same people screaming for Bohemian Rhapsody, mirite?

[Nuff_Said]

darn, fat bottomed girls is an awesome song too. Will the world tour dlc work in the metallica game?

[Rock_Band_Over]

We Are The Champions, though... can we say "boring" for a music game?

Some might see it that way... but I'd love "We Will Rock You", even if it were just vocals and clapping the mic (I do recall there being a bit of guitar towards the end, though)

[ArmsAreLoud]

There's a guitar solo at the end. That's it. At least WAtC has guitar throughout the whole song.

[Rock_Band_Over]

There's a guitar solo at the end. That's it. At least WAtC has guitar throughout the whole song.

Don't get me wrong... I wasn't against We Are The Champions at all. I was actually saying I think that all Queen is pretty awesome for these games, even if the only "non-boring" part of a song is the vocals.

[ULS_980]

As far as the Queen Pack goes... We are the Champions is awesome.
Fat Bottomed Girls is alright (never cared much for it... dunno why)... dunno about the last one... not familiar with it.

That said... decent pack IMO... but would've replaced Fat Bottomed Girls and C-Lebrity with The Prophet's Song and Death on Two Legs (regardless of how fun they'd be... though DoTL has an awesome solo at the beginning).

TPS and DoTL are my favorite Queen tracks. XP

[gosox333]

Uh oh. Hendrix and Queen vs. Pearl Jam and Stevie Ray Vaughn?

Sounds like fun.

[iamtheddrman]

Uh oh. Hendrix and Queen vs. Pearl Jam and Stevie Ray Vaughn?

Sounds like fun.
I know right? Too bad they aren't all in the same game. I like 'em all and don't really want to go get GHWT since they chart the drums wrong on some songs

[gosox333]

I know right? Too bad they aren't all in the same game. I like 'em all and don't really want to go get GHWT since they chart the drums wrong on some songs

Yeah, I probably won't be getting any DLC for GHWT, so it's not really a contest for me. But I can always watch the charts on Youtube.

[Rock_Band_Over]

It would be cool if any game put in more animations for the singer on Queen songs... not sure if Mercury had any signature moves but his motion is quite distinct, to say the least.

I most want Another One Bites the Dust along with Red-eyed Lennon Drum Kit and Baseball Cap w/ Horns available in the Rock Shop.

[Soja]

I'm gonna conspire and say that Harmonix one-ups GH:WT by releasing a Queen 6-pack next week, unexpectedly, just like they did with Boston.

Also, I like Within Temptation and I simply do not care for "What Have You Done." Out of Within Temptation's broad and unique discography, they picked the most angsty, radio-vanilla, Evanescence-carbon copy song they composed?

Give it a listen. It's quite boring, instrumentally.

[xXjAmEZXx]

ill defs be getting fat bottomed girls and we are the champions

[killer_roach]

And to those of you complaining about how We Are the Champions is a bad choice, I'm sure you're the same people screaming for Bohemian Rhapsody, mirite?

Ugh, no.

It'd be awesome in SingStar, though :)

[Bearclaw]

This is the first time I thought about buying GHWT DLC, then I saw the tracks and changed my mind. I simply don't play the game enough to invest in any of these songs.

[kiggidykev]

All this GH:WT DLC talk just made me realize that I was never sent the free songs they promised for buying the guitar kit before December.

[Dino1626]

I own GHWT, but have never bought any DLC. As much as I'm psyched about the Queen Pack (Well at least 2 songs anyway), it looks like the James Bond Theme will be my first GHWT DLC. I'm a huge Bond fan, and I think it will be a fun song to try.

[jeccaneko]

Ugh, no.

It'd be awesome in SingStar, though :)

As long as it's a master like it should be in SingStar. Fake Freddie Mercury scares me in Karaoke Revolution American Idol Encore in the Bohemian Rhapsody cover.

[Daemius]

I'm gonna conspire and say that Harmonix one-ups GH:WT by releasing a Queen 6-pack next week, unexpectedly, just like they did with Boston.

Also, I like Within Temptation and I simply do not care for "What Have You Done." Out of Within Temptation's broad and unique discography, they picked the most angsty, radio-vanilla, Evanescence-carbon copy song they composed?

Give it a listen. It's quite boring, instrumentally.

It's better than nothing. I don't mind the song myself, though I would've preferred something from Mother Earth or The Silent Force instead. Still, What Have You Done was enough to make me cave and get GH:WT. I'll also be picking up the Queen pack, the Killers pack, the Smashing Pumpkins pack, and possibly others.

[Soja]

Well, it's your money.

I understand the mentality behind using that song, perhaps. It was their most popular U.S. single (if not their only one, if I recall correctly), so releasing a song that the general audience might be familiar with is probably a better move than releasing some of their more purist tracks.

Within Temptation has never had very intricate guitar work, as most of what the instrument did was lay down a hard-edged background texture for the classical accompaniment and Sharon's vocals. There are many exceptions, but a lot of Mother Earth and The Silent Force tends towards sustained power chords and little else. The Heart of Everything is probably much heavier than everything else they've done, except perhaps Enter.

You and I can be bros. Friend request sent.

[TheDeacon_Reloaded]

Heh,
These songs blow. Releasing Live tracks as DLC in general sucks, as the songs are often performed much differently than the masters.

Sadly, HMX and Activision load up on masters because they're cheaper to license :p

And vocals are sometimes muffled and almost always differently timed/pitched. Some good examples are the Purple Haze Live on the GHWT disc - wretched and ugly are the words I'd use to describe it, as well as the first Jimi pack and some of the songs on the AC/DC track pack.

[jeccaneko]

And vocals are sometimes muffled and almost always differently timed/pitched. Some good examples are the Purple Haze Live on the GHWT disc - wretched and ugly are the words I'd use to describe it, as well as the first Jimi pack and some of the songs on the AC/DC track pack.

The vocals aren't muffled on Purple Haze. The different timing and pitch thing is true, yeah, but that's always true on a different version of the song - it's really hard to sing a song the same exact way twice. And it's always going to sound different live because there's less audio magic you can do to pretty it up, you don't have the luxury to keep redoing things over to make it sound perfect, etc.

The only problem I have with Purple Haze is the fact that it exists in GHWT and GHWT has a horrible vocal scoring system.

[Daemius]

Well, it's your money.

I understand the mentality behind using that song, perhaps. It was their most popular U.S. single (if not their only one, if I recall correctly), so releasing a song that the general audience might be familiar with is probably a better move than releasing some of their more purist tracks.

Within Temptation has never had very intricate guitar work, as most of what the instrument did was lay down a hard-edged background texture for the classical accompaniment and Sharon's vocals. There are many exceptions, but a lot of Mother Earth and The Silent Force tends towards sustained power chords and little else. The Heart of Everything is probably much heavier than everything else they've done, except perhaps Enter.

You and I can be bros. Friend request sent.

I agree that much of their stuff would be rather dry in terms in difficulty, but I've never been one to associate challenging songs with fun. I'd rather play Teen Age Riot over Painkiller personally, even though Teen Age Riot is mostly holding down the red fret for three minutes on bass. Something about playing songs I really like to hear makes them exceptionally fun for me, even if I sit there playing the same note forever and day.

I think most of their stuff would be excellent on vocals though, which just happens to be my second instrument of choice :D

If GH gets anymore symphonic metal bands (Epica, After Forever, Kamelot, etc.), I may begrudgingly give them some kudos :p

[instantdeath999]

Also, I like Within Temptation and I simply do not care for "What Have You Done." Out of Within Temptation's broad and unique discography, they picked the most angsty, radio-vanilla, Evanescence-carbon copy song they composed?

Give it a listen. It's quite boring, instrumentally.

Agreed.

There are some other Jimi songs I would have preferred, but you really can't argue... it's freaking Jimi.

[Soja]

I agree that much of their stuff would be rather dry in terms in difficulty, but I've never been one to associate challenging songs with fun. I'd rather play Teen Age Riot over Painkiller personally, even though Teen Age Riot is mostly holding down the red fret for three minutes on bass. Something about playing songs I really like to hear makes them exceptionally fun for me, even if I sit there playing the same note forever and day.

I think most of their stuff would be excellent on vocals though, which just happens to be my second instrument of choice :D

If GH gets anymore symphonic metal bands (Epica, After Forever, Kamelot, etc.), I may begrudgingly give them some kudos :p Psh, difficulty is not my bag either. But variety is kind of nice, you know? Most WT songs are a lot of repeated or sustained power chords, like I said.

Bass sounds a little more varied (WHEN IT'S THERE), but the drums stand out in many songs. They don't sound particularly complex or polyrhythmic, but they have a very hard driven sound and have interesting and unique patterns.

Do want some Epica and Kamelot, plx. HMX, make it happen. D<

[Daemius]

Psh, difficulty is not my bag either. But variety is kind of nice, you know? Most WT songs are a lot of repeated or sustained power chords, like I said.

Bass sounds a little more varied (WHEN IT'S THERE), but the drums stand out in many songs. They don't sound particularly complex or polyrhythmic, but they have a very hard driven sound and have interesting and unique patterns.

Do want some Epica and Kamelot, plx. HMX, make it happen. D<

Epica would be amazing on drums. Too bad I can't play them beyond medium :p

[Soja]

Epica would be amazing on drums. Too bad I can't play them beyond medium :pAt least it's nice to listen to, right? :D

[Daemius]

At least it's nice to listen to, right? :D

I kind of wish if they did add Epica, that they'd chart some parts to the orchestra. Especially during a song like The Divine Conspiracy.

[xXjAmEZXx]

GH gets Queen and all the RB fanboys still trash the game. its fat bottomed girls and we are the champions, those are two of queens best songs!

[Soja]

I'd prefer to also have Another One Bites The Dust and, you know, Killer Queen. I am of the opinion that it is only a matter of time until RB gets Queen because, you know, Rock Band is the superior game, superior platform, etc. Unlike most others, I do not agree with Bohemian Rhapsody. Legendary song, yes, but it would be a shame to see it become known as a BORING song to play because of the limited rock instrumentality in it. Maybe they could make it a special song where you can plug in four microphones instead of just one...

Daemius: I'd personally like to see Quietus in the game. Yeah, I know, single, but it's a really unique song. And I like the almost piratey sound it has to it. :D

[Rock_Starman]

More like "The Beatles? Good luck topping that Neversoft."

:confused: RB is getting Beatles DLC and THIS month? :eek: Why was I not informed?

[kiggidykev]

Looking at the recent GH Queen releases, this pisses me off to no end.

GH:M gets "Stone Cold Crazy"
GH:WT gets "We Are the Champions", "Fat-Bottomed Girls" and "C-lebrity"
GH:GH gets "Killer Queen"

That's 5 songs spread across 3 games. 3 games costing about 210 bucks here brand new (plus the points to download the Queen pack for GH:WT, if you want to be picky). A perfect example of why I hate Activision's business decisions and adore Harmonix's approach to selling song downloads.

Now I kind of want someone to start whining about the Rock Band AC/DC pack costing too much so that I can tear into them :(

[mjlambert1]

GH gets Queen and all the RB fanboys still trash the game. its fat bottomed girls and we are the champions, those are two of queens best songs!

In your opinion. If they had Great King Rat or Keep Yourself Alive, I would think like you.

[killer_roach]

Looking at the recent GH Queen releases, this pisses me off to no end.

GH:M gets "Stone Cold Crazy"
GH:WT gets "We Are the Champions", "Fat-Bottomed Girls" and "C-lebrity"
GH:GH gets "Killer Queen"

That's 5 songs spread across 3 games. 3 games costing about 210 bucks here brand new (plus the points to download the Queen pack for GH:WT, if you want to be picky). A perfect example of why I hate Activision's business decisions and adore Harmonix's approach to selling song downloads.

Now I kind of want someone to start whining about the Rock Band AC/DC pack costing too much so that I can tear into them :(

And I look at it and think it'll cost me about $30 to import SingStar Queen from the UK when it comes out... granted, I'm missing out on the full band thing, but let's face it, everybody wants to sing Freddie's stuff :)

[kiggidykev]

And I look at it and think it'll cost me about $30 to import SingStar Queen from the UK when it comes out... granted, I'm missing out on the full band thing, but let's face it, everybody wants to sing Freddie's stuff :)

Honestly, what you`ve suggested is probably what we`ll end up doing.

As much as I want to play Queen in a whole band game, picking up that many games seems wasteful, even to a collector like myself.

[Jordanfre]

That Queen pack is fail. They should have at least put in Another One Bites the Dust and Bohemian Rhapsody.

[General Lein979]

Fail: No, Bicycle Race. Who doesn't to see a bicycle bell solo charted?

[LuigiHann]

Bohemian Rhapsody would be no less fun than Baba O'Reilly, in my opinion.

Still, my most wanted song would be Don't Stop Me Now.

I assume that Queen will come to RB eventually. If GH had exclusitivity they'd be bragging about it or announcing GH: Queen or something.

[White_PawZ]

Baba O Reilly is an epic amazing song, so it doesn't matter if there are notes all over the place to me. It is just fun to play because it is such a great song.

Ditto for Bohemian Rhapsody, except for the fact that the guitar ad drum parts WOULD be epic, as well as vocals.

[jrcronlakers]

I'd be much more excited about this if these packs were coming out for Rock Band. I'm really not a fan of GH:WT's UI and Neversoft's charting.

Agree with this. It is good to see Queen coming out so hopefully HMX will get there hands on some.

[dirty_bird32]

I feel like it's only a matter of time until Queen comes to Rock Band...Paul Rodgers, who's currently singing for Queen, already has two tracks in the game, with Bad Company's Shooting Star on disc and Free's All Right Now out as DLC...I'd be totally OK with having new Queen released as DLc if it meant we cold get some classic hits on RB (although I'd hope for more than just three songs)

[JukeBoxHero]

I feel like it's only a matter of time until Queen comes to Rock Band...Paul Rodgers, who's currently singing for Queen, already has two tracks in the game, with Bad Company's Shooting Star on disc and Free's All Right Now out as DLC...I'd be totally OK with having new Queen released as DLc if it meant we cold get some classic hits on RB (although I'd hope for more than just three songs)

Dragon Attack for the win?

[LuigiHann]

I think I'd actually like a big, custom "best of" set, like they did with The Who.

Also, on the "how I would do it" front: I think a very interesting way to do Bohemian Rhapsody would be to play it like the current Queen does in live concerts, with the singer doing a virtual duet with the prerecorded Freddie Mercury.