Rock Band Needs MORE SING-ALONG SONGS!

[MisterSchulz]

The trouble is, when I try to get my friends to play, they won't know many of the songs, and the singer in particular will say, "I dont' know this song, i don't know if i want to sing it," for example. Most of the time, I think they are lame (the singer), since its not that hard to just read/sing the lyrics, especially when playing on easy. But at the same time, Rock Band would be the ultimate party game if it had songs that are easy to sing, AND fun to sing. Say It Ain't So was a very good choice, Buddy Holly will be very good as well, both great Sing-Along songs (that happen to both be by Weezer). So i'm just saying, we need more Sing Along-ish songs, to make it more appealing to outsiders to play rock band with me!

My suggestions (not all are necessarily Sing-Alongish):

Aerosmith - Dream On
The Beatles - Come Together
The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun
The Beatles - The End
The Beatles - I Feel Fine
The Beatles - Help!
The Beatles - Revolution
The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There
The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing
Big Brother & the Holding Company - Piece of My Heart
Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' For You
Boston - More Than A Feeling
Boston - Peace of Mind
Boston - Rock and Roll Band
The Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
The Byrds - Eight Miles High
The Cars - Just What I Needed
Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
Cream - White Room
The Doors - Break On Through (To the Other Side) [Just make the bass player play Manzarek's keyboard "bass" parts]
Dinosaur Jr. - This Is All I Came to Do
The Eagles - Already Gone
Free - All Right Now
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Fire
Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Spanish Castle Magic
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxey Lady
Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man
Journey - Any Way You Want It
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
The Kinks - Victoria
The Kinks - Lola
Kiss - Strutter
Led Zeppelin - The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Love - A House Is Not A Motel
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
Queen - Killer Queen
Quicksilver Messenger Service - It's Been Too Long
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Radiohead - Electioneering
The Rolling Stones - Paint, It Black
The Rolling Stones - Get Off My Cloud
The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
Santana - Evil Ways
The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums
The Strokes - Alone, Together
Sunny Day Real Estate - Seven
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison - Wild Night
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Weezer - Only In Dreams
The Who - I Can't Explain
The Who - My Generation
The Who - I Can See for Miles
The Who - Pinball Wizard
The Who - I'm Free

[cmckay1]

i agree, a lot of my friends dont know most of the songs either and we play the same songs over and over again for the most part if im not the one singing.

[darthstench]

Awesome list, particularly the classic stuff like Beatles/Hendrix and Radiohead - Paranoid android.

[Quinarvy]

You forgot Journey's Don't Stop Believin.

Instant fail.

[Transbrak]

yeah you can sing dont stop believing and then have it stop and jump to a black screen half way thru thinking your xbox/ps3 shut off hehe

btw that was a joke...anyone get it?

[BevoTheWarrior]

yeah you can sing dont stop believing and then have it stop and jump to a black screen half way thru thinking your xbox/ps3 shut off hehe

btw that was a joke...anyone get it?

Yeah, hopefully everyone gets it.

And we need a lot of Journey. Well, I do anyway.

[MisterSchulz]

I just think there needs to be a lot more from the 60's, Gimmer Shelter barely counts, especially since it and its movie are often referenced as marks of the end of the Sixties. The 60's had some of the most melodic and best songs to sing along to of all time (202 of Rolling Stone's Top 500 Songs of All Time come from the 60's, compared to 144 from the 70's). Sure they might not make the most challenging of all songs, but I think the vibe of having songs that are easy to sing along to make up for that. It's just a lot more enjoyable for everyone when the instruments are fun, even if they aren't too hard, and more importantly the singer is enjoying themselves on a song they know or isn't too hard to learn. Thats why those Weezer songs are probably going to be the most played songs when I'm playing with a group of friends (casual RB players). Those Beatles songs would help out IMMENSELY as well!

[yellowcard929]

i used to work at a retirement home... there was a mister shultz that lived there

[Deadpool1205]

Yeah, I agree, I know there are a couple Songs/Groups I wouldnt mind seeing make its way onto the RB downloadables section.

But again, I'm sure if they get any Beatles, They will probably wait and put them on RB 2 whenever that comes out... ya know? they need some great songs to really push the newer games...


Maybe not...
I think this one would be a good one for sing alongers..
"Maggie May" by Rod Stewart

[Killa12]

u need foxey lady by hendrix

[MisterSchulz]

u need foxey lady by hendrix

true dat, thanks

[MisterSchulz]

"As evidence, guitarist Joe Perry was recently found shooting his mouth off in the latest issue of Game Informer, where he took an opportunity to namedrop songs like Cheap Trick's "Dream Police," Mott the Hoople's "All the Young Dudes," Joan Jett's "Hate Myself for Loving You," and "All Day and All Night" by the Kinks as confirmed for the upcoming game." -1up.com

Damnit! Rock Band needs the Kinks, they were snubbed too in GH II with Van Halen's crap version of You Really Got Me.

[Firebat]

Live in the 70's much? ;)

[Wrath67]

Also need Immigrant Song by Zeppelin

[Oscar-Rio]

Rock Band needs Greased Lightning.

[Sargehalo51]

Rock Band needs Greased Lightning.

That would be awesome!

[SupaThugPimpin]

Chicago - I'm a Man
Asia - Heat of the Moment
Flock of Seagulls - I Ran

[Beyond_Black]

Also need Immigrant Song by Zeppelin

Wrath used Revive!