Guitar Hero 5...

[udubdave]

I love the RB series and play it way more than GHWT, but I hear GH5 is getting Nivana's "Lithium", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", and "Come As You Are". Those are some of my favorite Nirvana tracks. It makes me sad that they're not on RB :(

Any reason why RB can't get them? I mean, RB released pretty much the rest of the Nevermind album except those songs.

[Teh_Nfsjunkie91]

Could be a possible explanation for why RB didn't get 'em: GH may have gotten them first. Honestly, I'll probably rent GH5 just so my friends and I can play 4 guitar/drum tracks at once.

[CloudWolf]

You're right about Lithium and SLTS being in GH5, not about Come As You Are...

And rumor has it Harmonix has got those three tracks and are just holding onto them. Don't worry, I'm pretty we will get Come As You Are, Smells Like Teen Spirit and Lithium some day. ;)

[The Hungry Samurai]

Obviously they planned it that way. Harmonix have secretly gotten the rights to every GH5 on disc song and plan on releasing it in a 30 dollar DLC pack the day that GH 5 launches.

Not true but wouldn't it be epic?

[ForgottenHero]

Lol they're putting more than one song by an artist on disk?

[CloudWolf]

Could be a possible explanation for why RB didn't get 'em: GH may have gotten them first.
The first signs about Harmonix having Come as You Are, Lithium and SLTS surfaced just after the release of RB1 and unless Neversoft starts licensing for future games two years in advance, I'm pretty sure this is not the case.

Also, as far as we know Nirvana isn't exclusive, so GH having those songs means nothing for the availablilty of those songs in Rock Band.

[T-Hybrid]

And rumor has it Harmonix has got those three tracks and are just holding onto them.
No. Rumor has nothing about Nirvana. The only people who think HMX is holding on to anything are the tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorists who started this "rumor".


The first signs about Harmonix having Come as You Are, Lithium and SLTS surfaced just after the release of RB1...
Oh. You're referring to that popular meme generated by the Forum Hype Machine which had no fuel save for one off the cuff remark from either Teasedale or Rigopolus that used a random album as an example to explain the ala carte method of DLC?

[kiggidykev]

Lol they're putting more than one song by an artist on disk?

They already did that in GH:WT with Tool, Ozzy and Hendrix, yeah

[The Hungry Samurai]

Lol they're putting more than one song by an artist on disk?

Sadly enough they even did it in GH4. Jimi Hendrix and Ozzie had 2 and Tool had a 3 song setlist.

Go fig.

Edit: Ninja'd by kiggidy :P

[deepfriedmario]

Lol they're putting more than one song by an artist on disk?
They did it with World Tour as well: Jimi Hendrix Experience, Tool, Ozzy Osbourne.

Edit: I feel like an echo now.

[CloudWolf]

Oh. You're referring to that popular meme generated by the Forum Hype Machine which had no fuel save for one off the cuff remark from either Teasedale or Rigopolus that used a random album as an example to explain the ala carte method of DLC?
Well, there is always the song list that was found in the DLC files that mentioned the complete album and the loading screen that is set to appear only when you select the song "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

[The Hungry Samurai]

No. Rumor has nothing about Nirvana. The only people who think HMX is holding on to anything are the tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorists who started this "rumor".


Oh. You're referring to that popular meme generated by the Forum Hype Machine which had no fuel save for one off the cuff remark from either Teasedale or Rigopolus that used a random album as an example to explain the ala carte method of DLC?

True but you gotta admit it seems a touch odd that they'd release every song from that epic album EXCEPT the three hugest singles from it?

Seeing them on the GH5 list makes me hopeful by confirming that Nirvana didn't stipulate that they leave those tunes out in order to avoid people pigeonholing them to just those few songs (Like how Radiohead is annoyed that most folks only know them for Creep. Ironically an issue they complained about in song through the tune My Iron Lung, the only other Radiohead DLC)

We are probably going to see SLTS Lithium and Come as You Are eventually and the odds are sooner rather than later!

[Minots59]

I was reading through the set list earlier today and I find myself midly depressed. Some of my favorite songs are in it; Spirit of Radioi s my favorite Rush song, Sultans of Swing, Ring of Fire and Johnny Cash is going to be in the game, Feel Good Inc., the two aforementioned Nirvana songs, White Stripes, more Dylan and Bowie and Tom Petty songs! I just wish all of this was on Rock Band.

Though my excitement for Beatles Rock Band far overcomes that of 5 to 10 songs that GH5 is getting.

[BruceDickinson]

I was reading through the set list earlier today and I find myself midly depressed. Some of my favorite songs are in it; Spirit of Radioi s my favorite Rush song, Sultans of Swing, Ring of Fire and Johnny Cash is going to be in the game, Feel Good Inc., the two aforementioned Nirvana songs, White Stripes, more Dylan and Bowie and Tom Petty songs! I just wish all of this was on Rock Band.

Though my excitement for Beatles Rock Band far overcomes that of 5 to 10 songs that GH5 is getting.

I agree with this, plus MORE SUBLIME :(

[undertow]

They are popular songs, from a popular band, that means Harmonix won't release them. Silly people.

Keep hoping for a Big Dipper 02 Pack, there's a better chance of that... or a Locksley 02 Pack perhaps.

[Flan26]

I was reading through the set list earlier today and I find myself midly depressed. Some of my favorite songs are in it; Spirit of Radioi s my favorite Rush song, Sultans of Swing, Ring of Fire and Johnny Cash is going to be in the game, Feel Good Inc., the two aforementioned Nirvana songs, White Stripes, more Dylan and Bowie and Tom Petty songs! I just wish all of this was on Rock Band.

My only consolation will be if they completely botch the game/charts like I hear they've done with Smash Hits.

[whypick1]

My only consolation will be if they completely botch the game/charts like I hear they've done with Smash Hits.

<devil's advocate>Beenox made GH:SH, not Neversoft</devil>

[Flan26]

<devil's advocate>Beenox made GH:SH, not Neversoft</devil>

Is Neversoft back behind with wheel with GH5?

[XTommyDonX]

Is Neversoft back behind with wheel with GH5?

Yes

[Minots59]

My only consolation will be if they completely botch the game/charts like I hear they've done with Smash Hits.

I heard it was pretty bad but I haven't ahd a chance to play Smash hits yet. Why would they change already perfectly good guitar charts? It annoys my like no other.

[whypick1]

Same reason both versions of Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Number of the Beast, Run to the Hills, Texas Flood, Take Me Out, etc. are different: cover != master.

[meck77]

I have all the GH's to this point and i think I can honestly say i am done wasting money on them, even if they have the music I really want.
Used to be the other way around for me, I bought the music I wanted no matter where it came from.
When it comes right down to it, the same always happens. GH on my shelf collecting dust and RB back into my xbox!!

EDIT: except smash hits, i rented it and took it back 4 days early

[A New Pyro Fool]

Obviously they planned it that way. Harmonix have secretly gotten the rights to every GH5 on disc song and plan on releasing it in a 30 dollar DLC pack the day that GH 5 launches.

Not true but wouldn't it be epic?
This would be the most epic move in the history of... life.

SIDE NOTE: GH5 has a live version of Rush's "The Spirit of Radio", so I would suspect that we will eventually be getting the studio version of the song. I use Willie Nelson's song from GH:WT as a similar scenario.

[iwolfe]

So far I have seen no proof Smells like Teen Spirit is in GH5. I will not believe it until I see proof.

[Deeznutzs27]

So far I have seen no proof Smells like Teen Spirit is in GH5. I will not believe it until I see proof.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/08/unofficial-the-complete-guitar-hero-5-track-list/

This or you could just bury you head in the sand and pretend its just a rumor :rolleyes:

[cherokeesam]

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/08/unofficial-the-complete-guitar-hero-5-track-list/

This or you could just bury you head in the sand and pretend its just a rumor :rolleyes:

Yes, because an article in Joystiq titled "UNOFFICIAL: The Complete GH5 Tracklist" compiled by *site readers* (i.e., ordinary joes) is clearly not a "rumor." :cool:

The only meat behind this rumor is that the ESRB for GH5 lists the line "I'm so horny," which *probably* indicates "Lithium" (but could just as well indicate Ashanti, according to Destructoid).

But SLTS and CAYA have *no* meat behind those rumors at all.

[iwolfe]

Actually, I'm pretty sure Lithium has been confirmed.

[ForgottenHero]

They already did that in GH:WT with Tool, Ozzy and Hendrix, yeah


Sadly enough they even did it in GH4. Jimi Hendrix and Ozzie had 2 and Tool had a 3 song setlist.

Go fig.

Edit: Ninja'd by kiggidy :P


They did it with World Tour as well: Jimi Hendrix Experience, Tool, Ozzy Osbourne.

Edit: I feel like an echo now.


Wow, call me an RB fanboy all you want but that's just stupid.

[Deeznutzs27]

Yes, because an article in Joystiq titled "UNOFFICIAL: The Complete GH5 Tracklist" compiled by *site readers* (i.e., ordinary joes) is clearly not a "rumor." :cool:

The only meat behind this rumor is that the ESRB for GH5 lists the line "I'm so horny," which *probably* indicates "Lithium" (but could just as well indicate Ashanti, according to Destructoid).

But SLTS and CAYA have *no* meat behind those rumors at all.

The source on this is the same guy who leaked GH:WT's list early and this story came out 2 days before they "officially" released those first 24 songs and not shockingly the songs match the rumored list right down to what version the song is....

So I staying with this is real :cool:

[drag_racer]

The reason why HMX probably hasn't released those songs yet is they are holding onto them for disc songs on upcoming rock band games.

[HeyRiles]

Oh. You're referring to that popular meme generated by the Forum Hype Machine which had no fuel save for one off the cuff remark from either Teasedale or Rigopolus that used a random album as an example to explain the ala carte method of DLC?

Actually I'm pretty sure he's talking about the interview where Teasdale said, 'Plus, we just got the rights to Nevermind, which is awesome.' I believe that interview came out just before RB1 was released


Actually, I'm pretty sure Lithium has been confirmed.

Yep

[DanteSparda504]

Wow, call me an RB fanboy all you want but that's just stupid.

Its not that bad, I kind of like it and I don't see why an artist should be limited to one song per disc especially when its a big band like Nirvana. Obviously I wouldn't want a ton of songs from each artist but 2-3 is fine.

[Deeznutzs27]

Actually I'm pretty sure he's talking about the interview where Teasdale said, 'Plus, we just got the rights to Nevermind, which is awesome'

This

http://interviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/2088/Rock-Band-Dan-Teasdale-Interview/p2/

[HeyRiles]

This

http://interviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/2088/Rock-Band-Dan-Teasdale-Interview/p2/

You linked the wrong page! It's page 1 actually


[W]e were able to get the whole of “Nevermind” from Nirvana, which was way beyond our expectations and is incredibly awesome.

http://interviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/2088/Rock-Band-Dan-Teasdale-Interview/p1/

[cherokeesam]

The source on this is the same guy who leaked GH:WT's list early and this story came out 2 days before they "officially" released those first 24 songs and not shockingly the songs match the rumored list right down to what version the song is....

So I staying with this is real :cool:

Which "guy?"
Did you not read the article? It says:


the staff at Joystiq concurred that site readers -- who never miss a beat -- would undoubtedly be hungry like the wolf for a full Guitar Hero 5 track list. Under pressure, we toiled six days a week and pulled together previously announced artists and trusted sources to obtain the complete (though not officially confirmed) set of tracks, soon to be transformed into rapidly approaching note charts. Why bother?

"Trusted sources" translates as "some guys who know some guys who know some other guys." Credibility factor: zero.

[Oddbrother]

Nirvana, shmirvana. If you're that desperate on wanting more of their songs on Rock Band, you know what to do (http://www.rockband.com/request).

[Gryffindor]

When I originally read the article I took it more as a wish list than anything else.

They simply took the artists that had been announced to be in the game and put their "I wish it was this song" interpretation.

Granted, some of the songs have been announced by Activision but not that list by any means.

Even if they end up with a killer setlist (which is highly doubtful), GH just plain sucks and I won't be getting it. Besides, we'll likely end up with a lot of those songs as DLC or in RB3 eventually.

[rocker820]

I was looking over the setlist yesterday and I thought they had pretty good band choices but the song choices sucked so hard. I hardly knew any of them. It seemed to me that if the band was popular, they picked an unkown song, and if they weren't well known, then they picked their big hit. Also, a lot of them are already in Rock Band (I can think of 10 already in or coming) I will definately pass on this game.

[rocker820]

here is the confirmed setlist thanks to a youtube video.


3 Doors Down - "Kryptonite"

A Perfect Circle - "Judith"

AFI - "Medicate"

Arctic Monkeys - "Brianstorm"

Attack! Attack! UK - "You and Me"

Band Of Horses - "Cigarettes, Wedding Bands"

Beastie Boys - "Gratitude"

Beck - "Gamma Ray"

Billy Idol - "Dancing with Myself"

Billy Squier - "Lonely is the Night"

Blink-182 - "The Rock Show"

Blur - "Song 2"

Bob Dylan - "All along the Watchtower"

Bon Jovi - "You Give Love A Bad Name"

Brand New - "Sowing Season"

Bush - "Comedown"

Children Of Bodom - "Done With Everything, Die For Nothing"

Coldplay - "In My Place"

Darker My Love - "Blue Day"

Darkest Hour - "Demon(s)"
David Bowie - "Fame '90"

Deep Purple - "Woman From Tokyo ('99 Remix)"

Dire Straits - "Sultans of Swing"

Duran Duran - "Hungry Like The Wolf"

Eagles Of Death Metal - "Wannabe in L.A."
Elliot Smith - "L.A."
Elton John - "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting"

Face To Face - "Disconnected"

Garbage - "Only Happy When It Rains"

Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."

Gov't Mule - "Streamline Woman"

Grand Funk Railroad - "We're an American Band"

Iggy Pop - "Lust For Life (LIVE)"

Iron Maiden - "2 Minutes to Midnight"

Jeff Beck - "Scatterbrain (LIVE)"

Jimmy Eat World - "Bleed American"

John Mellencamp - "Hurts So Good"

Johnny Cash - "Ring of Fire"

Kaiser Chiefs - "Never Miss a Beat"

King Crimson - "21st Century Schizoid Man"

Kings Of Leon - "*** on Fire"

Kiss - "Shout it Out Loud"

Love and Rockets - "Mirror People"

Megadeth - "Sweating Bullets"

Mötley Crüe - "Looks That Kill"

Muse - "Plug in Baby"

My Morning Jacket - "One Big Holiday"

Nirvana - Lithium"

Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

No Doubt - "Ex-Girlfriend"

Peter Frampton - "Do You Feel Like We Do (LIVE)"

Public Enemy Feat. Zakk Wylde - Bring The Noise 20XX
Queen & David Bowie - "Under Pressure"

Queens Of The Stone Age - "Make it With Chu"

Rammstein - "Du Hast"

Rose Hill Drive - "Sneak Out"

Rush - "The Spirit of Radio (LIVE, 2008)"

Santana - "No One To Depend On (LIVE)"

Scars On Broadway - "They Say"

Screaming Trees - "Nearly Lost You"

Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"

Sonic Youth - "Incinerate"

Spacehog - "In the Meantime"

Stevie Wonder - "Superstition"

Sublime - "What I Got"

Sunny Day Real Estate - "Seven"

T. Rex - "20th Century Boy"

The Bronx - "Six Days a Week"

The Derek Trucks Band - "Younk Funk"

The Duke Spirit - "Send a Little Love Token"

The Killers - "All the Pretty Faces"

The Police - "So Lonely"

The Raconteurs - "Steady As She Goes"

The Rolling Stones - "Sympathy for the Devil"

The Sword - "Maiden, Mother & Crone"

The White Stripes - "Blue Orchid"

Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak"

Thrice - "Deadbolt"

Tom Petty - "Runnin' Down a Dream"

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "American Girl"

TV On The Radio - "Wolf Like Me"

Vampire Weekend - "A-Punk"

Weezer - "Why Bother?"

Wild Cherry - "Play That Funky Music"

Wolfmother - "Back Round"

[Deeznutzs27]

Which "guy?"
Did you not read the article? It says:



"Trusted sources" translates as "some guys who know some guys who know some other guys." Credibility factor: zero.

I read it and I know the full story but I guess we can wait till someone reposts that list with "official" up top. :rolleyes:


You linked the wrong page! It's page 1 actually

No I meant to do page 2 where he talks about "Smells Like Teen Spirit". They can always write it off as talking about the album but not as a whole but talking about "SLTS" directly implies they had it.