CrypticIdentity
11-22-2007, 12:50 PM
1. Time - Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
2. Roundabout - Fragile - Yes
3. Spirit of the Radio - Permanent Waves - Rush
4. Dance on a Volcano - A Trick of the Tail - Genesis
5. Home - Scenes From a Memory - Dream Theater
6. Revenga - Mezmerize - System of a Down
7. Mother, Father - Escape - Journey
8. Wanderlust - Nightwish
9. Renegade - Pieces of Eight - Styx
10. The Sounds of Silence - Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
1. Time - David Gilmour's guitar work in the verses are ridiculous, and the solo is awesome. And people often forget how great of a bassist Roger Waters is. That, coupled with the drums in the opening instrumental section and Gilmour's and Wright's vocals, makes this a pretty well-rounded song for Rock Band. Also, if they did put it in--please, please, please do not turn the keyboard solo in the instrumental section into a guitar part. That annoyed the heck out of me on GHIII, when they put keyboard parts on the guitar, like in Knights of Cydonia.
2. Roundabout - It's Yes. Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Bill Bruford, Jon Anderson--Rick Wakeman would of course beg mention if Rock Band had a keyboard controller--all of the parts are awesome, and would be a good challenge for players. Plus, as mentioned in another topic, Squire's bass line would be one of the best in all of the GH games and Rock Band.
3. Spirit of the Radio - Rush is already a part of Rock Band; this would just be another awesome addition. Yet another band where all of the musicians are some of the best at what they do. The opening guitar riff would be wicked fun to play, too.
4. Dance on a Volcano - I regret to say that my Genesis knowledge outside Trick of the Tail is somewhat slim, and seeing as how Supper's Ready would just be too ridiculously long to be feasible for a game like Rock Band, I tried to pick the most well-rounded track from TotT. Learning the drums for the verses would be a bit difficult, though.
5. Home - And we leap ahead to still another band of virtuosos. Home has everything--a catchy guitar/bass riff, John Petrucci's sick soloing skills, Portnoy's amazing drum riffs (the second pre-chorus double bass groove?), and James Labrie's soaring vocals. Yes, it's long...but it's Dream Theater. Please? And once again--if you change Jordan Rudess' synth solo (the sitar solos...I probably wouldn't mind as much) into guitar parts, I will kill you.
Kidding, of course. Heheh. ^^;
6. Revenga - This may seem odd in this group of prog rockers, but System of a Down has some pretty awesome songs, and Revenga would be a definite challenge for vocalists--Serj Tankian's rapid-fire vocals would take some getting used to for anyone unfamiliar with System's music, and the harmonies during the chorus are pretty awesome. And then you have Daron's chugging main riff, which I can never seem to get tired of.
7. Mother, Father - Yet another more vocally oriented song, but Neal Schon has some of his best acoustic guitar work and a pretty technical solo to match it. And this is one of Journey's songs where every single band member contributes--there's a great bass line, and great drums, too. A pretty well-rounded song, and Steve Perry's runs present a challenge for any vocalist.
8. Wanderlust - Nightwish! I don't know if anyone has mentioned them yet, but they rock. Period. And the opening guitar/keyboard duet would just be so awesome on Rock Band. And who doesn't want to try out Tarja's operatic vocals? I just realized, though, that several of the songs in this list would require Rock Band getting a double bass pedal. Hint hint.
9. Renegade - Ok, so maybe it's really mostly a guitar song, but hey, it's Styx.
10. The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel to round off the list. Why not?
2. Roundabout - Fragile - Yes
3. Spirit of the Radio - Permanent Waves - Rush
4. Dance on a Volcano - A Trick of the Tail - Genesis
5. Home - Scenes From a Memory - Dream Theater
6. Revenga - Mezmerize - System of a Down
7. Mother, Father - Escape - Journey
8. Wanderlust - Nightwish
9. Renegade - Pieces of Eight - Styx
10. The Sounds of Silence - Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
1. Time - David Gilmour's guitar work in the verses are ridiculous, and the solo is awesome. And people often forget how great of a bassist Roger Waters is. That, coupled with the drums in the opening instrumental section and Gilmour's and Wright's vocals, makes this a pretty well-rounded song for Rock Band. Also, if they did put it in--please, please, please do not turn the keyboard solo in the instrumental section into a guitar part. That annoyed the heck out of me on GHIII, when they put keyboard parts on the guitar, like in Knights of Cydonia.
2. Roundabout - It's Yes. Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Bill Bruford, Jon Anderson--Rick Wakeman would of course beg mention if Rock Band had a keyboard controller--all of the parts are awesome, and would be a good challenge for players. Plus, as mentioned in another topic, Squire's bass line would be one of the best in all of the GH games and Rock Band.
3. Spirit of the Radio - Rush is already a part of Rock Band; this would just be another awesome addition. Yet another band where all of the musicians are some of the best at what they do. The opening guitar riff would be wicked fun to play, too.
4. Dance on a Volcano - I regret to say that my Genesis knowledge outside Trick of the Tail is somewhat slim, and seeing as how Supper's Ready would just be too ridiculously long to be feasible for a game like Rock Band, I tried to pick the most well-rounded track from TotT. Learning the drums for the verses would be a bit difficult, though.
5. Home - And we leap ahead to still another band of virtuosos. Home has everything--a catchy guitar/bass riff, John Petrucci's sick soloing skills, Portnoy's amazing drum riffs (the second pre-chorus double bass groove?), and James Labrie's soaring vocals. Yes, it's long...but it's Dream Theater. Please? And once again--if you change Jordan Rudess' synth solo (the sitar solos...I probably wouldn't mind as much) into guitar parts, I will kill you.
Kidding, of course. Heheh. ^^;
6. Revenga - This may seem odd in this group of prog rockers, but System of a Down has some pretty awesome songs, and Revenga would be a definite challenge for vocalists--Serj Tankian's rapid-fire vocals would take some getting used to for anyone unfamiliar with System's music, and the harmonies during the chorus are pretty awesome. And then you have Daron's chugging main riff, which I can never seem to get tired of.
7. Mother, Father - Yet another more vocally oriented song, but Neal Schon has some of his best acoustic guitar work and a pretty technical solo to match it. And this is one of Journey's songs where every single band member contributes--there's a great bass line, and great drums, too. A pretty well-rounded song, and Steve Perry's runs present a challenge for any vocalist.
8. Wanderlust - Nightwish! I don't know if anyone has mentioned them yet, but they rock. Period. And the opening guitar/keyboard duet would just be so awesome on Rock Band. And who doesn't want to try out Tarja's operatic vocals? I just realized, though, that several of the songs in this list would require Rock Band getting a double bass pedal. Hint hint.
9. Renegade - Ok, so maybe it's really mostly a guitar song, but hey, it's Styx.
10. The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel to round off the list. Why not?
