"Rock Band Encore: Rockin' The 80s Again" proposed tracklisting

[S1ckH4nds]

So, uh, I actually dug Harmonix's lineup for "Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks The 80s". I thought it had a pretty good cross section of classic tracks from that decade. However, there was definitely a lot more that could have been done with that. So, why not a semi-sequel now that we have Rock Band? How about a full expansion "track pack" disc featuring an expanded setlist of more songs that can be transferred to the other Rock Band games, along with some bonuses like additional clothes and instruments?

Here's my proposed tracklisting for the game. I did it in the RB2-style tiers, with 9 tracks under each level. I tried to keep the duplicates from other games to an absolute minimum, but there's some that you just can't leave off. I also tried to balance it pretty evenly between the pop and the rock, the new wave and the metal, and the male and female vocals. Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

Warmup:
1. Quiet Riot - Come On Feel The Noize
2. The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep
3. Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
4. Men At Work - Overkill
5. Joan Jett - I Hate Myself For Loving You
6. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
7. Europe - The Final Countdown
8. Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion
9. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

Apprentice:
1. Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
2. INXS - Need You Tonight/Mediate
3. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Happy House
4. The Clash - Rock The Casbah
5. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
6. The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another
7. The Cars - Shake It Up
8. Alice Cooper - Poison
9. Queensryche - Revolution Calling

Solid:
1. Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny
2. Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun
3. Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
4. Devo - Whip It
5. Talk Talk - Talk Talk
6. Gang Of Four - I Love A Man In A Uniform
7. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
8. Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
9. Marillion - The Last Straw (listen in last.fm player)

Moderate:
1. Motley Crue - Looks That Kill
2. a-ha - Take On Me
3. Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
4. Wire - Eardrum Buzz
5. Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
6. Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
7. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
8. Blondie - Rapture
9. Killing Joke - Eighties

Challenging:
1. Public Image Ltd - Seattle
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers - True Men Don't Kill Coyotes
3. Golden Earring - Twilight Zone
4. Soundgarden - Loud Love
5. A Flock Of Seagulls - Pick Me Up
6. Romeo Void - Never Say Never
7. The Cure - Fascination Street
8. Cinderella - Shake Me
9. Dio - Rainbow In The Dark

Nightmare:
1. Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' For You
2. Living Colour - Cult Of Personality
3. The Pretenders - Middle Of The Road
4. Night Ranger - Don't Tell Me You Love Me
5. Pat Benatar - You Better Run
6. Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild
7. Wire Train - Chamber Of Hellos
8. Rush - Subdivisions
9. Guns 'N' Roses - Paradise City

Impossible:
1. King Crimson - Frame By Frame
2. Krokus - Midnight Maniac
3. Whitesnake - Still Of The Night
4. Testament - Trial By Fire
5. Iron Maiden - Aces High
6. Megadeth - Mechanix
7. Necrophagia - Mental Decay
8. Extreme - Play With Me
9. Slayer - Criminally Insane

Edit 12/15, 11:00 AM: Adding 21 tracks to the listing to bring it up to a total of 84 songs, matching the RB2 total. Haven't sorted them into tiers, so let's just call them the "bonus" tracks.

Bonus:
1. Adam & The Ants - Stand & Deliver
2. After The Fire - Der Kommissar
3. Anthrax - Indians
4. Bow Wow Wow - W.O.R.K. (N.O. Nah NO! NO! My Daddy Don't)
5. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
6. Dokken - Kiss Of Death
7. Journey - Separate Ways
8. Loverboy - Working For The Weekend
9. New Order - Temptation '87 (video begins at 0:30)
10. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
11. Prince - Let's Go Crazy
12. Tears For Fears - Change
13. Tesla - Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)
14. The Cult - Rain
15. The Police - Driven To Tears
16. The Replacements - The Ledge
17. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Runnin' Down A Dream
18. Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
19. U2 - Two Hearts Beat As One
20. Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
21. ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'

C'mon Harmonix; whadya say? Let's make it happen!

[Sargehalo51]

Hells to the yes!

Nice setlists too...awsome job. Let's hope HMX sees it.

[Lady Siara]

I'd buy it.

[Sargehalo51]

I would like to see two different songs from these bands that you put in:

Def Leppard - Rock of Ages

Motley Crue - Home Sweet Home

[BigLouNY]

I think you have just given me a list that if it were ever to be made, I would never ever stop playing

[Aaron_On_Keys]

Other than the Challenging level songs, I'd buy that pack(s) in a sec.

[Teh_Jakester]

Comments in bold!

1. Quiet Riot - Come On Feel The Noize Er, no. Use Run for Cover, or even Metal Health. It's kind of insulting to Kevin's memory to use a song that the entire band hated.
7. Europe - The Final Countdown Awful choice. Rock the Night or Cherokee would actually be, uh, fun.
9. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up Kind of light on the instruments, ain't it? Use Whenever You Need Somebody.
3. Judas Priest - Breaking The Law Would be mega-boring for the guitarist, and pretty much everybody. Living After Midnight's pretty popular, and would be much more fun for everyone.
9. Guns 'N' Roses - Paradise City ... er, no? Use anything else from their '80s catalogue. It would be better for everyone involved. Even Patience or Use to Love Her.

The rest is fine.

[Harmonicat]

Like, Totally gnarly setlist dude

Would be wicked for sure, lets just hope a Big Wig spots this

[Harmonicat]

9. Guns 'N' Roses - Paradise City ... er, no? Use anything else from their '80s catalogue. It would be better for everyone involved. Even Patience or Use to Love Her.

Rocket Queen perhaps?

[Teh_Jakester]

That's one of the forerunners.