Europe - huh?

[LegendofRock3021]

Not sure why no one has mentioned Cherokee yet. I always thought that was their best song hands down.

"Cherokee" would be great, that and "Rock the Night" are high on my list of most wanted Europe songs.

[Mikey35]

I would be happy with just about any Europe in the game. Im happy we got FC in there, but would still love to see:

Superstitious
Cherokee
Rock The Night
Open Your Heart
Carrie

[Rockox]

Many of the songs above would shock people who only know The Final Countdown. Unfortunately this song has defined Europe and they are so much better than that song. Fun to play in Rock Band it is but it is cheesy. Metal fans would appreciate their early stuff. They're later stuff is some of the best music by any band from that era.

Agreed. After the inclusion of the Europe achievement/trophy in LRB, I thought I would go back and listen to the Final Countdown album and to listen specifically to the guitar. As much as John Norum didn't like the direction the band was moving in, he still provided some scorching guitar solos. Even on cheesier tunes like "The Time Has Come", he rips up the solo like nobody's business. I think the shredders in RB would like Europe's stuff way more than they think they would. And his stuff pre-TFC just destroys.

[guitarjacked]

As much as John Norum didn't like the direction the band was moving in, he still provided some scorching guitar solos. Even on cheesier tunes like "The Time Has Come", he rips up the solo like nobody's business. I think the shredders in RB would like Europe's stuff way more than they think they would. And his stuff pre-TFC just destroys.

When I saw him live recently I was very impressed, one of the best guitarists I've seen. I think the only guitatrists I've seen that has impressed me more were Joe Satriani and possibly Nuno Bettencourt.

[Rockox]

I disagree about HMX only releasing only going to release TFC stuff, it wouldn't surprise if they released a song from Out of this World, such as one of these:

Superstitous
Let the Good Times Rock
Ready or Not
Sign of the Times

Was Out of This World pretty popular? I only remember seeing the video for "Let the Good Times Rock" on semi-regular rotation and I never heard anything on the radio. If HMX ended up releasing some songs from that album, I'd be fine with it, because I personally like that album more than The Final Countdown.

[guitarjacked]

Was Out of This World pretty popular? I only remember seeing the video for "Let the Good Times Rock" on semi-regular rotation and I never heard anything on the radio. If HMX ended up releasing some songs from that album, I'd be fine with it, because I personally like that album more than The Final Countdown.

Superstitous was a big hit and the only one in the US from the album. I think the overplay of TFC ended up given them over exposure and the pop fans had got bored by them and the metal fans thought they had sold out. They ended up losing support and have hardly had a charting single anywhere outside of Sweden since, which is a big shame.

[Steelerfreak1977]

Europe's self-titled debut is an absolute scorcher and by far the best thing they've ever done imo. Any metalhead would be well served by finding it and getting it. As for John Norum, this is all you need to hear.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0J_JUqvj8M

[Rockox]

Based on some of the comments made by HMX in the latest KOXM podcast about RB3 (episode 222 http://oxmpodcast.podbean.com/ - interview starts at 41:22), I'd be willing to bet that rather than "TFC" be updated with keyboards for free, they will release the song as new paid DLC with the keyboards added. As much as that stinks for those who bought LRB (largely for that song), I'd buy the song again to be able to play keyboards in it.

I'm a sucker that way.

[TylerFG]

Rock the Night plz.

[MelodicRock]

I own all of Europe's albums, and my two favorite albums by Europe are Out Of This World and Prisoners In Paradise. Kee Marcello played guitar on both those albums, and his playing was fantastic. I don't want to take anything away from John Norum because he is a great guitar player, but I always felt that Kee Marcello's guitar playing style fit the band better than John Norum. Kee plays more melodic guitar riffs, which in my opinion fits better with Europe's music.

I would absolutely like to see more songs from Europe get into the RB platform. My favorite Europe song I would like to see released for RB is "Superstitious".