Celebrities in Lego Rock Band Playing Other Songs

[woofmix]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGYz0v6Qfss Here is some of the dlc/rb1 songs if anyone is interested.

[playmike]

Courtney Love will have a ***** about it on Twitter if they'll get celebrities to do other songs. Freddie Mercury doing Word Up? MOTHERF*CKIN B*STARDS SPITTING ON MERCURY'S GRAVE :@:@:@:@:@:@:@ FFFFFFFUUUUU-

you don't get it. the problem Kurts fans, myself included, had was Kurt was against selling out and commercialism. And for him to be created and singing dumb songs was sort of a slam for what he believed in.

[ergo2497]

No matter what it won't be a travesty like GH5. I mean, they're just Legos.

[cherokeesam]

you don't get it. the problem Kurts fans, myself included, had was Kurt was against selling out and commercialism. And for him to be created and singing dumb songs was sort of a slam for what he believed in.

No, including Nirvana in a music video game, *period,* is a slam against what he believed in. Kurt would likely have been just as opposed to licensing the Nirvana songs to RB as he would have to GH. Whether you believe that or not, that fits in precisely with what he thought of as "sell-out".

The complaints fans have about the GH5 avatar has almost unanimously been about Kurt's avvie singing other people's songs (regardless of whether they're "dumb" songs or bona fide classics).

[The Hungry Samurai]

No, including Nirvana in a music video game, *period,* is a slam against what he believed in. Kurt would likely have been just as opposed to licensing the Nirvana songs to RB as he would have to GH. Whether you believe that or not, that fits in precisely with what he thought of as "sell-out".

The complaints fans have about the GH5 avatar has almost unanimously been about Kurt's avvie singing other people's songs (regardless of whether they're "dumb" songs or bona fide classics).

Actually Kurt was a musician and I don't think he'd be against a media that forces people to listen closer to his music. If I'm not mistaken he was against himself becoming an icon, or a commecial image rather than people focusing on his music and lyrics ( much like how members of Daft punk feel which is why they refuse to show their faces in public) The epitome of what bothered him would be using his face instead of his music and message to sell something like a magazine, or say, a videogame.

[cherokeesam]

Actually Kurt was a musician and I don't think he'd be against a media that forces people to listen closer to his music. If I'm not mistaken he was against himself becoming an icon, or a commecial image rather than people focusing on his music and lyrics

And yet he willingly made music videos for MTV, which made him a commercial icon. While making the SLTS video, the director originally wanted to keep the band shadowy, off in the distance; it was Kurt who got pissed off and shoved his face in the camera at the end and practically demanded that they leave the shot in, so that people would actually, you know, get to see what he looked like.

Kurt faced the ultimate indie dilemma: once you start getting fans, you get a label. Once you get a label, you're no longer indie. Once you're no longer indie, you've become commercial.

That's why indie elitism is such a catch-22, and so hypocritical: if the music is really that good, *of course* it's going to get a large fanbase. Popular =/= bad music (not always), and unpopular =/= good music (not always), but you'd be hard pressed to find music snobs who can understand this formula (especially on THESE forums).

[ScottyTheBody]

Maybe he would have enjoyed it.

I mean from what I heard he was all for Weird Al slamming Nirvana in a humorous way through his songs.