Plutarch's RB4 Setlist

[Plutarch]

98 songs, with YouTube links, sorted by decade, and tiered as follows:
Guitar: X/6 Bass: X/6 Drums: X/6 Keys: X/6 Vocals: X/6

All tiers are meant for standard mode, not pro. On that note, I have a lot more sympathy for HMX when they tier everything while also trying to keep the tiers organized! A few other points about this setlist:

-I tried to strike a balance between commercially viable songs and my personal preferences. A lot of well-known hits here, but this is still a very Plutarch setlist.

-I avoided all the bands that are most notoriously difficult to license: No Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Tool, etc. I would love to see all those bands in RB one day, but I figured I would challenge myself to put together a good setlist without them.

-I gotta thank my compatriots in the Community Rock Band 4 votes for introducing me to some of these gems. Without further ado, the setlist.

1960s (8 songs)
The Animals - "House of the Rising Sun" (Blues, 1964)
G: 5/6 B: 0/6 D: 3/6 K: 6/6 V: 3/6

Beach Boys - "I Get Around" (Classic Rock, 1964)
G: 0/6 B: 2/6 D: 1/6 K: 0/6 V: 4/6 (H)

The Doors - "Moonlight Drive" (Classic Rock, 1967)
G: 1/6 B: 1/6 D: 4/6 K: 3/6 V: 3/6

King Crimson - "The Court of the Crimson King" (Prog, 1969)
G: 1/6 B: 3/6 D: 6/6 K: 6/6 V: 1/6 (H)

The Kinks - "You Really Got Me" (Classic Rock, 1964)
G: 3/6 B: 0/6 D: 0/6 K: 1/6 V: 0/6 (H)

The Monkees - "I'm A Believer" (Pop-Rock, 1966)
G: 1/6 B: 3/6 D: 1/6 K: 1/6 V: 1/6 (H)

Rolling Stones - "Sympathy for the Devil" (Classic Rock, 1968)
G: 2/6 B: 5/6 D: 3/6 K: 5/6 V: 6/6 (H)

The Zombies - "Time of the Season" (Pop-Rock, 1968)
G: 0/6 B: 1/6 D: 2/6 K: 5/6 V: 4/6 (H)


The 1970s (20 songs)
America - "A Horse With No Name" (Classic Rock, 1972)
G: 2/6 B: 3/6 D: 0/6 K: 0/6 V: 2/6 (H)

Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath" (Metal, 1970)
G: 4/6 B: 4/6 D: 4/6 K: 0/6 V: 0/6

Buzz****s - "I Don't Mind" (Punk, 1978)
G: 2/6 B: 2/6 D: 5/6 K: 1/6 V: 1/6 (H)

Cheap Trick - "Dream Police" (Rock, 1978)
G: 3/6 B: 4/6 D: 4/6 K: 5/6 V: 4/6 (H)

Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?" (Southern Rock, 1970)
G: 1/6 B: 0/6 D: 1/6 K: 0/6 V: 1/6

Deep Purple - "Speed King" (Classic Rock, 1970)
G: 6/6 B: 6/6 D: 6/6 K: 6/6 V: 5/6

Derek and the Dominos - "Layla" (Classic Rock, 1970)
G: 4/6 B: 3/6 D: 2/6 K: 5/6 V: 2/6 (H)

Electric Light Orchestra - "Don't Bring Me Down" (Pop-Rock, 1979)
G: 0/6 B: 0/6 D: 0/6 K: 5/6 V: 5/6 (H)

Fleetwood Mac - "The Chain" (Classic Rock, 1977)
G: 4/6 B: 2/6 D: 1/6 K: 1/6 V: 3/6 (H)

Heart - "Crazy On You" (Classic Rock, 1976)
G: 5/6 B: 5/6 D: 5/6 K: 2/6 V: 5/6 (H)

Journey - "Wheel in the Sky" (Classic Rock, 1978)
G: 3/6 B: 1/6 D: 2/6 K: 0/6 V: 5/6 (H)

Joy Division - "Shadowplay" (Punk, 1979)
G: 4/6 B: 5/6 D: 6/6 K: N/A V: 2/6 (H)

Steely Dan - "Do It Again" (Classic Rock, 1972)
G: 5/6 B: 6/6 D: 2/6 K: 5/6 V: 0/6

Styx - "Come Sail Away" (Prog, 1977)
G: 6/6 B: 6/6 D: 5/6 K: 6/6 V: 5/6 (H)

Ten Years After - "I'd Love To Change The World" (Classic Rock, 1971)
G: 5/6 B: 5/6 D: 5/6 K: 4/6 V: 3/6 (H)

Thin Lizzy - "Roisin Dubh (Black Rose) - A Rock Legend" (Classic Rock, 1979)
G: 6/6 B: 6/6 D: 6/6 K: 0/6 V: 2/6

Toto - "Hold The Line" (Classic Rock, 1978)
G: 4/6 B: 2/6 D: 1/6 K: 2/6 V: 3/6 (H)

The Who - "Love Reign O'er Me" (Classic Rock, 1973)
G: 3/6 B: 4/6 D: 6/6 K: 6/6 V: 5/6

Wings - "Live and Let Die" (Classic Rock, 1973)
G: 0/6 B: 1/6 D: 3/6 K: 4/6 V: 0/6 (H)

ZZ Top - "Tush" (Classic Rock, 1975)
G: 0/6 B: 0/6 D: 0/6 K: N/A V: 0/6


The 1980s (22 songs)
A-ha - "Take On Me" (Pop-Rock, 1985)
G: 0/6 B: 0/6 D: 3/6 K: 5/6 V: 5/6 (H)

Blue Oyster Cult - "Burnin' For You" (Rock, 1981)
G: 5/6 B: 4/6 D: 5/6 K: 0/6 V: 0/6 (H)

Bon Jovi - "Born to Be My Baby" (Rock, 1988)
G: 3/6 B: 5/6 D: 1/6 K: 5/6 V: 4/6 (H)

Bruce Springsteen - "Born in the USA" (Rock, 1984)
G: 3/6 B: 5/6 D: 5/6 K: 4/6 V: 4/6

The Church - "Under the Milky Way" (Alternative, 1988)
G: 2/6 B: 2/6 D: 1/6 K: 1/6 V: 2/6

The Clash - "Rock the Casbah" (Punk, 1982)
G: 1/6 B: 2/6 D: 2/6 K: 2/6 V: 1/6 (H)

Cutting Crew - "(I Just) Died In Your Arms" (Pop-Rock, 1986)
G: 2/6 B: 1/6 D: 0/6 K: 4/6 V: 1/6 (H)

Cyndi Lauper - "Time After Time" (Pop-Rock, 1983)
G: 0/6 B: 1/6 D: 0/6 K: 2/6 V: 0/6 (H)

Diamond Head - "Am I Evil?" (Metal, 1980)
G: 6/6 B: 5/6 D: 4/6 K: N/A V: 4/6

Dire Straits - "Money For Nothing" (Rock, 1985)
G: 3/6 B: 3/6 D: 3/6 K: 4/6 V: 6/6 (H)

Gary Moore - "Out in the Fields" (Rock, 1985)
G: 6/6 B: 5/6 D: 4/6 K: 5/6 V: 3/6 (H)

Greg Kihn - "Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) (Rock, 1981)
G: 2/6 B: 1/6 D: 2/6 K: 2/6 V: 0/6 (H)

Golden Earring - "Twilight Zone" (Rock, 1982)
G: 5/6 B: 5/6 D: 5/6 K: 4/6 V: 4/6 (H)

Kenny Loggins - "Danger Zone" (Rock, 1986)
G: 5/6 B: 3/6 D: 1/6 K: 5/6 V: 5/6 (H)

The Outfield - "Your Love" (Rock, 1986)
G: 2/6 B: 0/6 D: 3/6 K: 0/6 V: 4/6 (H)

Pat Benatar - "Invincible" (Rock, 1985)
G: 3/6 B: 5/6 D: 5/6 K: 1/6 V: 6/6 (H)

Paul Simon - "Graceland" (Rock, 1986)
G: 6/6 B: 6/6 D: 4/6 K: 1/6 V: 4/6 (H)

Queen - "Princes of the Universe" (Rock, 1986)
G: 5/6 B: 5/6 D: 6/6 K: 2/6 V: 6/6 (H)

Rush - "Freewill" (Prog, 1980)
G: 6/6 B: 6/6 D: 6/6 K: 3/6 V: 4/6

Scorpions - "Rock You Like A Hurricane" (Metal, 1984)
G: 6/6 B: 5/6 D: 4/6 K: N/A V: 5/6 (H)

Twisted Sister - "I Wanna Rock" (Rock, 1984)
G: 2/6 B: 1/6 D: 2/6 K: N/A V: 0/6 (H)

[Plutarch]

(continued)

1990s (22 songs)
Alice in Chains - "I Stay Away" (Grunge, 1994)
G: 4/6 B: 4/6 D: 4/6 K: 0/6 V: 2/6 (H)

Apollo 440 - "Stop the Rock" (Alternative, 1995)
G: 3/6 B: 3/6 D: 3/6 K: 3/6 V: 0/6 (H)

Ayreon - "Sail Away to Avalon (Acoustic)" (Prog, 1995)
G: 1/6 B: 2/6 D: 2/6 K: 5/6 V: 3/6 (H)

Ben Folds Five - "One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces" (Alternative, 1997)
G: 5/6 B: 6/6 D: 5/6 K: 6/6 V: 6/6 (H)

Blind Guardian - "Mirror, Mirror" (Metal, 1998)
G: 5/6 B: 6/6 D: 6/6 K: 5/6 V: 6/6 (H)

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - "The Fire Inside" (Rock, 1991)
G: 0/6 B: 1/6 D: 4/6 K: 6/6 V: 2/6

Bush - "Machinehead" (Grunge, 1996)
G: 3/6 B: 2/6 D: 2/6 K: N/A V: 1/6 (H)

Collective Soul - "December" (Rock, 1995)
G: 1/6 B: 0/6 D: 0/6 K: 1/6 V: 1/6 (H)

Counting Crows - "Mr. Jones" (Rock, 1993)
G: 1/6 B: 4/6 D: 1/6 K: 1/6 V: 6/6 (H)

The Cranberries - "Dreams" (Indie Rock, 1993)
G: 4/6 B: 4/6 D: 5/6 K: 2/6 V: 6/6 (H)

Depeche Mode - "Policy of Truth" (New Wave, 1990)
G: 2/6 B: 2/6 D: 2/6 K: 4/6 V: 0/6 (H)

Eagle Eye Cherry - "Save Tonight" (Rock, 1997)
G: 4/6 B: 2/6 D: 4/6 K: N/A V: 1/6 (H)

Fastball - "The Way" (Alternative, 1998)
G: 2/6 B: 3/6 D: 3/6 K: 3/6 V: 1/6 (H)

Garbage - "Special" (Rock, 1998)
G: 2/6 B: 3/6 D: 4/6 K: 1/6 V: 2/6 (H)

Guns N' Roses - "Civil War" (Rock, 1991)
G: 6/6 B: 6/6 D: 2/6 K: 6/6 V: 6/6

Incubus - "Pardon Me" (Alternative, 1999)
G: 3/6 B: 3/6 D: 4/6 K: 3/6 V: 5/6 (H)

James - "Ring the Bells" (New Wave, 1992)
G: 3/6 B: 3/6 D: 6/6 K: 4/6 V: 4/6 (H)

Live - "The Dolphin's Cry" (Alternative, 1999)
G: 2/6 B: 3/6 D: 1/6 K: 0/6 V: 2/6 (H)

Pantera -"Cemetery Gates" (Metal, 1990)
G: 6/6 B: 4/6 D: 4/6 K: 0/6 V: 6/6 (H)

Pearl Jam - "Yellow Ledbetter" (Grunge, 1992)
G: 3/6 B: 1/6 D: 1/6 K: N/A V: 5/6

Semisonic - "Closing Time" (Pop-Rock, 1998)
G: 0/6 B: 0/6 D: 2/6 K: 3/6 V: 0/6 (H)

The Verve - "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (Alternative, 1997)
G: 0/6 B: 2/6 D: 2/6 K: 4/6 V: 2/6 (H)


2000s/2010s (27 songs)
Alkaline Trio - "Time to Waste" (Punk, 2005)
G: 4/6 B: 4/6 D: 5/6 K: 6/6 V: 0/6 (H)

Audioslave - "Like A Stone" (Rock, 2002)
G: 2/6 B: 1/6 D: 0/6 K: N/A V: 5/6 (H)

Billy Talent - "Devil On My Shoulder" (Alternative, 2009)
G: 4/6 B: 4/6 D: 3/6 K: N/A V: 1/6 (H)

Brocas Helm - "Cry of the Banshee" (Metal, 2004)
G: 6/6 B: 6/6 D: 6/6 K: N/A V: 1/6 (H)

Carolina Liar - "Show Me What I'm Looking For" (Indie Rock, 2008)
G: 1/6 B: 0/6 D: 3/6 K: 3/6 V: 2/6 (H)

Cee Lo Green - "Forget You" (R&B/Soul/Funk, 2010) (Like anyone is actually going to say "forget")
G: 0/6 B: 2/6 D: 0/6 K: 2/6 V: 6/6 (H)

Coldplay - "Violet Hill" (Alternative, 2008)
G: 0/6 B: 0/6 D: 0/6 K: 1/6 V: 3/6 (H)

Cradle of Filth - "Her Ghost in the Fog" (Metal, 2000)
G: 5/6 B: 6/6 D: 6/6 K: 6/6 V: 4/6 (H)

Edguy - "King of Fools" (Metal, 2004)
G: 1/6 B: 1/6 D: 1/6 K: 2/6 V: 3/6 (H)

Eminem - "Beautiful" (Urban, 2009)
G: 2/6 B: 0/6 D: 0/6 K: 0/6 V: 4/6 (H)

Fuel - "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" (Grunge, 2000)
G: 3/6 B: 2/6 D: 1/6 K: 3/6 V: 2/6 (H)

Gavin DeGraw - "I Don't Want To Be" (Pop-Rock, 2004)
G: 1/6 B: 0/6 D: 0/6 K: 4/6 V: 5/6 (H)

Hound Dog - "Rocks" (Rock, 2003)
G: 3/6 B: 5/6 D: 3/6 K: 4/6 V: 3/6 (H)

Iron Maiden - "Paschendale" (Metal, 2004)
G: 6/6 B: 6/6 D: 5/6 K: 5/6 V: 6/6 (H)

Kamelot - "The Black Halo" (Metal, 2005)
G: 6/6 B: 5/6 D: 6/6 K: 5/6 V: 5/6 (H)

The Killers - "All These Things I've Done" (Alternative, 2004)
G: 1/6 B: 4/6 D: 4/6 K: 2/6 V: 4/6 (H)

Metric - "Gold Guns Girls" (Indie Rock, 2009)
G: 4/6 B: 2/6 D: 4/6 K: 4/6 V: 3/6 (H)

Megadeth - "A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)" (Metal, 2007)
G: 5/6 B: 4/6 D: 2/6 K: N/A V: 3/6 (H)

Mindless Self Indulgence - "Straight to Video" (Other, 2005)
G: 0/6 B: 1/6 D: 1/6 K: 3/6 V: 2/6 (H)

Muse - "Map of the Problematique" (Alternative, 2006)
G: 5/6 B: 5/6 D: 5/6 K: 3/6 V: 4/6

Nightwish - "Ever Dream" (Metal, 2002)
G: 4/6 B: 4/6 D: 6/6 K: 6/6 V: 6/6 (H)

The Offspring - "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" (Punk, 2008)
G: 4/6 B: 3/6 D: 5/6 K: N/A V: 2/6 (H)

P.O.D. - "Youth of the Nation" (Nu-Metal, 2001)
G: 0/6 B: 3/6 D: 3/6 K: 1/6 V: 1/6 (H)

Porcupine Tree - "Trains" (Prog, 2002)
G: 4/6 B: 4/6 D: 3/6 K: 3/6 V: 4/6 (H)

Saliva - "Ladies and Gentlemen" (Rock, 2006)
G: 1/6 B: 2/6 D: 0/6 K: 0/6 V: 0/6 (H)

Shinedown - "Second Chance" (Rock, 2008)
G: 0/6 B: 1/6 D: 0/6 K: 2/6 V: 1/6 (H)

Sonata Arctica - "Don't Say A Word" (Metal, 2004)
G: 6/6 B: 6/6 D: 6/6 K: 6/6 V: 6/6 (H)

[soup567]

Pretty good setlist overall. But no Metallica or Dream Theater... That makes me a sad panda...

[I_Love_You]

I love most of it, which is more than I can say about most ultimate setlists and actual game setlists.

I also appreciate that the Muse song wasn't Knights of Cydonia.

And Sonata Arctica + Nightwish is win as always.

[SeymourDuncan17]

A few odd choices (the 2007 version of A Tout Le Monde, Moonlight Drive, Paschendale, etc.) and missing a few too many songs I'd really wanna see on the next set, but I'd definitely buy it! Awesome work!

[soup567]

I fail to see how Paschendale or Moonlight Drive are odd choices.

[SeymourDuncan17]

I fail to see how Paschendale or Moonlight Drive are odd choices.

Well, they certainly weren't obvious choices. Plus, I'm not a huge fan of Paschendale.

[soup567]

Well, they certainly weren't obvious choices. Plus, I'm not a huge fan of Paschendale.

Paschendale rocks my socks!!!

\m/\m/

[Plutarch]

Pretty good setlist overall. But no Metallica or Dream Theater... That makes me a sad panda...

Earlier drafts of this had "Fade to Black," but then I heard about how Battery wasn't going to export from RB2 and I was like "Two in a row? Forget this. I don't want to put songs on here that I won't even have when the hypothetical next game comes out!" Dream Theater I just don't know well enough.

I also appreciate that the Muse song wasn't Knights of Cydonia.

And Sonata Arctica + Nightwish is win as always.

Figured you would enjoy it, my New England Power Metal brother. But yeah, I was getting sick of Knights of Cydonia showing up everywhere too.

A few odd choices (the 2007 version of A Tout Le Monde, Moonlight Drive, Paschendale, etc.) and missing a few too many songs I'd really wanna see on the next set, but I'd definitely buy it! Awesome work!

The newer A Tout Le Monde was chosen because I felt that the presence of two singers (Mustaine and Cristina Scabbia) would lead to an awesome song for harmonies. The original has to be given its due, but I thought this one was better for playability reasons.

Moonlight Drive is a little out there, I guess....but then again, most of the major Doors songs were taken care of in the 12 pack!

I love Paschendale. It's my 2nd favorite Maiden song ever...(Hallowed Be Thy Name is 1st). I find it incredibly moving in addition to being epic metal.

[SeymourDuncan17]

Moonlight Drive is a little out there, I guess....but then again, most of the major Doors songs were taken care of in the 12 pack!

I love Paschendale. It's my 2nd favorite Maiden song ever...(Hallowed Be Thy Name is 1st). I find it incredibly moving in addition to being epic metal.

1. Might I suggest Waiting for the Sun? By far my favorite Doors jam.
2. I'd rather see something along the lines of Seventh Son of a Seventh Son if we're talking Iron Maiden "epics".