Rocksmith discussion thread - New real guitar game.

[Dangimarocker]

Kinda feel this way about Queen as a whole. I can't stand playing them on rockband because there are so many dead spots, or not real guitar notes.

Mostly Piano driven is why.
Vocals are the best instrument usually, but they do offer nice guitar solos and drum solos (which we need a lot more by them that are more instrumentally driven than just piano and vocals)

[lvmathemagician]

MY money is on Paul McCartney.

[www1221]

MY money is on Paul McCartney.

He has been knighted which would kinda fit the Jubilee thing.

Are the Eagles in Rocksmith?

[toymachineSH]

Nope

Still just in Guitar Hero

[grumblevolcano]

Mostly Piano driven is why.
Vocals are the best instrument usually, but they do offer nice guitar solos and drum solos (which we need a lot more by them that are more instrumentally driven than just piano and vocals)

I agree that the choice of songs provide this opinion that some people have of Queen being boring to play in RB. It's the "deep cuts" which show the larger focus on the core instruments (e.g. Stone Cold Crazy, Keep Yourself Alive [dependent on where you live]). There's plenty of material which has not been released on any music game that would be great on guitar/bass/drums as many people on this forum have mentioned about songs such as Dragon Attack and Ogre Battle. It's of course the hits which are mostly keys driven.

[NOT_Travis]

They are one song just like the Abbey Road meledy and 2112 is one song.

No.

By definition, a medley is a combination of songs. Just because they were intended to be played together doesn't mean that they're pieces of one song.

[FujiSkunk]

No.

By definition, a medley is a combination of songs. Just because they were intended to be played together doesn't mean that they're pieces of one song.

I'd say it's more appropriate to call "2112" a suite. Typically a suite is a collection of songs meant to be played together, though each song can stand on its own. A medley is not meant to be split up any further. Weird Al's polka mash-ups are "medleys," and it wouldn't make sense to play any one piece of them out of context.

Technically this means the Abbey Road "Medley" is bit of a misnomer, but, we'll forgive Harmonix for that. Calling it the Abbey Road Suite would have just confused even more people.

[tnevaker]

medleys are usually combinations of songs that weren't originally written or composed to be played together. they are often also modified or shortened in such a way as to flow together better. a suite has a more precise definition in classical music, but applied to popular music, a collection of songs written with the intention to be played together and in a specific order could be called that. that intent in the original composition is a vital component, however, otherwise all you have is an album track listing. the difference between 2112 or Kate Bush's The Ninth Wave and, say, ok computer or kid a by radiohead is that those radiohead songs were written independently and later ordered in such a way to be listened in a specific order, whereas the former was almost certainly written with the intent of being listened together as a single piece from the very beginning.

[NOT_Travis]

I'd say it's more appropriate to call "2112" a suite. Typically a suite is a collection of songs meant to be played together, though each song can stand on its own. A medley is not meant to be split up any further. Weird Al's polka mash-ups are "medleys," and it wouldn't make sense to play any one piece of them out of context.

Technically this means the Abbey Road "Medley" is bit of a misnomer, but, we'll forgive Harmonix for that. Calling it the Abbey Road Suite would have just confused even more people.

True. I was just taking exception to "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" being called one song.

[www1221]

Maybe not "one song" but they should never be split up.