Official Discussion - Ozzy Osbourne 8 Pack Coming 5/31 - 2 songs exclusive to pack

[Razor_Shark]

YEAH! WHERE IS IT?!?!?

I still don't understand that joke, maybe I joined the community to late.

[dog037]

I still don't understand that joke, maybe I joined the community to late.

The Texas Flood album was announced like 7 months before it finally came out. People were being loud about their impatience and would complain every week that the dlc wasn't Texas Flood.

[Razor_Shark]

The Texas Flood album was announced like 7 months before it finally came out. People were being loud about their impatience and would complain every week that the dlc wasn't Texas Flood.

So a similiar situation to Moving Pictures or Pantera.

[hakko504]

I hope for this tracklist:
“I Don’t Know”*
“Believer”*
“Mr. Crowley”* X
“Flying High Again”* X
“Revelation (Mother Earth)”*
“Steal Away (The Night)”* X
“Suicide Solution”* X
"Goodbye To Romance" X
* Live versions
X Pro Upgrades

[DMBillies]

"Ozzy is re-releasing two legendary albums – Diary of a Madman and Blizzard of Ozz – at the end of this month so this was the right time for Rock Band to participate in the excitement that this will undoubtedly create and release some amazing DLC from those albums."

The only truth of the statement is that we can expect that some of the songs that week will definitely be featured on the two albums mentioned. But it does not confirm or deny that all songs that week will be only from the two albums mentioned.

Actually, the some in this instance is probably used to clarify that the DLC we are getting is not inclusive of every song on those two albums (lest people expect that we're getting both full albums). Anyone reading that sentence and taking out their own hopes/dreams/wishes, would not read this as an indication that they intend to release material from other albums. I think you are really setting yourself up for a disappointment...

So a similiar situation to Moving Pictures or Pantera.

Moving Pictures was mostly a fiasco because they delayed it at the last minute. I never sensed the screams about Pantera reaching the fever pitch of the Stevie Ray release. Plus, it was Stevie Ray's debut on RB (one of the best guitarists ever and a new genre of music) and HMX left it on the shelf for a long time. Combine this with the fact that back then everyone really "needed" content and the genre was still very much a pop culture phenomenon, and the screams were unbearable. I don't think I ever screamed about it on these boards myself, but that pack was something I was looking forward to every week and I was getting pretty annoyed and confused by the delays. Also, back then, HMX had made the "mistake" of announcing a few things that had later fallen through or never materialized, so I think everyone was really expecting that the delay meant that the album was just never going to show. I think HMX has gotten much better about not making mistakes announcing things before they are 100%, but I also think that's why they've gotten much more tight-lipped about DLC in general.

[zage1337]

I hope they include

Bark at the Moon
Mr. Crowley
No More Tears (Rock Band 3 Version)
Goodbye to Romance

I don't care what the other 4 songs are as long as these 3 songs and if No More Tears get's upgraded

[Santa Claustrophobia]

Moving Pictures was mostly a fiasco because they delayed it at the last minute. I never sensed the screams about Pantera reaching the fever pitch of the Stevie Ray release. Plus, it was Stevie Ray's debut on RB (one of the best guitarists ever and a new genre of music) and HMX left it on the shelf for a long time. Combine this with the fact that back then everyone really "needed" content and the genre was still very much a pop culture phenomenon, and the screams were unbearable. I don't think I ever screamed about it on these boards myself, but that pack was something I was looking forward to every week and I was getting pretty annoyed and confused by the delays. Also, back then, HMX had made the "mistake" of announcing a few things that had later fallen through or never materialized, so I think everyone was really expecting that the delay meant that the album was just never going to show. I think HMX has gotten much better about not making mistakes announcing things before they are 100%, but I also think that's why they've gotten much more tight-lipped about DLC in general.

Mostly, the complaint was that people began to really complain when there was one month that the album releases didn't come out and follow the expected, yet unannounced, pattern. Texas Flood should be considered the goto reminder whenever people complain that HMX hasn't followed through on their promises when the expected promise never existed in the first place.

They had said we'd get six specific albums but never said when. It took eight or nine months to release them all and Texas Flood was 'delayed'. The first four came out roughly once a month. When the next album (either Texas Flood or Nothing Shocking) didn't fallow suit, people went nuts claiming that HMX lied about it.

It had to be pointed out again and again that HMX never said 'once a month', only 'these six albums'. The result, as mentioned, is a slightly less open HMX regarding certain elements and and increase in accusations that they are ignoring the fanbase (read: not personally answering repeated questions on these forums).

Now we have people certain that a statement, which can be taken to mean different things, confirms an absolute which also happens to be the opinion of the person making the claim. How convenient. And not at all predictable.

[dog037]

I predict:

1. Believer
2. Diary of a Madman
3. Flying High Again
4. Goodbye to Romance
5. I Don't Know
6. Mr Crowley
7. Over the Mountain
8. Suicide Solution

They're all gonna be studio tracks.

[SeymourDuncan17]

I wan dis:

Ozzy Osbourne Pack 02
Goodbye to Romance
I Don't Know
Diary of a Madman
Civilize the Universe
Hellraiser
Shot in the Dark
Mr. Crowley
Flying High Again

[Whizzer191]

Sorry, man. Copyright 101 says that you still need the original artist's permission to recreate their words/melodies in a non-parody manner.

So, yes... there would still be copyright issues even if it were just a cover.

Not just for non-parody manners. "Weird Al" Yankovic would have released more songs if he had been permitted to do so.