5/23/11 DLC Discussion Thread - Lady Gaga, Foreigner & 2 legacy Pro Guitar upgrades

[RockBandRocker]

Wow, kind of shocked that there's only 3 Gaga tracks and that there is no "Judas" or "Telephone" or RB3 Version for any of the songs previously released. Ah well, 3 tracks is better than none.

Bring on Gaga pack 3, 4, 5, etc. HMX!


Surprised by the addition of Foreigner singles. A bit shocked there isn't a RB3 version for "Feels Like The First Time" or the original version of "Jukebox Hero" thrown into the mix to make it a nice round week.


Either way, good week of songs that should be fun all around.

[Aquamatey]

I'm also a bit underwhelmed with the Gaga pack selection (I can't stop listening to Judas! And I was really hoping with the release of her new album going along with her new RB DLC, there would at least be two or three singles from the new album...) BUT, any Gaga is good Gaga. I've wanted Paparazzi since I can remember, that'll be fun to sing harmonies to with a friend.
And I can't say anything against Foreigner. Their previous RB songs are all fun, so I'm sure I'll like these 2 too.

When will we get RB3 versions of Boston and Kansas?? I'm dying to play pro keys on Boston, and pro guitar on Kansas would be awesome. I kinda hoped Gaga would be the only artist released next week in a 5 singles pack, along with legacy upgrades/RB3 versions of older stuff since obviously Lady Gaga wouldn't be having any pro upgrades... hahaha

[SeymourDuncan17]

heh I'm completely the opposite with you on telephone and urgent...my very first thought when seeing the headline was "please please let it be urgent" now we have the two best songs off of Foreigner's best record....and their biggest song off "Double Vision" (how statistics can sometimes deceive unless you look deeper: hot blooded was #3 as single while "double vision" hit #2, but hot blooded was by far the bigger hit and had to contend with "grease" and i think "staying alive" still in September of 1978....it alone sole a million copies and made double vision the biggest album of foreigners career, even higher than four or agent provocateur....and i believe it also sold more than "i want to know what love is" which was a number one hit)

All 3 Gaga songs rock, I wish we had some Beyonce, but at least it means SeymourDuncan17 won't get arrested for slapping anyone....

I actually relistened to Urgent and am really looking forward to it. I probably just listened to it in a bad mood lol.

And who says I'd be arrested? I'm very discrete with my pimp-slappin'. They wouldn't even know what hit 'em!

[KMO_2000]

To balance the moaners, I for one am perfectly happy with the Lady Gaga selection... Thankyou!

I'll grab "Urgent", it'll be interesting to see how they chart the sax solo...guitar or keys.

Where charted, wind instruments have been consistently been given to Keys since RB3 (anyone notice any exceptions?) so I'd be very surprised if that wasn't down as a Keys solo.

Goodie.

(Personally, the Keys solo I'm yearning for is the vocal->synth handover in the middle of Robyn's Call Your Girlfriend).

[RockBandRocker]

Yuck.. NTY to RB3 versions of Gaga.

You're in the minority.

I know that there are people in the community who would love to see the previous Gaga songs upgraded for RB3 so that the synths that were originally charted to guitar get moved to keys and that there are harmonies charted for the background vocals.

Obviously they wanna cater to the casual Gaga fans because they like the money she rolls in.

Sucks too, she has WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better songs than Lovegame. They could've done a much better job with the pack.

Charted hits do sell better than deep album cuts.

What sucks is that good songs (game play wise) for Rock Band like "Speechless", "The Fame" and "Electric Chapel" get passed over in favor of the singles. Personally, I was hoping they'd release one or two of her songs that uses real guitar, bass and drums to shut up some of the more vocal detractors on the forums about how she's not "Rock" enough for the game.

There are some songs which could use a "(RB3 Version)" to add harmonies and/or Keys. I would pay for the re-release of the Simon and Garfunkle songs to add harmonies to them. I would love for the Boston songs to be re-released with keys. Since HMX has done this for Bon Jovi and Queen, I would not rule out that it is possible to get more in the future.

But, for the most part, yeah, it looks like HMX can release Pro guitar/bass upgrades to legacy songs, which is great!

If a song really, and I can't stress really enough, would gain something gameplay wise from a RB3 Version, it would be cool for HMX to upgrade it that way.

However, if a song does not contain any sort of keys or harmonies/backing vocals (which a number in the back catalog of DLC do), I like that HMX is just releasing the Pro Guitar/Bass upgrades, like they're doing with the two songs this week and have done before.

[Jasonofindy]

Thanks for including some variety to offset Gaga. I'll be picking up the two Foreigner songs.

The ongoing streak of at least one track I want each week since Bob Marley continues. I can't wait for the PSN store to return so I can actually start purchasing songs again.

[BravoGangUS]

Both Lady Gaga packs have left me satisfied as well as unsatisfied.

Lady Gaga Pack 01:
All great choices but no Paparazzi or Telephone.

Lady Gaga Pack 02:
Love all the songs but no Judas, Alejandro, or Telephone. Brown Eyes would also be nice but I'm sure they won't ever put that since it's a much slower song with not much going for it besides the singing and piano.

[azzaman333]

Looks like this is the first week that variety DLC (which people DEMANDED on these forums) loses. Very surprised the Forbes list leader only got 3 songs and after reading the comments about this song and that song not being included in the Gaga pack, maybe variety isn't the spice of life or in this case; DLC.... Foreigner is probably in my top 15 bands of all time, but I am passing on the 2 choices, not my favs and I was tired of "Urgent" before the album actually was released back in the day because they played that song over and over again on the radio since Urgent was the 1st single off of Foreigner 4. As much as I hate to admit it, Gaga deserved AT Least a 6 pack, just as Foreigner should have had more than 2 songs as DLC....

I don't think you understand how this thing works. It doesn't matter how "deserving" a band is. It's entirely about what can be licensed and charted. If HMX had more songs from either, they most likely would've released them.

[peterock2007]

There are some songs which could use a "(RB3 Version)" to add harmonies and/or Keys. I would pay for the re-release of the Simon and Garfunkle songs to add harmonies to them. I would love for the Boston songs to be re-released with keys. Since HMX has done this for Bon Jovi and Queen, I would not rule out that it is possible to get more in the future.

I realize that there are some songs that some people would like, and I obviously realize that they've done it in the past.

I was saying that with all the talk about how much rb3 versions of Gaga are wanted, and how well Gaga sold, that if she didn't recieve any rb3 versions then it was safe to say that rb3 versions are dead. Of course you can never say never. If HMXHenry posted right after me and said never, he could still be wrong at some point down the road if opinions change.

Unless something drastic changes, this has solidified my belief that its pointless to request rb3 versions at this time.

[rab39]

I actually relistened to Urgent and am really looking forward to it. I probably just listened to it in a bad mood lol.

And who says I'd be arrested? I'm very discrete with my pimp-slappin'. They wouldn't even know what hit 'em!

I pictured something more like what happened to Dave Grohl, but not bon jovi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILvkEHQPHHg

PS everyone asking for RB3 gaga versions, try bass and guitar on keyboards for the legacy tracks, like the Depeche Mode bass tracks they are mad fun to play even with only five keys.