tdc002's Ultimate Setlist: Take 002

[tdc002]

So pretty much out of bored, I decided to make another Ultimate Setlist. This isn't an updated version of my other ultimate setlist, there are no repeat tracks and I tried to hold back on repeat artists. I tried to be realistic (i.e. No Floyd, Zeppelin, Guns N' Roses, etc) and keep a lot of variety.

Anyway, for all intents and purposes this is my idea of a great RB4 setlist. This isn't a Rock Band 5 setlist (though there are no repeats from my RB4). It's just another list of tracks I think would be cool for the franchise.

Total Tracks: 85
X = Keyboard Support
H = Harmony Vocals

1960's:
-Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone (1965, Classic Rock) X
-Deep Purple – Hush (1968, Classic Rock) X H
-The Easybeats – Friday on My Mind (1966, Pop Rock) H
-Johnny Rivers – Secret Agent Man (1966, Pop Rock)
-The Mamas and the Papas – California Dreamin’ (1965, Classic Rock) H
-Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1968, Classic Rock) H

1970's:
-Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Takin’ Care of Business (1973, Classic Rock) X H
-Black Sabbath – Children of the Grave (1971, Metal) X
-Boston – Don’t Look Back (1978, Classic Rock) H
-Commodores – Brick House (1977, R&B/Soul/Funk) X H
-Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (1970, Southern Rock) X
-Electric Light Orchestra – Evil Woman (1975, Classic Rock) X H
-Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974, Progressive) X H
-Jackson Browne – Doctor My Eyes (1972, Pop Rock) X H
-Grand Funk Railroad – Shinin’ On (1974, Classic Rock) X H
-Lynyrd Skynryd – Gimme Back My Bullets (1976, Southern Rock) X
-Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Blinded By the Light (1976, Rock) X H
-The Marshall Tucker Band – Can’t You See (1973, Southern Rock) X
-Meatloaf – Bat Out of Hell (1977, Classic Rock) X H
-Motorhead – No Class (1979, Metal)
-Parliament – Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) (1975, R&B/Soul/Funk) X H
-Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now (1978, Classic Rock) X H
-Styx – Come Sail Away (1977, Rock) X H
-Sugarloaf – Green-Eyed Lady (1970, Rock) X

1980's:
-Agent Orange – Bloodstains (1981, Punk) H
-Anthrax – Armed and Dangerous (1985, Metal) H
-Beach Boys – Kokomo (1988, Pop Rock) X H
-The Cars – Shake It Up (1981, New Wave) X H
-Culture Club – Karma Chameleon (1983, New Wave) X H
-Dead Kennedys – Viva Las Vegas (1980, Punk) H
-Flock of Seagulls – I Ran (1982, New Wave) X H
-Hall & Oates – You Make My Dreams (1980, Pop Rock) X H
-Megadeth – Mechanix (1985, Metal)
-Men At Work – Down Under (1981, New Wave) X H
-Ramones – Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio? (1980, Punk) X H
-Run-DMC – It’s Tricky (1987, Hip-Hop/Rap) H
-The Smiths – There is a Light That Never Goes Out (1986, Alternative) X
-Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love (1981, New Wave) X H
-Violent Femmes – Kiss Off (1983, Alternative) H

1990's:
-A.F.I. – The Boy Who Destroyed The World (1999, Punk) H
-Barenaked Ladies – Brian Wilson (1992, Rock) X H
-Beck – Devils Haircut (1996, Alternative) X H
-Blur – Girls & Boys (1993, New Wave) X H
-Candlebox – You (1993, Grunge)
-Frank Black – Los Angeles (1993, Alternative) X H
-Hole – Malibu (1998, Pop Rock) H
-K’s Choice – Not an Addict (1996, Alternative) X
-Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away (1998, Rock) X H
-Live – Operation Spirit (1991, Alternative) H
-Metallica – Don’t Tread on Me (1991, Metal) H
-Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945 (1998, Indie Rock) X
-The Offspring – Beheaded (1995, Punk) H
-Oingo Boingo – Only a Lad (Live) (1995, New Wave) X H
-Porno for Pyros – Pets (1993, Alternative) H
-Radiohead – Karma Police (1997, Alternative) X H
-Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 (1995, Alternative) X H

2000's:
-The Apples in Stereo – Can You Feel It (2007, Pop Rock) X H
-Breaking Benjamin – Polyamorous (2002, Metal) X H
-Coheed and Cambria – The Suffering (2005, Progressive) X H
-CKY – 96 Quite Bitter Beings (2000, Rock) H
-Cypress Hill – Rock Superstar (2000, Hip-Hop/Rap) X H
-Dewey Cox – Guilty As Charged (2007, Novelty) X H
-Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes – Home (2009, Indie Rock) X H
-Elliott Smith – King’s Crossing (2004, Indie Rock) X H
-Gnarls Barkley – Gone Daddy Gone (2006, R&B/Soul/Funk) X H
-Green Day – Waiting (2000, Rock)
-He Is Legend – Everyone I Know Has Fangs (2009, Rock) X H
-The Mars Volta – The Widow (2005, Progressive) X
-Modest Mouse – Dashboard (2007, Indie Rock) X H
-Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man (2009, Indie Rock) X H
-Pearl Jam – World Wide Suicide (2006, Grunge) H
-The Postal Service – We Will Become Silhouettes (2003, Indie Rock) X H
-R.E.M. – Hollow Man (2008, Alternative) X H
-Reel Big Fish – Drinkin’ (2005, Reggae/Ska) X H
-Saliva – Always (2002, Nu-Metal) X H
-Staind – It’s Been A While (2001, Rock) H
-Streetlight Manifesto – Somewhere in the Between (2007, Reggae/Ska) X H
-U2 – Vertigo (2004, Rock) H
-Velvet Revolver – Slither (2004, Rock) H
-Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Y Control (2003, Indie Rock) X
-Yellowcard – Lights and Sounds (2006, Emo) X H

2010's:
-Arcade Fire – Month of May (2010, Indie Rock) X H
-Beady Eye – The Roller (2011, Pop Rock) X H
-Blink-182 – Up All Night (2011, Pop Rock) X H
-Young The Giant – My Body (2011, Alternative) X H

Songs with Keyboard Support: 60
Songs with Vocal Harmonies: 69

Decade Breakdown:
1960's: 5
1970's: 18
1980's: 15
1990's: 17
2000's: 25
2010's: 4

Genre Breakdown:
Alternative: 11
Classic Rock: 10
Emo: 1
Grunge: 2
Hip-Hop/Rap: 2
Indie Rock: 8
Metal: 6
New Wave: 7
Novelty: 1
Nu-Metal: 1
Pop Rock: 9
Progressive: 3
Punk: 5
Reggae/Ska: 2
R&B/Soul/Funk: 3
Rock: 11
Southern Rock: 3

Bold = Songs later picked for actual Rock Band DLC

[tdc002]

bah...forgot to add a poll. Oh well, just post what ya think. Feel free to pick it apart.

[superblah76]

I don't recognize them all, but, what I do recognize I like. Good on ya.

[3pic81ueUnicorn]

1960's:
-Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone (1965, Classic Rock) X

1970's:
-Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Takin’ Care of Business (1973, Classic Rock) X H
-Black Sabbath – Children of the Grave (1971, Metal) X
-Boston – Don’t Look Back (1978, Classic Rock) H
-Commodores – Brick House (1977, R&B/Soul/Funk) X H
-Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (1970, Southern Rock) X
-Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Blinded By the Light (1976, Rock) X H
-Meatloaf – Bat Out of Hell (1977, Classic Rock) X H
-Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now (1978, Classic Rock) X H
-Styx – Come Sail Away (1977, Rock) X H

1980's:
-Beach Boys – Kokomo (1988, Pop Rock) X H
-Culture Club – Karma Chameleon (1983, New Wave) X H
-Men At Work – Down Under (1981, New Wave) X H

1990's:
-Blur – Girls & Boys (1993, New Wave) X H
-Radiohead – Karma Police (1997, Alternative) X H
-Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 (1995, Alternative) X H

2000's:
-Breaking Benjamin – Polyamorous (2002, Metal) X H
-Green Day – Waiting (2000, Rock)
-Pearl Jam – World Wide Suicide (2006, Grunge) H
-Staind – It’s Been A While (2001, Rock) H
-U2 – Vertigo (2004, Rock) H
-Yellowcard – Lights and Sounds (2006, Emo) X H

2010's:
-Blink-182 – Up All Night (2011, Pop Rock) X H

These songs are good picks. 23/85 27%

P.S. If you want to post a poll, just go into thread tools and click post thread.

[tdc002]

I'll probably just stick without a poll. I found on my other Ultimate Setlist thread that People would just vote 1s and 2s (out of 5) and not bother replying what exactly they didn't like. Maybe this will encourage more discussion. Or the thread will just die, who knows.

[superblah76]

Eh, my thread is dead and I don't have a poll, but then again, I advertise my list as mediocre. /shrug

[coolsnoopy97]

It's not bad (any list with Blinded by the Light and Bat Out of Hell I would immediately buy), but, being a metal fan, I cannot give it a perfect score with the lack of decent metal. The Alternative rock choices practically double the Metal choices and, with Alt rock being my least fav genre of all time, that personally turns me off heavily. I think it could be a little more balanced in that sense. Also, you could've chosen a much better Metallica song.

So, 7.5/10

[tdc002]

It's not bad (any list with Blinded by the Light and Bat Out of Hell I would immediately buy), but, being a metal fan, I cannot give it a perfect score with the lack of decent metal. The Alternative rock choices practically double the Metal choices and, with Alt rock being my least fav genre of all time, that personally turns me off heavily. I think it could be a little more balanced in that sense. Also, you could've chosen a much better Metallica song.

So, 7.5/10

This list actually has less Alternative than RB3 and just as much as RB2, so Alternative outnumbering Metal is really not out of the norm at all.

Anyway, Blinded By the Light is waaaayyyy over due for Rock Band, especially now that we have keys. I actually had no idea it was originally written by Springsteen; I found that out while I was making this list.

And I basically picked Bat Out of Hell to be this lists epic, long Freebird-style song.

[coolsnoopy97]

But at least Rock Band 2 had equal metal choices. That was the thing about RB2. Every genre was treated fairly, both Alternative and Metal got considerable amounts of songs, and the choices were excellent. I even enjoyed some of the Alt songs on RB2, despite hating the genre. That was where RB3 failed, partially: ignoring a certain genre (Metal) in favor of more Indie and New Wave.

And I see the same thing here. Far too much Alt rock and none of it I would want to play. Of course, I'm just one person and the Rock Band Forums are dominantly Alternative Rock fans. But I would still prefer more Metal to make it more balanced, especially if you're going for realism.

And yeah, Bat Out of Hell is defintiely the list's Free Bird. It's longer, and arguably more epic, than Free Bird, so win there.

[TheStuddz]

Yes please! Lots of good tracks. Extra points for including Barenaked Ladies, Mumford & Sons and Neutral Milk Hotel. The only thing that I don't like is on-disc novelty songs. But that's up to the creator of the setlist.