tdc002's Rock Band 4 Setlist

[tdc002]

I figured I'd jump on the bandwagon and make my own Rock Band 4 dream setlist. Let me know what you think.

Total tracks: 86
X = Keyboard Support
H = Harmony Vocals

1960’s:
-The Beach Boys – God Only Knows (1968, Pop Rock) X H
-The Doors – Five to One (1968, Classic Rock) X H
-The Kinks – All Day and All of the Night (1964, Classic Rock) X H
-Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (1965, Classic Rock) H
-The Zombies – Time of the Season (1968, Classic Rock) X H

1970’s:
-ABBA – Dancing Queen (1976, Pop/Dance/Electronic) X H
-Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run (1975, Classic Rock) X
-Cheap Trick – Surrender (1978, Pop Rock) X H
-The Clash – Pressure Drop (1979, Punk) X H
-David Bowie – Rebel Rebel (1974, Glam) X H
-Elton John – Bennie and the Jets (1974, Classic Rock) X H
-Elvis Costello & The Attractions – (What’s So Funny Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding (1979, Rock) X
-Janis Joplin – Me and Bobby McGee (1971, Classic Rock) X
-The Knack – My Sharona (1979, Pop Rock) H
-Misfits – Teenagers From Mars (1978, Punk) H
-Neil Diamond – Cracklin’ Rosie (1970, Rock) X
-Paul McCartney & Wings – Live and Let Die (1973, Classic Rock) X H
-Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the UK (1976, Punk) H
-The Specials – Too Much, Too Young (1979, Reggae/Ska) X H
-T. Rex – Bang a Gong (Get It On) (1971, Glam) X H
-Television – Prove It (1977, New Wave)
-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Don’t Do Me Like That (1979, Rock) X H

1980’s:
-The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry (1980, New Wave) H
-Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me (1983, Metal) X H
-Dire Straits – Money For Nothing (1985, Rock) X
-Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983, New Wave) X H
-Living Colour – Cult of Personality (1988, Metal) X H
-Motley Crue – Shout at the Devil (1984, Metal)
-Oingo Boingo – Who Do You Want to Be (1983, New Wave) X H
-Q Lazzarus – Goodbye Horses (1988, New Wave) X H
-Quiet Riot - *** on Feel the Noize (1983, Metal) X H
-The Smiths – Panic (1986, Alternative) X H
-Soft Cell – Tainted Love (1981, New Wave) X H
-The Stone Roses – She Bangs the Drums (1989, Alternative) X H
-Stray Cats – Rock This Town (1982, Rock) H
-Talking Heads – Life During Wartime (Live) (1984, New Wave) X H
-Traveling Wilburys – End of the Line (1988, Rock) H
-Twisted Sister – We’re Not Gonna Take It (1984, Metal) H
-Van Halen – Jump (1984, Metal) X H

1990’s:
-Bush – Machinehead (1994, Grunge) H
-CAKE – Rock ‘n’ Roll Lifestyle (1993, Alternative) X H
-Counting Crows – Round Here (1993, Rock) X
-The Cranberries – Salvation (1996, Alternative) X H
-Del Amitri – Roll to Me (1996, Rock) X H
-Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence (1990, New Wave) X H
-Edwin McCain – I’ll Be (1997, Pop Rock) X
-Foo Fighters – Big Me (1995, Alternative) H
-Hootie & The Blowfish – I Only Wanna Be With You (1994, Pop Rock) H
-Jane’s Addiction – Stop! (1990, Alternative) H
-Metallica – Turn the Page (1998, Metal)
-Megadeth – Sweating Bullets (1992, Metal) H
-Pearl Jam – Spin the Black Circle (1994, Grunge)
-Reel Big Fish – Sell Out (1996, Reggae/Ska) X H
-Sister Hazel – All For You (1994, Pop Rock) H
-Sponge – Molly (16 Candles Down the Drain) (1995, Alternative) H
-Weezer – Why Bother (1996, Alternative) H

2000’s:
-Alkaline Trio – Stupid Kid (2001, Punk) H
-Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes (2009, Indie Rock) X H
-The Aquabats – Fashion Zombies! (2005, Pop Rock) X H
-Bright Eyes – Soul Singer in a Session Band (2007, Indie Rock) X H
-Coheed and Cambria - Blood Red Summer (2003, Progressive) H
-Death Cab For Cute – Crooked Teeth (2005, Indie Rock) X H
-Drowning Pool – Tear Away (2002, Nu-Metal) K H
-Fall Out Boy – Sugar, We’re Goin Down (2005, Pop Rock) X H
-Gov’t Mule – Mr. High and Mighty (2006, Southern Rock) X
-Gym Class Heroes – Petrified Life and the Twice Told Joke (2005, Hip-Hop/Rap) X H
-The Hold Steady – Stuck Between Stations (2006, Indie Rock) X H
-Lady Gaga – Summerboy (2008, Pop/Dance/Electronic) X H
-Motion City Soundtrack – This Is For Real (2007, Pop Rock) X H
-My Chemical Romance – Dead! (2006, Emo) H
-Rancid – Fall Back Down (2003, Punk) X H
-Red Hot Chili Peppers – Can’t Stop (2003, Alternative) H
-Richard Hawley – Tonight the Streets Are Ours (2007, Rock) X
-Rise Against – Paper Wings (2004, Punk) H
-Say Anything – Alive With the Glory of Love (2004, Indie Rock) H
-The Sounds – No One Sleeps When I’m Awake (2009, New Wave) X H
-Stereophonics – Devil (Live) (2006, Alternative) X
-Thursday – Signals Over the Air (2003, Emo) X H
-The Used – All That I’ve Got (2004, Emo) X H

2010’s:
-Beastie Boys – Make Some Noise (2011, Hip-Hop/Rap) X H
-The Black Keys – Howlin’ For You (2010, Alternative) X
-OK Go – This Too Shall Pass (2010, Pop Rock) X H
-Old 97s – Every Night is Friday Night Without You (2010, Country) H
-Sex Bob-omb – We Are Sex Bob-omb (2010, Novelty) H
-The Strokes – Under Cover of Darkness (2011, Alternative) X H
-Vampire Weekend – Cousins (2010, Indie Rock) X H

Songs with Keys Support: 59
Songs with Harmony Vocals: 71

Decade Breakdown:
1960s: 5
1970s: 17
1980s: 17
1990s: 17
2000s: 23
2010s: 7

Genre Breakdown:
Alternative – 12
Classic Rock – 7
Country – 1
Emo - 3
Glam – 2
Grunge – 2
Hip-Hop/Rap - 2
Indie Rock – 6
Metal – 8
New Wave – 9
Novelty - 1
Nu-Metal - 1
Pop/Dance/Electronic - 2
Pop Rock – 10
Progressive - 1
Punk – 6
Reggae/Ska – 2
Rock – 10
Southern Rock – 1

Songs picked later for actual Rock Band DLC
Songs picked later for Rock Band Blitz

[I_Love_You]

Don't have much to say, it seems pretty balanced and has quite a few good choices. I'd buy it if it were RB4's setlist, anyway.

[tdc002]

SHOW YOUR FACE, 2/5 VOTER!!!!!

Seriously, though, critique IS welcome.

[EDIT]
Just re-listened to Under Cover of Darkness by The Strokes and realized it sounds like there's this random horn/synth part. So that makes it 56 keys songs.

[Pwnz0r3d]

The only thing i've noticed is that we already have Stupify, and pardon me for my music n00bness but the Quiet Riot version of *** on Feel the Noize is a cover of the Slade version correct? Just wondering

Great setlist, i would buy this soley for Sweet Dreams and Enjoy the Silence, but its got some great genre balancing for me

[GNFfhqwhgads]

the Quiet Riot version of *** on Feel the Noize is a cover of the Slade version correct? Just wondering

Yeah. Quiet Riot has the (more) popular version, but they hate the song.

[MegaIronDragonDeth]

Out of the eight Metal songs, nothing interests me and I'm really into Metal, so if there isn't a good selection, in my opinion, then there's a 50% less chance of me buying it if it were real. This could be because most on here seems to be Hair/Glam and Nu Metal and the rest I either don't like or is already on GH. Just my opinion though.

Also, some day I'd really like to see some Power Metal make it on to a Rock Band setlist that isn't dominated by Metal. Be it a real game's setlist from Harmonix or one done by someone like the OP or others.

[Scythemaster 37]

I'd definitely buy this if it were real. Some of the choices were a little off, but they always are for real Rock Band setlists too, pretty realistic. 4/5!

[killermurch]

More Prog/Power Metal

Dream Theater, X Japan, Stratovarius, Rush, etc.

[FlyGuyLXI]

I gave you a 3, but I should've given you a 2 for the absence of prog.

Did you just seriously just call Slade metal? And like stated earlier, there's no metal variety.

[tdc002]

Finally got around the checking out the replies again.

As for the whole Slade/Quiet Riot thing, I guess there was a screw-up in my notes making this thing. I meant for the Quiet Riot version to be in the setlist and somehow screwed up making the final list. So the Slade version's been dropped and replaced with Quiet Riot. Now there's the same amount of 70s, 80s, and 90s, which was never really my intention.

As for lack of Prog, I originally had "Blood Red Summer" by Coheed and Cambria in the list, but I felt it was getting way too 2000s heavy, so I dropped it. Then Pwnz0r3d pointed out we already have "Stupidy" by Disturbed, so that's been dropped and Coheed's back in, bringing this list to 1 Nu-Metal and 1 Progressive.

Lack of Metal Variety: I knew that when I posted the list. I'm not really a huge metal guy. Originally I wanted to include an Ozzy song, but it was hard to think of a hit that wasn't DLC. I tried for Iron Maiden and had the same problem. To be entirely honest, the sole reason I went with "Sweating Bullets" by Megadeth was because it was in GH5 (I REALLY tried to keep the GH crossover down though in other genres).

On the list as a whole, I tried to keep it at a realistic size. Tons of user's fantasy setlists have 90-100+ tracks and I've always thought that was just ridiculous. I honestly thought 86 was too high when I posted but was too lazy to go back and drop any. A lot of the artists are new to the RB franchise and many are new to rhythm games entirely, I think (not too familiar with Guitar Hero's library, but I doubt Q Lazarus and Richard Hawley are on it).

Kind of surprised no one's brought up the Emo yet. I always thought it was weird we had one Emo track on Rock Band 1, then none on any other RB disc. I'm really not an Emo fan, but it IS an important genre in the history of rock music in the early part of the 2000's, so I was compelled to include a handful of tracks.