DLC Discussion Thread Week of 10/9: Singles from Billy Squier & A Flock of Seagulls!

[GLaDOS]

I never denied that it was THE song by them, I'm just saying that it was their only song that people cared about.

[Mr. Tate]

Kind of hard to "chart" when 'Stairway to Heaven' was never officially released as a single in the US. And only released as a digital download single in 2007....

Therefore you see his point...

[peterock2007]

Kind of hard to "chart" when 'Stairway to Heaven' was never officially released as a single in the US. And only released as a digital download single in 2007....

Thanks Captain Obvious.

[osteofight]

Basically it was the keyboardist/singer spasticly squirming while holding down I believe a G (not the chord, just the note) for at least one measure and then switching with the same body contortions down to F (again only the note, not the chord) for the next whole measure or so.

True, but he does it with styllllllle. And hair.

[Bront20]

My theory is that the Billy Squire songs have some crazy licensing restrictions and believe the week we only got Drive by Incubus was the original week we were supposed to get these but they had to be taken down due to complications.

1) Henry said he'd let us know if the songs from that week ever showed up (though that could easily have been overruled or decided against later)

2) As Henry has also mentioned, songs working in 1 music game does not mean they'll work in another. GH doesn't need keyboard or harmony stems, and RB may need better quality stems than GH, so even if they have all the stems, there might have been some other issue.

3) Crazy and Licensing go hand in hand for most music.

[firedoom666]

1) Henry said he'd let us know if the songs from that week ever showed up (though that could easily have been overruled or decided against later)

actually if I remember correctly he said he would not tell us what songs were originally gonna be released.... because of good relationships with the labels and such

[Tykki-Teme]

Getting the Billy Squier songs, really like 'em. Don't really have any feelings about the third song.

[Cipher_Peon]

Basically it was the keyboardist/singer spasticly squirming while holding down I believe a G (not the chord, just the note) for at least one measure and then switching with the same body contortions down to F (again only the note, not the chord) for the next whole measure or so. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. I haven't seen/heard the song in 30 years so I'm going by memory for this. The details might be different, but essentially the keyboard tracks for this song are minimal AT BEST.

What?
Instead of speaking... bizarro language, can't you just say that there's no variety in the song and that's it?

[MagicMurderBag7]

What?
Instead of speaking... bizarro language, can't you just say that there's no variety in the song and that's it?

That was English sweetheart.

[JackStraps]

I must say I'm pretty taken aback by everyone chomping at the bit for this song. Especially keyboardists.

Back in the day the music video for "I Ran" did more to ruffle my tail feathers than anything else did in the 80's.

Basically it was the keyboardist/singer spasticly squirming while holding down I believe a G (not the chord, just the note) for at least one measure and then switching with the same body contortions down to F (again only the note, not the chord) for the next whole measure or so. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. I haven't seen/heard the song in 30 years so I'm going by memory for this. The details might be different, but essentially the keyboard tracks for this song are minimal AT BEST.

I will happily be purchasing the Billy Squire songs, but wild horses couldn't get me to purchase that Flock of Seagulls number.

It sounds like there are several different keyboard and synth tracks going on at once (I definitely hear some chords in there, but it might just be my ears picking up sound that isn't there), so hopefully HMX will merge those together.

True, but he does it with styllllllle. And hair.

after seeing the video, it king of hit me that there was a running gag about the singer/keyboardist who use "his single finger" to play the keyboard part.

Well i kind of agree with Skyp1e on that. I will also re-update my statement and say: I'm looking forward to the vocals AND the guitar parts on this song