Sonicnerd23's Marvelous Months O' DLC

[sonicnerd23]

I had originally planned to do DLC for my RB4 setlist in a more traditional fashion - posting a new thread every week with DLC updates. However, I got lazy, and as a result, that didn't come to be. Therefore, I've decided to try something new: Getting a month's worth of DLC out of me at one point in time and then coming back some time later to add another. Consider this a sort of companion thread to my setlist.

X = pro upgrades

November

November 5th (Launch DLC)

Boston 02
"Feelin' Satisfied" - Boston (Don't Look Back, 1978 - Classic Rock) X
"Amanda" - Boston (Third Stage, 1986 - Classic Rock)
"Don't Look Back" - Boston (Don't Look Back, 1978 - Classic Rock)

Lynyrd Skynyrd 02
"Call Me the Breeze" - Lynyrd Skynyrd (Second Helping, 1974 - Southern Rock)
"That Smell" - Lynyrd Skynyrd (Street Survivors, 1977 - Southern Rock) X
"I Ain't the One" - Lynyrd Skynyrd ((Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd), 1973 - Southern Rock)

Pearl Jam 01
"Yellow Ledbetter" - Pearl Jam (Lost Dogs, 2003 (1992) - Grunge) X
"Animal" - Pearl Jam (Vs., 1993 - Grunge)
"Do the Evolution" - Pearl Jam (Yield, 1998 - Grunge)

Singles

"Flagpole Sitta" - Harvey Danger (Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?, 1997 - Pop Rock)
"For Your Love" - The Yardbirds (The Yardbirds' Greatest Hits, 1967 (1965) - Classic Rock)
"Cold Hard B*tch" - Jet (Get Born, 2003 - Rock) X
"Celebration" - Kool & the Gang (Celebrate!, 1980 - R&B/Soul/Funk)
"Calm Like a Bomb" - Rage Against the Machine (Battle of Los Angeles, 1999 - Alternative)
"12:51" - The Strokes (Room on Fire, 2003 - Rock) X

November 12th

Iron Maiden: The Latter Day Classics
"Be Quick or Be Dead" - Iron Maiden (Fear of the Dark, 1992 - Metal) X
"Afraid to Shoot Strangers" - Iron Maiden (Fear of the Dark, 1992 - Metal) X
"Holy Smoke" - Iron Maiden (No Prayer for the Dying, 1990 - Metal)
"Brave New World" - Iron Maiden (Brave New World, 2000 - Metal) X
"Rainmaker" - Iron Maiden (Dance of Death, 2003 - Metal)
"Satellite 15... The Final Frontier" - Iron Maiden (The Final Frontier, 2010 - Metal)
"Different World" - Iron Maiden (A Matter of Life and Death, 2006 - Metal)
"When the Wild Wind Blows" - Iron Maiden (The Final Frontier, 2010 - Metal)

November 19th

Deep Purple 01
"Lazy" - Deep Purple (Machine Head, 1972 - Classic Rock) X
"Speed King" - Deep Purple (In Rock, 1970 - Classic Rock)
"Perfect Strangers" - Deep Purple (Perfect Strangers, 1984 - Rock)
"Woman from Tokyo" - Deep Purple (Who Do We Think We Are, 1973 - Classic Rock)

Singles
"Rhinoceros" - Smashing Pumpkins (Gish, 1991 - Alternative)
"Geek U.S.A." - Smashing Pumpkins (Siamese Dream, 1993 - Alternative)
"Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry (Wild Cherry, 1976 - R&B/Soul/Funk) X

November 26th

Singles
"Genius of Love" - Tom Tom Club (Tom Tom Club, 1981 - New Wave)
"Beautiful Disaster" - 311 (Transistor, 1997 - Alternative) X
"Amber" - 311 (From Chaos, 2001 - Alternative)
"Wanted Man" - Ratt (Out of the Cellar, 1984 - Metal)
"Way Cool Jr." - Ratt (Reach for the Sky, 1988 - Metal) X
"Use Somebody" - Kings of Leon (Only By the Night, 2008 - Alternative)

[Mileycyrussoulja]

I haven't heard the majority of this stuff, but I would buy Amanda, Play That Funky Music, and maybe Genius of Love.

[ClaptonsWig]

It's been said Let Me Take You Home Tonight has missing masters, so as much as we would love to have it, afraid that song isn't coming. As for the Deep Purple pack, slide Burn in there and I would love it.

[sonicnerd23]

It's been said Let Me Take You Home Tonight has missing masters, so as much as we would love to have it, afraid that song isn't coming. As for the Deep Purple pack, slide Burn in there and I would love it.

Huh, you don't say. I guess I'll replace it with "Feelin' Satisfied". Wanna keep some degree of realism, after all.

[tdc002]

First off, your weeks are a little large. HMX rarely releases more than 4 songs in a week. Second, not a huge fan of your picks. Maiden gets ANOTHER huge pack of songs most people won't care about (seriously, who listens to Iron Maiden's new stuff?!) and Pearl Jam only gets a 3 pack?! Pearl Jam has much bigger hits than Animal and Do The Evolution. No Betterman, Daughter, Not For You, Dissident, World Wide Suicide, Last Kiss? Those are all way bigger hits. Also, a Deep Purple pack without Hush?! A Skynyrd pack without Gimme Back My Bullets?

Only tracks I would pick up would be Flagpole Sitta, Yellow Ledbetter, 12:51, and Play That Funky Music.

[sonicnerd23]

First off, your weeks are a little large. HMX rarely releases more than 4 songs in a week.

I understand that, but the weeks after main game releases are typically large. See September 2008, November 2010. I do promise that I'll make the releases smaller in the future.

Second, not a huge fan of your picks. Maiden gets ANOTHER huge pack of songs most people won't care about (seriously, who listens to Iron Maiden's new stuff?!)

Perhaps the people who brought "Be Quick or Be Dead" to the #2 position on the UK singles charts back in 1992. The people who helped give every Maiden album from No Prayer onward gold certifications in several countries. The people who've filled up entire arenas even to this day whenever Maiden comes around. The people whose sales made The Final Frontier debut at #4 on the Billboard 200. Iron Maiden fans are a devoted bunch, and they are many. Not to mention, there are people playing Rock Band who will buy songs based on how fun/challenging the charts are, and Maiden's charts have certainly been fun/challenging.

and Pearl Jam only gets a 3 pack?! Pearl Jam has much bigger hits than Animal and Do The Evolution. No Betterman, Daughter, Not For You, Dissident, World Wide Suicide, Last Kiss? Those are all way bigger hits.

Dissident is already on my RB4 setlist. When picking the Pearl Jam songs, the ones that stuck out in my head personally were Yellow Ledbetter for its amazing Hendrix-like guitar, Do the Evolution for its memorable music video, and anything off of Vs., as that album is just as good as Ten. Ultimately, I settled on Animal out of personal preference. In hindsight, I should have given Pearl Jam more than just a three-pack, I agree, but these songs still would have made it.

Also, a Deep Purple pack without Hush?! A Skynyrd pack without Gimme Back My Bullets?

Though their cover of "Hush" is well-known and amazing, typically, the most well-known (and liked) lineup of Deep Purple is Mk. II. As such, I decided to take several key songs produced by that lineup, ones that are both well-known and are a good demonstration of the band's talent. As for the Skynyrd pack lacking "Gimme Back My Bullets", it's a good song, but not the best Skynyrd choice, at least in my opinion. Besides, I already had two popular Skynyrd songs in the pack. "I Ain't the One" is a deep cut, but it's certainly one of the better tracks on their debut, I feel.

[GameMaster439]

I wouldn't put Flagpole Sitta under Punk. I would say either Indie Rock, or Pop-Rock

[sonicnerd23]

Update time!

December

December 3rd

Barry White 01
"Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" - Barry White (Stone Gon', 1973 - R&B/Soul/Funk) X
"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" - Barry White (Can't Get Enough, 1974 - R&B/Soul/Funk)
"You're the First, the Last, My Everything" - Barry White (Can't Get Enough, 1974 - R&B/Soul/Funk)

December 10th

Queen Extravaganza 03
"Princes of the Universe" - Queen (A Kind of Magic, 1986 - Classic Rock, 1986)
"Innuendo" - Queen (Innuendo, 1991 - Classic Rock) X
"Headlong" - Queen (Innuendo, 1991 - Classic Rock)
"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" - Queen (A Day at the Races, 1976 - Classic Rock)
"Liar" - Queen (Queen, 1973 - Classic Rock) X
"It's Late" - Queen (News of the World, 1977 - Classic Rock)
"A Kind of Magic" - Queen (A Kind of Magic, 1986 - Classic Rock)
"Flash" - Queen (Flash Gordon, 1980 - Classic Rock)
"Ogre Battle" - Queen (Queen II, 1974 - Classic Rock) X

December 17th

Singles
"Do What You Want" - OK Go (Oh No, 2005 - Alternative) X
"WTF?" - OK Go (Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, 2010 - Alternative)
"Call It What You Want" - Foster the People (Torches, 2011 - Indie)
"Houdini" - Foster the People (Torches, 2011 - Indie)

December 24th

Rock Band Seasons' Greetings 2013
"Do They Know It's Christmas? (Feed the World)" - Band Aid (1984 - Rock) X
"The Chanukah Song" - Adam Sandler (What the Hell Happened to Me?, 1996 - Novelty)
"Wonderful Christmastime" - Paul McCartney (1979 - Classic Rock)

December 31st

The Police 02

"Spirits in the Material World" - The Police (Ghost in the Machine, 1981 - Rock)
"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" - The Police (Zenyatta Mondatta, 1980 - Rock) X
"Wrapped Around Your Finger" - The Police (Synchronicity, 1983 - Rock)

Singles
"Country House" - Blur (The Great Escape, 1995 - Alternative)
"Roll with It" - Oasis (What's the Story (Morning Glory)?, 1995 - Alternative) X

[ClaptonsWig]

Queen - The March Of The Black Queen

Any other pack without this song is just a disgrace as a pack. Ogre Battle is still good.

[sonicnerd23]

Queen - The March Of The Black Queen

Any other pack without this song is just a disgrace as a pack. Ogre Battle is still good.

I actually was debating putting that song in the pack. Ultimately, I went for Ogre Battle because it's at least a bit more well known than March of the Black Queen while still being relatively awesome.