New DLC Week of 2/05/08

[mjpcards]

xxpigxx,

For never having complained before, you are pretty darn good at it. Keep at it and my ex-wife will have nothing on you.

Seriously, don't take me seriously. Just struck me funny. Proceed.

[hokeyboy]

The sense of ego and self-importance put on display by many posters is mind-boggling...

The sooner you accept the fact that you will not like some, or even many, of available DLC downloads, the better off you'll be. Harmonix cannot cater their choice of material around any individual's needs/desires. You'll like some. You'll hate some. Deal with it and move on.

I love how many also assume that Harmonix has the choice of whatever songs they want to release as DLC, as if there weren't any rights or licensing issues to deal with. ("CMON DUDES!! WHERE'S THE FREAKIN' STARLAND VOCALBAND?!?!?! WEAK!!!!11!!1!")

Personally, I'd much rather have variety added to this game than monolithic repetition.

[Grey_Street]

As for my kids. They can complain when they buy the food. I can comlain when I buy the content.

Well then, I should get on my local supermarket's forum and complain that they sell brussle sprouts, cuz I effin' hate those little green bastards.

[Spook2552]

Disappointed I must say.. I do enjoy the songs, but why not some more demanded ones?

[TREMMOR760]

nice just got the faith no more and the kiss. cant wait till next week
and thanks for no covers

[Dvlos]

BTW, I am 27, with a wife, 4 kids, car paymen, etc.

Also, this is the first DLC I have had issues with. There have been some that I did not like, and stated that I would not buy it. This is the first time I have had my feathers ruffled.

Like you I'm also older, with children and a wife, house/car payments heh.. the whole shebang.. Personally I like this DLC EVEN if its not music I regularly listen to. If the DLC makes you mad, take a deep breath and at least notice that on this thread alone there are several people happy with the music selection.

Personally, I hope they keep filling niches, not everything has to be Metallica and Foo Fighters, or HIGHLY RECOGNIZABLE stuff, there should be some "highly recognizable" stuff that also.... here's the key guys:


WORKS FOR ROCK BAND

Some people on these forums are asking for songs that IMHO make no sense for Rock Band. Closer by NiN? Is there even 4 instrument parts? Also I know that what makes this game better and more fun, are songs that everyone can get into.

No one in my house ever heard of Coheed and Cambria, and after playing that song for a while we love it. All my friends have picked up the CD or have it on their MP3 players. I personally prefer songs that are not mainstream though, I'd rather see more Radiohead, some Black Angels, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Clinic... etc.

But that's ******ed (see my post page 9), RB has to cater to a lot of people, if they did slip in some indie bands that I like I'll be real happy at least it shows they're trying to fill in niches.

For the record KISS and the B-52s are pretty well known, I thought FNM was more respected but I guess this forum has a high percentage of TRL youths or something. In any case, none of these songs are face melters, but I am almost positive MOST groups who play together will love this stuff. One of the girls who likes to sing and play bass is already calling me asking me if I downloaded the B-52 song. My wife has never heard of any other FNM songs but Epic, and one listen to We Care Alot and she thought it was fantastic... I get up to the Transformers line and everyone's chuckling.

Luckily there are more weeks in the year and full albums announced, its not like it's the last DLC ever. I might not be buying many songs in March, but I know plenty of people excited about the NiN pack and some of the other songs.

[FatWilma]

i'm right with u xxpigxx. some of the people in this forum believe we need to formally thank harmonix each and every week the dlc is released. the fact of the matter is, when u BUY the dlc, that IS thanking them. they want our money MUCH more than they want us praising them on their message boards every week.

i want to preface this by saying i have only NOT purchased 7 of the songs, so from that standpoint, i have thanked them quite a bit. i would love to thank them each and every week for their hard work by purchasing their dlc. as of of the last few weeks, they are making this much, MUCH harder to do. alot of these songs they have been releasing lately you would find the albums stockpiled in the bargain bin at u're local record store. they are simply NOT releasing grade A, top notch quality songs for dlc. don't think i'm not satisfied because i'm not getting "my" type of music available as dlc. there are many fans of these particular bands questioning the song selection. there must be some sort of licensing problems that have caused them to indefinitely delay the albums and other songs from different frontline artists. maybe they arn't putting enough money into the licensing efforts for the better songs or bigger bands, idk. but to all the people whining about the complainers, if we simply just sat back and didnt purchase all the crappy dlc that comes out, what makes you think its going to get any better? there are alot of people that will still buy it becuase its "NEW SONGS FOR RB! THANKS HMX!!!" the fact is, we DO need to complain. we DO need to keep requesting the songs we want because this recent downturn in the quality of dlc doesn't look good for the future, and i don't think i'm the only one that feels this way.

[xxpigxx]

Thank you FatWilma. That is exactly how feel.

[meltphace]

could someone post that link for submitting song requests to hmx? not the forum; that little page you fill out and submit...

[xxpigxx]

The sense of ego and self-importance put on display by many posters is mind-boggling...

The sooner you accept the fact that you will not like some, or even many, of available DLC downloads, the better off you'll be. Harmonix cannot cater their choice of material around any individual's needs/desires. You'll like some. You'll hate some. Deal with it and move on.

I love how many also assume that Harmonix has the choice of whatever songs they want to release as DLC, as if there weren't any rights or licensing issues to deal with. ("CMON DUDES!! WHERE'S THE FREAKIN' STARLAND VOCALBAND?!?!?! WEAK!!!!11!!1!")

Personally, I'd much rather have variety added to this game than monolithic repetition.

Read damnit! It is not that I want "X" band or Timmy wants "Y" band. It is the fact that this is crap for DLC.

Once again . . . where in the hell have you ever seen B-52's, Dr. Love, or We All Care in the Ultimate Setlist or requested music?

When you hear Rock Band . . . do you think B-52's?

When you hear Faith No More, do you think We All Care?

When you think KISS, do you think Dr. Love?

For 78% of us, the answer is NO