New DLC Week of 2/05/08

[fafa979]

To all of those who are making sarcastic remarks, telling off people who do not like it, whatever . . .

The fact if the matter is that HMX seems to be on this kick. They release bands that people like, but not the songs that are wanted.

I am a music lover. My rock folder on my HDD is over 15GB. I know my rock music. I love the obscure tracks as well. I listen to Fallout Boy, All AMerican Rejects, Bullet for My Valentine, Avenged Sevenfold, GNR, Poison, the Scorpions, Spin Doctors, Candlebox, Soundgarden, Nirvana, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Elvis . . . in other words, I listen to EVERYTHING.

The point is, people want to sing with their friends what they hear on the radio. Not some obscure song. It is fine to throw some in there every once in awhile. Same with the indy tracks. I agree with you saying that no one is going to be pleased with all the tracks. That is agreeable. But this week is just outragous. I could think of so many other songs that would have more of an impact than these songs.

And to make it worse, it is like this every week. Read what people are saying. Most say that they would rather have Rock Lobster than Roam. The other week, people did not like the Maiden song, but all preferred a different one. It is like this week in and week out. It just proves my point that they have the bands right, just not the songs.

Nevermind the fact that they keep pushing out same bands. How many Rush tracks do we have. How many Sabbath tracks. Now how many Foo Fighters, or Weezer, or Rolling Stones, or . . .

To the people who say 52 weeks in a tear x 3 songs per week. That is 156 songs. That leaves 156 songs out of the thousands and thousands of songs that they can choose from. And yet, the record shows, that we will continue to get these obscure songs that 1 or 2 people in my party are even going to recognize? Please.

If they are going to do that, then start releasing more songs per week and make it a good mix of well known (heard on the radio alot) songs vs obscure/B sides/indy

well, although people may not have necessarily liked what i wrote previously, this is the jist i was getting at. i do agree having some obscure songs is good. i would like some from bands i prefer as well, however, there should be at least one really welll known song out along with the obscure ones, ya know?

i wonder if they ever look at the forums in the ultimate setlist and make note of peoples wants. you bring up another good point. they have all these bands they released three four songs of already, while others are getting no love. i know nin is coming, but what about weezer? beverly hills would be a blast for group play, and the pretender for foo, or even their old stuff like this is a call.Rolling stones, forget about it... i would buy just about any song from them... ruby tuesday...or perfect for this situation "you can't always get what you want" lol i know after all this, next week i'm gonna love all three songs that come out and i'm gonna shut up (or i'm using reverse psychology to psyche myself out)

[Quaddity]

Roam is good, for singer's better than Rock Lobster I would think.

We Care a Lot is great because it represents the original FNM with Chuck Mosely singing and not the metal act they became at the end with Mike Patton singing.

Dr. Love... ugg there's a lot of other Kiss songs I'd pick over that one. I Love it Loud would be a good one for Rock Band.

[HyeJinx1984]

I think he meant that Love Shack would also have been a bad choice, as it's of the same "commercial" ilk.

I have to disagree, I would have picked love shack over the other choice. At least that's a song I immediately know off the top of my head, it's still alive (some how) in pop culture subconscious... maybe I'm just crazy, but I don't know Roam. To me Love Shack would have been a much better pick.

Not that there aren't a thousand songs I would pick before it.

[Hoju]

This week's tracks: not fantastic.

But I've got a few buddies who love FNM... should be fun to play!

[Dvlos]

The fact if the matter is that HMX seems to be on this kick. They release bands that people like, but not the songs that are wanted.

I am a music lover. My rock folder on my HDD is over 15GB. I know my rock music. I love the obscure tracks as well. I listen to Fallout Boy, All AMerican Rejects, Bullet for My Valentine, Avenged Sevenfold, GNR, Poison, the Scorpions, Spin Doctors, Candlebox, Soundgarden, Nirvana, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Elvis . . . in other words, I listen to EVERYTHING.

This seems pretty mainstream, I have 80GBs of music.. I guess I win?

The point is, people want to sing with their friends what they hear on the radio. Not some obscure song. It is fine to throw some in there every once in awhile.

You don't get it do you? Release a mainstream song (let's try using that word, instead of 'on the radio' try it.. it's awesome) and the indie/obscure/thrash/death metal crowd pop off their nipple clamps and start screaming bloody murder.

Release an obscure indie track, thrash metal DLC pack, and the mainstream crowd complains. That said, you (and you are not alone) STILL fail to realize that you may love "Thriller" by Michael Jackson, and you and your friends still grab crotches (your own of course) every Tuesday night at Chuck E' Cheese for tips, but Michael Jackson will simply NOT give up rights to his best song to Harmonix/EA Games unless they buy him a new chimp. However MJ says, "However if you buy Blanket a new hankerchief mask, I'll let you have 'Beat it' instead"

Or.. artists flat our REFUSE to have their stuff on RB/GH. You don't think the MUSICIANS at Harmonix have never heard of Pink Floyd? Def Leppard? AC/DC? Guns n' Roses? or Led Zeppelin? Why do you think they say 'these dates are tentative' and 'subject to change'? Because deals fall through, and if every song was readily available for Harmonix to remake as RB DLC.. we'd have 200 songs already.

these obscure songs that 1 or 2 people in my party are even going to recognize? Please.

PS - That's estimated, I think Harmonix is projection 200+ DLC songs, NOT including the full albums.

Also just because YOU do not recognize them does not make them obscure.

B-52s? Pop icons, Roam was #3 on the billboard charts. You don't recognize it? Get out more (BTW I don't like the B-52s much but this song is going to be a fun party gem)

Faith No More? Been on the rock scene for ages, I consider them pretty well known, Epic received tons of attention but they some great albums and were great live. "We Care A Lot" is a fun song, "Falling To Pieces" is another one of their gems.

KISS- uh KISS are pretty much Rock Lords, they seem to be cool (or their record label is) with Harmonix, so naturally you get a KISS song in every Harmonix game practically. If only Led, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, were this cool right? In any case if you don't like it, don't buy it, but don't say this song, or KISS in general is "Obscure" unless you're singing "I want to rock and roll.. all night!! and party everyday!!"

If they are going to do that, then start releasing more songs per week and make it a good mix of well known (heard on the radio alot) songs vs obscure/B sides/indy

They did mention on the IGN interview that some weeks will have more than 3 songs, do you realize that what you are talking about they do in fact do? ANd people still complain? March has plenty of thrash or harsher metal songs, and NiN pack.. was that announcement free of complaints?

No.

[Dvlos]

Wanted to add in a seperate post.. when they announce DLC..

Hunt it down on Youtube or Myspace, and listen to the songs a few times, you might realize that they are "good" for "Rock Band" even if you don't love them personally.

To the people who say they never heard of Roam, go check it out.. it's just like all the other B-52s stuff. Same with their other stuff.

[Hoju]

Well said Dvlos... it's amazing how spoiled and whiny some people have become.

[Ulrick1981]

OK at first I didn't want to buy anything but after a "small" period of reflection I've decided to buy.

“Roam” by the B-52’s
“We Care A Lot” by Faith No More

Thanks.

[tobunk]

haha, i had no idea that the Dirty Jobs theme song was a FNM song. hehe. but ZZZZZzzzzzz regarding this week's choices. i'll pass

[Dvlos]

But Oasis? Never heard ANY of those songs. I don't even remember what the 3 singles were last week, and now this, again, none of them are licks I know off the top of my head... More than anybody I want a diverse group of songs, but there are so many recognizable, iconic, pop-culture influencing licks out there that we don't have yet.

Ugh.. come on.. Oasis had tons of airplay on music channels and radio.. I think Wonderwall is their most known hit. Don't Look Back in Anger, and Live Forever are probably runner's up .. or Champagne Supernova. A nice entry in the UK rock scene, if you passed on the DLC again I highly recommend you Youtube the songs, they are REALLY fun to play as a group, almost anyone can pick up the vocals and start jamming. It's probably the most played pack of songs I've downloaded so far.