The Beatles: ROCK BAND - Rumors and Facts

[cherokeesam]

This game should and MUST end with "The End/Her Majesty".

Those ripping hand-off guitar solos! The lyrics! What a great way to send people out of this game "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make"!! (Perfect) Then rolls right in to the follow-up track. The beauty, humor, and simplicity of "Her Majesty" makes for the perfect ending.

If they're going for a grand finale, I see "The End" as being the big finish, too. But I'd rather see it paired with "Golden Slumbers" as per the current vogue....they make a nice fit together.

Either that or finish up with "The Long And Winding Road"....that would be a fitting end as well.

[o1skinneej]

If they're going for a grand finale, I see "The End" as being the big finish, too. But I'd rather see it paired with "Golden Slumbers" as per the current vogue....they make a nice fit together.

Either that or finish up with "The Long And Winding Road"....that would be a fitting end as well.

People keep ragging on "Her Majesty", and I realize its just a quick 20 second bit but it really ends the album/song perfectly. It's so quirky and just comes out of the blue. I still think it's a good ending for the game, and if not, then should at least follow "The End".

I would be happy with "The Long and Winding Road", but happier with BOTH "The End/Her Majesty".

[o1skinneej]

It's not really ironic if you consider he's some sort of supernatural creature. Who are we to say he won't live forever

After all, he was the Walrus(yes, I KNOW).....I could be the Walrus, but I'd still have to bum rides of my friends.

[C-Pr0mpt]

Then what would be the point of including a mic stand in the special edition? And if the people who were doing the harmonies or backup vocals weren't playing an instrument at the same time, they would be very bored at times...

Many people find doing just normal vocals to be very boring at times. So what's your point?

The mic stand also doesn't mean anything either. Why doesn't it come with multiple mic stands for the harmony? Why does the special edition come with a bass controller? It's all information that's rather not relevant.

If you want a included product to help prove your point, let me know when the bundle includes a usb hub to support all of these items that will be used at the same time.

[C-Pr0mpt]

I completely disagree. Direct support of voxtar (i.e. guitarist singing in the game) has been a heavily requested feature since RB1. I think they're taking the opportunity with the Beatles game to implement this. It shouldn't be hard to have a "Backup Vocals" menu in addition to the Bass/Guitar menu and Difficulty menu. It could look like:

Instrument:
Bass
Guitar
<----choose one of these

Difficulty (Guitar/Bass)
<----choose difficulty

Vocals:
None
Backup 1 (or John)
Backup 2 (or George)
<----choose one of these

if not "None" chosen:
Difficulty (Vocals)
<----choose difficulty

The official description itself reads, "...Featuring the ability to play drums, lead guitar, bass guitar or sing three part harmony with up to three microphones..." Personally I feel there is a huge difference between "or sing" and "and sing." That's just my opinion, I'm just going by the wording.

Just because it's a heavily requested feature doesn't mean anything. I'd also challenge your claim at "heavily." Besides, there are many "heavily" requested features that are still not in the game and some if not probably most that never will be. Rather it's requested or not means nothing. The actual outcome is what matters.

[UneasyMonkey]

People keep ragging on "Her Majesty", and I realize its just a quick 20 second bit but it really ends the album/song perfectly. It's so quirky and just comes out of the blue. I still think it's a good ending for the game, and if not, then should at least follow "The End".

I would be happy with "The Long and Winding Road", but happier with BOTH "The End/Her Majesty".

Yeah, but it's not part of The Medley, so if they put the whole Medley in as one track, Her Majesty shouldn't be part of it. It would be pretty cool/funny if it's right after the end credits after a few seconds of silence

Many people find doing just normal vocals to be very boring at times. So what's your point?

The mic stand also doesn't mean anything either. Why doesn't it come with multiple mic stands for the harmony? Why does the special edition come with a bass controller? It's all information that's rather not relevant.

If you want a included product to help prove your point, let me know when the bundle includes a usb hub to support all of these items that will be used at the same time.

But those people would be even MORE bored...

It doesn't come with multiple mic stands because that would that it even more expensive and not everyone's gonna use two. And it's not just a controller that can be used as a bass, it's just modeled after a bass. Lets see....out of the two Beatles still alive, one plays drums and the other.....umm.....what instrument did Paul McCartney play? Hmmm....I wonder....Plus, that bass is very iconic. It's probably the most iconic of all the instruments that any of the Beatles used.

A USB hub won't be needed because everything except the mics will be wireless. They may include one if for the Wii version and maybe the PS3 version for those poor saps who got a PS3 with just two USB slots. And maybe a USB hub is part of that unrevealed bonus content.

[iamtheddrman]

The official description itself reads, "...Featuring the ability to play drums, lead guitar, bass guitar or sing three part harmony with up to three microphones..." Personally I feel there is a huge difference between "or sing" and "and sing." That's just my opinion, I'm just going by the wording.

Just because it's a heavily requested feature doesn't mean anything. I'd also challenge your claim at "heavily." Besides, there are many "heavily" requested features that are still not in the game and some if not probably most that never will be. Rather it's requested or not means nothing. The actual outcome is what matters.

The difference between "and sing" and "or sing" would be that "AND" implies you do all of them at the same time. So the stupid consumer at Wal-mart would be like "It's too hard if I have to play 3 instruments and sing 3 parts at the same time!" From amazon.com, the Rock Band 2 marketing text says: "Take your band on an online-enabled World Tour mode, record albums, tackle the addictive Set Challenges, or even compete against other bands" Since it has "or" that must mean we can only choose to do one of those when we play, right? I realize you mean simultaneously, but I think you're placing to much stock in too small a word.

Chris Canfield has hinted over at Scorehero that they were working on voxtar along with several other requested features from the community for the next Rock Band installment. While that is by no means confirmed, I think it gives a little more weight to our arguments. The game will be out in just a little over 4 months though, and I expect we'll get a lot more news over the next month or so.

[o1skinneej]

Yeah, but it's not part of The Medley, so if they put the whole Medley in as one track, Her Majesty shouldn't be part of it. It would be pretty cool/funny if it's right after the end credits after a few seconds of silence

I know it's not part of the Medley, but I'm just soooo used to it following The End. But I will concede and say I REALLY like your idea of it playing after the credits.

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

The "turn me on, dead man" bit actually appears on the White Album in between the tracks I'm so Tired and Blackbird" (or is it Blackbird and Piggies?), not during Revolution 9 like many people think. Played forward it simply sounds like English in reverse (and is at a very low volume) while backward it gives that creepy message.

No. The one at the end of I'm So Tired says "Paul is dead, man. Miss him miss him." Revolution 9 definitely says "turn me on dead man."

[whofan]

I know it's not part of the Medley, but I'm just soooo used to it following The End. But I will concede and say I REALLY like your idea of it playing after the credits.

I always stopped it at "The End" because I hated "Her Majesty". "The End" was the perfect end to their career (all The Beatles had their solo moments on that track and the sentiments echoed a lot of their earlier stuff while retaining the later years sensibilities).