Rock Band!

[Garwoofoo]

It's a Fleetwood Mac / Stevie Nicks pack, so all the songs on there are sung by Stevie Nicks. Hence the exclusion of The Chain and Big Love.

[JedEvangelion]

Next week:

Fleetwood Mac – Dreams *

Fleetwood Mac – Gold Dust Woman

Fleetwood Mac – Landslide

Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon

Stevie Nicks – Edge of Seventeen (Just Like the White Winged Dove) *

Stevie Nicks – Stand Back

Yes please.

[Fry Crayola]

Is it wrong that I want to take singing lessons just to be even better at Rock Band? I'm not terrible (give me the right song and I can do it well, and I can 100% loads on Expert), but I want to be better.

Edge of Seventeen on vocals shows me up for the charlatan that I am.

[Couch Corpse]

I want to take singing lessons just to be even better at Rock Band?

I had that very idea the other day.

[markftmuk]

Noticed Anamanaguchi RBN track is out now, dont think its been mentioned on here. Will be having a go tonight.

[Cthulhu Steev]

I'm new to the joys of Rock Band (Yeah, I know) but can somebody tell me if you can use a Pro guitar as a 'normal' Rock Band guitar, is it used in the same 5-button/strum way? I'd like to buy one that's future-proofed but I'm only a four-button rookie at the moment!

[Fry Crayola]

Noticed Anamanaguchi RBN track is out now, dont think its been mentioned on here. Will be having a go tonight.

It's great fun on guitar, I haven't tried it on any other instruments but the HOPOs are very satisfying.

[Fry Crayola]

I'm new to the joys of Rock Band (Yeah, I know) but can somebody tell me if you can use a Pro guitar as a 'normal' Rock Band guitar, is it used in the same 5-button/strum way? I'd like to buy one that's future-proofed but I'm only a four-button rookie at the moment!

The Mustang can be used as a nornal guitar, the Squier cannot.

However, it's bloody difficult to use it as such, because the buttons are so much smaller and strumming strings isn't as easy as using a bar. Maybe it's something that you'd get used to in time, but I'd rather stick to a normal guitar for regular mode play and if I have mates over, I ask if they can bring a guitar.

[Garwoofoo]

I'm not terrible (give me the right song and I can do it well, and I can 100% loads on Expert), but I want to be better.

As with Singstar, the game seems to score me quite highly but I sound fucking dreadful. I can't sing at all really. Doesn't stop me giving it some welly of course!

[Cthulhu Steev]

The Mustang can be used as a nornal guitar, the Squier cannot.

However, it's bloody difficult to use it as such, because the buttons are so much smaller and strumming strings isn't as easy as using a bar. Maybe it's something that you'd get used to in time, but I'd rather stick to a normal guitar for regular mode play and if I have mates over, I ask if they can bring a guitar.

Cheers!

[Philly]

i've just found The Touch, on rock band network! How did i miss this?

[Sprite Machine]

'Tis an awesome song, that. Fun for all.

But it so badly needs a keyboard part mapped to it!! I wonder, will it be possible for authors to 'update' their songs to 2.0 standards, or will they have to do like Harmonix and re-release them to buy again?

[Fry Crayola]

Some have already started re-releasing them, so I imagine more will trickle through. As with the Harmonix-authored stuff, I'll only be buying the ones that absolutely, positively need it.

[Pungee]

Fry, are you on Xbox or PS3? If you're on PS3, let me add you for leaderboard fun.

I'm all about love for vocals in this. They are my most played instrument over the three games by miles and still my favourite. Probably because I fancy myself as a decent singer in real life, but not good enough to actually be in a band or anything.

How good is Edge of Seventeen on vocals? REAL good. It has probably the three best vocal bits in any RB song.

1.) The whole "The clouds never expect it..." part after the second chorus when she really goes for it, leading to....

2.) The 'OooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrnnnnnNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGAAAAAAHHHHH' at about the three minute mark.

and 3.) The outro starting from "Well I hear you, in the morning, and I hear you, at nightfall"

This is the best thing out there for vocalists, man. I'm telling you.

Took me a few tries (kept messing up the 'eyes on him' line from the first verse) but I finally managed this:

Best game ever etc.

[Fry Crayola]

I'm on 360, so sorry dude.

You hitting those at the right octave? I just can't do it so have to drop down, but this song just doesn't work if it's not sung properly.

[Pungee]

I'm on 360, so sorry dude.

You hitting those at the right octave? I just can't do it so have to drop down, but this song just doesn't work if it's not sung properly.

Everything apart from the 'that I first laid eyes on him' line, yeah. I had to go into high falsetto to hit that one as what I normal sing there turned out to be the low harmony.

[Fry Crayola]

It's the line "And I see you doing what I tried to do for me" that gets me, and anything else that high.

It's odd though, there are songs that go that high and I can reach it (such as Man in the Box), and then others that I can't. I guess it's the way they're structured.

Edit: come to think of it, Man in the Box isn't quite as high... which also helps explain it.

[Jimmy Shedders]

Next week's DLC

Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation®3 system (April 19):

• Anberlin –- Breaking”

• Mastodon – - Blood and Thunder” X

• Ohio Players –- “Fire”

• Ohio Players –“- Love Rollercoaster” X

• Relient K –- “Must Have Done Something Right”

• Tommy Tutone –- 867-5309/Jenny” X

(All tracks are original master recordings)

(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system April 20)

These tracks will be available for purchase as individual tracks on Xbox 360, PlayStation®3 system and Wii. Tracks marked with “X” will include Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions for $0.99 per song.

Price:

$1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points) per song

$2.00 USD (200 Wii Points™) per song

$0.99 USD (100 Wii Points/80 Microsoft Points), £0.59 UK, €0.79 EU per song for eligible Pro Guitar/Pro Bass upgrade

http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=218714

[Kelthink]

Oh fuck, Love Rollercoaster! Shweet. Would've liked the Chilis' version, mind. And Blood and Thunder is obviously excellent too. Yusss.

[MW_Jimmy]

OH-ACH-HI-OOOOH!!

Harmonix having been bringing the funk and soul recently. Gotta be getting some Parliament and Sly Stone soon!

[lewismistreated]

Little project I've been working on for a while now.

This is a Spotify playlist containing around 90% of the total songs ever released for the Rock Band platform. So that's everything from Rock Band 1, 2, 3, Lego Rock Band, and all the official DLC released every week since the series first began. Tried to include like-for-like tracks as much as possible (for example, live versions), but this has not always been an option.

It does not include the artist-specific titles like AC/DC or Green Day Rock Band, nor does it include the Rock Band Network (yet).

Notable absences because Spotify hates music:

RB1

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dani California

Metallica – Enter Sandman

Crooked X – Nightmare

Tribe – Outside

Vagiant – Seven

Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld – Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld

Die Toten Hosen – Hier Kommt Alex

Oasis – Rock ‘n Roll Star

RB2

Joan Jett – Bad Reputation

Metallica – Battery

Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Give It Away

AC/DC – Let There Be Rock

The Donnas – New Kid in School

Bang Camaro – Night Lies

Breaking Wheel – Shoulder to the Plow

Bob Dylan – Tangled up in Blue

Libyans – Welcome to the Neighbourhood

RB3

Rammstein – Du Hast

The Bronx – False Alarm

Def Leppard – Foolin’

Tokio Hotel – Humanoid

Joan Jett – I Love Rock ‘n Roll

Primus – Jerry Was a Racecar Driver

INXS – Need You Tonight

Lego Rock Band

None!

DLC

Metallica – Ride the Lightning

Metallica – Blackened

Metallica - ...and Justice For All

Oasis – Don’t Look Back in Anger

Oasis – Live Forever

Oasis – Wonderwall

NIN – The Perfect Drug

NIN - Last

GLaDOS and Jonathan Coulton – Still Alive

Count Zero – Shake

Freezepop – Sprode

The Material – Moving to Seattle

Crooked X – Rock ‘n Roll Dream

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Snow (Hey Oh)

Red Hit Chili Peppers – Tell Me Baby

Thenewno2 – Yomp

Megadeth – Sleepwalker

The Janitors – Get Your Rock On

Locksley – All Over Again

Locksley – She Does

Locksley – Don’t Make Me Wait

MC Frontalot feat. Brad Sucks – Livin’ On the Corner of Dude and Catastrophe

The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets – Shhh...

All That Remains – Chiron

All That Remains – Two Weeks

Stephen and the Colberts – Charlene (I’m Right Behind You)

Rush – The Camera Eye

Sleater-Kinney – You’re No Rock ‘n Roll Fun

Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Power of Equality

Red Hot Chili Peppers – If You Have To Ask

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Breaking the Girl

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Funky Monks

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Suck My Kiss

Red Hot Chili Peppers – I Could Have Lied

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Mellowship Slinky in B Major

Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Righteous and the Wicked

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Naked in the Rain

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Apache Rose Peacock

Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Greeting Song

Red Hot Chili Peppers – My Lovely Man

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Sir Psycho Sexy

Red Hot Chili Peppers – They’re Red Hot

Harvey Danger – Cream and Bastards Rise

Ghost Hounds – Ashes to Fire

Thenewno2 – Crazy Tuesday

The Chevelles – Get It On

The Cocktail Slippers – Give it to Me

Lesley Roy – I’m Gone, I’m Going

X Japan – I.V.

The Len Price 3 – If I Ain’t Got You

Shaimus – Like a Fool

Authority Zero – No Regrets

The 88 – Sons and Daughters

Dead Kennedys – California Uber Alles

Dead Kennedys – Police Truck

Crooked X – Gone

Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force – Caprici di Diablo

Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force – Damnation Game

Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force – Red Devil

The Naked Brothers Band – Body I Occupy

The Naked Brothers Band – I Don’t Want to Go to School

Barenaked Ladies – Hanukkah Blessings

Billy Squier – Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You

The Pretenders – Blue Christmas

Steve Miller Band – Space Cowboy

Ghost Hounds – Wind Me Up

Nikko – Break My Heart

Drive-By Truckers – 3 Dimes Down

Old 97s – Time Bomb (Live)

Steve Earle – Satellite Radio

The Shins – New Slang

Toby Keith – She’s a Hottie

Toby Keith – Should’ve Been a Cowboy

Styx/REO Speedwagon – Can’t Stop Rockin’

Hautewerk – Alone in my Head

Hautewerk – I Know Where You Came From

Hautewerk – Stop Start Again

Prong – Idealistic Types

Spinal Tap – Saucy Jack

Dear and the Headlights – Sweet Talk

The Black Dahlia Murder – What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse

Eve 6 – Inside Out

Oasis – Supersonic (Live)

Freezepop – Science Genius Girl

MC Frontalot – Origin of Species

Anvil – 666

Anvil – Metal on Metal

Anvil – This is Thirteen

Breaking Benjamin – So Cold

Breaking Benjamin – I Will Not Bow

Electric Six – Dance Epidemic

Rob Zombie – Burn

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – Fake Friends

Spongebob Squarepants – A Day Like This

Jason Aldean – She’s Country

Paul McCartney – Sing the Changes (live)

I Mother Earth – Levitate

The Who – Super Bowl S-Mashup

KSM – Distracted

Neil Peart – The Hockey Theme

Shaimus – All of This

Shaimus – Tie You Down

Lady Gaga’s Power Face (South Park Version) – Eric Cartman

Picture Me Broken – Dearest (I’m So Sorry)

Family Force 5 – Love Addict

The Veer Union – Seasons

Laura Bell Bundy – Rebound

Juliana Hatfield – Nirvana

Anais Croze – Peut-Etre une Angine

Paul McCartney – Maybe I’m Amazed

Paul McCartney & Wings – Band on the Run

Paul McCartney & Wings – Helen Wheels

Paul McCartney & Wings – Let Me Roll It

Inhabited – Open My Eyes

Abnormality – Visions

Speck – Conventional Lover

War – Spill the Wine

Mastodon – Blood and Thunder

Fully intend to update it on a weekly basis. Enjoy.

[Garwoofoo]

Stunning work. Not enough +1s for this.

[Halo]

I did the same thing a few months ago too, only using separate playlists for each of the different games:

Rock Band 1 Setlist

Rock Band 2 Setlist

Rock Band 3 Setlist

Lego: Rock Band Setlist

If you want a single playlist, you can put them all in a folder. Never got around to doing the DLC, though.

The live version of Good Vibrations in RB3 is from Beach Boys Concert

[DarthSquirrel]

Oops. My finger slipped and i -ed when I went to + the above.

Is there a UK date for the Strat yet?

[Kelthink]

I'm going to America next week and I'm hoping to pick up a Strat for myself. I'd love to buy a few and sell them on when I get back, but it'd probably cost more than it's worth.

[Halo]

HMV were selling the keyboards for £50 instore earlier if you were holding out for a pricecut.

[mdn2]

Beginning April 26, Harmonix will offer a three-pack of songs from Roy Orbison in the Rock Band 3 Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii. Roy Orbison: 75th Birthday Pack will feature "Blue Bayou", "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" and "Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)".Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation®3 system (April 26):

* Roy Orbison "Blue Bayou"

* Roy Orbison "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)"

* Roy Orbison "Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)"

(All tracks are original master recordings)(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system April 27)These tracks will be available for purchase as "Roy Orbison: 75th Birthday Pack" as well as individual tracks on Xbox 360, PlayStation®3 system and Wii.

[vladtepess]

Maybe I'm not on the right mood, but the last month in DLC for Rock Band has been (for my musical taste at least) a complete delusion. I mean, it is Rock Band, where are the great songs from the past such as Led Zeppelin,one or two new Blue Oyster Cult songs, Deep Purple again ( "Burn" anyone?),Rolling Stones?

I mean, we also need something stronger in the conception of Rock/Metal/Heavy Metal/Symphonic and so on.

Roy Orbison, ooookkkey, we had some songs on the marketplace, maybe we had enough, last week we had Anberlin, Mastodon, Ohio Players, Relient K, Tommy Tutone but I do not see great names or songs to be remembered.The week before Fleetwood Mac....again...

Please Harmonix, we need(I need?) something to revive the true spirit of rockband, big names, anthems, full albums that made the history of rock.

At least on the RBN, please let us have a little bit of different genres ,Viking Metal for example (Thyrfing "URKRAFT"), where the use of the keyboard is massive and completely integrated in the experience.

Just my opinion guys, I'd like to hear what you think.

vlad

[mdn2]

I kinda agree. The last DLC I got excited about was Meatloaf, only because there's now a possibility of even more Meatloaf in the future.

Anyone else noticed the RB3 'upgrades' of older DLC seems to have stopped since the backlash of having to pay again? We had Bon Jovi and Queen and that's it. I wonder if they didn't sell as well as Harmonix hoped.

[Kelthink]

I think it's unfair to lump Mastodon in with the other bands, they're still pretty active and popular. I've been more annoyed with any recent bands they have plucked up - mostly indie rock that isn't wildly exciting. Stuff that might be alright to sing but that's about it, really.