ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOCK BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND!

[Hurst2112]

Originally Posted by Neon_Chaos

But he writes horrible lyrics.

That's a matter of opinion. Course I'm a little biased. If you get passed the epics of the 70s (written by a self admitted, nerdy 20-something), Neil's lyrics are some of the best out there. Especially stuff from late 80s and all through the 90s.

Originally Posted by Kodos

Seems like a lot of his lyrics are about the burden of being rich and famous.

Not true. Aside from Limelight, I can't think of any other song that delves into this subject.

Moving Pictures is being released as a download album. Older news but didn't see it posted on this thread.

[Kodos]

I think some of The Spirit of Radio lyrics kinda hit on the same or at least similar themes -- "glittering guises and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity".

I'm no RUSH expert. I guess his lyrics about the troubles associated with fame just stood out to me.

[Hurst2112]

Originally Posted by Kodos

I think some of The Spirit of Radio lyrics kinda hit on the same or at least similar themes -- "glittering guises and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity".

I'm no RUSH expert. I guess his lyrics about the troubles associated with fame just stood out to me.

I've always perceived that as a phrase describing business of radio of the late 70s and the trials of making a 'radio hit' for bands of that era.

But your point is certainly valid.

[Kodos]

Just wait until he writes about the troubles associated with making 54 million...

[Hurst2112]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Just wait until he writes about the troubles associated with making 54 million...

...with his diamond encrusted pen. hah.

What's strange is that Rush was the 12th highest grossing tour this year (18th last year i think). Miley Cyrus was 17th. They should have toured together.

/threadjack

[cartman]

Evidently, there are going to be more than the 80 or so songs already named. There were about 20 songs that they didn't get the permissions set until after they had decided to go to manufacturing. These songs are going to be released later as free DLC. No word on what these songs are as of yet.

http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/142/14257567.html#news

The Rock Band 2 soundtrack will feature over 100 songs - with over 80 songs on disc plus an additional 20 bonus tracks which will be made available for free download this fall

With ongoing weekly DLC releases including individual tracks, track packs and full albums, the Rock Band music library will feature more than 500 songs through 2008!

[Hurst2112]

Rush playing Tom Sawyer before their appearance on The Colbert Report last week.

ColbertNation.com » Blog Archive » EXCLUSIVE: BEHIND THE SCENES WITH RUSH!

[Mike1409]

Originally Posted by Hurst2112

Rush playing Tom Sawyer before their appearance on The Colbert Report last week.

ColbertNation.com » Blog Archive » EXCLUSIVE: BEHIND THE SCENES WITH RUSH!

That was pretty cool.

[Hurst2112]

Originally Posted by Mike1409

That was pretty cool.

It appears as if Alex has played before. Neil looked very frustrated. haha. 30+ percent! smashing.

Strange how as they age, Rush is becoming more public friendly and showing people they don't take themselves as seriously as non fans think they do.

[SirFozzie]

Bang Camaro now has a video on rotation on MTV2:

See if you can find the special guest appearance

YouTube - Pleasure (Pleasure)

[oliegirl]

Originally Posted by oliegirl

What is scaled down? If you haven't played RB previously, would you notice the difference?

I'm thinking of getting this for our Wii, we have GH3 already and my son loves it, he wants a 360 so he can have RB, but if it's any good on the Wii, it'd be significantly cheaper to buy it that way. Any reviews/opinions would be great!

Thanks to my parents giving my son a very early birthday present, we now have Rock Band for Wii. We are all loving it...I was psyched about playing drums, but have NO talent for them, so I've been elected lead singer. My son is a "guitar god" (his words, not mine) from GH3, so he's staying with that, and my husband, who was very skeptical and had no interest in playing, is excited about being our drummer.

I'm kind of bummed there is no downloadable music, but really don't think we would have been getting a 360 anytime soon...between the cost, and the issues with the red ring of death, it just wasn't something we were really considering. And I've already put the track pack on our gamefly queue...it's "low availability", but it'll take us a while to get through the original disc anyway.

Overall...two thumbs WAY up for Rock Band!

[MizzouRah]

So many new songs!

Disturbed!!!

[Ironhead]

Getting back into the swing of things with the new game coming out next month. Need to get back into top drumming form.

Any forum members interested in forming an online World Tour Band when the new game comes out? This would be for Xbox.

[SirFozzie]

Sack and I are planning something like that, but I'm willing

[cartman]

Oh hell yeah, count me in. I keep salivating over the set list, and wonder that the 20 free DLC songs are gonna be after release. One rumor that keeps popping up is that one of the songs is "Sultans of Swing".

[Ironhead]

Originally Posted by cartman

Oh hell yeah, count me in. I keep salivating over the set list, and wonder that the 20 free DLC songs are gonna be after release. One rumor that keeps popping up is that one of the songs is "Sultans of Swing".

That would be awesome - great, great tune. There is a ton of awesome stuff in the new setlist. Add that to the DLC from the past year, plus the option to port the stuff from the 1st game over and I can't wait.

[Mike1409]

I would be interested in something as well.

[cartman]

Rush's Moving Pictures will be released as DLC next week.

Harmonix Newsletter - Issue 1

[cartman]

The set list for Guitar Hero: World Tour has been released. The songs match up pretty well to what RB2 will have, and all are master recordings as well.

* 311 - “Beautiful Disaster”
* 30 Seconds To Mars - “The Kill”
* Airbourne - “Too Much Too Young”
* The Allman Brothers Band - “Ramblin' Man”
* Anouk - “Good God”
* The Answer - “Never Too Late”
* At The Drive-In - “One Armed Scissor”
* Beastie Boys - “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”
* Beatsteaks - “Hail to the Freaks”
* Billy Idol - “Rebel Yell”
* Black Label Society - “Stillborn”
* Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - “Weapon of Choice”
* blink-182 - “Dammit”
* Blondie - “One Way or Another”
* Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - “Hollywood Nights”
* Bon Jovi - “Livin’ On A Prayer”
* Bullet For My Valentine - “Scream Aim Fire”
* Coldplay - “Shiver”
* Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Up Around The Bend”
* The Cult - “Love Removal Machine”
* Dinosaur Jr. - “Feel The Pain”
* The Doors - “Love Me Two Times”
* Dream Theater - “Pull Me Under”
* The Eagles - “Hotel California”
* The Enemy - “Aggro”
* Filter - “Hey Man, Nice Shot”
* Fleetwood Mac - “Go Your Own Way”
* Foo Fighters - “Everlong”
* The Guess Who - “American Woman”
* Hush Puppies - “You're Gonna Say Yeah!”
* Interpol - “Obstacle 1”
* Jane's Addiction - “Mountain Song”
* Jimi Hendrix - “Purple Haze (Live)”
* Jimi Hendrix - “The Wind Cries Mary”
* Jimmy Eat World - “The Middle”
* Joe Satriani - “Satch Boogie”
* Kent - “Vinternoll2”
* Korn - “Freak On A Leash”
* Lacuna Coil - “Our Truth”
* Lenny Kravitz - “Are You Gonna Go My Way”
* Linkin Park - “What I've Done”
* The Living End - “Prisoner of Society”
* Los Lobos - “La Bamba”
* Lost Prophets - “Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)”
* Lynyrd Skynyrd - “Sweet Home Alabama (Live)”
* Mars Volta - “L'Via L'Viaquez”
* MC5’s Wayne Kramer - “Kick Out The Jams”
* Metallica - “Trapped Under Ice”
* Michael Jackson - “Beat It”
* Modest Mouse - “Float On”
* Motörhead - “Overkill”
* Muse - “Assassin”
* Negramaro - “Nuvole e Lenzuola”
* Nirvana - “About a Girl (Unplugged)”
* No Doubt - “Spiderwebs”
* NOFX - “Soul Doubt”
* Oasis - “Some Might Say”
* Ozzy Osbourne - “Crazy Train”
* Ozzy Osbourne - “Mr. Crowley”
* Paramore - “Misery Business”
* Pat Benatar - “Heartbreaker”
* R.E.M. - “The One I Love”
* Radio Futura - “Escuela De Calor”
* Rise Against - “Re-Education Through Labor”
* Sex Pistols - “Pretty Vacant”
* Silversun Pickups - “Lazy Eye”
* Smashing Pumpkins - “Today”
* Steely Dan - “Do It Again”
* Steve Miller Band - “The Joker”
* Sting - “Demolition Man (Live)”
* The Stone Roses - “Love Spreads”
* Stuck In The Sound - “Toy Boy”
* Sublime - “Santeria”
* Survivor - “Eye of the Tiger”
* System of a Down - “B.Y.O.B.”
* Ted Nugent - “Stranglehold”
* Ted Nugent’s Original Guitar Duel Recording
* Tokio Hotel - “Monsoon”
* Tool - “Parabola”
* Tool - “Schism”
* Tool - “Vicarious”
* Trust - “Antisocial”
* Van Halen - “Hot For Teacher”
* Willie Nelson - “On The Road Again”
* Wings - “Band on the Run”
* Zakk Wylde’s Original Guitar Duel Recording

[gstelmack]

Man I hope they work on the interface. I got GHIII for Father's Day, mostly for the second guitar for Rock Band. Finally tried it the other day, and man did I miss Rock Band:

- The note stream was "flatter", meaning notes separated more as they came down the track. This made it more difficult to gauge the timing between notes.
- UI elements are all over the screen. Rock Band does a nice job of putting everything right by the note stream, meaning I can focus on one part of the screen and get every critical piece of information I need. I kept asking my wife, who was watching me play, for info that was appearing up in the corner and other places on the screen because I did not want to abandon the note stream to figure out if something was important or just fluff.

I'm not sure if I'll ever give the game a second shot, Rock Band was just so much nicer to use.

[wade moore]

Interesting.. I started with Guitar Hero and I find the note setup/flow to be MUCH easier than Rock Band. In particular on Rock Band I have a very, very hard time doing a lot of short notes of the same button right in a row. I have some trouble on Guitar Hero with this, but tons of problems with Rock Band. Although some of that I think is that I really don't like the strum on the Rock Band guitar.

[MikeVic]

I have no idea which one I want to get... Rock Band 2 or Guitar Hero World Tour... but I see Guitar Hero has no Rage Against the Machine.

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by wade moore

Interesting.. I started with Guitar Hero and I find the note setup/flow to be MUCH easier than Rock Band. In particular on Rock Band I have a very, very hard time doing a lot of short notes of the same button right in a row. I have some trouble on Guitar Hero with this, but tons of problems with Rock Band. Although some of that I think is that I really don't like the strum on the Rock Band guitar.

I definitely have problems hitting a string of short notes. The difference is that in GHIII, I can't tell if it's a short or long note until right before I need to hit it, as there is more parallax in the note stream. RB has a more vertical note stream, so you can tell the relative spacing much easier as the notes come on screen than you can in GHIII. It's easier to anticipate the spacing in RB than in GHIII.

[MikeVic]

Anyone know if you can use he Guitar Hero guitar for Rock Band 2, or if Rock Band 2 changed their guitar? I absolutely despised their guitar since my hand would hurt after one song.

[SirFozzie]

I think for the new game, everything will be compatible

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by MikeVic

Anyone know if you can use he Guitar Hero guitar for Rock Band 2, or if Rock Band 2 changed their guitar? I absolutely despised their guitar since my hand would hurt after one song.

Heh. While I like the strum bar, I can't play the GHIII guitar without it digging into my right forearm. I really need some padding there (on the guitar, not the forearm). But I do agree that the fingers on my left hand can get cramped playing the frets.

[SirFozzie]

Random video time. Someone full comboing expert Vocals of "Go With the Flow".

"So what's the big deal, Foz", you say?

He's full comboing Expert Vocals... with a trumpet.

YouTube - Rock Band- Go With the Flow- Expert vocals FC on trumpet

[Mike1409]

Why has no Styx music ever been released. You would think they could use any exposure possible.

[kingnebwsu]

I'm getting both RB2 and GH:WT. RB2 comes out on Sunday (game only, on 360). I exported all of my Rock Band 1 songs to my 360 hard drive for $5. I then traded in my Rock Band 1 disc at Blockbuster for $32 store credit. I will then use said credit to get the Rock Band 2 disc for less than $30. And I'll only need 1 disc to play over 200 songs of my library.

I will be picking up my copy in less than 24 hours at midnight at my local Lackluster. Bwahahahaha....

[cartman]

Originally Posted by Mike1409

Why has no Styx music ever been released. You would think they could use any exposure possible.

They had a pretty nasty breakup, and I'm not sure they could get everyone to agree to have the songs used. There have been several lawsuits over just who has the right to use the name Styx.

[Ironhead]

Any folks on Xbox want to jam today to get warmed up for tomorrow's release?

[Mike1409]

Originally Posted by kingnebwsu

I'm getting both RB2 and GH:WT. RB2 comes out on Sunday (game only, on 360). I exported all of my Rock Band 1 songs to my 360 hard drive for $5. I then traded in my Rock Band 1 disc at Blockbuster for $32 store credit. I will then use said credit to get the Rock Band 2 disc for less than $30. And I'll only need 1 disc to play over 200 songs of my library.

I will be picking up my copy in less than 24 hours at midnight at my local Lackluster. Bwahahahaha....

how much space did that take up on the HD?

[Voo]

Originally Posted by Mike1409

how much space did that take up on the HD?

According to IGN it takes up 1.53gb, although I thought it said 1.6 when I went to do it. And it takes about 15 minutes to complete.

[hawk4669]

Got ours reserved and paid for at Gamestop. Can't wait to pick up RB2 tomorrow.

Now I just have to get over my "I'm self conscious about playing on medium difficulty mode so I never play multi-player" frame of mind.



Cheers!

[hawk4669]

Dola,

So for those who've done it, how do I make the transfer of songs from RB1 to RB2? I know it's a $5.00 charge, but do I physically need to have RB2 in hand to do it....or can I do it early?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers!

[Voo]

Originally Posted by hawk4669

Dola,

So for those who've done it, how do I make the transfer of songs from RB1 to RB2? I know it's a $5.00 charge, but do I physically need to have RB2 in hand to do it....or can I do it early?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers!

You have to have the latest update for Rock Band to get the option, but once you do have the update you go to either options or extras, i can't remember exactly. From there you'll see the export option and you'll be good to go.

[hawk4669]

Thank ya! Figured it out.

Cheers!

[kingnebwsu]

Something new is the "no fail" mode, so you can practice entire songs with buddies on a level you wouldn't normally play. That's a godsend for those of us (aka everyone) with friends who lack musical "talent".