7/30 KISS, Weezer, Blink 182, Damone

[bigfish]

I'm gonna keep this short and sweet, and let the backlash begin.

This Week -
Weezer - Undone (The Sweater Song)

Yeah, that's right. That would be my pick for the one song you absolutely positivily must get. Sure KISS may have more interesting charting, but the sound is terrible, and these are sloppy live performances. Not to mention there are a couple dozen better KISS songs they could have given us.

Undone is easy... on every instrument. An FC or goldstar sightread is probable for anyone playing at an expert skill level. Does that make it boring? Maybe in the context of the 6 other songs this week that were nearly as easy... i would have to agree. If you want a small challenge with this one, take the opportunity to take up voxtar, or show your mother or grandmother how to play bass and what it feels like to get a gold star. This one isn't about the challenge though, it goes way beyond that.

Undone is a strong reprentation of why many of us started playing this game, and still play to this day, nearly 2 years later. To experience and interact with the music we know and love on a deeper level. It reminds me how excited i was reading the RockBand1 setlist before it came out, and imagining how awesome it will be to play Creep, or Highway Star, or Dani California, among so many others. Excited for it just because I finally could play them. With the library of songs well over 700 now, I still find that when people come over to play, the setlist sticks to pretty much the same songs that total well under 100. It's the stuff everyone knows and loves and gets the whole party singing along. Those are the songs that are just magic. Those are the songs that keep people talking about it, and keep people coming back. Undone is one of them.


It also serves as a reminder of how jaded we have become as expert players, to so readily dismiss a song for having an easy chart. I am as guilty of this as anyone. It's a big garden, so when you do stop to smell the roses, show a little love to the daisies as well. They're just as pretty, and require much less maintenance.

Cheers - to Damone. This song is a lot of fun from a no name band. If you're looking for something new, this is well worth your 2 bucks as well.

Jeers - to HMX. Enough with the poor quality live tracks already. Part of the reason I enjoy this game is just to enjoy the music. I've been a KISS fan since the 70's. had the dolls. had the toys. Would love more of them, but not in this fashion.


Hope you enjoy this weeks edition of the $2 catch of the week. Hoping to get caught up with Spinal Tap tomorrow! Remember mileage may vary per user, all opinions welcome. Please discuss.

[funkdiggity]

I'm not going to start any backlash. I'm just going to make off color remarks about your mother.

I see what you're saying, and I aggree in principle. But I still don't care, this song is boring I like Weezer, but I don't love them the way a lot of people do, and I never really cared for this song in particular. Maybe if I did I'd find the chart as charming as you and Ron.

I think whether or not you actually like listening to a song is going to do a lot to determine whether or not you're going to appreciate an easy track. That's why dlc from Maroon 5 and Pixies have plenty of defenders online, while nobody cares about Im In Touch With Your World. Most people would aggree the former is way catchier than the latter. If there's an easier song in the game than Geraldine I haven't played it, but its one of my favorites on every instrument, and even to sing. Alot of that has to do with how much I enjoy the song itself though. I think Ron's affection for They Say is similar.

So I guess my point is if I loved Undone, or any of the songs that came out this week, the way I love Geraldine I wouldn't care about gameplay while I was actually playing it. But since that isn't the case, I took the charts for what they were. And they were boring lol.

[bigfish]

I see your point. Another point to be made is that I'm In touch With Your World would have never made it into the game on it's own merits. It basically rode the coat tails of an otherwise solid album. Several of the Pixies songs as well I imagine. Not bashing them... before this game i never gave them a 2nd thought, couldn't even name one of their songs. As it stands now, Debaser, Here Comes Your Man, and several others from that album are some of my favorites. Point being, great music is great music and will reveal itself to be so. It will be enjoyable to play regardless of chart complexity. By the same token, mediocre offerings from once great bands(see Green Day) will reveal themselves to be quite mediocre in terms of gameplay.

I'm not near as big a fan of Weezers current stuff as their classics, and I can only hope that the lack of any more DLC from the Pinkerton album is because of a planned full album release. Pinkerton, in my opinion, was by far their best effort. Very quirky and catchy tunes throughout.

Oh, and my mom's a tough old broad. Almost 60 and i taught her how to play bass so she could enjoy it with her grandkids. Say It Ain't So is one of her favorites. ;D

[funkdiggity]

In THAT case, I'll just continue to make off color remarks about Ron's mother.

Weezer is pretty much a singles band for me. I like most of their radio stuff (with the exception of Undone, I guess, and that stupid Beverly Hills song), but any time I've ever tried to dig deeper into their albums I've never found much that appealed.

[tackhead311]

weezer albums execpt pinkerton whic is amazing imo are 4 to 5 good songs 4 to 5 turds lol

[bigfish]

heh heh. i don't know if i would go as far as calling any of their songs turds, but generally they have several really stand out tracks and the rest are less than that. But that can be said about most albums.

[funkdiggity]

Aug 10, 2009 21:31:35 GMT -5 bigfish said:

heh heh. i don't know if i would go as far as calling any of their songs turds

Not even Beverly Hills?!?!?

[bigfish]

I sang beverly hills at karaoke one night after drinking roughly 1 bottle of grand marnier.... give or take. was wearing a straw cowboy hat and enormous red frame bug eyed sunglasses. Imagine bono's and elton john's sunglasses hooked up and had sunglass babies and that's a pretty accurate description. I am not exaggerating when i say that eveyone in the joint was in front of the stage jumping and singing along, as if i was in concert. Employees stopped working just to watch.

This is still talked about to this day as some of the best karaoke even seen in my bar. And try as i might, I have not been able to recreate this with any song since.

Beverly Hills has it's merits.