On one level, this is kind of hilarious, and it's definitely a testament to the graphical quality of Guitar Hero 5 that seeing V-Cobain sing a Bon Jovi song, or seeing him make rap poses while mouthing Flavor Flav's words seems so absolutely wrong on so many different levels.
I suppose a lot of this has to do with me being "of a certain age," such that I distinctly remember the whens and wheres of Cobain's suicide. While I never worshipped the dude like some of my peers did, you could certainly elevate him to some kind of "voice of a generation" status. And it's the near-mythic legacy he left behind and the way the Nirvana catalog has been protected from commercial interests over the years that makes this stuff so harsh. Blame Courtney Love, I suppose, for not continuing to protect that legacy. His appearance in the game seems fine, but perhaps the business deal should have prevented Neversoft from using that model in anything other than Nirvana's tracks? Or, in lieu of the license holders not caring enough about Cobain's likeness to place meaningful restrictions on its use, maybe the developers should have shown a little restraint? I wonder if there was even any discussion on this topic during the game's development...
I don't know. Like I said, it doesn't really bother me, and I'm certainly not outraged or anything, but it definitely struck me as completely crazy. Way crazier than all the other dead musicians who have appeared (or will be appearing) in music games. Three Kurt Cobains with invisible instruments, performing a Megadeth song! What? Too soon?
Also, it's four Cobains playing megadeth. I'm willing to bet that he looks a lot more like the drummer these days.
Win.
The avatars bother me more than anything else in this video. Seriously they could not have thought that it looked alright. Not ok.
I know what you mean, Jeff. I may be only 16 but I've listened to every single Nirvana album and despite the life Kurt led and his eventual end, I appreciate the music he and his band made and his position regarding selling out. Seeing his virtual self singing shit like Bon Jovi is ridiculous and it makes me question the overall quality of GH 5.
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Now we just need a virtual Cobain/Johnny Cash/Layne Staley/Sid Vicious supergroup. C'mon, Neversoft, make it happen!
I don't know; it's just silly fun. I thought to the whole point of the grunge era was to just say "I don't really care, I'll just do whatever I feel like". This certainly seems to fit that message to me.
Having a grunge rocker promote styles going against that attitude though, that's another story. But, honestly, I think it would be the people on the recieving end feeling upset at that point.
Man, how does Neversoft get away with stupid shit like this and have people who still like Guitar Hero better than Rock Band?