The time has come, my friends. The full soundtracks have finally been revealed for each game. Now it's time for us to choose sides! In this blog, I'm going to copy and paste both full soundtracks, and highlight all the songs I look forward to playing in bold letters. I'll probably even leave comments about some of my favorites. Then, after going through each list, I'm going to tally up the total number of songs I want to play for each game, and determine which game has... THE ULTIMATE SOUNDTRACK.
I encourage you guys to participate and follow by my example if you choose. Either way, I'm interested in what everyone's thoughts are on the two soundtracks.
Just to clarify, there's going to be plenty of songs here I don't know, or think I don't know, maybe even by bands I like. I'm not going to look any up and listen to them for the sake of this blog. So I won't really know about all of the songs until after I get my hands on both games and play each of them thoroughly. Maybe later in the year I'll make an update and see if my initial choice prevailed overall. Until then, let the battle begin!
*** For the sake of encouraging you guys to participate, I'm just going to post the full soundtracks by themselves, and then my reply will feature my picks. That way you can copy and paste and not have to make changes to my choices or remove my comments. ***
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
A Perfect Circle – "The Outsider"
Aerosmith – "Cryin'"
AFI – "Dancing Through Sunday"
Alice Cooper – "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
Alter Bridge – "Ties That Bind"
Anberlin – "The Feel Good Drag"
Anthrax – "Indians"
Arch Enemy – "Nemesis"
Atreyu – "Ravenous"
Avenged Sevenfold – "Bat Country"
Bad Brains – "Re-Ignition (Live)"
Band Of Skulls – "I Know What I Am"
Black Sabbath – "Children Of The Grave"
Blind Melon – "Tones Of Home"
Blue Oyster Cult – "Burnin' For You"
Bush – "Machinehead"
Buzzcocks – "What Do I Get?"
Children Of Bodom – "If You Want Peace... Prepare For War"
Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Fortunate Son"
The Cure – "Fascination Street"
Deep Purple – "Burn"
Def Leppard – "Pour Some Sugar On Me (Live)"
Dethklok – "Bloodlines"
The Dillinger Escape Plan – "Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants"
Dire Straits – "Money For Nothing"
DragonForce – "Fury of the Storm"
Drowning Pool – "Bodies"
Edgar Winter– "Free Ride"
Fall Out Boy – "Dance, Dance"
Five Finger Death Punch – "Hard To See"
Flyleaf – "Again"
Foo Fighters – "No Way Back"
Foreigner – "Feels Like The First Time"
George Thorogood and The Destroyers – "Move It On Over (Live)"
The Hives – "Tick Tick Boom"
Interpol – "Slow Hands"
Jane's Addiction – "Been Caught Stealing"
Jethro Tull – "Aqualung"
John 5 – "Black Widow Of La Porte"
KISS – "Love Gun"
Linkin Park – "Bleed It Out"
Lynyrd Skynyrd – "Call Me The Breeze (Live)"
Megadeth – "Sudden Death"
Megadeth – "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"
Megadeth – "This Day We Fight!"
Metallica & Ozzy Osbourne – "Paranoid (Live)"
Muse – "Uprising"
My Chemical Romance – "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
Neil Young – "Rockin' In The Free World"
Nickelback – "How You Remind Me"
Night Ranger – "(You Can Still) Rock In America"
Nine Inch Nails – "Wish"
The Offspring – "Self Esteem"
Orianthi – "Suffocated"
Pantera – "I'm Broken"
Phoenix – "Lasso"
Poison – "Unskinny Bop"
Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Queensryche – "Jet City Woman"
Rammstein – "Waidmanns Heil"
The Ramones – "Theme From Spiderman"
Red Rider – "Lunatic Fringe"
R.E.M. – "Losing My Religion"
Rise Against – "Savior"
The Rolling Stones – "Stray Cat Blues"
The Runaways – "Cherry Bomb"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 1 – Overture"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 2 - The Temples Of Syrinx"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 3 – Discovery"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 4 – Presentation"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 5 - Oracle: The Dream"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 6 – Soliloquy"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 7 - Grand Finale"
RX Bandits – "It's Only Another Parsec..."
Silversun Pickups – "There's No Secrets This Year"
Slash featuring Ian Astbury – "Ghost"
Slayer – "Chemical Warfare"
Slipknot – "Psychosocial"
Snot – "Deadfall"
Soundgarden – "Black Rain"
Steve Vai – "Speeding" (Vault Version)
Stone Temple Pilots – "Interstate Love Song"
Strung Out – "Calling"
Styx – "Renegade"
Sum 41 – "Motivation"
Tesla – "Modern Day Cowboy"
Them Crooked Vultures – "Scumbag Blues"
Third Eye Blind – "Graduate"
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – "Listen To Her Heart"
Twisted Sister – "We're Not Gonna Take It"
The Vines – "Get Free"
The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army"
ZZ Top – "Sharp Dressed Man (Live)"
Total:
vs.
Rock Band 3
Amy Winehouse – Rehab
Anthrax – Caught In A Mosh
At the Drive-In – One Armed Scissor
Avenged Sevenfold – Beast and the Harlot
B-52′s – Rock Lobster
Big Country – In a Big Country
Bigger, Something Brighter
Blondie – Heart of Glass
Blood, Sweat, & Tears – Spinning Wheel
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Get Up, Stand Up
Chicago – 25 or 6 to 4
David Bowie – Space Oddity
Deep Purple – Smoke on the Water
Def Leppard – Foolin’
Devo – Whip It
Dio – Rainbow in the Dark
Dire Straits – Walk of Life
Dover – King George
Echo and the Bunnymen – Killing Moon
Elton John – Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)
Faith No More – Midlife Crisis
Filter – Hey Man, Nice Shot
Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1
Foreigner – Cold as Ice
Golden Earring – Radar Love
HIM – Killing Loneliness
Huey Lewis and the News – The Power of Love
Hypernova – Viva La Resistance
INXS – Need You Tonight
Ida Maria – Oh My God
James Brown – I Got You (I Feel Good)
Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing
Jimi Hendrix – Crosstown Traffic
Joan Jett – I Love Rock and Roll
John Lennon – Imagine
Juanes – Me Enamora
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird
Maná – Oye Mi Amor
Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful People
Metric – Combat Baby
Night Ranger – Sister Christian
Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
Paramore – Misery Business
Phish – Llama
Phoenix – Lasso
Poni Hoax – Antibodies
Pretty Girls Make Graves – Something
Primus – Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Queens Of The Stone Age – No One Knows
Rammstein – Du Hast
Raveonettes – Last Dance
Rilo Kiley – Portions of Foxes
Riverboat Gamblers – Don’t Bury Me… I’m
Roxette – The Look
Rush – TBD
Slipknot – Before I Forget
Smash Mouth – Walkin’ on the Sun
Spacehog – In the Meantime
Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle
Still Not Dead
Stone Temple Pilots – Plush
Swingin’ Utters – This Bastard’s Life
T.Rex – 20th Century Boy
Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tegan and Sara – The Con
The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations (Live)
The Bronx – False Alarm
The Cure – Just Like Heaven
The Doors – Break On Through
The Muffs – Outer Space
The Police – Don’t Stand So Close To Me
The Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated
The Smiths – Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before
The Sounds – Living in America
The Vines – Get Free
The White Stripes – The Hardest Button to Button
The Who – I Can See For Miles
Them Crooked Vultures – Dead End Friends
Tokio Hotel – Humanoid
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – I Need To Know
War – Low Rider
Warren Zevon – Werewolves Of London
Whitesnake – Here I Go Again
Yes – Roundabout
Total:
Winner:
Soundtrack Wars - Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock vs Rock Band 3
The time has come, my friends. The full soundtracks have finally been revealed for each game. Now it's time for us to choose sides! In this blog, I'm going to copy and paste both full soundtracks, and highlight all the songs I look forward to playing in bold letters. I'll probably even leave comments about some of my favorites. Then, after going through each list, I'm going to tally up the total number of songs I want to play for each game, and determine which game has... THE ULTIMATE SOUNDTRACK.
I encourage you guys to participate and follow by my example if you choose. Either way, I'm interested in what everyone's thoughts are on the two soundtracks.
Just to clarify, there's going to be plenty of songs here I don't know, or think I don't know, maybe even by bands I like. I'm not going to look any up and listen to them for the sake of this blog. So I won't really know about all of the songs until after I get my hands on both games and play each of them thoroughly. Maybe later in the year I'll make an update and see if my initial choice prevailed overall. Until then, let the battle begin!
*** For the sake of encouraging you guys to participate, I'm just going to post the full soundtracks by themselves, and then my reply will feature my picks. That way you can copy and paste and not have to make changes to my choices or remove my comments. ***
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
A Perfect Circle – "The Outsider"
Aerosmith – "Cryin'"
AFI – "Dancing Through Sunday"
Alice Cooper – "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
Alter Bridge – "Ties That Bind"
Anberlin – "The Feel Good Drag"
Anthrax – "Indians"
Arch Enemy – "Nemesis"
Atreyu – "Ravenous"
Avenged Sevenfold – "Bat Country"
Bad Brains – "Re-Ignition (Live)"
Band Of Skulls – "I Know What I Am"
Black Sabbath – "Children Of The Grave"
Blind Melon – "Tones Of Home"
Blue Oyster Cult – "Burnin' For You"
Bush – "Machinehead"
Buzzcocks – "What Do I Get?"
Children Of Bodom – "If You Want Peace... Prepare For War"
Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Fortunate Son"
The Cure – "Fascination Street"
Deep Purple – "Burn"
Def Leppard – "Pour Some Sugar On Me (Live)"
Dethklok – "Bloodlines"
The Dillinger Escape Plan – "Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants"
Dire Straits – "Money For Nothing"
DragonForce – "Fury of the Storm"
Drowning Pool – "Bodies"
Edgar Winter– "Free Ride"
Fall Out Boy – "Dance, Dance"
Five Finger Death Punch – "Hard To See"
Flyleaf – "Again"
Foo Fighters – "No Way Back"
Foreigner – "Feels Like The First Time"
George Thorogood and The Destroyers – "Move It On Over (Live)"
The Hives – "Tick Tick Boom"
Interpol – "Slow Hands"
Jane's Addiction – "Been Caught Stealing"
Jethro Tull – "Aqualung"
John 5 – "Black Widow Of La Porte"
KISS – "Love Gun"
Linkin Park – "Bleed It Out"
Lynyrd Skynyrd – "Call Me The Breeze (Live)"
Megadeth – "Sudden Death"
Megadeth – "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"
Megadeth – "This Day We Fight!"
Metallica & Ozzy Osbourne – "Paranoid (Live)"
Muse – "Uprising"
My Chemical Romance – "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
Neil Young – "Rockin' In The Free World"
Nickelback – "How You Remind Me"
Night Ranger – "(You Can Still) Rock In America"
Nine Inch Nails – "Wish"
The Offspring – "Self Esteem"
Orianthi – "Suffocated"
Pantera – "I'm Broken"
Phoenix – "Lasso"
Poison – "Unskinny Bop"
Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Queensryche – "Jet City Woman"
Rammstein – "Waidmanns Heil"
The Ramones – "Theme From Spiderman"
Red Rider – "Lunatic Fringe"
R.E.M. – "Losing My Religion"
Rise Against – "Savior"
The Rolling Stones – "Stray Cat Blues"
The Runaways – "Cherry Bomb"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 1 – Overture"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 2 - The Temples Of Syrinx"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 3 – Discovery"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 4 – Presentation"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 5 - Oracle: The Dream"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 6 – Soliloquy"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 7 - Grand Finale"
RX Bandits – "It's Only Another Parsec..."
Silversun Pickups – "There's No Secrets This Year"
Slash featuring Ian Astbury – "Ghost"
Slayer – "Chemical Warfare"
Slipknot – "Psychosocial"
Snot – "Deadfall"
Soundgarden – "Black Rain"
Steve Vai – "Speeding" (Vault Version)
Stone Temple Pilots – "Interstate Love Song"
Strung Out – "Calling"
Styx – "Renegade"
Sum 41 – "Motivation"
Tesla – "Modern Day Cowboy"
Them Crooked Vultures – "Scumbag Blues"
Third Eye Blind – "Graduate"
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – "Listen To Her Heart"
Twisted Sister – "We're Not Gonna Take It"
The Vines – "Get Free"
The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army"
ZZ Top – "Sharp Dressed Man (Live)"
Total:
vs.
Rock Band 3
Amy Winehouse – Rehab
Anthrax – Caught In A Mosh
At the Drive-In – One Armed Scissor
Avenged Sevenfold – Beast and the Harlot
B-52′s – Rock Lobster
Big Country – In a Big Country
Bigger, Something Brighter
Blondie – Heart of Glass
Blood, Sweat, & Tears – Spinning Wheel
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Get Up, Stand Up
Chicago – 25 or 6 to 4
David Bowie – Space Oddity
Deep Purple – Smoke on the Water
Def Leppard – Foolin’
Devo – Whip It
Dio – Rainbow in the Dark
Dire Straits – Walk of Life
Dover – King George
Echo and the Bunnymen – Killing Moon
Elton John – Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)
Faith No More – Midlife Crisis
Filter – Hey Man, Nice Shot
Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1
Foreigner – Cold as Ice
Golden Earring – Radar Love
HIM – Killing Loneliness
Huey Lewis and the News – The Power of Love
Hypernova – Viva La Resistance
INXS – Need You Tonight
Ida Maria – Oh My God
James Brown – I Got You (I Feel Good)
Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing
Jimi Hendrix – Crosstown Traffic
Joan Jett – I Love Rock and Roll
John Lennon – Imagine
Juanes – Me Enamora
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird
Maná – Oye Mi Amor
Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful People
Metric – Combat Baby
Night Ranger – Sister Christian
Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
Paramore – Misery Business
Phish – Llama
Phoenix – Lasso
Poni Hoax – Antibodies
Pretty Girls Make Graves – Something
Primus – Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Queens Of The Stone Age – No One Knows
Rammstein – Du Hast
Raveonettes – Last Dance
Rilo Kiley – Portions of Foxes
Riverboat Gamblers – Don’t Bury Me… I’m
Roxette – The Look
Rush – TBD
Slipknot – Before I Forget
Smash Mouth – Walkin’ on the Sun
Spacehog – In the Meantime
Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle
Still Not Dead
Stone Temple Pilots – Plush
Swingin’ Utters – This Bastard’s Life
T.Rex – 20th Century Boy
Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tegan and Sara – The Con
The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations (Live)
The Bronx – False Alarm
The Cure – Just Like Heaven
The Doors – Break On Through
The Muffs – Outer Space
The Police – Don’t Stand So Close To Me
The Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated
The Smiths – Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before
The Sounds – Living in America
The Vines – Get Free
The White Stripes – The Hardest Button to Button
The Who – I Can See For Miles
Them Crooked Vultures – Dead End Friends
Tokio Hotel – Humanoid
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – I Need To Know
War – Low Rider
Warren Zevon – Werewolves Of London
Whitesnake – Here I Go Again
Yes – Roundabout
Total:
Winner:
A Perfect Circle – "The Outsider"
Aerosmith – "Cryin'" (Good song, I approve)
AFI – "Dancing Through Sunday"
Alice Cooper – "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (I can't believe neither series has used this one yet. It's about time!)
Alter Bridge – "Ties That Bind"
Anberlin – "The Feel Good Drag"
Anthrax – "Indians" (I like Anthrax, but don't think I know this one)
Arch Enemy – "Nemesis"
Atreyu – "Ravenous"
Avenged Sevenfold – "Bat Country"
Bad Brains – "Re-Ignition (Live)"
Band Of Skulls – "I Know What I Am"
Black Sabbath – "Children Of The Grave" (Anything Sabbath is always good)
Blind Melon – "Tones Of Home" (Ha. I only know their song with the little bee girl. "No Rain" or something. Maybe this will be good too)
Blue Oyster Cult – "Burnin' For You" (One of my personal favorite bands. Awesome song)
Bush – "Machinehead"
Buzzcocks – "What Do I Get?"
Children Of Bodom – "If You Want Peace... Prepare For War"
Creedence Clearwater Revival – "Fortunate Son" (Yeah! This is what I'm talking about!)
The Cure – "Fascination Street"
Deep Purple – "Burn" (I love some of their stuff. Hopefully this song doesn't disappoint)
Def Leppard – "Pour Some Sugar On Me (Live)" (Awesome, though I worry about it being live. The live tracks in GH5 were awful)
Dethklok – "Bloodlines"
The Dillinger Escape Plan – "Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants"
Dire Straits – "Money For Nothing" (I've been wanting this song in the games for a very long time)
DragonForce – "Fury of the Storm"
Drowning Pool – "Bodies"
Edgar Winter– "Free Ride"
Fall Out Boy – "Dance, Dance" (Wait... in Guitar Hero? Not cool. Almost a -1 for you, GH!)
Five Finger Death Punch – "Hard To See"
Flyleaf – "Again"
Foo Fighters – "No Way Back" (Probably know it, but don't recognize it by name)
Foreigner – "Feels Like The First Time" (Foreigner is awesome)
George Thorogood and The Destroyers – "Move It On Over (Live)" (Fun song)
The Hives – "Tick Tick Boom"
Interpol – "Slow Hands"
Jane's Addiction – "Been Caught Stealing" (This is a classic. Glad to see it included)
Jethro Tull – "Aqualung" (Sitting on a park bench! DUN-DUN-DUN DA-DUN-DUNNNN! Already played it in RB2, but whatever)
John 5 – "Black Widow Of La Porte"
KISS – "Love Gun" (KISS rules, but I'm not familiar with this song of theirs)
Linkin Park – "Bleed It Out"
Lynyrd Skynyrd – "Call Me The Breeze (Live)" (I'm sure I'll end up liking this song once I hear it. Still waiting for Saturday Night Special)
Megadeth – "Sudden Death"
Megadeth – "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"
Megadeth – "This Day We Fight!"
Metallica & Ozzy Osbourne – "Paranoid (Live)" (Paranoid is one of my all-time favorite songs. I hope this version does it justice)
Muse – "Uprising" (I can't say I'm a fan, but I'm still not too familiar with Muse. Cool song, though)
My Chemical Romance – "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
Neil Young – "Rockin' In The Free World" (High five, Neversoft! High five!)
Nickelback – "How You Remind Me" (What's this one doing here? Whatever, it's not terrible)
Night Ranger – "(You Can Still) Rock In America" (I love Sister Christian, maybe I'll dig this one too)
Nine Inch Nails – "Wish"
The Offspring – "Self Esteem" (Cool with me)
Orianthi – "Suffocated"
Pantera – "I'm Broken" (I still need more exposure to Pantera. They seem awesome)
Phoenix – "Lasso"
Poison – "Unskinny Bop"
Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody" (GALILEO, GALILEO!)
Queensryche – "Jet City Woman"
Rammstein – "Waidmanns Heil"
The Ramones – "Theme From Spiderman" (Yeah, this works. Could be a blast to play)
Red Rider – "Lunatic Fringe"
R.E.M. – "Losing My Religion" (It does seem out of place here, but I like it)
Rise Against – "Savior"
The Rolling Stones – "Stray Cat Blues" (The Stones are my favorite band)
The Runaways – "Cherry Bomb"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 1 – Overture" (I might know 2112. Either way, it'll probably be the death of me in-game)
Rush – "2112 Pt. 2 - The Temples Of Syrinx"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 3 – Discovery"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 4 – Presentation"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 5 - Oracle: The Dream"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 6 – Soliloquy"
Rush – "2112 Pt. 7 - Grand Finale"
RX Bandits – "It's Only Another Parsec..."
Silversun Pickups – "There's No Secrets This Year"
Slash featuring Ian Astbury – "Ghost"
Slayer – "Chemical Warfare"
Slipknot – "Psychosocial"
Snot – "Deadfall"
Soundgarden – "Black Rain" (Soundgarden's a great band. I wish I knew more of their stuff)
Steve Vai – "Speeding" (Vault Version)
Stone Temple Pilots – "Interstate Love Song" (Cool song)
Strung Out – "Calling"
Styx – "Renegade" (They only got a bad rap because most critics are cynical assholes)
Sum 41 – "Motivation"
Tesla – "Modern Day Cowboy"
Them Crooked Vultures – "Scumbag Blues"
Third Eye Blind – "Graduate"
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – "Listen To Her Heart" (Tom Petty is my freakin' hero)
Twisted Sister – "We're Not Gonna Take It" (YEAH!)
The Vines – "Get Free" (Dude, I always really liked this song. Not sure if the band ever had another hit after this...)
The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army" (This song is just too cool. But now I'm bummed I spent $2 for it in RB2)
ZZ Top – "Sharp Dressed Man (Live)" (Great song. Was also featured in GH1 as a cover. I hope the live version rocks.)
Total: 26
vs.
Rock Band 3
Amy Winehouse – Rehab (I don't really want to play it, but I think the song is actually pretty decent)
Anthrax – Caught In A Mosh (This is a classic)
At the Drive-In – One Armed Scissor
Avenged Sevenfold – Beast and the Harlot (This was the 2nd worst song in GH2. Too bad it's here)
B-52′s – Rock Lobster
Big Country – In a Big Country (Haha, this is a pretty cheesy song)
Bigger, Something Brighter (Okay, maybe this RB3 list isn't totally complete. We don't know the song here)
Blondie – Heart of Glass (Cool song. Makes me think of Scarface)
Blood, Sweat, & Tears – Spinning Wheel
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Get Up, Stand Up (Excellent choice!)
Chicago – 25 or 6 to 4
David Bowie – Space Oddity (This is Major Tom to Ground Control! I approve)
Deep Purple – Smoke on the Water (Who doesn't love this?)
Def Leppard – Foolin’ (Fuh-fuh-fuh-foolin'! Good one)
Devo – Whip It (Warning: Your parents may want to join in on this one)
Dio – Rainbow in the Dark (RIP Dio!)
Dire Straits – Walk of Life
Dover – King George
Echo and the Bunnymen – Killing Moon
Elton John – Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting) (This was in GH5. Play it with Kurt Cobain as your singer for a good time)
Faith No More – Midlife Crisis (Probably their biggest song. A great one, to be sure)
Filter – Hey Man, Nice Shot
Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1
Foreigner – Cold as Ice (Foreigner's got a lot of hits)
Golden Earring – Radar Love (Yes! Thank you!)
HIM – Killing Loneliness
Huey Lewis and the News – The Power of Love (If this is the cheesy song I think it is, that is just GREAT! Ha!)
Hypernova – Viva La Resistance
INXS – Need You Tonight
Ida Maria – Oh My God
James Brown – I Got You (I Feel Good) (James Brown is always a good time)
Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing (Also in GH6's soundtrack. Good song)
Jimi Hendrix – Crosstown Traffic (Hendrix is awesome, but I don't know it)
Joan Jett – I Love Rock and Roll (It has been used before, but it still rocks, even if it's easy)
John Lennon – Imagine (A nice change of pace)
Juanes – Me Enamora
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird (High five! I can't wait to play this one again. My fingers say otherwise)
Maná – Oye Mi Amor
Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful People
Metric – Combat Baby
Night Ranger – Sister Christian (Some Vice City love)
Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train (ALLLLLL ABBBOOAARRRDDDDD! HAHAHAHA!)
Paramore – Misery Business
Phish – Llama (How can you go wrong with a song called Llama?)
Phoenix – Lasso
Poni Hoax – Antibodies
Pretty Girls Make Graves – Something
Primus – Jerry Was a Race Car Driver (Ah, the good old days of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater)
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (GALILEO, FIGEROA! I didn't know this was going to be in both games. Cool)
Queens Of The Stone Age – No One Knows (Also in GH1, but hey, it's a good song)
Rammstein – Du Hast (I never quite understood the appeal of this song)
Raveonettes – Last Dance
Rilo Kiley – Portions of Foxes
Riverboat Gamblers – Don’t Bury Me… I’m
Roxette – The Look
Rush – TBD (I guess this one hasn't been announced yet either. Still, it'll probably be good)
Slipknot – Before I Forget
Smash Mouth – Walkin’ on the Sun (Uggghhhhh. Can I skip this one?)
Spacehog – In the Meantime
Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle (Cool, mellow song)
Still Not Dead (Again... another missing piece. My bad)
Stone Temple Pilots – Plush
Swingin’ Utters – This Bastard’s Life (I don't know who they are, but the band name is great)
T.Rex – 20th Century Boy (This was featured in GH5. It's cool)
Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Sure, they're cheesy, but somehow still pretty awesome)
Tegan and Sara – The Con
The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations (Live) (Ha! Awesome! I'm excited about this one)
The Bronx – False Alarm
The Cure – Just Like Heaven
The Doors – Break On Through (This is like one of my top 5 all-time favorites. Excellent!)
The Muffs – Outer Space
The Police – Don’t Stand So Close To Me (I really like Sting and The Police)
The Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated (Fun, enjoyable song)
The Smiths – Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before
The Sounds – Living in America
The Vines – Get Free (Also in GH6. Like I said before, I really like it)
The White Stripes – The Hardest Button to Button
The Who – I Can See For Miles (Total stoner song! Approved!)
Them Crooked Vultures – Dead End Friends
Tokio Hotel – Humanoid
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – I Need To Know (Anyone else think GH and RB need to swap their Tom Petty songs)
War – Low Rider (The low rider gets a little higher. Yeaaahhh dude!)
Warren Zevon – Werewolves Of London
Whitesnake – Here I Go Again (Awesome 80's metal cheese)
Yes – Roundabout (Great song. Mr. Schneebly introduced me to the awesome drum solo)
Total: 35
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (26) vs. Rock Band 3 (35)
Winner: Rock Band 3
"thing is.. I'm done with rock band games. "To be honest with you, my interest in these music games is on the decline too. I get excited about them when they reveal their soundtracks, but it's getting to the point where I quickly grow bored with the gameplay, regardless of the songs. I'm feeling kind of burn out. I thought The Beatles was a nice change of pace, though. Sure, it wasn't drastically different by any account, but I really loved the presentation of it all.
I'm gonna rent Guitar Hero because that's all I know.
I am AFRAID to get Rock Band for fear of getting hooked again and spending 100 bucks on DLC.
Might as well end it with Warriors of Rock.
Guitar Hero has Nickelback.
Rock Band 3 wins.
" GH had 10 songs I like, RB had 8. So I choose GH. "Logic is flawed. Two more songs on GH disc is not better than a library of 2,000 songs on RB.
" @JJWeatherman: That's true, but I thought he was asking about these specific set lists. "I guess I'm just saying that this is a moot point. Rock Band is going to have the better overall soundtrack regardless. Granted you have to pay extra for most of Rock Band's expanded library, but still. I'm personally already invested, so it makes a billion times more sense to go for Rock Band regardless of what the on disc songs are.
Guitar Hero has Soundgarden, Megadeth, a lot of Rush, Sabbath (way better than solo Ozzy in general, and especially better than Crazy Train), and has a story mode.
Rock Band 3, meanwhile, doesn't have much that interests me. Also, the fact that they're going in more realistic direction, and adding keyboards, just seems like a way to sell more expensive controllers to me. Guitar Hero, meanwhile, let's you play as Gannon. Or the non-copy-right-infringing version, anyway.
@stringbacon: Rock Band 3 has John Lennon. Thus, Guitar Hero wins.
Yes, I just equated Mr. Lennon to Nickelback. Feel free to hate on me, Lennon fans.
Also, I wish people would stop all the Nickelback hating. No, I'm not defending them, as I'm not a fan of them, but the inclusion of one song in Guitar Hero (and historically, these games never force you to play every last song in the game) does not instantly make it bad. Plus, so far as Nickelback songs go, that one isn't that bad.
@JJWeatherman said:
" @one_2nd said:I'm going to disagree for one reason. Dude... downloadable songs are ridiculously overpriced, so that's what makes the on-disc selections important. You're getting a lot more songs for way cheaper. Plus, you know, a whole new updated game to boot. I just said "to boot". I hope I never say that again." GH had 10 songs I like, RB had 8. So I choose GH. "Logic is flawed. Two more songs on GH disc is not better than a library of 2,000 songs on RB. "
Honestly, I feel a lot of regret over the RB DLC I've purchased. I end up spending money for songs I practically never play. On the other hand, I just ended up getting Rock Band 1 and the AC/DC Live: Rock Band track pack for $10 combined, which is like 60-70 songs for $10. If I was buying DLC, I could have only got 5 songs for that price, and that really makes me cringe.
As I said earlier:
Obviously not everyone has a ton of DLC like you or I. I still think that the existence and sheer size of the Rock Band music store is the biggest differentiator between RB and GH though. They already have so much on there and still no end is in sight. I mean seriously, it's nutty god damn bananas how much music (spanning many genres) they have in that store. Sure $2 per track seems like a lot, but when you think about it, it's about right. Songs on itunes are 99 cents and require very little to be put up for sale. RB tracks on the other hand require hours and hours of time per track to put together.I guess I'm just saying that this is a moot point. Rock Band is going to have the better overall soundtrack regardless. Granted you have to pay extra for most of Rock Band's expanded library, but still. I'm personally already invested, so it makes a billion times more sense to go for Rock Band regardless of what the on disc songs are.
I've kinda lost the point of my whole post.... I really don't know what to write...
I guess my point is just that in my eyes, the RB Music Store has superseded anything that comes on disc at this point. Sure there's some great songs on disc, but when I already have both albums 'Moving Pictures' and 'Ten' (+ like 300 other tracks) on my hard drive from the get go, I care a great deal less about whatever comes on disc.
I don't know if I made any sense.
Part of my personal problem with Rock Band's DLC is just that the presentation of the game itself bores the heck out of me now. It just looks so plain and generic. I don't know, maybe The Beatles: Rock Band has spoiled me in that regard. I know Rock Band 3 isn't going to have Beatles-like presentations, but at least it should offer a nice change of scenery. Also, the stages themselves in Rock Band have never been anything exciting or worth even noticing, for the most part. I guess that's one thing I liked about the old GH games, and I just preferred the look of the games. On the other hand, Rock Band's rocker customization is just insanely wonderful. They need more faces and such to choose from, but at least the clothing and hair options are incredibly varied to give the limited character types plenty of life.
I don't mean to discredit the Rock Band Music Store, and at first it seemed like a dream come true, but before long it really seemed like I was just throwing money away. In total, I've probably only purchased like 12-15 DLC songs, and really, since then I've hardly touched the game. I know you're a pretty diehard player, and probably have a ridiculous library of music and lots of people to play with. But right now, I'd really like to see more in terms of game content to really keep me from growing bored with music games. My interest is dwindling, without a doubt. Oh, and I just wanted to mention that not everyone is connected online, so a lot of people still can't access things like DLC. That's another reason why I think it's important for the on-disc selections to rock.
" Music is subjective, neither can 'win'. "Well, yeah, I guess. I'm just wondering what everyone's opinion is.
@mosdl:
Not Game of the Year editions, but Rock Band releases on-disc track packs, which are a cheaper way to get more songs if you're not online to download the DLC. As far as I know, all the track packs, except the AC/DC one, consist of songs that are available as online DLC.
Rock Band 3 has Stewies Ipod commercial music. I'm sold!
Only one of these games has a Dio song in it, so Rock Band 3 is my pick.
Really though, I think Rock Band is more varied while Guitar Hero is pretty much just hard rock and metal. And I like variation.
awww good to know that they are coming out with a new one. i'm done playing guitar hero and rock band games. i've been done with them for a while. i bought guitar hero 2 and i was done. the game is good just they kept on releasing a new one every year.
the songs on both of them seem good. some bands are on both just different songs. i find that to be kind of meh. soon if they keep on making song games a lot it's going to have the same bands except different songs. it's going to be like i like this band but this game has this song while this song is on there.
Dire Straits – "Money For Nothing"
Interpol – "Slow Hands"
Jane's Addiction – "Been Caught Stealing"
Muse – "Uprising"
The Offspring – "Self Esteem"
R.E.M. – "Losing My Religion"
Stone Temple Pilots – "Interstate Love Song"
The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army"
Rock Band 3
Big Country – In a Big Country
Blondie – Heart of Glass
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Get Up, Stand Up
David Bowie – Space Oddity
Devo – Whip It
Echo and the Bunnymen – Killing Moon
Faith No More – Midlife Crisis
Filter – Hey Man, Nice Shot
INXS – Need You Tonight
Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing
Metric – Combat Baby
Night Ranger – Sister Christian
Primus – Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
Queens Of The Stone Age – No One Knows
Spacehog – In the Meantime
Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle
Stone Temple Pilots – Plush
Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World
The Smiths – Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before
Plus my handful of RB DLC, and both "Blue Monday" & "Burning Down the House" are confirmed as day one DLC, which is roughly +7
" I dunno, I like rock but to much of it can be repetitive imo so Ill go for Rockband 3.There's an entire Hendrix album on the Music Store too. Though I think one of the past GH games also had some Hendrix.
And Rockband 3 has Jimi Hendrix -> instawin "
" @Bagga said:GH: World Tour (AKA Guitar Hero 4) had a couple Hendrix songs. The original GH had a cover of a Hendrix song but it was instrumental. I don't think I knew that there was a whole Hendrix album availble in the Rock Band Music Store, though..." I dunno, I like rock but to much of it can be repetitive imo so Ill go for Rockband 3.There's an entire Hendrix album on the Music Store too. Though I think one of the past GH games also had some Hendrix. "
And Rockband 3 has Jimi Hendrix -> instawin "
Rock Band 3.
I don't own any GH games, bought World Tour and sold it because the guitar broke, got Rock Band and never regretted it. Rock Band 3 might be my last one, Rock Band has taught me how to play the drums at a high level and after being told I'm amazing so many times I've become way too interested in real drums. So Rock Band 3 might be the end.
" @JJWeatherman said:Technically there is the whole Axis bold as love album on the store, the only song left out was the radio styled intro." @Bagga said:GH: World Tour (AKA Guitar Hero 4) had a couple Hendrix songs. The original GH had a cover of a Hendrix song but it was instrumental. I don't think I knew that there was a whole Hendrix album availble in the Rock Band Music Store, though... "" I dunno, I like rock but to much of it can be repetitive imo so Ill go for Rockband 3.There's an entire Hendrix album on the Music Store too. Though I think one of the past GH games also had some Hendrix. "
And Rockband 3 has Jimi Hendrix -> instawin "
Are you sure? I checked the setlist and it's not in there. It is a pretty awesome song though." Rock Band 3 has Stewies Ipod commercial music. I'm sold! "
Anyways, I've been with Rock Band all the way and I won't switch now. I'm super excited for that promode for the guitar.
I'll post my comparison (spoilers: Rock Band 3 wins) later, but could someone explain to me how $2 for a song is "ridiculously overpriced"?
" @ClaritySam said:Are you sure? I checked the setlist and it's not in there. It is a pretty awesome song though. "" Rock Band 3 has Stewies Ipod commercial music. I'm sold! "
It's quite possible I'm being super-retarded but is it not Here I Go Again by Whitesnake?
" @Dark_Jon said:I thought it was The Warrior by Scandal. When I YouTube the commercial, that's what I get." @ClaritySam said:It's quite possible I'm being super-retarded but is it not Here I Go Again by Whitesnake? "Are you sure? I checked the setlist and it's not in there. It is a pretty awesome song though. "" Rock Band 3 has Stewies Ipod commercial music. I'm sold! "
While both of these soundtracks are absolutely horrid and atrocious in almost every way, only one of them has Roundabout by Yes. Having said that, I shake my head in complete and utter disappointment as to how fast both of them started to suck in terms of track lists. Although Roundabout is delicious.
As far as the soundtrack, Guitar Hero wins for me because they have;
The Ramones
The White Stripes
Phoenix
Muse
Interpol
The Hives
The Cure
Anberlin
AFI
Rise Against
Foreigner
Foo Fighters
Blue Oyster Cult
However, as a video game Rock Band 3 wins. I'm sure Rock Band will get the songs from those bands on their marketplace plus more eventually. Also the gameplay in Rock Band is better now and the fact that they're going to actually have a real guitar playable makes it better since I actually play guitar. Maybe I won't suck as bad on hard at these game now, ha.
Both of those soundtracks need more INDIE ROCK!!!
Quite honestly, none of the Rock Band or Guitar Hero games on-disc setlists beat the original Rock Bands in terms of music. This is obviously disregarding the music store, which makes Rock Band the winner times a million. Plus I really prefer the art style of the Rock Band games, it has so many shiny things.
@FutureNewb said:
" Both of those soundtracks need more INDIE ROCK!!! "
ALSO THIS. SERIOUSLY.
Or at least put some more Paramore music up there, if I can't have indie music.
Guitar Hero has it hands down for me, it's just got more of my type of music (metal). Both have some pretty amazing songs though. The only real problem I'm seeing is if you buy all of the Rockband and Guitar Hero games like I do, then your seeing a lot of songs that have already been on one game making it to the other. So several of the songs on each playlist I've already played on the other game.
Rock band 3 - Bohemian Rhapsody. Though the 2112 for Rush is sweet, the former wins it for me.
" @ClaritySam:@ClaritySam said:Oh look it WAS me being super retarded :-)" @Dark_Jon said:I thought it was The Warrior by Scandal. When I YouTube the commercial, that's what I get. "" @ClaritySam said:It's quite possible I'm being super-retarded but is it not Here I Go Again by Whitesnake? "Are you sure? I checked the setlist and it's not in there. It is a pretty awesome song though. "" Rock Band 3 has Stewies Ipod commercial music. I'm sold! "
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