7:33 PM, Tuesday: I don't have a lot of time, so let's just jump into it.
"Where'd You Go" (Bass, Expert): Hey, they added effects for bass players! Finally.
"Rock'n Me" (Guitar, Expert): Failed. Also, they added hammer-ons for chords, but that's not why I failed.
"Rock'n Me" (Guitar, Hard): I like this song, and I'm never playing nit on guitar again. Maybe it's bad calibration or something else, but it seemed unfairly hard to get the timing right in this one. I trying my Guitar Hero 3 controller if it happens again.
Mystery Setlist, The Bison Room (Guitar, Expert): "White Wedding" is my pick for biggest resurgance in popularity from the game (often called the Guitar Hero bump). It's just hard enough to make you feel talented for beating it, it has lots of sustain notes to rock the whammy bar on, and you can jump up and down and/or act like a complete idiot and still get three stars. It actually makes you feel cooler while you're playing it (that insight alone made me glad I did the liveblog instead of the usual postmortem review). "A Jagged Gorgeous Winter" (new to my ears) is a little too emo for my taste, but it's good for that sort of thing, I guess. Too bad, that, like "Rock'n Me" or "Float On", it's more hard than it is challenging in a fun way.
For some reason I had to reboot and play those two over, hang on... This time it's "Psycho Killer", which doesn't really pick up until the solo, "One Way or Another," which is good except for the solo, and "Lump," which is a little too chord-heavy.
Special Encore: "Any Way You Want It." I thought this was too easy, an "Eye of the Tiger"-esque song put in as joke. Then I got to the solo, and failed it. Twice.
Mystery Setlist, Alice's Free Love Cafe *Guitar, Hard): "Mountain Song" isn't really that Hard, but that riff is a finge-buster. Good song, though."Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)"-- too long a name for a song. Plus it's another I wished I'd been singer for. Otherwise pretty good.
Merch Search Showcase (Guitar, Hard):
"The Middle," perhaps the most optimistic rock song of the last ten years, plays better on drums. On guitar it's another of those "play thischord eight times, then thi chord, etc." songs I mentioned Sunday (other than the chorus, which is fun).
The inclusion of "Round and Round" still mfstifies me. At least "Nine in the Afternoon" and "Living on a Prayer" are big hits. But besides strippers, who gives a ratt's (see what I did there?) ass about this song? Whatever.
"Alive" is kind of famous for its solo (which is actually pretty easy), but the whole thing works pretty well, mixing slow and fast parts, hard and easy parts, and a solo that's as fun to play as it is awesome. Also, fourt Big Rock Ending, which is now officially an endangered species according to the EPA.
[Update: I just checked and "Rock'n Me" is the hardest guitar song I have unlocked.]
Mystery Setlist, El Ocho (Bass, Expert): My thoughts on "Alex Chilton" are best summed up in one sentence fragment: THE REPLACEMENTS!!!!! I love you Rock Band 2, I can even forgive you for Bon Jovi. Other song is "Shooting Star," which actually has a pretty cool baseline.
Make-A-Setlist: "Drain You" and "Go Your Own Way" (Guitar, Expert): It's confirmed. Nothing can make these songs not fun. Also I'm just noticing how much the animation is improving. During "Drain You" my singer seemed, if not quite Pixar-level animation, maybe Dreamworks-level (though they're still a little short on moves).
LA's Brat Pack (Guitar, Hard): Just some quick hits, since there's so many:
"One Step Closer"-- just OK
"Give It Away"-- easier than I thought it would be (I 100%ed the first solo). But then, Frusciante's brilliance lies in the simplicity of his playing (most pretentious Pretentious Muttering ever!).
"Kids in America"-- Like with "American Woman", I know the lame covers of this better tha the fun, Joan Jett-ish original. Maybe it's a generation thing. Speaking of Joan Jett, when am I gonna get "Bad Reputation"? Fifth Big Rock Ending.
"Lazy Eye"-- I asways think of this one as "1979.5," but it's pretty good in the game. And I'm not against using the 90-minute extended guitar solo version, but they probably should have put it at the end of the set, not the middle.
"Come Out...Separated)"-- As I'm now calling it. Exactly the same as before.
"Mountain Song"-- See above. If for some reason you have an inner Dave Navarro, you can unleash him/it by playinng this song (that's not a dick joke, pervert).
"Testify"-- I don't know why they picked this over "Sleep Now In the Fire," which is a better song, a bigger hit, a wierder guitar solo, and the only Rage song you can dance to. Still, this one works pretty good, though I suspect it's more fun on other instruments.
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