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wordnix 08:53 pm UTC 09/09/08 |
| In reply to: | re: Rockband and Guitar Hero question... - wordnix 08:51 pm UTC 09/09/08 |
| But that's just Guitar Hero...for Rock Band, an arena rock type track of any kind will fit in, and Jim will therefore find a home for many compositions. > Well, in reviewing this question, this presents a problem. > What songs of Jim's really feature guitar? I mean, sure > there's probably stuff where he just twiddled controls > (two Eighties albums worth of Bonnie's stuff aside from > the six songs of his between them, maybe the Billy Squier > album) that has guitars, but Jim writes with piano, so > naturally his songs are primarily piano-based. > > With that in mind, only a few songs Jim actually wrote > would qualify, either for guitar solos or songs where > guitar is prominently featured: > > Bat > Took the Words > All Revved Up (would also add a little something if the > sax solos were re-done as guitar lines, as they were live > by Meat's band until Dave Luther was hired...I recommend > basing it on Bob Kulick's solo from the Seventies show) > Paradise > BFG (either BFG or TMIL version would work, as both have > discernible guitar solos) > Stark Raving Love (simply for the end solo alone...I pity > any player on "Expert" mode) > OOTFP (again, either BFG or BAT 2 would work, both have > good guitar action) > Original Sin > All Coming Back (PB version, hands down) > It Just Won't Quit (PB version is more likely) > Life is a Lemon > Everything Louder > Land of the Pig (Steve Vai does a good solo, let's face > it) > Break It (that slide guitar throughout is big) > Seize the Night (yeah...the guitars are big on this one > too) > > Would this then tend to be over-promoting Meat a bit? > Yeah, but what other time does Jim use guitars less than > sparingly? > > > Wow, I came on to ask a question to the gang yesterday but > > was in such shock that Jim had blogged I wanted to take > > some time off to create a truly profound post... then I > > changed my mind again and decided to ask my initial > > question. > > > > I was looking over set lists for the upcoming Rockband and > > Guitar Hero games and noticed once again no Steinman > > represented. Are there any other gamers here that would > > like to try a Steinman song on one of these two great > > music games? > > > > And Jim if you are really reading these posts, thanks for > > your political commentary. I am a 23 year old college > > student about to venture into the real world in December > > and have no intentions to vote because there is nobody > > worth voting for. | |
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