Hey there, Europeans! How are things going? If I were to guess, I'd say you might be feeling a bit left out, what with all of this Rock Band talk that's been going on. In the United States, the game hit shelves last November; Canadians, after a slight delay, have been playing it since early in the new year.
So here's some good news: yes, you're still going to have to wait a few more months for the game's release (we're hearing May), but be patient. The folks over at Button Bandits had a chance to play the European version at this year's Play.com Live, and were able to get their hands on a final track listing. Surprise! There are 10 more tracks than US and Canadian discs!
They are: Blur's "Beettlebum" (English); Tokio Hotel's "Through the Monsoon" (English); Muse's "Hysteria" (English); Les Wamaps' "Manu Chao" (French); Indochine's "L'Aventurier" (French); Playmo's "New Wave" (French); Die Toten Hosen's "Hier Kommt Alex" (German); Juli's "Perfekte Welle" (German); and H-Block X's "Countdown to Insanity" (German).
While some of these tracks might go right our silly American heads, there's still quite a bit to be jealous of here. Muse's "Hysteria", for instance, has always struck me as what would be a pretty kick-ass song in Rock Band, and I'm crossing my fingers it comes to the US via downloadable content. If not, hey — enjoy your exclusive songs. Jerks.
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3:28 PM on 03.17.2008
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I had forgotten that they don't even have the thing yet. Poor guys. No Rock Band, no Brawl, they're getting the shaft like America did back in the '90s.
Anyhow, besides the Blur and Muse tracks, I doubt this makes up for such a long delay in the release.
And after playing GH3, Die Toten Hosen's Hier Kommt Alex is an awesome song, only other foreign song I'd want that's also in GH3 is Mauvais Garçon by NAAST.
"We have to wait until 2020 for Smash Bros Super Brawl Melee, suck." "Remember when you got Hysteria and we didn't?" "Oh, right, I guess we can't complain about anything." "You're damn right you can't."
Tokio Hotel's "Through the Monsoon" (English); > I think it'll be great fun to play!
Muse's "Hysteria" (English); = meh
Les Wamaps' "Manu Chao" (French); won't play it :p
Die Toten Hosen's "Hier Kommt Alex" (German);
H-Block X's "Countdown to Insanity" (German). => german rock cerially rocks!
Je n'y crois pas à ces conneries!
how the hell am i going to sing the german stuff?
Gimme Gimme Gimme!
Though I wouldnt mind singing to Rammstein :P
More UK and Irish stuff!
I want to see Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits, Big Country, U2, Wishbone Ash, Radiohead, Queen, The Police, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Def Leppard and Deep Purple!
If European countries gets their own unique songs, could we Norwegians get Turbonegro's "Fuck the world"?
Some Kaizers Orchestra, Dimmu Borgir, Madrugada, Dance With a Stranger, El Caco and A-HA stuff would be cool as well! :)
YES! Hysteria was one of the songs on that giant list that was found on the game disc. Since the songs were listed without artists though, no one knew if it was Muse's Hysteria or Def Leppard's.
Now they just need to get on with releasing it already. Hopefully it'll be sooner rather than later and maybe they'll even do a Muse pack (or two?). Apocalypse Please, Thoughts of a Dying Atheist, Plug In Baby, Hyper Music, Exo-politics, damn, I could go on and on.
Let's just hope we some more Muse (citzen erased!) on dlc and some feeder!
As a side note, I saw an interview with Matthew Bellamy when they played the Big Day Out 2007 (lead vocals) and as always, he was saying what a beautiful place he had come to. Then he comes out with 'I think I thought it was beautiful last time I was here too, but some guy was handing out free drugs backstage, so I dont really remember'.
Now thats fucking Rock and Roll
i didn't even notice this game hadn't come out, such is my total lack of desire to play it.