Charlie Daniels, the man who wrote and performed The Devil Went Down to Georgia, has hit out at Guitar Hero III for perverting his song and allowing the Devil to win.
Daniels is angry because the song is "supposed to be a lighthearted novelty about a fiddling contest between a country boy and the devil and the devil always loses. That is not the case with the Guitar Hero version which comes complete with a horned, guitar-playing devil who battles the player and very often wins." Daniels has never heard of artistic license, methinks.
He finds the idea of child being "exposed" to this "world" of Guitar Hero III disturbing, because I guess comical representations of shades-wearing, guitar strumming Devils called Lou are a surefire way to tranform innocent children into hardcore Satanists who drink cold chicken blood.
He also has a problem with the game in general, exposing his old-man confusion with such statements as "Actually the game really has a dark side complete with grotesque monsters on stage with the band, strange, eerie lighting effects and all manner of weird things popping up on the stage." Oh no, the lights! The scary colored lights and weird popping things! Git mah gun, Billy-Joe!
He also randomly asks us to "pray for the troops" at the end. He's odd.
If Daniels doesn't like it, maybe he shouldn't have lost the rights to the song. But he has, so he's going to have to live with it. I honestly thought of all games, Guitar Hero III might be safe from the "save the chilluns" crowd, but I was wrong. Hilarious.
Contest:
9:30 AM on 04.08.2008
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*thumps his bible*
And that's the best lesson of all. ^_^
I get you, Charlie. You're a retard.
Have you seen the size of the mouth on that lead singer? I think grotesque monster is a perfectly valid description of him.
Very few artists make millions of dollars performing. Paul McCartney/The Beatles don't even have the rights to most of their songs, since Michael Jackson outbid them and now sells the songs for commercials and the like.
In the end, he has alot more right to complain about what he sees as the misuse of his song, then you do belittling him and making stereotypical comments about Southerners.
Sincerely, BM
p.s. fuck off
..what?
wtf is a googleblog?
sorry you dont agree with my opinion, but i just couldnt hold it in any longer.
Now if you excuse me, I will go sacrifice a goat.
2 more and he'll need to put a light on top at night to warn low flying aircraft.
I, for one, salute you, sir, along with the Devil.
I, for one, salute you, sir, along with the Devil.
Besides, if it's supposed to be a lighthearted song, why can't he lighten up himself a bit?
but really. It's the 21st century now,
I think these sort of things are expected in a Rock music based game,
especially if you're trying to modernize it.
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Mr. Daniels should get sued by the devil, the contest is clearly rigged!!
Charlie Daniels is a piece of shit.
Why the fuck do we care about Charlie Daniels? Why do we care about some crusty old cracka redneck fiddle player and what he thinks beyond HYUCK HYUCK MAH SISTER SHORE IS PURTY
I'd do her up a treat.
I should never be able to pass this song, but with a flawed timing system and flopping my fingers around madly, anything is possible!
I'm coming for you.
thx for speedy and intelligent reply!!
I aim to give each commenter the reply they most deserve. Glad you liked it!
Also, Get a better cover, noobs.