I'm squirming in my office seat, wincing in pain, sweating of embarrassment. Why? I just watched NBC's Today Show play Rock Band. It hurt.
Rockefeller Plaza was subjected to aural torture as Today Show hosts Matt Lauer (guitar), Meredith Vieira (horrendous vocals), Al Roker (drums), and Natalie Morales (legs, bass) did their rendition of Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer." This band doesn't have a prayer, and I pray to God that I'll never hear that again.
It was all pretty bad, but Vieira's lead vocals were painful. Hell, Willard Scott would have done better then her at vocals.
I've seen a lot of Rock Band in my day, but that's easily the worst I've ever seen/heard, and it was televised live!
Destructoid can hold their own at Rock Band, so we can talk sh*t if we want. Didnt' you know? Our own Editor-in-Chief is a Rock Band god?
[Via Kotaku -- thanks, Sheldon]
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
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1:01 PM on 07.30.2008
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Some things just shouldn't be seen by mortals...
first off he's pretending to play a pretend to play instrument.
and he doesn't even have one fucking hand on any button lol
Note: There is no nipple slip, I added that to make it seem exciting and steamy.
I did it. Dear god, why did I do it...my ears. They bleed.
But yeah, the majority of the band was atrocious. -insert positive comment on Roker's drumming abilities here-
Oh.my.god
The horror.
Note to Harmonix, next time you want to promote your game, get ScoreHero to perform, not the local news team. >.>
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FAGS!
oohh I mean epic phail. wrong game.
They probably played the "no fail" mode :P
I don't screw around with Rock Band.
Playing the guitar behind my head, pulling off the Highway Star solo, and actually hitting the really high note at the beginning of the song. Had to do it twice cause the guitarist failed for the band, so he had to go to a lower difficult. I don't blame him, the guitar sucked. It didn't want to register the keys. The 'drummer' did OK. lol.
Anyways, yea, once I get a 360, I would love to challenge some D-Toiders to some shredding action in Rock Band. It will be epic. :D