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Rock Band DLC: Nirvana, not 'Sister Christian' photo

Next week, Nirvana's Nevermind album sort of gets complete for the Rock Band catalog. The three "missing tracks" -- "Come As You Are," "Lithium," and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" -- are being made available as part of "Nirvana Pack 2." The catch? Two are live tracks.

Nirvana Pack 2 ($5.49/440 MS Points, $1.99/160 MS Points/200 Wii Points Per Track)

  • "Come As You Are (Live from MTV Unplugged)" +
  • "Lithium (Live at Reading)"
  • "Smells Like Teen Spirit" 

Night Ranger Pack 1 ($5.49/440 MS Points, $1.99/160 MS Points/200 Wii Points Per Track)

  • "(You Can Still) Rock in America" +
  • "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" +
  • "You're Gonna Hear It From Me"+
(The "+" indicates the song is also available for LEGO Rock Band)

You might notice something is up with the Night Ranger pack... where the hell is "Sister Christian"? I suppose you have to save something for Rock Band 3, which should feature an entire section of your career dedicated to playing Night Ranger's most popular track (and one of the greatest songs of all time). Right? Right.








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moose39's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2009 09:27
moose39
I was hoping for Lithium and Come as You Are to be from Nevermind, but this is good enough.
Stevil's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2009 09:38
Stevil
I think two of them are live because Geffen are releasing the Reading '92 show on DVD. I'm not sure if they're re-releasing Unplugged too, but I guess they are if Rock Band have those specific live tracks. Sly cross promotion ah-go-go!
Draxxlith's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2009 09:46
Draxxlith
WHY LIVE?
I don't think I'll be grabbing those, as much as I want them, because I know that a few months down the road, we'll get proper versions, and this way I don't have to re-buy them.
cornagandarub's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2009 10:25
cornagandarub
actually, the only version of Come As You Are i have heard is the one live from MTV Unplugged and it sounds great, Lithium I would prefer original track, but there's Smells Like Teen Spirit so who cares.
SqueakyG's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2009 10:27
SqueakyG
Well Guitar Hero 5 had Smells Like Teen Spirit (studio recording) and Lithium (live), so I would imagine that the studio recordings of Lithium and Come As You Are were unusable for music games. Perhaps the masters were mixed down to less than 4-track, or something.
Arch649's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2009 10:29
Arch649
For God's sake no more Nirvana.
Shadowstew's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2009 11:13
Shadowstew
wait? Come As You Are is lego rock band friendly but not SLTS?
Nick Chester's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2009 11:22
Nick Chester
@Shadowstew:

The only thing I can think of is that "Teen Spirit" has the word "libido" in the lyrics. Who knows?
TheWeaponeer's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2009 11:26
TheWeaponeer
"Don't Tell Me You Love Me": Those guitar solos are quite awesome.
Cali Yo's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2009 11:27
Cali Yo
I'm always torn with live tracks on RB. I realize that you are a band, on stage, playing these songs to a crowd. As a general rule, though, I almost always prefer the studio version of a song to the live one.

The only songs I can think of that have better live versions are pretty much anything by Peter Frampton, and I Want You To Want Me by Cheap Trick.

I'll be skipping this week, I guess. I'm getting Lego Rock Band and L4D2 on Friday, so I'll be busy anyway.
akathatoneguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2009 11:51
akathatoneguy
Nick, how can you do this to me??? You even said "Sister Christian" in the headline instead of the name of the band! Between that and the live tracks, much disappointment. @ Cali- Ah, then you must not be up on Talking Heads. Almost every song they played on their Stop Making Sense concert film was better than the studo version!
Jon B's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2009 11:59
Jon B
Not to my personal tastes, but I can see that other people would want them, so a thumbs up from me.

Even though I fucking hate Nirvana.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2009 14:08
Xzyliac
Smells Like Teen Spirit!

Okay now stop! Right now! No more Nirvana! We're satisfied!
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2009 15:38
Bob Muir
Hm, weird that they couldn't release the rest of the Nirvana album tracks themselves, but the other versions sound pretty good, so I guess that's fine.
RonBurgandy2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2009 17:16
RonBurgandy2010
Jesus it took a long time to get Teen Spirit.
Minamu's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2009 20:49
Minamu
Might have to buy tose Nirvana tracks! Good enough reason to start playing again.
Perfidious Sinn's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/26/2009 01:30
Perfidious Sinn
Damn it, Harmonix! Night Ranger without "Sister Christian"? Foreigner without "Hot Blooded"? What are you guys doing?
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