With the release of LEGO Rock Band, this week marks the first Rock Band DLC announcement where Harmonix/MTV has to go out of its way to specify what and what is not going to be available for the "family-friendly" title.
This week, everything is appropriate for the little ones, except for The White Stripes "Icky Thump," a song that deals with the somewhat-sensitive topic of immigration... and opens up with a line about getting drunk. Okay, I see where they're going with this.
Single song, $1.99/160 MS Points/200 Wii Points per track
The Damned - "Smash It Up (Part II)" +
Kasabian - "Club Foot" +
The White Stripes Pack 01 ($5.49/440 MS Points for the pack, $1.99/160 MS Points/200 Wii Points per track)
"Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" +
"Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine" +
"Icky Thump"
("+" indicates the song is LEGO Rock Band friendly)
If I wasn't a millionaire, I'd personally probably pass on most of next week's tracks. But since I installed that Ion Drum Rocker kit on the Rock Band deck of my yacht, my hand is forced to purchase them all. Which of these things will you be buying, if any at all?
Contest:
11:20 AM on 11.06.2009
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It would also be a really fun song to do vocals and guitar at the same time on.
I just wanted to share that.
All three White Stripes songs and Club Foot go into the list of shit I need to buy.
Man I can't wait to get Lego Rock Band.
I like icky thump but that's about it from the list.
I don't think they ever confirmed a date for those songs, just that they were coming.
You're right, I remembered the story I read about the songs incorrectly...turns out the October date was just guesswork by the writer, assuming that the songs would be timed to come out near their new album's release date.
Still, I want those songs! So I'll probably just keep complaining in every Rock Band DLC story.
I'd bet those 3 songs from Flight of the Conchords are going to be part of the Rock Band Network when it finally hits. But either way, I really want them too.