8:36 PM on 04.11.2008
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Next week, it’ll be back to the older stuff, as Harmonix will be bringing us the “Classic Rock Pack 01”. I guess their definition of “classic rock” includes any music that uses guitars and was made before in or before 1980. But frankly, I wouldn’t really consider The Police or Blondie as part of that genre; when I think of classic rock, I usually start humming songs from artists like The Who, The Rolling Stones, and Eric Clapton. However, Harmonix doesn’t give a damn about my opinion, unlike you guys (...right?). So they’ve lumped in those two bands with a classic rock staple, Lynyrd Skynyrd. The three songs on tap are Skynyrd’s “Simple Man” (1973), “Message in a Bottle” by The Police (1979), and Blondie’s “Call Me” (1980). Like Nick, I lament the continued lack of Journey, but I’m perfectly happy with these three master tracks. This will all be available on Xbox Live next Tuesday, April 15th, and since the PlayStation Store will finally be updated next week, PS3 owners can get these three songs, along with the last two weeks of Rock Band DLC, on Thursday, April 17th. Each song will cost 160 Microsoft Points ($1.99), though as usual, you can pick up the three-song pack for 440 MS Points ($5.49). The press release is after the jump.
ROCK BAND Media Alert
BLONDIE, THE POLICE AND LYNYRD SKYNYRD ADDED TO ALL-STAR LINEUP FOR MTV GAMES' ROCK BAND¸™
Harmonix Music Systems and MTV Games announced today Classic Rock Pack 01, the latest installment in the ever-expanding Rock Band downloadable content catalog. Available Tuesday, April 15, the new DLC includes radio staples “Call Me” by Blondie, “Simple Man” by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and “Message in a Bottle” by The Police. Each track will be available for $1.99 per track (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) or $5.49 (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for the pack. Release date:
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 (Xbox LIVE® Marketplace)
Thursday, April 17, 2008 (PLAYSTATION®Store)
Tracks:
CLASSIC ROCK PACK 01
Blondie “Call Me”
Lynyrd Skynyrd “Simple Man”
The Police “Message in a Bottle“
(All three tracks utilize the original master recordings)
Price:
$5.49 (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per pack or $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
Locations:
Xbox LIVE® Marketplace and PLAYSTATION®Network
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Everyone knows that Blondie is New Wave, not Classic Rock.
I might pick up Blondie out of this set. Dunno. Otherwise, I'll pass.
Police and Blondie for me.
Blondie is Classic Rock because it saves you 50 cents.
Actually, yeah, I'd say Blondie is classic rock. At least, they're about as classic as The Police.
I'll be getting the Police and Blondy for damn sure.
Police and Skynyrd for me.
I'll get Message in a Bottle.
I'm kinda over the classic rock. Those songs are way long and sometimes suck. Playing a 5 minute song that sucks..well..sucks.
I'll get the Police eventually, but why the hell do we have like, 6 The Police songs in the game?
I hate message in a bottle.
I'll just get message in a bottle
Simple man? Hell yes.
As much as I love this pack "Classic" doesn't quite sell with me.
"Classic" would be Rolling Stones, The Who, and David Bowie. Just off the top of my head some bands I know they could get. Of course "New to RB" bands are welcome. For classic rock (within reason aka no Beatles or Zeppelin) I nominate Aerosmith, Queen, and AC/DC. I mean AC/DC isn't that "delicate" about licensing.
Xzyliac, there are not even available on Itunes yet, There as difficult to get as they comr.
Buying these. That is all.
ditto...
thank you jesus that girl is hot.
Well "Call Me" and "Message in a bottle" would be very nice to play, if Rockband was available was available and affordable in the EU ( 180€ for the instruments PLUS 69€ for the game, for a total of 249€ (393.9927 U.S. dollars), I mean I can almost buy a whole fucking PS3 PLUS game for that price in the USA!!! )
@mistic: Not quite. The cheapest PS3 in America, the 40 GB version, goes for $400, and it doesn’t come with a game.
As for me, since I was going to pick up the Skynyrd and Police songs anyway, I’ll just buy the whole pack.
@samit
not necessarily! if you buy it used on ebay you can get it for much cheaper :) i got a 60GB PS3 about 5 or 6 months ago for about $340, and i just picked up rock band for $80... $420 together... had i got them now, it could have been around $350 together, if not cheaper...
Yeah, they may not be classic rock, but they're good tracks nonetheless.
Who is sting blowing at Harmonix to get this much exposure? Sure, I like the police, but fuck, hook us up with some new bands that haven't been played yet.
Dude that song is the closest Blondie ever got to "classic rock" but also WAAAOOOO BLONDIE IS SO GOOD.
ok sorry, carry on.
(oh, and the article says "The Call" by Blondie-- should read "Call Me")
They can stop putting in Police songs as soon as they add in Every Breath You Take.
That is all.
Is it really that big of a deal that they're not classifying the songs under the genre you think it should be? My god.
Was anyone actually making a big deal out of it?
Blondie started out as Punk Rock, believe it or not, before they went disco. LOOK IT UP LAZY ASSES.
They can stop putting in Police songs as soon as they add in Every Breath You Take.
Amen.
I call this the "Should Have Been Pack" because it Should Have Been "Blondie - Hangin' on the Telephone," "Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird," "The Police - Every Breath You Take."
Still buying the pack though :p
Yeah, a lot of bands that we no longer think of as "punk" actually started out in the early punk movement. Blondie, The Police, even U2. Frankly, I think those bands were more genuinely punk than the Ramones or the Sex Pistols.
Yay for Message in a Bottle, even if it's already in GHII.