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[toymachine]

Wait, this is all there is day one? Will GHtv have the 100+ songs day one too and this is all there is day one for LIVE? I just thought this was a partial setlist...

BB PR said it should be 45 songs for Live and 100+ day one on GHTV

Here's the unofficial setlist (catching artists/songs in videos etc)

Avicii
Alt-J “Left Hand Free”
Alter Bridge “Cry of Achilles”
American Authors “Best Day of My Life”
Band Of Skulls “Asleep At The Wheel”
Biffy Clyro “Sounds Like Balloons”
The Black Keys “Gold On The Ceiling”
Black Veil Brides “In The End”
Blitz Kids “Sometimes”
Broken Bells “Leave It Alone”
Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats”
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran “Sing”
Fall Out Boy “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)”
Gary Clark Jr. “Don’t Owe You A Thang”
Gary Clark Jr.
The Gaslight Anthem “45”
Green Day “Oh Love”
Green Day “Nuclear Family”
Jake Bugg “What Doesn’t Kill You”
Judas Priest “Breaking The Law”
The Killers “When You Were Young”
The Lumineers “Ho Hey”
Madden Brothers
Megadeth
My Chemical Romance “Na Na Na Na”
Neon Trees
Of Monsters and Men “Little Talks”
Pantera “Cowboys From Hell”
Paramore
Pierce The Veil “King for a Day (Feat. Kellin Quinn)”
The Police “Message In A Bottle”
The Pretty Reckless “Going To Hell”
Rage Against The Machine “Guerrilla Radio”
Red Hot Chili Peppers “Higher Ground”
The Rolling Stones “Paint It, Black”
Skaters
Skrillex “Bangarang”
Sleigh Bells “Bitter Rivals”
State Champs
System Of A Down “Chop Suey”
Vampire Weekend
The War on Drugs “Under The Pressure”
Weezer

 

[Jawmuncher]

Ouch at that set list. They seem to be really banking on GHTV. Regardless I don't see myself paying the 100 for the guitar and game at this point. Will buy when the inevitable sale hits though.

 

[TheFurizzlyBear]

BB PR said it should be 45 songs for Live and 100+ day one on GHTV

Yeah but the IGN article makes it sound like this is all there is for the first week and they will add stuff weekly. I'm hoping there is more at launch though. We both know that just because we see songs pre-release does not mean they come to fruition.

 

[nkarafo]

This is a disappointing list. At least half of these songs existed in previous GH/RB games. And as someone who already has many of the previous games, this lowers my interest for the new entry.

 

[antitrop]

Holy Christ, the only song on that entire list that gets me excited is Cowboys From Hell and that was a staple of Guitar Hero ONE...

 

[GuitarAtomik]

Honestly, the larger set list once you include the GHTV stuff is totally ok to me. The problem is that without the gigantic bedrock of previously released songs to complement it, I can't be that interested when there's an alternative that does. It's just too hard to go back to the set list ground zero.

 

[Tuffty]

Wait 2 Ed Sheeran songs? Black Veil Brides? Fall out Boy? Jake Bugg? Skrillex? Avicii? What. The. Fuck.

 

[mreddie]

Harmonix, save us.

 

[toymachine]

Harmonix, save us.

Don't worry they are revealing 5 songs on Friday

 

[antitrop]

Wait 2 Ed Sheeran songs? Black Veil Brides? Fall out Boy? Jake Bugg? Skrillex? Avicii? What. The. Fuck.

Jake Bugg is pretty cool, but I don't think of him when I think of Guitar Hero.

 

[Future]

Isn't the model for this game to have tons of dlc packs of songs anyway. Set list matches popular music and they are going for the mainstream. Hardcore peeps can get more as dlc

Not sure about the live shit though. Actually kind of a turn off as it's not the same kind of charm. I wonder how many people will like it

 

[GuitarAtomik]

I had a feeling the Skrillex song would be Bangarang. I can't imagine it will be that fun to play unless you play the synth parts. There's guitar in it but it's only noticeable for probably a third of the song and still pretty minimal when it's there.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Fall out boy is alright by me.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

That setlist is horrendous.

 

[Ridley327]

I had a feeling the Skrillex song would be Bangarang. I can't imagine it will be that fun to play unless you play the synth parts. There's guitar in it but it's only noticeable for probably a third of the song and still pretty minimal when it's there.

They've already said to expect songs like that that aren't necessarily guitar-focused. The chord-shaping mechanic gives them the freedom to do stuff like that and have a closer approximation than the old layout would allow for.

 

[nobodyshero]

BB PR said it should be 45 songs for Live and 100+ day one on GHTV

Here's the unofficial setlist (catching artists/songs in videos etc)

Avicii
Alt-J “Left Hand Free”
Alter Bridge “Cry of Achilles”
American Authors “Best Day of My Life”
Band Of Skulls “Asleep At The Wheel”
Biffy Clyro “Sounds Like Balloons”
The Black Keys “Gold On The Ceiling”
Black Veil Brides “In The End”
Blitz Kids “Sometimes”
Broken Bells “Leave It Alone”
Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats”
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran “Sing”
Fall Out Boy “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)”
Gary Clark Jr. “Don’t Owe You A Thang”
Gary Clark Jr.
The Gaslight Anthem “45”
Green Day “Oh Love”
Green Day “Nuclear Family”
Jake Bugg “What Doesn’t Kill You”
Judas Priest “Breaking The Law”
The Killers “When You Were Young”
The Lumineers “Ho Hey”
Madden Brothers
Megadeth
My Chemical Romance “Na Na Na Na”
Neon Trees
Of Monsters and Men “Little Talks”
Pantera “Cowboys From Hell”
Paramore
Pierce The Veil “King for a Day (Feat. Kellin Quinn)”
The Police “Message In A Bottle”
The Pretty Reckless “Going To Hell”
Rage Against The Machine “Guerrilla Radio”
Red Hot Chili Peppers “Higher Ground”
The Rolling Stones “Paint It, Black”
Skaters
Skrillex “Bangarang”
Sleigh Bells “Bitter Rivals”
State Champs
System Of A Down “Chop Suey”
Vampire Weekend
The War on Drugs “Under The Pressure”
Weezer

Yeesh. If this is the setlist, I'll cancel my preorder, the game just isn't for me. Even if there's Guitar Hero TV, this is a general indication of where they're going with overall approach, and it's wayyyyy far away from what I want in a Guitar game.

 

[Spine_Ripper]

I don't even know what to say. Despite the natural difference in taste in music by all of us posting in here, the fact that we are seemingly all disappointed says a lot about the setlist. The fuck.

 

[toymachine]

Well it has a Vampire Weekend song from MVoTC so so far it's beating RB4's setlist

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Man those new reveals are bad. Cowboys From Hell and the other series staples are sick but they've been played to death in other GH and RB games. Not to mention that some of these songs are actually appearing for the third time in GH alone.

 

[Gorger]

Paint it Black and Cowboys from Hell are the only two songs I wish we could see on Rock Band. I don't know 80% of the bands on this setlist, but after googling and youtubing some of them it seems like it's mostly modern pop, dj, dubsteb and electronic. Why is this game called GUITAR hero again?

Truly an atrocious setlist. Harmonix.... you're our only hope!

 

[Quadraphonic]

$100 for those? No.

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

That track list is beyond terrible. Just gonna stick to Rock Band.

 

[SteveWinwood]

thats the worst tracklist for any music game ive ever seen

 

[Lady Siara]

Well, the setlist has improved from what they originally revealed but with so many repeats, it doesn't seem terribly exciting.

I really think this game was given only scraps for a budget.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

They've already said to expect songs like that that aren't necessarily guitar-focused. The chord-shaping mechanic gives them the freedom to do stuff like that and have a closer approximation than the old layout would allow for.

So you'll be playing some synth parts? I don't have a problem with that personally, just curious.

 

[toymachine]

most likely, I also expect there to be some alternate charting where sometimes you play a bass line as opposed to guitar since Bass isn't a thing

 

[PulseONE]

Meh...I'll stick with Rockband, thanks

 

[BTM]

Skrillex? How the fuck

 

[Lapidus' Beard]

They should at least include Bomba on the setlist... seems appropriate.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Yeah, it's an improvement, but it's not exactly a convincing case.

Well it has a Vampire Weekend song from MVoTC so so far it's beating RB4's setlist

Rock Band 4 is shipping with compatibility with almost all past DLC. Even if Rock Band 4 is Limp Bizkit: The Video Game, it's crushing Guitar Hero Live's offerings in my eyes.

Although I do wish Rock Band got Paint It Black, but I understand why it's an issue. :/

 

[Shift Breaker]

The soundtrack isn't exactly amazing but it's not awful either. Okay, it is a little but it has its moments.

People are banging about Cowboys from Hell being a staple but it was in two games, one was the first GH where HO/POs pretty much didn't exist (and was also a cover) and the other one was a live version with charting that people would argue the quality of plus it didn't export to 5/WoR anyway. A lot of these songs may have been in previous GH/RB games but it's a whole different control scheme, plays differently and all that. It's like people complaining that songs from the old guitar only games made it to Rock Band.

Skrillex is still awful though. But I coped with Dragonforce which is equally awful, just from a different genre so I guess I'll deal with this.

 

[toymachine]

Yeah, it's an improvement, but it's not exactly a convincing case.



Rock Band 4 is shipping with compatibility with almost all past DLC. Even if Rock Band 4 is Limp Bizkit: The Video Game, it's crushing Guitar Hero Live's offerings in my eyes.

Although I do wish Rock Band got Paint It Black, but I understand why it's an issue. :/

Yeah but I have all my DLC on RB3 so it's really about the RB4 Setlist for me barring some crazy improvements shown on Friday.

 

[FyreWulff]

Repeats are weird, but then again Harmonix repeated Wayward Son in RB2 after already having it in GH2, and had repeats in DLC for a game that already had the song (RttH, etc)

I'm fine with them as long as there's a couple here and there, especially if the song isn't available anymore or via any other means. If this all the repeats so far and there's a substantial number of songs on disc, then they're good.

edit: this is also a hard confirm that RB's Green Day exclusivity is over

 

[Jawmuncher]

thats the worst tracklist for any music game ive ever seen

Yeah it's pretty bad like all of the songs that I found good I realize were already in GH.

 

[toymachine]

edit: this is also a hard confirm that RB's Green Day exclusivity is over

Rocksmith 2014 had X-Kid and then a 3 Pack of Green Day, but yeah it's still pretty crazy that GH is going to have two songs by them.

 

[SFenton]

oh god breaking the law

folks

the only masters that are available for that are the live version

Spoiler

BREGGIN' THE HWUT

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

oh god breaking the law

folks

the only masters that are available for that are the live version

Spoiler

BREGGIN' THE HWUT

Are we even sure that the game uses the masters? It could just be an MP3 rip or something.

 

[toymachine]

Are we even sure that the game uses the masters? It could just be an MP3 rip or something.

Yeah it uses stems

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Yeah it uses stems

Alright, thanks. Guess that means live Breaking the Law.

Probably live Cowboys From Hell, too.

 

[SFenton]

Alright, thanks. Guess that means live Breaking the Law.

Probably live Cowboys From Hell, too.

THIS IS WORSE

 

[aygomyownroad]

thats the worst tracklist for any music game ive ever seen

I have to agree... I wasn't enamoured with the New guitar controller but these games live and die by the set list and that Is the worst.

Skrillex? Would be awesome on DJ hero but not here.

Poor selection. I Think rock band could best this setlist and all it would take is 3 songs

 

[toymachine]

I have to agree... I wasn't enamoured with the New guitar controller but these games live and die by the set list and that Is the worst.

Skrillex? Would be awesome on DJ hero but not here.

Poor selection. I Think rock band could best this setlist and all it would take is 3 songs

Well, let's see if they can do it in five this Friday

 

[Shinjica]

Skrillex “Bangarang”

what? this game is called GUITAR hero

 

[kiguel182]

BB PR said it should be 45 songs for Live and 100+ day one on GHTV

Here's the unofficial setlist (catching artists/songs in videos etc)

Avicii
Alt-J “Left Hand Free”
Alter Bridge “Cry of Achilles”
American Authors “Best Day of My Life”
Band Of Skulls “Asleep At The Wheel”
Biffy Clyro “Sounds Like Balloons”
The Black Keys “Gold On The Ceiling”
Black Veil Brides “In The End”
Blitz Kids “Sometimes”
Broken Bells “Leave It Alone”
Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats”
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran “Sing”
Fall Out Boy “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)”
Gary Clark Jr. “Don’t Owe You A Thang”
Gary Clark Jr.
The Gaslight Anthem “45”
Green Day “Oh Love”
Green Day “Nuclear Family”
Jake Bugg “What Doesn’t Kill You”
Judas Priest “Breaking The Law”
The Killers “When You Were Young”
The Lumineers “Ho Hey”
Madden Brothers
Megadeth
My Chemical Romance “Na Na Na Na”
Neon Trees
Of Monsters and Men “Little Talks”
Pantera “Cowboys From Hell”
Paramore
Pierce The Veil “King for a Day (Feat. Kellin Quinn)”
The Police “Message In A Bottle”
The Pretty Reckless “Going To Hell”
Rage Against The Machine “Guerrilla Radio”
Red Hot Chili Peppers “Higher Ground”
The Rolling Stones “Paint It, Black”
Skaters
Skrillex “Bangarang”
Sleigh Bells “Bitter Rivals”
State Champs
System Of A Down “Chop Suey”
Vampire Weekend
The War on Drugs “Under The Pressure”
Weezer

I had no idea State Champs were big enough to be in a GH game. Cool for them.

 

[HowZatOZ]

Skrillex bringing in the dank wub wubs. Set list is pretty meh. Wish we'd get more local awareness for each country.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

I had no idea State Champs were big enough to be in a GH game. Cool for them.

"Bigness" doesn't have much to do with it, I feel. Sunny Day Real Estate was in GH5.

 

[toymachine]

Wow only 55k fans on facebook, had no idea how underground they were

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Wow only 55k fans on facebook, had no idea how underground they were

Hmm, didn't now how big they were. Never heard of them before GH5.

And to be fair, Facebook seems to be losing stem among younger people.

It's not supposed to be a knock against SDRE anyway. I have their first album on CD because of GH5.

 

[OnionPowder]

Wait this game only has 45 songs? Is everything on GHTV pay?

SRDE is like OG emo. Maybe now we can something like American Football or Cap'n Jazz

 

[FaintDeftone]

Yeah definitely not feeling the set list, but I do like the inclusion of Broken Bells and Sleigh Bells. However, the Broken Bells song they selected isn't really one suited for this sort of game...