Rock Band
General Information
Welcome to the dedicated samples page for the very popular musical video game known as Rock Band. This page contains samples of blind folk playing specific songs from that game, including some of the vast library of downloadable songs, which can only be acquired in the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii versions of the game. What follows is a set of links to each song, which can be clicked to hear that song being played by either me, or another blind person in Rock Band. These links will be unanotated, except where I feel there is something specific or interesting to say, and they will be separated by instrument as well using headings. Also, when looking at each link, you will be able to see whether the person playing the song succeeded, failed, or maybe even had a really close call with a specific song. There are several samples of each, in order to provide variety in your song choices if simply sampling these situations. This collection will most likely expand as more downloadable content is released, and more blind people are converted to the way of Rock Band.
A couple other things to note before we begin. There are several sounds you will hear during these songs other than those of the crowd and the actual music. I will attempt to describe these sounds, so that they may be understood when heard. The sounds in Rock Band 1 and 2 are as follows. The first, which sounds vaguely like an electric guitar getting electricuted, is the sound heard when you gain energy in the game. This energy can be used to bring you back from near failure, and really pump up the crowd as well. Also, it doubles the score you receive from each note while active. Which brings me to my next sound. When you hear a quick, rising and descending electric guitar note that doesn’t necessarily go with the song that’s being played, you know that the energy stored up to that point has been activated. And when you hear something that sounds a little like a small wind blowing, that energy has run out, and must be built up again. You may also hear strange effects on the guitar audio during some moments. This is the result of the setting of the Effects Switch, which is only present on Rock Band guitars. Each setting puts on a different effect, which is only used when energy is active. Thus, this is another indication of that state. Lastly, when you hear a single ding, it means the player has played well enough to gain a star. A song can earn up to five stars, so effectively you’re seeing, and hearing, your rating on that song go up as you play. I should note that all sounds I have just described, save for the star sound, are different depending on the instrument, each possessing its own unique qualities. I should also note that the sounds for the Rock Band games beyond Rock Band 2 have changed. Beatles Rock Band, Greenday Rock Band, and Rock Band 3 all have their own unique takes on these sounds, though they’re not so different as to be unrecognizeable. Even in Rock Band 3, gaining energy just sounds like something actually rising, getting a star is a little magical series of dings instead of just one, and activating overdrive is a very obvious machinelike hissing sound. I don’t think there’ll be any problems here, but I thought all this should be clarified. And now that that’s out of the way, enjoy the music!
Guitar Samples
This is a plane texttttt file containing all the songs that I can play on the guitar. It will be updated as songs are added to my lisst, which is to say that it may be updated more often than the samples on this site, so check back often.
Angels and Airwaves: It Hurts: Close Call Avenged Sevenfold: Afterlife: Close Call Avenged Sevenfold: Critical Aclaim: Success Blink 182: All the Small Things: Success Bon Jovi: Dead or Alive: Close Call
Note: And I mean reeeeeeeally close call. This song is haaaard! Oh and also, this song does a great job of demonstrating Rock Band’s crowd singalong mechanic. See, if you do well enough, they always clap, but in some songs, they’ll start singing along as well. Don’t believe me? Listen.
Coheed and Cambria: Welcome Home: Spectacular Failure
Note: Spectacular failures are those songs which I play really well for a large portion of the song, but fail almost immediately when I reach a certain point. This particular performance did surprise me, however, as when I reached that point, I didn’t fail as quickly as I thought I would.
Note: While this one’s passable, Clement’s playing of Nightmare turned out far better. Go Clement!
Disturbed: Indestructable: Success Disturbed: Inside the Fire: Success Faith No More: We Care A Lot: Success Fallout Boy: This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race: Success Flyleaf: I’m So Sick: Success Foo Fighters: Learn to Fly: Success Freezepop: Brainpower: Success
Note: Interesting little fact here. If you were to acquire this song outside of the game and listen to it, you’d notice that the guitar part, which is of course present in the game, isn’t actually in the song. It seems Harmonics added that part themselves, as without it it couldn’t be played to the fullest extent in Rock Band.
Freezepop: Super Sprode: Success
Note: Another instance of the part you play not actually being in the original song.
Garbage: I Think I’m Paranoid: Success Glados: Still Alive: Success
Note: This song is actually from another video game called Portal. It plays during the credits of that game, and I am inclined to believe that, given the lyrics, this song contains spoilers. Listen at your own risk.
H-block X: Countdown to Insanity: Success Hole: Celebrity Skin: Success Honest Bob and the Factory to Dealer Insentives: I Get By: Success Jet: Are You Gonna Be My Girl: Success Jimmy Buffett: Cheeseburger in Paradise: Close Call
Note: This one’s pretty down to the wire as well. It’s definitely not one of my noteworthy efforts, but I did get through it.
Killswitch Engage: My Curse: Success
Note: One of those I am particularly proud of. This song is not easy, and is probably harder than it sounds to someone who hasn’t played it. But I think I do pretty well.
Kiss: Detroit Rock City: Success Maximo Park: Girls Who Play Guitars: Success Metallica: And Justice for All: Failure
Note: Yes, don’t be fooled by the length of the recording. This is an extremely long song, and what I got through was just a little less than half of it.
Metallica: Enter Sandman: Failure Metallica: Enter Sandman Revisited: Success
Note: This is another shot at the same song, and as you can gather from the link, it turns out a whole lot better.
Mountain: Mississippi Queen: Success
Note: One of the easiest songs in the game when all are sorted by skill, and yet I still haven’t perfected it. It’s all those interesting little paterns in the middle, I think.
Note: You will see that I know almost nothing of this song, but did this sample by request. So uh, there ya have it.
Nervana: In Bloom: Success Nine Inch Nails: The Hand that Feeds: Success
Note: This song demonstrates Rock Band’s “Big Rock Ending” feature, during which you go crazy, strumming whatever notes you want on whatever frets you want, building and building your score. The trick is that you must hit the song’s very last note or notes. Failure to do this will negate the Rock Ending, and remove all the points you built from it. I got this one though.
OK Go: Here It Goes Again: Success Papa Roach: Time is Running Out: Success Paramore: Crush Crush Crush: Success Queens of the Stone Age: 3s and 7s: Failure Queens of the Stone Age: Go With the Flow: Success Radiohead: Creep: Success Red Hot Chili Peppers: Dani California: Close Call R.E.M: Orange Crush: Success Scars On Broadway: They Say: Success
Note: This song is ridiculously easy. It’s, like, two songs above the easiest song in the game. For those who play Rock Band, it’s one easier than Maps
Shinedown: Devour: Utter Success
Note: What is an utter success? Why, one hundred percent of notes hit, that’s what. A perfect playthrough.
Shinedown: Junkies for Fame: Close Call
Note: This song holds a special place in Rock Band as a Rock Band exclusive. You will not find it on any of Shinedown’s albums.
Sixx A.M: Life is Beautiful: Success
Note: I missed the first freakin note of this song! Oy…
Sound Garden: Black Hole Sun: Spectacular Failure
Note: Another one which demonstrates the singing crowd mechanic very well.
Sound Garden: Black Hole Sun Revisited: Success
Note: Yep, finished it this time, and got the rock ending too. Yaaaaay me!
Stone Temple Pilots: Interstate Lovesong: Success Stone Temple Pilots: Vasoline: Spectacular Failure
Note: I am inconsistent with this song. I have succeeded in playing it more than once, and yet it was not to be this time.
System Of a Down: B.Y.O.B: Success System of a Down: Toxicity: Success The Acrobrats: Day Late, Dollar Short: Success The All American rejects: Dirty Little Secret: Success The All American Rejects: Move Along: Success The Clash: Should I Stay or Should I Go: Success The Killers: When You Were Young Them Terribles: Bullets and Guns: Success The Pixies: Wave of Mutilation: Success The Ramones: Blitzkreig Bop: Success
Note: Another crowd-pleaser.
The Strokes: Reptilia: Success Thirty Seconds to Mars: Attack: Success Thirty Seconds to Mars: The Kill: Success Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld: Failure Tokio Hotel: Monsoon: Success Vagiant: Seven: Success
Note: I played this song for a very specific reason. While it is not listed amongst the easiest songs when sorted by difficulty, it is probably the easiest one to pick up in the entire game. It has a very simple, three-chord progression through basically the entire song. I got it almost perfectly the first time I ever played it. And this time, well, I just um, pressed the wrong button in the beginning…
Weezer: Buddy Holly: Success Weezer: El Scorcho: Success Weezer: Say It Ain’t So: Success
Note: One of the best examples of the singing crowd, mainly because the crowd does something I find utterly hilarious if you’re doing well enough. Listen carefully to the song’s bridge, and when it reaches the little guitar solo, you’ll hear the crowd singing along with… the guitar.
Wolfmother: Joker and the Thief: Success Weezer: Say It Ain’t So: Clement’s Sample: Success
For someone who didn’t know how to play the Rock Band Guitar before, this one’s sure good. Most awesome, in fact.
Coheed and Cambria: Welcome Home: Clement’s Sample: Success
Yes indeed. I am man enough to admit when I have been bested. Clement shows us all that he was lying about not being able to play the guitar, when he rocks my world with this song which, as you can see if you check out the sampe above, I failed. Dude.
Kiss: Detroit Rock City: Clement’s Sample: Success Bon Jovi: Dead or Alive: Clement’s Sample: Close Call
Yes, let’s be fair. Ya came pretty close near the end there, Clement. Heheeheh.
The Killers: When You Were Young: Clement’s Sample: Success OK Go: Here it Goes Again: Clement’s Sample: Success The Ramons: Blitzkreig Bop: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Big success is more like it. He gets very nearly a hundred percent on this song. Listening to this sample will be almost like listening to the song as it originally sounds. Well, except for the crowd, and the star sounds, and…
Red Hot Chillipeppers: Dani California: Clement’s Sample: Minor Close Call
Note: The crowd only starts booing a little teeny tiny bit, so…
Faith No More: Epic: Clement’s Sample: Failure
Note: What? What’s this? What’d that link say? Failure? Well, I suppose Clement had to bring his own death into this medium sometime, eh? Heheh. Seriously though, I shouldn’t talk. He gets just as far as I do in this song. Yeah, that’s right. I can’t finish it yet either.
Coheed and Cambria: Welcome Home: Clement’s Sample: Revisited: Success
Note: This is something that Clement decided to do, wishing to submit a better performance than his first sample of this song. Believe me, he succeeded.
Bon Jovi: Dead or Alive: Clement’s Sample: Revisited: Success
Note: Once again Clement wanted to show us a better performance, and once again he succeeded. A much better solo in this one. Congrats, Clement.
Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills: Clement’s Sample: Close Call
Note: If there is anything Clement deserves congratulations for, though, it’s finishing this song. He almost bombed the solo, but what does it matter? He finished one of the game’s most difficult songs.
Black Sabbath: Paranoyed: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note:And here’s another noteable. I haven’t actually finished this song myself, so congrats again.
The Outlaws: Green Grass and High Tides: Clement’s Sample: Failure
Note: Hey, this is a really, really, really hard song. And to his credit, though he didn’t finish it, he got further than I did.
Crooked X: Nightmare: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Truly a splendid performance here. Go Clement go!
Red Hot Chile Peppers: Dani California: Revisited: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Another song Clement revisits in order to provide us with a better performance.
Red Hot Chile Peppers: Dani California: Again Revisited: Clement’s Sample: Utter Success
Note: But he didn’t think that last performance was quite good enough. So here it is again, this time with absolutely one hundred percent of notes hit. Congrats, Clement.
The Killers: When You Were Young: Revisited: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Not a hundred percent, but very very nearly so. I’ve been assured that Clement can play this song perfectly, but a few notes were missed here.
Metallica: Enter Sandman: Clement’s Sample: Close Call
Note: That solo’s a killer, but Clement, ya done good.
Boston: Foreplay Long Time: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: This is one I’m personally proud of Clement for completing. This song is not easy, ladies and gents.
Deep Purple: Highway Star: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Neither is this one.
Coheed and Cambria: Welcome Home: Clement plays on Medium: Success
Note: Wooooooooow!
Molly Hatchet: Flirtin With Disaster: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Just polishing off the tough stuff, this guy Clement.
Disturbed: Down with the Sickness: Clement’s sample: Success
Note: Wanna know the funny thing about this song? It’s easier than it sounds, even for the easy difficulty. This is one of those surprise songs that you can just get through the first time and not look back.
Survivor: Eye of the Tiger: Clement’s Sample: Success Bon Jovi: Livin on a Prayer: Clement’s Sample: Success Lacuna Coil: Our Truth: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: This song sounds fun! I should, like, try it!
Avenged Sevenfold: Almost Easy: Clement’s Sample: Close Call
Whew, boy. This one was close. But ya did it, kid, and good on ya for that.
Blue Oyster Cult: Don’t Fear the Reaper: Clement’s Sample: Close Call
Note: That solo… That’s not a nice solo. But you did pretty good, all told.
Fallout Boy: Dead on Arrival: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: This is a fast song, even on easy, but Clement does it good.
The Ramons: Blitzkreig Bop: Ben’s Sample: Success
Note: Go ben! Definitely not bad for one who just recently got the game. Note that there is a little silence here, as Ben really did this sample from the beginning. And I’m talking, from when the game was loaded.
Sixx AM: Life is Beautiful: Clement’s Sample: Success Disturbed: Inside the Fire: Clement’s Sample: Success Fleetwood Mac: Go Your Own Way: Clement’s Sample: Success Judice Priest: Painkiller: Clement’s Sample: Near Close Call
Note: So Clement’s convinced he didn’t do well at this one, and OK, he missed quite a few notes. But the crowd weren’t really booing… that much… were they?
The Who: Pinball Wizard: Clement’s Sample: Success No Doubt: Don’t Speak: Clement’s Sample: Success Static X: Push it: Liam’s Sample: Success Judice Priest: You Got Another Thing Comin: Clement’s Sample: Success Cab: Bounce: Clement’s Sample: Success
note: I love this song. This is one of the twenty songs you get free when you buy Rock Band 2, and I have to say Harmonix made some fantastic choices in my mind.
Dashboard Confessional: Hands Down: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: I seriously love this song as well, and to date have not finished it myself. But clement did, and I say more power to him. Nice work, Clement. Almost totally nailed this song.
Roy Orbison: Pretty Woman: Liam’s Sample: Success
Note: It should be noted that this is the original artist, but the recording is apparently remastered, as are all the songs in that track pack.
Presidents of the United States: Dune Buggy: Liam’s Sample: Success
Note: I still maintain that this is one of the weirdest bands ever. Check out these lyrics, along with Liam’s guitar-playing, of course.
Roy Orbison: You Got It: Clement’s Sample: Success The Ramons: Blitzkreig Bop, Liam’s Sample: Success Stix: Blue Collar Man: Clement’s Sample: Success Yngwie malmsteen: Red Devil: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Woe. Seriously. This song be tough. It’s not the toughest, but this guy’s one monster of a guitar player, and it shows through a bit here. Good job, Clement, on doing well enough at this to keep it from Close Call status.
Toby Keith: She’s a Hottie: Clement’s Sample: Success Paramore: Crush Crush Crush: Ben’s Sample: Success Journey: Don’t Stop Believing: Clement’s Sample: Success Tenacious D: Master Exploder: Expert Guitar: Yohandy’s Sample: Success Europe: The Final Countdown: Expert Guitar: Yohandy’s Sample: Success
Note: I gotta give this Yohandy guy mad props, people. This guy really is a beast at this game, and these are two examples of just why that is. Neither song is easy, and yeah he messes up some, but he sure pulls it off in splendid fashion. Great stuff!
Greenday: Jesus of Suburbia: Played on Expert: Yohandy’s Sample: Success Greenday: Peacemaker: Played on Expert: Yohandy’s Sample: Success Bon Jovi: It’s My Life: Clement’s Sample: Success Blink182: All the Small Things: Played on Expert: Yohandy’s Sample: Success Survivor: Eye of the Tiger: Played on Expert: Yohandy’s sample: Success
Bass Samples
Metallica: Enter Sandman: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: The first bass sample! Why haven’t I done any? I honestly do not know.
The Ramons: Blitzkreig Bop: Clement’s Sample: Expert: Success
Note: Yeah, you read it right. Expert. Fast strumming mostly where this song is concerned, but still, a nice feather in the Clement cap.
Black Sabbath: Paranoid: Played on Expert: Clement’s Sample: Success
note: Yeah, that link says expert. And he does really, really good. Wahoo for Clement!
Pat Bennetar: Heartbreaker: Clement’s Sample: Expert: Success Pat Bennetar: Hit me With Your Best Shot: Clement’s Sample: Expert: Success
Note: Gees, Clement really is obsessed with Pat Bennetar. So obsessed, in fact, that he belted out two samples of her on expert! Rock on!
Black Sabbath: Crazy Train: Yohandy’s Sample played on Expert: Success John Lennon: Imagine: Orin’s Sample played on Expert: Success
Note: If I haven’t shed light on this already, the herd of wild animals you hear at the end is Orin scoring the completion of 3 Rock Band 3 goals. Good stuff!
Keyboard Samples
Yeah, that’s right, folks. The era of Rock Band 3 has arrived, and so have the keyboard samples. Unless otherwise specified, these samples are played on expert Pro Keys, which is a new mode with the keyboard periferal in which you literally play the keyboard parts of the songs in question. The little sounds that remind you of a xylophon not being hit properly are there to indicate a missed key, and the star power sound pretty much sounds the same as the others in RB3. Other than that, just know that the folks playing these songs are, for all intents and purposes, actually playing these songs.
Dio: Rainbow in the Dark: Yohandy’s Sample: Success Werewolves of London: Yohandy’s Sample: Success Bruno Mars: Grenade: Yohandy’s Sample: Expert Pro mode: Total Success
Note: First of all, this sample is very, very well done. You might say it wreaks of awesomeness. Secondly, I… I um… I really like this song.
Drum Samples
Coheed and Cambria: Welcome Home: success
Posted by Clement.
The Killers: When You Were Young: Success
Posted by Clement.
Weezer: Say it Ain’t So: Success
Posted by Clement.
Dani California: Clement’s Sample: Success Radiohead: Creep: Clement’s Sample: Success Bon Jovi: Dead or Alive: Clement’s Sample: Success The Outlaws: Green Grass and High Tides: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Trust me, this is a much harder song on guitar. If you haven’t checked out the guitar sample of this song yet, do so.
Crooked X: Nightmare: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: A fantastic drum performance of this song to add to his equally fantastic guitar work. Also, he reeeeeally works the drum fillers in this one. Check it out!
Black Sabbath: Paranoyed: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Again, a really great performance.
Tenatious D: Master Exploder: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Though Clement doesn’t utterly rock the house here, this sample deserves some commendation. It is, after all, pretty solidly fast.
Judice Priest: Painkiller: Clement’s Sample: Spectacular Failure
Note: Like woe, folks. This here sample is awesome. Yeah, even though Clement didn’t complete this one, he does totally awesomely for a good chunk of it, at least in my opinion. And this song is no slouch on any instrument.
Survivor: Eye of the Tiger: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Hey, it’s an easy song, but it’s still cool! Go Clement!
Judice Priest: Painkiller Revisited: Clement’s Sample: Close Call
Note: Well, the man did it. He did it, folks. He just barely came out of it alive, but he did it. Pat on the back, buddy.
AC/DC: Let there be Rock: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: He missed the rock ending! He missed it! Ha ha ha… Er, that’s terrible!
No Doubt: Don’t Speak: Clement’s Sample: Success Brad Paisley: Mud on the Tires: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: I personally believe Clement just recorded this one because I don’t have this song as of the time of this writing. He’s mean! Oh, and he does good too.
Judice Priest: You’ve Got Another Thing Coming: Clement’s Sample: Success Miranda Lambert: Gunpowder and Lead: Clement’s Sample: Success Roy Orbison: You Got It: Clement’s Sample: Playing on Expert: Success Disturbed: Indestructable: Clement’s Sample: Success Yngwie Malmsteen: Setlist of Two Songs: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Oooo! A setlist! Pretty! Sure it’s only two songs, but Clement really rocks the drums on these, and we need some examples of how setlists work. Hurray!
AC/DC: TNT: Clement’s sample: Success Stix: Blue Collar Man: Clement’s Sample: Success
Vocal Samples
Bon Jovi: Dead or Alive: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Just a quick note here about star power for Rock Band singers. Clement successfully activates it once near the end of this song, and yes, you do have to shout into the mic during a nonsinging moment to do so. It’s quite a neat concept, and it works fairly well.
Tenatious D: Master Exploder: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Yes, folks. Clement really, really can go that high. And with a sore throat too. Of course, I had no idea about the sore throat until I had already asked him to sing this song… Or did I?
Disturbed: Down with the Sickness: Clement’s Sample: Success Bon Jovi: Livin on a Prayer: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Clement really loves this song, and you can tell.
The Ramons: Blitzkreig Bop: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Ok, Clement, now breathe. Seriously, you uh, you reeeeeally get into this one. I don’t care what you say.
Blue Oyster Cult: Don’t Fear the Reaper: Clement’s Sample: Success Fleetwood Mac: Go Your Own Way: Clement’s Sample: Success Brad Paisley: Mud on the Tires: Clement’s Sample: Success Judice Priest: Painkiller: Played on Medium: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: I’ve just gotta say it. While Clement does really well in this sample, it’s downright hilarious as well. You simply must check this one out.
The Killers: Mr. Brightside: Ben’s Sample: Success
Note: Interesting thing about this one is that Ben has chosen to turn down the other tracks of the song almost as low as they can go. His aim is to be singing alone with the crowd.
Glados: Still Alive: Played on Expert: Liam’s Sample: Success
Note: Pay attention to this one. Liam tries to activate his star power in some pretty clever ways. Like uh, having a conversation with the computer that sings the song.
Hay Poco Rock N Roll: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: This right here’s a song entirely in Spanish. But ya know something? Clement knows… a lot… of Spanish. So please, if you’re offended easily, pay no attention to the flurry of curses he hurls our way throughout the song. It’s not very nice, but that’s Clement.
Roy Orbison: Pretty Woman: Clement’s Sample: Success Pat Bennetar: Heartbreaker: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: Yes, hearing Clement sing this song is truly as weird as you might think it is. And yet, he sings so beautifully! Disturbed: Indestructable: Ben’s Sample: Playing on Expert: Success
Note: It seems as though Ben’s still learning the words to this one, but he still makes it through. This serves as proof that you don’t actually have to know what you’re singing to get through a song. It’s all about the tone, not the words.
Toby Keith: She’s a Hottie: Clement’s Sample: Success Social Distortion: Ring of Fire: Ben’s Sample: Playing on Expert: Success
Note: Isn’t it funny how all of Ben’s imitations of American dudes sound the same? And how he always sings the guitar part, even though the dudes in question wouldn’t? I guess he can be forgiven for this one though, as the crowd does it too. Weirdos. Ah well. Silly Ben.
Foo Fighters: Everlong: Ben’s Sample: Playing on Expert: Success AC-DC Let There Be Rock: Track Pack Live Version: Ben’s Sample: Success
Note: Perhaps the best vocal sample ever. Why? Cause it’s really long, you get to hear the longest Rock Band rock ending, and Ben just talks to you through most of it. Funny thing about live versions. There are these really long parts where the singer on stage just doesn’t sing. When you’re playing Rock Band, it’s just plain old fashioned freetime.
Journey: Don’t Stop Believing, Clement’s Sample: Gold Starred
Note: This one deserves special mention. It’s a freakin gold star performance. I mean, I knew Clement could sing like a canary, ya know, all high and really annoying and whatnot, but this is something special. Congratulations, Clement.
Avenged 7fold: Afterlife Avenged 7Fold: Almost Easy Avenged Sevenfold: Critical Acclaim Queen: We are the Champions: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: There just has to be a note after this puppy. This is a spectacular performance. Clement really belts this out. His whole heart seems in it. And that truth and heart combined with the already wonderful song, and the crowd singing along, really make this wonderful. I’m not even going to make fun of the one time Clement’s note was really off, cause he put everything into this. Maybe it’s a proclamation, maybe not, but as far as this sample goes, Clement is the champion.
Elton John: Crocodile Rock: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: What was I thinking? Giving Clement compliments… I must have gone mad! Fortunately, there’s this sample of Crocodile Rock to give us all a harsh dose of reality. Whew!
Vocal Setlist: Tribute, Final Countdown, and the Gambler: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: And to further add to my belief that I was just suffering a bout of temporary insanity, we have Clement’s performances of Tenatious D’s Tribute, Europe’s the Final Countdown, and Kenny Rogers’s the Gambler for you. Tribute he almost fails, the ridiculous vocal stylings of Jack Black no real excuse, and the others… Well, you’ll hear. Listen!
Disturbed: Down with the Sickness: Ben’s Sample: Success Jonathon Colton: Creepy Doll: Liam’s Sample: Success> Electric Six: Gay Bar: Liam’s Sample: Success
Note: These are the very first vocal samples of Rock Band 3. You’ll notice the slightly different crowd audio and star noises, as well as Liam’s improved pitch. Yeah, I’m almost certain the technology Harmonix claimed they put in which makes you sound better actually does exist. Cause ya know… Come on, people. This is Liam. Surely neither of these songs are shining examples of vocal artistry, but Liam’s pitch, particularly during Creepy Doll, seems nearly spot on, and, well, that’s just wrong. Proof, you say? OK, the other sample is Gay Bar. Enough said.
Queen: Bohemian Rapsody: Clement’s Sample: Success
Note: As you all know, I have mad respect for Clement’s ability to really belt out a tune. (See Queen’s “We Are the Champions).” And to a point, he belts this one out too. However, this sample serves not only as an example of Clement belting one out, it also serves as horrifying proof of the existence of the pitch-correction feature implimented in Rock Band 3. You see, ladies and germs, Clement doesn’t always sing the part he’s supposed to sing, and when it gets real bad, you can hear the technology very blatently auto tuning him in a desperate effort to get him back where he belongs. It’s both awesome, and a little scary. All in all, a normal Clement sample. Enjoy!
Bon Jovi: You Give love a Bad Name: Clement’s Sample: Success Jone Jet: I Love Rock and Roll: Liam’s Sample: Success Toby Keith: I Love This Ba: Clement’s Sample: Success Glados: Still Alive: Liam’s Sample: Played on Medium: Success Rilo Kiley: Portions for Foxes: Liam’s Sample: Success Bon Jovi: It’s My Life: Clement’s sample sung on expert: Success Queen: Bohemian Rapsody: Clement’s Sample: Playing on Expert and using harmonies: Success
Note: Only one note is required for this sample. It’s waaaaaaay better than the first one. It’s also less funny, which actually makes me question whether it’s better at all. Uh-oh…
Voxtar Samples
The Presidents of the United States: Dune Buggy: Playing on Easy: Liam’s Sample: Success
Note: Introducing Voxtar, the awesome concept of playing the Rock Band guitar, and doing vocals at the same time. This one comes from Liam, and he does a pretty decent job, though there are a couple of stumbling moments in there. Enjoy!
Multiplayer Samples
Blink 182: All the Small Things: Full Online Band: Ben’s Sample: Success
Note: Introducing the multiplayer section! What better way to kick it off than with a sample of a full band? I sure can’t think of one. Ben’s on vocals as this online band rocks out. Check it!
Green Day: Murder City: Orin and Yohandy Multiplayer Sample: Success
Note: Like woe! It’s one of them multiplayer sample things. Two dudes from the blind community, Orin and Yohandy, get together on this one, and rock the guitar and bass. In fact, you could say they murder them. It’s not perfect, but it sure is good.
And that’s it for now. Check back every now and then, as more songs may pop up. Also, feel free to drop me a suggestion by either sending an email to brandon@brandoncole.net, or by subscribing to the mailing list. You can do this by sending an email to brandonslist-request@freelists.org, and putting the word subscribe in the subject line. Thanks for listening, and rock on!