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More Guitar Hero 80s Tracks Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the rock-it-with-big-hair dept.

Activision has released information on eight more tracks from the upcoming Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s. In addition the previously announced songs, the company has now confirmed that the following glam and metal ballads will be available: "'Hold On Loosely' (as made famous by .38 Special), 'No One Like You' (as made famous by Scorpions), 'Only a Lad' (as made famous by Oingo Boingo), 'Radar Love' (as made famous by White Lion), 'Ballroom Blitz' (as made famous by Krokus), 'The Warrior' (by Scandal), 'What I Like About You' (as made famous by The Romantics), and 'Wrath Child' (as made famous by Iron Maiden)." Would have liked "Dead Man's Party" or "Weird Science" better from Boingo, but you can't have everything.

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  1. Re:Huh? by deftcoder · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Could they have picked a worse Iron Maiden song?

    Number of the Beast? Wasted Years? THE EVIL THAT MEN DO?

    C'mon, seriously.

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  2. Re:Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're saving the Def Leppard songs for Drum Hero.

  3. Radar love by steeph · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Radar Love by White Lion? I guess that should have been Golden Earring.

    1. Re:Radar love by jchennav · · Score: 3, Informative

      People might be more familiar with the White Lion cover of "Radar Love".

      This is not the first time that a song in a Guitar Hero game is based on a cover version:

      "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" is based on the Joan Jett & the Blackhearts cover of a song by The Arrows.
      "Higher Ground" is based on the Red Hot Chili Peppers cover of a Stevie Wonder song.
      "Crossroads" is based on the Cream cover of two Robert Johnson songs.
      "You Really Got Me" is based on the Van Halen cover of a song by the Kinks.

  4. Re:Huh? by wowbagger · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes, considering that "Radar Love" was composed by Golden Earring — in fact I'd never heard anybody ELSE do Radar Love — and "Ballroom Blitz" was composed by Sweet, and again, until "Wayne's World" I had never heard anybody BUT Sweet perform "Ballroom Blitz".

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  5. Don't Forget by PateraSilk · · Score: 2, Informative

    "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany and "Venus" by Bananarama.

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    1. Re:Don't Forget by KORfan · · Score: 2, Funny

      Heavens, no. hitomi's remake of Bananarama's remake of "Venus" is far more pop and current.

  6. Weird Science? Dead Man's Party? by moderatorrater · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No, Insanity or Stay by Oingo Boingo. You know, the ones not based on movie plots.

    1. Re:Weird Science? Dead Man's Party? by Tol+Dantom · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually, I think songs which pretty much represented an entire movie in theme and complexity (and vice versa) really capture the zeitgeist of the 80s... For instance, once you saw something strange in the neighborhood and realized who you were going to call, the exposition(/development of the plot) was about over.

  7. I was going to buy a PS2 for this... by theantipop · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But the distinct lack of really great songs as well as tons of "As made famous by..." really put me off. I suppose I can wait for GH3 for the Wii and hope the track list stays as top notch as the songs released already.

    1. Re:I was going to buy a PS2 for this... by xenocide2 · · Score: 4, Funny

      But the distinct lack of really great songs as well as tons of "As made famous by..." really put me off. I think you just summed up the 80s for me.
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    2. Re:I was going to buy a PS2 for this... by asuffield · · Score: 4, Informative

      But the distinct lack of really great songs as well as tons of "As made famous by..." really put me off.


      The developers have commented on this before - apparently, they initially tried using the original versions of the songs (it's actually cheaper - licensing doesn't cost any more, and you don't have to pay a band), but they ran into a major problem:

      It just wasn't fun

      It turns out that most songs are not centred around the guitarist. While they may have some good riffs and solos in them, a lot of the song becomes quite boring to play, as the guitars take a back seat to the vocals. Also, the timing is often quite uneven, which makes it excruciatingly difficult for somebody to match on the controller - real bands kind of wing it, but GH doesn't work that way, you have to play the right notes at the time they appear in the score. So, in order to make the game fun to play, they recorded specialised versions of all the songs on the primary set lists, suitably rearranged with the guitars in the lead, and rehearsed to be note-perfect.
  8. Help me place this Slashvertisement... by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Help me place this Slashvertisement in the AIDA marketing model. Is this dribbling of useless information intended to raise Awareness, Interest or Desire?

  9. Re:Huh? by Knara · · Score: 2

    There's a lot of songs... a LOT of Iron Maiden songs that are easier than Wrathchild. Granted, it's not the hardest song either, but it's guitar-heavy and has a lot of interesting rhythms. Plus I bet the licensing cost on it was low.

  10. Meh. by morari · · Score: 2, Insightful

    More tracks from what is probably the worst decade of popular music. Guitar Hero III looked to be shaping up fairly well as far as the tunes go, however.

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    1. Re:Meh. by Darkfred · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hair metal was the epitomy of Human expression, it is the great star that our society will be judged by for centuries to come. like Homer's epics and Wagner's opera hair metal is simply our greatest legacy to the future.

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  11. Van Halen? Bon Jovi?! GNR?!?! by Alzheimers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Where's the Van Halen?

    Where's the Bon Jovi?!

    Where's the GUNS AND ROSES?!?!

    (me wonders if Harmonix are really music fans)

  12. Re:Huh? by brouski · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're saving the Def Leppard songs for Drum Hero.

    Meh, I could do those with one hand tied behind my back.

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