Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Rock Band Licenses The Beatles

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-about-time dept.

eldavojohn writes "The Wall Street Journal is reporting that MTV's Rock Band has gained the licenses to an undetermined number of songs. Details are scant, but it would be nice to see a whole game based on just the evolution of The Beatles' music. According to Reuters, this has been in the works for months. Hopefully I can finally hide my strained vocals to so many beautiful songs within the privacy of my home instead of drunk off my ass at a bar."

5 of 266 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Short straw has to be Ringo! by ShieldW0lf · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah... fun is when you get a case of beer and all your buddies come over, you jam for 3 hours and record everything, then kick back and laugh at some of the weird shit you recorded, and tell each other how much better you're sounding these days.

    Just because something is inane and pointless doesn't mean it's fun.

    --
    -1 Uncomfortable Truth
  2. Re:In the mean time... by u38cg · · Score: 0, Troll
    By definition, a non-musician doesn't have a clue what it means to play one. If you ever do manage to climb out of your cultural hole, I can assure you that at the top of the hill lies an experience better than sex or drugs. It's worth the climb.

    I won't even mention what someone might find worthwhile in someone who has dedication and inter-personal skills.

    --
    [FUCK BETA]
  3. Re:In the mean time... by justleavealonemmmkay · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you're having fun with it, that's great. But the suggestion that everyone who's enjoying guitar hero or rockband would be better served with a real guitar is missing the point of those games. And stating that messing around with a real guitar is inherently a more worthwhile activity than a video game is short-sighted as well.

    A video game that gives a worse experience than the real thing. I expect from a video game to put me in situations I can not encounter in real life, like managing a city or killing motherfuckers. Not to repeat sequences of button presses on a plastic guitar.

  4. Awesome! by crhylove · · Score: 0, Troll

    Now how about your license some real guitars and teach kids music rather than how to jack off with four colors.

    Sincerely, someone with half a brain.

    --
    I hold very few opinions. I hold information based on observation and fact. If you wish to disagree, please use facts.
  5. Re:Short straw has to be Ringo! by ShieldW0lf · · Score: 0, Troll

    You like pointless video games, and I don't like pointless pursuits.

    You think I'm an asshole.

    Which is fine, because I think you, and everyone else who participates in these ridiculous activities are losers. Like one of those slow people that you can't get to stop touching their genitalia.

    Deal with it.

    --
    -1 Uncomfortable Truth