Band Of Horses – “Cigarettes, Wedding Bands” ?
Beastie Boys – “Gratitude”
Beck – “Gamma Ray”
Billy Squier – “Lonely Is The Night”
Blur – “Song 2″
Bob Dylan – “All Along The Watchtower”
Children Of Bodom – “Done With Everything, Die For Nothing”
Coldplay – “In My Place”
Darkest Hour – “Demon(s)”
David Bowie – “Fame”
Deep Purple – “Woman From Tokyo (’99 Remix)”
Elliott Smith – “L.A.”
Iggy Pop – “Lust For Life (Live)”
Jeff Beck – “Scatterbrain (Live)”
John Mellencamp – “Hurts So Good”
Kings Of Leon – “Sex On Fire”
Queens Of The Stone Age – “Make It Wit Chu”
Rose Hill Drive – “Sneak Out” ?
Santana – “No One To Depend On (Live)”
The Bronx – “Six Days A Week” ?
Thrice – “Deadbolt”
Tom Petty – “Runnin’ Down A Dream”
Vampire Weekend – “A-Punk”
Wolfmother – “Back Round”

Ok, so I never claimed to be any sort of rock music connoisseur, but does list gather any kind of excitement out of you? Even if  right now you can hum the melody to more than 3 of those songs (which will beat me), are you $60 excited for this, or is this the equivalent of a pretty decent Rock Band track pack?  Granted this is a partial track list, but don’t you think they would be showing off the bigger, more popular hits up front to drum up some excitement?

My prediction is this is the year sales for music games really take a nosedive. Besides The Beatles: Rock Band, there isn’t really much being done to the genre (and other than the band involved, one might say Harmonix isn’t doing much new either), and with Activision putting out so very, very many versions of their brand, watering it down to the point that I’m surprised we don’t just have a Now That’s What I Call Music Guitar Hero coming out every few months.

Or…you know.  Maybe everyone will continue buying them and I’ll just scream at my computer while steam exits my ears.

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