SingStar Rock Ballads ... what, no Journey?

22 Comments by Alexander Sliwinski Aug 2nd 2007 2:55PM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Rhythm

After the SingStar fades and darkness has turned to gray. We'll be watching through windows, wondering if karaoke is still OK. All right, we will do anything for karaoke, but we don't do that. Oh no, no we won't do that. Sony has announced that the next title in their karaoke series will be SingStar Rock Ballads. Seriously, this is the most dangerous SingStar yet. Getting through SingStar Anthems is hard, but who's going to even stand a chance trying to do Meatloaf's I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do that). That's madness! No, it's Meatloaf.

The list of songs (found after the break) is actually a fantastic mix of power and rock ballads that you'd only attempt to do with the windows rolled up in your car or when you know you're home alone. Roxette's It Must Have Been Love and Cutting Crew's I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight are just a few of the titles. Although, for all the good songs in this game, it is quite obvious that Journey is missing. Journey is not in a rock ballad karaoke game?! That's like peanuts being removed as an ingredient from peanut butter. It's just not right on any level. But we won't stop believin' in SingStar, we're gonna hang on to this feeling.

Air Supply - All Out of Love
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
Anastasia - Left Outside Alone
Avril Lavigne - I'm With You
Boston - More Than A Feeling
Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall
Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
Duran Duran - Ordinary World
Europe - Carrie
Heart - Alone
Jon Secada - Just Another Day
Lone Star - Amazed
Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis
Meatloaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
Mr Big - To Be With You
Mr Mister - Broken Wings
Mr Mister - Kyrie
Nikelback - How You Remind Me
Nilsson - Without You
Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Queen - The Show Must Go On
Roxette - It Must Have Have Been Love
Roxette - Listen To Your Heart
Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
Sugababes - Too Lost In You
The Calling - Wherever You Will Go
Tina Arena - Chains
Toto - Africa
T'Pau - China In Your Hands

Tags: blasphemy, powerballads, rockballads, singstar

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Shagittarius: Aug 2nd 2007; 2:59PM

This was announced as a PS2 game only. Are we going to be able to download these with the PS3 singstar game? Not that theres much interesting in the list anyways.

And if your gonna do Meatloaf please give me Paradise by the Dashboard Light.

Zantac: Aug 2nd 2007; 4:20PM

I second Paradise by the Dashboard Light. Best song, evar.

Jacob P.: Aug 2nd 2007; 3:10PM

I like how one of the tags is blasphemy...

I found that humorous

Konny: Aug 2nd 2007; 3:13PM

Thats a good list... they just keep churning out those SingStar variations.

ck: Aug 2nd 2007; 3:20PM

I would also point out there's no REO Speedwagon. I mean, c'mon! TWO Roxette songs and now REO or Journey? Please tell me they just couldn't pay the royalties...

Matt B: Aug 2nd 2007; 3:21PM

ooooooooooohhHHHHHH I!!!!!

I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight, must have been something you said.......

Matt B: Aug 2nd 2007; 3:23PM

I was also kind of hoping for:

Strapping Young Lad - Love?

Shmil: Aug 2nd 2007; 3:23PM

if steve perry's sweet melodic voice was in this then i would seriously consider buying this game

Billiam247: Aug 2nd 2007; 3:31PM

[nitpick]
It's spelled Nickelback
[/nitpick]

For the record, I despise Nickelback.

akaProfChaos: Aug 2nd 2007; 4:38PM

Amen to that! If one of their songs come on while I'm driving, I have an uncontrollable urge to swerve off of a bridge.

Darkiewonder: Aug 2nd 2007; 3:32PM

ahh.. Doesn't matter much to me for this game as long as the songs make it to the song catalog for the ps3 version.

topflight1: Aug 2nd 2007; 3:44PM

"oh God I love this song, and I love it when amateurs sing the lyrics.....but I hate baseball cards!"

Untamed: Aug 2nd 2007; 3:52PM

Aw... No Skid Row - I Remember You... Or Sweet Child 'o Mine.

KrazyIan: Aug 2nd 2007; 4:03PM

Queen's inclusion implies 'The Show Must Go On' is a cheesy ballad along with the rest; that couldn't be farther from the truth.

Awesome list overall though. I'd love to see people belt out Air Supply with a straight face.

KrazyIan: Aug 2nd 2007; 4:04PM

PSN: ummfada: Aug 2nd 2007; 5:27PM

T-Pain/Akon bartender

Gregory Block: Aug 2nd 2007; 5:53PM

SingStar, I'm thinking of you 'till it hurts.

32_Footsteps: Aug 2nd 2007; 6:38PM

I saw the title, and immediately thought to myself, "Either they're going to have 'Africa' by Toto, or it won't be a true cheesy karaoke ballad game."

But I think we all know that they went with the wrong Europe song for this collection. I'd tell you which would need to be on there, but the Magician's Alliance has forbidden me from sharing.

Backslash: Aug 3rd 2007; 2:00AM

Seriously, this is indeed blasphemy.

Plus, I'll always remember Starship as Jefferson Starship. :

Thatoneguy64: Aug 3rd 2007; 7:00PM

I may have to get this just I can sing "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" and "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)"

Sketchy Fletchy: Aug 4th 2007; 7:28PM

Get out your moccasins and white polo shirt / deck shorts combinations, get that rowboat out of the shed and back on the water, it's time for some YACHT ROCK, MOTHERF#$%@ERS!!! TOOOOOOTOOOOOO!

"I miss the rains down in Aaaaaa-fricaaaaaa..."

Grums: Aug 8th 2007; 4:39AM

Woha... This list is probably going to make the best Singstar game, although I miss Whitesnake - Is this love.

I stopped playing Singstar some versions ago because the songs weren't that good, but this is grand. Only whish they could continue remove the vocals from the track, like they did on the first original Singstar.

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