You gotta pay for old rock! Prices go back to 160 MS points ($2) this week as the rock is aged a little more finely compared to the modern selection from last week. The exploration of the RBDLC (Rock Band downloadable content) void continues as there's still no road map of Rock Band's DLC for the future. This week's tracks give us a little '70s with Lynyrd Skynyrd (Leh-Nerd Skin-nerd) and early '80s with Rush. The most iffy selection for nit-picky music geeks is probably the Black Crowes' version of you-know-it-when-you-hear-it song Hard to Handle. Some people prefer the Grateful Dead version, and for those who like letting their soul out when they sing, there's also the Otis Redding version. Songs below will also be part of a DLC double-dose this Thursday on the PlayStation Network, which includes last week's songs not added due to the holiday.
I have to pick up the Black Crows song. Also, all those dollar joints from last week. I know most suck but for a dollar each, at least it's not fallout boy.
Considering the cost of making the cover is probably not drastically different than licensing the original master, and they get the masters whenever possible, I don't see them being cheaper. :p
But the cost of a cover is far less because of licensing and royalties due to the original artists. I could be wrong but that was always my thought process and why some companies can't afford to get masters but have no problem covering the original.
Well, given that Harmonix is setting pricing, I imagine the costs for royalties and such where DLC is concerned aren't much different. Assuming the difference in what goes to the label/band worked out to fifty cents per download, it wouldn't surprise me that the cost to get a cover band in and record works out fairly similar to what they could/would/are saving.
Pretty sure they only do covers when the master track isn't available as individual instrument tracks, not as a way to save themselves money. And I'm sure it takes them a lot more work to record a good cover than it does to wait for delivery of some master track recordings.
I had a feeling I should have hung onto my last 300 points. I'm picking up Gimme Three Steps... Oh lawd. I have 310 points (which is ten less than being able to buy both songs), and I just realized how awesome Hard to Handle is.
Okay, I'm still waiting for the day that they announce Eastern rock tracks onto this or GH III, oy: Hirano Aya(Haruhi Suzumiya) - 'God Knows...' or 'Lost My Music' Asian Kung-Fu Generation - 'Haruka Kanata' or 'Rewrite' The Pillows - 'Advice' or 'Ride On Shooting Star' L'Arc~En~Ciel - Ready Steady GO!!! (Artist Unknown) - Pegasus Fantasy Various Artists - 'Hito toshite Jiku ga Bureteiru (人として軸がぶれている)' translated as Really twisted person Orange Range - Asterisk UVERworld - D-technolife High and Mighty Color - Ichirin no Hana
All of those you can clearly find videos of on youtube if you really HAVE to know whether they have the stuff to make it on (SPOILER: IMHO Fuck YEAH!).
Yes, Black Crowes, LS and more Rush! Rock Band is starting to show up its potential week by week with this excellent DLC.
I would buy it, if it wasn't for the fact that it will take some time for the game to arrive here in Mexico, although I can always buy it on Feb. 10 when SSBB comes out, since I'm going to San Diego by the 8th to camp outside Circuit City.
Freebird would've been a better choice though, but perhaps we'll see later, and some Wintersun wouldn't hurt either.