Rock Band Weekly: Blondie, Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Police

by Alexander Sliwinski { Apr 11th 2008 at 3:30PM }

We're sending out an SOS to the world to try and stop us from downloading the tracks in next week's Rock Band update. We fear that $5.50 has already jumped out of our wallets, run over to the console and is attempting to push itself inside as a willing sacrifice for Blondie, Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Police.

Classic Rock pack (440 Microsoft Points / $5.50)

"Call Me" - Blondie (160 MS Points / $2)
"Simple Man" - Lynyrd Skynyrd (160 MS Points / $2)
"Message in Bottle" - The Police (160 MS Points / $2)

Videos for this week's Rock Band DLC are after the break per usual. The songs will be available next Tuesday on Xbox 360 and the last three weeks of songs featured on Rock Band Weekly will be available next Thursday with the new PSN store.

Tags: blondie, lynyrd-skynyrd, rock-band, rock-band-weekly, the-police

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

E.J. @ Apr 11th 2008 3:37PM

I'll get this over with:
"This DLC sucks and [insert band name] should be out instead."

Now that's over, Lynyrd Skynyrd is awesome. Give us some more!

Tiptup300 @ Apr 11th 2008 9:31PM

OMG BEST WEEK EVER!

Curtis the Claw: Brawl Code 1075-0441-3284 @ Apr 11th 2008 3:38PM

Isn't Lynyrd Skynyrd the guy who sings "Sweet Home Alabama"? That is what I want.

T @ Apr 11th 2008 3:41PM

Lynyrd Skynyd is a band, not a person. Just a heads up for future reference.

dxprog @ Apr 11th 2008 3:45PM

I'm still waiting for Freebird...

Curtis the Claw: Brawl Code 1075-0441-3284 @ Apr 11th 2008 3:46PM

Ya, I realized that right after I posted haha...If only we had an edit button:(

EMOruffino @ Apr 11th 2008 4:18PM

i was just listening to that song earlier and thought why the hell wasnt that on rockband to begin with?

but simple man will do for now.

shawn @ Apr 11th 2008 5:40PM

die, die, die. learn some other good skynyrd songs, give me back my bullets check it out. its a band asshole. ronni van zant is the singer.

Alphonze @ Apr 11th 2008 3:38PM

wow she's a flatty.

XanthouS @ Apr 11th 2008 3:41PM

I was really banking on the Nevermind album this week. I should probably stop getting my hopes up all the time =\

Awesome, been waiting for Simple Man for months. I'll pick up Message in a Bottle as well.

FNG @ Apr 11th 2008 4:05PM

Man that would be awesome!

T @ Apr 11th 2008 3:41PM

Ah...that's a catchy Blondie tune.

For the longest time, I had no idea what she was saying and kept hearing "Call me genitalia."

Thankfully I know now that's not the case. Still, I'll tuck that little gem away for when it's my turn on the mic.

Shagittarius @ Apr 11th 2008 5:01PM

"Still, I'll tuck that little gem away..."

Your a regular Buffalo Bill.

McWeen @ Apr 11th 2008 3:41PM

Which one doesn't match the others?

Seriously though 2 new wave songs...and Skynyrd?

Neebs @ Apr 11th 2008 3:44PM

Wonder if we get to sing the French in Blondie.

Munky @ Apr 11th 2008 7:01PM

And the Italian part!

sergotron @ Apr 11th 2008 3:55PM

Nice! The entire pack is freaking sweet. Reminds me of my younger days.

Vexorg @ Apr 11th 2008 4:00PM

The Blondie song I could probably do without, but I heard Simple Man on the radio just a couple of weeks ago and was thinking that it would make a good Rock Band track, so I'll definitely pick that one up. Message in a Bottle is a decent one too.

kbomb1upc @ Apr 11th 2008 4:04PM

I love Message In a Bottle. I played that song to death on Guitar Hero 2. Glad to see it coming to Rock Band...oh I just got Rock Band this week for my birthday...so I guess I'll be eating this DLC up like the rest of ya'll.

Mr.ESC @ Apr 11th 2008 4:06PM

Just a castaway
An comment lost at sea
Another lonely day
No-one here but me
More loneliness
Than any man could bear
Reply to me before I fall into despair

Ill send an sos to the Internet
Ill send an sos to the Internet
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in Joystiq
Message in Joystiq

5 minutes have passed since I wrote my note
But I should have known this right from the start )
Only hope can keep me together
Lulz can mend your life
But Lulz can fail your post.

Ill send an sos to the Internet
Ill send an sos to the Internet
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
A post in Joystiq
A post in Joystiq

Ooh... A post in Joystiq
A post in Joystiq

Walked out this morning
Dont believe what I saw
A hundred billion replies
Washed up on the shore
Seems Im not alone in being alone
A hundred billion monkeys in keyboards
Saying STFU Attention Whore,STHU Drama queen.

Ill send an sos to the Internet
Ill send an sos to the Internet
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
A post in Joystiq
A post in Joystiq

A post in Joystiq
A post in Joystiq

Sending out a post
Sending out a post
Im sending out a po-ost
Im sending out an po-ost...

JJ Rooster @ Apr 11th 2008 4:19PM

not that funny. you wasted your time making it.
FAIL

Neebs @ Apr 11th 2008 4:36PM

nor is your post

Mr.ESC @ Apr 11th 2008 4:56PM

Better try and fail than doing nothing but bitching eh JJ?

Shagittarius @ Apr 11th 2008 5:03PM

Its better to keep your mouth shut and have people think your an idiot than open your mouth and remove all doubt?

Mr.ESC @ Apr 11th 2008 5:39PM

Remove all doubt.

Is it better to have your arms cut for doing stupid questions or just shut up and let people ask stupid questions?

Is it better to reply rhetorical questions or just keep doing questions in succession that could complete a combo of such magnitude than in theory all people involved (except JJ the newf*g) can win at the internet?

Vegnagun bwf @ Apr 11th 2008 6:13PM

Police suck.

E.J. @ Apr 11th 2008 8:20PM

Very nice. I applaud you, Mr.ESC.

People are only berating you because they can't do better. I know I can't.

Peace.

Courtney @ Apr 11th 2008 4:12PM

Dang, time to buy some more Points...

capt_carl @ Apr 12th 2008 2:00AM

Tell me about it. I still need to buy Rock Band AND a MSP card. I still need to buy things like Ikaruga and I forgot what else.

sqwarlock @ Apr 11th 2008 4:21PM

I don't want Blondie. I want Shooting Star as it was supposed to be in this pack.

ill trooper @ Apr 11th 2008 4:30PM

Excellent. Hopefully this means more Blondie might arrive in the future: maybe "Hardest Part" or "Pretty Baby," or even "The Tide is High."

KEFIOX @ Apr 11th 2008 4:31PM

What a disappointment. I was seriously hoping that it would be the metal pack (with Maiden, Sabbath, and 'tallica) or at least Nirvana's Nevermind as the first album download. Ugh... three weeks of garbage (not the band, though they are)

KrazyIan @ Apr 11th 2008 4:46PM

Why do they bother with packs? If you go onto iTunes they dont force you to buy a three-pack of somewhat related artists.

Bryan @ Apr 11th 2008 5:10PM

You don't have to buy the whole pack with Rock Band. If you just want one or two songs, you're free to pick them individually. The packs are just a hair cheaper than buying all three separately, is all.

dante @ Apr 11th 2008 5:50PM

...similar to the discount you'd get if you were to buy an album on itunes. this isn't guitar hero we're talking about.

E.J. @ Apr 11th 2008 8:22PM

Please play the game or at least do just a tiny bit of research before typing a baseless comment.

Neebs @ Apr 11th 2008 9:52PM

flopment.

Paul @ Apr 13th 2008 3:31PM

idiot...

PeterBeck @ Apr 11th 2008 4:55PM

Guess it's safe to say that I'm the only one interested in the Blondie song.

What can I say, I love 80s pop.

the barking dog @ Apr 11th 2008 5:18PM

No way, dude. I'm definintely picking up Blondie. Now if we could just get some Oingo Boingo...

Munky @ Apr 11th 2008 7:09PM

I'm happy about Blondie too!

Kyera @ Apr 11th 2008 8:11PM

I did a little fist pump when I saw they'd switched Shooting Star for Call Me... don't get me wrong, I definitely wanted Shooting Star, but a surprise Blondie song that I like and gives me hope for more in the future is A+. :0