It's official: Wii Music has most random track list ever

by Justin McElroy { Oct 20th 2008 at 1:25PM }

Imagine someone planted a bomb in the heart of Championship Vinyl, blowing record fragments across several blocks of downtown Chicago. If you went along and picked up 50-odd pieces of those shattered albums and then glued them together, what you compiled would still not be as random as the Japanese track list for Wii Music, which you can read right here. Here are a few examples:

"Do-Re-Mi" by Rodgers and Hammerstein (from The Sound of Music)
"La Cucaracha"" the Spanish folk song
"The Entertainer" by Billy Joel

...and so on. We thought maybe we had just gotten an odd slice, but no. They're all that bizarre. Not bad, mind you. Just really, really out of left field. The kicker is, we still can't tell if this makes us more or less excited for the game.

Tags: nintendo, wii-music

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Jack of No Trades 85 @ Oct 20th 2008 1:29PM

Samfish will want this even more.

xFenixKnightx @ Oct 20th 2008 1:55PM

lol

Ridgecity @ Oct 20th 2008 3:08PM

La Cucaracha is mexican not spanish. I'm glad he didn't say the Yankee Doodle is from Iraq.

Just Mr ESC. @ Oct 20th 2008 3:51PM

The first time I heard La cucaracha was in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

From all the Billy Joel songs they choose the Entertainer?

jonatho @ Oct 20th 2008 4:31PM

La Cucaracha is Spanish. It was very popular in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution, but it is an old Spanish folk song.

Ridgecity @ Oct 21st 2008 1:31AM

actually "la cucaracha" is referring to "dope" and the plant wasn't consumed in Europe until late 1800's and the song was heard during the independence of Mexico around 1810. During the revolution it was already an old song.

That's where the "roach" term came from...

Farseer (GDI) @ Oct 20th 2008 1:32PM

"...we still can't tell if this makes us more or less excited for the game."

So you're implying that some level of excitement actually exists for this game. Huh. Interesting...

Jakka @ Oct 20th 2008 1:38PM

If this sells more than a million of copies, I'll loose faith in gaming.

R.I.P. Gaming
R.I.P. Tim Schafer
R.I.P. Ghostbusters & Brutal Legend.

Haggard @ Oct 20th 2008 1:39PM

RIP Fiddy: Blood in the Sand

..wait

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Oct 20th 2008 1:42PM

Prepare to lose your faith.

T @ Oct 20th 2008 1:44PM

If your comment is any indication of the future of gaming...I say it's already got one foot in the grave.

"Oh noes! A game for a market other than myself! END OF THE WORLD!"

Mr Khan @ Oct 20th 2008 2:05PM

Yup, because every copy this sells is another milliliter of poison in Tim Schaffer's veins

Habiib @ Oct 20th 2008 2:13PM

"Yup, because every copy this sells is another milliliter of poison in Tim Schaffer's veins"

But, but I like Monkey Island.

theturtle363 @ Oct 20th 2008 3:45PM

T, any market that embraces Wii music, is not a good market at all

Haggard @ Oct 20th 2008 1:38PM

"...we still can't tell if this makes us more or less excited for the game."

Considering that the tracklist of this game is basically like which sauces you want on a turd and vomit sub, I'd say about the same level of non-excitement.

copa @ Oct 20th 2008 1:59PM

To be fair, the linked article points out that it only listed 48 of the 50 songs in the track list. The other two songs are:

"Closer" by Nine Inch Nails
"America, Fuck Yeah" by DVDA

Ninja @ Oct 20th 2008 4:44PM

I would buy it if it had one DVDA song.

Megadanxzero @ Oct 20th 2008 5:19PM

That is... By far the best comparison I have ever heard in my entire life...

syrik zero @ Oct 20th 2008 1:39PM

Why doesn't Rock Band have any Billy Joel?! I love that guy

JerJerBinks @ Oct 20th 2008 3:11PM

Because then it wouldn't be Rock Band, it would be Pop Band.

WRE @ Oct 20th 2008 8:03PM

Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new stuff. Funny, but it's still rock 'n' roll to me.

syrik zero @ Oct 21st 2008 3:41PM

You must be tarded. It is Rock. Maybe you should listen to some good ole Billy Joel before saying it's Pop, because it's not

JerJerBinks @ Oct 24th 2008 10:31AM

Uptown Girl and Piano Man, 'nuff said. THOSE SONGS ROCK! No, now seriously, Billy Joel is pop. If my mom (who is 65) enjoys it, then it probably shouldn't be classified as rock.

syrik zero @ Oct 24th 2008 1:52PM

There are songs like The Stranger that a lot more Rock. I guess I can see some songs being more Pop like though. So, I guess we can both be right? Or both be wrong.

JerJerBinks @ Oct 27th 2008 9:50AM

I agree to agree with you.

baby sea tuna @ Oct 20th 2008 1:41PM

Just the mention of Championship Vinyl gave me a warm feeling in my heart.

baby sea tuna @ Oct 20th 2008 1:45PM

PS. You know your game has an awesome set-list when the most exciting artist you have on there is K.K. Slider.

Mr Khan @ Oct 20th 2008 1:51PM

Considering KK Slider is more awesome than a lot of what passes for music these days, i wouldn't call that a bad thing

Jack @ Oct 20th 2008 2:13PM

lol, Kahn, lol.

That being said,

KK SLIDER FOR ROCK BAND!

Titanium_Orchid @ Oct 20th 2008 6:41PM

I have a 45 minute youtube video of all the KK Slider songs running in the background. Its surprisingly easy to listen to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmv_HwTStH0

Marty @ Oct 20th 2008 1:45PM

How can you guys possibly complain about Wii Music when Billy Joel is involved?

MowDownJoe @ Oct 20th 2008 1:51PM

I won't buy it, but the fact that it has Billy Joel, and the fact that the commercial uses the World 1-1 theme of Super Mario Bros. warms my heart.

Marty @ Oct 20th 2008 2:29PM

I won't buy it either because I don't own a Wii. I still got a kick out of the music selection though.

Ridgecity @ Oct 20th 2008 3:33PM

Billy Joel Didn't make "The Entertainer", it was Scott Joplin at the turn of the 19th century, it's almost a 100 year old song...

Hafk @ Oct 20th 2008 4:21PM

WHERE IS A CHANGE OF SEASONS BY DREAM THEATER?!?!?!?!

Every time! No game will ever throw this song into a setlist. I guess it is just too epic.

Triforceowner @ Oct 20th 2008 5:18PM

Ridgecity is correct.

Kizzle @ Oct 20th 2008 1:48PM

Burn every copy of this shit game.

aj @ Oct 20th 2008 1:50PM

or....you could just not buy it?

Deeznuts420 @ Oct 20th 2008 2:28PM

the burning will keep the hobos warm in these upcoming winter months....

aj @ Oct 20th 2008 1:49PM

I think they're just trying to appeal to more people. I don't think I know a single person over 22 who enjoys half of the crap in Rock Band or Guitar Hero. And the Wii is being marketed to anyone between the ages of 2 and "really old but not in coma". So why would they put Fall Out Boy and Metallica on Wii Music?

Burritoclock @ Oct 20th 2008 1:52PM

That's sad really sad... for you and your friends. I can't imagine living life with no appreciation of good music.

Jack of No Trades 85 @ Oct 20th 2008 2:00PM

I feel very very sad for you.

xFenixKnightx @ Oct 20th 2008 2:04PM

"Fallout Boy" and "appreciation of good music" should never be put in the same thread together. I and mean EVER!

>:(

Riley @ Oct 20th 2008 2:04PM

You're right. People over 22 hate music from bands like Metallica, The Who, Oasis, The Police, The Grateful Dead, David Bowie, STP....

Those are obviously groups that the kids of today are into.

gigglez76 @ Oct 22nd 2008 12:06PM

I,m 32 and I love what harmonix and mtv are doing,and the music your refering to as crap is the music I grew up listening to. So I'm having a blast playing the drums to the music that impacted so many peoples lives,including my own. So open mouth and insert foot!!!

aj @ Oct 20th 2008 2:18PM

If you can honestly say that "Electric Clown" is great music that impacted your life, then you.....actually, I want to hear the story of your life, because damn.

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Oct 20th 2008 2:23PM

Yeah, you must not know many people. If anything I would say that the songs in Rock Band are more geared towards people 22+. My parents have purchased and play Rock Band all the time with their friends. I mean you've got Metallica, Blue Oyster Cult, Ramones, Rolling Stones, The Who, David Bowie, Rush, The Cars, Kansas, Boston, Duran Duran, Black Sabbath, and a ton more.

Haggard @ Oct 20th 2008 3:53PM

Did you mean 'Electric Crown' by Testament?

If so that song is absolutely ace.

Ryan LN @ Oct 20th 2008 4:53PM

Considering my wife and I are in our late 30's and my mom and dad are in their late sixties, we stand as shining examples of why you are, well, completely and totally wrong. Be that as it may, I am more convinced than ever that while Nintendo clearly has a whole lot of people who really seem to know what they're doing this generation, one of those things apparently does not include marketing to me. While the Wii Music selection is absolutely hilarious in its randomness, it seems to fall in line with a large percentage of their titles that appeal to me not in the least. While I wouldn't call myself a hardcore gamer, I am definitely a serious enthusiast- I have owned every single Sega, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo platform since 1985- but the Big N's choices have made leave my poor Wii collecting dust in the corner while I am distracted by the wiles of the 360 and the PS3. Way to go Nintendo- your shareholders may be dancing in the streets, but Mario's really lonely in my house.