Here comes the trailer for Abbey Road from The Beatles: Rock Band (do do do)
by Ben Gilbert 
{ Oct 20th 2009 at 2:00PM } 
The trailer above offers a medley sampling of the whole album, should you not be acquainted with it. But then, we must ask, what planet are you from where "Abbey Road" is an unfamiliar album?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bobby Kotick 2: Echoes @ Oct 20th 2009 2:05PM
It's a test.
Harmonix wanted to see your determination for The Beatles by releasing a Queen 10 pack on the same day.
That's gotta be Brutal...
Archon (PSN: Archonik, XBL: DarkARHN) @ Oct 20th 2009 2:07PM
That's why I'm buying both day one... (ok, day 3. I'm on the PS3. We get our DLC on Thursdays). Oh, Broketober, how my wallet hates you.
Dirty @ Oct 20th 2009 2:18PM
Archon, for use of my trademark you owe me 5 dollars. I accept paypal or microsoft points.
Archon (PSN: Archonik, XBL: DarkARHN) @ Oct 20th 2009 2:22PM
Appy-polly-loggies Dirty. I wanted to give credit, but couldn't remember who said it first.
SEND ALL THE CHEESECAKES TO DIRTY IF YOU LIKED MY PREVIOUS COMMENT, PLZ!
GewurztraminerX @ Oct 20th 2009 2:51PM
Also picking up both today. I'm safe for now...
until the credit card bills roll in during Brökvember...
butaneko @ Oct 20th 2009 2:59PM
Actually it's Hovember, starring your mom
Cheesus Crust @ Oct 20th 2009 3:52PM
I first bought a Slimtember,
then I was Broketober.
GewurztraminerX @ Oct 20th 2009 4:04PM
Bu... wha... huh?
Here, have a ċöökïë. It's like a regular cookie, but tastier, with sprinkles.
=]
OMGOMG @ Oct 20th 2009 4:22PM
Those FUCKERS!
Stop making me spend money, Harmonix!
Kizzle @ Oct 20th 2009 6:58PM
"Harmonix wanted to see your determination for The Beatles by releasing a Queen 10 pack on the same day."
Bingo.
I mean, Queen is priority over everything pretty much, but The Beatles is a damn good challenger. I bought both immediately. You win this round, Harmonix.
Young_Nastyman @ Oct 20th 2009 11:37PM
I'm with Achron and Kizzle
gib @ Oct 20th 2009 2:08PM
I know I am evil... I bought TBRB from Gamestop. I should have resisted, but I am weak. I wanted to get free songs (which they have not sent out the email for. Has anyone else got it?) so I made a deal with the devil...
Now that I have seen the full medley (thanks corporalgregg3 on youtube), I am trying to decide if I should just bite the bullet and buy the whole thing.
Yan @ Oct 20th 2009 2:09PM
Bang Bang.
Quiggy @ Oct 20th 2009 2:11PM
I'm still upset about the fact that Wii owners can't just buy the Complete the Album pack. WTF Harmonix?
Archon (PSN: Archonik, XBL: DarkARHN) @ Oct 20th 2009 2:24PM
Memory limit issues were quoted on the forums as the unofficial reason for the lack of one-song-Medley. Other than that... You can still buy the full album. Just not in a pack... Yes, not as convenient but well... better than nothing I guess.
Quiggy @ Oct 20th 2009 2:31PM
The Wii has 512 MB of internal storage. My copy of Abbey Road comes in at just shy of 60 MB (encoded at 128 kbps). Therefore a Wii should have enough storage space for it.
There's also the possibility that you really do mean memory (i.e. RAM) in which case the Wii has 88 MB. Still enough to store the entire album at one time in RAM and would likely be enough to also run the game.
Even assuming there is a technical limitation for playing the album straight through, why can't we just give them our money so we can download all of the songs in one go? I'm trying to pay you Harmonix!
Exo @ Oct 20th 2009 2:52PM
1 Rockband songs are a lot bigger then MP3's. Most I have on my 360 are over 20MB each.
2 that ram is kinda being used to play the game so only a small portion of it can be used for whatever song you are playing
Quiggy @ Oct 20th 2009 3:06PM
Seriously? 20 MB/song? That's huge! But hey, then it would make a little more sense. Still doesn't answer why I can't just buy them all at one time though...
Exo @ Oct 20th 2009 4:13PM
They cant make it one for memory issues, each song has to be separate I guess on Wii they dont have a way to give you multiple files for one purchase.
Fane [A-MF Brigade] @ Oct 20th 2009 10:01PM
@Quiggy The songs have to be multi-track rather than stereo and there's other data attached as well...plus they're probably at a much higher bitrate.
Jack Tretton @ Oct 20th 2009 2:30PM
"[W]hat planet are you from where 'Abbey Road' is an unfamiliar album?"
Aside from the name recognition of the album's title, I'd wager at least half of Joystiq's audience doesn't know its lesser-known tracks. So what? Why the gibe?
GewurztraminerX @ Oct 20th 2009 2:40PM
Yeah, as a matter of fact, the name and iconic photo/cover is the only thing about Abbey Road that I'm familiar with. Most of the tracks I will be hearing for the first time via this DLC.
I guess that's what happens when the only Beatles CDs you own are 'Sgt. Pepper' and '1'.
butaneko @ Oct 20th 2009 2:57PM
Why? So you'll be shamed into getting the album and listening to it as soon as possible; which would be of great benefit to you. Joystiq dishing out the tough love.
Ben Gilbert @ Oct 20th 2009 3:23PM
Just like most Beatles songs, I'm willing to bet most of the tracks will be instantly recognizable when you hear them. Whether it's intimately or not, I'm willing to wager that most of the Joystiq audience (none the less everyone else) has heard most if not all of the songs on this album in one way or another. Either way, it's a joke! If such a thing offends you, please accept my apologies.
Exo @ Oct 20th 2009 4:15PM
Im a huge Beatles fan, But as much as I listen to them there's Still a lot of songs I dont know too well since i mostly listen to their bigger hits
wass ssappening! @ Oct 20th 2009 2:47PM
wtf this shouldve been in the game in the first place. i'm just gonna wait til they release the COMPLETE collection in a couple of months...
Exo @ Oct 20th 2009 2:54PM
You are going to be waiting forever cause thats not going to happen.
Dorian @ Oct 21st 2009 12:01AM
yea, i don't know how long i'm gonna wait. maybe till next year. They need someway to renew interest in it then. Repackaging seems the best way.
Exo @ Oct 20th 2009 2:51PM
1 Rockband songs are a lot bigger then MP3's. Most I have on my 360 are over 20MB each.
2 that ram is kinda being used to play the game so only a small portion of it can be used for whatever song you are playing
VGMaster @ Oct 20th 2009 2:54PM
Most of my favorites Beatles song are already in the game so I'll skip this one for now. It's great support though.
bongoes Sector 2814 @ Oct 20th 2009 3:01PM
Aw, they could've fit Her Majesty in there, right?
Daniel @ Oct 20th 2009 3:11PM
Her Majesty is to short, if they did that, we would see more than 60% of it.
Peter Moore @ Oct 20th 2009 3:29PM
Try FCing Her Majesty on Expert Bass. It's so hard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWXJPxazSjg
:)
Satsu66 @ Oct 20th 2009 3:23PM
Animated Kurt Cobain = Offensive?
Animated Freddie Mercury = Not Offensive?
Peter Moore @ Oct 20th 2009 3:30PM
Wrong thread, buddy.
Dirty @ Oct 20th 2009 4:35PM
It would only be offensive if he was constantly asking the player if he wanted a mustache ride.
uncle jesse @ Oct 20th 2009 3:24PM
I can seriously watch the videos released for this game all day. I just love looking at it and hearing it. Oh right, playing it is awesome, too. But I like having others play while I sit and watch. I can't say that about many games.
Farseer (GDI) @ Oct 20th 2009 3:58PM
I bought this before I headed to work this morning. I'm really looking forward to this evening...
KeegdnaB @ Oct 20th 2009 5:56PM
I gotta say, playing through the medley was a lot of fun, although not as difficult as I thought it would be.
JEV4 @ Oct 20th 2009 6:38PM
I think seventeen bucks is overpriced. (Like everything else on the marketplace.) It should be free for gold members, they're already paying in the first place, and come on... Why in God's name do gamer pictures, themes, and avatar clothing cost money?
robotoid @ Oct 20th 2009 7:05PM
Because with the songs comes new animations and dreamscapes, each song is probably bigger in size than the average rock band dl track, does anyone know or have a guesstimation on the size of each song and/or the whole downloadable album?
Faceman @ Oct 20th 2009 7:47PM
hmnnnn not nearly as dreamscapey as I thought it'd be... oh, n how about the band, Dreamscape? They're a cool little German Dream Theater knock-off.