Rock Band Weekly: John Lennon's 'Imagine' album

by Alexander Sliwinski on Nov 19th 2010 10:15AM

John Lennon's "Imagine" album will be next week's Rock Band DLC. The acclaimed set of songs joins the title track, which is one of the Rock Band 3 on-disc songs. The album's DLC launch comes about a month after the worldwide celebration of the 70th anniversary of Lennon's birthday.

No need to imagine the album's track list, it can be found after the break.

Xbox 360 / Wii / PS3
Available: November 24

John Lennon's "Imagine" (1,200 Microsoft Points / 1,500 Wii Points / $14.99)

"Crippled Inside" (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)
"Jealous Guy" (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)
"It's So Hard" (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)
"I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama" (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)
"Gimme Some Truth" (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)
"Oh My Love" (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)
"How Do You Sleep" (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)*
"How?" (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)
"Oh Yoko!" (160 MSP / 200 WP / $1.99)

*Pro Guitar/Bass expansion available (80 MSP / 100 WP / $0.99)

Source: Rock Band forum

Tags: DLC, Harmonix, imagine, john-lennon, microsoft, MTV-Games, playstation, ps3, Rock-Band-3, rock-band-weekly, xbox

Reader Comments (47)

This saddens me, rock band is at its pinnacle in terms of music. This mean we just hit the top of the mountain and we can only climb down now unless they get led zep.

@bxgt

Don't forget about Coldplay =D

@bxgt,
Led Zeppelin?
You mean this band?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyvLsutfI5M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zThdTAWQFAQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5uMQDlKn8g

@bxgt Perhaps I just have a good memory, but when I feel like playing a music game I am pretty good at remembering what songs are on what game and picking them accordingly when I boot it up. Having everything in a central platform is nice, but a lot gets glossed over when it seems that even with all of those options my 'bandmates' and I still end up playing the same few favorites with new tracks interdispersed. How spoiled are we that we think that it should all be in one place? Remember back before we could burn CDs and we had to listen to the songs that were on each cd (or cassette tape...damn I just showed my age! Of course we could make mixtapes, but that is beside the point.) Now we have Rock Band, the freaking iPod of music games that lets us have everything in one place and we are too spoiled to go back. WTF?

Dear Led Zeppelin fans,

the truth hurts, I know.

THEY NEED SOME ****IN NICKLEBACK AM I RIGHT BROS

meh. I'll wait for Billy Joel.

Zepplin would be great. Lennon doesn't do anything for me. Maybe since the Beatles finally made it to iTunes, maybe they will be able to transfer to Rock Band.

@TheEman28

There is a game entitled The Beatles: Rock Band...

@bigjf yeah but I don't want to switch discs. I want the songs in RB3. Just like Lego RB and AC/DC.

@TheEman28 Ain't gonna happen. Besides, Beatles is only $15...and it's a more satisfying gaming experience (career mode) than Rock Band.

@mywhitenoise I have and like the Beatles: Rock Band. Having finished the career I find the game to be boring now but I only hope the songs would make it into RB3 cause it's a one stop shop for all the songs downloaded and I don't have to keep switching discs. Is it gonna happen? Probably not, but one can only hope. LOL

@TheEman28 Well if it did happen, it would have NOTHING to do with them finally showing up on iTunes. That was because of the whole Apple vs. Apple lawsuit that's been going on since the 70's.

@mywhitenoise

I agree with you but it is a step forward though. The lawsuit back in the day was more about the name and logo and Apple Corps fear that Apple would get into their music business. Sure the Beatles agreed to make a Beatles version of Rock Band but who knows what crap both sides had to deal with each. The Beatles worst enemy is their need to keep a tight grip on their music catalog, image, etc. Paul and Yoko are all about the money and they won't give up the goods unless they get a good chunk of the pie. They see the opportunity to cash in on digital media, except they are a little late to the table but at least they are at the table. All they have to do is work out a licensing agreement and they can transfer the songs from RB: Beatles to RB3, but who is willing to pay for it?

Oh yeah, Lennon. Oh yes.

Now just add "Instant Karma" and we'll be golden.

@Chief Oddball I think Lennon should have gotten the gratest hits treatment like Marley myself. I'm not a huge fan of his solo stuff but there are some great songs there I wouldn't mind buying individually. This album ain't got em for me.

i know i'm going to get downvoted but some albums just don't belong in rock band, like this one. its not like a paramore, foo fighters or even a creedence album where its fun to bang on plastic instruments and have fun. This is John Lennons' Imagine album, this should almost hold some unoffical sacred rights to where you need to listen to the words, the music, the sound. It just sounds wrong to play a 5 button guitar and a 4 pad plastic drumset to an album of such caliber. hope i explained myself clear enough

@PR0F3TA I see where you are coming from but it's nice to give people the option. Some good keyboards in some of those songs too.

@PR0F3TA

How dare you insult John Lennon. If you don't like it, just keep it to yourself. And you didn't explain yourself enough. Consider yourself so downvoted.

@PR0F3TA

That's why you would play the keyboard on "Imagine."

@PR0F3TA I disagree with you on both counts.

1. Any music that you enjoy you can enjoy playing on a fake instrument. (Oh Yoko itself will be a fun tune for everyone: that beat, the piano tickles, the "oh yoko"s...)

2. It's just rock and roll music, not something to be encased in some sort of protective covering and worshipped. It's great rock and roll, but still...come on man.

@TheKevinButler He didn't he put Lennon on a pedestal. Stick to commercials.

@TheKevinButler

''How dare you insult John Lennon."

WTF?!? did you understand anything i said? i was saying the exact opposite...

@PR0F3TA God I hate Paramore. They're for Avril Lavigne fans who have matured 2 years.

So let's get this straight, you think Daft Punk is overrated, you think Kanye West is a genius, and you like Paramore? Bleh, what crap!

@mywhitenoise

Seriously WTF?!? why are you focusing on things that arent even relevant to the point i was making... i was using paramore as an example, because i happened to have RB3's playlist on my TV screen. You forgot to mention i also said Creedence but no, lets skip that and the whole point i was trying to make and focus on one word i mentioned once. I also see your still butt hurt over me saying Daft Punk is over rated, get over it.

@PR0F3TA no, I'm not butt hurt about the Daft Punk comment. Im a big fan, I've seen them live, I own all their albums...I agree that they are overrated, though.

What I'm butt hurt about, is that Kanye West and Paramore are so popular.

@PR0F3TA

This one's more for the keyboardists and the singers than for any of the other instruments. Gotta show them some love too.

@PR0F3TA Call me crazy, but the only people I've ever seen harp on "plastic instruments" are always insanely pretentious fools with their heads up their rear.

@PR0F3TA

Please make this comment known at EVERY Karaoke bar known to man.
Thanks.

Maybe I'm just paranoid, but does the "Imagine" album not include the song "Imagine"? It should be at the top of the track list..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagine_(album)

I don't see it explicitly mentioned here. Maybe it's included as an album-only track, and isn't available separately?

@sigma8

I believe it is on the RB3 disc already.

@TheEman28

Great. So now when that gets left out of the export to RB4 we can have everything *but* the title track. =P

@TheEman28
dur, I suppose that is another possibility ._.

@tcc3

I think at this point RB4 isn't coming anytime soon. Maybe support for Song DLC for a few more years and that's about it.

Looks like Chester Bennington. Unfortunately.

@thisredengine Obviously, we have a rapist in Linkin Park! ...And his name is Chester the Molester.

Cool. I got the pro guitar yesterday and started tutorials and easy mode songs. (and loved it to death. like a whole new game. incredibly awesome!)

Then I went to buy some recent tracks... And I couldn't bring myself to buy anything that didn't have pro guitar expansion.
Just as, I'm sure, I won't ever go back and play the simple guitar any more. ... kinda weird.

I hope they start releasing pro guitar expansions for old releases ASAP. !!! (I Needz Mah Crack!)

@WarrenEBB Actually, to be fair, I did buy the whole beegees set, despite only being interested in the SINGLE track that has pro guitar - because my girlfriend loves the beegees, and has assured me she's afraid to ever even pick up the pro guitar.

(though, when I reminded her that pro guitar doubles as a pro bass, she hesitated. She has a minor dream of learning bass guitar).

anywho. Just find this whole twist on the rock band "fantasy" appeal kinda of interesting. Somehow newer better stuff is encouraging me to purchase less of the add-on content. whoops?

They still need Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

@masteraj1991

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winna!

@masteraj1991 They'll be in the Rock Band for Dads Edition

@masteraj1991

Psh, I'm 20 and I love me some Zep/Floyd.

Actually, - you, everyone should love Led Zeppelin & Pink Floyd.

More Beatles related stuff? Ugh, no offense but no thank you.

You know, with Rock Band DLC possibly not long for this world (depending on how the Harmonix sale goes), I wish they'd try and get as many greatest hits compilations as they could out there.

@masteraj1991

Psh, I'm 20 and I love me some Zep/Floyd.

Actually, - you, everyone should love Led Zeppelin & Pink Floyd.

He looks like Harry Potter in that picture above.

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