Nirvana bassist couldn't play own song on Rock Band 2 |
So you think you can play a song upside down, inside-out just because your band made it? Wrong. Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic found this out the hard way when he couldn't quite get it right on Rock Band 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii), playing their song "In Bloom".According to his funny account on Seattle Weekly:
I know about Rock Band, because Nirvana has some songs on it. I had never tried the game before, so I gave it a go. I worked through the menu and found the song "In Bloom". I picked up the little guitar-shaped controller and hit the stage. I knew the bass line to the song, of course, but I couldn't quite master this new, different way of playing it.
The game reminded me of Space Invaders. I tried to hit the notes cascading down the screen, but could barely keep up.
Meanwhile, this kid was watching me fumble with the game. I became self-conscious and took the controller off. I handed it to him, and he proceeded to jam on the song -- and was really good! He had no idea that I was the musician he was emulating on the game, and I didn't tell him.
Who would have thought there will ever come a time that you wouldn't want to be known as one-third of Nirvana? But despite that traumatic initial experience with the game, Novoselic still gives Rock Band its seal of approval.
Regardless of my first experience with the game as a player, I'm loving Rock Band (Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii). Instead of file sharing, people are actually buying music again! HA!!!
Putting that issue aside, I like how the game makes the player focus on certain components of the music. When I listen to songs, I'll usually tune my ear to the bass line. With Rock Band, you can do that, but also see the procession of notes.
Take it from the pro, wannabees.
Related Rock Band Articles:
- CES 2009: No Rock Band 3 this year, Harmonix focusing on Beatles game
- Harmonix's Rigopolus: Rock Band not a substitute, but an inspiration for learning music
Via Kotaku
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Comments [refresh]
Yes cuz we all know that playing a 5 button guitar is the same as playing a real one.......
It's like when they tried to get Slash to play guitar hero - he sucked a$s, thats simply because pressing 5 buttoms and a stum flicker isn't as close to the real thing as non-musicians think it is.
Take a gun expert into a FPS on a console for the first time ever and see how well he does!
half the button presses aren't exactly in time with the song. this is especially true on some of the harder songs/difficulties.
knowing the song helps, but it's still learning what buttons to press at what time.
the fps analogy is flawed... it's totally different from firing an actual weapon. it's way easier to aim an actual gun at someone's face, than it is to use analogs to bring a reticule over someone's head in halo.
GTA IV teaches you how to hotwire a car. LOL!
I broke into a car once and I repeatedly pressed the L2 and R2 triggers on the controller that I brought with me and BAM!!! car started and I was gone......
Whoooo hooo !!! Stan's dad kicks ass!!!!
Kansas rocks!!!
South park man, i saw that episode, that was funny.
I have been playing Rock Band since the first one I am also A musician I play guitar, Bass, Keyboard, And Drums, And I would disagree with you completely that their are ever notes on the chart that do not represent some note being played at that specific instance. If this is happening to you you are either not paying close enough attention to the intricacies of the track in question or your A/V setup needs to be calibrated. Also it has been stated by Harmonix that they will never add a note in a chart that does not correspond to a note on the track that's against their policy on chart creation check out the RB forums if you'd like to learn more.
South park man, i saw that episode, that was funny.
I play GH/RB for fun, I play in a thrash metal band. when I first played GH I sucked ass, and I still am not that good at GH, but I can play through the fire and flames on the real guitar with no problems, yet on GH since they play the synth parts...its like WTF and they play crap that has NOTHING to do with the instrument parts you're playing. I bet if we put my bands originals on there and I played them on Expert I'd mess up too, and I wrote them.