Download Tuesday
Alright. More exciting stuff on this download day. Four new songs this week, which brings the total number of songs available to 352.
First song is "Gives You Hell" by All-American Rejects.
This was a very popular song this year. It got a lot of air play and still does. If you listen to the radio at all, you've probably heard it. I thought it would be fun. It's a level 2 drum song so it was no problem on expert level. I was never in any danger of failing. It's a fun little song and I had a lot of fun with it. I like having songs of all skill levels as long as they're fun.
The next three songs are what make up Green Day Pack 02. I really like Green Day and I'm pretty excited about the announcement of Green Day Rock Band, which is going to come out next year. It will be interesting to see what songs make it on that game. Songs that need to be censored to bits probably won't be too much fun. As it stands, we now have 6 Green Day songs, which are all from the 21st Century Breakdown album. I'll take it.
First song is "Last of the American Girls".
This is a fairly easy song. Easiest song of the week if you like drums. I think it's a level 1 song. It's not a particularly interesting song but it was fun to play. It's gonna be one of those warmup songs. It's not too complicated. There's no real danger of failing depending on your experience level.
Next song is "Christian's Inferno".
The difficulty level gets taken up quite a bit here. Level 3 drum song here. Level 3 is pretty much my borderline as far as playing on expert level goes. I can't seem to pass anything above level 3. On expert level, I passed it on the first try. It's a not a very tough rhythm, but throughout the song, it's all quick double taps on the kick pedal and that will wear you out. At the end of this song, my ankle felt like it was going to explode and it felt like I had a bad case of shin splints. I was in the red for most of the song and struggled to keep from failing completely, but I hung in there and got through it. It's one of those songs that's only hard because it's an endurance test. I wonder what vocals are like on this. That will be for another day.
Last song for the week is "¡Viva La Gloria!" This video is only the audio. It's not very interesting to look at, but this song has not been released as a single. There are some live clips available, but they sound like junk.
This is actually one of my favorite songs from 21st Century Breakdown. I've always loved the sound of this song. It's the most difficult song for the week. It's a level 4 drum song so after a few tries on expert level, I kept failing at about 55%. Hard level isn't much of of a problem. It's a fun song on vocals as well. In all, I was very surprised with Green Day Pack 02. The pack has some interesting variety. I would definitely like to have some older Green Day songs, but I guess we'll just have to wait for the Green Day edition for that.
The Rubber Soul album was also made available for the Beatles RB today. I'll definitely get a few songs from that later on. I didn't get it tonight because I knew I would have time to play them. Maybe on the weekend, I'll get around to it. There are definitely some good tracks available there.
First song is "Gives You Hell" by All-American Rejects.
Click to viewThis was a very popular song this year. It got a lot of air play and still does. If you listen to the radio at all, you've probably heard it. I thought it would be fun. It's a level 2 drum song so it was no problem on expert level. I was never in any danger of failing. It's a fun little song and I had a lot of fun with it. I like having songs of all skill levels as long as they're fun.
The next three songs are what make up Green Day Pack 02. I really like Green Day and I'm pretty excited about the announcement of Green Day Rock Band, which is going to come out next year. It will be interesting to see what songs make it on that game. Songs that need to be censored to bits probably won't be too much fun. As it stands, we now have 6 Green Day songs, which are all from the 21st Century Breakdown album. I'll take it.
First song is "Last of the American Girls".
This is a fairly easy song. Easiest song of the week if you like drums. I think it's a level 1 song. It's not a particularly interesting song but it was fun to play. It's gonna be one of those warmup songs. It's not too complicated. There's no real danger of failing depending on your experience level.
Next song is "Christian's Inferno".
The difficulty level gets taken up quite a bit here. Level 3 drum song here. Level 3 is pretty much my borderline as far as playing on expert level goes. I can't seem to pass anything above level 3. On expert level, I passed it on the first try. It's a not a very tough rhythm, but throughout the song, it's all quick double taps on the kick pedal and that will wear you out. At the end of this song, my ankle felt like it was going to explode and it felt like I had a bad case of shin splints. I was in the red for most of the song and struggled to keep from failing completely, but I hung in there and got through it. It's one of those songs that's only hard because it's an endurance test. I wonder what vocals are like on this. That will be for another day.
Last song for the week is "¡Viva La Gloria!" This video is only the audio. It's not very interesting to look at, but this song has not been released as a single. There are some live clips available, but they sound like junk.
This is actually one of my favorite songs from 21st Century Breakdown. I've always loved the sound of this song. It's the most difficult song for the week. It's a level 4 drum song so after a few tries on expert level, I kept failing at about 55%. Hard level isn't much of of a problem. It's a fun song on vocals as well. In all, I was very surprised with Green Day Pack 02. The pack has some interesting variety. I would definitely like to have some older Green Day songs, but I guess we'll just have to wait for the Green Day edition for that.
The Rubber Soul album was also made available for the Beatles RB today. I'll definitely get a few songs from that later on. I didn't get it tonight because I knew I would have time to play them. Maybe on the weekend, I'll get around to it. There are definitely some good tracks available there.