Music is certainly in the air these days. What with the launch of SingStar Bollywood, and other upcoming titles such as Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and of course the highly-anticipated Rock Band.
Music-based games developer Harmonix and MTV Games together with EA have announced the final song list for the soon-to-be released Rock Band video game. And, the list sure looks as great as it will sound once the game releases on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PS2 platforms.
The best part is that the set list contains music from all eras beginning with the 1960s and 1970s, which in my honest opinion spawned the best music ever. The track list also contains music from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000 too.
Rock Band Set List(* Indicates a cover song, all others songs are original master recordings)
1960s
Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter”
1970s
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The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
Aerosmith “Train Kept a Rollin'”
Boston “Foreplay/Long Time”
Mountain “Mississippi Queen”*
The Police “Next to You”
David Bowie “Suffragette City”
Black Sabbath “Paranoid”*
Blue Oyster Cult “Don’t Fear the Reaper”
The Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop”
Deep Purple “Highway Star”
KISS “Detroit Rock City”
Molly Hatchet “Flirtin’ With Disaster”
The Outlaws “Green Grass & High Tides”*
Sweet “Ballroom Blitz”*
1980s
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Rush “Tom Sawyer”*
Bon Jovi “Wanted Dead or Alive”
The Clash “Should I Stay or Should I Go”
Faith No More “Epic”
R.E.M. “Orange Crush”
Iron Maiden “Run to the Hills”*
1990s
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Foo Fighters “Learn to Fly”
Metallica “Enter Sandman”
Nirvana “In Bloom”
Stone Temple Pilots “Vasoline”
Weezer “Say It Ain’t So”
Smashing Pumpkins “Cherub Rock”
Radiohead “Creep”
Beastie Boys “Sabotage”
Hole “Celebrity Skin”
Garbage “I Think I’m Paranoid”
Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun”
2000s
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The Hives “Main Offender”
Queens of the Stone Age “Go With the Flow”
The Strokes “Reptilia”
Jet “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
OK Go “Here It Goes Again”
Nine Inch Nails “The Hand That Feeds”
Pixies “Wave of Mutilation”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps”
Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dani California”
Coheed & Cambria “Welcome Home”
Fallout Boy “Dead on Arrival”
The Killers “When You Were Young”
New Pornographers “Electric Version”
Rock Band is scheduled for release on Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms on November 20, 2007, while the PS2 version will release on December 18, 2007 in North America.
However, Europe will be getting this game a tad too late for the holiday season, as Rock Band will ship for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PS2 consoles in Q1 2008.