Guitar Hero: Van Halen

dr_strange · August 6, 2009, 3:02am

Full setlist per Mtv:

Van Halen Songs
“Ain’t Talkin Bout Love”
“And The Cradle Will Rock”
“Atomic Punk”
“Beautiful Girls”
“Cathedral” (solo)
“Dance The Night Away”
“Eruption” (solo)
“Everybody Wants Some”
“Feel Your Love Tonight”
“Hang ‘Em High”
“Hear About It Later”
“Hot For Teacher”
“Ice Cream Man”
“I’m The One”
“Jamie’s Cryin”
“Jump”
“Little Guitars”
“Loss Of Control”
“Mean Street”
“Panama”
“Pretty Woman”
“Romeo Delight”
“Running With The Devil”
“So This Is Love”
“Somebody Get Me A Doctor”
“Spanish Fly” (solo)
“Unchained”
“You Really Got Me”

Similar Tracks Also In The Game
Alter Bridge - “Come To Life”
Billy Idol - “White Wedding”
blink-182 - “First Date”
Deep Purple - “Space Truckin”
Foo Fighters - “Best Of You”
Foreigner - “Double Vision”
Fountains of Wayne - “Stacy’s Mom”
Jimmy Eat World - “Pain”
Judas Priest - “Painkiller”
Killswitch Engage - “The End Of Heartache”
Lenny Kravitz - “Rock And Roll Is Dead”
Queen - “I Want It All”
Queens of the Stone Age - “Sick, Sick, Sick”
Tenacious D - “Master Exploder”
The Clash - “Safe European Home”
The Offspring - “Pretty Fly For A White Guy”
Third Eye Blind - “Semi-Charmed Life”
Weezer - “Dope Nose”
Yellowcard - “The Takedown”

All Hagar-free…some great stuff here…

judas_booth · August 6, 2009, 3:16am

There are a couple of songs that I’d swap out (all of the ‘Diver Down’ stuff, save for ‘Little Guitars’, can be excised) but overall that’s a pretty kick ASS set of Van Halen songs. Even the bonus tracks are pretty decent.

dr_strange · August 6, 2009, 3:19am

Mean Streets!

judas_booth · August 6, 2009, 3:21am

I’m just glad to see so much of their first album on there. Really, front to back, that’s a killer piece of music.

richard_dickson · August 6, 2009, 3:48am

Yeah, bought.

justin_clark · August 6, 2009, 4:42am

Thanks. Pass.

And Killswitch? You’re in this game why, exactly?

dr_strange · August 6, 2009, 5:04am

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Originally Posted by Justin Clark View Post Thanks. Pass. And Killswitch? You’re in this game why, exactly?

Hot Topic street cred.

el_gray · August 6, 2009, 5:17am

The inclusion of Alter Bridge pains me, but the =VH= list is killer.

I must admit my excitement over “Space Truckin’,” as well.

flaparoo · August 6, 2009, 5:18am

The Van Halen songs are fantastic. The other songs, not so much, if only because some of the best ones are already in Rock Band.

gravedigger · August 6, 2009, 7:00am

I look forward to buying this when it’s $20.

jesse_t · August 6, 2009, 2:54pm

…And Rock Band has The Beatles. Check and Mate.

egg · August 6, 2009, 5:59pm

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Originally Posted by gravedigger View Post I look forward to buying this when it’s $20.

Yep, and head straight to quickplay to make a Van Halen 1 setlist. And what a lazy group of “other” songs.

martin_s · August 6, 2009, 6:17pm

Rock Band Beatles for the win!

Seriously, why not go with Guitar Hero: Warrant while were at it?

judas_booth · August 6, 2009, 6:19pm

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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post Rock Band Beatles for the win! Seriously, why not go with Guitar Hero: Warrant while were at it?

Wait…did you REALLY just equate Van Halen with Warrant?

martin_s · August 6, 2009, 6:24pm

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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post Wait…did you REALLY just equate Van Halen with Warrant?

Not equate, but Van Halen ain’t deserving of a videogame, just like Aerosmith. So let’s push this further with Poison, Warrant and L.A. Guns.

And I wet myself for Guitar Hero: Winger.

brad_r · August 6, 2009, 6:27pm

Nice collection of Van Halen tracks! The list of “other” artists is especially awful, “Safe European Home” being the only song I covet. This would be a good rental to go through the Van Halen tracks, nothing more.

judas_booth · August 6, 2009, 6:28pm

OK, call me a heretic, then. I’m much more jazzed to jam out to DLR era Van Halen songs than the Beatles songs. There’s no denying that the RB: Beatles game will be superior as far as quality goes (RB is better in virtually every way than GH), and I like the Beatles as much as the next guy, but I grew up on Van Halen.

chris_miller · August 6, 2009, 6:29pm

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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post Not equate, but Van Halen ain’t deserving of a videogame, just like Aerosmith. So let’s push this further with Poison, Warrant and L.A. Guns. And I wet myself for Guitar Hero: Winger.

While I agree that the Beatles game is most certainly 10 times more exciting, you realize that Eddie Van Halen is probably the second most revered guitar player of all time, right? To say his band is undeserving of a guitar playing simulation game is a tad silly.

martin_s · August 6, 2009, 6:31pm

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Originally Posted by Chris Miller View Post While I agree that the Beatles game is most certainly 10 times more exciting, you realize that Eddie Van Halen is probably the second most revered guitar player of all time, right? To say his band is undeserving of a guitar playing simulation game is a tad silly.

I love Van Halen. But it’s still not worth a WHOLE GAME of it. Christ, Metallica was good enough for it, The Beatles, sure, but beside Zeppelin, who else has the catalog solid enough for this?

Not Van Halen, no matter how goldy he plays guitar. There’s some awesome songs that are worth the buy I guess, but 60$? No way.

judas_booth · August 6, 2009, 6:35pm

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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post I love Van Halen. But it’s still not worth a WHOLE GAME of it. Christ, Metallica was good enough for it, The Beatles, sure, but beside Zeppelin, who else has the catalog solid enough for this? Not Van Halen, no matter how goldy he plays guitar. There’s some awesome songs that are worth the buy I guess, but 60$? No way.

I’d buy a Queen or Rush game instantly without even looking at the setlist.