Thu Oct 9, 2008 10:29PM8 comments ›
Thu Oct 9, 2008 — by Karl Cramer
Guitar Hero: ComicMix Edition
ComicMix creates the ultimate music game for comic fans. Activision, do it!
Gaming website Kotaku recently reported that Stan Bush wanted his song “The Touch” from the classic, animated Transformers: The Movie in Guitar Hero or Rock Band music videogames. We couldn’t agree more. It’s a rockin’ song that we’d love to play on our fake plastic instruments with our friends.
But why stop with one Transformers song? ComicMix is all about “all types of fantastic media, from comic books television and movies to video games and more.” So Activision and EA, we humbly submit… Scratch that. We demand you make a ComicMix edition of your games for the nerdcore rocker audience.
Our setlist is below. Yeah, we know it’s heavy on Superman. But rockers love the Last Son of Krypton. Send the royalty checks to our offshore PayPal account.
· “Superman” by 3 Doors Down
· “Spider-Man” by The Ramones
· “Godzilla” by Blue Oyster Cult
· “Jimmy Olsen’s Blues” by The Spin Doctors
· “Catch Me Now I’m Falling (This Is Captain America Calling)” by The Kinks
· “Thundercats Intro”
· “I Am Superman” by R.E.M.
· “Buffy Theme” by Nerf Herder
· “Star Wars Imperial March (Leviathan Remix)” by Rage Against the Machine
· “Batdance” by Prince
· TMNT II “Ninja Rap” by Vanilla Ice
· “Crank Dat/Superman” by Soulja Boy
· “Flash” by Queen
It goes without saying, we want reader suggestions in the comments below.
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Comments (8)
Karl Cramer (5:31 AM on Fri Oct 10, 2008)
Trivia. "The Touch" was the cover song Mark Wahlberg sang in Boogie Nights.
Russ Rogers (3:15 PM on Fri Oct 10, 2008)
With the game, "Rock Band", you can download new songs at least for the XBox360 and Playstation 3 versions of the game!
Now, I checked what songs are available for download here: http://www.rockband.com/music/songs
From that list, I would say that the songs that most qualify as "Comic Book Songs" are:
Heroes, by David Bowie. No direct comics references, except maybe to Aquaman. Still, I would put this on any anthology of Comic Book Rock Songs.
And Skullcrusher Mountain, by Jonathan Coulton. Again, no direct comics references here, but the theme and situation in the song should be familiar to anyone who has read comics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duS7q95540w
Maybe Joker and the Thief, by Wolfmother
But, if you are making a general list of comic book inspired songs you want to play on Rock Band, I would include:
Flash, by Queen
Sunshine Superman, by Donovan
Superman's Song, by Crash Test Dummies
Magneto and Titanium Man, by Paul McCartney and Wings
and Superman (It's Not Easy), by Five For Fighting
Karl Cramer (8:16 AM on Mon Oct 13, 2008)
Just played Skullcrusher Mountain this weekend. It is indeed a worthy addition to Guitar Hero ComicMix edition.
Russ Rogers (8:52 AM on Mon Oct 13, 2008)
Rock On! I think Jonothan Coulton is Ultra-Cool! If you like Skullcrusher Mountain, check out "Still Alive." This song was the closing theme music to the computer game, "Portal." It is written from the point of view of the Artificial Inteligence GLaDOS. I've heard the game is good, but I have never played it. "Still Alive" nearly qualifies as a "Comic Book-ish" song. (We'll have to wait for the graphic novel adaptation of "Portal.") It certainly qualifies as a ComicMix type song! I think Portal and Still Alive answer the burning question, "What if Scott Free's Motherbox was secretly EVIL?"
james d (3:34 PM on Fri Oct 10, 2008)
You have to put the Batman song for Jan and Dean on too!!!!!!!
David (12:21 PM on Fri Oct 10, 2008)
nextwave theme song by Thunder Thighs - It's really infectious and fun.
Also, the entirity of my Spider-Man: Rock Reflections of a Superhero cd.
Karl Cramer (8:17 AM on Mon Oct 13, 2008)
P.S. - I can't believe I forgot to add "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath. Duh.
Anonymous (7:40 AM on Fri Oct 31, 2008)
I prefer the juggalo version of Ninja Rap.