drum parts are just impossible to repeat. because to do it the first time properly, you need some explosives.

Nice.

No biggie, you just need to get blind drunk first.

quasi-impossible

quasi-impossible?

quasi-impossible!

Keith Moon:Nice.

Say, ain't you dead, or whatnot.

I'm thinking they need a piano keyboard controller just for Baba O'Riley.

He ain't got nothin on Neil Peart

"Can anybody play the drums? I mean someone good!"

--Pete Townshend, Cow Palace 11/20/73

puckhead:drum parts are just impossible to repeat. because to do it the first time properly, you need some explosives.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! TOO TRUE!!

GET REAL INSTRUMENTS YOU FRIGGIN' DORKS!

Poppa Boner:GET REAL INSTRUMENTS YOU FRIGGIN' DORKS!

It's hard to play the game with real instruments.

nirwana:Poppa Boner:GET REAL INSTRUMENTS YOU FRIGGIN' DORKS!

It's hard to play the game with real instruments.

Yeah, they don't plug in right. It's like...they were made for different things...

And you know, harder to just pick up and have a good party game with.

"Their music really comes alive when you're playing it," said Rigopulos.

Farking-A it does. It's as close to being John Entwistle as I ever will be. It's a hell of a lot of fun and it gives me a much deeper respect for those guys.

Poppa Boner:GET REAL INSTRUMENTS YOU FRIGGIN' DORKS!

I just might go out and buy a bass guitar because of this game. I never would have before playing it. So piss off.

Lando Lincoln:"Their music really comes alive when you're playing it," said Rigopulos.

Farking-A it does. It's as close to being John Entwistle as I ever will be. It's a hell of a lot of fun and it gives me a much deeper respect for those guys.

Poppa Boner:GET REAL INSTRUMENTS YOU FRIGGIN' DORKS!

I just might go out and buy a bass guitar because of this game. I never would have before playing it. So piss off.

That is the only benefit I see in these games so I'll give you a pass. I've played it once and it is just as difficult as learning the real thing. I'm sick of people saying "I'll never be able to play a real instrument so I play Rock Band". Barring physical limitations anyone can play an instrument and personally I think EVERYONE should have some musical training. And FYI I prefer to Piss On... your mom

Keith Moon? Feh!

I'm waiting for THIS (new window)

Rock Band is awesome. So is Guitar Hero. Best thing to happen to video games and rock music in ages.

Poppa Boner:That is the only benefit I see in these games so I'll give you a pass. I've played it once and it is just as difficult as learning the real thing. I'm sick of people saying "I'll never be able to play a real instrument so I play Rock Band". Barring physical limitations anyone can play an instrument and personally I think EVERYONE should have some musical training. And FYI I prefer to Piss On... your mom

Well, they may not be real instruments, but they are cheaper and it is a new way for people to experience/interact with music. The Rock Band DLC model is something the record companies should be taking very seriously.

MisterTweak:I'm thinking they need a piano keyboard controller just for Baba O'Riley.

Unfortunately I think that is one of the masters that is missing.

If you see the CLASSIC ALBUMS series on WHO'S NEXT, Townsend basically lays out that all Moon drum fills are the same.


DUH-duh. DUH-duh. Diddle-diddle DUH-duh.

who?

bonkmeist:
MisterTweak:I'm thinking they need a piano keyboard controller just for Baba O'Riley.

Unfortunately I think that is one of the masters that is missing.

Damn.

FWIW, that keyboard part is sequenced, so you're not supposed to be able to play it by hand live.

"Of course I can take it. I'm Keith farking Moon!"

MisterTweakI'm thinking they need a piano keyboard controller just for Baba O'Riley.

Blue Man Group has got just the thing you are looking for.


/sounds great played on them too

Me as Pete. That show was in Leeds.

Toronto, mid-windmill.

Oh, so you play in a Who coverband?

GET A REAL BAND YOU FRIGGIN DORK!

/end snark

bonkmeist:Oh, so you play in a Who coverband?

GET A REAL BAND YOU FRIGGIN DORK!

/end snark

No, I did it off and on for a couple of years and I got paid. I am currently in two original acts. One metal band (drums) and one hardcore punk band (guitar, main songwriter). Sorry to inform you of you failure status.

If you see the CLASSIC ALBUMS series on WHO'S NEXT, Townsend basically lays out that all Moon drum fills are the same.

DUH-duh. DUH-duh. Diddle-diddle DUH-duh.

Most of Keith's "fills" are much longer than that. That looks like merely the introduction to a bar-and-a-half of thrashing around like an octopus on speed.

Poppa Boner:I've played it once and it is just as difficult as learning the real thing. I'm sick of people saying "I'll never be able to play a real instrument so I play Rock Band".

either you are a music prodigy or retarded.

If you can coordinate your hands on that level you should have no problem learning how to play guitar. And I'd like to think I am a little of both.

ignoring the "quasi" thing ... tho it's difficult ...

of course the drums are unpossible ;) that's keith moon ... yeah, that guy could play some farkin drums lemme tell ya ... first, get off my lawn ... second, that guy could play some farkin drums lemme tell ya ...

/my lawn, my drums, off them
//moonie is god
///hasn't bought new album since 1978
////lemme tell ya

theurge14:Rock Band is awesome. So is Guitar Hero. Best thing to happen to video games and rock music in ages.

I have to agree only because it got my nephews to listen to music they otherwise wouldn't. They listened to other songs by the bands and like some "old people" music now

djtrevosu:He ain't got nothin on Neil Peart

Well, Keith didn't write pretentious and awful lyrics. Oh--and he was a fantastic drummer. I'll give Neil credit for still being alive though. Got Keith beat there

Gee, another "look at me I play guitar for real and you are all losers" poster in a Rock Band thread.

I've been playing guitar for over 20 years and I've been in a couple bands but I find Rock Band and Guitar Hero to be a blast.

They are video games and they are fun. And since buying Rock Band I've been thinking about taking drum lessons since I finished the expert career on drums and found out how fun drums really are.

nirwana:Keith Moon:Nice.

Say, ain't you dead, or whatnot.


Technically, yes he is, but just for tax purposes.

rocinante721:Keith Moon? Feh!

I'm waiting for THIS (new window)

that's good

this is better

Link (new window)

lol ... alf still cracks me up :) even death metal alf :)

Obligatory:

Poppa Boner:bonkmeist:Oh, so you play in a Who coverband?

GET A REAL BAND YOU FRIGGIN DORK!

/end snark

No, I did it off and on for a couple of years and I got paid. I am currently in two original acts. One metal band (drums) and one hardcore punk band (guitar, main songwriter). Sorry to inform you of you failure status.

nice leep dood :)

what year is your sg? did you use hi-watts? :)

/gear head here

The best story I ever heard about Keith Moon was the time he bought a mansion in Holly Wood right next door to Steve McQueen who, at that time was the biggest movie star in the world. Every morning Keith would dress up as a Nazi prison guard and march back and forth in front of McQueen's house.

Poppa Boner:bonkmeist:Oh, so you play in a Who coverband?

GET A REAL BAND YOU FRIGGIN DORK!

/end snark

No, I did it off and on for a couple of years and I got paid. I am currently in two original acts. One metal band (drums) and one hardcore punk band (guitar, main songwriter). Sorry to inform you of you failure status.

Nope, I think my point still stands. I refuse to accept fail. Although I have some more snarky comments prepared if you want them.

cormac_zoso:Poppa Boner:bonkmeist:Oh, so you play in a Who coverband?

GET A REAL BAND YOU FRIGGIN DORK!

/end snark

No, I did it off and on for a couple of years and I got paid. I am currently in two original acts. One metal band (drums) and one hardcore punk band (guitar, main songwriter). Sorry to inform you of you failure status.

nice leep dood :)

what year is your sg? did you use hi-watts? :)

/gear head here

I don't know the exact year but it was a mid seventies reissue of a 67 I believe. Didn't have the P-90's though which was a drag. I sold it a couple of years ago. Full on Hi watts the whole way. They even bought me guitars to smash during My Gen. I had a half torn hamstring when that first picture was taken. Very painful. You'll also notice that my head is tilted to one side. I was literally an inch or too from the ceiling. I'm surprised I didn't wack my head at all that night.

London
I put a big hole in the stage with this one.

bonkmeist:Poppa Boner:bonkmeist:Oh, so you play in a Who coverband?

GET A REAL BAND YOU FRIGGIN DORK!

/end snark

No, I did it off and on for a couple of years and I got paid. I am currently in two original acts. One metal band (drums) and one hardcore punk band (guitar, main songwriter). Sorry to inform you of you failure status.

Nope, I think my point still stands. I refuse to accept fail. Although I have some more snarky comments prepared if you want them.

Of course I do. Why the hell do think I'm here? ;-P

Poppa Boner:bonkmeist:Poppa Boner:bonkmeist:Oh, so you play in a Who coverband?

GET A REAL BAND YOU FRIGGIN DORK!

/end snark

No, I did it off and on for a couple of years and I got paid. I am currently in two original acts. One metal band (drums) and one hardcore punk band (guitar, main songwriter). Sorry to inform you of you failure status.

Nope, I think my point still stands. I refuse to accept fail. Although I have some more snarky comments prepared if you want them.

Of course I do. Why the hell do think I'm here? ;-P

Something about you saying real instruments are just as easy to play and also being in a punk band. I haven't worked out the details yet.

/+1 for the band name which I assume is The Whooligans.

bonkmeist:Poppa Boner:bonkmeist:Poppa Boner:bonkmeist:Oh, so you play in a Who coverband?

GET A REAL BAND YOU FRIGGIN DORK!

/end snark

No, I did it off and on for a couple of years and I got paid. I am currently in two original acts. One metal band (drums) and one hardcore punk band (guitar, main songwriter). Sorry to inform you of you failure status.

Nope, I think my point still stands. I refuse to accept fail. Although I have some more snarky comments prepared if you want them.

Of course I do. Why the hell do think I'm here? ;-P

Something about you saying real instruments are just as easy to play and also being in a punk band. I haven't worked out the details yet.

/+1 for the band name which I assume is The Whooligans.

All my punk friends take the piss off me for actually TRYING to play my instruments well. Assholes.

troppo gonzo
Now that's funny. Uh... I mean go DIAF!

theurge14:Rock Band is awesome. So is Guitar Hero. Best thing to happen to video games and rock music in ages.

NYRBill: I have to agree only because it got my nephews to listen to music they otherwise wouldn't. They listened to other songs by the bands and like some "old people" music now

I agree for the same reason. It's really cool to see the kids jump up and down to rock and roll songs instead of just whatever junk is in the top 40.

This is good news. I really enjoy The Who. The even bigger news today is that there will be a Rock Band 2 coming out in September. It will be released on the 360 at least two or three weeks before other consoles. (I am not a console fanboy. I have a 360...PS3...and a Wii...Oh yeah and a girlfriend so STFU ha)

The new version will have 80+ on disk songs and all DLC is to be useable on both versions of RB. That is current and future DLC.

Poppa Boner:
That is the only benefit I see in these games so I'll give you a pass. I've played it once and it is just as difficult as learning the real thing. I'm sick of people saying "I'll never be able to play a real instrument so I play Rock Band". Barring physical limitations anyone can play an instrument and personally I think EVERYONE should have some musical training. And FYI I prefer to Piss On... your mom

You're absolutely wrong. I beat Guitar Hero 1, 2, 80's, 3 and Rock Band on Expert Guitar within 2 days of buying them (all at launch). The only songs I didn't beat immediately were Jordan and Through the Fire and The Flames... those took a couple weeks.

However, Rock Band Expert Drums took me a month or so to beat all the songs on the disc.

So yeah, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be half as good at real Drums or Real Guitar in the amount of time it took me to get beat all the games. Especially since if I were playing a real instrument I'd probably be practicing a hell of a lot more than I play these games.

Can you see the real me? Can ya?

Actually I can see this bringing some families together: Father buys son the game, and they both rock out. After beating Bargain on Hard they high five. Awesome!

My father introduced me to the Who (on Vinyl), told me both he and my Mom were at the same concert before they eventually met, and basically informed me that, at one point in time, before he became a white collar, soccer coaching Dad, he was in fact quite cool. I didn't believe him until I hit high school, and everyone thought Baba O'Riley was the greatest song ever. I then introduced everyone to Tommy and Quadrophenia. Good times.