Songs You Should Know: The best of Guitar Hero III
November 27th, 2007, 5:52 pm · 3 Comments · posted by Joe Grimes
When I was in college, a buddy of mine and I talked about starting a cover band called Songs You Should Know. We were going to only play songs that people don’t normally hear from cover bands, and any requests for Freebird or Sweet Home Alabama would be met with scorn and ridicule. Due to my lack of actual musical talent, the idea for Songs You Should Know has now been downgraded into an occasional blog post.
All of the below songs make an appearance in Guitar Hero III, the first video game I have purchased since NCAA Football 2001 for the original Playstation. I was very impressed with myself when I got five stars on “Raining Blood” by Slayer on the easy level… every time I watch one of the below videos, that sense of accomplishment diminishes a little bit more.
“My Name Is Jonas” - Weezer:
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“Story Of My Life” - Social Distortion:
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“Holiday In Cambodia” - The Dead Kennedys:
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“3’s and 7’s” - Queens of the Stone Age:
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“Knights of Cydonia” - Muse:
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(Guitar Hero III actually introduced me to this song, but I’ve got to say I’m impressed with it. Even more amazing: the music video. Personally I was not aware that Muse was capable of anything this awesome.)
Why do they call it guitar hero with all those chainsaws going off in the background? I can’t imagine that Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimi Hendrix
started this way. Give me music over techno-pop any day of the week.
I was going to start a band called “Full Blown AIDS.” It would have been punk, obviously. I guess if I was going to downgrade it into a blog it would probably have to be about STDs, and out-ing celebrities and local officials who had them.
Your idea is probably better, but if the News Herald is interested, I know a few tv personalities who have STDs, and I could put it in a weekly, or monthly blog.
I work at the Health Clinic, so for legal reasons I’d probably have to write under a psudonem.
Ask around for me. Until then, I’m gonna go practice me some guitar hero.
Josh