For me ??YESSS it's a great game.I bought GH Aerosmith and GH 3 Legends of rock..It's very hard game especially on medium/hard/expert mode but lot of fun!!



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Is this funny even if you can play guitar for real?

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My kid has RockBand. It's fun, but teaches you nothing about playing guitar. Drums is a little more realistic. Singing is kind of Kareoke.

But...my 8 year old is learning a whole lot of classic rock songs! That's a plus considering what's on the radio today...

He has more 50's, 60's, 70's music on his mp3 player than many adults.

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Come On
Is this funny even if you can play guitar for real?

YES

Yes and no.

Guitar Hero, Yes:



Guitar hero, no:




On the internet nobody knows
you're Mick Jagger

Yes

No smilies in headlines.

guitar for retards

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Baboon Bro
No smilies in headlines.

Then why are we given the option?



"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

No. Bunch of crap. Go get a real guitar and learn how to play it.

NickB

You can't always get what you want.....

www.myspace.com/thesonkings

Ideal for wannabe Keith Richards who, by his own admission 'Got the moves off first then learned to actually play the guitar'.

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Baboon Bro
No smilies in headlines.

Then why are we given the option?

Ask bv,dunno; only I know it aint allowed.
He wants a clean, neat & cool face on his board.
I stand behind him 195% in that.

never played the game but feel that the guitar hero and rockband games have helped save rock music in a major way. alot of kids are getting into classic rock because of them

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Baboon Bro

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Baboon Bro
No smilies in headlines.

Then why are we given the option?

Ask bv,dunno; only I know it aint allowed.
He wants a clean, neat & cool face on his board.
I stand behind him 195% in that.

I know that bv doesn't like it and I never use them myself as I'm with him and you on this. I also noticed that he's edited the original post to remove the smiley.
So, bv, why are we given the option if you don't want us to use it?
New users won't know of this ruling.


"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

yeah its a good thing. Used to think it was stupid but games like this and rockband have introduced kids to a whole other world of music. and has inspired a lot to actually learn how to play a real guitar. I dont know anyone who actually thinks they know how to play guitar because they can play these games. Its just fun. Not my cup of tea but i can appreciate how its fun for lots of folks. i play the real thing but i am not a snob about it. I love anything to do with guitar and guitar hero and rockband has actually brought back the instrument at a time when it was getting lost in the mix. Literally. I bet some kids didnt even know what the hell sound a guitar made in songs. This game has sort of saved rock and roll in a way. Some people are so damned pretentious and self righteous. Chill dudes. Its fun for the kids and adults alike.

I was in Best Buy with my 7 1/2 year old son and after dragging him away from some Lord of the Rings thing, I asked him to show me -- I guess it's Rock Band -- and so it was like bizarro Beatles with the screaming chicks and my son was nowhere close to being able to follow the bouncing whatever things to play the drums. But, he got to know the song Day Tripper and it opened up a conversation about the screaming girls, which I, of course, had to steer back to a better conversation about the screaming girls at Stones concerts. Anyway....all these games are way beyond me...I certainly couldn't figure out how to get the Wii thing to start!

I see the plastic guitar for guitar hero only has five buttons.
whats up with that?

oh wait, ya only have five fingers on one hand.

Before guitar hero or rockband we had tennis raquets. Nothing wrong with striking a pose with a tennis racquet.

NickB

You can't always get what you want.....

www.myspace.com/thesonkings

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NickB
Before guitar hero or rockband we had tennis raquets. Nothing wrong with striking a pose with a tennis racquet.

I take your point, but tennis racquets were also somewhat useful for playing tennis.


On the internet nobody knows
you're Mick Jagger

I used a racquet to get the moves off and then progressed to the real thing. Screw the tennis let's rock. The only reason that I hate Guitar Hero is that I can't do it. In fact I'm not good at computer games full stop.

NickB

You can't always get what you want.....

www.myspace.com/thesonkings

Guitar Hero, Rockband and the like are just vehicles to sell units. The side effects are turning youngsters on to a bunch of great music and selling concert tickets.

CBII

And selling guitars and amps as a by product.

NickB

You can't always get what you want.....

www.myspace.com/thesonkings

No.
For me only the music please, no gimmicks.

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I keep on trying to play 'Keith'. I try to be realistic. I put a bottle of Jack Daniels on my counter, start taking a few swigs off it. The next thing you know, I wake up on the living room floor. I guess I cannot pretend to be Keith!

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sater
For me ??YESSS it's a great game.I bought GH Aerosmith and GH 3 Legends of rock..It's very hard game especially on medium/hard/expert mode but lot of fun!!

I've played GH Aerosmith and thought it was great fun.

(Harsh critics please note: Yes I also play guitar and it's clearly just a bit of fun, more like a modern version of Simon Says with great sound and graphics, a rhythm game.)

It's a great medium for exposing kids to fantastic music and get them to participate (well, as much as you can expect, sitting in your lounge on their backsides). Maybe it will encourage the next generation of Keiths and Steves to take up the real geetar. I can't see it doing any harm. And if any of these kids mistake GH for playing a real guitar or as a substitute for creating thweir own original music, well, they're probably not geared up for that avenue of life.

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I keep on trying to play 'Keith'. I try to be realistic. I put a bottle of Jack Daniels on my counter, start taking a few swigs off it. The next thing you know, I wake up on the living room floor. I guess I cannot pretend to be Keith!

Whaddya mean? That's Keith exactly.

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