Add ‘controversial’ to Guitar Hero 2. We can’t stop arguing about it!

Anyway, IGN has a hands on preview of the E3 build of Guitar Hero 2. They only got 2 songs and had to play co-op, but they didn’t have a bad thing to say about the game.

Writer Chris Roper seems to share my enthusiasm when he closes the article:

We’re psyched to see a little more of the game at E3, which’ll hopefully show us some of its revamped single-player mode, but most of our excitement lies around two words – “War Pigs”. Oh Lord yeah.

Club Skill has uncovered a few of the songs to be included on the sequels to what is arguably the best music game ever.

Guitar Hero 2 has nailed down several artists missing from the first game and grabbing some more cult favorites as well.

“Psychobilly Freakout” by Reverend Horton Heat, “Strutter” by KISS,  “Who Was in My Room Last Night” by Butthole Surfers, “You Really Got Me” by Van Halen “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath, “YYZ” by Rush, and “Arterial Black” by Drist.

All of these will be playable at E3.

on a personal note:  Dude, “War Pigs” by Sabbath is one of the most awesome songs ever. 

I posted about this in the forums and it got a decent response so I wanted to make sure it got some front page mention.

LyricWiki is exactly what it sounds like. Its a wiki full of music lyrics. There are a couple of important things about this site. The most important thing about this site is that it has no ads. This might not mean much to most people, but the RIAA in their haste to sue the world has been cracking down on music lyric sites, but not just any music lyric sites. Only those that have ads on them that they could conceivably earn money on. The lack of ads on this wiki makes LyricWiki legit and free from copyright persecution. Also, because this is a wiki, its community driven so people are always adding to the collective. So, while there are gaps there, they are being filled in slowly but surely.

This is really a great application of a wiki. I’m glad to see someone thought of this and implemented it for everyone’s benefit. Its been harder and harder to find accurate song lyrics lately.

The college dropout stuns again!
About 2 months ago it was revealed that Kanye would be handling the theme for Mission Impossible 3, and now it looks like the leak is on.

To listen the suprisingly solid instrumental, check out forums.

Our friend Logan dropped by and showed me this. Apparently Michael Jackson was a ghost writer for some of Sonic 3’s soundtrack.
And while I’m not fully convinced, his appearance in other Sega titles like Moonwalker and Space Channel 5 do indicate some kind of relationship. Jackson’s admission to penning “The Bartman” for the Simpsons album a decade after release also tells us he’s no stranger to odd score deals.

For more Jacko fun, check out Michael Quest, Michael Fantasy, and Michael Forever.

If you got 2 hours to kill, why not watch a video from The “Mario & Zelda Big Band Live” concert, from September 14th, 2003, at the Nihon Seinenkan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Koji Kondo and Shigeru Miyamoto make appearances, and theres a bit of (Japanese) talking between the songs.

thanks 4cr!

Another fantastic rap video from SNL, this time starring Natalie Portman.

Instant classic.