Rock Band Makes "Being A Square" Cool

The negativity associated with “being a square” is about to be thrown out the window for good. The world of musical video games has done it again. As if Rock Band wasn’t already fun enough, they have combined it with the childhood toy of stackable, square-headed men…the LEGO. It just so happens that Rolling Stone features Blur, a throw back to 90’s British pop stars, as one of the artists gracing the track list of, if you haven’t already guessed, LEGO Rock Band. Ha, fancy that.

With the emergence of Rock Band 3, Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero and improved gaming systems, realistic, human-like avatars are a thing of the past. The upcoming year, 2010, needs something trendier and “out there” — and what more embodies those two words than LEGOs? That’s right, pretty much anything besides LEGOs. It might be difficult to handle sticks or play mad guitar solos with no fingers. But that’s beside the point; this game is going to be revolutionary — or not. Check out the karaoke-worthy track list after the jump.



LEGO Guitar Hero track list:

All American Rejects, “Swing, Swing”
The Kooks, “Naïve”
The Automatic, “Monster”
KoЯn, “Word Up!”
Blink-182, “Aliens Exist”
KT Tunstall, “Suddenly I See”
Blur, “Song 2”
Lostprophets, “Rooftops”
Bon Jovi, “You Give Love a Bad Name”
P!NK, “So What”
Boys like Girls, “Thunder”
The Police, “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”
Bryan Adams, “Summer of 69”
The Primitives, “Crash”
The Hives, “Tick Tick Boom!”
Supergrass, “Grace”
Iggy Pop, “The Passenger”
Tom Petty, “Free Fallin”
Incubus, “Dig”
T-Rex, “Ride a White Swan”
Jackson 5, “I Want You Back”
Vampire Weekend, “A-Punk”
Jimi Hendrix, “Fire”
We the Kings, “Check Yes Juliet”
Kaiser Chiefs, “Ruby”
The Zutons, “Valerie”
Katrina & The Waves, “Walking on Sunshine”
Carl Douglas, “Kung Fu Fighting”
Queen, “We Are The Champions”
The Coral, “Dreaming of You”
Queen, “We Will Rock You”
Counting Crows, “Accidentally in Love”
Rascal Flatts, “Life is a Highway”
David Bowie, “Let’s Dance”
Ray Parker Jr., “Ghostbusters”
Elton John, “Crocodile Rock”
Razorlight, “Stumble and Fall”
Europe, “The Final Countdown”
Spin Doctors, “Two Princes”
Everlife, “Real Wild Child”
Spinal Tap, “Short & Sweet”
Foo Fighters, “Breakout”
Steve Harly, “Make Me Smile”
Good Charlotte, “Girls & Boys”
Sum 41, “In Too Deep”

-Marie Baginski
Currently listening to “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr.


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