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Guitar Hero: Van Halen

post #1 of 60
8/5/09 at 8:02pm
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Full setlist per Mtv:

Van Halen Songs
“Ain't Talkin Bout Love”
“And The Cradle Will Rock”
“Atomic Punk”
“Beautiful Girls”
“Cathedral” (solo)
“Dance The Night Away”
“Eruption” (solo)
“Everybody Wants Some”
“Feel Your Love Tonight”
“Hang ‘Em High”
“Hear About It Later”
“Hot For Teacher”
“Ice Cream Man”
“I'm The One”
“Jamie's Cryin”
“Jump”
“Little Guitars”
“Loss Of Control”
“Mean Street”
“Panama”
“Pretty Woman”
“Romeo Delight”
“Running With The Devil”
“So This Is Love”
“Somebody Get Me A Doctor”
“Spanish Fly” (solo)
“Unchained”
“You Really Got Me”

Similar Tracks Also In The Game
Alter Bridge - “Come To Life”
Billy Idol - “White Wedding”
blink-182 - “First Date”
Deep Purple - “Space Truckin”
Foo Fighters - “Best Of You”
Foreigner - “Double Vision”
Fountains of Wayne - “Stacy's Mom”
Jimmy Eat World - “Pain”
Judas Priest - “Painkiller”
Killswitch Engage - “The End Of Heartache”
Lenny Kravitz - “Rock And Roll Is Dead”
Queen - “I Want It All”
Queens of the Stone Age - “Sick, Sick, Sick”
Tenacious D - “Master Exploder”
The Clash - “Safe European Home”
The Offspring - “Pretty Fly For A White Guy”
Third Eye Blind - “Semi-Charmed Life”
Weezer - “Dope Nose”
Yellowcard - “The Takedown”

All Hagar-free...some great stuff here...
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post #2 of 60
8/5/09 at 8:16pm
There are a couple of songs that I'd swap out (all of the 'Diver Down' stuff, save for 'Little Guitars', can be excised) but overall that's a pretty kick ASS set of Van Halen songs. Even the bonus tracks are pretty decent.
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post #3 of 60
8/5/09 at 8:19pm
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Mean Streets!
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post #4 of 60
8/5/09 at 8:21pm
I'm just glad to see so much of their first album on there. Really, front to back, that's a killer piece of music.
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post #5 of 60
8/5/09 at 8:48pm
Yeah, bought.
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post #6 of 60
8/5/09 at 9:42pm
Thanks. Pass.

And Killswitch? You're in this game why, exactly?
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post #7 of 60
8/5/09 at 10:04pm
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Originally Posted by Justin Clark View Post
Thanks. Pass.

And Killswitch? You're in this game why, exactly?
Hot Topic street cred.
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post #8 of 60
8/5/09 at 10:17pm
The inclusion of Alter Bridge pains me, but the =VH= list is killer.

I must admit my excitement over "Space Truckin'," as well.
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post #9 of 60
8/5/09 at 10:18pm
The Van Halen songs are fantastic. The other songs, not so much, if only because some of the best ones are already in Rock Band.
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post #10 of 60
8/6/09 at 12:00am
I look forward to buying this when it's $20.
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post #11 of 60
8/6/09 at 7:54am
...And Rock Band has The Beatles. Check and Mate.
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post #12 of 60
8/6/09 at 10:59am
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Originally Posted by gravedigger View Post
I look forward to buying this when it's $20.
Yep, and head straight to quickplay to make a Van Halen 1 setlist. And what a lazy group of "other" songs.
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post #13 of 60
8/6/09 at 11:17am
Rock Band Beatles for the win!

Seriously, why not go with Guitar Hero: Warrant while were at it?
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post #14 of 60
8/6/09 at 11:19am
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post
Rock Band Beatles for the win!

Seriously, why not go with Guitar Hero: Warrant while were at it?
Wait...did you REALLY just equate Van Halen with Warrant?
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post #15 of 60
8/6/09 at 11:24am
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Wait...did you REALLY just equate Van Halen with Warrant?
Not equate, but Van Halen ain't deserving of a videogame, just like Aerosmith. So let's push this further with Poison, Warrant and L.A. Guns.

And I wet myself for Guitar Hero: Winger.
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post #16 of 60
8/6/09 at 11:27am
Nice collection of Van Halen tracks! The list of "other" artists is especially awful, "Safe European Home" being the only song I covet. This would be a good rental to go through the Van Halen tracks, nothing more.
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post #17 of 60
8/6/09 at 11:28am
OK, call me a heretic, then. I'm much more jazzed to jam out to DLR era Van Halen songs than the Beatles songs. There's no denying that the RB: Beatles game will be superior as far as quality goes (RB is better in virtually every way than GH), and I like the Beatles as much as the next guy, but I grew up on Van Halen.
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post #18 of 60
8/6/09 at 11:29am
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post
Not equate, but Van Halen ain't deserving of a videogame, just like Aerosmith. So let's push this further with Poison, Warrant and L.A. Guns.

And I wet myself for Guitar Hero: Winger.
While I agree that the Beatles game is most certainly 10 times more exciting, you realize that Eddie Van Halen is probably the second most revered guitar player of all time, right? To say his band is undeserving of a guitar playing simulation game is a tad silly.
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post #19 of 60
8/6/09 at 11:31am
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller View Post
While I agree that the Beatles game is most certainly 10 times more exciting, you realize that Eddie Van Halen is probably the second most revered guitar player of all time, right? To say his band is undeserving of a guitar playing simulation game is a tad silly.
I love Van Halen. But it's still not worth a WHOLE GAME of it. Christ, Metallica was good enough for it, The Beatles, sure, but beside Zeppelin, who else has the catalog solid enough for this?

Not Van Halen, no matter how goldy he plays guitar. There's some awesome songs that are worth the buy I guess, but 60$? No way.
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post #20 of 60
8/6/09 at 11:35am
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post
I love Van Halen. But it's still not worth a WHOLE GAME of it. Christ, Metallica was good enough for it, The Beatles, sure, but beside Zeppelin, who else has the catalog solid enough for this?

Not Van Halen, no matter how goldy he plays guitar. There's some awesome songs that are worth the buy I guess, but 60$? No way.
I'd buy a Queen or Rush game instantly without even looking at the setlist.
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post #21 of 60
8/6/09 at 11:38am
Same for me with Floyd.
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post #22 of 60
8/6/09 at 11:43am
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
I'd buy a Queen or Rush game instantly without even looking at the setlist.
Same here, but while their guitarist ain't Eddie, they're better bands with more depth.
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post #23 of 60
8/6/09 at 11:44am
Martin, you really ought to listen to the 'Van Halen', 'Van Halen II', 'Fair Warning', and '1984' albums all the way through. Those 4 DLR era albums are rock solid, front to back, and they have some great representation on this game. I'm not slamming on 'Women and Children First', but I find it to be pretty inconsistent. 'Diver Down' is really the only bad DLR era album, but even THAT has 'Little Guitars' on it.

Also, these songs will be GREAT in a drunken party atmosphere.
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post #24 of 60
8/6/09 at 11:49am
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Originally Posted by judas booth View Post
i'd buy a queen or rush game instantly without even looking at the setlist.

this.
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post #25 of 60
8/6/09 at 11:53am
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Martin, you really ought to listen to the 'Van Halen', 'Van Halen II', 'Fair Warning', and '1984' albums all the way through. Those 4 DLR era albums are rock solid, front to back, and they have some great representation on this game. I'm not slamming on 'Women and Children First', but I find it to be pretty inconsistent. 'Diver Down' is really the only bad DLR era album, but even THAT has 'Little Guitars' on it.

Also, these songs will be GREAT in a drunken party atmosphere.

Fair Warning will forever be my favorite VH album, followed shortly by the self-titled debut.
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post #26 of 60
8/6/09 at 11:55am
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Martin, you really ought to listen to the 'Van Halen', 'Van Halen II', 'Fair Warning', and '1984' albums all the way through. Those 4 DLR era albums are rock solid, front to back, and they have some great representation on this game. I'm not slamming on 'Women and Children First', but I find it to be pretty inconsistent. 'Diver Down' is really the only bad DLR era album, but even THAT has 'Little Guitars' on it.

Also, these songs will be GREAT in a drunken party atmosphere.
I know my Van Halen pretty well. But it ain't Pink Floyd or Zeppelin.

Seriously, it's not gonna sell very well.
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post #27 of 60
8/6/09 at 11:57am
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Originally Posted by Dr. Strange View Post
Fair Warning will forever be my favorite VH album, followed shortly by the self-titled debut.
Nothing wrong with that. Personally, I'd rank them all:
'Van Halen'
'Fair Warning'
'1984'
'Van Halen 2'
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'Women and Children First'
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'Diver Down'

I'm not a big Van Hagar fan, but '5150' was pretty damn solid.
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post #28 of 60
8/6/09 at 11:59am
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Originally Posted by rabigjb View Post
The list of "other" artists is especially awful, "Safe European Home" being the only song I covet. This would be a good rental to go through the Van Halen tracks, nothing more.
What he said. And I'd probably only bother with like a third or so of the VH tracks.

But I'm not a "Guitar Hero" (in bands, I played rhythm guitar or drums more often than I ever played lead), and I can see the appeal for others of having hours' worth of EVH to play along with.

Unfortunately for me, I just don't find their songs all that interesting, and that goes for a lot of the other bands I've seen either coming to this game, or suggested.

On the other hand, as with The Beatles, a lot of the bands I'd like to see more heavily represented in the plastic guitar genre (Los Lobos, Pretenders, The Replacements, Tom Petty, etc.) aren't going to give fans of shredding the experience they're looking for, so I wouldn't expect to see anything but a song here or there.

Call me when Guitar Hero: Television comes out.
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post #29 of 60
8/6/09 at 12:00pm
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That's about right, although I've never heard any of the Hagar albums in full. I was never a fan of his solo stuff let alone the VH stuff. Ironically, his solo concerts are a fucking blast and I never miss them if possible.
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post #30 of 60
8/6/09 at 12:01pm
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post
Same here, but while their guitarist ain't Eddie, they're better bands with more depth.
Which really doesn't count for much when you're pretend-playing a plastic guitar. I'm not looking for lyrical complexity and complicated harmonies. I want big loud crunchy guitar licks that I grew up listening to, that make me feel like a real goddamn guitar god, even on a fake guitar.
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post #31 of 60
8/6/09 at 12:04pm
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Originally Posted by Dr. Strange View Post
That's about right, although I've never heard any of the Hagar albums in full. I was never a fan of his solo stuff let alone the VH stuff. Ironically, his solo concerts are a fucking blast and I never miss them if possible.
Pick up '5150' and give it a spin. If you listen to it on its own merits without the DLR baggage, it holds up really well. 'OU812' is worth it for the song 'Source of Infection', but it's a step down from '5150' in my opinion. The less said about 'F.U.C.K.' and 'Balance', the better.
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post #32 of 60
8/6/09 at 12:06pm
Where are the Steve Vai and Yngwie Fucking Malmsteen versions?

:: taps fingers ::
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post #33 of 60
8/6/09 at 12:09pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
Which really doesn't count for much when you're pretend-playing a plastic guitar. I'm not looking for lyrical complexity and complicated harmonies. I want big loud crunchy guitar licks that I grew up listening to, that make me feel like a real goddamn guitar god, even on a fake guitar.
Thing is: only the guitarist will really have fun. And maybe the singer, but the rest is standard. The game would have made more sense if it retained the old GH formula of 2 guitars only.

BUT YOU CAN PLAY AS WOLFGANG VAN HALEN!!!!!!
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post #34 of 60
8/6/09 at 12:10pm
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Originally Posted by Lima Oscar Lima View Post
Where are the Steve Vai and Yngwie Fucking Malmsteen versions?

:: taps fingers ::
Just make a 'Rock Band: G3 (aka Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)' with Satriani, Vai, Johnson, Fripp, Petrucci, and Malmsteen.
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post #35 of 60
8/6/09 at 12:12pm
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post
Thing is: only the guitarist will really have fun. And maybe the singer, but the rest is standard. The game would have made more sense if it retained the old GH formula of 2 guitars only.

BUT YOU CAN PLAY AS WOLFGANG VAN HALEN!!!!!!
You're really not giving Alex his due as a drummer.
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post #36 of 60
8/6/09 at 12:13pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Just make a 'Rock Band: G3 (aka Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)' with Satriani, Vai, Johnson, Fripp, Petrucci, and Malmsteen.
If it did happen... I would hate to be responsible for the deaths of all those who tried to keep up while playing.
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post #37 of 60
8/6/09 at 12:19pm
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post
Not equate, but Van Halen ain't deserving of a videogame, just like Aerosmith. So let's push this further with Poison, Warrant and L.A. Guns.

And I wet myself for Guitar Hero: Winger.
Come on, not many bands have the colour and flair of Van Halen's early guitar stylings. There are plenty of bands I like more, but they're really perfect for this kind of game.
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post #38 of 60
8/6/09 at 12:23pm
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Originally Posted by Lima Oscar Lima View Post
Where are the Steve Vai and Yngwie Fucking Malmsteen versions?

:: taps fingers ::
There's Malmsteen in Rock Band, and all three tracks suck as gameplay.

Satriani and Steve Vai are in GHIII as DLC. Surfin' With The Alien was extraordinarily crap to play. But For The Love Of God was amazing. Thats one out of three of those guys I would actually play in another game.

That said, Buckethead's Soothsayer is the last time I've ever truly LOVED Guitar Hero. More of that, please.
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post #39 of 60
8/6/09 at 12:23pm
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post
Thing is: only the guitarist will really have fun. And maybe the singer, but the rest is standard. The game would have made more sense if it retained the old GH formula of 2 guitars only.

BUT YOU CAN PLAY AS WOLFGANG VAN HALEN!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
You're really not giving Alex his due as a drummer.
Seriously, Hot for Teacher alone is worth it for the drummer.
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post #40 of 60
8/6/09 at 12:26pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller View Post
Seriously, Hot for Teacher alone is worth it for the drummer.
That song will easily be the hardest one in the game for both the guitarist and the drummer.
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post #41 of 60
8/6/09 at 4:35pm
If I had to just completely guess, not including the 'Guitar Solo' songs, I would say that "I'm the One" will be the hardest to play on guitar. It's also the one that I'm looking forward to the most to playing.
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post #42 of 60
8/6/09 at 4:46pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
That song will easily be the hardest one in the game for both the guitarist and the drummer.
I don't know, Spanish Fly might actually break fingers.
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post #43 of 60
8/6/09 at 7:26pm
I know you were probably limiting your impulse buy to guitar games, Judas, but you do know of the Queen Singstar game coming out, right?

Review and tracklist here.
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post #44 of 60
8/7/09 at 12:20am
Hahaha, I love how Wolfgang is the bassist but the rest of the band models are all the coked out '70's versions. Jesus.
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post #45 of 60
8/11/09 at 3:05pm
I just saw that they are giving this sucker away FREE by mail with purchase of GH5.

Uh, yes, please?
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post #46 of 60
8/11/09 at 3:29pm
Where did you see that? That might be enough for me to buy GH5.
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post #47 of 60
8/11/09 at 3:34pm
http://chud.com/articles/articles/20...REE/Page1.html
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post #48 of 60
8/11/09 at 3:42pm
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lament that Activision doesn't seem to realize that if they didn't push out so many goddamn Guitar Hero titles at once, they wouldn't have to pull stunts like this.
Bobby Kotick doesn't understand what this sentence means. Is it in English?
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post #49 of 60
8/11/09 at 3:45pm
The weird thing about this game is that eventually you get to play as like, Van Halen as they are now. At what point does this just become "Guitar Hero : Your Dad"?
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post #50 of 60
8/11/09 at 3:47pm
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Originally Posted by Brad Millette View Post
The weird thing about this game is that eventually you get to play as like, Van Halen as they are now.
Does that mean you get hip replacements and cancer cut out of your tongue?
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