hey everybody what is up and welcome to rock gamer you're number one stop for all things
rock band 4, guitar hero live and amplitude related and it's throwback thursday time where
i highlight some of my favourite rock band dlc that has come out over the past couple
of years and maybe shed some light on some tracks you missed and add to your collection
so this week is the first themed week i am doing.
This is Dave Grohl's broken leg week and i want to highlight some of my favourite Dave
Grohl songs they are probably just going to be Foo Fighters tracks but their are a ton
out there for rock band and lets start with our first song and this is from the Foo Fighters
of Foo Fighters as some would say this is Rope this is from Wasting Light this is probably
one of my favourite Foo Fighters songs it's just a fantastic sounding song and you know
it really shines on drums the drums are a complete blast i haven't really mastered this
song on drums it's actually quite difficult that pattern you play on the ride cymbal is
just so quick and throws me off every single time i really need to spend some more time
in the practice mode to figure that part out and then there's a really cool drum solo as
well i can usually about 80-85% it when i am playing it.
The guitar is pretty standard Foo Fighters it's a lot of chords with some single notes
thrown in there's also a keyboard chart to this as well but the keyboards are pretty
lackluster the bass is decent um you know there's quite a bit of playing on one colour
and then just switching to another colour and then you play a couple more notes but
definitely i'd say the guitar and the drums are the standout instruments one of hte best
parts of the song are the vocals.
This song features vocal harmonies the harmoneis are really fun because Taylor and Dave sing
like one guy is higher when he's singing and one guy is lower it's a really fun song to
sing and it's a great all round fun filled band experience for the most part if you're
not looking for keys let's go onto our next Dave Grohl song of the week.
Our second song of the week is arguably one of the Foo Fighters most popular songs and
that song is the Pretender from their 2007 album nobody really knows how to say it or
what order those words come in whether it's Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace or it's
Echoes, Patience, Silence and Grace whatever it is a really great song it's a really fun
song on drums you know i don't think their is a Foo Fighters song that is bad on drums
except for maybe some of the songs from the Colour and the Shape that maybe weren't the
singles off the album but this is a fantastic song on drums.
I love Taylor Hawkins drumming and you know there's nothing too difficult here.
There are some a couple difficult snare roles and like fills i had some trouble with that
stopped me from FCing this song but it's a terrific song lets talk about the guitar the
guitar is actually pretty standard Foo Fighters a lot of chords but it's actually pretty difficult
for me to get my hand shapes to match the chords without my hand cramping and if you
guys ever go to video games live there's like a contest they do where before the actualy
performance they have a guitar hero tournament and the winner gets to go on stage and perform
this song with the orchestra and of course you're playing the guitar hero chart and i
was actually going to go to video games live and do the whole thing but you know i just
didn't have time to but if you guys are interested in it that is something coll you can do the
bass is pretty boring for the most part you're playing one note and then you switch to another
note play a bunch of notes and go back and forth it's not the most fun song.
The vocals are pretty fun i've played this with harmonies and it will have harmonies
in rock band 4 especially the later part of the song where the harmonies are layered on
top of one another and you're singing different parts really cool part of the song one of
my favourite songs and for 99 cents guys you can't go wrong with this one lets go onto
our last song of the week which is probably going to be out of left field for a lot of
guys and our last song of the week is actually not a Foo Fighters song it's from the supergroup
that Dave Grohl was a part of back in 2010 i think or 2009 it's them crooked vultures
with john paul jones and josh homme from queens of the stone age a really great band we've
actually had a lot of their songs in music games.
They've been in Guitar Hero as well as Rock Band plus we've had some DLC from them and
New Fang is a fantastic song if you're a drummer this is Dave Grohl drumming and you know what
it's got this cool pattern you're playing on the ride and the snare and the ending you're
playing that pattern once you get the pattern you're like oh this is a really easy song
and then you get to the ending of the song and it just completely kicks your ass just
some crazy fast fills around the kit the guitar and the bass are decent they are nothing too
difficult the bass you are playing a lot of the same stuff over and over again this is
a really fun song to sing on vocals because i do like josh homme's vocals on queens of
the stone age and they are similar here too.
And that basically does it for Dave Grohl's broken leg week i want to thank you guys for
watching.
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And also guys i want to know what are some of your favourite Dave Grohl songs in rock
band is it nirvana songs, is it nine inch nails is it tenacious d you know leave a comment
in the section below and i'd love ot know what you're suggestions are.
Take care guys and have a good week.