A friend passed along this promo video for the upcoming Beatles edition of Rock Band. The daddy long legs aspect of the band members’ animated characters freaked me out a bit, but this looks like it will be fun to play with my boys.
For our purposes, I thought I’d run this clip to allow you to begin sniffing at historical/chronological inaccuracies and other things that promise to bug the likes of us rock nerds. I found myself watching McCartney closely, to see if his animated character would be as self-concious and scene-deflating as the real Paul usually was in Beatles movies. There was not enough evidence to tell if the animators were able to get around this limitation, but I’m sure you’ll be watching this with your own set of expectations. Let’s start working through what will surely be some difficult adjustments. Thanks.
I get frustrated by my plastic guitars. I’m no good at them.
I am excited at the prospect of young people discovering the Beatles again. They really are just about perfect as a band. It’s as though God said, “If we’re gonna have rock music, we may as well have The Beatles.”
Alot of music has found a new life via these video games.
TB
Won’t ‘the kidz’ be freaked out by the bad trip visuals in this trailer? Drugs are bad, m’kay?
This kind of thing is one of the many aspects of contemporary life I just don’t get. My feeling is that using digital technology to translate (badly) an essentially analogue experience is conceptually problematical.
This has been another installment of ‘why I’m not rich.’
I’m holding out for the Magical Mystery Tour, German edition version. Comes with a plastic mortar and pestle.
I am terrified that I will be invited to a Beatles Rock Band party when this comes out and I will have to decide to (a)insist that I am the only singer and player or (b)stab myself in the ear with an ice pick the moment they start.
At least Beatle karaoke the music would be correct and just the vocals butchered
jungleland2, the thought of an adult Beatles Rock Band party is really funny – and too true! Yikes!
I can think of a dozen people who will say “hey that guy like plays in a band and loves The Beatles, I’ll invite him to our Rock Band party” then I will have to make up an excuse as to why I can not attend(although I will just be at home listening to the new MONO Beatles CDs)