Since we can never get enough Guitar Hero, Harmonix and Activision are releasing an 80s themed Guitar Hero game next month - Rocks the 80s. It’s only coming out for PS2, however. I’m hoping that the songs will be available for download on Xbox Live, since that’s the whole reason I bought the X360 version.
But then again, the song selection isn’t all that exciting to me. I thought I was a big fan of 80s music. I love my cheesy a-ha with the best of them. But I guess I have a limited view into what is 80s music because I don’t remember a lot of the songs that they’ve announced. At least not all that fondly. The list as culled from Gamespot:
“Round and Round” by Ratt, “I Want Candy” by Bow Wow Wow, “Metal Health” by Quiet Riot, “Holy Diver” by Ronnie James Dio, and “Heat of the Moment” by Asia. Flock of Seagulls’ “I Ran” and “I Wanna Rock” by Twisted Sister. Skid Row’s “18 and Life,” Faster Pussycat’s “Bathroom Wall,” Billy Squier’s “Lonely is the Night,” Poison’s “Nothing But a Good Time,” Extreme’s “Play With Me,” Eddie Money’s “Shakin’,” and “Synchronicity II” by the Police.
I love the Police, so Synchronicity II is a welcome song, but where’s “Africa”, “Take On Me”, “Come on Eileen”, and anything by Pat Benatar? Maybe those aren’t guitar songs, I guess, but they’re my idea of the 80s! Sadness.