Am I an awful singer or is Reptilia the gayest song ever?

**tRiViUm256** · Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 845 Location: Oklahoma

I have been stuck on this stupid song on medium for almost a week now. No matter WHAT pitch I sing at, it's never right. Any tips? It may just be that I suck.

**TheRidGE** · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 516 Location: Budd Lake, NJ

It truly is a very hard song. It is very chromatic (meaning, it doesn't follow the usual scales; it's all over the place), and I even just 5*'d it on expert today. Even still, I call it the bane of my existence.

Honestly, it's one of those songs that you have to listen to over and over again just so you can get all the weird pitch changes. And the best of luck to you.

**J-Nasty** · Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 43 Location: Tracy, CA

Maybe its because I listen to The Strokes on a fairly regular basis, and thus sing along to them. But I found this song to be easier than most of the other songs in the game. I can 5* on Hard no prob and 4* on Expert, but I have a hell of a time with "I think I'm paranoid" on Hard, and "I'm So Sick" on Medium. can barely 3* those 2 songs.

**pmswedge** · Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Posts: 427 Location: San Francisco, CA

**wildbillkickoff** · Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 469 Location: Tampa, FL

If it's any consolation, I five starred every song but Gimme Shelter before I five starred this on Expert. In my book, that makes this one the 2nd hardest out of 58 for me. I Get By and Foreplay/Longtime have a tougher section, but overall this is my 2nd toughest song.
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**Billtvshow** · Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 832 Location: NC, USA

Last I looked, I still have the high score on this one on XBL, which I just got last night. I don't know if there's a magic tip I can give you. My advice is to really listen to the original and understand that the notes are not traditionally dead in tune in with the key of the background music. They may sound a bit discordant, but you need to learn them like that and once you get used to the melody, it really does come easier. I failed it the first time on expert as I had never heard it before, so believe me, it can be learned. I guess more than anything, listen to the original a ton to the point that you absolutely know it and when you play it on the game, look for the small differences that Harmonix throws in there to trip you up and make the adjustments. The same can be said for just about any song. Most songs are pretty faithful to the original for vocals, but I noticed yesterday that in the Buddy Holly vocals, they threw in a spoken part where it is clearly being sung, though it does work as spoken. The same happens in many other songs where they switch briefly to the harmony part rather than the lead and that can be brutally hard if you aren't ready for it.

**ocelot11** · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 263 Location: Lino Lakes, MN

This is actually on of my better songs, but I seem to go against the grain on a lot of things when it comes to vocals. Then again, it's all different for everyone. People are stronger than others at some points, but weaker at different points.

How do you tell the sexual orientation of a song anyhow?

**MinPinz** · Joined: 28 Sep 2007 Posts: 16 Location: Las Vegas

It's not you, it's the song. This is the only song I failed on Hard (I finally got a 3*, just barely), and the only one I can't 5* on Medium. As others have suggested, listen to it often. Sing it when you are playing the song on guitar or drums, just to get used to it. Also, you may want to go down a difficulty level and practice until you get comfortable with it...and with shifting between octaves smoothly. That was my big problem when I started vocals, when I tried to shift an octave up or down in the middle of a song, I would miss part of a phrase. Unfortunately, practice really is the only way to smooth that out.

**Mr.BannanasII** · Joined: 05 Dec 2007 Posts: 301 Location: Everett, WA

Its not you, its the song. I can't beat it on expert yet..... but on hard. But as for hard, it had some weird pitches, and I had to try some different things.....

**Nickisimo** · Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 774 Location: Charleston, SC

I failed on Reptilia more than anything else on Expert(I think 2 fails on Should I Stay Or Should I Go, 1 on Long Time, and 5 on Reptilia). Just today I got to 5*, but it is a very tough song to figure out so don't feel bad. I don't think it's as bad as I Get By with its horrendous never-ending tone-deaf section at the end of the 2nd verse, but it's rough.

The pre-choruses seem to be the worst as the singer is drifting in and out of notes. The advice above is good...listen to it, practice and you'll get better at it. Try keeping your pitch changes small too. It helps me a lot in this song during the quiet verses. "Tell me a story, I know you're not boring..."

I agree that this is one of the hardest of the 58. My top 3 are I Get By, Long Time and Reptilia.
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**IPlayGuitarHero2** · Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject:

I think it's the gayest song ever :] i stopped singing it as soon as it got to the part when he started to sing...it is a REALLY bad pitch
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**batsmak** · Joined: 27 Jan 2007 Posts: 853 Location: Fredericksburg, VA

I love this song, knew it by heart when I got RB, and 5*ed it on hard first try (haven't tried expert yet), when it is surrounded by tons of 3*s and 4*s, so It is all about knowing the pitch of the song already.

I'm sure you can get it if you listen the vocals a few times.
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**Dumbyguitar** · Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:43 pm Post subject:

I'm going to try vocals today.

I don't think I should have any problem. I might though, the pitch is wierd.

Can't wait to sing Tom Sawyer

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**Huwonk** · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 2432 Location: Marysville, Ohio

While I'm pretty sure the song doesn't have a sexual preference, it is pretty difficult, yeah.
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**cowssaymooo** · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 38

Yep im stuck on this in my expert career now.... wtf!!!!
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