4/29 DLC (Smashing Pumpkins, The Mother Hips x2)!

**JCirri** · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 4576

This week's DLC is now up for score-tracking:

Red Tandy by The Mother Hips
Chart previews: Guitar (video by Npeaen), Bass (video by Nulien), Drums (video by ???), Vocals (video by ???)
Time-Sick Son of a Grizzly Bear by The Mother Hips
Chart previews: Guitar (video by Npeaen), Bass (video by Nulien), Drums (video by ???), Vocals (video by ???)
Zero by Smashing Pumpkins
Chart previews: Guitar (video by Npeaen), Bass (video by Nulien), Drums (video by ???), Vocals (video by ???)

Each song costs $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points). Available on the Xbox LIVE® Marketplace and PLAYSTATION®Network.

Chart preview video links will be added as they become available. Enjoy!
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**DorkmasterFlek** · Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 1968 Location: Toronto, ON

I think I like the Mother Hips songs more than this particular choice of SP. Where's 1979?

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**Titanik14** · Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 72

red tandy is ok... zero is kinda catchy, and time-sick is kinda catchy too, im undecided if i should buy any or not this week
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My DLC, let's play sometime!
RB1 Drums: 57/58 5G*
RB2 Drums: N.A.

**PeridotWeapon** · Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 1072 Location: Pittsfield, MA

I don't see Red Tandy or TSSoaGB rising above the ranks of other 'I forgot I had this in my collection' songs, but there's something to be said for musical diversity I suppose.

Red Tandy just annoys me to listen to for some reason, and that's a rarity since I can tolerate pretty much anything. Don't think I'll ever want to sing it; the first half is repetitive, and the second half you'd have nothing to do. And for Guitar, it felt like it tries a bit too hard to be a little different - but as long as you can switch from Green to G/R/B on command, you've probably got Gold Stars in the bag with proper Overdrive.

Of course, it's probably a bad idea to play new songs and try to assess them when I know I need to go off and waste my day at the garage waiting for yesterday's flat tire to be replaced before going to work. I'm probably transferring my annoyance on The Mother Hips, or other psychological stuff like that.

Gold Star Cutoffs (for Guitar, anyway) are up at 'the usual spot.'

**MaximumSkank** · Joined: 27 Jan 2007 Posts: 6

Only song I won't be getting is Red Tandy. It starts off promising, then the bridge comes in and all vocals stop for about 4 minutes. The rest of the song was disappointing; waiting for the song to "pick back up".

But, TSSoGB looks to be the best song this week.
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**Nulien** · Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 653 Location: Hamilton, ON

I'm currently uploading my now usual new DLC bass videos... I'll add links here when it's done.

Red Tandy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flHtRZd2pcI
Time-Sick Son of a Grizzly Bear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNCFG9I32Eg
Zero: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7CvGnPh9GQ
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**BengalCP09** · Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 288

I love Red Tandy. It feels like an actual concert song with the long jam at the end.
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**nivlac** · Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 698 Location: Elizabethtown, PA

Hmm, the end of Red Tandy kinda sucks IMO. The other two are point-worthy this week I believe. Thanks for the videos NPeaen.
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**Nulien** · Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 653 Location: Hamilton, ON

I haven't played Red Tandy on guitar yet, but the bass part to the ending is fun... nice to have another song where the bassist steals the spotlight away from the guitarist for a while! \m/

Edit: Played it on guitar just now, and confirmed... definitely a bass outro... it's the guitarist's turn to grind away a repetitive part while the bassist has fun!

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**Geeoff** · Joined: 07 Dec 2007 Posts: 1368

I'm not a fan of Zero's vocal chart. Lots of talking parts that should clearly be sung...and I didn't hit any of them in two runs so far. :/

**jjlee138** · Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 24

Definitely picking up Zero, but the rest would just be completely ignored by my band and only played once or twice by me probably.

**Briane** · Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Posts: 507

X drums on Zero is... average.

It's mostly just a staright 3-bass beat (like paranoid but slower).

A couple of different transition parts, but nothing particularly exciting.

98% or something on a sloppy sightread.

Definitely not Jimmy's finest percussion work. Nowhere near the complexity of Cherub Rock or Siva.

Still a great tune though.
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**delirium266** · Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 17

I'm surprised there isn't more love for Red Tandy. I guess the jam at the end isn't so fun for guitar or vocalists, but it makes it one of the best drum songs in the game. The song itself is really cool sounding to me also, it reminds me of the Beatles with a more modern/alternative sound.

Haven't checked out the other song by them, but if it's as cool as Red Tandy I'll get it. The Mother Hips song included with the game was kind of bad, in comparison.

**sunshine** · Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 1945

I'm loving all these songs, never even having heard Zero but a couple times before. The Mother Hips's songs have an interesting sound and I like it.