A Year of Rock Band: Daydreaming the Future Edition, Part 1

I thought I would talk a little bit about the future of Rock Band.  The only word that we've gotten down from the mountain is this quote by Alex Rigopoulos in May 2013 issue of Game Informer:

"While we don't have any active title releases in development right now, it's never far from our thoughts, and you can be sure that this franchise will be back, guns blazing, at some point in the future when the time is right."

And more interestingly, regarding DLC:

"Certainly, it would be our ambition if and when we migrate Rock Band to the eighth-generation consoles, it would be our ambition to carry forward players' entitlements and their music libraries to the next generation. That investment that players have made over the years in those libraries is something that we would want to take great pains to protect as we carry Rock Band into the future."

Okay the fact that there's talk of RB hitting the next Xbox, Playstation, and quite possibly the Wii U in the future makes me pretty darn happy.  Granted I haven't play in a few months but I like to keep up all the news, as it sits today I might dust the ol' Xbox and play a little today!  A little birthday present to myself I guess. 

I thought I would post my 52 weeks of DLC (in four five parts, this being Part 1 obiviously, these songs are all personal preferences and I am going to assume (besides Metallica Track Pack 01 and The Beatles: Rock Band, *insert tear here*) that all tracks from previous games, and all DLC from the music store and from the RBN would be integrated and accessible, you know, that perfect world we all wish we lived in, yep, that's the one.  So without further ado Part 1 of my 4 Part series:

Week 1: 1960's Singles

The Byrds - "Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything there is a Season)"
Donovan - "Season of the Witch"
The Rolling Stones - "Paint It, Black"
The Fifth Dimension - "Age of Aquarius"
Pink Floyd - "Astronomy Domine"
Cream - "White Room"
The Animals - "We Gotta Get Out of this Place"


Week 2: Twisted Sister Pack 01

"We're Not Gonna Take It"
"The Kids are Back"
"Stay Hungry"
"You Can't Stop Rock N' Roll"
"Come Out and Play"

Week 3: 1970's Singles

Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven"
The Eagles - "Hotel California"
Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - "Old Time Rock 'n' Roll"
The Sex Pistols - "God Save the Queen"
Bill Withers - "Lean on Me"
ABBA - "Dancing Queen"

Week 4: Motorhead Pack 01

"Eat the Rich"
"1916"
"Iron Fist"
"King of Kings"
"Love Me Like a Reptile"
"Sacrifice"

Week 5: 1980's Singles

Cyndi Lauper - "True Colors"
Metallica - "Hit the Lights"
Guns N' Roses - "Sweet Child O' Mine"
Dire Straits - "Money For Nothing"
Van Halen - "Jump"
Robert Palmer - "Addicted to Love"
Phil Collins - "In the Air Tonight"

Week 6: Fall Out Boy Pack 02 & U2 Pack 01

Fall Out Boy - "The Carpel Tunnel of Love"
Fall Out Boy - "America's Sweethearts"
Fall Out Boy - "Alone Together"
U2 - "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
U2 - "With or Without You"
U2 - "Beautiful Day

Week 7: Metallica Ride the Lighting Full Album

"Fight Fire With Fire"
"Ride the Lighting"
"For Whom the Bell Tolls"
"Fade to Black"
"Trapped Under Ice"
"Escape"
"Creeping Death"
"The Call of Ktulu"

Week 8: Country Hits of the 60's, 70's, and 80's Singles

Patsy Cline - "Crazy"
Glen Campbell - "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
Conway Twitty - "To See an Angel Cry"
Willie Nelson - "Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys"
Cal Smith - "The Lord Knows I'm Drinking"
Kenny Rogers - "Lucille"
Oak Ridge Boys - "Elvira"
Hank Williams Jr. - "A Country Boy Can Survive"
Dolly Parton - "9 to 5"

Week 9: Singles: The Cure, Depeche Mode, Cyndi Lauper, and Thomspon Twins (Symphony's Week!)

The Cure - "Burn"
The Cure - "Gone"
Depeche Mode - "Wrong"
Depeche Mode - "Strangelove"
Cyndi Lauper - "All Through the Night"
Cyndi Lauper - "Money Changes Everything"
Thomspon Twins - "Hold Me Now"
Thomspon Twins - "Perfect Day"

Week 10:  Singles: Blues and Jazz Pack 01

Ma Rainey - "CC Rider"
Muddy Waters - "Hoochie Coochie Man"
Albert King - "Born Under a Bad Sign"
Elmore James - "Rollin & Tumblin"
Louis Armstrong - "What a Wonderful World"
Billie Holiday - "I'll be Seeing You"
Al De Meola - "The Embrace"
Kenny G - "Songbird"

Week 11: Enya Watermark Full Album

"Watermark"
"Cursum Perficio"
"On Your Shore"
"Storms in Africa"
"Exile"
"Miss Clare Remembers"
"Orinoco Flow"
"Evening Falls..."
"River"
"The Longships"
"Na Laetha Geal M'Oige"
"Storms in Africa"

Week 12: Elliott Smith Pack 01 & Tom Waits Pack 01
Elliott Smith - "Miss Misery"
Elliott Smith - "Needle in the Hay"
Elliott Smith - "Waltz # 2"
Elliott Smith - "A Fond Farewell for a Friend"
Tom Waits - "Rain Dogs"
Tom Waits - "Dead and Lovely"
Tom Waits - "Chocolate Jesus"
Tom Waits - "Tango Till They're Sore"

Now that we got that out of the way, I know all you music nuts and DLC hounds need the nitty-gritty up front I thought I would talk about the gameplay features that I would love to see.

1. Bring back PvP Rock Battles!  Those were cool in RB 2 and we should see them make a return.
2. Make a better story mode, now I'm not saying the Tour Modes were horrible, but more variety would be cool.  Make some mini rock games to get through to each gig, and have it occasionaly hard to play, say for instance one the band members gets stoned, then they would have to play left-handed if they normally play right handed, but if they do great then the payout would be bigger after the song or something, just throwing stuff out there, don't hate the player and all that...
3. More unlockable clothing, seriously!  I want to make my character look like the a Universal monster or a J-Pop artist give me those options, I am taking sport game customization here, same with all band equipment, and a kick-back pad, all with unlockable posters and band room paraphernalia.  That would be pretty sweet.

I am sure I will have more ideas of game play and extras that I will talk about in Part 2, along with another two months of DLC coming at you!  Stay tuned and chirp up if you like or didn't like the DLC I picked out.