Line #6 Awesome/RockBand


1	* [[DoublePlay Playing an instrument while singing.]] [[DifficultButAwesome Really difficult, but also rewarding like few things in video gaming]]. No wonder even the loading screens suggest trying! (Hint: get a mic stand first, although you can use the headsets on 360 and [=PS3=].)
2	** You want to /really/ crank it up? Try Pro Guitar and singing at the same time.
3	** You can do songs by [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Timmy]]. TIMMY!!! And [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]]. Actually, add these to SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment\|s}} too.
4	*** Anyone who ''really'' gets into singing Timmy and The Lords Of The Underworld gets their own little Crowning Moment as well.
5	** ''Lego Rock Band'' has the ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme. That is all.
6	*** See it here in its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tl8B4Mb7nE full glory]]
7	*** More like, Lego Rock Band has "The Final Countdown". That is all.
8	*** And there are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12dirYXSBRI aliens]].
9	*** The Rock Power Challenges in that game take ThePowerOfRock to an all new level, which includes destroying a building, chasing away ghosts (While playing the ''Ghostbusters'' theme of course), and using it to defeat a octopus.
10	** At the end of the Endless Setlist 2, the game tells you to keep playing your instrument after you have beaten [[FinalBoss Painkiller]]. If you do, then fireworks will shoot off in accordance to your playing, making an already awesome accomplishment even moreso.
11	** [=RB3=]'s tracklist includes [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 The Power of Love]].
12	*** And [[Music/{{The Cure\|Band}} Just Like Heaven]]. And [[Music/RonnieJamesDio Rainbow in the Dark]]. And [[Music/OzzyOsbourne Crazy Train]]. And [[Music/{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]]. And a whole lot more.
13	*** Speaking of Bohemian Rhapsody, it will have vocal harmonies and keyboard charted separately from guitar. Combine this with "Pro" Mode and you could not get a truer rendition of this awesome song in a Rhythm Game.
14	** The Rock Band Network. So now ''anyone'' can put songs in the game? Difficult, but with (almost) the same potential quality as the original songs? Harmonix wins the Internet.
15	*** However, not only can they be pulled at any time for any reason, RBN songs cannot have Pro Guitar charts, and Pro Drums are wonky for the first few months of releases. And the X360 gets first (and frequently, only) dibs on the songs.
16	* Nailing a Big Rock Ending gives you a nice score bonus and the sound of an eagle. Only fitting that Free Bird gets one, then.
17	* How exactly does Harmonix ring in 2012? By releasing the song [[Music/RushBand 2112]] playable in it's entirety, [[TakeThat unlike their]] [[VideoGame/GuitarHero competitors]] (though said competitors had a [=MOA=] of their own in the form of an original narration from the members of Rush right on the disc). The breakdown of "2112" is also pretty awesome; you can play individual sections if you want, but instead of the original seven parts, it's broken into three, and so costs as much as three songs, not seven.
18	* [[Awesome/VideoGameLevels Crowning Moment Of Fun]]:
19	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jdnc6Axd2U Science Genius Girl]]" by Freezepop and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSY1Q8QdtJc Funk #49]]" by James Gang are frequently cited as the most fun songs in the game to play on drums. Also, most songs drummed by Keith Moon (The Who) or Mitch Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience).
20	** For Bassists, most songs involve strumming long strings of the same note. For "Won't Get Fooled Again", however, the bulk of the song involves long strings of notes that scale up and down the whole board. It's a blast to play on Hard or Expert Bass, provided your left hand is up to the challenge.
21	*** In addition to its excellent drumming part, Funk #49 is also considered one of the top bass songs. "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YCVnLMrWUI Hysteria]]" by Music/{{Muse}} and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pz53BCVrCA Typical]]" by Mutemath are often cited as two other top examples.
22	*** Bassists will also often quote Music/{{Rush\|Band}}'s songs, especially "YYZ" (which has a bassline that's arguably harder than the guitar part) and "Red Barchetta" (which gives the bassist a couple short solos.) And now there is their new song "Caravan" which has lots of chords and two marked solos.
23	** Most guitarists will point you towards many of Stevie Ray Vaughan's songs, particularly "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK6g9olGEJs Lenny]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ_Hk16eync Texas Flood]]". Other popular songs include the Allman Brothers Band's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5m1wqzs2C4 Blue Sky]]", Freezepop's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC3wxyY25cg Get Ready 2 Rokk]]", and the live version of Thin Lizzy's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kni9mWOssiw Cowboy Song]]"
24	** Most punk songs are loads of fun on Expert Guitar, due to being based mainly on rhythmic altstrumming. Anything by The Offspring or Flogging Molly's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx_Fz0YsdXM&feature=related Drunken Lullabies]]".
25	** For vocals, you have pretty much anything by Music/{{Queen}}, but especially "I Want It All," "Somebody to Love" and [=RB3=]'s "Bohemian Rhapsody." Other excellent vocals songs include Music/IronMaiden's "Fear of the Dark," Music/PearlJam's "Jeremy," (from ''Music/{{Ten\|PearlJamAlbum}}''), Music/{{Journey\|Band}}'s "Don't Stop Believin'" (duh) and, courtesy of RBN, Music/StanBush's "The Touch." [=RB3=] added a lot of excellent vox songs to the mix, like Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" and Music/{{Dio}}'s "Rainbow in the Dark." Basically, if you like singing, there is a LOT of good stuff in Rock Band.
26	* 2009 added ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' songs of all things to the DLC list. Sadly the theme song isn't there...
27	* Whenever the crowd starts singing, which is a sign that you're slaying the song. Even more so in The Offspring's 'Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Seperated)' when the crowd absolutely BELTS "you gotta keep 'em seperated! HEY!"
28	* Many of the sorting methods offered by the game use very good secondary and tertiary sorts. For example, a typical artist sort will first sort by artist, then by the alphabetical order of the album or song. In ''Rock Band'', it sorts first by Artist, then by the release date of the album the song is on, and then by that song's position in the album.
29	* ''[[BuiltWithLego LEGO]] VideoGame/RockBand'': Lego Iggy Pop? Good. Lego Music/DavidBowie? Cool. Lego [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]]? ''Awesome''.
30	* In ''VideoGame/RockBand'', whenever you beat a Solo Tour or get into the Hall of Fame, you and your band get your own crowning moment of awesome in a giant fireworks show. This is made all the more sweet if you just beat the likes of Green Grass and High Tides or Run to the Hills on Expert. Especially Run to the Hills -- "The only way to light up a stage is with a big-ass gong!"
31	* Harmonix snagging the Beatles from right under Activision's nose counts as an epic CMOA, especially considering the Beatles have yet to enter even ITUNES! [[http://kotaku.com/5070885/mtv-and-apple-corps-join-forces-for-beatles-music-game Source]].
32	** It was all MTV, really, not Harmonix (which, though an impressive feat without a doubt, is not that awesome). That said, look at the staff listing of Harmonix on their Wiki entry. If you recognize even one name from that listing (and no doubt you will), you'll understand how significant and amazing this staff is. If there's such a thing as a Crowning Recruitment of Awesome, this is it.
33	** The intro cinematic is perhaps one of the best depictions of The Beatles' history.
34	* For those gamers who identify as LGBT?, its pretty awesome to see that Cold Clear Light by Johnny Blazes and the Pretty Boys is sung by the first non-binary singer in Rock Band history.
35	** Its also pretty funny if you outfit your singer with the male/female split-down-the-middle suit/dress.
36	* Microsoft and Sony took on the unenviable task of taking ''thousands'' of [=DLC=] items and supporting the transfer of them over to the next generation of consoles, something that had never been done at anywhere near this scale, and executed with minimal problems. Another moment of awesome for Harmonix as well, who not only orchestrated this, but took the opportunity to add vocal harmonies and fill lanes to many hundreds of existing songs that used to lack it, at no additional charge.

Context Awesome / RockBand