Jackson Five Track In LEGO Rock Band

@Curse_Lily: as the front of an intentionally terrible japanese noise-rock band with a weirdly devoted cult fanbase (of about twelve (for the record, all our groupies are gay males)), i demand that no, we do not allow the children to pretend to play newer stuff.

in other words, entrenched in the modern stuff as i am i must say that jackson five's "i want you back" is without a doubt the greatest pop song ever (you are a psychopath if you disagree lol); the quality of its songwriting and its production should be regarded as modern literature and all human beings under the age of ten should be forced to acknowledge that it exists, for one day they might be making music, and it is far more beneficial to the society of the future that their education begin here than with, say, alien ant farm's shit cover of "smooth criminal".

Next I wants Pokemans Rock Band.

Mah pokebands. let me show you them.

@buttersstotch: Elvis didn't do no drugs!

@ThursdayNext: Auto-Hearted anchorman is one of my favourite films.

@Showmeyomoves!: No that's RB:Unplugged

@Daniel Pizarro Sánchez: Agreed. I'm perfectly fine with RB2, and seriously don't see any appeal in LEGO Rock Band. I mean why Rock Band in the first place?... Whats' visually constructive with that game besides character design? And even then, Original RB is going to be more intuitive in character build than LEGO... This is just like Mario DDR...

@Temidien: Didn't you already do this in another thread? Jeez.

@EnigmaNemesis: I like you.

@TRT-X: Word. What I'm saying is mixing RB1, with the 20 DLC from RB2, all my optional DLC, and now this... well, one of my 20GB drives may have to become solely for music games.

@Communist Pope:

Some game makers molest our wallets, yet you dorks have no problem spreading those leathery cheeks for more!

@Temidien:

What have you ever done asshole?

GtheMVP99

@Curse_Lily: Perhaps. There'll definitely be some modern stuff, but I'm glad they're mixing up the eras. I remember listening to those Jock Rock compilations with a bunch of songs from the 70's when I was a kid, and I loved it. Good music isn't limited by the year it was released in.

Andrew Testerman

@Communist Pope: ...and THIS crap starts again...

@pd771: Agreed! The Final Countdown and Song 2 will be way fun to play! Harmonix always picks great songs, and I'm glad that they can work well within the Family Friendly template.

Andrew Testerman

@waffles1993: Depends on how big your HDD is. If I'm not mistaken it was 5GB or so by the time it was done.

@hazelnut - RIP Michael Jackson: Except their not. People who have played this game already at E3 are reporting back that they are master versions.

Not to nit-pick but...we've known about Breakout since before E3 haven't we?

@hazelnut - RIP Michael Jackson: You BEST not be serious.

@Phydeaux: Doubtful, the RB1 transfer didn't really take up that much space.

@Daniel Pizarro Sánchez:
Wish they'd put this in the DLC for LEGO Rock Band. I don't want Michael Jackson tainting my little plastic toys.

Purple Dave

@Temidien: Isnt the above topic enough?

King_Krunk

@Temidien: On one hand, you're right. I'm really getting sick of this whole overblown commercialization. I know he was the king of pop and that he's legendary, but news sources like CNN have absolutely no right to be covering stories about him freaking 24/7. There's plenty of crises to be covering that are far more important, like the ousting of the Honduran President, the Iranian revolution, or hey, what about the freaking Swine Flu? It's still considered an epidemic and it's still spreading, but hey that's soooo last month ago m i rite? Ugh.

On the other, you're wrong. There's absolutely no evidence that he touched children other than from a couple of families that were clearly hounding for his cash. I love how haters like to bring up OJ, but you also conveniently forget that he WAS found guilty in the civil case. Jackson was never found guilty for anything. FYI, he DID like to be around children and he DID name his ranch Neverland because he had a troubled childhood and he never wanted to be a "grown-up", not because he used it as some elaborate trap to get children near him to molest. Besides, focusing only on one paparazzi scandal and using that to discredit Micheal Jackson's career, innovation, musical and cultural influence, efforts, and legacy is pretty stupid and close-minded, IMO.

RockyRan

News? These were playable at E3 a month ago.

renfantasy

@Mommar: Actually, he was acquitted of multiple charges one time.

@TRT-X: I agree. I played this at E3 and didn't know it wasn't common knowledge already.

IvanDashSmith

I want the tracks as DLC or at least an export option. I hate having to switch between discs and games for what is essentially the same game. I want my tracks to be in one place so I can make a set list I think is fun or at least use it as a juke box.

@McDollar: They might get Kids Bop versions of some of these songs.

@BelgianBadger: not true. But when he dies, he'll be remembered as a great football player.

There is a difference.

Black_Ops_19

"The teen and tween geared game already boasts some of these tunes: Blur's "Song 2", Carl Douglas' "Kung Fu Fighting", Europe's "The Final Countdown", Good Charlotte's "Boys and Girls" and Pink's "So What"."

So, which of those songs are actually in the game, and which aren't? I'd prefer you to tell me what has been announced and what you are making up.

Unless, of course you just fail at communicating information. Possible, or probable?

shteevie

@Phydeaux: Scoured your gamertag. Scoured your personal page for your gamertag, or nay the entire internet /itself/ in order to add you.

Curse my lack of edit!

@ThursdayNext: No worries, then, man.

I would've totally already scoured your Gamertag in order to play you in a game later but I don't see it in your profile. Alas.

@Phydeaux: lol, calm yourself. Honestly, I've not fallen out with anyone here yet (unless I have and they haven't told me) and I'm certainly not going to start some sort of war over it.

I love "Scene It", you'd lose, you haven't even seen Anchorman! ;)

ThursdayNext

@Communist Pope: damn you saw mj molesting childern? were you one of the molested? did you tell the police?

illrasta79

all i would like to say is LA.... enjoy that shitfest known as your traffic near staples for the next several hours.... because yeah thats gotta be tragic.

@ThursdayNext: Gah, apologize in advance for the double post.

Yeah, I was dismissing the comment in hand, but I didn't mean any out and out ire by it.

"cool story bro" is my "rolling of the eyes". You got me on a movie reference. That's fine, that's cool. Wanna play some Scene It?

@ThursdayNext:

@Temidien: Guilty after proven innocent, eh?
I love this new legal system it is the best.

@Kenny: Hahaha! I didn't even know that "cool story bro" was a put down. I must buy myself a little book of memes.

Thanks for that. :D

ThursdayNext

@Temidien:Yeah! It's not like he was proven innocent in a court of law and that the evidence was questionable at best!
Never mind that the accuser, his brother AND their mother admitted they had lied in court before in order to try to extort money from other rich people they had connected with.
Never mind that there was a videotape (home movies) showing the platonic nature of the sleepovers.
Never mind that the accuser claimed that 13 other boys had been molested at the ranch, including Macauly Caulkin and Wade Robson, and EVERY SINGLE ONE of those boys (now adult) testified that absolutely nothing of the sort had happened and that they had NEVER witnessed any inappropriate behavior.
Never mind that his ex-wives and ex-girlfriends crawled out of the woodwork to support him, to corroborate his innocence.

None of that matters, really, because YOU decided he was guilty. What a fucking joke.

@Communist Pope: Yes but simpson was guilty in the civil case. And nixon was pardoned. That doesnt mean he didnt do it.

King_Krunk

@Kenny: My asshole has so much pretense that I shit diamonds.

It's, uh, actually not a very well known cultural reference. It's a reference in a movie. It's well known if you're self-centered, sure. "Quite frankly my dear..." is a widely accepted cultural reference. The other is not. But feel free to continue to use it until it does.

Point is, thread is so full of mire and venom at this point that ANYTHING said at all is quite possible.

You like using the word "self-righteous" and the phrase "holier-than-thou". Perhaps you'd like a lesson in what those things actually mean, since my post history, even in this very thread, reflect that I'm far from it? These are words better suited for Temidien than myself.

And then you go off and attack my site. Well done. Want to know why there's people that attack XBoxDEAD or shoot DDoS attacks against it? Because they're the very same griefers, exploiters and child predators that it rallies against. So since you'll ask me if I'm a pretentious asshole, tell me, are you a cheater, griefer or child predator?

@Bluetribal: attachable plastic wah pedal ftw?

@mitch_93: Joe Jackson would be proud.

No jokes about MJ and kids? Good job internets for being tasteful for once.
In a related note...enjoy these last few hours with your families as we're all probably going to die tomorrow.

@Temidien:

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Spread the Truth.

@Temidien:

i second this, its overhyped shit now

pneboy

@OctaneHugo: No. LEGO itself made it awesome. Everything else isn't as awesome as LEGOs.

@The Springfield Armor Street Team Intern: Of course variety necessary but if they are aiming for young kids with this game music the will appear to them is definitely a must.

@Daniel Pizarro Sánchez:

I'd buy it if there were some sort of export option. I don't much care for Lego games, but my band does so I expect I'll be made to play. I'll just grit my teeth and think of the achievements.

Toothball

@TRT-X: I also like that in his MJ fatigue he has inadvertantly spawned a 50 comment thread about MJ. That's come-uppance for ya!

ThursdayNext

@Phydeaux: Phydeaux, it seems like every comment you make is that of a pretentious asshole. You aren't a pretentious asshole, are you?

A guy makes a VERY well known cultural reference to the "stay classy" line, and when he explains it to a person that obviously can't see around their self-righteous blinders, you give him the snarky "cool story bro" slight?

All you ever seem to do on this site is insult people from high on your pedestal. Also, your holier-than-thou site sucks.

@Black_Ops_19: With your logic, it's ok for OJ Simpson to be on the Madden cover. He was an AMAZING running back, after all.

@ What does the logo look like anyway?

@Phydeaux: No harm done see. I'm a nice commentor. :D

ThursdayNext

@[gonintendo.com]

Then kindly STFU, as you'll note that the song was already confirmed for inclusion a month prior to his death.

@ThursdayNext: cool story bro

@TRT-X: Ah hell...bork'd the link.

[gonintendo.com]

@Temidien: Is there an echo in here?

What makes this troll's post hilarious is that we knew this song was going to be in LEGO Rock Band [url=http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=84725]before he died[/url].

In fact I'm pretty sure if I go back in Kotaku's archives there's going to be a video of somebody playing it at E3.

@ThatShortGuy:

It makes perfect sense to assume they licensed a bunch of J5 songs and we'll see them in a DLC pack at some point.

oolz

@Temidien: Looks like someone gotta learn about the good ol' presumption of innocence.

Look kids, it's the only good thing about LEGO Rock Band.

@Temidien: I can't wait until you're dead so all of these people can stop hating you and "respect" you. Funny how someone needs to be dead to garner any respect. His death has been the greatest advertisement for "Michael Jackson Tribute album", a "Michael Jackson: Thrilling Hits", a couple of documentaries, maybe a motion picture or two, and a thousand hours of news programming. Even his father couldn't resist the urge to get in on the rampant commercialism.

@Temidien: Frankly, you wanting to fuck a dead guy says more about you...

Svend Joscelyne

I would love to see a music rhythm game just with 60's/70's soul, r'nb and funk

Bluetribal

This version of Rock Band will probably be as easy as 1-2-3, or simple as do-re-mi.

Showmeyomoves!

@Temidien: Incorrect. Thanks for being redneck, mindless sheep who don't know any better than what the media tries to tell you though. See you next time on 'people say the darndest things'!

@Phydeaux: Anchorman.

Svend Joscelyne

@Phydeaux: Google "Stay Classy" and "Go fuck yourself San Diego".

ThursdayNext

@Curse_Lily: I did not, rather, I realize that variety is a necessary aspect of these games, and it's ridiculous and disadvantageous for them to expect them to pigeon-hole it for one era.

The Intern

@Erode:

Were you there with a handi-cam? So how do you know what went down? I'd hate to see what goes on in your private darkest corners.

@n00b_pwner: I'm sure it won't be free, probably a similar $5 charge as the RB1 deal if that is an option.

Yeah, I'm from Springfield, but the NBDL (minor league basketball) team moving in next year just named themselves the Armor, so that's what that is. I guess they derived it from the Armory. The logo's pretty ridiculous.

The Intern

@n00b_pwner: Not they weren't. They were robots, that's why he's so sensitive.

Esper mind tricks

@Communist Pope:

Innocent until proven guilty bub. It's more like the parents of those kids sold their children out for a lawsuit. Notice none of them sought jail time, only money?

@Ferkner:
Indeed! I don't want to create a sort of caste system here, but the writing's on the wall showing that he has no Friends, one follower that's a bot (I know, it hit me, too), and he "+1" some comment or other of Archaotic's. If that isn't a speeding bullet train to bansville when you try to incite a riot, I don't know what is.

@The Springfield Armor Street Team Intern: Apparently you missed Europe's "The Final Countdown"

@Temidien:

You are turd breath! Respect the dead. Get over it. Just beat it!

@Communist Pope: i agree with you, there were so many facts proving wrongdoing, but the kids parents got greedy, then again, for 20 million dollars, his corpse can grab my crotch, right now, then again, im 24, probably too old.

@Communist Pope: And that's fine you can believe what you want and your perfectly entitled to your opinion as well. But how did this article about one of his Jackson 5 songs being in Lego Rock Band beg for your comment about him being an alleged child molester. It was forced and unnecessary. If all of the coverage bothers you just ignore the articles and move on.

StarTropicana

@Curse_Lily: Exactly. American culture.

Guitarzan2k5 - Bad puns are my business, and business is good!

@phicaluk: But where did the lighter fluid come from?

@ThursdayNext: Whoa, whoa, WHOA. Excuse me, did you just tell someone who just said "keep it classy" to go fuck themselves?

That's pretty far out of line.

@Temidien: For just a few comments a day, you can make a difference in the life of a pale, neglected basement dweller and guarantee that actually meaningful topics never get the attention they deserve on the Kotaku boards.

Thank you for your support.
-The "Feed the Trolls" Foundation

Guitarzan2k5 - Bad puns are my business, and business is good!

@Ferkner: I agree with you man. Yes people say he molested kids, and maybe he did. Yes, OJ may have murdered his wife, but maybe he didn't. Regardless, why do you focus on the bad in someones life (directed at communist and temidien)? So MJ MAY have molested some kids, that doesn't mean you should be a total dickhead toward him and the life he had. The most you'll probably ever accomplish to people knowing who you are is comments on kotaku. The man was a pop legend, he paved the road for a lot of the music we have today. I'm sure if your dad died tomorrow, you wouldn't want your family shit talking him the whole ceremony, thats just rude.

If he did molest children then he's rotting in hell...or is a cockroach...or is just...floating around still....whatever the hell you believe, he has whatever would be coming to him. Regardless, we don't know for sure what he did and didn't do 100%, and we may never know. But what we do know was the man was a Pop icon and legend and will ALWAYS be so. So if you're too ignorant and disrespectful to have some sympathy for his passing, you're no better than the allegations against him.

@The Springfield Armor Street Team Intern: I think that they have money on their minds so you would have to force to buy more. IMO it's bad for the consumer, but that's the way the industry rolls. I could see if they wanted to put it as payed DLC, but unfortunately EA isn't really THAT nice to put it for free.

And you Springfield Armor, are you from Springfield Massachusetts, or did you randomly pick that name from something else? I am guessing you picked the name from the Armory if you did so. I am from Springfield Mass myself.

@[kotaku.com]
happy trolling.

I don't understand why people feel the need to vent their unwelcome opinions/personal feelings. Don't like em? cool. leave. I don't post in Guitar Hero pages saying "whoever made this game is an idiot!" it's just pointless. good job riling everybody up though. you're a real prince, kid.

@taeka22: wow. So much hate. Everyone has made questionable choices in their life, so for all of you throwing stones right now, think about the things you've done and see how people would react toward you if they knew about them.

Guilty or not guilty, the man was a legend in the MUSIC industry. He will be remembered for that.

~19

Black_Ops_19

@Curse_Lily: Twice? A third time for a different demographic?

The Intern

@Ferkner: Seeing as I know I'm innocent, it doesn't bother me in the least. Nor does it keep me from assuming that Jackson's molested kids.

Communist Pope

@Guitarzan2k5 - Bad puns are my business, and business is go...: Based on how Harmonix handles DLC, I can't imagine they won't let you get these into regular Rock Band. At the very least they'll be exportable like RB1 and AC/DC (i.e. a download code).

But seriously, A-Punk is freaking amazing.

@jcb231: We still don't know. I believe big-boy DLC will be compatible, so I'd personalyl bank on the tracks being exportable, but it's no more than a guess yet.

The Intern

@Guitarzan2k5 - Bad puns are my business, and business is go...: On how to release the same thing over and over?

@Mommar: OJ Simpson was acquitted too. Richard Nixon never even went to court. Plenty of people get acquitted who shouldn't, just like there are innocent people found guilty. If you familiarize yourself with the facts of Jackson's cases, and still walk away assuming he's innocent, that's certainly your right. But don't expect me and the many others who assume he's guilty to follow you.

Communist Pope

@Temidien: Jealous because you're a nobody who will never garner any sort of attention in your lifetime?

Ferkner

@Temidien:
Why post if you don't care. Just avoid these articles.

@Temidien: Prove it.

As far as I am concerned, you both molested infants, and therefore are guilty of it. Like you, I don't need proof for you to be guilty.

Ferkner

@Curse_Lily: I know, like some Vampire Weekend, Pink, and maybe even Good Charlotte??

The Intern

@King_Krunk: Oh, it's not entirely baseless.

It's just old hat and wrong. And absolutely meaningless trolling in a thread about Jackson 5 tracks in Rock Band Lego.

@Temidien:
He was acquitted of any of those charges multiple times.

Mommar

So will these songs be exportable, or also made available for regular Rock Band? I was hoping RB wouldn't get into all this disc-swapping stuff. I'll buy Lego Rock Band if the tracks can be saved to my hard drive, otherwise no.

jcb231

@King_Krunk: Baseless assumptions? The man sat there in the Bashir interview, holding hands with a 12 year old boy, telling the world with a straight face that they sleep in the same bed and there was nothing wrong with that. There may not be proof (unless you count the testimony of children), but neither is it a baseless assumption.

Communist Pope

@Temidien: I wholeheartedly agree. Nothing really against the man himself, but the fucking commercialization and capitalist exploitation of this man's death day and night makes me sick.

@Temidien:

Dude, he's dead. Give the man a break and show a little respect, no matter what you thought of him in life.

jcb231

Oh this is great. Milk money out of his death with the grand milker of gaming ever possibly imagined.

mitch_93

@Guitarzan2k5 - Bad puns are my business, and business is go...: Two suits - one for coins, one for doves.

@Curse_Lily: Harmonix is trying to culture the youngins.

Guitarzan2k5 - Bad puns are my business, and business is good!

@Phydeaux: Prove that OJ Simpson murdered his wife. Just 'cause someone weasels out of something in a court of law doesn't mean most reasonable people are going to believe his innocence.

Communist Pope

@Temidien: I guess your parents are human beings then?

They had to change your diapers somehow!

@emwurst: I don't think the videogame rights for Mr Bananagrabber were ever discussed, were they?

@Temidien: I'm tired of this shit too, but only because when a post about MJ comes along, it's inevitably followed by some insensitive prick who decides they're too cool to care/he molested children/wasn't worth remembering/etc.

It's getting pretty tiring at this point to watch people grasp at the last hope they have to garner troll-like attention from his death

@StarTropicana: Go fuck yourself San Diego.

ThursdayNext

@Temidien:
Dude...

Invisible-Echidna

@Temidien: And you think the man being put into the ground will stem the tide of the commercialism?

You kids are too young to remember Elvis aren't you.

Oh, now we're going to jump right back into the "he did it/he didn't do it" debate.

[Michael Jackson Popcorn.gif]

emwurst

@Temidien: Actually, you don't. You may forfeit your rights to liberty and the pursuit of happiness in your respective country, but the only reason we've not yet descended into absolute anarchy is because sometimes the punishment still does fit the crime out here.

The teen and tween geared game

Er..shouldn't they get more modern songs?

@Temidien: So much hate man! That's why y'all haters will never be missed. Despite of what people think about him, he'll still be a legend. People WILL remember his MUSIC.

taeka22

@Temidien:Proof?

Lets not jump to baseless assumptions people?

King_Krunk

@QuigleyHamster: Fuck MJ. You touch a kid, you forfeit your rights as a human being.

Temidien

@pd771: This, correct again.

Aimed at kids not in regards to difficulty, but in regards to accessibility and lyrical content. Believe you me there's 10 year olds that shame us all at the Plastic Guitar.

@(Zombie) Jolan: I didn't claim that this release wouldn't have happened if he hadn't died recently, but you can be sure as shit that it IS being released now to take advantage of the timing, as I'm sure many other Jackson 5/Michael Jackson tunes/merch will be.

Temidien

@pfc.joker: I really badly want this to be an option. Take a lot of hard drive space, though.

@StarTropicana: Kotaku themselves was not "classy" the last time they messed with Rock Band. Remember the Grandma Incest incident?

[kotaku.com]

Someday, everybody will be forced to be "classy" in real rock bands.

@Benjamin Linus: You touch a kid, you forfeit your rights as a human being.

Temidien

@Communist Pope: Prove it.

@StarTropicana: You touch a kid, you forfeit your rights as a human being.

Temidien

@Temidien:

he was among the most beloved musical acts of all time.

you'll be hearing about him until you die.

@phicaluk: You should have to purchase his suit separately at an ever-escalating cost.
A $3000 suit... A $5000 suit...

Guitarzan2k5 - Bad puns are my business, and business is good!

@StarTropicana: Michael Jackson molested kids. No one needs to be classy for that guy.

Communist Pope

If they add back to indiana I may buy this.

But I doubt it because most kids these days don't know what an indiana is. The kids in indiana are too inbred to know either.

I live in Ohio Btw.

@QuigleyHamster:
RIP MJ

@phicaluk: Perhaps an unlockable Mr. Bananagrabber character.

emwurst

The Final Countdown should include a Lego Will Arnett, perhaps making a little Lego yacht "disappear".

@Daniel Pizarro Sánchez: Completely agree with this...

@McDollar: They may. Remember, this is a kid friendly version. Though it seems more this is just a "no swearing" version parents will know will be ok for children.

@feegore: Or at least let it install then play all the songs in RB2, depending on the final song count may be cheaper than buying each song as $2 DLC

I remember seeing videos of people performing these songs at E3. So I'm shocked it would take this long for them to be officially confirmed.

@Temidien: Very insensitive guy. Why'd you feel the need to comment with that. Stay classy.

StarTropicana

Interesting, as "ABC" was included in "Rock Band: Unplugged". Mayhaps I can hold out hope for "I'll Be There" at some point?

Mind you, I'm not a huge MJ or Jackson Five fan, but the melody in "I'll Be There" is cool.

Also, Blur's "Song 2". About freaking time that showed up on a RB.

@Temidien: Just because this news has to do with a track by music group that Michael Jackson was in for a few years doesn't automatically make it part of the death-hype machine parade. I'm sure this would be noteworthy news -- regardless of his passing.

emwurst

the final countdown's solo is not "teen" or "tween" at all. unless they dumb down the entire game's difficulty.

Dammit to hell, Vampire Weekend!? I've wanted "A-Punk" in Rock Band forever... I really hope these are DLC.

Guitarzan2k5 - Bad puns are my business, and business is good!

@Temidien:

A bit crude no?

Benjamin Linus

Well that's fitting. RIP Michael.

Raspberyl's Lover

lol

@Temidien: because you know, they totally started licensing songs for he game the day he died, and certainly not beforehand. That would be silly.

It's good to see that they aren't just making a game for young gamers with popular music, but instead picking good music that doesn't have bad language. They could have totally made this Kidz Bop Rock Band, but stuck with picking the best songs. This is an example of why so many like Harmonix.

I hope they offer these songs as DLC for us playing RB1/2 who don't specifically need LEGOs with our music.

Hope they release these songs in DLC form, i don´t want to buy LEGO Rock Band...

Daniel Pizarro Sánchez

RIP MJ

QuigleyHamster

Fucking "The Final Countdown"
Day One purchase.

Cant wait till he's in the ground. Tired of this shit.

Temidien