no no fricken HELL NO. do NOT want a Beatles Guitar Hero edition! it would tarnish their name!

and Aerosmih GH, fuck no as well. i want my Led Zepplin GH. thank god GH4 has a song creator. ;)

frank0127

I think it's pretty funny to hear people say that The Beatles aren't relevant anymore, when they're Beatles 1 album that was released in 2000/2001 was the best selling album of the year, and has sold over 30 million world wide. Cirque De Solei is running the "Love" show all based on Beatles music, and soundtrack to that is EXCELLENT. Across The Universe just came out last year, a musical based entirely on the songs/stories of The Beatles, and it did pretty well at the box office.

Paul McCartney's world tour a couple years back was one of the highest grossing in the world.

There are very, very few things in the entertainment industry that are TRULY forever, but The Beatles damn sure are one of them. My parents were kids when The Beatles were recording, and they passed on that knowledge to me. And I'll pass it on to anyone I see. Hell I have a Beatles Abbey Road shirt, and almost every time I go out in public, someome comments to me that they like the shirt. And more times than not, it's someone younger than me (I'm 28)

Like someone else said; a Beatles themed Guitar Hero would be a HUGE seller. There's no doubt about it.

mva5580

The Rolling Stones. that is all.

Baukie

Guitar Hero games and expansion packs that won't be made:

Guitar Hero: Woodstock

Guitar Hero: Classical Guitar edition

Guitar Hero: Django

Guitar Hero: At Folsom Prison

Guitar Hero: Pink Floyd
(featuring guest art director Tetsuya Mizuguchi)

Guitar Hero: Chuck Berry

Guitar Hero: Chet Atkins

Guitar Hero: Mississippi Blues edition

Guitar Hero: Frampton Comes Alive
(featuring whammy bar-activated USB Talkbox)

Steel Guitar Hero (featuring lapboard)

oboreruhito

@otimus:

GH3 isn't really that hard and there's four freaking different difficulty settings. It's like some of you people just expect to waltz in and play expert blindfolded or something. There's maybe a max of 5% of the songs overcharted >_>.

As for the Beatles... tons of people have been wishing for this since news of an all Aerosmith game. I say don't bother me with these ideas or pitches until they actually become a reality... only then will I care.

Ghar

@asyouburn: Bugseatbooks is right - both McCartney and Lennon were masters of their instruments, as was George Harrison (Ringo maybe not so much), and what may sound simple in their hands I can guarantee would cause you fits in real life unless you're at their level. I have been playing guitar for quite a while now and many of their songs are still very difficult for me - especially the later stuff. (The early songs are a lot easier; they got better and more technically accomplished over time.)

They were all substance, little flash. They didn't have much care for shredding guitar solos like Malmsteen. That doesn't mean they weren't every bit as good at their instruments. An unusual chord progression can be more challenging to play than any solo. Asking four (or even five!) of your fingers to go places they've never been before simultaneously several times in quick succession can be a lot harder than getting three of your fingers to go places they have been before in quick sequence during a solo.

How this would translate to GH I have no idea, as I don't have any version of the game. I'm sure that like any video game simulation of real life, there are things about playing guitar that the game just doesn't capture, and difficult chord progressions is probably one of those things just judging by the way the controller is designed.

badasscat

"I want to hold your hand"
Mwa ha ha ha ha ha. I just snorted juice at my desk and shocked my co-workers.

ConstantCupcake

Doesn't Michael Jackson own the rights to the music? He seems like he'd need the money.

Noris159

Shake the guitar controller to shoo Yoko out of the recording session!

superbabyproject

@excel_excel: That could be a really, really good time. Especially if it offered up 46 & 2. That song is brilliant!

wild homes

It is comforting to know that the editorial board of the New York Times is tackling the issues that truly matter.

alitcofsky

@asyouburn: Actually, many of the Beatles songs are deceptively difficult to play. My wife bought me a book with all their songs transcribed and there are very intricate parts. I'm no guitar wizard, but I've been playing for over ten years and I've struggled through a lot of them.

The Misfits would be pretty great too.

Bugseatbooks

@QualityJeverage:

I'd Buy That For a Dollar!

Darknight630

@wild homes: the sad thing is I can see that happening sometime...

I'd kill for Guitar Hero: Tool KILL

excel_excel

@JayD16: In terms of an AC/DC Guitar Hero game, I think you mean "it would get too awesome." Because it would, and people would be bursting into flames in their living rooms, heads would be exploding, entire cities, nay continents, would be overrun by chaos, and Activision would find itself buried in lawsuits. Frankly, the Big A doesn't want to be bothered with that sort of legal action, and that's why we'll probably never see Guitar Hero: AC/DC.

Which is a shame, as I would buy a copy in a heartbeat. And I *hate* Guitar Hero.

kidjesus

Pretty meh. Now if it was Guitar Hero: Frank Zappa I'd be all over it.

Tiny Post-Impressionist Artist

I totally got that right.

JayrodT

I'd agree that the Beatles are just about the only band truly worthy of a standalone Guitar Hero title. While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Norwegian Wood would be worth the price of admission by themselves. But Activision, I worry, is more likely to make Guitar Hero: Avril Lavigne Guest Starring Sum-41 than to make any good title.

@sakipooh: You're absolutely fucking nuts. I bet this would outsell Guitar Hero: Aerosmith five to one.

wild homes

"they need to not worry about popular stuff and worry more about difficulty, like bring out yngwie malmsteen songs"

They need to worry about making songs that are fun to play regardless, is what they need to do, regardless of anything.

That was GH3's problem. It was hard... and not much else. Terrible, terrible, TERRIBLE note charts that was obviously written by people who were not in any shape or form involved in music.

otimus

The older the songs get, the less the young crowd wants them.

@sakipooh: Are you sure about that? Not sure why, but I have a hard time believing that.

chuffhoncho

let's see Guitar Hero: Radiohead. ::drools::

teh_joe

I would buy any Beatles game. Hopefully one that features segments in which you have to run from hordes of fangirls and can cleverly escape via gimmicky disguises and telephone booths.

Demonbird

Yes, they inspired a ton of musical talents that came after them..Yes they are legends of the medium. But no, not relevant to today's gamer crowd.

The older the songs get, the less the young crowd wants them.

I can see a few old people getting this...but no one that I know.

sakipooh

@Humpski: I'd tend to think that Aerosmith would be more appropriate for a guitar centric game than the Beatles would.

Now a full-band game (GHWT or RB) would be an instant seller with Beatles music involved.

TRT-X

@JayD16: Plus you'd need a keyboard to have a good Doors game...

Mokona

sounds cool, but only from a "i like the beatles" standpoint, not from a "challenging game" standpoint. none of the beatles songs are, say, dragonforce hard. it would only be for beginners. i love the misfits (danzig 'fits) and i would crap my pants if they released guitar hero or rock band misfit songs, but they'd be no challenge. they need to not worry about popular stuff and worry more about difficulty, like bring out yngwie malmsteen songs

asyouburn

If there is a Beatles Guitar Hero game I'd rather have it post-World Tour. I want drums and vocals!

While drunks "Iiiii geeeet byyy with a lil help wit mah friends!"

Kanik

@WolFEnsTeiN68:

The Doors has the same problem as ACDC in terms of a guitar hero game. It would get too repetitive.

JayD16

I'd love a Rock Band version of "Maxwell's Silver Hammer".

DukeOfPwn

See, for guitar hero you'd almost have to make it an expansion to world tour. They're the fab four, after all. Plus, there's only so many songs of theirs that are well suited to Guitar-only.

Or just do it for Rock Band, since I already have the instruments.

thefais

@Humpski: Plus their music gets really annoying really fast.

They should do a completely classic rock GH. Eagles, Zeppelin, Doors, Beatles, etc... I would buy that in a heartbeat.

WolFEnsTeiN68

Yeah I gotta say I'm in favour of the latter there.

Bernard McGraw

I would give my left nut for an all-Beatles game. I would give my right nut for Ringo vs Pete Best drum-off.

scottieb2

The Beatles are the only band that warrants their own Guitar Hero title.

Aerosmith? Really? Not nearly legendary enough.

Humpski

"And how about a Beatles version of Ico scored to "I Want To Hold Your Hand"?"

I'd buy it.

QualityJeverage

@Bobby McPresscott: I completely agree with this. It sounds awesome and I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I don't see it working. What I do see working, is an entire game dedicated to Led Zeppelin or AC/DC, or classic rock with them all mixed up. Led Zeppelin is hardcore on not licensing songs out though, so I don't see it happening any time soon. But they have to stop releasing games like "Guitar Hero: Aerosmith".

kylo4

To be completely realistic, I think 95% of the Beatles music is unchartable. The only thing genuinely consistent in the music is Ringo, and of the inconsistent the only thing frequent enough to warrant even an entire song's length of playing is Paul's bass. A vast majority of Beatle guitar licks are 3 second bursts between repetitive chords. The songs with good guitar tend to be lopsided towards that or accoustic.

The Beatles were just too damn all around musical to work in a music game. They were incredibly good at making music, but as a result of it half the time they were barely playing because of the million other things going on at once. Even when there are good underlying riffs, your attention is severely divided, if not altogether directed elsewhere within the song.

People talk about how much they wish they could play things like "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", but I always assume they don't have a clear mental picture of the song. I've seen it and other songs attempted to be mapped in Frets on Fire, and it is unavoidably repetitive. While the song itself is awesome, it would be infinitely more interesting to play a song like "Hello, Goodbye" on bass. Another example is that despite the incredibly hardcore opening to "Revolution", afterwards it immediately reverts to the normal Beatles pattern with little emphasis on any one thing. Ironically in that scenario, the much softer "Revolution 1" would work better because the bass part is once again consistent and highly enjoyable.

The difficulty in getting the rights alone leads me to the conclusion that while we may see individual songs, the idea of making an entire game around their music is too far out there. The Beatles weren't "Guitar Heroes"; they were music heroes, and I don't think you can channel that kind of awesome through plastic.

Bobby McPresscott

love aerosmith and buying that game in two days time

love Beatles even more and again i would buy it,but to be honest,i surely hope there would be some Harrison in there..sure Lennon/Mccartney were the kings when it came to it,But George had some kicking tunes as well

as my guitar gently weeps would rule..as would opening of here comes the sun in this game

as for L+M,i think the perfect guitar hero track would be something like Ticket To Ride..or maybe even Helter Skelter....Blackbird would be a bitch,LOL

metallicorphan

Oh and just as an aside, even they did secure the rights to Beatles songs for Guitar Hero/Rock Band, there's not a chance in hell it would be the original Beatle-versions of the songs. They would be covers.

mva5580

meh, no one can ever top the atari 2600's [en.wikipedia.org] sadly yes I did play that as a young kid :\ god 1982 was lame.

jhgoforth

@badasscat: No, Ringo was and is an incredibly competent drummer, he just hated drum solos and was much more concerned about being the persistent rhythm that they needed instead of being flashy (not that you can't be both, but not everyone can be John Bonham). They had to beg Ringo to do the solo bit at the end of Abbey Road.

(On a randomly related note, I had a dream last night I was getting high with Ringo and John on a movie set.)

tk.

I doubt this would happen though. The Beatles still haven't even released their music on iTunes, and as awesome as it would be, I doubt they'll jump on the Guitar Hero ship.

Squamden

yeah there were far better more influential bands than Aerosmith to choose, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin hell even Queen would be sick!

El_Cody

I don't think I would like to see a Beatles game. This is almost sacred stuff.

VakeroRokero

I'd buy this day one if it comes out.

mikeko10

I'd love to see The Beatles in Rock Band, but I'm afraid I'd fall asleep while drumming.

@El_Cody: Oooh, Queen. Now that would be some good times!

Zenrick

@Ghar:

You don't understand.
Yes, it isn't that difficult.

But that's all it is. IS difficult. It isn't fun, and the note charts are just flat out bad. They were written blatantly in an attempt to be hard, and not much else.

It's plainly clear that folk who make skateboarding games aren't exactly the best people to be making music games.

otimus

@Humpski: Eh, the Stones or Pink Floyd would be good, especially if it were structured in a Behind the Music-type way that would actually teach people about this history of those bands.

Dirk Dorkelson

@mva5580: I think the Beatles are incredibly relevant. Though they won't have a reunion as long as John and George remain dead, people are still listening to their music all the time. I'm 19 and half the stuff I listen to is Beatles stuff.
Also, the LOVE show in Las Vegas is INCREDIBLE. Absolutely stunning. I saw it last summer and it was one of the happiest moments of my life. Hearing Beatles stuff remixed and remastered so well is an absolute joy.
If there are Beatles songs in Rock Band/Guitar Hero, rest assured that iTunes isn't far away. To have the songs in a game, they'll have to be remastered, which is a slow and tedious process. Apple Inc (The music company) will undoubtedly release the remastered stuff, because all that work would be in vain if it wasn't on a CD or released online. They could make MILLIONS just on the sales of the songs online and on CD, not to mention royalty's from the game.
I'd still rather have a Led Zeppelin game. That is the only thing that would bring me back to Guitar Hero. And on that bombshell, it's time for me to go. Thanks for reading, and good night!

Shadowguitar

I'd buy it. Although, I'd prefer a Guitar Hero: Green Day over any other band.

TF2Soldier914

@otimus: Isn't fun? Well that sure is a nice OPINION. Almost all the note charts are fine and not just meant to be "hard"

Try this...
1. Lrn2Music
2. Realize that most of the charts are well done.
3. ???
4. Profit

Ghar

I'd be ALL OVER that shit. Seriously, Aerosmith's Guitar Hero title can politely kiss off, in my opinion. However, The Beatles publishing is REALLY expensive, and I don't see anyone being able to cover their tunes without my stomach turning. I want the ORIGINAL songs...even if they ARE in mono.

ThisCharmingMan

@Ghar:

I bought Guitar hero 3 after doing awesome and absolutely loving both prior additions (lol 80s? I only buy good games, thanks). At first, I thought it was enjoyable but not awesome. And then I hit the first boss. And I. Was. Not. Amused. How they managed to screw a game up that badly I will never know.

And then, after plowing my way to the end, I sold that thing and swore off Guitar Hero until they can make a game worth my money. Guitar Hero 3 was a crap game that ignored the best parts of the older titles in the interests of greater challenge for it's own sake and corporate branding. I am 100% pleased in my decision to sell that trashpile and the previous two to get Rock Band.

thecactusman17

@Ghar: "It's like some of you people just expect to waltz in and play expert blindfolded or something."

Never expected that. At all. But what I did expect was to be able to take my current Guitar Hero skill level and apply it to GHIII.

Even with the wide-open window to hit notes (far larger than either GHII or RB) I still feel like a spastic pre-schooler on HARD...let alone my battle through Expert (which has turned more into an exercise of frustration vs. "YEAH I'm ROCKIN!")

That's the problem with GHIII. You're skill level in EVERY OTHER GH game is completely null and void once you load up GHIII.

And it's not like they just tweaked it on the high end in Expert. The final setlist on Hard has things that you barely see until the last few sets on EXPERT elsewhere.

IN THE SAME FRANCHISE.

TRT-X

Its crap. Sorry but I'm not returning to Guitar Hero until the greatest band of all time are brought there. In fact, it could just be one album if you want.

Guitar Hero: OK Computer.

Greatest. Album. Of. All. Time. Beatles = dated.

Communist_Gamer

@Communist_Gamer: And you = gay.

Poochy

They might as well make Guitar Hero: Boy Bands hahaha.

Elwood2112

I'm waiting for an In Flames edition.

Kreepman

The game would be boring as all hell. I love the beatles, but their music would only be good for the 1st or 2nd set list. So a whole game of their music sounds like it would not work to me.

Severin529