The 83 song strong setlist for Rock Band 3 has been unofficially leaked by Harmonix at Gamescom in Cologne last week. In a video, Harmonix were filmed scrolling through all 83 songs on the setlist - whilst telling people that they haven't yet released the details of the full setlist. The official line from Harmonix is "We are communications professionals, we would never make a mistake, and accidentally leak 83 songs, well before our game comes out, totally by accident, because we weren't paying attention during an interview in California", which is definitely not sarcasm in the slightest. And neither was that.
Maybe the hat is to detract attention away from the setlist scrolling past in the background?
So here's the unofficial official setlist:
- Amy Winehouse - Rehab
- Anthrax - Caught In A Mosh
- At the Drive-In - One Armed Scissor
- Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot
- B-52′s - Rock Lobster
- The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations (Live)
- Big Country - In a Big Country
- Blondie - Heart of Glass
- Bob Marley & The Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up
- The Bronx - False Alarm
- Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
- The Cure - Just Like Heaven
- David Bowie - Space Oddity
- Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
- Def Leppard - Foolin'
- Devo - Whip It
- Dio - Rainbow in the Dark
- Dire Straits - Walk of Life
- Doobie Brothers - China Grove
- The Doors - Break On Through
- Dover - King George
- Echo and the Bunnymen - Killing Moon
- Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
- Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
- Filter - Hey Man, Nice Shot
- Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1
- Foreigner - Cold as Ice
- Golden Earring - Radar Love
- HIM - Killing Loneliness
- Huey Lewis and the News - The Power of Love
- Hypernova - Viva La Resistance
- Ida Maria - Oh My God
- INXS - Need You Tonight
- J. Geils Band - Centerfold
- James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
- Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
- Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
- Joan Jett - I Love Rock and Roll
- John Lennon - Imagine
- Juanes - Me Enamora
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
- Mana - Oye Mi Amor
- Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People
- Metric - Combat Baby
- The Muffs - Outer Space
- Night Ranger - Sister Christian
- Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
- Paramore - Misery Business
- Phish - Llama
- Phoenix - Lasso
- The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
- Poni Hoax - Antibodies
- Pretty Girls Make Graves - Something Bigger, Something Brighter
- Primus - Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
- Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
- Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows
- Rammstein - Du Hast
- The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
- Raveonettes - Last Dance
- Rilo Kiley - Portions of Foxes
- Riverboat Gamblers - Don't Bury Me... I'm Still Not Dead
- Roxette - The Look
- Slipknot - Before I Forget
- Smash Mouth - Walkin' on the Sun
- The Smiths - Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before
- The Sounds - Living in America
- Spacehog - In the Meantime
- Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
- Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
- Swingin' Utters - This Bastard's Life
- T.Rex - 20th Century Boy
- Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
- Tegan and Sara - The Con
- Them Crooked Vultures - Dead End Friends
- Tokio Hotel - Humanoid
- Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - I Need To Know
- The Vines - Get Free
- War - Low Rider
- Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London
- The White Stripes - The Hardest Button to Button
- Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
- The Who - I Can See For Miles
- Yes - Roundabout
There is definitely something for everyone - something Rock Band seem quite good at doing. But hopefully, by having almost double the songs of LEGO Rock Band (which suffered from not having enough for everyone), there should be more of something for everyone, if that makes sense. Even so, there are a few songs that we're not sure how well they'll work - for example, the White Stripes only have two people, a singer/guitarist and a drummer - how can you possibly tab this for five different instruments? And out of personal preferences, we don't want to play Amy Winehouse (strangling a cat would be more tuneful), or The Vines (which has the lyrical variation of Scouting for Girls), or yet more Devo (even if it is the one Smithers' took off in the Simpsons). Some of the songs look like they could be quite fun though - for example, Dire Straits' Walk of Life has an epic keyboard part, Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody would work well if only for the vocal harmonies and keyboard part, and if I could sing high enough without breaking all the windows in the house, Blondie's Heart of Glass could be good.
It's almost strange though, that on a Rock Band game, the song on the list that we're looking forward to the most, and the one that ought to work the best is Elton John.
