Co-Op Couples: Rocking Out, Part Two
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"Hold, up, baby...lemme get this navel lint real quick..."
Sick of E3? Sick of politics and the media frenzy? Sick of fanboys, Red Ring of Death, and annual retail upgrades of your favorite hardware?
Smile and be glad you're not me: I am so sick and tired of frickin' Rascal Flatts.
Yes, you in the back: question? Say what? Oh. (He says he was sick of Rascal Flatts after one viewing of Pixar's Cars.) Good for you, sir. I live in Texas, remember? Texans have an obligation to put up with country singers for at least three albums; after that, we send them back to Tenessee.
In the meantime, "Me And My Gang" from the Guitar Hero World Tour Store very nearly has me smashing my ridiculously expensive plastic guitar through my compareably less expensive and more worthwhile HD TV. (It's amazing how a $59.99 guitar peripheral and a $1.99 download can make you scoff at the window stickers in a Lexus parking lot. "We can afford this if we want it...so long as we don't have to get that Guitar Hero drum set.")
You'll notice that my Gamertag history lists Guitar Hero World Tour pretty far down the line. It's not because I don't like the game...it's not because I don't have the time, necessarily...it's not for lack of my wife begging me to play. It's because every time I add a Credence Clearwater Revival song to the setlist, my wife pleads for that stupid Rascal Flatts song. Never mind that the rest of the setlist is compiled of favorites à la femme from Blondie, Pat Benetar, and Brooks & Dunn's "Hillbilly Deluxe", a tune that got old after the second hounddog howl in the intro...
Now, I'll admit that the bass line is a lot of fun. I'd go so far as to say that the country-western vibe is pretty groovy, every once in a while. But when I have to pad every setlist with a song that I downloaded out of pure morbid curiosity, I miss notes on purpose so that the annoying wuhnk-unk-wonk noise drowns out Gary LeVox's double-dubbed falsetto. Ugh.
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Reader Comments 
I love playing with my wife too, and like "Iron Sights" I have to let my wife pick most of the list. We usually do some tour stuff then close out the night with free play. That's when she'll experiment. To her credit, she'll try almost anything. Last time we finished with STP's Vasoline and Dream Theater's (my favorite band!!) all devil-horn (except vocals) song Panic Attack. MAN we were sore after that one! Great fun though.
Oh, and one more thing: "lingerie dances in the middle of the Saturday matinee movie on USA" lose their luster when you have three kids waiting to ruin the moment.
My wife and I tend to each choose a song when we make set-lists. To her credit, she usually avoids picking a song she knows I hate more than once a session. The game isn't that nice to me. I rue the day I downloaded "My Sharona". She'll play almost anything, although I think if I make her try to sing like Ozzy again I'll be sleeping on the couch.
RB also taught me how little media my wife was exposed to pre-college. How can you know who Weezer is and not know "Buddy Holly"?
WHAT how can you not know that song?
My worst nightmares start with "Ooh-wee-ooh".
Especially when one has to wake up early for school
Rock Band!
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However, as you mentioned, I enjoy the fact that she finally gets excited for gaming. Yes, its a simple music game, and some may argue its not a "true" video game, but it gets her gaming, and thats all I care about. I just hope it eventually becomes a "gateway" video game, and I can someday enjoy other games with her.
Great articles! I really enjoyed them. I must say that between this series and Marc's, I was influenced enough to finally give and and purchase my first musical gaming set.