Rocksmith - Full song list

MUSIC VIDEOGAMES | The new Rocksmith game that uses real electric guitars as your "controller" has been out for almost a week now and as mentioned earlier, it also reaches the PC platform just in time for the Holidays, in mid December.

Some criticism that's been stated so far is that while adapting well to newbies as well as intermediate guitarists, the songs in the game are generally to basic for players that are already more experienced with the instrument, hoping to take their playing to an even higher level, developing some serious chops from some good old Megadeth thrashers.

Unsure whether Rocksmith is anything for you? Just check out the complete song list below!

The Rolling Stones, with no less than three songs
included in Rocksmith

Judging by the songs included in the game, one can easily tell there are definitely no shred-tastic speed metal songs to go nuts with. There's no funky Santana soloing going on here either. Instead Ubisoft seem to have picked the usual "beginner guitar songs" like Sweet Home Alabama, House of the Rising Sun and Song 2, that could already be found in every typical "beginner guitar book" and resource on the web. Furthermore, they made the typical choice of having a couple of Nirvana tunes thrown in as well, for some additional power chord practice, besides the aforementioned Song 2. Apparently the gaming studio also got along especially well with The Rolling Stones' management, resulting in three songs of the veteran band making their way to this game.

It's evident that Rocksmith is meant for everyone to play. The song list is rather mainstream as a result, with nothing that really sticks out of the mass, by the verge of instead being perceived as bland and uninspired.

Let's hope there'll be more downloadable songs in the for the game coming up in the future, letting its players practice the songs they really want to learn. As useful a certain technique or fingering of a certain song may be, nothing is more inspiring than learning a song you really like in the first place!

Rocksmith's complete song list (with YouTube video links) The Animals — House of the Rising Sun Best Coast — When I’m With You The Black Keys — Next Girl The Black Keys — I Got Mine Blur — Song 2 The Boxer Rebellion — Step Out The Car Cream — Sunshine Of Your Love The Cribs — We Share The Same Skies The Cure — Boys Don’t Cry Dan Auerbach — I Want Some More David Bowie — Rebel Rebel The Dead Weather — I Can’t Hear You Eric Clapton — Run Back To Your Side Franz Ferdinand — Take Me Out The Horrors — Do You Remember Incubus — I Miss You Interpol — Slow Hands Jarvis Cocker — Angela Jenny O — Well OK Honey Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody Lenny Kravitz — Are You Gonna Go My Way Little Barrie — Surf Hell Lynyrd Skynyrd — Sweet Home Alabama Muse — Unnatural Selection Muse — Plug In Baby Nirvana — In Bloom Nirvana — Breed Pixies — Where Is My Mind Queens of the Stone Age — Go With The Flow Radiohead — High And Dry The Rapscallions — California Brain Red Fang — Number Thirteen Red Hot Chili Peppers — Higher Ground The Rolling Stones — The Spider And The Fly The Rolling Stones — Play With Fire The Rolling Stones — (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction Sigur Rós — Gobbledigook Silversun Pickups — Panic Switch Soundgarden — Outshined Spoon — Me And The Bean Stone Temple Pilots — Between The Lines Stone Temple Pilots — Vasoline The Strokes — Under Cover Of Darkness Taddy Porter — Mean Bitch Titus Andronicus — A More Perfect Union Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers — Good Enough Velvet Revolver — Slither White Denim — Burnished The White Stripes — Icky Thump The xx — Islands Yellow Moon Band — Chimney

See also

• Rocksmith for PC will not bundle with Les Paul Junior guitars
• Rocksmith - Hands on with Guitar World
• Guitar Hero clone played with REAL Guitars

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