Well, yesterday some of the guys from work came over to my house and we played Guitar Hero for a bit. It was a lot of fun, and of course I like just about any excuse to play GH :-) Anyway, after everyone else left I kept playing since I own the game and can do so. I set up a profile and have been going through from easy to medium to hard to expert on all the songs, but not continuing until I have a 5 star rating on each song. This has been very interesting when you run into songs like Before I Forget by Slipknot on hard. That one took me forever to get a 5 star rating on, but I did finally manage it yesterday. Disturbed’s Stricken was much easier (got the 5 star on the first try!). And I had already gotten 3’s & 7’s by Queens of the Stone Age finished, so that just left Knights of Cydonia by Muse.
That song was totally kicking my rear. I had it as slow as possible and still couldn’t get the rhythm right on the practice section. Check it out on Youtube. I’m referring to the riff that starts at about 29 seconds. My only consolation is that I was playing it about as well as the guy who made the video, so I’m not the only person who sucks at it!!!
Anyway, long story short, I couldn’t get the rhythm even putting it on super-slow on the practice for that part, until I realized that the fast notes are triplet 16th notes. The song goes so fast that you can’t really see that on the grid, but once I figured it all out I was able to finish song. Only got 4 stars on it, though; and now my fingers are completely numb.
Therefore, I’ll have to hit the 5 star tomorrow. And eventually, I’ll get to look forward to this song on Expert….
