Overly Positive

So I’m a day late with this one, but I think this bit of news deserved a spot in Thursday’s wonderful Overly Positive Thoughts.

For those not in the know about Fisher Price guitars, Beatles: Rock Band came out yesterday on the auspicious and appropriately alliterative date of 9/9/09.  A lot of people have been excited about another opportunity to play toy guitar and embarrass themselves show off their talent at singing, but not everyone. My friend Sarah was talking to me about this yesterday, and she’s just not into all the hype – she might even be a bit grumpy about the whole thing.

So just like with Syncaine yesterday, I’m here for my friends to give them a bit of a boost about this highly significant title in the world of Simon-Says-Touch-This-Button-NOW games. Sarah, you should really cheer up. I mean, think about the benefit this has for today’s generation. A generation that has trouble understanding the first thing beyond Facebook updates and numbered meals at McDonald’s needs the Beatles, and what better way to do it than to wrap them into a game they can stare at for hours? Today’s generation doesn’t need these silly things like “musical appreciation” and “understanding of historical impact” of the Beatles. Pish Posh! It’s Rock Band – they just need to know which colored keys to press.

Sure, maybe they have no idea that the Beatles’ storied history spans a vast library past the song list in the Rock Band game. Maybe they’ll only remember that on “Hey Jude” you have to move your hand over two keys at the solo to get the 100%. But at least they’ll understand that there are some cool songs that they can totally post Youtube videos to that prove they five-starred everything …until the DLC comes out, that is. Isn’t modern education grand?

It’s too bad that the completely remastered mono recordings of the Beatles and the Beatles: Rock Band game are basically the same price. Clearly, the more meaningful purchase is the Rock Band game. Who wants to bother listening to the entire discography of one of the most iconic bands of all time when you can totally just choose to make a poor attempt at sounding British when singing “Yellow Submarine“? Maybe if the mono recordings included free DLC and an extra guitar instrument they’d stand a chance outselling Beatles: Rock Band. Geez. Hindsight really is 20/20, isn’t it?

So don’t worry, Sarah, and everyone else not feeling good about Beatles: Rock Band – I’m sure that the many 10/10 reviews and world-record-breaking scores on Uber-Ultra-Expert-Purple-Monkey-Dishwasher will be an appropriate homage to the Beatles and what they were. Enjoy it and embrace it – don’t hate on it!

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