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There may be something, somewhere in this incomprehensibly wide universe cooler than Rock Band 2, but if so I’ve never seen it. Harmonix did just an incredible job on that one. If I didn’t have so much damn work to do I’d be playing that game until I was blind, deaf, and so weak in the fingers that I couldn’t even sign my name.

The one thing about these Guitar Hero type games that anyone will tell you is they tend to change your musical preferences a bit. Most notably, you start to appreciate or even like some songs you previously despised. For instance, I used to change the channel the instant I heard 3 notes of any song by Kansas, but now on the off chance I stumble across Carry On Wayward Son I’ll turn it up.

If you’re a rock fan it’s inevitable that some of the songs on any one game you already loved, some you maybe didn’t but will grow to, and some you can tolerate. But on every version there are one or two that are just so awful that having to play them a few times makes you want to pour Quickrete into your ear canal just to be sure you’ll never have to suffer through that again. In previous discs it was usually something by Slipknot, but this time it’s We Got the Beat.

As with most tragedies, I was curious how The Go Go’s happened. It’s good to learn about that sort of stuff, lest history repeat itself. At some point in the future it’s not inconceivable that I will have a daughter, and if, by chance, she starts down a treacherous path of life choices that, if left unchecked, could lead to her forming a new wave band, at least now my few minutes of reading Wikipedia will enable me to recognize it and seek professional help before it’s too late.

While I realize new wave is no laughing matter (I rank it right behind AIDS and terrorism) I did find one thing was pretty funny. Apparently the lead singer, Belinda Carlisle, was briefly a member of The Germs but she had to leave because she got sick. Oh, the irony. That’s like having to leave AC/DC because you got electrocuted. Or quitting Journey because you felt like travelling. Or Bad Religion because you joined the Church of Scientology.

I could go on with this all day, but I’ve got songs to unlock.

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