5 Songs I want to play in Rock Band

Given the opportunity to be bilked of cash on a weekly basis so I can dick around with some plastic instruments, a guy gets to thinking. He says to himself while listening to boring, old, normal, non-interactive music, he says, "Is this an ideal candidate for some Rock Band downloadable content?"

• RADIOHEAD - ELECTIONEERING

"Creep"? Who the hell wants to play that? Boring. Proven by college freshmen everywhere, Radiohead is a much better band than that. And while they be mainly noted for the weird and experimental, sometimes they go for the straight-out rock your face attack, like this example here. While singing the part of Thom is neither a fun or easy task in any example, all the other instruments get their hands very full, even some tambourine and cowbell for the embarrassed vocalist, yeah! And short of adding a dozen more peripherals for "The National Anthem", I really can't think of a Radiohead song I want to pretend to play more.

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  TED LEO/PHARMACISTS - THE ONE WHO GOT US OUT

Not my favorite album, and not my favorite track on that album, but when this pops up on random, I can't help but see the bars scrolling on down. Another tough spot for the vocalist, but maybe I just don't want him to be bored. And now that I think about it, there's really not any songs on the playlist at the moment that get this fast, as the developers wanted to keep it accessible and avoid the "Dragonforce Effect". It's not even that fast, so tough nuggets, first timers. While I have difficulty believing that a song this directly political would make it to the marketplace or that Mr. Leo would allow this song to be licensed, I think it'd be a bit of fun.

• THE FIERY FURNACES - NAVY NURSE

And then we start to get a little weird. Fresh off their new 70's soaked album, the Friedbergers rope in their musical schizophrenia close enough for me to place this. While the song still jumps all over the place, we get to keep the common theme of big-ass rock for comfort. It's a Mario Party of a song, little snippets of this, little dab of that. Most importantly, it's a song where the bass gets to have fun, hate leaving that guy out in the dark. And more female vocals!

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  06 - House Of Jealous Lovers
  THE RAPTURE - HOUSE OF JEALOUS LOVERS

HA! SUCKERPUNCH! "derwaaaaah?" Too repetitive you say? Not particularly challenging you say? Well, maybe, but I say the ridiculously high energy of this song will more than carry it. Everybody's jumping around, the drummer is going apeshit, the singer's screaming his guts out, and all that cowbell and handclap... For showing the boozy party this game is sincerely fun.

• VELVET UNDERGROUND - ROCK & ROLL

Took me a while to find my number 5, I was reserving it for something a bit older to prove that there's a least a little bit of flex to my taste. But, I mean, it's Rock Band, I need a guitar, a bass, a drum, and a singer. The scope's a bit limited at the start. ANYWAYS. After scraping through a lengthy "classic rock" playlist for a week, I finally realize. Duh. Again, pretty easy fare, and Lou can be an erratic act to follow, but come on, this is pretty much the best song ever. The legend goes, of course, that everyone who saw the Velvet Underground went and started their own band. I can't think of a more perfect fit for a game where you pretend to live those rock star dreams.