What do you think about Guitar Hero?

[Scarlett17]

My son was asked to bring in an example of a poll for his 7th grade math class. Thanks for your help!

[PassingFair]

1. It keeps my "tweenager" busy for an HOUR or two at a time.

And she LOOKS COOL all the while.

TWO :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Scarlett17]

18. Bee is officially challenging Bea

to a Guitar Hero duel: "Welcome to the Jungle" on Hard.

:spank:

[PassingFair]

22. She REALLY rocks out on a little something called...

"The Cliffs of Dover"

I must have been passed out during
it's radio play...I don't remember
the damn thing, but I hear it ALL
THE TIME now!

[Scarlett17]

25. Not one of Bee's faves

But Andy will take that challenge.

[PassingFair]

27. Get ready to RUMBLE!

Bea wants to come over for President's Day Weekend.

She has her own "axe".

[Scarlett17]

29. Isn't that this weekend?

Sure. We'll have four--what's one more? Especially if she's packing her own axe.

[PassingFair]

33. I'll call you tomorrow.

:yourock:

Bea sez "Thanks".

And, I quote, "Tell BethAnne and Andy they're going DOWN!"

[Scarlett17]

35. Bee says tell Bea

"You wish that I wish that I thought that I was going down! Psh yeah!"



:crazy: Was that English? :shrug:

[flvegan]

2. Who among us, in our youth, didn't "pretend" to be a rock star?

Technology caught up. Good for them.

[KG]

3. being the luddite i am, i'll stick to my old fashioned air guitar, thankyouverymuch!

:hi:
http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/11/13/knAIR_GUITAR_narrowweb__300x357,0.jpg

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. My dear friend's son loved it...

before he was killed in a terrible car wreck. After his funeral, she and her husband invited all his friends to come over and just hang out. They all played Guitar Hero, remembering their bud.

[Scarlett17]

6. I am so sorry.

:hug:

[Neoma]

5. I always tend to get around to playing it at Wal-mart instead of buying things.

Might be a good thing.

[Alexander]

7. It's okay. I'm not very good at it, though.

I'm much better at the real thing.

[Scarlett17]

9. Did you see South Park's "Guitar Queero". . .

"Real guitars are for old people." --Cartman to Stan's Dad, Randy

Edit: At the instance of my son because Godforbid I misrepresent a South Park quote.

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. Your poll is incomplete.

Now your son shall never know if Robb is a dingbat or not...

[Scarlett17]

12. ?

We're both lost. What do you mean?

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. Here's a link.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7363778

[Scarlett17]

23. Oh no you didn't!

I can't believe I fell for it. . .

:banghead:

[Fire Walk With Me]

30. Sorry

:) :hug:

[Scarlett17]

32. Apology accepted.

A brazilian times.

:evilgrin:

[MonkeyFunk]

10. Meh

take it or leave it. My bf loves it, but I sorta suck badly at it and don't love it enough to practice.

[taterguy]

11. I prefer Rock Band

I haven't played Guitar Hero yet but I like that Rock Band has vocals and drums.

My wife and I are playing it right now.

I'm taking a break.

[laconicsax]

13. If the kids who spend hours a day playing Guitar Hero

Spent half that time learning a real instrument, they'd get pretty good at the real instrument pretty fast.

[Scarlett17]

14. That's my other kid.

She plays clarinet, bass clarinet, and trumpet. But she's been known to challenge her brother on occasion. My son is using Guitar Hero to kill time waiting for soccer and baseball season. I just hope it doesn't effect his pitching--Joel Zumaya missed several weeks pitching for the Tigers while he was healing from a "Guitar Hero Injury".

:headbang:

Edit: spelling

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. A brigh shining spotlight of a sign of the continuing devolution of our culture to fakery,

insincerity, and virtual easily-gained talent and feel-good success versus hard work and practice and real success.

It's a fun game, but I'd prefer that people took the hundreds of dollars they spend buying fake instruments, and the time they spend flipping a switch, and go buy a real instrument and make actual music.

[pokerfan]

16. Imagine if we could channel all that energy

and devotion to something actually productive.

[Forkboy]

19. Never played it, but if it's true they have a Voivod song it can't be all bad.

Inquiring minds want to know? :)

[Scarlett17]

21. "X-Stream" is on Guitar Hero 2.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voivod_(band)

[Forkboy]

24. OOohhh...a new one but a good one.

Voivod is one of my all time faves. Progressive thrash before anyone thought of the two mixing. A ton of bands still say Voivod was a huge influence on them.

[Deja Q]

20. The only thing with strings I'm good at playing with is a date. And even then, I'm too upfront and

ditzy...


Or even myself, but I don't have strings for that...

:rofl:

[Scarlett17]

28. Thank you for the post

But keep it clean, Toad--it's for 7th grade!

:silly:

[Deja Q]

34. Oh! I was assuming the poll was to be kept separate from the responses...

:blush: :dunce:

[Scarlett17]

36. No worries.

:pals:

[Kutjara]

26. I played it at a relative's house for the first time...

...over Christmas, and was honestly disappointed. I'd read how copies of the game were flying off the shelves and how one guy sold his for $9,000, and was expecting the greatest thing since "Sliced Bread Simulator 4," but it was actually a bit crap. It took me about fifteen minutes to work out the controls, and then it was just a matter of timing. That's all there was to it. It was an amusing enough party game (especially watching my mother in law spectacularly fail to get to grips with the controls), but I could see it becoming boring very quickly.

[quip]

31. It's the end of the world as we know it

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_eyFiClAzq8&feature=related

[ghostsofgiants]

37. Fun as hell.

[ZombieNixon]

38. I refuse to play on principle.

I'm terrified it might sap my skill at playing the real guitar. :scared: :P

[mountainvue]

43. Slash was on David Letterman talking

about it and said he really didn't play GH very well at all because it's not like playing a real guitar.

[Scarlett17]

39. Kick

Just one :kick:

Thanks again!

[Godhumor]

40. Love it but vastly prefer GHI, II and Rock Band to GHIII

The "boss fights" in GHIII saps away everything that actually make the games fun.

[mountainvue]

41. It's like Crack. n/t

[fortyfeetunder]

42. Not coming into my house anytime soon...

my kid started lessons on a string instrument, and neither the music teacher and I think the distraction is necessary....

[leftofthedial]

44. I keep pulling the trigger, but I still can't kill the drummer.

Help!

[Connonym]

45. I don't play but I LOVE, LOVE watching my kids play

My ex felt that Guitar Hero is a classic example of how ruined our society is ("they should be out creating their OWN music, not playing OURS"). I know it's inspired my daughter to decide to learn to play real guitar and I think that's pretty great. While I realize it's not playing an actual instrument it is a rather complex system of matching finger to note and I'm no scientist but I would think it has to have at least a partial learning benefit of the same sort that is described with children who learn to play a real instrument. Besides, it's hilarious watching my daughters rock out to Heart and Joan Jett and I get to be the wise old lady and tell them about musical icons of yore. Back to the BS my ex likes to spout (usually when his tongue is loosened by too much Jack but I digress) I think all forms of art build on what came before. You never hear an artist say that they weren't inspired by some other artist. You find something you love, you imitate it, expand on it and that is how new art is born and I really think the same idea holds true for all learning. Not to say that all video games are educational but if a game can pique a child's intellectual curiosity how can that be a bad thing? Oh yeah and it's FUN. We don't let them do the dangerous fun stuff we used to do (Jarts, fireworks, biking without a helmet, etc) so wtf?

[Quantess]

46. I am sooooooo old. Want to know how old?

I read "Guitar Hero" and I thought this was about the cringeworthy song "Jukebox Hero" by Foreigner! :rofl: