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Rush Playing “Tom Sawyer” on Rock Band

posted by Scott Beale on Friday, July 25th, 2008

Here’s a video of the band Rush attempting to play their song “Tom Sawyer” on Rock Band while backstage prior to their appearance on The Colbert Report. They ended up scoring 31% on “expert mode”.

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catcubed 07/25/2008 02:50 PM 1 point
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Failing never sounded so good. "...Is what you say about society!" Tap tap tap, tap tap tap, tap tap tap, tap ta-tap tap tap

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francis 07/25/2008 03:21 PM 1 point
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LOL I play bass and Drums, and I have to say that I think it's almost harder to play than the real stuff, or else my skills are confusing me on rock band

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Doc 07/25/2008 03:35 PM 1 point
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So, when exactly did William Shatner take Alex Lifeson's place in Rush?

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bob 07/26/2008 12:08 AM 1 point
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Now that's funny!! Laughed my a$$ off!

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metalmorphasis 07/27/2008 04:04 PM 1 point
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What are you talking about? That is William Shatner..
And Geddy Lee is the Klingon. This is the short of the upcoming new Star Trek.

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peepee 07/29/2008 12:02 AM 1 point
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I too also heard about the new Star Trek movie thats coming. Its going to be called "In Search of Doc" and the main theme they will play is "Roll the Bones".
By the way Neil Pert will play a Vulcan!

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metalmorphasis 07/27/2008 04:09 PM 1 point
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reechard 07/25/2008 03:37 PM 1 point
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I don't know if it says more about the game, the controllers or Rush (or the song)

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pete 07/25/2008 05:05 PM 1 point
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30 seconds is how long the Comedy Central guy thought they'd be able to keep it up. But they didn't actually fail until a minute into the song, which is pretty damn good for no prior practice and doing it on expert mode.

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Scott Beale 07/25/2008 05:43 PM 1 point
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Thanks, I didn't catch that. I've updated the post.

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richpalmer 07/25/2008 06:55 PM 1 point
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I love it. Now, the question is, can a Rock Band "expert" pick up Rush's tools of trade and perform said song better? Highly unlikely.

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Todd Bradley 07/25/2008 06:57 PM 1 point
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They may have scored a measly 31%, but these guys look like they're having about 0% fun. I've never seen anybody looking less interested in playing any video game.

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Cthulhu 07/25/2008 09:18 PM 1 point
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Probably because that's a watered-down version of what they've been doing every night for the last 30 years or so. I guess they're probably sick and tired of playing Tom Sawyer.

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Brad Goodman 07/25/2008 10:06 PM 1 point
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If you watch carefuly you'll notice that the reason they failed was that Neil's drums "fell apart". He stopped playing, then the camera showed him pulling the drum set back over to himself. It was right after that that the screen (if you noticed) said "Player 3 failed" - depicting the drummer.

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metalmorphasis 07/25/2008 11:39 PM 1 point
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Catch the spit!

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Nathan Snell 07/28/2008 12:49 PM 1 point
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The only thing I'd be curious on is what %age the singer (his name escapes me) got. Neil Pert is playing a dumbed down drumset from what he's used to, not to mention not playing crossover style. Obviously, the guitars aren't accurate. This is no surprise.

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peepee 07/29/2008 12:00 AM 1 point
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ok

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kim 07/29/2008 12:24 AM 1 point
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Just goes to prove my theory that Guitar Hero and Rock band games are harder to play if you know how to play a real instrument.

Little things like triplets being replaced with two notes screws up the musician that knows there is supposed to be three notes and tries to play three.

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drummernamedpat 07/29/2008 08:14 AM 1 point
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The game is run off of visuals for the instruments, but most musicians learn to play by ear so you have to "unlearn what you have learned." I play the drums and I hate the drums on those games, but since I can't play guitar, I do alright on them. Glad to see the same is true for Rush!

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lame-o 08/03/2008 01:44 AM 1 point
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So much harder than real drums. To boot, the time I played it the drums (as Rock Band interpreted them, mind) were off of the beat that I knew from playing for years.

Doesn't surprise me at all. The game is hard and flawed. :D Still fun though.

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