{"id":802,"date":"2012-08-30T17:52:38","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T17:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=802"},"modified":"2012-08-30T17:53:37","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T17:53:37","slug":"my-top-100-97-guitar-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=802","title":{"rendered":"My Top 100: #97 &#8211; Guitar Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_803\" style=\"width: 364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/guitarheropic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803\" class=\"size-full wp-image-803\" title=\"guitarheropic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/guitarheropic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/guitarheropic.jpg 354w, https:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/guitarheropic-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2005 &#8211; PlayStation 2 (RedOctane)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<em>Dance Dance Revolution<\/em>\u00a0became one of the fastest-growing franchises in gaming, I wasn&#8217;t buying into any of it.\u00a0 It just seemed like a gimmick to me, and something that you actually had to put effort into.\u00a0 I wanted to play my games sitting down and being lazy, and there was no convincing me otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0late &#8217;05, a friend of a friend brought <em>Guitar Hero<\/em> over with him for a gaming sesh.\u00a0\u00a0He had a\u00a0guitar\u00a0controller that had a clicky-bar instead of strings, five buttons on the fretboard, and a whammy bar to give it a bit of attitude.\u00a0 It\u00a0reminded me of a Fisher Price toy my little niece might play with.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0rolled my eyes\u00a0and thought &#8220;oh boy, here we go&#8221;.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t like to be\u00a0rude or judgemental\u00a0in front of new people, so I gave it a shot anyway&#8230;\u00a0 I&#8217;m quite glad I did.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K7oZJz4GW8Q\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Songs in the game were actually all covers of the originals, which was fairly impressive, since I couldn&#8217;t really tell the difference at first.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t read this until a few years after its release, but <em>Guitar Hero<\/em> was intended as a tool for people to discover new music.\u00a0\u00a0I already knew\u00a0a few of the songs in the game,\u00a0but\u00a0a bunch of new artists really only\u00a0hit my\u00a0playlist\u00a0after\u00a0playing along with them\u00a0in <em>GH<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I had heard of The Exies and Helmet, and thought I knew all about Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie without\u00a0having to really dig their music.\u00a0 But here I was, bobbing my head to &#8220;Unsung&#8221;, and having a blast playing &#8220;Spanish Castle Music&#8221;.\u00a0 It was a challenge, but I couldn&#8217;t stop playing!<\/p>\n<p>Sure, many other <em>Guitar Hero<\/em> titles have come along since the original, and pretty much all of them had better (and more numerous) songs\u00a0on them than this one did.\u00a0 Though they slapped a new coat of paint for each one of\u00a0its many sequels, none of them could really duplicate that same &#8220;wow&#8221;\u00a0feeling that the first one did.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_807\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/guitar_hero.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-807\" class=\"size-full wp-image-807\" title=\"guitar_hero\" src=\"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/guitar_hero.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/guitar_hero.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/guitar_hero-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/guitar_hero-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An actual hero of guitars.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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