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Originally Posted by Mr. Happy
...it covers two octaves, has been taken down from F to E (both of which aren't anything to be ashamed of  ), and you don't play anything that has an actual basis in real music theory/structure on Guitar Hero, so the weird chords are sort of irrelevant. Surely the issue was the length of the songs more than anything, I can't see the crowd that Guitar Hero attracts being interested chained to one song for ten or more minutes  |
I dunno, the most requested bands on Guitar Hero (In this case Rock Band as the track in question, Paradise, was released on Rock Band as DLC) are Dream Theater and Rush. Both bands have had tracks released for the game and both bands have songs, especially in the case of Dream Theater which tend to be longer than and more complex than Meats.
I know Rock Band did have a limit of about 10 minutes for tracks but that has been broken since the release of Rush's 2112 and since the first title was released plenty have came near to it.
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I haven't heard this before. What possible issue could anyone have with Anything For Love outside of the length (which can be shortened for a single release anyway)
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It was the early 90s, a time when Rock Music was having the excess trimmed out of it again much like it did in the late 70s/early 80s when people embraced Punk and got fed up of bands like Yes or ELP and bands like Genesis moved towards a more pop sound. The early 90s gave way to bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc, Anything For Love in terms of Lyrics, sound, length went against all the trends at the time. It emphasized excess in a time when excess was being cut out.
Someone older than me who was old enough at the time to remember the state of the industry might be able to fill in more details but based on what I've read about the history of music it would went against a lot of the trends of the time.