Charlie Daniels, the writer and musician responsible for 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia,' has hit out against Guitar Hero 3 for perverting the meaning of his music.
"[The song] is supposed to be a lighthearted novelty about a fiddling contest between a country boy and the devil and the devil always loses," Daniels posted on his personal website.
"That is not the case with the Guitar Hero version which comes complete with a horned, guitar-playing devil who battles the player and very often wins."
Daniels, who lost the rights to the song in a settlement with a former partner, is apparently upset about the inclusion of a graphical devil on song 42 whom players have to battle in a rock-hard face-off.
"This game looks innocent enough," Daniels states, "but if you have a child who is playing it, take the time to sit with him or her while they're playing along and take a serious look at the images on the screen. You may be surprised at the world they're being exposed to."
We would like to offer our thoughts on the devil in GH3, but we haven't got there yet. Knights of Cydonia is still kicking our arses.
Oh, I get it. Singing about the devil and making little CGI pics of him are entirely different somehow. No? Then maybe it's the fact that they've replaced violins with guitars? No, you're right, that doesn't seem inherently 'perverted' either.
That must mean that it's perverted for little boys not to automatically win in musical contests against the devil taking place somewhere outside Georgia...
I don't get it
Oh! Maybe it's the fact that he's bitter about not getting any cash for his song, maybe that could be it?
Just who, while they're playing Guitar Hero 3 has time to look at all the pretty images on screen anyway? I bet the kid had bareley even noticed what it was until his self-rightous Dad drew his attention to it
PMSL, that just made my day, My GF and I went to bed last night....defeated... by Knights of Cydonia on Medium!Despite numerous attempts and practicing the last sections! Dammit
Come on, the devil, without redeption, is a popular theme in country and blues music. Think the Crossroads, for Cliffs sake.
Even if it was meant lightheartedly, the idea behind the song is clearly working on a popular theme in the genre, which is partly the reason for its popularity.
So what you have is a musician using a popular theme to sell records (hardly original), and a Corporation using that music, contemporising this popular theme to sell video games.
And just to get a little up my own bottom, I would also point out Roland Barthes "death of the author" as a worth while text. (Although I do fundamentally disagree with it - it would be sufficient to win the argument in court )
However, despite this I still support the musician, I could never support a corporation over a person - otherwise I would be selling my soul to the devil. Also a cruicially, I think this may be a slow news day because all the guy is saying is I don't like the Guitar Hero interpretation - its wrong. Fair enough, move on.
And the award for the lamest anti-game complaint ever goes to......... Knights of Cydonia is a real bitch, it took me a while to beat and i am a proficient guitarist, my heart goes out to you all. Keep practicing is my advice.
I got stuck on that cult of personality song for ages on easy, with it being an encore, I couldn't skip it. Once I got past it though I ran into raining blood, which it took me 3 months to beat. I had finished medium before I could beat slayer on easy. Still, great song. Should have been angel of death though!
I can't beat Raining Blood on expert, its a bitch! Oh and has anyone managed to get 4 stars or more on Through The Fire And The Flames on hard? I can get about 220K (if i remember correctly) but it just isn't enough to get 4 stars!
I'm onto this song on Expert, can't say I have the time to look at anything in the background! Knights Of Cydonia is easier on Expert than it is on Hard, IMO. Only tough song on Expert was Raining Blood.
Let me re-read that again, yup, CVG cant get past Knights of Cydonia? surely they can get past it on easy!?
I got it for myself for xmas so hadnt had it for too long and im on the 8th bracket of songs on hard. ( raining blood/one etc. Done a few here and there on expert but havent tried em all yet.
All this talk of GH3 makes me wanna go grab my wiitar!!
Really I mean why does he even care, that's the whole point of the game and when you do win against the devil you do feel a sense of triumph so just chill out charlie daniels!!
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. done all the rest on hard though
