Starting our journey towards 10th all-console

This week we will definitely be passing "Heart." for 11th place in the "All Songs" Leaderboards because they are only 2M points ahead. We will start to gain ground on "Mary GO Round" for 10th place and a spot in the RockBandStats.com Hall of Fame! :)

We will be playing last week's new DLC, including all the new Lady Gaga songs. While they were enjoyable overall due to their catchy downtempo vibe, fairly challenging vocals, interesting techno sounds on guitar and bass, plus pretty funny "na-na-na-na" South Park spoof, the rest of the week's DLC make up the entirety of my top 3+ list.

Here is my top 3 DLC from last week:

3. "Control", by Mute Math: This song was pretty odd in the first two thirds, but what do you expect from the band that brought us the amazing mindwarp that is the "Typical" video. Making up for it are some great chrouses ("Beautiful Surrender...") and a neat-sounding buildup on all instruments near the end. The bass is interesting at times but the guitar chart is quite simple. The rolls on drums are very difficult but they are a lot of fun to try to master. I really liked the drum chart during the buildup at the end.

2. "It's Not My Time", by 3 Doors Down: The acoustic guitar intro sounded a little bit like the beginning of a Metallica song, but then it quickly morphs into a straightforward clean sounding rock song. What stands out in this song are the variety of fun and challenging drum fills, especially near the end, plus some vocals with nice pitch variation.

1. "The Who Super Bowl S-mashup", by The Who: This is an absolutely epic 5-song superset by a classic band! Relive the greatness that was The Who's performance at this year's Super Bowl (finally out for the PS3). I loved some of the challenging moments on bass in the 2nd half of the song. The end of "Baba O'Riley" was the toughest part on drums, but the funnest had to be the section at the end of "Who Are You".

Honorable mention. "Oh Yeah", by The Subways: This band deserves a mention because of their great drum charts. "Rock & Roll Queen" had some fun fills, followed by a neat "Maps"-like section. "Oh Yeah" edged it slightly in my opinion due to its unique rhythm and its stream of successive double hits. It is quite tough on Expert, but I had a great time trying to FC it on Hard.