Rocksmith+ adds HUGE Incubus drop with content from Bonnie Raitt, Don McLean, The Pogues and more!

Hello Rocksmith fans!

This week Rocksmith+ added songs from Incubus (30 songs), Bonnie Raitt (3 Songs), Don McLean’s American Pie, COVERS from Cardigans, Bob Dylan in the style of Guns n’ Roses, and even a single by The Pogues for St. Paddys!

🎊 Now introducing an expanded library with chart-topping songs from #Incubus, #TheHighwomen, and #Tony Bennett. Plus, songs made famous by #EricClapton. What are you waiting for? Get back into playing guitar and piano today! pic.twitter.com/TcN0CWuLW9

— Rocksmith+ (@rocksmithplus) March 12, 2024

There’s a lot to cover (including the Title Update) so let’s get right to it!

FEATURE IMPROVEMENTS / NEW FEATURES

GENERAL

• Audio Exclusivity is now ON by default for PC players. This is to help address some concerns about audio latency. (Why do I feel like this is going to make some troubleshooting harder for us 😆)

NOTEWAY

• A new option has been added to change finger number color on piano. The two choices are:
  • White, as they were previously.
  • Hand-zone colored. This makes them blue / pink based off what hand should be used.
• On Piano, when you come across a section of a song that has hand crossover, white finger numbers will temporarily turn hand-zone colored so make it easier to tell which hand to use. If finger numbers are turned off, we will show dots above the crossover notes to help you see what hand to use.

Not so sure about these changes, anyone find these helpful? Thankfully they can be switched on and off

RIFF REPEATER

• Riff Repeater will now let you speed up a song to 125% speed.

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🐇🐇🐇🐇 125 ⏩⏩⏩ pic.twitter.com/VU5KEcaBCw

— SimpleSongsmith+ 🍼🎸 🎹 🤘🏻 (@TheRiffRepeater) March 12, 2024

SONG DETAILS

• Hand-selection is now available in the Song Details screen for Piano arrangements (Left, Right, Both).

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Before we get to the songs, let’s see what we are losing…

DEACTIVATED SONGS (10)

• Modern English – Beautiful People
• Modern English – Beauty
• Modern English – Care About You
• Modern English – Coming Up For Air
• Modern English – Let’s All Dream
• Modern English – Life’s Rich Tapestry
• Modern English – Take Me Away
• Siniestro Total – Vamos Muy Bien
• The Alan Parsons Project – Breakdown
• The Alan Parsons Project – Genesis Ch.1. V.32

Stay away from my Snake Eyes!

Now let’s get to the fun stuff!

NEW AUTHENTIC ARRANGEMENTS: 170

• Bonnie Raitt – About to Make Me Leave Home – Bass, Lead, Chord Chart
• Bonnie Raitt – Any Day Woman – Bass, Lead, Piano, Chord Chart
• Bonnie Raitt – Let’s Keep It Between Us – Bass, Lead, Piano, Chord Chart
• Bonnie Raitt – Louise – Bass, Lead, Chord Chart
• Don McLean – American Pie – Bass, Lead, Piano, Chord Chart (Not available in the US)
• Halestorm – Bad Girl’s World – Bass, Lead, Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Adolescents – Bass, Lead, Piano, Simple Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Anna Molly – Bass, Lead, Alt. Lead, Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Are You In? – Bass, Lead, Simple Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Azwethinkweiz – Bass, Lead, Simple Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Black Heart Inertia – Bass, Lead, Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Circles – Bass, Lead, Simple Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Dig – Bass, Lead, Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Drive – Bass, Lead, Rhythm, Simple Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Drive (Acoustic) – Bass, Lead, Simple Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Favorite Things – Bass, Lead, Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Here in My Room – Bass, Lead, Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Hilikus – Bass, Lead, Chord Chart
• Incubus – I Miss You – Bass, Lead, Alt. Lead, Simple Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Megalomaniac – Bass, Lead, Simple Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Mexico – Bass, Lead, Simple Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – New Skin – Bass, Lead, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Nice to Know You – Bass, Lead, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Our Love – Bass, Lead, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Pardon Me – Bass, Lead, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Privilege – Bass, Lead, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Promises, Promises – Bass, Lead, Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Rogues – Bass, Lead, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Sick Sad Little World – Bass, Lead, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Stellar – Bass, Lead, Simple Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song) – Bass, Lead, Simple Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Take Me to Your Leader – Bass, Lead, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Talk Shows on Mute – Bass, Lead, Simple Piano, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Vitamin – Bass, Lead, Chord Chart
• Incubus – Wish You Were Here – Bass, Lead, Chord Chart
• Incubus – You Will Be A Hot Dancer – Bass, Lead, Chord Chart
• Skull and Bones, Tom Holkenborg – An Untold Story (Main Theme) – Bass, Lead, Piano, Chord Chart
• [spunge] – Santeria – Bass, Lead, Simple Piano, Chord Chart
• The Highwomen – Highwomen – Bass, Lead, Chord Chart
• The Notetrackers – Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star – Bass, Lead, Piano, Chord Chart
• The Pogues – If I Should Fall from Grace with God – Bass, Lead, Piano, Chord Chart

Green denotes a song from the Rocksmith 2014 Library

We noticed that US/CA has 31 Incubus songs and other regions seem to float around the 24 song area, not too bad! It’s also interesting to see a cover from an actual band of a Sublime song as opposed to the Karaoke style covers we have received of other material.

NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR PREVIOUSLY RELEASED SONGS (2)

• Tony Bennett, George Benson – Cheek to Cheek – Piano
• Made Famous by 3 Doors Down – Here Without You (cover) – Simple Piano

Now for the covers!

• Made Famous by Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight (cover) – Bass, Lead, Piano, Simple Piano, Chord Chart
• Made Famous by Guns N’ Roses – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (cover) – Bass, Lead, Piano, Simple Piano, Chord Chart (Only available in the US)
• Made Famous by The Cardigans (cover) – Lovefool – Bass, Lead, Chord Chart
• Made Famous by The Cardigans (cover) – My Favourite Game – Bass, Lead, Piano, Chord Chart

This is actually the first time since 2006 that we have had any form of a cover of Guns n’ Roses in a music game. Could this open the door to Sweet Child of Mine, or dare I say it… November Rain?

We also noticed some Guitar/Bass arrangements for older content in the library

• Charlie Byrd and Orchestra – How Insensitive – Lead, Bass
• Chats – Drunk n Disorderly – Lead, Bass
• Frank Black – Hate Me – Bass
• Morgan Wade – Run – Lead, Bass
• MUNA – Everything – Lead
• Sloan – Sugartune – Lead, Bass
• Toadies – Backslider (Heretics Version) – Lead
• The Wiggles – Do the Propellor – Lead, Bass
• Willy Chirino – Cuba Libre – Lead
• Willy Chirino – Tu Cumpleanos – Bass
• Willy Chirino – La Jinetera – Lead

NEW CHORD CHARTS FOR PREVIOUSLY RELEASED SONGS (42)

• Al Stewart – Songs Out of Clay
• Amado Batista – Estrada Velha (Acústico)
• Angela Bofill – Only Love
• Anthrax – Drop The Ball
• Armando Manzanero – Pensando en Ti
• Bezerra Da Silva – Foi o Dr. Delegado Que Disse
• Chet Baker & Art Pepper – Little Girl
• Cristian – Si Tú Me Amaras
• Cuca – El Mamón de la Pistola
• Dana Dane – Keep the Groove
• Dana Dane – This Be the Def Beat
• DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Don’t Even Try It
• Dueto Las Palomas – Quédate Conmigo
• Ekin Cheng – Tong Yi Miao
• Ekin Cheng – Yuan Shi Je He Ping
• El Halcon De La Sierra – Baraja de Oro
• Emmanuel – María del Ángel
• Emmerson Nogueira – More Than Words
• Emmerson Nogueira – You Are so Beautiful
• Entombed – Somewhat Peculiar
• Entombed – Wolf Tickets
• Frank Black and the Catholics – Gold Heart of Stone
• Frank Black and the Catholics – True Blue
• Frank Black and the Catholics – Valentine and Garuda
• Frank Sinatra – You’re Lonely And I’m Lonely (From “Louisiana Purchase”)
• Galy Galiano – ESA Noche
• Galy Galiano – Los Amantes
• Gerry Mulligan Quartet – She Didn’t Say Yes, She Didn’t Say No
• Guardianes del Amor – Cancion Inconclusa
• Ike & Tina Turner – Bootsie Whitelaw
• IL DIVO – Time to Say Goodbye
• Indigo Girls – Get Together
• Jaguares – Cuéntame Tu Vida
• Jimmy LaFave – When It Starts to Rain
• Kane – Rain Down on Me
• Kenny G – All The Way/One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
• Martina McBride – Losing You Feels Good
• Mudvayne – World So Cold
• Ramsey Lewis – We Meet Again
• Rick Springfield – How Do You Talk to Girls
• The Screaming Jets – Bloodshed
• Willy Chirino – Oxígeno

In addition to the update we got a new video!

Here are some things we noticed…

• Royal Blood
• Madonna – Material Girl
• Simple Songs
• Barney – I Love You
• Dream Theater (Demos)
• Smashing Pumpkins – ATUM (Full Album??)
• The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow (album)

That’s some real fun stuff to look forward to!

We also have seen that for United States residents RS+ is discounted on Amazon with bundles with the RealTone Cable and 12 Month Codes!

https://t.co/UvRBhg1rKp #ad looks like @rocksmithplus is currently discounted on Amazon US pic.twitter.com/qZwarOhNIM

— SimpleSongsmith+ 🍼🎸 🎹 🤘🏻 (@TheRiffRepeater) March 14, 2024

How was this update for you? Are you happy to see such a deep dive into Incubus or are you missing Love Hurts? Did you try Piano yet? Let us know!