Greetings Rocksmith fans,
Dan’s clue for the week has been solved, so let’s take a look at what he had in store for us.
Confused? It’s one of those magic eye pictures. Apparently if you look past the picture you’re supposed to see a word or something. I’ve never been able to see them, personally. But I digress. You may have noticed that the photo is a .gif, meaning there’s something encrypted in it if you’ve got the password. How might you find the password, well people quickly found out that you can see the word “shiny” in Magic Eye format. Using that, they discovered this image.
Using the Mesa alphabet, user stevexc came to this conclusion.
Dan eventually decided to throw us a bone with this image.
He would eventually confirm what we were supposed to be looking for.
Following that, it didn’t take long for someone to stumble on the right answer.
Yes, a 5-pack of Collective Soul is coming to Rocksmith this week. Surely one of their biggest hits would be considered to be shiny… Plus, one of this month’s newsletter clues tells us we can expect something like that.
Here are the Top 10 songs by @CollectiveSoul on @Spotify US! Which song do you feel is most likely to show up in next week’s DLC pack?
Does this pack make you feel heavy with excitement, or do you just not gel with this group? Let us know in the comments!
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Crazy old man, get off my lawn!
What u idiots don’t realize is that u bought a bunch of crap dlc for 2yrs now and Ubisoft has now done 1 thing to make the game better ??… Except for out of the 52 weeks of the year put out 4 or 5 okay packs that y’all jerkoff to … Instead Ubisoft takes your money and makes the district… Jokes on you!
Pj-10: you sir, are an asshole.
I’m sure you will convince us. Now grandpa please, go back to your room and sleep a bit. You’ve had a busy day.
“Oh wow I totally didn’t realize how much of an idiot I was until you pointed it out to me. All this time I was requesting, buying, and playing songs without realizing I was being an idiot who was so dumb I thought I was enjoying music when in fact I actually hate it.” Said no one ever.
Seriously how else do you expect people to respond to that?
Crap has never sounded so good
Please get the fuck off of this site.
what you don’t realize is that no one likes you or your posts, just go away and be gone thx
Okay, to be 100% honest as someone who rarely finds an urge to comment on articles:
Pj-10, incessantly childish and nonconstructive behavior such as yours is quite frankly not just a disgrace to these comment threads multiple times every week, but also a disgrace to the Rocksmith franchise and the mere notion of anybody who picks up a guitar or bass in the hopes of learning it.
Were I an aspiring newcomer to this series and not already aware that people such as yourself are thus far the extreme outliers in the fanbase, attitudes such as yours might have actually gone so far as to completely deter me from learning a new skill; given how beneficial Rocksmith has been to me in learning both guitar and bass since it lets me learn at entirely my own pace (speaking as someone who had to frequently be bounced between music teachers as a kid because I learned their material and even their errors too quickly for them to keep up with me), I feel legitimately sorry for any aspiring musicians who come to this site to learn more about Rocksmith as a teaching tool, only to see people like you spewing bile week after week.
There hasn’t been any crap dlc in rocksmith. You’re obviously thinking of rock band 4. The only crappy things in rocksmith are your posts here on the riff repeater.
Just go to google and type in what song/band you want followed by guitar tab. Now you don’t have to wine so much.
Ok pj 10 rocksmith has decided to only release dlc that u like just go ahead and buy ten thousand copies of every song to keep the dlc afloat
Totally forgot about this band.Probably because they only had 3 songs and they all sucked..this is turning into an average learning tool with less than average songs!
OK. Please show us how YOU can make the game better. And with that I say the GAME. Not the songs.
please, post one video of you playing an instrument, I could use a good laugh !
Seen in concert several times, never ever disappoints. ‘Contagious’ off the new album has a solid riff, if they go the new album route for songs. Definite buy regardless.
Oh! I totally forgot their new album, “See What You Started By Continuing” came out recently! In that case, I think they’ll probably have one new track off the album. “Contagious” is probably going to be the track, though I wouldn’t mind “AYTA” or “This” (or even “Hurricane”) having a slot on the 5-pack.
I apologize for not mentioning this in my initial post, but I really want to encourage everyone here to give CS another solid listen if any of you think you have them figured out. I feel like many people just see them as the band that did “Shine” or “December” and automatically label them as a grunge band that was behind the times. Believe me, if you gave a listen to any of their first 5 albums, you’d find their style of music is very unique and a far cry from the noisy grunge sound that dominated the decade.
In fact, one of the most unique parts of CS is the fact they utilize orchestras for quite a few of their songs (Needs, Run, The World I Know, etc.) While they have their grungy-sounding songs, most of them have a calming undertone to their sound. Also, I find their lyrics to be very smart and avoids the “Ugh! We’re angsty! I hate authority!” vibe found in a lot of grunge/post-grunge music from the 90’s. Imo, Ed Roland is one of the most underrated songwriters from that time period. His focus on introspective lyric-writing is extremely refreshing to hear even for modern times — and this is coming from a guy who truly discovered them about 2 years ago!
Seriously, give one of the first 5 albums a listen on the streaming site of your choice, whether it be Spotify, Apple Music, or even YouTube. If it had to be just one to listen to, give “Dosage” a try!
Yes!! CS is seriously in my top 5 favorite bands of all time. I’m probably the only one (or least one of the few) people to say that though. Which is a shame because their first 5 albums are extremely solid. Totally getting this pack Tuesday! The songs will probably be:
Shine
December
World I know
Heavy
Why pt. 2
Definitely a great mix if that is what we get. BUT If I got to pick though, I’d LOVE these deeper cuts:
Wasting Time
No More, No Less (awesome bass imo)
She Said
Precious Declaration
Blame
aint a week for me
i had to google them
Man, it’s been a long time since I’ve thought about this band. My sisters loved them when they were peaking in the 90s. Interested to see Tuesday brings.
Ridiculous it’s good that we have different taste in music you buy the songs u like n I buy mine if everyone does this we can keep rocksmith dlc alive for years. It’s an amazing game shame hardly anyone knows about it
Agreed!
Some of my favorite Collective Soul songs are deeper cuts like Bleed(which I’ve requested), or Energy. I doubt we’ll see either of those, even though I think they’d be more fun to play on guitar. RS like to go for the hits though. Gets a little boring.
I’m happy for all the fans, but this was a band that I could never stand. Years ago, I worked at a store in a mall and these songs would play on a loop, annoying me to no end. To me, they seemed late to the grunge game and bent on writing insipid grunge pop for inspirational soundtracks and thoughtless consumer radio. I did crack up watching the video for Why pt.2, though. Was that style shift for real, or was it some strange form of self-satire?
Shine was a grunge inspired song late to the game but the band turned to be more of a radio favorite for their catchy blandness but hey compared to the crap these days they stand out
I can definitely see why your opinion was soured from of your old job. As a 21-year old, I never lived that long during the 90’s to know how much radio play they got, but the few people I’ve talked to that listened to music during that decade tell me that radio stations — whether pop or rock stations — were oversaturated with CS. As a result, their opinions were pretty sour about the band as well (though many of them have fond memories of “Shine” lol)
If that is your opinion on the band, it totally makes sense to why you think their music is bland both musically and lyrically. I’m probably not going to change your mind on anything, but I personally find their sound to hold up well in today’s era. Their music bleeds with creativity and their lyrics are far from cliché… though again, I do realize this is entirely my opinion, subjectively speaking. Ironically, they sound fresh to me probably because I discovered them on my own and wasn’t hearing them on loop constantly.
Why Pt. 2 has tapping in the chorus, otherwise kind of dull on guitar but one of my favorites to listen from them
“Why Pt.2” hopefully is part of the pack.
definite buy sign me up for packs 2 and 3 as well been checking them on tube can’t find a song I don’t like ”also loving women who rock two great packs in a row
Very happy about this. I too am hoping for Gel along with Shine and the other top hits. Fingers crossed…
i don’t know them BUT…
this might work for me i’ll check them out on yt 😛
I’m stoked for this pack since I love their music
Great to see some Collective Soul on Rocksmith.
Am I the only one that thinks that their song “Better now” deserves a spot in Rocksmith and that it’s generally underated ?
I generally think almost every CS song that wasn’t a hit single was underrated, lol. “Better Now” is certainly one of them, even despite the fact I didn’t really care for their “Youth” album!
Never heard of them. Listened on youtube, now I know why I never heard of them. Pass.
You know, back in the day, I never would have thought in a million years that I would ever play Collective Soul but I did learn a couple of their songs on acoustic last year (Shine and The World I Know) after they popped in my head and I’ll be damned but wow, they were a lot a fun to play! I’m curious to see what shows up in the 5-pack and will probably end up picking up the whole thing. Thanks RS!
I’m hoping Better Now makes it in there
Where the River Flows, December, Run, and Heavy (I suspect)
This is, more than likely, a full pack purchase. I’m hoping for Shine, Where the River Flows, Heavy, Gel, and December.
Finally! Can’t wait for it. Hoping for Shine, Heavy, Gel, and December