Greetings Rocksmith ghouls and gals!
Next week’s Rocksmith 2014 DLC has been revealed via a clue from the ever puzzling @DanAmrich! Check it out.
The password was: Samhain
Translation:
Magicians two were imprisoned, accused of quackery amid whispers of black magic . A third partner was also arrested and suspected of clairvoyance , so sharp was his vision.
The trio were found guilty and sentenced to death . Once beheaded , their bodies were returned to their native Ireland and buried near each other.
Dan’s explanation follows:
Well done! “Hocus Pocus” by the Dutch progressive rock band Focus is one of the four songs coming out Tuesday in the mixed-artist Spooktacular Singles pack. The songs in Spooktacular Singles are appropriate for Halloween in either name, subject matter, or both, so a morbid riddle seemed like a good approach this week.
The people weren’t people; they were words. The two magicians travel together because “hocus pocus” is a phrase that charlatans used to deceive people with fake magic. “Focus” is synonymous with visual clarity. For the purpose of the riddle’s metaphor, the three are traveling companions.
As for Ireland and beheading, that was added as a confirmer, but was not necessary to solve it. If you behead each metaphorical person — remove the first letter of the words hocus, pocus, and focus — you get the same remaining letters:ocus, which is Gaelic for “near.” Some concerns have been raised about my puzzles being too Americentric, so I was happy to be able to add Dutch and Gaelic elements. (But I maintain that if you work together and use a search engine, there’s really no information that is out of your grasp, regardless of its country or origin.)
A second song will be confirmed on Monday via Facebook posts, and then the remaining tracks will be posted Tuesday in the gameplay trailer. Thanks for chasing this one down — I knew you could do it if you kept thinking out loud and working together!
Great guess by dp3fgsa2! Also, not to rub it anyone’s face or anything but…
Flute-tar confirmed?
Update: This is the version appearing in next week’s DLC and it’s in E Standard
So what other three songs might be included in next week’s pack of Spooky singles? Let’s see what The Riff Repeater staff thinks:
Oscar Benard (@OsagaTheGreat)
This was actually DLC on Guitar Hero
Ted (@pcgamingisted)
Ted, you do know we have Sweet Home Alabama already, right?
I hate people when they’re not polite
“oh, THAT song”
Daniel (@forrest11903)
It’s in Lego Rock Band!
Clavitar?
Elliott (@toymachinesh)
If you are watching American Horror Story this season you probably heard this song.
Look, I love Danzig, but there’s no question that this is the best pick for a Misfits single to appear in Rocksmith 2014.
Now I’m just trying to get you to listen to weird music, I apologize.
Bring the King to Rocksmith!
Are you excited for the highly requested Hocus Pocus to finally come to a music game? What Spooky songs are you hoping to see? Let us know!
Dude discuss Dien Thurber innovative ejected
I was super excited to be finally getting a Spooktacular Halloween pack, the first two songs seem as much spooktacular and Halloween as Villagers are ST. Patrick’s day.
Blue Oyster Cult, Rob Zombie, King Diamond, Ghost, Overkill, Savatage would have all been great choices.
Villagers are proper Irish, singing about serious Irish stuff. Whilst there is many songs about chasing snakes not many of them are about of Ireland.
Ummmmmm…..I think we should have Metallica and led Zeppelin and pink Floyd and guns n roses and van Halen and all that normal stuff we always get
Is this a joke?
Speaking of Hocus Pocus… I Put A Spell On You?? Haha sorry I love that movie and wouldn’t mind seeing any version of that song on Rocksmith
Better to have the cover, imho, complete with a monkey in place of dreaded yodeling.
I’m not opposed to the Gary Hoey cover, but way prefer the original. Although some of us would have some practice in on the Stranglehold homage portion.
The problem is this cover comes off as a singular instrumentation, whereas the original sounds like 70’s Dutch bollocks, which is why it’s fun.
The yodelling is what makes the song..
oingo boingo? wtf
They need to hire some new people to pick songs!
A mass firing needs to take place for sure
Can we list the songs instead of just posting YouTube videos? I can’t get YouTube videos at work. And yes, I’m working while browsing this comments section. So there.
Sure, in the future we will put the title over it
Bah, was excited for the Halloween pack but now I see it’s a pack of scarily bad songs!!!
Of course, some people will be excited by what they see as scarily good songs.
You can’t always get what you want, and if everybody liked what I like then life would be boring!
So onto another week and hopefully I get something I like. 🙂
For me Sloe Gin and Blue on Black were good enough to see me through the whole month!
I requested a whole bunch of Talking heads… I don’t know if David Burn would like the idea of other people using his music. I remember when he was interviewing someone on 52nd street he really didn’t like the idea.
If we could get an entire pack of Talking Heads I would be soooo happy.
Byrne
the second confirmed song 🙂
Yoadeling and keytars, scary pack indeed.
they probably picked it because rodney dangerfield always looks scared like he saw the gofer from caddyshack with his coke
I DEMAND THE CULT / Fire woman, The witch, little Devil…. the list goes on, almost all there titles could be related to Halloween. I suppose I could just keep asking for it EVERY WEEK!
Oh yes!!! Fire Woman would be awesome!! Best song by The Cult in my opinion.
Yes, I’ve requested several Cult songs including Fire Woman.
I hope the yodelling is charted!
Since there arent enough songs by The Cure on Rocksmith, Halloween is a great excuse to sneak Lullaby in!
Then let’s have Cure packs 2 and 3!!!!
I’ll second The King Diamond since no one else is! So many great Andy LaRocque riffs and solos to choose from.
Ghost riders in the sky by Johnny cash??
I am surprised no one mentioned Am I Evil by Diamond Head.
yes I am!
Not since Two Princes have I been this psyched to sing in this game. I can’t wait to see how it’s typed up.
(YODEL) (YODEL)
(INCESSANT YODELLING)
(YODEL CRESCENDO)
Where’s the “Like” button for this comment!
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Magic Man – Heart
Black Cat – Janet Jackson
Thriller – Michael Jackson
Dragula – Rob Zombie
Scary Monsters – David Bowie
Oh boy oh boy, I sure do hope we get some Janet Jackson!!