GH:SH Bass FC Breakdown: Phase 2, I mean 3!

**expertwin** · Joined: 18 Mar 2010 Posts: 2244 Location: Meh.

NOTE: This idea is from SpoonMan. All credits for the poll style/idea goes to him.

Okay, I saw these a while and wanted to try one myself. So here's a breakdown of Guitar Hero Smash Hits, on Bass.

And yes I understand the commitment involved. I picked this do to the relative shortness of the game, and that I didn't find it with a search engine.

Phase 1: The songs are grouped by eight songs over six groups. For the first phase, please group the songs in order from easiest to hardest. Please also discuss why songs are harder or easier. We do not need a poll thread.

~~Phase 2: Conflicting songs are voted to be harder or easier.~~ SKIPPED

Phase 3: The lowest rated songs are grouped by the easiest songs until the breakdown is complete.

1. I Love Rock 'n Roll
2.

Group A
Back in the Saddle
Bark at the Moon
Barracuda
Beast and the Harlot
Carry on Wayward Son
Caught in a Mosh'
Cherry Pie
Cowboys from Hell (Live)

Group B
Cult of Personality
Electric Eye
Free Bird
Freya
Godzilla
Heart-Shaped Box
Hey You
Hit Me with Your Best Shot

Group C
I Love Rock n' Roll
I Wanna Rock
Killer Queen
Killing in the Name
Laid to Rest
Lay Down
Message in a Bottle
Miss Murder

Group D
Monkey Wrench
More than a Feeling
Mother
No One Knows
Nothing but a Good Time
Play with Me
Psychobilly Freakout
Raining Blood

Group E
Rock and Roll All Nite
Round and Round
Shout at the Devil
Smoke on the Water
Stellar
Stop!
Take it Off
Take Me Out

Group F
Them Bones
Through the Fire and Flames
Thunder Kiss 65
Trippin on a Hole in a Paper Heart
The Trooper
Unsung (Live in Chicago)
Woman
YYZ
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voidedalive2x wrote:

of COURSE it's doable, you ninny! Don't you cop out on me now!

**expertwin** · Joined: 18 Mar 2010 Posts: 2244 Location: Meh.

I guess I will have to start.

Group A
Cherry Pie
Back in the Saddle
Barracuda
Carry on Wayward Son
Bark at the Moon
Cowboys from Hell (Live)
Beast and the Harlot
Caught in a Mosh

I believe Baracuda is slightly harder than Back in the Saddle due to the triplets. I also believe that CiaM, despite being tiered lower, is slightly harder than CfH and BatH due to the strumming in CiaM's The Mosh Pit, even though CfH has the outro and BatH is consistently fast.

Group B
Hit Me with Your Best Shot
Godzilla
Heart-Shaped Box
Hey You
Cult of Personality
Electric Eye
Freya
Free Bird

Free Bird is a no brainer for hardest of the group because of the outro. I tiered CoP lower than EE because the strumming makes EE slightly trickier (though I trust many will disagree).

Group C
I Love Rock n' Roll
Killer Queen
I Wanna Rock
Message in a Bottle
Lay Down
Miss Murder
Laid to Rest
Killing in the Name

Killer Queen is in second tier, but I think it should have been swapped with IWR. (Though apparently NS thought this was the case judging by intensities). KitN was originally the fifth song, but I forgot about the GD strumming section.

Group D
Nothing but a Good Time
Mother
More than a Feeling
Psychobilly Freakout
Play with Me
Monkey Wrench
No One Knows
Raining Blood

I considered placed N1K above RaBl because of the solos. I placed MW above PwM because it's a faster song.

Group E
Take Me Out
Rock and Roll All Nite
Round and Round
Take It Off
Stellar
Smoke on the Water
Shout at the Devil
Stop!

Stop is obvious. Mainly went by carrer rankings here, but I put TiO ass the fourthh song because it's the fastest. RaRaN is at the bottom... er, top, because it has nothing to worry about; RaR has that bridge.

Group F
Them Bones
Unsung (Live in Chicago)
Thunder Kiss 65
Woman
Trippin on a Hole in a Paper Heart
The Trooper
YYZ
Through the Fire and Flames

TTFaF is the hardest FC here by a moderate margin. YYZ is tricky but does not has any major trouble sections. The Trooper is gallop hell and also has no tricky sections.
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voidedalive2x wrote:

of COURSE it's doable, you ninny! Don't you cop out on me now!

**Pinksquid1337** · Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Posts: 7 Location: United Kingom

Just went through every chart and to be honest I wouldn't change anything. Seems accurate to me
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**expertwin** · Joined: 18 Mar 2010 Posts: 2244 Location: Meh.

Okay. That was pretty stagnant. We may as well skip Phase 2.

Which of these songs is easiest?

Cherry Pie
Hit Me with Your Best Shot
I Love Rock n' Roll
Nothing but a Good Time
Take Me Out
Them Bones

Yeah, I'm gonna say I Love Rock n' Roll.
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voidedalive2x wrote:

of COURSE it's doable, you ninny! Don't you cop out on me now!

**Pinksquid1337** · Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Posts: 7 Location: United Kingom

**expertwin** · Joined: 18 Mar 2010 Posts: 2244 Location: Meh.

Question 2. Which of these is easiest?

Cherry Pie
Hit Me with Your Best Shot
Killer Queen
Nothing but a Good Time
Take Me Out
Them Bones

I'm going to say HMwYBS is hardest despite the outro. (Though at first I figured it was KQ)

Also, do you think I should just do a normal breakdown rather than a complicated SpoonMan-style breakdown?
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voidedalive2x wrote:

of COURSE it's doable, you ninny! Don't you cop out on me now!

**expertwin** · Joined: 18 Mar 2010 Posts: 2244 Location: Meh.

Let's just lock or delete this thread because it isn't going anywhere.
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voidedalive2x wrote:

of COURSE it's doable, you ninny! Don't you cop out on me now!

**mninp** · Joined: 05 Nov 2006 Posts: 1303

I can help out here. Just finished Expert Bass Career.

Nothin' But a Good Time is easiest. There is really nothing hard in that song.

I would say Killer Queen is next. It's close between KQ and CP.

Cherry Pie is third. It's pretty easy, but not the easiest.

Them Bones would be next. Nothing hard, but the chorus can trip you up.

Take Me Out would be fourth. If you can combo the intro you have an FC, but the intro is tricky.

HMWYBS is the hardest to FC. The outro can cause major headaches.