When I walked in and asked to sing “Can’t Buy Me Love,” it was heavenly. But oddly enough, it was a song I recognized. When I walked toward my friend’s suite after class, I heard the usual sounds of loud singing coupled with a pounding beat. On that glorious day, “The Beatles: Rock Band” was released.
I found it a little bit difficult to strum around on a song that I had never heard before, which, sadly, fit the criteria for most of the “Rock Band” songs. This video game took over many hours of my friends’ free time, but I never found myself getting in on the fun. Unfortunately, no one was trying to start a legitimate dorm-room garage-rock band, but another type of band was being formed-a “Rock Band” band. Last year, I often found myself wandering into my floor common room or one of my friends’ rooms to the sound of furious drumming and slightly off-key singing.
