Richard Thompson - The Way That It Shows (RB DLC)

[Grovesgeo]

For all the punks who dont know nothing about this guitarist- you must all be children to compare 80's and 90's as even in the same league as RT.44 years of guitar playing- 20 albums. Seen him 6 times electric and acoustic- nobody better.Seen Beck/ Page/Clapton/SRV/ Roy Buchanan and a hundred more.One listen and he's trash- he could bend strings around your forehead- geez!

[ettajames2luv]

So hard to choose a favorite RT song, but this one is at the top of my list. Off one of my favorite of his albums!

[NeilJameshunter]

I wasn't a huge RT fan for years - my Dad was and persevered with me, as I learnt the guitar through the years, but I was hooked his guitar from the start. I've now aquired enough of him to have been hooked for years, and can thank god I stuck with it.

[HullBloke1313]

The guitar player's guitar player.

[spencer261]

one of the greatest guitar solos ever...goosebumps

[AlphaTVHero]

songs pro as hell

[IrLineant]

I don't like Guitar Hero.. I mean I do but I like Rock Band way better I have over 200 DLC and why do guys like you get mad when someone don't like the same music as you?

[UltraJMan]

Hey, how about you all cool your jets and stop being babies about WHAAA MY FAVORITE KIND OF MUSIC DOESNT GET ENOUGH REPRESENTATION THEREFORE EVERYTHING ELSE SUCKS!

[ps2goat]

It's better than Abnormality's Visions. What a waste of Rock Band 2.

[Sandstorm846]

really dig this song, definitely going to download

[tenvol823]

Wow, this is amazing. I've never heard of the guy until checking this week's Rock Band DLC. Heading to Itunes now...

[PotatoDonki]

I like the sound of this. I'll probably pick it up.

[fireflyaka]

Here's a clue: HIRE A VOCALIST !

[PotatoDonki]

What's wrong with Richard Thompson's singing?

[DSG3002]

Too hippie-y

[guitalex2005]

I like it. Never heard of this guy before.

[MrBungo]

Richard Thompson is an acquired taste, but once acquired, his talent is mesmerizing. I was psyched to hear he'd been added to Rock Band. Now I can only hope for "1952 Vincent Black Lightning!"

[RTFan52]

It does seem like an odd choice of song to try to introduce RT's amazing talent to a new audience. I like it a lot, but I don't think it would crack the top ten of any of his fan's favorite songs of his. Wall of Death, Shoot out the Lights, Keep Your Distance, Hard on Me,or the more recent Dad's Going to Kill Me would seem to be good choices for Rock Band. Wouldn't think an acoustic number like Vincent Black Lightning would work, great as it is.

[oaktea]

Certainly not a bad song. I'd pick this up for a dollar, otherwise this is going up on my "waiting list".

[Amnesiam]

Can't wait for The Offspring and R.E.M. Songs, might give this a chance, even though I'm a drummer

[gingerbaker1]

Not his most accessible song for newcomers, for sure. But go back for a second look.

Richard Thompson is arguably the best writer/musician/performer in the world.

If he is not God outright, he is a ranking member of the Pantheon. Scratch that - he IS God!

[xBroncos4]

And this song is weird still waiting on tht guitar part, I'm a RB drummer so not liking at lol

[xBroncos4]

Was hoping for Offspring-you're gonna go far kid...*sigh

[Wanted272]

Your not the only one man.

[solidsnakejt]

the more i listen to it and the more i love it...

really a moving song

[MassaChiefa420]

dude thanks for posting a vid with this song i couldnt find it and i was looking for it for RB so i could hear it before it came out. You should make these vids every week and i would definatlely subscribe...if you do make sure to put thr (RB DLC) next 2 it...THANKS! :D

[davidshek]

Well usually the DLC is really easy to find to listen to, but this one wasn't.  If that happens again, I'll post. :)

[crytz]

this song is creepy in a really bad way..

[srv71420]

crap

[hhh4787]

I'm excited for this song to come out on Tuesday. There really is some great guitar work in the latter half of this song.

[master2uall]

yhis sucks ass

[IMaximusDMI]

This shit is creepy.

[taylor1129611]

sounds like Rick Astley on steroids =)

[Ioserbam]

defining better for you is easy.

defining better for a company tending to millions of people isn't

[whiskeysour14]

Avenged Sevenfold is crap

[IrLineant]

Yea I don't really like Avenged Sevenfold so you can talk bad about them all you want ^^

They just have some good songs

[PotatoDonki]

Think about what you just said.

Those are the songs in the game that have the highest amounts of mixed opinions about them, and those are definitely not the best songs in the game. The DLC has please people other than you, you know.

[arvina01]

This song is boo boo

[IrLineant]

I forgot what I said and I don't feel like looking it up but they need more hardcore in rock band

I am just not a fan of this type of music/rock or classic rock

[instantdeath99]

I'm very surprised so few have heard of him... he's pretty widely praised for his guitar skills.

[ashleyeatsmuffins]

Yeah, as a guitarist who pays attention to music news in general, I was surprised to have never heard of him, particularly after finding out he was voted in the top 20 best guitarists by rolling stone magazine.

I like this song though =)

[CrackedRabbitGaming]

If you haven't heard RT before aside from this song, go watch "Dad's Gonna Kill Me" (happens to be the first related video in the side for me). It's awesome. I wish they had gone with that, it would have been an automatic purchase for me.

[solidsnakejt]

personally i think the vocals are great, he really seems in despair... great vocals i say, lots of emotion in the voice

[ashleyeatsmuffins]

I agree, the tone of this song and emotion in vocals reminds me of Jeff Buckley a little, just on the other end of the pitch spectrum to Jeff Buckley of course ;)

[glasstrapfloor]

some Jeff Buckley in RB would be amazing

[agentpissant42]

Yeah... I'm holding my breath (no pun intended) for at least three tracks off of 'Grace' if not the entire album...

[toymasheenSH]

I support this notion of putting one of the greatest vocalists of all time in Rock Band. Jeff Buckley!

[Willgz]

obviously a great guitar player but the vocals aren't the best i have ever head.

[ahvostik]

wow... I'm impressed... I think I'm a new Richard Thompson fan... geez...

great song.

[krakenheds]

Great guitar work, but I don't think I can get past the vocals, just not my taste at all. Thanks for posting it though.

[octal40]

6 minutes?! That's a long ass turn on Rock Band night. ;)

I didn't like the beginning too much but it ends up great towards the end. Thanks for posting this.

[fourzero40]

anddd another week of CRAP!!!!

[theredneck3]

do you even know what good music sounds like?

you lose...

[PotatoDonki]

This song is amazing. Go listen to your mainstream shit.

[Neogoglu]

Will probably buy this one, with Offspring and REM.

Thank you David for posting this.

[AlluminatedGuy]

100% Buy

[TeamSakuraKC]

Thanks for posting this David. Sounds fun. (I'm jeccaneko from Rock Band forums)

[Transbrak]

New to me, but I like it.

'94? Can't believe I have never heard of him, guess I'll have to go do a little research. Thanks for posting the song.

[pwnageprata]

lul we're only here because of RB

[davidshek]

well that's the whole reason I posted it. :)

[pwnageprata]

lol yeah, title

it's cool though, Rock Band is getting people to listen to new music like mr. thompson. harmonix ftw

[dontchangethis]

well im sure some will get this for RB but wow this is soooooooooo boring im gonna pass on this one

[davidshek]

You apparently didn't listen to the whole song.

[dontchangethis]

actually i listened for too long, im not into half songs

[RedSharkMan]

I don't care big time for the vocals, but I like overall how this song sounds, so it looks like I'm going to be loading up more MSP next week (only have about 400-some currently).

[slothomatic]

Eh. Not something I'll probably grab for RB. I do like that they try to hit a wide range of musical style though so in theory, at least, I support this addition. ;-)

[Bradius9000]

oh thnx for uploading :D great song imo

[Bradius9000]

Wow amazing guitar part starting @ 3:34

[inquisitivedave]

The first 3 minutes I wasn't sure. At around the 3:00 minute mark it gets really good.

[TeslaGirlxbox360]

boooring

[jbailey598]

At first I wasn't sure... but by the end of it.. I wanna get it now... a good feeling song to me.

[FuelRocker795]

Oh, lord. I guess I'll stick to R.E.M. and The Offspring. It's alright though, "The Kid's Aren't Alright" is one of my all-time favorites, "All I Want" is badass, and "Losing My Religion" is a classic.

[jojuinc]

This actually isn't a bad song. It grows on you.

[sinister211]

What the hell? They should only charge 80 points for this garbage. I agree the guitar is gonna rock though.

[capngeeoff]

This is gonna be so hard to sing...because it's all badly off-key. :P

[davidshek]

The guitar is going to be super fun though, particularly the last half of the song :)