It’s no secret that I’m a huge Guitar/DJ Hero/Rockband fan. You’ll struggle to walk about my room without stepping on one of many plastic instruments. The newest installment for the Hero series is Band Hero which seems to be more of a hybrid of Singstar and Guitar Hero. The fun of the rest of the franchise but songs to please the whole family. Although I’ve known about the game for a while the latest ad caught my eye.

You’ll recognise the ad format from the unmissable Heidi Klum version (the spoof of the Risky Business infamous boxers scene) but what caught my eye this time was the line up of Taylor Swift, Rivers Cuomo, Travis Barker and Pete Wentz. You’d expect Barker and Wentz to lap up the publicity, but seeing Rivers in pants, shirt and tube socks is hilarious, especially with his awkward dance moves.

I’ve lined up both for your pleasure.

A couple weeks ago I posted a video of Weezer in the studio with Jermaine Dupri singing the forthcoming Raditude track Can’t stop partying.

If you thought the Weezer/Dupri combo was odd , the album version actually contains Lil’ Wayne. Whereas with the Dupri version you could still the Weezer influence, the album version sounds more like a Lil’ Wayne featuring Rivers track. The track is synth’d up to the max and Rivers provides a catchy chorus as well as a harmonic but slightly misplaced wooahhhh towards the end. Overall the song is more novelty than anything but I for one would still love to see this collaboration performed live.

cant-stop-partying.mp3

CS