MLB 2K7 gets indie rocked

this is pretty lame except for nirvana and wolfmother

I remember when I was a lame indie nerd and decided that music should be bad once it came to a venue other than in my **** room while i was masturbating to how great only me and my douchy friend "thought" were the only people listening to it. I love these times when people still can't comprehend how easy it is for music to spread and be loved by more than just a bunch of douches who would love to work for Pitchfork.It is lame as well to say that something is appealing merely for the fact that the word has not spread about it. Thank god theyre herding the lot of you in Williamsburg. Actually I hate that theyre herding all these douches to my city. That reminds me, I need to go to Willy B and get drunk this week.

I'm a big fan of 311, I always felt the need for one of 311 songs to be brought into a soundtrack and i can honestly say that "Down" is the anthem of 311. And yes Sublime "Doin Time" is called "Summertime"????. Shame on you 2k sports.

THE STOOGES!

I think this is a great list. I'm a big fan of most of these bands: Les Savy Fav, Thermals, and Tapes 'n Tapes, in particular. Nice.

I don't care about the music. If the gameplay is good, then I will like it. I have my own music.

well when your dead you dont own your music anymore its as simple as that! i am fairly sure that alot of these bands dont actualy own their songs. many record contracts are written out so that the band can get exposure but the company owns mostly everything. even on very small labels, otherwise they would have to cash flow to maintain itself. usually the band at a later date will buy the rights back. i mean after all, michael jackson owns half the beatles songs!! i would prefer a soundtrack that has original sound alikes or just straight hip hop, thats jock music and thats what they play at sport events anyways, a rock song on a stadium PA sticks out like a sore thumb and you know it. but then theres the age old discussion of wether indie rock is more bout a sound, or about on what lable what band is on... i say its a little of each

I'm glad no hip-hop!!! THANK GOD!!! Now some good quality music for your ears folks...The Stooges, Pixies, Nerf Herder, and of course Nirvana, which is very contradictive cause these bands hate jocks, haha, especially Kurt Cobain, who eventually killed himself because of being famous. The bottomline is that 2K sports are trying to give some exposure to these up and coming bands like Tapes 'n Tapes and Wolfmother. But who needs Sublime in this soundtrack, geez louise, that's radio stuff........

Well the whole genre of Indie Rock has been pretty skewed nowadays it seems so you can't label the entire list that way if ya ask me. Except maybe The PIxies but they're in a whole influential class of their own (Nirvana's influential but not like The Pixies, sorry). As for "indie rock" bands playing on a sport game soundtrack, obviously they had no problems with it cause it isn't like 2k sports just swipes songs from ppl without asking. Everyone's lookin to make a lil cash for the music or at least to spread the word of it even if you have to suck in the fact that your selling out a lil bit, or at least thats what some believe when bands make this move. And Kurt Cobain hated alot of things but you can still hear him on mainstream radio anyways which seems wrong to me. But just take in the irony of the situation and let those strange ppl that have yet to hear such bands soak it in rather than consider it some sorta injustice. I mean The Stooges and 311 being on the same playlist bothers me a lil, but its just a videogame soundtrack. And not an EA sports Trax thing which to me makes a huge difference.

I absolutely agree with everything that kenesu96 said. I am still baffled as to why Nirvana is on this game. Kurt Cobain hated jocks. I guess thats what happens when you're dead. You have no control over what you stood for.

Will the DS version be released Tuesday as well?

gee when i was young the whole indie rock scene (of wich i was heavily into) hate 2 things (among others) they hated being put into something so commercial as a videogame, or any other media product , that is. and they hated sports and jocks and anything related to it. its sad how times have changed. and any classic soundtrack is incomplete without the replacements, dinosaur jr, or teenage fanclub and oh god do i hate sublime!! their rise to popularity killed off commercial alternative radio in 96-97 along side crap like 311 and korn , and gave birth to alot of the stupid bands out now. im glad i keep the radio off.

EWW Wolfmother. The Specials?! That's awesome!

Hmm, interesting.

Go Wolfmother!!

feck yea the specials and nerf herder make this shnit one of the best soundtracks ever

music we all need

I want some good music, not crap.

Is this game going to be available in Australia, it better be!!!

i don't care. i just wanna play baeball

im happy they included Editors "Munich" good song.

yes!!! i cant wait!!!

Hmm i dont no about that soundtrack right there lol. Not my type of music, but whatever i'm sure i'll get used to it. I'm sure they wouldn't put junk on the game. But i don't know if i want to get the game. The game looks amazing, but baseball games are only good for about two weeks for me. They get boring pretty quick. Like i can play football and basketball for months on end and not get bored. But baseball nope, just doesn't work.

"The Stooges "I Feel Alright" Its **** called 1970!!!!!. Get it right 2k." I know, how dumb can they be?? Also, the song from Sublime is called "Doin' Time". Way to disrespect the artists, 2K!!

The list has a few nice songs in it.

Nirvana "Breed" Sublime "Summertime" The Pixies "Mr. Grieves" The Stooges "I Feel Alright" Wolfmother "Woman" Nice!!!

Wow, they need to find other better Wolfmother songs

Wolfmother - "Woman", again? How many times can they repackage that song with a new game?

Ugh- I hate that music!!! Thank you Microsoft for Custom Soundtracks in every game!

I think this type of music suits this game well i love rap but it wouldn't seem right on a baseball game lol.

311?! Freakin sweet. At least it's their "older" stuff. That's a pretty decent lineup overall too. And independent music continues it's march towards mainstream...

The Stooges "I Feel Alright" Its **** called 1970!!!!!. Get it right 2k. And since when the hell were the Stooges indie? **** the were on a major label(for a time), Elektra! And they were a rock(proto-punk) band!.

Some good songs in there. ;D

Pixies are GODS. A good song to start with if you've never heard of them is "U Mass". "Its educational!"

The Walkmen are awesome! Good to see a song by them in a game!

While I could probably live my whole life without hearing 'Woman' ever again (possibly one of the most overplayed songs in Australia of the last few years), that is a terrific little soundtrack. Death from Above 1979 and the Editors are personal faves.

mjwickstrom1 "Woman" by Wolfmother is a great sony. I have it on my Ipod. That's the only group on that list I'm familiar with. Ummm.... You might want to check out this band, Nirvana. I think they might be pretty good. Also, why not check out the bands that inspired Nirvana, such as The Pixies and The Stooges. Woman is a great sony? Can't you people spell check your opinions before you send them? There is an option right below Submit.

yay woman! and i may buy this considering my cards are WS champs. how do you like us now detroit? and i went to game #3 of the WS.

"Woman" by Wolfmother is a great sony. I have it on my Ipod. That's the only group on that list I'm familiar with.

I've given up since last years car wreck of a game. People wanted the great 2K Games to make a baseball game and they got it. I hope all the EA haters are choking on their words.

It's "Pixies" not "The Pixies". :-\

this is gonna be a great baseball game

do you really need to tell us you're not a big baseball fan? nobody cares

Nice set of tunes, but why waste the money on rights for tunes in a ball game. Hell just add a nice custom track feature so we can play our own stuff. Make it an option to constantly play the custom play list or just play custom clips between pitches.

Not a big baseball fan.

Nice set of tunes

death from above 1979 is amazin.... im glad theyre in this game.... and that it comes out in less than a week.... im so excited

Sorry Generic, but GBV is the best band of all time.

Sounds great, but is "Woman" going to be on every video game until the end of time?? Enough already!!

Looks like a good soundtrack