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Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship!

-= Week 646 =-

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Previous’ week Winners are:
Lead:
- Beginner: @EmbraceTheAbsurd (92)
- Intermediate: @Vodka (97.11)
- Advanced: @Mikson (91.17)
- Masterclass: @veggs95 (95.81)
- God of Guitar: @veggs95 (93.49)

Rhythm:
- Beginner: @EmbraceTheAbsurd (97)
- Intermediate: @rosefog g (93)
- Advanced: @jimbobmccecil (91.62)
- Masterclass: @veggs95 (97.93)

Bass:
- Beginner: LOST TROPHY
- Beginner Bonus: LOST TROPHY
- Intermediate: @Vodka (100)
- Advanced: @Daz40 0 (98.76)
- Masterclass: @rosefog (98.73)
- Masterclass Bonus: @rosefog g (99.88)
- God of Bass: @JobwanMojo (91.9)

Congrats to all winners. Well done!
This week’s songs are:
Lead Path:
Beginner: Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (3.5^) (E Standard) selected by daz40
Intermediate: Cherri Bomb - Shake the Ground (4) (E Standard) selected by cac
Intermediate Bonus: Fergie - Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal) (4) (E Standard) selected by Daz40
Advanced: The Pretty Reckless (Feat. Tom Morello) - And So It Went (Feat. Tom Morello) (6.5) (Eb Drop Db) selected by cac
Masterclass: Kessoku Band - Now, I’m going from underground (7.5) (E Standard) selected by cac
Masterclass Bonus: Red Handed Denial - One More Night (7.5) (D Drop C) selected by cac
God of Guitar: Intervals - Touch and Go (9) (E Standard) selected by in honor of Satinuke [Week 1 of 2]

Rhythm Path:
Beginner: Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (3*) (E Standard) selected by daz40
Beginner Bonus: Cherri Bomb - Shake the Ground (4^) (E Standard) selected by cac
Intermediate: Fergie - Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal) (4) (E Standard) selected by Daz40
Intermediate Bonus: Red Handed Denial - One More Night (4) (D Drop C) selected by cac
Advanced: The Pretty Reckless (Feat. Tom Morello) - And So It Went (Feat. Tom Morello) (6) (Eb Drop Db) selected by cac
Masterclass: Kessoku Band - Now, I’m going from underground (7.5) (E Standard)

Bass Path:
Beginner: Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (2) (E Standard) selected by daz40
Intermediate: Fergie - Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal) (4.5) (E Standard) selected by Daz40
Intermediate Bonus: Cherri Bomb - Shake the Ground (4) (E Standard) selected by cac
Advanced: Magdalena Bay - Death & Romance (7*) (E Standard) selected by cac
Advanced Bonus: The Pretty Reckless (Feat. Tom Morello) - And So It Went (Feat. Tom Morello) (5.5) (Eb Drop Db) selected by cac
Masterclass: Kessoku Band - Now, I’m going from underground (7.5) (E Standard)
God of Bass: DECO*27 - Telepathy (9) (E Standard) selected by caca [Week 1 of 2]

(N) - difficulty rating
(N*) - highest difficulty rating for the class (promotion to higher class possible)
(N^) - difficulty rating higher than the highest for the class (promotion possible)

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Took a bit longer than expected but its here :)

Mikson is probably gonna put me in time out for doing a stacked week again.


As I was playing song pop (music trivia phone app game) got an ad that they have a discount due to it being womans day tomorrow. So that inspired me to do this week and got me testing out lots of female vocalist bands. There's a ton in the intermediate category but did find it quite hard to find songs for the other categories.

Also not gonna start react till monday incase any changes need to be done. Please hosts dont add it .🙏

1. Kylie Minogue – "Can't Get You Out of My Head"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c18441Eh_WE

• The 20-Second Sale: When Kylie’s A&R executive played her the demo for this song, she decided she wanted to record it after hearing just 20 seconds of it.

• The Rejected Demo: Before it reached Kylie, the song was actually offered to S Club 7 and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, both of whom turned it down. It went on to hit number one in 40 different countries.

• The "La La La" Hook: The famous "la la la" hook was originally just a placeholder intended to be replaced with lyrics later, but the producers realized it was too catchy to change.

2. Fergie – "Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agrXgrAgQ0U

• Record Breaker: This song made Fergie the first female artist to have three number-one singles from a debut album (alongside "London Bridge" and "Glamorous") since Christina Aguilera in 1999.

• Acoustic Pivot: While her previous hits were heavy on hip-hop and urban beats, this song was a deliberate shift toward a simpler, acoustic folk-pop sound. It features nearly 30 live instrumentalists, including 18 violinists.

• The Video Lead: The music video features actor Milo Ventimiglia (of This Is Us fame) as her love interest.
  

• I tested this song out a while back just never found the right week to put it in.

3. Cherri Bomb – "Shake the Ground"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viMn4BNlm3I

Julia Pierce (the lead singer ) and the other band members were around 13 years old when this album came out and they were around 11/12 when their first ep was released. It blew my mind as a teenager back then and it still does.

They were featured on the soundtrack for the 2012 film The Avengers (Avengers Assemble).

• The Band's Manifesto: The title of their only studio album, This Is the End of Control, is actually a lyric taken directly from this song. Lead singer Julia Pierce said it was a message about teenagers taking back their own power.
  
  Band seperated and they went their own ways. The sisters (Bassist and drummer) Rena And Nia Lovelis formed their own band called Hey Violet.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hzB9qQENGA
  always interesting to see producers and composers on spotify, apparently it was made by
  Maxime Picard and Clément Picard?
  if thats true those guys have also worked with other artists such as bts miley cyrus, dualipa, blabla here's a list
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picard_Brothers
  and here is example of their solo work:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0rZbZcMNX8
  
  (seems like hey violet had lots of different composers (like most pop bands) . but rena (the singer ) does occasionaly appear as a co composer in some of them)
  
  
  Miranda Miller (rhythm guitarist/keyboard) the oldest one in the group, was also in hey violet but left in 2017.
  Her twitter hasnt been active since 2020 but apparently she was a podcaster (during the pandemic) / music teacher.
  https://x.com/mirandamiller
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2sYX3uJi_o
  
  Julia Pierce (lead singer+lead guitar) also disappeared for a while and came back as Pyrce (name reminds me of Pvris which is also a good female band ...wonder if their cdlc is good anyways..).
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHvom-YK21Y
  
  Personally not a fan of eitheir side projects and prefer their work in cherri bomb but oh well.
  
  One more week and it would've been exactly 200 weeks since last time we played cherri bomb in the championship, (week 447) Hosted by mikson :) .
  time flies...I always forget how long its been.

4. Magdalena Bay – "Death & Romance"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8gfVTnbBi8

• The Concept: This was the lead single for their 2024 album Imaginal Disk. The lyrics follow a surreal narrative about a woman (True) who is waiting at home for her alien boyfriend to pick her up in a UFO, only to realize he’s not coming.

• Quick Spark: Despite its complex, psychedelic-pop production, the duo wrote the song during a intense two-week "creative spark" while they were home between tours.

5. The Pretty Reckless (ft. Tom Morello) – "And So It Went"

• 
  I was pretty sure i had already used this song for a week? but i couldnt find it so i guess not

• 
  A "Soul Power" Cameo: Although Tom Morello doesn't appear in the music video, his legendary "Soul Power" Stratocaster is prominently featured in the opening shots.

• Chart Dominance: This track helped the band extend their record for the most #1 Mainstream Rock singles by a female-fronted band.

• Social Reflection: Taylor Momsen wrote the lyrics as a response to the state of civil unrest in the world, describing the song as a "commanding" anthem for change.

6. Kessoku Band – "Now, I'm going from underground"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt4on5DnMw4

• Movie Magic: This track (known in Japanese as Ima, Boku, Underground kara) serves as the ending theme for the first part of the Bocchi the Rock! compilation film, Re:.

• Creative Team: The song was written and composed by Yuho Kitazawa (the vocalist of the band Peggies), who has a history of writing high-energy, emotional tracks for the series.

7. DECO*27 – "Telepathy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c56TpxfO9q0

• Internet Brain Rot: This 2025 release is widely considered one of DECO*27’s silliest songs. The lyrics describe a girl (Hatsune Miku) trying to confess her love, but she can only speak in internet memes and pop culture references because her brain is "consumed by the web."

• Isekai Tropes: The song contains direct nods to the Isekai anime genre, including a line referencing the common trope "I Got Reincarnated as Me."

• Viral Success: It reached the "Hall of Legend" status (1 million+ views) on Japanese video site Niconico shortly after its release.
  
  
  8 -"One More Night Red Handed Denial
  
  . Lauren Babic’s Personal Favorite

  Vocalist Lauren Babic—who has garnered a massive following for her vocal prowess and cover content on YouTube—has publicly cited this as her favorite song on the A Journey Through Virtual Dystopia album.
  

9- Touch and Go Intervals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29s5L4vCdHA

1. The Collaborative Spark with Owane

A major reason "Touch and Go" sounds so distinct is the influence of Norwegian guitarist Owane. Aaron Marshall has shared that they collaborated closely on The Way Forward. The quirky, jazzy piano-like phrasing and the "elevator music on steroids" vibe was a direct result of their friendship and mutual influence during that writing cycle.

playthrough video has + 700k views

and most importantly, satinuke mentioned hes learning it so I decided why not( although maybe the tab might be a hinderance instead of help but still gave it a shot). No female vocals or band members.

Wish you all a good week!

Thanks for the week @cacahuate51 ! All great songs (some I played before)

The table format hides the link for me (but it could be my browser acting up)

This one seems a bit out of sync (minimal), but it throws me off on the timing 😅

What is this sorcery with pops and slides out of nothing? 😅

Haven't heard about Lauren Babic in a while. She has some vocal skills...

Really liked her version of Adele - Easy on Me

10 minutes ago, ALSRC said:

Thanks for the week @cacahuate51 ! All great songs (some I played before)

The table format hides the link for me (but it could be my browser acting up)

This one seems a bit out of sync (minimal), but it throws me off on the timing 😅

What is this sorcery with pops and slides out of nothing? 😅

Haven't heard about Lauren Babic in a while. She has some vocal skills...

Really liked her version of Adele - Easy on Me

Oh youre still seeing a table? 🤔 On my end it's how it should be. the table format was just temporary as it was getting stuck while creating the week so I just copied pasted the table for the first 10 mins untill it worked.

thanks for sharing the song! I Dont think I've heard the original since I only know like 4 songs from Adele but was interesting to hear.

I'm seeing all good. Maybe I went too early and didn't refresh 😂

yea and as for the slight offsync if its too bad we can always swap it out. thats the reason why i suggested to do react on monday incase any songs should be swapped. Ill try it morrow and see what others think, meanwhile ill sleep

There was a time when I could not get this song out of my head.. or the video
The Bass is ok In sync,
it just plays off the beat a little like reggae/ska.

Lead was real fun to play

@rosefog you technically won last week in lead and apparently it was rated a 7?
but you are in a lower class. Do you wish to be moved up and accept the win?

3 hours ago, cacahuate51 said:

@rosefog you technically won last week in lead and apparently it was rated a 7?
but you are in a lower class. Do you wish to be moved up and accept the win?

nope, can’t compete in advanced yet, i think i won because people in advanced were doing the bends when on that chart they don’t count the notes when you do i think

Have a nice musweek everyone! Thanks for hosting @cacahuate51 !

Congratulations to girls with womans day! 💐

I gave them all another go.

ah... looks like i took it too early .-.

if i get high 80 at the end of the two weeks ill be happy

@ALSRC had spare time today so i opened it up in eof (you can get the project file by dragging any cdlc into dlc builder)

The notes do seem to fall right where its supposed to throughout the song (imo).
I do know from making electronic songs / songs with synth bass sometimes it does feel odd when playing it in rocksmith. So I understand your comment.

6 hours ago, rosefog said:

nope, can’t compete in advanced yet, i think i won because people in advanced were doing the bends when on that chart they don’t count the notes when you do i think

Well your score says otherwise

and just wanted to make sure.

2 hours ago, cacahuate51 said:

@ALSRC had spare time today so i opened it up in eof (you can get the project file by dragging any cdlc into dlc builder)

The notes do seem to fall right where its supposed to throughout the song (imo).
I do know from making electronic songs / songs with synth bass sometimes it does feel odd when playing it in rocksmith. So I understand your comment.

Thanks! It seemed odd because it looked so simple, but I kept getting lost... The problem was between the keyboard and the chair (me 😅)

Improvements

i do not understand the riff

Thanks for choosing the song i'm working for the week guys, i will try my best to play. My teacher says i can do it, but i don't know what he sees in me that i can't see lmao

Yeah, the chart is kinda wrong, a rework would be nice, not that my playing would be much better than this tho

lot's of work need to be done

This tab is much more precise, if anyone wants to try (although some parts are missing)

React started.... scores should be flying to the leaderboard now

big girls forgot what a great song this Is

Guitar scores:

Improvements

Thanks for the new week!

Cherri Bomb was really fun to play :D

What a great bass line had fun playing this
Have downloaded their other cdlc's

Only a bonus but jeez that was fast 6

funky got to hit those pops. being repetitive helps