Today's SingStore update is pretty rubbish

by Jem Alexander { Feb 6th 2008 at 3:00PM }

We've been a bit down on Singstar recently, even though the game is tremendous fun and My Singstar Online allows a level of scary efficiency when humiliating yourself in front of the entire world. Despite that we can't help but feel disappointed at the current level of the Singstore. Sony promised a certain amount of songs by launch and they missed the target - by about 80%. Having said that, the online server problems seem to be over - the whole system is much smoother with, for now, fewer timeouts.

Today's SingStore update marks the first since mid-January, though Sony has promised two updates per month from here on in. Hopefully, they won't all be as dire as today's is. Here are the song titles, all of which cost 99p each:

Amistades Peligrosas' "Estoy Por Ti"
Bryan Ferry's "Let's Stick Together"
Doves' "Black and White Town"
Editors' "Munich"
Ejecutivos Agresivos' "Mari Pili"
Gabinete Caligari's "La Culpa Fue Del Cha-Cha-Cha"
Loquillo y Trogloditas' "Cadillac Solitario"
Marrilion's "Incommunicado"
MC Hammer's "You Can't Touch This"
Los Ronaldos' "Adios Papa"
UB40's "Red Red Wine"
Whitney Houston's "Greatest Love Of All"
Wir Sind Helden's "Denkmal"
Wir Sind Helden's "Nur Ein Wort"
Wir Sind Helden's "Von Hier An Blind"

Tags: singstore, sinstar, sony

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

TC81190 @ Feb 6th 2008 4:04PM

Munich by the Editors is a good song...

umibozu @ Feb 6th 2008 4:31PM

some of the songs (#1,4,5,6,9) will be very popular in Spain. You may want to consider this as a very localized release :)

playcrackthesky @ Feb 6th 2008 6:27PM

good point mate. not to mention hammers - you cant touch this. I mean, who wouldnt want that? ;)

playcrackthesky @ Feb 6th 2008 6:28PM

good point mate. not to mention hammers - you cant touch this. I mean, who wouldnt want that? ;)

Fiddlesworth @ Feb 6th 2008 6:33PM

CAN'T TOUCH THIS!

Dehshizknight @ Feb 6th 2008 8:33PM

MC Hammer is a classic! I would DEFINITELY download that one.

Nate @ Feb 7th 2008 12:13AM

It's funny, the only part of Rock Band we never use is the Mic. Who wants to hear someone butcher a song you like? Or even worse, a song you don't like. I never understood the draw of karaoke.

Zoesch @ Feb 7th 2008 12:17AM

* Doves' "Black and White Town"
* Editors' "Munich"
* Marillion's "Incommunicado"
* MC Hammer's "You Can't Touch This"
* UB40's "Red Red Wine"

For me that'd enough to get this update (BTW, Marillion with one R and two L's) so that's not half bad

Brad @ Feb 7th 2008 1:55AM

I'm in the US and I've been eagerly awaiting SingStar. I was pretty frustrated with the delay in release in the US. However, now I'm of the opinion that they should wait to release in the US until ALL of their promised songs are ready and available for SingStore US. SingStar is not a popular here in the US, and they need to launch with no criticism here to get any good hype...

mnemo @ Feb 7th 2008 7:27AM

Hammer Time! 8-) Okay, "Denkmal" and "Nur ein Wort" aren't that bad, either, if you like German whiny pop.

Now we only need "Summertime" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince! Although ... I don't "get" the rap scoring. Although hitting the verses perfectly the game says "Crap!". How exactly does that work? Can't find any info on that anywhere.