# Koataku wants "The Touch" in Guitar Hero, Rock Band

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 6, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koataku-wants-the-touch-in-guitar-hero-rock-band/466764 "2008-10-06T23:50:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koataku-wants-the-touch-in-guitar-hero-rock-band/466764/1 "2008-10-06T23:50:02Z")

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> **[Stan Bush Wants "The Touch" In Guitar Hero, Rock Band](https://kotaku.com/stan-bush-wants-the-touch-in-guitar-hero-rock-band-5059337)**
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> Click to viewNo, I will not let this topic drop. There can be no real winner in the Guitar Hero / Rock Band war until one song...just one, little song appears in one of the two, and that song is "The Touch" by Stan Bush. Originally appearing on the...

You know, I can totally get behind wanting Stan Bush’s Transformers tunes in Rock Band and/or Guitar Hero. It would quite possibly be the greatest ever in the history of the world ever. We have to make Harmonix or Activision hear our call!

And that post even has the music video!

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**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koataku-wants-the-touch-in-guitar-hero-rock-band/466764/2 "2008-10-06T23:55:12Z")

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Holy crap, I thought I was the only one that still listened to that song, along with the CD. In fact, _Transformers: The Animated Movie Soundtrack_ is in regular rotation in my car.

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koataku-wants-the-touch-in-guitar-hero-rock-band/466764/3 "2008-10-07T04:00:10Z")

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I think “Dare” would be better, if for nothing else other than that opening guitar riff.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koataku-wants-the-touch-in-guitar-hero-rock-band/466764/4 "2008-10-07T04:32:13Z")

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_The Touch_? That’s the worst song in the whole movie! Too much tinkly keyboard action, not enough _pantomimes world’s most over-acted guitar riff_
