Charlie Daniels thinks Guitar Hero is perverted
By Jill Lentz on Apr 7, 2008 in News
Well it looks like Charlie Daniels, who originally wrote and performed “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” is not pleased about his song being in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock because it’s possible for the Devil to win.
Daniels, who lost the rights to the song in a legal settlement, recently published an article on his webpage outlining that he has some serious objections to his song being included in the game, and with the game in general. Daniels said “I would never grant permission for some company to create a video game version of a song I wrote in which the devil wins a contest”
Daniels also has a problem with the game’s “dark side”, with all of the “grotesque monsters on stage with the band, strange, eerie lighting effects and all manner of weird things popping up on the stage”
He then goes on to warn parents of children that might have the game “to know that I did not grant these people my permission to pervert my song and am disgusted with the result”
Because a song in which someone makes a deal with the devil and contains the words “son of a bitch” is not perverted we guess.
Here ya go Charlie… Perhaps Handbell Hero would be more up your alley!
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Charlie Daniels Official Statement
No offence, but your title is misleading. Charlie never said that Guitar Hero was perverted. He said that his song was perverted by Guitar Hero.
Semantics, yes, but still…
Glenn | Apr 10, 2008 | Reply
I’m gonna turn to the American Heritage Dictionary here…
Perverted
“turned from what is right; wicked; misguided; distorted”
Based on that, I would surmise that Mr. Daniels statement about the game itself that “grotesque monsters on stage with the band, strange, eerie lighting effects and all manner of weird things popping up on the stage” would lend itself to the definition of perverted.
Semantics indeed.
And edited title to remove quotes from “perverted”
Do appreciate the input though, thanks Glenn
John Markham | Apr 11, 2008 | Reply