Guitar Hero Smash Hits - "Free Bird" Expert Guitar 100% FC (774,539)

Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Oh baby, another Free Bird chart that I had to grind! I love playing this song for 5 minutes before getting to the fun part and missing squeezes!
For real though, the first 3 squeezes are easy, but they all have ticks, the first hard squeeze comes in at 4:49. This was maybe the 3rd time I hit it, but I had plenty of runs where I missed it. There were plenty of other squeezes later in the songs that would put me above first place, so I didn't sweat it too much. The next squeeze isn't too bad, but I actually missed it in this run. I didn't notice it in real time, I was only 1 frame off. The next squeeze definitely has potential for another 200 points being possible, but I didn't try too hard ever because I didn't want to miss 7 MINUTES into the song unnecessarily. I believe I got the squeeze after that one, although I wouldn't be terribly surprised if it was possible to get another 200 on it. I KNOW there is another 200 possible on the last activation. I've hit it before, but I didn't want to risk losing 600 on the back end and wasting another 10 minutes of my life.
This is a good song, but I just hate playing it.
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[@Hoorayforfakes]

gh2 had one of the most iconic final stretches of all time. an UFO comes in and you play Free Bird before getting beamed off the stage to rock on throughout the universe

[@Fooney1]

Lot better than these pill shaped ufo's we got today. They just zoom around and watch us all suffer.

[@naswii4360]

Ah yes, one of those songs that everyone expects a guitar player knows how to play.

[@liam___.]

"Dude, have you heard this cool song called Through the Fire and Flames? It's really cool you should play it."

[@Baldwin-iv445]

Sounds like that's coming from personal experience.

[@uhhBANZAIiguess]

5:03 the Part we’ve all been waiting for

[@tylerlarsen1842]

*AND THIS BIRD YOU CAN NOT CHANGE!* I'm sure that people would've started a riot if this wasn't in Smash Hits. Free Bird, one of the greatest songs ever written and the conclusion of Guitar Hero 2's career mode. Everything that I could say about this masterpiece has already been said by thousands of others. The smooth as butter slide guitar during the main riff, the enlightening lyrics, and the *AMAZING* guitar solos in the second half of the song. You don't have to like it, but God be damned if you don't respect it. As far as scoring, there's a lot that can be done to improve this, including better ticks and squeezing extra notes during the activations.

[@KilljoyRPMX]

You haven't felt true pain until you FC until near the end of the solo and then choke. Happened to me yesterday and it was crushing

[@NrettG]

Did you ever go back and FC it?

[@-curtiscamp]

Nostalgia hits pretty deep with this one

[@ericroe5484]

Recently saw Kingsman for the first time, the huge fight scene in the church with this solo blaring in the background is one of the most badass movie moments i have ever witnessed. Not only is it styled like a single shot take, but it also is equally as frantic as the solo feels. Master class of film making right there

[@swinelias]

It's really great that this version has crowd vocals tho, since those were missing on RB3. But also, really good job for getting 1st place on this song, here's hoping it won't ever be beaten.

[@DiegoSandovalLopez4579]

One of my favorite songs by Lynyrd Skynyrd and of course suitable to dedicate to someone who has passed away and in my case, RIP to all the people of 2020 Also, R.I.P Ronnie Van Zant 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊 Free as a Bird My Part Favorite 4:49 And Yeah This song is Hardest in Guitar Classic: Guitar Hero 2 You can find it in: . Forrest Gump . GTA San Andreas . Rock Band 3 Other favorites: . Sweet Home Alabama (GHWT) . Tuesday's Gone (GH Metallica) . Simple Man . Call Me The Breeze (GHWR) . Gimme Three Steps

[@Jace292]

How about I Know a Little?

[@DiegoSandovalLopez4579]

@@Jace292 I heard it abd well i like it

[@dagoatYT]

Simple man is another classic💯

[@kimkickout]

The TRUE meaning of Rock 'n Roll. I remember having goosebumps everytime I start playing the guitar solo part on Ps2 with a controller. Still couldn't FC it to this day but It's still LEGENDARY.

[@qbel4255]

*Do you want to play Free Bird?* All jokes aside, it's great that I've learned of LS thanks to GH series

[@NicolasMelo2015]

If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be traveling on now 'Cause there's too many places I've got to see But if I stay here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now And this bird you cannot change Oh, oh, oh, oh And the bird you cannot change And this bird you cannot change Lord knows I can't change Bye, bye, baby, it's been a sweet love, yeah, yeah Though this feeling I can't change But, please, don't take it so badly 'Cause Lord knows I'm to blame But if I stay here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now And this bird you cannot change Oh, oh, oh, oh And the bird you cannot change And this bird you cannot change Lord knows I can't change Lord, help me, I can't change Lord, I can't change Won't you fly high, free bird? Yeah

[@missamolina7030]

AND THIS BIRD YOU CANNOT CHANGE!! 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@---kr3zg]

The lyrics of this song are legendary and so is the guitar solo

[@DragonPianist]

One of my favorites from RB3. Gotta love it!

[@theguitarheronerd4806]

I remember first playing this i always wondered how big of a score i could get on this, this was back before i couldn't even play the song lol. Might have to try go back one day and see how better i can do and maybe even FC ;) Nice job.

[@zachlee543]

there is literally no reason why anyone would dislike a video like this, smh my damb head

[@samgibbons691]

Oh, still haven’t cracked Through the Fire and Flames yet. I saw on the last second of the video, everything but that has gold stars.

[@tempname2892]

this is an old video. He FCed it

[@samgibbons691]

@@tempname2892 what? He’s never said anything about it.

[@tempname2892]

@@samgibbons691 look at his community tab :/

[@BairyPanduh]

A brief hello to GH2 and RB3. This is always an awesome song to listen to and to play on the game. One of my favorites. Ever. Period. Awesome video!

[@pathhook5288]

this song will be my favourite of all my life thanks to Gta San Andreas Also "4:50 When Free Bird Kicks in"

[@paulofduty2005]

AND THIS BIRD YOU CANNOT CHAAAAAAAAAyAAAAAAAAYAYAYAYAYYANGE

[@itzhenrythegamerguy4564]

I always play this song last in this tier

[@Ex3LTheRaPiD]

tuesday's gone with the wind

[@oscardelabarrera8803]

Man, that was insane, unbelievable!!!!

[@Lcatcher24]

🔥🔥he's good

[@TnZay]

Good song. Hopefully this doesn't get blocked later on like the RB3 vid.

[@TheBassSinger]

I find it super weird that there's another re chart of this song exclusive for the Wii DLC at one point. Other than that, this song is infamous to me for being the song that never seems to end. To this day, have not FC'd this song on Guitar but I managed to FC Mercyful Fate somehow.

[@retrolu5872]

5:02 Empieza lo bueno

[@kingwewuz7168]

I have no idea why this wasn't blocked, considering that your RB3 Free Bird video is still blocked as of writing. As I said on that video when it was uploaded, I think this chart is the better chart over RB3, solely for the fact that you get to tap for the first 5 minutes of the song. Great song btw, deserves to be here. Nothing terribly hard on Expert Bass, it's more of a test of endurance than anything.

[@aWiseMoose]

I'm not tryna jinx it.

[@kingwewuz7168]

@@aWiseMoose oh yeah, I definitely get that. This song has always been complicated when it comes to copyright blocking.

[@JNewsted1988]

Yeah, after 2 runs on Expert Bass, I think there's nothing too bad about it all aside from a couple sections in the solo and the BRE outro. Other than that, this song was... surprisingly fun! It managed to sneak into my Top 10!

[@shototodoroki614]

This song reminds me so much of my dad. ❤❤ this song makes me wanna watch Forest Gump

[@yaboigaming123]

Damn, that's alotta tap notes

[@sub-zerotvgame1374]

pro!

[@jtmcf]

I just got GH Smash Hits for Christmas I only got up to hard difficulty in guitar hero games but I think I can FC Free Bird maybe Goin for that grind

[@RyantheGTFalcon]

Now down with 3 songs remaining

[@trooperV2003]

oh yea that makes sense, rockband 3 free bird audio has to be altered but it’s okay for guitar hero?

[@12ladrew1]

I’m Proud of You 👏🏽

[@icekind1336]

Instruments I played: Drums 5 stars Vocals Gold Stars and a perfect score

[@swinelias]

Great song, but a long one too. I remember when I first beaten this song I beaten it with 4 stars lol, and now it's the only song from this tier that I have on 5 stars, nice. On the outro section I think the hardest parts are the strummy part and that section with the HOPOS, because for me that trill isn't bad at all, in fact it's one of the easiest in the game because the game gives me a lot of time to prepare for it, and because of that I've never missed there. Another song from GTA:SA, though THIS time it's from another station.

[@DiegoSandovalLopez4579]

Forrest Gump and Rock Band 3

[@swinelias]

@@DiegoSandovalLopez4579 and Kingsman

[@DiegoSandovalLopez4579]

@@swinelias Mhm :v

[@Lynk713]

Gg man! When i tried to fc this the first time i had 2 chokes in the outro at 9.24.

[@kilomilo917]

Only real GH players one hand the whole slow part

[@guuh_gsn]

This version of Free Bird is very different from that of Guitar Hero II, it is strange...

[@hasahchan4775]

This is the original track, the gh2 one is cover

[@JNewsted1988]

And here's the final song of GH2! Fittingly that this one was saved for last on Guitar, since it's the final encore in that game! Though, I wonder why this song wasn't chosen as the penultimate song (and the Tier 7 encore) for Guitar and "Play With Me" was instead. This song just seems more like the "finale" type than "Play With Me" is. But enough of my rambling. Time to dig in! I just wrapped up a second playthrough of this song on Expert Bass (the first one was a sightread), and I gotta say... even though it's Tier 7 on my instrument, this song was ALOT of fun to play! Of course, the beginning is rather slow and easy, so I can't say much about that part except for the chords in the chorus, which consist of GR, GY, GB, and even GO. Be wary of those! Once the tempo picks up and we get into the solo, then the real fun begins! Seriously, this part is fun as all getout. This bassline keeps your fingers moving all over the place, and I love EVERY SECOND OF IT. The only parts I can say you need to watch out for on Bass are Guitar Solo N-Q, because it consists of gallops, and there's LOTS of them... and they even contain chords! YIKES! Talk about a stressful situation! Once that's over, it's basically smooth sailing until the BRE-esque outro. Seriously, I LOVED this song on Bass. I think I found a new entrant in my Top 10!

[@swinelias]

Well, if someone has a problem with "Play with me" being placed at the end of the tier, they can just play "Free bird" for the last, especially since "Play with me" isn't locked as an encore song. And yeah, I found this song to be fun on bass, and guitar too. I didn't play the RB3 chart yet, but im sure im gonna have a bit of an harder time playing that one than this one, contrary to what everyone's saying.

[@JNewsted1988]

@@swinelias Whoa, wait a minute... you mean to tell me that Tier 7 technically DOESN'T have an encore?! Does this go for all the Career Modes?

[@swinelias]

@@JNewsted1988 yep, when you get to the 7th tier, you can play any of the 5 songs that appear on that tier, so by that account, you could leave "Free bird" for the last while you do the other songs, including "Play with me". So also by that, tecnically TTFAF would be the 7th tier encore, despite it appearing on a different stage, but by the fact that you have to beat the other songs in order to get to the 8th tier, which again, only contains one song.

[@JNewsted1988]

@@swinelias Huh. I never even knew you could do that. Looking at the Bass setlist for Tier 7, I see this: Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot Pantera - Cowboys from Hell (Live) Lamb of God - Laid to Rest Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird Rush - YYZ So, what you're saying is that I could play "Free Bird" as the last song in this tier, even though "YYZ" is the proposed penultimate song for the Bass Career. Well, that's pretty interesting. I bet I would've figured this out earlier... that is if I could even finish the freakin' Career Mode in the first place! "Take Me Out" (AKA the song I can't even play in the first place), "Message in a Bottle" (the Tier 1 encore locked behind "Take Me Out"), and "Caught in a Mosh" (which is the Tier 6 encore on Bass) prevent me from completing it, and I'm extremely bummed out about that. Oh, well, I don't have to deal with this game for too much longer. Once the playthrough wraps up in 3 days, I'm going back to Rock Band 2. I wanna play "Give it All" again...

[@el_lotus7]

8:14 well, i can't do it with joystick :(

[@ATumbleOfTheDice]

PLAY FREE BI- ...oh you did

[@TheTanman1234543]

grinding this song for score is pain. especially on lower difficulties on gh2...

[@J0hnRatcliffe]

I seem to remember this being a lot harder as a kid. I did 100% Expert back in like 07 or something but this version just seem easier

[@buckfidencoincidencetheori7200]

Gh2 you had to hit the notes almost right on the line, newer games give more grace. I feel like the is is harder tho I haven’t played it only the gh2 version

[@jessierangel8959]

Gh2 classic this was one of my favorite songs in gh2 although its quite long. How do you whammy and strum at the same time it’s impossible.

[@meta04]

6:40 And here I was hoping this would be easier than in RB3...

[@kilomilo917]

First part of description: *sarcasm level 1000%

[@joshiewashie2574]

Geez 2600 note streak

[@lan-kun-officialchannel8285]

They were this close to using the extended version. Wish they used that, though.

[@kaleoastorga3521]

Whenever i play this song I always tap the notes and keep my right arm up to hold a lighter during the verses. I can’t whammy and get extra star power but sometimes you have to make sacrifices to look cool

[@advcrim77]

4:50

[@gblitz-_-5075]

Im 3 years late but 2600 note streak is absolutely insane.

[@AtticusLynchiF]

People are gonna lose their collective shit when this gets added to Fortnote Festival I should know, I'm people

[@mr.serejo9490]

This version is way harder than GH2 😳

[@8billiondoomed]

anyone else wish they put jordan on smash hits? :/

[@tempname2892]

looking at that anchoring - does this game have infinite hammer on front end like gh3?

[@infrarain]

no only gh3 gh live and the ds games did

[@aWiseMoose]

No, it's like every other GH game.

[@TR1PLE_6]

Fun fact: There was actually a different chart released as DLC for GH5. However, due to a bug, Xbox & PS3 owners only ended up getting the SH chart while Wii owners got the new chart. It was never fixed and effectively ended up as a Wii exclusive. Just as well because the chart is fucking garbage! Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5PNn4R8f86enpo And now for the note counts: SH - 2,600 / GH5 - 2,394 / RB3 - 2,163 (plus BRE shit)

[@Sapnap69420]

Oh boy 2 more songs to go :(

[@aWiseMoose]

Three!

[@Sapnap69420]

guitarheroROXS my bad

[@soup3690]

They should've put old maps in from the old games like the basement (gh1) Stonehenge (gh2) Lou's inferno (gh3) and such

[@el_lotus7]

My fav song :)

[@homerolopezcoronado1129]

I feel that this song, at least for me, is not difficult to play, but it is definitely one of the most exhausting to my poor fingers. u.u Only after Fight Fire with Fire and Black Widow of la Porte

[@heathens3098]

With Fight Fire with Fire I can keep strumming perferctly until the solo starts, thats when I get tired

[@Bret3470]

Is the line that connects the tap notes the slider bar, or something else?

[@aWiseMoose]

Yes, the string just connects the slider notes.

[@CalvinNielsonplaysguitar]

The second half of this song is the only part of this song worth listening to. It's still like 5 mins anyway right?

[@heathens3098]

Epic, and I'm still waiting for Raining Blood

[@JNewsted1988]

You're in luck! That song's coming up tomorrow!

[@PuppleStorm]

Hello, I'm a beginner gamer in South Korea who recently started Guitar Hero. I'd like some advice. You purposely miss two of the three Long Notes at the beginning, doesn't this drop the life gauge? If so, since what version has it been applied? I'd appreciate it if you could reply~ Please understand that it may be awkward because it is a sentence using a translator.

[@kingcactus4656]

I think Rock Band 3 had the better chart, that being said this song is amazing

[@Glitchgod0]

am i the only one that perfers the wavegroup version.

[@infrarain]

Fuck. The. Bass. Outro.

[@OP._.]

Cuz Im as freEEEeee as a tuuuuurtle now..

[@damndeeznotes]

This chart is so painful. RB3’s Free Bird chart is so much better.

[@jasonwiggins5615]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@abdilahnur-iv1qd]

Nah, its look real!

[@thattonnatoguywithafez8246]

*checks remaining songs* Oh ye we got a fun lot coming up right now.

[@เกียรติพงษ์มีทรัพย์มั่น-ผ6ฃ]

🎉

[@pregifted1591]

this is on the ps2 version right

[@JustTooManyPuppies]

No…

[@xboxgod7725]

In terms of difficulty, what is the ranking of free bird in the games it's in?

[@tempname2892]

Encore for the last tier in GH2

[@xboxgod7725]

@@tempname2892 I meant it as 'which chart is the hardest to play, in terms of difficulty?' & rank them in those terms

[@tempname2892]

@@xboxgod7725 idk, maybe gh2 because it has the hardest engine

[@Ghostly_Fishing1]

Was this on controller or guitar controller

[@maulanaaja2162]

Guitar Controller

[@81bird61]

Misses the last note

[@antoni1342]

Efectivamente pipepunk esta "jugando" videos de KZbin en twitch :c

[@dinhoshorts3079]

30/12/2022 😝

[@ntostado]

Fc

[@cayd_17]

I don’t mean to sound like a noob but honestly how?

[@thetroopergames3091]

fuck this game seriously, all the charts are mega nerfed, but the songs that had fine charts, like this, and raining blood, they jumbled it around a whole bunch. makes no sense fr

[@principeazulreyflou8975]

En que lo juegas

[@thelonewolf191]

Prefer GH2 overall. Seems on here that they added a lot of unnecessary notes

[@b0as_cs]

You cant put 3 fingers at the same time

[@colinellingham9631]

Bro did not even try to hide the fact its a bot run

[@Brabbit0626]

You could get a better score if you held all the notes at the beginning

[@guitarheroandrockbandrocks4]

Sixth

[@erick3003lel]

Imma be honest, i kinda hate this chart, it just feels disgusting to play compared to the rock band 3 chart Dont @ me

[@aWiseMoose]

If you think this chart is disgusting, wait until you see the Wii DLC chart...

[@swinelias]

@@aWiseMoose don't even get me started on that chart lol

[@nicolasalejandro8162]

Mode boot 😂😂 JAJAAJ F

[@tempname2892]

first

[@SnowyzUwU]

Gh2 chart was better

[@gamingbenchmarks9304]

hate this chart

[@p00dino]

this is masterpiece

[@principeazulreyflou8975]

Tu juegas con cheat para que no te confundas en ni un boton vi todo tu video y eres malisimo para jugar si que te confundistes a la mitad de la musica se te escapaban muchos botones se juega sin trampa

[@zaimusic_150]

Him not holding the chords pissed me off

[@DiegoSandovalLopez4579]

If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be travelling on, now 'Cause there's too many places I've got to see But if I stayed here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now And this bird you cannot change And the bird you cannot change And this bird you cannot change Lord knows, I can't change Bye, bye, baby, it's been a sweet love, yeah, yeah Though this feeling I can't change But, please, don't take it so badly 'Cause Lord knows I'm to blame But if I stayed here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now And this bird you'll never change And the bird you cannot change And this bird you cannot change Lord knows, I can't change Lord, help me, I can't change Lord, I can't change Won't you fly high, free bird, yeah

[@leonardogomezherrera459]

4:50