Yeah...so it turns out Guitar Hero 5's ability to import songs from previous games isn't as good a deal as we first thought. Turns out that, of World Tour's 85 songs, only 35 can so far be copied over.

That's less than half. Funny that there's some mysterious ailment afflicting songs sold on a retail disc, when 152 of the 158 downloadable tracks for Guitar Hero will work just fine with Guitar Hero 5.

Like Rock Band, there's a charge associated with bringing the songs over - $3.50 - but unlike Rock Band, which let you import nearly the entire previous game's library, we're having a little trouble seeing the benefits of ponying up for only 35 songs.

'Guitar Hero' rocks on [USA Today]

UPDATE - Here are the 35 songs:

* Nirvana ? "About a Girl (Unplugged)
* Lenny Kravitz ? "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
* Wings ? "Band on the Run"
* Blink-182 ? "Dammit"
* Sting ? "Demolition Man (Live)"
* Steely Dan ? "Do It Again"
* Foo Fighters ? "Everlong"
* Pat Benatar ? "Heartbreaker"
* Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ? "Hollywood Nights"
* Steve Miller Band ? "The Joker"
* 30 Seconds to Mars ? "The Kill"
* The Mars Volta ? "L'Via L'Viaquez"
* The Silversun Pickups ? "Lazy Eye"
* Bon Jovi ? "Livin' On A Prayer"
* The Stone Roses ? "Love Spreads"
* Jimmy Eat World ? "The Middle"
* The Answer ? "Never Too Late"
* Beastie Boys ? "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"
* Interpol ? "Obstacle 1"
* At the Drive In "One Armed Scissor"
* Blondie ? "One Way Or Another"
* Lacuna Coil "Our Truth"
* Motorhead ? "Overkill"
* Rise Against ? "Re-Education Through Labor"
* Sublime ? "Santeria"
* Coldplay ? "Shiver"
* NOFX ? "Soul Doubt"
* No Doubt ? "Spiderwebs"
* Black Label Society ? "Stillborn"
* Ted Nugent ? "Stranglehold"
* Lynyrd Skynyrd ? "Sweet Home Alabama (Live)"
* Smashing Pumpkins ? "Today"
* Stuck in the Sound ? "Toy Boy"
* Creedence Clearwater Revival ? "Up Around the Bend"
* Hushpuppies ? "You're gonna say yeah"