Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

its dangerous to go alone!
take this.

@ogo79 is that blood or ketchup on that Frankfurter?

@NintendoByNature
thats an educated question that is way above my league of confirming.
night slashers is a must play
its freakin great!

@ogo79 i grabbed it in a sale last year. Only played about 30 min though. I'll fire it up around Halloween

Um, I didn't, particularly, @Tyranexx ..... But since we've been talking about this so much, here's the song:

@ThanosReXXX Nope, this one is from Event Horizon. (Sam Neil)

@ogo79 I’ll make sure to get that one on the next sale. I saw it a while back but ended up getting the Beat Em Up Bundle instead.

I don’t see many people praising it, but I think the best game on the collection is Knights of the Round.

@NintendoByNature Ah, so it IS a physical edition of XCDE? Well, as much as it pains me, I'll still skip it, because besides the aforementioned spending already done, I also still own the original on the Wii, so I'm not really in a hurry to double-dip...
(I do have the second game on the Switch, though)

@bimmy-lee Eh... okay.... No offense, my friend, but I simply responded to your comment. You mentioned looking it up "just for fun". And of course, the whole thing about me saying you having to pick up the torch and stuff was just me pulling your leg a bit, so I've no idea what's up with the snappy come back.

And now I'm wondering if you actually dislike the artist, which in turn makes me wonder why you'd mention him in the first place. Oh, well. Forget about it.

Guess I'll also forego looking up some actual one hit wonders, because I've lost the appetite to do so.

@BruceCM Ooh... sounds rather inferior to the original release. Guess his age is starting to count and taking a toll on the voice. What I liked about the original version is how clear his voice sounded. Some voices get better with age, but some clearly do not...

@HobbitGamer Yeah, so I was already told by @BruceCM, one page back.
Bit late to the party there, sir.

Hmm, well, I could have sworn he was singing just a little slower, too .... Probably worked well as part of a live concert? Here's a much older one I found:

@BruceCM Better not spam this thread with Don McLean anymore...

EDIT:
But having said that, the older clip proves my point: clearer voice, and the timing is most certainly also better. Much more in line with what people would hear on the radio or on any other (recorded) medium.

I personally always dislike when artists tried to change or "liven up" a song. You have this version in your head, and if you're at a concert and want to sing or hum along, then it just doesn't match up, taking you out of the immersion. Hope that makes sense to you, seeing as it's obviously a rather personal sentiment.

It's probably not a conscious & deliberate change but yeah, I did wonder when I was listening to the new version .... What else does anyone want to talk about, then?

@ThanosReXXX I am super duper late to the Chit Chat party recently, haha. I arrive just in take for leftover bagels, it seems. I've only been able to carve out about an hour a day for gaming and internetting lately.

@ogo79 looks fantastic I need this

@BruceCM In this particular case, I suspect it's simply his voice changing with age. He was very young when he first released it, so he also had a considerably higher voice then.

As for what else to talk about: this is the Chit-Chat thread, so just about any topic is possible...
(within the constraints of the site rules, obviously)

@HobbitGamer Bagels, you say? Well, as long as they are bagels with sweet toppings or innards/spreads in between, then I'm game.

@ThanosReXXX - I was annoyed by the conversation at that point since we were in our eighth hour of discussing whether Don McClean is a one or two hit wonder. I don’t like getting bogged down in nerdy conversation like that, especially since it stemmed from a passing analogy I made in a different conversation that I’m positive the majority of people would find acceptable.

Here's another one that came up while I was looking for 'worst lyrics' ....

@bimmy-lee Fair enough. Personally, I wouldn't let it annoy me that much, seeing as it's just a bit of innocent online chatter to pass the time, but to each their own, I guess. Didn't mean anything by it, though, and I hope you also didn't interpret it as such.

As mentioned, I'm just more of a literal person. Sometimes to my own and other people's benefit, and sometimes not. Comes with the territory, so after all these years, I'm used to it by now, but I guess it can come across as a bit too annoying or "in your face" sometimes. It is never intended as something negative or offensive, though. It's just how the cookie crumbles, in this weird head of mine...

@BruceCM Well, I suppose it all depends on taste. Was that on the BBC ranking list as well? If not, then it's not OFFICIALLY a song with bad lyrics. I don't give a rat's you-know-what about what any random YouTuber or Twitter influencer thinks of it...

On a side note: and I actually liked that song. I'm pretty sure I still have it somewhere, on one of those "best of" CD's...

Well, it was on several lists but all for one line, which seems a bit unfair to me, too, @ThanosReXXX .... I like the song a lot, so I'm not particularly defending those claims It's had several remixes over the years, so it's been in the top 40 several different times, which is impressive, IMO & I know it was on several compilation CDs, too

SpaceX launch targeting 4:33 PM eastern US time (weather could scrub the mission though)
Nasa live stream. Unfortunately it's probably going to be cloudy, not the best show. But I'll still watch.

Below is a good clip of the rockets landing. After launch (if launch happens as scheduled) it's cool to watch the first stage rocket comeback and land, and the sonic booms catch up. It's cool & loud af.