Comments on: You Can’t Handle the Commodore (Song)

By: Nate

Nate — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:15:54 +0000

So… My cousin is Kris Hale and I was checking her facebook, which led me to her websites, which led me to her links, which led me to your website. Sidenote: Your frontpage article on StarWars is incredible. Your ’82 collection looks a lot like mine.

Anyway… This song is incredible. In. cred. I. ble.

I had a C64 for like 5 years. I think I played all of these games. A little sad you didn’t throw jumpman in there (a personal fav of mine). But heck, you can’t get ’em all.

This is just brilliant.

Thanks (smiles)…

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:45:40 +0000

I luv this song! Cool!!!

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:19:02 +0000

I knew I was outclassed when another one of the entrants (Virt) also gave a live concert that same night!

Maybe sometimes I am too hard on myself. I did have fun and I don’t regret entering. If I am destined to be the Weird Al of demoparties, I can live with that. :)

By: ubikuberalles

ubikuberalles — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:42:08 +0000

Nicely done. Although I’m an Atari geek through and through, I’ve handled a C64 and Vic20 in my time and I got most of the jokes. Very brave of you indeed to stand up there and perform like that.

I’m also in agreement with much of what Amber and your mom said. I spent a good part of my computing time in the 1980’s typing in programs (either from a magazine or code I wrote myself). Of course, most of that was on either an Atari 800 or Atari ST (and sometimes an Altair) instead of a Commode Door (oops, sorry! Old Atari habit!), but it’s basically the same experience. I would always have a great feeling of accomplishment whenever I finished typing in a program (my most memorable was when I finished entering the code for a Tempest clone from an Atari magazine).

Nowadays I write my code on notepad (for JavaScript) or I use Visual Studio or even Flash Studio. Not quite the same experience as the old days. Even the sense of accomplishment isn’t as thrilling as it was back then (I attribute that to just getting older) even when my programs now do far more than they did back then.

I did the BBSing, the game playing and the downloading like you did, Rob but no where near at the same level as you. Don’t know which would be the better experience but I think we both had our fun in those days.

What label is your new rap music gonna be under? ;)

By: Mom

Mom — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:00:42 +0000

OK, I get Amber’s comment. Typing in basic, running it to fix all typos, hoping it will run. That certainly dates her (and me!) Proud of you for competing. Nobody wins first place on the first try. I think middle was a great accomplishment! If you liked it, keep trying. If not, just remember a great experience!

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:56:19 +0000

D’oh — link fixed.

I’m glad you guys liked the song (or at least listened to it). I think the song might have done better at the competition if I had been able to display the lyrics while it was playing.

An album, huh? Well, you never know …

By: hmvh

hmvh — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:41:33 +0000

Broken link, Rob.

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:28:16 +0000

I also thought it was brave of you to do this. I never would have dreamed of putting myself out there like that. My memories of the c64 consisted of entering a great amount of data to get it perform a simple task such as a balloon floating. It would take me 2 hours to enter the information and the damn balloon would not fly and most of the time it would not even look like a balloon. Oh well I tried. I unfortunately got all the bad jokes. I am leaning toward the rebel nerd side. Anyway back to you. I am really proud of you to be able to even compete with such amazing individuals.

By: Felix

Felix — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:13:46 +0000

It made me feel good that I got most of the references until I showed my wife the lyrics. She called me a geek and I felt shame.

I really do dig this song. Will you be adding a full album to your resume?

By: Stephen B

Stephen B — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:12:44 +0000

I am not the best person to comment on music. Especially, since half of the time – I cannot understand what someone is saying/singing in a song. I also have zero rhythm and don’t have the best of hearing (especially with a lot of background noise). I enjoyed the song more as it progressed. At first, I had some trouble understanding what was being said. I enjoyed it more as I read along with the song. I really enjoyed the references that were made to various C64 items/games. For some reason, I have the song now stuck in my head. You did what most of us would not be brave enough to do. Good job.