The Hero of the day

My day has been filled with phone calls so far, including one this morning from my vendor in France. I should have guessed by the incoming number, (not that I recognized it, but it was really long). Still, it was pretty interesting to know that I'm speaking with someone halfway around the world from me, language barriers notwithstanding. The fault lies with me, however, as I can only claim to know one language, while my contacts there can speak at least three that I know of. Even so, the heavily accented English can be a trial to understand sometimes.
In other news, I got a really good deal on Guitar Hero: Metallica from Newegg. You can't beat $12 cheaper than retail, with free shipping. The developer Neversoft has gone on record as saying the difficulty of this new game is higher than a normal GH game, just based on the source material. I believe it, the Metallica tracks on both GH: World Tour and Rock Band are some of the toughest songs to beat. While I don't have much use for any Metallica albums past S&M, at least the song selection for the game is quite robust, with many tracks from the older stuff. My only concern is, as the guy who gets stuck doing most of the male singing parts, I'm going to be tearing my voice apart growling and shouting through most of their early work. I also wish the Metallica covers of several Garage, Inc. songs were on the list, instead of the original artists' songs. I understand why they would include them, but some of the songs I had honestly never heard of until they were covers. I have no history with the original versions, therefore the Metallica covers are the originals for me.
I'm always judging subsequent versions of any media by my first experience with them. That's the reason I'm apprehensive to ever see Sweeney Todd in its native form as a play, since Tim Burton's recent film has so far been the only exposure I've had to the story.