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Happy 29th birthday to the Black album.

 

kind of bummed i passed on seeing them a year ago since we might never have concerts again

 

I would've loved to see Metallica... And Justice for All was the first album I ever purchased.

 

if you've never seen them live, it's definitely worth the money

always felt a palpable energy at Metallica shows that was different than anything else


also, S&M2 is out now - The Anesthesia performance is ace.

 

A large group of friends saw them on the Hardwired tour for my buddy's bachelor party. It was amazing. They were definitely a bucket list concert for me and completely lived up to expectations.

 

What do you mean by this? I keep seeing people say things like "we'll NEVER have live music/live theater/live events etc. again" or "movie theaters will close and NEVER come back", and I've yet to see any explanation for why that's the case. Obviously things are really bad right now, and some concert venues/theaters will close, and that's really unfortunate... but I think once COVID is behind us the demand for any kind of live entertainment will be higher than it's been in a long time.

Edit: Just occurred to me that you might be exaggerating with "never" and if that's the case I apologize.

 

lol yes i didn't mean we will literally never have concerts again

 

But if we don't...I'm happy to have seen Metallica live haha

 

I've seen them 8(?, maybe 9) times. I wasn't going to go to the Hardwired tour because it was a giant stadium show and it was gonna cost a bit to get good seats, but I decided to just go for it at the last minute and spent $250, but I wound up being like 10 feet from Kirk so it was worth every cent.

If I get an opportunity to see them again, I'll do the VIP Whiplash package. I think it's $400 (which don't get me wrong, is A LOT of money) but you get to go through an exhibit with a bunch of old memorabilia and you can play on their actual gear. Plus you get first access to the floor, dinner, drinks and exclusive merch that just winds up increasing in value.

 

I'm probably the only one interested in this, but...



METALLICA Announces 'Live & Acoustic From HQ' Streaming Charity Event

 

Watching this live stream right now and Lars is drumming with a toothpick in his mouth

 

S&M2 is pretty solid but it really makes me appreciate just how much magic was required for S&M to be such a perfect album. The mix of the band was clearer. The balance of the band and orchestra was perfect. The band was the tightest they've ever been. The orchestra was recorded more as an ensemble with less capturing of individual instruments/sections so the blend was better. A little, tiny shift in each of those is the difference between one of the greatest albums of all time and a pretty nice one.

Also, Jason Newstead was this band's secret sauce at their peak.

 

Newsted is highly underrated.

 

1. He isn't as talented a bass player on a technical level as Trujillo, but he more than makes up for it in feel. You can really hear it in the two live versions of "Outlaw Torn".

2. His backing vocals really took them to another level on S&M. "Of Wolf and Man", "Hero of the Day", "Outlaw Torn", all immeasurably better with him singing.

 

His backing vocals and energy on Live Shit is what really makes me love him

 

The Definitive Album Of 2020 Is Lou Reed And Metallica’s ’Lulu’

 

Counterpoint: No, it's really not lol

I don't know when it happened, but I rapidly lost interest with Hyden's writing. I don't have the patience to read through his articles anymore (though I did this time).

 

The article is actually good and well written, as all of his are.

I’ll never understand people who bludgeon Metallica over that album. They played backing band for one of the greatest of all time. Who wouldn’t?

 

People don't give them a hard time for playing with Lou Reed. People give them a hard time because the music on that record is bad.

 

real bad

 

Right, but they're just performing on a Lou Reed album. Nobody shits on the session guys who back a shitty pop album. They backed up Reed's vision, plain and simple.

 

Yeah, that was definitely an interesting read. Got me to think about the album in a different way, even though I still don’t care for it much I thought Hyden’s writing was excellent and I learned a lot about Reed.

 

IIRC they composed the music and Lou Reed wrote the lyrics. It’s not like they’re just following his lead, it was collaborative

 

it's pretty impossible to listen to Lulu and not hear their fingerprints all over the songwriting tbh

 

hear.....fingerprints? sure.