TOP ALBUMS:
Not every ballot had a top album. And my vote created a tie. The rest of the roll-out will be much more scientific.
Anyway, your top Metallica albums:
http://i.imgur.com/3qkrCtQ.jpg4. Lulu by Lou Reed & Metallica, 2011
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 17:17 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/bMilEYQ.jpg2. ... And Justice For All, 1988 (tie)
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 17:18 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/12dtn36.jpg2. Master of Puppets, 1986 (tie)
http://i.imgur.com/F1Th7Ul.jpg1. Ride the Lightning, 1984
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 17:19 (eight years ago) link
Anyone want to take a wild guess how many actual votes each album got?
http://i.imgur.com/W9mtd3z.png
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 17:20 (eight years ago) link
wish I'd got a ballot together in time for this. Kill 'Em All is my favorite.
― example (crüt), Monday, 6 July 2015 17:23 (eight years ago) link
I'll put a Ramble Tamble vote in there for ya.
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link
dang, did not expect RtL to take the crown.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Monday, 6 July 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link
these graphics are amazing
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 6 July 2015 17:38 (eight years ago) link
I was really surprised by Ride The Lightning's showing.
My vote was for Masters.
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link
I voted for Master as well, but it could have gone to either that one or Ride.... Agree on the graphics, great work!
― Keith Moom (Neil S), Monday, 6 July 2015 17:53 (eight years ago) link
death magnetic coffin toilet really inspired
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 6 July 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
i voted for Justice, of course.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Monday, 6 July 2015 18:01 (eight years ago) link
and yeah huge props on these graphics, much better than we deserve.
Thanks everyone.
Roll-out begins in 15 mins.
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 18:15 (eight years ago) link
Eighteen ballots received. Over 80 songs received votes. Songs will appear on this Spotify playlist.
Here are the Top 25 Metallica Songs, as voted by your peers.
http://i.imgur.com/qMr5jBn.gif
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 18:41 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/siUa1yS.jpg25. "Enter Sandman" • Metallica, 1991100 points | 6 votes
Official VideoFan Video - Rob Scallon Plays It Backward6-Year-Old Avery Molek's CoverMariano Rivera's Final Appearance for the Yankees
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 18:42 (eight years ago) link
18 ballots? oh this could be hilarious
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 6 July 2015 18:46 (eight years ago) link
i don't think i can "hear" enter sandman anymore
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 6 July 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
Poll has jumped the shark. xxp
― :wq (Leee), Monday, 6 July 2015 18:48 (eight years ago) link
But I echo everyone, graphics are rad, thread title is boss, and very stoked that RTL won albums even though I voted for AJFA.
― :wq (Leee), Monday, 6 July 2015 18:49 (eight years ago) link
surprised nobody picked "Fade To Black" as a jump the shark moment tbh
― example (crüt), Monday, 6 July 2015 18:59 (eight years ago) link
I still remember hearing Sandman for the first time. Humble brag, but I've been a Metallica fan since the Summer of '86. We'd heard all the rumors and read RIP magazine that this new album was going to be different. Scared to death that they were going to turn into Winger.
Listened to the tape in the parking lot of the shopping center where I bought it. Buddy and I just looked at each other. "Not bad. At least it's not Winger."
Still get a kick out of it now that I only hear it occasionally. Even Tom Leykis couldn't ruin this song for me.
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:00 (eight years ago) link
Also enjoy this poll kicking off with it because it's a helluva album intro (James wanted "Holier Than Thou" to start the record.)
And as you can see, it was awarded exactly 100 points. All the other songs below it were in the double-digits.
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:02 (eight years ago) link
I remember hearing it for the first time at summer camp. We were all gathered around a boombox playing 98 Rock. To me, it was too corny to be Metallica. "What was this, the new Megadeth song or something?" And then weirdly, the new Megadeth song (from Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey) had a "Now I lay me down to sleep..." line in it.
― how's life, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:05 (eight years ago) link
probably because this redeemed it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsZ2r7jLFoQ
― lil urbane (Jordan), Monday, 6 July 2015 19:06 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/qQhjIsw.jpg24. "Eye of the Beholder" • …And Justice For All, 1988108 points | 6 votes
Studio Version…And Justice For Jason VersionDarker & Faster Version Ok, what the hell is going on with these.
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:07 (eight years ago) link
I wish I could remember the grammatical term for swapping around the subject, metal style, to give you master of puppets vs. puppet master. Makes everything more metal. There's a baby store by here called Cradles of Distinction.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:08 (eight years ago) link
One of the Justice tracks I didn't end up voting for. I love it in context of the hour-long riff fest, but as a stand-alone song it plods a little for me.
― how's life, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:12 (eight years ago) link
I remember buying the cassingle of it before ...Justice came out and liking the B-side (Budgie's "Breadfan") a lot more.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 6 July 2015 19:18 (eight years ago) link
Weird choice for a single.
― how's life, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:19 (eight years ago) link
So many cool intros on that record.
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:20 (eight years ago) link
Lots of fade-in's like that one.
Yeah, I agree; anything on Side Three ("The Shortest Straw," "Harvester of Sorrow," "The Frayed Ends of Sanity") would have been a better pick, particularly "Straw."
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 6 July 2015 19:24 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/RXjMaYI.jpg23. "Junior Dad" with Lou Reed • Lulu, 2011109 points | 4 votes | 1 No. 1 Vote Studio VersionLive in GermanyILX Pre-Covers LULU Versions by Virgin Killer and Sean Carruthers
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:35 (eight years ago) link
lol hey
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 6 July 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
btw "eye of the beholder" was my highest vote from justice, amazing chorus
No Lulu on Spotify, so you'll have to settle for a concession.
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
Not giving too much away by saying this is the longest song on the poll.
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 19:38 (eight years ago) link
beyond reed's devastating vocal i think this song is the apex of "gentle" metallica, i.e. "unforgiven," "hero of the day" etc. they just find this gorgeous, simple phrase and wring the most pathos out of it. also love lars' changeable snare hits at the end of each measure
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 6 July 2015 19:45 (eight years ago) link
imo lars is often less a shitty drummer than just another guitar
http://i.imgur.com/f70Kf1a.jpg22. "Of Wolf & Man" • Metallica, 1991
112 points | | 5 votes | 1 No. 1 voteRemastered Studio Versionhttp://i.imgur.com/HLmkLM4.png
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 20:01 (eight years ago) link
Counted up the points, saw where this one landed, and went "Oh really?"
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 20:02 (eight years ago) link
the black album still sounds so fucking expensive.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Monday, 6 July 2015 20:05 (eight years ago) link
i mean it has to be the most hi-fi metal album ever, right?
― lil urbane (Jordan), Monday, 6 July 2015 20:06 (eight years ago) link
Well, compared to St. Anger or the tin shed sounds of And Justice, I'd say so.
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 20:06 (eight years ago) link
All right, final one of the day coming up. We'll get 20-11 tomorrow and wrap up on Wednesday.
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 20:22 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/JUwSLWd.jpg21. "Damage Inc." • Master of Puppets, 1986115 points | 7 points
Studio VersionLive in Denmark, 1986
― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 20:24 (eight years ago) link
don't fuck with Razorback!http://i.imgur.com/L3LXs2c.png
I voted for the earliest Shark Jumping moment and the best album too!Will post my list when it's all rolled out.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 6 July 2015 20:28 (eight years ago) link
no clue why the convention is to use the initials - why is it J K Rowling and J R R Tolkien? maybe similar explanation
― niels, Friday, 10 July 2015 09:50 (eight years ago) link
getting off topic, but this link has a recording of the danish pronunciation http://www.forvo.com/word/h.c._andersen/
― niels, Friday, 10 July 2015 09:52 (eight years ago) link
Thanks for the link.
Just never thought about names being commonly said in different ways like that. Pronounciation is one thing, but initials and format is another.
― pplains, Friday, 10 July 2015 12:15 (eight years ago) link
yeah me neither - but it's actually nice to know that the more common English version is the full name since every once in while Hans Christian comes up in touristy conversation for me, and "h" is such a clumsy letter to pronounce in english anyway
― niels, Friday, 10 July 2015 12:34 (eight years ago) link
Must've been why I thought Lars said "A.C. Anderson" at first.
― pplains, Friday, 10 July 2015 15:18 (eight years ago) link
But you should hear my Danish though. Makes St. Anger sound good.
was at the Brandenburg Gate for a few days so I missed most of the rollout
Of Wolf and ManOneLast Caress / Green HellBlackenedTrapped Under IceCreeping DeathRide the LightningBatteryWhiplashAm I EvilJunior DadOrionFor Whom The Bell TollsWelcome Home (Sanitarium)Master of PuppetsThe Four HorsemenFight Fire With FireFade to BlackTo Live Is To DieHarvester of Sorrow
album: Ride the Lightning
jumped the shark: Black Album (though "Of Wolf and Man" rules, fuck you)
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 10 July 2015 15:27 (eight years ago) link
There was a vogue in British letters in the early 20th century to go by one's initials -- EM Forster, DH Lawrence, WH Auden, etc. -- which might explain JRR Tolkien. I dunno why that is, though, maybe the peculiarities of British naming conventions.
JK Rowling may have initially been to obscure her gender to be more marketable? Total speculation however, and we've seen how my speculative skills have panned out in this thread.
― :wq (Leee), Friday, 10 July 2015 16:32 (eight years ago) link
Always figure in the cases of J.R.R. Tolkien or W.E.B. Du Bois, it's that they've got too many names.
― pplains, Friday, 10 July 2015 18:23 (eight years ago) link
I'm serious you guys. Right there at about 0:27-0:28. There is an "ooooooh" and I can't unhear it. What the hell?
https://youtu.be/lXWq3f01e2U?t=25s
― how's life, Friday, 10 July 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link
(turn it up)
― how's life, Friday, 10 July 2015 18:31 (eight years ago) link
you're not talking about the high bass fill, are you?
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 10 July 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
I thought it was a slide on the bass at first! But the more I listen to it, the more I hear someone going "ooooh".
― how's life, Friday, 10 July 2015 19:39 (eight years ago) link
putting "Sweet Jane" on the spotify playlist in place of "Junior Dad" is pretty shitty imo
― some dude, Saturday, 11 July 2015 01:15 (eight years ago) link
Is Lulu on Spotify? I couldn't find it.
― pplains, Saturday, 11 July 2015 01:22 (eight years ago) link
There's still a place in that version of "Sweet Jane" when James is roarin' "Suhweeeeet JANE!" that you realize, holy shit, not only is this Lou Reed singing this song with Metallica backing him, but they had such a good time doing it, they went on to make a sadomasochism record together and then he died.
― pplains, Saturday, 11 July 2015 01:26 (eight years ago) link
Lulu's not on Spotify. i'm just saying i'd rather there be nothing representing its spot in the playlist than a replacement.
― some dude, Saturday, 11 July 2015 03:14 (eight years ago) link
Like 19 minutes and 56 seconds of silence? Seems a bit much.
― pplains, Saturday, 11 July 2015 04:16 (eight years ago) link
Shame Jason wasn't on that Jr. song.
http://i.imgur.com/UtZPGYm.jpg
― pplains, Saturday, 11 July 2015 04:19 (eight years ago) link
Never hear of this before just now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Magnetic
Guess if it was any good I would've.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Sunday, 12 July 2015 18:26 (eight years ago) link
"hate train" is good! i almost voted for it
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Sunday, 12 July 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, the EP's OK, not great, not horrible.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 12 July 2015 19:14 (eight years ago) link
Welcome Home
pplains wrote this at 2015-07-08 15:25:34.000
Definitely spent the weekend wandering around the house with my guitar playing mostly low E.
― how's life, Monday, 13 July 2015 10:43 (eight years ago) link
sad I missed this. I woulda picked the title track to RTL was my #1, but y'all did good work.
I was thinking today how FB or social media not existing during the release of Load actually made the internet reactions better. The meltdowns on USENet were gold.
example from noted poster "Loser Poser":
"hmm... I was wondering which names would suit best for the Metallicamembers, because I personally feel that Metallica doesen't deserve the nameMetallica anymore...because the new albums load off with bollocks 1 and 2are...what they are.So here's my choices:
producer Bob Rock--------> Pop Pop
James Hetfield------------> Heinz ShitfieldLars Ulrich--------> Mars BullshitKirk Hammet-----------> Hint GaymintJason Newsted--------> Jason Voorhees...ooops wrong name, I meantPlayson Newsdead
and finally Metallica---------> Wimpallica"
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 19 October 2015 16:50 (eight years ago) link
and reply..
From: limp...@a✧✧.c✧✧ (LiMpDoG 23)Subject: Re: new names to Metallica membersDate: 1998/10/23Message-ID: <19981023152✧✧✧.21✧✧✧.00000✧✧✧@ng-✧✧✧.a✧✧.c✧✧>#1/1X-Deja-AN: 404385335References: <363b9✧✧✧.4844✧✧✧@n✧✧✧.swb✧✧✧.n✧✧>Organization: AOL http://www.aol.comNewsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal.metallicaX-Admin: ne...@a✧✧.c✧✧
>Re: new names to Metallica
im tired of these fucking peice of shit wannabe metallica fanz. If they dontlike their new shit , they can go fuck a goat. They can make better music thanany other fucking hipocrit faggot ass poser who thinks he likes metallica ________________ . .. . |. R I P :::::: . | | :: .|| CLIFF BURTON || ||________________|
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 19 October 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link
and this old favorite, featuring one of my favorite ascerbic WebTVers from back in the day...
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/alt.rock-n-roll.metal.metallica/aincerahttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/alt.rock-n-roll.metal.metallica/aincera$20load/alt.rock-n-roll.metal.metallica/qb6nyF3kk14/tBxMsVpGYBEJ0load/alt.rock-n-roll.metal.metallica/qb6nyF3kk14/tBxMsVpGYBEJ
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 19 October 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link
Internet humour has stayed roughly at the same level of sophistication for nineteen years then.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 19 October 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link
pretty much.
y'know going back to Disposable Heroes, this was a song that took me like most of my adult life to love. I used to think it was just a gimmicky, hookless speedfest, but really this is one of the most interesting songs on the album, the speed isn't why it's interesting.
something about the way Jaymz roars "I was born for dyiiiiiiiin'" gives me chills now. hard to believe he once actually had principles that he wasn't afraid to commit to on record, years before publicly giving his wishy-washy "I don't really have 'opinions' man" bet hedging....
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 19 October 2015 17:05 (eight years ago) link
Disposable Heroes is phenomenal.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 19 October 2015 17:06 (eight years ago) link
I posted this yesterday on a different thread, but since this one is bumped...
https://youtu.be/EdXp1nhmzW0?t=2m39s
― how's life, Monday, 19 October 2015 17:07 (eight years ago) link
Mars Bullshit
― pplains, Monday, 19 October 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
Also, is "Loser Poser" supposed to rhyme or
how do I tell Jaymz I hate the paint job on his car-inspired guitar
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 19 October 2015 17:16 (eight years ago) link
what was the first Metallica release everybody owned?
for me it was the cd single of "One/Eye of the Beholder", cos it was all I could afford with my allowance and my mom didn't want me using her money to buy "Metallica" albums even though she had no fucking idea who they were.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 19 October 2015 17:17 (eight years ago) link
First owned an audio dub of the One video that I made by holding a cassette recorder up to the TV (also got "We Want Eazy" by Eazy-E and "Punk Rock Girl" by the Dead Milkmen that day). Next bought a cassingle of One/The Prince. Then I bought MOP and AJFA on the same day.
― how's life, Monday, 19 October 2015 17:39 (eight years ago) link
Also, realized I was wrong upthread about Blackened being the first Metallica song I ever heard. I must have been getting my facts wrong in the excitement of the poll.
― how's life, Monday, 19 October 2015 17:46 (eight years ago) link
I really missed out. had I given a shit at the time, I coulda had several of my classmates dub me copies of their Metallica albums, but I was listening pretty much to MC Hammer between 1988-1991 and Aerosmith/Ace of Base by 1993. didn't even get the black album til 1995 :/
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 19 October 2015 17:51 (eight years ago) link
I do remember waiting up to hear "Until It Sleeps" the night it dropped (at the time I liked it)...and then did the same for Re-Load.
at first, during the intro, I was all like
http://www.rantlifestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/nic-cage.jpg
and then the verse riff came in and I was like
http://blogimages.thescore.com/tbj/files/2011/02/kobe-disappointed.jpg
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 19 October 2015 20:14 (eight years ago) link
My first 'tallica was probably AJFA and then the Black Album.
― :wq (Leee), Monday, 19 October 2015 20:26 (eight years ago) link
I had Kill 'Em All (and the "Jump in the Fire" 12") on vinyl, but never owned Ride the Lightning or Master of Puppets. Picked up again with the $5.98 EP on cassette, then ...And Justice For All on vinyl (preceded by the "Eye of the Beholder" cassette single). I think I had the Black Album on cassette, then never bought anything else until Death Magnetic on CD.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 19 October 2015 20:29 (eight years ago) link
Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield from Metallica came over and we did some outrageous partying. Sally was there and I remember there was a girl that James wanted to fuck and I let him take her into my bedroom. They were in there for a while and I had to get in there to get something, so I crept in quietly and saw James head-fucking her. He was standing on the bed, ramming her head against the wall, moaning in that thunderous voice of his, just slamming away, and bellowing "That'll be fine! That'll be fine! Yes! That'll be fine!"
― how's life, Thursday, 22 October 2015 22:17 (eight years ago) link
is this wishful thinking, or did someone once make an ambient Metallica mix of all their pretty classical intros and baroque breakdowns?
Did a little searching to no avail, but did find this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIdm5hNeymE
― MarmiteGrrrl (Leee), Sunday, 18 March 2018 23:47 (six years ago) link