For Whom The Bell POLLS - Votes & Nominations Thread for the // METALLICA \\ ILM Artist Poll (Voting Closed)

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Except I loathe "Hero of the Day."

imo this is a shame

pls excuse me while i tend 2 how i feel

55 or so more hours for votes at ForWhomThe @ Lycos.com!

pplains, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 20:27 (eight years ago) link

Is the Lycos addy a '90s nostalgia thing?

Falconetti Pot (Leee), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link

I have like six gmail addresses that show up on my screen when I'm logged out. Couldn't deal with another.

And I'm the only one who thinks For Whom The Lycos is funny, I know this, it's ok, I go to court when I have to.

pplains, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 21:02 (eight years ago) link

oh shit i need to prep my ballot

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 21:03 (eight years ago) link

I think the lycos.com thing is hilarious.

how's life, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link

I'm going to amend the poll title to indicate that it closes tomorrow. How many ballots do you have so far, pp?

how's life, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 12:02 (eight years ago) link

Thanks for that.

Ten ballots so far – one for every member if you include Lou and Bob.

pplains, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 13:26 (eight years ago) link

Pretty sure everything's cool, but if you submitted a ballot and did not receive a reply from me, do let me know.

pplains, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 13:46 (eight years ago) link

that backwards 'Enter Sandman' cover is brain-busting.

lil urbane (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 14:30 (eight years ago) link

http://www.syphilic.com/metallica/disc/pics/garagedaysfull3.jpg

Man, some people really collect stuff, huh?

how's life, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link

A Garage Days longbox, now that takes me back.

http://i.imgur.com/hKupn5K.jpg

pplains, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link

they anticipated the digital download price for albums pretty well there.

lil urbane (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link

wow, some trivia I never knew before on this page. who knew?

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/metallica/for+whom+the+bell+tolls_20092043.html

pplains, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 19:34 (eight years ago) link

Hey, I was thinking of submitting a ballot, but it depends on one thing: can I vote for "For Whom the Bell Tolls (The Irony of It All)" by Metallica & DJ Spooky from the Spawn soundtrack?

Tuomas, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 20:42 (eight years ago) link

omg

ballot sent \m/

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 21:54 (eight years ago) link

Tuomas - Yes, you can submit that, but it'll count toward the original version. It was officially released by Metallica though.

never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for bee gee

pplains, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 22:32 (eight years ago) link

Quick reminder: All votes must be in at ForWhomThe @ Lycos.com by 2300 US/CDT – 15.5 hours from the time stamped on this post.

pplains, Thursday, 2 July 2015 12:32 (eight years ago) link

sent!

charlie h, Thursday, 2 July 2015 12:43 (eight years ago) link

Just browsing some Metallifacts in preperation, did you know Until it Sleeps was a number one single in Australia and Finland?

the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 2 July 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/LpFPX51.jpg

I did not know that.

pplains, Thursday, 2 July 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link

Just sent my ballot in. Lots of old stuff and far too many covers but in my defense Metallica did excellent covers.

Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 2 July 2015 20:23 (eight years ago) link

voted! \m/

Keith Moom (Neil S), Thursday, 2 July 2015 20:24 (eight years ago) link

my ballot is pretty much old-timer city

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 2 July 2015 21:40 (eight years ago) link

Probably still the best post I've made on ILX:

Musical Analogues

:wq (Leee), Thursday, 2 July 2015 21:50 (eight years ago) link

Just browsing some Metallifacts in preperation, did you know Until it Sleeps was a number one single in Australia and Finland?

― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, July 2, 2015 11:30 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i only just realized the other day that it was a top 10 hit on the Hot 100 (their only one). there will be a lot of 90s sellout 'Tallica on my ballot but definitely not "Until It Sleeps."

some dude, Thursday, 2 July 2015 22:10 (eight years ago) link

I don't detest >1990 Metallica but including any of those songs would've bumped off a much better song of 80s Metallica.

Siegbran, Thursday, 2 July 2015 22:23 (eight years ago) link

yeh iirc it was all over the radio

realizing now thats prob how it made my ballot lol

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 2 July 2015 22:25 (eight years ago) link

i admire "until it sleeps" for foregrounding its bass line but almost every song on reload is better than it

some dude and i are brothers in metallica

i will forever be grateful to Bob Rock for teaching Metallica about the values of repetition and singing like a cartoon pirate

some dude, Thursday, 2 July 2015 23:08 (eight years ago) link

Relistening to Until it Sleeps, it's a well written song with some nice melodies and dynamics, but the guitars are piss-weak, which is unforgivable in a Metallica track.

the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 2 July 2015 23:13 (eight years ago) link

it ain't my biiiitch-CHA

the guitars are weak but also it's one of those times when Lars tries to play with a 'light touch' and the results are just ghastly

some dude, Thursday, 2 July 2015 23:24 (eight years ago) link

Probably still the best post I've made on ILX:

Musical Analogues

― :wq (Leee), Thursday, July 2, 2015 4:50 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is one of my favorite most-underreated threads on ILM:
List the parallels between Metallica and REM

pplains, Friday, 3 July 2015 01:33 (eight years ago) link

haha awesome

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 July 2015 02:08 (eight years ago) link

i sent in my ballot. only voted for 3 songs recorded in the '80s lol.

some dude, Friday, 3 July 2015 03:30 (eight years ago) link

20 more minutes!

pplains, Friday, 3 July 2015 03:41 (eight years ago) link

All Ryyght!

http://i.imgur.com/qP8SwVD.gif

Book's slammed shut!

pplains, Friday, 3 July 2015 04:01 (eight years ago) link

HIT THE LIGHTS

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 July 2015 04:23 (eight years ago) link

the guitars are weak but also it's one of those times when Lars tries to play with a 'light touch' and the results are just ghastly

― some dude, Thursday, July 2, 2015 6:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i love his weird single-stroke rolls here, they're a little janky in a way that's consistent every time.

i put 'Until It Sleeps' on the bottom reaches of my ballot, because the verses don't sound like anything else they've done. or maybe just because it was the first post-black album song released, and rock radio played it on the hour until i decided i liked it.

lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 3 July 2015 13:38 (eight years ago) link

just listened back to it for the first time in forever and wow, fretless bass and surf tremolo.

lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 3 July 2015 13:39 (eight years ago) link

you've seen those "if they were regular folks" photoshops...

http://i.imgur.com/Pnw7eM9l.jpg

Still get a similar reaction from "Your favorite metal band turns into Yellowcard."

http://i.imgur.com/fcPQ3Ot.jpg

pplains, Friday, 3 July 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link

Until It Sleeps is probably Hetfield's best attempt at singing. mind you, he should never have attempted singing.

charlie h, Friday, 3 July 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link

Deez POLLABLE Heroes - THE ILM //METALLICA\ POLL RESULTS

pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link


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