four horsemen is sick, i love it
galloping riff gets me everytime
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 7 July 2015 21:46 (eight years ago) link
great results. some grade-a killer songs in the list so far. hopefully we've seen the last of the Black album as i think its best three tracks have been represented (might have been more sympathetic to The Unforgiven back in the day as one of the better numbers, but it sits awkwardly with me now).
― charlie h, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 05:09 (eight years ago) link
oh and yeah, 4 Horsemen slays
― charlie h, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 05:10 (eight years ago) link
I was the person who voted it #1! Always loved that riff; the version from the Cliff 'Em All VHS tape... When the synchronized headbaning kicks in when the galloping riff and drums kick in... As a teenager it was just so fucking perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjO6l2OfL78
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 06:26 (eight years ago) link
oh man, it still is perfect, let's face it.
also: the Fight Fire With Fire vid from '86 is nothing short of ferocious. love how they tear through it, no bullshit, just going about the job in the most intense way imaginable. would have loved to have seen them in that era.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 06:31 (eight years ago) link
Glad to see so much love for Fight Fire With Fire. But a bit gutted it's unlikely Leper Messiah will make it now. I thought it might be the one Puppets track to be overlooked, much as I love it.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 07:48 (eight years ago) link
Though by my reckoning there are eight dead certs and two wildcards to come, so who knows.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 10:50 (eight years ago) link
No forgot Fade to Black, only one wildcard.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 10:51 (eight years ago) link
Memorized all sorts of bits from Cliff Em All tape: the absomotherfucking-lutely bit, where they all play freeze, the bizarre intro where they walk into a convenience store and walk out with beer in hand.
And oh yeah, shit like that version of Four Horsemen. I was definitely an MTV kid, but we did go off the grid every once in awhile.
― pplains, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 11:25 (eight years ago) link
Me playing save-a-cliff, nine years ago: Classic or Dud: Metallica - Kill 'Em All
― pplains, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 11:28 (eight years ago) link
"We should go to Tokyo"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6MhPsDzQVc
― pplains, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 11:54 (eight years ago) link
my ballot would have included a bunch of tracks from load/reload it's true
― 龜, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 12:15 (eight years ago) link
the memory remains is a very touching song imo
― 龜, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 12:16 (eight years ago) link
the fixxxer is great, unforgiven ii is almost better than the first one
otm
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 12:52 (eight years ago) link
i am not gonna see "the outlaw torn" in this countdown and i legitimately think it's the best metallica song
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 12:53 (eight years ago) link
at least i got "junior dad"
to me, unforgiven II is not only much much better than the first, but my favorite song by the band…it's like JH had matured in 98 to a point in which he could feel what he's talking about, whereas on the black album, he still too insecure that, I dunno, the guys in Metal Church might laugh at his pussy ballads. I didn't vote, but this would have been #1 if I did.
― veronica moser, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 12:55 (eight years ago) link
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson)
Never sure to what extent Lulu supporters are trolling; it just sounds flat-out horrible to me.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 12:59 (eight years ago) link
I have never trolled! also "junior dad" is legit gorgeous
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 13:07 (eight years ago) link
Yeah sorry to cast aspersions, I'm sure it has its genuine fans. I just do not get it at all.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 13:12 (eight years ago) link
metallica wrote some of their most inspired riffs in years just for lou reed to yell poetry over them. jeez of course i love it
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 13:21 (eight years ago) link
"Junior Dad" is not my favorite Lulu song and it's one that i think benefits from the context of the whole album, but i voted for multiple tracks from it and gave "Junior Dad" a vote because i knew it had the best chance of placing.
― some dude, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 13:30 (eight years ago) link
when Howard Stern goofed on the "I am a table" tune, I laffed uncontrollably for several minutes…
― veronica moser, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 13:36 (eight years ago) link
think i voted for every song off lulu except for "little dog" and "the view"
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 13:39 (eight years ago) link
OK ARE YOU READY? METALLICA FANS?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFPifteg6Ak
― pplains, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 14:58 (eight years ago) link
LET'S MAKE SOME NOISE! THE TOP 10 METALLICA TRACKS OF ALL TIME!
― pplains, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:00 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/x5pb8gZ.jpg10. "Rocket Queen" • Appetite for Destruction, 1987250 points | 10 votes | 1 No. 1 vote
Studio VersionLive Like a ***** Pig Sooie version, 1989''More Reggae Queen!'' versionBilly Joel cover
― pplains, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:01 (eight years ago) link
wait wait wait wait, dammit, i knew i'd fuck this up.
http://i.imgur.com/7800vDV.jpg10. "Blackened" • …And Justice For All, 1988289 points | 11 votes | 1 No. 1 vote
Studio VersionFan RemasterIntro played forwards, then backwards like originalJust the guitar parts
― pplains, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:02 (eight years ago) link
My number 1!
― how's life, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:03 (eight years ago) link
You guys this was the first Metallica song I ever heard and so I always (rightly or WRONGLY) think of them as an environmental band, like Nuclear Assault or something.
― how's life, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:04 (eight years ago) link
Actually, I don't really know if that's totally wrong, but I have my suspicions. Anyway, I fucking love this song.
― how's life, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:06 (eight years ago) link
Q: You played at Live Earth. What are your thoughts on the climate crisis. What can METALLICA contribute to [the whole process]?
Hetfield: "I really avoided the press around the Live Earth day. I didn't quite agree with what was going on there. Politics drive me crazy, and I don't like talking politics. Politics get in the way of things; they get in the way of getting things done, and getting our music across is what we wanna do — we don't wanna cloud it with 'Democrat, Republican,' whatever. Our philosophy is 'think for yourself' at the end of the day — do what you think feels right. I really believe that humans will survive. I have a lot of faith in mankind that we will overcome and adapt — whatever it is; whether it's man-made or God-made, or Earth/Mother Nature — we have a lot of smart people on this planet that will make something good out of bad."
Read more at http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/james-hetfield-says-metallica-is-focusing-on-feeling-around-master-of-puppets-for-new-cd/#z4OhVYJ2wWLwLUoU.99
― how's life, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
And I mean, I agree with that to an extent. There's a lot of room in our future for the development of geoengineering technologies, but it's such a weak dodge to not acknowledge that there's a crisis and instead lump it all in with "politics".
― how's life, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:11 (eight years ago) link
Would welcome further evidence that Metallica are indeed some kind of righteous eco-warriors.
― how's life, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:12 (eight years ago) link
If that's the worst thing we're going to hear from Hetfield today, I'd say we're doing pretty good.
― pplains, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:13 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wusgFg6.png
Quite possible Hetfield thought they were supporting the wrestlers though.
― pplains, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
LOL
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:19 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/AbHsawW.jpg9. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" • Master of Puppets, 1986289 points | 13 votes | 1 No. 1 vote
Studio VersionLive in Quebec City, 1986Live in Denmark, 1986 (Check out that line-up card!)Rare demo, different lyricsBluegrass cover by Iron Horse
― pplains, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:20 (eight years ago) link
Anyway, Blackened is obviously fantastic (as I expect to be able to say about every song in the top ten). They never before or since did anything with the foreboding intensity of the doomy middle eight. Still gives me shivers sometimes.
xpost
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:20 (eight years ago) link
xpost Yeah, I'd just as soon Hetfield not talk politics, too. Go kill a bear in Russian or something, dude.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:21 (eight years ago) link
289 points | 13 votes | 1 No. 1 vote <~~~~~ HI Everybody!
― pplains, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:21 (eight years ago) link
The 'Fear of living on' part is one of the best melodies Hetfield wrote, actually really pretty.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:24 (eight years ago) link
Welcome Home
― pplains, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:25 (eight years ago) link
"Don't tread on me" (safe to say that's not gonna make it into the top ten), a pro-Gulf war tune, was probly where JH's authentic sympathies came to light, after standard anti-reagan, military etc. cant. he talked about it haltingly as such when I spoke to him…claimed it concerned war for independence and nothing else…uh huh, sure.
― veronica moser, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:34 (eight years ago) link
'Blackened' is so killing.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:35 (eight years ago) link
i love every song from puppets unreservedly
― 龜, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:35 (eight years ago) link
Ha ha: http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bob-rock-says-metallica-fans-petition-to-dump-him-was-hurtful-to-his-kids/
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link
I bet he even knows all their birthdays too.
― pplains, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 15:37 (eight years ago) link