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

xpost Yeah, I'd just as soon Hetfield not talk politics, too. Go kill a bear in Russian or something, dude.

289 points | 13 votes | 1 No. 1 vote <~~~~~ HI Everybody!

The 'Fear of living on' part is one of the best melodies Hetfield wrote, actually really pretty.

Welcome Home

"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.

'Blackened' is so killing.

i love every song from puppets unreservedly

Ha ha: http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bob-rock-says-metallica-fans-petition-to-dump-him-was-hurtful-to-his-kids/

I bet he even knows all their birthdays too.

Sorry, that "Kirk's Birthday" clip is going to stay with me for a long time.

http://i.imgur.com/uSoVxg4.jpg
8. "Battery" • Master of Puppets, 1986
308 points | 13 votes | 1 No. 1 vote

Studio Version
Rob Trujilo audition from ''Some Kind of Monster''
Rob Scallon banjo cover (as posted earlier by J0rdan.)
Running out your iPad battery

Battery is found in me.

Just maybe not... commentary.

http://i.imgur.com/zcYAepY.jpg
7. "Ride The Lightning" • Ride The Lightning, 1984
317 points | 12 votes | 1 No. 1 vote

Studio Version
From whatever that movie was last year.
Live in Germany, 1985
Demo with original lineup

And btw, this was my favorite Beatallica song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6udww5Bs38

When I was 14 I wore out my tape of RtL by constantly re-cueing the build to that epic breakdown at 2.36.

is this wishful thinking, or did someone once make an ambient Metallica mix of all their pretty classical intros and baroque breakdowns?

i voted for "ride the lightning"!

think it's one of their catchiest choruses and one of their most uncannily structured songs

http://i.imgur.com/9BggOFq.gif

i'm getting all these sort of weird metallica memories surfacing

like isn't there a green version of RTL?

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/metallica/images/1/18/Ride_the_Lightning_%28green%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120607165156

In 1984, the French record label Bernett Records misprinted the color of the album cover in green, rather than blue, and 400 copies with the green cover were pressed. Because of their rarity, this misprint caused these green albums to become collectors' items.[12]

(more support for their eco-message? one may hope...)

Should've had a dagger coming up through the electric chair too.

Good analysis of the intro from here:

For me, the biggest decision in “Ride the Lightning” comes in the intro. The first riff is a 12-second fanfare: “Here we are!” It has minor key harmonies with a strong classical flavor. So it sets the expectation of more melody to follow – and a lesser band would have delivered on that. But Metallica don’t. They kick aside melodicism and ram a tritone riff down your throat: two deadly, dissonant notes. It’s like entering a room while wearing a tailored suit, then braining everyone in sight with a hammer.

http://i.imgur.com/Nrq8KIt.jpg
6. "Fade to Black" • Ride The Lightning, 1984
318 points | 13 votes

Studio Version
Live in 1985
Fan Remaster
Cello cover by Apocalyptia
Becker High School Talent Show

Check out Rembrandt up there getting his Pushead on.

i've never really gotten fade to black esp as suicide anthem

when i think about it for some reason 'nothing else matters is better' pops into my head

Never been one of my favorites. Yeah, there's the whole suicide anthem. Someone played an acoustic cover at a friend's funeral in high school. That made it feel a little overbearing for me from there on out. I like it pretty well once the tempo kicks up, but it didn't make my list.

Like right about here.

https://youtu.be/WEQnzs8wl6E?t=3m49s

when i think about it for some reason 'nothing else matters is better' pops into my head

― 龜,

Don't know where to start with this. FtB has a way prettier riff first off.

"Blackened" for that backwards-masked intro that almost reaches the heights of "Battery"'s intro. COLOR OUR WORLD BLACKENED.

BLACKENED.

"Battery" for that INTRO. It was nicked from a Judas Priest song, though, no? I was the #1 vote.

Surprised how much I dug "RTL" this time around! Snuck into my top 10.

F2B missing the top 5! :O

Are we allowed to speculate on the top 5?

So how many of us know anyone who was sent to the counselor's office after they transcribed the lyrics to "Fade to Black" during study hall? I know two.

Someone played an acoustic cover at a friend's funeral in high school.

oof, how tacky

I'm not big on poll speculation because you all will start going WHERE'S MASTER? WHERE'S ONE? while I'll want to discuss the subtle nuances of "Dirty Window" next.

But no rules here. Speculate away, if you wanna.

Ride the Lightning was my #1 -- that opening riff melts my face

I see. Now I will just say goodbye to speculation. xp

since i highly doubt 'Shortest Straw' will be in the top 5 (although it should be), i'm just going to post this now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnnEPD6pg7A

xps:

Funny thing about Blackened and Battery's intros. Masterand Justice were the first Metallica albums I bought. Got them on the same day, when I was 10 or 11. I had only heard One and someone covering the bass breakdown from Orion. That's all I knew. I think I actually plugged Master into the deck first. And it fooled me! I was crestfallen. "Oh no, what is this - classical? This tape was printed with the wrong music on it. I'll have to get mom to take me back to the mall..." and then the thrash kicked in. I kid you not that the same thing happened to me an hour later when I played Justice. "What? What is this some kind of new age crap? Oh, ok. Here we go."

Ride the Lightning was my #1 -- that opening riff melts my face

YAH! You know in Super Mario those big crushy enemies? The way the intro stomps always reminds me of them in the best way.

"fade to black" was my first favorite metallica song

didn't vote for it

http://i.imgur.com/FGQ4N8f.jpg
5. "Orion" • Master of Puppets, 1986
352 points | 13 votes

Studio Version
Cliff's isolated bass track
Jason does it justice, 1992 (albeit with a pick.)
Robert cuts it into little pieces, 2009 (*trigger warning: features crab strut.)

Ok, I had figured that for #1.

"Orion" is my go-to riff to play when checking out basses. Sorry, patrons of Guitar Center.

GUIL-TY AS CHARGED

http://www.avatarist.com/avatars/Games/Super-Mario/Thwomp.gif

BUT DAMMIT IT AIN'T RIGHT.

Didn't "Orion" win the radio button MOP poll? It was going to contend for my #1 (ended up #2), though when I first heard it, I hated it for that soft bass solo section, which is now my favorite thing.

Where did shipley go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AznJpGpkDFM

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