I can't decide if it's sad or not that I totally recognize what "tune" that should go to as soon as I see it. -_- (I mean, it was at least before the whole commercialization thing...)
Brain hurt. Something about shopping at Armani in flip-flops. But I guess if you're James Hetfield you can do what you like. I strongly dislike almost everything about "new" Metallica, except their bassist (seen in background). Those jeans do make him sexy as hell.
Oh, in case you don't know, they have a new album coming out. Which is supposed to me more like "Puppets" era. *cough* I doubt it. They've just finally heard their old school fans whining. Masters of Marketing.
My fiance and I heard a track off the new album being played on the radio the other day. We spent the whole time debating whether it was Metallica or not. "This sounds like Metallica." "Nah, not growly enough." "Aren't they working on a new album, though?" "I think it's a band that just sounds like Metallica."
The new album isn't terrible. It's not... amazing, but seriously worth a listen.
Lyrics are cheesy as hell, but, they always were and we were just young when Master of Puppets came out and didn't notice (ok, I was young). The thrash sound that was completely gone from the Load-St. Anger sequence is back, the solos (some of which are great) are back.
Hetfield's voice is softer now that he's stopped drinking and smoking or whatever so he's squeaky on some tracks and that should have been fixed in editing. Maybe it's just my advanced copy.
Some people are gonna completely flip out over how much they hate it and thats fine. It's better metal than we've heard out of Metallica since the Black album and possibly since Puppets, like I said at the top, worth a listen.
My main problem with St Anger was that it had no bass. Everything sounded like it was recorded on a mixer with all the high sliders way up and all the low sliders *muted*.
I'm tempted to give it a listen, but St Anger finally burned me badly enough that Metallica fell off my "buy immediately" list.
Shit dude, if you found something to enjoy in St. Anger let me send you a representative track of Death Magnetic and you can make a funny comment on your popular blog and maybe put up a picture or something and everyone will know what to think. I'm sure you have a ftp server somewhere.
Well, I didn't completely hate it (and I still think "Fixxxer" off of Re-Load is a good song).
It was just, after that, Metallica dropped off my "OMG new album must buyz NAO" list. Since then my tastes have changed sufficiently that I haven't really listened to them in a long time.
HAHAHA. That's awesome. Sing for your supper and you'll get breakfast and a yuppie wardrobe in your middle years. Honestly though, when has it ever been anything more than an act? Noone can keep up the act forever.
Am I the only one who goes out of their way to NOT pay Metallica? I mean, I own every album and it's pretty much the only pirated music on my computer.
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Date: 2008-09-08 02:33 pm (UTC)Oh, in case you don't know, they have a new album coming out. Which is supposed to me more like "Puppets" era. *cough* I doubt it. They've just finally heard their old school fans whining. Masters of Marketing.
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Date: 2008-09-08 02:42 pm (UTC)BEER GOOD
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Date: 2008-09-08 03:20 pm (UTC)Bassist for Suicidal Tendencies, Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne, and now Metallica!
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Date: 2008-09-08 11:24 pm (UTC)And yeah, the jeans look good on him... *eyebrow waggle*
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Date: 2008-09-08 03:51 pm (UTC)Lyrics are cheesy as hell, but, they always were and we were just young when Master of Puppets came out and didn't notice (ok, I was young). The thrash sound that was completely gone from the Load-St. Anger sequence is back, the solos (some of which are great) are back.
Hetfield's voice is softer now that he's stopped drinking and smoking or whatever so he's squeaky on some tracks and that should have been fixed in editing. Maybe it's just my advanced copy.
Some people are gonna completely flip out over how much they hate it and thats fine. It's better metal than we've heard out of Metallica since the Black album and possibly since Puppets, like I said at the top, worth a listen.
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Date: 2008-09-08 03:55 pm (UTC)I'm tempted to give it a listen, but St Anger finally burned me badly enough that Metallica fell off my "buy immediately" list.
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Date: 2008-09-08 06:24 pm (UTC)But there's only one track on there that I keep in my digital (and hence, used all the time) collection, and that one's only played very occasionally.
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Date: 2008-09-08 07:13 pm (UTC)Which I guess makes me the target market for this new one...
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Date: 2008-09-08 09:30 pm (UTC)If it hadn't been a Metallica album, I suspect 90% of the complaints about it would never have been made.
(And it still might have been a hit, on the strength of Until It Sleeps, King Nothing, and Hero Of The Day)
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Date: 2008-09-10 03:32 am (UTC)It was just, after that, Metallica dropped off my "OMG new album must buyz NAO" list. Since then my tastes have changed sufficiently that I haven't really listened to them in a long time.
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Date: 2008-09-08 04:36 pm (UTC)have taken my cards
taken my cash
taken my earnings
taken my checques
taken my bonds
taken my savings
Left me with pocket chaaaaaaange
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Date: 2008-09-09 08:14 am (UTC)Am I the only one who goes out of their way to NOT pay Metallica? I mean, I own every album and it's pretty much the only pirated music on my computer.
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