BossHog wrote:ROTFALMAO
Sorry - that makes me laugh. Did you just call Sandman old stuff?I consider EVERY song you listed a NEW song - to me, old Metallica is Creeping Death, Fade To Black, Welcome Home Sanatarium, The Four Horsemen, Damage Incorporated, Motorbreath, The Call of Ktulu...
A little perspective... my first Metallica concert was in the spring of '86 in Detroit... it was a big trek for a bunch of Canadian teenagers to get to Joe Louis stadium... we had no idea how special what we were about to experience was... the concert was ridiculous... they did Master of Puppets, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ride the Lightning, and Welcome Home (Sanitarium), back-to-back-to-back-to-back.They closed with a version of Damage Incorporated that I still think of every time I hear the song.
Seriously, it honestly changed my musical tastes forever.
I don't remember how long after it was, but it seemed like it was no time at all - Cliff died in the accident, and the band changed forever.
Jason Newstead came in for And Justice For All, and for me, that's STILL the band's 'break' between 'old' and 'new.' That was the beginning of Metallica II.
When Newstead left and Trujillo came in - that would be Metallica III.
Sorry for the digression, but I thought perhaps a little Metallica history was in order here...
The new album's not bad, and I'll just add that when Metallica played here in London last year, they rocked the house with many 'Metallica I' songs. They aren't the same without Burton, but Trujillo did a great job and the show was fantastic.
Nelly sucks.
I'm with you Boss. I first saw 'em not long after Newsted joined the band (I was supposed to see 'em in Edinburgh in Sept 86 but couldn't make the gig - 3 or 4 days later Burton was dead) - it was just when the $5.98 ep was released. Tremendous gig although Lars did kinda fall apart during Leper Messiah. he never was the greatest of drummers, especially live - they would have been amazing if Dave Lombardo was their drummer. I never really took to Newsted (as a player) but I enjoyed the enthusiasm he showed singing Whiplash. Haven't seen 'tallica since the Black tour I guess - or maybe the Freddie Mercury tribute at Wembley Stadium but I faithfully bought the albums anyway while I wondered where the heck the real Metallica had gone. Glad to hear Death Magnetic - it's a great album, sounds like the last 20 years were nothing but a bad memory. Even lars sounds good on it - or not as bad as usual I should say....
Trujillo is a great player (has been since his Suicidal Tendencies days) and seems to have brought the virtuosity of Cliff back to the band a little. Great stuff - I can't sop listening to broken, beat & scarred.
Also, they recently did a great cover of Maiden's Remember Tomorrow - drop me a PM if you need it.
