The Best Metallica Song

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octatonic said:

Let's not forget that Napster shit.

Which album is that on?

PolarityMan

Bleeding Me

RobDavies

The answer is Fight Fire With Fire.   

ICBM

Nothing Else Matters









The Metallica fans will probably have had a sweepstake for who said that first .

bloodandtears

They did a fan poll on FB back in June.. and Puppets won..

Bidley

BloodEagle said:

Creeping Death, always Creeping Death

PolarityMan said:

Bleeding Me

Thanks guys, now I have nothing to add to this thread.

The S&M version of Bleeding Me is just so frigging good.

Any live version of Creeping Death is awesome - although Newsted really made it when he was in the band.

axisus

I have to agree with that Smooth jazz version of Enter Sandman, loved that for years. They should record it!

Philly_Q

Bidley said:

PolarityMan said:

Bleeding Me

Thanks guys, now I have nothing to add to this thread.

The S&M version of Bleeding Me is just so frigging good.

Much as people denigrate the Load/Reload/S&M period, Hetfield had got to a point on those albums where he was singing so well - then he chucked it away again.  I think it's a shame.

sweepy

Sorry, can’t think of one good Metallica song one of those bands that’s an eternal mystery to me 

lustycourtier

octatonic said:

Let's not forget that Napster shit.

And how right they were about it all. 

Bidley

Philly_Q said:

Bidley said:

PolarityMan said:

Bleeding Me

Thanks guys, now I have nothing to add to this thread.

The S&M version of Bleeding Me is just so frigging good.

Much as people denigrate the Load/Reload/S&M period, Hetfield had got to a point on those albums where he was singing so well - then he chucked it away again.  I think it's a shame.

To be fair mate, Hardwired is worth a listen. Spit Out The Bone is probably their best song in a couple of decades (which really isn't saying much I know).

Bidley

lustycourtier said:

octatonic said:

Let's not forget that Napster shit.

And how right they were about it all. 

I often think about how prophetic the whole Napster thing was - bands protecting their income is pretty anti-"the man" now but when Metallica did it they got panned (although Lars really didn't help himself).

Philly_Q

Bidley said:

Philly_Q said:

Bidley said:

PolarityMan said:

Bleeding Me

Thanks guys, now I have nothing to add to this thread.

The S&M version of Bleeding Me is just so frigging good.

Much as people denigrate the Load/Reload/S&M period, Hetfield had got to a point on those albums where he was singing so well - then he chucked it away again.  I think it's a shame.

To be fair mate, Hardwired is worth a listen. Spit Out The Bone is probably their best song in a couple of decades (which really isn't saying much I know).

I bought it and listened to it once.  Two discs (anyone remember discs?) of songs, all 6 or 7 minutes long (and all 2 or 3 minutes too long), all similar sounding.... I just found it wearying, halfway through disc 2 I wasn't paying attention any more and just wanted it to be over.*

I'm sure some of the songs are growers, but I just can't be arsed to get to that point.

(* I do find this with some albums, if they're long and a bit samey I only get familiar with the first half of the record because I'm always nodding off in the second half.  The only solution seems to be to play it on shuffle.  Examples - Black Sabbath 13, Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium)

DiscoStu

Oh, and Orion. Always Orion.

Bidley

Philly_Q said:

Bidley said:

Philly_Q said:

Bidley said:

PolarityMan said:

Bleeding Me

Thanks guys, now I have nothing to add to this thread.

The S&M version of Bleeding Me is just so frigging good.

Much as people denigrate the Load/Reload/S&M period, Hetfield had got to a point on those albums where he was singing so well - then he chucked it away again.  I think it's a shame.

To be fair mate, Hardwired is worth a listen. Spit Out The Bone is probably their best song in a couple of decades (which really isn't saying much I know).

I bought it and listened to it once.  Two discs (anyone remember discs?) of songs, all 6 or 7 minutes long (and all 2 or 3 minutes too long), all similar sounding.... I just found it wearying, halfway through disc 2 I wasn't paying attention any more and just wanted it to be over.*

I'm sure some of the songs are growers, but I just can't be arsed to get to that point.

(* I do find this with some albums, if they're long and a bit samey I only get familiar with the first half of the record because I'm always nodding off in the second half.  The only solution seems to be to play it on shuffle.  Examples - Black Sabbath 13, Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium)

I had the exact same experience - listened to it once, and thought "meh" and flung it on the shelf. Then I had a big Metallica binge a few months ago and put it in my car. Now I quite like it. Not exactly a ringing endorsement but better than it's made out to be.

Metallica will never be the band they were in the 80's, nor even the band they were in the 90s, but they've still got something to offer IMO. I want to catch them live again before James inevitably pops his clogs, such a big inspiration to me as a teen guitarist.

hollywoodrox

It’s so hard to choose , I loved kill em all for so long , I really do dig creeping death though 
  For whom the bell tolls is also a particular favourite and sanitarium .

  Then the black album which I hated all those years ago . Unforgiving and nothing else matters still get on my nerves a lot though .

RustySpanner

The one they stole from Diamond Head, who stole it from Eric Burdon. 

Philly_Q

Bidley said:

I want to catch them live again before James inevitably pops his clogs

Blimey, that's a bit depressing.  He's less than a year older than me.

joneve

Was No Leaf Clover mentioned yet?

if not; No Leaf Clover

Bidley

Philly_Q said:

Bidley said:

I want to catch them live again before James inevitably pops his clogs

Blimey, that's a bit depressing.  He's less than a year older than me.

He's just come out of rehab (again) and has aged alarmingly quickly over the last few years.