Metallica Thread

[TAC]

No I hear you. It's a gut wrenching transition, honestly.

[dparrott]

I recently finished 72, I love Chasing Light.  Good album, more energy than HW.

Here's my "best of" CD from the past few albums:

THAT WAS JUST YOUR LIFE

THAT WAS JUST YOUR LIFE
LUX AETERNA
HARDWIRED
MY APOCALYPSE
SPIT OUT THE BONE
SLEEPWALK MY LIFE AWAY
ALL NIGHTMARE LONG
MOTH INTO FLAME
CHASING LIGHT
THE JUDAS KISS
72 SEASONS
HELL AND BACK
Running time 77:54

Edit: Swapped Lux for Sleepwalk

[MirrorMask]

No Halo on Fire? heresy!

[TAC]

No Halo on Fire? heresy!

I haven't done the exercise but my copy will definitely have Halo On Fire.

[Dream Team]

Can I just say, I bought this before a recent trip to Dallas and just got to listening to it.  While I understand the criticisms here, and understand why people raised them, I agree with very few of them.  This is an outstanding record.  I liked at least something in EVERY SINGLE song, and I can't recall the last time that happened.   The guitar tones are sweet, James has struck the perfect balance between the early years and the recent years in terms of his singing, there are a few Kirk solos where I was like "huh, not bad!", and I've got nothing to complain about regarding Lars' playing.  This is a super album and I can definitely see myself revisiting it a lot (also something that doesn't, unfortunately, happen all that often).

Great to hear  . I agree.

[dparrott]

No Halo on Fire? heresy!

Good but kinda slow.

[EPICVIEW]

Can I just say, I bought this before a recent trip to Dallas and just got to listening to it.  While I understand the criticisms here, and understand why people raised them, I agree with very few of them.  This is an outstanding record.  I liked at least something in EVERY SINGLE song, and I can't recall the last time that happened.   The guitar tones are sweet, James has struck the perfect balance between the early years and the recent years in terms of his singing, there are a few Kirk solos where I was like "huh, not bad!", and I've got nothing to complain about regarding Lars' playing.  This is a super album and I can definitely see myself revisiting it a lot (also something that doesn't, unfortunately, happen all that often).

THIS ^

[NoseofNicko]

I love this forum! Everyone is always so positive! I can think of quite a few recent albums/movies/shows I like everyone on the Internet keeps shitting on but the people on this forum!

[WardySI]

You Must Burn is this past weeks turnaround, cracking song which has moved from the bottom couple rungs to way up there \m/

[Grappler]

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

If Darkness Had a Son / Live in Paris - this song is really cool live!

One thing I've noticed from these official videos is the shots from behind James' perspective.  You can see that he has a teleprompter at his microphones.  Is this something new for him?  I don't recall seeing that before. 

[Adami]

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

If Darkness Had a Son / Live in Paris - this song is really cool live!

One thing I've noticed from these official videos is the shots from behind James' perspective.  You can see that he has a teleprompter at his microphones.  Is this something new for him?  I don't recall seeing that before.

I feel like they've been doing teleprompters for years now. A ton of bands do these days.

[Grappler]

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

If Darkness Had a Son / Live in Paris - this song is really cool live!

One thing I've noticed from these official videos is the shots from behind James' perspective.  You can see that he has a teleprompter at his microphones.  Is this something new for him?  I don't recall seeing that before.

I feel like they've been doing teleprompters for years now. A ton of bands do these days.

No judgement from me, I was just curious because I hadn't seen a video that showed that perspective before. 

[Stadler]

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

If Darkness Had a Son / Live in Paris - this song is really cool live!

One thing I've noticed from these official videos is the shots from behind James' perspective.  You can see that he has a teleprompter at his microphones.  Is this something new for him?  I don't recall seeing that before.

I feel like they've been doing teleprompters for years now. A ton of bands do these days.

Not Iron Maiden!!!!!  : )

[cramx3]

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

If Darkness Had a Son / Live in Paris - this song is really cool live!

One thing I've noticed from these official videos is the shots from behind James' perspective.  You can see that he has a teleprompter at his microphones.  Is this something new for him?  I don't recall seeing that before.

I feel like they've been doing teleprompters for years now. A ton of bands do these days.

No judgement from me, I was just curious because I hadn't seen a video that showed that perspective before.

Maybe no judgment from you, but I think it's fairly lame, but it is common especially for older artists.  It's also a bit more understandable if he's using it on songs they don't usually perform.

I noticed the singer of Breaking Benjamin using his phone and it certainly looked like he was using it for the lyrics as he was singing, but I checked and the song was not a common song they had performed and he didn't use it for any other song so it's more understandable IMO even though I still don't like it.

When I noticed the teleprompter when seeing Aerosmith and during Walk This Way, I was a bit let down by that.  Seriously, how many times has he sung that song???

[Grappler]

I've softened my stance on teleprompters over the years.  It bothers me when it's very noticeable (see Ripper Owens in Iced Earth), but I don't mind if singers have it available to them, lest they jumble up the words.  I just hadn't seen Metallica use them before and James is usually really good without them.

[cramx3]

I get also that he may not even be using it.  I would find it odd to remember the guitar parts but not the lyrics, but maybe it's more for just a re-assurance.  I understand it, but as a fan, I don't like seeing it. 

[hefdaddy42]

Everyone is different, but as someone who has played and sang before, I would be much more likely to need lyrics than the music.  In fact, I did that sometimes, just putting a lyric sheet on my music stand, because my hands already knew how to play the song.

[nobloodyname]

There are some people here who haven't yet realised what it's like to age.

[Podaar]

There are some people here who haven't yet realised what it's like to age.

No shit. Some mornings I wish I had a teleprompter to remember my wife's name. I nearly had to say, "Hey, you." the other morning to get her attention!

[Stadler]

When I noticed the teleprompter when seeing Aerosmith and during Walk This Way, I was a bit let down by that.  Seriously, how many times has he sung that song???

I'm with you on that. 

[TAC]

Anyone ever been to a show where the singer greeted the wrong town?

Bruce Dickinson did it when Iron Maiden played in Providence in 1991. He called us...Rochester!

[Adami]

Anyone ever been to a show where the singer greeted the wrong town?

Bruce Dickinson did it when Iron Maiden played in Providence in 1991. He called us...Rochester!

I saw Lacuna Coil at Ozzfest who just kept referring to the crowd as ozzfest. Pretty sure she didn’t know where she was.


Not the same but I once saw the Israeli Prime Minister speak at my university in Tel Aviv who referred to us as a completely different university in Jerusalem.

[Pappy]

Pretty sure I've heard that James' teleprompter isn't the full lyrics. More like a cheat sheet. It's just the first word or two of the line. Honestly with a band like Metallica it makes sense since they aren't touring with a set in stone setlist and are constantly changing songs in and out.

[Adami]

Pretty sure I've heard that James' teleprompter isn't the full lyrics. More like a cheat sheet. It's just the first word or two of the line. Honestly with a band like Metallica it makes sense since they aren't touring with a set in stone setlist and are constantly changing songs in and out.

I totally get why James of all singers might need this. For the last few albums, verses in general just seem like random related words to fill syllables. I can’t keep them straight at all either.

[pg1067]

Anyone ever been to a show where the singer greeted the wrong town?

Bruce Dickinson did it when Iron Maiden played in Providence in 1991. He called us...Rochester!

I can't think of a specific example, but with all of the southern California venues, most of which aren't actually in Los Angeles, I feel like someone has said "Los Angeles" at the Long Beach Arena or one of the Orange County venues.  And, of course, the Forum isn't actually in Los Angeles, but I don't count that.

Pretty sure I've heard that James' teleprompter isn't the full lyrics. More like a cheat sheet. It's just the first word or two of the line. Honestly with a band like Metallica it makes sense since they aren't touring with a set in stone setlist and are constantly changing songs in and out.

The original singer for YYNOT used to write the first few words of each verse on the set list.

And, of course, we have these guys, where the singer has his phone in his hand the whole time:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAHWAVUxkn0

[TAC]

Anyone ever been to a show where the singer greeted the wrong town?

Bruce Dickinson did it when Iron Maiden played in Providence in 1991. He called us...Rochester!

I saw Lacuna Coil at Ozzfest who just kept referring to the crowd as ozzfest. Pretty sure she didn’t know where she was.

At the end of the BTFW show, James Labrie thanked the Boston College Music College..

[Grappler]

Anyone ever been to a show where the singer greeted the wrong town?

I did - Kiss on the Farewell Tour in 2000.   They were in Champaign, IL, which is 2 and a half hours south of Chicago.  All night long, Paul's saying "Hey, Champaign, blah blah blah."  Event shirts say "Kiss Rocked Champaign"

Peter Criss sits down to sing Beth for the encore and says "Hello Chicago!"  It's not like we're in a Chicago suburb, where that's an acceptable thing to say....we're 150 miles south. 

Paul comes back on stage and just says "Sorry about that, we're going to buy Peter a map tomorrow."   

[MirrorMask]

Anyone ever been to a show where the singer greeted the wrong town?

Bruce Dickinson did it when Iron Maiden played in Providence in 1991. He called us...Rochester!

I can't think of a specific example, but with all of the southern California venues, most of which aren't actually in Los Angeles, I feel like someone has said "Los Angeles" at the Long Beach Arena or one of the Orange County venues.  And, of course, the Forum isn't actually in Los Angeles, but I don't count that.

I can relate, we don't have many music venues in the city of Milan proper, so there's a venue 25 minutes outside Milan where many bands play. Lot of bands can't bother with the distinction and generically say they're in Milan (both to the crowd and even on their social media pages) even though they're playing in a small town of the province that just happens to have a music venue.

[Stadler]

Anyone ever been to a show where the singer greeted the wrong town?

I did - Kiss on the Farewell Tour in 2000.   They were in Champaign, IL, which is 2 and a half hours south of Chicago.  All night long, Paul's saying "Hey, Champaign, blah blah blah."  Event shirts say "Kiss Rocked Champaign"

Peter Criss sits down to sing Beth for the encore and says "Hello Chicago!"  It's not like we're in a Chicago suburb, where that's an acceptable thing to say....we're 150 miles south. 

Paul comes back on stage and just says "Sorry about that, we're going to buy Peter a map tomorrow."   

I'm going to remember that story.  I'm a huge Kiss fan but I am totally soured on Peter Criss.  I feel like he phoned in the reunion and that's just a glimpse into that fact. But also goes to show that Paul put in the effort.   

[Stadler]

Anyone ever been to a show where the singer greeted the wrong town?

Bruce Dickinson did it when Iron Maiden played in Providence in 1991. He called us...Rochester!

I can't think of a specific example, but with all of the southern California venues, most of which aren't actually in Los Angeles, I feel like someone has said "Los Angeles" at the Long Beach Arena or one of the Orange County venues.  And, of course, the Forum isn't actually in Los Angeles, but I don't count that.

I too don't have an example, but we get a lot of "hello HARTFORD!" when it could be Hartford, but it could also be Wallingford, or New Haven, or Bridgeport.   Some opt for the blanket "Connecticut!" but that doesn't sound all that cool shouted from the stage. 

Pretty sure I've heard that James' teleprompter isn't the full lyrics. More like a cheat sheet. It's just the first word or two of the line. Honestly with a band like Metallica it makes sense since they aren't touring with a set in stone setlist and are constantly changing songs in and out.

The original singer for YYNOT used to write the first few words of each verse on the set list.

And, of course, we have these guys, where the singer has his phone in his hand the whole time:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAHWAVUxkn0

That's me; I can remember the words, I can't always remember the order.  I can absolutely tell you the words to Yesterday or Smoke on the Water (the latter of which I've sung on stage a couple times) and I always blank on the first word of each verse.  Once I have that, good to go!   

[TAC]

It's always funny to see singers turn themselves into knots when they play in Mansfield Ma. It's not Boston, Worcester, or Providence.

Bruce now just refers to it as Scream For Me Massachusetts!!!

[cramx3]

Anyone ever been to a show where the singer greeted the wrong town?

Bruce Dickinson did it when Iron Maiden played in Providence in 1991. He called us...Rochester!

Not the wrong town, but just a couple months ago Steel Panther said the wrong name of the venue  and now they are on America's Got Talent

[ReaperKK]

Anyone ever been to a show where the singer greeted the wrong town?

I did - Kiss on the Farewell Tour in 2000.   They were in Champaign, IL, which is 2 and a half hours south of Chicago.  All night long, Paul's saying "Hey, Champaign, blah blah blah."  Event shirts say "Kiss Rocked Champaign"

Peter Criss sits down to sing Beth for the encore and says "Hello Chicago!"  It's not like we're in a Chicago suburb, where that's an acceptable thing to say....we're 150 miles south. 

Paul comes back on stage and just says "Sorry about that, we're going to buy Peter a map tomorrow."   

I'm going to remember that story.  I'm a huge Kiss fan but I am totally soured on Peter Criss.  I feel like he phoned in the reunion and that's just a glimpse into that fact. But also goes to show that Paul put in the effort.   

Off topic but I went down the rabbit hole of watching live clips from the reunion and I am confident I could play the drums better than Peter did on that tour

[Pappy]

Anyone ever been to a show where the singer greeted the wrong town?

Bruce Dickinson did it when Iron Maiden played in Providence in 1991. He called us...Rochester!

Not the wrong town, but just a couple months ago Steel Panther said the wrong name of the venue  and now they are on America's Got Talent

And they are probably already out of songs that are allowed on national tv lolol.

[Stadler]

Anyone ever been to a show where the singer greeted the wrong town?

I did - Kiss on the Farewell Tour in 2000.   They were in Champaign, IL, which is 2 and a half hours south of Chicago.  All night long, Paul's saying "Hey, Champaign, blah blah blah."  Event shirts say "Kiss Rocked Champaign"

Peter Criss sits down to sing Beth for the encore and says "Hello Chicago!"  It's not like we're in a Chicago suburb, where that's an acceptable thing to say....we're 150 miles south. 

Paul comes back on stage and just says "Sorry about that, we're going to buy Peter a map tomorrow."   

I'm going to remember that story.  I'm a huge Kiss fan but I am totally soured on Peter Criss.  I feel like he phoned in the reunion and that's just a glimpse into that fact. But also goes to show that Paul put in the effort.   

Off topic but I went down the rabbit hole of watching live clips from the reunion and I am confident I could play the drums better than Peter did on that tour

I KNOW you can.