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Ulrich used to be an incredible drummer. Some of the stuff on "Justice" is unbelievable (the drum track on "The Shortest Straw" is unreal). But it apppears he has forgotten how to play any of this shit. Metallica are pretty shit live now, and i think most of it stems from the fact that the drumming is kind a shit, and most of the killer fills and speed stuff is left out. And he's a dick.<br />
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Metallica are a funny band to me, they have done a few tunes which put them right in the all time greats list like "One" "Master of Puppets" "Enter Sandman" and "Wherever I may roam". Seriously, those four songs are fucken sensational but they have also done some utter shit like "Whiskey in the jar" "memory remains" and others whose names escape me.<br />
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Kind of like judging a sportsman in my eyes really, Some of the stuff they have done is as good as ANYTHING I've ever heard in rock ( to paraphrase Patrick Bateman ) but theres enough shit there too to ensure they don't quite make my all time top 10 ( Top 20 probably though )<br />
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The book went into how Hammett and Urlich took over the Load and Reload albums trying to get into the more "alternative" marketI and keep themselves profitable.Both albums suck, well pretty much everything after the black album sucks and even they disowned And Justice for all.I only really got into Garage days revisted , master of puppets , ride the lightening and the black album, the rest is prety average imho.
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Motown fans might enjoy this one, I stumbled across it a couple weeks ago, a teenager dance contest (for scholarships yet!) on Soul Train from 1972 with The Temptations "Superstar," one of their great latter-day hits (and bitterly directed at a pair of ex-Temptation icons...that band was really at each others throats.). There are some serious moves being thrown down by these kids...<br />
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Great song. I discovered it many years ago from the Gil Scott-Heron cover. I met him and told him I thought it was brilliant songwriting. He agreed, and told me he didn't write it, that it was a Bill Withers song, which made me feel slightly stupid, but I sought it out afterward and have loved it ever since. Still fond of the GSH version, too:<br />
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One of my all time favourite bands in all their fuzzy alternative-metal goodness<br />
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It's such bullshit that bands like the whitestripes are better known than Fu Manchu.<br />
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I never thought much of Whitestripes myself, but I've talked to a few people who were really into Springsteen when he did Darkness on the edge of twon and Born to run who hated what happened after Born in the USA came out and the accompanying massive bandwagon.That King of the road song was very cool though cheers. -
The White Stripes had John Peel in their corner (he's now dead, and nobody could trend a band like he could). They also play remote outposts in places like Glace Bay on Cape Breton Island when other bands don't tour within 1000 KM of such places (anybody who's been to Glace Bay would be scratching their heads wondering why), and that endears them to media and fans (some of whom travel over 15,000 KM to see them play small venues in remote outposts). Good promotional strategy that adds a layer of mythos, which in rock & roll is huge.
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Been a vigil here the past couple days. Many tears. RIP Levon.<br />
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That is a great tune M4L!! it's rocking on my playlist at the moment
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The White Stripes had John Peel in their corner (he's now dead, and nobody could trend a band like he could). They also play remote outposts in places like Glace Bay on Cape Breton Island when other bands don't tour within 1000 KM of such places (anybody who's been to Glace Bay would be scratching their heads wondering why), and that endears them to media and fans (some of whom travel over 15,000 KM to see them play small venues in remote outposts). Good promotional strategy that adds a layer of mythos, which in rock & roll is huge.<br />
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yeah ive always thought the White Stripes where cooler than they were good.
