How Weird Am I And Didn't Like Them Till The Black Album?

[BeenHereBefore 1,651]

Guess I was never into speed metal and still not much.

[MikeMatt 455]

1 hour ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Guess I was never into speed metal and still not much.

I pegged you (no pun intended) as a Hall and Oates kinda guy. 

[BeenHereBefore 1,651]

1 hour ago, MikeMatt said:

I pegged you (no pun intended) as a Hall and Oates kinda guy. 

No pegging is going to happen and sorry! They was okay in the 80's and still like some of there songs but was into other hard rock but not into the speed metal.

[avoiding injuries 1,653]

In your defense, it was their only good album. 🫣

[Mr Fantasy 100]

I still don’t like them

[lickin_starfish 2,023]

The Black Album is when I stopped liking them.

[DonS 3,329]

6 minutes ago, lickin_starfish said:

The Black Album is when I stopped liking them.

#metoo 

[posty 2,837]

8 hours ago, MikeMatt said:

I pegged you (no pun intended) as a Hall and Oates kinda guy. 

I can’t go for that…

[MDC 8,010]

16 minutes ago, lickin_starfish said:

The Black Album is when I stopped liking them.

Same. And they turned out to be such a-holes I can’t listen to their good albums anymore, either. 

[Bier Meister 1,766]

From 12-16 I was all about hard rock/heavy metal.
 

I got hooked on kill em all. Got to see them in small venues where they opened for other bands and were very unpolished.

 

 

[MikeMatt 455]

13 hours ago, BeenHereBefore said:

No pegging is going to happen and sorry! They was okay in the 80's and still like some of there songs but was into other hard rock but not into the speed metal.

Ha. That was a random joke (Hall and Oates). I won’t say I hated the Black album but that was definitely the end of Metallica for me - although my kid played the crap out of Death Magnetic when it first came out and it grew on my from a distance. 

[MikeMatt 455]

6 hours ago, lickin_starfish said:

The Black Album is when I stopped liking them.

Ha. Agreed. 

[MikeMatt 455]

6 hours ago, Bier Meister said:

I got hooked on kill em all. Got to see them in small venues where they opened for other bands and were very unpolished.

 

 

I did too. They played a place called Felt Forum which was a small venue under Madison Square Garden when Kill ‘em all was just called Metal up your ass !

Had to be ‘83/‘84 ?

[frank 2,349]

Not weird at all. It’s a great album. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BeenHereBefore 1,651]

6 minutes ago, MikeMatt said:

Ha. That was a random joke (Hall and Oates). I won’t say I hated the Black album but that was definitely the end of Metallica for me - although my kid played the crap out of Death Magnetic when it first came out and it grew on my from a distance. 

I was more into the hair bands in the 80's when Metallica came out with speed metal and also not a fan of Megadeath. Krockus , Y&T and Twisted Sister was loud enough for me.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,992]

A band of diks. Every one of them. 

[BeenHereBefore 1,651]

3 hours ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

A band of diks. Every one of them. 

I'm not fan of them as humans either but do like the Black album. Never cared for them crying about Napster and etc.

[Frozenbeernuts 2,417]

Ride the Lightning, And Justice for All, and Master of Puppets are all great albums.

The black album is solid

They have some solid songs scattered in the rest of their albums.

One of their better songs is a cover from Garage Inc. Bread Fan.

Despite them all being aholes, their best music is the best in metal history.

[Mookz 1,383]

17 hours ago, posty said:

I can’t go for that…

Will you reconsider? 

[Fnord 2,623]

I'll say this about Metallica: they're probably my favorite cover band of all time. The Last Caress/Green Hell cover on Garage Days Re-Revisited got me into the Misfits (and scored me an A in a speech class after some careful editing). Their versions of Stone Cold Crazy, Whiskey In the Jar, Turn The Page, and SFW are arguably better than the originals.

I went on a thrash kick recently and re-listened to Kill em All and Ride the Lightning all the way through- those albums were sooo good. The Black Album was a HUGE deal when it came out, my friends and I flocked to the record stores to get it day one and then played the hell out of it.

By the time the local top 40 pop station was playing Unforgiven in heavy rotation, I was over it.  The album was too commercial, too polished, and too slow.

[Mr Fantasy 100]

4 minutes ago, Fnord said:

Their versions of, Whiskey In the Jar, are arguably better than the originals

GTFO with this nonsense . I don’t know if you consider The Dubliners or Thin Lizzy the original but both a superior 

[Frozenbeernuts 2,417]

35 minutes ago, Fnord said:

I'll say this about Metallica: they're probably my favorite cover band of all time. The Last Caress/Green Hell cover on Garage Days Re-Revisited got me into the Misfits (and scored me an A in a speech class after some careful editing). Their versions of Stone Cold Crazy, Whiskey In the Jar, Turn The Page, and SFW are arguably better than the originals.

I went on a thrash kick recently and re-listened to Kill em All and Ride the Lightning all the way through- those albums were sooo good. The Black Album was a HUGE deal when it came out, my friends and I flocked to the record stores to get it day one and then played the hell out of it.

By the time the local top 40 pop station was playing Unforgiven in heavy rotation, I was over it.  The album was too commercial, too polished, and too slow.

Bread Fan is better than the original.

[Fnord 2,623]

3 hours ago, Mr Fantasy said:

GTFO with this nonsense . I don’t know if you consider The Dubliners or Thin Lizzy the original but both a superior 

I like the Thin Lizzy version, and the Dubliners one is great if you're drinking on St. Patrick's day and in the mood for traditional Irish music, but I'll definitely take the Metallica version over both. 

My philosophy with covers is simple: take any halfways decent pop/rock/r&b/traditional song, speed it up and turn it punk, metal, or electronica, and I will enjoy the results. Not a universal truth, but it's played out many times for me. Music is subjective and I accepted many years ago that my tastes are eclectic.

[Fnord 2,623]

3 hours ago, Frozenbeernuts said:

Bread Fan is better than the original.

Agreed. So is Crash Course in Brain Surgery.

[patweisers44 869]

10 hours ago, Frozenbeernuts said:

Ride the Lightning, And Justice for All, and Master of Puppets are all great albums.

The black album is solid

They have some solid songs scattered in the rest of their albums.

One of their better songs is a cover from Garage Inc. Bread Fan.

Despite them all being aholes, their best music is the best in metal history.

Man, i could not have said it better. Perfect post for this thread!