After the muddled production and ultracomplicated song structures of ...And Justice for All, Metallica decided that they had taken the progressive elements of their music as far as they could and that a simplification and streamlining of their sound was in order. While the assessment made sense from a musical standpoint, it also presented an opportunity to commercialize their music, and Metallica accomplishes both goals. The best songs are more melodic and immediate, the crushing, stripped-down grooves of "Enter Sandman," "Sad but True," and "Wherever I May Roam" sticking to traditional structures and using the same main riffs throughout; the crisp, professional production by Bob Rock adds to their accessibility. "The Unforgiven" and "Nothing Else Matters" avoid the slash-and-burn guitar riffs that had always punctuated the band's allads; the latter is a full-fledged love song complete with string section, which works much better than might be imagined. The song- and riff-writing slips here and there, a rare occurrence for Metallica, which some longtime fans interpreted as filler next to a batch of singles calculated for commercial success. The objections were often more to the idea that Metallica was doing anything explicitly commercial, but millions more disagreed. In fact, the band's popularity exploded so much that most of their back catalog found mainstream acceptance in its own right, while other progressively inclined speed metal bands copied the move toward simplification. In retrospect, Metallica is a good, but not quite great, album, one whose best moments deservedly captured the heavy metal crown, but whose approach also foreshadowed a creative decline.
bq. "So close no matter how farcouldn't be much more from the heartforever trusting who we areand nothing else mattersbq. never opened myself this waylife is ours, we live it our wayall these words I don't just sayand nothing else mattersbq. trust I seek and I find in youevery day for us something newopen mind for a different viewand nothing else matters"--??"Nothing Else Matters"?? by Metallic...
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Don't know if you are male or female i can only say that thiis is one of the greatest song since limelight by rush.
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Josh Groban’s Noel is the year’s best-selling album, moving 3,699,000 copies, while Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em’s “Crank That” was the year’s most successful “digital track” with 2,909,000 downloads and the Eagles were named best-selling group on sales of 3.6 million. The Nielsen year-end report, which tracks nearly everything about 2007’s music industry, came with a few headlines that
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The release of Metallica's so called "Black Album" saw them projected in popularity from that of fellow Thrash bands, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth and into the area of multi-platinum record sales.In listening to this album over the course of a week I came to realise just how much it reminds me of late 70's and early 80's British Metal. I feel that the overall reduction in speed that this album ...
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Nothing Else Matters...this is dedicated to all those out there who have no hope, you're not alone, we've all been there before, hang on, stay strong, you'll make it through....ANYBODY WHO ACTUALLY READS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY, THIS ????? IS FOR YOU, IF YOU WERE TIED TO THE TRAIN TRACKS AND THE TRAIN WAS 7 MINUTES AWAY, WHAT SONG WOULD YOU HAVE PLAYING????? MESSAGE ME AND LET ME KNOW.....Jack's las...
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The God that Failed...those who seek a GOD that fits their life instead of seeking to change thier life to fit God's will obviously will be let down, the God you create for yourself is no match for the God who creatd you....Jack's deep philisophical truth,Tyler Durden
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The struggle within...like the old cartoons of an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other, but that's really how it is, there are always mutiple forces trying to pull you, it is up to you to stick to your guns and make up your mind...this is Jack's little toe signing off for the weekend,Tyler Durden
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Of wolf and Man...to much crap at work right now to right anything good...if 1 more sewer main breaks and everyone comes to me I'm gonna jump headfirst off of a 4 ft ladder only to break my neck and suffer, not kill myself....AAAHHHH!!!!Jack's gravity sewer line,Tyler Durden
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Wherever I may Roam...being one that was kicked out by my parents at 14, I adapted well to adverse living conditions...anywhere I can lay my head, I can relax, I can sleep, and I am content with nothing no matter where I am, I'm not very hard to please, I would go crazy if I didn't have a guitar though...Jack's free spirit,Tyler Durden
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Through the Never....read a book by Neil Geiman...an English guy, and it seems that he and I must have eaten the same purple and blue capped mushrooms and taken similar trips...the book is called NEVERWHERE...crazy mind trip of a book, I don't recommend books often, so take me up on it...Jack's OD on hallucinagenic mushrooms,Tyler Durden
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The Unforgiven...the only thing that can keep you from being unforgiven is your own stubborness to ask for forgiveness or apologize...so you screwed up, suck it up and fess up...or bottle your anger until you blow up on people that made fun of you in high school with 2 nickel plated .45s...Jack's lost generation,Tyler Durden
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Don't tread on me...so don't take my generosity as a sign of weakness or walk all over me and use me, that's not what friends are for, friends are for hiding out with while the cops drive by, laughing when they're gone, friends are choices not feelings, friends feel your pain and rejoice with your victories...Jack misses his RIP's,Tyler Durden
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| 1 Enter Sandman |
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| 2 Sad but True |
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| 3 Holier Than Thou |
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| 4 The Unforgiven |
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| 5 Wherever I May Roam |
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| 6 Don't Tread on Me |
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| 7 Through the Never |
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| 8 Nothing Else Matters |
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| 9 Of Wolf and Man |
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| 10 The God That Failed |
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| 11 My Friend of Misery |
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| 12 The Struggle Within |
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