This is one of my favorite country tunes, here on Willie Nelsonās 89th bday, he and George Strait, George singing Happy Birthday to him at the end of the song! Yay Willie!!
One of my first Metallica albums
Love it
Best Metallica album, no doubt
First 5 albums, undisputable classics.
They have their moments here and there afterward, but nothing beats the first 5.
I couldnāt agree more,
I think the thing with Metallica has been their staying power, like we talk about classic bands Zepplin, the Beatles etc and all the iconic albums they put out. But the time frame was much shorter.
Metallica has stretched their discography over 30 years plus and kinda changed with the times, during the load reload era, that post grunge sound was all the rage, 2000s nu metal. The the newer metal bands kinda brought back that thrash sound but more rock friendly so they kinda adapted to keep relevant do I like all of it. Nah.
Even with Black Album, they made a very obvious and conscious choice to move towards groove metal, less thrash, with the advent of bands like Pantera etc.
Load/ReLoad have their merits. Devilās Dance, Fuel, Memory Remains, Hero of the Day, etc.
Back in 2009 or 2010 (whenever Death Magnetic came out) I was thrilled to see that return to thrash weād all been waiting for. I got goosebumps the first time I went through the first single from that one. That album is far from their best work, but it was a nice return to what they do best.
Surgical recovery or not, I just couldnāt bring myself to not move ahead as planned. A bit of standard pain reaching for these off the wall, but not the type of pain to be worried about. All these years of fitness stuff, you start to learn what you need to listen to from your body and what is acceptable to push thorough.
Itās Black May, baby. Quite a few this month Iām excited for. Good mix.
- Beach Fossils - Clash the Truth, 2013.
- Fleetwood Mac - Mirage, 1982.
- A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory, 1991.
- Lou Reed - Transformer, 1972.
- Misfits - Legacy of Brutality, 1985. Compilation.
- GĆ”bor SzabĆ³ - Dreams, 1968.
- Talking Heads - Fear of Music, 1979.
- Eyedea & Abilities - First Born, 2001.
- B-52s - Whammy!, 1983.
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COLOR MONTH FUN FACT
Black May represents the 3rd appearance of The B-52s, and the 2nd appearance of Talking Heads
Although Lou Reed was featured last month as a member of The Velvet Underground, this is his 1st appearance as a solo artist in this monthly exercise Iām doing
Boom Shakalaka
Yeah St Anger was (and remains) a big olā oooooof for me. Bought it the day it came out, and even stoned me couldnāt find a shred of anything interesting.
But in fairness ā they had the stones to try something new, it just didnāt workā¦much like their dreadful album w/ Lou Reed. The band was also in great personal turmoil at the time.
Iād love to see them live, but Iām afraid Metallica LLC is a bit too big for their britches these days. I aināt paying those ticket costs.
This album is dope! Sober dope of course
About Metallica, iāll see them live in June at the Hellfest, canāt wait, even if I dislike almost everything theyāve done after the Black Album
Justice : Civilization
Black May - Solitary Man, Johnny Cash.
First video I posted on this forum was from this album - I wonāt back down.
Also Johnny Cash for Black May - The Man Comes Around.
The Kent State events were one of the catalysts for the formation of DEVO. A few of the band members went there, one had a friend shot/killed.