Ok...and that has to do with where this thread was going how?

Cliff.Booth said:

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Ok...and that has to do with where this thread was going how?

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It doesn't whatsoever, but Metallica will have more staying power through time than Taylor swift so now we can bring it full circle.

Cliff.Booth said:

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Not sure I've seen that specifically, why?

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Believe he broke down the most recent single release from Metallica and talked briefly about some of their other recent albums, my memory is hazy though. He's definitely talked about the compressed sound issue of Death Magnetic before, just can't recall the exact video with it.

Ah yes. I remember my driver splicing the comms in our Bradley and blasting 1989 as we navigated our way through the box at JMRC in Germany.

Nothing beats being behind a 25MM bushmaster chain gun and listening to Blank Space.

I may try and take a deep dive this summer and give those albums a second chance.

I recognize the mixing and production quality is great because they had the funds to do so at that point.

summer sanitarium

Aggie Therapist said:

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I may try and take a deep dive this summer and give those albums a second chance.

I recognize the mixing and production quality is great because they had the funds to do so at that point.

summer sanitarium

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like millions of others, I discovered them in 91/92 with the black album. So with load and reload I didn't have these expectations like maybe some fans that had been with them for 2-3 albums. So I liked most of those two albums. A couple duds sure, but maybe unlike a lot of purists metalheads, I love melody and the softer/pretty side of metal, and those albums are packed full of it.

The 30th deluxe albums releases are underway and I hope they bring back a lot of those songs live over the next few years. Those albums are very underrepresented live, as nearly all other albums are 100%. Glad I saw them on those mid to late 90s runs where they played them.

Only two songs have been introduced live since after the 90s tours; Fixxxer at 40th shows which I saw, and carpe diem at their 30th shows.

Still 9 left that haven't been played, including better than you which is what got them the Grammy lol.

Always really liked where the wild things are. Chock full of beatle-esque, even AIC-ish haunting vocal harmonies

Lot of external influence from my father. He bought the cassettes in 1983 and started going to their concerts from then on.

He really hated every album after the black album so I never heard it really until I became of age to listen to load and reload. But I did enjoy S&M.

I think everything deserves a revisit

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Total misfire, Taylor.

For all the ownership she had of the landscape in 2023, which was masterful, this just ain't it.

There isn't a hit on this album.

It now makes sense that something seemed off about the rollout.

I expected a more intimate album, given the title and the timing, but this is trying to do that while still being Antonoff over-produced.

Also not sure what she's doing with all the fbombs. Like I love a good fbomb. Have for years. But her brand is young girls. And that exploded even more than it already was this year. So we got half of the tracks as explicit now, that our daughters can't listen to?

She clearly knows more than I do. But I bet she pretty quickly rolls out another re-record.

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"There isn't a hit on this album"

LMAO

Yeah obsessed Swiftie, where's the hit? (There still isn't one).

Also it's not like records mean anything anymore, given that no one buys music in the way that they did of Whitney Houston (RIP).

Where's the hit song- which every other of Taylor's albums has though? (And as a Swiftie, you'd know this).

Where is the hit song?

Why be so obtuse?

Fortnight is a huge hit for starters.

If your definition of a "hit" is a song that is wildly popular, gets a ton of play on the radio, is the top streamed song of 2024 and packs stadium tours where fans that don't speak much English are singing along. I suppose you could call it a "hit"


But did you hear that old guy on youtube said?