I like that song, I agree if Johnny Cash had done it I think it could have worked, I just don't think his voice and Metallica's style are good ingredients for an album or song. The nasal speaking is the problem indeed, but my biggest issue was the same riff being played right through most of the song, no flow there musically. That I don't necessarily put on Lou, that goes on Metallica themselves for not being creative enough musically, hence the St Anger comparison where they did the same orderistic pattern in their songs.The thing is it's not supposed to be singing. It's spoken word set to music. Lou Reed talking is a little too nasally even reciting poetry like a Bob Dylan vocal which can be grating. I don't see anything wrong with spoken word melded with rock. Lyrics are about as close to poetry as you can get so a good piece read well with good instrumentals could be an awesome thing. There's an art to reading and expressing poetry which doesn't have to be bland. It's how you phrase words and express the words. I think if Johnny Cash was alive and did a project like this with Metallica it would've been awesome. He has such sage with character and timber in his voice he could read a phone book and have my ears glued. just listen to this song which is practically spoken word set to music and imagine some heavier guitars to it. That's awesomeness in my opinion!
METALPRIEST
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The thing is it's not supposed to be singing. It's spoken word set to music. Lou Reed talking is a little too nasally even reciting poetry like a Bob Dylan vocal which can be grating. I don't see anything wrong with spoken word melded with rock. Lyrics are about as close to poetry as you can get so a good piece read well with good instrumentals could be an awesome thing. There's an art to reading and expressing poetry which doesn't have to be bland. It's how you phrase words and express the words. I think if Johnny Cash was alive and did a project like this with Metallica it would've been awesome. He has such sage with character and timber in his voice he could read a phone book and have my ears glued. just listen to this song which is practically spoken word set to music and imagine some heavier guitars to it. That's awesomeness in my opinion!
Yeah this IS good and I agree spoken word can be really good when set to music.
The Monkees had a couple even.
Tray73
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Please tell me this is a joke Metallica. This is beyond pathetic.
St ****ING Anger is better then this.
When I first heard it I thought it was an utter pile of crap, but I've listened to it a few times now and have found, surprisingly, that it's grown on me a bit, only a teensy bit mind. Take Lou Reed away and I'd like it a whole lot more.
The other day I read somewhere that Lou Reed thinks this is the best thing he's ever done and that Metallica were moved to tears during album sessions. Hmm, if there were tears shed would they more likely have been through embarrassment and horror
Lynch
Here for the cookies and the tunes
Agreed, like I said,the music in it is good, but that's where my compliments end.
The other day I read somewhere that Lou Reed thinks this is the best thing he's ever done and that Metallica were moved to tears during album sessions. Hmm, if there were tears shed would they more likely have been through embarrassment and horror
METALPRIEST
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I can honestly say that I was moved to tears.
ComfortablyNumb
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Hetfield and Ulrich better work with Mustaine and Ellefson after this ****ing mess.
Lynch
Here for the cookies and the tunes
^^^ I seriously believe that fans would be disappointed in that because the expectations for something "epic" would be so high, they couldn't help but be letdown by those guys getting together for a single collaberation.
Agreed, fans surely wouldn't be that disappointed after hearing this recent garbage.
I am the table.....worst lyrics but so damn funny. I cannot take this band seriously anymore.
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