Post by Dr Demented on Oct 14, 2006 8:16:38 GMT -5
I've been doing a little thinking...it's always strange, I know...but I think I know how Metallica can get their "edge" back. In the past, when they wrote good music, they were young and pissed off at the world. It came out in their music and they wrote about things that concerned them.
Now that they joined the ranks of the ultra-rich, it appears they have nothing to be pissed about. They're happy campers, and of course, it has come out in their music in the form of moaning ballads and whining about daddy beating their worthless asses. They've become an EMO band...ick...
Maybe they should write songs about things that piss them off. Lars could write a song about the evils of downloading. James could write a song about Dave Mustaine. The band could write about Newstead leaving to join a band that had a member die and STILL kick ass (Voivod). Hell, they could even write a song about a great bass player joining their band when he should have stayed with Suicidal Tendencies.
Maybe then they would regain SOME respect amongst their original fans by writing music that doesn't SUCK....but probably not.
Seriously, what they really need to do is join a fucking coven or something and start writing about hell and satan and demons and shit...stop whining and get back to the basics. Someone needs to let Rick Rubin know that he should lock them in a basement somewhere and beat them with whips and have snakes and rats and spiders everywhere to constantly scare the hell out of them...THEN maybe they would write some good shit again.
Now that they joined the ranks of the ultra-rich, it appears they have nothing to be pissed about. They're happy campers, and of course, it has come out in their music in the form of moaning ballads and whining about daddy beating their worthless asses. They've become an EMO band...ick...
Maybe they should write songs about things that piss them off. Lars could write a song about the evils of downloading. James could write a song about Dave Mustaine. The band could write about Newstead leaving to join a band that had a member die and STILL kick ass (Voivod). Hell, they could even write a song about a great bass player joining their band when he should have stayed with Suicidal Tendencies.
Maybe then they would regain SOME respect amongst their original fans by writing music that doesn't SUCK....but probably not.
Seriously, what they really need to do is join a fucking coven or something and start writing about hell and satan and demons and shit...stop whining and get back to the basics. Someone needs to let Rick Rubin know that he should lock them in a basement somewhere and beat them with whips and have snakes and rats and spiders everywhere to constantly scare the hell out of them...THEN maybe they would write some good shit again.