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Sometimes, the witty thread title puns write themselves, amirite?
Welcome to the Metallica Poll, a ranking of the Top 25 songs performed by the seminal Bay Area metal band. Here's what you can send:
http://i.imgur.com/t0XANDT.gif • 20 tracks, ranked in the usual ILM™ way: No. 1 gets 40 points, 2:36, 3:33, 4:30, 5:28, 6:26, 7:25, 8:24, 9:23, 10:22, 11:21, 12:20, 13:19, 14:18, 15:17, 16:16, 17:15, 18:14, 19:13, 20:12.http://i.imgur.com/t0XANDT.gif • Include your favorite album.http://i.imgur.com/t0XANDT.gif • And define one particular moment when this band jumped the shark. Was it when Dave was kicked out? When they covered Tuesday’s Gone? Or maybe even What do you mean “jump the shark,” you little Internet asshole?
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Any song credited to Metallica will be accepted. That includes cover songs, live versions, collaborations, radio edits, etc. If votes are received for different versions of the same song though, they will all be tallied for the studio version of that song, albeit with notations when listed in the final results. Songs not featuring Metallica performing will not be counted. This could include other bands covering Metallica or other artists sampling Metallica. (Feel free to vote for the demo version of "The Mechanix" though your vote will be ultimately counted as a vote for "The Four Horsemen".)
http://i.imgur.com/shildaA.jpg”Do what now?”
Please send all ballots to ForWhomThe (at) Lycos.com.
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Voting concludes on Thursday, July 2, at 2300 CDT. (Fri., July 3, 0400 UTC). There's a big American holiday weekend coming up, so I'll have more time than usual to compile the votes. Results could be released as early as Monday, July 7.
So come on! Jump in the fire!
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― pplains, Sunday, 21 June 2015 22:53 (eight years ago) link
HOORAY!!!
I mean, uh
http://i.imgur.com/NkMxnfR.jpg
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 June 2015 00:52 (eight years ago) link
Lulu stuff count?
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 June 2015 01:36 (eight years ago) link
that would be considered a collaboration, so
LULU MATERIAL ABSOMOTHERFUCKING - LUTELY COUNTS
― pplains, Monday, 22 June 2015 01:43 (eight years ago) link
I'm guessing the results of this poll won't exactly look like a bell curve by the end, but I would encourage taking a second listen to some of the last few albums. You can either reaffirm your hate for Load or perhaps find something in there that may have aged a bit more properly than you would have imagined.
I don't think I'm going too far out on a limb to say something from the first four will win this (though there is "one" black horse in this race that could ruin that prediction), but I wouldn't mind seeing some Death Magnetic song at No. 21 or whatever.
But I'm not going to push it either because, Lord, some of that later stuff does indeed suck.
― pplains, Monday, 22 June 2015 01:49 (eight years ago) link
Also just realized that Metallica had an album called Load while the Velvet Underground had one called Loaded.
― pplains, Monday, 22 June 2015 01:50 (eight years ago) link
Can I vote for "Ecstasy of Gold"?
― Falconetti Pot (Leee), Monday, 22 June 2015 03:54 (eight years ago) link
lol
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 June 2015 03:58 (eight years ago) link
submitted. I was up til the small hours honing my ballot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll7zEqc02RU
― how's life, Monday, 22 June 2015 13:26 (eight years ago) link
I couldn't actually listen to any of the songs because my ipod's battery ran out, but with classic songs like these, the memory remains.
― how's life, Monday, 22 June 2015 13:28 (eight years ago) link
submitting an all load/reload/lulu ballot
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 22 June 2015 13:36 (eight years ago) link
Hey, it's all in the eye of the beholder.
― how's life, Monday, 22 June 2015 13:38 (eight years ago) link
really excited about this!
can't imagine i'll be voting for basically anything post-Justice, but that's a testament to the strength of the first four albums as much as anything.
― charlie h, Monday, 22 June 2015 14:30 (eight years ago) link
I cut my one black album track at the last minute.
― how's life, Monday, 22 June 2015 14:35 (eight years ago) link
God, I'm kinda regretting it now.
― how's life, Monday, 22 June 2015 14:38 (eight years ago) link
My ballot will have 1 Black Album track, 1 from Load, and 3 from Death Magnetic.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 22 June 2015 14:57 (eight years ago) link
i'm going to take this very seriously. but i'm afraid these albums are so worn into my brain that only the deep cuts can really excite me, so there's a real possibility that 'Frayed Ends of Sanity' or something will be my #1.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Monday, 22 June 2015 15:42 (eight years ago) link
Dude, Side Three of Justice is absolutely the best side - everybody knows that.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 22 June 2015 15:52 (eight years ago) link
haha, it is though!
― lil urbane (Jordan), Monday, 22 June 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link
Y'all don't forget the "FM" of Metallica's discography:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYSDC3cHoZs
― pplains, Monday, 22 June 2015 16:17 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/5todaGA.jpg
― pplains, Monday, 22 June 2015 16:19 (eight years ago) link
One of these days, I'll start a thread of "Songs Where The Tape Slows Down and Quits". After this poll.
― pplains, Monday, 22 June 2015 16:20 (eight years ago) link
What's Metallica's 'Sway' though?
― how's life, Monday, 22 June 2015 16:26 (eight years ago) link
Of Wolf and Man tbh
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 22 June 2015 16:31 (eight years ago) link
ride the lightning
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 June 2015 16:44 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/xlmYt09.jpg
― pplains, Monday, 22 June 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
the songs will pretty much choose themselves, but just realised that ordering this thing's gonna be a bitch
― charlie h, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 00:55 (eight years ago) link
Ain't mine!
― Falconetti Pot (Leee), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 01:03 (eight years ago) link
BIIIIIITCH-UH!
― charlie h, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 01:22 (eight years ago) link
I can't imagine this being too difficult. Pretty much going to be the whole of Master of Puppets, plus most of ...And Justice For All a couple of tracks from elsewhere. But in WHICH order?
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 01:26 (eight years ago) link
*and a couple of tracks from elsewhere.
i told myself i wouldn't troll this thread but somebody did it for mehttp://www.laweekly.com/music/unpopular-opinion-load-is-the-greatest-of-all-metallica-albums-5695104?utm_content=bufferaa589&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
― some dude, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 20:19 (eight years ago) link
really wish they'd been able to release this album art
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/6/3/7/463784.jpeg?5332
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 20:22 (eight years ago) link
^definitely remember kids getting in trouble for wearing this shirt in middle school.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 20:40 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ByNgsvinu8
Who wants this fucker?
― pplains, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 21:23 (eight years ago) link
Lulu stuff count?― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, June 21, 2015 6:36 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkthat would be considered a collaboration, soYOU BETCHA― pplains, Sunday, June 21, 2015 6:43 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, June 21, 2015 6:36 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
YOU BETCHA
― pplains, Sunday, June 21, 2015 6:43 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Sorry, this was bugging me.
― Falconetti Pot (Leee), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 21:26 (eight years ago) link
But I meant Absomotherfucking ~~~ lutely!
― pplains, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
Steady stream of submissions at ForWhomThe (at) Lycos.com.
Also wanna plug Breadfan real quick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppu86I-yLFU
― pplains, Thursday, 25 June 2015 00:20 (eight years ago) link
Hootenanny in D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_9XsJAcWsE
― pplains, Thursday, 25 June 2015 00:41 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/DJ4tTNu.gif
― pplains, Thursday, 25 June 2015 00:49 (eight years ago) link
btw i have a spotify playlist that (imo) combines the best trax of load and reload into a single coherent record if anyone's interested
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 June 2015 06:28 (eight years ago) link
Post it! Would love to hear a Re/Load(ed).
Also would like to hear a single-album version of Use Your Illusion, but I'll save that request for another thread.
― pplains, Thursday, 25 June 2015 12:07 (eight years ago) link
You won't believe what was in the paper today:
http://i.imgur.com/knmcJJp.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 25 June 2015 16:46 (eight years ago) link
here it is!
http://open.spotify.com/user/unbornwhiskey/playlist/0uwWqgH7Juacnd9A5Jbi8a
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 June 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link
"carpe diem baby": never played live, buried in the middle of reload, really high on my ballot
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 June 2015 17:53 (eight years ago) link
it's like a dry-run for "no leaf clover," which omg i have to add to my ballot
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 June 2015 17:54 (eight years ago) link
no leaf will def be on my ballot
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 25 June 2015 18:18 (eight years ago) link
holy shit @ "Metallica Moore"
― lil urbane (Jordan), Thursday, 25 June 2015 18:23 (eight years ago) link
Keep in mind that's the mother's name.
― pplains, Thursday, 25 June 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
Hahahahah, she should name the boy Jaymz then.
― Falconetti Pot (Leee), Thursday, 25 June 2015 18:42 (eight years ago) link
(Actually, I have no idea: Despite his extensive and recognizable work, Pushead keeps a low profile; he has no official website and interviews with him are a rare commodity.)
― pplains, Sunday, 28 June 2015 19:39 (eight years ago) link
didn't revisit the whole of load until after submitting my ballot and i regret not voting for "ain't my bitch"
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Sunday, 28 June 2015 23:14 (eight years ago) link
the rare banjo cover that exceeds expectations:
Wait a minute. I recognized that guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R2ERDANb8E
― pplains, Sunday, 28 June 2015 23:32 (eight years ago) link
Except I loathe "Hero of the Day."
imo this is a shame
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Sunday, 28 June 2015 23:41 (eight years ago) link
pls excuse me while i tend 2 how i feel
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Sunday, 28 June 2015 23:47 (eight years ago) link
55 or so more hours for votes at ForWhomThe @ Lycos.com!
― pplains, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 20:27 (eight years ago) link
Is the Lycos addy a '90s nostalgia thing?
― Falconetti Pot (Leee), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link
I have like six gmail addresses that show up on my screen when I'm logged out. Couldn't deal with another.
And I'm the only one who thinks For Whom The Lycos is funny, I know this, it's ok, I go to court when I have to.
― pplains, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 21:02 (eight years ago) link
oh shit i need to prep my ballot
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 21:03 (eight years ago) link
I think the lycos.com thing is hilarious.
― how's life, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link
I'm going to amend the poll title to indicate that it closes tomorrow. How many ballots do you have so far, pp?
― how's life, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 12:02 (eight years ago) link
Thanks for that.
Ten ballots so far – one for every member if you include Lou and Bob.
― pplains, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 13:26 (eight years ago) link
Pretty sure everything's cool, but if you submitted a ballot and did not receive a reply from me, do let me know.
― pplains, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 13:46 (eight years ago) link
that backwards 'Enter Sandman' cover is brain-busting.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 14:30 (eight years ago) link
http://www.syphilic.com/metallica/disc/pics/garagedaysfull3.jpg
Man, some people really collect stuff, huh?
― how's life, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link
A Garage Days longbox, now that takes me back.
http://i.imgur.com/hKupn5K.jpg
― pplains, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link
they anticipated the digital download price for albums pretty well there.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
wow, some trivia I never knew before on this page. who knew?
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/metallica/for+whom+the+bell+tolls_20092043.html
― pplains, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 19:34 (eight years ago) link
Hey, I was thinking of submitting a ballot, but it depends on one thing: can I vote for "For Whom the Bell Tolls (The Irony of It All)" by Metallica & DJ Spooky from the Spawn soundtrack?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 20:42 (eight years ago) link
omg
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 21:14 (eight years ago) link
ballot sent \m/
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 21:54 (eight years ago) link
Tuomas - Yes, you can submit that, but it'll count toward the original version. It was officially released by Metallica though.
never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for bee gee
― pplains, Wednesday, 1 July 2015 22:32 (eight years ago) link
Quick reminder: All votes must be in at ForWhomThe @ Lycos.com by 2300 US/CDT – 15.5 hours from the time stamped on this post.
― pplains, Thursday, 2 July 2015 12:32 (eight years ago) link
sent!
― charlie h, Thursday, 2 July 2015 12:43 (eight years ago) link
Just browsing some Metallifacts in preperation, did you know Until it Sleeps was a number one single in Australia and Finland?
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 2 July 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/LpFPX51.jpg
I did not know that.
― pplains, Thursday, 2 July 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
Just sent my ballot in. Lots of old stuff and far too many covers but in my defense Metallica did excellent covers.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 2 July 2015 20:23 (eight years ago) link
voted! \m/
― Keith Moom (Neil S), Thursday, 2 July 2015 20:24 (eight years ago) link
my ballot is pretty much old-timer city
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 2 July 2015 21:40 (eight years ago) link
Probably still the best post I've made on ILX:
Musical Analogues
― :wq (Leee), Thursday, 2 July 2015 21:50 (eight years ago) link
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, July 2, 2015 11:30 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i only just realized the other day that it was a top 10 hit on the Hot 100 (their only one). there will be a lot of 90s sellout 'Tallica on my ballot but definitely not "Until It Sleeps."
― some dude, Thursday, 2 July 2015 22:10 (eight years ago) link
I don't detest >1990 Metallica but including any of those songs would've bumped off a much better song of 80s Metallica.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 2 July 2015 22:23 (eight years ago) link
yeh iirc it was all over the radio
realizing now thats prob how it made my ballot lol
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 2 July 2015 22:25 (eight years ago) link
i admire "until it sleeps" for foregrounding its bass line but almost every song on reload is better than it
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 July 2015 23:06 (eight years ago) link
some dude and i are brothers in metallica
i will forever be grateful to Bob Rock for teaching Metallica about the values of repetition and singing like a cartoon pirate
― some dude, Thursday, 2 July 2015 23:08 (eight years ago) link
Relistening to Until it Sleeps, it's a well written song with some nice melodies and dynamics, but the guitars are piss-weak, which is unforgivable in a Metallica track.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 2 July 2015 23:13 (eight years ago) link
it ain't my biiiitch-CHA
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 July 2015 23:16 (eight years ago) link
the guitars are weak but also it's one of those times when Lars tries to play with a 'light touch' and the results are just ghastly
― some dude, Thursday, 2 July 2015 23:24 (eight years ago) link
― :wq (Leee), Thursday, July 2, 2015 4:50 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is one of my favorite most-underreated threads on ILM: List the parallels between Metallica and REM
― pplains, Friday, 3 July 2015 01:33 (eight years ago) link
haha awesome
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 July 2015 02:08 (eight years ago) link
i sent in my ballot. only voted for 3 songs recorded in the '80s lol.
― some dude, Friday, 3 July 2015 03:30 (eight years ago) link
20 more minutes!
― pplains, Friday, 3 July 2015 03:41 (eight years ago) link
All Ryyght!
http://i.imgur.com/qP8SwVD.gif
Book's slammed shut!
― pplains, Friday, 3 July 2015 04:01 (eight years ago) link
HIT THE LIGHTS
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 July 2015 04:23 (eight years ago) link
― some dude, Thursday, July 2, 2015 6:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i love his weird single-stroke rolls here, they're a little janky in a way that's consistent every time.
i put 'Until It Sleeps' on the bottom reaches of my ballot, because the verses don't sound like anything else they've done. or maybe just because it was the first post-black album song released, and rock radio played it on the hour until i decided i liked it.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 3 July 2015 13:38 (eight years ago) link
just listened back to it for the first time in forever and wow, fretless bass and surf tremolo.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Friday, 3 July 2015 13:39 (eight years ago) link
you've seen those "if they were regular folks" photoshops...
http://i.imgur.com/Pnw7eM9l.jpg
Still get a similar reaction from "Your favorite metal band turns into Yellowcard."
http://i.imgur.com/fcPQ3Ot.jpg
― pplains, Friday, 3 July 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link
Until It Sleeps is probably Hetfield's best attempt at singing. mind you, he should never have attempted singing.
― charlie h, Friday, 3 July 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
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― pplains, Monday, 6 July 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link