Yup, and I clarified my reasons for starting this poll several posts in, iirc.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 7 January 2019 00:39 (five years ago) link
i feel like a lot of people hate these albums transitively. thrash metal was sort of outcast music, and some thrash fans seem mad that metallica started making music for "frat boys" - people they hated. that wasn't my experience. the people who bullied me in high school were into stuff like jane's addiction or rush, groups that are, in retrospect, honestly pretty good.
post-thrash metallica i tend to view more along the lines of a band like styx. i never had any problem with people who enjoyed styx, i just wished they liked music that wasn't quite as bad. i know that's a paternalistic and probably parochial viewpoint, and also probably hypocritical considering how much frankly terrible music i listen to, but i still kind of feel that way, that human beings deserve better music to listen to then "ain't my bitch".
― errang (rushomancy), Monday, 7 January 2019 02:59 (five years ago) link
Looking over the tracks some I have no recollection of, despite listening to both Loads a lot when they came out. Like, "Cure"? The only thing I can summon in my head is "GIMME CURE, GIMME FIRE, ETC."
― Siouxie Sioux Vide (Leee), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 00:17 (five years ago) link
something something something curesayin' i doooo believe
i think
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 00:18 (five years ago) link
def one of the worst tracks
And "Ronnie"?
"RONNIE FUEL, RONNIE FIRE, ETC."
― Siouxie Sioux Vide (Leee), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 00:19 (five years ago) link
"TWO BY FOUR, TWO BY FIRE, ETC."
Maybe this is how Hetfield wrote these songs.
― Siouxie Sioux Vide (Leee), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 00:21 (five years ago) link
'Cure' is one of the worst things on Load, definitely. I still reckon you could trim this LP down to about 9 tracks and have a very very good album - one of those tracks being the full 'The Outlaw Torn', of course.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 01:29 (five years ago) link
"Ain't My Bitch" is like Kenny Loggins if he lost faith in Jesus and ate chewing tobacco sandwiches
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 01:49 (five years ago) link
MAMA SAYMAMA SAWMAMA MAKU-SA-KA-KA
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 18 January 2019 23:06 (five years ago) link
"Prince Charming" is like some weird amalgamation of like NWOBHM and George Thorogood, and it fails so hilariously
― Dig Dug the police (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 02:31 (three years ago) link
"Better Than You" feels like the last recorded song to feature any remnants of the Jaymz "grunt 'n roar". a weak facsimile but he doesn't even try it anymore.
BETTER THAN YOU-OH-OH-OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
― Dig Dug the police (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 02:34 (three years ago) link
something something something curesayin' i doooo believei think
― brimstead, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 03:46 (three years ago) link
― brimstead, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 03:50 (three years ago) link
"Where the Wild Things Are" feels like James wanted to write a Simon and Garfunkel song and couldn't figure the fuck out how
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Thursday, 11 November 2021 02:08 (two years ago) link