Recent content by el diablo

I first saw Metallica as an opening act in June 1988 on the Van Halen’s Monsters of Rock tour. They were fucking brilliant. Check out this setlist, wow. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/metallica/1988/giants-stadium-east-rutherford-nj-13d6d575.html Scorpions kicked ass that day too. Unfortunately...

The one that they will release for the Days of Future Past tour.

For me it’s Fear of the Dark from this list. And I increasingly find myself skipping Run to the Hills and The Trooper, very good songs but repetition fatigue has set in.

I know some people don’t want spoilers, but I’m anxious to see the set list. I hope someone posts it here in real time.

The finals in the Worlds match Switz / US, a tough call for me because I'm U.S. but the Swiss team is led by players from my NHL team the New Jersey Devils: Timo Meier, Jonas Siegenthaler and Nico Hischier (Devils' Captain but unfortunately injured earlier in the tournament). Either way I'm...

I fully expected CSIT once they announced the focus was on Somewhere in Time / Senjutsu. It was the opener on the SIT tour which I saw as a teenager. I'm also glad they played Celts although I'd like to see Parchment one day. My two biggest surprises were 'The Prisoner' and 'Can I Play With...

Infinite streams, it's hard to comprehend.

I am re-watching The Song Remains the Same movie by Zeppelin for the first time in maybe 15 years. There’s a very good reason they are consistently held in such high regard. They earned it.

You had me at I Love SIT. It’s my original and by far my all time favorite IM album. I was thrilled with the focus in the last tour. I just get a gut feeling that for this next tour they will pick a different tune from that album. I’d be equally thrilled if it’s Loneliness or Deja Vu.

I think that a good reason we might hear it on this tour is because it wasn't included in the DoFP tour.

I just listened to each of these. I love Brainstorm. It's like Syd Barrett-era Floyd crossed with Iggy & the Stooges. I just get hypnotized by the groove. Take those same elements and add some Ziggy Stardust and you have Silver Machine. I hadn't heard Lost Johnny before but I already like it...

On a hypothetical level, I love how this starts out but after Killers my enthusiasm level pretty much drops off a cliff (except for Hallowed). For my wish list it could really use one more PoM song. My choices would be Die With Your Boots On or Still Life (since Revelations was played recently).

I've got a pretty pleasant but strong buzz right now. I generally avoid the political threads because I know what I believe but I understand that this topic has become sadly tribal and it's no longer a dialogue / debate it's either echo chambers or people yelling at each other. No thank you. I...

Yes for my tastes Rainmaker, title track and Montsegur are the true gems from this album. Also really enjoy Gates of Tomorrow, New Frontier and Paschendale. I’ve never had any problems with this album the cover is hideous but I generally don’t care about that.