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6485....has anyone even looked at the VERY BEGINNING of this thread? It was way back in 2003 and had a lot of weird stuff in it! LOL

And Anceint Mariner made a ton of posts...

I was bored one night and read the first 60 pages of this thread...took over an hour..lol you oldtimers probably remember when this thread started  :D
 
Powergirl81 said:
Mama Said is the only song I don't like off of that album.
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Talking to all the geezers here. :D

Does that song hit a nerve with you about your relationship with your mother? Lyrically, this song starts of with quite a positive feeling towards the writers mother, then it gets bitter towards the end but there is still a couple of lines that really hit home:

Metallica's Mama Said said:
Oh Yeah I took your love for granted
And all the things you said to me
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Does this song make you think about your mother?

Or is it just me. :huh:

As a footnote, I do have a good relationship with my mum - and anyroad, I like the song.
 
@ Albie: I have a great relationship w/my mom, I just don't like Metallica's Mama Said cuz it's too "country." Everything else on that album rocks. But, I must admit, I haven't listened to Mama Said in years...I forget how the lyrics go.

And I think you should gove Reload a chance...Fuel, Devil's Dance, Unforgiven II, Fixxxer, Low Man's Lyric...it's a great album  ;)

Did you hate St. Anger like a lot of other people in this forum?
 
I remain sort of indifferent to St Anger. It has some damn good moments (Frantic and Invisible Kid are good songs) - but I just can't get over that tinny drum sound. That really spoils it.
 
I think ...And Justice For All has a tinny sound too...that was from 1988, not that that makes a difference...I listened to One today...I remember headbanging to that song when I saw Metallica in 1998! I had a sore neck the next morning  :lol: That was my very first concert...I was 17  :D

And my mom went with me, she had a good time too  ;)
 
On top of that, the production is not the problem; Metallica have never had very strong production, and '..And Justice' is my favourite album, despite the poor production.  The songwriting is absolutely dire; the usual drop-D stop-start riffing that plagues the 'modern' metal scene, and the fact that the drums (the worst instrument) are so up-front doesn't do it any favours. 

The musical equivalent of reverse colonic irrigation; namely, rather than taking the shit out of your bowels by spraying water up your arse, it actually manages to spray other people's bowel contents into your digestive tract.  Not recommended.
 
My main problem with St. Anger was:

1. The drums. We all know about this. But even if all the songs were otherwise great, those drums make the album unlistenable for me. And there was also a lot of repetition ... dammit!


My two main problems with St. Anger were:

1. The drums.

2. Too much repetition. Because I haven't listened to this record in a long time (see point #1), I can't provide specific example off the top of my head. But I recall that about half the songs had huge segments repeated exactly, included repeated verses. It seemed to me like they were padding up the length of the songs for no good reason, and I remember it getting on my nerves well before the album was over. Plus, the lyrics weren't very good ... aw crap!


My three main problems with St. Anger were:

1. The drums.

2. Too much repetition.

3. The lyrics. Now, this comes from a personal experience which most people here haven't had. But you should recall that Hetfield was in his first year of recovery from alcoholism when he wrote those lyrics. Being a recovered alcoholic myself, I can relate to what he wrote. But on the other hand, it was immature tripe that any fool fresh off the bottle could have come up with. I'll bet anything that if Hetfield himself reads those lyrics again today, he'll be embarassed by them. Hence, SMX's rule for recovering drunks: Don't write any songs until you are at least one full year sober and your brain has fully returned to reality. Plus, there weren't any guitar solos ... fuck me. I'll just come in again...


Among the reasons I don't like St. Anger:
1. The drums.
2. Repetition.
3. Bad lyrics.
4. No guitar solos.
5. An almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.
 
I didn't even listen the whole way thru St. Anger, I though it was that bad. I watched Some Kind Of Monster the movie and thought it was better than St. Anger, even if they covered "the making" of the album. But they wanted to make a new album in like...2001 but Jason left the band, then they were looking for a bass player...came up w/Trujillo

A Year and A Half is good...but then it was on the making of the Black Album.
 
SinisterMinisterX said:
My main problem with St. Anger was:

1. The drums. We all know about this. But even if all the songs were otherwise great, those drums make the album unlistenable for me. And there was also a lot of repetition ... dammit!


My two main problems with St. Anger were:

1. The drums.

2. Too much repetition. Because I haven't listened to this record in a long time (see point #1), I can't provide specific example off the top of my head. But I recall that about half the songs had huge segments repeated exactly, included repeated verses. It seemed to me like they were padding up the length of the songs for no good reason, and I remember it getting on my nerves well before the album was over. Plus, the lyrics weren't very good ... aw crap!


My three main problems with St. Anger were:

1. The drums.

2. Too much repetition.

3. The lyrics. Now, this comes from a personal experience which most people here haven't had. But you should recall that Hetfield was in his first year of recovery from alcoholism when he wrote those lyrics. Being a recovered alcoholic myself, I can relate to what he wrote. But on the other hand, it was immature tripe that any fool fresh off the bottle could have come up with. I'll bet anything that if Hetfield himself reads those lyrics again today, he'll be embarassed by them. Hence, SMX's rule for recovering drunks: Don't write any songs until you are at least one full year sober and your brain has fully returned to reality. Plus, there weren't any guitar solos ... fuck me. I'll just come in again...


Among the reasons I don't like St. Anger:
1. The drums.
2. Repetition.
3. Bad lyrics.
4. No guitar solos.
5. An almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.
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My my, Cardinal Ximenez, I didn't expect you here. No soft cushions please.
 
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