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Air guitaring, 1983 |
Earlier this year, I complained about over-exposure to the new Metallica record. However, I will never complain about over-exposure to old Metallica. Metal O.G. Umlaut has a habit of dropping bombs in the comments box; the latest is a ten-ton daisy cutter. It’s a piece he wrote two years ago for So What!, the Metallica fan club magazine. In it, he recalls 24 years of following Metallica, all the way from day one. The stories he tells! Tape trading with Brian Slagel, seeing Cliff Burton’s pre-Metallica band, sending a care package to Metallica while they recorded Ride the Lightning – wow. My favorite story is of how Umlaut gave “Trapped Under Ice” its name! Dig also the amazing photo above of Umlaut air guitaring with James Hetfield 25 years ago. You can download the article here.
My favorite Metallica song from my favorite Metallica album. Escape is close, but Trapped Under Ice takes the prize.
For my money, it doesn’t get any better than TUI.
Creeping Death?!
How can your favourite songs be ‘Escape’ and ‘Trapped Under Ice’!? Escape is awful!
Yeah, “Escape” to me is the one clunker out of the 1st 4 albums.
“Escape” is the one Metallica song from the first five albums with a chorus in a major key. That says something!
Creeping Death!
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS!
(Angelwitch can bugger off)
Angelwitch needn’t do that, but, yes, the similarity is striking. I wonder if Metallica has ever spoken to it.
After 25 years with RTL in my heavy rotation, I feel pretty strong in my conviction that Escape is a great song.
But hey, to each his own…