Posts for 'frayed ends of sanity'

Blackened
Disposable Heroes
No Remorse
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
2 x 4
Creeping Death
Frantic
St.Anger
Fuel
The Unforgiven
Master Of Puppets
Nothing Else Matters
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Trapped Under Ice
Fade To Black
One
Enter Sandman
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The Frayed Ends Of Sanity
Fixxxer
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Metal Militia

Posted by moto_psycho on 11/30/04 @ 01:50 AM Post subject: Re: Top 10 songs?

1.The Frayed Ends Of Sanity
2.One
3.For Whom The Bell Tolls
4.Master Of Puppets
5.Blackened
6.Damage,Inc.
7.The Call Of Ktulu
8.No Remorse
9.The Thing That Should Not Be
10.Battery

Posted by bennie on 02/17/05 @ 09:12 AM Post subject: Re: Top 10 songs?

1. Master of puppets
2.One
3.Creeping death
4.For who the bell tolls
5.Blackened
6.Sanitarium
7.Battery
8.Fade to black
9.Seek And Destroy
10.Enter sandman

But horsemen,frayed ends of sanity and fuel come close.

1. Blackened
2. Fuel
3. Of Wolf and Man
4. Bellz
5. Fade to Black
6. Frantic
7. Horsemen
8. St. Anger
9. Some Kind of Monster
10. Wherever I may Roam
11. Nothing Else Matters
12. Puppetz
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13. Battery
14. Astronomy
15. One
16. Enter sandman
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17. Frayed Ends of Sanity
18. Call of the Ktulu
19. Seek and Destroy
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(Because I'm greedy.) 20. So What

Posted by KingSomething on 11/29/04 @ 02:34 PM Post subject: Re: no surprises

I no! has anyone heard to live is to die live? i sure havent. why dont they fucking play it? heres a few old songs they should play:
trapped under ice
to live is to die
disposable heroes
leper messiah
orion
frayed ends of sanity
unforgiven
unforgiven 2
so many others.....

same old same olds:
blackened
one
seek n destroy
puppets
sandman
nothing else matters
battery
some shite from there new album

Posted by DamageInc on 12/06/04 @ 12:35 AM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

1.Ecstasy of gold
2.The frayed ends of sanity
3.Battery
4.Enter Sandman
5.For whom the bellz tolls.
6.Fade to black
7.Leper Messiah
8.Blackened
9.Whiplash
10.Trapped Under ice
11.Holier than thou
12.Damage inc
13.Nothing else matters
14.Am i evil?
15.Hit the lights
16.Disposable heroes
17.Welcome home (Sanitarium)
18.Phantom lord
19.One
20.Junglessence by Mr Rob
21.Master of puppets
22.Sad but true

1.Ecstasy of gold
2.The frayed ends of sanity
3.Battery
4.Enter Sandman
5.For whom the bellz tolls.
6.Fade to black
7.Fuel
8.Blackened
9.Whiplash
10.Trapped Under ice
11.Holier than thou
12.Damage inc
13.Nothing else matters
14.Am i evil?
15.Hit the lights
16.Disposable heroes
17.Seek n' destroy
18.Phantom lord
19.One
20.Master of puppets
21.Sad but true
It think this could be a great show! ;)

Posted by metallisoldier on 01/20/05 @ 10:55 AM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

1. Blackened
2. Fuel
3. Of Wolf and Man
4. Bellz
5. Fade to Black
6. Frantic
7. Horsemen
8. St. Anger
9. Some Kind of Monster
10. Wherever I may Roam
11. Nothing Else Matters
12. Puppetz
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13. Battery
14. Astronomy
15. One
16. Enter sandman
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17. Frayed Ends of Sanity
18. Call of the Ktulu
19. Seek and Destroy
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(Because I'm greedy.) 20. So What
21. Harvester of Sorrow

Posted by badseed on 01/17/05 @ 12:25 PM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

Nice set galletguns, yay moo's back, finally someone other than me and martin metal, well here goes:

1.Die Die My Darling
2.Creeping Death
3.Harvester Of Sorrow
4.House Jack Built
5.No Remorse
6.Wherever I May Roam
7.Memory Remains
8.Disposable Heroes
9.Four Horsemen
10.Bleeding Me
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11.I Disappear
12.Minus Human
13.One
14.Master Of Puppets
15.Frayed Ends Of Sanity
16.Nothing Else Matters
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17.Blackend
18.For Whom The Bell Tolls
19.Breadfan

Posted by Banger on 01/16/05 @ 02:16 PM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

This is actually my first time in this thread...lets see my dream setlist:

1.Hit The Lights
2.Fight Fire With Fire
3.Trapped Under Ice
4.Disposable Heroes
5.Shoot Me Again
6.Damage INC
7.Master of Puppets
8.Frayed Ends of Sanity
9.Creeping Death
10.Whiplash
11.Don't Tread on Me
12.Bleeding Me
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13.Orion
14.Astronomy
15.It's Electric
16.The Thing That Should Not Be
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17.Unforgiven II
18.For Whom The Bell Tolls
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19. MERCYFUL FATE MEDLEY!!!!!

;D

Posted by badseed on 01/23/05 @ 09:46 AM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

10/10 for Martin's last one.
here we go again,

1.Hit The Lights
2.Fuel
3.Harvester Of Sorrow
4.The Thing That Should Not Be
5.Wasted My Hate
6.My Friend Of Misery
7.Ride The Lightening
8.Frayed Ends Of Sanity
9.Whiskey In The Jar
10.Master Of Puppets
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11.Creeping Death
12.Dirty Window
13.Fade To Black
14.Nothing Else Matters
15.Motorbreath
16.One
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17.I Disappear
18.Blitzkreig
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19.Of Wolf and Man
20.Seek And Destroy

Hmmm think that stelist may have been a little weak, oh well

Posted by badseed on 01/20/05 @ 12:47 PM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

martin metals last was 8/10 i reckon i like that you have put ride the lightening on but im not sure about it as an ender also not sure about wasting my hate as an opener, at least your being original,

1.So What
2.For Whom The Bell Tolls
3.Thing That Should Not Be
4.Jump In the Fire
5.Orion
6.The Unforgiven
7.Bleeding Me
8.Memory Remains
9.Frayed Ends Of Sanity
10.Some Kind Of Monster
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11.No Leaf Clover
12.I Disappear
13.Creeping Death
14.Blackend
15.Master Of Puppets
16.Nothing Else Matters
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17.One
18.Battery
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19.Whiplash
20.Bre
adfan

*Enter Sandman
*Nothing Else Matters
Wherever I may Roam
The Unforgiven
Blackened (Never fully appreciated till I heard it in concert recently. Now I love it, both in studio and in concert.)
Harvester of Sorrow
The Frayed Ends of Sanity
*One
*Puppetz
Battery
Sanitarium
King Nothing
*Bellz
*Fade to Black
*Creeping Death
*Four Horsemen
*Seek and Destroy
Anesthesia (I'm not a huge fan of it. But there's something about it...)
Metal Militia
Fuel
St. Anger
Frantic
So What
Astronomy

I can't appreciate The Memory Remains: It's done pretty well nothing for me.

The songs with * = Songs without which Metallica would not even exist as we know it.

The songs without * = Other songs that I think of quickly when I think "Metallica".

Posted by Pulptomatoe on 02/02/05 @ 02:23 PM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

WHAT ABOUT THIS:
::::::::::::::::::

Ectasy of Gold

The Four Horsemen
Creeping Death
Sad But true
Battery
Sanitarium
Last Caress
The Unforgiven
One
Holier than Thou
Harvester of Sorrow
Unforgiven II
Bass Medley
To Live is To Die
Master of Puppets
Seek and Destroy
Guitar Solo
Wiplash
Of Wolf and Man
The Memory Remains
Fuel
Until is Sleeps
Nothing Else Matters

No Leaf Clover
Minus Human

Lepper Messiah
Fade To Black
Don't Tread On Me
Disposable Heros
Damage Inc
Breadfan

Frayed Ends Of Sanity
Ride the Lightning
Fight Fire With Fire
No Remorse

Blackened
Drum Solo
Trapped Under Ice

Blizkreig
Am I Evil
Orion
Ain't My Bitch
Frantic
St. Anger
The Unnamed Feeling

Wherever I May Roam
Entersandman
God that Failed
Call Of Ktulu
Though The Never

For Whom the Bell Tolls
Its Electric
Sabbra Cadabbra
Turn the Page
The Struggle Within
Loverman
Wiskey In the Jar-o

Metal Milta
Hit the Lights
Motorbreath
Die die Die My Darling
Jump In the Fire
Phantom Lord

And Justice for All
Escape
Ride the Lightning
The Thing That Should Not Be
The Eye Of the Beholder
The Shortest Straw

endcore.....

Personally, I think they'll end up playing a few special songs.

Orion - Rob is so ready for it, he could handle this one no problem. I saw the guy start playing Orion in Ottawa and he's totally feeling it.

Frayed Ends of Sanity - They've been teasing audiences with the intro for the whole tour...In Ottawa I freaked because I thought they were actually going to play it. Would be an awesome song to end the tour with.

Am I Evil - It's a classic Metallica encore, I'd love to hear it played on the last few tour dates.

On a personal note I would die happy to hear Astronomy live. No song would make me happier than Astronomy!

Other than the above I can also picture Metallica whipping out some super long tunes like ...And Justice For All or Mercyful Fate Medley just for the hell of it. Or even playing a couple more St.Anger tunes *crosses fingers hoping for Shoot Me Again.*.

Easy, easy! Its overrated but it still kicks ass dude.

Definately overrated...but every Metallica fan should see it live at least *once*. The problem with this is that its their 'BIG BREAKTHRU HIT' so some people (not fans...but people who like Enter Sandman.) go to the shows just to hear that one song! For the fun of it...

I understand that it's gotta stay on the playlist, but I also agree that it would be nice to have it disappear for a few shows next tour and get replaced by something else in HIGH DEMAND by the fans for encores. But heavier...ie. Damage Inc, Am I Evil?, Dyers Eve, Frayed Ends Of Sanity etc.

I know how some of you feel though, I went through a period where I loved it, then I got tired of seeing it all the fucking time...and absolutely HATED it >:(. Then I started liking it again...and now it's yet another great Metallica song to me. ::)

there are a few- TLITD, Misery, Orion, Frayed ends of sanity, probably a few of reload, and st anger ones.

Posted by Jackass on 12/03/04 @ 09:22 PM Post subject: Re: metallica question

i thought frayed ends of sanity was never played full either...

and justice for all
frayed ends of sanity
to live is to die
of wolf and man
aint my bitch
outlaw torn
wasting my hate
low man's lyric
tuesday's gone
am i evil? (full version)
sweet amber
all within my hands

I would love to hear (in rough order of how badly I want to hear them live.):

1) Astronomy
2) Metal Militia
3) Mercyful Fate Medly
4) Don't Tread on Me
5) Where the Wild Things Are
6) Struggle Within
7) Orion
8) Bleeding Me
9) The Unforgiven II
10)The Frayed Ends Of Sanity

I doubt they will play jusyice but i know they played whiskey twice i saw it live in dublin this year. When did they play trapped under ice? Iwould have loved to have heard that.

Of the rare song id love to hear
shortest straw
throught the never
prince charming
helpless
frayed ends of sanity

Posted by dansj882 on 11/04/04 @ 11:18 AM Post subject: Re: Best riff ever?

frayed ends of sanity (3:21)
The four horseman, the one before "time has taken its....."

Posted by METALLICA0246 on 10/23/04 @ 02:33 PM Post subject: Re: Best riff ever?

id have to say that most recognizable riff from metallica is gonna be enter sandman...the best...well i like frayed ends of sanity's riff...but i dont know..there are so many

Kill: 4 horsemen, motorbreath, pulling teeth, seek and destroy
Lightning: for whom the bell tolls, fade to black, Ktulu, ride the lightning
Puppetz: Battery, Puppets, Sanitarium, Orion
Justice: Blackened, To live is to die, one, frayed ends of sanity
Black: of wolf and man, god that failed, wherever i may roam, nothing else matters
Load: Sleeps, King Nothing, Bleeding Me, Outlaw Torn
Reload: Memory, Dance, Unforgiven 2, Fuel
St. Anger: unnamed feeling, frantic, st. anger, sweet amber

We all know that Kirk Hammett is an amazing guitarist and creates awesome guitar solos more notably in the first 4 studio albums.

In your opinion, what are some solos that deserve more recognition then they get. Don't say One or Fade To Black because everyone knows those are amazing.

I think : 1. The Frayed Ends Of Sanity
2. The Struggle Within
3. Helpless

are the most underrated. Realize how awesome these solos are! Rock on Mr.Hammett!

whoa ur right... i just went to my first concert yesterday, and they supposedly finished with enter sandman. Everyone started going ONE MORE SONG! ONE MORE SONG! and it was quiet and dark for a while, then james said "we're not fucking goin anywhere." everyone cheers, and 'tallica rips into frayed ends of sanity. Then he says "well, we can't do anything, we have to go now, bye!" and everyone keeps going like one more song, one more song, so he goes back on stage and says, "ah, you guys deserve it." he goes into seek and destroy. I thought they just chose that randomly, i didnt no they actually planned it. W/e, it was an awesome ender, james went like "SEARCHING..." and everyone in the center screamed SEEK AND DESTROY!

As a drummer of a metal band, I have grown up covering metallica, slayer and pantera songs with my bro and i was wondering which Metallica song/s people think are the hardest/technical/challenging to play on drums. Personally i think it's dyers eve (mainly for endurance), disposable heroes (heaps of COOL fills, and constant tempo changes), shortest straw, the wait (even though its a cover), frayed ends of sanity and believe it or no st. anger (also for endurance and speed). There are some other songs as well that if you play exactly as Lars does on the original versions can be kinda challenging. I know Lars is not the greates Metal drummer but he's got some creativity and speed going on. What does everyone else think???

Want some MP3s from the Ottawa show? :D

Go to I've uploaded the first 7. Unfortunately 35mb.com will only let me upload 35mb and only have ONE account so I couldn't upload it all. :'(

But the good news is that for each person who downloads off of me I get 1mb more space to upload...so I'll upload more if people want them. :P

(Ottawa got The Prince, Unforgiven, Fight Fire With Fire, a chunk of Orion, the intro to The Frayed Ends of Sanity, The Memory Remains and lots more good ones!)

Or email me, I can send you specific tracks over MSN...leechers welcome, but I am looking for The God That Failed, Trapped Under Ice, Dyers Eve, Outlaw Torn, Bleeding Me and Damage Inc live ANYWHERE on THE MADLY IN ANGER WITH THE WORLD TOUR. So if you can help me out please let me know. :-*

As a drummer of a metal band, I have grown up covering metallica, slayer and pantera songs with my bro and i was wondering which Metallica song/s people think are the hardest/technical/challenging to play on drums. Personally i think it's dyers eve (mainly for endurance), disposable heroes (heaps of COOL fills, and constant tempo changes), shortest straw, the wait (even though its a cover), frayed ends of sanity and believe it or no st. anger (also for endurance and speed). There are some other songs as well that if you play exactly as Lars does on the original versions can be kinda challenging. I know Lars is not the greates Metal drummer but he's got some creativity and speed going on. What does everyone else think???
Well
I had my kit since August 2003. At 29 it was my first drumkit ever. I just played guitar and sang instead. I decided back in '93 that I would get myself a kit some day. Getting the Tama profile catalog '91 -'92 was very cool and the kit I wanted was a Lars kind of kit.
Yes a big 9 pieces in the same sizes and everything. Nearly anyway. I did some searching for it and found it in London. A white Tama Granstar just like Lars's European kit used in 1990.
It was just the complete shells with a little hardware in used condition.
I have set it up to see what it sounded like and how the Lars style would be like.
The hardest stuff is learning complete songs. Many different patterns if listning closely.
But it's fun and my kit sounds very good.

Posted by cloudnine on 12/13/04 @ 07:04 PM Post subject: Re: My AJFA rating

The Frayed Ends of Sanity is my only gripe on the disc. It shouldn't have even gone for 5 minutes, much less 7:44.

Posted by Jackass on 12/13/04 @ 09:46 PM Post subject: Re: My AJFA rating

Blackened - 9.5
And Justice For All - 20 ;D
Eye of the Beholder - 9.5
One - 10
Shortest Straw - 7
Harvester of Sorrow - 7.5
Frayed Ends of Sanity - 9
To Live is to Die - 10
Dyers Eve - 9.5

Metallica havnt played a couple off load and reload , (but could you blame them )couple off St anger , but The Frayed Ends Of Sanity has never been played in its full , i mean theyve played dirty window like 3 times !!!!!! and its shit , (no offence) come one play frayed ends of sanity .

Posted by Metaltrooper on 12/18/04 @ 03:51 PM Post subject: Re: My AJFA rating

Blackened 10
Jusitce 10
Eye of the Beholder 8
One 10
Shortest Straw 10 (the lyrics kick ass!!)
Harvester of Sorrow 10
Frayed ends of sanity 8
To live is to die 10
Dyers Eve 10

It is my fav. album but puppets gets close because of the missing bass

I disagree with Eye of The Beholder, its actually pretty good, I like the way he sings the verses (do you take what i take etc.) it sounds like theres a vocal effect, i would rate that song 9. Also Frayed Ends of Sanity is awesome i would rate it a 9. Out of all the songs Harvester of Sorrow would have to have a weak point to the other songs that i would rate 8. But all in all the songs are awesome. And Justice For All being my favorite album!

Want some MP3s from the Ottawa show? :D

Go to I've uploaded the first 7. Unfortunately 35mb.com will only let me upload 35mb and only have ONE account so I couldn't upload it all. :'(

But the good news is that for each person who downloads off of me I get 1mb more space to upload...so I'll upload more if people want them. :P

(Ottawa got The Prince, Unforgiven, Fight Fire With Fire, a chunk of Orion, the intro to The Frayed Ends of Sanity, The Memory Remains and lots more good ones!)

D-Man: Sorry, no LiveMet shows. You can use MSN for it though.

^^^^^

::)Aye, no problem...didn't think it would be a problem, but rules are rules. Anyone interested in Ottawa can PM me or add me to MSN.

Posted by Haemmer_of_Justice on 10/21/04 @ 01:42 PM Post subject: Re: justice

i think it would be nice if they play The Shortest Straw. Frayed Ends of Sanity would be awesome aswell.

One of the beloved first four album, this is a good album and you should buy it.

1. Blackened - An extremely good song, probably the best and most well known song on the album. pretty heavy, thats a good thing. Reason enough to buy the album. muthafukkin A.

2. ...And Justice For All - another good song, not as good as Blackened but it's up there alright. Metallica is good at having good songs that match up with a good album (RtL, MoP, AJFA). This song is also pretty heavy and well done. This song gets an A-.

3. Eye of the Beholder - a decent song, not the best on the album and its a bit boring in the beginning. it is still a great addition to the album. messed up voice, lol. PoB <<< plain old B.

4. One - this is another extremely good addition to the album. One is one of my favorite songs on the album. just because it is less heavy, doesn't mean it isn't good. this awesome track gets a A-.

5. The Shortest Straw - i pretty much just started listening to this song. it isn't my favorite song, but it's still pretty decent. this one gets a B.

6. Harvester of Sorrow - another of of the better songs of the album. i can't find much wrong with it, it's an overall good song. I end this song review with the letter B+.

7. The Frayed Ends of Sanity - pretty good song, not my fav but i like the intro and the rest is pretty good too. the intro is kinda messed up, thats probably why i like it. This tune/track/song/etc. gets a B.

8. To Live is to Die - another pretty good instrumental. slow intro but great guitars. not much to say about it besides that its pretty good. this, another voiceless PoS gets a B.

9. Dyers Eve - this is pretty much the only song on the album. i don't know how many people will agree with me but im going to give this song my only C so far, a C+. it's not a bad song, nor is it a good song.

Overall this album is getting a B+ from me. Thank you all for wasting my time.

Posted by KingSomething on 12/13/04 @ 01:48 PM Post subject: My AJFA rating

Please! critisize and discuss any opinionated faults that i make in the reviews. just want to wonder what you think.

Blackened
Came back with a bang from alcohol and the loss of cliff. an amazing song that combines the ferousious speed of KEA and the musical genius of Damage inc., MOP.
kept the dual solo's and kirk played a blinder, this song and the rest. 9 1/2

AJFA
one of the best songs recorded by metallica. Melodic guitar riffs and classical playing made for a great self titled song. the solo's were top knotch and even though the drums were a bit mechanic, it was still as tight as hell. brilliant piece of music. 10

Eye of the Beholder
Good. Solo's were again some of the best by kirk and the dualling with james were incredible. not the best song on AJFA but not bad. 8

One
heh, heh... do i even have to say anthing? ;D
fine i will.... amazing. simply the greatest song ever recorded by Metallica. period. 10

Shortest Straw
meh, Ok. doesnt do much for me. Not exactly bad, i just don't really like it that much. :P 7

Harvester of Sorrow
Really Good. a real metal song. deep, heavy riffs with a pounding chorus. i like, i like. 8

The Frayed Ends Of Sanity
this is a wierd one for people. i only found out recently people think that this is the worst song on AJFA and doesnt sound similiar to the rest. i disagree. i love this song. the start is brilliant live and the song is great. brilliant drums and vocals. 8 1/2

To Live Is To Die
Also Amazing. breathtaking tribute to cliff that has some really epic guitar plaing and really good riffs. 9 1/2

Dyers eve
Good fast pace Metal Up Yer Ass!!!brilliant but a little disorientated. 7

And Justice For All(Album)
Incredible comeback and really good debut for Jason. 9

Posted by Disposed_Hero on 11/02/04 @ 11:56 AM Post subject: Re: justice

they played the intro to Frayed ends of sanity at the sydney show this year, with jaymz doing the bass drum and guitar while rob, lars and kirk did strange walks across the stage... I was getting excited that they were gunna play it, but alas it was just a teaser :(

Ahem, your quote cut off like the first five songs. Escape? Orion? To Live is To Die? Struggle Within? Astronomy? My friend Misery? Frayed ends Of Sanity? No losses! i'd go to a metallica gig with ONLY those songs! your stupid.

This is the list of never played (full version) songs:

Frayed Ends of Sanity
Better Than You
Escape
Orion
To Live Is To Die
My Friend of Misery
Cure
Ronnie
Carpe Diem Baby
Bad Seed
Where The Wild Things Are
Attitude
Fixxxer
Don't Tread On Me
Struggle Within
The House Jack Built
Thorn Within
Slither
Prince Charming
Invisible Kid
My World
Shoot Me Again
Purify
All Within My Hands

...and the covers:

The More I See
Free Speech for the Dumb
It's Electric
Loverman
Astronomy

You'd be surprised, there's more than a handful of songs WITHOUT wah solos.
Here is some stuff...this 'wah guide' is STRICTLY for solos on the STUDIO albums (not their live renditions), some songs you may think that have wah effects actually have other effects such as delay, flanger, etc. I've only done their first 5 albums (I didn't include Load and Reload because I'm not too familiar with a lot of those songs aside from the obvious like Fuel, Outlaw, Memory, etc). This may not be 100% correct but it's pretty close.

Songs with a wah solo:
Hit the Lights
Motorbreath
Anesthesia - pulling teeth (for bass, the whole song is practically a solo)
Phantom Lord
No Remorse
Fight Fire with fire
Trapped Under Ice
Battery
The Thing that should not be
Damage Inc.
...And Justice for All
Eye of the Beholder
Dyers Eve
Enter Sandman
Holier than Thou
Wherever I may Roam
Don't Tread on Me
My Friend of Misery
The Struggle Within

Songs WITHOUT a wah solo:
The Four Horsemen
Jump in the Fire
Whiplash
Seek and Destroy
Metal Militia
Ride the Lightning
Fade to Black
Escape (has delay in some parts, but no wah)
Creeping Death
The Call of Ktulu (has delay in some parts, but no wah)
Master of Puppets
Welcome Home - Sanitarium
Disposable Heroes (has wah in other parts of the song but not in the solo)
Leper Messiah
Orion
Blackened
One
The Shortest Straw
Harvester of Sorrow
The Frayed Ends of Sanity
To Live is to Die
Sad but True
The Unforgiven
Through the Never
Nothing Else Matters
Of Wolf and Man
The God that failed

IF you count the improv. at the end of "For Whom the Bell tolls" then yes, it has wah in it.

REMEMBER, the non-wah solos probably have a different effect to them...so if you think there's wah in it, there actually isn't.

I agree with this list except I am pretty sure that there is a wah used in Leper Messiah after the sweeping. I dont listen to load/reload enough to tell you exact songs, but Kirk did go a little wah crazy in the 90's. But live, you can expect him to touch the wah at least once a song.

They have played dyers eve several times this tour. They have not played all of to live is to die except for a shortened doodle on the justice tour. The songs they havent played are struggle within, escape, orion, frayed ends of sanity (full version, i think), dont tread on me and a handful of songs from load and reload.

Ahem, your quote cut off like the first five songs. Escape? Orion? To Live is To Die? Struggle Within? Astronomy? My friend Misery? Frayed ends Of Sanity? No losses! i'd go to a metallica gig with ONLY those songs! your stupid.

relax with the name calling dude

I'd die happy to hear Metallica's covers of It's Electric and Astronomy live...no offense to Diamond Head or the Blue Oyster Cult (I'm a HUGE FAN of both bands!!!) but Metallica gave their versions of those songs some zip! They're even better now.

Where the Wild Things Are, Prince Charming, Orion, Frayed Ends of Sanity and Shoot Me Again would also make my day. 8)

The best metallica album has gotta be either ride the lightning master of puppets or the black album...personally my favourite is ride the lightning
If there was a best of metallica album these are the songs that i fink should be on there
Disk 1
1.Hit the lights
2.Seek & destroy
3.Metal Milita
4.Ride the lightning
5.For whom the bell tolls
6.Fade to black
7.Creeping death
8.The call of ktulu
9.Battery
10.Master of puppets
11.the thing that should not be
12.Sanitarium
13.Leper Messia

Disk 2
1.One
2.Blackened
3....And justice for all
4.The frayed ends of sanity
5.Eye of the beholder
6.Entersandman
7.sad but true
8.The unforgiven
9.wherever i may roam
10.Nothing else matters
11.Of wolf and man
12.Aint my bitch
13.Until it sleeps

Disk 3
1.King nothing
2.Hero of the day
3.Mama said
4.Fuel
5.The memory remains
6.The unforgiven II
7.Low mans lyric
8.so what
9.wiskey in the jar
10.Sabbra cadabra
11.The wait
12.Last caress
13.Breadfan

Disk 4
1.(Anethesia) Pulling teeth
2.Frantic
3.St.anger
4.Dirty window
5.Some kind of monstor
6.Shoot me again
7.Invisible kid
8.Purify
9.No remorse
10.Damage inc
11.I disapear
12.Disposable heros
13.Whiplash

Posted by badseed on 12/07/04 @ 12:15 PM Post subject: Re: best metallica album

The best metallica album has gotta be either ride the lightning master of puppets or the black album...personally my favourite is ride the lightning
If there was a best of metallica album these are the songs that i fink should be on there
Disk 1
1.Hit the lights
2.Seek & destroy
3.Metal Milita
4.Ride the lightning
5.For whom the bell tolls
6.Fade to black
7.Creeping death
8.The call of ktulu
9.Battery
10.Master of puppets
11.the thing that should not be
12.Sanitarium
13.Leper Messia

Disk 2
1.One
2.Blackened
3....And justice for all
4.The frayed ends of sanity
5.Eye of the beholder
6.Entersandman
7.sad but true
8.The unforgiven
9.wherever i may roam
10.Nothing else matters
11.Of wolf and man
12.Aint my bitch
13.Until it sleeps

Disk 3
1.King nothing
2.Hero of the day
3.Mama said
4.Fuel
5.The memory remains
6.The unforgiven II
7.Low mans lyric
8.so what
9.wiskey in the jar
10.Sabbra cadabra
11.The wait
12.Last caress
13.Breadfan

Disk 4
1.(Anethesia) Pulling teeth
2.Frantic
3.St.anger
4.Dirty window
5.Some kind of monstor
6.Shoot me again
7.Invisible kid
8.Purify
9.No remorse
10.Damage inc
11.I disapear
12.Disposable heros
13.Whiplash

where is four horsemen and harvester of sorrow? they need to be there!

ouch...... stumbled upon something. i think the sirens make it fucking class. and it's not pointless, it's also about escaping from jail, so while escaping the sirens go off. i think that's rather appropriate actually.

Frayed ends of sanity? 5? god no. (IMO) it fucking rocks.

Great review man. Very nice work, it's great to see a topic devoted to reviews of the underrated and forgotten songs.

I completely agree with "Don't Tread On Me" and "My Friend Of Misery."

The only thing I think should be rated higher is "The Frayed Ends Of Sanity" and also "The Struggle Within" is a 10 in my mind.

Do another review of songs from 96-03. That'd be badass.

Posted by Sandman611 on 12/19/04 @ 03:42 PM Post subject: Re: Least Favorites

KEA: Anesthesia
RTL: Escape
MOP: The Thing That Should Not Be
AJFA: Frayed Ends Of Sanity
Black: Struggle Within
Load: Mama Said
Reload: Slither
St. Anger: Purify

Posted by Saint_Anger on 12/16/04 @ 04:19 AM Post subject: Re: Least Favorites

1. Motorbreath
2. (If I have to choose) Trapped Under Ice
3. (God, this is hard, man) The Thing That Should Not Be
4. The Frayed Ends Of Sanity
5. Of Wolf And Man
6. Cure
7. Slither
8. Tuesday's Gone
9. Purify

Posted by Sandman611 on 12/15/04 @ 07:31 PM Post subject: Re: Least Favorites

KEA: Pulling Teeth
RTL: Escape
MOP: The Thing That Should Not Be
AJFA: Frayed Ends of Sanity
Black: Struggle Within (just never liked the song)
Load: Mama Said (ITS COUNTRY!!!!!!!AHHH!!!!!!!!!!!)
Reload: The Memory Remains
St.Anger: Just one :o have to go w/ Purify

Sanitarium
Damage Inc.
One
Frayed ends Of Sanity
Blackend
Entersandman
The unforgiven
Unforgiven II
Holier than Thou
Through the Never
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The Frayed Ends of Sanity solo is sooo underrated and so kick-ass.

ESCAPE (hetfield / ulrich / hammett) 1984 a:Ride The Lightning.

This is the only song of the Lightning-album that has only been played live during jams to fuck up James (he can't stand the song...). Let's have a closer look to the song,
first of all the topic of the songs lyrics iskind of something everyone can identify with; breaking away from the real world and live your own life, I think it's a cool topic. The song starts off with a nice melody followed up by a pretty bad-ass riff, mixed with nice drumwork from Lars, love the melody in the chorus. The bridge just before the guitarsolo is kinda weak, I'd say, just as Kirk's solo, it's not his best plus the ending with the totally useless siren-sound isn't all that, I think...
Overall I'll rate the song: 7,5.

ORION (hetfield / ulrich / burton) 1986 a:Master Of Puppets

Isn't it a shame that they never played this damned song live in its full version? Well, I think it is...I know everyone listens to this song, just to hear the slow part of the song with Burton's massive bass-solo. But overall I think this whole song fucking rocks!
It starts up fading in with a very cool bass-sound lifted up by Lars' drums, then the guitars come in and make the song what it is...Cool!! This song shows how mighty Burton could handle his bass...We still miss him...Also, I really dig those wheaping guitars in the slow part! Awesome!
Rate: 10

THE FRAYED ENDS OF SANITY (hetfield / ulrich / hammett) 1988 a:...And Justice For All

The intro is a good thing to keep the crowd going during their live-shows. A part of this song once was part of the so called Justice-medley on the Nowhere Else To Roam tour.
As far as I can say: this song has a cool riff, but they shouldn't had to stretch this song so long, after a while it gets kinda boring, I think. The topic of the lyrics from my own perspective, they are about addictions or something. Well, that's nice. Then Kirk's solo, maybe it's the best thing about the whole song...
Rate: 5

TO LIVE IS TO DIE (hetfield / ulrich / burton) 1988 a:...And Justice For All

An instrumental packed with riffs written by Burton, magnificent! The song starts off with a cool Spanish melody, which turns into a pumping heavy-ass riff, I heard that most of the guitars were done by James and he did a pretty good job (once again). I must say that Lars' drumworks are fucking great too, actually. I love to see this song live in its entirely, would be fun to see James struggle with all those different guitars (haha!). The best part of the song might be the slower middle-section, just gives a real strange feeling over me, I don't know what it is...It's just too good to be true
Rate: 9,5

DON'T TREAD ON ME (hetfield / ulrich) 1991 a:Metallica

This is one of the most underrated songs of the album, it starts off real heavy, and goes on for the rest of the song, I also like that "I want to be in America" melody at the start. Lyrical topic: America rules the world (from my persepective), this kinda shows how strong America is, but experiences proved otherwise (9-11). I really dig Kirk's solo in this one, for the rest it's basically based around the same riffs. Never was played live (not even a jam)...
Rate: 8,5

MY FRIEND OF MISERY (hetfield / ulrich / newsted) 1991 a:Metallica

Another kick-ass song which Metallica constantly look away from...It was only Jason who played the bass-part of the song during his solo's on live-shows...It's a shame, cuz the song fukcing rules. The riff during the verses is by far the most coolest thing I've heard. The lyrical topic is cool too, I just cannot find the words to explain (my English isn't that good), offcourse there is another slow part in the song with a pretty cool twingy guitar in it.
Then there is Kirk's chainsaw-solo, I simply love that shit he does there...Wow! This is probably the best song from the whole album.
Rate: 10

THE STRUGGLE WITHIN (hetfield / ulrich) 1991 a:Metallica

I simply like the marching drum intro, it's unlike everything they've ever done this far. The main-riff is simply fucking heavy. I read once that the lyrics were the last to be written of all songs just before recording and that James was singing about the recording process of this album, kinda cool, I think...This is one of the fastest songs of the album and also a real good one, only Kirk's solo is a bit simple, I'd say. But I think this could be a cool live-song. A worthy album-closer.
Rate: 8,5

As you might have noticed, this review is kinda about the songs that were never or hardly played live. I don't know how I got to this, but I liked doing it and maybe I'll come back for a part 2 (1996-2003) if you like that.
So, I hope you had some fun with this shit and I'll see ya!

Posted by cloudnine on 12/14/04 @ 04:50 PM Post subject: Re: Least Favorites

KEA = Pulling Teeth
RTL = FFWF or Trapped Under Ice
MOP = Leper Messiah (sorry, I just don't really like it)
Justice = Frayed Ends of Sanity
Black = Struggle Within
Load = Wasting my Hate
Reload = There's so many to choose from, its a tie between Slither, Better Than You, Attitude, and Prince Charming
Garage Inc. = The More I See
St. Anger = Invisible Kid (it would have been decent were it not a ridiculous 8 minutes long)

Posted by Banger on 12/12/04 @ 03:41 PM Post subject: Re: One from Every Album

1. Metal Militia
2. Trapped Under Ice
3. Damage Inc
4. Frayed Ends of Sanity
5. Don't Tread on Me
6. Bleeding Me
7. Where The Wild Things Are
8. Astronomy
9. Shoot Me Again

Encore of *other songs*:

10. I Disappear

Yeah, i was saying, before hitting the fucking tab key:
add 4 Horsemen, Master of Puppets, Hit the Lights (so so good), the wait, frayed ends of sanity (so bloody good too) n' you'll get maybe what's best in metal since metal is.

Where do I start? Almost Every song from the first four albums kick ass, but my favs are:

Ride the Lightning
Fade to black
Creeping death
Four Horsemen
One
Dyers eve
Fight fire with fire
Master of puppets
Damage inc
Frayed ends of sanity
Blackened

Common its to hard to rate them, but those were just the first ones that came to mind.

Justice wins hands down , puppets is good but songs like frayed ends of sanity , one and blackened will be legendary songs forever

KEA- Hit The Lights
RTL- escape (Not my fave song, its just that they never play it live) 8)

MOP- Orion (again, not my fave, but they never play it live)

AJFA- Frayed ends of sanity (Not Fave, But Not Played)

Metallica- The Unforgiven

Load- Bleeding Me

Reload- The memory remains

Garage Inc.- am i evil?

St. anger- do i have to? fine.... the unnamed feeling

i have done this countless times, but here it goes again.

Battery VS Blackened-Blackened
MOP VS AJFA-MOP
Thingy VS Eye-Eye
Sanitarium VS One-Sanitarium, one is NOTHING SPECIAL
Disposable VS Straw-Straw
Leper VS Harvester-HARVESTER OF SORROW!!!
Orion VS TLiTD-To live is to die
Damage VS Dyers-Damage INC
Frayed ends of sanity is awesome and adds another piont to justice

Puppets-3 (MOP, sanitarium, Damage)
Justice-6 (Blackened, Eye, Straw, Harvester, TLiTD, Sanity)

Justice wins by 3.

I will also do a song comparison since I think they are fun (I dont know why):

Battery or Blackened? Battery (So close though)
MOP or AJFA? MOP
Thingy or Eye? Eye
Sanitarium or One? One
Disposable or Straw? Disposable
Messiah or Sorrow? Messiah
Orion or TLITD? TLITD
Damage Inc or Dyers Eve? Dyers Eve (Also close)
I love Frayed Ends of Sanity though

Im not so sure anymore I think they may tie now but who knows :-/.

Hmm.. let's see- I will do a song comparison.

Battery or Blackened = Blackened
Master or ...And Justice For All = MOP
Thingy or Eye Of The Beholder = Eye Of The Beholder
Sanitarium or One = One
Disposable or Shortest Straw = very close but DISPOSABLE
Leper or Harvester = Leper
Orion or TLITD = Orion
Damage Inc. or Dyers Eve = AHHH Impossible but Damage Inc.
The Frayed Ends Of Sanity is a good song but doesn't fit in.

MOP = 5
Justice = 3

Even with Frayed Ends, MOP wins.

So MASTER OF PUPPETS

but I love Justice also. ;D

i'll do it my own way. i will rate them 1-5 and take the average point since justice has one more song.

Battery 3.5
Master of Puppets 5
The Thing That Should Not Be 3
Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 5
Disposable Heroes 4
Leper Messiah 4.5
Orion 4.5
Damage, Inc. 4

=33.5 33.5/8 = 4.1875

Blackened 5
...And Justice for All 3.5
Eye of the Beholder 3.5
One 5
The Shortest Straw 4
Harvester of Sorrow 4.5
The Frayed Ends of Sanity 3.5
To Live Is To Die 4.5
Dyers Eve 4.5

=38 38/9 = 4.2222222

...and we have a winner! it's justice. but it was really really tight.

Ecstacy Of Gold
----------------
Lars starts rapping so EVERYONE leaves
--------------------------------------
Escape
The Shortest Straw
Trapped Under Ice
Disposable Heroes
Metal Militia
Frayed Ends Of Sanity
Orion
To Live Is To Die
Call Of Ktulu
My World
Fight Fire With Fire
THE STRUGGLE WITHIN
--------------------
Crowd is leaving the stadium when they hear very slightly The Struggle Within end.. they race back
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Tuesday's Gone
Poor Twisted Me
Slither
We Did It Again
Purify
Purify
We Did It Again (Again)
-------------------
Britney Spears sings Stone Cold Crazy

Posted by Jackass on 11/28/04 @ 06:31 PM Post subject: Re: Worst playlists!

dude these are hilarious... i guess ppl have to be creative because there aren't that many bad metallica songs that can fill a show... anyway, here.
-Ecstasy of bronze (a second rate ecstasy of gold, performed with broken wine glasses, burps, and melodic farts)
-2 painful hours of the godsmack singer whining and cursing
-Finally, james comes out in pink spandex (audience is confused)
-The band starts to play Frayed ends of sanity, everybody cheers, then they say "JUST KIDDING!" and they whip out ukuleles and cover an avril lavigne song
-Snoop dogg, shitfoot, and ja rule all get on the stage for a jam.
-Kirk rubs his guitar up and down his ass for an hour
-Then, they start playing the intro to call of ktulu, but they untune their guitars, they play the wrong notes, and lars comes up from his drumset to make up lyrics on the spot with ja rule and sing.
-Ashanti comes up on stage and starts stripping, but the resuling boner is ruined when she starts singing.
-20 minute long jam on Mama said
-40 minute long jam on low man's lyric
-2 hour long fart in microphone by gassy kirk.
-End the show with a medley of michael bolton covers.

Posted by moto_psycho on 12/07/04 @ 06:12 AM Post subject: Re: James Voice

fixxxer, outlaw torn ???????? , man anything from ....And Justice For All is the best his voice has been and will ever be , cause hes gettin old and the older he gets the weaker his voice will be , if u saw a live metallica show in like the late 80s and early 90s ... u were in for a show . But today they still have it but, back then it was better cause i just went to a show and it kicked ass but 80s -90s is better ............ frayed ends of sanity , blackenend , and one, especially the darkness imprisoining me part that kicks ass

Ok...this review is like my illigitimate offspring I can't alter it anymore than it already is, so its HUGE!!!!

Bottom line:

READ IF YOU WISH, I WON'T FORCE ANYONE LOL!!!

Also please beware that this was a hugely personal experience for me, this was my shining moment. This was written kinda like a journal entry (so, if it seems like I'm speaking to myself you'll know why. ::)). Relive my passion, but remember that my personal thoughts and oppinions have been added!

Oh yeah, if you're not interested in what happened before I got down to the arean scroll until you see a red text line.
__________________________________________________________

October 8th,18th,19th 2004 (Typed up and changed over time.)

Off I went to the Corel Center…I must have felt for my ticket in my pocket 20 times while in the car, (Lmao…I was so damned paranoid) but it was obviously still there.

The songs played and played…and I can remember getting to Whiplash and the adrenaline rush was nuts because it’s ABOUT a Metallica concert!!!! And same with Metal Militia, the Four Hoursemen and Seek and Destroy (When we finally pulled up to the Corel Center)...

This view -->
http://www.metallica.com/ivergence/image/oct704_3.jpg

I was all in awe like I thought I’d be…’full Metallica mode!’ It was excellent! I was so damned hyped up.

There doesn’t look there’s a lot of people there until we see the front (where a lineup of people has started to grow to a decent size, possibly a little over 500 people outside?) and Mom asks me if we should circle around for minute or just let me go…of course I chose to get out of the car right away! ::)

So I got out and said I’d meet them after the show at the power box meeting place that we decided…they drove away and I was on my own…FINALLY!!!!!! :D

I couldn’t walk through the metal tunnel thing (on the right in the picture) fast enough…I honestly couldn’t wait…I unfolded my flag and let it wave in the breeze a little and I even wore it as a cape for a minute acting like a goof…when I came out of the tunnel really close to the Corel Center I could see the lineup for real now…it went ‘around’ the center from the look of it…Kinda funny though considering that there were doors all the way around anyways! Some scalper asked me if I had tickets to sell…I said no!!! Who the fuck wants to sell their Metallica ticket at the show anyways?!?!

Also The Bear were doing a live broadcast from there so this view made me smile (It said ‘WELCOME TO OTTAWA METALLICA’):

-->http://www.metallica.com/ivergence/image/oct704_4.jpg

The Bear was decent for once and played a large amount of Metallica for the folks in line and those souls who couldn’t be there at all. Anyhow I made my way up the lines giving horns to fellow fans and receiving odd looks for being the lone blonde 15-year-old girl there thus far…heh. Basically I took a quick walk up and down the lines hoping to see someone I knew or see someone from the Metallica.com message boards…And I was going to check into Marshy’s, but I figured it was too late for the ‘meeting’ anyways. So I was walking back looking at all the vintage Metallica T-shirts and hearing all the Metallica songs people were blasting on Boom Boxes they brought with them (what the fuck do they do with them when it’s show time?!) . I heard Wherever I May Roam, Frantic, The Unnamed Feeling and Enter Sandman to name a few.

Then the most amazing thing happened, I made eye contact with this one guy (right at the main entrance with another group of guys….) and we stared each other down for a few seconds and then he unrolled his banner and showed me it (by now the guys around him were wondering who the fuck I was, I’m guessing they all met up randomly in line too.) and I was like ‘Excellent…Excellent!’ it said "WE ARE NOT WORTHY - OTTAWA MILITIA" with the outline of the Parliament buildings. (All smiles from me!) and I showed mine and described it and they were like ‘that’s pretty cool’ etc….then I decided I’d take a wild leap (well not really wild…I thought I recognized him…) I asked ‘Is anyone here from the Ottawa thread on the Metallica.com boards?’ and the guy I made eye contact with came forward and said he was Ratpoison_! Exactly the guy who posted his picture and said to look for him. I told him I was Krystyna and he was all excited that he actually got to meet me! So basically I knew I had found my clan for the night…I’m not huge on meeting guys off of the internet (it’s not a good habit to get into…but Ratpoison_ <aka patrick but I didn't learn that until after the show> would be #2 ironically enough…lol)

Anyhow, in line I met a blonde guy who was about 17, an 18ish year old guy with semi-long brown hair, a 30 year old guy named Scott (I didn’t learn his name until after the show though), and a couple other guys that I spoke to briefly and hung out with in the group of about 7 of us. They were VERY nice to me…extremely welcoming….I get the idea we were all strangers sort of brought together randomly for this one night! Anyhow…we all got talking and hyping each other up, showing off our banners and our tickets (Scott had the orange kind ordered right off the Met club with the SKOM artwork and gold lettering…very nice!).

Some of the conversation matter covered was bands we all like…there was a Godsmack fan, a KISS fan, obviously lots of Metallica fans, Avril, Alice in Chains, Nickleback, Megadeth, Iron Maiden etc…just to name but a few. And gradually the line up got bigger and the area in front of the Corel Center got more and more crowded…then Scott took off for 15 mins or so to get some booze in him before the doors opened. The rest of us continued talking about the Dyers Eve chant Patrick planned and about all the songs we were hoping to hear and such…and then the Bear played Until It Sleeps, which resulted in a little singing along (barely though….) and our little clan getting peeved that the volume was so damned low so we all shouted at the Bear to TURN IT THE FUCK UP! And then sent 2 people over to convince em…Suffice it to say The Bear kindly acknowledged our request and turned their broadcast up louder (Never mess with 3,000 Metallica fans all eagerly waiting in line. :P ;) ).

A little while later they played a Metallica interview with James that actually started skipping and cutting out so no one actually heard much of it…The Bear got Boo-ed pretty badly for that one, it was pretty damned funny. We got to heckle the Bear for like three hours before the doors opened! LMAO…. but really, it should have been Chez 106 doing the Metallica coverage right? Right?

Pretty soon Scott joined up with us again and we decided it was time to move in closer to the doors and huddle up against the building (The crowd must have been at least 4,000 people by then.). Then he took out his gold marker and wrote ‘OZZY’ on one wrist (We were like…wtf…why’d you write ozzy on your wrist…write Metallica!!!) and ‘METALLICA’ on the other. And he shoved his banner down his pants and zipped up really tightly so he was sure to get past security guys (supposedly there was a size restriction on banners). He often complained of tightness…but all for Metallica. HA!!…He told us he drew his banner himself and he wanted to get it signed just like his Kiss, Evanescence and Nickleback banners.

There were about 2 hours to go two magical things happened…1) The Bear started playing Enter Sandman…and the clan all started air guitaring/singing along REALLY loudly…LMAO..it was crazy…as a rule, I NEVER sing anything in front of everyone…but seeing as though I was so damned hyped and would be singing along all night I practically jumped right in the fire (damn that was cheesy :-/)! It was so much fucking fun…we got 1/2th of the people around us joining in as well. It was a major fan moment for sure…it’s something I’ll remember forever (Even the freaking wait in line was great….Metallica fans are excellent.). You could barely hear the radio actually playing the song…all I heard was crazed Metallica fans…much like the duration of the concert, but I’ll get to that point soon. ;)

The second thing that happened was, while we were clawing at the doors and fogging up the glass with like an hour left before they were letting us in…we felt a BOOM! A vibration that went up the foundation sorta….and all at once we looked at each other and went ‘Sound check!’ then opened a door and let ourselves in discreetly…and we just stood there looking up and around the Corel Center lobby…dead silent, just listening…and BOOM! There it was again…and a guitar joined it...’It’s probably Metallica doing their sound check!’ we we’re thinking…’could also be Godsmack…’ but we were practically silent with excitement and awe for a good 30 seconds until the door guys kicked us back outside. The blonde guy made a comment about it sounding like Lars…and I was like ‘Hammer of the Gods!’ LOL. We also saw a guy outside in a cowboy hat…and I blurted ‘hahah…that guy wants to hear Mama Said!’ much fun…. and I heckled people in AC/DC shirts too lol…. (Why would you do that!? You’re at a Metallica show for fuck sakes!!!)

Pretty soon we all settled back into idle chatting and psyching each other up some more….

With like 1 hour left to kill we were all crazed…plotting our mad dash into the lobby to get our tickets checked then to the next security guy to get patted down and have our tickets scanned…then to run to the barricades!!!!!!!!! By this point we had sunk to writing ‘let us in!’ on the glass in spit etc…lmao…it was great…the fans to the left of us started chanting ‘let us in! let us in!’ and pounding on the doors…our clan mocked them and chanted ‘go leafs go’ over them LMAO. Great times with those guys, no joke. We counted down, and heard yet another Metallica interview on Chez. And then finally….there was 10 minutes left until the doors opened!!!!!!!!

The guys around me in the said group told me to get on the right side of the door and everyone was ready to pounce through the door and RUN!!!! We started asking eachother what time we had…one had 3, one had 7, one had 10, mine had 5…so we went on the basis that it could be ANY MINUTE NOW!!!

At long last the door opened!!!

--> http://www.metallica.com/ivergence/image/oct704_5.jpg If the time is correct when this picture was taken it was 6pm exactly! And I would have been among the first people through that door with the people around it.

And we rushed in…the first guy put a black mark on my ticket and let me thru…(by then I had pretty much lost the other guys!) and I ran to the scanner guy and then ran and followed the blonde guy down to the arena!!!!!!

October 20th-- November 7th, 2004 (Note…I started this review on Oct 7th at about 12am…oct 8th really. But meh…I continued it on Oct 20th)

WE RAN DOWN TO THE ARENA!!!!!

And by then everyone in our clan was scattered behind me….the general rule of thumb was don’t fucking wait for anyone, just run down to the arena and park yourself near the barricades! Hopefully everyone else finds one another again.

So we RAN our asses off down to the guy who was distributing wristbands and got the pink ones put on really quickly and made it to the barricade at the far right corner. Amazingly the clan joined back together in a fairly short amount of time!!!! Patrick and Scott were closest to the rail…but we were told to sit so that there would be enough space for everyone on the floor.

‘we made it in’ the blonde guy said… ‘yep, but there’s still like an hour left until the show starts…and then Godsmack is on for an hour.’

So we wait…and Scott unzips himself and pulls his banner out finally. LOL….and he apparently found one of his friends who was sitting in a first row seat or something and was talking back and fourth to him and wanted to show his banner. He unfolds it…and Oh my god…it was stunning, it was seriously professional looking!!!! He drew it by hand using PENCIL CRAYONS and PERMANENT MARKERS!!!!! It was really something…. he was so damned nervous about getting it signed though…amazing banner though, we kept telling him to make eye contact with the Metallica boys and wave the marker while we held up the banner. In my thoughts at that moment, I figured ‘fuck, of course they’re going to see it and sign it…it’s the best banner in the whole auditorium tonight and we’re only like 5 feet from the stage!!!!’

Speaking of banners:

http://www.metallica.com/ivergence/image/oct704_19.jpg

^ ^ ^ this one was on the opposite side of the stage as me so I have no clue if they actually got a wristband. ;)

http://www.metallica.com/ivergence/image/oct704_17.jpg

^ ^ ^ Never noticed this one at the show.

Every so often while waiting I finally paused and thought about how fucking lucky It was that I did not have homework and that Metallica had FINALLY come to Ottawa! And I also paused to lock the Corel Center BEFORE Metallica into my mind forever: There was this advertising light thing that went all the way around the arena and lit the area up weird colors like lime green for the TD bank ad or red for the Sens ad (I think.)…it was cool…not as an ad, but as an effect…it all added to the effect. Scott started singing Bleeding Me once or twice during the wait and a guy with a really faded Black Album T-shirt sat near us…some people were getting up and coming back with pizza and stuff too.

…And then I recognized someone else…or rather they recognized me and tapped me on the shoulder!!! It was the kid with the afro-ish hair’s mom from when I was waiting in line to buy my ticket for the show in August at the rideau center!!!! I could hardly believe we met again…but it happened…I was already on cloud nine being in the Corel Center arena floor. Anyhow she was really nice to me and just wanted to know if I had a good spot because I was welcome to come over to their area of the barricades and hang with them. I declined, but told her that it was great to see her again.

A few times while waiting people got up and started cheering like crazy…. my bet is that they saw someone come out of the middle part of the stage and thought it was a band member lol. We all just got told to sit down again, until finally…the lights dimmed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I jumped right up and squeezed myself in between Patrick and Scott…who were more than willing to share the excitement, the folks behind me packed in pretty tightly too.

And there was GODSMACK!!!!!!…On the other side of the stage, but it was a rotating stage so it didn’t matter. Their guitarist came over to our corner during the first song and started giving us the horns…not a huge rush like The Wildhearts were when I saw them in June, but they definitely got the crowd ready and hyper!!! Their basist and Guitarist were the best though…and the Sully/Shannen drum solo bit was nice, I got to hear a little bit of Walk This Way!

They played:

Awake
Voodoo
Keep Away
Straight out of Line
I Stand Alone

In no particular order….I was Metallica crazed beyond return at that point, I wasn’t even trying to remember their set list, there was probably more songs than that. Sang along pretty enthusiastically with everything I knew.

Then Godsmack tossed picks and drumsticks (I didn’t catch any…but they were a little out of my reach anyways) I remember wondering if I’d be able to catch a pick during Metallica…? Or if my Banner would get on Metontour.com or not?

Then the lights came on and everyone standing lit up their joints/cigs before metallica…I figured we had about an hour to go…soon these guys/gals that looked like they were from NASA came out and did the stage changes really quickly and did all the lighting and pyro set up and two people STAYED up there I believe. Must’ve been to set off the pyro or something….

and then suddenly it all went dark and the Ecstasy of Gold began to play...this is when I realized I was finally seeing a Metallica show for the very first time.

NOTE: This is my review from RIGHT after the show with bits and pieces added to it that didn’t belong in a review…this is my journal of sorts of the show so EVERY detail goes into my version. I’m typing this up as I listen to it as well.

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The stage lights came on and they opened with Blackened, just like I'd hoped for, the intro gave me quite a reaction...this was amazing live...I'd been praying to the rock gods for Blackened as an opener and not Fuel or Battery. Low and behold they answered me!!!! Quite a rush…James’ vocals were top notch. I could barely hear more than guitar, drums and CROWD though.

Next James started the ‘Give me an M, Give me an E, Gimme a T, Gimme an A, Give me an L…..GIMME FUEL GIVE ME FIRE GIMME THAT WHICH I DESIRE!!!!!!!!!!” Fuel came next and had the crowd going equally nuts. I suspected Fuel would be played second, it was alright live…but it really would have been something to see it live back when I just burned my first mix cd with Fuel -- back when I really loved it.

Harvester Of Sorrow was third, another gem that I was hoping against all odds would get played live and of course it did! My voice was practically gone by the time this was over…I sang along all the same though. Pretty funny hearing the recorded version of this cause I notice Kirk and Rob’s questionable backing vocals now. The solo was excellently played….and the silence part lasted longer than a minute -- maddening to no end!!!! ALLLLLL HAVE SAID THEIR PRAYERS!!!!!!!!!….etc….booming!!!…just booming…it was great. Out of all the live clips I’ve seen/heard I’m glad I got to experience it live for myself.

Afterwards Kirk did his first solo doodle thingy…I kept flashing back to the Live Shit videos where he went off doing that guitar-godlike soloing. It was every bit as awesome as I expected from Kirk. HE WENT NUTS FOR ABOUT 3 MINS!!!!!!!! He went from metal..to blues…to even a little funkish riff. Top notch. That was some really good shit….

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Then we saw the stage crew bring out an acoustic guitar and we started freaking out because we KNEW it meant The Unforgiven!!! And sure enough it was played for the Third time in North America in 10 years!!! Thanks Metallica/rock gods...I never, ever imagined I'd get to hear it live!!!! Sang along to this one like I’d never heard it before…I can scarcely believe there was a time when I used to change the channel when this song came on Loud. No joke…this was one of the most stunning things I’ve ever had the luck to witness. They played it live shit style beginning with the Spanish acoustic riff, I couldn’t believe it…it was only the 5th song after all. James’ vocals weren’t like Live Shit by any means…less gruff and serious, I guess…nonetheless it was an awe-inspiring performance. And at the very end of the song he sang the ‘you labeled me” line twice…once melodic and the next time it was with force. The man still has it…Unforgiven was different. But pretty damned good to this day!

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For Frantic they asked us to be one giant Metallica instrument and we were only to willing to ablige…. quote, James: “Snare – Lars…Hey – Metallica instrument!!!” “Ottawa…I have faith in you!!!!….”

We did the HEY! Part as loud as possible…pretty damned fun.

Frantic blew the speakers and had the BEST reaction out of all the St.Anger songs played. Great Live tune, I ran out of breath and further screwed up my voice by screaming the 'Frantic-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tock' part. I was actually looking forward to hearing this song if I had to hear a St.Anger song that night. Awesome live track…I’ve never hated frantic. Kirk and Rob’s backing vocals struck again “You live it or lie it!!! You Live it or lie it!!!!” *Sigh* It was great, but man Kirk/Rob can crack you up. “This search goes on…. sing it Ottawaaaa!!!!!!!”

The next song was my favorite off of Reload, The Memory Remains!!! I was speaking to Patrick when this song started so it caught me off guard, but I recognized it right away and couldn’t help but smile. James had been at the mic saying “now is the point in the set where I get to say something really cool and clever….but I forgot was I was going to say so I’ll just say this…….FORTUNE, FAME, MIRROR VANE!!!! GONE INSANE, BUT THE MEMORY REMAINS!!!!!!” Again, this was a song I never expected to ever hear live.... especially not my first time seeing Metallica. I was overjoyed to say the least…. awesome live song…and Kirk and Rob sang the lalalala part too LMAO!!!! Kirk’s little solo bits in the song were all-perfect!!! James’ vocals weren’t as good as S&M, but hey….it was still excellent. no fuck ups or anything. By this point in the set I’d learned that if you plug your ears for a moment you could hear James vocals way better. So there….”Lalalalalala…sing it Ottawa!!!…lalalalala….its up to you. Sing it!!!!” And we did…the end part with the lalala fade out was surreal!!!!! I dunno what Kirk was doing with his guitar, but it sounded amazing for the memory remains outro…we did the lalala part for a good half minute after the song ended.
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Wherever I May Roam was next, another I never really thought I'd hear...this set list had me rethinking all the realistic 'set lists' I'd dreamed up waiting for this show. Awesome live tune!!!! Pretty normal in performance…but I never really thought about hearing it live. It was a perk of the set list for sure. Pretty damned good vocals on this one…I could tell James likes performing this song.

St. Anger, Good live...though I would have liked to hear Shoot Me Again instead. Heh, no worries though...Ottawa was SPOILED tonight!!!! (Note: I typed that one month ago today…lol…Actually I would have been freaking out to The Ecstasy of Gold right about now 8:33pm) Not really too much to say on this one either….James did something pretty cool towards the end of this song, he got on his knees into the prayer position in one of the beams of light and prayed for a few seconds…To St.Anger? To God? To the rock gods? Who knows…? It looked pretty intense though. They started St.Anger with all the St.Anger riffy things and James sang ‘St.Anguh round my neck….’ Then it all started. Some pyro went off during this too.

Then was Junglessence…God, that was some crazy base slapping. Robs quite a bassist…the solo reminded me of some predator cat (like a lion) prowling the jungle…you know, creeping around confidently always ready to pounce!!!! It was aptly titled I guess…I loved it!!! Awesome moody solo he’s got there…at one point it even sounds as if he’s tapping it out!!! I hope it ends up used on an album or otherwise. Rob snuck in a quick bit of …And Justice For All about four minutes in and then something amazing happened… they managed to fit a chunk of ORION into it!!!! I was shivering.... literally shivering…that spacey baseline is eerie. In fact I’ve got that shiver again now just listening to it. Love Orion!!!! I can remember looking up to the seats just as they lit up their lighters and held em' real high…exact moment Kirk’s lead guitaring jumped in and played along...and no joke, if you looked around to the seats above you all the flames in the dark looked like constellations!!! It was nuts...live is how Orion was meant to be played. No doubt about it. In one word -- FANTASTIC!!!!!…That was my most shivery moment of the whole night. I lost it on the floor...I was totally stiff as a board listening to it. I could not believe it.

Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Crazy audience reaction!!!! I could tell I'm not the only one who wanted to hear it!!!! The “LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!” part was awesome as ever.
“REACH FOR ME OTTAWA!!!!!!!” And man did we ever reach!!!!….James loves that song, I love that song…. Does anyone hate Sanitarium? Not much chance….
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ant to help count in a song Ottawa?….FUCK YEAH!!!!…Wanna count Fast or Slow?….Did you say slow?….Fast then!!!….Well uh…if we count it in fast we’re going to play a FAST song then…alright… “1 2 3 4!!! 1 2 3 4!!!!!!!!! 1 2 3 4!!! 1 2 3 4!!!!!!!!…..” Patrick figured it was Creeper from the count in bit, he was so hoping for it. I’m glad they played it though…I doubt I could live not being able to chant DIE! DIE! With Metallica and my fellow Ottawa Metallica fans…the solo also killed!!!! Creeping Death blew me and everyone around me away!!!! We all started chanting DIE! DIE! Practically before the solo ended!!!! The was a bit of a pause to let us Shout it as much as we wanted. Picture this….13000 devil horns pointed skyward, voices together in one commen chant of DIE! DIE! MUTHERFUCKER DIE!!!! It was FUCKING LOUD! I couldn't believe it was back on the set list for Ottawa. James sung the outro guitar bit to this…that ‘Whaaaaooohoahooahh…whaaaaooahyeah!’ part and so did the audience…it kicked maximum ass.

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The intro caught me at one on my most evil-metal-crazed-intense moments ever…I didn’t shiver or anything, this was damned intense…I was so ready for it. I needed Fight Fire With Fire so damned bad. Metallica continued to make dreams come true for those of us on the other side of the barricade...FFWF got me going pretty damned well...gotta love the old shit. It sure separated the newbie fans from the truly dedicated... Again, I NEVER, EVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS expected to hear FFWF!!! It was thrashy as hell!!!!!! Singing and thrashin’ around for this one was awesome…it was damned fast…but you should have seen all the thrash/old school fans. At the end there was a quick burst of about 7 fireballs from the pyro…all in all the metal was more intense than the being 5 feet from the heat. “ARE YOU ALIVE?? HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE ALIVE!?…. OTTAWA…HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE ALIVE???….OH YEAH?….THEN SHOW ME!!!!!!!!!” And we fuckin did….Kirk was right in front me when he started tearing up the fret board in a blisteringly hot solo.

Kirk did muted strums while James led the audience in a crazily Clear rendition of the Sad But True chorus just like on Live Shit’s Mexico City disks…amazingly clear and well heard with no backing guitars. When the guitars did cut in we all started doing the HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! Thingy….it was a true classic...gotta love that riff...gotta love feeling it vibrate your ribcage through the floor. ;D Does anyone not like Sad But True? I started head banging during this one…just letting my hair fly…

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Melbourne was next….at the time I was just enjoying the doodley bit Kirk was playing…it was really soft and melodic so I knew right away that Nothing Else Matters would be next. Scott claimed it was going to be Enter Sandman (My bet is that his subconscious mind told him NEM would never come….plus he was also nervous about his banner not being signed, I cut the guy slack…but really? What else could it have been but NEM? Lol…).Anyhow…Melbourne has really grown on me since the show. It’s just so calm and surreal…it has the same kind of effect as Return To Serenity by Testament on me. Not an easy feat to accomplish at a Metallica show (Espescially right after Sad But True!!!)….but it was definitely very, very calm during Melbourne and NEM. I’m going to have to learn the riff to it some day…It’s really catchy…so much that it makes me hope there will be another ballad in the future. These riffs are a no fail…it’d be a hit with Metallica fans for sure. It’s short, but I’m sure the boys could make it great.

Melbourne blended into the intro to Nothing Else Matters.... Scott really wanted to hear it. Actually, most of the guys claimed they’d start to cry is they heard it or Fade To Black…luckily they held it together pretty well. I must admit when it started I was in shock…I’ve listened to it in the car before and been close to tears from the studio version. It’s amazing to be so damned choked up over a song…and it’s not even a bad choked up, just one that's sort of caught in amazement. Well deserved I suppose, not many songs can have that much of an emotional reaction on that many people. All the lighters went up in the air and gave the Corel Center quite a vibe during that song. We started swaying for the first verse over at the corner I was at, but that died out pretty quickly. It was all about singing along on that one. Not to mention if you’re the cool Metallica fan gal in a group of guys you get the special treatment…a little extra attention really. (Any other girls notice that at their shows?)

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Something hit me when Master Of Puppets began -- My all time favorite Metallica song was being played live right in front of me!!! ....so I was jumping all around and head banging like I didn’t have school tomorrow. It was EXCELLENT live, I air guitared the bulk of the song and I swear I saw James give me a funny look like 'Hey, quit copying me...' or something...lol...it was really funny…It was like a cheeky eye contact smile like. “You’re a chick and you made it to the front and now you’re showing off that you can play it too?…cool.” That one stupid chin-chuck will stay with me for the rest of my life (as with Chad from Nickleback…now I understand exactly what he meant!!!) He sang one line and would let the audience sing the next along with the MASTER! MASTER! Part….I can’t put into words how long the idea has festered in my mind of how fucking cool it would be to be at a show SHOUTING it with Metallica and the rest of the audience. Now I know and it was well worth it….Then came the moment of truth…*holds breath remembering* They played the FULL version and we all sang along with the solo!!! It was awesome!!…. Truly stunning…me and Patrick probably sounded horrible because of our lack of any voice left, but man was it ever fun…voice or not, Master of Puppets live is not something you *just* listen to. By the third verse I was so wrapt up in Master….I never ever imagined I’d get to see it live. It’s always surreal to hold a ticket in your hands and watch a Metallica live clip. It’s never quite real until they’re playing right in front of you making eye contact.

During One the pyro was spectacular!!!!! Really.....it was absolutely INSANE!!!!!!....if you think you've seen pyro during video clips of One on DVD, Then you've obviously not witnessed it live. I was so close to the explosions that I could feel heat rush at me every time one went off!!! Listening to it again now I hear all the explosions and sound effects…..it’s amazing. I can still feel the heat from the pyro. ....Best part of the whole song: DARKNESS! IMPRISONING ME! ALL THAT I SEE ABSOLUTE HORROR!!!.... And “Fed through the tube that STICKS IN ME!!!!!!!!” Etc....amazing crowd singing on this! James was particularly intense and focused I specifically watched Kirk play the solo on this…he was at the left corner of the stage -- surreal to watch in person!!!

After a little intro doodle thingy, the one from earlier this year, Enter Sandman began! The whole audience.... yes, even the seat goers, who had been silent until now....went nuts, and with good reason too. Great song, wicked live!!!! Of course I had to see it live.... After this I believe Rob did an insane base spin.... Quite amusing to see:

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OFF TO NEVER NEVER LAAAAND!!!!!!!!

During the break between Sandman and the encores they threw picks. I remember seeing the Black St.Anger pick hit me and then fall to the ground. So I picked it up really fast and swiped it into my pocket literally shaking at the fact I’d caught one. Then Niclas came by (checking yet another Metallica goal off the list.) and took a picture of me and Patrick holding up my banner:

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^ ^ ^The banner…It’s mine…(I'm the blonde girl ;D) there’s me…I told everyone I'd get on Metontour.com...so HAH!! All it took was White out, gold spray paint, a black flag, the scary guy stencil and excitement and insomnia. I was quite proud to see myself so prominently displayed on Metontour.com (Right after the show by like 1am too!!!).

…and the Niclas handed three picks to Patrick, two of which he passed on to me. I could have went to heaven right there and then….I absolutely could not believe how many amazing moments I’d just had in like 2 minutes!!!!. And as luck would have it only got better and better….I caught two picks total from Rob and two total from Kirk!! But when I saw Scott reaching out for a pick and not get one I couldn’t be selfish…I placed a St.Anger pick in his hand and made eye contact (He seemed a little surprised, but happy all the same…ha…like anyone is going to refuse a Metallica pick!!!)...He didn't catch any, and man, there was no one else in that whole arena who deserved one more than Scott. Thanks for the picks Metallica!!!! I know you helped a little too rock gods… :-*

Not to mention Metallica checked out all our signs and banners...I made eye contact with every member of the band at least once and briefly spoke to James and Kirk…(well shouted, but meh…) they gave us the thumbs up and James was kind enough to sign Scott’s banner. He went stiff as a board and had a smile a MILE LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh yeah…Niclas also snapped a shot of Scott’s flag (HELL YEAH FOR SCOTT!!!):
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^ ^ ^ Scott’s got his tongue out, this was taken JUST AFTER James signed his banner!!!! The banner was pencil crayon, permanent marker…HAND DRAWN!!!!!!

...I gotta tell you, these guys are 100% real...Seeing them live makes you love what they do just that little bit more!!!!

Metallica came back on and James took the mic, I was bracing myself for a surprise encore...I'd expect no less from Metallica. They started playing the intro to The Frayed Ends of Sanity!!!! So I was convinced they were going to play it…. I was so damned stoked…I turned to Patrick wide eyed and went ‘HOLY SHIT!!!!’ along with them. He was really excited too because he grabbed HUGGED ME at that point. LMAO!!!! Of course this was but a teaser…after a couple OOOOOOOEEEEEOOOOO’s they stopped…. It was maddening!!!!!! Sure enough they rose to the challenge and did not disappoint...they played The Prince!!! :o I'm a HUGE Diamond Head fan so this was an excellent encore in my opinion!!!! But my one problem is the lack of singing along with this song...whatsamatter Ottawa? Don't know The Prince lyrics??? >:( *Sigh* Metallica need to play it more often and burn it into everyone's memory.

And last but not least: Seek And Destroy, a great way to end a great show!!! I was dead tired and thirsty during this song and I managed to spend what little energy I had left and I wouldn't have had it any other way!

SEARCHING!!!! SEEK AND DESTROY!!!!!!

And then after the show they threw yet more picks, Lars came over and tossed a drumstick (Which I didn't manage to catch...even though I was going nuts with enthusiasm trying to get noticed. Lol. :-
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There you have it...hope that was enjoyable for ya if you actually read it word for word. :o Sorry about the length heh... :-