Posts for 'the memory remains'

Posted by dketland on 11/06/04 @ 12:19 PM Post subject: Stuff for Sale!!!!!!

Hey all

Still got loads of stuff for sale. Here's the list:

...And Justice For All 1988 CD 836 062-2 GERMANY
...And Justice For All 1988 12" VERH 61 UK First press with inners
15 Pieces of Live Shit 1993 2xCD PRCD 8879-2 USA Bootleg
Classic Albums: Metallica 2001 DVD EREDV162 UK Regular version. Region 2
Creeping Death 1984 12" 12KUT 112 FRANCE First press, picture sleeve
Creeping Death 1984 12" CV 12KUT 112 ENGLAND Translucant blue vinyl, barcode on back
Creeping Death 1984 12" 12KUT 112 UK First press, picture disc, no barcode
Creeping Death 1984 12" 12KUT 112 UK Second press, picture disc, with barcode
Creeping Death/Jump In The Fire 1990 CD 842 219-2 UK Red-ish CD
Cunning Stunts 1998 DVD 058 632 2 UK 2 DVD set with cardboard slip-case. Region 2
Die, Die, Die My Darling 1999 CD 562 153-2 GERMANY Tour dates on inner
Enter Sandman 1991 CD 868 733-2 GERMANY
Enter Sandman 1991 7" METAL 7 UK Picture Disc
Enter Sandman 1991 12" METBX 712 UK Box Set With Prints
Enter Sandman 1991 12" METAL 712 UK
Fan Can #1 1996 CD/VIDEO/TSHIRT FC-001 USA Bottle Opener Scratched
Fan Can #2 1997 CD/VIDEO/TSHIRT FC-002 USA
Fuel 1998 CD METCD 16 UK Part 1
Fuel 1998 CD METCD 16 UK Part 2
Fuel 1998 CD METCD 16 UK Part 3
Fuel 1998 CD 568 413-2 AUSTRALIA Part 1, Cardboard Sleeve
Fuel 1998 CD 568 415-2 AUSTRALIA Part 2, Cardboard Sleeve
Fuel 1998 CD 568 417-2 AUSTRALIA Part 3, Cardboard Sleeve
Garage Days Re-Revisted 1987 CD 888 788-2 GERMANY 'Last Caress' misspelled 'Last Cares'
Garage Days Re-Revisted 1987 12" METAL 12 UK First UK issue, missing 'The Wait'
Garage Days Re-Revisted 1987 12" 888 788-1 HOLLAND Sticker on front
Garage Inc. 1998 CD 538 351-2 UK
Harvester Of Sorrow 1988 CD METCD 2 UK Cardboard Sleeve
Harvester Of Sorrow 1988 12" METAL 212 UK Skull Labels
Hero of The Day 1996 CD METCD 13 UK Part 1
Hero of The Day 1996 CD METCX 13 UK Part 2
Hero of The Day 1996 CD METCY 13 UK Red cover, Motorhead Mess, with Poster
Hero of The Day 1996 12" 0113875HWR UK Silver embossed cover
Jump In The Fire 1983 12" 12KUT 105 UK Second print, No barcode
Jump In The Fire 1984 12" CV12 KUT 105 UK Red vinyl, no barcode
Jump In The Fire 1986 12" PKUT105 UK Picture disc, first print, no barcode
Kill 'Em All 1989 CD 60766-2 USA re-release
Kill 'Em All 1989 12" 838 142-1 EUROPE UFO labels, no country listed
King Nothing 1996 CD 64197-2 USA Draw case
Live at Wembley Stadium 1992 CD METCL 10 UK Nothing Else Matters down the spine
Live Shit: Binge & Purge 1993 3CD, 3VHS 9-61594-2 USA NTSC videos
Live Shit: Binge & Purge 1993 3CD, 3DVD 40236-2 USA Region 1
Load 1996 CD 532 618-2 FRANCE
Mama Said 1996 CD METCD 14 UK Part 1
Mama Said 1996 CD METCX 14 UK Part 2
Mama Said 1996 7" METAL 14 UK Picture Disc
Mandatory Metallica 1996 CD MM CJ-1 UK Bootleg
Master of Puppets 1989 CD 60439-2 USA Re-release
Master of Puppets 1986 12" MFN 60 UK first label with inner sleeve, white detail down spine
Metallican 1991 CD/VHS/SHIRT MECAN1 UK PAL, NUMBERED 008077
MetalliStore 1993 CASSETTE PR-8723 USA Free tape
No Leaf Clover 2000 CD 562 696-2 UK Part 1
No Leaf Clover 2000 CD 562 697-2 UK Part 2
No Leaf Clover 2000 CD 562 698-2 UK Part 3
Nothing Else Matters 1992 CD 866 725-2 GERMANY Part 3
Nothing Else Matters 1992 7" METAL 10 UK Picture sleeve
Nothing Else Matters 1992 12" METAL 1012 UK
Nothing Else Matters 2000 CD 562 572-2 AUSTRALIA From S&M
One 1989 CD 23DP5438 JAPAN with lyrics and obi
One 1989 12" METAL 512 UK Mislabelled b-side
One 1994 12" 858 547-1 UK Picture disc from Live Shit, with back insert
One 1989 10" METPD 510 UK Picture disc, with insert
One 1989 7" METP5 UK Picture sleeve
One 1994 CD 858 545-2 GERMANY From Live Shit
Reload 1997 CD 536 409-2 UK Regular version, with sticker on front
Ride The Lightning 1989 CD 60396-2 USA Re-released version, with new fan club info
Ride The Lightning 1984 12" MFN 27 FRANCE First print, inner sleeve
S&M 1999 DVD 8536-40218- UK Regular UK version, region 2
S&M 1999 CD 546 797-2 UK regular UK version, region 2
Sad But True 1993 7" METAL 11 UK Black lables
Sad But True 1993 12" METAL 1112 UK
Sad But True 1993 CD 864 411-2 UK
Sad But True 1993 CD METCD 11 UK
St. Anger 2003 CD Digipack 0602498653388 EUROPE CD & DVD pack. no country listed. With sticker
The Black Album 1991 CD 61113-2 USA Black CD
The Good, The Bad, The Live 1990 12" 875 487-1 UK Semi-sealed, complete
The Memory Remains 1997 7" MET 15 UK Picture sleeve
The Memory Remains 1997 CD METDD 15 UK Blue cover
The Memory Remains 1997 CD METCD 15 UK Red cover
The Unforgiven 1991 CD 866139-2 UK
The Unforgiven 1991 7" METAL 8 UK Picture sleeve
The Unforgiven 1991 7" METAP812 UK Picture disc, with insert
The Unforgiven 1991 12" METAP812 UK With sticker
The Unforgiven II 1998 CD METCD 17 UK Part 1
The Unforgiven II 1998 CD METCX 17 UK Part 2
The Unforgiven II 1998 CD METDD 17 UK Part 3
The Unforgiven II 1998 CD 568 551-2 AUSTRALIA Part 1
The Unforgiven II 1998 CD 568 553-2 AUSTRALIA Part 3
Turn The Page 1998 CD 566 593-2 GERMANY Contains Fuel video
Turn The Page 1998 CD 566 591-2 GERMANY
Until it Sleeps 1996 CD METCD 12 UK Part 1
Until it Sleeps 1996 CD MET CX 12 UK Part 2
Until it Sleeps 1996 7" METJB 12 UK Promo, silver labels, plain white sleeve
Until it Sleeps 1996 10" METAL 12 UK Red vinyl, back insert
Wherever I May Roam 1992 CD METCB9 UK Digi-pak with tour dates
Wherever I May Roam 1992 CD METCD9 UK
Wherever I May Roam 1992 7" METAL 9 UK Picture sleeve
Wherever I May Roam 1992 12" METAL 912 UK Gate-fold with tour dates
Whiplash 1984 12" MRS-04 USA Grey lables
Whiskey In The Jar 1999 CD METCD 19 UK Part 1
Whiskey In The Jar 1999 CD METDD 19 UK Part 2
Whiskey In The Jar 1999 CD METED 19 UK Part 3
Whiskey In The Jar 1999 CD 566 972-2 AUSTRALIA Part 1-Press Kit

Also got:

The Unnamed Feeling CD EPand 12" picture disc UK
St. Anger CD singles parts 1+2 UK.
Frantic CD singles parts 1+2 UK.
St. Anger 7" UK

Interesting items are highlighted.

Mail me dketlandATgmail.com]to make an offer or for more info./pictures, etc.

Cheers, Dan

motorbreath
whiplash
the house jack built
ride the lightning intro
bleeding me
the memory remains
no leaf clover
orion
low man's lyric
...

especially when they are performed live :)

Posted by dansj882 on 11/15/04 @ 12:49 PM Post subject: Re: best 2nd

In order:

The Four Horsemen
...And Justice For All
The Memory Remains
Master of Puppets
Ride The LIghtning
2x4
It's Electric
St. Anger
Sad But True

Posted by mascherano on 12/23/04 @ 02:35 PM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

1.SANDMAN
2.MASTER
3.JUMP IN THE FIRE
4.METAL MILITIA
5.SANITARIUM
6.NOTHING ELSE MATTERS
7.BLACKENED
8.BATTERY
9.CREEPING
10.SEEK
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11.ST ANGER
12.ONE
13.DYERS EVE
14.DAMAGE INC
15.SAD BUT TRUE
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16.FADE TO BLACK
17.UNTIL IT SLEEPS
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18.HORSEMEN
19.THE MEMORY REMAINS

Posted by TheCreepingDeath on 11/15/04 @ 10:43 PM Post subject: Re: best 2nd

I already answered but I like ranking them so I'll do that also.

1. Master Of Puppets
2. The Four Horsemen
3. ...And Justice For All
4. Ride The Lightning
5. St. Anger
6. 2 x 4
7. Sad But True
8. The Memory Remains
9. It's Electric

Ecstacy Of Gold
Blackened
So what
Creeping death
for whom the bell tolls
Harvester of sorrow
One
fuel
Aint my bitch
Until it sleeps
Frantic
the memory remains
Leper messiah
the four horsemen
Master of puppets
sad but true
The unforgiven
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Nothing else matters
Trapped under ice
Hit the lights
Motorbreath
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Fade to black
Metal militia
Seek & destroy
Battery

Posted by cupidstunt on 12/16/04 @ 06:16 PM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

1. Hit the lights
2. Ride the lightning
3. ...And justice for all
4. St. anger
5. Welcome home
6. Trapped Under Ice
7. Leper Messiah
9. Sad but true
10. The memory remains
11. Harvester of sorrow
12. The god that failed
13. creeping death
14. battery
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15. Junglessence
16. Anesthesia
17. The four horsmen
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18. Sabbra Cadabra
19. Whiskey in the jar
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20. Seek and Destroy
21. Escape

Posted by Dave on 10/06/04 @ 03:11 PM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

Ecstacy Of Gold
1.Fight Fire With Fire
2.Master Of Puppets
3.The Memory Remains
4.The Unforgiven
(Bass Doodle)
5.For Whom The Bell Tolls
6.The Four Horsemen
7.Through The Never
8.No Leaf Clover
(Kirk Solo)
9.Nothing Else Matters
10.Creeping Death
11.Battery
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12.The Unforgiven II
13.Fuel
14.Disposable Heroes
15.Trapped Under Ice
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16.One
17.Astronomy
18.Blitzkrieg

* Mexican release of I dissappear (with santana)
* One (Live shit) picture disc: 12"
* Master of puppets LP, but the double one (only 5000 made) with poster (how much do you guys think it's worth?)
* Green Ride the Lightning LP
* Spanish promo of the memory remains (taken from S&M)
* Some exclusive australian releases

Posted by American_Drunk on 01/07/05 @ 06:10 PM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

my setlist would be the setlist everyone would want to here:

1. enter sandman
2. sad but true
3. unforgiven
4. nothing else matters
5. king nothing
6. the house that jack built
7. until it sleeps
8. bleeding me
9. better then you
10. fuel
11. the memory remains
12. i disappear
13. st anger
14. purify
15. my world
16. sweet amber
17. shoot me again
18. we did it again

Posted by amievil83 on 11/20/04 @ 03:25 PM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

Ecstacy of Gold
1.Breadfan
2.Master of Puppets
3.The Four Horsemen
4.Harvester of Sorrow
5.The God That Failed
6.The Unforgiven
7.Some Kind of Monster
8.Ride The Lightning
9.Leper Messiah
10.Turn the Page
11.The Memory Remains
12.Blitzkrieg
13.Fade to Black
14.It's Electric
15.Orion
------------------------
16.Battery
17.The Thing That Should Not Be
18.One
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19.And Justice for All
20.Dyers Eve

St Anger was written for me i'm sure, i relate better to that song than most of their others, but today the unnamed feeling, when i drive motorbreathe, when i'm sad the outlaw torn or fade to black.

The i drink the memory remains try singing the lala bit when you've had sumthing to drink, it's fun.

Posted by tallicablack99 on 12/19/04 @ 04:55 PM Post subject: Re: ReLoad...

I'm gonna admit that Fuel gets a little old after awhile. My four favorites on Reload are The Memory Remains, Devils Dance, Unforgiven 2, and Fixxxer. Equally strong are Low Mans Lyric and Where The Wild Things Are. Personally, I think Better Than You is a fun song. I love the Load albums and you know what? I like the haircuts 8).

1. Satan
2. Blackened
3. Hit The Lights
4. Master Of Puppets
5. Creeping Master
6. So What
7. Trapped Under Ice
8. Sad But True
9. Sucking My Love
10 Fuel For Fire
11. King Nothing
12. Outlaw Torn
13. Devils Dance
14. Bleeding Me
15. Fixxxer
16. The God That Failed
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17. One
18. Fade To Black
19. The Four Horsemen
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20. The Thing That Should Not Be
21. Whiplash
22. The Memory Remains
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23. Sad But True
24. Cat Scratch Fever
25. Sabra Cadabra
26. Blitzkrieg

Posted by KingSomething on 01/17/05 @ 01:08 PM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

1. Seek And Destroy
2. Leper Messiah
3. The Unforgiven
4. Fade To Black
5. And Justice For All
6. Mama said
7. Breadfan
8. Hit the Lights
9. Orion
10. Nothing Else Matters
11. Unforgiven 2
12. st. Anger
13. Fight Fire With Fire
14. To live is To die
15. The four horseman
16. For Whom the Bell Tolls
17. Master Of Puppets
18. One
19. My Friend Misery
20. I dissapear
21. No Remorse
22. Call of Ktulu
23. Battery
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24. Am i evil?
25. Blackened
26. Sanitarium
27. (New Song)
28. The Memory Remains
29. Ride The Lightning
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30. Dyers Eve

Posted by KingSomething on 01/18/05 @ 01:44 PM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

1. Seek And Destroy
2. Leper Messiah
3. The Unforgiven
4. Fade To Black
5. And Justice For All
6. Mama said
7. Breadfan
8. Hit the Lights
9. Orion
10. Nothing Else Matters
11. Unforgiven 2
12. st. Anger
13. Fight Fire With Fire
14. To live is To die
15. The four horseman
16. For Whom the Bell Tolls
17. Master Of Puppets
18. One
19. My Friend Misery
20. I dissapear
21. No Remorse
22. Call of Ktulu
23. Battery
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24. Am i evil?
25. Blackened
26. Sanitarium
27. (New Song)
28. The Memory Remains
29. Ride The Lightning
----------------------------
30. Dyers Eve
::) ::) ::) ::)

Posted by KingSomething on 01/21/05 @ 12:39 PM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

great list to man, but maybe a little weak with The Unforgiven 2 9/10

Breadfan
Master of puppets
No remorse
The Outlaw of torn
Some kind of monster
For whom the bell tolls
I dissapear
Wherever I may roam
Trapped under ice
Creeping death
The memory remains
Fade to black
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Phantom Lord
Dirty window
The thing that should not be
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Blackened
Fuel
One
Enter Sandman
Dyers eve
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Purify
Sweet amber

To be Honest, all these lists are great, 'caus it's what the fans (Us) want. they are bound to be great!! :D

But, i'd give yours 9/10, mainly 'caus I don't like St. Anger (IMO) therefore, finishing on 2 st. Anger songs wouldn't be my cuppa tea.

My Spawn soundtrack (Austria, Limited edition cover)
I bet not too many have this one (it´s including the for whom the bell tolls remix)
the Bells remix is also on the B-side of the "memory remains" 7"

i would say that my favorite items in my collection are:
-new viny box set (i have #1652)
-jump in the fire shaped picture disc first press
-good the bad and the live 6 1/2 year box set
-creeping death on red vinyl
-jump in the fire on red vinyl
-one 12" single with misslabeled b-side
-fan can #3
-fan can #4

*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 Spalding on 01/05/05 @ 03:23 AM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

-The Ecstasy of Gold-
1.Blackened
2.Motorbreath
3.Creeping Death
4.Eye of the Beholder
-Kirk Doodle-
5.Fade to Black (With James on an acoustic, like Unforgiven)
6.Disposable Heroes
7.Paint it Black (New cover on an old Stones song, I think it'd be awesome with Metallica's style)
8.Harvester of Sorrow
9.Sad But True
-Rob Doodle-
10.For Whom the Bell Tolls
11.Load/ReLoad Medley
-Fuel
-Bad Seed
-Ain't my Bitch
-Attitude
-Wasting my Hate
-Until it Sleeps
-The Memory Remains (end w/crowd singing)
12. Fight Fire With Fire
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12.Turn the Page
-Melbourne-
13.Nothing Else Matters
14.Master of Puppets
15.One
16.Enter Sandman
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17.Stone Cold Crazy
-The Star Spangled Banner (Kirk Solo)-
18.Seek and Destroy
19.Dyers Eve (Somehow Lars is in amazing shape and can do the double bass)

The guys say their goodbyes and crowd serf to their exit.

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.....

My line up of songs would be

So what
Sad but true
Fuel
The memory remains
Leper Messiah
One
Creeping death
Until it sleeps
Fade to black
Nothing else matters
aint my bitch
for whom the bell tolls
Wherever i may roam
ride the lightning
Seek & destroy
Motorbreath
Hit the lights
Metal milita
Master of puppets
Entersandman
Battery

Posted by cloudnine on 11/01/04 @ 02:05 AM Post subject: My S&M Review

I just bought and viewed S&M on DVD (after hearing the cd briefly once) for the first time, and I was impressed. I had my doubts about the symphony blending with the band, but I was proven wrong (on most counts). So here goes, a track-by-track review!

(SFO = San Francisco Orchestra, by the way.)

Disc 1

1. Ecstasy of Gold

While it's just an intro, this was lovely in its setup, a nice smooth rendition for a song that was made to be symphonized!

9.5/10

2. Call of Ktulu

Wow. This song was again, MADE to be reworked by a symphony. Everything from the intro to the beautiful interludes are effortlessly intertwined. I always thought this was the weakest of the three Metallica instrumentals, but the addition of the symphony really helped it.

10/10

3. Master of Puppets

Eh. It was okay...I don't really think this song was made to be accompanied with a symphony. The opening verses and choruses were awkward, but when the interlude came along it went much better. Generally good, but the symphony really didn't make it better (what could, really). James was flawless, though.

7/10

4. Of Wolf and Man

Starting off with an uber-corny, yet somehow very fitting and funny joke by James, this one ripped into me. Good God - I never really liked this song, but I sure as hell do now. This is probably the most improved song with the addition of the orchestra, truly adding another dimension to a song I thought was pretty boring. Wow is all I have to say. Jason is especially awesome on this one.

9.5/10

5. The Thing That Should Not Be

I always thought the relatively poor production on Master of Puppets kept this one from becoming great, and it seems I was right. The SFO coupled with the flawless production truly makes this a heavy wonder to behold, with the lyrics sung beautifully - and insanely - by James. It's his favourite song, and I can see the love he shows for it.

9.5/10

6. Fuel

Argh. This song just DOES NOT fit with an orchestra. All the SFO does is provide background noise, and I just wanted it to be over. Heh.

5/10

7. The Memory Remains

Wow, is this version ever better than the record. The symphony adds an awesome background, while letting the fans sing the stuff usually done by that crazy witch Marianne Faithful was awesome. The power behind it was incredible, and this one just kicked ass.

9/10

8. No Leaf Clover

The first of the made-for-this-performance songs, this one is a heavy wonder, with some awesome (if repetitive) lyrics. Incredible vocal power by James coupled with an awesome solo for Kirk makes it one of the best songs they've created since Load. The made-for-orchestra feel makes the song that much better.

9.5/10

9. Hero of the Day

I always thought this song was kind of ho-hum after the soft part, but the orchestra with its soft, advancing melody helped this one out. I can't keep complimenting James on his vocals, though. Darn.

8.5/10

10. Devil's Dance

Sigh. I fucking hate this song. I couldn't even bring myself to finish the whole thing.

I have no idea because it sucks / 10

11. Bleeding Me

This gets one of my votes for best song of the compilation. James' incredible lyrics and vocals coupled with the GORGEOUS accompaniment of the orchestra makes for an incredible number. I can't compliment this one enough.

10/10

Disc 2

1. Nothing Else Matters

We all know this song was meant to be done by an orchestra one day, and it sure was. The SFO adds another layer of beauty to the song, and James' solo is nothing short of stunning - one of the best versions of it I've ever heard.

9.5/10

2. Until it Sleeps

This was a decent song, and the orchestra spiced it up. Especially in the intro - it complements' Jason's bass very well. It's generally well-done, but not much to write home about.

8/10

3. For Whom The Bell Tolls

I wanted this to kick ass, and it did! The orchestra just adds more power to the piece - basic, but awesome. The orchestra echoes are cool, too.

9.5/10

4. Minus Human

I can't decide which original piece is better - this or No Leaf Clover. At first I thought NLC, but I must say that this riff fucking kicks ass, and Jason's vocals are amazing on it. So I'll give it the same score and be diplomatic.

9.5/10

5. Wherever I May Roam

Nice piece, the orchestra adds a bit, but it's nothing particularly special. Just an all-around good job - especially James' powerful voice.

8.5/10

6. Outlaw Torn

This one's tied for Bleeding Me as the best cut of the discs. It's already an awesome song, but this version truly breathes new life into it. Everything is amazing here, from the intro to the interlude and then to the awesome trippy solos. James does an INCREDIBLE job here, and I can't stress this enough. Truly one of his best moments.

10/10

7. Sad But True

I wanted to like it, but this kind of annoyed me. Instead of crashing along with the chorus, the orchestra made it distracting, trying to create a background - it didn't work. The song is supposed to be a crunchy, stop and start job, and the orchestral part didn't fit.

6/10

8. One

This was going to be the big one for me. If they blew this, I was going to be very disappointed. I was pleasantly surprised. The orchestral opening was kickass, and the flowing melody behind the most beautiful intro Metallica has ever written was gorgeous. During the verses, the orchestra is so light and delicate - it's PERFECT. It turns angry during the "wish for death part", which is also awesome. I do have one huge gripe here, though. They really fucking blew the crashing middle part. These is probably the single most most POWERFUL section Metallica has ever written, with the guitars creating the machinegun effect that is one of the top sections of any song, ever. The orchestra playing over top of it totally ruined any power it had, and it played something really anti to what emotion the chords were supposed to convey. However, they pick it up again with a frantic type of section under Kirk's solos, which were awesome. The blowing of the middle section really kind of ruined what could've been one of the definitive versions of the song out there, though.

8.5/10

9. Enter Sandman

This one didn't work. It just felt WAY too mushy and overcrowded, with everyone seemingly playing something different that didn't fit at all. This song to me has always been about building up, and even the stop-start BAM part at the end lost its effect from everything just having no sense of direction or feeling. Probably the least successful song on the album in comparison to the original.

5/10

10. Battery

Niiiiiiiiice. I never really appreciated the song itself until recently, and this offered a cool rendition of the song. One complaint I had was the REALLY long waiting of absolutely nothing while they built up tension for the last encore. Yes, I want the concert in it's entirety, but 5 minutes of just people cheering and shots of the orchestra was lame. Anyways, this was a nice finisher to the performance, with a great, thoughtful rendition of the lyrics by James, who usually rushes it and garbles it. Very heavy, very good. Was there supposed to be an S&M 2 which was delayed by rehab or something? 'Cos Lars says "same time next year". Just a thought.

9/10

In short, I miss Jason Newsted. Okay we're digressing, but this, his last recorded performance with the band, really opens the wound of the total lack of decent backup vocals in the current lineup. His incredible powerful, underrated background singing really added another dimension to the music. Sigh. They should have treated him better, because they're hurting for it now.

In conclusion, this was a nice sidebar to Metallica's discography. Most of it is very well done, and I don't regret the $70 CAD (!) I spent on it - it was much better watching the thing on DVD then just listening to it, and I like the performances very much. My complaints are the lack of some songs that I would think have gone better with the orchestra then some that got on the setlist: Unforgiven? WHERE THE HELL WAS THIS SONG AND WHY WASN'T IT INCLUDED, My Friend of Misery, Orion, Sanitarium, and FADE TO BLACK (another no-brainer, why the fuck not?). Another thing that was missing were Justice songs - they only played a single track - while they're hard speed/thrash metal, a nice medley of 3-4 songs or something would have worked well.

While my review may have seemed harsh, I really did enjoy the performances, and I'll be watching them again soon. A great addition to my collection. This thing will definitely appeal to prog-rock fans and others who like to see a new spin on the music they know and love. Good job, guys.

Hope you all liked the review.

Posted by enzio on 12/15/04 @ 10:14 PM Post subject: Re: Name of song

um not sure from the description but try the memory remains on reload

Posted by drumsteen on 12/15/04 @ 10:14 PM Post subject: Re: Name of song

the memory remains ;D. Thats marianne faithful doing the vocals. its from reload

WAS AWESOME!

Second time seeing the band in 3 weeks, and I enjoyed this show even more than in Toronto...

Here's the setlist:

Battery
Fuel
The Memory Remains
The Thing That Should Not Be
Frantic
The Unforgiven
Holier Than Thou
Whiskey In The Jar
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Master Of Puppets
Fight Fire With Fire
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For Whom The Bell Tolls
Nothing Else Matters
Sad But True
One
Enter Sandman
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Dyers Eve
Seek And Destroy

Now, can you ask for a better setlist??? It was amazing!

Now, to the show.

I went by myself this time, and I brought two signs with me...

One was a Canadian flag, but it had the Ninja Star logo on it instead of the maple leaf. I'll take a pic of it soon. This one scored for me big time, and I'll tell you how in a bit.

The second one was my gem. It said "HAMILTON LOVES THAT SILLY LITTLE WEBSITE!" I'll explain why it was a gem in a second.

So, the show starts off with... No, not Blackened, but Battery! Great surprise there, and it just got better. After a sweet version of Fuel, the guys whipped out The Memory Remains, which was big on the sing along parts.

Now, this is where the awesomeness starts. It was around this time that Hetfield goes to the mic, and says, "Boy, I see a lot of Canadian flags around here." I heard this and screamed his name as loud as I could and held the flag I made up, and he looks at me and says, "Hey, that's a cool one!" That made my day there, but it just got more awesome after that.

They then played The Thing That Should Not Be (:O) and went into Frantic. At this time, I brought out my "HAMILTON LOVES THAT SILLY LITTLE WEBSITE!" sign, and guy (Pretty sure it was Niclas from MetOnTour.com) comes up to me and says he'll take my pic for the site. That was awesome, and he took my pic, and thanked me for the support. Thank me? Niclas, thank you, you f'in rock. It should be up very soon, and when it is, I'll post it here. This wouldn't be the last I would see of Niclas though. Kirk played a mean solo after Frantic, and it was very cool. He read my "Silly Website" sign as well, which rocked.

They then played some more songs, including Holier Than Thou, Whiskey in the Jar, Welcome Home (Sanitarium) and Fight Fire with Fire, all of which I've never heard live before, so that was sweet that they played those songs. Rob did his Junglessence solo as well, which sounded even better than it did in Toronto. (Did he add on to it or something?)

During this, Hetfield came around and I got to slap hands with him, which was awesome.

For the first encore, we got For Whom the Bell Tolls and Sad But True, along with NEM, One and Enter Sandman. The pyro for One was insane, much like it was in Toronto. During One, I got out my "Silly little website" sign and showed it to Lars and gave him the devil horns, and he looked right back and me, with his own set of devil horns. He was hunched over behind the bass drum when he did that, so that was funny. As well, Hetfield came back to over to my area, and we slapped fists this time. That was even more awesome. First a high five, then the fist. He had a mean looking ring on too, pretty sweet.

For the second encore, we got Dyers Eve. This helped finish the show on a high note, just like how Disposable Heroes made the Toronto show worth seeing. After this, we got everyone's fave, Seek & Destroy, which the crowd went nuts on.

When the show ended, I got blown away. While the guys were throwing picks to the crowd, James came over to me and gave me his wristband. His sweaty, awesome wristband. I couldn't even speak. I had just gotten a freakin' wristband from Hetfield! Aghhh!!! To top that off, Niclas came back over to me and gave me like 10 picks! I thought he was gonna give me like two, but he gave me 10! Ahahahah.....awesome.

So, after that, I left the building, and delibritely started looking through all my picks while walking through the crowd just to show them off. People were offering me like 10 bucks a pick, but there's no way I'd sell any of them.

Well, that's about it. I'm at home typing this, with ringing ears and a satisfied Metallica smile, which James said he wanted us all to have. Well James, you did you job. Thanks.

And that's it. Metallica in Hamilton = best time of my life. And Lars, you're right. You should come back here more than every 7 years. Haha...

PS: Niclas, if that was even you, (I don't know, I've never seen you before :D) thank you so much for taking my picture, and the 10 picks. YOU ROCK!

EDIT: PICS! (Mine)

Canadian Ninja Star Flag:
http://home.cogeco.ca/~dspong55/1metflag.jpg

HAMILTON LOVES THAT SILLY LITTLE WEBSITE!:
http://home.cogeco.ca/~dspong55/1metsiter.jpg

10 picks (plus 1 from T.O)
http://home.cogeco.ca/~dspong55/1metpics.jpg

James' WRISTBAND!!!
http://home.cogeco.ca/~dspong55/1metband.jpg

im gonna shorten the list by saying
all of MOP
all of RTL
seek and destroy
anesthesia
most of black
most of load
fuel
fixxxer
the memory remains
most of st. anger(OOOOOH IM GOAN GET FLAMED FOR THIS)

Hard to choose...but...hmmm....

1) Master of Puppets
2) Astronomy (do covers count?)
3) For Whom The Bell Tolls
4) The Memory Remains
5) Metal Millitia/Bleeding Me/The Four Horsemen/Orion etc

i saw them in ft lauderdale florida it was fuckin awsome james put on a fuckin show!!! rob played orion solo which made tears come out of my eyes , kirk played this crazy 2minute solo behind the back of his head then with his teeth and lars was beating the shit outta the drums
ecstasy of gold - WHOoooooooA
blackend
fuel
the memory remains
sanitarium
king nothing
master of puppets
rob solo - he was slaping his bass and all kinds of shit
frantic - who owns the cd st anger????!?!
kirk solo
battery - shit i jumped up when i heard the intro TRA DUM drumm traaaa dAAA dUMMM
dirty window - loved it
sad but true
one - the pyros killed my ears it was played perfectly
wherever i may roam
nothing else matters
enter sadman - overplayed so who cares stil a favorite
dyers eve - who claims they know all metallica songs?? finish off the title dyers... EVE!
seek and destroy -encore fuckin awsome i had lost my voice by this point
wish they had played unforgiven and fade to black
who ever said metallica has lost it ur fuckin wrong

Posted by D-Man on 12/19/04 @ 11:10 PM Post subject: Re: All songs and albums

Let's see...

Kill 'em All: 10 tracks
Ride the Lightning: 8 tracks
Master of Puppets: 8 tracks
...And Justice for All: 9 tracks
Metallica: 12 tracks
Load: 14 tracks
ReLoad: 13 tracks
Garage, Inc: 27 tracks
S&M: 21 tracks w/symphony
St. Anger: 11 tracks

So right there, we have 10 official albums, not including EPs, (Re-Revisited), Reissues (KEA with Am I Evil/Blitzkrieg), singles and live cds (except for S&M since those are different versions of the songs).

And with those 10 official albums, we have 133 songs.

And with those 133 songs, we have songs not released on official albums, including:

We Did it Again
I Disappear
53rd and 3rd
Commando
Today You Love, Tomorrow the World
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
Cretin Hop

That brings us to 140 songs.

Now, you can choose to include songs they played in demos, but never released, like

Sucking My Love
Let it Loose
The Mechanix

That's 143. You can choose to include songs played live as well, but that is a lot and I don't want to look those up.

You can also choose songs band members have appeared in, like:

James Hetfield: Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Gone Out of Hand
Kirk Hammett: Satan (from Spawn Soundtrack with Orbital)

There could be more, but I just don't know.

So, that's 10 official albums and 145 songs.

I'm going to include all albums now...

That would make 11, since we've added Live Shit: Binge and Purge.

I'm going to include all offcial EPs/singles now...

So we've got:

Jump in the Fire
Creeping Death
Garage Days Re-Revisited
Eye of the Beholder
One
Harvester of Sorrow
Enter Sandman
Sad But True
The Unforgiven
Wherever I May Roam
Nothing Else Matters
Until it Sleeps
King Nothing
Hero of the Day
Mama Said
Fuel
The Memory Remains
The Unforgiven II
Turn the Page
Die, Die My Darling
Whiskey in the Jar
No Leaf Clover
Nothing Else Matters (S&M)
Frantic
St. Anger
Some Kind of Monster
The Unnamed Feeling

So that's 27 official EPs/singles. If I forgot any, tell me...

I'm just gonna end it there. There are way more things you can include, but this seems like a good number:

9 albums with new material (including the Garage, Inc covers)
2 live albums, one with 'new' material (S&M versions)
27 official EPs/singles
145+ songs

That is not a correct number, btw. It's just the way I calculated it. It depends how you look at it.

Car ride to church/registration office - Fuel
Guests are filing in - Welcome Home
Bride walking up isle - Creeping Death
Speeches and 'I do' shit - Fight Fire With Fire
Party - Hit The Lights

(Divorce Office - The Memory Remains ;D)

Not that these are my favourites, I just think they'd be the most suitable.

Posted by Sweet_Tanya81 on 11/19/04 @ 08:27 PM Post subject: Your thoughts...

::) ok, so I want to know your ideas. I totally loved S&M, now Out of all the songs they did with the SF orchestra, i want to know what song you did not like meshing with the orchestra.. and dont be cheap and say ALL OF THEM cause .. well DONT!!!!! >:( Now, I did not like The Memory Remains, and Fuel... it was just too wierd... :-/

Kill:Metal milita, seek and destroy, motorbreathe the 4 hoursemen

Lightning: for whom the bell tolls, fade to black, creeping death, trapped under ice

Puppetz: Battery, Puppetz, disposable hero's, leper messiah

Justice: ..and justice for all, one, blackened, the frayed eyes of sanity

Garage days revisited: The wait, Breadfan, so what!, last caress

Black: Sandman, Sad but true, Unforgiven, and NEM

Load: aint my bitch, until it sleeps, king nothing, hero of the day

Reload: fuel, the memory remains, unforgiven II, Low mans lyric

garage inc: sabbra cadabra, wiskey in the jar, die, die die my darling, free speech for the dumb

St. Anger: frantic, st.anger, dirty window, shoot me agen.

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. :-*

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.

So, I was thinking, if the Metallica would bring out a best of album, with about 3 or 4 discs, I think this should be on (just took the 50 best songs)

1. Creeping Death (1984)
2. Master Of Puppets (1986)
3. For Whom The Bell Tolls (1984)
4. Seek & Destroy (1983)
5. One (1988)
6. Fade To Black (1984)
7. Sad But True (1991)
8. Enter Sandman (1991)
9. Whiplash (1983)
10. Nothing Else Matters (1991)
11. Battery (1986)
12. Last Caress (1987)
13. Am I Evil? (1984)
14. Wherever I May Roam (1991)
15. Harvester Of Sorrow (1988)
16. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (1986)
17. The Four Horsemen (1983)
18. King Nothing (1996)
19. Blackened (1988)
20. Fuel (1997)
21. Fight Fire With Fire (1984)
22. So What (1991)
23. Breadfan (1988)
24. Until It Sleeps (1996)
25. The Thing That Should Not Be (1986)
26. Motorbreath (1983)
27. The Unforgiven (1991)
28. Damage, Inc. (1986)
29. Of Wolf And Man (1991)
30. Ride The Lightning (1984)
31. Ain't My Bitch (1996)
32. Frantic (2003)
33. No Remorse (1983)
34. St. Anger (2003)
35. ...And Justice For All (1988)
36. Bleeding Me (1996)
37. The Memory Remains (1997)
38. Through The Never (1991)
39. Phantom Lord (1983)
40. Eye Of The Beholder (1988)
41. (Anesthesia)-Pulling Teeth (1983)
42. Wasting My Hate (1996)
43. Hit The Lights (1983)
44. Stone Cold Crazy (1990)
45. No Leaf Clover (1999)
46. Disposable Heroes (1986)
47. Die, Die My Darling (1998)
48. I Disappear (2000)
49. Jump In The Fire (1983)
50. Hero Of The Day (1996)

It could be a little much, but at least they have something to pick out, right...? What do you think?

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!

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.
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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:

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

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^ ^ ^ 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….

These folks wanted to hear Escape apparently.-->http://www.metallica.com/ivergence/image/oct704_16.jpg

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!

http://www.metallica.com/ivergence/image/oct704_12.jpg<-- Unforgiven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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.
http://www.metallica.com/ivergence/image/oct704_13.jpg <-- Kirk encouraging the crowd to keep ‘lalalala’-ing.

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….
W
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... :-

At first, I heard I disappear and dunno why, but I didn't like this song. Then The Memory remains from both versions ( S&M and Reload ) addicted me to a real Metallica life, pretty awesome the song was, pretty surprised I knew that Metallica kicks asses!

Posted by Leave_Me_Be on 12/14/04 @ 07:51 PM Post subject: Re: Least Favorites

KEA: Pulling Teeth
RTL: Trapped Under Ice/Escape
MOP: Lepper Messiah
AJFA: Shortest Straw
Black Album: My Freind Of Misery
Load: Poor Twisted Me
ReLoad: The Memory Remains
Garage Inc: So What
St.Anger: Dunno..

Well. Before I was really into Metallica I'd only heard the Kerrang Video ones *One, Sandman, Dissapear, Nothing Else Matters, St Anger* which were constantly played.

Basically, I downloaded music that I'd heard from bands and when it got to Metallica about 50 songs popped up. I d/led the mall and at first I only liked a handful of them and printed a disk with them on *god knows why half my current favs weren't on it*

So the songs that had me hooekd in the end were:

The Memory Remains
The Unforgiven II
St Anger
My heart *not a Metallcia song but I was under the imrpession it was. Not sure who wrote it but I'm sick of it now*
One
Fuel
I Dissapear
Nothing Else Matters
Sad But True
The Real Thing *Another non-Metallica, but sounds a hell of a lot like old them, despite it saying it was from the new St Anger Album*
Whiskey in the Jar
Sanatarium
Battery
Enter Sandamn

though these chocies were influenced alot by the 1's everyone else seemed to liek since I played it at my former psych ward, so if they didn't liek a certain one I didn't add it, since I really wasn't that much for any of their songs at the time

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

here is the song info of outlaw torn:

THE OUTLAW TORN

The longest song from Metallica, clocking in at 10:48 minutes. When the band were doing the final sequencing of the Load album, the record company said that the band couldn't go a second past 78.59 minutes, or the cd wouldn'nt play without potentially skipping. The outro to The Outlaw Torn was then cut short to 9:53 minutes. The full unencumbered by manufacturing restrictions version can be found on "The Memory Remains" single.

Posted by Bad Seed on 04/29/06 @ 10:25 AM Post subject:

Actually, the feel of Sanitarium and lyrics is closly related to the Misfits, Helena. Same with <a id="autolink" href="popular/the+memory+remains">The Memory Remains</a>. The lyrics "ash to ash, to dust, to dust" are in another misfits tune. Cant seem to remeber which one. and i dont think it was a coincidence james came up with these lyrics.
Well Helena was out waaaay after Sanitarium, so thats a rip off of a rip off. Ash to ash, dust to dust is a generic phrase its not something made up by the misfits, its said at funerals, its like saying Metallica ripped off Ghouls Night Out with Harvester of Sorrow because they use the lyrics "suffer unto me".

Posted by on 03/19/06 @ 01:16 PM Post subject:

I mean this in a non insulting way :). I'm guessing you just became a fan in the last year or so? I wonder because I can remember posting topics just like this when I was just a newbie fan haha. I read tour experiences like they were my bible...

Any how you said you wanted detailed, so here's my long ass Ottawa, ON - Oct 7th, 2004 show review. It stems from the instant I left for the venue until the show ended.

(Scroll down to the orange if you DON'T care about Godsmack or the in line before the show details.)

I'm not going to lie, it sounds like it was written by a raving lunatic at times...but oh well...you want it, you got it.

October 18th, 2004

Part 2.

Off I went to the Corel Center…I must have felt for my ticket 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:
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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 500 people outside?) and Mom asks me if we should circle around or just let me go…of course I chose to get out of the car right away! Mom remarked that I could ‘smell’ Metallica a mile away. Not that it makes any sense.

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…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’):

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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! J 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_ would be #2 ironically enough…lol) aka. Patrick, but I didn’t learn his real name until a few days after the show.

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 total 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. ;) ).

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 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! It was so much fucking fun…we got 1/4th 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!!!

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 and I’m finishing up now on Nov 7th)

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!!!!’

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 kid with the afro-ish hair’s mom from the ticket line up 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 rightly 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, but they definitely got the crowd ready and hyper!!! Their basis and Guitarist were the best though…and the Sully drum solo bit was nice, I got to hear a little bit of Walk This Way! J

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 CD-15.

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….

These folks wanted to hear Escape apparently:

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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. Again 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 smart 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…I did that but missed that one guitar riff part that Kirk does that I really like….uhh…ok so that doesn’t tell you anything, but I know what I mean. 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 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.

They fit Junglessence in here…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 on base!!! 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 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 :shock: moment of the whole night.

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….only the weak hate Sanitarium.

Want 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 34!!! 1234!!!!!!!!!1 1234!!! 1234!!!!!!!!…..” 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 comment 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 crazy 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. 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 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 Metallica fan gal in a group of guys you get the special treatment…a little extra attention really.

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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 I 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 and he tapped it out just like I thought he did.

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 :lol::

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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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…and handed three picks to him, 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 memories I’d just added 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 from Niclas 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…Niclas is probably one of you!!! 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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...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!!! 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. 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... maybe next time?)

Hope thats enough detail for you :twisted:.