Posts for 'the shortest straw'

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Paris '90 is the current boot of the month and the shortest straw is on that one

Battery
The Shortest Straw
Ain't My Bitch
The Unforgiven
Escape!!!!
Wherever I May Roam
Fade To Black
And Justice For All
Memory Remains
Fuel
Invisible Kid

One
Ride The Lightning
The 4 Horsemen
Whiplash
Master Of Puppets

To Live Is To Die
Dyer's Eve
Last Caress
So What

Fight Fire With Fire
No Remorse
Leper Messiah
Fade To Black
St.Anger
My World
Bleeding Me
Holier Than Thou
For Whom The Bell Tolls
The Shortest Straw
The Four Horsemen
Damage Inc.
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Master Of Puppets
Enter Sandman
Nothing Else Matters
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Creeping Death
One
The Struggle Within
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Blackened
Whiplash

Ecstacy Of Gold
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Fight Fire With Fire
Ride The Lightning
No Remorse
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Junglessence
My Friend Of Misery
Frantic
The Shortest Straw
Master Of Puppets
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Disposable Heroes
One
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Blackened
Fade To Black
Damage Inc.
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Nothing Else Matters
Metal Militia
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The Struggle Within

Posted by Banger on 12/16/04 @ 12:03 PM Post subject: Re: Lars fan thread!

Gay or not he's still had more girls in his lifetime than anyone of you dudes lol...not to mention he got 'the shortest straw' as well. ::)

Meh...no matter. Lars is hotter with clothes on, I can accept that.

This one is a pretty heavy one.

Battery
The 4 Horsemen
Ride The Lightning
Trapped Under Ice
Disposable Heroes
Blitzkrieg
Phantom Lord
Jump In The Fire
------------------------------------------------------------
Leper Messiah
Whiplash
Through The Never
Harvestor Of Sorrow
Of Wolf And Man
The Shortest Straw
Holier Than Thou
Creeping Death
Master Of Puppets
Am I Evil?
Seek And Destroy
------------------------------------------------------------
The Wait
Dyers Eve

For their last show on this tour I'd love to see :

Blackened
Fuel
The Four Horsemen
Fade To Black
Damage Inc.
Don't Tread On Me
The Struggle Within
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Ride The Lightning
The Shortest Straw
St. Anger
Master Of Puppets
-----------------
Nothing Else Matters
Creeping Death
Disposable Heroes
One
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Enter Sandman
Battery
-----------------
Escape
Orion (full version)

Awesome Naota.. love the Justice idea...

Fight Fire With Fire
For Whom The Bell Tolls
...And Justice For All
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
I Disappear
The Unforgiven
Disposable Heroes
The Shortest Straw
Holier Than Thou
Orion
Fade To Black
Creeping Death
Master Of Puppets
No Remorse
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Nothing Else Matters
One
Fixxxer
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The Struggle Within
Escape
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Whiplash

I WOULD DIE OF HAPPINESS IF THEY PLAYED THAT SETLIST.

Posted by dutchy on 12/03/04 @ 09:56 AM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

01. Fight Fire With Fire
02. Master Of Puppets
03. Phantom Lord
04. The Unnamed Feeling
05. Disposable Heroes
06. Leper Messiah
07. Dirty Window
08. The Shortest Straw
09. Ain't My Bitch
10. Sad But True
11. Wasting My Hate
12. Enter Sandman
----------------------------
13. One
14. Nothing Else Matters
15. Creeping Death
16. For Whom The Bell Tolls
17. Battery
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18. My World
19. Dyers Eve
20. Trapped Under Ice

Hit the lights
No Remorse
Leper Messiah
Harvester of sorrow
Seek and destroy
Welcome Home
Holier THan thou
For Whom the bell tolls
Turn the page
Some Kind Of Monster
The Shortest Straw
King Nothing
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Fade To black
Frantic
Disposable Heroes
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Call Of ktulu
Master Of puppets
Ride The lightning
The Four Horseman
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Orion
Dyers Eve
*Moans in pleasure of thought a concert like that*

11/10

You could register on www.metal-anger.com and go the forum
Paris '90 is the current boot of the month and the shortest straw is on that one

how bout you give me directions to how to do this? I want the show but dont understand the language. I get lots of the words but obviously not enough :'(

Posted by Jan on 01/02/05 @ 06:12 AM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

another dreamsetlist by me:)

01. Ecstasy of Gold
02. Breadfan
03. Damage Case (That's a surprise, isnt it?!)
04. St. Anger
05. Bass Solo (Junglessence+orion Jam+Bellz Bass solo)
06. Bellz
07. Disposable Heroes
08. The 4 Horsemen
09. Guitar Solo
10. Sanitarium
11. Master of Puppets
12. Dyers eve
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13. Hit the Lights
14. Harvester of Sorrow
15. Melbourne
16. Nothing else Matters
17. The shortest Straw
18. One
19. Metal Militia
---
20. Seek and Destroy
21. The thing that should not be
22. My World
---
23. Battery/Fight Fire with Fire/Damage, Inc
24. Last Caress / Am I evil?(long!)
25. Whiplash

killer setlist, isnt it?

Posted by badseed on 01/02/05 @ 08:02 AM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

another dreamsetlist by me:)

01. Ecstasy of Gold
02. Breadfan
03. Damage Case (That's a surprise, isnt it?!)
04. St. Anger
05. Bass Solo (Junglessence+orion Jam+Bellz Bass solo)
06. Bellz
07. Disposable Heroes
08. The 4 Horsemen
09. Guitar Solo
10. Sanitarium
11. Master of Puppets
12. Dyers eve
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13. Hit the Lights
14. Harvester of Sorrow
15. Melbourne
16. Nothing else Matters
17. The shortest Straw
18. One
19. Metal Militia
---
20. Seek and Destroy
21. The thing that should not be
22. My World
---
23. Battery/Fight Fire with Fire/Damage, Inc
24. Last Caress / Am I evil?(long!)
25. Whiplash

killer setlist, isnt it?

That is a hell of a setlist however it is a bit long, good all the same though.

Gay or not he's still had more girls in his lifetime than anyone of you dudes lol...not to mention he got 'the shortest straw' as well. ::)

Meh...no matter. Lars is hotter with clothes on, I can accept that.
DAMN RIGHT!! Sadly, if me or Lal got our wish, well I know I wouldn't mine getting friendly with the little guy ::) poor Lars will end up in jail for stagatory rape, lol. I think i'll invent a shrink gun and make him about 6 inches tall and put him in a box in my room. Feed him cheese. :P

Posted by Saint_Anger on 10/22/04 @ 04:46 PM Post subject: Re: dream setlists

1. Damage, Inc.
2. The Four Horsemen
3. Eye Of The Beholder
4. Fixxxer
5. Trapped Under Ice
6. Minus Human
7. Sweet Amber
8. The Struggle Within
9. Don't Tread On Me
10.Ride The Lighting
11.Whiplash
12.Wasting My Hate
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13.The Shortest Straw
14.Load/Re-Load Medley (better than you/bad seed/thorn
within/attitude/king nothing/prince
charming)
15.Frantic
16.Fade To Black
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17.53rd & 3rd
18.The Small Hours
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19.Invisible Kid
20.Jump In The Fire
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James saying: "You want some more? You greedy bastards!
21.Phantom Lord
22.Dyers Eve

And that's about it...The band is finally tired and the fans are all pleased (aren't we...?)

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.....

When you look thru Metallica's lyrics, does any connection to stories of any kind catch your eye?
Like, say, 'The thing that should not be' basically quotes whole sentences from Lovecraft's "Call of Cthulhu", and in 'the shortest straw', Heller's 'Catch-22" gets mentioned?
Does actually 'for whom the bell tolls' have much to do with Hemingway's novel? (never got to reading it, :? )

"some kind of monster" would probably be a good title for a porno.

Not for a porn movie with Lars in it...::) Heh, you all know what I'm talking about, how our favourite Dane ended up drawing 'the shortest straw' so to speak. ;)

Anyhow, I saw SKOM on the premiere night in Ottawa and it kicked ass. The theater was packed and whenever the ecstasy of gold was played (even a part of it) some guys would pull out their lighters LMAO! Everyone started singing along with Seek and Destroy at the start as well..heh...it was a MAJOR fan moment, you had to be there. :D

I'm a drummer for about 10 years now...The hardest songs for me to play are:

some songs of the st. anger album because of their freakishly sudden time-changes
The Shortest Straw, Where The Wild Things Are, The Call Of Ktulu...I think that's about it...I think

Why is The Shortest Straw getting so many bloody low ratings? Same with Eye of The Beholder.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

KEA= pulling teeth

RTL= escape

MOP= orion (idont like instrumental song)

AJFA=the shortest straw

Black Album= dont tread on me

Load= all

Reload= carpe diem baby

St. Anger. st anger

Posted by on 04/12/06 @ 05:17 PM Post subject:

Play The Shortest Straw, Astronomy, Mercyful Fate and Trapped Under Ice live in Ottawa next time.

...or just cover God of Thunder by KISS...

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

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

=33.5 33.5/8 = 4.1875

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

=38 38/9 = 4.2222222

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

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

Posted by scofield on 11/21/04 @ 10:46 PM Post subject: Re: mustaine vs. hammett

not really weird, i dont find much emotion in the shortest straw solo for example. But i find alot of other "metal" guitarists to have more emotion in their solos than kirk. What sets him a part is that his band is more successful, thats it.

Posted by on 04/02/06 @ 01:25 PM Post subject:

"The Shortest Straw" - Kirk

"Fatal Tragedy" John Petrucci (Dream Theater)

"Ram It Down" Tipton/Downing (Priest)

"Tears Of Korah" Gary Lenaire / Mark Lewis (Tourniquet)

pretty much anything Skolnick did in Testament...

Posted by on 04/24/06 @ 07:25 AM Post subject:

Battery
Fuel
No Leaf Clover
Wherever I May Roam
Frantic
Holier Than Thou
Bleeding Me
Dirty Window
Sanitarium(Welcome Home)
Master of Puppets
Whiplash
---
For Whom The Bell Tolls
The Four Horseman
Creeping Death
---
The Shortest Straw
Enter Sandman
---
Damage Inc.
Seek&Destroy

Posted by on 03/15/06 @ 11:51 PM Post subject:

Creeping Death
Harvester of Sorrow
The Four Horseman
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Sad But True
Wherever I May Roam
The Unforgiven
The Shortest Straw
Fade To Black
Master of Puppets
Battery
---
Seek&Destroy
Nothing Else Matters
Whiplash
---
One
Enter Sandman
---
Blitzkreig
Motorbreath

Posted by on 03/12/06 @ 11:42 AM Post subject:

How bout Dyers as a intro song?

Dyers Eve
Harvester of Sorrow
Ride The Lightning
Fade To Black
Frantic
Wherever I May Roam
No Leaf Clover
The Shortest Straw
Sanitarium(Welcome Home)
Master of Puppets
Fight Fire With Fire
---
...And Justice For All
Creeping Death
One
---
No Remorse
Battery

Posted by -human on 03/08/06 @ 01:07 PM Post subject:

1. Intro (Orion)
2. Blackened
3. Creeping Death
4. Sad But True
5. For Whom The Bell Tolls
6. Harvester Of Sorrow
7. Last Caress/Green Hell
8. Fuel
9. Wherever I May Roam
10. Welcome Home - Sanitarium
11. Fade To Black
---------------------------------
12. Jam (To Live Is To Die)
13. Master Of Puppets
14. The Shortest Straw
15. Jam (Killing Time/Blitzkrieg/Helpless)
16. Motorbreath
17. Disposable Heroes
18. Turn The Page
19. Enter Sandman
20. The Prince
21. Battery
22. Kill - Ride Medley

Posted by on 04/15/06 @ 09:05 AM Post subject:

Bah, move back, Drew's back!

Battery
The Four Horsemen
Seek And Destroy
Disposable Hero's
Frantic
The Thing That Should Not Be
Ain't My Bitch
Dirty Window
Master Of Puppets
One
Damage Inc
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Harvester Of Sorrow
St Anger
Creeping Death
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The Shortest Straw
Enter Sandman
--------------
Some Kind Of Monster
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

Finish with Sanitarium. Man I can see it now.... Whoa....

Posted by PhantomLord on 04/27/06 @ 06:39 PM Post subject:

Ecstasy of Gold
Blackened
Damage Inc.
No Leaf Clover
Fade To Black
The Unnammed Feeling
The Shortest Straw
Whever I May Roam
Escape (probly will never happen but its a dream setlist)
Creeping Death
Orion
Guitar Solo
Sanatarium
The Outlaw Torn
Battery
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The Thing that Shound Not Be
Nothing Else Matters
Master Of Puppets
Enter Sandman
Fight Fire with Fire
Dyers Eve
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One
The Unforgiven
Turn the Page
The Four Horsemen
Seek and Destory

The shortest straw