During 24, I was flicking over to see the show. Most of it seemed like 'filler' segments showing old footage of Metallica in their yesteryears.
Sum41 sounded terrible - I caught a few seconds of For Whom the Bell Tolls. Er....doesn't the bass player know that he needs to distort his bass and run it through a wah-peddle for the signature intro?
Caught a few seconds of Avril Lavigne doing Fuel. Surprsingly better than I thought it would be to be honest. Her backing band played it pretty tight, and she sounded like a young girl singing it. I mean, no pretences there. (Although she can't do the DIO fingers - she still sticks her thumb out instead of in, heh).
Korn doing One was disasterous. They stopped at the solo (because they can't play it obviously), and the lead singer - forget his name - has put on about 30lb. Get on a treadmill you fat fuck. The bass player was doing some kind of hip hop dance move whilst slapping the bass. Very wigga like.
Limp Biscuit did Sanitarium (Welcome Home). Oh man....they threw in a slight dancde beat to it, and the bass player did the same thing as the Korn bass player. Fred Durst shouted out the lyrics as opposed to sing them. They tried to make it heavy, I guess it wasn't as bad as Sum 41 or Korn (amazingly enough).
(By the way, for every song, Lars and James were nodding along like it was the greatest thing in the world. I guess it is an ego-boost to hear someone else play your songs on TV, and they got caught in the moment, but the covers were so bad, I'm sure the band had to overcompensate and pretend to really 'dig' it).
And then we got Metallica on stage. I'm sorry but Rob Truillo is trying to look like a nu-metal mallrat with his bass hung to the floor. I miss Newsted already, but there is no denying that Rob is a fantastic bass player. The other guys looked old. Really old and haggard. James Hetfield has aged since his rehab exit, Kirk Hammet has some growth/wart on his left cheek, and Lars looks more gay than usual with his Eminem haircut and bleach job).
They played a medley which was excellent:
Hit The Lights
Blackened
Enter Sandman
Creeping Death
Battery
(Nothing from Load or Reload).
And then they started to play a new song from St Anger. Get this - halfway through, MTV started to roll the END CREDITS. Half way through the Metallica set!! What the Fuck!???? This is Metallica's show, they are the Icons, and they get the least on-air time?
Again, this sums up MTV wanting to promote bands like Sum41 and Korn, but the minute the music gets heavy, they turn their backs.
For the record, the new Metallica song sounded 'ok'. In typical Metallica fashion, it takes several listens before it really grows on you right? The song was aggressive, the riffing was very fast and chunky, and there were quick interludes played by James at the high end of his guitar. There seemed to be a melodic chorus but that's when the music faded out.
And finally, MTV showed a still picture of Metallica on stage at the end of their performance. Great, just great....
The next show was 'Punkd'. It's got that Ashton Kutcher guy doing some candid camera show. Nothing to do with the topic, but they played a trick on Jessica Alba (Dark Angel). My word, she has the nicest paps I have seen in a while. Well, at least the outline of her puppies looks appetizing.
Sum41 sounded terrible - I caught a few seconds of For Whom the Bell Tolls. Er....doesn't the bass player know that he needs to distort his bass and run it through a wah-peddle for the signature intro?
Caught a few seconds of Avril Lavigne doing Fuel. Surprsingly better than I thought it would be to be honest. Her backing band played it pretty tight, and she sounded like a young girl singing it. I mean, no pretences there. (Although she can't do the DIO fingers - she still sticks her thumb out instead of in, heh).
Korn doing One was disasterous. They stopped at the solo (because they can't play it obviously), and the lead singer - forget his name - has put on about 30lb. Get on a treadmill you fat fuck. The bass player was doing some kind of hip hop dance move whilst slapping the bass. Very wigga like.
Limp Biscuit did Sanitarium (Welcome Home). Oh man....they threw in a slight dancde beat to it, and the bass player did the same thing as the Korn bass player. Fred Durst shouted out the lyrics as opposed to sing them. They tried to make it heavy, I guess it wasn't as bad as Sum 41 or Korn (amazingly enough).
(By the way, for every song, Lars and James were nodding along like it was the greatest thing in the world. I guess it is an ego-boost to hear someone else play your songs on TV, and they got caught in the moment, but the covers were so bad, I'm sure the band had to overcompensate and pretend to really 'dig' it).
And then we got Metallica on stage. I'm sorry but Rob Truillo is trying to look like a nu-metal mallrat with his bass hung to the floor. I miss Newsted already, but there is no denying that Rob is a fantastic bass player. The other guys looked old. Really old and haggard. James Hetfield has aged since his rehab exit, Kirk Hammet has some growth/wart on his left cheek, and Lars looks more gay than usual with his Eminem haircut and bleach job).
They played a medley which was excellent:
Hit The Lights
Blackened
Enter Sandman
Creeping Death
Battery
(Nothing from Load or Reload).
And then they started to play a new song from St Anger. Get this - halfway through, MTV started to roll the END CREDITS. Half way through the Metallica set!! What the Fuck!???? This is Metallica's show, they are the Icons, and they get the least on-air time?
Again, this sums up MTV wanting to promote bands like Sum41 and Korn, but the minute the music gets heavy, they turn their backs.
For the record, the new Metallica song sounded 'ok'. In typical Metallica fashion, it takes several listens before it really grows on you right? The song was aggressive, the riffing was very fast and chunky, and there were quick interludes played by James at the high end of his guitar. There seemed to be a melodic chorus but that's when the music faded out.
And finally, MTV showed a still picture of Metallica on stage at the end of their performance. Great, just great....
The next show was 'Punkd'. It's got that Ashton Kutcher guy doing some candid camera show. Nothing to do with the topic, but they played a trick on Jessica Alba (Dark Angel). My word, she has the nicest paps I have seen in a while. Well, at least the outline of her puppies looks appetizing.
