That’s what remember hearing.
(we had missed the show in Cleveland and wanted to see them SO BAD. Plus, made an excellent excuse to go to Vegas, lol…it was worth it!)as far as I know this is a gothic song with vampire imagery.DH and I disagree over the meaning of this song. We sang it on karaoke and I had never heard it before. I thought it sounded like the guy probably killed the girl (words like “bury” and talking about “never leaving”–I forget the exact phrases–and some other dark imagery throughout). But DH says that he’s never thought of the song that way but rather thinks it about the ups and downs in their relationship. He is teasing me that I’m looking too far into this, but I am pretty sure I am right!
I don’t see it either. Metallica was around looonnng before Goth became popular. They’re a gritty metal band, I definitely do not see them as Goth. Although that’s the cool thing about music, lyrics can take on whatever meaning you most relate to.Sorry Rayvn, I don’t see the vampire imagery.
I was talking about the lyrics to the song not the band. Metallica also sings Whisky In The Jar and that is not exactly heavy metal either is it? I like all kinds of music, including some Goth, but if you are looking at Goth as a culture I think it has been around a tad longer than Metallica…LOL like say since Gothic times? (And I bought Concrete Blonde’s Bloodletting when it first came out in 1990–nearly 20 years ago!–still their best --check out the samples:
LOL The Metallica remake of Whisky in the Jar sounds metal to me, just not the screaming type of heavy metal that is popular now.I was talking about the lyrics to the song not the band. Metallica also sings Whisky In The Jar and that is not exactly heavy metal either is it? I like all kinds of music, including some Goth, but if you are looking at Goth as a culture I think it has been around a tad longer than Metallica…LOL like say since Gothic times? (And I bought Concrete Blonde’s Bloodletting when it first came out in 1990–nearly 20 years ago!–still their best --check out the samples:
amazon.com/Bloodletting-Concrete-Blonde/dp/B000000QFR )
I said overtones…the darkness of it and the unforgiven concept–very vampirish. Concrete Blonde is blatantly vampirish. It is just my opinion. Gosh I bet you all didn’t eat Count Chocula cereal either did you?
Yeah, Metallica is metal AND music. Some of the stuff coming out now… it’s like, wow, you can strum a guitar and rupture your vocal cords… ooooh, real talent!, just not the screaming type of heavy metal that is popular now.
I don’t think that most heavy metal bands today do ballads. I can’t recall a Slipknot ballad, for instance.
Come to think of it, I can’t think of an AC/DC ballad either, and they were popular during the hair metal era(they were not part of that time period)I wasn’t picking on vampire themes I have Bloodletting on cassette tape (from back in the day) that has been well played over the years -although my favorite song on the album is “Joey” -which is not vampire-ish.I was talking about the lyrics to the song not the band. Metallica also sings Whisky In The Jar and that is not exactly heavy metal either is it? I like all kinds of music, including some Goth, but if you are looking at Goth as a culture I think it has been around a tad longer than Metallica…LOL like say since Gothic times? (And I bought Concrete Blonde’s Bloodletting when it first came out in 1990–nearly 20 years ago!–still their best --check out the samples:
amazon.com/Bloodletting-Concrete-Blonde/dp/B000000QFR )
I said overtones…the darkness of it and the unforgiven concept–very vampirish. Concrete Blonde is blatantly vampirish. It is just my opinion. Gosh I bet you all didn’t eat Count Chocula cereal either did you?
Count Chocula? -any cereal with chocolate is a friend of mine. My hubby (who is 36) still is vampire every year when we take our daughter trick or treating. (Not the cape and tacky plastic teeth kind more of the Lost Boys (if you know that movie) kind.
YAY!! Now I dont feel like the only “Crazy Catholic Mamma!!” I love me some Metallica too!! I too, first heard it from my bro! Dh is a drummer and a music freak, so he and dd watch those documentaries on VH1 about the bands and such. The other day “Crazy Train” by Ozzy came on and dd was singing along!
I asked dh, “Hon why does she know the lyrics to Crazy Train?”, and he changed the subject real quick!!
My nine year old sometimes sings “I AM IRON MAN.” Only a child with a mother who likes heavy metal would know that song.
YAY!! Now I dont feel like the only “Crazy Catholic Mamma!!” I love me some Metallica too!! I too, first heard it from my bro! Dh is a drummer and a music freak, so he and dd watch those documentaries on VH1 about the bands and such. The other day “Crazy Train” by Ozzy came on and dd was singing along!
Oh goodie, the lyrics! I bolded the parts that to me seemed like you could read into it that he killed the girl. She’ll never love again? Reminds me of those psycho plots in thriller movies where a jealous significant other says, “Well if I can’t have her, then no one can have her!” or “If she doesn’t love me, she will love no one ever again!”
Incorrect. It’s about how society’s views are imposed on people, it talks about people who don’t embrace the social view and hence are outcasts.