Is Lulu actually GOOD??? (Metallica and Lou Reed retrospective)
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Lulu was a collaboration album between Metallica and Lou Reed from 2011. It was probably the most polarizing and widely hated album Metallica ever released. After 12 years I ask "was Lulu actually good?" I take a deep dive in this review and highlight some key points that may change your mind....
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Okay now I have the image in my head of Lou Reed smacking Kirk Hammett with a newspaper and yelling no cause he touched the wah pedal like he's a puppy that peed on the floor lol.
I mean.....🤷♂️🤷♂️
Or like Alex Lifeson yelling at Peter Collins when he was producing 'Counterparts' for Rush; "you really need to drop or pull way back on the rever-" "I WANT MY FUCKING REVERB, IF I WANT MY REVERB, I'M GONNA HAVE MY REVERB"
Listening to Lulu is like a kid finding a homeless man using drugs. They smirk awkwardly and move on and all their parents and friends ask if they are okay even after minimum exposer.
(Also the homeless man keeps talking about “being the table.” Whatever that means)
Exposer? You mean exposure.
"Older Jason Newsted has figured out the mysteries of time travel in the future. He traveled back in time, created a character named Lou Reed and became a member of the band again just to play the most elaborate prank in the history of the world. Mission accomplished, Jason. Who had the last laugh?"
As a Lou Reed fan first and Metallica second, this album blew me away. I adore the vibes of the noise and feedback, the heavy riffs and thrash sections, Lou Reeds groans of pain about BDSM and shit, just so good. I adore it
“No wah pedal”😢😢
Guna be honest, was expecting a 5 second video with you just taking a drink and saying, "No".
"Edging the musical" caught me so off guard! 💀
If Mike doesn't upload after this we know what happened.
I really like the song Junior Dad, at least the 8 minutes before the space noises. To me, it's exactly what bittersweet sounds like.
Junior Dad has some great sound design. I don't get why it's so long lol, but the general musical ideas and production presented are very well done. The strings were great 👍
Well said. I was in high school when the album came out and at first I thought it was wack as a heavy metallica fan, but ive listened to album everyday for a year and learned to love it. This video made me go back and listen to some of the songs and it really brought back the feeling and memories I've had when I was in high school that fall. Cheat On Me and Dragon are on top of my list of favorite songs of all time, i was obsessed with those 2 songs. But you are right about everything you mentioned and at the time, I overlooked the problems and fell in love with the feeling of the album.
I’ve tried to actually listen to it but I just can’t get through it.
Lulu is like me walking into a guitar center and playing a guitar (I don't play guitar)
Lou Reed AND Metallica fan here. The problem has always been with Lou is that he needs direction. Warhol did that with the VU. After VU Reed was very hit and miss. It is obvious Metallica just referred to Reed on this album and acted as the backing band. Which was the problem.
Thank you for the perspective! That's what I suspected, but I didn't know Reed enough to say for sure. Even if this album would have been "the best version of itself," I still think I'd hate it lmao! But I'm just not into this kinda stuff most times.
Bowie, who idolized him , guided him after VU, and out came "Transformer", a brilliant record. But yeah, give him too much freedom and he goes nuts.
@@BecomeTheKnight Did you read Chuck Klosterman's review of Lulu?
Nobody tells Lou what to do, he does whatever he wants. That being said, collaboration/inspiration doesn't occur in a vacuum. The results are a culmination of the raw materials involved. Only wish Lou took the solo on View instead of Kirk's widdly weedy offering. Lou is better equipped without the usual metal platitudes resulting in heavier sound/ideas/context. Also, Lou's vocal counterpoint on this record is perfect despite the fact that his voice was a fine one in his younger years - the direct intimacy of conversation combined with melodicism often in an urban blues kind of way.
Ye Im a fan aswell I agree. His albums during the 80s where rocky aswell except maybe blue mask. But I think Lu Lu is honestly pretty good and when Lou reed is being daring, it’s when he’s at his best.
It's kinda like trying to mix chocolate truffles and mac and cheese. There may be a few people who love it, but most of the people are not ready.
Or mixing UTTER SHIT with Mac n cheese…
Been waiting for this since the community post😜🙏
totally freaking thought you would make one for lulu a few days ago, nice
The best thing to come out of Lulu was this video was made and i was in turn introduced to Pain of Salvation. Thanks for the recommendation Mike.
I thought it was always obvious that "Lulu" was first and foremost a Lou Reed album, with Metallica as his backing band.
In interviews Lou said that he had the idea for "Lulu" kicking around in his head, and he was having trouble finding a band that could match the sounds he had in mind. When he met Metallica, and heard them play, he knew that he found the band that could help him achieve his vision so to speak.
Now did it work? That's debatable... but I appreciate the collaboration. It was both artists trying something different, and I like when artists are willing to try new things.
That's a perfectly reasonable and understandable take, thank you.
Yeah, “obvious “ so METALLICA PUTS IT OUT AS A METALLICA RECORD….stop apologizing for them for making a DOG SHIT album
If it really is a Lou record, I really shouldn't pass judgment since I've never been a fan....BUT I know a lot of LR fans and they all think Lulu is dog feces as well. No matter whether you're a Metallica fan or Reed fan, we all agree it was a mistake. :)
Word bruh. I enjoy a lot of this album, some killer riffs at the least. Love Metallica since '87.
Love your new videos!!
This was a brilliant assessment. I loved how you did Homework into the workings and background to the album. Listening then without prejudice and intelligently talking of its failures and flaws with reasoning. Im a Metalica fan over 30 years, and yeah I dont like Lulu because of all the things you said. I hear occasional ideas and sounds that if worked on separately by Metallica for their own songs, may have been expanded to something decent. This video mate, is a great idea too for a series of videos discussing strange, controversial albums that, possible could have had more going for them if things were different in their creation.
That is really interesting about Lulu being based on a Marquis De Sade book, I never knew about that and I will relisten to it with that in mind!
You are absolutely spot on regarding roadsalt.
When Mike's drinking whisky, I'm drinking whisky. It just works! I've never heard Lulu but I have to admit that I'm intrigued. I might just buy a used copy to check it out for poops and giggles.
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Ok, this should be good.
One could say, that this album is about pain
Awesome review and a good reminder to die-hard (or deadbeat like me) Metallica fans that there are many angles to music.
Listened to the album during my workout. Can say an old man rambling with metallica jamming in the background and the occasional james yell is the motivation I needed to complete my lifts
That harmonics riff in Dragon (2:49) is some of the best James has written in the past couple of decades. I’m disappointed it didn’t make a Metallica song.
I'd have to go back and listen to it. There were some cool instrumental moments on that track.
Nope
I think the songs are "bad" but like in that song paints this overwhemingly sick picture of a man and his prostitute girlfriend as Mike says its insane lyric writing. So many people try to shock you or get you feeling scuzzy, that songs lyrics are like disturbing on another level you can only get from Lou Reed who lived all this dysfunctional mentally twisted stuff.
"New York" and "Berlin" are the two accessible Reed albums. Give 'em a shot and a chaser. Lou's fans got mad at me that I covered "I Love You Suzanne" the night he died... which, since I was playing at an artsy place, going with his most pop song may not have been my best move.
Haven't heard it yet but I'm interested
Lulu gets a bad wrap because it deviates from what Metallica is known for. But in retrospect it's not as bad as some people claim. It's not amazing by any means. Its not the worst thing to ever exist either. This album is misunderstood in many ways. I think if you open your mind and experience it through a different lens you can atleast appreciate it to an extent. To me it's a unique album where Metallica are trying something completely out there. A lot of these songs feel like long spoken word passages and abstract poetry over heavy metal instrumentation. In some instances it's an experimental album. It may not be everyone's cup of tea but you have to admit it's certainly unique. How many albums can you think of off the top of your head that sound like this?
Hello, is it possible for me to see yesterdays ssf, because of the time difference where I live, it was super late and I passed out during the stream and didn't see my pick. Thanks.
It´s an interesting record, and Metallica took a risk. It didn´t work, but I commend them for that.
I have a feeling that a lot of the fans didn´t know Lou Reed´s work before hand, his whole deal is being avant garde. I don´t consider myself a Lou Reed fan, but I like some of the stuff he´s done here and there.
But, even though it failed, like I said, it´s an interesting experiment.
I applaud them for being so bold as to do *something* this far out of the box.
@@BecomeTheKnightIndeed.
I do love that one riff in Dragon. It's the same riff the whole song and I don't get sick of it. Wish they kept it for a metallica song though haha
Hey Mike is there any chance you may consider doing a 72 Seasons album review at some point? I know you said you wouldn’t in a previous video, but figured I’d ask given that some time has passed.
I would also like to see this
The deadpan delivery about how the 90:s albums were received, at 3:15 was the funniest thing I have witnessed in a while.
I really used to hate load and reload, but now I’ve actually grown fond of some of the songs; Hero of the Day, and The House That Jack Built, for example. Do give it a try, especially if you’ve only heard King nothing, Fuel, and The Memory Remains off of them. They do have some actually good songs, but it’s buried under 50 layers of black and white music videos, fur coats, and 50 layers of eyeliner. Once you get past that, though, there are some gems in there.
Absolutely could not agree more. The House that Jack Built is a stone cold stunner, and the titanic trinity of Bleeding Me, Outlaw Torn and Fixxxer are Iommi infused icons of classic modern Metallica. I loved their more experimental try-outs on guitar sounds in that timeline. Talk Box solos, slide guitar and super cool Danzig style Gothic Rock Blues on Until It Sleeps. The vast majority of shit flung at them at that time was coming from the image change. Which, was influenced by everything from a year apart from eachother after the Black Album tour, to U2's image overhaul on Actung Baby (Look at that albums inlay card= the photography of U2 was totally influencing Lars and Kirks ideas of change at the time).
But- underneath that initial eyeliner, Load is an occasionally brilliant album that, harks to Classic Rock, Sabbath, Danzig, AIC and Black Album bruisers like The God That Failed. If Metallica released the best songs from both Load/Reload as a single album. And lets say there was no real shocking image change. The album would have been seen and heard better at the time. Im glad to see it getting good re-assessment years later.👍👍
@@kylereece1979Load and Reload definitely have their ups and downs, but the ups are nothing to scoff at. I think that the biggest reason that old Metallica fans got mad at it is because it doesn’t sound like the same band. The quality of the music didn’t matter, especially to the people that only listened to the singles (since the singles are undoubtedly pretty boring). I heard Until it Sleeps a million times on the radio growing up, but last year I decided to give it an honest try, and I was pleasantly surprised.
I still really don’t like Lars’s drumming, and I think that it’s especially badly pronounced on these albums, since he’s clearly very uncomfortable with making the drums interesting at a slower tempo. The solos are also pretty forgettable.
But the songwriting, man! James has an undeniable knack for riff-writing, and some of these songs are completely carried by him.
Fixxxer is definitely one of Metallica’s underrated gems, and even though I dislike a lot of load and reload, some of these songs are amazing, and I think most Metallica fans would appreciate the load deepcuts if they gave them a chance. It’s not thrash, but it certainly is good.
@@eliashornwall8546 The first hearings of what Load would be for me was about 2 months 'fore its release. It was a CD bootleg of their Donington '95 gig, inwhich they debuted 2x4 and Devil's Dance. I heard 2x4. Live, it was at a faster, and more upbeat pace than how I then heard it on the album. But I liked it. And, Months 'fore Load came out, Metallica told some of the media that Load wasnt going to be Thrash. I knew it would carry on from the Black Album, but with more surprises. "Dirtier, Greasier", is how it was described.
Summer 96. James&Jason do press for Load in the US, Australia and Asia. Kirk and Lars- in full Load attire and attitude do Europe and UK. There were two separate looks and outlooks promoting the album, with J&J shunning their Load experimental photo looks , back to denim and shirts. Yet we here in Europe- Im from Ireland- got the full colorful other side of the new Metallica, that intentionally went against what 'Metal and Metallica" were meant to represent, at least to most fans. Lars/Kirk were far more involved in pushing the image change than the other two, and many fans saw and read their words as "anti metal". This really got on peoples nerves, especially when Pantera and Sepultura were storming back with their heaviest music , representing what some heavy music fans wanted to hear instead. This all unfairly went against Load's favour, because Hetfield crafted some of his finest songs here. Broody, mature monoliths with some classy rock swagger.
I think that the image change and having a double albums worth of music hurt things, overlooked things. A fine tuned single album would have been easier to delve into over time for people who initially could'nt see or hear past the haircuts. As you said mate, Its not thrash- it never was going to be, or meant to be. But for the most part it certainly is good. 👍👍
@@eliashornwall8546 Incidentally mate, if you've never seen any footage of 2x4 or Devil Dance from Donington Monsters of Rock '95, check it out! 👍👍 Its interesting seeing the songs performed over a year from actual release, with Metallica still having things like long hair and the pre-Load era appearence in general. It makes the songs sound almost different, like they're from the Black Album time.
They also played a brilliant warm up gig in London before Donington. A small club, the LA 2 and again 2x4 , Devil Dance is there.
Id also recommend Headbangers Ball, MTV Europe, Metallica '96. Its the host, Vanessa Warwick with Lars and Kirk in full Load era. Compare this to James and Jason's less flashier lookin, casual Metal fan look that they had going at the time. People may of course still hate on the somewhat forced, OTT look the lads had at the time, but I do think that mid 90s Metallica is fascinating overall.
In my opinion Lou Reed has one good album. Transformer. I don't know why but I really like it. Probably because of the David Bowie vibes it has and I really love the early 70s Bowie (especially Hunky Dory and the Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars).
Lou reed in the velvet underground is definitely him at his best. With the help of John cale they made some of the best music imo. There is definitely an argument to be made that he’s at his best with help.
I appreciate the mention of Road Salt One, I've been listening to a lot of Pain Of Salvation lately and they're becoming one of my favorite bands. I really like the approach they took with this album, sounding like they're just together in the studio playing. Also, Daniel Gildenlöw is an outstanding singer imo, Lou Reed... not so much, also didn't like Lulu at all.
I actually think Lulu was the best album Metallica has been involved with since ...And Justice For All. The repetition is intentional and the overall listening experience yields a pleasant dissociative effect. Very meditative. In wake of Reed's passing, I'd love to hear a remix/remaster that treats the vocals properly for the contextual metal arrangements. I'm glad something nice resulted from Lars' desire to stroke his ego by collaborating with a pompous Warhol darling/snob bait artist for clout. (Seriously, do you believe Slayer would have made a art rock record with Leonard Cohen?)
Absolutely agree with you. This is also my favourite Metallica since Justice. And Lulu is conceptually a grittier, more deranged take on the themes of Berlin which is Lou's best album. It obviously references Berlin so in a way this is a companion album to Berlin. Personally I learnt to enjoy the production of Lulu with the wacky volume levels but would prefer for the instrumentation to sound more lo-fi and the whole record to sound even more like a demo.
Road Salt One is a fantastic album
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nice shoutout to Polyphonic
Hey Mike, if you want a good Lou reed project I would recommend The Velvet Underground and Nico.
If they would release it as an instrumental it would be awesome
I like some of the work on lulu. Junior dad is a vibe
Is It?! Is it a “vibe”?! Wtf is with grown ass men talking like dumbed down 16 yr old girls?
Fun Fact: metallica are now Lou reeds age when they recorded lulu.
No, they'd still be 10 years younger. Lou was 71 when they recorded Lulu, and the oldest member of Metallica now is Kirk Hammett who is 61 currently.
Dipshit Lou died in 2013 at 71 he was 69 in 2011 when the album was made
@@aboynamedsue1933 That's right, I was off by 2 years.
I just found your channel. I am enjoying your perspective on the two videos I have watched. The first was on being a left handed guitarist. I understand the frustration of being left handed in a right handed world.
The other video I watched is this one on Lulu. I’m an a greater Lou Reed fan the Metallica’s. Now I totally agree this was a Lou Reed album first and foremost that had Metallica as his band. I totally agree that Lou should’ve taken more advantage of having Metallica and their song writing experience.
I’ve always stated the Lou Reed is an acquire taste there’s really no in between . This is not Lou Reed’s best and definitely not his worst IMO. If you ever listened to Live: take no prisoners that’s a bad idea and album. I believe it was recorded and released as a joke. Really a joke on the recording industry.
Now I don’t have everything Lou ever released and I probably have less than 10% but there are two albums you should listen to both are live albums 1) Rock and Roll Animal Live that feature only 5 songs but has probably the best live version of Sweet Jane ever recorded. And 2) Perfect Night: Live from London. Listen to these two if that doesn’t at least make you lessen your opinion than that’s fine but Lou Reed rocks like no other ever will.
I have great respect for Metallica recording w/ Lou even if the album is at best mediocre.
I AM THE TABLE!!!!!!!!!!!
While i don't personally like Lulu all that much (Lou Reed in general just doesn't appeal to me), i think this album could've worked out better if it were released earlier. This album came out when both Lou Reed and Metallica were way past their prime so if this had come out when they were releasing some of their most acclaimed work (and like you said, Metallica had a bit more time to acclimate to Lou's work ethic), i think there could've been something potentially great. That's just my two cents, anyway.
I agree with pretty much everything you said, but if you get a chance check out the live performance Lou Reed and Metallica did in Germany. Many of the problems you mentioned were solved, and it actually works. The album was a failure, but the live performance showed what the album should have been. I’m not saying that you’re suddenly going to like Lou Reed, but it will give you an appreciation for what they were trying to do. I can’t listen to the album, but I return to the concert frequently.
Hmmmm I think I *may* have seen one of the clips from a performance (not sure). Would be interested to check it out to hear the difference!
First time I heard this album my main problem was Lou Reed's vocals. Then I realised I wasn't the only one. I was able to find the Lulu songs where the vocals were removed on UA-cam. Listening it that way I came to the conclusion that I kinda like the riffs. Granted, they are repeated way too many times, but with a more decent structuring and pacing (and with proper James vocals and lyrics) these riffs could be turned into cool Metallica songs.
pain of salvation is so fXXXing sick. You earned a suscbribbbler!
Dude, Metal Machine Music is a masterpiece.
Side 3 is best.
Is it weird that I've been a LONGTIME Metallica fan and haven't heard a single note from this album, haven't seen anything beyond the front cover. My entire experience with this album is that I know it exists! Am I missing anything? lol
Honestly, limp Bizkit cover of "Welcome home/sanatarium" is the best "collaboration" Metallica has done. This shit instead was too weird for anyone
Nice! I kinda really like Mark Tremonti on UA-cam playing Sanitarium on Hello Kitty guitars! Actually quite awesome!💪💪😎
@@RB-oc7ti shut up bot
@@CYB3R2KYeah, he's a damned idiot.
The "Maybe we should take a shit together sometime" analogy was sooooo fucking on point, holy fuck XD
Why does Lou Reed look like an older Jason Newsted
Lol, I was thinking the same😂
I heard a few clips off LuLu and decided to never to give it a full playthrough and never consider it an actual Metallica album.
Although I still think it's a truly terrible album ( A LOU REED ALBUM), I really enjoyed this discussion.
You raise a lot of good thoughts. Good stuff! 👍
This is the 2nd time I've seen this album referenced in as many days so I had to give it a listen. As someone who drifted away from Metallica after the black album and was Reed curious in 90's; what a gem. On first listen I thought it was... interesting. Then, while letting it play in the background, it just kind'a clicked. It's a grower.
I like it
Picture this: you're playing a videogame with generic rock instrumental music as background and someone is in your same room reading some twisted book loudly. There you have it.
I AM THE TABLE!
I personally really enjoyed the contribution Metallica gave. I really enjoyed the raw liveliness similar to the first 3 or 4 records, where they didnt spend half a decade in the studio over polishing rifforama's like Death Magnetic. Musically I love it. Lou's vocals make St. Anger's snare drum feel like Thin Mint cookies and a cool glass of milk. A rotting corpse has more life in it than Lou's " vocals". If King Diamond would have been the lead dude on that album it would have rocked the metal community. It would have fucking slayed. But instead we got a trucker taking a rest stop shit, that is Lou Reed.
Lou Reed's vocal mixing sounds way too loud on Lulu, and you can barely hear Bruce Dickinson's vocals at times on Senjutsu 😂.
For Music Journalists
Lou is the Singer of Velvet Underground, one of the most influential Group in Rockmusic. Whereas Metallica was a Metal Band.
So most Musicjournalists disliked it for underperforming, just not good enough.
I have to listen to it again.
I honestly wish I had never heard of the album.
Bruh no way this was Lou Reed's last creation ☠️☠️☠️
I've always found Pain of Salvation to be highly under rated in general. I personally don't relate to a lot of their music (that said I will call out People Passing By as song of reference and personal favorite). Just my two cents on your commentary.
So umm... i actually really like LuLu. I don't really love it, but i do kinda enjoy more songs from it... than in Hardwired. I just think that the whole uniqueness, weirdness, rawness and ugliness of the lyrics and theming, make this songs stand out. Not all of them... besides the 4 songs i actually love and 3 that i think are good-to-decent... the other songs are just kinda boring, a little bit too nothing and pretty repetitive. Still, i do enjoy Lou's vocals, they feel somewhat threatening to say the least.
I'm happy you were able to enjoy it!!!
I really wonder if Metallica did this out of respect/as more of a favor than a mutually interested project
Is this guy closely related to Internet Comment Etiquette with Erik?
I had the misfortune of being exposed live to Metallica & Lou Reed at the RnRHoF anniversary concert in 2009 and I'm sure that no one inside Madison Square Garden that night wished for more of it.
"I AM THE TABLE"
I really like this album, that said I’m a Metallica fan
Forget the lyrics (absolutely from Lou), the music is very good
I think Lulu is one of the best things Metallica have ever done. No joke. It's a brilliant work of art and every listen is an absolute adventure. I do get why it didn't sell well but then a lot of great art isn't commercially appealing.
What about it do you find enjoyable, honestly curious, cause I can’t see how or why anybody could like it
You could probably guess this by what I state in my video, but...
The same concept but with a different vocalist, shorter songs with more emphasis on stronger dynamics I think could have been way more effective. I can't for the life of me connect with Lou Reed as a vocalist lol. I wish I could understand why you like it so much, but such is life.
I'll grant you, it's the most daring thing Metallica have ever undertaken, and I mean that as a compliment.
@@BecomeTheKnight The short answer is that I appreciate an uncomfortable, even painful art experience (although I have to be in the right frame of mind for it). The roots of The Velvet Underground, in part, can be traced back to The Theatre of Eternal Music, an avant garde music collective that experimented with sustained notes and drones which sometimes went on for an entire night (at least this album didn't go that far, although I still would've listened if it had 😅). Lou Reed has always been known for his experimental side as much as his rock'n'roll side. I strongly recommend you avoid Reed's 'Metal Machine Music' album.
I do understand where you're coming from and I do appreciate all of the concepts you speak of: dynamics, shorter songs, 'good' vocals etc. These are all great musical concepts which I definitely do appreciate and quite honestly, I do try to employ these concepts in my own music making. There are times though, when I want to be taken on a different journey altogether. If the music sounds repetitive, disorientating, difficult to endure, exasperating (painful even?) then it's probably meant to be (another band that I have to be in the right mood for is The Birthday Party). Yes, these things could have been expressed differently but then you might say the same thing about a Jackson Pollock painting. 'Summertime? Why did Pollock paint the summer in that way? I would have painted it differently. For a start, I would have preferred to see more discernable shapes and objects within a clearer context.' etc etc.... you get my point
For real tho. Maybe not their best but up there. It is my third favourite Metallica album and my third favourite solo Lou Reed album
@@hank35682 see my answer elsewhere. All the best 👍
I understand their respect of Lou Reed and how they like to be experimental and while there is some good riffs on man this really did not need to exist
This album is just a recording of a Xmas party where a young teenager put on Metallica while the drunk uncle rambles on in the corner 🤷♂️
First time I saw the album in a shop years ago i honestly didn’t even know this was Metallica
3:13 “which everyone loved.” 🤣
If you wanted a weird avant Garde Lou Reed album with Metallica backing, then it's brilliant. If you wanted a heavy Metallica album with Lou Reed then it's horseshit. It's all in the eye of the beholder(pun intended)
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The couple of times I tried to listen to lulu I couldn't listen to it for more then a minute
Smell my pain broke me😂😂😂
I am the table
The only highlight was the main riff in Dragon
I personally felt physically ill the whole time listening to that album🤣🤣
react to Hulk Rulez by Hulk Hogan and The Wrestling Boot Band
Im a big Lou reed fan, mostly lyrically but velvet underground have made some of the best music of all time both sonically and lyrically, and Lou reed was at his best during those periods. To enjoy that type of music you kind of have to appreciate music artistically, but it’s fine if you don’t. I don’t really like metal so for me this is the best Metallica album.
Buzz Osborne of Melvins said it’s their best album and I want to agree with him so bad but I can’t
He said it to fuck with people but it is their best since Justice
15:10 Omg, yes. 15:46 lmao😂
How long has Metallica been around?
I'd imagine quite a spell
As ppl evolve the music changes n sometimes the fans don't change with the band I'd say find u a new audience who appreciates ur evolution
Catering to fans probably feels unnatural
Pumping blood just gives me creppy crawles everytime i hear it rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
LOL! I love LULU! what’s wrong with confusion?! HAHAHAHA Collaborative records rule. Director’s Cut, Probot, Yeezus, Lulu.
SMALL TOWN GIRLLLL
The only good metallica album 😩 please I need more of the poop (in all serious, it was very... interesting and actually unique, but well, it's unmm lulu)
A lot of metal fans don't listen to music they listen to metal. That fact ain't going nowhere.
I don’t think even DJ Cummerbund could salvage that album. 😂
Its weird, because theres some brilliance found on Lulu that has been missing from Metallica music since the 80s... they wind up kinda just lost in a weird sea of art music ideas that don't all work well together :\
Is no one really gonna mention how Lou reed looks like an old Jason newsted ?
Bands who can take minimal material and repeat it ad nauseum without getting boring: Melvins, Sunn 0))), Killing Joke, Kraftwerk...
Bands who can't, and shouldn't try: