scoobdog

I said not good. You can still like a song that’s isn’t good - it doesn’t necessarily have to be bad, just not good enough to be unique or exceptional. I don’t hate it either. As a sonic construct, it can amp you up no matter what you think of its quality. It’s not good compared to their other work, both before or after, but you can still enjoy it. Since we’re talking Motörhead’s version, I disliked the bland vocals. James Hatfield is better at emoting through his lyrics than just about anyone else in heavy metal. It doesn’t translate to better music, but it does bring life to otherwise lifeless songs. The Motörhead version pretty much copies the instrumental licks note for note, and drones the vocals in a monotone.

So, we all agree it’s not a good song, right?

Being an instrumental musician, I’ll always be partial to “Orion.” Each of those early album is something of a variation on a theme. Ride the Lightning, for instance, focuses on resonance while And Justice for All… explores on the psychology of their music. Part of Metallica’s appeal at first is that fans can take each album and piece together something of a narrative in a way that can’t be done with the pop music of the day.

They didn’t. And Motörhead’s cover isn’t better because it’s kind of a dumb song to begin with: easily digestible to casual heavy metal fans and useful in out-of-context settings. That being said… The Black Album will always be the point where Metallica sold out for commercial success. The first four albums are by no means masterpieces, but they showed a lot of promise. For most of their early fans, “One” is the high water mark. The Black Album is where most of their fans first heard them, and its minimalist concepts and simplified riffs made excellent background music for a generation transitioning away from that god awful hair metal .

I’m a Southern Californian and I’ve never had trouble in snow or ice, but… I’ve also only ever owned 4x4s. Driving in snow or ice isn’t a problem as long as you’re driving the right kind of vehicle. Four-wheel-drives require more maintenance, but there are enough cheap used all-wheel-drives that can do the same without as much up keep. Other than that and driving slower with less aggressive acceleration, you’ll be just fine in snow.

I was expecting this to be a lead-in to Last of Us joke.

Trust me, you don’t want to just let it grow.

Happy Birthday, dude!

It kind of does.

Not sure how any of this helps the game.

You just said “coochie” four different ways.

Fair enough. Can’t Do a Thing was actually the first song of his I heard way back in ‘93.

How could you love just one Chris Isaak song more than any other?

Did you really, in fact, know I was alluding to Ghostrek’s insanely huge assets?

Of course we do.

I could listen to that all day in my head. Also this….

Cool. Well, now I really want to know what these “past prime assets” are. I mean if it’s her wit, maybe you shouldn’t be trawling the dementia ward my dude.

And his magic wand,

You spend more time qualifying your joke then making the joke.

Lupin got the INCEL thing going strong. He's even using words wrong and shit.

No it isn't.

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