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It's ridiculous to link charity to stunts, marathon running and the like.
If a person can afford to, and wishes to, give money, labour or any assistance to a charity or a cause, why do they need to see things like 100 year old people walking laps of the garden before they'll get their hands in their pockets?
If a person can afford to, and wishes to, give money, labour or any assistance to a charity or a cause, why do they need to see things like 100 year old people walking laps of the garden before they'll get their hands in their pockets?
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AC/DC are neither as great nor as bad as they’re made out to be.
Admittedly their music is a bit repetitive and I can’t go through an entire album without thinking that, but I don’t mind banging along to a song or two every now and then, and not just songs from Highway to Hell and Back In Black.
Admittedly their music is a bit repetitive and I can’t go through an entire album without thinking that, but I don’t mind banging along to a song or two every now and then, and not just songs from Highway to Hell and Back In Black.
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The only song I can imagine not being compelled to switch away from is "Ride On".
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I wholeheartedly agree.
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AC/DC have done some really enjoyable stuff, but a lot of it gets the skip track treatment too. Metallica is the one I don't understand all the love for, don't think I've ever voluntarily selected one of their songs to listen to.
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In the spirit of @Northstar's "criminally overlooked" comment, I'll add Metallica's Low Man's Lyric.
There's something about it (the hurdy-gurdy?) that makes it my favorite Metallica song. But it's never on the radio and they haven't played it live in over 20 years.
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That.... that's not really Metallica, so to speak. Load and Reload are, er, experiments in sound and genre directions. Not everything Metallica has made really hit the nail on the head, but when they did (see mid 80's) it's was pure metal awesomeness.
While I do enjoy just throwing on a track here and there, the true Metallica experience, for me anyway, is to enjoy a whole album playthrough just listening, not as background music, but with all my attention on the music.
My go to is Ride the Lightning since it's only around three quarters of an hour long and there's not 1 track I don't like. Master of Puppets is also high on my rotation but there's a song or two on that album I could probably pass on.
While I do enjoy just throwing on a track here and there, the true Metallica experience, for me anyway, is to enjoy a whole album playthrough just listening, not as background music, but with all my attention on the music.
My go to is Ride the Lightning since it's only around three quarters of an hour long and there's not 1 track I don't like. Master of Puppets is also high on my rotation but there's a song or two on that album I could probably pass on.
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I could probably put the songs One and Master of Puppets on loop and be happy. I do really enjoy the other songs on those albums (and yes, the Black album which many think is too commercialized and overrated), but those two songs really charge me up. Master of Puppets is heavy from the get-go and One picks up in the second half when that double bass drumming starts. Me likey.
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Master of Puppets will never not remind me of a field trip to a planetarium in the 9th grade. The planetarium was showing the Metallica laser light show. Master of Puppets was one of the songs and the one I remember most as things were starting to peak around that point. It was quite the experience. Not sure how that field trip past scrutiny though. I'm guessing planetarium was predominantly placed on the form and not a word of laser or Metallica.
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Also I can't help but think about Old School when I hear it. 
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Kind of irrisponsible that a kids' field trip would feature a (heavy) song about addiction.
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It’s a great song to chant “Eat 🤬 Pitt!” to at WVU-Pitt games.
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I mean...I get it. It hasn't felt overplayed to me--I could maybe count on one hand the number of times I've noticed it playing in the wild--and I just love Neil Diamond.
Definitely with you on "Bohemian Rhapsody". I love Queen and A Night at the Opera is just spectacular, but at this point I can handle the song maybe once a decade. For me, that album is all about "'39" and "The Prophet's Song".
I can't look beyond the massive douchecanoes that the Gallaghers are to really even consider the music. They just suck so completely.
The Killers don't do it for me, and yeah, that song got entirely too much play.
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How old are the kids in 9th grade?
I don’t think it’s irresponsible at all to learn about addiction at a young age (hell, if I had maybe I would be an alcoholic) but Master of Puppets romanticise the notion of addiction.
I guess it’s just a sad feature of our modern societies that it needs teaching. I couldn’t imagine any of my students even talking about drug use, never mind actually considering it, but I live in a very different culture.
If you’ve heard 1 Oasis song you’ve heard them all. That said, those dildos did knock out a few bangers that resonated with me, such as What’s the Story (morning glory) and a couple of lighter tunes that are quite melodic.
