I’ll be fair to Metallica the band indeed delivered.
At 50 plus, playing intense,
powerful music is something
to be admired and respected.
I’ll be fair also to some fans
who came to watch who were
entirely not metal, not rock
and were just there because
they could afford and wanted
to be with the ‘in-thing of the
weekend’, I always abhor that
part, coz you just can’t dance
to Master of Puppets. The
term, “I’m just gonna head
bang to Fade to Black, should
I say, kinda improper. If you
are headbanging towards the
ending, then it makes sense.
Well, att least those people
could tolerate two hours of
distortion guitar music unlike
some weaklings in my ethnic
group who fear the distortion
like it is the sound of hell.
and moving. Many
generations come together
and become young again,
ready to head bang. All but
not me, for me, it’s like
coming home or just
reminisce the days of youth,
you see, you can’t play Hit
the lights back in 1989,
Nope! Authorities were
uptight back then. If you
just mention Rock music,
they will interpreted it as
the Devil music. Heavy
Metal was then a dirty word
in the Media. Maybe time &
space is what we need, given
and Bam!! Metallica is now
a household name.. just like
Bon Jovi or Ribena.
letting us all know that the
time has come (it has been
their intro since 1981). And
then it happened, James
Hetfield’s iconic voiced took
over our collective
conscience. Hammett, with
his long hair and fingers
started to string magic.
Ulrich’s drums was making
our neck muscles strain. If
that was not enough, Trujillo
was pounding us to a pulp.
HIT THE LIGHTS. the sky
could have fallen.
METALLICA, didn’t hold
back either, they were
belting out numbers which
are rock anthems now; Ride
The Lightning, Fade To
Black, Welcome Home..
Ohhh It’s 1986 again.
I saw a father egging on his
son to sing along with him.
I know that kid has a bright
future, I just do. A scantily
clad girl dancing to ‘Hit The
Lights’. Can you? Seriously?
Zeroed-In
7-9pg
That’s a long segment for
metal. Yeah initially i was
apprehensive abt them
giving their all, and i was
terribly wrong. Due to that,
despite post-Black album
offerings, i kinda appreciate
them even more. They honestly gave their all and more
despite their age. (Unlike a
band not so far from us)
Changi Exhibition Centre is
one of the better venues to
hold a concert of this
magnitude, or shall I say
enormity. You see,
whenever you head to a
true blue (black) rock
concert, you get a
different vibe. It’s
very powerful
During the press conference,
they struck to me just like
what my uncles would be
doing on a Saturday
afternoon. Their answers to
the questions being
presented at the Press Con?
Yeah it’s so so. There was
no ‘fs’ or other swear words.
Metalimaturity. Another M
word is in play. Opening band
Anvil played and I saw
Heftfield watch them,
just to catch up with some
old friends. Slated to kick off
at 8.30 pm, the band didn’t
make the 40,000-strong
crowd wait for long. The
Ecstasy Of Gold
soon started
to play,
Zeroed-In
and back in front of
screaming fans for hours.
Strangely METALLICA does
it effortlessly; and why am I
surprised?
(Pg2)
7-9pg
The band signed off with
Creeping Death, Battery and
Seek & Destroy. We all stood
numb; over-awed by it all. All
those years of waiting, of idol
worship and a singular dream
to see them perform live.
Setlist
1. Hit the Lights
2. Master of Puppets
3. The Shortest Straw
4. Ride the Lightning
5. Fade to Black
6. The Memory
Remains
Not many bands, and here I
mean bands which are good
three decades old; can keep
the same intensity. Age is
surely not just a number
when you have to
take your skills
to hell
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7. Broken, Beat & Scarred
8. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
9. Sad but True
10. ...And Justice for All
11. One
12. For Whom the Bell Tolls
13. Blackened
14. Nothing Else Matters
15. Enter Sandman
(Pg3)
Encore:
16. Creeping Death
17. Battery
18.Seek &
Destroy
Adam
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