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I agree with New Wave and Boy Come Home, and would throw She's Got a New Disguise and Bright End of Nowhere in there as well.

I thought this was an interesting read: We're getting to a point where heavy metal is getting to be no laughing matter in terms of genre diversity. Rather than act as strangers to this trend, I feel it's important that we look back to the past to understand the impact that a band many happen to love has had on the state of current metal. That band is Metallica. You look back on their discography and you instantly start to know where their seminal albums began to influence the music of the new generation of metal bands. ...And Justice for All broke all the rules up to that point by focusing on a hybrid of progressive rock and the style of brutal (in a good way!) thrash that we all saw so brilliantly executed on their first three albums. And they can do so much more with their sound. As their riffs became catchier, I was still continually blown away by their visceral power. A oft-repeated case that many older metalheads make is that they were at full strength with Dave Mustaine in tow, prior to his leaving due to his commitments to his new band Megadeth. This is an utter fallacy, and what a misguided one at that. Mustaine was only with the group briefly, and I'm not sure where people get off on making remarks like that. Their line of thinking is bizarre, since Mustaine did not contribute to Metallica's method of brilliance that was eventually seen on ...And Justice for All. You see, the core of Metallica is Hetfield and Ulrich. Those two geniuses wouldn't allow a drunkard like Mustaine to bring the group down. They get that success comes from good chemistry, and they never got this from working with Mustaine. But I digress. Most bands get inspired from the work of Metallica much more often than from Megadeth, but in any case, both bands have a great old-school thrash sound. This other band though has nothing on Metallica though, and ask any "metal" guy on the street and they'll tell you the same thing. That's that. I want to get back to my original point. The diversity in modern metal is just a byproduct of Metallica's mainstream success with The Black Album. Wanna know something else? Their work with Bob Rock got them to tell the world that they were a new voice for metal, for a new generation. You don't truly know the impact that they had until you simply see just how songs like "The Unforgiven" had an impact on contemporary metal, and I'm guessing on the entire scene as a whole. And through it all, they kept that feeling of domination over the world they control, rather than subserviance. Gotta take a minute to understand? Bob Rock did not destroy them, nor make them. He enhanced them. By producing their album, you truly get a feel for their accessibility. Bob Rock made the band understand that his methods of production led to instant radio success. Never have I seen so many people badmouth such a brilliant band. I'm gonna have to voice my displeasure at seeing so many "metalheads" give these legends a thumbs-down simply because Metallica gave you a more focused version of their traditional sound. I give them a thumbs up for not conceding to the conceited demands of aging metalheads. Never give Metallica the benefit of the doubt either. That's simply gonna make you come across as patronizing. This band worked hard to let themselves go off in newer, more creative directions that you see today. You see the value of their work in modern day bands like Disturbed and Down, who emphasize the degree of raw brutality that Metallica unleashed. Never fool yourselves into believing that Metallica has gotten soft, or I'm gonna have to smash your face in. Seriously. They have not even begun to run themselves into the ground. St. Anger, for instance, ranks up there around second or third place in their all-time best albums. I mean it. And in my honest opinion, I would choose their post-80's albums to take to the desert, were I ever to be stranded there. But in conclusion, I really think that you guys should read the first word in every line of this post consecutively from the beginning.

1) Massey-Album-Live Acoustic 2) The Fall of Man 3) We're So Heavy 4) A Single Explosion 5) Bad Pennies 6) I Miss New Wave 7) Anti-Pop 8) 21st Century Living 9)Truffle Pigs

Not a huge fan of this song.

Matt usually plays different setlists every night just because he likes to ;)

Once I can afford to get Live again, we should play.

Load Me Up/Love Will Tear Us Apart. Fucking win.

12 so far, 13 and 14 coming up next week.

Dr Strangelove Mean Girls Blazing Saddles Young Frankenstein Black Sheep (the one set in New Zealand with the mutant sheep, not the Chris Farley film)

Are you doing 360, PS3, or PC?

Paranormal Activity. I liked it. I didn't find it super scary, but it was sufficiently creepy and produced some good chills. If you're interested in seeing it, do it in the theatre if you can. I think it's one of those movies that will work great in a theatre, but not so much at home.

Picking up Modern Warfare 2 tomorrow, and am borrowing Dead Space from my pa.

According to my friend, this is the setlist so far for the show tonight (will update as I get texted): The Boy Who Could Explode Great Whales of the Sea Fought to Fight It Born Losers Avalanche Apparitions The Vancouver National Anthem Last Parade A Silent Army in the Trees Blue Skies Over Bad Lands Weapon Empty's Theme Park ---- Giant Us Remains Impossible Champions of Nothing

Watched Army of Darkness at my dad's last night. Bruce Campbell is my hero.

See, and I don't think Rico is a bad song. It's not great by any means, but it's a song that I find fun, whereas with TDIYD, MCG and some others, I don't find there to be anything that catches my attention or pulls me into the song. I could give you a whole bunch of songs that I feel that way about, not only from Matt, but from lots of bands I like. To each their own!

I hope to not hear The Devil's in Your Details. Next to Middle Class Gangsters, it's probably my least favorite MG tune.

Last Parade Sort of a Protest Song All Together Oh Be Joyful Volcanoes Empty Road Load Me UP (MCG is one of the worst songs Matt's ever written, IMO) Great Whales of the Sea Silent Army (album)

http://www.nearfantastica.com/concerts/

Us Remains Impossible, so I can figure out the bass, because I am having issues with that one for some reason.

What lyric did Matt borrow?

I only play bass, but a hint for Last Parade, The Boy Who Could Explode and Great Whales of the Sea is that they all revolve around D.

I have finally made it to disc 2 in Final Fantasy 7. Also, for this point in the game, I think I am pretty overpowered. I like it.

I know at least one person mentioned how Matt needs to get a bass player for his recordings, but I disagree. Some of the stuff he does, while technically simple, is actually very interesting in terms of structure and melodic qualities. For example, in Last Parade, while the bass sounds very odd on it's own, in the context of the song, provides a great counter melody to the piano, which really helps to drive the song.

I usually just abbreviate the song titles and enter them into my notepad program on my phone. That way, I am sure to remember it all ;)

It's actually about the same. I looked at a setlist from the Calgary show in 2005, 16 songs, including encore, 7 singles played.