IF IT’S PASSOVER, IT MUST BE TIME FOR “CREEPING DEATH”
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 at 5:00pm by Axl RosenbergVince and I are not in the MetalSucks Mansion right now. In fact, we haven’t been here most of the day. You’ve been reading stories we wrote earlier in the day and then auto-programmed to publish at their allotted times. Isn’t technology swell?
Why aren’t we working on the site right now, you ask? ‘Cause it’s Passover, that most metal of Jewish holidays. How metal? Why, Metallica wrote a song about it, of course!
So thanks to our pal Anton OyVey and his totally excellent blog, Bacon Jew (”I’m a Jew and I Love Bacon!”), for a) expressing our shared dread of spending too much time with our families (I don’t give a fuck who is still technically the youngest, I ain’t asking no more fucking questions), and b) posting this clip of Metallica performing said Passover classic on their Cunning Stunts DVD.
And if you don’t understand what “Creeping Death” has to do with Passover, head over to Bacon Jew to read the lyrics!
-AR
I remember seeing Metallica on this tour in ‘96 at the Omni in Atlanta and being very, very angry with them for being such fucking sell-outs. The fake power outage at the end was just more than I could deal with. I think I was a junior in high school then. I’m 30 now and I’m still pissed. Though, looking back they were still fairly sharp performance wise here as opposed to the slop-fest they are now.
You can tell this was mid-’90s because of Hammett’s short hair, the in-the-round stage, the ’90s Hetfield vocal inflections and overuse of “baybuh”. But the good thing about live Metallica is that you can actually hear the bass.
And whilst Passover is a Jewish holiday, its recognition is shared by your Christian brethren.
I saw them in Ames on the same tour, and thought the “power outage” chicanery was actually really fucking cool and fun. I loved seeing hundreds of confused and slightly scared waterheads filing out as if the show were actually over. That was a good show. And COC fucking slayed as the opener.
Reading the “Creeping Death” lyrics, I am unfortunately reminded of how far James Hetfield’s lyrical prowess has fallen. :(
Why did he have to completely bastardize his vocals on the original track ugh! You want to sing a new style? Fine. do it on a new song. Don’t bring this shame on what made you big.
the spoonerism for ‘Cunning Stunts’ is ‘Stunning Cunts’, that’s kind of fun to say.
Jason was the only metal thing about Metallica during the 90’s.
“I got plans for those millions and it ain’t for fucking sandwhiches!”
Wise man that Newsted.
That BaconJew site is the funniest shit I’ve seen in a long time:
the chocolate-covered bacon made me piss my pants!
People have always ripped on my renaming Metallica as Metal-Licka(the metal that licks) when the black album came out.
But I have always regarded them (and their Therapist) as a subpar petroleum cheese product NOT made by Kraft. So the above post is not shocking to me or would it be to Little Ulrich(that was classic). As Sirius(radio) is still playing non-stop Metal Licka since the HOF induction, I’m eagerly awaiting the band’s creeping death.
I wish I could un-read the comment above.
haha oh christ you guys get out of ‘88, things change, theyre humans; they develop, and not just little kiddies stuck in one mindset like you!!!
i suggest you go see ‘em live again because (especially after the release of Death Magnetic) they’re fuck killing it right now!!
blah blah blah….Cliff rules…metalickuh sux….put Dave in the hall of fame
fuck off…this band is really good and catches too much flack. Probably from the same folks who dissed Mastodon in the recent metalsucks poll.
Little kiddies like Me?
I guess fortyfucken4 is young…
If everybody loved the same bands, (good or bad) there would be no taste left in the world.
So now I’m forced to take sides against the millions of Top40 loving pick-up driving wife-beaters that dwell in trailer parks drinking Bud Lite ?
I admit I’ve always found the band as too mainstream and un-inspired, even the early stuff that people make out to Awesome(pffft)
I knew I would invoke a Jeebus-fearing tshitnami by not being afraid to negatively throw my 2 cents into the pile, but; I think they’re Overrated.
YOU; are of course are welcome to worship them at will until the GNR gongshow hits your town.
DIE DIE MOTHER FUCKER DIE!!