Metallica

TheBig3 · 03-26-2010, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Most of the time, anybody can win or be nominated at the grammy awards. Perfect example-Audioslave with three nominations!!!

in a slim field though. the AS years were...not good for rock music.

Unknown Soldier · 03-26-2010, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

in a slim field though. the AS years were...not good for rock music.

Their have contenders have included Springsteen, U2, Coldplay, Linkin Park, Lenny Kravitz to name a few over the years, so yer a pretty bad bunch.

Unbelievably St.Anger won the metal award in 2003...........it must have been a poor year.

TheBig3 · 03-26-2010, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Their have contenders have included Springsteen, U2, Coldplay, Linkin Park, Lenny Kravitz to name a few over the years, so yer a pretty bad bunch.

Unbelievably St.Anger won the metal award in 2003...........it must have been a poor year.

No, its the apology award. Like the Oscars, they'll give you an award for something because they gave the one you should have been given to someone like Jethro Tull.

scottsy · 03-26-2010, 08:38 AM

I don't remember ever slamming them per se.... although i do confess to sometimes seeing lars as a bit of a whiner...lol... but I stood up in defense of some of the lowliest thought of albums by the band, that being St. Anger! They're a good band, they've got major chops at what they do, it's just sometimes a bummer when you consider they were once one of the GREATEST in their genre.... but hey it's pretty damn hard to stay at the cutting edge for nearly thirty years... not many bands can or have acheived that... metallica hasn't, but they're not alone... in the pop / rock world they should have a good friend in U2... thirty years of longevity and they are not at the cutting edge (pardon the pun, the Edge) either, but credit to them they still make "good" music, as opposed to the great stuff they used to put out flawlessly...

Unknown Soldier · 03-26-2010, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

No, its the apology award. Like the Oscars, they'll give you an award for something because they gave the one you should have been given to someone like Jethro Tull.

Good point, the Jethro Tull victory with "Crest of a Knave" is well documented. Its a fact that really undermines the validity of these awards.

scottsy · 03-26-2010, 09:44 AM

Oh yeah, that kind of behavior reeks of 'here's a legacy artist we haven't rewarded yet'... stupid, stupid stupid!

TheBig3 · 03-26-2010, 10:46 AM

This is why the cable networks are being outpaced. They need to keep a half-interested populace watching, so they put up the high profilers.

The internet can run on, what?, $5 a month. The can operate while being directed at speacilaty groups.

boo boo · 03-26-2010, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by bubu

Still...they won Grammy awards lately so they're still in pretty good shape I'd say

Yeah but not when they really deserved to win.

The one metal fans constantaly whine about is when ...And Justice For All lost to Crest of a Knave by Jethro Tull, which was not only far from a hard rock/metal album, it was a rather mediocre album to start with, it's basically Tull trying to give their best Dire Straits impersonation, even the most diehard Tull fans tend to shun the majority of their 80s output, and for good reason.

Still, people forget that Nothing's Shocking was also nominated, and it's really the album that should have won.

The only time Metallica ever should have won a grammy was for Master of Puppets.

**Janszoon** · 03-26-2010, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Still, people forget that Nothing's Shocking was also nominated, and it's really the album that should have won.

Hmm... I did not know that. That's pretty interesting. I definitely agree with you that it should have won.

boo boo · 03-27-2010, 06:52 AM

When you said you were an ex skater I got this great mental image of a figure skater dancing to Kill Em All.

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scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	I don't remember ever slamming them per se.... although i do confess to sometimes seeing lars as a bit of a whiner...lol... but I stood up in defense of some of the lowliest thought of albums by the band, that being St. Anger! They're a good band, they've got major chops at what they do, it's just sometimes a bummer when you consider they were once one of the GREATEST in their genre.... but hey it's pretty damn hard to stay at the cutting edge for nearly thirty years... not many bands can or have acheived that... metallica hasn't, but they're not alone... in the pop / rock world they should have a good friend in U2... thirty years of longevity and they are not at the cutting edge (pardon the pun, the Edge) either, but credit to them they still make "good" music, as opposed to the great stuff they used to put out flawlessly... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

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scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	Oh yeah, that kind of behavior reeks of 'here's a legacy artist we haven't rewarded yet'... stupid, stupid stupid! __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

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