OFF: Bad Metallica - Cover
Chip Hart
chip at PCC.COM
Mon Nov 9 16:45:33 EST 1998
John A Swartz spoke:
>
> I caught about half of "Turn the Page" as done by Metallica on the radio
> yesterday. I didn't think it was haf bad. My biggest question was more
> "WHY?" - it just didn't seem to be a song that needed a Metallica treatment.
Perhaps they have a philosophy similar to their previous covers
(the ones which make up the first disk of the new set): play
tracks that most people would otherwise NEVER hear, by
musicians who influenced Metallica, so that the original band
gets royalties and perhaps sells a few albums. Lars Ulrich may
be a prick, but at least he paid his respect to Diamond Head
for their help to him...literally.
I'll be *really* curious to know how the Astronomy cover helps,
say, BOC sales. Metallica fans are out-rabidized only by C&W
fans. Every band covered on that album will make money (er,
every label will, anyway).
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