BOC: Metallica's "Veteran of the Psychic Wars"

[gary shindler]

Their "Astronomy" was better. I think on "Veteran" they should have let the bassist take a smoke break, he's playing one note through the length I listened. And I know he likes to play that fretboard, he sounds bored. 




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From: Carl Edlund Anderson <cea at CARLAZ.COM>
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Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 11:31:14 AM
Subject: Re: BOC: Metallica's "Veteran of the Psychic Wars"

On 18 Apr 2009, at 11:38 , Steve Swann wrote:
> Man, I hate to go head to head with Carl... ;-) but even though
> Metallica often seems to me like the world's greatest cover band, I
> wouldn't walk across the street to hear that version of Veteran of the
> Psychic Wars.  The twangy acoustic guitars just don't do it for me.
> :-P  (Tarot's version stomped all over it, even given the vocalist's
> difficulty with English pronunciation.)  ;-)



I thought it was a solid _effort_, but not such a good _result_. :)  And you are certainly right that the Tarot version _is_ much better! :)

In fact, I've started to think of Tarot as a great lost NWOBHM band (albeit from Finland) that I had never heard of until recently, and so effectively a great undiscovered treasure. :)  And, clearly, their hearts are in the right place (singing BOC covers!). :)

Cheers,
Carl

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