e enjte, 20 dhjetor 2007

Back In Black

The other day I was listening to the album "Ride the Lightning" by Metallica. I'm slowly building up my Metallica CD collection, as most of my knowledge of them comes from my brother being a metalhead in his high school years when I was in elementary. I remember him making me and my sister sit down and watch a Metallica documentary with him, which was pretty cool! They were in the studio recording their self-titled album more popularly known as "The Black Album." I think the documentary was the one called A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica.

So this song comes up:

And I remember it instantly. It's so beautiful.

Before I get to the point of this post, I want to add some random metal moments in my life:


  • In a junior high English class, the teacher brings up metal, to pretty much everyone's disgust. Except this one kid in the back of the class (long haired, thick glasses, very quiet) named Alex says he likes metal. In my memory everyone in the class turns around to stare at him, like he sprouted an extra head. He ends up being the only kid in our entire school to pass the entrance exam to get into Hunter College for high school. Smart Alex :)
  • In high school, I remember being in a stairwell with a friend and telling her I liked metal. I'd already been listening to punk at this point, but you know, metal is just too much for people (punk was popularized by Green Day anyhow). She did her patented raised one-eyebrow. Be afraid, be very afraid \m/
  • I saw Metallica at Lollapalooza when they headlined. I don't remember seeing them, I was near the back and to the side, but holy hell, did i sing along like a crazed maniac. At one point I must've let out some unhuman growl, cuz this guy in front of me turns around and his expression is clearly What was that!? Only concert I've ever completely lost my voice. I was making squeaking sounds on the bus and subway trying to talk.


Moral of the stories kids: listening to metal gives you weird looks.

Anyway, I was so taken by "Fade To Black" I began to imagine how I could include it on a comp. Make one with all song titles mentioning "black" of course! These immediately sprang to mind:

Metallica - Fade To Black
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration or Dressed In Black
Los Bravos - Black Is Black
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
the Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
AC/DC - Back In Black
Janet Jackson - Black Cat

There's others that came to mind like Michael Jackson's Black or White but I wouldn't want that on my comp! :P What other songs could I include if I decide to go through with this? Ideas please!

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