Master of Puppets
Metal Friday comes a day late, as I'm checking back in after a four-day business trip to Houston TX.
This week highlights an old favorite from 1986, Metallica's "Master of Puppets," off the album of the same name.
Any fans of Rick Beato out there? Beato is a musician with an informative, engaging Youtube channel where he breaks down/recreates some of the great classic rock songs, with occasional forays into metal and grunge and other related genres. Here he offers an analysis of the construction of MOP in typical nerdy but fun Beato style; worth the watch:
Master of Puppets was recently given new life due to its appearance in the final episode of season 4 of Stranger Things, which gave it a massive boost and moved it to the top of Spotify downloads and the like. Hey, if this is what it takes to get Gen Y into metal, bring it on. You'd think I be a fan of the show with the obvious crossover appeal (1980s, D&D, general fantastic subject material) but have yet to watch an episode. My older daughter Hannah, a raging fan, is ready to kill me and I owe it to her to watch it.
I think I'll take her up on it, but only if we can take the journey together. I doubt she'd take much convincing.
Full song; this thing rips as much as it did in 1986. Immortal. RIP Cliff Burton:
This week highlights an old favorite from 1986, Metallica's "Master of Puppets," off the album of the same name.
Any fans of Rick Beato out there? Beato is a musician with an informative, engaging Youtube channel where he breaks down/recreates some of the great classic rock songs, with occasional forays into metal and grunge and other related genres. Here he offers an analysis of the construction of MOP in typical nerdy but fun Beato style; worth the watch:
Master of Puppets was recently given new life due to its appearance in the final episode of season 4 of Stranger Things, which gave it a massive boost and moved it to the top of Spotify downloads and the like. Hey, if this is what it takes to get Gen Y into metal, bring it on. You'd think I be a fan of the show with the obvious crossover appeal (1980s, D&D, general fantastic subject material) but have yet to watch an episode. My older daughter Hannah, a raging fan, is ready to kill me and I owe it to her to watch it.
I think I'll take her up on it, but only if we can take the journey together. I doubt she'd take much convincing.
Full song; this thing rips as much as it did in 1986. Immortal. RIP Cliff Burton:
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