Try listening to the song with that scene in mind, it almost makes it humorous.Īnyways, love metallica, im out. I could go on but i dont feel like typing an essay. Electrocution, it doesnt sound so bad when you phrase it that way. The title of "ride the lightning" to me, comes from his need to make his execution feel badass. And as his last day of sorts he wants to be as troublesome as possible. "This cant be happening to meee" "flash before my eyes" Hes sitting there in his cell with the guards outside, trying to get a rise out of them, anything. 9.99 Format MP3 MP3 FLAC ALAC FLAC-HD ALAC-HD MP3 files are encoded at 320 kbps (except Live Metallica recordings which are encoded at 256 kbps) and are easy to download, easy to burn to CD, easy to transfer to portable players and sound great. The way james's voice inflection in this song sounds to me. I imagine a man on death row sentenced to the electric chair, and on his day of death, hes trying to create a scene. Lmao, i cant believe this site is still around.Īmongst other obvious interpretations on here, being framed, etc i have an alternate scenario that comes to mind whenever i hear this song. It’s right after “Trapped Under Ice” and before the heavy closers with “Creeping Death” followed by one of their best instrumental tracks “The Call of Ktulu.”Īs much as the band dislikes this tune, Ride The Lightning’s memory would remain incomplete without “Escape.Zeus on a skateboard, thats fucking great. “The song that we never wanted to play live, ever, is now on the setlist.”īreaking down Ride The Lightning, you would think “Escape” fits perfectly on side B. RTL was released on July 27, 1984, and the live premiere was on June 23, 2012, at the band’s Orion Music + More festival. With that being said, it’s obvious the track is the band’s least favorite since it took them roughly 28 years to play live. So ‘Escape’ was one of those songs that was written in the studio.” Ride The Lightning is the rare metal album that is as charming as it is powerful there is nostalgia in this record for the days when metal was fun without being a gimmick, when it was hard-hitting without being suffocating. “I was like, ‘You didn’t tell me that…’ So we had to write and it was really last-minute. Who criticizes Metallicas, Ride The Lightning Its universally loved by anyone with a passing fondness for metal music. I remember we had all the songs and Lars said, ‘They want us to record one more, they need one more for the album.’ Second Metallica album, released in 1984.Tracklist:1- Fight Fire with Fire 00:002- Ride the Lightning 4:403- For Whom the Bell Tolls 11:134- Fade to Black 16. “” was the first time we wrote a song in the studio. In a recent interview by Sopitas, Hetfield explained (transcribed by Ultimate Guitar): The album was recorded in three weeks with producer Flemming Rasmussen at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. Many of us are probably thinking about Metallica’s sophomore album Ride The Lightning today since the Northeast is basically “Trapped Under Ice.” Going back to this album that was released well over thirty years ago, could you imagine if it included only seven tracks? James Hetfield admitted one of these unforgettable tunes wasn’t meant for the album.Īccording to Ultimate Guitar, Hetfield said that “Escape” was unplanned and forced onto the album by the label. Ride the Lightning is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on July 27, 1984, by the independent record label Megaforce Records. Remastered for the First Time Featuring For Whom The Bell Tolls, Fade To Black, & Creeping Death Released in 1984, Metallicas second album.
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