All the girls in my school love this song, so that's a clue of how easy-listening this song is.Īnyways, I don't label songs as “bad” just because they are commercial. This song absolutely marks the new commercial direction Metallica headed for with the release of the self-titled. If you're a bit more of a casual listener of all forms of music you'll find this track to be enjoyable, if not then I'd recommend you avoid it.
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Simplistic enough that the first time I picked up a guitar I was able to learn how to play the beginning 'riff' with no knowledge of musical theory or guitar playing at all. This song has one draw back, it is very simplistic. Next comes the singing, never before has James captured this much feeling in his vocals and the song continues build up as the electric guitar sneaks into the chorus and finally the finishes with that solo, a very short but powerful and moving solo. From the second that acoustic guitar starts playing its like a wave of pure expression and it only builds from there. This song gains power from something else: pure emotion. This song is not heavy, it does not have a fast tempo or technicality. Metallica has never backed away from ballads and some of their best songs are ballads (Fade to Black and One) so it seems logical in my head to assume that even if they had stuck to their old sound a song like this would come through eventually.
Look at me ranting though, you're reading this because you want to know my feelings on this release. This isn't something that bothers me personally and whenever someone uses 'mainstream' or 'radio friendly' as an excuse to hate this song (or any other metal release) I feel responsible to remind them that Sabbath's first few albums hit the billboards and I've heard Iron Maiden and Metallica's earlier music on a local radio station that usually sticks to rap rock fusions. This song truly marks the beginning of Metallica's commercialization.