Side 7. Blacklist. Uncovered.
The Metallica Podcast: Volume 1 — The Black Album
Metallica & Amazon
4.8 • 774 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The story of The Metallica Blacklist. Not just any covers album, it’s living, breathing proof of the power of every song on The Black Album – as interpreted by 53 of the most diverse artists and bands imaginable from all over the world. Guests discussing their Metallica firsts, why they chose their song and how they made it their own include Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan, J Balvin, Juanes, Kamasi Washington, Andrew Watt, Mickey Guyton, Keith Morris of OFF!, and many more. Special guest Marc Reiter, a key member of Metallica’s management team based at Metallica HQ, shares the charitable impetus and logistical aspects of this mammoth project.
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| 0:00.0 | Lars Ulrich. |
| 0:03.0 | We threw a blank canvas out there to everybody. |
| 0:06.5 | Pick your song. |
| 0:07.7 | Do with what you want. |
| 0:09.1 | When you're communicating with other artists, |
| 0:11.2 | I think artists generally are not big on rules and regulations and restrictions and guidelines. |
| 0:17.2 | Kirk Hammett |
| 0:18.0 | imitation is the highest form of flattery |
| 0:23.7 | and it's so true when it comes to music |
| 0:26.8 | and that is probably like my favorite thing to hear |
| 0:31.5 | is when an artist takes a Metallica song |
| 0:35.7 | and he's a part of a different genre |
| 0:37.4 | and just makes |
| 0:39.1 | it theirs. |
| 0:40.2 | James Hetfield. |
| 0:43.1 | The fact that they are giving and enjoying, celebrating how the Black Album has affected their |
| 0:50.4 | life, that is going to reach maybe even more people than we ever think will. |
| 1:00.6 | The Metallica podcast. |
| 1:10.0 | The Black Album. |
| 1:12.8 | This is Side 7 cover stories. |
| 1:16.6 | I think it's important to remember that Metallica started out as a cover band. |
| 1:20.6 | We love playing other people's music, reinterpreting, |
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