Old News - Spending like a maniac

(From 26th August 2008)

This was during the build up to the release of Death Magnetic, obvz. Happily, the release of St. Anger had totally escaped my attention, so this was the first time I was experiencing the anticipation (and later, the disappointment) of a new Metallica release.

J: http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601136
new song, they sound like slayer :)

M: hmm okay, i see.....he says 'death magnetic' in that song.....i don't like the chorus much. yeah it does sound like slayer....

it's okay. and i think a lot of people will like it. kirk remains the best thing about it.....but the solo sounds like they ripped it off master of puppets....

although i fucking wish they'd released this instead of that day that never comes bollocks.

yeah this song is okay but i HATE the chorus

J: nah, the chorus is shit - and james sounds like Tom from Slayer. this is
the last song on the album, and it's a good song to close it with, but
the chorus spils it for me... and also the way it ends, it should end
dead like the old ones did, this kinda makes you think it will, but when
the end comes it just fizzles out. very weak.

best song of the new ones so far, though i can see it being like the
black album with about 2 songs i like and the rest not.

M: yeah i know what you mean.......i think this is now prolly gonna be a really annoying album that loads of wankers hold up as a 'return to their old style' even though it does't even sound like the same band....and its gonna annoy me even more. but yeah its definitely the best thing they've released so far, i have no idea why they didnt leak this first!!

J: yeah, this'd be the best song to debut, not the others ;/

haha, my apocalypse has the "best intro ever" according to posters on
metallica's forum. any negative comments are getting tarnished as "well,
your opinion is useless in a forum where everyone loves it".

sounds like Dyer's Eve a bit in places this new song - still giving it a
listen

M: that forum is the stupidest place ever.....what's the point of even initiating a discussion when you're only allowed to have the opinion that everything and anything metallica do is godly?!

J: yeah, it's the lamest :)

M: and especially lame when its a band like metallica - who's various different albums could almost be different bands.....its not like slayer where if you like one thing, there's no way you could dislike the rest seeing as it all sounds exactly the same....metallica have very difinite and different sounds in each era and there's no reason why someone that likes kill em all would like load thus you should be able to diss metallica on metallica forums. stupid wankers that for some reason believe there's some merit in liking a band 100% D:

J: the funny thing is, over at the GNR forums, you're not allowed to talk
about the new leaks and shit like that :)

i'm liking this new TallicA song tho ;)

M: :O that's so lame!!! why do people even join a forum like that? okay so the rule is here, if a forum is run by management, you're only allowed to talk about things they want you to talk about. gay gay gay gay gay. especially when the new guns n roses link is so so good!*

yeah i've listened to it again, apart from the chorus i do actually like the song. why god why did they not release this first?! i wish they'd played it at reading

J: yeah, i know, it is good, but you can't. but that's just the way it is.
all the youtube links for the new song are now gone, so they mean
business :)

fuck the haters, death magnetic starts here! ;D

M: i'll hate what i want thank you ;)

but this is good news in at least not EVERY song on the album is shit.....and if this song is quite good, that means there's a chance there's other good songs on the album too :) which has alleviated my fears a bit, i was worried this really might be another st anger.......when actually this new song is probably the best thing they've done since....well, fuel i guess haha :D

to be fair i like a lot of stuff the 'haters' don't like anyways so i suppose that makes me some gaywad fanboy or something?

J: fuel was out before st anger :P

i reckon it's gonna be like the black album and only have 2 songs i like
and the rest not so much.

some haters are hating to not seem like they're exempt from their
elitist anti-metallica friends. you gotta be honest, i am, and i like
this new song :)

M: I know fuel came out before st anger :p i was just typing as i was thinking...like......well, i was worried it might be like st anger, which i don't like at all - but this song is actually better than most of the stuff on reload as well, so my hopes aren't completely dashed.

i'm not a metallica elitist....i like whisky in the jar :D

J: here we go.... sing this to whiplash ;)

Late at night all systems go
You have come to pledge your dough
We do our best you're the rest
You make us rich you know
There's a feeling deep inside
That drives your wallet mad
The feeling of a Visa card
We need it oh so bad

The money starts to flow
We're cashing all around
Spending like a maniac

'TALLICASH!

Swipe that card thru the reader
Like you never did before
Make it ring make it beep
Make it really sore
In a frenzied madness
With your money for our merch
Our back pockets are bulging out
We're rich as hell tonite

The money starts to flow
We're cashing all around
Spending like a maniac

'TALLICASH!

Here on stage the marshall noise
Is piercing through your ears
It kicks your ass, kicks your face
Exploding feeling nears
Now is the time to let it rip
To let that change loose
We're gathered here to take your cash
'cos this is what we do


The money starts to flow
We're cashing all around
Spending like a maniac


The show is thru, the monies ours
it's time to his the bank
Another time another gig
Again we will cash in
Hotel rooms and motorways
Life out here is raw
But we'll never stop
well never quit
'cos your cash makes us rich

The money starts to flow
We're cashing all around
Spending like a maniac


*I was referring to Shackler's Revenge. The version that leaked was about as good as this one.