Metallica - Garage Inc. Poll

havent even heard all of these iirc, which is sad to admit, but voting for WHISKEY IN THE JAR

I always liked the "Astronomy" cover.

yeah their "Whiskey In The Jar" is probably the last great thing Metallica has done or ever will do

Their version of "Loverman" is entirely abysmal. I'll go with "Die, Die My Darling."

Did neither of their Budgie covers, or their Killing Joke cover, make Garage Inc.? (One Budgie and the KJ were on the original EP, right? I don't have either one handy anymore to check, and I'm not sure what happened to the CD version. It just disappeared, which is a shame, because it's probably my favorite Metallica album since their second or third one, if not ever.)

Anyway, voting "Whiskey In the Jar," which was my single of the year that year. (Love Thin Lizzy's version too of course.)

So yeah, they're on there -- This poll leaves out the whole second disc! (Including "So What," which is also great.)

Disc two
These tracks are a collection of B-sides from artists Metallica were inspired by throughout the early years of the band.

The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited (1987)
No. Title Writer(s) Original artist Length
1. "Helpless" Harris, Tatler Diamond Head (1980) 6:38
2. "The Small Hours" John Mortimer, John McCullim, Bryan Bartley, Ron Levine Holocaust (1983) 6:43
3. "The Wait" Jaz Coleman, Kevin "Geordie" Walker, Martin "Youth" Glover, Paul Ferguson Killing Joke (1980) 4:55
4. "Crash Course in Brain Surgery" Burke Shelley, Tony Bourge, Ray Phillips Budgie (1971) 3:10
5. "Last Caress/Green Hell" (contains a parody of Iron Maiden's song "Run to the Hills" at the end. Iron Maiden responded to this on a B-side cover of the Montrose song entitled "Space Station No. 5") Glenn Danzig Misfits (1978/1983) 3:30

Garage Days Revisited (Creeping Death B-Sides) (1984)
No. Title Writer(s) Original artist Length
6. "Am I Evil?" Harris, Tatler Diamond Head (1980) 7:50
7. "Blitzkrieg" Ian Jones, Jim Sirotto, Brian Ross Blitzkrieg (1981) 3:37

B-Sides & One-Offs (1988–1991)
No. Title Writer(s) Original artist Length
8. "Breadfan" Bourge, Phillips, Shelley Budgie (1973) 5:41
9. "The Prince" Harris, Tatler Diamond Head (1980) 4:26
10. "Stone Cold Crazy" Mercury, May, Taylor, Deacon Queen (1974) 2:19
11. "So What" Nick "Animal" Kulmer, Chris "Magoo" Exall, Clive "Winston" Blake Anti-Nowhere League (1981) 3:09
12. "Killing Time" Vivian Campbell, Trevor Fleming, Raymond Haller, Davy Bates Sweet Savage (1981) 3:04

Motörheadache (Hero of the Day B-Sides) (1995)
No. Title Writer(s) Original artist Length
13. "Overkill" Eddie Clarke, Ian Kilmister, Phil Taylor Motörhead (1979) 4:05
14. "Damage Case" Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor, Mick Farren Motörhead (1979) 3:40
15. "Stone Dead Forever" Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor Motörhead (1979) 4:52
16. "Too Late Too Late" Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor Motörhead (1979) 3:12

whiskey is good but used to play their die die with high school band, so that

This poll leaves out the whole second disc!

I figure this being a Garage, Inc. poll, rather than a Garage Days, Re-revisited poll, explains why the second disc is being polled.

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The Mercyful Fate medley is pretty spectacular.

yeah their "Whiskey In The Jar" is probably the last great thing Metallica has done or ever will do

― ITT Deadliest Choads (some dude), Sunday, December 5, 2010 7:20 PM (2 hours ago)

^^ hasn't heard St. Anger

markers I'm just going to assume you're being sarcastic...

I actually kind of like that record, but yeah

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Mercyful Fate by a landslide. James' vocals are of course quite horrible on this, and while I wouldn't ever in a million years prefer them to the godly originals, instrumentally they were quite entertaining.

"Sabbra Caddabra" was quite good, "Astronomy" was just an odd choice (gimme BOC's any day), "It's Electric" was fun but Diamondhead's version was godly...

I dunno, unlike the original Garage Days, there really aren't any cuts that stand anywhere close to teh originals, where on the original Garage Days tehy flat out made some of the songs their own.

I said "godly" twice. SBed self.

Tuesday's Gone because ultimate wtf john popper cameo

wish more bands would cover this many songs

I dunno, unlike the original Garage Days, there really aren't any cuts that stand anywhere close to teh originals, where on the original Garage Days tehy flat out made some of the songs their own.

god, this is so OTM. the original 'Garage Days' was such a fun lark. I mean they *owned* those songs so hardcore. plus I love the basement production on the re-revisited EP. maybe the only song they couldn't possibly better was the Misfits. the deck was stacked against them there.

but, like, I actually went back and got the Holocaust stuff, and... Metallica's "The Small Hours" just so totally, completely slays the fuck out of the original

whereas, what am i gonna do, listen to Hetfield hoarse his way through "Turn the Page" or whatever? gimme Seger until the cows come home

the whole project was such a bad, bad idea ... so indicative of why, in my mind's eye, Metallica broke up in 1990

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man fuck this result.

Seriously can't believe so many people are suddenly pretending that Thin Lizzy cover was good! What's next? The critical reevaluation of Load and Reload as the band's true masterpieces?

it was the biggest hit from the album, it's always seemed pretty well regarded, stop whining

I'm not whining, its an awful song.

WHISKEY IN A JAROOOOOOOO

it's an awful song or an awful version of a good song?

The second part.

I'm honestly not butthurt, I just remember all sorts of people absolutely hating this song back when it was on MTV every other hour, and rightfully so.

i like it

as hated as it may be by some people it's probably one of the least hated post-Black Album singles they've released. and imo it's a perfectly enjoyable through the Lizzy arrangement of the song.

I think thats the problem with it for me, though, it just sticks so closely to the Thin Lizzy version that it feels so unnecessary. James' vocals on this bother me so much, I'd much rather hear Phil singing it.

I'll agree James' vocals are awful on that one but their cover packs the punch that the Thin Lizzy version doesn't have. Whenever I listen to the latter it sounds so thin and tame I always wish I was hearing the Metallica version instead.

yeah i hate to say it but you're right, the super compressed '90s major label sheen on the Metallica version gives it a nice heft, makes me wish TL did a re-recording of it when their studio sound was at its slickest/heaviest circa Jailbreak

I dunno, Metallica's production around that era was more annoying than powerful. the guitars always had this slippery, not quite heavy, scooped sound to them which made it even harder to like the Load albums.