Metallica Concert

The concert was awesome. Here's what was played, in order:

1. That Was Just Your Life (Death Magnetic)
2. The End Of The Line (Death Magnetic)
3. Creeping Death (Ride The Lightning)
4. The Thing That Should Not Be (Master Of Puppets)
5. One (...And Justice For All)
6. Broken, Beat And Scarred (Death Magnetic)
7. Cyanide (Death Magnetic)
8. Sad But True (Black Album)
9. The Unforgiven (Black Album)
10. All Nightmare Long (Death Magnetic)
11. The Day That Never Comes (Death Magnetic)
12. Master Of Puppets (Master Of Puppets)
13. Damage, Inc. (Master Of Puppets)
14. Nothing Else Matters (Black Album)
15. Enter Sandman (Black Album)
ENCORE
16. Stone Cold Crazy (Queen Cover - Garage Inc.)
17. Phantom Lord (Kill'Em All)
18. Seek And Destroy (Kill'Em All)

Want to see an "official" setlist with links to instant videos of the songs and the lyrics?
Did you say you wanted to see high-quality photos too? (Seriously, these are not the ones I took with my blackberry, thank goodness!)

Lasers, fire, huge metal coffins hovering around the stage, huge "metal" beach balls falling from the rafters...typical stuff for Metallica I guess! (Amazing, although NIN still managed to put on a better visual show)

Metallica has at least 10 songs that they should have played instead of a few of the new ones, but I totally understand that they are really into this new album (especially after the last few "flops") and want to promote it with their fans as much as possible. I figure that "Cyanide" will be one of the songs from the new album that becomes a mainstay and that they play at most of their future shows...and possibly "All Nightmare Long" or "The Day That Never Comes"...but "Cyanide" is a pretty amazing concert/live song and stands up well to almost any of their old songs.

I wish they would have played any of the following instead of some of the new ones though:

Hit The Lights, The Four Horsemen, Fight Fire With Fire, Ride The Lightning, For Whom The Bell Tolls, Fade To Black, Battery, Sanitarium, Blackened, Wherever I May Roam, ...And Justice For All, Turn The Page (Seger cover) - I could go on and on, but I'm biased because the new album is not as established as the older ones are with me. Possibly if I had never heard any of their songs before, I would pick one of the new songs over some of the songs I just listed...who knows.

Speaking of the old songs though: "Master Of Puppets" is one of my favorite metal (or any musical genre) songs of all time and my favorite Metallica song. I tried to record the entire performance on my blackberry - and did - but I was flipping out so much during the song that the only recognizable sound you can hear in the recording is ME singing the entire time, except during the incredible instrumental parts. I guess I couldn't NOT sing! What is even more ridiculous to me, is that a few songs later when they played "Enter Sandman", I thought it may have been even better, which technically should not be possible, since "Master Of Puppets" was perfection. I think I was still psyched up from the "M.O.P" performance.

One last note: There is nothing crazier/creepier than seeing Metallica perform "Creeping Death" and standing with thousands of people while everyone shouts "Die, Die, Die, Die..." to the beat while they pump their fists in the air. It was eerily reminiscent of some sort of Nazi rally, and "Die" is a German word (meaning "the") after all. It got me totally pumped up, but halfway through I started to feel bad and put my arm down. I KNEW they were going to play that song - about killing the Pharaoh's first born son in Egypt in the time of the Old Testament - since they were in Capital Jew City (aka, Long Island). I'm really glad they did.

Lifetime "Dreams" Fulfilled In The Past Six Months:
1. Got Engaged To High School Sweetheart
2. Played Football At Giants Stadium
3. Saw Metallica Live
4. Saw "Family Guy" Live At Carnegie Hall

Pretty nice run I'm having!