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Do you own Master of Puppets?

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    #32
    MetalDog
    Registered Users Posts: 904 ✭✭✭MetalDog


    No I don't
    Yes I do own it, absolutely brilliant album.

    I also own a really faded MoP shirt that I've had for at least 10 years. Still fits despite industrial amounts of Guinness! :D


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    #33
    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    No I don't
    Dr.Poca wrote: »
    Out of interest, any songs people aren't mad on? For me it's Leper Messiah. It's just never really struck me, Damage Inc as well I'd say
    Personally I love the title track, Sanitarium and Orion. The rest of the album has never grabbed me.


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    #34
    GrizzlyMan
    Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭GrizzlyMan


    Malice wrote: »
    Personally I love the title track, Sanitarium and Orion. The rest of the album has never grabbed me.


    Man you gotta give Battery and Damage inc credit, they are kick ass tunes, and would make sh1t of any song they released in the 90's :)


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    #35
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    No I don't
    old gregg wrote: »
    I'd disagree with you on that one. I'd be a fan of metal and have been for some considerable time but I could not stand the thought of having to listen to MOP.
    The album is a defining album for the genre! Even solely for the lead bass in 2 of the tracks, it's about so much more than just "Thrash".

    I cant understand how a metalhead wouldnt own or even like MOP! Thats like not liking sabbath or something.
    Dr.Poca wrote: »
    Out of interest, any songs people aren't mad on? For me it's Leper Messiah. It's just never really struck me, Damage Inc as well I'd say
    Odd, those are two of my fave tracks on MOP :pac:

    There are no "skip" tracks on MOP but Battery or the title track would be my least favourites. Then again thats just relative to the other content on MOP,they still trounce most other songs from any other albums!


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    #36
    jackiebaron
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,038 ✭✭✭jackiebaron


    Max Power1 wrote: »
    I know, it was a comment left purely in jest (hence the smileys and small font :pac:)

    OT: I would have thought this would be a stonewall 100%, MOP is a "must have" for any one claiming to be a fan of metal, an absolute seminal classic, both of Thrash and of Metal as a whole.

    Nah, The only mandatory Thrash Metal album is Reign in Blood by Slayer. I never owned MOP but had a bootlegged copy. Owned And Justice For All, Ride The Lightning, Kill 'Em All, Garage Days, Black Album and Load. Also bought Re-Load which sucked and I then got sick of them and Ulrich is a wanker. Also the whole Napster thing just pissed me off. Made them look like a bunch of bitches. At least Eddie Vetter boycotted TicketMaster because he felt they were fleecing rock fans and he wanted to have fans pay a sensible price for a Pearl Jam concert.

    Always liked And Justice For All the best.


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    #37
    blastman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭blastman


    No I don't
    I only download Metallica albums these days, but I did bend that rule to buy MOP a couple of years ago. I prefer Ride The Lightning anyway.

    EDIT: Pretty much everything jackie said applies to me too! Scary.... :D


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    #38
    gman2k
    Registered Users Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭gman2k


    Got a loan of it off a friend :-)


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    #39
    Feelgood
    Registered Users Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭Feelgood


    I do own it yes, though after watching some kind of monster, I changed puppets to muppets. :rolleyes:


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    #40
    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    No I don't
    GrizzlyMan wrote: »
    Man you gotta give Battery and Damage inc credit, they are kick ass tunes, and would make sh1t of any song they released in the 90's :)
    While I wouldn't go that far, I can accept that I'm in a minority with that opinion :). Note that I didn't describe them as bad songs, just that they didn't grab me.
    jackiebaron wrote:
    The only mandatory Thrash Metal album is Reign in Blood by Slayer.
    I don't know about that. I never got into Slayer and Reign in Blood has aged terribly to my ears. I listened to it a few years ago for the first time and didn't like it at all.


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    #41
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    No I don't
    I think I am on my 3rd copy of it, having lost 2 in the last 10 or more years. I picked it up as my 3rd Metallica album but only after owning Justice and RTL then MOP. :o

    Still listen to it today even though my Metallica buzz has subsided a bit in the last 2 or 3 years.


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    #42
    jackiebaron
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,038 ✭✭✭jackiebaron


    Malice wrote: »
    I don't know about that. I never got into Slayer and Reign in Blood has aged terribly to my ears. I listened to it a few years ago for the first time and didn't like it at all.

    Well it is a quarter of a century old :eek:

    While I enjoyed the heyday of thrash metal I always knew it was doomed as a genre. There's nothing more that can be done with an electric guitar. Blues, Rock and Roll, Funk, Metal, Thrash, flange/distortion/hammer ons, it's all been done.


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    #43
    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    No I don't
    jackiebaron wrote: »
    Well it is a quarter of a century old :eek:
    Ride The Lightning, Kill 'Em All and the subject of this thread are all at least 25 years old and they don't sound near as dated though.
    jackiebaron wrote:
    There's nothing more that can be done with an electric guitar. Blues, Rock and Roll, Funk, Metal, Thrash, flange/distortion/hammer ons, it's all been done
    I totally disagree with this but that's a subject for another thread :).


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    #44
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users Posts: 10,643 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    No I don't
    Malice wrote: »
    Ride The Lightning, Kill 'Em All and the subject of this thread are all at least 25 years old and they don't sound near as dated though.

    I totally disagree with this but that's a subject for another thread :).

    IMO KEA and RTL sound more dated than MOP.


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    #45
    old gregg
    Registered Users Posts: 3,245 ✭✭✭old gregg


    Max Power1 wrote: »
    The album is a defining album for the genre! Even solely for the lead bass in 2 of the tracks, it's about so much more than just "Thrash".

    I cant understand how a metalhead wouldnt own or even like MOP! Thats like not liking sabbath or something.

    Different strokes and all that good stuff. I'd not speak ill of it cos I recognise the significance of the album and indeed Metalica in general even though I don't like them. I also recognise the importance of Slayer as a band but just don't like them either.

    As for Sabbath, always had a soft spot for them, hugely important band ... but I preferred the sound of Deep Purple as a kid :)

    It's all good I reckon.


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    #46
    jackiebaron
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,038 ✭✭✭jackiebaron


    Malice wrote: »
    Ride The Lightning, Kill 'Em All and the subject of this thread are all at least 25 years old and they don't sound near as dated though.

    I totally disagree with this but that's a subject for another thread :).


    Well, I don't think that MOP is an essential possession for the thrash metal fan. There are certain albums from that era that really ought to be in one's collection such as Reign in Blood/Slayer, Ride The Lightning/Metallica, Among The Living/Anthrax and Peace Sells/Megadeth.

    I only like Disposable Heroes from MOP.


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    #47
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users Posts: 10,643 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    No I don't
    jackiebaron wrote: »
    Well, I don't think that MOP is an essential possession for the thrash metal fan. There are certain albums from that era that really ought to be in one's collection such as Reign in Blood/Slayer, Ride The Lightning/Metallica, Among The Living/Anthrax and Peace Sells/Megadeth.

    I only like Disposable Heroes from MOP.

    :eek: There aren't enough expletives in the English language for that sentence.


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    #48
    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    No I don't
    Mental Mickey wrote: »
    IMO KEA and RTL sound more dated than MOP.
    Fair enough but the comparison was being made between Reign in Blood and those albums. Certainly parts of Kill 'Em All have dated terribly and the most I listen to it these days is when I throw on The Four Horsemen for a warmup jam.
    jackiebaron wrote: »
    I only like Disposable Heroes from MOP.
    Good God seriously? You genuinely, seriously, no bullshitting, don't like the title track, Sanitarium and Orion? Those are three of the finest songs ever written

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3gtHKlBCOc


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv9CDEbvmr8


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WElvEZj0Ltw


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    #49
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users Posts: 10,643 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    No I don't
    Malice wrote: »
    Fair enough but the comparison was being made between Reign in Blood and those albums. Certainly parts of Kill 'Em All have dated terribly and the most I listen to it these days is when I throw on The Four Horsemen for a warmup jam.

    Good God seriously? You genuinely, seriously, no bullshitting, don't like the title track, Sanitarium and Orion? Those are three of the finest songs ever written

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3gtHKlBCOc


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv9CDEbvmr8


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WElvEZj0Ltw

    Except "Orion"'s not really a song. Sorry, I have my "pedantic" hat on today!!! :D


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    #50
    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    No I don't
    Mental Mickey wrote: »
    Except "Orion"'s not really a song. Sorry, I have my "pedantic" hat on today!!! :D
    :confused: Well what is it then?


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    #51
    michelledoh
    Site Banned Posts: 328 ✭✭michelledoh


    No I don't
    I got it for my birthday when i was like 14! My friend was trying to convert me to their music! :D


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    #52
    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    No I don't
    StaticAge11 wrote: »
    This is one essential album every Rock / Metal fan should own. But I wonder what other albums fall under this category . . . .
    Not many I would think. Even getting general consensus on a top 10 would be very difficult. That 100 album list that was drawn up two years ago shows just how difficult it can be.
    I honestly think Master of Puppets is about as close as you can get to a must-have album and we still only have 89% of poll respondents listing themselves as owners.

    Thanks to everyone who voted and posted as well by the way. It's good to see a whole bunch of unfamiliar names.


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    #53
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,223 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    No I don't
    Malice wrote: »
    :confused: Well what is it then?
    I think the technical definition of a song requires it to have vocals. As a fan of instrumental rock I disagree with it however!

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #54
    jenizzle
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭jenizzle


    I don't own it, nor any other Metallica albums. They're not a band I am a fan of. I even saw them play the album in '06 (twice) but it still didn't do anything for me :o


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    #55
    slavetothegrind
    Registered Users Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭slavetothegrind


    No I don't
    jenizzle wrote: »
    I don't own it, nor any other Metallica albums. They're not a band I am a fan of. I even saw them play the album in '06 (twice) but it still didn't do anything for me :o

    pity, few bob down the drain there so!:p

    ...check your pulse though, technically you may be dead if metallica live didn't stir something in you:)


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    #56
    TheoBoone
    Registered Users Posts: 100 ✭✭TheoBoone


    Bought it when I was 16. Great album and a great band. I do have to admit that I prefer Ride the Lightning though. I've seen Metallica live and also think that they're a great band to see. It's just great to see a band that plays metal and hard rock get so popular.


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    #57
    jenizzle
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭jenizzle


    slavetothegrind wrote: »
    pity, few bob down the drain there so!:p

    ...check your pulse though, technically you may be dead if metallica live didn't stir something in you:)

    Hahaha, so I've been told! I did give them a chance, and I don't hate them... does that count for anything?! Also, I did enjoy Apocalyptica playing Metallica's stuff the day before :D


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    #58
    Havermeyer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Havermeyer


    Nope. Not my cup of tea - nor are the band.


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    #59
    Knifey Spoony
    Registered Users Posts: 1,557 ✭✭✭Knifey Spoony


    No I don't
    Malice wrote: »
    :confused: Well what is it then?

    He's right, it's not a mere song.... it's a damn masterpiece!


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    #60
    happyoutscan
    Registered Users Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭happyoutscan


    No I don't
    It's a class album.


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    #61
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users Posts: 10,643 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    No I don't
    Malice wrote: »
    :confused: Well what is it then?

    It's an instrumental. And, yes, it is a masterpiece too.


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