Talk:...And Justice for All (album)

Another article clearly says the song "One" was not based on a movie - which is right? 24.61.84.44 04:35, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

"One" is based upon a controversial anti-war novel called "Johnny Got His Gun", which was adapted into an arthouse anti-war movie in the early 70s. The movie adaptation came and went after it's brief box office run and the novel, despite being extremely popular when it was released, fell out of print when America entered World War II.

Because Metallica only gave credit for the movie version in the video (IIRC the video credit at the start and end of the video clearly states that the bulk of the movie clips came from the movie, it created the myth that the song was based upon a movie and not a novel, though a lot of fans did know about the novel (since "Johnny Got His Gun", upon being put back into print, was a popular novel used by many high school classes as an example of anti-war literature) and created an upswing in public libraries seeing kids check out the book when the song hit popular rotation on MTV. BakerBaker

To Live Is To Die

Another art

the lyrics are NOT by Burton. I dont know who wrote them but that's an old poem of some kin that he liked..someone change this.

I've always heard they were part something Cliff had written. I guess someone should verify it then. I think someone should add the complaints that you can't hear the bass guitar on the album due to the production. It's something I've always heard from other listeners. Cdwillis 07:20, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

It says in the album's booklet "All lyrics by Hetfield, except "To Live Is To Die" by Burton." That kind of settles it.--Dayn 14:16, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

• The poem contains a few quotations from existing sources, so it's not 100% Burton. This is explained in the Cliff Burton article under "Songs". SirWoland 08:48, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

• • The line "When a man lies, he murders some part of the world" is taken from the film "Excalibur" (1981). Merlin speaks this line.

cover description is wrong

just nitpicking but it says one of the breasts is exposed. Actually, if you look closly, she's wearing a bra. It is still covered technically.

dyer's eve

Does anyone know why the song stops all of a sudden @ 5:13? O_o Vlame 03:08, 13 June 2006 (UTC) Vlame

I think I read somewhere the sudden abrupt end was to signify the sudden end of Cliff's life at a young age.

Bass and the mix

"As said by the band in their magazine SO WHAT!, they wish that they could re-mix the entire album because the drums and guitar overpower the bass completely. Some believe this is because Jason Newsted was new to the band and they wanted to frustrate him" Why would they want to frustrate their new bassist? Any ideas? I always thought it was just their egos at that time demanded they be really high in the mix rather than a deliberate ploy to annoy Jason. OAP boba 11:54, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

It could be nonsense but I've read that Hetfield and Ulrich didn't want Newstead taking over the band like Cliff did. I can't remember where I read this so it is technically just a point of view. Paul Tew 09:59, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Hetfield and Ulrich were frustrated with Jason Newsted's inability to recreate Cliff's unique playing patterns, causing them to turn the bass down, but not completely off, throughout the album. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.164.9.233 (talk • contribs).

Live performance

Just wondering if anyone has a source for the first paragraph. I don't remember hearing that anywhere else, and I have a sneaking suspicion that the person Kirk was quoting was Jason Newsted. HexaDecimal 16:41, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Merge from The Shortest Straw

The Shortest Straw was proposed for deletion with no opposition for the required 5 days, with the reason "doesn't meet notability requirements. Can be merged with the album article." With that in mind, I decided not to delete the article but to propose the merge using the correct procedure. Any discussion around the proposed merge should take place here. Waggers 11:45, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

cover

wheres the damn cover?

Trends

I added a mention of the instrumental tracks on Ride, Master, and Justice having a close proximity to a song about religion. It's a little lengthy, but I'm kind of tired so I couldn't really think of any way to more concisely convey the trend. If anyone else can shorten up the paragraph and retain enough information to fully explain everything, feel free to help me out. That, or let me know if it's fine the way it is.