[Malsua]

>>While most people here probably do not "get" Metallica, I do.

Why would you think that?
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Agreed. I'm very conservative and upon reading this thread clicked on "For Whom the Bell tolls" in Music Match :)

I suspect most of those of us who graduated from high school in the mid eighties still like old Metallica.

Of course, I'm musically confused, I can go from Tool to Enya, to Yanni and back to deftones and in the space of 30 minutes.

[Trust but Verify]

I'm a 42 year-old mom of two teenagers. I love a lot of Metallica's stuff, but 'discovered' it in a tragic way. One of my daughter's classmates was terminally ill with bone cancer. He received a Make-A-Wish trip to California to meet and play with the band. He was a drummer and a neat, neat kid. What Metallica did for him was outstanding.

After he died, the kids at the HS raised money for a memorial music room in the school. Metallica sent autographed posters and music to put in it.

That's when I started listening to their music and I have many favorites, but today I'm really thinking of "Hero of the Day".

God Bless our heroes in Iraq.

[nicmarlo]

I'm musically confused, I can go from Tool to Enya, to Yanni and back to deftones and in the space of 30 minutes

As do I (you must add Shania Twain, Creed, ACDC, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, Aerosmith, Collective Soul, the Beatles, Allison Kraus, Toby Keith, Pavarotti..... : )

I call it an eclectic taste!