Sad but True
1991
Sad but True is a song by American thrash metal band Metallica. The song was released as a fifth and final single from her fifth studio album, Metallica.
Formation
Sad but True was written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. On 13 September 1990, the band recorded a demo version of the song, which is different from the final version by a much higher speed. Singer James Hetfield was the original version of " too friendly " and was annoyed by the frantic vocals. Nevertheless, producer Bob Rock was excited about the song and said that the song could be the Kashmir of the 1990s. Here, rock referred to a song of the band Led Zeppelin.
The musicians and rock decided to slow down the tempo, making the song received more force. Band manager Cliff Burnstein stated that he " could pull this song with teeth ". Apart from the cover versions of Metallica voted for only the second time in her career, the guitars lower by a tone. The first time the band did so with The Thing did Should Not Be. Before the guitar solo is the music for six cycles. James Hetfield explained that the band have learned not to fill every pause with music or guitars. During the choruses Hetfield plays an additional slide guitar, what Kirk Hammett displeased at first.
The inspiration for the song picked up James Hetfield from the Motion Picture Magic - A mysterious love story of the year 1978 Lars Ulrich said in an interview that it comes in the song, the victims do like different personalities in the psyche of a people different things. leave. It also explores how these things come into conflict and struggle to gain control of the person.
Performances
Sad but True is one of seven songs that played Metallica from more than 1,000 concerts. In July 2000, Kid Rock took over three concerts, singing, as James Hetfield could not occur because of an injury. In June 2004, the Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison for Lars Ulrich jumped in after it had to be treated for a medical emergency at the hospital. For some concerts in autumn 2004 James Hetfield sang the song together with the Godsmack singer Sully Erna.
Reception
Stefan Popp of the online magazine Metal1.info described the song as "very strong", although it "is based one of the simplest reefs of the band history".
Sad but True occupied in the created by the magazine Guitar World list of the 100 best Metallica songs of all time ranked 11th It is the highest-ranked song on the album Metallica.
The single Sad but True reached # 20 in the UK, number 42 in the German and number 98 in the U.S. singles chart.