Arbitrary, Incidental, and Accidental Musings...

Anyone else watch this?  Generally, it sucked.  However, some quick thoughts:

1.       I think I play Metallica as well as Metallica does these days.

2.       While I don’t know about Run DMC being inducted into a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, that was pretty cool.

3.       Jason Newstead thanked Flotsam and Jetsam, which was awesome.  He called them “thrash metal pioneers”.  I enjoyed that immensely.

4.       Robert Trujilo thanked Mike Muir and Rocky George, which was cool.  However, I found Trujilo’s induction odd as he’s only really recorded one album with Metallica.  While I think he is an incredibly talented bassist and deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, he just doesn’t belong in there with Metallica.

5.       Speaking of which… somewhere, Dave Mustaine is furious.  He wasn’t mentioned once.  He was shown in one of the early videos from Cliff ‘em All, but that’s about it.

6.       They managed to talk about Cliff Burton for some 15 minutes.  Cliff’s Dad was even there to accept on his behalf.  No issues with this.

7.       There is no number seven.

8.       Flea?!  The best person Metallica could get to induct them was Flea?!  What?  Perry Farrell wasn’t available?

9.       Flea’s speech was okay though.  He spent way too much time on Cliff Burton, but his opening was tremendous.  He described the first time he ever heard Metallica and the way it made him feel.  How he couldn’t believe what he was hearing.  He spent a long time describing this first song and I was nodding my head in agreement the entire time.  It was exactly how I felt.  Turns out, our first Metallica song was exactly the same: Fight Fire With Fire.

10.   Flea wore a Crash Course in Brain Surgery T-Shirt.

11.   Both bassists played both songs (Enter Sandman and Master of Puppets).  I was thoroughly underwhelmed by the performance.  (available on You Tube)

12.   They had an all-star jam at the end.  Metallica, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Joe Perry, and others played “Train Kept a Rollin’”.  Again, underwhelming.  Sadly, Jeff Beck played the best solo.  I would have thought Jimmy Page would have played the best solo, but HE DIDN’T PLAY ONE!  Seriously, how do you let everyone on that stage solo EXCEPT Jimmy Page?!  This makes NO sense.

13.   And finally, when did Jimmy Page turn into an old Chinese man who looks like he just staggered out of an opium den?  This happened at some point before the Olympics closing ceremony last year.  I was just wondering if anyone could date the transformation for me.