OMG Metallica S&M2

 A couple blogs ago I mentioned that we watched a Metallica documentary.  During the documentary they talked about combining with the San Francisco Symphony.  I had a CD from 1999 Metallica S&M and it was my first experience with symphonic rock (I discovered Nightwish a few years later). 

So I thought I would see if I could find this amazing piece - LO AND BEHOLD in 2019 - 20 years after Metallica S&M they did another concert. Metallica S&M 2   I order the DVD from Amazon ($11ish) and we planned on  listening to it Friday night.

DJ and I get home from Tequilas and we figured we would play it as background music while we played some yahtzee and shot some pool.  

I put the DVD in and we are preparing and then BOTH of us stopped.  WHAT THE F*CK are we hearing? This is AMAZING!   

The orchestra starts off and does a "solo" piece  that ROCKS OUT!!  WHAT?  I LOVE classical music but always felt Shostakovich was the rockstar in the 1940s - THIS?  a completely different animal.

We stopped and for the next 2.5 hours were literally glued to the most unique concert ever,  SO SO powerful. The Symphony was not just background but an integral and equal member of the band.  Typically most symphonic metal is the orchestra is just background - this?  WOW     

There is an intermission and the 2nd half begins with only orchestra and I will guarantee a lot of metal heads were turned on for the first time with orchestral rock with Scythian Suite Opus 20 II.  I will also guarantee most the the orchestra had never been to a rock concert. 

In the "extras" they interview the two conductors and they said it was "controlled chaos" but had no clue what the sound would be with an audience.   

One cool thing was there was a "we will play YOUR songs if you play OUR songs" - I literally just got chills. Yesterday morning I found the trailer and played if for DJ  she said "OMG - I just got chills and goosebumps - AMAZING" 

I think every piece in the orchestra plays every note of the concert - the electric cello duet with Lars the drummer is unworldly and the crowd was in a frenzy.   

https://youtu.be/yRCLe6_kBRc

   

Enter  Sandman 

I had to share - my friend Elwood "does not like music" - no really he said that.  Me?  If I had to choose between eyesight and hearing - I would choose hearing just so I would have music.  

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This morning Max on Channel 27 WKOW posted another photo of mine in the morning - that's 2 in 2 weeks I think. 

OK - nuff said - gotta rake leaves - the neighbors yard  is way way too clean.  He mows every 3 days  AAAGH!  LOL