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Submit Your Question, Topic, Or Song For CrossFade! (Patreon)

Published:
2020-09-22 19:18:25
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2020-09-22 19:18:28
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On this Friday's episode, we're flying guestless with producer Jason Dafnis and host Matt Helgeson giving each Metallica's Master of Puppets and Lucy Dacus' Historian to review. You’re welcome to listen to the albums ahead of time!

On every episode of CrossFade, we want to involve the Patreon community as much as possible. So please leave a question or discussion topic below and we’ll read some of our favorites on the episode! Also, please leave a link to your current favorite song or a song you think is worth dissecting and we’ll include it in the community playlist on Spotify.

CrossFade Community Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox

We’ll be pulling questions on Wednesday afternoon. Thanks everybody! And just a reminder: CrossFade won’t be on YouTube or in the Patreon exclusive feed, it’s a stand alone podcast feed that you’ll need to subscribe to.

CrossFade is our music podcast hosted by Matt Helgeson and produced by Jason Dafnis where a guest has Helgeson review one of their favorite albums and vice versa. You can subscribe to CrossCut on your favorite podcast app, new episodes are released every other Friday.

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Comments

Daniel Dwiggins

Hey guys! I just wanted to say that I've always loved the time signature shifts in the whole of Orion, and the progressive nature it has throughout the song. It's by far my favorite instrumental track they've done. Overall I think this is Metallica's best album and was a great showcase for the band as they really started to break through to a larger audience.

Doreen Ford

Master of Puppets is, of course, one of Metallica's best known albums. What do you think gathered so much attention at the time? Was it just their previous tour work amounting to a natural tipping point where they made it big, something about the music contained within the album itself or something else?

Geoff Enright

Hello Crossfade! Metallica had a huge impact on me in High School, my first album was Ride the Lightning, but Master of Puppets was my second. I must say the earlier albums were the best albums they made. My point to this praise is with Cliff Burton. We're playing the "what if..." game - so just answer to your own opinion. How do you think Metallica would have progressed musically if Cliff Burton never died? It's clear his influence in early albums with strong bass lines/riffs, and the song Orion and To Live is to Die. Thanks! - Geoff aka Groffles

Tim Lorow

How important is speaker quality to the overall listening experience? I have found that when I’m working at home, I listen to a lot of music over my smartphone speakers. While I can’t enjoy the nuanced layers of the music, I would still rate this as an enjoyable experience. Song: Dust by Parquet Courts

absurdziggy

What Metallica album did you fall off at? I will defend one song off both Load or Reload but I can't vouch for an entire album past ...And Justice. Garage Inc. also had a few cool songs and Death Magnetic was a decent record too. It's pretty hard to beat Battery for classic thrash. That song always kicked my ass in Rock Band 2. Orion set them up for ...And Justice but the slow section on that song is killer. I always thought Megadeth did thrash better than Metallica but Metallica had more going on with their sound. Any thrash fans who hasn't heard Dave Mustaine demos with the band("No Life 'Til Leather" "Power Force") give them a listen. Link to "Leather", rough quality but his solos have way more aggression/tenacity compared to Hammett. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a2KjOYx8BTs Song:https://open.spotify.com/track/3l5KJ0oLt0jRRKj5Lx1BiR?si=6d5-_UnnRbGuaXNRaPQXlA

Jason Dafnis

Do you think you listen to music more often to change your mood or match it?

John

Hello (Ex)Commuter’s Heroes, I am a tad behind on my video game podcasts. Upon writing this question I just finished episode 5 of the minnmax show. In this ancient episode of the podcast (featuring Emily Reese from Level) I enjoyed a similar discussion about favorite videogame sound tracks. Are there any unexpectedly good sound tracks that you stumbled upon in a playlist that compelled you to play a game, maybe even one that normally would have been out of your typical wheel house? When I stumbled across the Octopath traveler soundtrack, I found it to be so vibrant and charming that I faced my hesitation of turn based combat just to play this on the switch.

Bob Buel

Evening gentlemen, Is there a particular song or album that you only enjoy the live version of, but really hate the studio version, or vice versa? Also for my community song choice, I'm picking a song from my favorite indy group around today, Apollo Sonders. They are a neo-soul four piece out of beautiful New Jersey. I've seen them live maybe a dozen times and can't recommend them highly enough. Here's a favorite of mine called "Gotta Be Real." https://open.spotify.com/track/2qNifPeYmc7swh4XIP6n3V

Jason Wojnar

Since Metal shows are often associated with moshing and wild concerts, have you ever hurt yourself of somebody else by accident at a show? I once fell pretty much directly on my back stage diving and I couldn't do sit ups for several months (it's fine now) and somebody claims I gave them a concussion at a concert. In celebration of the metal mood, I offer up the song "Honey Bucket" by the Melvins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_unV0UPGUY

Michael Gibler

Song suggestion: New Fleet Foxes song, "Jara", from their new album. Its absolutely fantastic. I get some "Tomorrow Never Knows" vibes from the instrumentals

Knobby Buckles (Dave)

How often do you find that your favorite album from an artist is your first as opposed to the consensus best? Unlike most people I know, my favorite Metallica album is Ride the Lightning instead of Master of Puppets. I recognize that Master is superior in a lot of ways, and Ride has some songs that aren't as well-loved as Master, but Ride was my first Metallica album and that puts it over the top in my book.

Matt Rogers

Community song suggestion, Long Violent History by Tyler Childers. Closes his new album and only song on the album with vocals. It’s timely and powerful. https://youtu.be/2_I3Rp1CQak

Simon M

damn think Im late. Cliff Burton was a huge influence for me to start playing bass and specifically Orion was the song with Cliffs slower bass part that leads into the 2nd half. I thought I should just rent a bass for $20 and try to play that. As soon as I hit the first open E I fell in love with the instrument. For that Orion stays my favorite of the most epic album of all time. Do you have any examples of music that made you have to go try to play it or engage with it in a new way because you liked it so much?

Tanios A Bou Onk

I don’t know about anyone else but the lack of background music when you enter Peach’s garden was always a little unnerving to me. Especially given how the rest of the game has so much music. It’s an interesting tone setter.