Bernd 01/13/2021 (Wed) 18:29:14 No.42049 del
...And Justice for All. Most of the songs were already composed while Burton still lived and worked with the band. So maybe the continuity between themes what Disposable Heroes and One offers might has to do with that. Or maybe it's just Hetfield writing lyrics. However in the music there is a continuity, the two albums are like one album divided. Except they fucked up the bass line by turning down its volume to -1. The evil rumour says it was to troll the new bassist Jason Newsted, later James and Lars made statements in interviews giving explanations how this reduction of the bass happened, but all justifications sounds made up, lame ass excuses.
Jason was pretty determined to play in the band. For the tryout he learned the whole setlist they played. He was picked, but he had to fill a pretty big shoe. It appears to be that the other members of the band was very fond of Cliff, the talented bassist, so getting over of his death for both personal and professional reasons couldn't be easy. Since most of the album was built on material the band already created with Burton, Jason did not add much to the songs. He is credited at only one.
The live performances I heard (not personally, "too bad I wasn't there") mostly have a section dedicated to this album, a Justice medley, where they play a combination of several chunks of these songs. Today's selection is...
Eye of The Beholder - I like this very much.
The Shortest Straw
The Frayed Ends of Sanity
To Live is to Die - this one is a breddy gud instrumental, with little talk within.