HEAVY METAL + ORCHESTRA = BRILLIANT COMBINATION MUSIC

"wat do u get when u fall in love?" i just love dat song.....well, wat do u get when heavy metal mixed with orchestra music? metallica s & m of coz!

well, i downloaded e full version video of the Metallica: S & M. i bought e album in 1999 but there are no video versions yet. now dat i found it, i still wanted 2 get e video. so finally got 2 watch them, so damn cool! i still have tis dream 2 go 2 a metallica concert as i know they will have a hard time getting in m'sia or s'pore. dat means i have 2 fly overseas n also they r not getting any younger. e 2nd choice will b e offspring.

tis S & M is a live performance concert featuring of coz metallica themselves performing live with e San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. as 4 background, in 1999, metallica combined with composer michael kamen n decided 2 do a concert with a full orchestra. kamen is a veteran film composer with hits like "Last Action Hero", e "Die Hard" films, e "Lethal Weapon" films, n e latest recent addition, "X-Men". kamen had also done previous rock/orchestra combinations with Aerosmith, Bob Dylan, n Queensrÿche. as Metallica r Bay Area natives, it was decided that e San Francisco Symphony Orchestra would b used for the project. Producer Bob Rock assisted in the mixing of heavy metal with classical. kamen took e original Metallica songs n composed orchestral accompaniments 2 them.

e concert, held in April of 1999, had Metallica playing at e front of e stage n they r backed by e orchestra. e orchestra is dressed in their customary tuxedos and formal gowns, while Metallica did put on something more formal! hehe! i like e part when they joked dat they dun wan their nice clothes 2 get all sweaty n stuff.:) e audience appears 2 b dominated by screaming metallica fans, u can still find Symphony band faithfuls. it is just funny how u c people standing on their chairs in a orchestra hall n having 2 totally different occasion dress codes side by side. hehe! i would imagine e ticket dress code rule 2 b veli different.

metallica played both e old n new song selections. e songs presented goes from brand new ones 2 songs dat go back 2 e 1980s. so u will enjoy e bands’ older, heavier stuff n their newer, more mainstream songs. there r famous songs like "Master of Puppets", "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "One", "Fuel" n e brand new cool song "No Leaf Clover". it is altogether an incredible experience. i mean b4 tis, i just can't imagine metallica playing with orchestra in concerts. dat just doesn't seem possible. metallica 2 me will b too loud n could coz some problem 2 e orchestra. but e orchestra gives e music a very rich and full-bodied feeling at e background. e music had its softer side n still dun sound weird. kamen has done a wonderful job of composing the orchestral parts so that they accompany metallica really well. both of them sounded really nice 2gether n made e concert a memorable 1.