AWMH Acoustic Show Nov 2020

Lmao James completely fucked up his solo in Puppets and just went with it and played whatever. Incredible.

I like how James nailed a song with only one rehearsal but fucked up lyrics and solo on most played hits.

Yeah it was obvious they really rehearsed these new songs but miscalculated how out of practice they are with the staples. I've never seen the middle section of MOP that rough, but at the same time I don't really care much since Covid is a fair excuse for that, and I'm not looking for a new great version of MOP anyway. House is a welcome addition, and overall I would wholely welcome the expanded band and the sound of it for an acoustic album and/or tour. It was cool to see Avi and keys guy play on House. Almost like they were going to do it acoustic but switched it over.

So my initial thought BEFORE hearing the show.....

Missed opportunity. Why oh why did they plug in? This could have been a really cool opportunity to rework the catalog and drop in some new/rarely played covers.

Do we really need another version of Sandman plugged in? I’d have much preferred the creepy version from the last AWMH show.

I shall come back to this thread after I’ve heard the show.

Nice surprise. Well done, boys.

James will take part in an acoustic benefit show before the year ends so we might hear one of these rare renditions again.

Good read.

www.metallica.com/news/2020-11-14-helping-hands-review.html?j=274327&sfmc_sub=4571543&l=329_HTML&u=6608442&mid=100013938&jb=290&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=201115_awmh

Well, I recorded all of the songs except two (you know which) so I can send it to those who bought a ticket.

Those were all fans. Either paid VIP ticket holders or contest winners.

I'm shocked no one whipped it out. This was Smithers chance, how disappointing, he failed us.

No, the opposite, my cock is so large it wouldn't fit on those tiny square screens. You'd need to link up at least 50 of them to be able to show my magnificent specimen in it's full glory.

So watching it live was not possible for us here so I stayed away from any spoilers and waited til Friday night to get this show up.

I unfortunately had 1.5 hours of getting it running (mobile phone was no good, had to use laptop) and for over half of it the show was glitchy, buffering, anger-inducing fucking pain which we struggled through (was unwatchable in parts) - I was seeing how amazing the set was unfolding through the shittiest way possible.
It did come good with only minor glitches, and I was able to rewatch some of the earlier songs that had been ruined.
That was tough viewing.
I will try again maybe tonight because there was plenty to enjoy.

House of the Rising Sun was my favourite of the night...sounded great
Lots of surprises with Disposable being done like that.
Wasting my Hate sounded great also.
Not sold on the Creep version, will take another listen.

After the first 3 songs or so I was thinking my enthusiasm for buying the audio on a physical format had disappeared, but as soon as James started playing the Yardbirds song ( ) I was back to being very keen. 

I've got a few hours left of my purchase so will be trying again in my music room, where I have an Eth cable.
Wifi and chromecast I reckon was the downfall.
Stereo kicks arse in there but smaller screen.
Feel about the same with the setlist. I wonder if they fix the mistakes before releasing the audio. Lars had a moment near the end of Rising Sun and the MoP solo was funky....(I love the errors, perfection is overrated )....did notice Kirk was on point for the fast solo that followed James, he did alright Mr Hammett

Yep, the way I read it, you get 48 hour countdown after starting your initial viewing.

Prediction:

Now that they have played Disposable Heroes heavy in their acoustic way, the modern Metallica will never play DH in the traditional way ever again. I suspect other more challenging songs (ie the fast ones) will receive the same treatment as time moves along.