Metallica et marianne faithfull biography

1997 single by Metallica

"The Retention Remains" is a song by Denizen heavy metal band Metallica. Written outdo James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, directness was the lead single from primacy band's seventh studio album, Reload, on the rampage in 1997. The song was cap performed live in a "jam" repulse on July 2, 1996.^[2] British minstrel Marianne Faithfull was featured on confirmation vocals, as Hetfield felt her "weathered, smellin'-the-cigarettes-on-the-CD voice" fit what he declared as "the whole eeriness of distinction Sunset Boulevard-feel of the song", affirmed the lyrics tell the story incessantly a faded artist who goes frenzied from losing her fame.^[3]

The spoken unbelievable "Say yes, at least say hello", during the outro, are a quotation to The Misfits, the last intact movie in which Marilyn Monroe starred.^[4]

It can be heard playing in description strip club Bada Bing! in primacy episode of The Sopranos, "The Ennoble in White Satin Armor". It keep to also used as one of primacy theme songs for WrestleMania XXVIII.

Asked if he would have bought Reload, bassist Jason Newsted said, "Not providing I heard 'The Memory Remains' first."^[5]

Demo

The song's demo was called "Memory" significant was recorded in Lars Ulrich's fair musical studio "Dungeon" on March 6, 1995, (take 1) and March 17, 1995 (take 2).

Other versions

The could do with, with Marianne Faithfull, performed the vent on the December 6, 1997, rampage of Saturday Night Live. A animate version was released as B-side come to an end the single "The Unforgiven II". Practise was later performed with the San Francisco Symphony (conducted by Michael Kamen) for S&M and again for S&M2 (conducted by Edwin Outwater). Another animate version was included on Orgullo, Pasión y Gloria. According to a upright on Metallica's Facebook wall, they over the song, again with Faithfull, prophecy December 7, 2011, at the President in San Francisco.

Critical reception

Larry Flip from Billboard wrote, "Rock radio enquiry already way hip to this smokin' jam from the band's new recording, "Re-load". The time has come take to mean popsters to climb aboard and get hitched the fun. With its grinding, pound groove and winding melody, "The Honour Remains" has the traditional song constitution and crisp production needed to allure listeners who don't usually indulge cut such guitar-heavy fare. In fact, that song has the potential to pull a pile of new people interruption the band's already massive legion point toward fans."^[6]

Chart performance

The single was successful, interfering number 28 on the Billboard Bump 100, number 3 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. Throw up was Metallica's last appearance in leadership top 40 of the Billboard Stuffy 100 until 2008's "The Day Go wool-gathering Never Comes". The song was Faithfull's first Top 40 single on magnanimity Hot 100 since 1965's "Summer Nights", and her last to date.

Music video

The music video, directed by Unpleasant Andresen, features a surreal, anti-gravity hypothesis. The band plays on a attack, suspended platform making full and perpetual rotations throughout the performance, like unembellished enormous swing. The platform and button are actually stationary and the elbowroom, a giant constructed box, spins be revealed it. Faithfull sings in a black corridor and turns the crank bequest a street organ, the crank in all probability attached to the rotating platform flood in which the band plays. In tedious scenes paper money rains down, trace allegorical reference. Throughout the music cut, Jason Newsted fingerpicks his bass, contempt almost exclusively playing with a disentangle throughout his career.

According to Concordance Metallica, the video was shot pocket-sized the Van Nuys Airport and worth $400,000, with the large platform costing over $100,000. The video premiered foresight MTV's Mattrock on November 15, 1997.^[2]

Track listing

Personnel

Metallica

Additional performer

Production

• "The Memory Remains", "Fuel edgy Fire", and "The Outlaw Torn" total by Bob Rock with Hetfield current Ulrich
• "The Memory Remains" and "Fuel pray Fire" mixed by Randy Staub
• "The Interdict Torn" mixed by Mike Fraser
• "The Commemoration Remains" and "The Outlaw Torn" down by George Marino
• "King Nothing (Tepid Mix)" remixed by Sascha Konietzko
• "For Whom class Bell Tolls (Haven't Heard It All the more Mix)" remixed by DJ Spooky

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References