‘Stranger Things’ revives Metallica cult with ‘Master of Puppets’

Metallica was no stranger to the fictional epicenter of ‘Stranger Things’ in Hawkins, Indiana: already in season two, the hapless Billy (Dacre Montgomery) was gearing up for a date listening to ‘The Four Horsemen’. But in the ‘final’ of the fourth season, his sonic role is more important and epic.

Of the 150-minute episodes (the longest episode in American television history), the three most intense episodes, Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) rounds up the classic ‘Master of puppets’ riffs in a trailer to shoot the bats surrounding the villain Vecna’s abode in Upside Down World. and Steve (Joe Keery), Nancy (Natalia Dyer) and Robin (Maya Hawke) are free to attack the humanoid beast.

And it was supposed to be: ‘Master of Puppets’, an almost nine-minute thrash metal saga first released in 1986, is now one of the most popular songs in the world.. #2 on iTunes in the US, behind only ‘Running on that hill’, a miracle. Kate Bush From 1985, ‘Foreign Things’ was revived with its previous episodes. (Yes, yes, that means Beyoncé should be in third place with the first single from her own solo album in over six years.) It’s at number 5 on the same chart in the UK and slightly lower in Spain, 29′ We also find it sandwiched between the tandems of Alvaro Soler/David Bisbal and Bad Bunny/Bomb Estéreo.

In the footsteps of Limahl

To be honest, playing ‘Master of Puppets’ isn’t the pinnacle of originality either: only on TV, we could hear it on ‘ER’ over the last few decades,’Simpson(in 2006 episode with Metallica)Another tribute to the eighties like ‘Daddy Made in the USA’, ‘Billions’ or ‘Cobra Kai’. In fact, we could hear him earlier this year in the warped fantasy western ‘Outer range’.

But to be honest, it’s not just what song you use, it’s how you use it, too. And when the Duffers set out to rekindle a problem, they know how to do it: no one expected Limahl It would hit big again in 2019, but that’s exactly what happened when Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) and his long-distance girlfriend Suzie (Gabriella Pizzolo) sang the theme song for ‘The Neverending Story’ (produced and co-written). as a duet. Giorgio Moroder) in the final episode of the third season. Limahl got lucky with Netflix: also her band’s song ‘Too shy’ kajagoogooThe interactive long episode of ‘Black Mirror’ came to life after being used in ‘Bandersnatch’.

song about addiction

On the other hand, when evaluating the good use of a song, it is important not only how it is used, but also why it is used. The question here would be: Does ‘Master of Puppets’, a song about the destructive power of drugs and addiction, conceptually fit into the framework of an epic battle against a monster from another dimension? According to music supervisor nora felderIt has all the feelings of the world. “There are similarities in both. [las drogas y Vecna] People have destructive powers that take away their core personal strengths,” he explains in ‘Variety. Eddie also hides his sensitive side, which is evident in his encounter with Chrissy. [primera víctima de Vecna en Hawkins]behind an abrasive public image”. We accept the argument.

Source: Informacion

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