Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
It’s hard to believe that Metallica has already been around for 27 years. In that time, they’ve released 11 albums, 43 singles, and 22 music videos. They’ve had band members die, quit, and get replaced. And they’ve transformed from a relatively unknown, underground metal band into one of the most influential and highest-selling artists of their time.
Now Metallica has a new album out called Death Magnetic. Marni has been a huge fan of the band for years, and she just bought the new album. Listen to her tell Beren what she thinks of it.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Marni: So you know what I was rockin’ on my way over here?
Beren: Uh…what?
Marni: The new Metallica!
Beren: Oh my god, is it good?
Marni: Yes, it is. I actually really like it.
Beren: Whoa.
Marni: Yeah. I think, because, Rick Rubin, I think he was dead on, he was right. He made them record it all live.
Beren: That should work for them, ‘cause isn’t that the problem people had with the last album, St. Anger? Like they did it piece-by-piece in Pro-Tools, and it just sounded ridiculous, like everything’s super compressed?
Marni: Well, and just overly produced. I think he just wanted to take them back to their roots, and, “This is what makes you guys great. It was all about the chemistry, and this is what people want from you.”
Beren: Oh, I’ll have to get it. I totally have been listening to Ride the Lightning and Kill ‘Em All on a regular basis, I’d say. Those albums are so good. But right around…After Load came out, I kind of lost interest.
Marni: Yeah, the early stuff is definitely the great stuff. And you can tell, I always think it’s interesting that you can tell that they got a little older. They slowed down a little bit. But…yeah, that was my first concert.
Beren: Metallica?
Marni: Yes. And my head was so sore, my neck was just killing me the next day from head-banging.
Beren: Oh my God, your parents let you go?
Marni: Yeah, it was awesome. I actually went to see the opening band. I was really into the opening band. The Cult. Not so great.
Beren: Oh, it wasn’t a good show?
Marni: They weren’t. They weren’t that good. And Metallica blew me away. And I’ve been a fan ever since.
Beren: Whoa.
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Discussion
Marni just got the new Metallica album, Death Magnetic. She thinks it’s a really great album. She tells Beren that the producer of the album made the band record all the songs live, which means they played all the parts at once instead of one at a time. It created a more raw, authentic sound than some of Metallica’s other recent albums.
Beren is excited to hear Marni’s good review. Although Beren loves some of the older Metallica albums, she hasn’t been a big fan of the more recent material. The new album sounds more like the early Metallica, even though the musicians are a lot older now.
It turns out that Metallica was the first band Marni saw in concert. What was the first band you saw in concert?
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and about Led Zepellin, Rolling Stones , The beatles , they are nothing . Their music like "shit "... If you have a younger sister (11- 16age ) , you will see I was right , not everyones love that band
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OH my gOsh, they're so bored , I like the new bands , so what ? I'm a teenager so i like sth |
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