ENTER SANDMAN: Metallica Gets iTuneful
Indeed, the metal icons have FINALLY made their studio catalogue (plus live tracks from a 1989 Seattle show) available for single-song purchase on Apple's digital download store. 
WHAT'S THE FIRST METALLICA SONG YOU'LL BUY ON ITUNES?
What's that Metallica song(s) that goes "Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!"?
That's the first one I'm buying.
That leaves the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead and Garth Brooks as the biggest remaining holdouts. But who needs those guys anyway?
Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!
Sean Daly is the pop music critic for the St. Petersburg Times. His CD collection -- from Journey to Dylan, Prince to U2, Public Enemy to Stan Getz -- is much bigger and better than yours.
Daly, do you think fans will boycott Lars & Co. since they are one of the biggest reason Kazaa is no longer around as a free file sharing site.
Posted by: Sparky | July 27, 2006 at 10:56 AM
Nah, the consumer has an incredibly short memory. I'm thinking Metallica iTunes sales will be brisk, especially those unreleased live tracks, which is a keen marketing ploy.
Posted by: Sean Daly | July 27, 2006 at 11:30 AM
I don't know Daly, Mrs. Sparky said they could be selling the songs for a penny and she would not buy them.
Posted by: sparky | July 27, 2006 at 11:52 AM
I think Mrs. Sparky is just cranky about her disastrous first marriage to James Hetfield. Frayed ends of sanity, indeed.
Posted by: Sean Daly | July 27, 2006 at 11:56 AM
Gotta go with "The Unforgiven", only because it reminds me of my old college roommate, who was "Trenchcoat Mafia" long before it was cool. He used to sip Scotch, close his eyes, sit on his bunk and sway back and forth (as he undoubtedly dreamt of the co-eds who mocked him and the ways in which he could exact revenge).
Posted by: Guy | July 27, 2006 at 02:41 PM
i have trouble finding much metallica of interest outside the black album.that said, i saw them put on the most awesome live show at, yep, woodstock 99 in rome, ny. even better than limp bizkit which almost incited a riot.
Posted by: chilledbongo | July 27, 2006 at 05:08 PM
I don't need the studio stuff. When are the dinosaur rockers, i.e. Led Zep, Pink Floyd, etc., gonna release soundboard recordings from their concerts in the 70's. Everyone already trades them online anyways.
Posted by: Tonka | July 27, 2006 at 08:10 PM
hate to tell you, but Metallica has been available on the Russian site, www.allofmp3.com all along, at about 9 cents a song .... hey, still is. go figure.--chase
Posted by: Anonymous | July 27, 2006 at 10:38 PM
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE.i already have 44 metallica songs on my laptop. don't know where they came from. but definitely not itunes.
Posted by: mellohush | August 04, 2006 at 10:14 PM