Throughout a current chat on The Metallica Report podcast, James Hetfield mentioned being within the studio with Elton John helped him in Metallica.
Hetfield and the band nonetheless love making music and don’t have any plans to retire. After releasing their newest album ’72 Seasons,’ James stays artistic by spending free time in his residence studio:
“Not a lot training; it’s simply writing. There’s at all times concepts, I get impressed from every kind of various music [I’m] listening to.”
Then, the singer shared how working with John impacted him:
“I imply, even the Elton John factor, you understand, hanging out with Elton and Bernie Taupin challenged me. Watching ‘Rocket Man’ and seeing how they wrote… Elton is such a visionary, that Bernie units a set of lyrics, a poem, in entrance of him, and he sees the music simply showing, which is weird to me, a extra of the previous, form of Tony Iommi manner, the place right here is the riff, and we construct across the riff, as a substitute of constructing round a lyric.”
Elton John Likes Metallica
Metallica and John have a deep bond. John featured on Metallica’s 2021 album ‘The Blacklist’ and praised their track ‘Nothing Else Issues’ as among the best ever. Here’s what Elton mentioned on the Howard Stern Present:
“I’ve to say. It was a no brainer taking part in on this track. Metallica are most likely the crème de la crème of these form of bands. You may’t actually outline them. They’re not a heavy metallic band. They’re a musical band. Their songs aren’t simply heavy metallic. They’re lovely songs. That is such a melodic track. It’s f*cking nice, truly.”
These phrases of John moved Hetfield to tears. Extra not too long ago, Metallica honored John by protecting his ‘Funeral for a Good friend / Love Lies Bleeding.’ They carried out the track at a ceremony in March honoring John and Bernie Taupin for the Gershwin Prize for Standard Tune.