1:27:07
l can take you back, when me and him
were alone in my room, in 1981,
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listening to New Wave
or British heavy-metal singles.
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As soon as there was
somebody else in the room,
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it just became this, like...
It just had a very different energy to it.
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- None of that was usable?
- Yeah.
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- That's a fuck... that's a fucking bitch.
- Let's do another version of it, OK?
1:27:42
The first time I got a real awareness of it
was when Mustaine came into the picture.
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When James was with Mustaine,
he became like...
1:27:54
He never really cared about me.
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There was one time, during the recording
of the Ride the Lightning record,
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where me and him went out,
and 42 beers later,
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he's, like, "Ooh, dude, I love you."
1:28:13
But it could never have materialized
until it got to that 42-beer point.
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And we were alone.
1:28:29
That was good!
1:28:32
Are you sure
l don't have to play it again?
1:28:34
Yeah, I'm sure.
It's good practice, though.
1:28:39
- For what?
- The road.
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- When?
- A couple of years.
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From day one, it's been competitive.
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And, in a way, that's what
has made Metallica what it is.