Thrash metal giants Metallica... Pop superstar Shakira... You don’t exactly expect much crossover there. But the hips don’t lie singer has admitted in a recent interview that she is a "huge fan" of the Bay Area quartet. So much so that, as Blabbermouth reports, the singer has included a cover of the band’s "Nothing Else Matters" in her recent tour repertoire. As Shakira notes, the track has been a favourite of hers since her teens:
"I am great fan of bands like [Led] Zeppelin, Nirvana or The Cure," she says. "I used to be a huge Metallica fan when I was 15, 16 years old. I remember I was graduating from high school back then and I used to sing 'Nothing Else Matters' all day long. I am still a very huge Metallica fan, though. [And] I thought it would be kind of surprising to include it in my repertoire for this tour."
"Nothing Else Matters" was the fourth single from Metallica’s highly influential self titled fifth album (commonly referred to as "The Black Album"), which was originally released in 1991.That record, which saw a departure from the precision thrash metal style of "Master Of Puppets" and "...And Justice For All" exposed Metallica to a wider audience than they had previously reached. The band will be performing "The Black Album" in its entirety at several European festivals this summer to (belatedly) mark the 20th Anniversary of the release.
Shakira isn’t the only contemporary pop musician with a penchant for the group. Rihanna recently sampled the Metallica track "Wherever I May Roam" (also a single release from "The Black Album") on her song "Red Lipstick".
Given the pop-ballad content of the original, "Nothing Else Matters" doesn’t seem like such an unlikely cover for Shakira... Whether or not we’ll be seeing the singer’s interpretation of, say, Damage Inc. Any time soon remains to be seen...
Everyone and their grandma is a Metallica fan nowadays, they're one of the biggest ****ing bands in the history of mankind, what a suprise! This is not news UG, no one cares
I really want all these pop singers to stop "coming out" and saying that the're fans of the most mainstream metal band in history (not a Metallica diss; I love them)
"But the hips don’t lie singer has admitted in a recent interview that she is a "huge fan" of the Bay Area quartet."
Yeah, she must have kept the shame to herself, and now she joins the hipster wave of pop singers "admitting" linking rock/metal.
Seriously, what's the DEAL?
I was tortured for 3 minutes before the song started. When she started singing I paused it. She's hot but I don't like her voice, especially trying to sing Metallica.
i wont exactly call myself a shakira fan, but i haveto admit from watching this she actually has a really strong voice. I'm not as surprised as i could be that she probably spent a few years singing along to metallica, zeppelin etc.
Damn these POP people... they are all trying to gain respect by confessing to REAL musicians... take Hanna Montana with Nirvana.
They are all flour from the same bag.
Thrash metal giants Metallica... Pop superstar Shakira... You don’t exactly expect much crossover there.
Actually, it would be a shock if a pop star didn't announce they were into 80's rock and metal. That's the trend these days. I guess they think it will make their music more enjoyable or something.
I'd like to see a pop singer cover something like Blackened.....or Angel Of Death by Slayer. THEN i'd believe them when they say they like metal bands.
N-Dubz cover Bal Sagoth's "The Dark Liege of Chaos is Unleashed at the Ensorcelled Shrine of A'Zura Kai (The Splendour of a Thousand Swords Gleaming Beneath the Blazon of the Hyperborean Empire Part II)".
I could have lived without the 3-minute synth intro, but I can't stand her voice. Sounds like a female Scott Stapp. It has that same "I have maple syrup stuck in my throat" quality...
I could have lived without the 3-minute synth intro, but I can't stand her voice. Sounds like a female Scott Stapp. It has that same "I have maple syrup stuck in my throat" quality...
It's the style of music from her homeland of Colombia, where she started as a Folk artist.
came here just to complain!! i dont care who likes what anymore its annoying! i mean who really likes it and who wants attention? besides you either play what you love or play what makes money! so they can like it all they want but it wont matter unless theyre playing it!
Well, I remember when she first started in the music business before having international success. She played acoustic songs; they were pop songs as well, but they were stripped down from all those electronic beats and autotune, it was just her and her guitar. I believe she is still a good artist inside, but the record company made a shit out of her looks and everything else; she didn't have her hair dyed and she didn't look anorexic before.
So I believe that her comment is authentic; I don't believe she is trying to look interesting by saying she likes The Cure, Metallica etc. like all those other pop stars out there.
I think this is great! What is even better is when everyone was singing along....she's not the only Metallica fan in the house!
Still don't understand the hate for loving Metallica, or the Black album. She wasn't around for Kill 'em all or anything like that.
More Metal/Metallica fans=better!
I don't know if pop stars don't get this, but just because you say you like a metal band doesn't mean the metalheads are gonna start listening to your music. We're still gonna hate it just as much.
I don't know if pop stars don't get this, but just because you say you like a metal band doesn't mean the metalheads are gonna start listening to your music. We're still gonna hate it just as much.
She started out as a rockstar, then turned into what she is today. I'd listen to her when she was only popular in Colombia (inb4 hipster), and her music was heavier compared to today. For that reason I'm not really surprised she happens to be a fan of Metallica.
ug, please hold up on posting articles until they are on subjects really worth reading. if you do, i will give you all a big hug and a pat on the back!
Another one of "pop star likes metal" stories. I'm sure it's all common knowledge that pop artists are influenced by rock and metal groups, they just don't show much publicity and when they do everyone makes a big deal out it. Does it really change for anything? Are people gonna start liking here because she liked Nirvana or Metallica, even though her music is pretty much the modern pop stuff we listen to? That doesn't really change any thing with her music unless she's looking for some sort of change into it.
I dunno, I'm a bit sick of seeing these type of articles that look like they'd be on twitter. To be honest, her music's not that bad, but just because she likes Metallica doesn't mean I should like her music even more.
I think this is great! What is even better is when everyone was singing along....she's not the only Metallica fan in the house!
Still don't understand the hate for loving Metallica, or the Black album. She wasn't around for Kill 'em all or anything like that.
More Metal/Metallica fans=better!
Yeah, but it isn't hard to find Kill 'Em All or their earlier/better work. Especially with the internet.
People don't like the Black album because it's the biggest example of Metallica going commercial (that being said, it was evident in And Justice For All, too). Not to mention it only has a couple good songs on it.
And, of course, people loving Metallica is going to receive hate because Metallica hasn't been good (or all that Metal) in 20 years, and some of us would just like them to die out and make way for better bands, whether they're older than, or just as old as them, or newer bands. That's the problem with Metal now. People are too focused on too few bands, and bands that are better or just as good go by unnoticed. THEN people have the nerve to complain about how music sucks because there are no good bands.
Right after the black album came out...yes real big fan...
Absolutely true, I was born in 1992, and therefore am completely ineligible for the right to be a Metallica fan... Dude. Shut the hell up. Think , before you type.
I actually had an argument with a thirty-two year old in HMV trying to tell me that Master of Puppets came out before Ride the Lightning. He was not going to back down until I walked over holding the two albums, pointing to the dates stamped on the backs.
You're welcome to believe that just because you were born before me you have had a better chance at being a fan, but that doesn't make me any less of a fan. The only advantage you have is that you were there at the time, for which I can only wish I was.
N-Dubz cover Bal Sagoth's "The Dark Liege of Chaos is Unleashed at the Ensorcelled Shrine of A'Zura Kai (The Splendour of a Thousand Swords Gleaming Beneath the Blazon of the Hyperborean Empire Part II)".
Here come the haters, so what if Shakira likes Metallica, its not like its a bad thing, she likes them, so what(pun not intended) more power to her. Also before you go all gaga over this, here's a fun fact: The members of ZZtop are huge Nickelback fans. its not like its tabooed to like something that's not from your genre. I'm a Metallica fan and I was introduced to them with the Black album, does that prevent me from being a Metallica fan? Hell no.
Seriously, most of the people on this site make me sick, its all bash bash bash, hate hate hate with you people
Is this a new trend where all the female popstars suddenly confess their liking to metal music just because they listened one song off their album? Who's gonna be next? Lindsay Lohan, Jojo. I would at least be impressed if one can say they listen to Dream Theater or Death.
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Nice arrengement with southamerican instruments but i dont like her sing style... way too much vibrato way too many times.
Who gives a rats if shes a fan or not? I'm sure on ultimate-popsongs.com, they dont post crap like 'Axl Rose admits he is a fan of Taylor Swift' or something.
Well, instrumental part came out ok. Singing? Not really. But anyways Black Album, that's when I stopped listening to them. Who's a real metal fan and not a brainwashed person knows that they sold themselves for bigger audiences. Did they need that back in the day?
GOD PLEASE not another ****ing pop star trying to be a metal fan? LEAVE US THE FUCK ALONE!
wow this comment is pretty stupid
anyway, shakira is hot, we get it. I do like her voice, but I much prefer her songs in Spanish. She was also a huge Soda Stereo. Shakira was a rocker before she was a popstar, yes, and anyone who knows anything about music in spanish should know that.
pop stars are always saying i like metallcia, i like slayer, i like megadeth... then join a thrash band and stop making our ears bleed every time you put out a record, you might as well just be stabbing us with a knife.
pop stars are always saying i like metallcia, i like slayer, i like megadeth... why don't they talk about other Thrash Metal bands that aren't severely over-hyped and pretty much house-hold names!?
Fixed.
Rattling off a bunch of bands that everyone and their dog knows isn't going to get you very far amongst people who actually know the genre, and it doesn't really showcase your experience in the genre, either.
i thought hipsters hate anything popular?? i figured she'd be wearing skin tight jeans and thick glasses making the most obscure f***** music if she was a hipster.
I actually liked her music before she started singing in English (around mid to late 90s). She was more along the lines of a pop/rock singer, rather than a reggaeton/dance "artist."
Her lyrics used to be meaningful and insightful,often analyzing society or life in general. Now, they're no better than Nickelback's lyrics (about going to bars or clubs and banging guys or whatever).
is there really nothing else newsworthy going on? In the entire world out there that is music, all UG can come up with is "Shakira likes Metallica"...
Oh.. This is embarrassing..
*there's 16 other news articles that they posted today along with this one*
I whispered that for you so no one else would hear me pointing out the obvious to you
I don't understand all the hate UG gets for its news articles.. This site is a freakin TABS ARCHIVE , the news stories are just an added bonus for us to check out in between tabs
Innovative cover. I don't like her voice but **** it good on her. Better than many covers I've heard... For example Limp Bizkits cover of Behind Blue Eyes. Which is horrible.
so... from now on, every single poser that says that he/she likes Metallica, and her favourite (one known song) is "Nothing Else Matters", is a Huge Metallica fan? ... c'mon...
We metal fans have our own world and who we respect when comes to covers, If anywhere else in the world she`d would of been killed right when this article hit the net ..
Another female pop singer claiming they like Rock/Metal... They should have a giant meeting and settle this shit all at once. I like Shakira and I like Metallica just man this has gone too far! :L
Doesn't every non-metalhead like Nothing Else Matters? The only people I can think of who DON'T like it are...Metallica fans. And by Metallica fans i mean the people who say 'derp they haven't been good since and justice for all guhhhh'
I thought it was pretty good. She had her own style to it that's definitely not appealing to metal fans, but the feel of the song's still there.
I never understood why metal fans are so protective and snobby towards anyone that's not portraying the metal stereotype expressing interest towards the genre.
All celebrities seem to think that liking a few ballads by Metallica makes them a metalhead or some shit. Metallica are barely metal and it's the equivelant of liking a few Skrillex songs and acting like you love electronic music or dubstep.
I thought it was pretty good. She had her own style to it that's definitely not appealing to metal fans, but the feel of the song's still there.
I never understood why metal fans are so protective and snobby towards anyone that's not portraying the metal stereotype expressing interest towards the genre.
Exactly. If you say that she did good, or you liked it, you got about 20 thumbs down over here. It's just stupid that you can't like whatever music you want without *******s freaking out.
i actually liked it. there was an interesting choice of instruments used in the song, which gave this version a new sound, but still somehow retained metallicas feel. her vocals are a little odd, but arent realy bad for the song.
some people forget that she started out with rock music...
UG, if you really really must post this as news, at least give the front page to something more newsworthy.
As for the actual article, I do not care, I'm sure there are thousands more people who don't care. Lots of people love metal and being a popstar who loves it too makes no difference whatsoever. You're one of the many many people who like metal. So what?
Right after the black album came out...yes real big fan...
damn, man. i was born in '94. i still consider myself a Metallica fan. i love Master and Justice. my two favorite Metallica albums of all time. just cause i was born after '91 doesnt mean i can't be a Metallica fan.
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