Purple Pain: Fans Not Impressed With Metallica's Prince Cover
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo paid tribute to Prince at a concert in Minneapolis on Tuesday, covering the late musician’s 1984 chart topper “When Doves Cry.”
Playing in Prince’s hometown, it was certainly fitting for the band to honor the seven-time Grammy award winner. However it would appear that in the words of Jeff Goldblum’s “Jurassic Park” character, Dr Ian Malcolm, they “were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”
Jesus @Metallica , what did Prince ever do to you?#leavewhendovescryalone
— Vatican City 2.0 (@VC2dot0) September 6, 2018
this gotta be one of the worst Prince covers of all time, from any band of any skill level -- damn bruh @Metallica https://t.co/5VYTgGh8ug
— yung bolo (@ooloo) September 6, 2018
No comment on Metallica covering Prince. pic.twitter.com/BmhLE6oJ6O
— Must be Minta (@mintaburst) September 6, 2018
"If you’ve ever wondered what half of Metallica sounds like covering Prince, well, it was worse than you can imagine." https://t.co/MxaN9oT1y0
— Chris Steller (@chris_steller) September 5, 2018
Metallica covering Prince played worse than the shitty 14 year olds covering Metallica on Youtube on we all had a good laugh at 10 years. we're through the looking glass etc. https://t.co/P5y8HxAHLb
— Chris Somers (@african_fiction) September 6, 2018
This is a goof right? This isn’t real is it? https://t.co/hJZyaLA1tB
— Laura Jane Grace (@LauraJaneGrace) September 5, 2018
I made it 4 seconds in. pic.twitter.com/01SBWIEgIU
— Michele J Martin (@michelejmartin) September 5, 2018
Saw Metallica covering Prince’s “When Doves Cry”. I wish that I hadn’t. The Thing That Should not Be.
— Brian Wright (@iambrianwright) September 5, 2018
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