This is the best thing I've seen in forever...

[beanside]

And it had a lot of competition.


Behold the beauty of Adam Lambert singing Enter Sandman.

Watch on YouTube

(I know some people think it's disrespectful to Metallica. Uh...Lars Ulrich would sell his left nut if he thought it would make a profit.)

Comments

[keenoled.livejournal.com]

People are weird. Pretty sure if someone's doing a superb cover, no musician feels insulted, so isn't it strange that folks who are just fans feel entitled to bash their opinions on others?

[beanside.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I didn't get it either. I'm guessing because he got gay in it?

*shrug* I thought it (and Adam) were pretty awesome.

[keenoled.livejournal.com]

Oh, well, THAT I understand. We shall have to prevent him from ever singing songs by such rock deities as Queen, David Bowie, REM and John Lennon. Music should be protected from homosexuality and its practitioners.

...Wait.

People being bigots is one thing, but why do they have to be so stupid?

[robanybody.livejournal.com]

I discovered that yesterday and MY FANGIRL GLEE COULD NOT BE CONTAINED. Bless you, Glambert, I love you so.

[beanside.livejournal.com]

I know, right?!? I could watch that for hours. And he did it for Tommy! My tinhat, let me polish it.

[apetslife.livejournal.com]

Holy. Fucking. Shit.

THAT IS THE BEST THING I HAVE SEEN ALL WEEK.

*stares and stares*

[beanside.livejournal.com]

Hee! Glad to be of assistance.

[hederahelix.livejournal.com]

Disrespectful? WTF? I don't even want to know why people think it's disrespectful, do I? Nope. I'm betting I don't.

In other news:

1. Does this mean that someone somewhere is writing Tommy/Kirk fic? I'm just sayin'.

2. Huh. So that's what "Sandman" would sound like if the singer singing it actually had range. (For those who don't know--because I know that beanside knows what I mean, I am a big Metallica fan. Have been since before And Justice For All. But, James Hetfield is not a singer with range. He is many, many things, but a vocalist with range is not one of them. Doesn't mean I like him any less. It's just true.)

3. Tommy can head bang. Adam, well, it doesn't look like it's in his oeuvre of normal concert movements. It is therefore that much more adorable that he was willing to sing the song for Tommy.

4. squee. SQUEE! Thanks so much for sharing.

[katzb101.livejournal.com]

*Butts in* I've written Adam Kirk does that help? Umm... maybe even twice. :-)

*runs and hides*

[hederahelix.livejournal.com]

When I'm not running late for work due to colliding fandoms, I will totally check that out.

[katzb101.livejournal.com]

Cool.... starts here :-)

http://archiveofourown.org/works/85059

[hederahelix.livejournal.com]

I would edit this to add, but I can't.

I cruised over to youtube to link to the vid in my journal, and lo, I saw the comments.

I don't know why I'd managed to forget about some stupid metal fans who clearly aren't terribly big fans. Lars and Kirk were kissing on camera before the anyone in Adam's touring crew were old enough to have had the training wheels off their bikes.

Of course, some Metallica fans seem to forget about that . . .

le sigh.

[beanside.livejournal.com]

I was going to say. 'Oh noes! He got his gay in their Metallica!'

If Met had any objection, my guess is that it would be 'did he have to do Sandman?'

Answer, yes. Because Devil's Dance would have imploded the world. *nod*

[katzb101.livejournal.com]

*lol* I know what you mean about Lars and I did play the Met fan on this to someone on this, for reasons that really only make sense to her and me anyway. Was kinda amusing in an odd way *g*.

But then again I've squee'd quite happily and quite loudly, more than once. *very happy sigh*

[beanside.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

Adam just makes me happy.

[impala1967.livejournal.com]

hehehe I was there when he sung that :)