Serrano (8) y Metallica (2)

La portada del disco "Reload" de Metallica se basa en la fotografía de Andres Serrano titulada "Piss and blood" (Orina y sangre) de su serie fluidos.

En este disco de Metallica se encuentra la canción "The memory remains". En el video aparece Marianne Faithfull, la ex de Mick Jagger .

METALLICA - THE MEMORY REMAINS (RELOAD)
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane
But the memory remains

Heavy rings on fingers wave
Another star denies the grave
See the nowhere crowd, cry the nowhere tears of honor

Like twisted vines that grow
That hide and swallow mansions whole
And dim the light of an already faded prima donna

Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane...
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane...
But the memory remains

Heavy rings hold cigarettes
Up to lips that time forgets
While the Hollywood sun sets behind your back

And can't the band play on?
Just listen, they play my song
Ash to ash
Dust to dust
Fade to black

Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane...
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane...
Dance little tin goddess

na-na-na

Drift away
Fade away
Little tin goddess

Ash to ash
Dust to dust
Fade to black

Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane...
Fortune, fame
Mirror vain
Gone insane...
But the memory remains

Ash to ash
Dust to dust
Fade to black...
But the memory remains

Yeah
Faded prima donna yeah, yeah

(solo)
Dance little tin goddess dance.

Serrano (7) y Metallica (1)

Andres Serrano
Fluids
Blood and Semen III
Portada de Load de Metallica

La historia dice que Kirk Hamett, guitarrista de Metallica, se encontró con una fotografía de Serrano que ilustraba de forma perfecta la descarga oscura y pesada del disco. Load, y no soy un purista en este tema, es en mi opinión uno de los mejores discos de la banda. Ya no pretende impresionar con descargas rápidas y el doble bombo en la batería. Su música deja de brillar para hacerse más pesada, para intentar llegar y dejar en el vacío el acorde que sigue. Se adivina un horror en estas interrupciones de los acordes. Junto al llamado álbum negro, Load se queda para mi como el inicio de esa propuesta de un rock oscuro y pesado sólo por las ausencias y el ritmo sostenido. Quienes no conozcan nada de Metallica pensarán que este es un álbum hecho para mover la cabeza vestidos de negro cuando en realidad está hecho para inmovilizar el corazón. Esa descarga envuelve, como ocurre en esa mezcla de sangre, semen y vacío, que se aprecia en la obra de Serrano.

Mama said - Metallica
Mama, she has taught me well
Told me when I was young
"Son, your life's an open book
Don't close it 'fore its done"
"The brightest flame burns quickest"
That's what I heard her say
A son's heart sowed to mother
But I must find my way

Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go
Let this heart be still
Yeah, still

Rebel, mind your last name
Wild blood in my veins
They bring strings around my neck
The mark that still remains
Left home at an early age
Of what I heard was wrong
I never asked forgiveness
But what is said is done

Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go
Let this heart be still

Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness that I'll take to my grave
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness that I'll take to my grave
So let this heart be still

Mama, now I'm coming home
I'm not all you wished of me
A mother's love for her son
Spoken, help me be
I took your love for granted
Not a thing you said to me
I needed your arms to welcome me
But, a cold stone's all I see

Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go
Let this heart be still

Let my heart go
Mama, let my heart go
You never let my heart go
So let this heart be still

Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness that I'll take to my grave
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness that I'll take to my grave
Let this heart be still