I actually really like Friends in Low Places
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Metallica’s most iconic song is definitely Enter Sandman, their best song and iconic in its own way is probably Master of Puppets, but for this game songs like Four Horsemen, Battery, Welcome Home Sanitarium, Orion, To Live Is To Die, For Whom the Bell Tolls, (saying nothing of the more emo songs like Fade To Black or Nothing Else Matters which are also goat) allow for no clear #1
edit: fucking forgot Leper Messiah. That’s my personal #2 after Orion
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God I had such a major Metallica phase around the age of like 14-15. Master Of Puppets and And Justice For All were just fantastic. I feel like playing The Thing That Should Not Be at full blast right now, but I’m too considerate of my neighbours.
I never liked the Black Album though. Seemed really watered down and less raw than their earlier stuff. Hot take!
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Fuck your neighbors. Hybrid children watch the sea, pray for father roaming free!
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The Black Album is weird to evaluate. Obviously it follows two (well four, counting KEL and RTL) of the greatest metal albums ever made. Nothing Else Matters is an all time great song, The Unforgiven is arguably one of their best, but beyond that, I’d say The God that Failed, Don’t Tread On Me, Struggle Within are very good, then Sad But True, Enter Sandman (always thought it was too gimmicky even when I was 12) are ok, then you have like Of Wolf And Man which is the Fonz waterskiing moment of Metallica’s career.
Not sure if I missed it but Elton John - most iconic - Benny and the Jets?
Best imo - Empty Garden (tribute to John Lennon) - a song you hardly ever hear anymore. Must be a rights issue.
And nothing else matters.
Rocket Man or Tiny Dancer.
Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting was always a huge favorite up in these parts.
I would go with Candle in the Wind as the most iconic Elton John song. I suspect the list his most iconic songs will be very different if compiled by an American vs a Brit.
My favorite Elton John songs are “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy” and “Your Song”.
Nice to see so many early 90s people.
Best music ever was made between 85 and 95. It’s science!
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This thread is great and I predict it’s just the first in a series of “Let’s fight about…” threads. 
Golden Earring - Radar Love ainec
Black Crowes - Hard to Handle (iconic), No Speak No Slave (best - see below)
Fountains of Wayne - Stacy’s Mom (iconic and best)
Thin Lizzy - The Boys are Back in Town (iconic), We Will Be Strong (best)
Smithereens - Blood and Roses (iconic), A Girl Like You (best)
Ratt - Round and Round (iconic), best: who cares, they suck
Pearl Jam - Evenflow (iconic), Force of Nature (best)
Live - Lightning Crashes (iconic), Sparkle (best)
Hot take: some bands have no iconic song and you shouldn’t even try. Van Halen, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Steve Miller, Elton John, Creedence. Don’t even bother.
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Michael Bolton
Here comes a hot one. Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The other two were just ok
Going back to the 1940’s…
Michael Curtiz-Casablanca
Orson Welles-Citizen Kane
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They Shall Not Grow Old
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Thanks for that, I’m going to make a note to check it out
90’s person here. GOAT music was made late 60’s-early 70’s.
Also, Metallica doesn’t have a single “iconic” sound because they band changed over time. They started out as a thrash metal band with maybe Master of Puppets as their most iconic song but then they became an MTV-friendly metal band with the Black Album, after which maybe their most iconic song was “Enter Sandman.” And then after that they sort of metathesised into some lame shit no one needs to think about.
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Check out Spit Out the Bone, they’re back baby (for 1 song at least, although Halo on Fire and, if you can get beyond the slightly silly lyrics in the chorus, Atlas Rise are great, Moth Into Flame isn’t bad either but it’s more like Death Magnetic)