Fuel

So those of you who remember Mandatory Metallica, this song fits right in line with today's theme.

So here's Metallica's Fuel.

Give me fuel, give me fire, give me that which I desire.

Ooh.

Through black and white.

Ooh, wanna burn.

Fuel is pumping engines.

Burning hard, loose and clean.

It's Metallica doubling down on the more accessible, experimental, and groove-oriented direction they started taking in the mid-90s.

Why don't we jump in with actually one of my very favorite Metallica songs and one that made me give this album a chance back in 97, Fuel.

Fuel.

So give me fuel, give me fire, give me that which I desire.

Opens Reload, and it says, Metallica's still Metallica, even though style has changed to some degree.

I was kind of thinking more about how they're – I mean, they often seem like they're, you know, just trying to capture sort of the primitive aspects of man's personality.

And so, this competitive nature that man has, you know, I think that's there.

Just like Fuel is, you know, about this need for speed and action and –