LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 10, 2019…THIRTY YEARS AGO METALLICA RELEASED THE EPIC SINGLE ‘ONE’.
THE SONG IS ABOUT A SOLDIER FIGHTING IN THE WAR AND A MORTAR BLOWS OFF HIS FACE. HE CAN’T HEAR, SEE, SMELL, TASTE AND DOESN’T HAVE ARMS OR LEGS. HE COMES OUT OF A COMA IN THE HOSPITAL. THE DOCTORS IN THE HOSPITAL ARE WORRIED BECAUSE HE’S HAVING SPASMS ALL THE TIME. THEY CALL IN THE GENERAL, AND HE DOESN’T RECOGNIZE WHAT’S HAPPENING EITHER, BUT A SOLDIER WITH THE GENERAL REALIZES IT’S MORSE CODE. THE GENERAL ASKS WHAT HE’S SAYING, AND THE SOLDIER TELLS HIM HE’S SAYING K-I-L-L- M-E OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
HERE’S METALLICA’S ONE