Unusual Covers

[thatguy]

Tenor isn't the right pitch for this song, River. It needs the bass growl of James Hetfield.

It didn't do much for me, but the little "Buddy Holly" riff in the middle made me laugh.

Apparently this is part of a 30th Anniversary release, with proceeds going to charity:

https://kottke.org/21/08/weezer-covers-m...er-sandman

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 16x platinum Black Album, Metallica is releasing an album on Sept 10th called The Metallica Blacklist, which contains Black Album covers featuring 53 different artists. One of those covers is Enter Sandman by Weezer, which you can watch above. Some of the other songs on the album include:

St. Vincent — Sad but True
The Hu — Through the Never
Phoebe Bridgers — Nothing Else Matters
Miley Cyrus Feat. Watt, Elton John, Yo-yo ma, Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith — Nothing Else Matters
Darius Rucker — Nothing Else Matters
Rodrigo y Gabriela — The Struggle Within

All profits from the album will be donated to charity. You can listen to the songs that have already been posted on Spotify, pre-save or pre-order the album, or check out this album trailer to hear what you’re getting into:

--tg