Lars Ulrich eats his words (Global Metal)

I'm sure you all remember a few years back when everyone was "stealing" music through Napster.Well Lars Ulrich the drummer of Metalica got very upset at the possibility that he and other extremely well off musicians might lose a few dollars if people stopped buying their over priced Cd's.If you don't already know he on many occasions at press conferences got extremely angry and lashed out on these criminals that were stealing music from him. Flash forward to the year 2008 and this is what he has to say on the subject now,confronted by the fact that a lot of people overseas would never have gotten into metal if it weren't for people downloading it.Its actually kind of sad to watch even though I think hes douche.He obviously feels like a retard about the whole thing and has developed a complex so much so that he cant really look at the camera when he talks and it seems he even has trouble uttering the word "internet" which sounds to me like he keeps saying "inonet".This clip is from the documentary Global Metal so check it out if you get the chance.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Lars
• Ulrich
• illegal
• downloads
• napster
• metal
• lol

[davis311c]

I dont really like Lars but he is not really eating his words here, necessarily. Napster was for free so downloading music doesnt mean you get it for free!

[dripwire]

lol!watch the kid left at 0:23

[Hack3r91]

Lars might have changed his idea...seems legit. At the beginning of TEH FASTS INTERNEZ, several musicians may have thought that file sharing could actually harm their wallets Now, almost everyone of em has realized that their wallets are still full and even fuller. The only one suffering from it is the goddamn stupid fucking ass licking RIAA. Which could, and hopefully will, disappear one day.

[Hack3r91]

@dripwire My reaction was kinda like his face, when I saw his face XD

[Hack3r91]

@davis311c But he also says the word "share", which implies he himself was thinking about file sharing XD

[nri222]

@axl409v Also, those that download a band's music are highly likely to go see one of their concerts. IIRC, in today's music, concerts are the biggest source of an artist's revenue. Many people download a couple of albums at first, and then go out and buy the rest of the artist's discography. It's ridiculous to assume that everybody who downloads music are just plain greedy. It's a good way to get a sample of an artist's work before buying their music.

[nri222]

@axl409v Metallica had every right to sue Napster, but the minute they did it, it was clear that they were now a corporate band. I mean, this was a band that used to give out free copies of their albums at concerts in the 80s. They always called themselves a band of the people, and now they were blatantly going against what they stood for. The fact is, that in many countries, music is either overpriced, or hard to get, which is why many download music for free.

[axl409v]

@axl409v Its just shitty ignorance like this that really shows just what people were really bitching about, that they were caught out in their true motives..the only thing people really cared about is getting music for free..thats the bottom line and if that means stealing it, then thats what they do...they dont care about the artists, they dont care about the technology or other issues, just plain simple greed..its how society is today and the napster incident really showed peoples true colors

[axl409v]

Its funny how years later when overwhelming evidence now shows Metallica were right and people are still not getting what they were fighting against. It wasn't downloading, it wasnt technology, it was the choice of the artists in how they put out their music. Why is this such a hard concept to understand? Napster took what wasnt theirs and gave it away, Metallica give away free music still to this day! The issue was control, not downloading, and every band has the right to where their music goes

[BucksStudent]

At least he isn't like Prince or Bono.

[MrROCKNROLLHERE]

The band lost their connection to the fans a long time ago and I don't think Lars ever really had one with the fans. The truth is, that, nowadays more and more bands are making their money from internet sales than anything from "record stores". Lars realizes, I think, that he doesn't have a choice in this day and age. Unfortunately, Lars has developed an Axl Rose sized ego and can't see beyond his own inflated opinion of himself.

[LinkToon000]

Lars said once that, yes, he hated that people were downloading his music for free....but he said he didn't like when people downloaded it before the song was even released. He doesn't care about stuff that he already released