Kirk Hammett, Rob Trujillo, Lars Ulrich, and James Hetfield of Metallica participate in the 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song discussion to Elton John and Bernie Taupin by the Library of Congress at DAR Constitution Hall on March 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. Taylor Hill/WireImage
Elton John and Bernie Taupin were the important invitees Wednesday evening (March 20) at DAR Constitution Hall in D.C., where the Library of Congress granted the songwriting duo with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. And to assist commemorate both, Metallica revealed out to do among their most cherished tracks — “Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding.”
Taking the phase before a large target market — that included the Rocket Man himself resting front row facility — the hefty steel band included their very own particular side to John and Taupin’s bitter Goodbye Yellow Brick Road showstopper. “Oh, it kills me to think of you with another man/ I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan,” sang frontman James Hetfield.
“But my guitar couldn’t hold you, so I split the band,” he proceeded as Kirk Hammett, Rob Trujillo and Lars Ulrich shook out on the guitar, bass and drums, specifically. “Love lies bleeding in my hands.”
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Joni Mitchell, Charlie Puth, Maren Morris, Annie Lennox and Brandi Carlile likewise supplied covers of timeless John-Taupin tracks Thursday, with Sir Elton liquidating the schedule with piano performances of “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters,” “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting” and “Your Song.” At one factor, he and the evening’s various other entertainers all postured for an image with each other onstage.
Fans will certainly have the ability to see the complete performance at 8 p.m. ET Monday, April 8, when the display airs on PBS terminals.
Leading as much as the program, Hetfield talked to Billboard concerning his fave of the duo’s developments: “That would be ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.’” “It’s beautiful, it’s epic — and I love the lyrics as well,” he added the red rug. “The castle, the wonderful dust … and what does it mean after that.”
Watch a fragment of Metallica’s cover of “Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleding” listed below.
One of those points you believed you’d never ever see in Washington — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson head-bopping along to @Metallica at the @librarycongress #GershwinPrize for Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
See it April 8 on @PBS. pic.twitter.com/lCJB27SjFx
— Ed O’Keefe (@edokeefe) March 21, 2024
