Lars Ulrich Recaps Metallica's GRAMMYs Technical Difficulties

YOU WERE INCREDIBLE AT THE GRAMMIES!
DESPITE EARLIER, THERE WERE SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT --
>> THAT BLEW MY MIND.
>> James: HOW DID YOU DEAL WITH IT?
>> IN THE HEAT OF THE BATTLE YOU'RE OUT THERE PLAYING, IS IT
A TECHNICAL ISSUE, IS IT GOING TO THE HOUSE, IS THE VOCALS
GOING TO THE TRUCK, OR -- YOU HAVE TO KEEP PLAYING.
GET OFFSTAGE, GET BACK THERE, I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM LIKE THAT IN 20
YEARS.
HE WAS LIVID.
HE'S AGED, FAIRLY WELL, AND HE'S A PRETTY CHILL GUY.
BUT FIRST FIVE OR TEN MINUTES IN THAT DRESSING ROOM WAS NOT A LOT
OF FUN.
BUT LIKE THEY EIGHT, THE HOE MUST GO ON AND WE FOUGHT THROUGH
IT.
AND WITH THE FIRE AND GAGA LIKE IN MY LAP FOR A MINUTE AT ONE
POINT, IT WAS JUST KEEP GOING KEEP GOING KEEP GOING.
SO WE FOUGHT THROUGH IT AND A LOT OF PEOPLED AT LEAST MADE FOR
GREAT TELEVISION.
>> James: YOU WERE GREAT IT WAS FANTASTIC YOU SOUNDED GREAT
IT WAS GREAT!
(APPLAUSE) >> James: YOU'VE DONE LOOT OF
BROADWAY SHOWS.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES?
>> ALWAYS, LAST TIME I DID FALSEETTOS, JUST CLOSED ABOUT A
MONTH AGO.
WE HAD A LOT OF SOUND ISSUES JUST FIGURING OUT BUT YOU NEVER
KNOW HOW BAD IT IS GOING TO BE.
I FEEL LIKE LIVE AUDIENCES LOVE WHEN THINGS GO WRONG.
I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO CHICKEN OUT, BUT WE KEPT GOING AND THE
AUDIENCE REALLY SORT OF I THINK THEY JUST LOVED WHEN TOUGH GOES
A LITTLE WRONG.
>> James: SEEMS LIKE IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT IN THEIR FACE.
>> A LOT LIKE CAROL BURNETT BREAK UP ON STAGE WHICH I HEARD
HAPPENED A LOT.
>> James: NOT WITH YOU.
>> BUT OTHERS AROUND YOU.
YOU LOVE SEEING PEOPLE LAUGH ON STAGE.
>> LIKE ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, IT'S SO FUN.
>> James: YOU MUST HAVE HAD SOME TERRIBLE TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES.
>> IN 35 YEARS WE'VE HAD A FEW MISHAPS, THE MANY TERRIBLE ONE
IN LONDON IN THE DAYS OF WEMBLEY ARENA.
ALL THE BRITISH PRESS WERE THERE, YOU KNOW HOW DIFFICULT
THEY COULD BE.
>> James: A BIT YES.
>> I WOULD GO FROM ONE TO THE OTHER ONE AND IT WOULD LIFT OUT
OF TAIJ WHILE I WAS PLAYING, REVEALING OLD GLORY.
AND OF COURSE THE GATES OP OPEN AND NOTHING HAPPENS AND I'M
PLAYING THE SONG BASICALLY UNDER THE STAGE.
PEOPLE CAN JUST SEE THE TOP OF THE CYMBALS, THAT'S IT.
AND THIS LASTS FOR WAY LONGER THAN IT SHOULD.
THE CREW GUYS ARE OUT THERE WITH TIRE IRONS, YOU PROP THIS THING
UP AND I SPENT 15 MINUTES PLAYING SONGS UNDERUNDERNEATH
THE STAGE AND THEY WOULD COME UP AND SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Lars Ulrich Recaps Metallica's GRAMMYs Technical Difficulties

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