Metallica: 2024 Gershwin Prize | Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding

From the heart of DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., Metallica burns the house down with a powerful rendition of Elton John's "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding," marking a historic moment at the 2024 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song concert honoring the legendary Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
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About the Gershwin Prize: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is the nation’s highest award for influence, impact and achievement in the field of popular song. It was established in 2007 to recognize and honor the artists whose creative works, both printed and recorded, are collected, preserved, made accessible, and valued by the nation’s library. It acknowledges the preeminent place of popular song in modern society and its vital role in expressing and deepening the personal and shared values of our time. Gershwin Honorees are selected by the Librarian of Congress in consultation with music specialists within the Library, former Gershwin Prize Honorees, and eminent outside experts in the field, including scholars, publishers, producers, composers and performers.

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[michaelchamberstx]

I am a huge fan of Elton John. I am also a huge Metallica fan.
I am NOT typically a fan of cover songs. Rarely does the covering artist do the original work justice. But this shit literally gave me chills. Absolutely incredible.

[MetalPilgrim]

The thing I love about Metallica covers is that they somehow are ALWAYS able to make the song sound undeniably Metallica-like... and yet still keep the essence and feel of the original track with enormous respect to its author!

[trulyunoriginal]

I'm pleased for James that he got to play in front of one of his idols. I think some people forget that Metallica didn't grow up listening to thrash metal. They're hard rockers who helped create a genre, perfected it, outgrew it, and have been doing whatever the hell they like ever since, because they can.

[BigDogWaddy]

First this needs to be a single, but second how is Metallica like the greatest cover band of all time? Every cover they ever do is amazing!

[davidtechau]

This has got to be one of the greatest rock covers of all time.

[gorstone]

Elton was fascinated. You can tell he felt proud of the way Metallica’s performance turned out.

[pdegan]

The best part was seeing how much Elton and Bernie liked it.

[Bergstaller]

Elton John - "Amazing!"

Me - "Who am I to argue with the man himself? It was amazing!"

[johnnyplatis]

So glad to see and hear Greeny alive and kicking in the hands of Kirk!

[yazidknopfler]

James Hetfield in his Prime in his 60's. Insane !

[michaelr.]

That was probably the best performance by Metallica that I have personally watched/heard in 15 years. That was absolutely phenomenal. They are firing on all cylinders.

[NicolaiTschenow]

James can still sing like its the 90s, still got that youthful punch in his voice.

[Zapattack]

Turns out Elton and Bernie wrote a Metallica song 20 years before James!

[anettmurray]

I was Dee Murray's wife and I stood by the side of the stage so many times whilst they were opening the show with this song. OMG ! This gave me the chills and made my hair stand on end. This was so brilliant . I almost cried. It blew my socks off ! My hat is off to Metallica.

[ericblum]

People love to crap on Lars, but he kills it here. The whole band killed it, I'm a huge fan of Elton and Metallica so this was the best thing I've seen in a long, long time.

[JoeUnger-ufqs]

Metallica needs to release this on spotify ASAP!

[paulnyamoek]

this is the best video on youtube i've seen since that video of australian guy punch a kangaroo in the face to save his dog

[marcozeni]

The buildup to the solo is phenomenal.

[HubbAeroplane]

You can really see how much love and care Metallica put into this arrangement and performance. As a Metallica fan of over 30 years, it warms my heart to see them enjoying themselves like this.

[ivankind]

Elton John saying “amazing!” is like you’ve fulfilled everything as a musician 😁