Talk:Sad but True

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"... it is notable for featuring guitars tuned to D rather than E." How is this notable? There are thousands and thousands of songs with detuned guitars, not to mention unorthodox tunings. - Quirk 09:14, 22 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Generally, most of the Metallica song's before then were in standard tuning (EADGBe), though I am no expert. This statement may have some relevance, as Metallica came to introduce alternate tunings in much of their future works. Again, if I am wrong, I apologize. Cronos12390 14:26, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"It is one of Metallica's first attempts at tuning down guitars, in this case, tuning down to D standard." Metallica used dropped-D tuning (DADGBE) on "The Thing That Should Not Be" on Master of Puppets. Jhaselden (talk) 14:41, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Number of Tracks[edit]

"Sad But True is one of 5 songs released off the cd Metallica (commonly referred to as the Black Album)..."

How is this so? Metallica has 12 songs on it, not 5. Cparker 18:03, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is one if the 5 songs released as a single from the album. -- Marcika 13:29, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thrash Metal?[edit]

I dont think this song qualifies as thrash, its best defined as simply heavy metal.

You could argue that the song is post-thrash, but I suppose the current definition works as well, if not better.72.195.182.192 20:59, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed this is not a thrash metal song. Thrash Metal typically has a fast tempo and this song sits around 96 bpm Raistlinx17 (talk) 18:40, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is more groove metal than anything. Notice the heavy but slow, pounding riff, this sounds more like Pantera than Metallica. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.30.251.149 (talk) 18:55, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sad But True is definitely a groove metal song, as is a lot of the album. I think that thrash metal and groove metal need to be added to the genre of Metalica(the album.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iron Wizard13 (talk • contribs) 03:16, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Release date[edit]

Well, actually Sad but True was released 1991 and not 1992, wasn't it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.178.242.162 (talk) 15:02, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

08/02/93 was when it was released in the US as a single. The album itself was released in 1991 Raistlinx17 (talk) 18:32, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

James Hetfield plays bass?[edit]

Why the hell does it say James Hetfield plays bass on this song, i've removed it, since there's no source for it. --Chickenguy13 (talk) 10:20, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

lyrics[edit]

what is this song about, anyway? Please xplain —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.97.68.28 (talk) 23:56, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

Sad but True → Sad But True – Had I been an Admin I would of just moved it. there's a redirect in the way of the move Sad But True. By all search accounts and the cover itself the page should be Sad But True. Surprised not to find discussion about this. Mlpearc (powwow) 15:18, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose capitalizing coordinating conjunction, per MOS:CT and MOS:MUSIC#Capitalization. Deor (talk) 23:28, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And I would have been wrong, thanks for pointing that out. :P Mlpearc (powwow) 03:53, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Other Cultural References[edit]

I believe this song was used as a wrestling intro, according to some brief internet searching Rey Mysterio Jr. Could we include this info similar to how pop culture references are mentioned for video games / movies? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.227.5.2 (talk) 16:08, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]