Apart from thinking as a Metallica fan, think as a simple visitor. Apart from "", which I don't consider it an offense, in "WALK THIS WAY", the rest of the songs - 9 Lives, Back In The Saddle, Dude Looks Like a Lady, Love In an Elevator and F.I.N.E- don't include insults, plus the b*tch at "Young " is never heard since they don't reach that verse. Anyway, Metallica's "popular" songs wordwide are 3: Enter Sandman; The Unforgiven and Nothing Else Matters. Two of them are slow "ballads".
And for the record, my pal, "Fuel" was proposed by Tom Morrow.
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I'm not a Metallica fan at all, nor do I even express a passing interest in them. I highly doubt you are either, which gives you no right to decide which of their songs are popular and would be easily recognized by the general public. The idea of opinion outweighing fact has been seen in a few of your posts in this thread, and while I don't like to be mean, it has to be said. For example: just because YOU don't find "" to be an offensive word [which is actually in "Sweet Emotion" and NOT "Walk This Way"] doesn't mean that everyone else must feel that way as well. Your arguments are also taken from a biased perspective: Aerosmith has had a *plethora* of ballad-like songs, and to tell the truth that's about all they can score a hit with nowadays. This does not necessarily mean that the public accociates Aerosmith with said tripe, nor is it implying that such a song would be used on RnRC.
As far as popular singles go, the majority of the songs on RnRC could be considered as "obscure", with only a small handful of mainstream hits in the ride's playlist.
Tying the singles in to the "ballad" aspect, Aerosmith's biggest hits were [and still are] ballads like "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing", which is thus far the only Aerosmith single to make number one. Moving on:
The original studio recording of "Love In An Elevator" is used for the ride and NOT a 're-recorded' version, unless you count that at the very end they [poorly] tacked on a four-part harmony clip of the group singing simply 'Love In A Rollercoaster'. Because of this, the song's original meaning and purpose remains intact.
You say that the "b.tch" in Young is never heard because they don't reach the verse which contains said offensive word: could they not also do something similar to this with Metallica's "Fuel" to avoid controversy?
"Walk This Way" is an undeniably raunchy song, one which alludes to incest, oral s.ex, and other assorted nasties which won't be discussed in detail here. While I personally think it's a well-written and clever song if taken in the right context, its subject matter is far from a big secret and including it in RnRC was a bit of a chancey move, although it is possibly Aerosmith's most famous song. It doesn't take swear words to make a song offensive, and this song is an example of that.
FINALLY, I didn't notice that "Tom Morrow" suggested "Fuel"; sorry for that mistake.