|
Enter Sandman (Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammett)
Album:
Metallica
Single:
- August 1991
Video:
- Location: on a sound stage in Los Angeles
- Directed by: Wayne Isham
- When: July 3th 1991
- TV Premiere: July 30th 1991
The video is available in a long and a short version.
Live:
"Enter Sandman" was performed at the 1991 Mtv Video Music Awards on September 5th in Universal City, CA, at the 1992 Grammy Awards on February 25th 1992 and at the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert, a concert for AIDS awareness on April 20th 1992.
Since its release this song has been literally played at almost every gig.
S&M:
zunächst
First Metallica did not want to put it on the set list because they were not sure how their fans would react.
Covers:
This song has been covered by various bands live but Apocalyptica also
released a cover of this song on their debut album.
What the song is about:
It is a nightmarish-lullaby which is dealing with the nature of nightmares and a child's fear of entering the dreamscape and being constantly watched by an old man, the "sandman".
|
|
|
