BLACK METAL!!!!

[jaye]

Love it!!! How many bands can claim to have covered soul thai pop??

;D   Exactly what I was thinking.   I like Black Metal even more after hearing the original. 

[buymycar]

the chorus is already playing over and over again in my head

the song is playing over and over again on my laptop

third time for me. also to note the amazon page seems to be taken down :'( .

I find this very muppets-esque . maybe muppets take mahattan.

The email from the band said it will be available on iTunes and Amazon on April 26.

[jbaruch76]

anyone know where to download it? they should let the ppl who preordered download it.

[e_wind]

one post above it says you can download it from itunes or amazon tomorrow. this is not the right place for you to come looking for handouts, just sayin

[bigkidfallsdown.com]

I recorded it from the web and I'll still be purchasing it at midnight or as soon as it's available. Support, support, support the bands you love.

[HIGH on SOUND]

Love the song! This album is going to be sick..

I don't think they technically "sampled" that Thai song. It's not like they just took the music from it and had Jim sing over top of it. The band is definitely playing the music.

More like a creative interpretation. Can't wait to see this stuff live!

[johnnYYac]

the chorus is already playing over and over again in my head

the song is playing over and over again on my laptop

third time for me. also to note the amazon page seems to be taken down :'( .

I find this very muppets-esque . maybe muppets take mahattan.

I bookmarked it a couple of days ago and its still there.
http://www.amazon.com/Holdin-on-to-Black-Metal/dp/B004UJPS2W/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1302734104&sr=8-7

[JaneCool]

Well it definitely sounds a lot like that Siamese Soul song, which I had never heard before.
The first couple times I listened to Black Metal, I was reminded of this song -

Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart

[antonio]

I WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE A FLUTE SOLO IN THIS SONG. FALSE ADVERTISING.

[Tracy 2112]

I can't wait t hear how many people hate this song (and why)    ;D

[layin low]

I find this very muppets-esque . maybe muppets take mahattan.

First thing I thought of as well. There was an article in Rolling Stone about MMJ making music for the Muppets movie, but the songs they talked about were Wonderful and another one.

Either way, I'm diggin this tune, and it's going to be hard for me to get "Oh-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-yeah-yeah-yeah-yay-ohhhhh" out of my head.

[Honest Man]

It is straight up the same riff including the horns. Regardless this song owns. I just hope they give credit where credit is due.

[Tracy 2112]

If you like Led Zeppelin, then don't complain.

Regardless, there are numerous legal methods to do this
4) The vanilla ice duh duh duh duh DUH duh method

Yo, u so full of shitzish. Here, let Robert Matthew 'splain it to yo dumn azzz

Portion of Vanilla Ice's Segment in I Love the 90's

[wolof7]

"Black Metal," for instance, is augmented by massed female voices and what sounds like wah-wah-ed horns — a combo that lands the song somewhere between "Superfly" and "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)."

Between this from rolling stone and the article from SPIN, which features the album art of the Thai artist, I don't think the band is hiding the fact that it was sampled at all. Who cares.

I just want to hear the gdamn song already!!

[SmokinShootin]

Don't jump down my throat for this, but I'm not liking it.  It doesn't sound like MMJ to me.  It suuuuper produced.  From that discription of it being like superfly etc. I was excited, but now I am disapointed. 

[CC]

For those wondering about the Siamese Soul connection. Yes, there's a connection and the band credits the original song in the liner notes. They look at it almost like they sampled the riff, but they are actually playing it all.

[scosby2]

that's what i thought...thanks for clearing it all up...

[wolof7]

Yea I am feelin it' :D

[buymycar]

one post above it says you can download it from itunes or amazon tomorrow. this is not the right place for you to come looking for handouts, just sayin

The post above yours wasn't looking for a handout.  It was stated that people who have preordered the album should be able to download it.  That sounds fair to me.  It's not a question of supporting the band.  It's a question of how many times you have to support the band.

That said, nothing's going to stop me from buying the track on iTunes tonight.

[e_wind]

i disagree... bands stream new music all the time but dont say "hey if you preordered this download the leak, we don't care."