The conception of th… Read Full Bio ↴A collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica.
The conception of the collaboration project began in 2009 when both Metallica and Lou Reed performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th Anniversary Concert. After that performance, the two entities began "kicking around the idea of making a record together," but didn't start working together until two years later. In February 2011, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett announced that in May 2011 the group would start working on something that's "not 100 percent a Metallica record. It's a recording project, let's put it that way." The secret project was publicly revealed to be a collaboration with Lou Reed once the recording of the album had been completed in June 2011.
The collaboration was originally intended to be Metallica re-recording various previously unreleased tracks Reed had written over the years. Among these unreleased demos was a collection of songs composed for a play called Lulu—a theatrical production of two plays originally written by the German playwright Frank Wedekind. Reed shared the demos of these songs with the members of Metallica to help bring the "piece to the next level,"and the group provided "significant arrangement contributions" to the material.[8] David Fricke of Rolling Stone heard at least two of the songs from the project in June 2011—"Pumping Blood" and "Mistress Dread"—and described their sound as a "raging union of [Reed's] 1973 noir classic, Berlin, and Metallica's '86 crusher, Master of Puppets."
Mistress Dread
Lou Reed & Metallica Lyrics
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I have a dress and a train
Your snake cold lips
Make a harsh straight line
That echoes through my brain
You're perfect
Let me lift a glass high
Let me follow in your sigh
Let me follow in your sigh
I'm a woman who likes men
But this is something else
I've never felt such stirrings
I feel like I
Was someone else
I wish you'd tie me up and beat me
Crush me like a kick
A bleeding strap across my back
Some blood that you could kiss
Oh kiss away, oh kiss away
I wish there was a strap of blood
That you could kiss away
I wish there was a strap of blood
That you could kiss away
Tie me with a scarf and jewels
Put a bloody gag to my teeth
I beg you to degrade me
Is there waste that I could eat
I am a secret lover
I am your little girl
Please spit into my mouth
I'm forever in your swirl
You're heartless and I love that
You have no use of me
But I open the sticks, sticky legs I bear
And then insert a fist, an arm
Some lost appendage
Please open me I beg
You are my Goliath
You are my Goliath
And I am mistress dread
Oh I am mistress dread
Oh I am mistress dread
Open and release me
I love you in my head
Oh kiss away kiss away
Kiss away kiss away
All I ask my baby
Kiss away
All I ask my baby
Kiss away
The lyrics to Lou Reed and Metallica's song "Mistress Dread" are about a woman who likes men but is drawn to someone who is heartless and not interested in her. She sees herself as submissive and wants to be degraded and physically hurt in order to feel alive. This desire for pain and control is expressed through imagery of being tied up, beaten, and having blood kissed away. The woman sees herself as the submissive partner in a power dynamic with this person she calls "my Goliath," and is unable to resist their control. Throughout the song, she begs for attention and affection from this person, even knowing they have no use for her.
The lyrics of this song were controversial when they were released due to their explicit nature and portrayal of BDSM. Some listeners found the song to be misogynistic or promoting violence towards women, while others defended it as an exploration of taboo desires and fantasies. The song was part of a larger collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica, which produced a full-length album called "Lulu" in 2011. This was one of the last recordings made by Lou Reed before his death in 2013.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm built like you are
I am similar to you in structure or character
I have a dress and a train
I am dressed up and ready to be taken or led
Your snake cold lips
Your cruel, uncaring mouth
Make a harsh straight line
Produces a severe, unyielding effect
That echoes through my brain
That resonates within my mind or thoughts
You're perfect
You are exactly what I desire or admire
Let me lift a glass high
Allow me to celebrate or toast to you
Let me follow in your footsteps
Allow me to emulate your actions or path
Let me follow in your sigh
Allow me to share in your emotions or feelings
I'm a woman who likes men
I am heterosexual
But this is something else
This feeling towards you is unique or different from what I've experienced before
I've never felt such stirrings
I have never been so aroused or excited
I feel like I Was someone else
I feel transformed or altered
I wish you'd tie me up and beat me
I desire to be dominated and physically punished by you
Crush me like a kick
Cause me pain or intense sensation
A bleeding strap across my back
A punishing instrument that draws blood on my body
Some blood that you could kiss
The bodily fluid that reflects your power or control over me
Oh kiss away, oh kiss away
I desire for you to take away my pain through your affection
I wish there was a strap of blood That you could kiss away
I wish you could make my pain go away by comforting me with my own blood
Tie me with a scarf and jewels
Bind me with something beautiful or valuable
Put a bloody gag to my teeth
Silence me with something that draws blood or signifies your dominance
I beg you to degrade me
I implore you to objectify and humiliate me
Is there waste that I could eat
I am willing to be debased to the lowest possible extent
I am a secret lover
I am a lover that is kept secret or hidden
I am your little girl
I am submissive and dependent on you
Please spit into my mouth
An act of degradation that reflects your power over me
I'm forever in your swirl
I am caught in the vortex of my obsession towards you
You're heartless and I love that
I am attracted to your cold, unfeeling nature
You have no use of me
I am not valuable to you, except as a tool for your pleasure
But I open the sticks, sticky legs I bear
I surrender myself to you sexually
And then insert a fist, an arm
I push myself to the extreme by allowing you to penetrate me deeply
Some lost appendage
Anything that can be inserted to give me pain or pleasure
Please open me I beg
I am asking you to enter me and exert your power over me
You are my Goliath
You are my dominant and powerful figure
And I am mistress dread
I am your willing sub, ready to give up control and be dominated
Open and release me
I am emotionally imprisoned and need to be set free
I love you in my head
My attraction towards you is purely emotional and psychological
All I ask my baby
My only desire is to be with you and serve you
Kiss away
Through your affection, take away my pain and fear
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: KIRK HAMMETT, JAMES HETFIELD, LOU REED, ROBERT TRUJILLO, LARS ULRICH
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Je suis fan de Metallica 🤟
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C'est nul a chier il a raison je connaissais pas cette album et j'étais plus heureux 🤮
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Vous êtes durs, moi qui aime pas le rock et bein j'ai bien aimé. Enfin si j'aime bien mais j'en écoute jamais.
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