Metallica Picks The Greatest Songs of All-Time

“What’s the greatest song of all time?”That deceptively simple question sparks a hilarious and surprisingly heartfelt debate on this unforgettable episode of The Ben and Skin Show. Join Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray as they dive into Metallica’s 100th podcast episode, where the legendary band members each reveal their personal picks for the greatest song ever—and the answers might just surprise you.From Kirk Hammett’s love for classical music to James Hetfield’s full-throttle endorsement of “Ace of Spades,” the crew breaks down each pick with their signature blend of music nerdery and comedic chaos. The Metallica boys go deep: From “Blue Danube” to “Freebird” to “Supersonic,” their picks are as wild as they are iconic.

Episode Transcript

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Speaker 3 (00:47):
Stay on top in the shout. Okay, So Metallica does
a podcast, The four guys in Metallica, they do talka
Report podcast and they were celebrating their one hundredth episode
by asking the question what's the best song of all time?

Speaker 2 (01:06):
These guys are just going around the room, so we
have four different answers here.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
Well, when you ask someone what's the best song of
all time? Can anyone stick to their guns and tell
you number one?

Speaker 2 (01:15):
No, they can't. That frustrates me real quick. I just
asked it, what's the best song of all time? Asking
me anyone? Oh, Aqua Lung by Jethro Toll.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
Christina uh Man just say ramble on.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
I stop reading my mind.

Speaker 3 (01:34):
I know that's exactly what I was going to say, ramblon,
just because it starts slow and got some acoustic in there,
and then it gets real fun and brooks the Lord.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
I would say Aqua Long by Ron Burgundy.

Speaker 3 (01:47):
I think the corn Kids song is up there, yep
to me? These to me, these balls are perfect king
of like farms. There's so many good it's impossible to
pick one. But you guys have heard me say this before.
I'm very very I have a strong offen for Levan
by Elton John and mister toppin Well, so they're sitting
around the only guy who could stick to just one
song is Kirk Hammett so we'll start with the hamster.

(02:10):
Hammett says, the classical piece Blue Danube, Joe hens Strass.

Speaker 2 (02:16):
It's great.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
Okay, does anybody here have Did their parents have Blue
Danube china that they ate off of as a kid. Nope,
my mom had the blue Danube.

Speaker 2 (02:24):
Wait, you know what, I think it's just white with
like the blue. Yeah, we did, yep, and y'all were
all rich.

Speaker 3 (02:30):
Not really so in true frontman form, James Hetfield is like, well,
hold on, hold on, hold on, is.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
This a song for every mood, every day, every action?

Speaker 3 (02:39):
He goes, you want, I'm driving Ace of Spades by
motor time speed.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
It's hard.

Speaker 1 (02:46):
That's such a badass thing for the lead singa Metalli
get yeah.

Speaker 3 (02:50):
Now, I thought about pulling some of this, but like
it's seriously, it's long, and we just don't have time
in these segments to do it.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
But even a little bit of Ace of Spades, it's
to be just play the beginning.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
Oh no, we can't put you know.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
But those those guys also have a responsibility here to
keep it rock, because if they were talking about yacht
rock or something, people would just go.

Speaker 2 (03:09):
What, okay, hold on.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
I understand that perception, But I really think these are
the kind of guys that will do whatever they want,
don't care at this point, Yes, yeah, Morning. They don't
have to They don't have to project anything.

Speaker 3 (03:21):
Isn't Hamlet the one they always kind of make fun of, though,
because I think it's kind of funny that Hamlet's the
one who's like the classical music and here comes the
Heffel's Okay, well as the best written song, he said,
quote as stupid and simple as it sounds, I think
Stairway to Heaven by Led zephylin uh, you start off light,
end up heavy. He also said Freebird by Lyonyard Skinnyard.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
It's got a great melody. Dude, I think Freebird is awesome.
I don't know why Freebird got it. When did Freebird
get nickelbacked? It happened.

Speaker 1 (03:51):
It's just it's there's a lot of classic rock songs
that are overplayed, and especially ones with really long, methodical
guitar solo. Hotel California beats dude, kid, Hotel California is
an incredible song that I never want to hear again
for the.

Speaker 2 (04:06):
Rest of my life. Dame Lars Ulric, he picked something
with incredible drums. I bet he picked a rush song
child of Time by Deep Purple, okay.

Speaker 3 (04:16):
And then he said, if you go opposite, there's this
thing about simplicity in a song, and I would say
Supersonic by Oasis.

Speaker 2 (04:24):
Okay, I love super song. That is a great song.
Is that the one who goes super Sonic. That's a
different one. Supersonic.

Speaker 3 (04:33):
There's some really cool stuff going on on the guitar
there with the harmonics on Supersonic by Oasis.

Speaker 2 (04:39):
Might have to hear whatever.

Speaker 1 (04:41):
Then Robert steps in and he said, if I could
narrow it down to just one song, and by the way,
he's like fifteen years younger than the rest of these dudes. Yes, seriously,
if we're going down this ride, I just think every
single song on Back to Black, every ACDC song on
Back to Black. When he's dry, yeah, I mean it
is like a bang bang bang, an incredible album.

Speaker 3 (05:01):
Then a Headfield wrapped up the conversation by saying, I've
got the answer, guys, Everyone sit out, and he stood
up and he fished it out and he said anything
by Black Sabbath, and then an explosion happened, and we'll
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Speaker 2 (05:27):
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