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The Shortest Straw (6:34)

Cover of ...And Justice for All

From ...And Justice for All and 28 other releases

The Shortest Straw is the fifth track off Metallica’s 1988 album …And Justice For All.

The song deals with the blacklisting as a whole.

The blacklisting took place in the 1950’s where everyone whose view was a little out of the ordinary was immediately labeled for being a threat to the society - a communist. In Hollywood were a lot of people whose views didn’t fit in with the mainstream, so they all were shoved out of the entertainment industry just because of their convictions.
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  • HaohmaruOfWind

    what happened to the tags ?

    10 Mar 9:40pm Reply

  • tripodthunder

    witch hunt riding through!

    1 Mar 9:23pm Reply

  • briantheunholy

    Saw them at the Monstors of Rock Festival in Tampa with Van Halen, The Scorpions, Dokken they ruled,.,at AJFA tour.,., and Summer shit= Binge and Purge .,., agree with Dasoverkill after this = not the same.,.,.,.OverKill Rules!! just look at the amount of releases they have put out,.,

    8 Feb 4:10pm Reply

  • AlexDunning

    I forgot how fun the solos in this track (and the whole album) are!

    24 Jan 3:59pm Reply

  • johnm32145

    Another HUGE one from their best album!

    10 Jan 4:23pm Reply

  • nopuppet

    With vertigo make you dead

    28 Dec 2012 Reply

  • MegaDave89

    This is my favorite now.

    20 Dec 2012 Reply

  • MegaDave89

    Metallica AJFA underrated? Just no. :)

    28 Nov 2012 Reply

  • MegaDave89

    One of the Metallica songs.

    28 Nov 2012 Reply

  • mikesimpson

    Went from the monkees to matallica I'm all over the place ;o)

    23 Nov 2012 Reply

  • gdcman

    Saw them at the Monstors of Rock Festival in Los Angeles with Van Halen, The Scorpions, Dokken and Kingdom Come.

    10 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Pentiik

    Shortest Straw Has Been Pulled for You !!!

    30 Sep 2012 Reply

  • AzraelDanic

    Best Metallica song ever, IMO

    25 Aug 2012 Reply

  • tru_dude

    oh yes, back when Lars considered to be very good

    30 Jul 2012 Reply

  • ThrasheDDeatH

    note the resemblance to Motorhead's The Hammer... the lyric pattern is very similar.

    23 Jul 2012 Reply

  • dasoverkill

    excuse me idiot but no one ever said justice was an underrated album jackass!,,one of the best albums ever! it's just everything else after pretty much sucks balls

    6 Jul 2012 Reply

  • hadomaru

    How is this album not thrash?

    9 Jun 2012 Reply

  • dasoverkill

    Justice is such a great album,and I agree with metaljenjen as well,but I wouldn't waste my time going to a metallica show to hear classics, OVERKILL !!!!!!!!

    17 Apr 2012 Reply

  • BIG-D313

    Well said metaljenjen \m/

    22 Feb 2012 Reply

  • shroomer1999

    damn, hadnt heard 'good' metallica in a while.

    6 Feb 2012 Reply
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