On September 4, Metallica played Minneapolis's Target Center. Minneapolis is, notably, the hometown of dearly departed superstar Prince, and in the years since his death, lots of artists have taken it upon themselves to pay tribute. And we are here to say: Please don't! At least, not unless you actually know the song and can demonstrate at least a little of Prince's instrumental virtuoso, which Rob Trujillo and Kirk Hammett absolutely did not.

[clears throat] Perhaps this is why the doves were crying, ehh???

I'm sorry this is the aural equivalent of "This is gross, taste it," but this is truly a terrible sight to behold. The obvious cribbing from tab charts! The "COME ON!" The attempt to get the audience to sing along when absolutely nobody is having it! And if they're going to do Prince at all, "Darling Nikki" or "Bambi" might have lent themselves more to metal.

As a palate cleanser, or whatever the ear's equivalent of a palate is, Prince's estate released a demo of "17 Days" that's just Prince at a piano being amazing.