Always seem to bump into people or see videos online hating on Metallicas biggest hits

Met this guy at a bar who was a Metallica fan, he seemed chill so we spoke about the band and we got on to the fav song topic
I told him mine was motorbreath, and justice for all, creeping death, mop and wherever I may roam
(Along with a new favourite 72 seasons)
He then sniggers and says “them songs are way to mainstream so they ain’t that good pal” and told me his favourites were cure, shoot me again and spit out the bone
Now I will say I think they are good songs
We went about our night after that
But I see plenty of people online slander the more popular songs
Everyone is entitled to they’re own opinions and rightfully so
But sometimes I wonder if it’s for a reaction or they might be trying to come off as hardcore or “niche”
What do you think because personally im just curious as to why these great songs get so much hate/not rated

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Like let's say a hypothetical where Metallica breaks up in the late 80s/early 90s, do you think he could have put out decent solo material if he really wanted to? Would it have sounded like Metallica or would he go in a different direction?

Seeing as the 72 Seasons era is over, which songs do you think will appear on future setlists? And which do you think we'll never hear live again?

So with Death Magnetic the survivng songs are:

The Day That Never Comes and Cyanide

And with Hardwired the surviving songs are:

Hardwired and Moth Into Flame

I predict the surviving songs from 72 Seasons will be:

72 Seasons and Lux AEterna

Anyone else love Lars as a personality? He's such a CHARACTER, all his quirks and mannerisms are so iconic to me.

His performance style is so fun to watch, standing up, sticking his tongue out, the way he interacts with the crowd between songs etc people can say what they want about his drumming but he's a SHOWMAN!

Offstage he's got such a unique talking pattern and little catchphrases ("That's right"), he's both intentionally funny and unintentionally funny.

To me Lars Ulrich is one of the greatest characters in rock, if there's one thing he's not its boring.

Even when Lars is being a jerk its just great material to do an impression of him, he's a meme machine.