He's a phenomenal pianist. Some piano parts during the performance worked very well, other fell completely flat or out of place. The rehearsal part where you pretyt much only hear Lang Lang sound great though, that probably says something as well. But I'm a little saddened by some reactions, so narrowminded (even beforehand), at least these guys are down to do shit like this.
You only heard Lang Lang's playing because he's playing on a concert piano that's made for huge concert halls... the others weren't plugged into the big amps. The camera was directly above the strings too lol
Yeah. Epic metallica moment. I wonder how the fuck did he know which one the E string was. And it was the right octave too. That's awesome. Proof that metallica are all great musicians.
Wow at all these ignorant comments about Lang Lang. For the people who don't know him, he's a virtuoso classical pianist. He's a great pianist who is very expressive. He has the ability to bring classical music to mass media. His "banging" is incredible.
I think Lang Lang sounds great in this, he really understands how to combine the piano with the guitar and metal rhythms - this is why he is soloing all the way through, by the way, if he didn't the pad accompaniment would get way too busy and become a mess of distorted sound - this is what separates Lang Lang from most other well-known musicians in both the classical and mainstream genres; he understands fully the theory and inner-workings of music and can work that into any genre fusion creatively. Most well-known musicians are masters of their instrument or style but have no idea of the theory and cannot fuse it or change it to make something creatively innovative or unique. Classical works particularly well with metal because they both have very complex textures with polyrhythms and polyphonic melodies. If you take a look at the actual classical and 20th century eras of music (not just instrumental music, the genuine classical and 20th century artists such as Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, dvojak etc) you can see many similarities in melody, rhythm and choral parts. Lang Lang can also use his sound in many different ways for different tones without changing the instrument at all, similar to the guitars.
That was incredible, the pianist is brilliant, and what a blend of classical and metal. Sorry it took me so long to find it. Thank you for posting this, I ♡⋆♡LOVE♡⋆♡ it! 🤘
I really liked this collaboration, i think metallica has always been about making something new or different and they went for it and it was very good, it's just people don't appreciate how the piano arrangement is worked, it does not have to necessarily be a exact copy of the guitars, actually those are the best. It would be really cool if they put out something with a good mixing though.
Instead of featuring Lang Lang, Metallica should have had Apolocolyptica star in their Grammy performance like they did at the 30th Anniversary show at Filmore.
I love how everybody's doing something or looking somewhere, basically fucking around. All the while James is just standing there, fanboying and being utterly fascinated by the skill of Lang... This just makes me love him so much more! Respecting another musician, while being one of the most famous musicians in the world, is a great characteristic!
With only piano, i mean without drums it sounds so much better. Lang lang did a great job here, see at 10:07, i really like those notes. Now i know how it would be if we have a piano record of "One". Of course by Lang Lang.
Love it. Rarely do I love the remix but this one is too addictive. Its cool to see Kirk so laid-back and James being so calm and cool. PS: 12:19 there's the Vietnamese guy saying "Tuyệt vời".
I'm going to preface my comment by saying: as classical piano musician who has performed music at the University level, who has think outside the box originality, and loves just about every genre of music as long as there is talent present, I'm going to put it like this: Out of Grammy compilation's that performed that night, Metallica & Lang Lang broke the mold and put an epic performance together melded with fresh, new, raw musical ideas fused together like soft (piano) and hard (forte) steel to forge a new, state of the art, cutting edge style of music. My only lament is that they will probably never play together again to shred and produce this yin & yang chiaroscuro sound.
Hii i am only 13 years old and i don't get it that i love all (!!!) of your songs and i don't belive that all just started that i was a litell child and my father heard the unforgiving one and a lot of others in the disk that he buy and i just don't stop to sang those songs, Thank you for making my childhood so special :)
Small minded people are exactly that. If you don't like fine, but to say they suck or are shit is just ignorant. Metallica work their asses off harder than any other band, they at least test themselves.
the piano in the middle of the vid, where you can really only hear the piano and james singing. It sounded really nice. A piano cover of the song would sounds amazing but i dont think it really works well with the guitars
Jaymz:yea Larz:based on what! Jaymz: your count. Lol. Idk why I find that funny. Anyways, I liked the piano. Added a darker, dungeons and dragons, evil thing to it. It was nice. I haven't heard the orchestra album yet(saw a comment about it. Thanks for who said that), so it nice to hear one as a orchestra sounding song. Should they make it a more comment thing, FUCK NO! But like I said, not bad.
In my opinion this experiment didn't work. Lang Lang is obviously a brilliant classical piano player and Metallica are a legendary metal band,but when I heard them play together at The Grammys. They were so out of key with one another, that from time to time, it didn't even sound like they were playing the same song!!!
Yeah, Metallica has these very catchy riffs etc. and Lang Lang is coming from music where you have so much in it. I am a fan of Chopin, Franz Liszt etc. but also of Metallica. And I would say when bringing Metal and Piano together we need to ask VKGoesWild :D
A band who has been at the top for 30+ years receiving criticism from...not sure, guessing everyone dissing them on here are also multi-millionaires and extremely musically talented? This is a 'clash' performance, yes, only shows how music can be so chaotically compatible!! Lars is totally OCD, most musicians are. These guys are all AWESOME!! Metallica RULES - Lang Lang is awesome!!
"Studio" version please? I think it'd give the piano more justice (no pun intended) than the Grammys did. Idk metallica will do what they want but it be cool
Perhaps had the piano been fitted in more in the mould of Guns and Roses "November rain" or Queen and Bohemian Rhapsody/Play the Game, it would have blended better. Even Elton John's "Love lies Bleeding" has wonderful guitar/piano exchanges.
Diciamo che grande merito hai metallica che hanno il coraggio di provare cose così , perché il binomio metal e sinfonia va bene ma se si producono pezzi con i due stili musicali dalla prima nota. Così la cosa e un po' forzata..
18:38 This shows that James Hetfield is a pure metal guy.
🤔 somethings odd is he alt picking and yes ik he alt picks that section before I get slated
Gotcha!
Two words: Mama Said
He's a phenomenal pianist.
Some piano parts during the performance worked very well, other fell completely flat or out of place. The rehearsal part where you pretyt much only hear Lang Lang sound great though, that probably says something as well. But I'm a little saddened by some reactions, so narrowminded (even beforehand), at least these guys are down to do shit like this.
You only heard Lang Lang's playing because he's playing on a concert piano that's made for huge concert halls... the others weren't plugged into the big amps. The camera was directly above the strings too lol
18:33 James that was awesome hahaha
Yeah. Epic metallica moment. I wonder how the fuck did he know which one the E string was. And it was the right octave too. That's awesome. Proof that metallica are all great musicians.
***** James took piano lessons as a kid so i think that's why he knew ;) and YEAH Metallica are Freaking Awesome! :)
Yeah I guess, but it's been a long time since then.
yeah
@@Al3XGuitarFanatiX3 they have classical piano on metallica HQ and James using i sometimes
I don't why what people have against Rob... He's a great BASS player.
I love you for writing that :D he really is amazing
i just dont think he fits them. and i hate the way he plays.
Because he was always better in Suicidal
Rob: Great Bassist! However, no backing vocals and sadly, no personality. And that stupid crab crawl. 🙄
they don't utilize him well.
LOVED the collaboration. Metal and classical music are a match made in heaven.
Wow at all these ignorant comments about Lang Lang. For the people who don't know him, he's a virtuoso classical pianist. He's a great pianist who is very expressive. He has the ability to bring classical music to mass media. His "banging" is incredible.
Piano&VocalGuy89 he sucks ass
well he knows how to fuck "one" up
im a die hard metalhead, but seeing two worlds of music colliding is a truly inspireing sight to behold
7:00 - "Mom told I can become anything, so I've become a metronome"
14:15 omfg, he just told Lars how to play his own song! and included a ride with it!
I bet Lars wanted to clobber him in his head hahaha xD
I'm a huge Metallica fan it is great to them collaborating with other artist, rob is the best addition to the band yet. He just fits in perfectly.
19:37 the whole part is just amazing
05:44 for the exact ALMOST full main solo tab.
I think Lang Lang sounds great in this, he really understands how to combine the piano with the guitar and metal rhythms - this is why he is soloing all the way through, by the way, if he didn't the pad accompaniment would get way too busy and become a mess of distorted sound - this is what separates Lang Lang from most other well-known musicians in both the classical and mainstream genres; he understands fully the theory and inner-workings of music and can work that into any genre fusion creatively. Most well-known musicians are masters of their instrument or style but have no idea of the theory and cannot fuse it or change it to make something creatively innovative or unique. Classical works particularly well with metal because they both have very complex textures with polyrhythms and polyphonic melodies. If you take a look at the actual classical and 20th century eras of music (not just instrumental music, the genuine classical and 20th century artists such as Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, dvojak etc) you can see many similarities in melody, rhythm and choral parts. Lang Lang can also use his sound in many different ways for different tones without changing the instrument at all, similar to the guitars.
Perfect, Metallic and Lang Lang perfect!!Amazing!! I love LL !!
i love covers, it's so nice to hear a fresh twist on a song that's been played for 30 yrs
That was incredible, the pianist is brilliant, and what a blend of classical and metal. Sorry it took me so long to find it. Thank you for posting this, I ♡⋆♡LOVE♡⋆♡ it! 🤘
I really liked this collaboration, i think metallica has always been about making something new or different and they went for it and it was very good, it's just people don't appreciate how the piano arrangement is worked, it does not have to necessarily be a exact copy of the guitars, actually those are the best. It would be really cool if they put out something with a good mixing though.
Damn! I'm the only person who think that the "HQ Studio" is the most badass studio in the world?!! I love you so much Metallica!
Never thought Langlang could outplay metallica with just a piano. What he did just now is the piano version of Heavy Metal!
The piano sounds WAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY MUCHH BETTER HEERE!
Instead of featuring Lang Lang, Metallica should have had Apolocolyptica star in their Grammy performance like they did at the 30th Anniversary show at Filmore.
+Olivier Jaquet yes. it was better than Lang Lang
Olivier Jaquet leave me alone
Mindblowing that there's SO SO much to rehearsal, even for Metallica alone, specially around 14:30 where they discuss the key they're playing at.
I love how everybody's doing something or looking somewhere, basically fucking around. All the while James is just standing there, fanboying and being utterly fascinated by the skill of Lang... This just makes me love him so much more! Respecting another musician, while being one of the most famous musicians in the world, is a great characteristic!
With only piano, i mean without drums it sounds so much better. Lang lang did a great job here, see at 10:07, i really like those notes. Now i know how it would be if we have a piano record of "One". Of course by Lang Lang.
I like this version better than the actual Grammys performance.
This is brilliant! Just pure musical genius! I am literally overwhelmed by positive emotion!
Lars is starting to look like Trevor...
Luuk Hilhorst Lol!
I really liked the performance, and Metallica sounds awesome as always.
18:35 Classic James Hetfield Moment. lol
I think the piano parts fits much better in the slower parts of songs.. The slow piano part in one was actually brilliant
is the metronome guy the therapist in some kind of monster movie?
Hahah no, he looks like him but no, he is not
Metroguy "Is the tempo bothering you?"
Kirk: its the notes in betwern
They hate him they wouldn't really wanna see him again, even if they are thankful :DDDDDD
this vid was 100 times better than the grammys, nice to see people acting normal and playing like no cameras or audience
They should've done it piano and vocals only
Love it. Rarely do I love the remix but this one is too addictive. Its cool to see Kirk so laid-back and James being so calm and cool.
PS: 12:19 there's the Vietnamese guy saying "Tuyệt vời".
Everyone should enjoy it for what it is. A one time Grammy Performance never to be repeated again!
I really liked all of Lang Lang's piano on this song. I hope I can find it soon.
Like the piano very much.Close ur eyes.Hear,feel,sense through vibrations to stabilize and find balance in the spectrum.
I'm going to preface my comment by saying: as classical piano musician who has performed music at the University level, who has think outside the box originality, and loves just about every genre of music as long as there is talent present, I'm going to put it like this: Out of Grammy compilation's that performed that night, Metallica & Lang Lang broke the mold and put an epic performance together melded with fresh, new, raw musical ideas fused together like soft (piano) and hard (forte) steel to forge a new, state of the art, cutting edge style of music. My only lament is that they will probably never play together again to shred and produce this yin & yang chiaroscuro sound.
The tapping on the piano is so triggering
honestly omg
Really hard to marry the piano with electric guitars! Check out this fine insight into Metallica's - One with Lang Lang on piano.
This piano version of ONE really takes the song to another "dimension", so bittersweet in the begining, and powerful at the end
This was a great addition to the recent Grammys! Will ALWAYS love these boys!!! Hi there Lars! Got my jacket back. . . Thanks. :)
Fuck, this guy is talented. I tottaly love his piano parts
I love how James brought along two guitars for one song. You know, just in case he gets bored with one of them..
or you know, if a string breaks in the middle of the song
@@alfredodoppelgorf with how well maintained those guitars are thats not happening
@@thoringriffiths4212 It's ALWAYS a possibility.
a collab of Heavy Metal and Classical Style... hey, I'll take it!
I love the way Lars looks proud at James when he starts singing and then looks and the other guy like.
-You hear that? That's my boy!
awesome piano playing. they should have this guy play throughout their next album
Hopefully........
i don't have against to lang2. but I so love this when only Metallica did the production! but anyway its music experiment... Metallica Rocks!!!
Very very cool METALLICA RULES!
1:55 "he just hang on the piano" lol
19:04.."Aquí vamos...Maestro" (show the magic)
Amazing hand slapping by the guy no one will ever know
i like the human metronome 8:00
and the guy is so committed ! he could be a world human metronome champion if it was a thing !
he's smashing the piano huahuahauhauhau
I thought it was annoying
Hii i am only 13 years old and i don't get it that i love all (!!!) of your songs and i don't belive that all just started that i was a litell child and my father heard the unforgiving one and a lot of others in the disk that he buy and i just don't stop to sang those songs, Thank you for making my childhood so special :)
So cool such a great colaberation
I think it's great that I get to make my first album while you're making your next. Thanks for the inspiration Metallica!
Small minded people are exactly that. If you don't like fine, but to say they suck or are shit is just ignorant. Metallica work their asses off harder than any other band, they at least test themselves.
Loved it! Agreed with James, "When can I get the ring tone"?
I think Lang Lang could play a 4/4 beat without Ezrin hitting on his piano for 8 minutes^^ :)
Anything ever happens to any of these guys.. call me done. Metallica is life! 🖤
the piano in the middle of the vid, where you can really only hear the piano and james singing. It sounded really nice. A piano cover of the song would sounds amazing but i dont think it really works well with the guitars
check out vkgoeswild here on YT, she does an amazing cover of One.
I have a piano cover of One on my channel if you want to know how it sounds
7:30 love that piano
That guy hitting the piano reminds me of phill from the some kind of monster documentary.
lol... here that mashup makes sense, but on grammys something went realy wrong... Lang Lang didn't hear Metallica??
you can clearly see that james doesn't like the idea.
Have you ever work with a band, sometime you have to be serious, it does'nt mean that you don't like.
starfun17 They performed with Lang Lang again in 2017 so it apparently grew on him.
i dont think he doesn't likes collaborations with other musicians maybe he´s just pissed of because of the grammy stuff itself
If James hates the idea he won't do it. He likes being different, he just hates how the Grammy's keep messing with Metallica.
I wanna be the guy who's keeping time. Those slaps bro! While Lars looks over with approval, bobbing his head. Good shit!
The idea was good, awesome but in Grammy's live is like Lang Lang says here in 16:05 'I can't hearing anything' but all the entire song...
Jaymz:yea
Larz:based on what!
Jaymz: your count.
Lol. Idk why I find that funny.
Anyways, I liked the piano. Added a darker, dungeons and dragons, evil thing to it. It was nice. I haven't heard the orchestra album yet(saw a comment about it. Thanks for who said that), so it nice to hear one as a orchestra sounding song. Should they make it a more comment thing, FUCK NO! But like I said, not bad.
one on a piano is bloody awesome guys could listen to this all day, plus its my fav song
I really liked that "acoustic version" towards the middle. I feel Lang Lang got buried at the Grammy's except when he had a solo.
I love it Metallica and Lang Lang
In my opinion this experiment didn't work. Lang Lang is obviously a brilliant classical piano player and Metallica are a legendary metal band,but when I heard them play together at The Grammys. They were so out of key with one another, that from time to time, it didn't even sound like they were playing the same song!!!
lang lang made his stuff too complicated to fit in properly
Yeah, Metallica has these very catchy riffs etc. and Lang Lang is coming from music where you have so much in it.
I am a fan of Chopin, Franz Liszt etc. but also of Metallica.
And I would say when bringing Metal and Piano together we need to ask VKGoesWild :D
Bryan Moon agreed
Havasi is a Hungarian band with piano, drums, and much more (probably not 'heavy' though). I'll let you take a look to see if you like it.
I agree. I think he was trying to "show off" his skills which he did. It just didn't fit in properly.
mr. Lang Lang feeling happy and proud of playing and rehearsals with 'when Metallica rules the world'
wha- ....... .what ?
You are the single note guy)))))
19:14 Johnny Galecki (Leonard) from The Big Band Theory sitting behing Lang Lang.
Everyone is so serious and Kirk is just having fun
If he's slaps that bechstein once more I'll -.-
Since when does that chinese chinaman play Bechstein. He only plays Steinway.
Kirk's rythm playing is veryyyy underated he's great up to Het level considering he can play really fast and downpick too
back to this is awesome!!
Still sound awesome with piano only.
A band who has been at the top for 30+ years receiving criticism from...not sure, guessing everyone dissing them on here are also multi-millionaires and extremely musically talented? This is a 'clash' performance, yes, only shows how music can be so chaotically compatible!! Lars is totally OCD, most musicians are. These guys are all AWESOME!! Metallica RULES - Lang Lang is awesome!!
Different. I´ts hard to get used to it, but anyway, I Kind of love it....... Lang Lang awesome!!!
7:09 lars trolling xD
i think k. is pretty in shape in this rehearsal ...what happens on stage?!?! GO KIRK!! we love you!!
This is so great
I love 7:52 when James starts singing and Lars looks at the other man and approves hahah
Awesome work from amazing musicians!
That was a good idea but they should have played Orion or Welcome home Sanitarium instead
I agree. the more ballad songs would have collaborated with the piano. The mashup they did with Lang Lang sounded overproduced.
14:11 dont tell lars to do on ONE----!!!?
Lang Lang is a great pianist.
Indian flag at the Metallica HQ! That made my day!
Hardest working band IMO, you can't succeed unless you try, they succeeded in my book. Sounded fantastic.
Like it or not, they like it, they set out to do what they wanted to do so many years ago. Still doing it in 2014.
"Studio" version please? I think it'd give the piano more justice (no pun intended) than the Grammys did. Idk metallica will do what they want but it be cool
This is insane,but is all about music.
The version is much better when we can hear the piano like that.
Perhaps had the piano been fitted in more in the mould of Guns and Roses "November rain" or Queen and Bohemian Rhapsody/Play the Game, it would have blended better. Even Elton John's "Love lies Bleeding" has wonderful guitar/piano exchanges.
Lang Lang: “OK, let’s see.. ONE!”
Man tapping: “Alright, I will tap. Follow my tempo.”
17:23 :D :D my phone rington... :D
Diciamo che grande merito hai metallica che hanno il coraggio di provare cose così , perché il binomio metal e sinfonia va bene ma se si producono pezzi con i due stili musicali dalla prima nota. Così la cosa e un po' forzata..