He said in an interview that it's hard for him to write as angry songs now. What do I have to be angry about now. He's living out of the dump known as San Franshitsco. He should get angry after having the world by the tail and apparently, heading back to rehab. I could like James. But I know that they had a vision when Lars and him started. But Lars is brutal as a drummer. I've played with more great drummers you;'ll never hear about. Although George Lynch jammed with my drummer once and put his arm around me and said, "If I wasn't such a nice guy I'd be taking your drummer back to L.A." He got there on his own thank you.
Maybe the video and audio was a little out of sync too, but some songs are really hard to count for a classic note reader and therefore as hard to notate correctly. There are ongoing debates on some songs how they are notated (Master for instance) rythmwise.
This was without any vocal training. He used to just sing as loud and heavy as possible. He blew out his voice a few years later and decided he needed to get vocal training.
@@greatriffishere Well I'm glad he's getting the help he needs before it's too late. I wonder what happened? Not something that I need to know just curious. Much respect to James the Godfather of Thrash metal. Get well sir.
@@greatriffishere Why should they retire? Just because you say so?? Who the FUCK are you? Nobody that's who. They'll retire when they're ready to retire not when some fuckwad like you thinks they should.
I was at that show. It was like witnessing God. This was their absolute peak. Hard to put into words how incredibly powerful that concert was. Just devastating. I was front and center 8' from James all night. Blew my voice out. (and my ears!) Will never forget it.
2 of my friends went to the Damaged Justice concert in 1989 when they came to my city, the next day at school i had to yell for them to hear me lol they said it was awesome, I'm sad i missed it. :(
@Makodragon1225 he wasn't bullied. He was shown a tough environment and wasn't given that much space and he knew that from the beginning. I don't blame him for leaving but just when James was about to really change attitude as well as the others, he kept his departure pending and hostage and never even answered phone calls. Acting like a child then he left.
Agreed. Load gets a lot of scorn but I've never understood why. Outlaw Torn, Bleeding Me, Until It Sleeps, Mama Said.. such a varied album with so much quality.
Just FYI. This is not a random song. James Hetfield (singing) and Cliff Burton (R.I.P.) were both H.P. Lovecraft fans, and got the rest of the band into the novels. This song is a specific reference the the Lovecraft story The Shadow Over Innsmouth written in 1936. The song does a good job of depicting the creeping doom of the story. /nerd off
@@lemonsguitar he said that he blew out his voice on the black album recording sessions but then when he recorded the vocals for So What his vocals completely shit out on him
@cockyhemi-123 And Dio couldent carry James guitarpicks so what is your point? James is a good singer but he aint Dio...anyone with any form of hearing left would say that but that dosnt take away from that James is one of the best metal singers AND on top of that he is one of the best rhythm guitarists to grace this earth...
@cockyhemi-123can you play guitar and sing Metallica songs? I see people like you all the time who compare people. Dio and James are two very different types of singers.
As far as early Metallica is concerned, Ride the Lightning is far more indicative of his vocal range. I wouldn't consider him a strong singer, but his ability works with the band. At least she picked the absolute best version of this song to review.
I was at this show, both nights. This was them at their prime. James' presence was almost intimidating and the vocals the best I have ever heard them. You're right about their timing, the whole show they were awesome. The best concert(s) I've ever seen.
@@justindee5855 Seeing them for the first time did the same for me, except for me it was Cliff. I wanted to learn to play the bass so bad. These two nights was the third time I saw them. I've seen them nine times in total, but this concert was the best.
If you'd like to hear a softer, countryish side of James and Metallica, check out "Mama Said". It's not one of their more popular, heavy songs, but it definitely showcases more of his vocal abilities.
Please react to Metallica S&M Outlaw Torn live performance!! It's a performance at a time when he started singing softer and more melodically much after when his voice blew out from the early 90s.
@Jonathan M. You're making a stylistic decision, not one based on talent and execution. It's not thrash metal, but it's damned good and the S&M concert ended up a benchmark for symphonic metal. And come on, that song, with that symphony backing, James knocked it out of the fucking park. It's absolutely haunting.
Also just want to point out something that's somehow often missed. That perfect timing? James is the rhythm guitar player, he's banging out the riffs that hold everything together WHILE singing. He's been called a human metronome several times...
@@mfree80286 I guess he was pointing out that James wasn't only drunk at every show, but he was drunk basically all day every day until he went cold turkey in 2001.
I don’t think James Hetfield ever thought this much about what he was doing vocally. He just got up there and growled. He was far more into his guitar playing.
AFAIK, at this point in time James was THE vocalist of Metallica - because originally he with Lars just put together a band, with him as temporary vocalist (they were searching for a vocalist in their early career). But then again they were kinda broke and when the band in the face of James, Kirk and Cliff were thinking of sacking Lars around after MoP, Tragedy struck and Cliff died. Then, Jason, seen in vid, joined Metallica, and this is not even 3 years after Cliff died, so there was no plans of stopping and no looking for new members as they almost were left with just two guitars - an imperfect vocalist and rhythm and an imperfect lead (but what's bad about being imperfect? Metallica made their shit WORK). After what happened, they went on their second longest band formation, with Jason on bass for 13 years (Cliff played for 4 and Robert now plays longer than both for 20)
The weird hand thing that kirk(lead guitarist) was doing was kind of a percussive technique. He was basically muting the strings as much as possible so that they wouldn’t produce a pure note while using a wah pedal(or maybe a phaser) to sweep through the frequency range. Just adds a cool kinda creepy and menacing effect to the music. It’s easier shown than explained though lol
@@devonmills1968 exactly, but more notable would be when cliff did the intro to bells with a distortion pedal and a wah. dude was so far before his time. the jimi hendrix of the bass R.I.P.
@@cullertransportation you're right recently I've gone back to the old albums to try and focus on his bass more because I never gave it enough attention
@@devonmills1968 not many people did, because it's so hard to do by ear, he mimicked guitar parts and guitar lines so well it was hard to tell without tabliture what he did or what was a James or Kirk guitar part. that is still something that is hard to do even with their later stuff with them doing so many harmonized guitar lines. looking at the tabs you could see a song with 8 guitar lines but 6 of them could only be a couple bars long. so many people diss this band but if they were to really sit and study their music like that they would see how much genius there is to their songwriting approach. Cliff taught them well. they knew how before him but you can tell from ride the lightning on down that he and kirk taught Lars And James well.
Drain you of your sanity, face the thing that should not be. Lyrics based on the writings of H.P Lovecraft. If you read his horror stories, in madness you'd dwell.
I cant stand the orchestral arrangements/additions on any of the projects they used them on... They do nothing to add to the song, and just make it way too busy. There songs are already composed so well with just the four instruments and overdubs. Literally all they had to do was get a few musicians on some classical instruments to take the spot of some of the overdubs, or to just play pedal notes or something, and it would be so much better than the convoluted mess that any of the orchestral projects were.
@@glumsulk I kinda agree. On some of their hotter and faster and louder songs it totally is just a whole mess, but even the little addition of violins strucking during the 000 chuggy-chugg riff in chorus just turn S&M into their own thing. Doesn't have to be awesome, just a different experiece
this is the most posh british reaction to the most rude-sounding (while not being such) american dude screaming the hell out of his vocal cords, ever. and I do sincerely appreciate it, don't I. keep going Rebecca!
James Hetfield never ever claimed to be a good singer. In fact that plan was always to replace him. I wonder how that’s going? 🤔 😂 get well Pappa Het. Your Metallica family loves you.
Yes. Metallica are still recording and touring. They recently did a big concert at Slane Castle in Ireland. Check out the videos from that on TH-cam. Please give us a reaction on how his voice has aged. Thanks angel.
Saw them a few years ago in Philly, his voice was fine. Really good show actually, the sound setup was on point. Really loud, but clean. No problem hearing the vocals at all, which is usually an issue at those sort of shows.
The micro transitions from soft to heavy vocals in the “1-2” verses (not chorus) James does are so raw and unique. “Hybrid children watch the sea(soft) - pray for father roaming free (Heavy)” and this continues for every “1-2” of the song
I love how she just picks this song live from 1989 and trying to hide her love for thrash metal. The music is an homage to hp love craft and his works. Stephen king once described him as The Godfather of all modern horror. To be honest in my opinion knowing that makes the song so much more enjoyable
One day in the states I thought I’ll never see my heroes in person. Summer of ‘17 when I was still in the Air Force with my bro we see they’re coming close by, at the perfect timing. En route, my brother drove my car and blew my left front tire 45 min into the 2 hour trip. Surely we would miss them. Found a discount, I took the wheel and hauled ass, and we made it as the first opener played. Your time will come friend. Just stay on point with their dates, whenever they may be in the future, but Metallica will continue to continue. I have no doubt.
I'm happy that you are so open-minded to music and musicians and that you see the real deal of some artists. just like the james hetfield expression. This guy just looks like he could jump at you at any time and rips your chest apart xD This Voice and expression in combination with the music is why metallica is a pretty hard metal band.
I've been waiting for you to cover Metallica for a while. James Hetfield is my favorite musician in the world. This was in 1988. He actually started vocal coaching right after this tour because I think he realized that he needed it to prevent him from not being able to continue.
I'm a fan since 85', James, Cliff, Kirk and Lars are the definition of Metallica, imo. And I always like and respect James because of what he's been through and what he is capable of. To me, James is one of the most awesome and most interesting person I ever come across🤘🤘🤘
I always enjoy your reaction videos, and this one is no exception. Metallica has been my favorite band for thirty years now, so I found this one especially enjoyable. Some information on James and his voice: he blew out his voice recording a B-side track (a cover of Anti-Nowhere League's "So What") for the album after this (the eponymous "Metallica", known more widely as "The Black Album"). He did vocal rehabilitation, and ever since then he has so far as I know followed a strict regimen of vocal exercises/warmups before every show. You may find if of interest that after "...And Justice For All" (the tour for which spawned this video), James learned to actually SING, as opposed to simply "yelling in key" as he once described it. This was first heard on the tracks "The Unforgiven" and "Nothing Else Matters" from the aforementioned Black Album, but I think it is best showcased several albums later on a song called "The Unforgiven III". I would recommend you check out (and possibly do a reaction video for?) a song called "Spit Out The Bone" from their latest album, "Hardwired to Self Destruct". I was pleased to see him return to "yelling in key" on the heavier numbers from that album, but "Spit Out The Bone" features a passage where he uses his **singing** voice right in the middle of one of their heaviest and fastest songs, and the effect is pretty damned cool. Sorry about the long comment, but I'm a musician myself, and perhaps the only thing I enjoy more than talking about music in general is talking about my favorite band. Keep up the good work, and I look forward to seeing more videos from you in the future. Cheers.
This brings back a ton of memories. Queensryche opened up for them. It was right before MindCrime went big. Metallica was flawless. They literally tore the place down. One of the light towers came loose and was swinging from the stage rigging. They never skipped a beat and kept on killing it.
Since you asked, I was not at THIS gig, but I did see them 3 times on this tour. This performance was the standard not the exception. Loved your reaction. Thanks for that!
Just stumbled on your channel and have to say I love it! Your facial expressions and insight are priceless. Thank you for giving me something to smile about in these dark days. Keep up the great work.
James's iconic vocal sound was actually a very improper and damaging use of his chords resulting in him eventually blowing his voice out around the time they released the black album and forcing him to re-learn how to sing properly and without his classic rasp, with a vocal coach. Thus his vocal tone changed quite a lot after that. Compare his vocals from the puppets album to anything after the black album to hear.
Metallica is THE reason (and maybe Motley Crue as well) that I got into metal. I grew up as a kid in the 80's and had an older brother who was into Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth, etc. James blew out his vocals in the early 90s, so clearly he was not singing safely technique-wise. Because of that his vocal style is very different now, but that's how he's endured 30 years of touring. His best "post-blow out" album is Load, and his best vocals ever in my opinion are "The Outlaw Torn" from that album. Really recommend watching the Joe Rogan episode with James Hetfield from like 2016, it's awesome lol. Also you're great, and my favorite reaction channel on TH-cam just because you're so quirky it's adorable. Also the best part is that you seem to ENJOY doing these videos, I watch a few others and people seem to be on some kind of burnt out auto pilot and it's kind of forced.
I think you'd be impressed with James's performance on No Leaf Clover with the San Francisco Symphony. The whole band actually. As us Mexicans say it.....sheck it out!🤪
When she says "I haven't noted him doing any vibrato yet," he has done a couple notes vibrato earlier in the video. James has always used vibrato selectively, making it more powerful when he does use it rather than some singers that way over do it and keep it constant throughout a whole song. James definitely does vibrato more often these days though, especially live, and I think that's partially because he has lost some of the grit and rasp he could get when he was young.
The thing I love about this song is that it's all an anecdote for H. P. Lovecraft's mythos. The "thing that should not be" likely refers to Cthulhu, especially with that one lyric famously taken from Lovecraft's stories: "Not dead which eternal lie, stranger eons death may die," a play on the quote "that is not dead which can eternal lie, and with stranger eons even death may die". Other parts of the lyrics are also references, such as "crawling chaos underground" (a reference to Nyarlathotep, a deity in Lovecraftian mythos referred to as the "Crawling Chaos") and "out from ruins once possessed, fallen city living death" (a reference to R'lyeh, the underwater dead city that is home to Cthulhu). It's one of my favorite Metallica songs just because of how much I like reading Lovecraft's stories.
Unless I'm mistaken, about a year later James would blow his voice out singing a cover of the song "So What" in the middle of recording the Black album. After the Black album he never sounded like this again. He's still aggressive but most of the rasp is gone.
For some reason, James Hetfield has always made me think of an angry lion.
Paul Guy an angry wolf*
Because he's an angry lion, standing on an angry wolf's shoulders, in a "human" costume. Kind of like a furry in reverse with an ESP guitar.
He gives me that kind of vibe too, he’s a Leo after all
He said in an interview that it's hard for him to write as angry songs now. What do I have to be angry about now. He's living out of the dump known as San Franshitsco.
He should get angry after having the world by the tail and apparently, heading back to rehab. I could like James. But I know that they had a vision when Lars and him started. But Lars is brutal as a drummer. I've played with more great drummers you;'ll never hear about. Although George Lynch jammed with my drummer once and put his arm around me and said, "If I wasn't such a nice guy I'd be taking your drummer back to L.A." He got there on his own thank you.
james is the human form of the lion from the wizard of oz
Funny how desperately she tried to count... you can’t count Metallica live. Only Lars can.
lol!
Lars was a lot better back then . He had his moments but not the memer is he today
Ronnie 62 he's almost 60 years old fuck off lol
Maybe the video and audio was a little out of sync too, but some songs are really hard to count for a classic note reader and therefore as hard to notate correctly. There are ongoing debates on some songs how they are notated (Master for instance) rythmwise.
@@Andyw1228 you got not clue what you talking about. this song is a standard 4/4 in its entirety. Nothing hard about it rhythmically
“That gig”. Seattle 89 is some much more than just a gig
Metallica at the absolute peak of their powers.
That concert had the greatest energy of any organization of human beings in history
@SEALdesert Best concert ever 🤘
@K Got Agreed. Wasn’t even alive back then. Probably wasn’t even in my father’s balls. Hope I get to see them life after this pandemic shit.
aw stfu
This was without any vocal training. He used to just sing as loud and heavy as possible. He blew out his voice a few years later and decided he needed to get vocal training.
Hetfield can sing nicely, Rebecca! :) Check "Metallica - Mama Said".
Breaking News !! Metallica cancels tour !! James Hetfield has entered rehab for his addiction !!!
@@greatriffishere Well I'm glad he's getting the help he needs before it's too late. I wonder what happened? Not something that I need to know just curious. Much respect to James the Godfather of Thrash metal. Get well sir.
@@jeremyboehm5512 Yeah, i think they need to retire!! I think James will be ok !!
@@greatriffishere Why should they retire? Just because you say so?? Who the FUCK are you? Nobody that's who. They'll retire when they're ready to retire not when some fuckwad like you thinks they should.
Kirk: *does wah trick*
Rebecca: *pure confusion*
wammy piking i think?
Simeon Hart first of all whammy* and picking* also it’s a wah pedal and a tremolo bar
@@BRC21 yip trem bar picking, static war modulated, or auto wah, the video dont show this ?
stacic wah i ment to say
Wah wah
I was at that show. It was like witnessing God. This was their absolute peak. Hard to put into words how incredibly powerful that concert was. Just devastating. I was front and center 8' from James all night. Blew my voice out. (and my ears!) Will never forget it.
You where there??!!! That close by! Oh my..!! That makes you a f**** legend too! Awesome.
2 of my friends went to the Damaged Justice concert in 1989 when they came to my city, the next day at school i had to yell for them to hear me lol they said it was awesome, I'm sad i missed it. :(
Terribly jealous - it’s the zenith of their live concerts
@@sugarhieroglyphdid they get there hearing back or did Metallica forever take it?😂😂
How’s it feel to be gods favorite?
I feel like this is my weird aunt trying to understand Metallica.
Kriss Kriss lol if you dig late 60’s,chain smoking,350 pound farm girl’s.
@@chrisbird4468 so...not so!
Yes
You have a weird aunt that is fucking sexy? Good for you.... kinda :D
@@HarryCaneNo1 better for his uncle
James is not just a vocalist also GREATEST RHYTHM GUITARIST OF ALL TIME. He has a metronome in his brain.
Love James but personally I think Jon Schaffer is faster, tighter and more precise with his rhythm playing.
Dean Holzapfel Definitely! Nothing against James Hetfield, but Jon Schaffer of ICED EARTH is without a doubt the greatest rhythm guitarist ever!! 🤘🏼
Behave, as good as Hetfield is there are loads of better rhythm players. Loads.
Gotta go with Jon Schaffer with Iced Earth
Metronome is using James for timing xD
"They're like a puzzle. They all fit don't they?"
"Jason Newsted would like to know your location"
@Edgar Butcher yeah, but I know he still regrets that. He held his position of exit pending. Hostage quitting.
@Makodragon1225 he wasn't bullied. He was shown a tough environment and wasn't given that much space and he knew that from the beginning. I don't blame him for leaving but just when James was about to really change attitude as well as the others, he kept his departure pending and hostage and never even answered phone calls. Acting like a child then he left.
@Edgar Butcher the way he left was childish. As I've said, James was about to change.
And fucking him over AJFA? Get over it. That's not a big deal.
@@pajtim9079 not a big deal? he was removed from the entire album. Jason even wrote blackened and they still did it
@@scpfoundationtm1249 the main riff is in his credits. They didn't remove that.
I feel, that The Thing That Should Not Be is one of the most underrated Metallica songs, together with Outlaw Torn
Agreed. Load gets a lot of scorn but I've never understood why. Outlaw Torn, Bleeding Me, Until It Sleeps, Mama Said.. such a varied album with so much quality.
Well,it comes from the best album ever. This song and Damage inc. really blows alot of peopleaway.
Check out the Unida cover of this song.
And trapped under ice!
Totally agreed on both
Just FYI. This is not a random song. James Hetfield (singing) and Cliff Burton (R.I.P.) were both H.P. Lovecraft fans, and got the rest of the band into the novels. This song is a specific reference the the Lovecraft story The Shadow Over Innsmouth written in 1936. The song does a good job of depicting the creeping doom of the story. /nerd off
Gotta love that story! One of my favorites by Lovecraft, that one.
My parents went to Innsmouth, and all I got was bad dreams...
Did you know Lovecraft's cat's name?
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
Thanks for that insight.
“The more you know”
4:31 Here Lars playing in 49/176 and Rebecca trying to understand his musical talent
dudes a total goof XD
@@Quantavious75 that goof got 350 million...
@@blackcodeC goofy rich guy
@@blackcodeC assumed by 350 mil you were referring to his wealth. which is why i updated from "goof" to "goofy rich guy"
@@Quantavious75 aight fair. I wouldn’t mind being a goofy rich guy
James always said he didn't sing, he just screamed in key, lol
He got vocal lessons during the black Album I’m pretty sure.
He said "if you don't have the singing voice you have to use your voice like an instrument" And that his kinda "secret" About his voice tone
I remember when he was asked about the black album if he did anything different and he said, "Well I had to SING"
He blew out his voice in the 90s im pretty sure because he sang "incorrectly"
@@lemonsguitar he said that he blew out his voice on the black album recording sessions but then when he recorded the vocals for So What his vocals completely shit out on him
James has one of the best voice in the metal history. Just kick ass!
yes bro!
@cockyhemi-123 And Dio couldent carry James guitarpicks so what is your point? James is a good singer but he aint Dio...anyone with any form of hearing left would say that but that dosnt take away from that James is one of the best metal singers AND on top of that he is one of the best rhythm guitarists to grace this earth...
@cockyhemi-123can you play guitar and sing Metallica songs? I see people like you all the time who compare people. Dio and James are two very different types of singers.
I love the weird little mimic-y noises you make. Not even copying a whole note, just an odd squiggly noise. It’s adorable!
One of the most brutal live performances of this song ever.
Probably THE most brutal
I like this song, but it isn’t exactly demonstrative of his vocal range.
As far as early Metallica is concerned, Ride the Lightning is far more indicative of his vocal range. I wouldn't consider him a strong singer, but his ability works with the band. At least she picked the absolute best version of this song to review.
I believe when they performed this song in Spain recently is much better. Look it up
It's more about the power in his voice when it comes to james
I think in my opinion late 90’s was Hetfield’s prime
@@jedisentinel1499 85' James pure speed, 89-1993 Agressive drunk James, 1995-1999 Pretty singing voice James.
for a vocal reaction, "One" might have been a better choice.
Agreed
Or jason on creeping death
Agree
Jason on Whiplash lol
Fade to Black
Lol picks the heaviest Metallica song . And James hetfield is drunk 😆
In my opion Heaviest are Sad but True, Leper Messiah and The Dhortest Straw :D
at that point, when WASN'T he drunk
Damage Inc.
*SECOND PART* th-cam.com/video/Pw8jRIjVVdU/w-d-xo.html
Definitely not the heaviest
I was at this show, both nights. This was them at their prime. James' presence was almost intimidating and the vocals the best I have ever heard them. You're right about their timing, the whole show they were awesome. The best concert(s) I've ever seen.
Go hawks 🤙. Were you at Seattle '89 then?
@@matttaylor8793 I was. And again in '92.
@@Burlyhawk damn... I wasn't even around then. Just slightly jealous. I need to go to Seattle one day though.
@@justindee5855 Seeing them for the first time did the same for me, except for me it was Cliff. I wanted to learn to play the bass so bad. These two nights was the third time I saw them. I've seen them nine times in total, but this concert was the best.
Burlyhawk did they actually sound this perfect like in the dvd, or was the audio messed with
No autotune. No effect. Its real.
oh a recording from 1989 has no autotune, thanks for the tip
If you'd like to hear a softer, countryish side of James and Metallica, check out "Mama Said". It's not one of their more popular, heavy songs, but it definitely showcases more of his vocal abilities.
I was just about to suggest the same thing!
I'd suggest the live version from the Jools Holland show. Just Hetfield and his guitar.
Maybe give Nothing Else Matters a try.
The best James's voice ever sounded was on studio version of Bleeding Me.
@@pigskinpoetry this^
Should have picked Fade to Black from the same show.
Epic performance.
Nothing else Mathers or one
@@baruchsanchezcruz1553 in 89? Nothing Else Matters? Really?
Hahaha!!!!
I thought the same!
Call of ktulu or Orion
Without all do respect to this lady and her talent... it is like a vegan trying to explain barbecue...
Words well chosen
lmao
I've never heard something so accurate
"With all due respect," presumably.
Please react to Metallica S&M Outlaw Torn live performance!!
It's a performance at a time when he started singing softer and more melodically much after when his voice blew out from the early 90s.
@Jonathan M. Uh, because it's really frickin' good.
@Jonathan M. You're making a stylistic decision, not one based on talent and execution. It's not thrash metal, but it's damned good and the S&M concert ended up a benchmark for symphonic metal.
And come on, that song, with that symphony backing, James knocked it out of the fucking park. It's absolutely haunting.
Rather bleeding me from the same show
Wherever i May Roam S&M was good too in my opinion the way he sings it was unbelievable
Yes, the best vocal performance from Hetfield. Had to since they played with san fransisco symphony.
You should react to cannibal corpse. The vocalist has a really nice voice..... and a cool metal neck.
I think It will not happen ;(
That big old thicc neck
Corpsegrinder is only neck.
She cant react to corpsgrinder ja ja ja
Barnes > the fat guy
We officially watched James Hetfield screaming to a vocal coach.
It isn't theatrics, it's Thrash.
"...A way of life, a fire inside..."-Dave Mustaine
Well, the ajfa tour had some theatrical elements in shows like the scenography
please nooooo not HIM AGAIN, whyyyyyyyyyyy???
Also just want to point out something that's somehow often missed. That perfect timing? James is the rhythm guitar player, he's banging out the riffs that hold everything together WHILE singing. He's been called a human metronome several times...
And he was also drunk for every show.
soulcrusher807 he was drunk until he went to rehab 😂
@@H.E.M. What's your point?
@@mfree80286 I guess he was pointing out that James wasn't only drunk at every show, but he was drunk basically all day every day until he went cold turkey in 2001.
I don’t think James Hetfield ever thought this much about what he was doing vocally. He just got up there and growled. He was far more into his guitar playing.
Yeah all these reaction people over think metal.
AFAIK, at this point in time James was THE vocalist of Metallica - because originally he with Lars just put together a band, with him as temporary vocalist (they were searching for a vocalist in their early career). But then again they were kinda broke and when the band in the face of James, Kirk and Cliff were thinking of sacking Lars around after MoP, Tragedy struck and Cliff died. Then, Jason, seen in vid, joined Metallica, and this is not even 3 years after Cliff died, so there was no plans of stopping and no looking for new members as they almost were left with just two guitars - an imperfect vocalist and rhythm and an imperfect lead (but what's bad about being imperfect? Metallica made their shit WORK). After what happened, they went on their second longest band formation, with Jason on bass for 13 years (Cliff played for 4 and Robert now plays longer than both for 20)
The weird hand thing that kirk(lead guitarist) was doing was kind of a percussive technique. He was basically muting the strings as much as possible so that they wouldn’t produce a pure note while using a wah pedal(or maybe a phaser) to sweep through the frequency range. Just adds a cool kinda creepy and menacing effect to the music. It’s easier shown than explained though lol
Perry D it was a wah and a flanger. Just like they used a flanger at the beginning too
@@cullertransportation similar to Call of Ktulu when Clif did the wah flanges
@@devonmills1968 exactly, but more notable would be when cliff did the intro to bells with a distortion pedal and a wah. dude was so far before his time. the jimi hendrix of the bass R.I.P.
@@cullertransportation you're right recently I've gone back to the old albums to try and focus on his bass more because I never gave it enough attention
@@devonmills1968 not many people did, because it's so hard to do by ear, he mimicked guitar parts and guitar lines so well it was hard to tell without tabliture what he did or what was a James or Kirk guitar part. that is still something that is hard to do even with their later stuff with them doing so many harmonized guitar lines. looking at the tabs you could see a song with 8 guitar lines but 6 of them could only be a couple bars long. so many people diss this band but if they were to really sit and study their music like that they would see how much genius there is to their songwriting approach.
Cliff taught them well. they knew how before him but you can tell from ride the lightning on down that he and kirk taught Lars And James well.
Drain you of your sanity, face the thing that should not be.
Lyrics based on the writings of H.P Lovecraft.
If you read his horror stories, in madness you'd dwell.
Think she needs to watch Metallica’s S&M concert to see how far they’ve come as musicians! Hetfield’s vocal performance on S&M is incredible!
Unfortunately.... the first S and M album has a slight problem, Autotune.
Such an underrated album
@@jacobnelson4150 to be fair, they tuned James's vocals on all of the albums post Black Album.
I cant stand the orchestral arrangements/additions on any of the projects they used them on... They do nothing to add to the song, and just make it way too busy.
There songs are already composed so well with just the four instruments and overdubs. Literally all they had to do was get a few musicians on some classical instruments to take the spot of some of the overdubs, or to just play pedal notes or something, and it would be so much better than the convoluted mess that any of the orchestral projects were.
@@glumsulk I kinda agree. On some of their hotter and faster and louder songs it totally is just a whole mess, but even the little addition of violins strucking during the 000 chuggy-chugg riff in chorus just turn S&M into their own thing. Doesn't have to be awesome, just a different experiece
this is the most posh british reaction to the most rude-sounding (while not being such) american dude screaming the hell out of his vocal cords, ever. and I do sincerely appreciate it, don't I.
keep going Rebecca!
Talking about the music, he is rude af.
Talking about the personality, i dont think so
metallica still rules!
Rebecca is getting cuter day by day.
Ohh Jeez, help me she have my girl heart which melts everytime 😊😍💖 watching her.
Aww💛
yes she is!
She is really hot though!
Yes, looking exceptionally smoking. #RVA is my TH-cam crush ❤
So suckers like you watch her channel
8:37 My god, she completely loves Jason.
I think she loved how he drummed his fingers 😭💟💟
James Hetfield never ever claimed to be a good singer. In fact that plan was always to replace him. I wonder how that’s going? 🤔 😂 get well Pappa Het. Your Metallica family loves you.
stubones yep he has said time and time again he never wanted to be the singer he just wanted to play rhythm guitar
Of Wolf and Het.
Dave Mustaine should have replaced him lol
Funkymango with that horrible voice? No thank you. Even though that almost happened
Yes. Metallica are still recording and touring. They recently did a big concert at Slane Castle in Ireland. Check out the videos from that on TH-cam. Please give us a reaction on how his voice has aged. Thanks angel.
I'm going to go see them October 31. It's been about ten years since the last time they came to NZ.
His voice turned shit in 8-9 years
@@ninodjuras It seems to have improved somewhat in the last decade however
Saw them a few years ago in Philly, his voice was fine. Really good show actually, the sound setup was on point. Really loud, but clean. No problem hearing the vocals at all, which is usually an issue at those sort of shows.
@@ninodjuras U r fuking wrong
The micro transitions from soft to heavy vocals in the “1-2” verses (not chorus) James does are so raw and unique. “Hybrid children watch the sea(soft) - pray for father roaming free (Heavy)” and this continues for every “1-2” of the song
I love how she just picks this song live from 1989 and trying to hide her love for thrash metal. The music is an homage to hp love craft and his works. Stephen king once described him as The Godfather of all modern horror. To be honest in my opinion knowing that makes the song so much more enjoyable
Here after Metallica Canceled their tour in Australia. One day I'll hopefully see them. Get well Hetfield
you sure will, he'll be fine cause it's Papa Het after all. Once you do, enjoy your time!
Fucken oath mate, same!! I was devo!!!!! Im from S.A , where u from mate?
@@Only_Cans_101 Im from SA but live in QLD now
One day in the states I thought I’ll never see my heroes in person. Summer of ‘17 when I was still in the Air Force with my bro we see they’re coming close by, at the perfect timing. En route, my brother drove my car and blew my left front tire 45 min into the 2 hour trip. Surely we would miss them. Found a discount, I took the wheel and hauled ass, and we made it as the first opener played.
Your time will come friend. Just stay on point with their dates, whenever they may be in the future, but Metallica will continue to continue. I have no doubt.
I saw them in the UK on their 'and justice for all' tour in the 80's, totally amazing live! Hope you get to see them too :-)
I'm happy that you are so open-minded to music and musicians and that you see the real deal of some artists. just like the james hetfield expression. This guy just looks like he could jump at you at any time and rips your chest apart xD
This Voice and expression in combination with the music is why metallica is a pretty hard metal band.
I've been waiting for you to cover Metallica for a while. James Hetfield is my favorite musician in the world. This was in 1988. He actually started vocal coaching right after this tour because I think he realized that he needed it to prevent him from not being able to continue.
AJ ZATHRACK yeah right after the Justice tour.
Seattle 89
I'm a fan since 85', James, Cliff, Kirk and Lars are the definition of Metallica, imo. And I always like and respect James because of what he's been through and what he is capable of. To me, James is one of the most awesome and most interesting person I ever come across🤘🤘🤘
"Master Of Puppets" from the same Seattle 89' show. The best recorded performance of that song to date.
Any song from that show is the best recording of it.🤣
@@andrewkennedy9704 very true. All of them were at their best.
Yeah, Puppets was the best vocals during this show. everything else was just Het roaring *"YEEEAAAUUHHHH!"*
This live performance of the thing that should not be always gives me the goosebumps
When you mentioned the guitar "screaming" was trying to remember if you've reacted to Pantera's "Cemetery Gates"
That part of this solo is so good. Of course it does remind me of cemetery gates too. Epic songs
You should hear how his voice has changed over the years, truly amazing.
Very refreshing to hear positive things about heavy metal music from someone who is extremely talented and a student of music.
When artists were artists !! No autotune, No computerized auto note strings. No scripted expressions.
Outstanding reaction as always ! I'd love to see you react to Metallica - Creeping Death Moscow '91 , I promise MIND BLOWN !
Again a H.P.Lovecraftian song ;)
True.
Yes plz!!!!! Favorite tallica song of all time!
THIS!
Yep, that is the one Metallica live action this lady NEEDS to react to. That would be perfect
This concert is probably one of, if not the greatest, live performances ever.
This is the wrong song for James' vocals. Listen too Master of puppets live seattle 1989 for the real deal. In my opinion anyway.
I think this is Seattle 89 but there are so many good songs from the set
This is Seattle 89 I believe
@@nathatndennis4490 It is
100% agreed, that's the song that always comes to mind first when I think of this show
I think Puppets and Harvester from the same era.
React to Metallica - Harvester of sorrow live in Moscow 1991
Fuck yes
Yesss 🤘🏼
That show is epic
Yeah man!! The way that was filmed and edited makes it one of my favourite live performances by anyone, anytime
Ork _ oz thats the one
Think someone has a crush on Jason Newsted!
not to mention james
Who wouldn’t?
You should absolutely listen to "Low man's lyric" by Metallica.
It's a great contrast from a song like this.
Or Mama Said.
My thought exactly
CUZ LOW MAN IS DUEEEEEEEE
i love her honest spirit. its nice to see someone hold onto that innocence.
Let's face it, Metallica is awesome. They always were and always will be. They've solidified their space in this world.
Gunube: They always were awesome and they always will be.
72 Seasons: Were.
Finally METALLICA!!! Thank you so much!
wow Rebecca you looking soooo beautiful today
Miss gigs like that. Real metal, friends, beers and everyone enjoying the songs on fire. Nowadays just iphones and kids with ear protector.
No foreplay needed with his voice, he just goes in dry and leaves audiences sore
Dude. O_O I don't know if I should laugh or just blush.
The dryness makes them sore
lmao
Is that why his voice sounds like it does now?
@@justawhisperintheuniverse8257 oh hell yes, he needed vocal training in the first half of the 90's cause he blew his voice
I always enjoy your reaction videos, and this one is no exception. Metallica has been my favorite band for thirty years now, so I found this one especially enjoyable.
Some information on James and his voice: he blew out his voice recording a B-side track (a cover of Anti-Nowhere League's "So What") for the album after this (the eponymous "Metallica", known more widely as "The Black Album"). He did vocal rehabilitation, and ever since then he has so far as I know followed a strict regimen of vocal exercises/warmups before every show.
You may find if of interest that after "...And Justice For All" (the tour for which spawned this video), James learned to actually SING, as opposed to simply "yelling in key" as he once described it. This was first heard on the tracks "The Unforgiven" and "Nothing Else Matters" from the aforementioned Black Album, but I think it is best showcased several albums later on a song called "The Unforgiven III".
I would recommend you check out (and possibly do a reaction video for?) a song called "Spit Out The Bone" from their latest album, "Hardwired to Self Destruct". I was pleased to see him return to "yelling in key" on the heavier numbers from that album, but "Spit Out The Bone" features a passage where he uses his **singing** voice right in the middle of one of their heaviest and fastest songs, and the effect is pretty damned cool.
Sorry about the long comment, but I'm a musician myself, and perhaps the only thing I enjoy more than talking about music in general is talking about my favorite band. Keep up the good work, and I look forward to seeing more videos from you in the future. Cheers.
"look at his eyes!"
she has no clue 😂😂
7:04 when R2D2 dies in the lego game🤣
Hahaha 😄. Actually sounds that way
This brings back a ton of memories. Queensryche opened up for them. It was right before MindCrime went big. Metallica was flawless. They literally tore the place down. One of the light towers came loose and was swinging from the stage rigging. They never skipped a beat and kept on killing it.
"They're very tight..." its called thrash metal for a reason
Metallica _ no leaf clover
Great choise for analysing james hetfield's singing style
This is a live performance with symfhony!
@Nick te Lindert Well not the recordings of this and last year :)
'Joe Bonamassa' And 'Beth Hart' "- I'II Take Care Of You -" [Full HD] you need this in your life.
YESSS!!!
oh hell yes.
Any of their songs are the jam.
4:46 I've always called it the "Hetfield Hunch"
Ha, that’s a fun name for it. I don’t know if the two things are related, but I noticed the “Hetfield hunch” was really born right after Cliff died.
At 1:08 her underwear about flew away😂
Can you do a new metallica live song like "master of puppets" or "one" to compare how much different his voice is now thab what it was
@Mastodon1976 yeah ik but curious to see what voice she likes better
Since you asked, I was not at THIS gig, but I did see them 3 times on this tour. This performance was the standard not the exception.
Loved your reaction. Thanks for that!
It’s time for The Outlaw Torn (S&M version) 🤘🏽
He's actually saying a story aswell, he's like the great story teller in sings hense why everyone loves him xx
Just stumbled on your channel and have to say I love it! Your facial expressions and insight are priceless. Thank you for giving me something to smile about in these dark days. Keep up the great work.
What if I told you that he was drunk this whole performance
his entire career*
"I don't have a hat, but I have a laptop and I have a cat." That's the title for the new Dr. Seuss book!
This is when James really started getting strong. He has literally improved year after year and still to this day. This was 30 years ago.🤘
...and Lars has gotten worse year after year. LOL
YA! getting strong in cocaine use hahahaha
James's iconic vocal sound was actually a very improper and damaging use of his chords resulting in him eventually blowing his voice out around the time they released the black album and forcing him to re-learn how to sing properly and without his classic rasp, with a vocal coach. Thus his vocal tone changed quite a lot after that. Compare his vocals from the puppets album to anything after the black album to hear.
A1, A2, A3, Nervous Laugh, A1, A2, Nervous Laugh, A, A2, and Repeat....
Flippin Chips man
Luv ya Rebecca
I wish she had reacted to "Fade to Black" or "For Whom the Bell tolls".
Metallica is THE reason (and maybe Motley Crue as well) that I got into metal. I grew up as a kid in the 80's and had an older brother who was into Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth, etc.
James blew out his vocals in the early 90s, so clearly he was not singing safely technique-wise. Because of that his vocal style is very different now, but that's how he's endured 30 years of touring. His best "post-blow out" album is Load, and his best vocals ever in my opinion are "The Outlaw Torn" from that album.
Really recommend watching the Joe Rogan episode with James Hetfield from like 2016, it's awesome lol.
Also you're great, and my favorite reaction channel on TH-cam just because you're so quirky it's adorable. Also the best part is that you seem to ENJOY doing these videos, I watch a few others and people seem to be on some kind of burnt out auto pilot and it's kind of forced.
I think you'd be impressed with James's performance on No Leaf Clover with the San Francisco Symphony. The whole band actually. As us Mexicans say it.....sheck it out!🤪
seen them live in Cleveland November 1988... Amazing concert, the sound and energy from both the band and crowd was electrifying it was unbelievable!
This is the first time I've heard Kirk Hammet's guitar playing called "Impeccable" and honestly, he's underrated. SUPER entertaining.
The entire Seattle 89 concert is awesome and one of the very best performances Metallica ever made.
Thank you so much for doing a react to this song :D this is one of their.... less known, more "out there" songs... and I love it.
This is late 80's, loved the Mets in during my struggles.....you are deffo becoming more rock chic !.
As always.....you're looking stunning xxxx
When she says "I haven't noted him doing any vibrato yet," he has done a couple notes vibrato earlier in the video. James has always used vibrato selectively, making it more powerful when he does use it rather than some singers that way over do it and keep it constant throughout a whole song. James definitely does vibrato more often these days though, especially live, and I think that's partially because he has lost some of the grit and rasp he could get when he was young.
The thing I love about this song is that it's all an anecdote for H. P. Lovecraft's mythos.
The "thing that should not be" likely refers to Cthulhu, especially with that one lyric famously taken from Lovecraft's stories: "Not dead which eternal lie, stranger eons death may die," a play on the quote "that is not dead which can eternal lie, and with stranger eons even death may die".
Other parts of the lyrics are also references, such as "crawling chaos underground" (a reference to Nyarlathotep, a deity in Lovecraftian mythos referred to as the "Crawling Chaos") and "out from ruins once possessed, fallen city living death" (a reference to R'lyeh, the underwater dead city that is home to Cthulhu).
It's one of my favorite Metallica songs just because of how much I like reading Lovecraft's stories.
Unless I'm mistaken, about a year later James would blow his voice out singing a cover of the song "So What" in the middle of recording the Black album. After the Black album he never sounded like this again. He's still aggressive but most of the rasp is gone.
Oh and a great song from Master of Puppets
@Leon Anderson hey man... I wouldn't say the best but one of them.... Maybe the best is master of puppets...
@Leon Anderson totally... That's the uniqueness of the song...
By the way... Where are you from?
BOW TO LEPER MESSIAH!!!!
I'm from israel
@Leon Anderson I love your country.... Beautiful...
Love your videos. I could watch these all day😊🤘🤘
Check out the live version of Bleeding Me when James exposes his soul.
I love when you become a metalhead. James doesn' t use the vibrato. He roars like a Lion
Glad to see and hear you again !
3:14 yeah, that’s a pretty good way of describing James Hetfield.
She's like Lilith from Cheers, hot, stiff, but when she sees men being primal and expressive.... OMG, a bit excited are we?!!!!
LOL I was thinking the same the entire time, a blind one would have noticed this.
Haha I love Lilith from cheers
This song is about HP Lovecrafts Cthulhu
4:38 I think she fell in love with Jason 😂😂