Vocal ANALYSIS of "One". This is emotionally deep, and Metallica again nearly had me in tears.
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- This is the second Metallica song I've ever listened to and analyzed, and I keep getting drops of heavy topics. This time it's about a soldier that loses their limbs, sight, hearing, smell and taste. They're left only with pain. Whoah. This is dark, heavy, and poignant. I appreciate getting these heavy songs by such prolific artists.
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Metallica performing "One” for the very first time.
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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Metallica is the greatest metal/rock n roll band ever, check out the "S&M" (Metallica and the San Francisco symphony orchestra) double album it is amazing, it's on TH-cam\m/
Enter sandman is Metallica’s best song I’d say 👌 review this if you haven’t already
@@chrisd3211 while yes it's a great song it's not close to their best, The Call of Ktulu, Creeping Death, Orion, Master of Puppets,2×4 and The Frayed Ends of Sanity all better imo 😉\m/
This was my first intro to Metallica. My brother listened to it and played guitar. I did sports and listened to Top 40 and Yo mTV Raps. I was reluctant even at first to hear it.
@@roncriswell2685 my brother once in Jazz Band had the band play Metallica when the teacher stepped out. Before the collab.
Teacher wasn't happy. Like a Twisted Sister video, "We're not Gonna Take It."
I’m a disabled veteran of Desert Storm warfare. I am paralyzed, can’t see or hear well with heavy ptsd. I can relate. I remember when this song came out. I could only feel self pity. I am handicapable now. Keep moving forward not dwelling on the past.
Thank you for your sacrifices brother. May you be blessed
You are an amazing human. Thank you.
Mission before self as they say… God bless you Sir.
Thank you for your service and sacrifice brother! We are all blessed to have men and women like yourself lay your lives on the line for our freedoms, we're not worthy of your gift! 🤘
Jesus man I cant even imagine. That sort of resilience is beyond admirable. Thank you for your service
The drums were the machine guns and canons, the guitar is the screaming of the wounded, and the singing is the feelings and emotions of the victims. Heavy metal indeed
That's a great way of listening/accepting the song
Low key the bass was just James mourning cliff
@@guitarMaster666PoopI think that's a fact, I don't blame him either ...and justice for all was a banging album, just one step in their massive career 🤘
the bass is the sound of use of arrows and maces
That's the best explanation, why Jasons´ bass was missing. No part in the story.
When the chaplain is asked " don't you have anything for him " and he replies "he is a product of your profession , not mine " the coldest line in a movie ever . Even worse knowing this has happenned to many soldiers is what makes it all the more terrifying .
Yeah definitely the most brutal
Yeah, have read books on WW1 and the collective brutality is shocking.
It's definitely a brutal line. But the one where his father says: "Each man faces death by himself, alone" it very cold and scary.
Even the grace of God has abandoned this man.
@@kevinmichael9482 When one reads about World War 1, stories like Storm of Steel are as important as stories like All Quiet.
She just casually stumbled upon one of the most iconic rock songs of all time.... Awesome
There is no way anyone her age hasnt heard One. Its an absolute impossibility unless she just crawled out of a cave. The same with most of the songs they "say" they never heard before.
@@jvillain9946you just don't realize lol.
@@jvillain9946 When "And Justice For All" was released, she was two years old. I remember, most of my mates just refused to listen to metal music - not one second. When Metallica was accepted by more people, there are people never had contact to Metallica nor to this song. Don't think the whole world is listening to Metallica. I stumble myself upon bands, which exist since forever and I did not know they even existed.
@@jvillain9946 I used to think that too but, to be fair, I have not heard any of her style of music either. (Opera)
Guess I came out of the cave today too
When this song came out I was failing high school. My 60 year old English teacher had us listen to this song and read the book and she interpreted the drums as being the munitions and gunfire exploding on the battlefield. That moment changed my life because I suddenly understood how art can be used to express emotion and the human experience. And though many more years would go by I eventually did get my BA in English literature and I thank my teacher and Metallica for that. This song will always hold a special and very intimate part in my life.
Thats a great teacher!
Imagine an English teacher telling you to listen to Metallica as an assignment. Best class ever.
Wait, who? Cares.
The drums are the same beat at SOS in morse code as well
@@vinyldash2333 I had an English teacher that wanted us to interpret RHCP - Californication, which I'd say is definitely on the same level xD
If its emotion and Metallica you want,look no further than Fade To Black,gives a guy the old chicken skin every time he hears it.Cant wait to see what you think of ONE,thank you for doing this!
Sure, but for vocal analysis, the second half of their career, where James actually had to sing instead of yelling in key (his own words), is more interesting, so instead I'd suggest The Unforgiven.
This is one of the greatest metal songs of ALL Time; but it is due to the inspiration that came from the book: Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo!! The clips in music video are from a movie that was created from Trumbo's short novel. I believe someone read the book, then saw the movie and wrote this amazing song! I have always hoped they would remake the movie because it doesn't come close to the power of the book. Metallica's One DOES! But the book is basically the story of a man mutilated by war with only his brain and life functions (breathing, heart pumping) still working, thinking about life and the terrible place he is now trapped in. Pretty difficult to create a movie completely about one mans thoughts! The book actually places you inside the man trapped in his own body! You actually think you might go crazy if you read another page! Its visceral and moving!
Just as Metallica's ONE is!
So glad you are covering this amazing song. I read the book first; but now anytime I hear this song, I have to pause and listen to it until the end... just like the book, you can't put it down.
Thank you!
Everyone should read this novel, it will change your life and perspective and could possibly change the world.
To Live is to die
Fade to Black or Nothing Else Matters would be right up Elizabeth's alley.
I agree if it’s emotion from Metallica you want then fade to black is top tier
I served in the Marines during the Afghan War, this song really hits deep for me. I know everyone experiences combat differently, the guitar solo at the end reminds me of the panic and fear you feel when you're assaulting an enemy position. Everything is in fast forward, you have no time to think, barely have time to breathe. You just run and shoot until it's over. For the guy in the video he's fighting with that same desperation.
Have you heard red gums only 19 it’s about a Vietnam war vet
Thank you for your service Sir.
My interpretation is the man reaching his boiling point and wanting everything to be over but you could be right 🧐
❤
God Bless you Devil Dog. Semper Fi!
The last line before the intense guitarr solo is "He's a product of your profession... not mine." which always made me interpret it as anger against those responsible for the war but also the horrific state the patient is in.
yes fully agree with your interpretation
I got that feeling as well, however, given that the other person was actually trying to get a reaction of mercy from him, kind of like “do something”, that’s how it sounded to me at least, this guy just shut him down in a personal matter, and I think the bigger issue was the state of the patient, and not his own beliefs and ego. Just my opinion.
My dad pretty much forced me to listen to this and watch the video about a year before he died when I was 15/16 to show me Metallica, and how deep it was. I didn’t really get into Metallica and that whole genre until after he passed, so I couldn’t thank him for it, but this song gives me my dad back for just a minute.
I was already emotional before I read your comment because of the song. Now I’m on the verge of crying. I’m here laying in a hospital bed with a Motley Crue shirt on. I lost my dad at 14. He wasn’t a vet but a have a lot of family members who served or are serving. My cousin in the Air Force and my brother is a marine. I wanted to serve. But my health is so bad, my stomach partly paralyzed along with my intestines. I faint and have asthma and cerebral palsy. My dad was also disabled. Spinal cord injury. His body finally gave out a month before I started high school freshman year. He gave me so much. And one of the best thing he has given me is my music taste. I use to be rocked to sleep as a baby to ozzy, kiss, AC/DC, and more. I would sleep to heavy metal and screamo to lullabies. I was singing kid rock and AC/DC as soon as I could talk. I knew the lyrics to at 3 or 4. I grew up with his music and of course my alternative and emo music 😂. Music is one of the reasons I’m still alive. I wish I could hug him and thank him. Without my music I would of felt so alone and never would be able to process emotion. Or even feel close to my dad. I’m in the hospital hooked up to feeding tubes and ivs because i cant get nutrients. I am 20 now and would give anything to have my dad beside me. So I am so grateful for this channel and the music. Thank you so much for sharing. I really needed to hear that. If you ever need to talk I’m here.
@@ollieishere4122 thank YOU for sharing that. I’m sorry for your loss, and all of the medical stuff you have going on. I hope you get to get out of the hospital soon. And thanks to your cousin and brother for their service.
@@LaneyLia thank you so much. Sorry I was in a hard mental place at that time. I am pretty okay with my health and am coping. I’m back home and got some not so good health news. But hey, I can live until I’m 90 and I have wonderful people in my life. So I can be content! Anyway thank you for listening. I hope you are doing well❤️
You're not alone. We belong to the Metal Militia. Hope you feel better right now. I'm a friend from Mexico.
@@SenorSmoke79 thank you 🖤
“This is so much more lulling and soft, than my intro to Metallica…”
Me: visibly giggling at the screen in anticipation
So did I!
Me: “wait for it…. Wait for it….!!” I
Exactly 😜
damn straight
Give it some time
Haven't cried in a year or so until now. Just had a nice 15 minute cry watching you experience this masterpiece for the first time. Thank you.
Me too
lol
its weird, isn't it? I watched it back a year ago when it first came out and watching it again just now and welling up.
dudes, she's faking it, lol
@ramacabral4399 you need to watch more of her channel, and listen to her sing, too. Her life is music, man. More than yours or mine.
I heard this song as a teenager when it came out. I went straight into the Army after HS. It means so much more to me after being in combat and seeing men be blown up in front of me. It makes me appreciate every one of them who gave their lives and bodies. It could have easily been me.
Wow, man. That's deep. I'm glad you made it. Thank you for your service.
Dang 😢
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"He's the product of your profession. Not mine." Is one of the most chilling lines in the entire film.
For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son. That gets me every timw
What’s fucked up is the elite will celebrate the winning of a war as if they gave up everything in that sacrifice.
"Kill me. Over and over again, kill me."
That's what got me
@@thememecow1673 good point.
@@raha2470 exactly.
I'm a Marine Corps veteran who joined shortly after 9/11. I was also in a coma for more than 7 days after severe trauma. This song has so much of that experience wrapped up into it. I really didn't know when I was awake or not, but I was totally aware that things were happening around me at times. "One" of my favorite songs.
Thank you my man, hope Uncle Sam paid you well for that damage to your brain bucket.
And I ate all your jello.
Thank you for your service.
Thanks for sharing and thank you for your service
Fair enough fellow I have ben there ( not me) but it was us & you know as I do shits real
SEMPER FI
I saw this film, when it came out in 1971, during the Vietnam War. Then I read the book. I still remember it vividly. The most horrifying point is when the doctor realizes that he is conscious and has him hidden away in shame. I knew nothing about this song or video. Thanks for this!
I just want to thank you for respecting the song for the master piece it is.
"This is so much more lulling and soft than my first introduction"
How many of you smiled when she said this and said, "Oh, just wait a bit".
Elizabeth is to music for me as I imagine cataract surgery is for the blind. She makes me see what I would never have otherwise seen.
I was just thinking something similar... "you're at the half way mark of a Metallica song... just wait it's coming"
I started laughing and was like “in a minute that’s gonna change”
I was thinking "Hold on to your seatbelt"
@@alexandrefournel7263 I was thinking the same exact thing!!!!🤣😂
Yeah me too.
"One" is one of the most important songs in music history, more specifically the heavy metal genre. The subject matter and musicianship we're impossible to dismiss. The song was released only 14 years after the end of the Vietnam war so the gravitas of the subject matter was very topical and in the public conscious. The video followed the same vein. There were no dragons, devil's, or scantily clad women. Just four guys in skinny jeans and Reebok's refusing to be ignored.
*13 years not 14 Nam ended in '75 and One dropped in '88
@@coreyabell6332 thank you for looking out.
It's not about only any war, it's about what all wars bring. Only sadness in normal lives.
. . . And Justice for all will always be my favourite Metallica album.
Pretty positive they rocked Nike back in the 80’s, not Reebok.
After all these decades I still can't watch this video without crying. It's a masterpiece.
you have such exaggerated reactions to some of this music that's just infectious to watch. as a depressed person it makes me feel more emotionally connected somehow. not in some weird infatuated way, but you seem like such a nice person with genuine empathy that it makes me think there's still some decency left in the world. thanks for sharing yourself.
I'm in a dangerously depressed and socially isolated state myself also, and I also take some small comfort in these videos recognizing the genuine humanity of their reactions as I try to rediscover my own ability to feel such things
I spent a month in a coma on full life support in a sealed isolation chamber with every organ in complete failure and given zero chance of ever living or recovering. (Several years of "fuuuuuuck that" later I had an almost complete recovery). It took a couple years before I could listen to this song again. But I could never get even partway through the video for the past twenty years, the movie narration linked with the lyrics just destroys me. This is the first time I've gotten through it since then, and I'm crying my fucking eyes out remembering the eternity of unimaginably horrible things I went through in the coma. But I've finally regained one of my favorite videos ever, and it was your genuine compassion and humanity throughout it that helped me get through it. Thank you for being you, the world is a better place for it
Holy shit man. Glad you came back. Had a friend who went through 3 of them from 3 separate injuries and came back 3 times, he was practically Lazarus, but I don't think he was conscious during those stretches. I can't even imagine.
Holy fuck, dude
So glad you pulled thru man.
Holy shit bro. So glad you are here. You are an extremely strong person
@@Nick-bb9km why thank you. Like I always say, once you go black, it's like smoking crack ❤️
The guitar solo at that specific time was his heart rate and growing insanity. Take it from someone who was blinded, paralyzed and lost 80% of the use of my muscles for a time. The fact that they were communicating with him pushed adrenaline through whatever is left of his body and his mind kicks into overdrive because of it.
Lol so much more lulling and soft right before it goes off
Yes
It was urgency for the victim
The film they use in the music video is called Johnnys Got His Gun. The main character has a horrid fate where he is struck by a nearby artillery round. As Metallica sang: (landmines) have taken my speech, taken my hearing...the main character of the film becomes a prisoner of his own body. Its frightening to even fathom such a trauma.
I always get the chills when James starts singing the darkness imprisoning me verse. Absolutely amazing song, will always be my all time fav Metallica song.
Agreed this is the song that made me Starr listening to Metallica
Yep. They build that part up just absolutely perfectly. This music does not discriminate
As a nurse, I deeply feel that the guitar solo at the end of the song is relative to the nurse’s internal struggle to ensure life and longevity of the veteran’s body versus treating the intense mental and emotional agony of continuing to live on in the face of utter hopelessness. Her internal struggle to act upon this desire to mercifully end his pain is in direct contradiction to her sworn duty to preserve life and is a weight few will ever experience. I sincerely feel that her final decision to carry out the merciful aspect of her calling as a provider of comfort was robbed from both her and the patient when it was so callously interrupted by those that have NO understanding of TRUE compassion. It is a dichotomy that cannot easily be expressed in one or two paragraphs but rather one or two meaningful moments in time when one’s life hangs in the balance.
This also provides an interesting context for the observation that the movie quote about each person dying alone is immediately followed by the harmonized guitar solo.
Damn. Wow. 👍
I agree and believe this is absolutely part of this, but also believe the solo is representative of this soldiers struggle to have his message/wishes heard by those and once heard, carried out. This apex of his story and the song were represented by the guitar solo as decisions were made, the act was carried out, and the emotional struggle and aftermath for her was administered as she dealt with her own actions which while necessary/requested by her patient were contradictory to her core as a care giver. The solo played a good transition for a lot of themes being carried out in the finale of this song and video.
As an old Infantryman, this song went from being my high school get fired up song to being a hard dose of reality for many of my brothers and sisters. Decades later, it means so much more.
Amen to that bro. Take care
Navy 1981-1985. I was in Beruit in 83-84. I know that feeling.
God damn right battle. Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003-5 6-7.
Affirm, brother. OIF grunt, Purple Heart 10/2004
The internet can be a great place. Teared up reading this while listening to one of the best songs (and reaction) ever.
The major chords represent the hope and the minor keys represent the tragedy, frustration, and anger.
This is one of the few songs that gives me goosebumps every time. It is also one of my favorite songs to play live. When people start singing it, it gets crazy.
I asked Kirk a similar question about the solo a few years ago. He said it’s his interpretation of death, adrenaline rush followed by euphoria, that’s why it starts intense and slows down at the end.
Name drop much?!!
@@ceebee491 If I knew Kirk Hammett I'd name drop every single day, so would you. lol
@@kentksclark too right, I would !
christ... that makes it even heavier lol. Did you meet him or interview him?
@@alex0589 I got to hang out with him after a show because a friend of mine knows Kirks tour assistant. It was a wild experience since he is my guitar idol.
To be honest, I have heard One so many times that I haven't had an honest emotional reaction to it in a long time...until watching you react to it today. I was moved to tears several times because anticipating your reaction stripped away that jadedness and amplified what I felt from the lyrics. Great video as always.
Same here
Take time to sit down and revisit those old classics. So much great music, so many great bands in the 70's, 80's and 90's.
We are indeed blessed to be living in this time.
Yes!
Completely agree with you here.
Same. I've watched so many live versions over the years that I barely remembered the movie samples
22:11 The guitar solo is the battle for life and death while losing one's mind.
I think you’re right
Never seen a reaction with such emotion in her/your eyes to this song. You totally got it
The solo was the rage of powerlessness and the despair of not being able to even die. It’s the sound of the scream inside your own head that no one on earth will ever be able to hear.
The excitement of finally being heard. Now I can die. Wait….. what? Let the nurse finish killing me.
I wish the guys in metallica could see this. Especially James. Just the appreciation of the entire body of work is awesome. Love the channel
There might be a away for get their attention, could try sharing the video to their social media
I'm sure he'll see it. James LaBrie (Dream Theater) and Tatiana Shmailyuk (Jinjer) are just a few who have connected with Elizabeth after she's reacted to their work.
He'd be getting all emotional like he did on Stern when Elton complimented him 😅😅😅.. You've gotta love Papa Het
Well said. Respectful, intelligent and well prepared are what set these reactions apart.
With the degrees of separation in this modern world, we can make this happen. I shall try!!!
I love how you now have an understanding of metal. I feel an incredible amount of emotion from metal. For me it guided me during my childhood and dealing with having a broken home. Listening to something so freeing made me cry to no end.
My story is very different yet I can relate. I've been through multiple surgeries. First time when I was a 10 year old girl. Woke up too early feeling the tube in my throat and horrible pain, wondering what is happening as nobody prepared me for anything. At the age of 13 I got paralyzed from the neck. Metallica did a terrific job in describing the horrors of being trapped in your head and body and not being able to communicate. I too tired to scream for help, over and over. I could hear the doctors vaguely just like the echoing voices in the video. But I couldn't speak nor move nor open my eyes. Nobody could hear me. I was only 10... Once paralyzed it was also difficult to tell what is real and what not for days. Thank you Metallica for giving a voice to the voiceless and describing the experience this well. I hope that I will have the opportunity to visit a concert - it's one of my dreams. I am 34 and tetraplegic, but my hearing is outstanding and music means everything to me.
Need to remember, Metallica members were about 25 years old then and it was their first video. And they came through very hard death of their bassist who was the soul of the band... And they were drunk as hell. So this is why they were so emotional.
R.I.P. Clifford Lee Burton
Cliff em all! 🤘🖕
@@ajaxslamgoody9736 didn't they have hard condition because of Cliff's death? Weren't they drunk back then? Were they quite young? Did they go to therapy?
The whole album is dark as hell. Although I am not psychologist, I can understand where this darkness is coming from.
This song is a masterpiece, I really love it. Why is it so dark? Well, they were talking about very dark issue, multiplied by their own experience, which surely emphasized and made stronger this dark feeling.
And,if you disagree, there is a way of saying it, just make clear in what you disagree with me about the issue you refer, may be I would agree, don't be dissing me personally.
"Johnny got his Gun" that the clips are from, is the most gut wrenching film you could ever watch. They didn't help the nurse who discovered he could be communicated with by Morse Code, euthanize him, they stopped her and they fired her to cover up their misjudgment of his condition. They wheeled him into a private room so there would be little contact and no one else would discover they made a mistake. Ending scene was wheeling him into the room, turning around, walking away, killing the lights and closing the door leaving him alone. I burst into tears and was sick to my stomach and I'm a 77 yr old man and saw this 2 yrs ago.
Not just the film, but the book is a whole different story. Its enough to mess with your head and look at war and life and any kinda of suffering in a whole different sense. You're the first comment I read mentioning this which saddens me. Thought there would be more Johnny git his gun comments. This song was literally based on the book and film. How some of these fans don't know that, blows my mind. Thank you
@@tomdude96 Also surprised! I'm a pretty avid reader but never that one. Knowing books are always better than the movie that they spun from, probably won't read it. The movie was heartbreaking enough. Movies are never able to capture the real feel. Only one I saw that followed the book well was "Time Travelers Wife" and then they had to spoil it at the very end. Biggest abomination was "Clan of the Cave Bear". An absolutely wonderful complex story that took six books to cover and wound up being a grunting monkey movie. Jean Auel must have been appalled!
@@ronaldmcrae4896 I don't know this first hand, only from what I'd consider a reliable source, but one of the only examples of a movie that follows the exact course of the book it was derived from is Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange' based on the book by Anthony Burgess.
@@philphilips1020 Never read that. Was aware of it but the title never drew me to it. You peaked my interest and found a pretty good synopsis of it. Actually sounds interesting. I may give it a whirl, thanks.
@@tomdude96 scrolling through the comments I noticed the same. I realized that after reading the book, later I also heard Lars mention it in an interview.
I just discovered your channel and the content is so good, it prompted me to join your Patreon. However, for this video, despite having watched the original and listened to the song hundreds of times-including yesterday-your emotional reaction brought tears to my eyes as well. Thank you.
One, The Unforgiven and Nothing else matters are all equally masterfully emotion incarnate. Absolute perfection💯💥
fade to black is better then Unforgiven and nothing else matters
Who remember when the blew the audience away at the Grammys with this song.. When they came on, only people in the back cheered… that changed at the end. They melted their minds..
That was one of the coolest performances ever. I bet the stuck up people in the front got theirs lol
More remembered for the year the Best Rock/Metal Recording Grammy went to Jethro Tull instead. I've given zero craps for the Grammys ever since.
@@templarpunk9332 I was trying to block that out. Lol
And then *immediately* lost to Jethro Tull for best Heavy Metal album...unbelievable juxtaposition.
oh yeah won't forget that. I'm with you on them since.@@templarpunk9332
That guitar solo was that man’s screams, that man’s pain, it directly captures the essence of chaos in his soul. Painfully beautiful
I think it's the patient's descent into insanity. I think being trapped as you would be like that, you'd slip into that downward spiral very very easily.
@@exzyle2k very well said, so terrifying to imagine, something I hope I never have to experience, may the lord make it quick when he takes me.
and maybe the relief of sending that message and it beeing heard, in the more "happy" parts of it
The pentatonic(or maybe it's arpeggio) descent near the beginning of the solo, the
"Up down down, up down down, up down down" part before the second set of blast beats, at the end of his tapping, is the man's cries, his literal sobs.
Agreed. It's the screaming chaos of his mind and descent into madness.
Watching this for the first time deeply affected me when I was a kid. This song made me love Metallica. You’re amazing at analyzing this.
One of the greatest pieces of music ever composed. I fight back tears every time I hear it. Great job on the analysis.
I'm soon 54 and I grew up with this. Never cried to it till now, until we took it apart and really looked deeply into it. I thank you personally for your endearing ways and your talent
So true. Im gonna spearhead our chapter viewing party of johnny got his gun. This is the song that hooked me. It is available on prime video for 2.99 rental. 😃
Same for me. I’m 48.
I'm 53 and it brings tears to my eyes. I remember when I first heard this album and I was actually pretty dismissive of it - too slow, too boring, WTF - this isn't Metallica!! Where is the aggression from Seek & Destroy, where is the sorrow from Fade To Black, where is the despair from Welcome Home (Sanitarium)?
Second listen, OMG how could I have been soooo wrong! I think it was the change after Cliff's passing and the new Bass sound of Jason Newstead. I remember this vividly - it was way, way so much deeper that I could imagine! The Guitaring is frankly superb - on all counts!
Honestly this is one of Metallica's best tracks and their very first music video, which in it's self is pretty amazing! Ohhh they fecking nailed it!!!! I didn't see the video for, probably a month, after I heard the album and it blew my mind!!
I'd forgotten quite how horrific the video was! Bloody well done!!
X2.. first time I find myself really examining what's unfolding here. Pretty emotional. I've heard this song a million times, but never felt it like this. What an amazingly well crafted work of art.. Hetfield is a genius..
James has said that he related to the soldier after his brother referred him to the book. James’ dad left when he was 13 and his mom died of cancer shortly after. When he wrote the song, he wrote it recalling his own feelings of being trapped in his own body and not knowing how to deal with the anger and grief.
This was also Metallica’s first ever music video.
...after swearing they would never sell-out, or make a music video. So many young fans don't realize this.
@@Mr1Tanker If a band is going to break their no music video rule, this is the way to do it.
"The God That Failed" also derived from his Christian Science mother
@@Mr1Tanker bro it’s been over 30 years 💀
@@Mr1Tanker Most young metallica fans care more about the music than the "Tough Macho 2Cool4U" persona
Wow. Since my teenager years, I've listened to this song THOUSANDS of times, played it probably hundreds, and NOT ONCE have I all-out cried while listening to it! Your channel manages to take emotional songs and intensifiy them! Well done and keep it going! 👏🤘
Metallica's ability to move back and forth between rage, and compassion is very telling. How they used what seems to be rage to draw people into compassion in everything they have done is mind boggling. They are the tap on your foot at 2 a.m. telling you to wake up.
This is the song that got me into Heavy Metal. I Was in college at the time. At 19 as a single young man with severe lack of confidence, I had gotten great news, I was getting my braces off in a month. I went home excited. 20 minutes later my life would be forever changed. I was crossing the street and a driver hit me sending me 50 feet into the air and 100 feet away from the impact. The result of that accident I lost my front and bottom teeth, I had a fractured jaw and I would need12 hours of maxi facial plastic surgery. My future had just been changed in an eye blink. My original thoughts of what I was expecting were ripped from me. I was alone at home, looking at my damaged face I did not recognize. I was broken emotionally. Then I turned on mtv at the time and they played that song. I was instantly grabbed by it. This resonated with me. And despite the darkness of the song I Realized I Was not alone at all. This saved me. I have been a fan ever since. So glad you did this song.
That is so beautiful and so terrible. I’m a way I understand that pain. Mine wasn’t as shocking and fast. When I was two weeks old o got very sick. Stoped breathing at least 3 times. Had seizures. Now I have cerebral palsy. I didn’t understand I was disabled (I was in a bad living situation too) until I was 16. It hit me. I had just over come it when Covid hit and at 18/19 my stomach became paralyzed. I lost weight, 30lbs, and got put on a feeding tube. I just got the surgical j tube right Uber my belly button. I stare in the mirror and it’s like I’m not seeing myself. I have a tube hanging in out of me. My teeth are messy (I had 6 years of braces) from throwing up everything I eat. My hair had fallen out some from malnutrition so I cut it off and dyed it. I look sickly. I faint now and can’t do much movement. One thing that saved me was my music. I would sit and listen to much. At one point using it to explain to others how I was feeling. I would not be alive without music. That’s a fact.
Music has saved my life for the exact reason, that it helps me feel like I'm not alone. Other people, good people, have struggles as well. I can't explain it, but that gives me strength.
Hang in there. (So many stories I could share here)
❤
"I didn't understand the depth of sadness that metal could communicate".
I wasn't quite anticipating that sort of reflection for my reasoning in listening to metal as a genre, but it brought a big insight into myself, and I burst out crying, feeling seen by that statement. Thank you, I didn't know I'd get getting therapy and emotional release by witenssing someone listen to, and reflect on Metallica, but hear we are. Thank you Elizabeth!
I have used metal as a means to allay my emotional lows as well as to help express my joy ever since I discovered the genre back in the early 1970's.
Weirdo
@@xscorpx Why? Apart from your very self descriptive name....
Metal is a very intelligent genre, with poets, philosophers and virtuoso'. Okay not all, but I think it's the most emotive music out there...
@@alanandjess7516 It's true, or at least often. It's a style of music very much related to deeply felt, but often tumultuous emotions. Part of the reason that I've connected with Devin Townsend's music so much is that I relate to his own journey of emotional evolution that he demonstrates in his music.
The presenter is such a caring individual. The mix of musical intellect and human feeling is just so inspiring. I would love to meet someone like this in my lifetime.
I thoroughly enjoy you reacting to the music I love from my youth. My father was a Vietnam vet who survived until 2021. Listening to the song with your analytical breakdown had me bawling. My father was in the hospital with femoral artery blockage and he said he said he didn't want to lose any limbs. I assume because of the Horrors he saw in Vietnam being a Medevac on Huey helicopters. He also flew as a gunner in Cobra helicopters. Thank you for your amazing insight and breakdowns of these amazing songs. Keep it up girl. ❤
When I served in the army in 2013-2014 (I am from Russia, we have a draft army), my country unleashed the first stage of the conflict in Ukraine. I was lucky, I did not participate in hostilities, I had a staff position. But I specifically read the book "Johnny Got His Gun" and listened to this Metallica song so as not to succumb to the false military propaganda.
It's absolutely scary, creepy, heavy, but a great book and an equally great song. Thank you for taking it apart in such detail and emotionally. At the end, I broke down and cried.
(Excuse me for my English)
In, Russia, can a militray aged male be drafted more than once? For example, since you were drafted to the Invasion in, Ukraine back in, 2014. Can you get drafted again, 2023 for the now, new invasion of ALL of, Ukraine?
@@nexpro6118 After military service in the Russian army, the serviceman is transferred to the reserve. If partial or full mobilization is announced in the country, then he can be called up again in the Armed Forces.
In 2014, during the occupation of Crimea, I served, but did not participate in this operation. I served in another region.
So yes, in theory, they can call me directly to the region of warfare. So far, this has not happened, but in fact, no one is insured against this.
@@Deft2000 thank you for sharing. Here in the US (I served in the marines from 2004 to 2009 and I was able to get called back until, 2013. After 2013, the ONLY way to get called back would be if the US implemented the Draft again
@@nexpro6118 Does the US provide for the possibility of introducing mobilization in case of martial law?
@@Deft2000 ONLY the President and Governor of the state that martial law is called in can mobilize the National Guard Units but CANNOT mobilize the Regular Full Time Military for martial law events.
As a retired combat veteran, I identify with this song on a mental, spiritual, and emotional level. I have so much to say, there is no way I can say it all. Umm...having PTSD sometimes is like you described, being stuck in your own brain. I also experienced this after a serious accident that should have killed me, I was in a coma for a short time....a couple of days and I was aware of things going on around me at times. I so desperately wanted to reach out to my family and tell them I was okay and I loved them, but could not. This was extended by my time on a ventilator and unable to speak. I thank God, could communicate by writing and I have all my limbs, but not being able to fully express myself was difficult. I can and do understand this video on that level. Thank you for doing this song. I....
I hear you, brother. In the same boat. 🇨🇦
Ty for your service!!!
We are stronger together my brother. You are NEVER alone...
Thank you for your service and for the honesty and vulnerability in your post. I am a trained medic and nurse who's spent my adult life (22 years) caring for those who are trapped in their bodies, minds, and/or thoughts. Sometimes it feels like it breaks something inside of you but we bend, not break and get up each day to do it all over again, always knowing that we're stronger for living it. Keep staying strong, you're definitely not alone.
I was never in the service, but I was in a coma for 28 days. I do remember some of it. My heart had stopped and they had to shock me 14 times to get me back. I was fortunate to have only felt 1 shock. It hurt something fierce. I was soon out of it again. Also remeber them using breathing treatments on me. It felt like I was being drowned. I couldn't talk, didn't understand what they were doing to me or who they were. I could only growl. Thats been 6 years ago now. If I felt or was aware of more my brain has locked that away from memory...thank God
I remember when I first saw this video...literally brought tears to my eyes, and I am not one that cries easily. This video still to this day disturbs me and breaks my heart. Powerful, powerful song...
I love seeing/hearing these classics through the fresh ears of someone that is not familiar with them. Makes me appreciate them even more
"One" is arguably The greatest song that Metallica has ever written, recorded, mixed, mastered and performed live through their entire career in the genre of Heavy Metal!
Couldn't agree more!
Everything but the mix!
I politely disagree, enter sandman, is so much more.
As far as substance of story and meaning.
@@dieseldabberdoug8285 what??? No way. Absolutely not. The Black album is a good album. But, it is NOT And Justice For All OR Master. And, while Enter Sandman is a good song, One is an amazing song. That has real meaning.
And the best version of it ever recorded is on S&M v1
"Johnny got his gun" is one of the most disturbing movies I have ever watched in my life. And while it is a movie masterpiece, I have never had the heart to put myself through it for a second time - and I normally watch war movies like Saving Private Ryan, Fury, 1917 or Band of Brothers fairly regularly…
The intensity of the solo at the end is clearly matched to the movie:
After they finally figured out, that there was still a human spirit in this pile of flesh (and has been for several years by that time), they indeed learn that his only wish is to be put out of his misery. They refuse, for scientific reasons, only the nurse has a heart and actually tries to kill him. She is stopped however, and the movie ends with the curtains on the window being shut, and he loses his last sensation, the sun on his skin...
I'm a U.S. Marine combat veteran...and that movie is extremely disturbing for me. I was in a coma after my second TBI and I am so grateful I woke up.
I’ve never seen it aside from these clips but that description sounds like it’s a must watch movie before you die. I’ll add it to my list
Read the original book by Dalton Trumbo, it’s way better than the movie.
The book makes it even more terrifying, if that's possible.
@@lv-426paradise3 just bought the book and audio book. I’ll listen to it on my way to work
Okay, three of your videos I have watched now, and you have gained a follower. Your take on what you hear is mesmerizing. Thank you for doing this, and I can't wait to adsorb more of your interpretations of great music.
I'm really happy I discovered this channel. I can tell the song really affected you which just increases my appreciation for this classic.
The second solo is Kirk’s expression of what warrior’s tears sound like. He’s absolutely at the end of his sanity. He’s been begging for death, which was slow to come. Crying “out,” relief finally comes in the form of release, and tears of relief take over the tears of terror and grief. He resolves (the outro), gathers himself, and finally - finally - death comes as the song ends.
The thing is, based on the movie the song revolves around, he doesn't die. At least, not then and there. He is kept alive for many more years before he does, which is absolutely terrible.
Nicely done.
@@mlgamings6110 the book is excruciating
Didn't know that. Thanks for the info
@@PatchouliPenny I saw the movie in the theater and it is really an unusual and down trodden movie with no redemptive quality and you left the theater in silence. That’s what the movie was meant to be. I was home from Vietnam and didn’t know about the plot of this movie. Left me with nightmares.
Another song that is lyrically heavy from Metallica is “Dyers Eve.” It’s about Hetfield’s frustration and anger about the way his parents raised him. As a kid, I never thought much of the lyric until my dad asked me “what’s he saying there?” Until I just read him the lyric. He’d never taken any interest in a metal song before but I could tell that he was moved by it, and he said “that’s the way it was for me, “ and “that’s the best song they ever wrote.” I’m glad that I had such a great dad, and that I had the sense to tell him that he wasn’t like them.
Agreed, fantastically heavy song lyrically, with well-matched music and rhythm.
dyers eve is my favorite Metallica song hands down... when paurd with to live is to die its just *chef kiss*. dyers eve is easily one of their most angry, aggressive, and bitter songs it's fantastic.
Best pure thrash song they have written.
One of the best thrash metal songs ever.
@@TheePIB "Dear mother, dear father, what is this hell you have put me through?" Man... the song is poetry. Not only great thrash, but that's the spirit of rock and roll summed up.
great to hear such stories, i have been metallica fan since early 90's and no one in my peers can stand heavy music and don't understand anything. So its just good for me to read such comments
I hate watching videos where you get sad about a song, I freaking tear up every damn time. You certainly have a unique way of capturing your listeners ears...BRAVO 👏
I swear to god this is like musical blue balls. I get that she is trying to break down and analyze the video but she has the most amazing talent for pausing at every memorable musical change. When our brains are hardwired to need that resolution to the melody or to anticipate a change we know is coming and then have the video paused repeatedly at those moments is borderline torture.
I feel the same!
Go listen to the song then! It’s also on TH-cam!
can relate. Still worth it
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Haha that is the perfect description. A master edger
The album version of this song is powerful in its own right. However, the video adds even more punch to tell the story. As a veteran, watching the video hits me in the gut and make me well up every time. Thank you for doing this song, Elizabeth. You are amazing at what you do in analyzing such a wide array of music.
The movie clips definitely add punch but I always urge reactors to listen to the album version as well to let the music and just James come through without the distraction.
You need to do Metallica’s “Fade to Black”. Musically it is a masterpiece. It deals with with the topic of suicide but I actually find the song uplifting. It’s a power ballad with an amazing guitar solo. Cliff Burton’s influence can definitely be heard on this song. R.I.P. Cliff
Fade to Black is the way... it's probably the song that gave Metallica access to the semi-general public. The amazing part to consider is the year... what, 1986? Maybe '85? The popular music at the time pretty much was nothing close and it was metal and punk trying to out do each other... good times. :)
Exactly bro. I thought of "Fade to Black" too.
It really doesn't get much sadder than "Fade to Black."
Damed right!
...but please the Moskow 91 s**t
Unbeatable! 🤘
Fade to black is better than this iteration of the song. Metallica butchered the studio recording of AJFA - RTL is miles better. I only ever listen to AJFA stuff from live recordings!
Never pause during a Metallica solo! 😢😂
My mom was around 14 when this video was released. She still says she is borderlined traumatised by seeing the music video when it first came out. Such an insane piece of music by Metallica, coupled with the disturbing nature of the video, it combines to one of the greatest songs and music videos of all time
I know EXACTLY how she feels. I LOVE this song for the absolute emotional roller coaster of horror this song and video convey.
I am one of many who suffer from PTSD. I served 2 tours in Iraq and it was my second tour that affected me the most because of the length. Our unit was one of the last that served 18 months in country. After it was all over I had the one scar that takes lots of time to heal and that is survivors' guilt. I didn't lose any body parts, only my mind and a sense of humanity. This was a song that I listened to while I was deployed in Desert Storm and now it has more meaning listening to it. I still love it and can say now that I am glad I didn't listen to it during that dark time, I know that I wouldn't have made it to this day. The whole "And Justice For All" album is genius.
*Thank you for your service, sir! We appreciate you greatly!*
Stand for our GOD given FREEDOM!
Amen
🙏🙌✝️🇺🇲✡🙌🙏
Thank you for your service 🙏
@@diesel3333 I do not mean to deny God or impugn your faith, but if our freedoms were God-given, we would not need brave men and women to defend them. Our freedoms come from laws and other institutions created by humans, and they can be taken away by humans if we fail to be vigilant, or are merely unlucky, like Ukraine, possibly.
Served in 1993-97 USMC as a grunt. You are loved brother......by millions of those who served.
I agree, the whole album was genius. It was the one of their last great alblums. the Black Album... meh!.
@@JPMadden correct, God doesn't ensure freedom, men and women in uniform do, but when we sign up, are conscripted or drafted, most have God close by. The Ukrainians need as much as we can get to them.
Love the the line from the movie where the military general asked the Padre, "Don't you have some message for him Padre" and the Padre says back, "He's a product of your profession, not mine"
Except, during the time of WWI, the churches were telling people it was their sacred duty to die for their country. “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" was preached by the Catholic Church and many others, and it means "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country".
In other words, unless the "padre" bucked what many churches were saying at the time, he had some culpability as well.
Yeah, priests lie.
@@johncrafton8319 Good to know John, thanks. Then it doesn't surprise me about the Catholic Church. No offense to anyone.
@Neslepaks their whole vocation amd existence is predicated on the biggest lie of them all: the existence of the supernatural.
@@metalmark1214 Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori , is from the Odes , by the Roman poet Horace , 67 - 8 years BC , its not from catholic church , its over 320 years older . Also it s was another peat that used part of this poem in his anti war poem during WW 1 , Wilfred Owen , English poet and soldier .
You can also see " Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " if you visit Arlington national cemetery , it's over the rear entrance to Memorial Amphitheater .
Your analysis is amazing...The way you describe the feeling of the music is compromised of the words many of us feel, but cannot describe
Metallica being my all time favorite band and One being my favorite of their songs makes me happy to see you do this one. I only occasionally watch your videos and this one was suggested just today. Thank you!
i always interpreted the insane guitar solo as representing the soldier's increasing desperation and panic. the aggressiveness of it shows just how desperate he is to be freed from his pain and how he's doing everything in his power to communicate that to anyone. he's fighting like an animal with its leg in a trap, and it really puts into perspective the horrors of war that soldiers bear, and relive every time they close their eyes. my grandfathers on both sides were vietnam veterans, and they always said that war is a terrible thing, and i should understand exactly what it is that they ask young people to do. great video. rock on
I could not have said it better myself.
I couldn't agree more with that assessment.
I agree. I don't see this this as an anti war song. But a song about a soldier coming home and struggling with the mental side of what he/she dealt with.
Medically induced? It's 5 times more likely to have living memories while Ina medically induced coma
I bet morse code is also in Jaymz down picking
Does anyone else love the way she says. “Welcome back to the charismatic voice”
Gets me every time.
Pretty as...
You know, i actually love you, your passion for music, makes me emotinal, how you speak about music, you can hear in your voice that this has given you huge feeling, i think, for you, this song achived JUST what it was made for, thank you so much for your kind kind words, what a beautiful human you are, you should be proud, im so happy you exsist, lest we forget, happy remembrance day
I stumbled on your content today from a recommendation in my feed. I am one of the least musically talented people on earth! I literally tried the saxophone in grade school when everyone gets an instrument and was pretty quickly given the triangle. However I love music, and especially in my teens lived metal. You hot on a point at the end about sadness and pain and your personal growth in coming to understand/respect metal. I wanted to point out something that took me a while to learn, but often times for males depression manifests in anger or detachment, there is a deep aversion for many men to really engage sadness and understanding that and learning to do that was a game changer in my life. I thought your observations was very profound and while I've only seen three videos, your content is great! Your enthusiasm and visceral reactions to songs I love/loved is amazing and I'm learning a lot about music. Great content, thank you for sharing yourself with the world in such a real way, I wish you all the best in life!
"Metal" music is often under rated and misunderstood...It is complex and 100% emotionally driven...If you actually dissect the lyrics from the overwhelming sounds that you hear they express something deep and explore parts of your existence you may not want to confront....This type of music is intense which seems loud... but thats exactly the feeling you are supposed to get!!! Love this reaction video!!!!
I mean you’re not wrong.
Even a song like You Suffer by Napalm Death, it’s 3 seconds and a scream.
But the official lyrics are “You suffer, but why?”.
There’s something to be said for that lol
Don't know if this has been mentioned already, but this was Metallica's first ever music video. They were famous for refusing to make them. MTV was in their hay day. Metallica had become quite large without mainstream radio play or visibility on MTV. Finally, they relented after finding a way to present one of their songs in a manner that wasn't considered "selling out" to them. Most video's of the time were pretty shallow and without message; regardless of the song's content. It was the end of the "hair band" era. Many videos featured bands looking outrageous and doing outrageous things on stage. This video contrasts all of that, with the band featured in all dark cloths in black and white; placing the focus on the music and lyrics. It was QUITE the contrast to the other videos being played on MTV at the time. Fans were so happy to finally have a video of their favorite band on MTV, that it was voted #1 on MTV's fan selected countdown show for a very long time. I think, they may have had to actually retire it because it kept on getting votes from fans for such a long time it was keeping other videos from getting their rightful exposure.
This video had an incredible impact at the time. Not just the song itself, which is of course incredible in its own way.
Remember when Justice came out ? I waa about 17. Didn't know what to feel about it. Now its music royalty
Having said that, I'm one of those weirdo's that actually like St Anger. Can't really say much for magnetic or hardwired, sounds stock to me ?
@@rossconroy1674 Eww...you are a weirdo. lol j/k I've tried to like St. Anger, just. CAN'T. Frantic is the only song I can listen to. While I LOVE Magnetic and even more so, Hardwired, I don't like the "unfinished" sound to St. Anger.
This video also marked the moment when "fans" started to call them sell-outs.
@@OptimusX1972 Yeah, St. Anger never appealed to me. Death Magnetic however, seems like the proper successor to Justice more so than the Black album did. Hardwired is just too many different riffs in the same song. They probably could have broke those up and made like 50 songs and it would have been better and MUCH easier.
Rewatched this and your reaction is so honest, to recognize metal as capable of art to convey emotion and beauty… I find it refreshing and pure. I fell in love with music as a young teen, and still write such music to this day, but it is more understandable to hear you interpret it than I can explain although I musically as a guitarist write it. That may make no sense but in short, thank you Elizabeth
Imagine being like, nine years old, and an empath, and watching this for the first time. 🎉 Thank you. Your ability to analyze music is unparalleled to any I've seen. And I've seen a lot. 🤘🤘
Love when she said its so soft compared to the other song, and I was like "Wait there's more!"
❤ yeah definitely. just wait .
Haha me too! 🙂
Got to the point you mentioned. I LoL.
DARKNESS
I was like that too and was like "wait for the darkness bridge "
Fyi this was the first music video Metallica ever produced.
They told the fans they'd never make any. The first time 'they sold out'. To wit Lars (drums) said yes we sell out every show.
The best part is that during the time in 1989, 'metal' music videos were all dudes on Harleys riding with chicks and drinking beer at strip clubs. Metallica comes along and drops this staggering anti-war video that provokes the discussion on the humanity of physician assisted suicide and a persons right to die, a discussion that is only exasperated just a few years later by the practices of Jack Kevorkian.
I would definitely not call that selling out.
Yeah, "selling out" means getting more people to listen to your music. As though a band is only being true to themselves (and their fans) if no one ever hears of them. What a crock.
Millions of Metallica fans would be missing out on Metallica's music if they didn't "sell out". That would be damn near criminal.
To be fair, they've been accused of "selling out" way before 1989. When Fade to Black was released as a single in 1984, many accused Metallica of going soft and selling out to the music industry. All because the song started with an acoustic guitar, and was not thrash metal all the way through like the previous album Kill 'em All.
@@TeslaMaster2 true people will bitch. I figure it like this they started as a bunch of teenage alcoholics (I can relate) and now they are pushing sixty. Times change! People grow.
This isn't their first 'sell out' that was fade to black, the 'ballad'. And it was Jason that replied with 'we sell out every seat at every show'
I know I'm a little late in discovering all of these reaction videos but, I have got to say that I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos. Very enlightening and heartfelt
i love how the music touches your soul, this is some of the best content on youtube.
When this song was written they didn't really use sheet music or understand time signatures, they switched keys beats and whatnot by feel. They learned sheet music and time signatures later in their career when they did an album with an orchestra in the background. I remember an interview about the album where James was saying something along the lines of "..and the conductor was translating all our stuff to sheet music and he's like oh this is in 6/8 or whatever but we never had any idea"
It's a great illustration of how music is a product of what sounds good to humans and not much too fundamental, haha (aside from the mechanical features of sound/music). It all started out with people "doing stuff that sounds good." And then people got good at that and needed ways to convey what they found, ending up with the notation and conventions we have now!
If cliff was around he would’ve taught them sheet music
Lars still doesn’t understand time signatures
@@jeremyrossi4211 Ha! You're not lying :)
That double CD S&M album was brilliant.
As a bit of background info. This was Metallica's first music video, even though it was their 4th album. They resisted the pull of MTV for a long time, wanting only their music to speak for them, and concentrating on live performances. When they finally did produce a video, at a time when rock videos were flashy, and usually included female models, and promoted bad boy image of the bands, this video was monochromatic, with just the band playing, not even to an audience. Almost like they still wanted to make the point that it was the music, not the image, that mattered.
Yup and then nearly every album sucked from after then
This was the video that got me into Metallica. I was a kid, maybe 10 when I first saw it. It mesmerized me. It horrified me and introduced me to history that I hadn’t learned about in school yet.
@@IamPsybo I liked a lot of Death Magnetic.
@@IamPsybo Thanks for your input. Can't remember anyone asking, but you do you.
@@IamPsybo yep! Bob Rock and Lars destroyed this band. Completely different from the time they entered the studio for the Black album. It was Black cause we all mourned the loss of Metallica and grimaced at the ushering in of this cheesy and phony stadium rock band that usurped one of the greatest, if not the greatest, thrash bands.
wow you really make me appreciate the beauty of art - Such a great channel!
I’ve been hearing this song for years but never paid attention to the video. Thanks for bringing it to life.
"the depths of sadness that metal could communicate" really touched my metal heart and made me realize why I started listening to metal 25 years ago...
I’m sure you always knew why bro🤘
I've just started listening to metal recently, and that statement did the same to me.
I heard it said that metal is the white mans blues
Thank you for pointing out the “Johnny got his gun” movie and more specifically the book. No one ever brings it up when this song is directly related to those pieces
not only they that but Metallica bought the rights to the movie which is why so much of it shown
@@thedamian329
Really Wow they had to buy the Whole Rights to the movie ? just for One music Video.
@@sheldoncooper8199 They did that to avoid licensing issues. When movies, music, etc. is sampled there is almost always a term length to the license. They bought the distribution rights, so their music video would never have to be truncated.
@@McFeedback1968
I got Mtv in 1990 When THE WALL came down in germany. And Mtv had its own Metal Show. And they made sure to Play This A LOT. I dont even know what else they Played in 1990 sure Some Megadeth and Overkill and Slayer. I was only 10. But this Video had a HUGE impact on me. I thought Metallica were the toughest coolest Guys on Earth.
Dalton Trumbo's screenplay for Johnny Got His Gun made one of the most powerful and difficult to watch movies I have ever seen. It is nevertheless very much worth seeing, although be ready for an emotionally very rough ride when you sit down. Full props to the band for taking on this subject matter.
Simply a modern masterpiece, thankyou for your service
This was a beautiful video to watch as a musician that grew up on Metallica and literally started playing guitar and singing because of Hetfield. Thank you for sharing this.
It is absolutely crazy to me that this was written when James was 25 years old, and equally crazy the honestly mature presentation of such a messed up situation.
Please react to Jeff buckley bbc late show live or lover you should have come over live from chicago please please I think I will enjoy i love your show!!!
What was the situation? I'm unfamiliar with Metallica's background
@@jambamenome8481 I think he's referring to the soldier's situation
@@banyarling Ah, thanks for clarifying
War and its consequences are metal clichés. Black Sabbath, then especially Iron Maiden, who Lars has said was Metallica's biggest influence.
When he finally realized they could understand his SOS and resorts to “Kill me” over and over…
Gets me every time 🥺😔
Thanks for the beautiful and deep analysis of this great masterpiece of Metallica!
It's impressive how deep you dig into the details and how they complement each other.
Sometimes I feel that I'm the only one that dig so deep into such things.
And about the solo you've asked what we think it's about:
I believe this solo represents the immensive sadness and even delirium that the character feels for being so lonely and no one wants to help him to be left to at last die, to be free "out there". And the emotional impact is greatest as the solo is just after the indifferent response "He is product of your profession, not mine".
At the end of this video, when he is desperately tapping out S.O.S. with his head(the ONLY way he can communicate), is haunting.
This was the first video Metallica ever made - they'd resisted through their first 3 albums, and then when they made one, made one of the best music videos ever. The writer / singer / guitarist, James Hetfield has always said what he loves about this is that people don't know what to say and are generally stunned into silence the first time they see it.
its a true example of a video adding a weight and understanding to an already heavy song. I had to have heard the song a dozen times before ever seeing the video. I already knew a little bit of the background of the song at that point but the video really puts that into focus and really makes it sink in in a different way. In reference to another song she recently reacted to I think Peral Jam's Jeremy music video does a similar thing.
Hetfield is a metal god. Insanely creative, extremely talented, and a pretty good guitar player lol😉
...and insanely humble as he recognized Mike Rowe someplace and approached him to say, "Hi - you're that dirty jobs guy, huh?"
As the story goes, after some chit-chatting, Rowe (who didn't recognize James) said, "What do YOU do?"
Hetfield replies, "Me? Oh, not much. I'm in a band."
@@charlesdugaw7067 Ah, that sounds like the Troll James we all know and love
The chaos of the music represents the chaos of war, bombs, explosions, bullets flying.. I was a second lieutenant and lost both of my legs in a IED blast in Afghanistan. While under a heavy firefight and this song is the closest you can go into a battle inside of your own head. It's like being in the battle only you're safe. Metallica is masters at taking you to another place for 5 minutes even though it's only in your head. You still feel the emotion as if you were really there.
Thank you for your sacrifice and service.
@@jeffsguitarwork thank you very much. It was a honor to serve our great country, and protect the defenseless, innocent, and the people who like yourself appreciate what we have to sacrifice for freedom and the liberties we ALL share. And the people who lost their lives on 9/11 who deserved justice. God bless you and God bless America 🇺🇸.
Thank you for your service and GOD bless
@@bradbrockhaus633 thank you very much. That really means a lot. It was a honor to serve this great country. And protect the innocent people who can't defend themselves. And also find justice for the people who past on 9/11. God bless you and God bless America.
Respect! We citizens who have been protected from war by men like you, can never repay the debt we owe you. Thank you and God bless you are your family.
I have to say..
Your time taken to research bands, history, video content and the meaning behind the songs...
That is top knotch attitude and brings me such joy!
This is my generation of music that rocked me throughout my youth. I was also in 5 different choirs but rock and metal has always had my heart.
All the best and congratulations on the baby!!!
(Heart-Hugs) ✌️✨️
At agr 15 I saw Metallica, Guns N Rose's, & Moterhead live in Seattle...
Amazing 👏 💪
I raised my kids on this music, we use to discuss the topics and breakdown the emotional content in car rides.. now they see these bands in concert 😊