Guys this was after the Berlin Wall come down and bands could go play Russia. The crowd was in the millions and definitely not set up. The fact so many people turned out to see Metallica says it all
This was real. 1.6 Million people were there. The Soviet Union had just fallen and Russians had never been allowed to enjoy anything from the west. But, Russian people were able to get their hands on bootleg American music and they loved it. This event was the first joint effort of the Russian government and American music executives to bring the first American rock festival to Moscow. Numerous American rock and roll bands all hopped on planes to give the Russians an amazing show. The word spread like wildfire and 1.6 million people showed up. You will see the Russian military is in the crowd and the military helicopters were not only there for crowd control, but also to keep the air circulating. And there are American flags mixed in on Russian soil. Who knows when that will ever happen again. Probably the biggest concert footage you will ever see on the internet. The song is about nightmares and The Sandman.
Scottkirkhomes... Do your homework, there were other American rock festivals that played Russia before this and may American acts played Russia as well and also they are lots of concerts on TH-cam where you can see bigger crowds
That is incorrect. There were music festivals with Western or American bands during the Soviet Union. For example the Moscow Music Peace Festival in 1989, with Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions and others.
The song at the beginning they play at the start of every show . The Ecstasy of Gold , by Ennio Morricone from the movie The Good The Bad And The Ugly .
The key here is that they STOPPED COUNTING the crowd at 1.6 million, many more came after that. The military was supposed to be security but was so outnumbered, it was pointless. No one had cell phones, there was no social media, not even dial up internet. And all of that guitar, drum and vocal work is TALENT, not autotune, or anything else artificial.
I’ve been in downtown Chicago for victory parades with over a million people and I just can’t imagine this not easily being well over 2 million. Perhaps one day a good computer analysis can generate a better approximation. 🤷🏻♂️
The melody at the beginning is called the ecstasy of gold, it’s the theme song from the good the bad and the ugly. There were an estimated 1.6 million people at this show. A few months before this show, the Soviet Union ceased to be a country and reverted to Russia. While the communists were in control, there was no trade with the west, the only way this music made it in was illegal bootleg cassettes that were smuggled in…. And they still brought this many people out to experience western music.
That happened. No CGI. 1.6 million people - helicopters dropping water to cool people so they wouldn't pass out from the heat. In 1991, Metallica had a historic performance in Moscow to an exceptional crowd of 1.6 million people. This concert, part of the “Monsters of Rock” festival, this concert happened a few months before the official dissolution of the Soviet Union. It was a big deal. On December 25, 1991, the Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin, thereafter replaced by the Russian tricolor. Earlier in the day, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet Union, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russian state.
Monsters of Rock 1991 in Moscow: Metallica, AC/DC, The Black Crowes and Pantera. 1.6 million people and was held at a Tushino Airfield - only place that could hold that many people. And that bounce from the crowd? Yeah - that actually registered on the Richter Scale.
That feeling you got at 3:40, that little quick rush you feel, almost euphoric...Theres a word for that feeling and it's called "frisson". Metallica has MANY songs that do that to you. I always love watching them move people 😎.
Fellas, I am 72 and have watched you react to bands that I have had on my playlist for the past 50 years! Over the past 50 years I have found there are great artist in every genre, hip hop, rap country, but rock is my go to every time. Thank you for reacting to my fav music choice, enjoy the trip!
As I watch you two become official "headbangers", Many songs come to my mind, maybe I will drop a suggestion or two. For now I'm content watching your response to some awesome music I have enjoyed over the years! Keep it up bro! Feel the music, let it talk to u. Happy to see you added headphones too!!
I have seen them live many times 1989-2023. However, as our bodies grow older through the years, our mindset is still youthful and energetic. In 2023 my 18 year old daughter went with us to see them in st.louis. As soon as the lights went down and they started playing whiplash I involuntarily started fist pumping hooting and hollerin jumping up down. My daughter said Call down before you break a hip or something. 🙄😑😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 She was right though, next day I had lost my voice and my knees were mad at me!!!!😅
I'm 51 years old and had the pleasure of seeing Metallica in Houston Texas way back in the 90's (can't remember the exact year at the moment lol 😂) and I love that you are educating yourself on some of the most badass bands that have been around for decades and still on our playlists to this day! Rock on guys ...music is life! Love seeing your reactions...enjoy the ride! ❤
That said, that was less than the death stats per day for that number of people in general, if I remember right. People die every day. They just happened to go at a fantastic concert. Much worse ways to go haha
If I'm wrong, that's awesome! I have read/heard this so many times over the years, I assumed it to be truth. I'd be super pleased to know it was always BS!!
@@mc2120RESEARCH IT! There MOST certainly were 54 deaths that day, from clashes with the Russian military. The concert was almost canceled because of it.
The deepest and most seductive rabbit hole in ALL music…🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥….Metallica will blow you away like no other band / artist…..and 43 years in their career to this date they still sell out stadiums and arenas worldwide no matter the capacity faster than you can spell the word Metallica 🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥
"EXIT LIGHT" is what they said. Go watch the official video so you get it. This was a bedtime lullabye in my house. My kids would bounce on the bed and scream this song at bedtime. \m/ *metal fingers up* :) 🤘🎸🔥🎤🎶✨🎵⚡🖤🎧💀🎷🎵🤘
You give me a big smile the way you react to real, honest ( rock)music witch was made long before you we born and much respect for that. Most people of your age will only listen at the soulless pittch corrected crap they are bombarded with.
It's absolutely real. More than 1.6 million people. And no, there were no cell phones. The helicopters were used to push air into the crowd. I'm glad to see that you got the headphones.
Rallying call??? LOLOLOLOLOL. Its an "intro". Every metal band has one. Metallica plays Ecstacy Of Gold, Iron Maiden Plays the Churchill Speech, etc. You clearly never been to a metal show.
I used to play in a rock band in London years ago, and one time me and my housemate sat drinking with Lars Ulrich (Metallica's drummer) and his wife til 3 in the morning at the Cro Bar in Soho. He has a reputation for being a dick, but he was totally a nice guy 😅 was the most random meeting ever 😅
This is why I watch reactions on my break. Sharing the first time enthusiasm is a wonderful energy boost to get back to the grind :) Ah, yes, precovid concerts. Nostalgia. A bit of history: yes, those were soldiers. The concert was on an air base and also the military is fantastic at large-scale ligistics. I'm told the death toll was over 50 but in a crowd of that size, it would be remarkably low, considering the science of crowd control was in its infancy.
I dont believe the russian military was ever even close to average when it comes to large scale logistics! Are you kidding me?? I dont even care about the misspelled word, it happens. But that comment is incomprehensible and irresponsible, i really hope your joking! 🫨
Check out another amazing live performance from them. "Metallica - Disposable Heroes Live Mexico City 2009 HD" They were a little older and they still rock just as hard.
Watch "Master of Puppets live Seattle 89". Also Creeping Death from this same concert in Russia. 1.6.million yelling Die! Die! Die! at the top of their lungs.
This concert came at a pivotal time, both politically and culturally. This was just before the collapse of the USSR, and east and west relations were becoming more amicable. Hard rock music was an underground movement, so this concert would have felt euphoric. You lads are great. ❤ from the UK.
All western music was underground not long before this. People actually went to prison for having smuggled western movies/music/fashion. People today would do well to learn just how oppressive communism is. There's a documentary on this concert "For Those About To Rock - Moscow 1991"
My husband and son saw them live just last year. Unfortunately it was a two night show and they didn't play Enter Sandman the night they went but it was still an awesome show
Some people are saying that CGI didn't exist in 1991. It did. It wasn't usable in the ways we use it now. CGI is just computer generated imagery. Early use in movies was in the 80s in movies like Tron. It looked cartoonish compared to today. Cellular phones existed, but they were just phones, no pictures, video, or texting, and no internet. They were also huge, about the size of your forearm plus a weird antenna.
It is so good to see younger people react to metal for the first time. The music is next level and the musicianship is off the charts. You really don't even need vocals for a lot of the metal songs... It evokes all sorts of feelings in you with just the music. The helicopters were there to move the air around so people wouldn't start fainting due to lack of oxygen... There were so many people packed into one place there simply was not enough oxygen for the mass. Keep doing Metallica... It is awesome.
1.6 million people were at that show, although the unofficial numbers put it at over 1.8 million. 14 people would die as riots broke out early. It was decided to end the show, but the band assured the authorities that they could calm the crowd and carry on. I have a friend who was there. He said he never felt more alive than he did that day. To see real American rock played by real American rock stars for the first time in their lives. Russia had just put down a coup that attempted to return the Soviet Union to communist rule by old style leaders two weeks earlier. THIS was their victory celebration for holding on to their path forward. It symbolized more than music. 1.6 million people. The final three out made it home last week.
Look at the crowd, no fkn smartphones all over the place. Just lived in the moment and enjoyed it. Sometimes I think the world was a better place before internet, smartphones, CGI, AI whatever.
I was 8 when this came out. Imagine hearing this song, just around the time that your taste in music is just starting to form. Definitely made me a fan for life
I'm not a Metallica fan , really not into heavy metal , but when I saw this way back when my mind was blown. And the reason for the soldiers was after the Soviet Union fell the communists tried to take back power in a military coup and once that was stopped the new govt said we are opening up and one of those things was rock concerts. So Metallica said let's go over and everyone came . 1.7 million of them. Metallica took a risk , many were saying too dangerous to go at that time , but for them it was marketing masterpiece.
Monsters of Rock. It was a very uncertain time in the former USSR, and the first time hearing or seeing anything like this for the Russians. Seems like forever ago, but it was just over 40 years ago. I'm getting old...
Glad you’re dipping into Metallica, you’ll probably love their songs One and Master of Puppets. You should also check out other songs from their Black Album (it’s not really officially called the Black Album but the name was adopted).
The fall of the U.S.S.R. was December 1991. So it had technically not fallen yet. So this free concert was the first ever open air concert in the Soviet Union. And to see the American flag waving in the crowd is something I think most reactions miss. It's a bold statement and wouldn't have been seen out in the open before. Most American band music was bootleg and not allowed in public. So for all those approximately 1.6 million people this was a very special event. And I'm glad they got to experience what we take for granted in the rest of the free world.
That melody in the beginning is off an old Clint Eastwood movie, either "Fist full of Dollars", "a Few Dollars more", or "The Good the Bad and the Ugly". Not sure which one.
Definitely one of the most Epic rock performances you will ever see. I will spare you the details since lots of others will probably do that. All I want to do is leave you a list of some other epic live performances to check out. U2- Bad, from Live Aid in 1985 (same show as the Queen show you already reacted to) INXS- Suicide Blonde, Live from Wembly Stadium in 1991 Pearl Jam- Porch, live from Pink Pop..it's either 91 or 92 Primus- Tommy The Cat, live from Bonnaroo 2011. Duran Duran- New Religion from the concert film As The Lights Go Down in 1984, I think. That's just to name a few of my favorites. These artists are all VERY different from each other, so it will give you a good cross section of various rock/pop/new wave genres.
The intro music is from the original The Good, The Bad and The Ugly movie with Clint Eastwood. This concert came after the break up of the old Soviet Union. Russia was a closed society yearning for western freedoms and rock n roll was part of it.
Not sure if these wonderfully young, now open-minded regarding music genres, will ever read these comments, but might I suggest you either choose a video with lyrics displayed onscreen as you watch and react, or at least pull them up after you watch it the first time without lyrics, so you can truly understand what the lyrics are and can them expand your reaction to also appreciating some great lyrics and messages the writers always hoped to get across, but sometimes get lost when we as listeners just can't clearly understand each word. Just a suggestion...
Lar Ulrich, drummer of Metallica, is quoted saying, Q: "When asked whether the numbers are real or made up, Lars said: “Listen, it may go up by 100,000 people each year! I heard at the time it was around half a million. Whatever it was, it was a f*ck-load of people." As for the soldiers: “They brought AC/DC and Metallica to come to play and there was a lot of excitement, but they weren’t really used to hosting rock shows. So if you watch the videos on TH-cam, you’ll see how many soldiers were there." This Q&A was in 2020. ADDITONALLY, the number 500,000 was in the footnotes on the original VHS.
Only heavy metal can draw a crowd like this, and now you know why...it's amazing! You should definitely check out Rammstein and their performance of Du Hast live from Paris. The crowd is huge, and the show insane! Great reaction, guys!
New to your channel. I loved your guys' enthusiasm and energy. Paused a tad too much for me at the beginning (every few seconds) but i know this is a reaction video. Ill look for more of your reactions. Thank you.
Excellent reaction guys, I raise the volume when this song comes on! Yes, what you see is real, I watched this video before, I think this was near the end or was the end of the Cold War era ,the first time in Russia, I think it was their first time ever having a musical event like that in an airfield, Tushino Airfield in Moscow as part of the "Monsters of Rock" festival. Guys this is 1991 the smartphones were not available to us yet, at least not the ones that take pictures or videos at least. I read there was 500,000 in attendance but that article could have been mistaken because it looks so much bigger than that on screen. If I had to guess, I think those may have been military helicopters to ensure crowd control being this was a first event for Moscow, Russia in an open-air rock concert in the Soviet Union. At marker 8:05 I noticed in the background you were trying to listen to what was said in the background in this part of the song, you can barely here it, it is small prayer in the song, it is said before bedtime "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my Soul to keep, If I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." If you listen to the studio version you can hear it much better. I'm glad you enjoyed this Metallica song/concert video! It rocks to this day! Keep up the good work guys! Peace. ☮
Just started watching you guys and loving the videos!! You should check out "the day that never comes" from Metallica but the live version amazing guitar solo!!
You have to understand that this concert happened shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union. The Russian people were absolutely ecstatic to enjoy something that was diametrically opposed to anything they were allowed to listen to under Soviet rule. IIRC, several people died from being trampled.
Nice to see some younger guys doing this. Great job. You need to do the song "Walk" by Pantera. Not from this concert though. The one where they're indoors and people are diving into the crowd from the balcony.
Yall should watch/react to a video titled VH1 Behind The Music Metallica. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you will wear a Metallica with pride. Singer James Hetfield was raised in a strict Christian Science home. Many of their songs have religion, war, drugs, mental issues, etc... all the things that try to control the masses. This video/event is iconic in many ways, but a little known fun fact: this was when Gibson guitars found out they were no longer endorsed by Metallica. ESP guitars swooped in and stole Metallica endorsement. Good thing, that black guitar singer James Hetfield is playing here ended up saving his life in Montreal when 3200 degrees of liquid magnesium ignited and blew through a stage port directly in front of him. The guitar shielded the blast and was destroyed. But James lives on....
Could you please react to any song from falco? He was probably the most popular austrian singer in the 80s/90s and he's still very popular in Austria. Maybe react to "rock me amadeus" or "out of the dark", if you like it would be very nice!
This music that you hear at the beginning is one of the music from the movie 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' precisely in the scene of the Sad Hill cemetery where the character Tuco Benedicto is looking for a grave that contains bags of gold and at the beginning of each Metallica concert, this music is played with the video of this scene where Tuco Benedicto runs everywhere in the cemetery to find this grave.
What makes it more amazing, is that the Soviet Union was our enemy back then, and yet there were multiple American flags being waved by the spectators. I'm sure those flag flyers & soldiers that enjoyed themselves were identified, and labeled by the Kremlin as targeted future Gulag residents after the concert.
Other live bands you must check out are: Rammstein Prodigy Muse Iron Maiden Pulp AC/DC Depeche Mode I'm going to see Iron Maiden for the first time in May, but the others are great live bands though I've not seen all of those on the list.
@SOLDOZER And Bon Jovi, Scorpions and Gorky park. Yes, that was a great show, but that was the first for just 80000, not for the 1.6 millions who couldn't afford the expensive tickets to Moscow music
You guys also might check out IRON MAIDENs documentary. Iron Maiden BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN...They were the first band with a major production to go into eastern Europe "THE EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES". WAY BACK IN 1984...
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Guys please quit pausing and talking so much .. please!!!😢😢😢😢😢
Go watch the fkn video if you don't want a pause
Guys this was after the Berlin Wall come down and bands could go play Russia. The crowd was in the millions and definitely not set up.
The fact so many people turned out to see Metallica says it all
Nothing wrong with being older it’s a badge to be worn proudly
The soldiers were there for croud control but decided to join in, 1.6 million people as well
This was real. 1.6 Million people were there. The Soviet Union had just fallen and Russians had never been allowed to enjoy anything from the west. But, Russian people were able to get their hands on bootleg American music and they loved it. This event was the first joint effort of the Russian government and American music executives to bring the first American rock festival to Moscow. Numerous American rock and roll bands all hopped on planes to give the Russians an amazing show. The word spread like wildfire and 1.6 million people showed up. You will see the Russian military is in the crowd and the military helicopters were not only there for crowd control, but also to keep the air circulating. And there are American flags mixed in on Russian soil. Who knows when that will ever happen again. Probably the biggest concert footage you will ever see on the internet. The song is about nightmares and The Sandman.
Scottkirkhomes... Do your homework, there were other American rock festivals that played Russia before this and may American acts played Russia as well and also they are lots of concerts on TH-cam where you can see bigger crowds
1.6 is highly debatable...maybe something like 1 million
@@lubomirhianik6736 Don't argue with me. Look it up
That is incorrect. There were music festivals with Western or American bands during the Soviet Union. For example the Moscow Music Peace Festival in 1989, with Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions and others.
@@grahamvarey1144 Don't be rude. Sorry if I didn't get all the f-ing detail exactly correct. Maybe it was the 2nd festival.
There's no way to count the crowd but the best estimates are 1.6 million people attended this concert. Very real. No such thing as CGI back then.
James himself said the 1.5 rumor are inflated and it was like 500,000
I LOOOOOVE seeing your reactions to music I've loved for decades...welcome to the world of great music, Guys!!
Some people may look at us as " the older folks " but we had fantastic music, didn't we?🫶😅
Yes we did!
I highly agree with you on that
Oh yes we did! ❤
Pure talent !!!
No auto tune needed😂
They have many worlds of wonder to explore yet 🫨
The song at the beginning they play at the start of every show . The Ecstasy of Gold , by Ennio Morricone from the movie The Good The Bad And The Ugly .
The key here is that they STOPPED COUNTING the crowd at 1.6 million, many more came after that. The military was supposed to be security but was so outnumbered, it was pointless. No one had cell phones, there was no social media, not even dial up internet. And all of that guitar, drum and vocal work is TALENT, not autotune, or anything else artificial.
I’ve been in downtown Chicago for victory parades with over a million people and I just can’t imagine this not easily being well over 2 million.
Perhaps one day a good computer analysis can generate a better approximation. 🤷🏻♂️
The melody at the beginning is called the ecstasy of gold, it’s the theme song from the good the bad and the ugly.
There were an estimated 1.6 million people at this show.
A few months before this show, the Soviet Union ceased to be a country and reverted to Russia. While the communists were in control, there was no trade with the west, the only way this music made it in was illegal bootleg cassettes that were smuggled in…. And they still brought this many people out to experience western music.
That happened. No CGI. 1.6 million people - helicopters dropping water to cool people so they wouldn't pass out from the heat.
In 1991, Metallica had a historic performance in Moscow to an exceptional crowd of 1.6 million people. This concert, part of the “Monsters of Rock” festival, this concert happened a few months before the official dissolution of the Soviet Union. It was a big deal.
On December 25, 1991, the Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin, thereafter replaced by the Russian tricolor. Earlier in the day, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet Union, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russian state.
They gave Moscow their money's worth 💥
Never again will they be able to replicate this moment.
free concert. soldiers are everywhere in Moscow. lived there in 1990's
50, 000 PAID - (see yellow wristbands) - the rest were Free 😅
43 years as a band and still going strong
And that’s a mighty long time …to put up with Lars😂 jk he’s my favorite tiny cheesy brooding Danish drummer
Monsters of Rock 1991 in Moscow: Metallica, AC/DC, The Black Crowes and Pantera. 1.6 million people and was held at a Tushino Airfield - only place that could hold that many people. And that bounce from the crowd? Yeah - that actually registered on the Richter Scale.
The melody at the beginning is from the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Anyone who played Highschool football in the nineties this was definitely on the mix tape for getting hyped before big games.
Yup
With the wall just coming down and never having access to rock music….it proves how strong the black market was.😎
Moscow Peace Fest was there in 1989. Not new to them. You're wrong.
That feeling you got at 3:40, that little quick rush you feel, almost euphoric...Theres a word for that feeling and it's called "frisson". Metallica has MANY songs that do that to you. I always love watching them move people 😎.
Fellas, I am 72 and have watched you react to bands that I have had on my playlist for the past 50 years! Over the past 50 years I have found there are great artist in every genre, hip hop, rap country, but rock is my go to every time. Thank you for reacting to my fav music choice, enjoy the trip!
Your wrong rap sucks
As I watch you two become official "headbangers", Many songs come to my mind, maybe I will drop a suggestion or two. For now I'm content watching your response to some awesome music I have enjoyed over the years! Keep it up bro! Feel the music, let it talk to u. Happy to see you added headphones too!!
It started while they were watching " Bohemian Rhapsody " and hasn't stopped, 👑🫶💙🌈
I have seen them live many times 1989-2023. However, as our bodies grow older through the years, our mindset is still youthful and energetic. In 2023 my 18 year old daughter went with us to see them in st.louis. As soon as the lights went down and they started playing whiplash I involuntarily started fist pumping hooting and hollerin jumping up down. My daughter said Call down before you break a hip or something. 🙄😑😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 She was right though, next day I had lost my voice and my knees were mad at me!!!!😅
I'm 51 years old and had the pleasure of seeing Metallica in Houston Texas way back in the 90's (can't remember the exact year at the moment lol 😂) and I love that you are educating yourself on some of the most badass bands that have been around for decades and still on our playlists to this day! Rock on guys ...music is life! Love seeing your reactions...enjoy the ride! ❤
Sue was a hottie in the 90’s and still is at 51 😊
@dubkjay Thank you for that awesome compliment! Much appreciated... keep up the good work guys! 😁
They are touring Australia in November 2025 and my entire family is going! ❤
The crowd was so large...more than 50 people died in this crowd. Madness!
Donnabennett.. a couple of overdoses not 50 deaths just false info
That said, that was less than the death stats per day for that number of people in general, if I remember right. People die every day. They just happened to go at a fantastic concert. Much worse ways to go haha
There were no deaths, I don't know where people are coming up with these stories. I was an adult, I remember, it on the news, no deaths.
If I'm wrong, that's awesome! I have read/heard this so many times over the years, I assumed it to be truth. I'd be super pleased to know it was always BS!!
@@mc2120RESEARCH IT! There MOST certainly were 54 deaths that day, from clashes with the Russian military. The concert was almost canceled because of it.
The deepest and most seductive rabbit hole in ALL music…🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥….Metallica will blow you away like no other band / artist…..and 43 years in their career to this date they still sell out stadiums and arenas worldwide no matter the capacity faster than you can spell the word Metallica 🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥
1991 no phones, CDs were JUST coming out. Cost me $40 for that Black Album
"EXIT LIGHT" is what they said. Go watch the official video so you get it. This was a bedtime lullabye in my house. My kids would bounce on the bed and scream this song at bedtime. \m/ *metal fingers up* :) 🤘🎸🔥🎤🎶✨🎵⚡🖤🎧💀🎷🎵🤘
Right, because it was the stone age before the internet! It didn't spread by word-of-mouth, almost everyone everywhere had TVs and radios!!
zoomers really are the most breaindead generation to date
This is REAL!!!!
Creeping death from this concert in Moscow is a legendary performance, blows this one away
This fake reaction TH-camrs just copy each other.
You give me a big smile the way you react to real, honest ( rock)music witch was made long before you we born and much respect for that. Most people of your age will only listen at the soulless pittch corrected crap they are bombarded with.
THIS is absolutely REAL!!!! Great reaction guys
They are really feel the music.
I didn't expect that from young guys nowadays
It's absolutely real. More than 1.6 million people. And no, there were no cell phones. The helicopters were used to push air into the crowd. I'm glad to see that you got the headphones.
Glad you found Metallica. They are awesome
1.6 Million people
James himself said that number is exaggerated. He said more like 500,000
@@SOLDOZERit was 1.6 million, check on google
That intro was played through the speakers at the beginning of every show as a rallying call to Metallica fans
Rallying call??? LOLOLOLOLOL. Its an "intro". Every metal band has one. Metallica plays Ecstacy Of Gold, Iron Maiden Plays the Churchill Speech, etc. You clearly never been to a metal show.
@SOLDOZER you obviously do not understand my comment 🤦♀️
I forgot how much fire and pyrotechnics we had at metal and rock shows in the 90s
I used to play in a rock band in London years ago, and one time me and my housemate sat drinking with Lars Ulrich (Metallica's drummer) and his wife til 3 in the morning at the Cro Bar in Soho. He has a reputation for being a dick, but he was totally a nice guy 😅 was the most random meeting ever 😅
Fake story. Lars quit drinking in like 2001. You look like you were not even born yet in 2001.
Welcome to Heavy Metal... buckle up and enjoy the ride!! 🤘
These are fake reactions for views. You dont even understand that.
This is why I watch reactions on my break. Sharing the first time enthusiasm is a wonderful energy boost to get back to the grind :)
Ah, yes, precovid concerts. Nostalgia.
A bit of history: yes, those were soldiers. The concert was on an air base and also the military is fantastic at large-scale ligistics.
I'm told the death toll was over 50 but in a crowd of that size, it would be remarkably low, considering the science of crowd control was in its infancy.
I dont believe the russian military was ever even close to average when it comes to large scale logistics! Are you kidding me?? I dont even care about the misspelled word, it happens. But that comment is incomprehensible and irresponsible, i really hope your joking! 🫨
James Hetfield, lead singer. Kirk Hammet, lead guitarists. At that point in time, Jason Newstead, bass guitar. Lars Ulrich, drummer.
Check out another amazing live performance from them. "Metallica - Disposable Heroes Live Mexico City 2009 HD" They were a little older and they still rock just as hard.
Absolutely no phones. We were epic with no phones.
Creeping death by Metallica is a must from this same concert ! This reaction got a follow from me 🤘
That's what I was here for!
The opening from this is from "the good the bad and the ugly" by Enrico Morricone...
Watch "Master of Puppets live Seattle 89". Also Creeping Death from this same concert in Russia. 1.6.million yelling Die! Die! Die! at the top of their lungs.
These dude just make fake reaction videos. They dont give a crap about Metallica.
1.6 million peeps!!
Music 101 - NEVER interrupt a guitar solo
This concert came at a pivotal time, both politically and culturally. This was just before the collapse of the USSR, and east and west relations were becoming more amicable. Hard rock music was an underground movement, so this concert would have felt euphoric.
You lads are great. ❤ from the UK.
All western music was underground not long before this. People actually went to prison for having smuggled western movies/music/fashion. People today would do well to learn just how oppressive communism is. There's a documentary on this concert "For Those About To Rock - Moscow 1991"
My husband and son saw them live just last year. Unfortunately it was a two night show and they didn't play Enter Sandman the night they went but it was still an awesome show
Some people are saying that CGI didn't exist in 1991. It did. It wasn't usable in the ways we use it now. CGI is just computer generated imagery. Early use in movies was in the 80s in movies like Tron. It looked cartoonish compared to today. Cellular phones existed, but they were just phones, no pictures, video, or texting, and no internet. They were also huge, about the size of your forearm plus a weird antenna.
If you wanna see some guitar that will melt your face check out Stevie Ray Vaughan. Texas flood at the El Mocambo or Voodoo child live in Austin.
I love that im a gen exer. Keep going guys. So much to explore for you
That is called SHREDDING the guitar boys... 😉
That opening melody is the music to the movie The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
It is so good to see younger people react to metal for the first time. The music is next level and the musicianship is off the charts. You really don't even need vocals for a lot of the metal songs... It evokes all sorts of feelings in you with just the music.
The helicopters were there to move the air around so people wouldn't start fainting due to lack of oxygen... There were so many people packed into one place there simply was not enough oxygen for the mass.
Keep doing Metallica... It is awesome.
The greatest crowd in the world of rock is at River Plate Stadium in Argentina. AC/DC- Thunderstruck. It will blow your mind!
If you want another live banger in front of a massive crowd try Santana - ‘Soul Sacrifice’ at Woodstock in 1969. Unbelievably good band.
1.6 million people were at that show, although the unofficial numbers put it at over 1.8 million. 14 people would die as riots broke out early. It was decided to end the show, but the band assured the authorities that they could calm the crowd and carry on. I have a friend who was there. He said he never felt more alive than he did that day. To see real American rock played by real American rock stars for the first time in their lives. Russia had just put down a coup that attempted to return the Soviet Union to communist rule by old style leaders two weeks earlier. THIS was their victory celebration for holding on to their path forward. It symbolized more than music. 1.6 million people. The final three out made it home last week.
Literally nothing you said is true.
They were one of the biggest heavy metal bands and the concert was real. It was probably one of the first American bands to be allowed there
Look at the crowd, no fkn smartphones all over the place. Just lived in the moment and enjoyed it. Sometimes I think the world was a better place before internet, smartphones, CGI, AI whatever.
Could you just imagine being there? I heard there was an estimated number of up to 2 million. Crazy. Thanks.
I was 8 when this came out. Imagine hearing this song, just around the time that your taste in music is just starting to form. Definitely made me a fan for life
Keep it rolling, boys. You're on the path! Don't stop!
The only band to play on every content on earth
I'm not a Metallica fan , really not into heavy metal , but when I saw this way back when my mind was blown.
And the reason for the soldiers was after the Soviet Union fell the communists tried to take back power in a military coup and once that was stopped the new govt said we are opening up and one of those things was rock concerts. So Metallica said let's go over and everyone came . 1.7 million of them. Metallica took a risk , many were saying too dangerous to go at that time , but for them it was marketing masterpiece.
Ya'll I can't!!! 😂 Word of mouth, it was called MTV! 😂😂😂
no phones! 1.6 million metal heads!!!
Monsters of Rock. It was a very uncertain time in the former USSR, and the first time hearing or seeing anything like this for the Russians. Seems like forever ago, but it was just over 40 years ago. I'm getting old...
Glad you’re dipping into Metallica, you’ll probably love their songs One and Master of Puppets. You should also check out other songs from their Black Album (it’s not really officially called the Black Album but the name was adopted).
They are still touring today. Still just as good. They sell everything out. Do yourself a favor and go to a concert if you get a chance.
The fall of the U.S.S.R. was December 1991. So it had technically not fallen yet. So this free concert was the first ever open air concert in the Soviet Union. And to see the American flag waving in the crowd is something I think most reactions miss. It's a bold statement and wouldn't have been seen out in the open before. Most American band music was bootleg and not allowed in public. So for all those approximately 1.6 million people this was a very special event. And I'm glad they got to experience what we take for granted in the rest of the free world.
WRONG.
That melody in the beginning is off an old Clint Eastwood movie, either "Fist full of Dollars", "a Few Dollars more", or "The Good the Bad and the Ugly". Not sure which one.
Definitely one of the most Epic rock performances you will ever see. I will spare you the details since lots of others will probably do that. All I want to do is leave you a list of some other epic live performances to check out.
U2- Bad, from Live Aid in 1985 (same show as the Queen show you already reacted to)
INXS- Suicide Blonde, Live from Wembly Stadium in 1991
Pearl Jam- Porch, live from Pink Pop..it's either 91 or 92
Primus- Tommy The Cat, live from Bonnaroo 2011.
Duran Duran- New Religion from the concert film As The Lights Go Down in 1984, I think.
That's just to name a few of my favorites. These artists are all VERY different from each other, so it will give you a good cross section of various rock/pop/new wave genres.
The intro music is from the original The Good, The Bad and The Ugly movie with Clint Eastwood. This concert came after the break up of the old Soviet Union. Russia was a closed society yearning for western freedoms and rock n roll was part of it.
Not sure if these wonderfully young, now open-minded regarding music genres, will ever read these comments, but might I suggest you either choose a video with lyrics displayed onscreen as you watch and react, or at least pull them up after you watch it the first time without lyrics, so you can truly understand what the lyrics are and can them expand your reaction to also appreciating some great lyrics and messages the writers always hoped to get across, but sometimes get lost when we as listeners just can't clearly understand each word. Just a suggestion...
Lar Ulrich, drummer of Metallica, is quoted saying, Q: "When asked whether the numbers are real or made up, Lars said:
“Listen, it may go up by 100,000 people each year! I heard at the time it was around half a million. Whatever it was, it was a f*ck-load of people."
As for the soldiers: “They brought AC/DC and Metallica to come to play and there was a lot of excitement, but they weren’t really used to hosting rock shows. So if you watch the videos on TH-cam, you’ll see how many soldiers were there."
This Q&A was in 2020.
ADDITONALLY, the number 500,000 was in the footnotes on the original VHS.
James himself said in a recent video it was like 500,000
Only heavy metal can draw a crowd like this, and now you know why...it's amazing! You should definitely check out Rammstein and their performance of Du Hast live from Paris. The crowd is huge, and the show insane! Great reaction, guys!
This is heavy metal at its finest!
New to your channel. I loved your guys' enthusiasm and energy. Paused a tad too much for me at the beginning (every few seconds) but i know this is a reaction video. Ill look for more of your reactions. Thank you.
Excellent reaction guys, I raise the volume when this song comes on! Yes, what you see is real, I watched this video before, I think this was near the end or was the end of the Cold War era ,the first time in Russia, I think it was their first time ever having a musical event like that in an airfield, Tushino Airfield in Moscow as part of the "Monsters of Rock" festival. Guys this is 1991 the smartphones were not available to us yet, at least not the ones that take pictures or videos at least.
I read there was 500,000 in attendance but that article could have been mistaken because it looks so much bigger than that on screen.
If I had to guess, I think those may have been military helicopters to ensure crowd control being this was a first event for Moscow, Russia in an open-air rock concert in the Soviet Union.
At marker 8:05 I noticed in the background you were trying to listen to what was said in the background in this part of the song, you can barely here it, it is small prayer in the song, it is said before bedtime "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my Soul to keep, If I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." If you listen to the studio version you can hear it much better.
I'm glad you enjoyed this Metallica song/concert video! It rocks to this day! Keep up the good work guys! Peace. ☮
Just started watching you guys and loving the videos!! You should check out "the day that never comes" from Metallica but the live version amazing guitar solo!!
Gen X music my dudes ! This is real stuff… We are not talking about beat makers and bla bla bla… NBA players vs after school basketball players…
You have to understand that this concert happened shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union. The Russian people were absolutely ecstatic to enjoy something that was diametrically opposed to anything they were allowed to listen to under Soviet rule.
IIRC, several people died from being trampled.
The band that played right before them was PANTERA. "Domination". That's a real guitar solo. 🇺🇲🤘
Yeah! Let’s go see em tomorrow…. Oh wait lol
This has to be CGI.....hm, nope.
This comment was priceless, i laughed out so loud. 🙂
Now you must watch the video for their song "One".
Nice to see some younger guys doing this. Great job. You need to do the song "Walk" by Pantera. Not from this concert though. The one where they're indoors and people are diving into the crowd from the balcony.
GREAT TIMES BACK THEN 🤟🤘🤘 FOREVER LIVE ROCK
Yall should watch/react to a video titled VH1 Behind The Music Metallica. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you will wear a Metallica with pride. Singer James Hetfield was raised in a strict Christian Science home. Many of their songs have religion, war, drugs, mental issues, etc... all the things that try to control the masses. This video/event is iconic in many ways, but a little known fun fact: this was when Gibson guitars found out they were no longer endorsed by Metallica. ESP guitars swooped in and stole Metallica endorsement. Good thing, that black guitar singer James Hetfield is playing here ended up saving his life in Montreal when 3200 degrees of liquid magnesium ignited and blew through a stage port directly in front of him. The guitar shielded the blast and was destroyed. But James lives on....
Could you please react to any song from falco? He was probably the most popular austrian singer in the 80s/90s and he's still very popular in Austria. Maybe react to "rock me amadeus" or "out of the dark", if you like it would be very nice!
This music that you hear at the beginning is one of the music from the movie 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' precisely in the scene of the Sad Hill cemetery where the character Tuco Benedicto is looking for a grave that contains bags of gold and at the beginning of each Metallica concert, this music is played with the video of this scene where Tuco Benedicto runs everywhere in the cemetery to find this grave.
What makes it more amazing, is that the Soviet Union was our enemy back then, and yet there were multiple American flags being waved by the spectators. I'm sure those flag flyers & soldiers that enjoyed themselves were identified, and labeled by the Kremlin as targeted future Gulag residents after the concert.
It’s definitely real, there were 1.6 million in attendance at the Moscow concert!!!!!
This is what rock stars mean, rock and metal bands.
Other live bands you must check out are:
Rammstein
Prodigy
Muse
Iron Maiden
Pulp
AC/DC
Depeche Mode
I'm going to see Iron Maiden for the first time in May, but the others are great live bands though I've not seen all of those on the list.
This was the first concert after the Berlin Well fell. It's 100000% real
No phones, no AI. Just 1.6 million Russians getting their first feeling of western music, Monsters of rock Russia.
Wrong. Moscow Peace Fest was there in 1989 with Ozzy, Cinderella, Motley Crue, Skid Row, and several others.
@SOLDOZER And Bon Jovi, Scorpions and Gorky park. Yes, that was a great show, but that was the first for just 80000, not for the 1.6 millions who couldn't afford the expensive tickets to Moscow music
In the 80's and 90's we liked to party.
You guys also might check out IRON MAIDENs documentary. Iron Maiden BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN...They were the first band with a major production to go into eastern Europe "THE EASTERN BLOCK COUNTRIES". WAY BACK IN 1984...
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