Metallica - Battery (REACTION!)

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  • @Preacher357
    @Preacher357 2 ปีที่แล้ว +953

    This song changed my life back in 1986. I had never heard anything that sounded like this. When everything else cut out and Hetfield blasted into that thrashy main riff my jaw hit the floor. I had no idea how he was making it sound like that. It was mind-blowing at the time. My entire view of music changed in that moment.

    • @Ashitaka1110
      @Ashitaka1110 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Awesome. I remember that moment for me, with Hit the Lights. Jaw on the floor. "What the heck was THAT? ... I need more of that!"

    • @Hoscitt
      @Hoscitt ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me too! 🤘👍

    • @2011manbeast
      @2011manbeast ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That moment came when I first heard "Bells."

    • @360Pros
      @360Pros ปีที่แล้ว +17

      This story gives me chills!

    • @mstorrboy
      @mstorrboy ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This song is the definition of Thrash

  • @rarecoder
    @rarecoder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +572

    Cliff Burton really helped them with song composition. I wish we could have experienced what he would have brought to the table if he didn’t pass away so suddenly.

    • @thewildhealer541
      @thewildhealer541 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I think so too. But AJFA is an amazing album too, if you ignore the bad mix, maybe one of their best. I prefer it to RTL. I am not a big fan of Black Album but it's very well done. But yeah I wonder too what Metallica would have been with Cliff still in the band. rip

    • @misfitwookiee3177
      @misfitwookiee3177 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Exactly what I came here to post. Because of his love for genres outside of metal, he was able to compose epic tracks and contribute to arrangements.
      It's why, after "...And Justice For All" they simplified their songwriting - not just because of Bob Rock's production style.

    • @parithian8462
      @parithian8462 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I think cliff being in the band would have launched real metal further into the mainstream and probably have changed the trajectory of the entire music scene and metal would be more widely accepted and probably better as a whole. It was a huge loss in many ways

    • @mrsleep0000
      @mrsleep0000 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      He also was the only one in the band that had any music theory under his belt. Made a huge difference in their compositions.

    • @chriskeyes713
      @chriskeyes713 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If you know what goes into writing songs or riffs or melodies, lead lines, breakdowns, that kind of stuff takes forever sometimes, if you just tinker n play by ear, cliff could hear a riff and know where it was on the neck, know the four or so progressions of where it could go, up down or sideways….
      He could do the math without showing his work so to speak…really sad we only got 3 albums from him.
      Musical genius

  • @EmperorTigerstar
    @EmperorTigerstar ปีที่แล้ว +236

    To me, no song is so purely defined by the term "thrash metal" as this song. Pure energy, pure heaviness, pure kickassery.

    • @spice_krispies
      @spice_krispies ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Fight Fire With Fire is more of a "thrash" song by them than Battery.

    • @chriskeyes713
      @chriskeyes713 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s the blueprint. Do this, you will succeed

    • @scottspeer
      @scottspeer ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Emperor Tigerstar commenting on this video feels like a collision of two TH-cam universes

    • @hmonster1XL
      @hmonster1XL ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@spice_krispies - and “Whiplash “!

    • @bluecomet1109
      @bluecomet1109 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's disposable heroes dude but nice try

  • @xTrolx
    @xTrolx ปีที่แล้ว +280

    The Cliff Burton era of Metallica is like nothing else. He composed Metal music like it was Classical music.

    • @riffhousestudios96
      @riffhousestudios96 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That’s one of Metallicas biggest flaws since his passing, Justice was great but even the band thinks that some songs were too drawn out. With Cliff there was a clear beginning, middle and end with a lot of melodic parts

    • @WillEnj0y
      @WillEnj0y ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@riffhousestudios96Metallica got bad because Cliff and Dave composed all their best songs.

    • @carlgibson285
      @carlgibson285 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      ​@@WillEnj0yDave gets way too much credit when it comes to Metallica songs. He contributed to 6 songs in total, 4 on Kill 'Em All (including Jump In The Fire which is generally considered the worst track on the debut album) and 2 songs on Ride The Lightning. Since Master Of Puppets is widely regarded as Metallica's best album and Dave had no input whatsoever on any of the tracks on that album, saying he composed all their best stuff is just wrong.

    • @davaughan100
      @davaughan100 ปีที่แล้ว

      We would have been just as critical of them if they tried to stick to the formula after Cliff died, which they sort of did with AJFA.

    • @WillEnj0y
      @WillEnj0y ปีที่แล้ว

      @@carlgibson285 eh you’re probably right.

  • @5linx4lif
    @5linx4lif ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It was July 86’ I was 13 years old and in Puerto Rico for a month. I ask my dad to take me to a record store because I forgot my m.o.p. Cassette back in New York. So I brought the cassette again got in the car. My dad who only listen to salsa said what did you get? Put it in the car tape player. I said your not ready for this. He said go ahead. So I put the tape in Battery starts and he said ohh this is nice. I said your not out never will be ready. I smile and the riff kicks in and his eyes go big and presses eject. I put it in my Walkman and said i told you that your not ready. A couple a days later my 80 year old grandmother saw the cover and said play it on the home stereo I did and she headbanged the whole record thru. She didn’t understand English but loved it because it was new to her ears. Miss her but I got great memories because of this record. Love your channel. Watching for two years.

  • @daktaylor
    @daktaylor ปีที่แล้ว +181

    The theme of the song revolves around the San Francisco thrash scene of the 1980s. The most prominent club played by Metallica was the Old Waldorf located at 444 Battery Street in downtown San Francsico. The tone of the song is one of familial ties and the positive release of energy through the common interest of metal. The lyric "Cannot kill the family, Battery is found in me" is a statement that while society at large doesn't understand the scene, those within it (i.e. "the family") will fiercely defend it as a show of solidarity against the glam scene that was popular in the Los Angeles area.

    • @JoeVideoed
      @JoeVideoed ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I really appreciate this context. You should add that to this album's Wikipedia page; just make sure you include the official source it came from. Otherwise it's just another song about senseless violence.

    • @gpet23
      @gpet23 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I never knew this! Unbelievable information

    • @BrotherKluft
      @BrotherKluft ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Dude, i have listened to this song for decades and had no idea. I always found the lyrics to be a little "off". This context totally makes sense! Thank you!

    • @n8barnhart
      @n8barnhart ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This is the correct definition of the song to a tee.

    • @Elezium
      @Elezium ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@JoeVideoed It's been pretty well documented over the years that it's about the Old Waldorf, and the "family" that went there to see Metallica and the other Bay Area bands - Robb Flynn also mentions it in his book about being a regular at the venue and seeing Metallica and all the other Bay Area bands playing before he started Vio-Lence after witnessing the gigs there :)

  • @chrissecord4376
    @chrissecord4376 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    This song is a "love letter" between the band and its fans. Battery refers to the energy the fans bring to the band's shows. Thrash is about the energy, that rage, that communal rage and wildness.

    • @Devypocalypse
      @Devypocalypse ปีที่แล้ว +33

      It's also a reference to where they used to live and/or rehearse 'Battery Street'

    • @guaraches2
      @guaraches2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for sharing, started listening to them in 2010 and never knew what the song meant, just know it’s fast and heavy

    • @Devypocalypse
      @Devypocalypse ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@yup1579 🤝🏻

    • @Elezium
      @Elezium ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Devypocalypse It was the street that the Old Waldorf venue was on, that was their "home turf" and a big part of the Bay Area scene :)

    • @thebomb78
      @thebomb78 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not anymore, unfortunately. Now fans just stand there with their phones out!

  • @NPC-fl3gq
    @NPC-fl3gq ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Circle of destruction
    Hammer comes crushing!!
    Fucken love it

  • @donallen8212
    @donallen8212 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You guys have to watch the Seattle '89 version of this song....pure insanity. I was a kid when I got to see this tour, hundreds of shows later, that was probably still the best show I have ever seen...

  • @cimerians
    @cimerians 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    This album is a classic. All of it.

  • @av3nger3
    @av3nger3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    4:21 This moment right here, as someone who wasn't born or grew up in the 80s, EMBODIES all of the 80s

  • @Wildman70892
    @Wildman70892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I'm beyond stoked for The Thing That Should Not Be, one of my favorite songs, and it seems to be a lesser known track

    • @blindcynic
      @blindcynic ปีที่แล้ว +8

      If only they were doing the Live Shit version... That's the best Metallica song ever.

    • @adam872
      @adam872 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@blindcynicis it ever. Dark and nasty, like metal should be.

    • @JVR10893
      @JVR10893 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They’re gonna love TTTSNB. It’s more groovy than the rest of the album.

    • @kingoffire9373
      @kingoffire9373 ปีที่แล้ว

      Such a great one love it

    • @Hillybean30
      @Hillybean30 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That song and this whole album is incredible! Not a good enough word. That song is amazing and I wish they would do a Live once because it’s a show no one can ever forget!!

  • @Preacher357
    @Preacher357 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    This song is basically a tribute to the fans and is talking about how the band and the fans feed off each other to create a next level energy at the shows.

    • @tubelious
      @tubelious 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      yes, a proper continuation to Whiplash.

    • @bobbysays
      @bobbysays ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's about domestic abuse

    • @snowlover3675
      @snowlover3675 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Nope. It’s about the community in SanFrancisco that the band started in and one of the main clubs that Metallica played at in the early years on Battery St. The early 80’s thrash scene was born there and all the people there became friends and family to them.

    • @bobbysays
      @bobbysays ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@snowlover3675 Cliff never mentioned that to me, but then again it was a long time ago

    • @scottlaughlin9897
      @scottlaughlin9897 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bobbysaysSnowlover is 100% correct!

  • @WishMount
    @WishMount ปีที่แล้ว +32

    This song was the pinnacle of Metallica for me. I heard of the band being super heavy and thrashy, and I begged my dad to buy the MOP CD. I remember being 8 years old, and putting it on at home with my parents on the living room stereo, and as the first chords were strummed I remember being confused... "Is this the right disc?". It was so unexpected, and then BOOM! The whole band comes in, and I just smiled. This was my first Metallica experience, and I wouldn't change it for the world. Such a brilliant song. The fast drumming, Cliff's bass motoring in the backdrop, Kirk's solo guitar tone sounding like a squeeling pig... oh man I wish I could go back to the first listen.

    • @Lopez-my1bo
      @Lopez-my1bo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Man nothing ever beats the first time listening to metallica songs.

  • @ck_sidekick8306
    @ck_sidekick8306 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If I said it once, I said it a thousand times. METALICA is the master of smooth transitions.

  • @adamwheeler6326
    @adamwheeler6326 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can't wait for you both to react to "Welcome Home" Sanitarium. My all time favorite metallica song!

  • @Justinsox39
    @Justinsox39 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Album so good it doesn’t even seem possible. Been listening since the beginning and i still get goose bumps.

  • @ChrisBrown-wi2qz
    @ChrisBrown-wi2qz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Opening track of the greatest metal album of all time. Life changing music.

  • @JordanJMyers
    @JordanJMyers ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Seattle 89 live show. Amazing. Man I've seen them back in 2016 but what I wouldn't give to go back and see them then. Man they played this so fast and at the end of a 2 1/2 hr show. Legends🤘🤘

  • @brettfuller5193
    @brettfuller5193 2 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Glad you guys are finishing up reacting to what some (myself included) consider the greatest metal album of all time. Between their combined song writing skills, technical abilities, and overall musical influence, no one tops Metallica. Love you guys 🤘

    • @paschalmaiden
      @paschalmaiden ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For me, Iron Maiden.

    • @NPC-fl3gq
      @NPC-fl3gq ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rust in peace or arise.

    • @Septicshites
      @Septicshites ปีที่แล้ว +3

      UHH read up on your band knowledge before you make such bold claims pal megadeth is way more technical than metallica could ever dream of being but i take it your not a guitar player so you wouldnt know.

    • @machidaman
      @machidaman ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​​@@SepticshitesI take it you're not a speller?

    • @jochencooper2751
      @jochencooper2751 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@SepticshitesMegadeth might be superior technically but Metallica's music just sounds better, then we get to the vocals which Hetfield has a far better sound and delivery.Rust is overrated imo and I'm a Megadeth fan, so far so good so what is their best and its nowhere near as good as Puppets

  • @purplegoose22
    @purplegoose22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    The battery is like the the energy exchange from the audience to the band and the band to the audience, like a circuit

    • @nadjasunflower1387
      @nadjasunflower1387 ปีที่แล้ว

      came here to say this. glad someone still knows. 8)

    • @tallycahamuhlhetru26
      @tallycahamuhlhetru26 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​​@@dinkystickNo, Battery is the name of the street where they regularly played at the Old Waldorf Club. All the upcoming Thrash bands in the 80's met, hungout, partied & perfected their chops.
      Their house called the 'Carlson House' on Carlson Blvd in El Cerrito.

    • @athlonen
      @athlonen ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tallycahamuhlhetru26 The story of how they made Carl (the guitar) out of that torn down garage still brings a tear to my eye. California needs to declare that house a State monument, or hopefully the people living there might sell it back to them.

    • @dinkystick
      @dinkystick ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tallycahamuhlhetru26oh yeah you're right

  • @brandonctibor558
    @brandonctibor558 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I appreciate the open mindedness

  • @Bulhedd
    @Bulhedd ปีที่แล้ว +18

    A homage to the club on Battery Street that was the mecca of thrash in San Francisco. The family is referring the family of thrashers that got together to "pound out agression". Great song!

  • @PSBEadventures
    @PSBEadventures ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Anyone who rags on Lar's drumming skills needs to listen to this album. It takes each member of the band to create this tight, masterful sound. This album was life changing for me. Thanks for a great review guys

  • @Preacher357
    @Preacher357 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    This was the first Metallica song I heard when I bought this album back in 86. It completely changed my world. I had never heard anything like this before. Nothing was ever the same again.

    • @benjaminkottmann7381
      @benjaminkottmann7381 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Never heard slayer before? ;-)

    • @Preacher357
      @Preacher357 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @benjaminkottmann7381 Not yet. That was around the time that Reign in Blood came out, which was their first major label release. At that point no one I knew in Tennessee had ever even heard of them. That was all about to change though.

  • @TPM4594
    @TPM4594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Feel like George being able to see why people like the punked out thrash parts of metal songs is a real milestone for this channel 😂
    Honestly, it's great to see realisations like this 4 or 5 years into you guys' metal journey. I totally appreciate how you're very unlikely to enjoy that particular of aspect of metal yourself, it's just not your vibe, but for me and others, we live for that "aggressive head nod"! This song is a superb example of thrash metal, 5 minutes of pure energy!

    • @SamJ-pd1bf
      @SamJ-pd1bf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Totally agree!
      I've long felt like Ryan and George just need to try nodding their head along to the thrashier bits, rather than feeling like it's too fast to do so.
      I reckon if they did they'd get the whole body energy boost us thrash fans get.

    • @g00dGuY34
      @g00dGuY34 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's like something finally clicked lol. That groove that a good thrash riff can get you into is awesome. Havok has a bunch of them, thats why they're my favorite current thrash band.

    • @coteyfondren3779
      @coteyfondren3779 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well said brotha

    • @johntheisen6791
      @johntheisen6791 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great comments guys. I confused about their first pause and he read that Battery was the apex of Thrash. I think for me Kill’em All was for me

    • @TheMlvswoll
      @TheMlvswoll ปีที่แล้ว

      Gotta admit, battery set the tone for a killer album

  • @derekhauffe7197
    @derekhauffe7197 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    High school days with this album. The precision and clarity of their playing and production was amazing.

  • @mokuscsik
    @mokuscsik ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Exactly what George said at the end is the reason why I love metal. No other genre can give me that amount energy, substance, flow and uplift feeling. Thanks for being open and honest. We need more people like you guys. Not just in music, but everywhere.

    • @victormoreno554
      @victormoreno554 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm listening to this as I'm reading your comment. Spot on!

  • @stevekozlowski5963
    @stevekozlowski5963 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I can't wait for you to do The Thing That Should Not Be (my second favorite Metallica song after Disposable Heroes)! Such a heavy, atmospheric track (the live Seattle version is incredible too). Also, Leper Messiah has some great groove, another awesome track!

    • @DME2210
      @DME2210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They have done Disposable Heroes

    • @stevekozlowski5963
      @stevekozlowski5963 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DME2210 I know, I was just stating that it's my favorite

    • @DME2210
      @DME2210 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My bad I read it wrong

    • @yhamez
      @yhamez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Love the thing that should not be

    • @kirbster
      @kirbster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I agree with listening to the live in Seattle 1989 version instead of the album version... Perfect performance, and Metallica at their absolute prime.

  • @RobOHara
    @RobOHara ปีที่แล้ว +12

    It's easy to forget this came out in '86. Metal to me was Motley Crue and RATT and the Scorpions and then this came along and changed my world. Changed my life.

  • @scorpionxiiclips
    @scorpionxiiclips 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Like how most Metallica songs that start off with a soft melody ends up being their fastest and most aggressive songs.

    • @FF-oo8nz
      @FF-oo8nz ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I wouldnt say most songs but definitely the beggining of their albums. Fight Fire with Fire, Battery and Blackened have amazing intros

    • @lostsoul_2024
      @lostsoul_2024 ปีที่แล้ว

      To be fast, it has to be placed next to something that's not fast ie The Acoustic Intro.

    • @UnbeatenPath1
      @UnbeatenPath1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@FF-oo8nz that's a common theme with the first song on most of the albums. Fist song slow build to a fast riff, second song title track, 4th track ballad, a song about war, and an instrumental somewhere in there

    • @FF-oo8nz
      @FF-oo8nz ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@UnbeatenPath1 what isn't broke shouldn't be fixed am I right?

    • @HiddenHandMedia
      @HiddenHandMedia ปีที่แล้ว

      Everyone stole that from Sabbath

  • @johnflores5286
    @johnflores5286 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great reaction.. Y'all rock.. I'm 55. I grew up with this. This album is still definitely one of my personal all-time TOP 5 EVER . NO DOUBT Enjoy

  • @lucasmegadeth
    @lucasmegadeth ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You guys really NEED to do the same thing with the And Justice For All album. No doubt the most complex Metallica album ever, with extremelly high level playing, full of transitions, odd time signatures and of course, one of their most beautiful instrumental songs: To Live Is To Die.

  • @thghost-ig4re
    @thghost-ig4re ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's important to address that at this time... Metallica was the biggest underground band in the world. The mainstream still had no idea who they were. This album was and is, groundbreaking. Redefined the entire genre of thrash and changed the scope of metal. I could go on and on... but yeah, amazing record top to bottom.

  • @brianmackay8987
    @brianmackay8987 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    You need to do a whole new reaction to them playing this live in Seattle 1989. Could be the greatest metal performance of any song of all time.

    • @Vestu
      @Vestu ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's the best metal live I agree

  • @slaw38
    @slaw38 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I first heard this back in 1986. I would love to hear it for the first time again like these guys.

  • @Dragonpuncher123
    @Dragonpuncher123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    One of the best Metallica songs! I broke a lot drum sticks trying to play this 😂

    • @0okamino
      @0okamino ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same here, and I don’t even play drums. It’s crazy!

    • @tnbourne
      @tnbourne ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I broke drumsticks trying to play this on guitar.

  • @VinCostanza
    @VinCostanza 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was the song that got me into Metal. First Metallica song i ever heard.

  • @John_Locke_108
    @John_Locke_108 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This song is about the frustration of not having any batteries on Christmas morning.

  • @caseyjones9359
    @caseyjones9359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Some of my favorite early Metallica tunes were covers. Helpless and Blitzkrieg are awesome!

    • @vietnamd0820
      @vietnamd0820 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also, Breadfan and Crash Course In Brain Surgery 👍👍

    • @danielwilson9724
      @danielwilson9724 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The whole Garage Days rules

    • @TornSoul062473
      @TornSoul062473 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Stone Cold Crazy by Queen is a great cover, too.

  • @thelolguy007
    @thelolguy007 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    ‘Battery’ is a huge favourite with the real Tallica fans. I’ve actually seen them open with this one live a few times. Great song. Can’t believe it’s taken ye till now to find it tbh haha

  • @petsounds3612
    @petsounds3612 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So excited for you to get to Leper Messiah. One of the most underrated Metallica tracks IMO.

    • @vietnamd0820
      @vietnamd0820 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There was a concert I went to in the early 90’s…in between bands’ performances, a dj was playing various songs…Leper Messiah came on and everyone in the audience sang along…good times ❤

  • @Kwisgaar
    @Kwisgaar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love you guys and your reactions! Keep Metallica coming

  • @aaronstarkauthor
    @aaronstarkauthor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is one of the first metal songs I hears that hit me in the heart, when I was like 7 years old in 1986. So good

  • @williamsk001
    @williamsk001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Battery - the opening track meant to blow your head off. The fans are the battery - any time the band gets low on energy, their fans can jump start them back up. Metallica are masters of speed and thrash and groove and harmony... All at different times, but all in the same song.

    • @bradennichols3154
      @bradennichols3154 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Its named after a street in their hometown where they started in the underground

    • @Elezium
      @Elezium ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@bradennichols3154 It's actually an homage to the Old Waldorf on Battery Street, SF, that was basically their local gig spot that was where they were a regular live band (among many other bands - part of the Bay Area scene)

    • @bradennichols3154
      @bradennichols3154 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Elezium yeah I just shortened the story

    • @beefcheeks9353
      @beefcheeks9353 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've had arguments with my older brother of the meaning of the song title n lyrics to this. He couldn't accept the fact, nor did he watch the video I sent, where it was discussed that it was literally named after a street. (and am assuming the experiences there, the parties, the jams n aw that good stuff)

  • @davidbliss6973
    @davidbliss6973 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is my equivalent of Memphis' lowrider groove in "Gone In 60 Seconds". Gets me more pumped than an energy drink.

  • @DR0CK69
    @DR0CK69 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The way they start off with that acoustic classical part that hints at whats to come you're still not ready for it when it hits, this song (and the whole album) just blew my mind when it came out, this song changed rock and metal. The pure driven adrenaline was unmatched at the time and still considered benchmark. I call this album Master-piece of Puppets!

  • @bryanbyars8142
    @bryanbyars8142 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There are a lot of variations to the meaning of this song. The club in San Francisco where Metallica played was on Battery Street. The "family" referring to the other thrash bands that also played in the club. "Cannot kill the family" meaning you can stop the thrash movement. In the end it's about the ferocity of the mosh pit and how Metallica is energizing the mosh pit battery.

  • @DanielLanducciSpotting
    @DanielLanducciSpotting ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In 1992 I bought this LP, I was 8 years old. There was no internet available to the population here in Brazil and I bought it on instinct, as the cover caught my attention and the photos on the back, with the band playing live, too. When Battery started, my god... my life was never the same. I've already been to 5 of the band's shows here in Brazil, I have all the CDs, DVDs, I'm completing the LPs (they're expensive), some books... To this day, at 40 years old, they're still my #1 band!

  • @chrisv791
    @chrisv791 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Top 5 Metallica song right here…thanks for reviewing it fellas!👊🏻🤘🏼

  • @jcburn1973
    @jcburn1973 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This song is perfect. The serenity of the acoustic into the heavy harmonized piece... Then shit gets nasty!

  • @josephbrenner2278
    @josephbrenner2278 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You guys are really gonna love " The Thing That Should Not Be".

  • @mrsleep0000
    @mrsleep0000 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was 14 when this album came out, I bought it the day it dropped and went to my friends house, we got into his parents vodka and dropped the needle on this album...blew my young mind and changed the way I looked at music forever.

  • @hayovink9708
    @hayovink9708 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the metallica I love. The sound, the song structure, the vibe. This is the shit if you are into 80s thrash.

  • @AL13NM
    @AL13NM ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Possibly one of the Greatest Introductory 1st tracks to Any album ever! It sets the tone, the Ambiance and Skill of the rest of the album with a straight up Punch to The Jaw! Not just a great Intro song in the context of the album as a whole but a Great stand alone song as well!

    • @DeliriumElectric
      @DeliriumElectric ปีที่แล้ว

      The greatest for me is Blackened opening the AJFA album. That intro is just epic. The tone, the slow build in intensity, then the drums hit and that opening riff just sends chills through your whole body. But yes Battery is right up there, that moody clean intro is sooooo good.

  • @JasonReynolds-c7n
    @JasonReynolds-c7n 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Battery is a street in S.F. that Metallica played at a club on that street

  • @m.vondrake5534
    @m.vondrake5534 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If you think you have seen a mosh pit before, wait until you see when This song STIRS THE BATTER-Y

  • @klasseact6663
    @klasseact6663 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was 16 yrs old in the spring of 1986 when I saw Metallica for the first time, Joe Louis Arena and they opened their set with THIS...B L O W N A W A Y❗️❗️

  • @madbadbat
    @madbadbat ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Whenever I hear the final notes of Battery my mind immediately goes to Master of Puppets (the second track). You were right when you were talking about how the whole album was planned and thought out ahead of time because this song flows so seamlessly into the intro to Puppets... I would recommend you guys listen to Battery again and then let it go to Puppets - it's a very cool sensation.
    Thanks for posting!

  • @stevemasiello
    @stevemasiello ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I borrowed this cd from a friend in college years ago and the song Damage Inc is what got me into metal.

  • @erikmarrow3135
    @erikmarrow3135 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I know you guys have reacted to "For Whom The Bell Tolls," but I'd love to see you guys react to the live video from Day On the Green 1985. You'll be blown away watching Cliff do his thing live

    • @thoronthol1175
      @thoronthol1175 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also, watching James and Kirk harmonize on guitar in the middle of the song. One of my favorite things to see.

  • @alexanderschooler579
    @alexanderschooler579 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I finally got to hear battery live back in august on their current tour and man I was mind blown.

  • @kardeef33317
    @kardeef33317 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I get it. I was never a rap fan, but I have always respected the talent that it takes.

  • @mikewold8996
    @mikewold8996 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Battery is the neighborhood street they had their jam home on. And they are the family they are referring too.

  • @trahole
    @trahole ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Everyone here is already saying it, but the live ‘89 version on TH-cam is a must watch. James is just a boozed up rage monster playing at such warp speed that the rest of the band had to be hopped up on booger sugar to keep up.

    • @theclaydercobbler
      @theclaydercobbler 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Seattle '89 live shit binge & purge is their best concert, hands down

  • @412xtaint
    @412xtaint ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First Metallica song I’ve ever heard in 1986 made me a fan forever

  • @RichardJohnson-db1wd
    @RichardJohnson-db1wd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can't wait for you to do Leper Messiah and Thing That Should Not Be!! I'd bet money you will love those!

    • @Metal_God
      @Metal_God 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Thing That Should Not Be Is sorely underappreciated. One of my favorite Kirk solos. Short and oh so sweet.

  • @bgtokincory419
    @bgtokincory419 ปีที่แล้ว

    Battery is the best metallica song ever. Intro and build up to the main riff to the little breakdown to the lead to the ending. Epic !!!!

  • @jakeddubya
    @jakeddubya 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I’ve been a metal fan for my whole life but the blast beats were always a struggle for me. I live for slow and heavy. But after I went to live shows and was in the pit/moshing I understood how awesome and necessary they are for the physical intensity metal demands

    • @DeliriumElectric
      @DeliriumElectric ปีที่แล้ว +2

      exactly. You need the slow to have the heavy and you need the fast to have the medium thrash as George put it haha. Variation is what makes all the songs better, and Metallica are the masters of variation.

    • @nenadmomcilovic9133
      @nenadmomcilovic9133 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Saw them do this live this past summer and it was awesome. Mosh pits started everywhere

  • @christianbivona8165
    @christianbivona8165 ปีที่แล้ว

    The title refers to a club on Battery Street in San Francisco. The OG thrash scene there was insane. This is a tribute to the early fans and shows.

  • @joatagewin
    @joatagewin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Battery has never been one of my favorites, but it is a staple. It is also a hell of an opener. Just look at Blackened and Fight Fire With Fire (the opened for Ride the Lightning) are both thrashed out too.

  • @kevkeisha
    @kevkeisha ปีที่แล้ว

    Back of the school bus at 6:30 a.m., 1986. Puppets was my soundtrack. I came to America in 1985 from Jamaica and on the way to my new home from the airport, my uncle was played this song named "Spanish Castle Magic." I listen to that song non-Stop for a month until the cassette tangled. That journey went from Hendrix (and everything in between) to one of my two favorite albums of all time, "Master Of Puppets!"

  • @BoneheadGuitars
    @BoneheadGuitars ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This album is the apex of their heyday. The entire album is pure gold. The intricacy and genius of the writing on this one is unparalleled. And Metallica themselves have spent decades chasing this essence while never quite finding it.

  • @nehuge
    @nehuge ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Actually song means this”The most prominent club played by Metallica was the Old Waldorf at 444 Battery Street in downtown San Francisco.[5] The lyric "Cannot kill the family, Battery is found in me" is a statement that society does not understand the scene and that those within it ("the family") will defend it as a show of solidarity against the glam metal scene that was popular in the Los Angeles area”

  • @Hoscitt
    @Hoscitt ปีที่แล้ว +11

    You should do the album as one listen now, they're in the order they are for a reason

  • @patguitare
    @patguitare ปีที่แล้ว

    The contributions of Cliff Burton raised the bar for Metallica. Each of the first three records was a progression in complexity and musicality.
    When I first dropped the needle on this record back in 1986, I couldn't believe the power that was coming out of my speakers! I've been a rock fan since the early 70s and grew up on The Beatles, Stones, The Who, Kinks, etc. loved Sabbath, Purple, Thin Lizzy, Foghat, Nugent, Aerosmith, Boston, Yes, Genesis, ELP, grew into metal with Priest, Scorps, Maiden, Saxon, Rainbow, etc. but Metallica was a whole new ball game. The aggression in this track is an assault! What an opening number for this iconic album.
    I got to see Metallica when they came out in LA back in the early 80s. They opened for Saxon at the Whisky. James was a stand-up singer back then and didn't play guitar. Mustaine was on the guitar and they had a different bassist who wasn't Cliff (this was way before they moved up north). But the bassist wasn't really keeping up with the band I thought.
    Years later, I got to see them open for Ozzy on his tour in 1986. Man, they were great! Young, hungry and they decimated the stage and left everything out there during their short set. Ozzy was great, but Metallica stole the show!
    Anyway, great stuff here guys! Keep the faith!

  • @audioenthusiast6366
    @audioenthusiast6366 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If u listen to the whole album a few times, all the songs will eventually become your favorite. When played together, it is brilliant.

    • @briantwining86
      @briantwining86 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have this, Kill em All, Ride the Lightning, & And Justice for All permanently installed in my trucks 6-CD player. The songs from these albums NEVER get old or overplayed to me.

  • @Marlisio5150
    @Marlisio5150 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video you guys! I started listening to Metallica in 1990. This is why. Keep the videos coming!!

  • @FenderUsa
    @FenderUsa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    good honest reaction guys, i had a feeling you wouldnt love the pace, thought you didnt mind this pace on the disposible heroes chorus, though thats much shorter lived. maybe you wont love the pace of damage inc either but you'll always love their half time bridges haha

  • @4seiken-594
    @4seiken-594 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys are so good at intelligently analyzing things about music. You can immediately tell that you know music, no matter the genre.

    • @4seiken-594
      @4seiken-594 ปีที่แล้ว

      On another note; the fast part that you don't like, if you'd slow down the tempo you'd find that it's actually very groovy. I think that the reason you don't like it at the higher tempo is because maybe you don't feel that groove when it's being played at high bpm. Maybe it takes some getting used to, maybe it's just not for everyone. Idk. But if you "get it", those faster parts also have that medium-thrash groove, imo.

  • @prestoncheek8529
    @prestoncheek8529 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    damn yall need to do a live version of this...

    • @kettlepower48
      @kettlepower48 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why, the did not seem to like it

  • @emcnelis1
    @emcnelis1 ปีที่แล้ว

    For a lot of people, including myself, the challenge of listening to stuff like this is part of why it’s enjoyable to listen to. Battery is a song that in particular can be very hard to find your place in the part. It’s that along with the brutal energy of it that makes it appealing to people I think.
    Im a lifelong musician, and being challenged by music that also makes you feel something is what I think a lot of people that play rock music look for in other music. It’s not always about having an easy groove

  • @52ndWarhawkGerbil
    @52ndWarhawkGerbil 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    There's an amazing live video of Metallica playing this song with Dave Lombardo, the drummer for Slayer. Lars Ulrich wasn't able to make it to the beginning of the show, and so Dave stood in for a little bit until Lars could arrive. Dave played this song with Metallica and he brought so much speed, aggression, and life to the song. You could obviously tell that it was breath of fresh air for the rest of the band, as their drummer was really pushing them in that performance.

    • @TheBassmcduff
      @TheBassmcduff 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This sounds awesome, you’ve gotta share the link if you can find it.

    • @prelude1218
      @prelude1218 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Joey Jordison also filled in for some performances. A great change of pace for the band.

    • @John.AR.Activism
      @John.AR.Activism ปีที่แล้ว

      @@loicbruneau2958 Yea that was Download festival in UK, early 2000s, Lars had to go to hospital IIRC, so they had a few stand ins, Dave Lombardo was sick. Was actually my very first Metallica gig :D

    • @PhilipWhitehouse
      @PhilipWhitehouse ปีที่แล้ว

      I was there for this, was also the first time I ever saw Metallica - was at Download Festival at Castle Donington, UK. Metallica were headlining, and their set was delayed by a good while (maybe an hour or so) because Lars was sick and required hospital treatment, so the rest of Metallica started frenziedly recruiting available drummers from backstage. Dave Lombardo, Sal Abruscato, Joey Jordison all ended up subbing in for Lars, it was an amazing set.

    • @russfoulkes5490
      @russfoulkes5490 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was there that night. At the time I was a little fecked off that my first time seeing Metallica wasn't the whole band.
      It wasn't until later I realised just what I'd seen. ❤

  • @williamkoscielniak7871
    @williamkoscielniak7871 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What is a bit different about even Metallica's fast paced "thrash" songs like this, imo, is their BEAUTY. They knew how and when to use acoustic guitar (this song being a perfect example), they knew how to write gorgeous harmonies and melodies, they knew how to speed up, slow down, and then speed up again at just the write moments to create dynamism. They wrote truly beautiful music, and very few thrash metal bands can say the same thing.

  • @christianstephens2752
    @christianstephens2752 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’m jealous of anyone who was listening to Metallica back in those days when this was new. I was alive, but too young. I had to work my way backwards from the Load era, as that was my intro to Metallica. I wish I knew what it was like to first hear this, as it opens the album, plus also not knowing that this would be considered one the the greatest albums of all time. That must’ve been an awesome feeling.

    • @TheSshadow7
      @TheSshadow7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rightly judged because it was a great time. Part of it was that Metallica wasn't mainstream yet, so it's like you had a great music secret and were a part of a club that most people didn't know about. The song "One" changed all that...but it was cool to see them get big too.

    • @lonnieisaacs382
      @lonnieisaacs382 ปีที่แล้ว

      I saw this concert in Knoxville Tennessee.

  • @jb7250
    @jb7250 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Great reaction, guys. The faster thrash pace of this song will grow on you after repeat listens, I guarantee it.

    • @jossy2112
      @jossy2112 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nope. It’s going 5 yrs already

  • @8OneOfTheNobodies8
    @8OneOfTheNobodies8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Every single note of the entire Master Of Puppets album are Epic and nothing can ever thouch that album .

  • @Droogie128
    @Droogie128 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Best live version of this song was when Lars was injured and Dave Lombardo of Slayer sat in for him.

    • @tallycahamuhlhetru26
      @tallycahamuhlhetru26 ปีที่แล้ว

      Okay. Yeah sure, if you say so. Lol

    • @UnknownUser19367
      @UnknownUser19367 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Battery - Seattle 89

    • @Jay.McCarty
      @Jay.McCarty ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, no. Dave is among my favorites but he missed most of the double kicks and the off tempo weird ass tom work that fills the whole song. That fill in was competent at best. As Bara said, that Seattle version is as close to studio as you going to hear.

    • @HiddenHandMedia
      @HiddenHandMedia ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha ha

  • @joemetric150
    @joemetric150 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The first time I heard this song, I didn't get it. Wasn't ready. I was 12 I think. 3 years later, I was obsessed not just with their music but learning to play their songs on guitar. They changed my life and I'm one of millions probably. It's truly mind blowing how influentual they have been. Legends.

    • @revsharp777
      @revsharp777 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have the identical story. I was 11 in 1986 and wasn't ready for it. Still into Maiden, Priest, Ozzy, etc. I finally got into "thrash" in 87 when I was introduced to Anthrax, Kreator, Megadeth, SOD, Nuclear Assault & many others. Metallica's Garage Days came out in 87 and of course, Justice in 88. By that time, I was ready for Puppets and it was glorious the 2nd time around. ❤

  • @RC-fi8nn
    @RC-fi8nn ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Glad you enjoyed the middle section so much. Epic part. Metallica rarely play it live though, shame!

    • @johnpancari9343
      @johnpancari9343 ปีที่แล้ว

      they just did during their tours this past year

    • @Hard0milk03
      @Hard0milk03 ปีที่แล้ว

      thye played it alot in their early tours to thrash for 70 yr olds idk what to tell ya

  • @NicolaiHarbech
    @NicolaiHarbech ปีที่แล้ว

    Happy to see I’m not alone in digging that “medium thrash”, mid-section. Pure class 🪇

  • @MostlyElectrolytes
    @MostlyElectrolytes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I remember when this album came out, I was not really sure what to think about Battery. You have to remember that thrash was still a pretty new genre and I was more in VH and Ozzy even though I dug Ride the Lightning. Anyway after a couple of listens it became an all time favorite Metallica song for me and for my money MoP is one of the greatest albums of all time and it still stands up.

  • @jametowne
    @jametowne 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    People don't like to accept that something isn't for them but is for other people. They don't wanna accept that it could have anything to do with their taste, it must be BAD. Happy to hear you guys speak on it because it's my biggest pet peeve

  • @ChuckWasHere
    @ChuckWasHere ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Now that you guys have tackled the whole album. You have to experience it the way it was intended back when it was released...as one unit sequentially. The way the album unfolds and progresses is one of the several reasons this album is a masterpiece.

  • @losthighway174
    @losthighway174 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys are awesome and genuinely respectful of all these different genres - love it ! Tallica are still the kings

  • @paulgronner
    @paulgronner ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You guys need to listen to the whole album at once, the way this shit goes into Master of Puppets is sick! And then it all continues from there. Do it!

  • @briansanders1682
    @briansanders1682 ปีที่แล้ว

    Battery is a street in San Francisco, where they used to hang out

  • @zachallen9315
    @zachallen9315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    If you're finishing the Master of Puppets album then you have to finish the Rust In Peace album by Megadeth. Those two albums are widely considered the holy grail of metal in that Era. Both are masterpieces in their own right and are worth a full listen.

    • @ShotzInTheLight
      @ShotzInTheLight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Was just thinking this! Rust In Peace is my favorite album ever, and I'd LOVE to see them react to Lucretia or the title song

  • @JulianEmdon
    @JulianEmdon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like this song because of the precise and staccato guitar riffage and vocal delivery. And when it got to THAT middle part with it's smooth power chords and hip beat, my jaw was literally on the floor, my life was foerver changed 🤘🤘

  • @KJMacron9
    @KJMacron9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Considering the feedback you've given this album and certain songd, you guys will LOVE The Black Album full of slow, groovy and heavy songs

    • @zenistfpv
      @zenistfpv ปีที่แล้ว

      lol. No. Poppica cant compare.