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This album is also the first and only heavy metal album to be selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
Battery has nothing to do with assault. Their "Home Club" in San Fran that they played at often was located on Battery St. The reference to "family" refers to the fans that they played for and provided the energy for their shows. So, an homage to Battery St. and the 'Battery' of energy from their fans..............
95% correct. The only thing you are mistaken about is that it has "nothing to do with assault." As members of the band have mentioned before, Battery St WAS where they got into fights as well.
Battery makes so much more sense when you fully know the context of the song... it is a love letter to both Battery street and, by extension, Hetfield's obsession with the Heavy Metal he was hearing at those clubs.
This is the reason I giggle every time I need to change batteries. Like let’s go crazy is the reason I giggle every time I hear “dearly beloved “at a wedding.😂😂
Please do not let this be your only listen of the band. They're one of the most versatile groups out there. There are more than a few songs I GUARANTEE Dev will love.
Master of Puppets is about how drugs/addiction takes over and ruins and kills people. You become the puppet the drugs/addiction become the master until the master wins and you die.
I had tickets to the Ozzy/Metallica show in Vancouver for early October but it was cancelled due to Cliff's death. Instead of a refund for the tickets we were told to keep them and they'd be honoured at the rescheduled make-up show, which took place on Halloween. It was the first time I dropped acid, I was 16. Metal Church was the opening band, their guitarist John Marshall was also Metallica's bassist for that show. John was Kirk's guitar tech roadie on the Ride The Lightning tour too. Jason Newsted didn't join the band until they were back in the USA, he didn't have a valid passport so didn't play on the Canadian dates.
BATTERY - The theme of the song is based around the San Francisco thrash scene in the 1980s. The most prominent club played by Metallica was the Old Waldorf at 444 Battery Street in downtown San Francisco. 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. The tone of the song is of familial ties and the positive release of energy through interest in metal. MASTER OF PUPPETS - lyrics describe the destructive nature of addiction, portraying it as a manipulative force that takes control of one's life, much like a puppet master controlling its puppets. The song captures the sense of being trapped and powerless, James Hetfield shared his insights with Thrasher magazine in 1988, as reported, Hetfield said that a person who takes drugs initially controls what and how much to take, but eventually, it's the drugs that control the person. His explanation is clear in the lines, "Taste me, you will see / More is all you need / Dedicated to / How I'm killing you." It's a raw and intense depiction of the struggle against substance abuse. Metallica were more in to drinking hence they were also known as Alcoholica.
I found the history of Battery interesting 🤔, the battle between the Glam and the Trash Metal. Well the Music Industry had the hourglass in their hands so they waited…….. a couple of years to take down Metallica and the others with their soft rock in the early 90’s with those Unplugged and Orchestras. Nobody saw that the end was near.
The crosses on the cover of the album is the Arlington Cemetery. The hands in the sky are marionetting the crosses, essentially controlling the soldiers in their graves. Meaning the government controls these soldiers until their death The song Disposable Heroes on this album represents the cover of the album. And if you look close, there's a soldiers helmet on one cross and another soldiers "dog tags" on the other Cross. The soldiers are molded to kill and do what they're told and then "disposed" of when they're finished with them
I saw this tour, they opened for Ozzy Osbourne on his Ultimate Sin tour. Before the show Metallica went to Strawberries records and Tapes for autographs, and I met these guys and got their autographs 6 months before Cliff Burton was killed. R.I.P. Cliff
so did i saw them open for ozzy at meadowlands. opened with battery. then ozzy came on and the fans ripped all the seats apart. total riot. also cliff was still alive at the time. killed soon after. amazing night.
Omg, As an heavy metal fan since 80's, l can't believe how description of my favorite genre and one of its bands can be distorted so much (to put it extremely polite). Next time I suggest you just read something from the wikipedia on the topic . I got to go.... I am busy .D PS I loved that funky rendition of MoP
at 20:10, the riff that u mention sounding familiar was actually taken from Andy Warhol by David Bowie. The lead guitarist Kirk Hammet and the late bassist Cliff Burton were huge Bowie fans.
Can’t wait for you to check out Seattle ‘89. They really came alive as a live band (and as noted kick it up to 11 in terms of tempo and aggression). For context, you will see Jason Newsted on bass and background vocals for the Seattle performance. His stage presence is up there with the greatest in all of heavy metal.
Metallica really touches on a lot of subjects in their lyrics. A few examples to give a listen...'Fade to Black' tackles the subject of suicide while 'One' talks about the horrors of war.
The Old Waldorf club at 444 Battery Street was a prominent venue for Metallica. Many attribute the song as homage to the club and their fans there. The fans being the family referred to. Master of Puppets is indeed about addiction but from the perspective of the substance.
I remember very well this Metallica album 😅😅 I was so in with my Heavy Metal bands when some friend invited me to listen the first two songs 🤣🤣🤣 I put in my face your same expression and I said “ Where’s the train going “😂😂😂 That kind of music took me time (weeks)to adapt my ears. Like you said “ too fast “ Memories right here Good reaction
Oh, btw, speaking of covers - man, it is such an area to explore! Actulally, loved that funk cover of Master of Puppets! I think the best cover is when you play the song written by others, but it really sounds like it's completely yours. The best covermakers - from this perspective at least - were early The Beatles and Van Halen!
I always smile when someone calls a member that replaces an original band member as a new guy, despite being in a band for ages. I'am guilty of that "crime" myself. :D
YOU HAVE TO LOVE THIS CHANNEL! For me it's like a schooling. Thanks to Mike and Dev, I have now listened to music that somehow growing up I missed. Ok, I'm a little slow, but… Now I know my Metallica from my Elbow. You know Master of Puppets had a relaunch because of Stranger Things, right? One of my most favourite scenes in that series. Anyway, thanks guys, for another tutorial. I love the backstory and origins you give of the band. Plus, I loved the acoustic version of Battery. I could see myself in a bar with a gin and tonic tapping my foot along to that. Cheers 🍸
I discovered Metallica and this album specifically, back in the day, because they were opening for Ozzy, and I wanted to get to know what they sounded like before the concert. I was blown away, and to this day, I think it's one of the best metal albums ever. An absolute classic.
To be fair they did record some stuff slower and then sped up the master tapes for this album. I'm not suŕe about this song, but the title track was definitely recorded slower than how it sounds on the album. I have no idea why they recorded it that way since they could obviously play it even faster live, but for some reason that's what they decided to do for this album.
@carlgibson285 idk...long time ago I read an interview with Flemming Rasmussen (the producer) and he said there was no such thing as speeding for the recording
@alexandremaireno-ni4ec TBH I think it's one of those things that's become the stuff of myth over time and nobody really tells the full truth of the recording process. I do remember James Hetfield himself saying it was speeded up in the studio though, but not by much (maybe by 10 to 15 beats per minute).
@alexandremaireno-ni4ec maybe, but I distinctly remember James saying it about the song Master Of Puppets. It's been years since I last heard anything about it though so if you'll bear with me I'll go on a quick Google search, see what I can discover, then get back to you.
Their first 4 albums are pure thrash then a producer, Bob Rock, came in and made them into the biggest band in the world producing the Black Album which was a more heavy Hard rock album than thrash. Later Load and Re-Load became some of the best hard rock albums to have ever come out. The band went through a bit of turmoil and they showed it with their St. Anger Album. Their latest album 72 Seasons kind of went back to a mix of their roots and more hard rock style.
To explain more about the song Battery it has two meanings: 1) Which is Battery street in San Franscisco where back in early 80's they were playing in many clubs and mostly it was thrash metal (Bay Area Thrash metal ,Slayer, Megadeth,Exodus etc) 2) Batttery = Somekind of Force created at that time which is =THRASH METAL ."WE CREATE A BATTERY " the lyrics in the song confirm this.
Good dually reactions👊🏽⚡️ Your open minds are appreciated 🫡 I am an old school Metallica fan and I really love the covers! It seems a bit pointless to try and precisely parrot the original version. I recommend 2 songs from the band Babymetal. First song, “Megitsune, and 2nd song, “Mirror mirror”.
They did speed it up on the album. I have no idea why they decided to do it that way since they could obviously play it even faster live, but the speeding up the album version thing has been known about for decades.
Yeah, this epic beginning of "Battery" is definitely what has inspired Iced Earth to write their "Solitude", as well as Battery's riff inspired most of their early creations! You should definitely listen to them! Take "Solitude/Funeral/When the Night Falls", from "Days of Purgatory" album! Iced Earth were definitely one of the best followers for Metallica!
Nice reaction. Not true that they sped it up. Just rumours. :) I know this because I asked the producer of Master of Puppets, Flemming Rasmussen, when he was in Norway a little more than a year ago. :) And he said no, not true that they played it slower and sped it up. :)
Master of Puppets brraks fown in 4 parts. 1 is the addict seeking out the drug.2 when it shifts to a slower pace is the high of thr drug. 3 Is the crash of coming off the high. 4 is the drug telling the addict of its control over them.
Battery refers to Battery, San Francisco, it's a neighbourhood where all the Bay Area Thrash Metal bands hung out because the LA scene was all hairspray and spandex like Motley Crue and Ratt. Cliff Burton lived in Battery and refused to relocate to LA so Metallica moved to the Bay because having Cliff Burton interested in joining their then unknown band was a big deal, Cliff knew everyone in Battery and everyone respected Cliff. Mark Whitacre was the manager of Bay Area band Exodus and a good friend of both Cliff and Kirk Hammett, he rented the house for Metallica in Battery on the condition Cliff joined the band. Mark once said that Cliff & Kirk had all the talent in Metallica and should have dumped Lars & James to form their own band. I kinda have to agree somewhat. Slayer, Testament, Death Angel and Possessed are just a few thrash metal bands from Battery. When James says the line "Cannot kill the Battery, Battery is found in me" meant that Metallica always takes some energy from that neighbourhood when they're on the road, 'remembering their roots' as they say.
Power Metal is focused on heavy, memorable riffs and complex arrangements like changes in tempo and odd time signatures. They're not usually played in a typical "verse/chorus/verse/chorus/solo/bridge/chorus" in basic 2/4 style, Power Metal drummers are usually trained in or inspired by jazz. Iron Maiden is a good example of Power Metal. Speed Metal is focused on guitar solos, solos at the start, 2 or 3 solos in the middle, a solo at the end, most songs are backed by a blast beat of 26th and 32nd notes well over 200 BPMs. You might have heard of DragonForce's Through The Fire & Flames, that's Speed Metal. If you haven't, check it out. Plain old Heavy Metal is Speed Metal but slower and has a more Blues inspired background, generally 2/4 drum signature averaging 125-150 BPMs, like Judas Priest and Motorhead, who many credit for inspiring Speed Metal. Thrash Metal is a cross between Power Metal and Speed Metal.
Welcome Home Sanatarium from this Album is a must listen for you guys👌 Also Fade to Black, from their Ride the lightning Album. Those tracks are a bit more softer mellow side from their early years. Which i think will inspire you to really keep on digging into their true depth as a band. Thx for a superb reaction🙋♂️
Our boys, Bay Area thrash for life baby! Just saw Kirk at a recent Exodus show here! Seen them 6 times with Cliff, 2 times with Jason. First one was Nov 1983 Berkeley, Ca
I like that! I've recently been thinking about how progressive they were, back when that movement was just starting to infiltrate extreme metal. The thing is, it's progressive in the classical sense, not in the jazz sense like most prog bands of the time. Ride the Lightning already has clear classical elements, a year before the first technical metal album (Watchtower's Energetic Disassembly). Puppets is even more progressive, two years before Voivod's Dimension Hatross. Then AJFA is fully progressive, still three years before Atheist or Death got there. They were really ahead of their time with their combination of complexity and musicality.
@@antondzajajurca7797 Yeah, they're kind of a thing unto themselves! Even the term "thrash metal" is super broad and doesn't really describe them well. I mean, if Slayer, Exodus, Testament, Anthrax, and Dark Angel are also "thrash" I'm not sure it covers Metallica. Kill 'em All is 100% thrash, but Metallica started to diverge from the rest of the thrash bands with Ride the Lightning (Megadeth also headed the melodic & technical direction with Rust in Peace). I tend to think of "thrash" as more grounded in the hardcore punk sound, so Slayer, Anthrax, Overkill, and Exodus fit that. Metallica has a strong undercurrent of that punk sound through Master of Puppets and it shows up in some places on AJFA, but they left it behind after that (and it doesn't really fit Lars' drumming style anyway).
With Metallica you get most things 4 times in a row. Each musical phrase will usually be played 4 times before moving to the next. That is part of why some people say Metallica is too commercial. Many songs carry that same structure in pop, r&b, country, etc. It's easily digestible. It's also part of why more people connect more easily with Metallica than some other metal bands. Familiar song structure.
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Library of Congress Selected Metallica's "Master of Puppets" for Historical Preservation. Each year the Library of Congress selects twenty-five artistic pieces considered "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" for historical preservation. Your Welcome 😎
Metallica are the Goat, moving from Trash to Rock with deep massage. Battery is about the fans , and Master of puppets its anti drugs kind of the story of an addict that the drug control. Metallica in the 80-90’ were misunderstood by parents.
This is peak Metallica. The next album was similar, as was the previous album. Those 3 albums are the best. Then the Black album and Kill em all as a tie, in my opinion. In Battery, the family is the Metallica family and "battery" is what Metallica is producing. It is referencing the thrash scene in Battery St...i think in San Francisco. No assault to be seen anywhere. Check out "Blackened"...its essentially about climate change but written in 87.
Best era for Metallica was the Cliff Burton Era in the 1980s. Many old school metalheads who were fans prior to Justice still rank Master and Ride as their Top 2 with Kill 'Em All a close 3rd mainly for nostalgic reasons; for me it's because I saw Metallica open for Raven August, 1983 in Portland before Kill 'Em All released and it was among the first batch of LPs and cassettes I bought for my own collection about Festivus '83. I also got Slayer's Show No Mercy the same day, Dave Lombardo inspired me to learn drums. Show No Mercy is superior to Kill 'Em All. Most of Metallica's current fanbase is made up of people who got into them after Justice released and the band made their first video, One, or when they first heard Enter Sandman on their local pop radio station from the "Black Album" and rank those two albums as the band's best. Those unfortunate folks missed out on the Cliff Burton era. Cliff never would have agreed to make a video, that's why there aren't any official Metallica videos besides live performances prior to his death, his bass solo Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) is by far the most famous. It's like Star Wars, old school fans prior to the prequels rank the original trilogy with the innovative practical effects such as matte painted backgrounds, stop motion and scale model ships as superior and people who were introduced to Star Wars through the later released CGI-overkill prequels rank them as superior.
Master of puppets is one of the two (OK maybe three if I include Kill ‘Em All…)greatest heavy metal albums I’ve ever heard. I can put it on all the way through without skipping ..the rest Id have to compile into a playlist.😂😂😂
Every song on that album is about a "master" that will take control of your life and destroy you. First is anger (battery). You can concede to your anger and hurt others then pay the price the rest of your life. Second is substance abuse. You can drink, smoke, inject away but then deal with the consequences the rest of your life. Other masters on that album would be fear (Thing that should not be), insanity (Asylum), patriotically joining the military blindly (Disposable Heroes) or religion (Lepper Messiah). Back when artists wrote albums with a common message across all the songs.
Battery is not about anger, it is about Battery Street where they used to play and the fans being the battery (energy) at their shows. They have a song on their first album called Whiplash, it is literally about headbanging.
If you put Metallica's first three albums up against their next three and told someone who had never heard any of them and said they were two completely different bands, they would probably believe you. Justice has no bass for starters and between Justice and the "Black Album"James started taking singing lessons and sounds like a country singer when he does ballads, which also sound like country music. In James' defense he never learned to read and write sheet music until he joined Metallica, Dave Mustaine would write everything James played to sheet music and that's how James started learning to write songs. Cliff studied music theory, composition etc. from styles ranging from baroque/classical to jazz and blues, he was a multi-instrumentalist, guitar, drums, piano but he loved the sound of the bass, he taught James pretty much everything he learned. Prior to joining Metallica Cliff also taught the band members of Death Angel how to read and write music, they were all just high school kids from 12 to 15 years old when they formed their band, while Cliff was in a music college he would also mentor them, teaching them everything he was learning at school just like he did with James after joining Metallica. Those high school kids wrote the album The Ultra-Violence, released in 1987, thanks to Cliff taking them under his wing, you should check out the title track, it's a 9 minute long ass-kicking instrumental on par with Master's Orion and The Call Of Ktulu from Ride. You can hear similarities with Cliff's writing for Metallica in the structure and composition, harmonies, tempo changes etc.
🙂. Battery is the name of the street, in San Francisco, where the clubs were, in which, they played... Master of Puppets is about the evils of addiction as told from the perspective of the drug. Brilliant song. The boys in the band were incredible song writers. Many songs had to do with commentary on the people sending kids to war to die...anyway, the lyrics to their songs were, typically, deep. 🙂
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.
😳I like how she thinks🤣”speed” like meth amphetamine 🤔NO like playing fast with the use of cocaine MASTER MASTER where’s the dreams I’ve been after🤘🖖✌️🎸🎸🎤🥁
I like the opening but imho the best Spanish acoustic style guitar to open an album is Crystal Ann by Jeff Waters of Annihilator as the intro to Alice In Hell. If you ever do a reaction to Alice In Hell you have to find a version with Crystal Ann included. Jeff was asked to join Megadeth but turned the offer down so Dave asked Kerry King of Slayer, Kerry lasted less than a week after realizing that Dave Mustaine has the personality of a sulfuric acid enema.
If you only knew the talent it takes for engineers to make Lars sound that good. They should be given the title of Saints because every song they produce is a freaking miracle Lars managed to get through it. That's first hand information from Justice Producer Flemming Rasmussen who used Lars as his example of the recording engineer's worst nightmare client during a class at an engineering school I was in in Vancouver, Lars' tracks for One, which were being edited and produced at Little Mountain Sound, were scattered bits and pieces of verses, choruses, no two takes alike, like a jigsaw puzzle the engineers had to cut/paste and edit together into coherent tracks.
The way I see MoP, most of the song is dominated by the Master (drugs, etc). When the interlude hits, the puppets take a hit (herion?), and eases into "Everything is ok...", and hangs out there a while, then the high fades, and the Master starts domination again, building up stronger and stronger. Puppet struggles, and master takes over once again.
I bought Master of the Puppets album when i was younger, and this song wasn't on it 🤔when i asked the sales person .. why ? they said Battery not included 😆😂
Master of Puppets.......Now imaging the calm, middle part as the 'high' and then it quickly fades and the anger, withdrawal kicks in as the music builds back. Master master, you promised only lies...... They mimicked the high and the withdrawl with music. Absolute genius.....
Battery is not bout anger but energy. The band used to play on battery Street, and the fans are the battery (energy) at concerts. On their first album, they have a song called Whiplash, which is literally about headbanging.
The album that changed everything. By far the hardest album that had come out until that point and everything "metal" after tried to out do the previous offerings with bad assery.
"Hell Awaits" by Slayer, came out a year earlier...as did "Seven Churches" by Possessed...amongst others... No disrespect to Metallica, but you are little misinformed...
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Good luck on the time signature in master of puppets. Long debated. It wasn't written with theory in mind. It just sounded good and people tried to put a time to it.
It's a great album, but not my favorite Metallica album. That would be Ride The Lightning, their 2nd album. I think it's a bit overhyped, but still a good album. First 4 albums are the only Metallica albums I listen to. Fun reaction.
1 of many great songs by this band. Seen them twice. Pls consider checking out all female J-metal band Lovebites. They sing in English and melt faces. Heavy metal with a vocalist with R&B background...quite the combo. Hammer of Wrath live 2023 ua-cam.com/video/pHrWRT0Jeac/v-deo.htmlsi=SPC-OdanFl9wv1uq. 🤘
As with most metal or hard rock, Metallica is for guys. Women not so much. The 'skipping of beats' was affectionately called the 'Eurostep', Lars coming from Denmark.
5:03 Nope. "Battery" does NOT refer to "assault & ...", but, rather: an artillery battery. A battery of guns. (also, perhaps, secondarily -potentially- to the portable power source, but, that is, still, arguable). So: conceptualization-of-idea/intent-from-title?: Artillery battery. Military assault. Insanity.
Alternate theory...a club that they played at frequently in their early days, was located on Battery Street in San Francisco. This song was an homage to them and the thrash metal movement... P.S. That actually wasn't a theory, that's the song's origin story...
@codymoe4986 Heresay. No known (thrash era) clubs on "Battery Street" ...it IS (of course) possible, but not likely. The band has long been quoted as saying that: it's about their fans (and more-than-likely: Ruthie's Inn [which was across the bay, in Berkeley]) and those early concert experiences (after the band moved up to the Bay area, to acquire Cliff).
@codymoe4986 ...also: no matter what the reason for writing the song, the "physical item" or "item" in the lyrics referred to by the WORD "battery" is NOT. a street. That can, only, be and IS: an artillery battery. Period. THAT was what was being discussed (not the secondary, potential reason for using that term (which might, then, allude to another thing) IN the lyrics. ....
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This album is also the first and only heavy metal album to be selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
thats of all american intelligence.
Battery has nothing to do with assault. Their "Home Club" in San Fran that they played at often was located on Battery St. The reference to "family" refers to the fans that they played for and provided the energy for their shows. So, an homage to Battery St. and the 'Battery' of energy from their fans..............
95% correct. The only thing you are mistaken about is that it has "nothing to do with assault." As members of the band have mentioned before, Battery St WAS where they got into fights as well.
Battery makes so much more sense when you fully know the context of the song... it is a love letter to both Battery street and, by extension, Hetfield's obsession with the Heavy Metal he was hearing at those clubs.
This is the reason I giggle every time I need to change batteries. Like let’s go crazy is the reason I giggle every time I hear “dearly beloved “at a wedding.😂😂
Yesss!
@@GeekFurious Unless the street was named after the amount of assaults that took place there, you may want to try again...
Please do not let this be your only listen of the band.
They're one of the most versatile groups out there.
There are more than a few songs I GUARANTEE Dev will love.
We will certainly be doing more
The first three are best they ever did. Metallica were acceptable up until the Black album then went to shit.
Master of Puppets is about how drugs/addiction takes over and ruins and kills people. You become the puppet the drugs/addiction become the master until the master wins and you die.
First time watching great show can't wait for the rest of the album thanks
I had tickets to the Ozzy/Metallica show in Vancouver for early October but it was cancelled due to Cliff's death. Instead of a refund for the tickets we were told to keep them and they'd be honoured at the rescheduled make-up show, which took place on Halloween. It was the first time I dropped acid, I was 16. Metal Church was the opening band, their guitarist John Marshall was also Metallica's bassist for that show. John was Kirk's guitar tech roadie on the Ride The Lightning tour too. Jason Newsted didn't join the band until they were back in the USA, he didn't have a valid passport so didn't play on the Canadian dates.
BATTERY - The theme of the song is based around the San Francisco thrash scene in the 1980s. The most prominent club played by Metallica was the Old Waldorf at 444 Battery Street in downtown San Francisco. 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. The tone of the song is of familial ties and the positive release of energy through interest in metal. MASTER OF PUPPETS - lyrics describe the destructive nature of addiction, portraying it as a manipulative force that takes control of one's life, much like a puppet master controlling its puppets.
The song captures the sense of being trapped and powerless, James Hetfield shared his insights with Thrasher magazine in 1988, as reported, Hetfield said that a person who takes drugs initially controls what and how much to take, but eventually, it's the drugs that control the person. His explanation is clear in the lines, "Taste me, you will see / More is all you need / Dedicated to / How I'm killing you." It's a raw and intense depiction of the struggle against substance abuse. Metallica were more in to drinking hence they were also known as Alcoholica.
Good time in the Bay Area. Mosh pits, punk, hair band, metal…. Skate! WHIPLASH!
I found the history of Battery interesting 🤔, the battle between the Glam and the Trash Metal.
Well the Music Industry had the hourglass in their hands so they waited…….. a couple of years to take down Metallica and the others with their soft rock in the early 90’s with those Unplugged and Orchestras.
Nobody saw that the end was near.
The crosses on the cover of the album is the Arlington Cemetery. The hands in the sky are marionetting the crosses, essentially controlling the soldiers in their graves. Meaning the government controls these soldiers until their death The song Disposable Heroes on this album represents the cover of the album. And if you look close, there's a soldiers helmet on one cross and another soldiers "dog tags" on the other Cross. The soldiers are molded to kill and do what they're told and then "disposed" of when they're finished with them
I saw this tour, they opened for Ozzy Osbourne on his Ultimate Sin tour. Before the show Metallica went to Strawberries records and Tapes for autographs, and I met these guys and got their autographs 6 months before Cliff Burton was killed. R.I.P. Cliff
Wow lucky man 🤘🤟🤘🤘 iv seen them 7 times but I'm too young
@kieranobrien7342 yeah that was quite the window of opportunity. I was 17 years old at the time and very lucky for that.
@jeffreylauzon7630 cool man I'm jealous as 🤟🤘
so did i saw them open for ozzy at meadowlands. opened with battery. then ozzy came on and the fans ripped all the seats apart. total riot. also cliff was still alive at the time. killed soon after. amazing night.
Omg, As an heavy metal fan since 80's, l can't believe how description of my favorite genre and one of its bands can be distorted so much (to put it extremely polite).
Next time I suggest you just read something from the wikipedia on the topic . I got to go.... I am busy .D
PS I loved that funky rendition of MoP
at 20:10, the riff that u mention sounding familiar was actually taken from Andy Warhol by David Bowie. The lead guitarist Kirk Hammet and the late bassist Cliff Burton were huge Bowie fans.
Just found the channel & I’m enjoying it thank you!
Can’t wait for you to check out Seattle ‘89. They really came alive as a live band (and as noted kick it up to 11 in terms of tempo and aggression).
For context, you will see Jason Newsted on bass and background vocals for the Seattle performance. His stage presence is up there with the greatest in all of heavy metal.
Seattle '89 in our next vid, baby!
I enjoy a nap listening to loud & aggressive music. I find it relaxing & it drowns out the voices in my head ;p
You did catch the "drugs are bad, mmmkay" message, right?
Metallica really touches on a lot of subjects in their lyrics. A few examples to give a listen...'Fade to Black' tackles the subject of suicide while 'One' talks about the horrors of war.
The Old Waldorf club at 444 Battery Street was a prominent venue for Metallica. Many attribute the song as homage to the club and their fans there. The fans being the family referred to.
Master of Puppets is indeed about addiction but from the perspective of the substance.
I remember very well this Metallica album 😅😅
I was so in with my Heavy Metal bands when some friend invited me to listen the first two songs 🤣🤣🤣
I put in my face your same expression and I said
“ Where’s the train going “😂😂😂
That kind of music took me time (weeks)to adapt my ears.
Like you said “ too fast “
Memories right here
Good reaction
Oh, btw, speaking of covers - man, it is such an area to explore! Actulally, loved that funk cover of Master of Puppets! I think the best cover is when you play the song written by others, but it really sounds like it's completely yours. The best covermakers - from this perspective at least - were early The Beatles and Van Halen!
"They don't like religion" is crazy 😆😆😆
I HATE IT!
The new bass player, Robert Trujillo, auditioned with this song and he nailed it. It's on video, you should check out it.
I always smile when someone calls a member that replaces an original band member as a new guy, despite being in a band for ages. I'am guilty of that "crime" myself. :D
What an incredible album!
YOU HAVE TO LOVE THIS CHANNEL!
For me it's like a schooling. Thanks to Mike and Dev, I have now listened to music that somehow growing up I missed. Ok, I'm a little slow, but…
Now I know my Metallica from my Elbow. You know Master of Puppets had a relaunch because of Stranger Things, right? One of my most favourite scenes in that series.
Anyway, thanks guys, for another tutorial. I love the backstory and origins you give of the band. Plus, I loved the acoustic version of Battery. I could see myself in a bar with a gin and tonic tapping my foot along to that.
Cheers 🍸
We didn't make it that far into Stranger Things
I discovered Metallica and this album specifically, back in the day, because they were opening for Ozzy, and I wanted to get to know what they sounded like before the concert. I was blown away, and to this day, I think it's one of the best metal albums ever. An absolute classic.
"I like the riff"
**listens to the most iconic metal riff**
If you think they recorded it slower then sped up 🤦🏻♂️, listen to it live, when they actually speed things up
To be fair they did record some stuff slower and then sped up the master tapes for this album. I'm not suŕe about this song, but the title track was definitely recorded slower than how it sounds on the album. I have no idea why they recorded it that way since they could obviously play it even faster live, but for some reason that's what they decided to do for this album.
@carlgibson285 idk...long time ago I read an interview with Flemming Rasmussen (the producer) and he said there was no such thing as speeding for the recording
@alexandremaireno-ni4ec TBH I think it's one of those things that's become the stuff of myth over time and nobody really tells the full truth of the recording process. I do remember James Hetfield himself saying it was speeded up in the studio though, but not by much (maybe by 10 to 15 beats per minute).
@@carlgibson285 maybe that was the thing that should not be...
@alexandremaireno-ni4ec maybe, but I distinctly remember James saying it about the song Master Of Puppets. It's been years since I last heard anything about it though so if you'll bear with me I'll go on a quick Google search, see what I can discover, then get back to you.
Their first 4 albums are pure thrash then a producer, Bob Rock, came in and made them into the biggest band in the world producing the Black Album which was a more heavy Hard rock album than thrash. Later Load and Re-Load became some of the best hard rock albums to have ever come out. The band went through a bit of turmoil and they showed it with their St. Anger Album. Their latest album 72 Seasons kind of went back to a mix of their roots and more hard rock style.
Metallica can and will play that much faster live
To explain more about the song Battery it has two meanings:
1) Which is Battery street in San Franscisco where back in early 80's they were playing in many clubs and mostly it was thrash metal (Bay Area Thrash metal ,Slayer, Megadeth,Exodus etc)
2) Batttery = Somekind of Force created at that time which is =THRASH METAL ."WE CREATE A BATTERY " the lyrics in the song confirm this.
Master of puppets is the greatest metal song ever with the best riff ever and was featured on Stranger Things tv show
Good dually reactions👊🏽⚡️ Your open minds are appreciated 🫡 I am an old school Metallica fan and I really love the covers! It seems a bit pointless to try and precisely parrot the original version. I recommend 2 songs from the band Babymetal. First song, “Megitsune, and 2nd song, “Mirror mirror”.
I think the “Battery” James is referring to is { A group of cannons that are used together as one unit.}
Here’s some covers that are true to the originals:
Machine Head - Battery
Trivium - Master of Puppets
They never sped it up on the album. This is normal time. Watch them live in Seattle to see it speed up.
They did speed it up on the album. I have no idea why they decided to do it that way since they could obviously play it even faster live, but the speeding up the album version thing has been known about for decades.
Yeah, this epic beginning of "Battery" is definitely what has inspired Iced Earth to write their "Solitude", as well as Battery's riff inspired most of their early creations! You should definitely listen to them! Take "Solitude/Funeral/When the Night Falls", from "Days of Purgatory" album! Iced Earth were definitely one of the best followers for Metallica!
Nice reaction. Not true that they sped it up. Just rumours. :) I know this because I asked the producer of Master of Puppets, Flemming Rasmussen, when he was in Norway a little more than a year ago. :) And he said no, not true that they played it slower and sped it up. :)
Master of Puppets was the song in Stranger Things,, the guitar battle with eddie and the monster
GOAT
Master of Puppets brraks fown in 4 parts. 1 is the addict seeking out the drug.2 when it shifts to a slower pace is the high of thr drug. 3 Is the crash of coming off the high. 4 is the drug telling the addict of its control over them.
Battery refers to Battery, San Francisco, it's a neighbourhood where all the Bay Area Thrash Metal bands hung out because the LA scene was all hairspray and spandex like Motley Crue and Ratt. Cliff Burton lived in Battery and refused to relocate to LA so Metallica moved to the Bay because having Cliff Burton interested in joining their then unknown band was a big deal, Cliff knew everyone in Battery and everyone respected Cliff.
Mark Whitacre was the manager of Bay Area band Exodus and a good friend of both Cliff and Kirk Hammett, he rented the house for Metallica in Battery on the condition Cliff joined the band. Mark once said that Cliff & Kirk had all the talent in Metallica and should have dumped Lars & James to form their own band. I kinda have to agree somewhat.
Slayer, Testament, Death Angel and Possessed are just a few thrash metal bands from Battery. When James says the line "Cannot kill the Battery, Battery is found in me" meant that Metallica always takes some energy from that neighbourhood when they're on the road, 'remembering their roots' as they say.
You should definitely react to Rodrigo y Gabriela, especially their first eponymous album.
Power Metal is focused on heavy, memorable riffs and complex arrangements like changes in tempo and odd time signatures. They're not usually played in a typical "verse/chorus/verse/chorus/solo/bridge/chorus" in basic 2/4 style, Power Metal drummers are usually trained in or inspired by jazz. Iron Maiden is a good example of Power Metal.
Speed Metal is focused on guitar solos, solos at the start, 2 or 3 solos in the middle, a solo at the end, most songs are backed by a blast beat of 26th and 32nd notes well over 200 BPMs. You might have heard of DragonForce's Through The Fire & Flames, that's Speed Metal. If you haven't, check it out.
Plain old Heavy Metal is Speed Metal but slower and has a more Blues inspired background, generally 2/4 drum signature averaging 125-150 BPMs, like Judas Priest and Motorhead, who many credit for inspiring Speed Metal.
Thrash Metal is a cross between Power Metal and Speed Metal.
As near to a perfect album as you get
Welcome Home Sanatarium from this Album is a must listen for you guys👌
Also Fade to Black, from their Ride the lightning Album. Those tracks are a bit more softer mellow side from their early years. Which i think will inspire you to really keep on digging into their true depth as a band.
Thx for a superb reaction🙋♂️
We're doing the whole album, so that's awesome!
Our boys, Bay Area thrash for life baby! Just saw Kirk at a recent Exodus show here! Seen them 6 times with Cliff, 2 times with Jason. First one was Nov 1983 Berkeley, Ca
I've always classified Metallica as "Melodic Metal"
I like that! I've recently been thinking about how progressive they were, back when that movement was just starting to infiltrate extreme metal. The thing is, it's progressive in the classical sense, not in the jazz sense like most prog bands of the time. Ride the Lightning already has clear classical elements, a year before the first technical metal album (Watchtower's Energetic Disassembly). Puppets is even more progressive, two years before Voivod's Dimension Hatross. Then AJFA is fully progressive, still three years before Atheist or Death got there. They were really ahead of their time with their combination of complexity and musicality.
For me no doubt first 4 albums were thrash metal and later I name d their genre "metallica" rock :D
@@antondzajajurca7797 Yeah, they're kind of a thing unto themselves! Even the term "thrash metal" is super broad and doesn't really describe them well. I mean, if Slayer, Exodus, Testament, Anthrax, and Dark Angel are also "thrash" I'm not sure it covers Metallica. Kill 'em All is 100% thrash, but Metallica started to diverge from the rest of the thrash bands with Ride the Lightning (Megadeth also headed the melodic & technical direction with Rust in Peace). I tend to think of "thrash" as more grounded in the hardcore punk sound, so Slayer, Anthrax, Overkill, and Exodus fit that. Metallica has a strong undercurrent of that punk sound through Master of Puppets and it shows up in some places on AJFA, but they left it behind after that (and it doesn't really fit Lars' drumming style anyway).
@@MinisterOfMetal Preach brother. 100% agree with you :)
With Metallica you get most things 4 times in a row. Each musical phrase will usually be played 4 times before moving to the next. That is part of why some people say Metallica is too commercial. Many songs carry that same structure in pop, r&b, country, etc. It's easily digestible. It's also part of why more people connect more easily with Metallica than some other metal bands. Familiar song structure.
LOL at that funk cover
I couldn't turn the volume down low enough on the Puppets cover
New subscriber here from New Zealand - I have watched several of you posts and have enjoyed your treatment of the music. Thanks. Will enjoy following your journey. (no doubt sometime you will checkout Nightwish - Ghost Love Score official live from Wacken - pron Varken). Cheers and thanks for sharing.
Library of Congress Selected Metallica's "Master of Puppets" for Historical Preservation. Each year the Library of Congress selects twenty-five artistic pieces considered "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" for historical preservation.
Your Welcome 😎
Metallica are the Goat, moving from Trash to Rock with deep massage.
Battery is about the fans , and Master of puppets its anti drugs kind of the story of an addict that the drug control.
Metallica in the 80-90’ were misunderstood by parents.
This is peak Metallica. The next album was similar, as was the previous album. Those 3 albums are the best. Then the Black album and Kill em all as a tie, in my opinion. In Battery, the family is the Metallica family and "battery" is what Metallica is producing. It is referencing the thrash scene in Battery St...i think in San Francisco. No assault to be seen anywhere. Check out "Blackened"...its essentially about climate change but written in 87.
Best era for Metallica was the Cliff Burton Era in the 1980s. Many old school metalheads who were fans prior to Justice still rank Master and Ride as their Top 2 with Kill 'Em All a close 3rd mainly for nostalgic reasons; for me it's because I saw Metallica open for Raven August, 1983 in Portland before Kill 'Em All released and it was among the first batch of LPs and cassettes I bought for my own collection about Festivus '83.
I also got Slayer's Show No Mercy the same day, Dave Lombardo inspired me to learn drums. Show No Mercy is superior to Kill 'Em All.
Most of Metallica's current fanbase is made up of people who got into them after Justice released and the band made their first video, One, or when they first heard Enter Sandman on their local pop radio station from the "Black Album" and rank those two albums as the band's best. Those unfortunate folks missed out on the Cliff Burton era. Cliff never would have agreed to make a video, that's why there aren't any official Metallica videos besides live performances prior to his death, his bass solo Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) is by far the most famous.
It's like Star Wars, old school fans prior to the prequels rank the original trilogy with the innovative practical effects such as matte painted backgrounds, stop motion and scale model ships as superior and people who were introduced to Star Wars through the later released CGI-overkill prequels rank them as superior.
Master of puppets is one of the two (OK maybe three if I include Kill ‘Em All…)greatest heavy metal albums I’ve ever heard. I can put it on all the way through without skipping ..the rest Id have to compile into a playlist.😂😂😂
Metallica, for me, was one of the only bands where their first 4 albums I can listen to front to back with put skipping a song.
Check out Ride the Lightning. That is their best album in my opinion. Master of Puppets reinforced their genius.
Every song on that album is about a "master" that will take control of your life and destroy you. First is anger (battery). You can concede to your anger and hurt others then pay the price the rest of your life. Second is substance abuse. You can drink, smoke, inject away but then deal with the consequences the rest of your life. Other masters on that album would be fear (Thing that should not be), insanity (Asylum), patriotically joining the military blindly (Disposable Heroes) or religion (Lepper Messiah). Back when artists wrote albums with a common message across all the songs.
Battery is not about anger, it is about Battery Street where they used to play and the fans being the battery (energy) at their shows. They have a song on their first album called Whiplash, it is literally about headbanging.
If you put Metallica's first three albums up against their next three and told someone who had never heard any of them and said they were two completely different bands, they would probably believe you. Justice has no bass for starters and between Justice and the "Black Album"James started taking singing lessons and sounds like a country singer when he does ballads, which also sound like country music. In James' defense he never learned to read and write sheet music until he joined Metallica, Dave Mustaine would write everything James played to sheet music and that's how James started learning to write songs.
Cliff studied music theory, composition etc. from styles ranging from baroque/classical to jazz and blues, he was a multi-instrumentalist, guitar, drums, piano but he loved the sound of the bass, he taught James pretty much everything he learned.
Prior to joining Metallica Cliff also taught the band members of Death Angel how to read and write music, they were all just high school kids from 12 to 15 years old when they formed their band, while Cliff was in a music college he would also mentor them, teaching them everything he was learning at school just like he did with James after joining Metallica.
Those high school kids wrote the album The Ultra-Violence, released in 1987, thanks to Cliff taking them under his wing, you should check out the title track, it's a 9 minute long ass-kicking instrumental on par with Master's Orion and The Call Of Ktulu from Ride. You can hear similarities with Cliff's writing for Metallica in the structure and composition, harmonies, tempo changes etc.
🙂. Battery is the name of the street, in San Francisco, where the clubs were, in which, they played... Master of Puppets is about the evils of addiction as told from the perspective of the drug. Brilliant song. The boys in the band were incredible song writers. Many songs had to do with commentary on the people sending kids to war to die...anyway, the lyrics to their songs were, typically, deep. 🙂
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.
😳I like how she thinks🤣”speed” like meth amphetamine 🤔NO like playing fast with the use of cocaine MASTER MASTER where’s the dreams I’ve been after🤘🖖✌️🎸🎸🎤🥁
I like the opening but imho the best Spanish acoustic style guitar to open an album is Crystal Ann by Jeff Waters of Annihilator as the intro to Alice In Hell. If you ever do a reaction to Alice In Hell you have to find a version with Crystal Ann included. Jeff was asked to join Megadeth but turned the offer down so Dave asked Kerry King of Slayer, Kerry lasted less than a week after realizing that Dave Mustaine has the personality of a sulfuric acid enema.
If you only knew the talent it takes for engineers to make Lars sound that good. They should be given the title of Saints because every song they produce is a freaking miracle Lars managed to get through it.
That's first hand information from Justice Producer Flemming Rasmussen who used Lars as his example of the recording engineer's worst nightmare client during a class at an engineering school I was in in Vancouver, Lars' tracks for One, which were being edited and produced at Little Mountain Sound, were scattered bits and pieces of verses, choruses, no two takes alike, like a jigsaw puzzle the engineers had to cut/paste and edit together into coherent tracks.
Wow that lady looks gorgeous
Metallica is for everyone. It’s a symphonic heavy metal. Have to appreciate them
Not Metal related but, Rodrigo y Gabriela do an AMAZING acoustic cover of Pink Floyd’s Echoes. I highly recommend it.
Random Ryan George references are THIGHT
A little history The name Metallica is a play on the phrase Metal Liquor
Pink Floyd went through an initial phase where they were known as The Megadeaths.
The way I see MoP, most of the song is dominated by the Master (drugs, etc). When the interlude hits, the puppets take a hit (herion?), and eases into "Everything is ok...", and hangs out there a while, then the high fades, and the Master starts domination again, building up stronger and stronger. Puppet struggles, and master takes over once again.
I bought Master of the Puppets album when i was younger, and this song wasn't on it 🤔when i asked the sales person .. why ? they said Battery not included 😆😂
Master of Puppets.......Now imaging the calm, middle part as the 'high' and then it quickly fades and the anger, withdrawal kicks in as the music builds back. Master master, you promised only lies...... They mimicked the high and the withdrawl with music. Absolute genius.....
Battery is not bout anger but energy. The band used to play on battery Street, and the fans are the battery (energy) at concerts. On their first album, they have a song called Whiplash, which is literally about headbanging.
Hey Mike the meter of Master's verses sounds like 4/4 and then 7/4
4/4 then 2/4. Verses are 4/4 then 5/8.
The touring bus didn't fall on Cliff
The bus rolled over and Cliff was killed inside the bus
Should do the whole Queensryche Mindcrime album.....👍
The album that changed everything. By far the hardest album that had come out until that point and everything "metal" after tried to out do the previous offerings with bad assery.
"Hell Awaits" by Slayer, came out a year earlier...as did "Seven Churches" by Possessed...amongst others...
No disrespect to Metallica, but you are little misinformed...
If you love Guitar battles, are best shown in a few songs Lovebites: Shadowmaker - ua-cam.com/video/Brmoln5Gxus/v-deo.html , When Destinies Align - ua-cam.com/video/hLFelI93VkM/v-deo.html , Nameless Warrior - ua-cam.com/video/Dl29tiJCbNM/v-deo.html and the1 live gem Scream for me - ua-cam.com/video/acwkphgzNg8/v-deo.html and 2 gem Judgement Day ua-cam.com/video/m3uGjp-P7DI/v-deo.html
Y they just sitting there like lemons go crazy man
You absolutely have to do the song One by Metallica. Watch the video. It is very powerful.
Good luck on the time signature in master of puppets. Long debated. It wasn't written with theory in mind. It just sounded good and people tried to put a time to it.
Mark 14 v 45 'Master, Master;'
Kinda bummed that you didn’t do the whole album in the one video 😂
Seems like Dev got half way to what Master of Puppets was about, it is a strongly anti-drug song about the perils of drug / alcohol addiction.
It's a great album, but not my favorite Metallica album. That would be Ride The Lightning, their 2nd album.
I think it's a bit overhyped, but still a good album.
First 4 albums are the only Metallica albums I listen to.
Fun reaction.
NO Dave Mustaine did not found the band and Battery is about Metallica's fan's.
Four horsemen from kill 'em 'all
Dyers eve from and justice for all
1 of many great songs by this band. Seen them twice. Pls consider checking out all female J-metal band Lovebites. They sing in English and melt faces. Heavy metal with a vocalist with R&B background...quite the combo. Hammer of Wrath live 2023 ua-cam.com/video/pHrWRT0Jeac/v-deo.htmlsi=SPC-OdanFl9wv1uq. 🤘
get your facts right - they didnt speed or slow down anything
It's just something I read. We will check out the live in our next vid, and I'm sure it will show how they can play it that fast.
As with most metal or hard rock, Metallica is for guys. Women not so much. The 'skipping of beats' was affectionately called the 'Eurostep', Lars coming from Denmark.
Some freak plane happenings in the beezneez
5:03 Nope. "Battery" does NOT refer to "assault & ...", but, rather:
an artillery battery. A battery of guns.
(also, perhaps, secondarily -potentially- to the portable power source, but, that is, still, arguable).
So: conceptualization-of-idea/intent-from-title?:
Artillery battery. Military assault. Insanity.
Alternate theory...a club that they played at frequently in their early days, was located on Battery Street in San Francisco. This song was an homage to them and the thrash metal movement...
P.S. That actually wasn't a theory, that's the song's origin story...
@codymoe4986 Heresay.
No known (thrash era) clubs on "Battery Street"
...it IS (of course) possible, but not likely.
The band has long been quoted as saying that: it's about their fans (and more-than-likely: Ruthie's Inn
[which was across the bay, in Berkeley]) and those early concert experiences (after the band moved up to the Bay area, to acquire Cliff).
@codymoe4986 ...also: no matter what the reason for writing the song, the "physical item" or "item" in the lyrics referred to by the WORD "battery" is NOT. a street.
That can, only, be and IS: an artillery battery.
Period.
THAT was what was being discussed (not the secondary, potential reason for using that term (which might, then, allude to another thing) IN the lyrics.
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Creeping death reaction please.
The sound is muddy on that version. The actual album is more crisp
Sped up lol watch it live 1989 Seattle 😂
It's just something I read. We will check out the live in our next vid.
Gotta keep all your commentary in. Cuts out here and there.
You lost me at finding a cover of the band you're reviewing
Not about drugs it’s the Drugs talking to the addicted
Megadeth holy wars 🫠
cover of master of puppets is shit.
Metallica were no druggies. Heavy drininking band.