Quick history: back in 1989 the Berlin wall came down and soon afterwards, the Soviet Union feel. The Russian people wanted Western music. In 1989 they had the Moscow Music Peace Festival, which was headlined by Ozzy. Then in 1991, this show happened, headlined by AC DC. Metallica went on before AC DC and the crowed is estimated at 1.6 million!🤘😜🤘
The very first Reaction video I ever watched on UA-cam was February 2020 and it was Enter the Sandman from the same concert. It was their opener and the camera pans all the way back for miles and the band comes out and the crowd goes wild...wilder!! The Monsters of Metal was a yearly event in different cities for decade prior to this. When Moscow hosted in 1991, the bands were AC/DC, Metallica, The Black Crowes, Pantera, and E.S.T. all at the Tushino Airfield in Moscow. There is a video made of the concert which also gives a bit of background about what was happening in the USSR at that time...a huge change was about to go down and the government considered cancelling. There have been a couple of concert crowds larger, but not many: Rod Stewart in Brazil at Copacabana Beach -- room for tons of people! And a few concerts in Moscow during their city anniversary festivals have doubled and tripled the '91 event.
I love how at the beginning the soldiers were trying to keep people in line, but at the end they are in the audience just banging their head with everybody else.
This is my favorite one of Harvester Of Sorrow. The live one in Moscow. Actually, the Album "New Skulls For The Old Ceremony" has the live recording of the song on it, along with a few other songs live recordings.
I could never call myself a Metallica fan, 'Nothing Else Matters' is my favourite song so that tells you everything, but it's great to see videos like this one. It's almost a 'period piece' or a 'snapshot of history', music as a force of change! You're right, there's nothing quite like major bands in their prime, caught on film at the peak of their powers. Thanks guys.
Nothing else matters was the first Metallica song I ever heard. I had to get used to the heavynes. Even bands like guns n roses were too heavy for my taste since all I heard was Pink Floyd and classical music haha. Glad you liked the video!
Pantera snuck alcohol onto the plane to U.S.S.R. for this show and they put it in mouthwash bottles and made their own heat shrink seals.😂 Back in the good ole days, before TSA! There's a Pantera video about this Moscow concert where they talk all about it.
So when Kill Then All came out in 83’ a couple of the band and Hetfield were around 20 yrs old. So that would put these guys about 28 here. Still young and I agree in their prime. Such a massive event. Hard to beat this crowd. It was truly amazing to witness.
I saw them a couple times on this tour, they usually played a “justice medley” a well done medley of 5 or 6 songs, but they did play One in it’s entirety and harvester as well
Very good performance! That was amazing the amount of people! Metalica's Enter Sandman Live by The Warning! ua-cam.com/video/vg9vNE7gm0I/v-deo.html The venue is a tiny bit smaller..... I can't wait to go see them in August!
Unfortunately, a song that gets you this hyped apparently also helped the Soviet Soldiers get equally as amped to use their truncheons on the audience. Last gasp of authoritarianism. This was held as the Soviet Union was on its last legs, two years after the Berlin Wall fell.
@@Mason.Ulick60 does he live in Poland or something where they literally don’t tolerate it? Because I’ve got some news about the current state of the world for him 😂
For me, the album version of this song is "Meh....It's alright." but THIS version just kills it and is one of my favorites as a result. The song grinds away so perfectly....and the energy is off the charts. And yeah......Jason was on-point. The best "hype man" in metal (my opinion only). I miss that guy. "Sad But True" from this same Moscow show is another banger that never gets the reactions/views it deserves. As the story goes, when the band did that long dramatic pause at the end, Lars slammed his drumstick down but missed it's mark and he hit his finger instead. He pretty much blew the tip of his finger up. If you ever catch the full concert (it's here on UA-cam), you see a roadie/stage tech rush up after the song and hand him a towel for the "mess" that was his finger. And this was only the 3rd song into the set (playlist was "Sandman" "Creeping Death" and then "Harvester"). I can't imagine the amount of pain he was in once he sobered up😁. Great vid, guys!
Hi Guys, I had not seen this. Great video. I do have a few dvds of Metallica. My favourite has to be "S & M - With the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 2000 release. It's 190 minutes of pure magic with the full 2 &1/2 hour concert & a great documentary. I'm forever playing "Outlaw Torn" ... Gives me goosebumps still, after over 20 years. Byeee Jim X
...and justice for all was my first exposure Metallica. I remember that Helloween released Keeper of the Seven Keys II in the same month. Metal Magazines had trouble to decide which is the album of the month. They tied.
This Monsters of Rock concert happened fight before the collapse of The Soviet Union. It was in a Russian airfield with the Russian army for security. As you can see even the men in the army started to get into the music and the movement that was happening.
This was right before the iron curtain fell, those were russian soldiers, and police, they were one in the same back then. James said on the rogan podcast that he believes that the soldiers didn't know what to do, because they had never seen anything like this before, people started moshing, and the police thought they were fighting, and were trying to break it up.
I'm glad you did the 'Harvester of Sorrow' video from this concert - usually reactors only do the 'Enter Sandman' video. The reason i love this specific video is because it had an ominous feel to it - that there is a sinister shadow cast over this land. You both seem too young to remember the Soviet Union - but is was an awful, evil country. And when Soviet communism collapsed - ending the Cold War - there was a newfound optimism that East and West could learn to live in a peaceful co-existence. That's the point of this very concert - to show the potential for the future. But the evilness of the Soviet Union - while wounded - was not vanquished - just in retreat - and i believe history has shown - with Putin's invasion of Ukraine - that the old Soviet Guard - that took the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation several times during the Cold War - was busy during this period simply re-formulating itself. In other words - it was a false optimism that was being felt that day. And I think this video shows that false optimism. Because behind the backdrop of a great rock band - you can see the sinister forces of the totalitarian state - in direct conflict with its own people. Again, there is an ominous feeling to this video - a foreboding - that the future was not as bright as everyone thought it was that joyous day. Anyway - thanks for your reaction.
The Soviet Union was still in the process of communism phasing out in 1991. So it was still pretty much a police state in some ways. This was the first time that there had been a rock concert from a western nation, so the military guys saw the release of energy from the fans as some sort of aggression. Brutality was the norm for that nation up to that time, it was pretty bad. The military guy was beating a camera with the billy stick because, for whatever reason, they didn't want it to be photographed. I'm around the same age as the guys in Metallica, so I clearly remember this.
This was just after the fall of the iron curtain and many areas were still operatingas if it were still the U.S.S.R. Those soldiers claimed the people were "demonstrating", but probably wanted to spend every last minute of control bullying people. 🙄
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Quick history: back in 1989 the Berlin wall came down and soon afterwards, the Soviet Union feel. The Russian people wanted Western music. In 1989 they had the Moscow Music Peace Festival, which was headlined by Ozzy. Then in 1991, this show happened, headlined by AC DC. Metallica went on before AC DC and the crowed is estimated at 1.6 million!🤘😜🤘
Thank you!!
Soldiers didn't understand moshing and thought crowd was getting out of hand. Hence the use of truncheons on the crowd.
I love watching James play. He makes it look so easy.
More metallica!!!!..king metallica!!
when they stop the song and james spits before continuing at full power is insanely cool
Jason Newsted... bless his heart and his hair
They did him so wrong
@@wayniac917 they learned the hard way. His leaving was a real eye opener for them. They had more issues than Playboy..
The very first Reaction video I ever watched on UA-cam was February 2020 and it was Enter the Sandman from the same concert. It was their opener and the camera pans all the way back for miles and the band comes out and the crowd goes wild...wilder!!
The Monsters of Metal was a yearly event in different cities for decade prior to this. When Moscow hosted in 1991, the bands were AC/DC, Metallica, The Black Crowes, Pantera, and E.S.T. all at the Tushino Airfield in Moscow. There is a video made of the concert which also gives a bit of background about what was happening in the USSR at that time...a huge change was about to go down and the government considered cancelling.
There have been a couple of concert crowds larger, but not many: Rod Stewart in Brazil at Copacabana Beach -- room for tons of people! And a few concerts in Moscow during their city anniversary festivals have doubled and tripled the '91 event.
This song is impossible not to head bang to.
I love how at the beginning the soldiers were trying to keep people in line, but at the end they are in the audience just banging their head with everybody else.
That concert was in Moscow A I R F I E L D.
God bless you!!!!!!!!!
Fade to Black! I'd like to know what you think the lyrics are about. Jason RULED! ROB RULEZ!!! stop calling us old, dicks! Love yaz!!! !!! !!!
I’ve seen them play this live, in the pit a few times. I’ve seen the live 16 times. 🤘
This is my favorite one of Harvester Of Sorrow. The live one in Moscow.
Actually, the Album "New Skulls For The Old Ceremony" has the live recording of the song on it, along with a few other songs live recordings.
I could never call myself a Metallica fan, 'Nothing Else Matters' is my favourite song so that tells you everything, but it's great to see videos like this one. It's almost a 'period piece' or a 'snapshot of history', music as a force of change! You're right, there's nothing quite like major bands in their prime, caught on film at the peak of their powers. Thanks guys.
Nothing else matters was the first Metallica song I ever heard. I had to get used to the heavynes. Even bands like guns n roses were too heavy for my taste since all I heard was Pink Floyd and classical music haha. Glad you liked the video!
Absolutely love this song and album! Have not seen this performance! Really great video! So much energy! Thanks for doing this!!
This performance is fcking fire. James is a mad man here. At the top of his game
Great to see you both rocking out together 🎉loved the drum solo Lex!! Very enjoyable reaction! !thank you both so much 😊
I seen Metallica and Guns and Roses in Ft Myers in 88 for justice and appetite tour, the venue was general admission and only about 4 thousand people.
Pantera snuck alcohol onto the plane to U.S.S.R. for this show and they put it in mouthwash bottles and made their own heat shrink seals.😂 Back in the good ole days, before TSA!
There's a Pantera video about this Moscow concert where they talk all about it.
So when Kill Then All came out in 83’ a couple of the band and Hetfield were around 20 yrs old. So that would put these guys about 28 here. Still young and I agree in their prime. Such a massive event. Hard to beat this crowd. It was truly amazing to witness.
Enter sandman’s performance here was the best one!!! Must watch!!!
I saw them a couple times on this tour, they usually played a “justice medley” a well done medley of 5 or 6 songs, but they did play One in it’s entirety and harvester as well
Like Hatfield said after this concert the police there beating people down as you saw they had no idea what a release is in concert
You have the dream wife my guy!
Very good performance! That was amazing the amount of people!
Metalica's Enter Sandman Live by The Warning! ua-cam.com/video/vg9vNE7gm0I/v-deo.html
The venue is a tiny bit smaller..... I can't wait to go see them in August!
Unfortunately, a song that gets you this hyped apparently also helped the Soviet Soldiers get equally as amped to use their truncheons on the audience. Last gasp of authoritarianism. This was held as the Soviet Union was on its last legs, two years after the Berlin Wall fell.
Last gasp of authoritarianism. Lmao OKAY SURE BUD.
@@Huddle_House56💀💀 no shit, bros definitely reaching
@@Mason.Ulick60 does he live in Poland or something where they literally don’t tolerate it? Because I’ve got some news about the current state of the world for him 😂
@@Huddle_House56Some people refuse to accept or even acknowledge reality.
@hughjoelcock7145 Metallica playing for the funeral of communism! Fuk communism🖕
Epic 🤘
LOL you are funny!
Pull up some of the videos of their current tour. They're still playing to massive crowds approaching the size of this on as a sole act.
For me, the album version of this song is "Meh....It's alright." but THIS version just kills it and is one of my favorites as a result. The song grinds away so perfectly....and the energy is off the charts.
And yeah......Jason was on-point. The best "hype man" in metal (my opinion only). I miss that guy. "Sad But True" from this same Moscow show is another banger that never gets the reactions/views it deserves.
As the story goes, when the band did that long dramatic pause at the end, Lars slammed his drumstick down but missed it's mark and he hit his finger instead. He pretty much blew the tip of his finger up. If you ever catch the full concert (it's here on UA-cam), you see a roadie/stage tech rush up after the song and hand him a towel for the "mess" that was his finger. And this was only the 3rd song into the set (playlist was "Sandman" "Creeping Death" and then "Harvester"). I can't imagine the amount of pain he was in once he sobered up😁.
Great vid, guys!
Agreed. The live version is so much more powerful.
Agree.
Although a lot of research would be required I’d like to see you interview someone who attended that show. Looks epic.
Daje tutta Belli
Hi Guys, I had not seen this. Great video. I do have a few dvds of Metallica. My favourite has to be "S & M - With the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 2000 release. It's 190 minutes of pure magic with the full 2 &1/2 hour concert & a great documentary. I'm forever playing "Outlaw Torn" ... Gives me goosebumps still, after over 20 years. Byeee Jim X
...and justice for all was my first exposure Metallica. I remember that Helloween released Keeper of the Seven Keys II in the same month. Metal Magazines had trouble to decide which is the album of the month. They tied.
Спасибо что не делали паузу \m/
This reminded me of seeing similar videos of cops in the states in the 60s at concerts. Awesome political backdrop to play rebellious music.
Moscow 91, 650-700k in attendance. AC/DC and Pantera on the bill as well..
The number is debated since it was free. Estimates are from 600k to 1.6 million so who knows
@@MetalMilitia83the 1.6 million is total attendance number estimate but around 500k is the estimated max at one time in attendance
6:18 Soviet soilder: is this moshing, is this how I am suppose to do it
This Monsters of Rock concert happened fight before the collapse of The Soviet Union. It was in a Russian airfield with the Russian army for security. As you can see even the men in the army started to get into the music and the movement that was happening.
This was right before the iron curtain fell, those were russian soldiers, and police, they were one in the same back then. James said on the rogan podcast that he believes that the soldiers didn't know what to do, because they had never seen anything like this before, people started moshing, and the police thought they were fighting, and were trying to break it up.
Now warrrrrrrrrr
There's still people queuing up to leave that show to this day 😂😂
😂😂😂
I'm glad you did the 'Harvester of Sorrow' video from this concert - usually reactors only do the 'Enter Sandman' video. The reason i love this specific video is because it had an ominous feel to it - that there is a sinister shadow cast over this land. You both seem too young to remember the Soviet Union - but is was an awful, evil country. And when Soviet communism collapsed - ending the Cold War - there was a newfound optimism that East and West could learn to live in a peaceful co-existence. That's the point of this very concert - to show the potential for the future. But the evilness of the Soviet Union - while wounded - was not vanquished - just in retreat - and i believe history has shown - with Putin's invasion of Ukraine - that the old Soviet Guard - that took the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation several times during the Cold War - was busy during this period simply re-formulating itself. In other words - it was a false optimism that was being felt that day. And I think this video shows that false optimism. Because behind the backdrop of a great rock band - you can see the sinister forces of the totalitarian state - in direct conflict with its own people. Again, there is an ominous feeling to this video - a foreboding - that the future was not as bright as everyone thought it was that joyous day. Anyway - thanks for your reaction.
That is the hardest rock and my fav song by Metallica.......folks READ: it says "live in MOSCOW"...and the soldiers had Russian uniforms.
1.6 million in attendance.....
You guys should react to whiplash Seattle 89.
Over nine million people at the concert.
Cliff Burton RIP
09:52 I was 21 year old.
They are all still in their 20s in this video.
The Soviet Union was still in the process of communism phasing out in 1991. So it was still pretty much a police state in some ways. This was the first time that there had been a rock concert from a western nation, so the military guys saw the release of energy from the fans as some sort of aggression. Brutality was the norm for that nation up to that time, it was pretty bad. The military guy was beating a camera with the billy stick because, for whatever reason, they didn't want it to be photographed. I'm around the same age as the guys in Metallica, so I clearly remember this.
Wached Pantera cowboy from hell and domination
They used the helicopter to cool off the crowd because people were dying of heat exhaustion.
OMG that is insane!!!
@@NicknLexIndeed! It was absolutely insane
Have you guys seen Queen’s performance at Live Aid? Probably, but if not that absolutely should be next.
This was just after the fall of the iron curtain and many areas were still operatingas if it were still the U.S.S.R. Those soldiers claimed the people were "demonstrating", but probably wanted to spend every last minute of control bullying people. 🙄
Algo de AC/DC EN VIVO EN EL ESTADIO DE RIVER PLATE en 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷💪👍
No USA airfields in Russia 😮
How can the fans stuck way in the back hear or even see the band on stage?
They weren't in their 30's late 20's.
Nope. It was in Russia soon after the collapse of the Berlin wall and end of the Soviet Union.
They were Soviet military police. There have never been any American military bases in Russia.
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An American airfield in Russia?? Yeah..
Nope Russian airfield in Moscow.
How could one go from Steely Dan and Little Feat/ to Metallica or Rush/ Yuk, metal music hurts my delicate 👂 ears!
A grand amount of music appreciation? An experience with the best of various genres?
@hasltisl I prefer groove, to noise and distortion. Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple and Pink Floyd have groove!!
That's like saying if you eat salad you can't possibly like hot food ! Lol