Cliff Burton was without a doubt the best bass player of Metallica, and also one of the best bassists of all time. The fact that he can play the bass like a lead guitar is unbelievable. He took a background instrument and put it on front. That is what i call talent! R.I.P
If you like that then please check out Stewart hams album the urgewhy Stewart plays bass Eric Johnson plays guitar the song The Hammer they switch lead from bass to guitar truly a unique piece of music. 😷 2020
Lars and James were looking for a guitarist and heard a tape of Cliff. They thought they found their guitar player and went to a gig he was playing only to discover the dude was playing a bass. They had to have him and the rest is history. RIP Cliff. You'll always be the best.
They saw him perform for trauma in San Fransisco after losing Ron mcgovny, they wanted him in the band so bad they all moved from LA to SF (by cliffs request) to kickstart their new band in the SF Bay Area scene.
That not true at all. They went to a trauma show and heard cliff soloing, they thought it was a guitar only to find out it was a bass after counting 4 strings.
What abt 2:34 - 2:52, Cliff is way more ahead of other bassist skills. So far, this is more than 30 years as no one can create a better bass leading song better than Cliff did. 😍😍😍
Cliff was a bass player, he was in trauma, which is where james and Lars seen him, they recruited him after seeing him onstage. He didn't play guitar., at least not in the public eye
I miss him so much. When I first got into Metallica, he was INSTANTLY my favorite member. I didn't know why, I only listened to Sanitarium and barely knew the members but when I saw Cliff, I was immediately hooked! I thought he left the band and went reclused (kinda like Syd Barrett minus drugs & solo career), but he died. 😭 Very young, too. I was honestly cried when I read stories about him ngfl. I always wondered what or where Metallica would be if Cliff was alive. ♅
You guys are forgetting something, Cliff Burton isn't dead until we kill him. By remembering him, and knowing who he WAS makes him who he IS today. So for the love of all that is metal, never forget this man, tell your children, have them tell their children. Maybe, just maybe, he will live on forever... Don't let this legend die a senseless death like it's owner. He will be remembered, and in this remembrance, he cannot die until we say so. ~ Taylor
I cry because he died a day before I was born, and I guess picking up the guitar at the age of 24 I am 27 now and I know how to play songs from Black Sabbath to Slayer and some of Metallica and sometimes I wonder, did he give me something I had all of this time? he is without a shadow of a doubt the best Bassist whoever picked up a instrument, may this wonderful man I never had the chance to meet and see live rest peacefully thank you for the best 3 albums ever made far as metal. \m/ Metal God!!
+Best Metal he began bass solos, and because metallica had begun to hit it big at the time, it caused him to gain more fame from it. He "is" the best thrash metal bass player, but in rock/hard rock, punk, psychedelic (or what ever its called), and other genres, he is not.
every year i take this day to remember cliff and what happend to him that tragic day, cliff made me into the musician i am today, rest in peace cliff burton i love you and ill meet you on the other side.
The line at 1:36 is in a WatchMojo video, and as dumb as this might sound, that is what got me into metal. Thank you Cliff, RIP. You helped me find my life’s passion in music.
We all get into it somehow🤷🏻♂️ I discovered Metallica by watching a guitar hero UA-camr do a try not to headbang challenge because I was a big hair metal fan and exclusively the wave of British metal, but then I heard “Trapped Under Ice” and I became absolutely obsessed with Metallica. From May-December2019 I listened to Metallica on Spotify for over 50,000 minutes
My idol of my short life the truth is my fucking hero my fucking idol for me the best bassist of the world do not inportan what I say, hopefully cliff fence when you die ... Clifford Lee Burton R.I.P
What a great bassist!! He rivals even John Entwistle. Cliff was playing for only about 9 yrs. I would love to hear what he would be playing now if he was still with us. What a loss, seriously. RIP Cliff. \^^/
Where did you go, what has happened to such an impowering full of greatness man, such as yourself? Through 1962 to 1986 you have blessed everyone with your presence and your music. You are always in the hearts and souls of the true followers. The ones who let metal live on to it's peak of fulfillment. You are another greatness taken from us for no reason, but for the sake of god. You will always live in our hearts and we will always carry your name like a torch in the dark night!
Man I wish i was born in this year ( 80's ) when i first started playing bass i was playing the bass without passion. Then i started viewing youtube for bass solo's then in somehow for the past 7 years i've watched this video and gain confidence and passion to play my bass guitar. Now i play my bass guitar with confidence and its all because of cliff burton, He lives in me even if i dont know him that much, He's my inspiration ! CLIFF EM ALL !| R.I.P Cliff We will never forget you !
this sounds sonically better than most guitar players...and he's playing with his fingers... I just started playing bass 2 weeks ago...had no idea you could sound like this. Amazing.
Cliff is killing it and then Lars comes in and ruins everything with his shitty sounding drums. His whole career he's been Casio keyboard rhythm track- precision but no soul.
R.I.P CLIFF YOUR THE GOD OF BASS GUITAR GODS I MISS YOU AND KNOW THAT YOU PLAYS MANY SESSIONS WHO YOU ARE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tyler
Cliff Burton was without a doubt the best bass player of Metallica, and also one of the best bassists of all time. The fact that he can play the bass like a lead guitar is unbelievable. He took a background instrument and put it on front. That is what i call talent! R.I.P
He is not talented, he is genius.
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If you like that then please check out Stewart hams album the urgewhy Stewart plays bass Eric Johnson plays guitar the song The Hammer they switch lead from bass to guitar truly a unique piece of music. 😷 2020
Geddy Lee did that a decade before Cliff.
Lars and James were looking for a guitarist and heard a tape of Cliff. They thought they found their guitar player and went to a gig he was playing only to discover the dude was playing a bass. They had to have him and the rest is history. RIP Cliff. You'll always be the best.
Cliff was in the band before they needed a new guitarist
They saw him perform for trauma in San Fransisco after losing Ron mcgovny, they wanted him in the band so bad they all moved from LA to SF (by cliffs request) to kickstart their new band in the SF Bay Area scene.
That not true at all. They went to a trauma show and heard cliff soloing, they thought it was a guitar only to find out it was a bass after counting 4 strings.
Lars and James’s famous words seeing cliff for the first time dude that’s a bass!
That’s NOT how it happened lol
4:35 have you ever metalled so hard that it was just too metal for the rest of the world to hear? cliff did
2:39-2:52.... That sound just gives me chills and it's 90 degrees outside
How insanely talented he was at that young age makes me miss him even more.
No one will ever be able to fuck with those 13 seconds. Straight 🔥.
I can’t stop watching this part. He kept this part of the solo up until his last performance of it in Sweden
Feel exactly the same...Can't get rid of this part. It's grace ! This guy will ever be living through his music 🙏
@@DylBilch Are there more recordings like this?
Playing a Rickenbacker just like Lemmy. Two of the greatest. Hope you're jamming in the after life. RIP, two greats..
Lemmy sucks
murphy kakeeway
I do NOT understand your shitty language!
@@murphykakeeway ´?´??
@@murphykakeeway Lemmy doesn't suk you suk
He is the reason I play bass
2:10 on, holy fuckin shit, absolutely solid! Fast, groovin, soulful and complete balls to the wall.
30 years today.. ;(. We miss you Cliff, king of bass
💜
Cliff was a genius in his own style. Which was very unique.
the jimi hendrix of bass guitar
In skill yes, he is like Jimi! But playing a rightie bass left handed (as I do) no, he is not like Jimi! lol
@@Defensive_Wounds The side you play guitar doesn't determine your skill.
Yes sir
37 years since Cliff’s tragic loss… but the memory remains alive more than ever in my heart. I’ll never stop loving you Cliff.
Happy birthday man, wish you could come back we all miss you down here
+Twak +Darken It's 4-years later on 2/10/18. I too was here wishing HB to Cliff. (56)
💜🤘⚡
Man I never get tired of seeing cliff rocking out on that bass. R.I.P CLIFF
0:00 - 5:16 Best part
What abt 2:34 - 2:52, Cliff is way more ahead of other bassist skills. So far, this is more than 30 years as no one can create a better bass leading song better than Cliff did. 😍😍😍
@@RSO-IV you realize he made it the entire video, right?
Best bassist in the world
come on.
sdrury01 Cliff was a guitar player, he stood in on bass because they needed a bass player. boy was he good though.
Not saying he wasn't good. Definitely talented.
Cliff was a bass player, he was in trauma, which is where james and Lars seen him, they recruited him after seeing him onstage. He didn't play guitar., at least not in the public eye
Vertex Arcade No, he wasnt. He played piano at 5 then bass at 13. He messed around with guitar towards the end of his life.
I've never heard anyone else play bass like Cliff. Rest in peace my friend
the most perfect moment in music history
KTUIU46 2:36 right here
The best individual performance in the humankind history
RIP Cliff Sept 27 1986.... Master Of Bass!!!!!!!!!!
can't get enough of his solos get goosebumps every time RIP cliff
Worlds greatest bassist
I miss him so much. When I first got into Metallica, he was INSTANTLY my favorite member. I didn't know why, I only listened to Sanitarium and barely knew the members but when I saw Cliff, I was immediately hooked! I thought he left the band and went reclused (kinda like Syd Barrett minus drugs & solo career), but he died. 😭 Very young, too. I was honestly cried when I read stories about him ngfl. I always wondered what or where Metallica would be if Cliff was alive. ♅
29yrs today he's been gone.
Joei Escobar RIP Cliff.
💜🤘
Amazing bassist, insane God given talent....
Cliff burton and Lemmy my 2 all time favorite bassist! Hands down!
Oh man, this piece makes the hair in my neck stand straight up! R.I.P.Cliff, you died way too young!
2:37 - 2:50 best part :D
Just incredible.
you wrong, it's 2:37 to 2:55.
Cliff ... 25 years ago you left us.You won't be forgotten.
You guys are forgetting something, Cliff Burton isn't dead until we kill him. By remembering him, and knowing who he WAS makes him who he IS today. So for the love of all that is metal, never forget this man, tell your children, have them tell their children. Maybe, just maybe, he will live on forever... Don't let this legend die a senseless death like it's owner. He will be remembered, and in this remembrance, he cannot die until we say so.
~ Taylor
him and Lars just sound so awesome together.
I cry because he died a day before I was born, and I guess picking up the guitar at the age of 24 I am 27 now and I know how to play songs from Black Sabbath to Slayer and some of Metallica and sometimes I wonder, did he give me something I had all of this time? he is without a shadow of a doubt the best Bassist whoever picked up a instrument, may this wonderful man I never had the chance to meet and see live rest peacefully thank you for the best 3 albums ever made far as metal. \m/ Metal God!!
No he's not the best bassist AT ALL. He's highly overrated just because he played solos.
Best Metal He does way more than play solos.
+Best Metal he began bass solos, and because metallica had begun to hit it big at the time, it caused him to gain more fame from it. He "is" the best thrash metal bass player, but in rock/hard rock, punk, psychedelic (or what ever its called), and other genres, he is not.
@@SpectorEuro4 he's definitely the best metal bassist of all time
Cliff ain't dead, he's just teaching God how to play bass.
every year i take this day to remember cliff and what happend to him that tragic day, cliff made me into the musician i am today, rest in peace cliff burton i love you and ill meet you on the other side.
The line at 1:36 is in a WatchMojo video, and as dumb as this might sound, that is what got me into metal. Thank you Cliff, RIP. You helped me find my life’s passion in music.
We all get into it somehow🤷🏻♂️
I discovered Metallica by watching a guitar hero UA-camr do a try not to headbang challenge because I was a big hair metal fan and exclusively the wave of British metal, but then I heard “Trapped Under Ice” and I became absolutely obsessed with Metallica. From May-December2019 I listened to Metallica on Spotify for over 50,000 minutes
This right here is why he will never be forgotten and is the best Bassist to ever live.
Happy Birthday, Cliff.
Happy Birthday Cliff lml we miss you
Happy Birthday to Cliff he will never be forgotten. Forever part of Metallica.
Almost 1 MILL views for the Legend!!!!!! can never get enough of Cliff.. so ahead of his time...
Cliff Burton IS the God of Bass, he didn't die. He was just granted immortality.
My idol of my short life the truth is my fucking hero my fucking idol for me the best bassist of the world do not inportan what I say, hopefully cliff fence when you die ... Clifford Lee Burton R.I.P
Major Rager.
How’d you fuck heads like to meet cliff burton??
PURE SAN FRANCISCO LEGEND. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER
What a great bassist!! He rivals even John Entwistle. Cliff was playing for only about 9 yrs. I would love to hear what he would be playing now if he was still with us. What a loss, seriously. RIP Cliff. \^^/
R I P Cliff.
0:18 literally sounds like someone screaming like they’re gonna die
The bass was in great pain
Where did you go, what has happened to such an impowering full of greatness man, such as yourself? Through 1962 to 1986 you have blessed everyone with your presence and your music. You are always in the hearts and souls of the true followers. The ones who let metal live on to it's peak of fulfillment. You are another greatness taken from us for no reason, but for the sake of god. You will always live in our hearts and we will always carry your name like a torch in the dark night!
Imagine witnessing this back in that era! Must’ve been a time to live in for sure
2020 and still no cover of this live solo has been made on youtube.
2021 now, still waiting for someone
@@Polleggio i don’t think anyone covers the live solos
@@BigFatCaulk people cover live john frusciante solos
2022 now, still waiting, davie, where are you?
@@Polleggio i cant afford a bass
0:20 bass tab? :'(
Man I wish i was born in this year ( 80's ) when i first started playing bass i was playing the bass without passion. Then i started viewing youtube for bass solo's then in somehow for the past 7 years i've watched this video and gain confidence and passion to play my bass guitar. Now i play my bass guitar with confidence and its all because of cliff burton, He lives in me even if i dont know him that much, He's my inspiration ! CLIFF EM ALL !|
R.I.P Cliff We will never forget you !
Best bassplayer... AND best headbanger of all time!
2:37 Duke Nukem theme.
Dave was a bit like Cartman xD.
How legends are immortalised... 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
this sounds sonically better than most guitar players...and he's playing with his fingers... I just started playing bass 2 weeks ago...had no idea you could sound like this. Amazing.
今日は命日 また見に来ました(T_T)
If there is any bassist whose even near as good as Geddy Lee. It's him.
Geezer Butler, Les Claypool, Victor Wooten to name a few
John Entwistle and Steve Harris
please.
wojetk pilichowski
doug wimbish, doug pinnick
This is my favorite version of Pulling Teeth. RIP to the GOAT of metal bass!
not only is cliff the master of metal bass but also head banging!
you allways think this is from some classical music
I believe that's Dave Mustaine, not James. He was still in the band when they recorded this performance.
watching those fingers fly across the strings and frets makes me long for the days when rock actually rocked. RIP Cliff.
i love how hes representing the misfits....both metallica and the misfits are freaking gods amongst their genres of music
doesn't he look like Jacko Pastorious?
i see a little resemblance
i see a little resemblance
Finally someone who recognizes the iconic brotherhood
Cliff is killing it and then Lars comes in and ruins everything with his shitty sounding drums. His whole career he's been Casio keyboard rhythm track- precision but no soul.
Well you'd like to know that lars was the best drummer of his era. 1987-1992 probably
Juan Correa
A ridiculous statement if I've ever heard one.
eamonius
then stop hating on lars
You're obviously an idiot. Drums on the first 4 Metallica albums are brilliant. Besides how much soul do you expect from a drummer?
Emil Hansen
Ease up and don't call me an idiot. I've stated my opinion as you have stated yours. Personally I like plenty of soul from the drummer.
Awesome document..
Cliff you are alive..
I'm always left speechless after watching this guy... don't get me wrong... Robert and Jason are great... but no one can replace this guy...
God needed the best bassist earth had soo he took Cliff... R.I.P. you, you legend!
My God. Its truly amazing when you really see someones A game. Just threw everything out there and still destroys 30 years later.
1 milion views, should be 1 milion thumbs up.
25 years Cliff....you will never be forgotten.
The Cliff has no edge...
He was the edge
Immortal forevermore
Thanks Cliff.
Jim and Dave are still here...
Cliff is the BEST!!!!Deal with it!
Always thinking of you cliff still.keep rocking my speakers my man along with the neighborhood.
And Cliff for all!
What an amazing blend of rock and classical music.
So sick when the drums come in and Cliff just starts rocking out.
The Best bass solo ever!!!
really great!!!! the one and only Cliff...!!!!
Happy Birthday, Cliff... As long as there are human beings, you will never be forgotten.
R.I.P CLIFF YOUR THE GOD OF BASS GUITAR GODS I MISS YOU AND KNOW THAT YOU PLAYS MANY SESSIONS WHO YOU ARE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tyler
Definitely one of the best bassists ever. He'll always have deep respect from me.
Awesome!!
Awesome!
Can't wait to see them in Lisbon!!!!
That man is the reason I play bass now. R.I.P Cliff. We fucking miss you
Best. Headbanger. Ever. RIP Cliff!
R.I.P.. cliff, man you are one of the 1st reasons why I started playing man.
Happy birthday, Cliff. May you forever Rock In Peace!
Happy 50th, Cliff! Cliff 'em all!
I love this man...
awesome !!!!!!
that solo is epic....
r.i.p.
Gnarly and cool!! RIP
MAD SKILLZ.
LIGHTNING STRIKES⚡⚡⚡
dude, i totally miss u !!! love you cliff the greatest !!
This man owned the entire earth that night. What an absolute legend.
best Cliff solo!
Cliff may be gone but not forgotten R.I.P Cliff