The BEST Song On the Album?! | METALLICA - "To Live Is To Die" | (REACTION)

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  • @kajg3134
    @kajg3134 3 роки тому +987

    I love how im late for class and im gonna get marked absent but idgaf one of my favorite youtubers reacting to my favorite band reacting to one of the best songs by that band its worth every little bit of it 🤘

    • @chairmanofthebored6860
      @chairmanofthebored6860 3 роки тому +35

      You do know that you can always watch this later, right?

    • @joshuakennedy5629
      @joshuakennedy5629 3 роки тому +13

      @@chairmanofthebored6860 If the teacher still marks him late he’s crazy😂

    • @blakemoore3858
      @blakemoore3858 3 роки тому +7

      Be funny if the teacher has this playing when they walk through the door.

    • @thetomgibson
      @thetomgibson 3 роки тому +8

      Everyone knows there’s no bass on this album

    • @dannysarco6743
      @dannysarco6743 3 роки тому +8

      On your tombstone, this act alone warrants the statement in quotes "He had his priorities correct".

  • @yoiamhere4737
    @yoiamhere4737 3 роки тому +1494

    Who else is hyping up to see Alex hear Dyer's Eve for the first time?

    • @Outlawtorn29
      @Outlawtorn29 3 роки тому +10

      Yeah i can't wait 🤘🔥😝

    • @MetgadethFan17
      @MetgadethFan17 3 роки тому +7

      Meeee🤘🏼

    • @charlesdokken7810
      @charlesdokken7810 3 роки тому +28

      IMO, their best song...can't wait to see that reaction.

    • @alexdeacon1884
      @alexdeacon1884 3 роки тому +2

      Hundo...

    • @Erick21740
      @Erick21740 3 роки тому +12

      Truth, it's so bad ass even Metallica strains to play it lol Its why they never did for years.

  • @JaggedDagger
    @JaggedDagger 3 роки тому +672

    This is one of the few metal songs that will make a grown man cry

  • @mattyjay8896
    @mattyjay8896 3 роки тому +329

    Cliff was a proper musician, he actually studied music theory and taught James harmonies!!

    • @atranfanatic
      @atranfanatic 3 роки тому +16

      Also Cliff was heavily influenced by the man. Geddy Lee!

    • @dr.edwardkevorkian5439
      @dr.edwardkevorkian5439 2 роки тому +28

      James IS the musician he is today because of Cliff Burton.

    • @ivybressler1204
      @ivybressler1204 2 роки тому +8

      Anesthesia from the Kill 'Em All album... Everytime it starts up as I'm pulling in somewhere, well, I'm gonna be 10 minutes late

    • @deshaunwiggins3474
      @deshaunwiggins3474 2 роки тому +3

      Cliff wasnt on this album

    • @JGarrison51285
      @JGarrison51285 2 роки тому +11

      @@deshaunwiggins3474 But his writing is... So technically he is

  • @german2501
    @german2501 3 роки тому +266

    The best instrumental in my opinion. Orion is the best song musically talking, but this song concentrates all the rage in these power chords and all the sadness in the clean parts. It's a song for crying...

  • @8tonystark8
    @8tonystark8 3 роки тому +1095

    1. The slow introduction: it symbolizes the feeling of aggression and loss that the band suffers due to their loss.
    2. Solo #1: represents the whole feeling of anger of Kirk Hammett.
    3. The interlude (slow part of the intro): it represents the acceptance of the loss of the 3 remaining members, and the going forward in their honor.
    4. Solo # 2: represents how deeply the death of Cliff Burton has affected them.
    5. On the return of the heavy part, they pay tribute to Cliff by reading the poem, his last composition, and continue with the tribute doing just what Cliff would have expected of them, to move forward with the music.
    6. Upon reaching the end, the song returns to the classic style of the introduction, symbolizing the memory of Cliff, which will never end. The final riff is suddenly interrupted, symbolizing the end of Cliff's life, cut short by death at such a young age.
    P.S. thanks to the autor of this comment

    • @ros9764
      @ros9764 3 роки тому +24

      I always thought the song was about a person's life. They are being born and their childhood is happy like the intro, then they learn more and more about reality with the heavy riffs, they start accepting that they have to go through that, their adult life has a lot of ups amd downs and it's a mess like the riffs up until their slow death which starts from the part they talk in the song and die peacefully with the part that started it all, the feeling they had when they were born...

    • @uncleruckus3149
      @uncleruckus3149 3 роки тому +1

      Sleep time

    • @johnpatrick1647
      @johnpatrick1647 3 роки тому +34

      @@ros9764 The great thing about music, is that it can be interpreted by many different people in many different ways.

    • @johnpatrick1647
      @johnpatrick1647 3 роки тому +4

      @Shaquile O'atmeal Music interpretation, especially with the lack of lyrics, usually is.
      The most we can go by, if the band doesn't clarify 100%, is knowledge based off the "official" subject matter- in this case, the death of Cliff Burton.
      Five distinct compositions, broken with a spoken word poem, could signify the five stages of grief.

    • @timdarnell7819
      @timdarnell7819 3 роки тому +6

      @Shaquile O'atmeal you gonna argue that grass isn't green and that the sky isn't blue? It's understood that there are 5 stages of grief. Your opinion on it doesn't matter.

  • @kevinqwen221
    @kevinqwen221 3 роки тому +691

    Next Album: Ride The Lightning⚡ 🤘

  • @The442nd
    @The442nd 2 роки тому +77

    I can't listen to this without crying. I can't imagine how Kirk and James can hold it together

  • @Toshiro581
    @Toshiro581 3 роки тому +27

    This song is an emotional roller coaster

    • @Azhan.J777
      @Azhan.J777 Рік тому

      listened to that at the gym. probably one of the best experiences of my life.

  • @stonerjoe21
    @stonerjoe21 3 роки тому +463

    I played the acoustic part at my cousin Nates funeral. When the time came for people to come up and say a few words, I was the second person up after his mom. I didn't say anything to anyone about it before hand I just did it. My cousin is one of the biggest reasons why I'm a metal head! Here's to you Nate!

    • @DarkReturns1
      @DarkReturns1 3 роки тому +28

      Sorry for your loss, that was a beautiful tribute.

    • @gregorp8406
      @gregorp8406 3 роки тому +7

      Gob bless his soul man and God bless you!
      What a beautiful tribute!

    • @collingwood42
      @collingwood42 3 роки тому +6

      That’s pretty much exactly how I’d want my funeral to be too 👌 condolences to you

    • @tobyhubler9902
      @tobyhubler9902 3 роки тому +8

      Sorry but very good choice of music for occasion. Lost my mom recently. Alex reaction put me to tears or well the song did. Does alot. Has for years. Over 30 years

    • @jakesbedroom
      @jakesbedroom 3 роки тому +3

      @@tobyhubler9902 Sorry for your loss man, God bless her and you 🤎

  • @samredmond5196
    @samredmond5196 3 роки тому +377

    *pauses the song*
    “This is a song you don’t pause” 😂

    • @Nahnigga
      @Nahnigga 3 роки тому +1

      I think he pauses because of copyright idk

    • @breinhol
      @breinhol 3 роки тому

      yeah, kills the vibe, but oh well

    • @mrpogo72
      @mrpogo72 3 роки тому

      One reaction guy said pausing it he’s found doesn’t actually do shit to keep it from getting blocked etc. From what I’ve seen I tend to believe that to be true but he has said this during quite a few songs on this in master of puppets yet keeps pausing them anyway LOL.

  • @nickf2000ss
    @nickf2000ss 3 роки тому +83

    I said it many times, best album in their entire catalog. Nope not Puppets, this one. One day everybody will realize it.

    • @skyraider87
      @skyraider87 2 роки тому +4

      I don't have a favorite album. I find it impossible to play such games with Metallica. I do not prefer one over the other, nor will I ever.
      Unless it's death magnetic. Or anything after the Black Album.

    • @SG-qx1fg
      @SG-qx1fg 2 роки тому +10

      If they remastered this album
      With bass and turned the mids down, this album would easily be their best.

    • @williamcolucci2607
      @williamcolucci2607 2 роки тому +1

      Agree 100%I've always believed that,although lightning is close but yeah justice is the one

    • @johnnywrath6969
      @johnnywrath6969 2 роки тому +4

      @@SG-qx1fg no shit. Agree , 0 audible bass guitar at all…. We all know that story though.

  • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
    @TheRipeTomatoFarms 3 роки тому +159

    "But this is a song you don't pause".....pauses song.

  • @anemicroyalty8764
    @anemicroyalty8764 3 роки тому +376

    FINALLY someone talks about this song in detail!
    This might be the most underrated masterpiece in modern music history, and I’m not being hyperbolic. It’s angry, sad, beautiful, tragic, everything. James solo in the interlude may be my favorite of all time.

    • @GODzil2a
      @GODzil2a 3 роки тому +3

      So true, man!

    • @David-hr8mq
      @David-hr8mq 3 роки тому +8

      The second solo by James is my favorite Metallica solo. It's so emotional.

    • @anemicroyalty8764
      @anemicroyalty8764 3 роки тому +4

      @@David-hr8mq Absolutely. It needs so much more attention. Honestly, I’d currently say it’s my second favorite ever behind only Duane Allman’s Dreams solo.

    • @theartofhavoc5467
      @theartofhavoc5467 3 роки тому +5

      Damn right. Probably the most heartfelt (and man, this heart was filled with grief, loss and anger) solo of all time.

    • @jakekemps5254
      @jakekemps5254 2 роки тому +1

      Well said man... absolute masterpiece

  • @pierre-lucpaquette9811
    @pierre-lucpaquette9811 3 роки тому +162

    "I'm going to be the best bassist for my brother." And you did it Cliff

    • @jeffreymcrae3853
      @jeffreymcrae3853 3 роки тому +9

      Yes hid did... and he did his own way 😎

    • @alessandro9740
      @alessandro9740 2 роки тому +2

      when he said that?

    • @JGarrison51285
      @JGarrison51285 2 роки тому +4

      @@alessandro9740 He told his parents at the time Scott (his brother) had died, that he was going to be the best bass player in honor of him. Hope that clears it up

    • @alessandro9740
      @alessandro9740 2 роки тому +1

      @@JGarrison51285 so his brother is bassist too?

    • @JGarrison51285
      @JGarrison51285 2 роки тому +1

      @@alessandro9740 no his brother wasn't a musician. He died of a aneurysm at 16. Cliff was the only one interested in music at that time

  • @ouroborosone
    @ouroborosone 3 роки тому +61

    If you don’t feel this song, you’re a little dead inside. It’s a complete masterpiece, and a worthy goodbye to Cliff.
    This is like reliving the album for the first time. Thank you! One more to go. Brace yourself… Dyers eve. I have a feeling that one is going to hit you pretty hard.

  • @brocrentel6461
    @brocrentel6461 Рік тому +13

    The way the guitars harmonize on this song is so awesome...gives goose bumps every time

  • @SpasMaster2304
    @SpasMaster2304 3 роки тому +120

    The song ending abruptly in the end mimics how Cliff's life ended abruptly as well...

    • @orcadyan6571
      @orcadyan6571 3 роки тому +15

      "His life was short, like an unfinished song"

    • @briang8579
      @briang8579 3 роки тому +3

      Because it cuts into dyers eve

    • @Ranganation
      @Ranganation 3 роки тому +1

      @Shaquile O'atmeal Or it can be interpreted in whatever way people want.

    • @fixxxer2484
      @fixxxer2484 3 роки тому +3

      Ends abruptly into the most brutal Metallica song ever recorded! We need to see his reaction to that transition!

    • @athlonen
      @athlonen 3 роки тому +1

      No.. the end of the song goes straight into Dyer's Eve. It didn't just end. It ends abruptly here because they didn't want to go straight into the next track.

  • @tobyhubler9902
    @tobyhubler9902 3 роки тому +54

    Just lost my mom. This song hits home. Never listened to a song and it made me B Happy & Sad at the same time. Heard it hundreds of times. Cliff all the way. Ultimate tribute. Ultimate BAND PERIOD. 80's Metallica. Cant beat!!!

  • @DarkReturns1
    @DarkReturns1 3 роки тому +42

    The look on Alex's face at 11:00 when he first realizes this is an instrumental 🤣🤘

    • @skinnybuddha74
      @skinnybuddha74 3 роки тому +9

      And his look when the spoken word part kicked in almost as soon as he said that. Lol

  • @mihautalaska5355
    @mihautalaska5355 3 роки тому +134

    While listening to this song, you literally feel the pain of the band after losing their brother...

  • @katstat902
    @katstat902 3 роки тому +193

    This song literally proves the fact that you don't need lyrics for a song to convey an emotion.(obviously excluding the spoken parts in the song). Every time that slow bit in the middle would come around, it just always made me cry. Ugh, they're just so good.

  • @Sam-gx5nc
    @Sam-gx5nc 3 роки тому +49

    R.I.P Cliff. This is by far one of the most saddest and depressing Metallica songs. When I‘m listening to this song I remember that time where I was 11 And discovered Metallica. They where the band that got me into Metal. So much nostalgia is connected to this song, I love it.

  • @johnoverbey2826
    @johnoverbey2826 2 роки тому +31

    Kirk's solo truly expresses the sadness of the loss of Cliff.

    • @ninasbbm5133
      @ninasbbm5133 4 місяці тому

      And James' as well

    • @ninasbbm5133
      @ninasbbm5133 4 місяці тому +1

      And James' as well

    • @timcole421
      @timcole421 2 місяці тому

      Kirk's is first, sounds cold, shaky and nervous vibrato as usual. The intro/outro and center moment are all the reason you need to understand James is the best guitarist to ever be in metallica.

  • @nathanmellott2262
    @nathanmellott2262 3 роки тому +147

    This song brings me to tears! fun fact, Cliff's dad Ray kept in super close contact with Metallica and was like a "band dad" up until he passed. Rest in peace Cliff and Ray

    • @charlesbaker7505
      @charlesbaker7505 3 роки тому +12

      I saw him at the twickenham show in 2019 everyone gave him a huge clap as he was walking and he threw up the devil horns, im not sure but ithink that might have been the last concert he went too before he passed sadly

    • @Felix61184
      @Felix61184 3 роки тому +2

      On the Album " And justice for all " is no bassline soXD and on this time was Jason Newsted on bass . no cliff burton XD . But nice joke. Newsted was not involved in recording the album so no bass line.

    • @nathanmellott2262
      @nathanmellott2262 3 роки тому +7

      @@Felix61184 there IS bass in all the songs, it's just turned all the way down so it's pretty much inaudible. Lars had the engineers turn it all the way down to highlight his drum sound, because they were hazing the shit out of Jason, and because none of them had gotten over cliffs death. Also most of the baselines in this song were un-released Cliff recordings but played by Jason but still turned all the way down

    • @nathanmellott2262
      @nathanmellott2262 3 роки тому +7

      @@charlesbaker7505 I think it's absolutely amazing how Ray supported the band, but also Jason and Robert Trujillo till the very end. He carried on Cliffs spirit so gracefully

    • @charlesbaker7505
      @charlesbaker7505 3 роки тому +2

      @@Felix61184 yes he was? Blackened is literally his riff just turned into a guitar lick

  • @DD-373
    @DD-373 3 роки тому +199

    Fun fact the solo in the middle of the song during the melodic part is played by James and not Kirk

    • @unknownreacts1985
      @unknownreacts1985 3 роки тому +11

      Didn't know that. Thank you sir

    • @DD-373
      @DD-373 3 роки тому +7

      @@unknownreacts1985 you're welcome

    • @samredmond5196
      @samredmond5196 3 роки тому +29

      My favorite James solo! I also love his solos on Orion and suicide and redemption

    • @exscape
      @exscape 3 роки тому +24

      @@samredmond5196 Not to mention Master of Puppets. (The solo during the soft interlude.)

    • @samredmond5196
      @samredmond5196 3 роки тому +3

      @@exscape oh yes absolutely, that one too

  • @bartekstrzelecki4579
    @bartekstrzelecki4579 2 роки тому +74

    this song is very emotional even though there is no lyrics. I love it

    • @shaneculliton9975
      @shaneculliton9975 2 роки тому +6

      Actually there technically are lyrics if you want to count that one part

    • @MikeOxlong-
      @MikeOxlong- 2 місяці тому

      @@shaneculliton9975that “one” part is actually two.

  • @AmitSharma-kd7rj
    @AmitSharma-kd7rj 3 роки тому +60

    The song makes me cry starting from James Solo upto Harmony part. The harmony part with double bass drumming just elevates the true emotions.
    I don't fucking care what anyone says about Metallica. METALLICA is beyond amazing and no other band will ever come close to it. Wow man so much emotions in a song without lyrics

    • @DarkReturns1
      @DarkReturns1 3 роки тому

      I agree 💯

    • @maypoleluvsu4470
      @maypoleluvsu4470 2 роки тому

      Your right there bro I could be the white 41 year old from the UK or someone any age from anywhere else in the world but I get what you mean. I can either say luv n hugs or firm handshake's from Birmingham UK

  • @andrewzab83able
    @andrewzab83able 3 роки тому +59

    This is one of those pieces that'll hit you in the feels. It was Cliff's last gift to the world.

    • @jcbass2u
      @jcbass2u 3 роки тому +3

      and it shows....his melodic composition and meter are all over this masterpiece.

    • @deletedhero5579
      @deletedhero5579 Рік тому

      James wrote this in tribute to cliff and have him credit for the inspiration

  • @mistymichelle9957
    @mistymichelle9957 3 роки тому +49

    I've always heard this song as the stages of grief with all of the rhythm and melody changes. I hear the chaos of the bus crash, the anger & frustration, the sadness of losing their brother, and the acceptance that he's at peace. R.I.P. Cliff ❤

  • @dustadorre
    @dustadorre 3 роки тому +13

    This song legit makes me tear up. It's like you can hear them playing it for Cliff. Especially the build up and crescendo in the middle. It's a beautiful song.

  • @D_Shem73
    @D_Shem73 3 роки тому +31

    This is not a song, it's a masterpiece ♥️

  • @sebastiangaming6205
    @sebastiangaming6205 3 роки тому +38

    “Idgaf that my heads chopped off”
    -Alex Hefner, 2021

  • @nikosgoral4722
    @nikosgoral4722 3 роки тому +34

    7:56
    The biggest chills in my whole life

    • @JulesBox
      @JulesBox 2 роки тому +4

      It's been like 15 years since I first heard it and I can't make it through it without crying, fuck man.

    • @thrash1337
      @thrash1337 2 роки тому +3

      @@JulesBox This and the 9:30 overdrive 'crying guitar' part, those get me every damn time man...

  • @olevantiel3123
    @olevantiel3123 3 роки тому +31

    I like how he asked if there were lyrics after seven minutes

    • @MetallIstKrieg
      @MetallIstKrieg 3 роки тому +2

      It’s amazing that he paused the song and said that right before the only lyrics in the song... Coincidence? I don’t think so... Some of his reactions are about as genuine as Star Wars Theory...lol

    • @patrickschrag3200
      @patrickschrag3200 2 роки тому

      That's how long it feels for some of their songs to kick in Lol

    • @MikeOxlong-
      @MikeOxlong- 2 місяці тому

      @@MetallIstKrieglamest shit possible

  • @shanetintle1028
    @shanetintle1028 3 роки тому +9

    I was introduced to METALLICA in the summer of 89 when I was 13 yrs old they became my absolute favorite band and they still are. Parts of me are jealous that your listening to these songs for the first time. I wish I could go back and relive the joy of discovering them for the first time.

  • @dennisthacker9995
    @dennisthacker9995 3 роки тому +72

    That song fkd me up in 1989 and it's still doing it. Masterpiece

    • @KORNBG
      @KORNBG 3 роки тому +3

      I feel you....

    • @b.bkrueger1394
      @b.bkrueger1394 3 роки тому +1

      1988

    • @dennisthacker9995
      @dennisthacker9995 3 роки тому +1

      I didn't hear it til 89 even though it was released in 88.

    • @dp471
      @dp471 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah I first heard this song probably around 1996, 1997. When I was 13 or 14, still one of my absolute favorites.

  • @craigutter4372
    @craigutter4372 3 роки тому +27

    RIP Cliff.
    Thank you for the music.

  • @daves6503
    @daves6503 2 роки тому +6

    This album is simply a MASTERPIECE. From Beginning to End.
    FIRE.

  • @briangarita2686
    @briangarita2686 3 роки тому +21

    After listening to this, you can understand why Metallica is a piece of gold in the metal music, or music in general. They are just history and greatness.

  • @dknollRX7
    @dknollRX7 3 роки тому +35

    Remember when you started and you thought Whiskey In the Jar was a Metallica original? You’ve come a long way.

  • @donaldstone540
    @donaldstone540 3 роки тому +76

    You know how, when you were a kid your mama said "Don't make that face, what if it freezes that way???" Metallica wants to give you permanent "Stank Face"

  • @harryzimmerman7991
    @harryzimmerman7991 3 роки тому +5

    "I want this playing perpetually in the background of my head for the rest of my life!" IT WILL! it's been playing in the back of my head since September 23, 1992, the day my Mom passed and my world changed forever! Metal was the only way for me to go afterwards🤘Metallica and .And Justice For All was a huge part of that

  • @riffdagg6701
    @riffdagg6701 2 роки тому +8

    One of my favorite MetallicA songs ever written, since the day it was released, and still gives me goosebumps. Almost dont seem right not having " Dyers Eve " blending into it.

  • @jumpcutreviews1545
    @jumpcutreviews1545 3 роки тому +33

    You can hear the guys grieving for the loss of their friend, bandmate, and mentor. I lost my best friend back in Dec of 2015. Still think about him every day. This one hits home.

    • @moonman4307
      @moonman4307 3 роки тому +3

      Im sorry to hear that, losing a best friend hurts. Hope youre feeling better

    • @DarkReturns1
      @DarkReturns1 3 роки тому +7

      Same man, sorry for your loss. I lost my best friend in 04 when we were young. He was my brother really. Horrible accident.
      This song, you can just feel their pain and loss in the music...it always hits me in the chest. It's actually something I can't listen to on the regular because of that. This was probably the first time I've heard this song in a few years.
      It doesn't get any easier with time, but you learn to accept. Now Ben lives in me and my son with his name.

    • @jumpcutreviews1545
      @jumpcutreviews1545 3 роки тому +1

      @@DarkReturns1 That's Awesome that you could honor him like that. People are never really gone as long as we remember them. Yeah, I hadn't herd this song in a while. I got the vinyl box set when it came out. It's amazing BTW has the Seattle 89 concert on 3LPs. Anywhoo, when I listed to this song it hit me. Music is really amazing and I will always be grateful to Metallica for the art they made no matter what they do. Those first 5 albums are just so great!

  • @MGSeven91
    @MGSeven91 3 роки тому +20

    just one of the greatest masterpieces in music history, so close to classical music and so current in our days.

  • @davidmackeown5496
    @davidmackeown5496 3 роки тому +5

    Middle section gets me every time ( the harmonizing) after all these years. Straight away think of Cliff. So emotional and so EPIC. My fav instrumental by miles. R.I.P. Cliff Burton. Way the song starts and finishes also - beginning of life - end of life.

  • @coreylavoie4995
    @coreylavoie4995 3 роки тому +12

    You really need to listen to the last minute of "To Live is to Die" and immediately go into "Dyers Eve" without a break in between, it is the way we all listened to it on CD, cassette tape and I am sure it is the same on vinyl as well.

  • @massimocivita7288
    @massimocivita7288 3 роки тому +12

    Masterpiece! The middle part make me cry!

    • @user-ns6fi9un9i
      @user-ns6fi9un9i 3 роки тому

      @Shaquile O'atmeal when middle part comes, i always think of cliff's death. lo-fi effect sounds like a report on a radio about this tragedy. and this is really heavy on its own. and then, the solo comes, and smashes you even more.

    • @DarkReturns1
      @DarkReturns1 3 роки тому

      @Shaquile O'atmeal you have been saying this to anyone showing emotions in the comments. You ok bro?

  • @bigmatt2896
    @bigmatt2896 3 роки тому +50

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE react to ride the lightning album after this alex, its a masterpiece

    • @yvak1232
      @yvak1232 3 роки тому

      Right. Ride the lightning being the very best of 4 huge albums by metallica

  • @nitramus123
    @nitramus123 3 роки тому +13

    Literally the best song ever written in history in my honest opinion😍❤️👍💯

  • @theskyisteal8346
    @theskyisteal8346 3 роки тому +5

    Amazing how a song about life can bear a perfect metaphor for it. This whole song feels like a buildup to some glorious vocals until you hit the end, realise you didn't you didn't get what you expected and, instead of being disappointed, you realize that you had everything you could ever ask for. And then it fades to nothing.

  • @DarkReturns1
    @DarkReturns1 3 роки тому +21

    I lost my best friend a long time ago, RIP Ben, his favorite song was Call of Ktulu.
    But this song, this song right here makes me cry thinking of him everytime I listen to it. One of the parts in the middle, it's like I can feel their pain and loss and it reminds me of my own.
    Metallica man...so many emotions and barely a single word spoken. Love this band.

  • @Jez3134
    @Jez3134 3 роки тому +31

    The second solo always stands out to me. Who ever wrote it, whether it was James or Kirk are speaking through that solo. It sounds like James playing as his vibrato is better. Wouldn't surprise me if the person playing at the time was crying tears all over their guitar. I get the feeling they were just utterly devastated.

    • @auunnfkristjansson6738
      @auunnfkristjansson6738 3 роки тому +8

      That's James solo,All this album He's was so angry and sad when he wrote this album,Poor guy😔

  • @SharpestDager
    @SharpestDager 2 роки тому +2

    The interlude/bridge in the middle where everything drips out and its just a band limited guitar just feels so heartbreaking. Its crazy

  • @THEREALBONGMAN
    @THEREALBONGMAN 3 роки тому +5

    Your reactions are priceless bro. Love seeing someone experience this for the 1st time. Takes me back to better daze.
    Thank you Cliff for this one last masterpiece you left for us.

  • @michaeljames1593
    @michaeljames1593 3 роки тому +24

    Dyers eve on deck. The anthem of all us metal kids in the 80’s.

  • @craigusselman546
    @craigusselman546 3 роки тому +20

    The part where they take all the distortion and pedals off and play clean still blows me away after all these years Clifford Lee Burton [1962-1986]

  • @cameronhawkins9973
    @cameronhawkins9973 3 роки тому +5

    Cried the first time listening to this song, cried again watching this video. It will never fail to fill me with so much emotion. I envy Alex for hearing this for the first time

  • @OneNoteRiff
    @OneNoteRiff 3 роки тому +4

    Pure emotion and soul. It's beautiful. When it's my time, I want to go out in a blaze of glory to this.

  • @dannyalaniz7387
    @dannyalaniz7387 3 роки тому +16

    Song makes me cry every time... RIP Cliff

    • @timdarnell7819
      @timdarnell7819 3 роки тому +6

      @Shaquile O'atmeal you do realize you don't have to be such a worthless POS, right. Get a life

    • @DarkReturns1
      @DarkReturns1 3 роки тому +4

      That damn middle part, tears just pour out :( Even when I prepare for it, it still gets me

    • @BinksyyMusic
      @BinksyyMusic 3 роки тому +2

      @Shaquile O'atmeal you probably have aids shut up

  • @DD-373
    @DD-373 3 роки тому +41

    I asked before and I'm going to again when you finish the album you need to watch the entirety of the Seattle '89 concert

    • @samredmond5196
      @samredmond5196 3 роки тому +4

      Hell yeah, the to live is to die puppets intro sounds incredible live

  • @tevster1316
    @tevster1316 2 роки тому +6

    A thing I love about Metallica instrumentals is they have all these killer riffs they’ve written and it’s literally the band figuring how do we fit them all in a song. And they make it work it perfectly.

  • @tobyhubler9902
    @tobyhubler9902 3 роки тому +4

    I never got that emotional listening to music like I just did to That song. It's a MASTERPIECE. ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE!!!

  • @alexhollon7526
    @alexhollon7526 3 роки тому +35

    This is the most heart shattering and tear jerking song in their catalogue. Just try to change my mind.

    • @jamesryan099
      @jamesryan099 3 роки тому +1

      mama said?

    • @rebelfiend1193
      @rebelfiend1193 3 роки тому +1

      Fade to black, all within my hands?

    • @alexhollon7526
      @alexhollon7526 3 роки тому

      @@jamesryan099 good pick, but doesn't quite hit the same level.

    • @alexhollon7526
      @alexhollon7526 3 роки тому

      @@rebelfiend1193 fade to black is great, this one is just another level for me. And I suppose All within my hands can certainly count, though again not quite there.

    • @rebelfiend1193
      @rebelfiend1193 3 роки тому

      @@alexhollon7526 I also forgot the unforgiven 3 live with the SFO

  • @andalf_der_graue
    @andalf_der_graue 3 роки тому +11

    There's a lot of great interpretations out there about this song. For me, the snear hit at 7:56 is the moment of the crash/Cliff's death. Additionally, the song ends abruptly just like Cliff's life.

  • @dp471
    @dp471 3 роки тому +5

    You can just hear the emotions coming out of their guitars in this song. They have always been good at evoking an emotional connection between the music and the listener.

  • @victormurphy7956
    @victormurphy7956 3 роки тому +10

    I play guitar and this song is insane to play... I don't mean hard to play... I don't know for others but I can sense the 7 stages of grief when I play the song. From the beginning to the end.

  • @charlesjennings93
    @charlesjennings93 3 роки тому +8

    One of the most beautiful songs by metallica.

  • @MetalMike56
    @MetalMike56 3 роки тому +13

    This song is truly a masterpiece and often brings me to tears as it is a tribute to Cliff. #RIP

  • @alexracy9165
    @alexracy9165 Рік тому +4

    The intro reflects the shock of cliffs death. The heavy section punctuated with a wailing solo, is the anger and grief consuming your mind. Then the groove slows down and gets more contemplative, culminating in the clean riff where you can almost feel them switch from mourning his death to celebrating his life. Another solo, into a big triumphant riff section to recognize their achievements in the time they had with him. Then, back to the main riff, he will always be missed and the pain of tragedy will always be there in some form. But life eventually returns to something like normal, as it fades back into the melodic section. Metallica are truly genius, told a whole story and didn’t say a singe word.

  • @user-if6yg7dk1w
    @user-if6yg7dk1w 3 роки тому +3

    У меня от этой композиции , когда в середине начинается спокойный отрывок , мурашки с лошадиную голову бегут !!!

  • @Pandamonium626
    @Pandamonium626 3 роки тому +7

    When I first heard this song as a teenager I didn't know any of the context behind it and yet I could still feel the sense of loss and sadness that the music stirred within me. It's incredible how music alone can just trigger those parts of your brain without any words to explain why you feel that way. The interlude later in the song always makes me picture a beach at sunset and feel a sense of sadness and moving on with your life.

  • @Drumminjay01
    @Drumminjay01 3 роки тому +44

    This is my favorite song by Metallica, and has been for decades. The melodic breakdown is some avengers endgame, when cap tightens the band on his broken shield. it gets even better when you let it play directly into Dyer's Eve.

    • @8tonystark8
      @8tonystark8 3 роки тому +2

      Go Cap!

    • @jabone3431
      @jabone3431 3 роки тому

      This and Orion

    • @anthonybotonis4541
      @anthonybotonis4541 3 роки тому

      Yeh played together with dyers eve is the way to do it. A few of us asked for it but was not to be🥴

    • @LC-gs6qv
      @LC-gs6qv 2 роки тому

      @@jabone3431 . I'm with you 👍

  • @eddievasquez9854
    @eddievasquez9854 3 роки тому +1

    Great reaction Alex!! the middle slow melodic section just makes me cry every time. I know you felt it too. So much emotions in this song from Anger to depression to sadness>

  • @6thUser
    @6thUser 2 роки тому +6

    You can hear the Metallica story in this song, from innocent youthful beginnings, slowly making it, rocking it, full of hunger, and then shock, silence and disbelief, realization of what happened, pain and tears, and Cliff 's funeral, final words, and then marching on, never stopping as that is what he would wanted. And what most people today don't realize about whole album is that the mix actually represents absence of Cliff.

  • @ROFLPirate_x
    @ROFLPirate_x 3 роки тому +10

    I have yet to listen to a song, that not using words, conveys the pain of loss as much as this does. With just it's instrumentation, it perfectly displays the feelings of Anger, Sadness and loneliness.
    A beautiful tribute to Cliff.

  • @jasonbader2447
    @jasonbader2447 3 роки тому +8

    RIP Cliff, you were taken to soon, and you're one amazing bassist

  • @user-wj6no8yj4c
    @user-wj6no8yj4c 3 роки тому +5

    Потрясающая музыка рождает потрясающие эмоции!
    Amazing music brings out amazing emotions!

  • @XxMETALJAREDxX
    @XxMETALJAREDxX 5 місяців тому

    I love hearing the track playing from your headphones in this. It just shows you really have this cranked and truly love it. Keep it up!

  • @s1l3nc3r1985
    @s1l3nc3r1985 3 роки тому +59

    Dyer's Eve.... story of my childhood.

    • @johnpatrick1647
      @johnpatrick1647 3 роки тому +3

      You must be a fellow Gen-X'er.

    • @Ryan-xn3mt
      @Ryan-xn3mt 3 роки тому +1

      Yes….. yes it is

    • @brettsumner5129
      @brettsumner5129 3 роки тому +2

      Glad I'm not alone in this

    • @DarkReturns1
      @DarkReturns1 3 роки тому +2

      @@brettsumner5129 me too. This whole album hits home in so many ways.

  • @KRUZradio
    @KRUZradio 3 роки тому +10

    7:30 - This is the essential sound of Metallica with Kirk and James that they peaked with Master of Puppets and AJFA albums that makes them sound like no one else and gives the goosebumps hard. The melodies.. the notes!!
    Soooo good... 🎶🎸🎵🔥🧡

  • @Danarchistic1
    @Danarchistic1 3 роки тому

    Just giving you props bro. Been following your page for a couple years and have been so entertained by your discovery of a genre that's been my bread and butter.
    These "And justice..." reactions are taking me right back to my my late teens.
    Thanks for the nostalgia!

  • @callumdavisrocks6141
    @callumdavisrocks6141 2 роки тому +9

    I love how it took Alex a good 6 or 7 minutes to realise that there's no lyrics. That just shows the power of Metallica's music

  • @LandoMan09
    @LandoMan09 3 роки тому +10

    I was one of the very few that saw the performance of this song in San Francisco December 2011 it was magical

    • @andyheuer2206
      @andyheuer2206 3 роки тому +1

      Those 30th Anniversary shows were something else. (Damn, 10 years goes by quick.)

  • @SrpskoNightmare
    @SrpskoNightmare 3 роки тому +13

    Metallica is one continuous hit. Every song is outstanding to the point of no words. Also the abrupt ending throws your ass off a cliff and into dyers eve. I cannot wait for that reaction.

  • @ThePizzi8
    @ThePizzi8 3 роки тому +3

    Love your reactions man - exactly the same as I had those 33 years ago. Fact is this song keeps getting better over the years. Take what you feel about it right now and imagine it growing over decades...

  • @slipknot_0992
    @slipknot_0992 2 роки тому +2

    This song and Orion are some of my favorite songs they masterpieces to me the guitar the drums everything is just amazing

  • @adamlytek
    @adamlytek 3 роки тому +15

    Ride the Lightning album is a must

  • @KipstOvo
    @KipstOvo 3 роки тому +18

    After AJFA album, you should react to whole Seattle '89 show, which is by many considered their best fully recorded live show ;)
    And Hetfield at his prime is something else ;)

  • @scottg1911
    @scottg1911 3 роки тому +3

    The guitar changes are, starts as life is good life is beautiful, then abruptly is turned upside down by death and anger, then the sadness and mourning, then the trying to cope, then the finding some relief, then the sudden end of your peace. Also the abrupt ending signifies how life can be cut short any minute. Fucking masterpiece

  • @zacharygentle6548
    @zacharygentle6548 6 місяців тому +1

    This truly embodys everything that was cliff. Such a legend

  • @rubentullenaar2934
    @rubentullenaar2934 3 роки тому +8

    Here 8:13 , I always tear up, you can feel the sadness the band went through... RIP Cliff.

  • @joshuabrown3361
    @joshuabrown3361 3 роки тому +41

    And Justice For All is probably one of my favorite Metallica records next to Master Of Puppets.

    • @johnpatrick1647
      @johnpatrick1647 3 роки тому

      Speaking of M.o.P., why didn't Alex react to the title track?
      Anyone know?

    • @joshuabrown3361
      @joshuabrown3361 3 роки тому

      @@johnpatrick1647 i actually didn't know he left kit out.

    • @johnpatrick1647
      @johnpatrick1647 3 роки тому

      @@joshuabrown3361
      His playlist goes right past it.
      I was really excited for his reaction to a) the mid-song breakdown (when it hits that really slow hurtful meloncholic wail, yeah that's good stuff) and then hits hard in that crunch right before the "Master" chant and the various guitar solos throughout the song make it one of my all time favorites.
      As somebody who grew up in the inner-city and battled drug addiction and has 11 years clean, it's also one that hits home, ya know?

    • @paulie98vr6
      @paulie98vr6 3 роки тому +3

      @@johnpatrick1647 he said he had done it in the past so he wasn’t gonna re-react to it. You should be able to find it in his reactions.

    • @johnpatrick1647
      @johnpatrick1647 3 роки тому

      @@paulie98vr6 Thank you.
      I wasn't sure if he had in the past, but I knew it wasn't in this line-up and I wasn't sure why.
      Edit- or his Master of Puppets line-up, to be exact.

  • @Lowgarr
    @Lowgarr 3 роки тому +4

    I got goosebumps watching Alex get goosebumps.

  • @carstenhastrup3764
    @carstenhastrup3764 3 роки тому +5

    Without a doubt my favorite Metallica song! Always gets some tears going with that second solo.

  • @craigutter4372
    @craigutter4372 3 роки тому +6

    I love that you’re doing whole albums as opposed to one song here and there.

  • @jeffsmyth8585
    @jeffsmyth8585 3 роки тому +9

    The last 3 songs on this album are my favorite. None had commercial success and all are fire.

  • @dennishenwood8669
    @dennishenwood8669 3 роки тому +1

    6:20 is when I crank it up all the way and remember my buddies who have since passed whom loved Metallica as much as I do. That part gets me everytime. Love watching you react to their music, reminds me of when I would play their music for my buddies for the first time. Keep rocking Alex

  • @SirBoycie
    @SirBoycie 3 роки тому +2

    "swaddle me in a blanket and cover me in butterflies" haha! Brilliant.