First time hearing Creeping Death - Metallica
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2023
- One of the most requested songs in the comments section and on our live show, Metallica Creeping Death from the Ride the Lightning album. Alexis really liked that the song told the story from the perspective of one of the plagues of Egypt, creeping death.
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I don't think Alexis understood, and if I'm mistaken ignore this comment but, "Ride the Lightening" is an old phrase for being executed by electric chair.
Are they father and daughter??
If you keep going I bet she will also like the 4 horseman
The live version from Russia has over a million people chanting "Die", one of the craziest moments in concert history.
@robrobert9541 Entirely possible. Either way it made for an unreal moment and cool story.
Yes, these two should review that too knowing what they know now
@@robrobert9541DA sounds more like “duh” than die
@@robrobert9541 In Russian word "to give" (imperative mood) sounds exactly like english "die", so they could've chanted that as well :D
They were singing "dye", asking for a change of the flag's color.
I'm with you Birch , I never looked at the lightning and thought it looked like the letter "M", Thanks Alexis. I bought this album in 1984 when it first came out.
If you emboss the Master of Puppets hands over the top of it it's sith lightning coming out of Palpatine. Not to mention the 'shoosh' finger to the mouth on the kill'em'all cover. And don't ask me about my Smokey and the Bandit trivia questions....I can kill a vibe in 10 seconds flat haha
Same here, never saw that "M" in the lightning ,before Alexis explained it. Thanks for a good reaction also.
I've been listening to this album for 40 years and never noticed the M either.
I never knew about that until just now 🤣.
I was born the same year as this album came out, so I didn't really discover ride the lightning until 97, but... that is till over 25 years that I have been looking at this cover, and I have never seen the "M", untill now.
Wow, now I am really curious to know if this was intentional or just a coincidence.
The entire album is FIRE! When this album came out it started a metal revolution. It lit a fuse that exploded with Master of puppets. Which completely changed metal forever.
I was never a serious metal fan and I didn't hear Metallica until ajfa. How did they change metal forever?
@@jaleach123 pioneers of thrash metal, which inspired many bands including slayer which inspired most extreme metal genres today
They made Heavy thrash music completely listenable and commercially successful with Zero video support. They were absolutely the biggest band in the world that had no airplay or film clips. A remarkable achievement.
@@jaleach123they are one of the big 4
Fantastic song, it is great to watch the live in Moscow 1991 version with 1,000,000+ people chanting “die” it’s surreal
Live in Seattle 1989 is even better
Wrong. They chanted "blyat". xD
In an interview the interviewer said something like "Creeping Death is obviously write by someone with a religious upbringing." James responded "Or it could've been written by someone who had just watched The Ten Commandments."
James and Cliff were watching the 10 commandments, Cliff called the Angel of Death "Creeping Death", and that was the genesis ---npi, of the song.
Welcome to where time stands still… no one leaves and no one will…
I LOVE that song!!
Sanitarium
Very powerful lyrics! Ain't the music hit you hard but the words and the patient perspective
I feel like I could sit with Alexis and Burch and talk for hours like longtime friends. It always seems so genuine and fun. This was a great reaction!
They’re really down to earth, and just people you relate to.
Old metalhead here too and never noticed the "M". You learn something everyday.
I've never noticed the M either, I been listening to this from day 1 and have multiple copies over the years
Kirk Hammett Wrote The Guitar Riff...When He Was 16 Yrs Old!!
He wrote the middle part with the die die lyrics
Now for a special, You two need to react to the live performance of this @ Moscow 1991. I'm 47 and I never noriced the M from the bolts on the cover.. You are not alone.
Couldn't agree more
Love your channel. So glad I found you. Great that you're sharing the classics I grew up jamming to.
The lyrics from this song were inspired directly from The Ten Commandments movie. The late Cliff Burton came up with the title, Creeping Death, when he commented that that's what it looked like as it swept through the town.
Great movie. Watch it every year on Easter weekend
I'm 47 years old and this is the first time I noticed the lightning M. Crazy.
One of my favorites
I think it's from the perspective of the angel of death, the deliverer of the final punishment on Egypt, not all the plagues. In some lines it sounds like it's the perspective of Moses also.
The lightning around the chair on the album cover also looks like wings.
I'm a huge Metallica fan and have never noticed the M on the cover either. Creeping Death is a master class in intensity, everything about it. The solo is so good.
you know i'm turning 32 this year been listening to metal since i was 14, and i always thought the "electric chair" in the "Ride the Lightning" album logo was a silver oldschool microphone.
I can see that looking at a smaller image. If you never owned the actual vinyl album its completely understandable. But did you see the M? 🤣
@@flickeringboxofficial vinyl's were something for the upper class, i never started that hobby.
made me appreciate the song all over again, thank you guys
The plague is the Angel of Death sent to punish Egypt for not believing. So really it's written from the Angels point of view. Also they've said they write about things that frighten them, a good example being trapped under ice.
Wow she's got very fast attention to detail I never noticed the lightning em before. Nice catch!
Moscow, 1991, Creeping Death. Monsters of Rock.
I too feel like a blind man, I've never noticed the M either.😮 I've bought this album at least 6 times since it came out.
Been listening to them since 86 and never noticed the M either. Good eye
I’ve been watching this channel for several months now, but I’ve never subscribed and I don’t know why. But now I do know why ha ha ha. It’s real. There’s no fake anything. You’re not putting hands to face with your jaw dropped open and your eyes bugged out. It’s an authentic reaction. I’m subscribed now. Great job both of you.
Their brilliance at such a young age is what made them who they are. You didnt get such in-depth POV's in lyrics like this unless you had experienced musicians or a team of writers/composers. They were 20-21 years old at this time. They were the Mozart's of Metal.
Lol they were Mozart's with Cliff and Mustaine.
Those guys wrote most of the first two albums.
#CliffBurton wrote this masterpiece with w riff and Corus from #kirkHammett from his teen years, and was put into an Exodus song called Die by His Hands, but never made it to a Exodus Album.
Burch is every Metallica fan introducing someone, who has never heard them before, to the best Metallica
I seem to remember an interview where, I believe, James had been watching Ten Commandments and thought it would make a cool song.
My favorite version of this song is from the 1991 show in Moscow. Check it out.
Alexis is a dream! Love all Metallica reactions, keep it up.
Bought the album when it came out and never saw the M. Holy crap I feel stupid now
The lightening in the shape of an M, never noticed that, nice catch!!!!!
I didn't notice it either until now. Thank you Alexis.
More than just the "plague".
It's the archangel's perspective.
What a great song. The one that created a controversy, back in the day, was "Fade To Black". Lots of discussion about that one's theme.
When you consider the event that inspired the song's lyrics, it's not nearly as serious as the lyrics may infer.
Ride The lightning is my fav Metallica's record by far. Such a classic!!!
to spot that M sign from the lightning strike, girl you are so smart
Great reactions! From what i know, the story of the song has been told by James Hetfield, the vocalist. He said Cliff Burton, the late bassist, and him were watching the "Ten Commandments", the famous movie classic, when he suddenly made the comment: "Creeping Death" as the scene was portraing the death of the pharoe's son. So, that was the beginning of the writing of the song, i'd say.
Led Zeppelin- Since I've Been Loving You (live at msg 1973)
omg girl the thing you noticed about the lightnings forming the letter m...all those years i missed it lol I'm blown away 😂😂😂
Creeping death live 1991 mosco. The best watch.
Cliff Burton was obsessed with the movie, had the band over to watch it on his VHS. Hence the song.
This song was the very first song my old band rehearsed, it was and still is to this day one of the most fun songs i have ever played on the guitar.
This song really show that Metallica is just not some braindead "just write a lyric for a quick cool factor band."
And i think that is one of the big reasons why they became as big as they are.
Speaking of holiday traditions, "Alice's Restaurant" every Thanksgiving.
Never noticed the lightning-M. Had the vinyl, had 2 singles with the same motif, have the CD. See it every now and then over the last 40 years. Never noticed it.
It's one of those things where they go "Don't you think it's a bit on the nose" in the creative meetings.
Star Trek did the same with me a few years back. Data is the android, Lore is his duplicitous brother (also android). Then about 4 years ago I saw "Trust Data, not Lore", and I finally got the wordplay. After 30 years of fandom.
When I was very young. My parents brought us kids to watch the original version of the Ten Commandments in a local theater. I still remember it to this day.
Hey Mr Birch, I was in high school when this album came out. Creeping Death had always been my favorite song. However, it was 30 yrs later after watching that Charletin Heston movie the Bible on Easter Sunday, later I was listening to this song and it hit me in the face, and I was blown away that I never caught that before. These are definitely some of the best lyrics ever wriiten.
Still favorite track off that album
Im 52 I didn't see the M in the lightning either brother. I have this Album to this day on every type of media. Saw them live 3 times on this tour alone, have 3 Ts with this cover on it...never saw it. But now you cannot unsee it lol
Master of Puppets if she don't watch Stranger Things.
Yep. Another killer song that tackles a topic from a unique perspective.
So glad I got to grew up in the late 70s and the 80s great album
I never noticed the "M" in the lightning either. Wild. Now, I can't unsee it.
I definitely would recommend Sanitarium and Master of Puppets for Alexis to check out. 🤘😎
Both awesome!
First time commenting and not sure if you two are father/daughter or just know each other but enjoying the video. To the gentleman, have you seen Metallica before the arena days? I'm asking bc I've only seen them in clubs. Once, at a skating rink, lol. Anyway, keep up the great work and introducing the young lady to some fine music.
My dad took me to their show.. holy moly greatest show ever! Metallica’s music is based on drug addiction, mental illness & political violence just pure rock & roll rebellion
Saw Metallica in Phoenix a month ago and Creeping Death was the first song they played was awesome 🤘🏻
It kinda gives you chills
Little side fact about James Hetfield (singer/rhythm guitarist) is that his parents were Christian Scientists, so he spent a chunk of his early youth around religion.
I'm with you Burch, we grew up the same era, to this day we never miss ten commandments every Easter.
One of my favs from Metallica next do the Four Horseman
Metallica was my introduction into Metal back in 1988/89 or so? Maybe 90. Idk, was a kid then but man oh man when I first heard it. I was like wait, what? This is the best thing I have ever heard. First cassette tape I bought was this, I never noticed the M till Alexis pointed it out too lol
It’s so cool you did that album version over the Moscow one everybody does
The story is James hetfield and Lars were at Cliff Burton's house and they were watching the ten commandments after the movie they wrote the song
Damn it man. I’ve never noticed that M and I’ve have it since it came out in 84 😅
the Story goes is that they were watching the movie and made a comment that it is very metal. then James made the song
Fun fact..... The Riff at 8:25, just before they sing "Die... By my hand" was written by Kirk Hammett when he was 16 years old.
Thank you! Even in Omaha, the few punkers & Californions showed us! Salut!
Rock on!
I`ve listend to the Album for over 30 years, got it on vinyl and the shirt and also haven`t noticed the "M" on the cover. Crazy!!!
something to notice, the last chorus, you can hear behind the vocals theres another vocal line growling the words with James almost like he has become death
Cliff Burton and James Hetfield were watching the Ten Commandments and Cliff said in a spooky voice as the angel of death came by on Passover “ Creeping Death” so James and Cliff wrote this song.
I agree, Burch, The Ten Commandments, one of the greatest movies ever produced and your right they destroyed it in the remake. I pull it every now and again to rewatch and still marvel at the special effects and size of it. Seeing though CGI still wasn’t around back then.
54 yrs old here, ive known this album since it came out, never seen the M before either lol
Great reaction ........ i bought the record when it came out almost 40 years ago then a few years later i bought the tape and in the late 80s i bought the cd and for crying out loud i had a big poster of the cover art in my bedroom for most of my teen years and never ever saw the ''M'' in the lightning ..........
My favorite Metallica album! Keep up with the great music❤ love to hear more queensryche! Promised land is an awesome underrated song.
Your in studio sound is SO GOOD. You do not appear to be wearing lav mics. I can't see a stationary mic, so maybe it's overhead? There's hardly any environmental sound at all. Yet you are both loud and very clear. No weird reverb or anything. Just really clean intelligible dialog. Very impressive!
Thank you so much, that means a lot! We use 2 - Sennheiser 416 mics mounted to the celling.
I think the 'M' on the lightning strike cover was probably an accident but who knows? Good observation. I never noticed it before either.
This was my introduction to Metallica when the team captain of my volleyball team put that in the locker back in 86... I was hooked and when to the record store the next day and asked for the Metallica album... the guy gave me Master Of Puppets. Got home, listen to it and thought THIS is not it... when back to the store the next days and told the guy it was the wrong album and he told me they had 2 others... The cover of Ride talked to me more than Kill so I got that one and BANG, there it was!!!!!! On another note, you should of had the live version where the fans yell Die, Die, Die in the chorus, that gives me chills each and every time!!!!!
That made me laugh so much Burch didn't notice the "M" in the lightning Alexis pointed out. 😅
Us metalheads have grown up but still love our metal
I never realized before, but the song goes thru God sending Moses from the bush of fire. Then it goes thru a few of the plaques.
I know that after 278 comments, SOMEONE has had to bring up the Moscow 1991 version.
It's amazing to see James controlling that massive crowd. It was the day Metallica ruled Russia.
BURRRRCH!! Sorry I'm 5hrs late on upload, (work ya know?). I'm so glad you introduced Alexis to this gem. The riff to the "die, die, die" part was written by Kirk when he was 16 and was going to include it in Exodus and it was about to go on their next album before he got the call in April 1983 to replace Dave Mustaine in New York . So he brought it with him from San Francisco to NY. He learned the songs from Kill Em All on the flight over and got the gig the same exact day Dave was canned. Dave was fired in the A.M., Kirk got the job in the P.M. Obviously the riff didn't show up until the next year 1984 (RTL) since Kill Em All was already written. Can you imagine that riff on Bonded By Blood? lol Anyway, just wanted to throw that tidbit out there for the viewers. Stay Frosty dude \m/ \m/
Thank you MM. That is an awesome "tidbit" and as Paul Harvey used to say: “Now you know…the rest of the story”
Omg I’ve never noticed the lightening M either!
Holy shit, I’ve never noticed the Lightning M either!!
Don't feel bad I never seen the M neither. Just told my son about you video and he said "yeah you never noticed that? This is music from when you were a kid ". Lol
I did not care for this song too much back in the day for some reason. I never really gave it much thought, but I became familiar with it enough that some lyrics stuck in my head, but had NO clue it had anything to do with Moses, the bible, or anything - just never paid that much attention.
Fast forward almost a decade later, when I am watching the movie The Ten Commandments on TV, and all these little things keep popping up that sounded familiar - the mention of plagues and darkness 3 days long, hail to fire, the bush of fire, blood in the Nile, and of course, the phrases "let my people go", and "so let it be written, so let it be done" - finally a light bulb goes off, and I recall where I heard it all - I race to my CD collection, pull out RTL's booklet, look over the lyrics to Creeping Death, and bam! There it is. All of it. NOW the song made sense to me, and NOW I had an appreciation for it. I really enjoyed the movie so now that there was a "soundtrack song" for it by Metallica, it was even better. Creeping Death is now my top fave Metallica song, along with their Diamondhead cover of Am I Evil.
One of these days I am gonna have to stitch together a "fan video" combining the song and scenes from the movie.
Pretty sure that video already exists ..
@@BFNope
If it does, I'd like to see it.
And if it does, I wouldn't let it stop me from making my own anyway.
I just seen them a month ago in jersey
Master of puppets is the album that brought to metal specifically orion.ride the lightning, kill em all (aka metal up your ass) and justice for all and the black albnum in that order my favs
i wanna say Cliff was watching the ten commandments movie and came up with the idea according to the band
You could tell that the dudes in Metallica love to read.
No worries Burch. You aren't the only one. I'm 56 yrs old. I, too, had the vinyl. I, too,, saw the M, for first, time, with you.🙂
I never noticed that m on album cover since now. I bought it back on 80's
Nothing like chanting DIE with 25000 other people during the breakdown at a live concert 🤘🤘🤘🤘
One of my favorite songs, I saw somewhere once before that the band was watching the movie the ten commandments and cliff said its like creeping death amd the song was born.. if you get a chance show here this song live in moscow '91
This song is what attracted me to Metallica, I also bought the album when it came out but never noticed the M in the lightning either, so don't feel too bad.
Never saw it either, Good eye Alexis!!!