Angry mother's in the 80s: "it's Satanic!!!" The accused satanists: "don't do drugs", "war is bad", "suicide is sad" "justice system needs work" , "build love on trust" ... 🤘😂
I don't agree that's what the lyrics were saying though. "don't do drugs" wasn't really an anti-drug message. It's kindof like the way gangbangers can often in two sentence say how horrible their lifestyle is and then brag about the latest crime they committed. They're not really reformed; they just don't like the consequences of their actions. "war is bad" yea, back in the 80s anti-war was a regular theme because they didn't like Ronald Reagan and his conservative politics. RR was fighting against the spread of communism, which was responsible for the murder of 50MM-100MM JUST in USSR alone! War these days has become so corrupt it doesn't resemble what it was back then. Metal bands tended to be extremely leftist politically because their lyrics were universally permeated with that ideology. "suicide is sad" i don't condemn a song like Fade To Black just because it dives into the depths of sadness, apathy, and depression. Those are real things. Grief is a real thing. But it's like Christians used to say about heavy metal back then: "when do the lyrics ever offer any solutions?" It's true that the lyrics were always negative and destructive. They never said, here is what must be done to correct the problem. They just said, you see here? Life sucks. So go do drugs. Having said all that, I would agree that many superstitious boomers could only hear loud screaming and anger but never could be bothered to read the lyrics.
Some would argue with them doing a cover of "am I evil" which showed up originally on "kill 'em all" or at least one version of that album. It later showed up on "garage days"
@@Randomeris1 Not saying the genre is, or what bands are, or are not, or what bands play with the image of or not. Just sayin' there are still those that will call things they dislike or don't understand, evil. Sometimes to the point of grasping at straws to do so. Many times they are wrong because they don't want to know the truth. Me, I like the energy of metal... and have for many years.
@@willbarnz6960 Well considering that "Am I Evil" was a Diamond Head cover. That would exclude Metallica from the meaning of the song. They were paying tribute to one of their main influential bands. Of course when I was high school in '90 getting into Metal. I thought it was cool for the shock and lyrical content. Of course the music and solos were absolutely incredible!
The slower interlude in the middle is symbolizing the euphoria experienced after taking drugs and the slow return to the dark heavy chugging shows that the pleasure is only temporary. Also the laughter at the end shows that the drug will always have the last laugh once it becomes your master. Still can’t get my head around how this song was written by a group of drunk headbanging guys in their 20s
This entire album is such a masterpiece. The fact that it's written by 20-22 year-olds still blows my mind. You should give it a listen from start to finish.
Amen Darth! This song, off this album, was my introduction to Metallica as a teen around '88-'89 and to this day in my opinion, was the bands opus album. When Cliff Burton died the whole equilibrium of the band changed and was never the same again... Really makes me wonder what the band could have achieved if Cliff was still here today.
There’s a reason this album is vaulted in the Library of Congress. It’s a masterpiece in thrash metal and has some of the most meaningful lyrics ever written, along with fantastic composing done by Cliff Burton
I'm learning alot of songs off Master of Puppets on guitar and Orion and Master of Puppets are two I just finished up learning. My brother learned Leper Messiah for fits and giggles and he hates Televangelists with a burning passion.
@@johnathanedwards9054 ha ha...i have just finish master on bass fingerplug puhhh very hard.now on orion an i play the first 5.30min. for now,then comes another riff and im can get it and im still having some problem whit second riff,the end off it is triky
Agreed! It is a hell that we created of our own doing. And I wish a thousand times a day, that I would've never taken that first pill. I would NOT wish this on anyone..
"Chop your breakfast on a mirror" is the main clue that the master is drugs. Any child of the 80's knows you cut lines of cocaine on a mirror. Even if you've never seen cocaine in real life you've seen that in movies.
@R T it’s a cult based on the teachings in a book by a lady named Mary Baker Eddy. It’s really a new age metaphysical spirituality movement. She based some of her thoughts on Biblical passages but takes great liberty in adding her own flair for the immortality of the soul, and all kinds of crap that is extra-biblical. She hijacked the name “Christian” Science to bring people interested in Christianity into the fold. She’s a false prophet
First and second verses: drugs talking to the man. Slow interlude: man is high and euphoric Hard interlude: man is coming down off the high. Third verse: man yelling at the drug for "promising only lies" Guitar solo: man going crazy looking for his next fix Final verse: drugs have the final word
This song is about addiction. The beginning is about the craving, the breakdown is the "drunk" or "high" and the ending is the "hangover" or "burn out".
@@anderschristensen4072 The song is about Drug addiction. Metallica have said it themselves and why do we need to know the band personally to know they said that? Are you aware of the amount of interviews they have done throughout the years?
I've listened to this song for years now and only now I realize how powerful the line "Hell is worth all that" is, considering is the first lyric they hit you with after the melodic interlude. Like all the misery that comes with addiction is worth it just as long as you get to have that little moment of beauty. I know I've been there.
@@HookahBarBusiness I saw them during Monsters of Rock tour at the L.A. Coliseum when I was 15. Will never forget seeing the avalanche of people breaking down the barriers separating the upper floors from the pit when they started.
I remember interviews , from back in the 80's , with James and Lars where they say the message isn't strictly about drugs . Rather it's about anything that we allow to control our lives in a negative way .
This song nails the whole drug/addiction life perfectly, both lyrically and musically. At first, it's peaceful and bliss and then it chaos where it starts to crumble and ultimately becomes a nightmare. Pretty soon all joy is gone and you're living to use and using to live until you're emotionally, spiritually, and morally bankrupt. Master is the addiction itself which makes you want something to help you not have to feel the hatred for yourself. Drugs are just a vehicle for the addiction to get you. Could be anything, my hell was from drinking and drugging for a couple decades. Been clean 15 years now and feel blessed to make it out alive, many of my friends didn't. There but for the Grace of God go I.
Can I just say on Disposable Heroes: the line “barking of machine gun fire” - I thought when I was 13/14 he was saying “fucking a machine goodbye” haha
The whole Master Of Puppets album is kind a concept album, in the sense that every song has different parts of life and society that people can become "puppets" to. Whether it's war, drugs, false religions etc.... The crosses on the album cover represent the grave of dead soldiers. Usually they have crosses like that. Arlington National Cemetary for instance.
James stated that it's a general idea. Everyone can interpret it in their own way. Most frequent interpretation about Master of Puppets is addiction. Imo, it's about addiction in general. Addiction to drugs, alcohol, etc. A lot of stuffs. Any kind of addictions and how it affects us. Even being a zealous religious person is an addiction, imo. It promotes a lot of stuffs like unnecessary hate, misinformation that makes you blind, prejudice, and so on.
I pray that James Hetfield and the rest of Metallica will happen to catch your channel. A lot of metal bands think that Christians are against them. If they only knew how Many Christians love their music. Thank you for your insights. The peace of Christ be with you. 🙏🏼
The way this song is structured...around a person's addiction to drugs and getting that hit and then jonesing for more is superb. Takes you through the whole story from start to inevitable finish.
@@cydrych yes i see that now. sorry you where right from the start...i did not read it correct.im not that good at english,i shoud have looket at it 2times to get it....sorry i was to fast to comment
Just some thoughts on the structure, timbre, and performance, and how they convey the themes communicated by the lyrics. The music starts off fast-paced and distorted, like a desperate addict about to get their next fix. As the song continues, there's a calming instrumental with clean guitars and a mellow drum beat backing up a soothing melody that seems to portray the euphoric high the druggie goes through before the music turns dark, distorted, and agitated as the first frantic solo plays, giving a sense of mania and panic as the druggie becomes desperate for his next trip even as he "comes crawling faster!" For the bridge, the rhythm is slow (by comparison with the main riff), heavy, and seems to indicate anger and desperation at the druggie's plight as he realises that the drugs promise only lies, while he is helpless to resist them - indeed, it seems as though the drugs, or perhaps his chemical/psychological dependency on drugs is indifferent to his desperation and misery, ("laughter! Laughter! All I hear is this laughter! Laughter! Laughter! Laughing at my cries!) The ending fade further cements addiction as a malevolent force hell-bent on destroying the addict's life, coupled with maniacal and evil laughter, alluding to the bridge. Overall, Master of Puppets serves as a dire warning against the dangers of addiction and the abuse of addictive substances, and does so in a way that mimics the panic, mania, and desperation felt by addicts every time they come down from their high, thus giving audiences a sense of what drug addiction is truly like, and SHOWING rather than simply yelling the dangers of addiction.
This is a musical piece of genius. They way the music and lyrics blend together to tell a story is unparalleled. The music fits so well in regards to the addiction and the story, it is just brilliant.
Funny thing to me , that came out in 1986 and that year I was at the indianapolis 500 and seen some people doing coke off a small mirror , Metallica was a huge musical influence for me , I accepted Jesus in 1998 but still get fired up listening to the old albums , especially when working out .
I've struggled with addiction my whole life. Sadly, it's a struggle that never ends no matter how aware you become of how destructive giving in to said addiction can be. Luckily I have songs like this I can listen to whenever those urges get really strong, and they tend to straighten me out. The physical urge is always there, but it helps the mental urge subside for the night, and honestly, all an addict has to do is make it to the next morning.
First section is the Master calling , second is melodic HIGH of the puppet, third is the frantic chase of the puppet, the final is the rule of the Master as the puppet hears the demons laughing at his death.
My first Metallica album I ever purchased. Jaw was open in AHHH, the whole album. That was when I graduated from Van Halen to Metallica, and they became my favorite. Then Megadeth. About the cross, used for controlling the puppets, well, puppets are controlled by that design for the control piece. That's just a normal puppet device.
I hope two can react to Disposable Heroes. Both Rob and Gauge nailed the cover art, it applies to both addiction and war. Disposable Heroes will show the war aspect of the album.
I'm here to request to Gojira - Art of Dying. Its a really interesting band with even more interesting song lyrics. EDIT: Also, if you really wanna dive into Medageth, I really recommend Symphony of Destruction
The solo starts slow then feeds up faster and heavier just like drugs. Starts off slow then it starts to kick in then your mind gets going faster and faster until the high is over.
Just a side note: Trivium covered this song years ago, and it might be the greatest Metallica cover of all time. As a metal fan, I have to have respect for Metallica because they paved the way to making metal "mainstream" of sorts, but I love Trivium.
You guys hit the nail square on the head with this analysis. I just came down to the comments to answer your question about what relationship the clean interlude has with the rest of the song. My interpretation is, since this is a song about drug abuse, the middle part is what happens when you consume the drug. That's the feeling of the "high."
This song is one of the greatest songs of all time. It take you through drug addiction and the Master is the drug and it's controlling you like a puppet. The bridge is the high of the drug all calm and makes you feel good, but then as the song picks up, it starts creeping up on you and causes pain. The meaning is so inspirational
I’m someone who’s on the way to become a pastor, my late dad was a pastor but we’re kind of free to listen to anything so i love metallica.. this is very interesting, thank you so much for this video 🙏 ++sub
see my interpretation of the Album Cover was the govt as the puppet master. the cross graves representing soldiers graves and the puppet master being the govt sending them to die. I also gained that impression due to possibly my fav song on this album “Disposable Heroes”
Megadeth suggestions: “Looking Down the Cross” “The Conjuring” “Bad Omen” “Five Magics” “She-Wolf” “Prince of Darkness” “Never Walk Alone...” “Deadly Nightshade” “Dystopia”
Pastor Rob thank you for understanding what this song is about. Metallica in their early days had bad addiction problems. This song is all about that. I love that you and your son can listen to a song and actually hear what it’s about. God bless you!!! Keep doing what y’all do.
The album cover is kind of a dual meaning with the title track and the song “Disposable Heros” (another Metallica anti-war song). The cover depicts graves of soldiers (ones that have a dog tag and a helmet) and unmarked graves representing substance abusers, with marionette stings attached to hands in the sky. So yeah kinda of a double message
Literally everyone I knew that went to their concerts here in India back in the days had all been to a certain degree addicted to marijuana. It only goes to show how little we knew what was being sung about. Great analysis Pastor Rob. I definitely need to re-visit some good old Metallica. Discernment is so critical.
When my dad caught me listening to this album in the late 80s, he took it from me and destroyed it. He wasn't devoutly religious, but he did have a compass which pointed in that direction. Unfortunately, he died when I was 16 years old and I never got to revisit the album or song with him as an adult. This song has the right message -religious or not- and Metallica did it in a way that the kids were into it. Metallica had a lot of heavy songs with even heavier messages on Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, and And Justice for All. Meanwhile, my dad was thinking that The Everly Brothers were the cutting edge of rock music -in the 1980s... But, for your channel, I think you should really check out Metallica's song Leper Messiah. It has one of the best grooves Metallica ever did, but also touches on false prophets and not being able to buy your way into heaven, though you may interpret the lyrics differently than I did.
Yea, the song was warning young people of drugs and some parents were calling it devil music, it is quite ironical, Metallica were very insightful in early years for me the instrumental flow is portraying the path of drug abuse kind of like this: first part is the straight truth about drugs, how u get addicted and how it controls ur life the second part(where it slows down to that beautiful calm balad) is when u are entirely addicted and don´t even realize how the years just pass by in that blissful ignorance of what is happening the third part, the realization that u are so far down the addiction, waking up day after day with withdrawal symptoms and horrible anxiety because u start to realize that u have thrown away too much of ur life for nothing and u can´t get out of it the fourth part when it rly goes into the fast pace is when u start to panic over the fact that u don´t have much left of ur life, and day after day wonder if there even is any good reason to get out of the drugs anymore..
Musically, the soft bridge is the high...the peace. Then it intensifies as the hunger intensifies. The lyrics between verses are that point where the addict starts realizing something is wrong. "Where's the dreams I've been after?" "Fix me!" This is where you hear addicts swearing to change their ways. In the clarity between high and craving. Then, of course, the cravings come back, and the music changes again before the last verse. It isn't just the lyrics, but also the music telling the story.
Wow, like Gage (sorry if misspelled) I hadn't really listened past the first verse, and was wondering if the master of puppets was THE master of puppets, fallen human nature and the "god of this world", but after listening to the second verse, yes, it's addiction. I think skillet or kutless need to put the proverb to music to, so metal.
When I was younger I never realized how perfectly crafted this song was. How the beginning was like looking for a fix the middle was dreamy like they got the fix and then the come down and rage before going for another fix. Metallica are geniuses
I LOVE this songs message as someone who's cousin abused Heroin I can relate, (This song is an anti-drug song as what drugs do to you and how they kill you)
The whole album is a tour de force centered on the theme of being controlled. And the title song is yet another epic track. Not a note out of place. Disposable Heroes - Sending soldiers to war Leper Messiah - Televangelists Welcome Home - Stuck in a Sanitarium Master of Pauppets - Drug addiction
This song has more great riffs than some bands have in their whole discography. I also like the complexity of it. time signature changes, tempo changes, the instrumentation. Really a story being told, just a very chaotic one.
8:43 when pastor says it's like this and does a rollercoaster motion he couldn't be more spot on. The song can be interpreted different ways but the main interpretation is drug addiction and from someone who suffers from addiction let me tell you that the life of an active addict is exactly like a rollercoaster, the highest of highs and lowest of lows and every speed imaginable.
As a fellow believer and a Metallica fan, you sir earned a sub. My dad (who is a pastor) and I have this talk a lot and how God uses people to convey their gifts he gives to tell a story and Metallica does that well. Glad we aren’t the only ones thinking this way
If you're gonna do more Megadeth (which you should), I suggest doing something off of the "Peace Sells....But Who's Buying?" album. "Wake up Dead" or "The Conjouring" are two pretty solid tracks....
I absolutely love the teachings of Proverbs 23:29-35!! Compare that to an experience I had because of a LSD trip I had in my youth, where I was in center and a Divine light full of so much Love I couldn't contain it came down on me from above, and I was thrown into a divine tunnel of light, and came to a stop at a place where it looked like a galaxy below me, and there were lights floating about me. Each light was a spirit of someone I knew, because I recognized them all. Love was so deep and profound. Then the light and sound of it because a harmony of strings, and the most beautiful orchestra was given to me. And a vibration heightened my place even more to where I was in a throne room and the choirs were singing beautifully. Strings of light moved in symmetry around me, and formed before me a fire-place. I was suddenly sitting in a comfy couch in front of a fireplace, and a gentleman was sitting next to me, with the most loving eyes you have ever seen. We spoke, and that conversation is between Him and me, but suffice it to say it was Divine. Last words he said before I was sent back to my body was, "Be truthful, my Son, and never blink an eye at ignorance. Be gentle, and forgive! Look at the day, and be grateful! I'm here, and so are you!" I was back in my bed-room with the lights of the angels flying all around me, like little sparks of fire. My entire body was in total Bliss, and my heart was so full of Love and Sympathy for all of the people who shut their hearts to God. You could claim that my experience was a hallucination induced by LSD, sure. But THAT "hallucination" caused me to turn from being a Satanist to a Devout Lover of God, and it turned my ideas about what life is 180 degrees, from one of selfishness, debauchery, and hatred to one of altruism, service and love and compassion to mankind. Because I KNOW what I experienced was real, just like you know the difference between a dream and a waking state experience. It changed my entire understanding of the Universe that day. And while now I can almost reach that level of connectedness to God and the collective Grace of Man today using only energetic work, meditation, and prayer, that original kick in the head, I can say that without that LSD induced experience I would probably be a drugged out Satanist today, if even alive.
At the same time this was released a younger family band Liliac did a tribute to Metallica there version used keyboards to reach a younger audience and has a female vocalist who has a big Dio vibe.
Angry mother's in the 80s: "it's Satanic!!!"
The accused satanists: "don't do drugs", "war is bad", "suicide is sad" "justice system needs work" , "build love on trust" ... 🤘😂
lmao I love the way you worded that, because it's absolutely true of their content.
Older people think that any song that is loud and has angry sounding guitars and fast heavy drums is satanic.
I don't agree that's what the lyrics were saying though. "don't do drugs" wasn't really an anti-drug message. It's kindof like the way gangbangers can often in two sentence say how horrible their lifestyle is and then brag about the latest crime they committed. They're not really reformed; they just don't like the consequences of their actions. "war is bad" yea, back in the 80s anti-war was a regular theme because they didn't like Ronald Reagan and his conservative politics. RR was fighting against the spread of communism, which was responsible for the murder of 50MM-100MM JUST in USSR alone! War these days has become so corrupt it doesn't resemble what it was back then. Metal bands tended to be extremely leftist politically because their lyrics were universally permeated with that ideology. "suicide is sad" i don't condemn a song like Fade To Black just because it dives into the depths of sadness, apathy, and depression. Those are real things. Grief is a real thing. But it's like Christians used to say about heavy metal back then: "when do the lyrics ever offer any solutions?" It's true that the lyrics were always negative and destructive. They never said, here is what must be done to correct the problem. They just said, you see here? Life sucks. So go do drugs. Having said all that, I would agree that many superstitious boomers could only hear loud screaming and anger but never could be bothered to read the lyrics.
@@marksmith4892 I'm not going to argue over whether your multiple paragraphs are a more full synopsis than my 3 words. 😌😂
"...and justice for all"
I am a Christian as well and I appreciate your perspective. This is an anti drug song. Metallica is not an evil band.
Some would argue with them doing a cover of "am I evil" which showed up originally on "kill 'em all" or at least one version of that album. It later showed up on "garage days"
@@willbarnz6960 If you still think in 2021 that Metal is evil, then you really need to get yourself checked out. Maybe I'm misreading your comment...
@@Randomeris1
Not saying the genre is, or what bands are, or are not, or what bands play with the image of or not.
Just sayin' there are still those that will call things they dislike or don't understand, evil. Sometimes to the point of grasping at straws to do so. Many times they are wrong because they don't want to know the truth.
Me, I like the energy of metal... and have for many years.
@@willbarnz6960 Well considering that "Am I Evil" was a Diamond Head cover. That would exclude Metallica from the meaning of the song. They were paying tribute to one of their main influential bands. Of course when I was high school in '90 getting into Metal. I thought it was cool for the shock and lyrical content. Of course the music and solos were absolutely incredible!
This song is actually sadly ironic though not the hard drugs referenced in the song. This could be seen as James himself fighting with his alcoholism
The slower interlude in the middle is symbolizing the euphoria experienced after taking drugs and the slow return to the dark heavy chugging shows that the pleasure is only temporary. Also the laughter at the end shows that the drug will always have the last laugh once it becomes your master. Still can’t get my head around how this song was written by a group of drunk headbanging guys in their 20s
age is just a number i guess
Nailed it.
Sam is dead on. But back in the day our priests told us this was the devil music. To bad they never listened to the words and music.
They definitely did coke as well as drinking lol. Lots ppl drink heavily while taking that.
@@symphonyinkart Never heard any of them talk about coke, Cliff liked his weed though.
This entire album is such a masterpiece. The fact that it's written by 20-22 year-olds still blows my mind. You should give it a listen from start to finish.
try in the nightside eclipse a master piece of black metal written by 17 year olds.
ps cliff was the oldest in the band sadly didn't make it till the end of the tour. RIP.
@@craignicklin4573 black metal
and alot of master of puppets all the way to And justice for all parts were written by Dave Mustaine and never credited to him. like this song.
One of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded. Masterpiece song from a masterpiece album. Never ages. Perfection.
Absolutely!
Masterpiece album - definitely agree with that!
Master of Albums fo sho. Just turned 35yo this week!
Indeed.... I’ve listened to it in some shape or form every week since it came out. My favorite album of all time.
Amen Darth! This song, off this album, was my introduction to Metallica as a teen around '88-'89 and to this day in my opinion, was the bands opus album. When Cliff Burton died the whole equilibrium of the band changed and was never the same again... Really makes me wonder what the band could have achieved if Cliff was still here today.
The more I listen to metal, death metal etc. the more I realize that modern pop music is real devil's music.
Cardi B: exists
People: METAL IS EVIL
Lol true
Very true. Pop and rap gets bad evil. Country music heading that way too
its all Satanic. I mean this band has 666 on their "black" album. and the 666 is a snake??? how much in plain sight can they put it.
@@miltontohd6448 I love The Black Album actually I like all albums of Metallica well st anger is my least favorite album
The greatest kids don't do drugs song out there
but I love listening to this on drugs!! 🤔😋
@@deminybs 😄🤣😂😆
There’s a reason this album is vaulted in the Library of Congress. It’s a masterpiece in thrash metal and has some of the most meaningful lyrics ever written, along with fantastic composing done by Cliff Burton
orion. best heavy bass line
I'm learning alot of songs off Master of Puppets on guitar and Orion and Master of Puppets are two I just finished up learning. My brother learned Leper Messiah for fits and giggles and he hates Televangelists with a burning passion.
@@johnathanedwards9054 ha ha...i have just finish master on bass fingerplug puhhh very hard.now on orion an i play the first 5.30min. for now,then comes another riff and im can get it and im still having some problem whit second riff,the end off it is triky
@@anderschristensen4072 Keep practicing and you'll get it.
@@johnathanedwards9054 my bass is akustik,i think i can play faster,if i had my elektiic bass. but yes,i will keep practicing
As a recovering addict. This song always hits so close to home. Addiction is a hell that I wouldn't wish upon anyone
From the factual book of facts.
Keep on keeping on dude!
im 15 and i feel u bro
Addiction is hell. I'm never going back to it.
Me too. Stay focused on what’s good for you.
Agreed! It is a hell that we created of our own doing. And I wish a thousand times a day, that I would've never taken that first pill. I would NOT wish this on anyone..
"Chop your breakfast on a mirror" is the main clue that the master is drugs. Any child of the 80's knows you cut lines of cocaine on a mirror. Even if you've never seen cocaine in real life you've seen that in movies.
no no no no no
@@anderschristensen4072 Yes yes yes yes.
The lyrics in the song give it away.
@@Ranganation byt james say no its not just drugs. if you dont get that sorry for you
Why do they do that though?
James Hetfield was raised in a Christian Scientist household and has a lot of misgivings about that particular segment of Christianity.
I believe they knew this already
@@Sully2001 Yep, they reviewed a black album song before this.
@@toxsin2207 was coming to say something similar....”Christian Science” isn’t Christian at all
@@iamtheking9418 Pastor Rob called it a cult when they reacted to The God That Failed.
@R T it’s a cult based on the teachings in a book by a lady named Mary Baker Eddy. It’s really a new age metaphysical spirituality movement. She based some of her thoughts on Biblical passages but takes great liberty in adding her own flair for the immortality of the soul, and all kinds of crap that is extra-biblical. She hijacked the name “Christian” Science to bring people interested in Christianity into the fold. She’s a false prophet
First and second verses: drugs talking to the man.
Slow interlude: man is high and euphoric
Hard interlude: man is coming down off the high.
Third verse: man yelling at the drug for "promising only lies"
Guitar solo: man going crazy looking for his next fix
Final verse: drugs have the final word
this. this is the comment I was looking for. perfectly phrased, thank you brother
@@LuGer212 you're welcome and Merry Christmas!
This song is about addiction. The beginning is about the craving, the breakdown is the "drunk" or "high" and the ending is the "hangover" or "burn out".
Very interesting.
The ending is the pain from withdrawal
@@CletusMcFetus85 you dont know metallica ha ha your funny,but so wrong
@@anderschristensen4072 The song is about Drug addiction. Metallica have said it themselves and why do we need to know the band personally to know they said that?
Are you aware of the amount of interviews they have done throughout the years?
@@Ranganation you dont know metallica i can hear so stop your self...
I've listened to this song for years now and only now I realize how powerful the line "Hell is worth all that" is, considering is the first lyric they hit you with after the melodic interlude. Like all the misery that comes with addiction is worth it just as long as you get to have that little moment of beauty. I know I've been there.
You just blew my mind.
Chasing that high !! Every once in awhile you get that good between all the bad ones.
2:26 “I love the vintage vibe.”
God, I feel freaking old after hearing that.
Saw them open for Ozzy for this album when I was 14. 🔥🤘
@@HookahBarBusiness I saw them during Monsters of Rock tour at the L.A. Coliseum when I was 15. Will never forget seeing the avalanche of people breaking down the barriers separating the upper floors from the pit when they started.
@@handsomerube damn you guys are lucky😭
My dad was 20 when this album came out. He'd feel so old to hear that lmao
@PaSioNDaRReLL Puppets came out when I was going on 12. I am 46 now. lol
Now they gotta do disposable heroes, that should solve the crosses issue
I remember interviews , from back in the 80's , with James and Lars where they say the message isn't strictly about drugs . Rather it's about anything that we allow to control our lives in a negative way .
thank you...one more that knows the song. now we are 3....other 500,its an anti drug song. there think the know metallica but not
Addiction
True, but the breakfast on the mirror line is def referring to drugs
there are kinds of addiction. not just drugs
This song nails the whole drug/addiction life perfectly, both lyrically and musically. At first, it's peaceful and bliss and then it chaos where it starts to crumble and ultimately becomes a nightmare. Pretty soon all joy is gone and you're living to use and using to live until you're emotionally, spiritually, and morally bankrupt. Master is the addiction itself which makes you want something to help you not have to feel the hatred for yourself. Drugs are just a vehicle for the addiction to get you. Could be anything, my hell was from drinking and drugging for a couple decades. Been clean 15 years now and feel blessed to make it out alive, many of my friends didn't. There but for the Grace of God go I.
We need a disposable hero’s lyrical breakdown from you guys!!
Disposable Hereo’s, easily one of the greatest songs Metallica’s ever written!!
it’s my favorite in this album
YES please, the best of the album
I think that has their sickest riffs ever, tbh. That and Phantom Lord lol
Can I just say on Disposable Heroes: the line “barking of machine gun fire” - I thought when I was 13/14 he was saying “fucking a machine goodbye” haha
if you want to see the biggest crowd ever at a concert look up Metallica in Moscow 1991 Enter Sandman
1.6 million people see what that looks like
I’d suggest creeping death from that concert the die die breakdown is so epic
@@Ghost_2366 domination the greatest breakdown in history
The whole Master Of Puppets album is kind a concept album, in the sense that every song has different parts of life and society that people can become "puppets" to. Whether it's war, drugs, false religions etc.... The crosses on the album cover represent the grave of dead soldiers. Usually they have crosses like that. Arlington National Cemetary for instance.
Good point and damage inc. could be like a puppet to violence and anger
@@shaboobatv2949 same as Battery
We don’t deserve Metallica honestly
WSB represent!
cemetery*
James stated that it's a general idea. Everyone can interpret it in their own way. Most frequent interpretation about Master of Puppets is addiction. Imo, it's about addiction in general. Addiction to drugs, alcohol, etc. A lot of stuffs. Any kind of addictions and how it affects us. Even being a zealous religious person is an addiction, imo. It promotes a lot of stuffs like unnecessary hate, misinformation that makes you blind, prejudice, and so on.
This song is about drug addiction and its done very well.
Yes it is
Yup
+1
Addictions of all kinds really
Agreed
I pray that James Hetfield and the rest of Metallica will happen to catch your channel. A lot of metal bands think that Christians are against them. If they only knew how Many Christians love their music. Thank you for your insights. The peace of Christ be with you. 🙏🏼
The way this song is structured...around a person's addiction to drugs and getting that hit and then jonesing for more is superb. Takes you through the whole story from start to inevitable finish.
"hell is worth all that" means:
addiction is a living hell, but you keep going back to it, because it seems worth it when the cravings hit.
My old band used to cover this song but we called it "pastor of Muppets"
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Hahahaha
"Having a really funny memory that I can't say here"
Everyone: DO tell 👀
No need. If one can't imagine, one should be happy not to have the memory. Cheers, some stories are probably better untold 😉✌
I love that you guys did this song especially because the 35th anniversary was just a few days ago
Yes and the last album with Cliff...#rip
Crazy that this year marks Metallicas 40th anniversary
The album is about addiction and war. The cover art is depicting a cemetery in France dedicated to WWII soldiers.
are you from a planet where the tell lies about metallica. shit man
@@anderschristensen4072 what are you talking about?
@@cydrych its about addiction of all kind of shit not just drug but also gambling and so on. the warsong is disposable heroes. have nice day
@@anderschristensen4072 you just said exactly what I said.
@@cydrych yes i see that now. sorry you where right from the start...i did not read it correct.im not that good at english,i shoud have looket at it 2times to get it....sorry i was to fast to comment
Just some thoughts on the structure, timbre, and performance, and how they convey the themes communicated by the lyrics.
The music starts off fast-paced and distorted, like a desperate addict about to get their next fix. As the song continues, there's a calming instrumental with clean guitars and a mellow drum beat backing up a soothing melody that seems to portray the euphoric high the druggie goes through before the music turns dark, distorted, and agitated as the first frantic solo plays, giving a sense of mania and panic as the druggie becomes desperate for his next trip even as he "comes crawling faster!"
For the bridge, the rhythm is slow (by comparison with the main riff), heavy, and seems to indicate anger and desperation at the druggie's plight as he realises that the drugs promise only lies, while he is helpless to resist them - indeed, it seems as though the drugs, or perhaps his chemical/psychological dependency on drugs is indifferent to his desperation and misery, ("laughter! Laughter! All I hear is this laughter! Laughter! Laughter! Laughing at my cries!)
The ending fade further cements addiction as a malevolent force hell-bent on destroying the addict's life, coupled with maniacal and evil laughter, alluding to the bridge.
Overall, Master of Puppets serves as a dire warning against the dangers of addiction and the abuse of addictive substances, and does so in a way that mimics the panic, mania, and desperation felt by addicts every time they come down from their high, thus giving audiences a sense of what drug addiction is truly like, and SHOWING rather than simply yelling the dangers of addiction.
Great breakdown of the song!
Best explanation , I have ever read !!!
I was going to respond but that sums it up very well.
Did you really just use the term "druggie"??
@@psychotropictraveler514 Slang for drug addict. Are you really offended by that?
I think you would like "The Four Horsemen" by Metallica.
Gauge should really listen to more of Metallica’s first 3 studio albums. They’re considered their best work to date for a reason.
The first 4 albums is pretty much all I listen to with Metallica
And the first 3 Metallica records are also Megadeth's first 3 albums. Dave Mustain is all over those first 3 Metallica Albums.
@@medarby3066 really just the first two. I love Dave mustaine. But I don’t think any or much of his writing is in master of puppets
@@kennethstephens8046 Mustain claims he co wrote Leeper messiah.
@@medarby3066 Megadeth’s first three albums lmao
This is a musical piece of genius. They way the music and lyrics blend together to tell a story is unparalleled. The music fits so well in regards to the addiction and the story, it is just brilliant.
Funny thing to me , that came out in 1986 and that year I was at the indianapolis 500 and seen some people doing coke off a small mirror , Metallica was a huge musical influence for me , I accepted Jesus in 1998 but still get fired up listening to the old albums , especially when working out .
why work out. have jesus not made you ok.
@The Senate not my body
I've struggled with addiction my whole life. Sadly, it's a struggle that never ends no matter how aware you become of how destructive giving in to said addiction can be. Luckily I have songs like this I can listen to whenever those urges get really strong, and they tend to straighten me out. The physical urge is always there, but it helps the mental urge subside for the night, and honestly, all an addict has to do is make it to the next morning.
The part where the clean guitars come in with the melody over top is supposed to represent the "high" that you get from whatever you're addicted to.
Can’t say enough about you guys. Love what your doing, keep it up
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its not just a song about drugs its all things that can control you...metallicas words
First section is the Master calling , second is melodic HIGH of the puppet, third is the frantic chase of the puppet, the final is the rule of the Master as the puppet hears the demons laughing at his death.
My first Metallica album I ever purchased. Jaw was open in AHHH, the whole album. That was when I graduated from Van Halen to Metallica, and they became my favorite. Then Megadeth.
About the cross, used for controlling the puppets, well, puppets are controlled by that design for the control piece. That's just a normal puppet device.
“Wow I got a little goosebumps there.” That is Kirk Hammett perfectly summed up in one sentence.
Metallica are the kings not only of transition but letting their music describe the effects of drugs through the tempo changes.
The echo and reverb on his voice makes it such an ambient song/album
Don’t forget to do some Alice in chains, man in the box and bleed the freak please. Thanks so much for this video
Yes they should do those and God Am (because that’s another religion based song by AIC).
When the lyrics says" hell is worth all that" he is talking about
the drug withdrawal
I hope two can react to Disposable Heroes. Both Rob and Gauge nailed the cover art, it applies to both addiction and war. Disposable Heroes will show the war aspect of the album.
I'm here to request to Gojira - Art of Dying.
Its a really interesting band with even more interesting song lyrics.
EDIT: Also, if you really wanna dive into Medageth, I really recommend Symphony of Destruction
The solo starts slow then feeds up faster and heavier just like drugs. Starts off slow then it starts to kick in then your mind gets going faster and faster until the high is over.
Just a side note: Trivium covered this song years ago, and it might be the greatest Metallica cover of all time. As a metal fan, I have to have respect for Metallica because they paved the way to making metal "mainstream" of sorts, but I love Trivium.
Song suggestion: “What it’s like” by Everlast. Thought provoking lyrics. Or for a Christian metal band “Titheme” by Sleeping Giant.
Wow, I’ve listened to this song maybe, 70-100 times and I’ve never thought about it as a drug kind of thing!!! Your perspectives are amazing!
The album cover is based on the song “Disposable Heroes”. Correct.
The theme of the album is power.
I appreciate you chopping the video up into chapters
"Hell is worth all that
Natural habitat"
I believe is referring to the physical, psychological, and emotional hell that is drug addiction.
no
You guys hit the nail square on the head with this analysis.
I just came down to the comments to answer your question about what relationship the clean interlude has with the rest of the song.
My interpretation is, since this is a song about drug abuse, the middle part is what happens when you consume the drug. That's the feeling of the "high."
I think you should react to The Beast and the Harlot by Avenged Sevenfold. Love what you guys do! GOD BLESS YOU!
This song is one of the greatest songs of all time. It take you through drug addiction and the Master is the drug and it's controlling you like a puppet. The bridge is the high of the drug all calm and makes you feel good, but then as the song picks up, it starts creeping up on you and causes pain. The meaning is so inspirational
Megadeth
Peace Sells
Symphony of Destruction
Trust
Sweating bullets
My Darkest Hour
When (this is one of my guilty pleasure songs after a break up)
I’m someone who’s on the way to become a pastor, my late dad was a pastor but we’re kind of free to listen to anything so i love metallica.. this is very interesting, thank you so much for this video 🙏 ++sub
see my interpretation of the Album Cover was the govt as the puppet master. the cross graves representing soldiers graves and the puppet master being the govt sending them to die. I also gained that impression due to possibly my fav song on this album “Disposable Heroes”
This song is PURE MUSICAL GENIUS. So melodic yet so heavy at the same time.
Megadeth suggestions:
“Looking Down the Cross”
“The Conjuring”
“Bad Omen”
“Five Magics”
“She-Wolf”
“Prince of Darkness”
“Never Walk Alone...”
“Deadly Nightshade”
“Dystopia”
All of Rust In Peace and Countdown To Extinction. Their best albums. Can't change my mind on that.
@@seanoconnor5730 agreed. I think these songs have the most meat on the bone for Pastor Rob tho
Pastor Rob thank you for understanding what this song is about. Metallica in their early days had bad addiction problems. This song is all about that. I love that you and your son can listen to a song and actually hear what it’s about. God bless you!!! Keep doing what y’all do.
The album cover is kind of a dual meaning with the title track and the song “Disposable Heros” (another Metallica anti-war song). The cover depicts graves of soldiers (ones that have a dog tag and a helmet) and unmarked graves representing substance abusers, with marionette stings attached to hands in the sky. So yeah kinda of a double message
@Daniel Yarnell I thought the same 🤘🤘🤘🤘
they wanted to name this album "Disposable Heroes" at first
@@codeling2552 that would of been awesome🤘🤘🤘
Literally everyone I knew that went to their concerts here in India back in the days had all been to a certain degree addicted to marijuana. It only goes to show how little we knew what was being sung about. Great analysis Pastor Rob. I definitely need to re-visit some good old Metallica. Discernment is so critical.
METALLICA is a great group of friends who try to help people with the music they play. No devil worship with this band. EVER
The whole album is on the "being controlled" theme: religion (leper messiah), master of puppets (drugs), disposable heroes (army) etc...
You should react to Sweating Bullets by Megadeth! Dave Mustane was actually raised catholic and so a lot of his music is biblically inspired.
Especially his later albums....World Needs a Hero, 13, United Abominations...great albums.
Sure i read somewhere or atleast came across someone saying that Mustaine and Dave Ellefson are born again Christians now.
@@brians9954 Mustaine for sure really is
@@brians9954 Ellefson is a Pastor
MegaDave™ was raised Jehovah's Witness, and has been born again for many years.
That’s the beauty of metal music, the lyrics can be taken in so many different ways subjective to whose listening and their life experiences.
When my dad caught me listening to this album in the late 80s, he took it from me and destroyed it. He wasn't devoutly religious, but he did have a compass which pointed in that direction. Unfortunately, he died when I was 16 years old and I never got to revisit the album or song with him as an adult. This song has the right message -religious or not- and Metallica did it in a way that the kids were into it. Metallica had a lot of heavy songs with even heavier messages on Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, and And Justice for All. Meanwhile, my dad was thinking that The Everly Brothers were the cutting edge of rock music -in the 1980s... But, for your channel, I think you should really check out Metallica's song Leper Messiah. It has one of the best grooves Metallica ever did, but also touches on false prophets and not being able to buy your way into heaven, though you may interpret the lyrics differently than I did.
"Never ending maze, drift on numbered days" Is a fantastic line, probably the best line in the song.
*plays the first three notes*
Two Rocking Grannies: what is this, a crossover episode
Yea, the song was warning young people of drugs and some parents were calling it devil music, it is quite ironical, Metallica were very insightful in early years
for me the instrumental flow is portraying the path of drug abuse kind of like this:
first part is the straight truth about drugs, how u get addicted and how it controls ur life
the second part(where it slows down to that beautiful calm balad) is when u are entirely addicted and don´t even realize how the years just pass by in that blissful ignorance of what is happening
the third part, the realization that u are so far down the addiction, waking up day after day with withdrawal symptoms and horrible anxiety because u start to realize that u have thrown away too much of ur life for nothing and u can´t get out of it
the fourth part when it rly goes into the fast pace is when u start to panic over the fact that u don´t have much left of ur life, and day after day wonder if there even is any good reason to get out of the drugs anymore..
Am I the only one or you guys also think that the pastor really enjoys metal 🤔
He’s said he grew up listening to metal
Pastor Rob is awesome
Musically, the soft bridge is the high...the peace. Then it intensifies as the hunger intensifies. The lyrics between verses are that point where the addict starts realizing something is wrong. "Where's the dreams I've been after?" "Fix me!" This is where you hear addicts swearing to change their ways. In the clarity between high and craving. Then, of course, the cravings come back, and the music changes again before the last verse. It isn't just the lyrics, but also the music telling the story.
17:16 Pastor Rob is an ex cokehead confirmed lmfao
Haha
Lol
Lol
You know Rob feeling it when he doing the natural “unexpected whodunnit elevator fart” face 🤣👍🇬🇧
Wow, like Gage (sorry if misspelled) I hadn't really listened past the first verse, and was wondering if the master of puppets was THE master of puppets, fallen human nature and the "god of this world", but after listening to the second verse, yes, it's addiction.
I think skillet or kutless need to put the proverb to music to, so metal.
When I was younger I never realized how perfectly crafted this song was. How the beginning was like looking for a fix the middle was dreamy like they got the fix and then the come down and rage before going for another fix. Metallica are geniuses
I LOVE this songs message as someone who's cousin abused Heroin I can relate, (This song is an anti-drug song as what drugs do to you and how they kill you)
The whole album is a tour de force centered on the theme of being controlled. And the title song is yet another epic track. Not a note out of place.
Disposable Heroes - Sending soldiers to war
Leper Messiah - Televangelists
Welcome Home - Stuck in a Sanitarium
Master of Pauppets - Drug addiction
The Thing That Should Not Be - Mind controller cultists lead by Cthulu
Would love to see an analysis of Spiritual Healing by Death. Great work guys!
Hey pastor, I'm not religious (I'm a non-believer), but I really appreciate what you are doing. I think you could be helping a lot of people.
Yeah, that middle is where you pull out the lighter. And the spoon, and the needle, and the dope. Lol
This song has more great riffs than some bands have in their whole discography. I also like the complexity of it. time signature changes, tempo changes, the instrumentation. Really a story being told, just a very chaotic one.
Albums about religion, war, drug addiction, mental health and eldritch horrors
Oh i'v been waiting so long for this reaction
Fade to black is another amazing Metallica song for you to check out
That songs even better than this
8:43 when pastor says it's like this and does a rollercoaster motion he couldn't be more spot on. The song can be interpreted different ways but the main interpretation is drug addiction and from someone who suffers from addiction let me tell you that the life of an active addict is exactly like a rollercoaster, the highest of highs and lowest of lows and every speed imaginable.
As a fellow believer and a Metallica fan, you sir earned a sub. My dad (who is a pastor) and I have this talk a lot and how God uses people to convey their gifts he gives to tell a story and Metallica does that well. Glad we aren’t the only ones thinking this way
this song is simply a masterpiece in every possible sense
If you're gonna do more Megadeth (which you should), I suggest doing something off of the "Peace Sells....But Who's Buying?" album. "Wake up Dead" or "The Conjouring" are two pretty solid tracks....
I like how he was like “hm” and jotted down some notes, now this is a realistic reaction
Welcome to the song where almost every metal head became metal heads.
I absolutely love the teachings of Proverbs 23:29-35!! Compare that to an experience I had because of a LSD trip I had in my youth, where I was in center and a Divine light full of so much Love I couldn't contain it came down on me from above, and I was thrown into a divine tunnel of light, and came to a stop at a place where it looked like a galaxy below me, and there were lights floating about me. Each light was a spirit of someone I knew, because I recognized them all. Love was so deep and profound. Then the light and sound of it because a harmony of strings, and the most beautiful orchestra was given to me. And a vibration heightened my place even more to where I was in a throne room and the choirs were singing beautifully. Strings of light moved in symmetry around me, and formed before me a fire-place. I was suddenly sitting in a comfy couch in front of a fireplace, and a gentleman was sitting next to me, with the most loving eyes you have ever seen.
We spoke, and that conversation is between Him and me, but suffice it to say it was Divine. Last words he said before I was sent back to my body was, "Be truthful, my Son, and never blink an eye at ignorance. Be gentle, and forgive! Look at the day, and be grateful! I'm here, and so are you!"
I was back in my bed-room with the lights of the angels flying all around me, like little sparks of fire. My entire body was in total Bliss, and my heart was so full of Love and Sympathy for all of the people who shut their hearts to God.
You could claim that my experience was a hallucination induced by LSD, sure. But THAT "hallucination" caused me to turn from being a Satanist to a Devout Lover of God, and it turned my ideas about what life is 180 degrees, from one of selfishness, debauchery, and hatred to one of altruism, service and love and compassion to mankind. Because I KNOW what I experienced was real, just like you know the difference between a dream and a waking state experience. It changed my entire understanding of the Universe that day. And while now I can almost reach that level of connectedness to God and the collective Grace of Man today using only energetic work, meditation, and prayer, that original kick in the head, I can say that without that LSD induced experience I would probably be a drugged out Satanist today, if even alive.
U could do Looking Down the Cross by Megadeth next lmao
Thank you, I heard the song millions of times and thought I knew it thoroughly but you put it in a slightly different light.
Can you please do the thing that should not be by Metallica also on the Master of Puppets
At the same time this was released a younger family band Liliac did a tribute to Metallica there version used keyboards to reach a younger audience and has a female vocalist who has a big Dio vibe.
They are awesome