What Makes This Song Great? "Enter Sandman" METALLICA
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- Опубліковано 23 лют 2018
- In this episode of "What Makes This Song Great?" we explore the song the music of Metallica.
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Halfway through the intro, a wah guitar enters...and it never left.
Joel Rodely This deserves more upvotes!
michel jonasson this isn’t reddit
@@johnnybgood774 and jagmeat for all
Kirk actually used wah way before the Black Album
@@gyulagyorffy5937 he always used it.
Rick Beato in 2018: After the verse comes the chorus. Check out the chorus.
Rickt Beato in 2020: It is that dissonant 7th major chord that really gives the harmonic part of the bridge section that extra blues feeling of despair, which is not really what the band is known for, but defines this genre throughout the 90s and is a trademark of this producer who actually takes his coffee with two sugar and no cream, which I found really interesting.
Love the channel man, keep up the crazy in-depth stuff!
2018 was the buzzy fuzzy, 2020 is the hindsight
The 2020 Rick actually knows how many times it took James to record the vocals
You forgot to mention that time that he met X Y Z person involved in the record
Sugar and no cream hahahaha
@@markoobradovic148🤣🤣🤣bruh this comment section
You know its Hetfield when every word ends with a "-eh" or "ah" sound, i.e; "Hand-eh," "Bed-ah."
Thank yeeehh
Greatah commentah yeahah
Ooooh-ah!
that all started with this album.
They were initially going to be called metallic but James couldn't pronounce it
"Then a wah guitar comes in... E minor chord."
Every Kirk Hammett part for the next decade.
😂😂😂😂
And the previous one
Decades. Not decade
@@johnnybgood774 saint wanker
He truly has become absolutely horrendous the last 20+ years and its baffling really because his early work was solid. He always had horrible vibrato for sure but his playing had some thought and grace to it.
It is priceless; how you don’t say a word about that solo.
yeah-ah... I agree
Either he didn’t like it or he was embarrassed not to be able to demonstrate how to play it... :)
@@fchucid In the mix it sounds great. It's actually pretty sloppy when soloed and not that hard at all to play.
Sloppy solo
Chris N. Who cares if its easy. Its a great solo like most of kirks
This album really was a pinnacle of recording history. It is a masterpiece. As an early Met fan, you might have been disappointed in the results, but from a production standpoint it was a stroke of genius. James, Lars and Bob Rock knew exactly what they were doing, and the world responded. This album made metal palatable to the world. If you even remotely like any of the variations of metal that now exist, in part, you owe a debt to this album. As a 14 year-old kid, hearing Enter Sandman on the radio literally changed my life. I dropped sports, pop music and rap, and gravitated toward metal music, learning to play bass, guitar, and drums. Everyone my age wanted to be Metallica when the black album dropped, and Enter Sandman was the bait.
You are right
I totally agree with you. The sonic signature of that album in my opinion was ahead of its time, almost futuristic. Even after 27 years it sounds as if it was just recorded a month ago. Also, I'm a huge Metallica fan and I really like the black Album. The composition of the songs were instrumentally much simpler than on previous albums but they really put the most effort into capturing a specific sound and quality. I believe Bob Rock said in an interview that his goal was to capture the sound and energy Metallica had it their live shows.
In my opinion the Black Album is one in the top 5 best metal albums of all time.
Noooo
Metal was already palatable to the world. See Pyromania, a few lps's from VH, Love at First Sting, and many more.
Metallica was known as Speed Metal until they went mainstream.
@@MrJSpicoli those bands you mentioned weren't really metal, Metallica was heavier.
When this album dropped Metallica basically took over the galaxy.
@Lucas Lucas Lucas it may not be thrash but it sounds fucking good
nah. The universe shifted when the video for 'one' dropped .... they becamse the undisputed masters of metal after that, I remember it well.
@Lucas Lucas Lucas I like Metallica and ABBBA LOL
in 1991 it didnt drop. it was released, the internet didnt even exist.
Their earlier albums were more important. They're a touring band that means hardcore fans. This was more of a pop appeal album. It was metal with training wheels which is great if you have a full catalogue of fantastic banging metal songs, which they did. But would not be much of a good thing without it. If all you had was fans of only the black album those people aren't coming to your concerts and making you rich AF. But they were selling out concerts everywhere they went before the black album.
The God That Failed is the absolute hidden gem on that album.
And don’t tread on me
Through The Never
Of Wolf And Man
Struggle within
The whole album is awesome
Actual lyrics are "Roff to Never Never Lannndah"
That's what I always hear
Srong with that?
yeah yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Lantake my haaanndd
haha i laughed!xD
Dear commentators, the title is not “what makes this Metallica’s greatest song.”
Agree haha 90% didn't got the point this video it's about sound and production. Some can like more Master of puppets or even St. Anger that would be just a personal opinion. But not change the fact that the Black Album it's a milestone for the recordings, every sound engineer dream to produce such top notch quality recording (and still sound great nowdays too).
Hey Rick, throw me a bone here, where the hell do you get the individual tracks, learning these songs would awesome with isolated tracks!!!
@Austin Lucksted Pro Tools or cake walk cannot really break a cooked mix into its different tracks like that. Rick has access to those tracks if he ask for them. He's in the business of studio production ya know? Connection...
It kind of is though :P
(Whether they made better isn't important)
No that's unforgiven
Never realized how technical music was, from an average fan it is overwhelming
Dude.. I started playing guitar at 12 in 2000.. Thru my mid-teens and during high school, I wrote music non-stop. I learned bass, basic drums and later in my 20s, basic piano. I just wanted to be able to put tracks along with my guitar tracks that werent horrible.. And 20 years later from starting guitar.. its all STILL overwhelming, haha.
I mean this is still a pretty comercialised track meaning its pretty simple.
Don't worry. It is also overwhelming for most musicians. Most of them are not classically trained or educated to that level, they just know what sounds good.
if you think this was technical listen to and justice for all
Definitely not technical. "Metal" is the furthest thing you could consider from technical mastery.
I prefer the songs from Metallica's first four records to The Black Album, but I have to agree that the production on this album is simply magical. It sounds *_enormous_* .
Sir Psycho Sexy from thrash to metal.
I'm in the same camp. It was the lyrics of Masters and Justice in particular that make them stand out to me. But the black album does sound nice
That’s the whole deal with these series- it’s not just about the writing but also the production.
That’s why Rick picked Petty, Blink-182, Soundgarden, etc songs!
Correct!
Whatever people say about The Black Album, it's still a great album.
I hate how people attack Bob Rock. Years after JUSTICE people complained that you couldn't hear Jason. I love that album but you can't hear him. All Bob did was come in and take the songs Metallica had and made them sound perfect as far as the recordings. But for some reason they hate him because of the songs. All he did was take the songs that Metallica brought to the sessions and make sound perfect. He didn't write the songs. If you hate the album for the music blame Metallica. If you hate the record for production quality, you're an idiot. I admit it's not my favorite record musically by them, but the quality of the recordings is masterful. Respect to Bob Rock.
NumB sKuLL yes no big blame to him. It's just a bit dull, really.
I have to agree... And I think Bob Rock said it best about the hating on him when he said "If you think I EVER could have pushed THOSE guys into something that they didnt already want to do, then you know nothing about Lars or James or Metallica." Granted, the fleas come with the dog with what everyone wanted, but all Bob did was EXACTLY what James and Lars wanted. James wanted massive-sounding layers of tight guitar tracks, and Lars wanted a more basic but wide-spectrum sounding drum sound that could fill a planet. I would say they achieved all.
I know, the production of this album can be compared to the production of "The Dark Side of the Moon". Youc can't pretend that Metallica was gonna be Thrash or Speed even in the late 80's, that is called "evolution".
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True but Bob is pretty much responsible for James developing the whole "Ooo Ooo ooo" "Yeah Yeah" style that he didn't do in their earlier albums
@@AdamYoudell adam, I havent seen the movie for a long time, but how can you say that Bob is responsible?? Was that in the movie?
This Black Album was the album that introduced me to Metallica. 1991 and I was 14.
I love it to this day.
I was 15 then. Great times. Hard to believe it's been 30 something Yeats 😮
Metallica became a heavy metal (no longer thrash metal) band with this record. A lot of bands should be thankful that the Black Album came out because it essentially opened the floodgates of metal to innumerable people who hasn't experienced metal in their lives yet. This album is a masterpiece in metal recording .
That was the album that meant the era of metal was over and music is just a commercial enterprise.
@@thunkjunk They can make music the way they want, there is no hidden agenda to make money...Black has the best sound of all the albums because of their success before it.. and then they started to experiment more, after they passed their prime in mid 30s...
@@jutjub22 I disagree with most of what you said.
@@thunkjunk I know :)
@@jutjub22 I agree with everything you said :)
Jason is so underrated. He's top 5 pick style bass players all time, it's so heavy but outrageously clean for a pick.
Yup, along with Dave Ellefson, Andy West, Carl-Cadden James. D.D. Verni ain't too shabby, either.
Black Album was a great Metallica record. You don't just "decide to sell out" and write fantastic songs like that. It's heavy, riffy, grooves and has all of the elements of a complete album. It became big as a function of people liking it. Heavy music in general was in (grunge, GnR, other metal) and this album caught lightning in a bottle. I love the previous albums as well but there's no point in denying the greatness of this record. That said, I don't need to hear "Enter Sandman" or "Unforgiven" ever again. Played to death on the radio.
Agreed. To call this a sell out is a big disservice to the the band. But what they don't get is that not just any band can pull off what they did on The Black Album. This opportunity was not sitting there for other contemporaries like Slayer, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, etc. Great as they are in the metal genre, they don't have the skill or the tools to make the crossover. Metallica sowed the seeds subtly over the years, whether they knew it or not. They were writing stadium bangers that would help to transition into the next phase of their career when they became a permanent arena / stadium band (For Whom the Bell Tolls, Creeping Death, Seek & Destroy, Fade to Black, etc.) The stuff like Enter Sandman, Sad But True, Wherever I May Roam, etc. sound like distilled versions of older stuff, in a good way of course.
They wanted to simplify themselves and go in a new direction after playing those complex long songs during the Damaged Justice Tour. This was lightning in a bottle. James Hetfield peaked at that point too and that squeaky young voice turned into a monster stadium rock voice in 1989. I think James Hetfield between 1989 and 1994 is the peak heavy metal frontman of all time. He was that good.
Couldn’t be put any better
All the odd numbers were my favorites. The never played on the radio ones. "of Wolf and Man" damn!
Why'd you put "decide to sell out" in quotes? You didn't quote anyone or use the phrase in an idiosyncratic way.
Load was the album where they sold out.
"in the chorus, the whole band plays together"
Cut to Hetfield playing by himself and Lars sitting on the couch. Haha
MAGIC!
Lars can play his drums just by imagination. Man... it's Lars!
I was a freshman in high school when this album came out. I walked 6 miles one way to the record store to buy it.
Pretty sure I was too
good buy
and then your disappointment was immeasurable and your day ruined?
so you did not walk back home - you are still at the record store?
Uphill both ways!
I am addicted to Rick's videos. He is so stunningly knowledgeable about music - the history and personalities, production techniques, instrumentation, melody and harmony, music theory - is there any facet of the field that he doesn't intimately understand? This guy is a goddamn national treasure.
Loved listening to the isolated bass. Great sound and recording.
Spector NS2...no other tone like it.
RIFF BEATO
The most well produced metal album ever. The tone, drum , bass sound super great
You mentioned the simplicity of the fills. Simplicity is a beautiful thing when executed perfectly...and that's true with everything.
I too like Metallica's older stuff better, but comparatively speaking, the recording and production quality went WAY UP on this record. The instruments sounded more distinctive, the bass was fuller without being boomy, and the stereo imaging was better on high-end equipment like Proceed, Krell Linn, Naim, and Audio Research which I sold at the time.
I'm sure the fact that they unmuted the bass this time around also helped! :)
I agree...this album was a huge leap for them.
I never liked the drum sound on "...and justice for all." To me it sounded like Lars was hitting his drums with twigs, and the guitars were just to fat compared to the rest. And they muted Newsted on that one? Is that true?
iseeu1980 look for Justice for Newstead
Metallica´s old stuff? Like Load and ReLoad wich are already old albums? or what? XD
Yeah, musically they were much better on the first 4 albums, but you have to be delusional or deaf to claim that Justice sounds better than the Black Album
Man, Hetfield is so underrated, he is so talented
Juan_RockGuitar He IS Metallica. Everyone else is replaceable, and some need replacing.
Absolutely! The guy is great, I'm not even a Metallica fan and think is a shame people overlook his musicianship so much
Agreed. I think every member deserves recognition, but just imagine a world class lead guitar player instead of Kirk...
tbh, remove Kirk and Lars and the band is already way better
imagine all the virtuoso guitarists and drummers who's got chops and pocket for days that would want to be part of something that could turn out to be epic
Kirk plays a very distinctive style. Sometimes his solos erupt in an unexpected way, grabbing the listener's attention. It can be rather explosive. He's not always a technician, but his style is easily distinguishable, like Steve Howe and BB King are to their genres. I think it serves this music very well.
The guitars on Sad But True, especially before the vocals, are the heaviest I have ever heard. But that's because a stellar producer like Bob Rock knew how to layer guitars played through the smaller studio monitor speakers and overdriven, slightly undermixed with the original guitars would create what sounds like an approaching Godzilla through the streets of downtown Tokyo!
That's a great comparison :D And I couldn't agree more!
The guitar is tuned down a full tone I think
@@martinroy9991 yes
Reporter: “Is Lars the best drummer in the world?”
James Hetfield: “Lars isn’t even the best drummer in the band”
danny carey has more talent in one finger than lars in his whole body...
@@seelenwinter6662 hey that's not quite fair. Danny Carey is basically a God as far as the drums go.
That was a Beatles quote originally wasn’t it? Lennon talking about Ringo?
@@davidgill3356 Yes. And it's false quote too
Alex Yu oh, I didn’t know that thx.
A unique experience is what I am so thankful for. To be able to hear classic songs in this way is just amazing. Thank you Rick.
While master of puppets and justice are probably my two favorite albums from these guys, musically, you can’t touch this album, sonically. To date, I’m not sure a fuller, more realistic heavy guitar tone exists. You can tell that bob and his engineers really went for broke. It sounds enormous through any system.
Nah, I prefer the Marshall rhythm guitar tone of Puppets way better. More authentic sounding than the Boogies.
@@alienrefugee51 master of puppets uses a mesa boogie mark iic+ not Marshalls
Even on my phone speaker it sounds badass
Y’all are trippin Ride the Lightning is the best and most complete Metallica Album
Skeptical Narratives - MOP is just an 80s generic guitar tone. RTL and black album have the best tones, as well as justice, but justice’s tone is sort of brittle
Watched 2 videos. Subscribed. Your musical knowledge and explanations of this type are so much fun to listen to. Great content!!
Really loved this video! I must have watched the "A year and a half" videos a hundred times, and it still blows my mind how tight and punchy Jasons bass was, and how the rhythm guitars can get so chunky. Everything on this album is fantastic, and I love it to death. Awesome video, thank you!
The well thought out dissection of these songs that are such an integral part of our lives really makes me appreciate the music even more.
All of the singles on this album are worthy of analysis.
Thw whole album indeed, Amazing album and one of the greatest of Metal
Great job, Rick! I love this series and how you dissect these songs to explain what's going on in them. Even though I've heard them many times, you point out small nuances that I never realized were there. Awesome!
Rick,
I recently discovered your channel and absolutely love it. I’m not a musician but really appreciate music. My three kids are learning piano and we really enjoy watching your detailed analysis. Keep it up! You rock!
I love this kind of in depth break down analysis of music. Especially songs that are very popular. To hear parts of these songs isolated along with expert analysis is in my opinion a great way to learn how the art of music composition is generated/created. Having these analysis done by a genuine master musician is such a great lesson in song structure
You are so knowleadgeable, experienced, professional and passionate, that having them altogether, almost look out of the rock world for me! Impressive!
I like how u isolate the different parts, shows how good each individual part is and then how with the whole band it goes next level. Thanks Rick.
I love these videos because they make me appreciate the music even more by introducing me to the subtleties that I never knew were there. Kudos to Rick!
Rick, you’re so talented that you’re intimidating! So talented, dude!
The effort that went into that album is absolutely unreal! \m/
Rick, you know how everytime you hear a song you hear different things? you just brought back so many memories.Thanks.
I love these analytical break downs, Rick! Excellent work! Subscribed.
This guy is amazing! I like the way he dissects these songs and puts more background on them. Very interesting and informative. Makes you appreciate the artists and the songs even more. Great job Rick!
amazing work Rick I'm not a musician but a music lover, your explanations bring a whole new appreciation to the music I will always love to listen to. thanks man
I absolutely love the way the drums sound on this record. Epic.
Such a great sound on those drums. And the drum parts may be simple but they're so clear and effective.
Hi Rick! any thoughts on Kirk Hammet's solo? It was like "ok so that's the solo, let's move on" lol
Rick I've learned a lot about music with this series, really love your channel, please do some Rush song!
I just found your channel and it’s honestly one of if not the most prolific and versatile music channels on youtube, keep it up 🙏🏼🤘🏼
Shaped my teens, this did. Incredibly well produced. Thanks.
Pls do one episode of Pantera!! Love your videos
Yes!!! Walk!!
Air Guitar Cemetery Gates or Domination would be a better choice in my opinion
Omg, Cemetery Gates would actually be amazing. One of my favorite guitar solos from Dime (intro and main solo). Then we got Rex kickin ass on the intro acoustic and Phil kickin ass on the outro screams!!!
TheLameloid Yes! That could be another really nice choice
Regular People and/or 10's would be great as well!
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This was really cool to watch. Love how detail oriented you are.
Say what you will about this album compared to older stuff and so on, but there's no denying that the whole album sounds MASSIVE. Absolutely one of the most powerful-sounding albums of all time.
Please do Paranoid android
Ben Young he did eventually it was amazing
Your ears are really good! I was blown away when I found the harmony vocals! WOW!
This production analysis is just fantastic
Thank you 🙏🏻
Wow ein echt großartiges Video. Was mir ein kleines schönes Detail des Songs erst so richtig verdeutlicht hat, das ich bisher immer überhört habe. Hätte ich echt nicht gedacht und das obwohl ich ein sehr gutes Gehör habe und bei Songs eigendlich sehr genau hin höre. Respekt ! Danke dafür !
Hi Rick! I like this series, but I feel it could have more of your opinions and comments. For instance, most of the time we just hear the soloed stems and that's it, we move on to the next part.
But what makes it great? How was this sound achieved? Why was it the best choice, or could it have been improved?
We get some of these answers sometimes and it's great, but most of the time we're just left hanging.
"that snare that doesnt sound like anything you've ever heard before"
Looking at you, St. Anger!!! LOL
Ping!!! Ping!!! Ping!!! Ping!!!
First thing that came to my mind when he said that! 🤣🤣
Wow someone brought up saint pile of total garbage, saint anger. That is how people felt when they heard it.
It would actually be better received if they redid the drum parts and had James sing...well, not like he just got out of rehab. The guitar work and songwriting is actually pretty good.
@@joelcastro-reyes1667 and let kirk solo, and also let james's guitar be the main (or at least like a 50-50) rythm thing instead of lars's drums
The sound of this album was absolutely insane; it's been one of my trusted reference discs for evaluating new audio equipment for almost 3 decades now.
i love the snare sound off this album im not experienced in music production but i LOVE how the drums sound (especially the snare)
Please do Boston - Foreplay/LongTime. That song is AMAZING!
Kirk went Jimi Hendrix on that wah solo. This is awesome Rick! Thank you Sir.
Rick I just found your channel I love that you break down the song and each part is played love your channel thank you
Love your breakdown of these songs. Your knowledge of music is pretty impressive. So here to more great vids🍻☇
Evolve or die off.
Music is therapy. Sometimes that therapy doesnt work. And the band falls apart.
Sometimes that therapy does work, and the band evolves.
Go dig up your best buddy from highschool who you partied with. Hang with him for a day.
If he is married and settled down, he evolved, and survived.
If he still parties, and you cant stand it.... you evolved.
This is one of the greatest albums of all time. My personal favorite.
Great point
Evolve or die off that's perfect very well said my friend
Just1Spark, I never went to highschool, never been to a party either. Does this mean I can't evolve? 🤔
Well said, holy shite
its good album, but Master of Puppets, and Ride the Lightning are definitely better. id also say Kill 'em All and Justice slightly better too.
wow, the bass parts are crazy good. respect.
That soft vibrato when James starts singing is perfect.
This video is absolutely amazing! Thank god this video was recommended
As a longtime audiophile, I think this record is a sound masterpiece. I normally used Steely Dan stuff to demo gear, but if I wanted something heavy, this would be the one. Plus I think 'Sad But True' is just masterful bit of songwriting. It is a man's soul laid bare in a really powerful way.The heaviness adds perfectly to the truth of the lyrics.
Absolutely agree with what you said about Sad But True. That "I'm your dream, mind astray, I'm your eyes while you're away" part always gives me goosebumps, no matter how many times I've heard it. Plus the riff at the beginning hits you like a freight train.
Here's a vote for The Mars Volta, Tetragrammaton. Should be fun to dissect.
I enjoyed your show. Your a true musician brother. And i thank you for your knowledge passion and hard work..
A super neat deconstruction of a super neat song :-) Thank you very much. Greetings from Poland.
No Vocalign back then either, I never realized how tight those vocals were until now!
I gotta hand it to James. I've never thought of him as a great singer (not awful...it works for what he's doing) but I gotta say that listening to the multi voice arrangement (which I assume is all him overdubbing with himself), those harmonies are damn tight(and like you say, in an age where it was all on tape and couldn't be edited). He's better than I give him credit for.
Nice in depth review of the song. This song was the reason to leave my classical guitar for what it was and pick up the electric guitar in 1991 :-)
Oh and uh 10:48 is actually the bass drum and the crash together ;-) Lars does however use the snare and crash together a lot too though, as you can hear in other parts of this song. Really like the massive drum sounds on this record! And James' voice is so amazing in this song! It has that nice eerie vibe to it, just like in Master op Puppets. Yeaheeaaaahh!
Awesome job man.. as always!
Best produced rock metal album ever. Awesome production, awesome album
"Caveman fills"!!!! Genius!!!
Hey Rick , can you please Made an episode with Porcupine Tree?
Excellent content btw
Nicolás Riveros Oh God yes please
PLEASE!
PLEASE
oooooh yeeah
Anaesthetise plz
Amazing! Nice job Rick!
Amazing! Keep em coming!
Folks don't forget. This is video #11 in a new series in which Rick Beato is still quite new to music composition analyzer/video host. And it shows RB's progression from then to where he is today. And no one on UA-cam comes close to his What Makes this Song Great Series...👍🎵🎶🎼
Van Halen...please please please!!!
oh yes please
Not panama!!! Unchained, Mean street or I’m the one
Ain't Talkin About Love
YES...and PLEASE DO NOT DO JUMP for gosh sakes!
Lovin' this channel!
This "de-compilation" is amazing! Thank you!
This song was so over-played that it quickly went out of favor with me- I really began to dislike it. It became my "Stairway to Heaven" unfortunately. Thanks for making me listen to this in a new way and enjoy it again, Rick!
Right there with you man
It's always nice to hear things with new ears again. Took me a bit to realise what a great, classic song Sandman is.
Pink Floyd!!!
Apoorva Anand he said in other videos that Pink Floyd are blockers and would take down the video. Which stinks cause it would be great.
I want to see " Sheep ( 3 different ones ) explained !! What a tune
This was GREAT!
I was 15 in 92, and this was one of the first songs my first band played. We did pretty good at it too, but I rushed the hell out of this song, and added a sixteenth note double bass run on the section right before the outro. I also played a ride cymbal during the pre-chorus sections.
The closest I ever came to that snare sound acoustically was with my 5×14 1960's Slingerland chrome over brass snare, with a clear Remo C.S. Batter head, and Ambassador snare side.
Thanks, Rick. A lot of memories there. I have some great memories with that album, and sort of growing up with Metallica in general.
Another super great video by Rick.
James’ vocals are CRAZY good!!!
I like this comment, not only because I agree with it, but also because anyone who knows how to use apostrophes this correctly is a friend!
If I ever make a record, I'd want it to sound as massive as the Black album. The wall of rhythm guitars is just awesome
Immense production on this album! People still accuse them of "selling out" on the record, well I'm unable to make comment on that but what I do know is that it was this record that was my gateway to everything that came before it...and for that I'll always be thankful!
I love these breakdowns!
Can you please break down Orion by Metallica. I love how deep you dice ...def subbed and have been watching all the episodes
Hetfield plays the open "G" string, instead ot the 5th fret of the "D" string in the intro. That gives it a whole different sound. Try it out! Edit: thx for the comments :)
The fifth fret on the A string is D not G and it's called open, not empty
@@felipedromundo8861 you are right :)
Live performances say otherwise
I'll always remember the first time I heard this record. My boyfriend, now husband, bought the the single and we played on the record player in the front room. I was so excited and I loved it from the off. This song was loved by so many in the rock scene at the time. In 1992, while we were at the monsters of rock festival, this song was played between bands. I'll always remember singing along with everyone else. It's one of the many memories I have that I treasure from festivals and gigs over the years.
Wow I LOVE this series! Rick really provides a wealth of knowledge and insight into great song writing/arranging, instrument playing and production concepts.
I think I've binged almost every episode over the past few days. I didn't watch them in order and this was actually one of the last videos in the series I watched.
We got a great rundown of why the production values made this song great. To me though, it's really all about the songwriting/arranging. Most of the episodes we get lots of that type of explanation. One surprising omission in the analysis of this song is James Hetfield's master of motif development.
The initial clean guitar part is really the main riff, obviously. Not so obvious is that once the heavy guitars come in (still in the intro), the riff is fragmented and developed. It begins by chugging on the palm muted low E, then hitting the E up an octave at the end of each measure (without palm muting). That's a developed riff based on the very first 2 notes we heard in the clean intro (low E to an E up an octave) Every several measures it gradually adds notes from that initial clean part until the band plays the main heavy groove, which is almost a note for note "heavy version" of that initial clean part. This is very similar to how Beethoven, Bach and Brahms got tons of mileage out of little ideas (motifs). Hetfield does things like this all the time, but I can't think of a better example than this song. Pushing this even further, the prechorus riff is note-for-note compared to the intro, just very cleverly up a whole step (temporary modulation from Em to F# minor). I think this is a huge part of What Makes This Song Great for Enter Sandman.
Sorry for the rant :-) and rock on Rick! You're doing such a great thing by providing college level education to the masses for free. I think I should probably start supporting you by getting a club membership. Who knows, maybe your influence will help make pop good again :-) If enough up and comers can learn about GOOD music by watching your stuff, maybe the future will be brighter!