Classical Composer Reaction/Analysis to Enter Sandman (Metallica) | The Daily Doug (Episode 476)
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- Опубліковано 23 жов 2022
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In this #metalmonday edition of #thedailydoug, I'm returning to music by @metallica, listening to their classic Enter Sandman from their self-titled fifth album. As I say in the video, I've heard this one, but it's been quite some time. And, the song is quite a testament to the power of a well-constructed riff. I hope you enjoy!
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It's been fascinating watching you slowly become a metalhead Doug. Keep rocking.😎
Nice to see someone so "young" (I finished HS in 89), with his classical training, who knows how to bang his head like me!🤪
@@davelindstrom6005 I also finished school in '89, though I did start Uni this September studying Information Technology. It's hard work though, especially been so young like I am right?
This song converted me and defined my musical taste back then in 1991 when I was less than 10 years old. Now I'm a proud metalhead that grow with Metallica and some other bands.
i love you man!
Same for me. It was in the late nineties for me. I'd never been into metal, but I heard this song and was fascinated. Never looked back. It's been a voyage of discovery ever since.
I sneer when people react to it now thinking "ugh this wouldn't even be in my top 20 Metallica songs" but I forget how life changing it was back then.
I have the exact same story as you mate. This album was my gateway in metal and I will forever be grateful.
In high school I played drums in a band called The Testostertones. We covered this song at the talent show. We rocked, we didn't win, but we were stoked.
A+ for the name of the band. Should've won it. :P
dial back the narcissism. You probably all were horrible and need to practice more. But thanks for trying.
@@Kappie0312 I'll second that!
@@asraiSOA - Third it!!!
What a name for a band!!!! Fantastic!
Remember vividly when i heard for the fist time on the radio. a new music era had begun.
There's a live version them playing this in Russia, over a million people. Insane. And actually the intro isn't the same riff, they start with one note and add the next note measure by measure. We used to play this in my cover band days, always a crowd favorite.
Yup, Tushino Airfield in Moscow 1991 for the Monsters of Rock music festival.
What a lot of people miss is that they deconstruct the riff in the opposite way as the song comes to its conclusion, so the first and last riffs are the same.
For Halloween either one of these: Helloween - Halloween (full 13 min HQ video) or King Diamond - Sleepless Nights (Live)
I would never call myself a Metallica fan but I honestly believe this is one of the best rock songs ever. It’s just about perfect. The riff, the driving rhythm, power drums, dark lyrics and sinister vocal performance. Never gets old.
I'm only fan of 1980's Metallica.
This is definitely Metallica’s “selling out” point in their career. Not that it’s a bad song by any means, but it’s such a cop out considering the literal unrecognized masterpieces they made during the 80s.
@@donald60s14 their selling out era, but in my opinion their PEAK, even tho my favorite album ride the lightning will always remain my favorite, the black album redefined metal/rock for the next few decades
Happy 250K Doug! Bravo, well deserved!!
Yeah I remember 91 well. Metallica was EVERYWHERE with this album. It even kicked off a period of constant touring that lasted several years, only taking time off to record Load. There was no avoiding the song.
One of the all time greats. I used to know the lyrics by heart and I still remember singing it as a lullaby to my younger brother some 20 years ago. I also remember the album being stolen out of our car along with the stereo. Congratulations on the 250k!
Nice!! The production and the mix is super on this album. Since Halloween is approaching, you might want to take a listen to "A Nightmare to Remember" by Dream Theater (studio version). The chord and note choices will shock you, both in the piano intro and throughout the song. They are really evil-sounding. Would be really interesting to see/hear you analyze this song and enlighten us with what's actually going on. It's a true headbanging metal song that was written during the Halloween weekend. You'll love it 😉
Yes great choice!
or next metallica monday, he could do All Nightmare Long
Or do their Nightmare Cinema performance when everyone swapped instruments 😅
Hetfield usually (if not always) does multiple rhythm tracks. That's one of the things that make him such an impressive guitarist: he recorded and stacked at least two rhythm tracks for every song on Master of Puppets and each one is in lock-step with the other. He's that precise. No hitches whatsoever.
This is one of my favorites of yours so far, Doug. I can see how much fun you're having with this one!
That was a fun summer, 1991, just before I entered high school. My friends and I planned our day around the airing of that video. I was a Disposable Heroes, Shortest Straw guy, and it took me a while to wrap my head around Sandman.
I remember it well. I started high school in '91, and Metallica and Guns 'n Roses ruled my musical world, along with a massive dose of Queen after Freddie died. (Queen had been one of my favourite bands as a kid who played with their parents' record player!)
Then in '92 this cool punk girl handed me her walkman in gym class and said, "You've gotta listen to this new band. They're called Nirvana."
I like the way you do the background research on the bands and songs before you react to them. It brings a lot to the program. Cheers!
Clean is the best word to explain this million dollar recording! “GRAIN OF SAND… pop - a - pop -a ( drum fill…) “. Dude that’s the sickest part, in its simplicity… how can one not headbang
Thanks for analysis! It was great and I enjoyed it!
Lovely seeing some more Metallica again! Enter Sandman was the first song I ever heard by them, and made me instantly fall in love with the band, such an iconic metal song.
Would be interesting to see your take on their more experimental stuff from the mid 90's. Specifically the song "Bleeding Me", as it's arguably one of the most popular songs from that era by the band. The song is largely about the struggles of the singer (James Hetfield) and overcoming alchoholism. Certainly a unique era for the band, and one that is quite controversial.
"Experimental"? For them, maybe. Load/Reload were basically Metallica doing heavy grunge with a hint of stoner rock. Which is not meant as a criticism, because I genuinely like those albums, I think they are excellent mainstream hard rock fare. The fact that they're "not metal" doesn't bother me. The fact that they were an attempt to get with what was popular at the time doesn't bother me either, because anyone with a clue knows that Metallica have always worn their inspirations on their sleeves, whether it was Diamond Head and Venom or Soundgarden and Corrosion Of Conformity.
Congrats on a quarter million subs, Doug!!
I remember my first experience with metal songs was a little block with Devil's Dance by Metallica, Lucifer's Hammer by Warlord, the Clairvoyant by Iron Maiden and Lack of Comprehension, by Death. What a blessed MTV segment that was. Back in 97, I believe (88 boy here)? I was ensnared. My older brother was already listening to metal before and when I felt the "pull", my brother brought the Black Album that he had purchased in tape and we listened the HELL out of it and it was then that my passion for music got kickstarted for real. What a wonderful thing it was to finally attend to a Metallica concert this year, after missing out on so many other chances due to circumstances out of my control
Music is a beautiful thing. Thanks Doug, for showing us all just that. You are wonderful and I dearly hope to meet you one day, if life allows it.
Brilliant comments again ! Thank you.
First saw them in 1986 when they opened for Ozzy. Have been a fan ever since.
I believe they played at some music awards with an orchestra band years ago ,it was awesome an sounded great together!
Great review & reaction!..👍
They did an entire album called S & M with San Francisco orchestra
@@bscjake and then a few years ago they did it again with S & M 2
Please can you do a show on one of the most important bands of all time...'Hawkwind'.
A good place to start to get an idea of how diverse their music and lyrics are would be the first side of their 1975 album called 'Warrior On The Edge Of Time' (it's the last album Lemmy played bass on before he left the band, and then went onto start up Motorhead)
All of Hawkwind back catalogue from their fist album in 1970 to their mid 80's albums are full of absolute 'gold' (both musically and lyrically)
Hawkwind are a genre all to themselves (they are a true 'people's band' whom were the true musical wing of the counter culture movement throughout the 70's .80's 90's and beyond...they also hugely inpired the original Punk movement, then also the original real 'Rave' / Dance movement from the late 80's onwards...they give a taste of this with tunes such as Opa Loka from the first side of the Warrior On The Edge Of Time album )
As a musician and former music major, as always, thank you for your analysis...
Love how it flowed into the next song on the album
It does? Its just a fade out and the next song is sad but true lol
The background with the Maiden album now is perfect.
Yeah Doug! Nice to see a Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album sitting pretty behind you.🤘🏻
Nice job analyzing a great song and even greater album!
I remember this like it was yesterday - that video came on MTV (back when they played music) and we lost our minds.
I've always been more of a Maiden fan than Metallica, but that song and a few others just jelled so well for them that they overtook everyone!
They went from near-pariahs to mainstream to juggernauts in the industry in about two years.
Awesome Doug
To the one Riff Song: Kerry King said, if a Riff is good, play it again and again. He was right.
I think it would be fantastic if Doug reacted to Moonshield by In Flames in one of the next metal mondays. Seeing him react to/analyze the waltz time signatures and the folk-ish melodies of the song would be great.
Keep on head bangin', Doug!
I remember James saying the lyrical hook on the original chorus originally was "the perfect family ruined" or something close to that.
I don't think anyone's ever heard the full original lyrics, but for both Lars and Bob Rock to go to James and ask him to pull back a little and make it more vague (i.e., palatable for mainstream radio), I assume it was a very dark and direct tone that James had. One could even assume that with Dyers Eve being what it was at the close of AJFA, James was continuing on that same path with a similar "direct punch" with the lyrics.
It would be interesting to hear those lyrics in full recording voice just once though, just to hear "what could have been."
Always reminds me of Jethro Tull's "No Lullaby" similar theme if a bit different musically.
Saludos desde Chile!!
Doug, you entered high school in '91. I left high school in '84. Man I suddenly feel old. 🤔
I love how you don't pause the video to comment. Perfect reaction
I remember that when this album showed up and I bought an audio tape, in 2-3 months I literally consumed it in my Walkman and I had to buy a new tape
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Ther are some young people posting on this song. That is compared to me. My first Metallica song was The Four Horsemen off of Kill 'em All. What a great tune to listen to on Saturday (I think) on Metal Shop radio program.
Coool ! You should look to larnell lewis playing enter sandman at drums after hearing it only once ! Spectacular and instructive
Hello from New England...Like most songs I've played 100's of times..I'm a drummer...I add different things to the song to keep it fresh and to keep my on the fly chops up... Peace from the Northeast..
I herd this one, it is great
5:30 this layering of rhythm guitar sounds was popular in the 90s, Nirvana for instance did this a few times (or rather their producer Butch Vig)
Doug, hello! Your comments are great. Greetings from Bulgaria and Nightwish army ;)
To me, one of the greatest rock songs ever... discovered Metallica in the early 90's and never stopped listening...
Hey Doug! Excellent reaction, if you want to stay on theme, Blind Guardian has a cover for the Chordettes’s Mr Sandman, the official video is priceless.
I’d like to see you review some Ghost, Doug.
Fantastic band.
Thanks man
Love to hear your take on any Soundgarden song
Interesting riff analyze
I guess now you can look at Rammstein and Till Lindemann's take on the Sandman next week, with Mein Herz Brennt. I presume you'll enjoy the piano version of it, but as it's supposed to be "metal" Monday, perhaps you could compare and contrast the original version and the piano version - that could be an interesting exercise in and of itself.
Hi Doug, it would be very cool if You would analyze some tracks from their "... And justice for all" album. Such a complex and interesting one.
I always enjoy your Metallica song reactions, so for the next one I think you should do the live version of Anesthesia (Pulling teeth), It's a Cliff Burton solo.
Have the album on a DVD, mixed in 5.1. It's really a big wall of sound.
I remember thinking this would be the slowest song on the album, was in line at Fred Meyer's to buy the tape for hours before the store opened BTW, like The Thing that Should not Be or Escape ... little did we know it would be one of the heaviest. By the time The Unforgiven came on and he sang "What I felt .... " I ejected that cassette tape from my Kenwood deck and tossed that crap out the window never looking back! This was the aftermath of no Burton RIP
Doug, you might want to give This Corrosion by The Sisters of Mercy a listen. It's a Jim Steinman production, with all that entails - including a 40 piece choral intro, 10+ minute length, and the typical Steinman "Excess all Areas" production. Could be an interesting analysis for halloween...
This Corrosion would be a good one. Has Doug touched anything of Steinman's yet?
That's a very good recommendation...hope it gets reviewef
Now this makes me want to hear the original lyrics for the song
Nice one
Original idea for the lyrics was considered too dark/personel for the song and it's a rare case where I agree. I saw them confirm in an interview that originally the song dealt with the very serious subject of crib death.
But that would have never been a single.
Still a great song, off a great album, by one of the best rock bands of the recorded era.
🤘🧙♂️🤘
Rich the Ancient Metal Beast
Lol, wrote that with 2 minutes left. 🤷♂️
Love you reactions to music!! You should check out the band (The Warning) These three young Sisters (Dani lead guitar, piano and lead locals) (Pau drummer, piano lead vocals) and (Ali Bass guitar, piano backing vocals). from Monterrey Mexico who are highly skilled with there instruments and vocal abilities shared between guitarist and drummer. Thay got recognized on UA-cam doing a cover of Metallica's Enter Sandman when thay were young 10-12-14yrs, about year ago thay were invited by Metallica to do a new cover of the song on there 30th anniversary of the black album, (What A Accomplishment). Thay have put out a few albums since then are blowing are up the Rock seen!! Thay have open for huge bands like Def Leppard, the killers and were the last opening act for the Foo Fighters before the tragic loss of there drummer 😢. Thay are currently touring with Hale Storm and pretty Reckless and just announced thay will be opening for Guns and Roses in South America. A good song for introduction is (Dust to Dust) ua-cam.com/video/Jb7Hi0X16DU/v-deo.html The Drummer (Pau takes lead vocals With her powerful and almost hunting voice. (choke) ua-cam.com/video/dxyRnm-G2PQ/v-deo.html The vocal proformance is so good and powerful! Has so much addictive energy!!! I know you will give your honest opinion on these three talented young Sisters that are keeping Rock alive!!
Back in the days there was a thrash metal band from Finland called "Stone". They released their debut album with track "Get Stoned" in 1988.
Yes, they were certainly big fans of Metallica, but the track was released 3 years before Enter Sandman. And the story goes that when Metallica was playing in Finland late 80s, they were given Stone's demo cassette. Not exactly the same song, but you can find some "influences"..
Stone - Get Stoned (1988)
ua-cam.com/video/yWHlr3U_s8Q/v-deo.html
With Halloween coming up, I'd like to renew my recommendations of (classic) songs from the spookier side. 'Second Coming / Ballad of Dwight Fry' and/or 'Black Juju', both Alice Cooper. 'Nosferatu' and/or 'Godzilla' and/or 'Astronomy', Blue Öyster Cult (nope, not 'Don't Fear The Reaper' - I really like that one, but it's been heavily overanalyzed). 'Death Walks Behind You' and/or 'Friday 13th', Atomic Rooster.
Would love to see you react/analyse to fade to black also by metallica, it's my favorite song by them
There's a young group called The Warning from Monterrey, Mexico who covered Enter Sandman some 7 years ago in their basement. That rendition just about blew up the internet. Fast forward and just recently they were invited to collaborate with Alessia Cara on a new version for Metallica's celebration of The Black Album (40 yrs? I think!). Anyway, I think you might be interested in checking either/both of those versions out!
So 250k subscribers confirmed. Do you get another plaque and do we get another un-boxing. Well done kidder.
shoutout to that beautiful copy of The Underfall Yard in the back! 🙌🏻👏🏻
Metallica : Enter Sandman
Doug : Enter High-school
A lot of us Gen X'ers lol. Sounded great on tape in a Camaro.
To this day, when this song comes on, I crank it to 11.
You mention Halloween approaching, how about checking out Crystal Ann/Alison Hell by Annihilator and Halloween by Helloween.
There is a video someone did of playing drums for this song like they’re Mike Portnoy. They managed to do his style quite well
I know I'm four months late to this video, but I can't recommend the covers of the Black Album done last year enough! I think you'd really like some of the unique takes on their songs, especially Ghosts cover of Sandman, and The HU's cover of Through the Never!
Perfectly timed "Air Drums", Doug. Thanks for the great song to start the week.
This was the first song I learnt to play on guitar about 22 years ago. I can still play it, although I have forgotten some of the solo. Anyone got a time machine I can borrow?
Can I humbly suggest the following for a future metal Monday.?
The Darkness "I believe in a thing called love" from the "Permission to Land" Album.
They are a British band, considered a bit of a novelty act but are serious rockers.
The lead singer (Justin Hawkins) can only be described as a cross between Freddie Mercury and Tiny Tim.
The second I hear that song start I'm 19 again, in the Navy, and that's playing on the jukebox in the corner of the bar while I'm playing 9 Ball.
Fairy Tale - Shaman (live from DVD), it would be epic.
Hey Doug! You should take a listen to Deprived by Riverside! You are gonna love it man
I remember that when this album came out it caused such a rift in the fanbase. For us - the fans who'd supported them for many years - we felt both let down and, utterly, betrayed, because this was such a commercially driven album, and it felt like a slap-in-the-face to us. Overnight, Metallica went from being a band who'd had little radio/TV play to being played in department stores, hockey games, elevators. It was surreal, to say the least. People who'd turned their noses away from Metal because it was too aggressive were, suddenly, buying this album; and that's the thing that just, endlessly, pisses us off with the Black album: it made Metal safe for people who'd, otherwise, not have listened to it. To, really, drive home my point, shortly after it came out, my buddy, Rob, was in automotive class (high school) and had asked the teacher if he could put in some Metallica while he, and the other students, worked on their assignments (something said teacher often allowed). After being granted said request, the other students were like 'Yeah, Robbie! Way to go. We wanna hear that Metallica.' So, he put it in; however, being a sever Metalhead like the rest of us, he didn't put in the Black album; he put in their first album, Kill 'Em All. After several minutes, those same students - who were so excited to hear Metallica - walked over to him, saying, 'Hey, Rob, you said you were going to put on Metallica. What's this fucking shit?' Rob just laughed at them. To this day, every time I hear that song I slap the air and hope they feel it.
Doug you should do a video for Cliff Burton’s live performance of Anesthesia in 1983!
Instant-like mode: ON
Otimo
It may be a one riff song, but it is played in a bunch of different ways, so it is more like 7-8:) Fun video, thanks
Would love to see your reaction to rings of Saturn mostly the instrumentals like utopia, heavens have fallen, or microcosm.
When I think about it, maybe one of the very few songs that comes close to recreating the epicnes born out of simplicity, repetitiveness and buildup that marks Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water.
Only with a darker more modern twist of course. But even structure wise, isn't it nearly the same..?
If you get the time you should check out the video of them perform Sandman on stage in 1991 in Moscow! 1.6 Million in the crowd ! Amazing !!!
Here’s a hilarious misheard lyric for you.
“Dreams of war, dreams of liars, dreams of dragons’ fire, *AND OF BAKED APPLE PIE, YEAH!* “
Doug you really need to check out Cliff Burtons Bass solo take one, both the studio version and live in Chicago 1983
Watch the studio version first, Chicago live second and follow it up with the one I think you'll like the most... in my opinion the best tribute ever, the live S&M2 Cliff Burton tribute by Scott Pingel
Oooo is that a Seventh Son vinyl??
Doug! As always great content! Would you please react to Vinnie Moore "Out and Beyond" or "The Hurt, the Joy" by Shawn Lane
Don't forget the end of the riff where also a minor third comes in. And where have we heard a famous rock riff before that used those notes? Grab a guitar or whatever and play the Smoke On The Water riff and then alternate it with the Enter Sandman riff. Then mix and match as you like.
Hey Doug, Is that a signed frame of the lyrics to Lucky man by ELP by Greg Lake? on the wall to the side of you?????
Yes 🙂 I am very grateful to have received this from a supporter.
Vancouver producer Bob Rock was who took Metallica from a band that was just popular into the stratosphere with his production of Enter Sandman.
6:31 I've never heard Kirk mention it, but this lick is highly reminiscent of Randy Rhoads. I think (?) it is Aoelian-tinged with the b6 ?
Try "Sentient 6" by Nevermore, to see where metal went from this :)
the black album is the dark side of the moon of heavy metal. it still sells like crazy years after it came out
No doubt it sold like crazy and continues to do so, but musically it’s nowhere near the masterpiece likes of Dark Side Of The Moon. And I’m not even a big fan of Dark Side or even Pink Floyd, but just comparing that to Metallica’s watered down Black Album is so wrong. Metallica’s Ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets, and And Justice For All is a perfect comparison to Dark Side, and frankly better
@@donald60s14 I mean in terms of sales yes musically it's not the same however sales-wise it is definitely the Dark Side of the Moon of heavy metal
More SLAYER 🤘🤘
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Please do a King’s X song next, possible Everybody Knows a Little Bit of Something, or Over My Head. Both of those are off the Gretchen Goes To Nebraska album.
Doug reacted to Out of the Silent Planet on Patreon in the Diamonds in the Rough Fan Favorites episode.
Now you have to react to Dream Theater's As I Am which is similar to Enter Sandman. They even played these songs together.
If you ever do another track off the self titled record, I highly recommed My Friend Of Misery. Stunning track.
Who doesn’t love a metal Monday?