Wow, man your tone is insanely close, I didn't expected this after a bunch of videos with James' photo and Barylla or Metallica Golden IR pack used... It's rare to see a truly IR cabinet or real equipment. I don’t want to offend anyone, but it’s very boring to see those IRs instead of normal ones. Great job.
Thank you! Someone finally understood what Im trying to do! I really love all the custom Metallica song IRs, and i have a bunch of them. Id rather try to recreate what they were using with what I have and make tweaks.
@@BrianWGuitar Well, imagine I go to UA-cam to look for a video about the tone of Metallica and what do I see? 100500 videos with photos of James Hetfield, title - Master of Puppets EXACT tone or It's so close it's copyrighted. Everything is a carbon copy, same photo, same title, same song IR and riff for 25 seconds. It’s terribly sad and boring, I don’t want UA-cam and the search for a tone by a certain person to be exactly like this. For the first time I had fun after your video.
I heard James in an interview say a good show for us is when we are able to play the shortest straw without a mistake . Its probably a reason why they don’t play it so often because its a tough one to play
I think the song is likely hard to play tight, as a unit, live. The way it's structured leaves no room for mistakes. I'm sure they could work out the kinks if they were looking to add it for a tour and not just spur of the moment.
No, it did *not* bore us. It impressed us that those guys could write and perform that level of awesome! They've never measured up since, and they never will.
Shortest Straw is one of Metallica’s best tracks I love the whole album, it’s my favorite album in their discography and Shortest Straw is one of my top 3 songs of their entire discography The fact that the entire Justice album gets neglected most by the band is criminal
@@crailtap92 not more thrash or aggressive... Technical is overrated only by musicians, the average fan can give a damn about technicality, this why the easiest playing albums outsells the most technical... Nobody cares
@@truthhurts79 a lot of people care, not just musicians but seasoned listeners of music as well. You don’t speak for everyone just like I don’t speak for everyone.
I feel like Justice opens at 11 and just improves with each song raising the bar just a pinch higher than the last. It’s one of few albums where I feel the B side is stronger than the A side and the A side is a masterpiece alone
Eye Of The Beholder is definitely one of my favorite tracks from Justice. From the comments I've read over the years fans either love it or hate it. I remember watching an interview with Lars a few years ago and he doesn't like it lol. He was basically saying he didn't know what the hell they were thinking when they wrote it. I don't know how many times it's been played live but I saw them perform it back in 89 during the Damaged Justice tour at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. There's two different recordings of that same show here on UA-cam. Just search Metallica live in Philadelphia 1989. They also play Leper Messiah. It's pretty much the same set list as the Seattle 89 video except if I remember correctly they switched out those two songs for The Four Horsemen and The Thing That Should Not Be.
this video made me revisit the song, i thought harvester of sorrow was cooler the first time i heard the shortest straw, but now i can finally make justice to it, understanding the complexity and stuff. thanks man, this video is amazing, you got a new sub
Great video!! 11th and 12th grade I was in a band with a couple guys. I was on drums and the guitar players knew every solo and riff of every song we listened to!! We’d play this and countless songs in my garage and it was definitely some of the greatest times of my life 😊
Love this whole album. I know a lot of people think it’s a little bloated and the songs are over-written and complicated for the sake of being complicated but I wouldn’t change a note on this record. And that pre chorus riff is so sick and fun to play
This whole album helped my rhythm playing so much. I was truly surprised when I found that it bored audiences because I was fucking stanging for just a little test of it, out in the middle of nowhere in Australia
Metallica fans back in the day also called them sellouts for having a video on MTV and said the video for One was boring. I really don't take a lot of what metalheads of a certain age group say too seriously. Lot of one track brain activity going on there
It’s funny, because normally, I only like to listen to their live concert recordings… But for some reason, this song just doesn’t work live and I don’t know why. The album version is absolutely phenomenal and my favorite song on the album. But whenever I hear them play live it just lacks groove and James voice never sounds like the album. Same same thing with eye of the beholder. One of my favorite songs but just doesn’t translate live I think.
This was always one of my favorite songs from the AJFA album. I can understand why it would only be played rarely in concerts, as the entire album is a complex prog-metal style. It’s nice to hear a discussion on this track, alongside a complete playthrough. Thank you for sharing.
@@SamBrockmann Oh, I am sure there are now metal bands so prog-heavy that they make Justice sound like AC/DC. Heck, we could just put on some Bach organ records and crank the volume really high.
@DTM-Books , no. At the time, it was not Prog (and still isn't). Keep in mind that we had already numerous examples of Prog, even if they weren't many Prog Metal examples (yet). Yes, Rush, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull.
…I have a “quick” and kinda serious personal question, …I am wondering, …why, and how did you end up choosing, and settling on these particular sets of combinations of hardware, (that guitar) and plug-ins, that you did, …in order for you to finally be happy, and fully satisfied with yourself, because deep down, …you know, …and truly believe, …indeed, …that thouest TONEQUEST hast FINALLY cometh to an end!!! …THOUEST HATH CAPTURED: “THE TONE”!!! …hold on, …but wait, …there’s more, …OH NOOOOOO!!! …there are SO many OTHER OPTIONS out there to choose from, and utilize, …for example, …those so-called “real” licensed Mesa boogie plugs??? (…what’s the deal with those stupid things anyway???) …hey, …don’t get me wrong, …I can’t find “THE TONE” either!!! …where in the ACTUAL F**K IS THIS THING HIDING??? …I have been for years on this same journey just as you, and others, to find “THE TONE”, with seemingly less, and less success as it goes along, …even by any means necessary sadly, …you know, with all of the many options that are out there, …they all “allow” us to get just one small chance, to roll the dice, maybe we’ll get lucky and find “THE TONE” …BUT, …by now, I’m convinced that all of the stuff that’s out there, isn’t really to HELP US, it’s there only to TEASE US, …and to take our MONEY, and TIME along with it!!! …with all of the numerous opportunities that we can get from plug-ins, to amp simms, to some actual hardware, (…like, …say, …REAL AMPS!!! …what in the F**K IS that??? …I never heard of such a thing, …that’s blasphemous!!!) …okay, …yeah, …yeah, …that’s right, …I even recently bought myself one of those EXPENSIVE-ASSED, mesa-boogie, John-Petrucci heads, and also, a QUAD CORTEX as well!!! (…why does getting “THE TONE” have to COST SO F**KING MUCH???) …WELL, …I’ve been fiddling around with those two back and forth for a while, …and, they sound great and all, (…but, …guess what, …just take one quick guess) …NO MATTER WHAT I DO, …OR TRY, …THERE’S STILL SOMETHING THAT JUST AIN’T QUITE RIGHT ABOUT IT, …I CAN’T REALLY PUT MY FINGER ON IT WHAT IT IS, …EVEN WHEN USING EQ MATCHING SOFTWARE, (THREE OF THEM: OZONE 11, BIAS FX, AND FABFILTER PRO-Q 3) …AND, …YET, …I STILL, …JUST, …CAN’T FIND: “THE TONE” …IT’S DRIVING ME OUT OF MY F**KING MIND!!! …ALL THIS I CANNOT BEAR TO (“HEAR”) MUCH LONGER, …CANNOT THE KINGDOM OF (“TONEQUEST”) TAKE ME HOME??? (…and, …don’t say it’s ALL because I don’t constantly “downpick” EVERYTHING “properly” either, …I call BS!!!!)
I will never understand the "bored" thing. I love Nothing Else Matters but it sounds terrible live and just bring the show to a halt. And the 15 minute Seek and Destroy they used to do with the fans. Was pretty cool watching it on Binge and Purge but live in person you were praying for it to end.
I got Justice when i was 11 after seeing the video for One on Headbanger's Ball. That album is the template for what i think metal should sound like. After buying the other three albums they'd put out i eagerly awaiting thr Black album and when I got it...damn was I disappointed. To me they stopped playing metal on that album. Good thing I still had Pantera.
AJFA is my foundation for learning guitar. It's was a major inspiration. If you like Pantera, check out Exhorder. It's like Pantera and Slayer had a baby
…I have a “quick” and kinda serious personal question, …I am wondering, …why, and how did you end up choosing, and settling on these particular sets of combinations of hardware, (that guitar) and plug-ins, that you did, …in order for you to finally be happy, and fully satisfied with yourself, because deep down, …you know, …and truly believe, …indeed, …that thouest TONEQUEST hast FINALLY cometh to an end!!! …THOUEST HATH CAPTURED: “THE TONE”!!! …hold on, …but wait, …there’s more, …OH NOOOOOO!!! …there are SO many OTHER OPTIONS out there to choose from, and utilize, …for example, …those so-called “real” licensed Mesa boogie plugs??? (…what’s the deal with those stupid things anyway???) …hey, …don’t get me wrong, …I can’t find “THE TONE” either!!! …where in the ACTUAL F**K IS THIS THING HIDING??? …I have been for years on this same journey just as you, and others, to find “THE TONE”, with seemingly less, and less success as it goes along, …even by any means necessary sadly, …you know, with all of the many options that are out there, …they all “allow” us to get just one small chance, to roll the dice, maybe we’ll get lucky and find “THE TONE” …BUT, …by now, I’m convinced that all of the stuff that’s out there, isn’t really to HELP US, it’s there only to TEASE US, …and to take our MONEY, and TIME along with it!!! …with all of the numerous opportunities that we can get from plug-ins, to amp simms, to some actual hardware, (…like, …say, …REAL AMPS!!! …what in the F**K IS that??? …I never heard of such a thing, …that’s blasphemous!!!) …okay, …yeah, …yeah, …that’s right, …I even recently bought myself one of those EXPENSIVE-ASSED, mesa-boogie, John-Petrucci heads, and also, a QUAD CORTEX as well!!! (…why does getting “THE TONE” have to COST SO F**KING MUCH???) …WELL, …I’ve been fiddling around with those two back and forth for a while, …and, they sound great and all, (…but, …guess what, …just take one quick guess) …NO MATTER WHAT I DO, …OR TRY, …THERE’S STILL SOMETHING THAT JUST AIN’T QUITE RIGHT ABOUT IT, …I CAN’T REALLY PUT MY FINGER ON IT WHAT IT IS, …EVEN WHEN USING EQ MATCHING SOFTWARE, (THREE OF THEM: OZONE 11, BIAS FX, AND FABFILTER PRO-Q 3) …AND, …YET, …I STILL, …JUST, …CAN’T FIND: “THE TONE” …IT’S DRIVING ME OUT OF MY F**KING MIND!!! …ALL THIS I CANNOT BEAR TO (“HEAR”) MUCH LONGER, …CANNOT THE KINGDOM OF (“TONEQUEST”) TAKE ME HOME??? (…and, …don’t say it’s ALL because I don’t constantly “downpick” EVERYTHING “properly” either, …I call BS!!!)
Amazing song in AJFA. Out of one and harvester of sorrow, this is another song that made me wanna learn to play the whole album, great video and cover.
@@BrianWGuitar Im happy to say that in 2 days ive learned most of the song just need to work on the solos. playing it makes me love the song even more.
_And Justice For All_ is what happens when you take (classic era) Metallica and push it to the N'th degree. It is fast AND yet long. It has songs almost as long as entire Slayer albums (a bit of an exaggeration, but not by that much). _Reign in Blood_ is either a short/fast album full of mostly short/fast songs, OR how I like to think of it when I listen to it: it is one big song broken up into many different parts. _AJFA_ tracks like the title track, "The Eye of The Beholder", "The Shortest Straw" and "The Frayed Ends of Sanity" don't quite have the same pacing as tracks on _Ride The Lightning_ and _Master of Puppets._ I really do think if Cliff was still alive that he would have been able to get James and Lars to pace the album a lot better (not to mention all the other ways he could have contributed to that album... with respect to Jason: "Blackened" is an absolutely awesome track that IS Metallica and he should always be proud of). Instead, I think what happened in 1990 and 1991 was that James, Lars and Kirk were looking how to slow down and Bob Rock took up Cliff's role in guiding them in terms of musical theory. Fleming Rasmussen did not have such a role. So I think there is clearly a problem that something can't easily be both fast AND long. That being said, true thrash metal fans will always be thankful to Metallica for pushing it as far as they could possibly go. While Lars's ego was a factor, James has said that a big part of the reason we couldn't hear much bass on that album was because they had been on tour all throughout the recording of the album and their hearing was f***ed, so they couldn't hear the full range of sound properly. The other reason was that Jason was a rhythm guitarist playing bass and in his band, the bassist played as part of a "wall of sound", which was not Metallica's approach with Cliff. That's what art is: sometimes it isn't polished. Sometimes it is raw. And that's what _AJFA_ is and why it's the favorite album of many of Metallica's most hardcore fans.
Good vid! Just to be that guy tho: This was the only track on Justice that wasn't the mark iic - it was a mesa studio pre-amp. Flemming's notes say so. 👍 And you're right in that the Marshall power amp thing is a myth and was only maybe used for a coule of solos on Puppets. Again that comes directly from Flemming
@@johnstoddard4692 kirks got lazy these days but there is no way in he'll james could write any of his solos off first 4 albums his best solo would be off to live is to die.
@johnstoddard4692 the guitar work that kirk did the early albums especially ajfa James isn't touching he's great but he's not that precise and intricate playing lead guitar
Well done on the tone, pretty much the only thing the cover is suffering from is the lack of bend on the main riff note. It is one of the defining features since the notes are so close it gives it character. Nice work
And missing pretty much EVERY SINGLE SLIDE. Slides were a huge weapon for Hetfield on this album, and to not use them is contradictory to the entire era.
Yea I couldnt get the bend sounding how I wanted it so with the weekly time frame of trying to get these videos out I decided to just stick with what I could do.
…I have a “quick” and kinda serious personal question, …I am wondering, …why, and how did you end up choosing, and settling on these particular sets of combinations of hardware, (that guitar) and plug-ins, that you did, …in order for you to finally be happy, and fully satisfied with yourself, because deep down, …you know, …and truly believe, …indeed, …that thouest TONEQUEST hast FINALLY cometh to an end!!! …THOUEST HATH CAPTURED: “THE TONE”!!! …hold on, …but wait, …there’s more, …OH NOOOOOO!!! …there are SO many OTHER OPTIONS out there to choose from, and utilize, …for example, …those so-called “real” licensed Mesa boogie plugs??? (…what’s the deal with those stupid things anyway???) …hey, …don’t get me wrong, …I can’t find “THE TONE” either!!! …where in the ACTUAL F**K IS THIS THING HIDING??? …I have been for years on this same journey just as you, and others, to find “THE TONE”, with seemingly less, and less success as it goes along, …even by any means necessary sadly, …you know, with all of the many options that are out there, …they all “allow” us to get just one small chance, to roll the dice, maybe we’ll get lucky and find “THE TONE” …BUT, …by now, I’m convinced that all of the stuff that’s out there, isn’t really to HELP US, it’s there only to TEASE US, …and to take our MONEY, and TIME along with it!!! …with all of the numerous opportunities that we can get from plug-ins, to amp simms, to some actual hardware, (…like, …say, …REAL AMPS!!! …what in the F**K IS that??? …I never heard of such a thing, …that’s blasphemous!!!) …okay, …yeah, …yeah, …that’s right, …I even recently bought myself one of those EXPENSIVE-ASSED, mesa-boogie, John-Petrucci heads, and also, a QUAD CORTEX as well!!! (…why does getting “THE TONE” have to COST SO F**KING MUCH???) …WELL, …I’ve been fiddling around with those two back and forth for a while, …and, they sound great and all, (…but, …guess what, …just take one quick guess) …NO MATTER WHAT I DO, …OR TRY, …THERE’S STILL SOMETHING THAT JUST AIN’T QUITE RIGHT ABOUT IT, …I CAN’T REALLY PUT MY FINGER ON IT WHAT IT IS, …EVEN WHEN USING EQ MATCHING SOFTWARE, (THREE OF THEM: OZONE 11, BIAS FX, AND FABFILTER PRO-Q 3) …AND, …YET, …I STILL, …JUST, …CAN’T FIND: “THE TONE” …IT’S DRIVING ME OUT OF MY F**KING MIND!!! …ALL THIS I CANNOT BEAR TO (“HEAR”) MUCH LONGER, …CANNOT THE KINGDOM OF (“TONEQUEST”) TAKE ME HOME??? (…and, …don’t say it’s ALL because I don’t constantly “downpick” EVERYTHING “properly” either, …I call BS!!!!)
@@BrianWGuitar Mesa Boogie Quad Pre + Mesa Strategy 400, I have the photo from the studio. P.S: No slaving into JCM800 because it was done only for Kirk's solos.
You nailed the tone, well done. You have a few too many transitional mutes in places, and a few wrong chords here and there, but I'd say thats still 98.875% accurate. Volume swell out of the stop = muy bueno.
What. No way dude, shortest straw is my favorite track on that album and that's saying a lot because justice is my favorite Metallica album and IMO one of the 3 greatest metal albums of all time along with Megadeth rust in peace and Pantera vulgar display of power and props to you my dude, you nailed it on guitar
I miss Metallica addressing political issues. As soon as they started raking in massive profits they stopped having anything relevant to say. Also, the intricacies of that album are what some of us liked. As soon as "the black album" came out, I started loosing interest in the band.
I feel that but to say more personal problems that Hetfield was writing about is irrelevant is disingenuous. Not liking the later stuff is fine, everyone has opinions and i respect it whole heartedly, but he did write some important songs at least for some people
@@BrianWGuitar he could've done both. He wrote about personal issues AND political issues. But, after "... Justice..." he abandoned tackling political issues.
Wow, great tone!!! I was young around 87 here in Germany and tried without money to play and sound like Metallica. Back in 87/88 we had waited soooooo long for a new Album. We loved ajfa cause they had from Album 1 to 4 mostly a harder guitarsound. The Black Album was the first commercial one. Today i hate James boring voice lines, its always same like cheesy Mozart stuff in baroque times. Back in 84-88 i had give my live for Metallica.
Us Metallica fans from the 80’s and early 90’s ( pre black album) loved the entire...AJFA album. I saw them live on that tour and believe me... NOBODY in the audience was bored. As a matter of fact, you were lucky to leave that show not battered, bruised or bleeding. Metallica just wanted to make simple pop music to appeal to the dumbed down masses AND they struggled to play a lot of those AJFA tracks... because studio magic makes bands sound more talented than they really are.
Along with One, this is my favorite AJFA track. The main riff is heavy af and reminds me of a marauding evil army engaging in scorched earth. Inmy early days I used to air drum the shit out of it! Amazing composition!
This is a horrible title. Yes it is long. But they call it boring is crappy. It is a hard grind and it shows what the band was. Going through to compose a grinding long task. Their punk peers were cranking out songs for a minute and a half three minutes max. When people hear this song They go that is a long song. It doesn’t stop. It keeps going it keep grinding. It’s hard work it’s tough not everybody can do it. So kudos to the band in that era that was able to produce something that showed their stamina and determination through raw power and muscle when other bands fell shortMetallica has dissapointed many times for me, but not this one
It's insulting that they don't play some songs, because of the difficulty level. Then if they do, they cut the best parts and Kirk just butchers the best solos with terrible pentatonic drivel.
Saw a dude at the gym the other day wearing a Shortest Straw shirt who was likely born after Justice was released. I told him, that's a deep cut, I like that shirt!
have you ever thought about finding tones for other bands like megadeth or motley crue(this is a cry for help as im trying to find a tone for the first two motley albums) Pls help me!!!!!!
What they never told you is that they are shitty musicians. No good musician would work with Lars. Dude cannot play a steady kick drum if his life depended on it.
the shortest straw is a good song, in fact it's my favorite track from the ajfa album. but I think there are parts of this song that are too long. if you trim it a little it will definitely be better.
I f'ckin love Shortest Straw!!! It's actually one of my favourite songs. AJFA is my favourite ever album. There's nothing else like it. They managed to create a very technical (almost kind of "Prog") album but still filled with the catchiest, memorable riffs and rhythms. It even managed to make Lars sound like a good drummer! 😉😆 when I first heard AJFA I was only about 12 years old, around autumn/winter 1989. My best friend gave me a tape (don't think it was his thing. He liked Motley Crue 🙄😏) and I'd listen to it on my walkman (yup, I'm that old!) while taking my dog out for a walk in the evening. Within a week, I became a Metallica devotee!!! I'd never heard anything like it! Somehow, it spoke to me. It still speaks for me. In my mind, and I think in many other Metallica fans' minds, this is Hetfield's finest work. I didn't know it in 1989, but I believe this is Hetfield coping with the death of Cliff. He's so angry! His guitar tone is the most crushing sound he's produced on any album. Lyrically song like Shortest Straw, Eye of the Beholder, and Frayed Ends of Sanity are poetry. I actually used loads of lines lyrics in my English coursework in school. One teacher held me back after class to tell me how much she loved some homework I submitted. She obviously wasn't familiar with One, but I couldn't tell her I'd stolen virtually the whole story! 😂 I can't play guitar anymore because my fingers are f'cked (arthritis) and it kills me that I can't play the middle section of To Live is to Die anymore. My favourite Metallica writing. Still makes me emotional whenever I listen to it. I love Hetfield's rhythm parts, the verse and beneath the solo. Superb.
Thats one hell of a story, thank you for leaving your experience. This album really is the epitome of what Metallica could do instrumentally. As much as people dont wanna believe in Lars’s ability he worked really hard to get to this part in his career from what ive read.
@BrianWGuitar Thank you chief! Yeah, that was precisely how I discovered Metallica. The tape my friend gave me wasn't wound to the beginning, so the first Metallica song I ever heard was Eye of the Beholder. Of course, One came right after and that was it. Totally changed my music world. I became obsessed with them, graffitiing (is that a word? 😆) MORE BEER!!! and EET FUK everywhere. 😂🤣 I refused to wear anything that wasn't totally black, my already long hair was wild and thick, I tried to shape my fluffy facial hair (I "matured" way earlier than my friends 😆) like James' picture in the AJFA inlay/sleeve. I really was a tragic Hetfield wannabe! As for Lars, I think most reasonable Metallica fans accept he's never been an "elite" drummer. 😆 But what you can say is that AJFA showcased his ability to be quite inventive. Hetfield & Ulrich aren't quite Lennon & McCartney, but I have seen how Ulrich does earn his song credits. He has the ability and vision to kind of tease out great riffs from James' and Kirk's demos and doodles. What he lacks in technical ability he makes up for with his ear for a tune. Speaking of Lars, I was at the gig at Donington when Lars was unwell and Joey Jordison & Dave Lombardo stood in for him. Cool as f'ck!!! 🤘😎 I've often wondered what James' thoughts were, whether he imagined what it would've been like to have someone with their ability in the band permanently. (I have heard the story that he & Cliff had discussed replacing Lars but, of course, we know what happened to Cliff, poor guy) 🤔😏😉😆 OK, I'm not writing any more. Even beginning to bore myself! 😂
Woah, I didn't expect you to attack that relentless Hetfield precision all naked. Meaning the absence of album accompaniment not whatever hilarious 6th grade joke someone would post without this explicit clarification 😂🤣😂😂🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Wow, man your tone is insanely close, I didn't expected this after a bunch of videos with James' photo and Barylla or Metallica Golden IR pack used...
It's rare to see a truly IR cabinet or real equipment.
I don’t want to offend anyone, but it’s very boring to see those IRs instead of normal ones.
Great job.
Thank you! Someone finally understood what Im trying to do! I really love all the custom Metallica song IRs, and i have a bunch of them. Id rather try to recreate what they were using with what I have and make tweaks.
@@BrianWGuitar Well, imagine I go to UA-cam to look for a video about the tone of Metallica and what do I see? 100500 videos with photos of James Hetfield, title - Master of Puppets EXACT tone or It's so close it's copyrighted. Everything is a carbon copy, same photo, same title, same song IR and riff for 25 seconds. It’s terribly sad and boring, I don’t want UA-cam and the search for a tone by a certain person to be exactly like this.
For the first time I had fun after your video.
@@yevhenfedorets6509 Hell yea im glad I could help!
@@BrianWGuitar Thank you!
@@yevhenfedorets6509 I think i know who you're talking about...
I heard James in an interview say a good show for us is when we are able to play the shortest straw without a mistake . Its probably a reason why they don’t play it so often because its a tough one to play
I could totally see it, i found out when trying to record the cover for this song. Its deceptively tricky!
They never do the 2nd solo which is a ripper with the slowed chugging riff In the background
It's not that hard. I don't understand. I guess the riffs have a specific feel that you miss if you aren't paying attention
I think the song is likely hard to play tight, as a unit, live. The way it's structured leaves no room for mistakes. I'm sure they could work out the kinks if they were looking to add it for a tour and not just spur of the moment.
Then they should practice it more often and it won’t be so difficult.
Tbh I think The Frayed Ends of Sanity is the killer track on Justice..
Weirdly its one of two that im not really fond of
@@BrianWGuitar Just goes to show, different strokes for different folks lol
I love that one as well. After the solo of kirk comes one of the best Metallica riffs for me
i see this opinion a lot tho
Yep, Frayend, specially after the 3 minute mark, is brutal. Some of James best rythm moments
No, it did *not* bore us. It impressed us that those guys could write and perform that level of awesome! They've never measured up since, and they never will.
Jesus Christ, Grandpa.
Yes. They have
@@nickrizzo4635 *ROTFL*
@@nickrizzo4635nah they’re straight Gaylord s
Shortest Straw is one of Metallica’s best tracks
I love the whole album, it’s my favorite album in their discography and Shortest Straw is one of my top 3 songs of their entire discography
The fact that the entire Justice album gets neglected most by the band is criminal
It really is criminal that it gets often overlooked by them but they wrote really long complex songs so I get it.
It's because it's not as aggressive and thrash as the first 3
@@truthhurts79although it is heavier and more technical.
@@crailtap92 not more thrash or aggressive... Technical is overrated only by musicians, the average fan can give a damn about technicality, this why the easiest playing albums outsells the most technical... Nobody cares
@@truthhurts79 a lot of people care, not just musicians but seasoned listeners of music as well. You don’t speak for everyone just like I don’t speak for everyone.
Every song on "...And Justice For All" is the best song on "...And Justice For All."
I can almost get behind that statement, it really is a powerhouse of an album though.
"The Shortest.Straw" for years was my favourite song on "...And Justice.." as I always thought it was the heaviest.
Its a solid choice from the album
I love it and eye of the beholder those 2 seem to be underrated as far as justice songs anyways. So groovey and heavy.
Totally agree
Dyers Eve to me I always felt was the heaviest but shortest straw is great.
Same.
Frayed ends of sanity would be bloody hard too. Best song on the justice album
I feel like Justice opens at 11 and just improves with each song raising the bar just a pinch higher than the last. It’s one of few albums where I feel the B side is stronger than the A side and the A side is a masterpiece alone
Eye Of The Beholder is so overlooked. These two tracks are definitely some of my favorite Met tracks.
Eye Of The Beholder is definitely one of my favorite tracks from Justice. From the comments I've read over the years fans either love it or hate it. I remember watching an interview with Lars a few years ago and he doesn't like it lol. He was basically saying he didn't know what the hell they were thinking when they wrote it. I don't know how many times it's been played live but I saw them perform it back in 89 during the Damaged Justice tour at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. There's two different recordings of that same show here on UA-cam. Just search Metallica live in Philadelphia 1989. They also play Leper Messiah. It's pretty much the same set list as the Seattle 89 video except if I remember correctly they switched out those two songs for The Four Horsemen and The Thing That Should Not Be.
Its a great song. And Lars doesn't like it because he can't play it live.
I'm not a fan of Metallica, but I absolutely love ...and justice.
Thats why I find Metallica special, their albums reach very far out into the musical ether.
Justice for All will always be Metallica’s high water mark to me. Every track smokes.
this video made me revisit the song, i thought harvester of sorrow was cooler the first time i heard the shortest straw, but now i can finally make justice to it, understanding the complexity and stuff. thanks man, this video is amazing, you got a new sub
I love everything about this song. The vocals, lyrics, the phrasing, the riffs, the solos and the drums. A perfect song.
Fucking truth.
i like the video format, i agree with your praise of it, great playing and tone too brother!
Great video!! 11th and 12th grade I was in a band with a couple guys. I was on drums and the guitar players knew every solo and riff of every song we listened to!! We’d play this and countless songs in my garage and it was definitely some of the greatest times of my life 😊
that before chorus riff is just killer
Yea I think its fucking sick
Hell yeah
Love this whole album. I know a lot of people think it’s a little bloated and the songs are over-written and complicated for the sake of being complicated but I wouldn’t change a note on this record. And that pre chorus riff is so sick and fun to play
This whole album helped my rhythm playing so much. I was truly surprised when I found that it bored audiences because I was fucking stanging for just a little test of it, out in the middle of nowhere in Australia
Its definitely hard to write a very complex but engaging song for shows, so I definitely understand it now.
Metallica fans back in the day also called them sellouts for having a video on MTV and said the video for One was boring. I really don't take a lot of what metalheads of a certain age group say too seriously. Lot of one track brain activity going on there
One of the most fun songs ever to play on guitar! One of the best tracks on the best heavy album of all time..
Fantastic playing man. You don't see many people playing Metallica songs so accurately!
He took a lot of liberties with this one.
Omitted many important Hetfield techniques.
@@adameves5970 maybe you could do a video showing said techniques!
One of my favorite songs to play. It gets long, but it’s fun and a good warmup. Your tone is sick btw
Hey thank you!
The first song I ever learned to play on the bass. Underrated gem indeed!
Its definitely a sick song
On bass? LOL
Yeah, how did you hear what to play..lol
It was 6 minutes of rest
One of my favorites. All the songs on Justice are great imo.
It’s funny, because normally, I only like to listen to their live concert recordings… But for some reason, this song just doesn’t work live and I don’t know why. The album version is absolutely phenomenal and my favorite song on the album. But whenever I hear them play live it just lacks groove and James voice never sounds like the album. Same same thing with eye of the beholder. One of my favorite songs but just doesn’t translate live I think.
I guess they don't play it very often cause it's fuckin brutal on James voice!
🤘🤘🤘
always loved to play straw. great riffs, great groove… wasnt that difficult as far as i can remember. dyers eve, on the other hand…
This was always one of my favorite songs from the AJFA album. I can understand why it would only be played rarely in concerts, as the entire album is a complex prog-metal style. It’s nice to hear a discussion on this track, alongside a complete playthrough. Thank you for sharing.
Yea they let their musician egos runaway and didnt think to maybe cut back and that led to them cutting way back on The Black Album
I don't think you know what prog metal is 😂😂
@@SamBrockmann Oh, I am sure there are now metal bands so prog-heavy that they make Justice sound like AC/DC. Heck, we could just put on some Bach organ records and crank the volume really high.
@DTM-Books , no. At the time, it was not Prog (and still isn't). Keep in mind that we had already numerous examples of Prog, even if they weren't many Prog Metal examples (yet). Yes, Rush, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull.
…I have a “quick” and kinda serious personal question, …I am wondering, …why, and how did you end up choosing, and settling on these particular sets of combinations of hardware, (that guitar) and plug-ins, that you did, …in order for you to finally be happy, and fully satisfied with yourself, because deep down, …you know, …and truly believe, …indeed, …that thouest TONEQUEST hast FINALLY cometh to an end!!!
…THOUEST HATH CAPTURED: “THE TONE”!!!
…hold on, …but wait, …there’s more, …OH NOOOOOO!!!
…there are SO many OTHER OPTIONS out there to choose from, and utilize, …for example, …those so-called “real” licensed Mesa boogie plugs??? (…what’s the deal with those stupid things anyway???)
…hey, …don’t get me wrong, …I can’t find “THE TONE” either!!! …where in the ACTUAL F**K IS THIS THING HIDING???
…I have been for years on this same journey just as you, and others, to find “THE TONE”, with seemingly less, and less success as it goes along, …even by any means necessary sadly, …you know, with all of the many options that are out there, …they all “allow” us to get just one small chance, to roll the dice, maybe we’ll get lucky and find “THE TONE” …BUT, …by now, I’m convinced that all of the stuff that’s out there, isn’t really to HELP US, it’s there only to TEASE US, …and to take our MONEY, and TIME along with it!!!
…with all of the numerous opportunities that we can get from plug-ins, to amp simms, to some actual hardware, (…like, …say, …REAL AMPS!!! …what in the F**K IS that??? …I never heard of such a thing, …that’s blasphemous!!!)
…okay, …yeah, …yeah, …that’s right, …I even recently bought myself one of those EXPENSIVE-ASSED, mesa-boogie, John-Petrucci heads, and also, a QUAD CORTEX as well!!! (…why does getting “THE TONE” have to COST SO F**KING MUCH???)
…WELL, …I’ve been fiddling around with those two back and forth for a while, …and, they sound great and all, (…but, …guess what, …just take one quick guess) …NO MATTER WHAT I DO, …OR TRY, …THERE’S STILL SOMETHING THAT JUST AIN’T QUITE RIGHT ABOUT IT, …I CAN’T REALLY PUT MY FINGER ON IT WHAT IT IS, …EVEN WHEN USING EQ MATCHING SOFTWARE, (THREE OF THEM: OZONE 11, BIAS FX, AND FABFILTER PRO-Q 3) …AND, …YET, …I STILL, …JUST, …CAN’T FIND: “THE TONE” …IT’S DRIVING ME OUT OF MY F**KING MIND!!!
…ALL THIS I CANNOT BEAR TO (“HEAR”) MUCH LONGER, …CANNOT THE KINGDOM OF (“TONEQUEST”) TAKE ME HOME???
(…and, …don’t say it’s ALL because I don’t constantly “downpick” EVERYTHING “properly” either, …I call BS!!!!)
I will never understand the "bored" thing. I love Nothing Else Matters but it sounds terrible live and just bring the show to a halt. And the 15 minute Seek and Destroy they used to do with the fans. Was pretty cool watching it on Binge and Purge but live in person you were praying for it to end.
So true…AJFA was not boring. Next level was what it is! Just want some bass!
Unbelievable tone dude! Even with a "bad" /weak recording sound. It sounds great 🤘🤘🤘
I got Justice when i was 11 after seeing the video for One on Headbanger's Ball. That album is the template for what i think metal should sound like. After buying the other three albums they'd put out i eagerly awaiting thr Black album and when I got it...damn was I disappointed. To me they stopped playing metal on that album. Good thing I still had Pantera.
Although I think AJFA is an amazing album I think MOP was the perfect Metallica, AJFA got a little too lost in the riffing.
Same
AJFA is my foundation for learning guitar. It's was a major inspiration. If you like Pantera, check out Exhorder. It's like Pantera and Slayer had a baby
…I have a “quick” and kinda serious personal question, …I am wondering, …why, and how did you end up choosing, and settling on these particular sets of combinations of hardware, (that guitar) and plug-ins, that you did, …in order for you to finally be happy, and fully satisfied with yourself, because deep down, …you know, …and truly believe, …indeed, …that thouest TONEQUEST hast FINALLY cometh to an end!!!
…THOUEST HATH CAPTURED: “THE TONE”!!!
…hold on, …but wait, …there’s more, …OH NOOOOOO!!!
…there are SO many OTHER OPTIONS out there to choose from, and utilize, …for example, …those so-called “real” licensed Mesa boogie plugs??? (…what’s the deal with those stupid things anyway???)
…hey, …don’t get me wrong, …I can’t find “THE TONE” either!!! …where in the ACTUAL F**K IS THIS THING HIDING???
…I have been for years on this same journey just as you, and others, to find “THE TONE”, with seemingly less, and less success as it goes along, …even by any means necessary sadly, …you know, with all of the many options that are out there, …they all “allow” us to get just one small chance, to roll the dice, maybe we’ll get lucky and find “THE TONE” …BUT, …by now, I’m convinced that all of the stuff that’s out there, isn’t really to HELP US, it’s there only to TEASE US, …and to take our MONEY, and TIME along with it!!!
…with all of the numerous opportunities that we can get from plug-ins, to amp simms, to some actual hardware, (…like, …say, …REAL AMPS!!! …what in the F**K IS that??? …I never heard of such a thing, …that’s blasphemous!!!)
…okay, …yeah, …yeah, …that’s right, …I even recently bought myself one of those EXPENSIVE-ASSED, mesa-boogie, John-Petrucci heads, and also, a QUAD CORTEX as well!!! (…why does getting “THE TONE” have to COST SO F**KING MUCH???)
…WELL, …I’ve been fiddling around with those two back and forth for a while, …and, they sound great and all, (…but, …guess what, …just take one quick guess) …NO MATTER WHAT I DO, …OR TRY, …THERE’S STILL SOMETHING THAT JUST AIN’T QUITE RIGHT ABOUT IT, …I CAN’T REALLY PUT MY FINGER ON IT WHAT IT IS, …EVEN WHEN USING EQ MATCHING SOFTWARE, (THREE OF THEM: OZONE 11, BIAS FX, AND FABFILTER PRO-Q 3) …AND, …YET, …I STILL, …JUST, …CAN’T FIND: “THE TONE” …IT’S DRIVING ME OUT OF MY F**KING MIND!!!
…ALL THIS I CANNOT BEAR TO (“HEAR”) MUCH LONGER, …CANNOT THE KINGDOM OF (“TONEQUEST”) TAKE ME HOME???
(…and, …don’t say it’s ALL because I don’t constantly “downpick” EVERYTHING “properly” either, …I call BS!!!)
Can say even more the shortened The Shortest Steaw live.
Witah that "additional" solo it would be cooler live
Amazing song in AJFA. Out of one and harvester of sorrow, this is another song that made me wanna learn to play the whole album, great video and cover.
Hey thank you! I cant wait to get to One and Harvester, top 10 Metallica songs for me.
@@BrianWGuitar Im happy to say that in 2 days ive learned most of the song just need to work on the solos. playing it makes me love the song even more.
@@x_xcdjx_x4622 yea its a fucking sick song
_And Justice For All_ is what happens when you take (classic era) Metallica and push it to the N'th degree. It is fast AND yet long.
It has songs almost as long as entire Slayer albums (a bit of an exaggeration, but not by that much). _Reign in Blood_ is either a short/fast album full of mostly short/fast songs, OR how I like to think of it when I listen to it: it is one big song broken up into many different parts.
_AJFA_ tracks like the title track, "The Eye of The Beholder", "The Shortest Straw" and "The Frayed Ends of Sanity" don't quite have the same pacing as tracks on _Ride The Lightning_ and _Master of Puppets._
I really do think if Cliff was still alive that he would have been able to get James and Lars to pace the album a lot better (not to mention all the other ways he could have contributed to that album... with respect to Jason: "Blackened" is an absolutely awesome track that IS Metallica and he should always be proud of).
Instead, I think what happened in 1990 and 1991 was that James, Lars and Kirk were looking how to slow down and Bob Rock took up Cliff's role in guiding them in terms of musical theory. Fleming Rasmussen did not have such a role.
So I think there is clearly a problem that something can't easily be both fast AND long.
That being said, true thrash metal fans will always be thankful to Metallica for pushing it as far as they could possibly go. While Lars's ego was a factor, James has said that a big part of the reason we couldn't hear much bass on that album was because they had been on tour all throughout the recording of the album and their hearing was f***ed, so they couldn't hear the full range of sound properly. The other reason was that Jason was a rhythm guitarist playing bass and in his band, the bassist played as part of a "wall of sound", which was not Metallica's approach with Cliff.
That's what art is: sometimes it isn't polished. Sometimes it is raw. And that's what _AJFA_ is and why it's the favorite album of many of Metallica's most hardcore fans.
I think it's the second best song on that album. Damn near perfect.
Its a damn good song for sure
how many times was this played live?
Shortest straw is hugely underrated!! nice job!
Yes! Thank you!
Nice! Cheers! Liked! Subbed! Shared! Cheers and greetings from Scotland! 🤘🏽🍻🏴
Hey thanks brother! 🤘🏻. 🇺🇸🤝🏴
They played it when I saw them in 92 with GNR.
Good vid!
Just to be that guy tho:
This was the only track on Justice that wasn't the mark iic - it was a mesa studio pre-amp. Flemming's notes say so. 👍
And you're right in that the Marshall power amp thing is a myth and was only maybe used for a coule of solos on Puppets. Again that comes directly from Flemming
You know i have all the notes saved on my comp and I didnt even think to check 😂.
@@BrianWGuitar not that it matters, sounds great 😁🤘
@@Hoscitt Thank you! I does help me to remember to keep searching more thoroughly
Great track and served as a foundation for one of Kirk's best solos. Def underrated
I agree kirk does some great stuff here.
This so very true. Kirk is doing some cool progressive stuff here
The Shortest Straw was a Mesa Quad Preamp NOT the Mark IIC+ according to Flemming Rasmussen.
The 3 best examples of metal angst ever.
Shortest Straw
Frayed Ends of Sanity
Harvester of Sorrow
Wow! It sounds like you're playing the guitar bass parts!
Not having credits to kirk for these two solos is ridiculous on shortest straw it makes the song well written well executed masterpieces.
Yea im a little surprised that he doesnt get credit on every song for his solos.
Probably because James wrote the solos, not Kirk.
@@johnstoddard4692 kirks got lazy these days but there is no way in he'll james could write any of his solos off first 4 albums his best solo would be off to live is to die.
@johnstoddard4692 the guitar work that kirk did the early albums especially ajfa James isn't touching he's great but he's not that precise and intricate playing lead guitar
@@anthonyjones2153 thanks my man I totally agree.
The song was originally written in C# standard, not sure if you mention it
Yea I think I heard that after making the whole thing, but thank you!
Absolutely agree with you, bro!
That was very well played sir!
Well done on the tone, pretty much the only thing the cover is suffering from is the lack of bend on the main riff note. It is one of the defining features since the notes are so close it gives it character. Nice work
And missing pretty much EVERY SINGLE SLIDE.
Slides were a huge weapon for Hetfield on this album, and to not use them is contradictory to the entire era.
Yea I couldnt get the bend sounding how I wanted it so with the weekly time frame of trying to get these videos out I decided to just stick with what I could do.
I am definitely sliding though
…I have a “quick” and kinda serious personal question, …I am wondering, …why, and how did you end up choosing, and settling on these particular sets of combinations of hardware, (that guitar) and plug-ins, that you did, …in order for you to finally be happy, and fully satisfied with yourself, because deep down, …you know, …and truly believe, …indeed, …that thouest TONEQUEST hast FINALLY cometh to an end!!!
…THOUEST HATH CAPTURED: “THE TONE”!!!
…hold on, …but wait, …there’s more, …OH NOOOOOO!!!
…there are SO many OTHER OPTIONS out there to choose from, and utilize, …for example, …those so-called “real” licensed Mesa boogie plugs??? (…what’s the deal with those stupid things anyway???)
…hey, …don’t get me wrong, …I can’t find “THE TONE” either!!! …where in the ACTUAL F**K IS THIS THING HIDING???
…I have been for years on this same journey just as you, and others, to find “THE TONE”, with seemingly less, and less success as it goes along, …even by any means necessary sadly, …you know, with all of the many options that are out there, …they all “allow” us to get just one small chance, to roll the dice, maybe we’ll get lucky and find “THE TONE” …BUT, …by now, I’m convinced that all of the stuff that’s out there, isn’t really to HELP US, it’s there only to TEASE US, …and to take our MONEY, and TIME along with it!!!
…with all of the numerous opportunities that we can get from plug-ins, to amp simms, to some actual hardware, (…like, …say, …REAL AMPS!!! …what in the F**K IS that??? …I never heard of such a thing, …that’s blasphemous!!!)
…okay, …yeah, …yeah, …that’s right, …I even recently bought myself one of those EXPENSIVE-ASSED, mesa-boogie, John-Petrucci heads, and also, a QUAD CORTEX as well!!! (…why does getting “THE TONE” have to COST SO F**KING MUCH???)
…WELL, …I’ve been fiddling around with those two back and forth for a while, …and, they sound great and all, (…but, …guess what, …just take one quick guess) …NO MATTER WHAT I DO, …OR TRY, …THERE’S STILL SOMETHING THAT JUST AIN’T QUITE RIGHT ABOUT IT, …I CAN’T REALLY PUT MY FINGER ON IT WHAT IT IS, …EVEN WHEN USING EQ MATCHING SOFTWARE, (THREE OF THEM: OZONE 11, BIAS FX, AND FABFILTER PRO-Q 3) …AND, …YET, …I STILL, …JUST, …CAN’T FIND: “THE TONE” …IT’S DRIVING ME OUT OF MY F**KING MIND!!!
…ALL THIS I CANNOT BEAR TO (“HEAR”) MUCH LONGER, …CANNOT THE KINGDOM OF (“TONEQUEST”) TAKE ME HOME???
(…and, …don’t say it’s ALL because I don’t constantly “downpick” EVERYTHING “properly” either, …I call BS!!!!)
In fact Rasmussen' s notes say it is mesa boogie quad preamp that used for recording of the song
Yes someone else pointed it out too! I forgot to check his notes for this one.
@@BrianWGuitar Mesa Boogie Quad Pre + Mesa Strategy 400, I have the photo from the studio.
P.S: No slaving into JCM800 because it was done only for Kirk's solos.
Liked and subscribed!!! I love this song. One of my favs from …Ajfa. My fav album from Metallica
Its a fucking solid choice for sure
Killer sound man
Thank you bro!
I could play the entire Justice album when I was 15 minus all the solos, I could play a few but all lol. It was the complexity that made me love it.
Great vid 👍 learned a lot, love this song
Hey thank you! Ive loved watching your channel! You make some really great content
Nothing drives me more crazy than someone not correctly playing a riff.
You nailed the tone, well done.
You have a few too many transitional mutes in places, and a few wrong chords here and there, but I'd say thats still 98.875% accurate. Volume swell out of the stop = muy bueno.
You are insufferable. Post a video of you playing it, buddy.
What. No way dude, shortest straw is my favorite track on that album and that's saying a lot because justice is my favorite Metallica album and IMO one of the 3 greatest metal albums of all time along with Megadeth rust in peace and Pantera vulgar display of power and props to you my dude, you nailed it on guitar
Hey thanks man, that was a really nice comment!
I used to use this song & eye of the bholder to teach rhythm techniques ;).
Yea there are some really good rhythms on this whole album
I miss Metallica addressing political issues.
As soon as they started raking in massive profits they stopped having anything relevant to say.
Also, the intricacies of that album are what some of us liked. As soon as "the black album" came out, I started loosing interest in the band.
I feel that but to say more personal problems that Hetfield was writing about is irrelevant is disingenuous. Not liking the later stuff is fine, everyone has opinions and i respect it whole heartedly, but he did write some important songs at least for some people
@@BrianWGuitar he could've done both. He wrote about personal issues AND political issues. But, after "... Justice..." he abandoned tackling political issues.
Wow, great tone!!! I was young around 87 here in Germany and tried without money to play and sound like Metallica. Back in 87/88 we had waited soooooo long for a new Album. We loved ajfa cause they had from Album 1 to 4 mostly a harder guitarsound. The Black Album was the first commercial one. Today i hate James boring voice lines, its always same like cheesy Mozart stuff in baroque times. Back in 84-88 i had give my live for Metallica.
Us Metallica fans from the 80’s and early 90’s ( pre black album) loved the entire...AJFA album. I saw them live on that tour and believe me... NOBODY in the audience was bored. As a matter of fact, you were lucky to leave that show not battered, bruised or bleeding.
Metallica just wanted to make simple pop music to appeal to the dumbed down masses AND they struggled to play a lot of those AJFA tracks... because studio magic makes bands sound more talented than they really are.
when I was growing up, there was a local bully who would play this song on a boombox when he was coming to mess with you
Thats a fucking wild story.
Justice tour was one of the top 3 shows I’ve seen…and queensryche opened for them on top of it
3:40 on the notes by Flemming its a Mesa boogie quad pre amp. In to a aphex. Into a boogie poweramp. Its the only song with the studio pre amp
@7:47 "They felt AJFA was too intricate and bored their fans"......Lol. shows the simplicity of Metallica fans minds.
I was fortunate to see Metallica play this song live once
Im really jealous, that would be so cool
@@BrianWGuitar It was a banger. Saw them live in Sacramento, CA, 2018 and they played it live. You can find it on their UA-cam channel
The whole album is a snoozefest, luckily there's an edited version (with bass!) available. ua-cam.com/video/1etAALmOJ5k/v-deo.htmlsi=dEqNm2DBHKg1t1lb
"Shortest Straw" has always been my favorite track on "Justice ." Well, that and "Dyers Eve."
Tons of bands out there with tons of harder songs. Lars cant play it. Any other drummer can play it. Its not rocket science.
Along with One, this is my favorite AJFA track. The main riff is heavy af and reminds me of a marauding evil army engaging in scorched earth. Inmy early days I used to air drum the shit out of it! Amazing composition!
Its a helluva song!
This is a horrible title. Yes it is long. But they call it boring is crappy. It is a hard grind and it shows what the band was. Going through to compose a grinding long task. Their punk peers were cranking out songs for a minute and a half three minutes max. When people hear this song They go that is a long song. It doesn’t stop. It keeps going it keep grinding. It’s hard work it’s tough not everybody can do it. So kudos to the band in that era that was able to produce something that showed their stamina and determination through raw power and muscle when other bands fell shortMetallica has dissapointed many times for me, but not this one
It's insulting that they don't play some songs, because of the difficulty level. Then if they do, they cut the best parts and Kirk just butchers the best solos with terrible pentatonic drivel.
Saw a dude at the gym the other day wearing a Shortest Straw shirt who was likely born after Justice was released. I told him, that's a deep cut, I like that shirt!
Thats me too XD. Born in 94
have you ever thought about finding tones for other bands like megadeth or motley crue(this is a cry for help as im trying to find a tone for the first two motley albums) Pls help me!!!!!!
Kirk pulled the shortest straw, whined so Cliff took his bunk. Strange song to me.
My Fave on the Justice album , saw them play this when they toured with Gun n Roses, faith no more 1992 in Orlando
What they never told you is that they are shitty musicians. No good musician would work with Lars. Dude cannot play a steady kick drum if his life depended on it.
Can’t workout without this song. 🤘
Honestly im surprised it was played so many times as 99, I thought it was much less...
To be fair 99 times is such a small amount for them.
@@BrianWGuitar frayed ends of sanity is propbably even more rare
A A.I can tune you or dial you all in with all that equipment and you only play the Guitar. You just would have to help it setup its own algorithms. 😳
Great track. One of the best on the album. But thematically incorrect. McCarthy was right.
the shortest straw is a good song, in fact it's my favorite track from the ajfa album. but I think there are parts of this song that are too long. if you trim it a little it will definitely be better.
McCarthy was right, and didn't go far enough. We are paying for it today. Wake up, bro.
Remember the days when we could play our guitars without cute little scrunchies attached on the headstocks?
AJFA was James’ riff album, cuz he was pissed off after Cliff’s death.
Just watch “making of guitar hero metallica.” Says about enough
Absolutely love this song
You’d play that better if the guitar said “EET FUK” on it. 😊
a hockey jersey and amazing guitar tone? You have earned my sub sir.
I f'ckin love Shortest Straw!!! It's actually one of my favourite songs. AJFA is my favourite ever album. There's nothing else like it. They managed to create a very technical (almost kind of "Prog") album but still filled with the catchiest, memorable riffs and rhythms. It even managed to make Lars sound like a good drummer! 😉😆 when I first heard AJFA I was only about 12 years old, around autumn/winter 1989. My best friend gave me a tape (don't think it was his thing. He liked Motley Crue 🙄😏) and I'd listen to it on my walkman (yup, I'm that old!) while taking my dog out for a walk in the evening. Within a week, I became a Metallica devotee!!! I'd never heard anything like it! Somehow, it spoke to me. It still speaks for me.
In my mind, and I think in many other Metallica fans' minds, this is Hetfield's finest work. I didn't know it in 1989, but I believe this is Hetfield coping with the death of Cliff. He's so angry! His guitar tone is the most crushing sound he's produced on any album. Lyrically song like Shortest Straw, Eye of the Beholder, and Frayed Ends of Sanity are poetry. I actually used loads of lines lyrics in my English coursework in school. One teacher held me back after class to tell me how much she loved some homework I submitted. She obviously wasn't familiar with One, but I couldn't tell her I'd stolen virtually the whole story! 😂
I can't play guitar anymore because my fingers are f'cked (arthritis) and it kills me that I can't play the middle section of To Live is to Die anymore. My favourite Metallica writing. Still makes me emotional whenever I listen to it.
I love Hetfield's rhythm parts, the verse and beneath the solo. Superb.
Thats one hell of a story, thank you for leaving your experience. This album really is the epitome of what Metallica could do instrumentally. As much as people dont wanna believe in Lars’s ability he worked really hard to get to this part in his career from what ive read.
@BrianWGuitar Thank you chief! Yeah, that was precisely how I discovered Metallica. The tape my friend gave me wasn't wound to the beginning, so the first Metallica song I ever heard was Eye of the Beholder. Of course, One came right after and that was it. Totally changed my music world. I became obsessed with them, graffitiing (is that a word? 😆) MORE BEER!!! and EET FUK everywhere. 😂🤣 I refused to wear anything that wasn't totally black, my already long hair was wild and thick, I tried to shape my fluffy facial hair (I "matured" way earlier than my friends 😆) like James' picture in the AJFA inlay/sleeve. I really was a tragic Hetfield wannabe!
As for Lars, I think most reasonable Metallica fans accept he's never been an "elite" drummer. 😆 But what you can say is that AJFA showcased his ability to be quite inventive. Hetfield & Ulrich aren't quite Lennon & McCartney, but I have seen how Ulrich does earn his song credits. He has the ability and vision to kind of tease out great riffs from James' and Kirk's demos and doodles. What he lacks in technical ability he makes up for with his ear for a tune.
Speaking of Lars, I was at the gig at Donington when Lars was unwell and Joey Jordison & Dave Lombardo stood in for him. Cool as f'ck!!! 🤘😎 I've often wondered what James' thoughts were, whether he imagined what it would've been like to have someone with their ability in the band permanently. (I have heard the story that he & Cliff had discussed replacing Lars but, of course, we know what happened to Cliff, poor guy) 🤔😏😉😆
OK, I'm not writing any more. Even beginning to bore myself! 😂
Nice, thoughtful video. Learned some new facts. Nice tone. Good luck for reaching 1000 subscribers 🤘✌️
Thanks a ton
My favourite Metallica's song
McCarthy *underestimated* the Commie problem.
Great video.I loved it so passionate. You nailed the tone.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@BrianWGuitar putting up a full fear factory show covered by me tonight. Id love if you checken it out. Put a lot of work into learning their songs.
@@LeonLandgren-qt9pg Yea Id love to check it out! Ive never listened to Fear Factory but they have been on my list of bands to check out.
@@BrianWGuitar ua-cam.com/video/Mybfci7sTME/v-deo.htmlsi=_O5ZwQmsz6QWQbkd this turned out pretty cool.
@@BrianWGuitar ua-cam.com/video/Mybfci7sTME/v-deo.htmlsi=_O5ZwQmsz6QWQbkd i did this turned out cool.
Woah, I didn't expect you to attack that relentless Hetfield precision all naked. Meaning the absence of album accompaniment not whatever hilarious 6th grade joke someone would post without this explicit clarification 😂🤣😂😂🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
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Great show! Subbed.👊💯
Hey thank you!
Accept McCarthy ended up being right sadly
….Harvester of sorrow arpeggio riff is for me much fun to play.
Dyers Eve and Eye of the Beholder deserve some playing shuffles live
This whole album is nothing but lets shove as many riffs into 1 song as we can