Why Kirk Hammett Couldn't Play Metallica's Simplest Riff
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- Опубліковано 13 сер 2020
- You've probably seen that clip where Kirk Hammett struggles to learn a seemingly simple riff from Some Kind of Monster. If not, watch it here • Metallica - Kirk Hamme... and come back to find out why actually Kirk failed the notes in between, even being taught by James Hetfield.
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NOTE (not in between) 7:23 but actually in that clip he looks to play it simpler
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@@noirguitarist6528 wait... did you spy on me? I've discussed that with a buddy of mine this week
We're not gonna talk about James doing his thing back there?
Beethoven said “to play a wrong note Is insignificant, but to play without passion is inexcusable”
they dont anymore, so this is irrelevant
@@HavocMusic1759 huh?
No he didnt say that
@@thegstr33t81 They don't play with passion anymore is what I believe he meant.
@@yearginclarke if he says so 🤷🏻♂️ they’ve got all the money they need I can’t think of another reason they’d still be playing 40 years later.
Lmao Rudy's "beautiful, bro" at the start of Smoke on the water.
Yessssssss ahahahaha
I noticed it too
3:16
So that was Rudy's haunting voice? Tell me more about that guy
I almost missed that bro
It's like an old saying: "Even monkeys fall from trees."
We're human. Mistakes can and will happen, no matter how experienced someone might be. I personally think it was interesting to see Kirk "flop" like that. It just goes to show that even our heroes have those "off-days".
In Arabic we say every horse has its stumble
Hard to justify Metallica guitarist cant play a G#
@@muccisebastian9300 idk maybe he didnt get enough sleep lol, or drugs.
Dude, he was never that great of a guitarist man.
@@camilomontoya7412 seems most members get that rep lol
As a musician, I can tell you that is always harder “following” than “leading” someone. Thats one of the reasons I admire Kirk, following someone like james is not easy.
Your right and having bob rock breathing down your throat too probably didnt help
J: "you ready?"
K: "wait,im tuning"
J: *starts thrashing*
I imagine that's how a pedal tuner came to be.
J: starts thrashing
K: starts trashing
Drummers are absolutely responsible for pedal tuners. The time between the guitar player asking the drummer to chill while they tuned and the drummer forgetting why he stopped banging something usually ranges between middle of tuning A to almost done tuning A
@@undervelvetlounge4232 its the drummers behavior since the dawn of time so we kinda just let it slide without making a big deal. Tuning is a different concept to them since they don't have to do it as nearly as often,and when they have to its much more time consuming for a rehearsal.
@@LAZARCAR98 Duuuude I literally cant explain it better and I'm fucking glad someone else did
@@LAZARCAR98 No one ever gets too mad at me for playing drums during tuning but it com ees s natural I cant explain it. Once I'm on my barstool, I cant control it sometimes, or I try to and forget
That "he left the focking band" example was just pure gold
He left the focking band dude!
@@GenuineDunkaccino He left the fucking baand! Jezus christ!
PERIOD. EXCLAMATION POINT!
H E F Ø K K I N G L Æ F T D E F Ø K K I N G B Æ N D !
..after they treated him like the 'new kid' for 20 years, wouldn't let him do side projects, then acted all surprised when he left (: what did they expect? (:
That's the part that made me laugh, like bruh, how are you really surprised? (:
I get kirk, he's an introvert. It's hard to face this kind of pressure in front of the eyes of all Metallica fans when they see the movie.
*the notes in between*
*that are fUcking with me*
those damn notes man
@@crisytswag3732 yes
Oh hello there
@@sailorc-bx3gq hello there
In watching this, you show us you simultaneosly could be a professional
1) musician
2) reporter
3) comic actor
4) defense attorney
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He's also Metallicas refrigerator ;)
@@Happylink75 but is he the table?
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Yeah this is definitely one of his most impressive videos. I can't really imagine any other creator doing something like this. Andriys talents are so broad!
3:16
Plays 0-3-5
Distant voice: "Beautiful"
*B R O*
Magbalik?
Rudy Ayoub: Beautiful Bro
brooooo
Really? Is this a description for deaf people?
Sometimes it’s the *simple* riff that is hard to get timing down for. I’m glad Kirk had the same problem that I had learning some songs.
True, I can downpick a lot of Metallicas fast songs, but I have problem with timing in Rammstein riffs
Rafados Official lool, same))
I have this problem with meshuggah riffs - try learn the timing for "new millennium Cyanide Christ" if you dare...
Its always the way. It can be slightly outside your normal style and become very difficult. I have moments like it on drums when I sit and say 'why can I not play this?'. Its like anything. We all have moments like it at work, or school, or in sports or whatever. I had a guitar player that could downstrum sooooo fast and play anything in that style, but give him something simple that was a metalcore type pattern that required just 1 note amongst that pattern, he struggled. Crazy good player though but it wasn't ideal as we were playing metalcore ha ha.
I can play all these complicated riffs, but give me a song with 4 cowboy chords and basic strumming and I'm struggling to change chords at the right time 😂
0-3-5 - Rudy Adobe intensifies “beautiful Bro”
that "Kirk Hammett learns guitar" video is one of the greatest things ever
I lost my shit. It is so fucking funny.
It's really epic 😂
“Take the jacket off, I will kill you” stare from Bob Rock
Kirk: *puts jacket back on*
St.Anger will forever have a sweetspot in my heart. 3 days ago I bought it in Vinyl, making it my first ever Metallica record bought on the big disc, and I can say I'm a proud owner. It's a rough diamond that in the last few years has finally got its respect.
I'm thinking to buy a deluxe edition, for all the footage in high quality
@Derfel Cadarn Most elitists consider the Black Album to be the death of Metallica. For me, I love all of their albums because they fill the niche of all kinds of music I generally listen to. Punk/raw thrash metal, heavy metal, rock/grundge, nu metal etc.
I bought St Anger near release. I saw Frantic on TV and loved it cus it was different. I've always liked the album and found it very strange over the years seeing so many people get so angry and personal over a fucking cd. It's music, if you don't like it, don't listen. Definitely don't spend the next 15 years all over the Internet bitching and moaning like it's your band. The live versions of Frantic and St Anger they do now are very cool. Also well done AV for another great video.
@@dales616 even though I wasn't there to witness St Anger upon release, I can understand some people's frustration. Since they didn't know the future. So many years without an album - and now they give something even "worse" than Loads. It really might've seemed like the death of Metallica. But now we know it's the album that rebooted them.
In my top 5 favourite metallica albums
Still waiting for All Nightmare Long vs Spit out the Bone, frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriend.
Both are masterpieces but Spit Out The Bone has an incredible headbanging breakdown and better production. On the other hand tho, i think All nightmare Long's solo is better. It's hard to choose.
@Nintariz That would be amazing! But Death Magnetic's vocals are already cool imo. For me the only thing thats bad for that album is production quality. I would love a remastered version of it
@Nintariz No i didnt. Do you have a link for that ?
Love both, but ANL is more edgier and fits perfectly with the cthulhu saga so is the one for me
Say what you want. This album kept them together
That's what I said in this video :) ua-cam.com/video/hR6ytN6_Fdo/v-deo.html
Exactly, even though people criticize it for its drum sound. The drum is not too bad, the Metallica 'fans' criticize it all the time. One of their best albums, raw anger and pure metal.
@@Maggiethegsd can you imagine it now without the snare!)) The meme is responsible for like 60% of people to over check out the album
@@Maggiethegsd being a fan doesn't mean that you're required to automatically enjoy everything they do. I personally find most of St Anger to be unlistenable even though I acknowledge its importance in keeping them together. It doesn't mean I'm less of a fan. It means I don't like that particular album. Everyone gets to have their own opinion.
@@AndriyVasylenko yes lol, but the snare meme gets over everything that people say about metallica. The meme is becoming cringy now, when kids go 'Damn bruh have you listened to the Metallica trash can album' just by hearing of the meme, and not even checking out the album themselves.
*_Dave mustaine approves and likes this video_*
I always love the Russian polka part
Mustaine's riffs is more difficult than Kirk's solos.
Mart K dude, tell me this again when you learn the creeping death solo
Who is Dave Mustaine?
@@killingthemsoftly568 He was Metallicas lead guitarist until Kill Em All came out in 1983. After that, he founded Megadeth - Which he fronts to this day.
The part starting at 10:51 is an incredibly valuable and insightful point that people tend to forget all the time (especially haters and non-musicians)
Kirk was just having a bad day at the office, that's all lol. What's the big deal.
It was just for the video. They were all just acting.
9:01
"Wait it's all 0-3-5?"
"Always has been"
Don't refer to notes as fret numbers unless you want to sound like an ultra noob at music
@@unknownkingdom Well I AM and ultra noob so sorry not sorry ;)
@@unknownkingdom Also this was a year ago so no one cares anymore sorry. Complain to someone on a more recent video on youtube if it offends you so much. Happy playing!
You can hear in the studio version of SKOM, the tricky part in the left side sounds perfect (James) and on the right side sounds kind of sloppy (Kirk). He never managed to play it like it was supposed to, but still managed to blend with the tightness of James playing the riff.
Yeah, you're right )))
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Love that there is a place on the internet where we can geek out about this band lol Andriy thanks my friend for being genuine and having entertaining content!
Kirk used to write a lessons column for Guitar World magazine back in the 90's -- which really influenced the trajectory of my playing back then. There were several lessons where he called into question the riffs that James and Lars wrote -- especially the ones they would have him solo over. What really stuck with me is how he used those examples as teaching moments to illustrate the importance of professionalism, creativity, and outside the box thinking with regards to your role in the band. Dude is a player and a class act!
Hammett, Slash, Mustaine , Vai, etc are human and they keep learning. If anyone plays guitar can understand sometimes a riff stuck in your head wrongly and makes you to play wrong. Its just Metallica released the footage and others didn't. Love Kirk.
It's like repeatedly confusing a mistaken memory. Your brain's neurons are getting strongly wired down this mistaken path. So each time you try to do it right, your brain wants to take that strong existing mistake pathway instead of building a new correct one
I've seen so much footage of guitar masters just playing by themselves for UA-cam videos and such, and I think, "holy shit, I can't believe that's HIM playing like that!". Sloppy, weak, bad tone, not deadening the other strings, etc.
Could you do a video on Steve Harris, who as a bassist, has managed to write countless of amazing guitar riffs over his career. I’d be really interested to see how he balances writing stuff for his bass and for the guitarists
I've been collecting songwriting stuff of different bands for many years. And unfortunately, Iron Maiden don't give much info on that. But I did mention a bit of Steve's composing touch in "How to write riffs like..." videos from last November. Maybe I'll find ways to talk about Iron Maiden bass and songwriting in future
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Add a gallop
The formula to write around 70% of maiden songs
3:17 is pure genius hahaha
Yeah that was an epic crossover
Petition for a video ranking every album by solos and picking out the best and worst from each album
stargazer _099 bro if and justice for all isn’t the best album ranked by solos then we may as well unsub
FINALLY
Know Your Meme: Metallica Edition
Kirk proves that lead and rhythm guitar are two different art and you can't say one is better than the other
Just like James Hetfield finds it difficult to play fast solos.
@@indianmilitary he could but he just had no interest
Rhythm guitar is only easier while starting but once you go higher, Rhythm guitar becomes much harder than lead guitar. Some riffs are almost impossible to play
I want to be able to do what John Petrucci does: Both
Dude, you just did an Emotional Intelligence case study on Metallica. Sick.
I have been waiting for this from a long time...
I honestly think that Kirk struggled with that riff because he had a brain lag at that moment, like anybody can have at a particular moment 'cause we ar human. Even if Hetfield plays rhythm better then Kirk, that doesn't mean that Hammet doesn't get riffs. He understands them and he also knows how to play them technically; he was just having a bad day, or a bad moment. I don't think any other explanation is needed. Truly. Brutal Honest here. 😀
Yes Sir!!!!
but did you hear the demo for Master of Puppets? That thing was atrocious. Lol.
@@natebeal18 yes i've heard it, that demo was for them probably not to forget the parts. There was no interest for them to nail that demo it's obvious. The final product made the statement of what Metallica can do. There are some good parts on those demos also, but if you listen to the record you will automatically know why the song was released the way it was released.
Yeah but don’t forget Kirk is a lead guitarist. Rhythm is hard for him
Everytime i re-listen this album i find something interesting(Your videos help a lot too). Man this album is a genius work.
Very cool breakdown of this riff. I always love hearing those notes in between when listening to the song.
I havent really watched you in forever and now I remembered how hilarious you are😂😂 loved this video!
i appreciate it :-) not fearing to look a bit dumb. yet again
non musicians have zero business commenting on what is or is not "easy to play"
Right, playing something that has already been written and fleshed out by someone else is completely different than recording your own riff for the first time. When you're playing your own stuff, you've gotta be constantly worried about if the riff matches the songs tone, the other band members playing styles, and adding your own feel. Doesn't matter if it's a simple or complex riff.
Daz X well most of the people criticizing him probably are musicians
Shockheadd45 Yes they are otherwise they wouldn’t know what they were talking about
people without skill in general
Its the internet. You will get people talking shit regardless if they are a musician or not
This is one of your best videos, so good to feel this vibe again!! Thx Frrriend.
These breakdowns are so cool! Please keep it up
1:28 I was lucky enough to be inside the snake pit in that concert, best night ever and I gave James and Kirk a fist bump!
I love how far he has come from when I first started watching Total Cliff. Amazing
Thank to you guys \m/
Funny thing about being in bands - it's often hard to play a riff written by someone else in the band. People have their own stye and natural fingerings and if it doesn't closely align with your own style then it can be tricky to learn the other person's way of playing. It's both a blessing and a curse in most bands - it's the thing that gives your band variety in the writing and the unique sound of your music, but has that tendency to sometimes make it tricky to learn the riffs.
You would think being in Metallica for >20 years would have got Kirk past that at this point, but I guess it still happens to the best of us.
Absolutely.
Your editing matches your accent, matches your mannerisms, and with a beautiful umbrella of knowledge over everything. New subscriber here.
Great video! But rember lars trying to learn the "the shortest straw" Intro on guitar hero? I'm a Drummer and I exactly know why he couldnt get it right. When I first tried to learn the intro it was the same thong for me. Confusing pauses for seamingly no reason. Then I heard the intro woth a click and it all made sense (three notes I thought were directly together actually had a small pause in between etc.......). Explaining that would be a cool video too (if you get what I'm trying to say here haha)!
I wanna see andriy make videos about sepultura just to hear him say “Brazilian “
There's never too many Metallica memes.
I'm looking forward to them, Andriy
8:53 you kill me with that xD
Amazing video Andriy!
No one:
UA-cam subtitles: cUrRy HeMeT
Later it also said "St Tanker"
I'd have a hard time playing too if I was wearing a curry helmet.
Carhamet
My closed-captioning auto-corrected the words 'Kirk Hammett' to 'Curry Helmet'.
Ah yes, Curry Helmet, the lead guitarist of Metallica
Great video. You're teaching me things I have overlooked.
I learned more about Matalica here, than everywhere else combined. Your accent makes your channel interesting to watch.
This isnt our most convincing dirt on Kirk. Our most convincing dirt is his absolute shit show of a Prince tribute in Minneapolis in 2018. Look it up if you haven't seen it. I bet Lars could've picked up a guitar and played it better.
I’ll check it out
I don’t think my heart can take it
Don't forget Rob's "singing" , the worst part of all
All of the Kirk&Rob Doodles on the Hardwired tour were garbage. So the Prince one doesn't really stand out. The section was obviously some schtick they came up with for a unique piece to play in every city. So yeah. Playing something completely new every night isn't bad playing on Kirk's part. It's bad showmanship on the entire decision-making wing of the band. I wanted to take a nap during the Doodle in Baltimore.
"one of" then ))
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Would be epic if they call mustaine and still have kirk,imagine the fights...
jajajaja
@@MatheusSantos-iz1ip don't give 2020 more ideas lmao
No
with or without the heroin?
I love your voice. Its so cool. Great video by the way!
Awesome content as always!
8:08 "dude, you're sweating!"
Andriy can make us appreciate everything Metallica does. He can make us appreciate anything if he wants
He made me see the humor in Russia invading Ukraine!
Great video Andriy! Keep it up.
Thank you!
Great video yet again!
The Unnamed Feeling Is THE Most Underrated Metallica Song Ever.
Dyers eve is the most underrated
Some actual artists and metallica fans out here like St Anger the whole time, -minus the can snare if we could be still, still, good
I love st anger even that damm snare the agression hell yes
I listened to St. Anger with normal drums sometime ago and I actually liked it. The same songs sounded actually really good. But I just can't do it with the can snares. It's awfull.
Hahah Rudy showed up! This is a great video man, you did an amazing job editing it and producing it.
Great video man!
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I never knew there was a controversy about this, and I have owned the dvd since release. That being said I really enjoyed the video, well done+
Андрей, ОЧЕНЬ крутой разбор и погружение в самую гитарно-техническую суть! И еще прекрасная способность донести свои мысли! Очень сильно, спасибо! )
0:58 james with 7 string?
Yes
yeah, Monster is the only Metallica song recorded on a 7-string
C standard?
@@floridianthrasher5426 Drop C I think
How tf does that work on a 7 string?
I would really like to see those smartasses that criticise Kirk picking up a guitar and trying to play it lmao.
Yea! Because if you cant play an instrument you are not allowed to have an opinion on or even dare critique someone's playing!! Yea man that the spirit! Forbid opinions that contradict yours, because you are to lazy to prove them otherwise! Yea, man!!
Well, some knowledge certainly helps for a profund judgement.
@@Schmiddelwutz2000 Not really
@@DrMonty-yr1kc Yes really
@@Drygore why is it wrong to be mad?
Hi from the uk, love your honesty brother. Subbed and liked.
You’re very informative bro, I subscribed
It was tricky for me, it took me a while. Many tries and fails but when I nailed it, didn’t have a problem with it anymore. It’s harder than it looks because (as you said) it is counterintuitive.
Great vid. St. Anger is overhated and underrated, but I can understand why.
I personally played it like 3335550-3335550-3-5, while it's 3335550-3-5550003-5.
Andriy Vasylenko I played it like you the first few tries, but then I watched James explaining to Kirk and tried to do it like that and, even tho it was difficult, managed to get it right. Same thing happens to me in Master in the harmony part after the solo, and still mess it up from time to time.
I also have always liked St. Anger I never was on the bandwagon. It really wasn't as bad as people said they just expected a "Metallica" album. I loved the raw emotion on the album.
Tbh that record stands out the most for me , I remember learning some of it on guitar as a kid and loved the vibe of the cd and the artwork , i thought it was badass haha
Excellent analysis. Well done.
Informative, educational, and
super funny as always
That video of Kirk just shows how human the band really is
Rudy Ayoub? 3:15
I was like "wait holy fuck I know that voice!"
😂
It's always fun to watch and hear you analyze musical situations. I'm American and I have some ancestry from Hrvatska. So, I always like to hear a Slavic accent. You have a great command of the English language, your accent adds a nice flair. Respect and Blessings from Wild Wonderful West Virginia. 🙏
Awesome video man! Interesting and funny until the end. Still instructional at the same time well done
I really appreciate! :)
7:57 creating an illusion of ... рубилово
Просто выпал
Still waiting for 20 levels of metallica lyrics
I love your content man!
Some Kind of Monster holds a special place for me, it's the first metallica song and St. Anger was the first CD I bought, and I watched the rehearsal DVD so much it stopped working
Warning, hot take: Some Kind of Monster is in my top 5 of Metallica songs
Top 15 for me, probably the best "fast" song off of St. Anger
it’s in my opinion one of the most important songs, since without it we might have lost Metallica.
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@andriy Your channel is for sure the best metallica channel, I'm sure even tallica guys wacth it... haha
Hey, frrrrriend! I love your videos. Musical knowledge and humour!
Вы всё врёти!!11!1! мне фред сказал, что кирк не умеет играть!1!!1!11!11!
Да я, честно говоря, удивлён, что у этого клоуна такая большая аудитория. Хотя, может, там на самом деле никто его всерьёз не воспринимает, заходят только послушать про то, как высекает по дереву и лупит струны вожжами или что он там делает.
@nikardem Если честно, первый раз об этих людях слышу. Вообще это вполне логично, что у кого-то ещё должно найтись схожее мнение, но погоды это особо не делает.
Your like... The best... Ever.
now that you mention it, really love the simplicity of the riff similar to the Frankenstein concept they talk about in the song, the building with all the different parts. I imagine the abnormal brained monster lurching around!
James wrote the main riff too. He came up a demo version of the riff and Bob guided them to the vibe we hear on the final album.
shit yeah, always laughed at haters laughing at this video, the riff is clearly tricky, of course kirk eventually got it, he's a bad ass as guitar player (at least was), would appreciate a full riff tab!
ah, i see it now .. though I thought also the trick was that 3 and 5 were unequal # of times, even and odd # .. ie 7 (odd) zeros at the start, then 3 and 5 in odd/even # (4 and 3) ... or both even but different # - 5 and 3 ... oh, hope I can understand myself what I wrote .. but indeed, it's the notes in between that were fucking with Kirk
@@MK-wu8up uuuuuuuhhhhhh 😶
It really isnt tricky at all if you listen to it
@@My_Lacrimosa Hmmmm
criticizing Kirk is ridiculous.. playing next to James would be nerve racking enough as it is never mind the haters who still want Dave back.. its been almost 40 damn yrs get over it!
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@@blakedavis2447 he wrote some.. but so what, name anything megadeth did that was even remotely good? they have nothin..
Court K wow that joke completely over your head
Court K literally everything up to risk is solid and a lot of what came after isn’t bad either but I already know where your allegiance lies so I’m not goin to convince you they’re good but you did ask so .
@@blakedavis2447 lol sorry, its hard to get sarcasm to transpose properly over text.. my bad.. i get what you were doin there now.. sorry , i'm thick lol
Holy shit, didn't expect this to be serious.Great job!
The left audio channel which I think is James' guitar, plays a more simple version, it only plays the first machine gun part and the rest is somehow like the chorus (without the notes in between). The right channel which is Kirk's, it's the riff with the notes in between.
“Bring back Mustaine” lol
I blame Lars!
Kirk was probably stressed or having a anxiety attack 😂
Lars: *hey turn the lead guitar's sound to 0*
I just love how this guy loves to break down the crafting of a Metallica song, good job mang
Unparalleled analyses.
Great job