The genius of the song is how the tempo speeds up as he becomes more frustrated and desperate. The drum bursts sounding like machine guns, and even the guitar solo is chaotic as if his mind is spiraling out of control. The music telling the story along with the lyrics is often overlooked.
The movie was from the early 70's - "Johnny got his gun"... based on the novel by Dalton Trumbo in 1939 about a soldier in World War I (the 1910's) who survived without any of his senses or limbs intact. Metallica based the song 'One' on the story.
I actually was first introduced to the song in my high school AP Lit class because we were reading the book. Playing us Metallica really cemented that teacher as our favorite.
This is one of those songs based on a movie based on a book. My teacher in 8th grade read us the book, way back in 1986. He was a Vietnam Vet, and he believed it was important for us to know all the sides of war, those who come home, the dead, and those who get lost in between. The book was absolutely amazing, and left a huge mark on me. It also led me to join the military. It was one of the few times I wasn't interested in falling asleep during class.
I’ve always thought it was unfair that many held their early greatness against them. Their 80’s stuff is some of the best music ever made. Of course they wouldn’t be able to keep that up forever. I give them credit for branching out artistically and changing their sound with every album. It would have been real easy to release the same album over and over again like some bands do.
@@tylorstafford20 The thing is Metallica is, at the very least, partially to blame for that type of feeling towards their music. There are stories of their early fans literally standing around with their backs to the stage while other bands played during shows. Behavior they endorsed if I'm not mistaken. They also made no bones about making fun of "b*tt rock" and/or "hair metal" back in the 80's & 90's and other "lesser" types of music at the time, from what I remember. Heck I want to say I even remember them making fun of bands that "sell out" and put their music in movies and thing. As much as I like the moment in Stranger Things early on in their career I don't think it would have happened. Truth to tell they just fell off later in their careers. Load and Reload were OK while Death Magnetic / Saint Anger? or whatever was an abomination that sounded like Lars was beating on metal trashcans and losing Jason was a huge mistake that can be squarely blamed on Hetfield's ego at the time, if the stories are true. But to be perfectly honest they never truly recovered from the death of Cliff imo. James and Lars would have never even thought about pulling the BS they did with Jason and their music suffered. All that being said I will put their first four albums up against anybody's music without reservation because it really is that dang good. After that things get iffy.
@@rigrmortis3393I get what you’re saying, and their first albums were absolute genius, but I think they still released some gems here and there afterwards. They just didn’t release full albums that were entirely magic like that. Even though they’re cover albums, I love Garage Days and Garage, Inc… I still strain my neck going crazy to The Prince and Last Caress/Green Hell at 46 years old lol. Them boys knew how to do a cover.
The movie is Johnny got his Gun...I've watched it before. Its a really good movie. And yeah, Metallica did buy the rights to the movie. The title of the movie is based on an old saying from, I forget which war. Either the first or second world war. In the U.S. there was a saying. Johnny get your Gun. Which meant sign up and go to war. The movie itself is an anti-war movie and implying that Johnny got his gun and now look what happened to him.
Indeed, and the title of this song comes from a line in the book about it being a one in a million chance that any random guy from your street wins the lottery OR gets shipped off to war. Sure, it's only a one in a million chance but that still leaves ONE
The first thing the doctor says is that the cerebrum was irreparably damaged, followed by his assumption that a decerebrated individual cannot think or feel anything. That's why he later says "Had I not been sure of this, I would not have permitted him to live". He didn't realize someone was still inside that shell, desperately trying to cry out.
It's Lou Gehrig's Disease is the common name for the NY Yankee player who died of the disease in 1941. ALS is the official name for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
The film is called Johnny Got His Gun. It's an anti-war film about an American soldier in WWI who takes a direct hit from a mortar round while sheltering in a foxhole. He loses his arms and legs, his sight, hearing, and ability to speak. All he feels is pain, and all he wants is to be allowed to die. Very sad film. If you are interested in the topic, Whose Life is it Anyway? is another excellent film/stage play, starring Richard Dreyfuss as an artist who is rendered quadriplegic in a car accident. He's completely conscious and lucid, and basically has to sue his doctor in order to have the choice.
What Ash said about the fresher or more alive the organs are/were is spot on. I'm on the list for a heart and kidney transplant. I actually got called a few weeks ago to come in they had a heart and a kidney. The donor was still alive at the time, but on life support. I'm on some blood thinners that would have to be out of my system before they could do the surgery. The family didn't agree to keep them on life support for the 3-4 days it would have taken. (Which I completely understand) So the organs went to someone else on the list that could have the surgery that day. Also, Dave is correct. One is one of the most badass songs to see performed live,
Great reaction with a perfectly timed pause, btw. Kudos for the timing & only having one. No pun intended. And the discussion was spot on, as usual. Thank you.
You are right about ""It was like a right of passage to play the One Solo" I just ran into a guy i played with 25 years ago, and he literally looked at his friend and said...Dude, he could play the One solo! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I remember when this video came out. MTV actually played music videos, and they wanted Metallica to release a video for the channel. At the time Metallica pushed back and said no. James wanted to make a song about just a brain. When the book Johnny Get Your Gun was suggested to him. Metallic did buy the rights to the movie and then made this epic video. This song debuted on their album And Justice For All. Ash your facial expressions are so on point. Great reaction15:01
This has nothing to do with being maimed from war, but my father died 7/14/23 of a two year battle with dementia and a stroke that left him without the ability to swallow, so no water or food. He put in his directives that he didn't want any extraordinary measures to keep him alive! After the stroke it took him a month to pass because he kept holding on, his oxygen saturation rate slowly went from 80 to 70 to 60% and it was utterly painful to watch him slowly pass! My father was a brilliant man and was a mechanical engineer and when he was diagnosed with dementia to slowly not be able to speak and to be staring into space is hard to watch! Both my parents had dementia at the same time, my mom is physically ok, but her mind is gone and she has the same medical directives as my father's! I'm not really a metal fan like I was in the 80's, but this a sad but powerful song!
When I first saw this music video at 14 or 15 years old, it freaked me the fuck out, but I loved it lol. Their very first and best music video, my opinion.
The very first Metallica music video, which they demanded in 1989 under ever increasing pressure, was created primarily by MTV and was produced by the band! Because many, many months in advance of One, Lars said that Metallica, never wanted to and would never make a music video! It had a little bit of the background that Lars was already walking on certain small paths of war with the music industry, record labels also with MTV because in his opinion many others, record companies, other industries were already making money without any real performance of their own, etc. and the musicians, artists the last ones were those who were lucky enough to receive a small tip for their work! Lars was already way ahead of the times/knowledge when it came to rights, marketing, and corporate ownership of image and sound rights, as Lars and Metallica were later pushed aside in the 90s with the Napster trial! Today it is Spotify that earns billions of dollars, generates sales and actually pays out a small part of it to all artists worldwide! With this music video One, Lars finally gave in to the pressure from MTV a little bit, but the first version (official full length 7:27 min and the clips from the film) was too "violent and long" for MTV, which in turn was something Lars was worried about It didn't matter, so the second version for MTV was made somewhat mainstream compatible!
@OBDaveReacts Hey hello and greetings Dave here from 🇨🇭! I have to give you a quick answer to your notification.... funny, true and almost a rarity these days, I don't have / don't own Telegram, WhatsApp and all of his other communication tool friends!!! best wishes to you both from Switzerland 🙏🏼🤗 Valentino..... ah by the way, I've been enthusiastic about Jinjer for over 11 years, than I saw her live for the first time, and now well over 15 times as a guest/fan or professionally, because in the event, concerts/festivals industry i work in special support the local production Team as security, driving directly for artists, bands and their crew, tour management, etc.! Therefore a little more insight behind the scenes and some knowledge of artists and bands!!!
I’ve got the book “Johnny Got His Gun” didn’t see movie but I know they bought the rights to use it. Since it was their 1st produced video. BTW, 🇺🇸 jailed our Dr. for “assisted suicide” (Euthanasia) where he rots. Two attempts failed to jail him but 3rd time was there charm😭, in my opinion💔. I’m a new fan of yours! Great job!
Mate your missus is great, every video I've seen she truly appreciates the music for what it is, keep the old school metal coming, always getting a view and like from me.
Found you from your Jinjer reactions (yes, Ash, we all feel that way about Tati). Would very much love to see you guys start a Tool journey, if you’re not already fans. Tool is a truly unique experience. Their entire (brief, alas) discography is amazing. Their song “The Pot” is widely regarded as a good intro to the band, if you want to start there. The Tool army will show up in droves to support your channel. Cheers!
the band was actually pretty mad and upset over the music video to the point James Hetfield stormed out of the screening of the rough cut version, they felt like the music was being covered up too much by the dialog in the video, fast forward all these years later and this song and video is legendary.
"...And Justice For All" & "Master Of Puppets" are two of the greatest metal albums ever recorded. Along with "Live After Death", "A Vulgar Display Of Power" and "Rust In Peace".
A person should have the right to choose to live or die, especially in Terminal calses, or in a case like in the video, they shouldnt have to suffer. I know i remember a story from a couple or so years back, there this young couple that hadnt been married long, had a baby, and she got diagnosed with brain cancer, and she went to Oregon i believe where its legal along with 9 other states to have physician-aided death, and she went that route so her husband and family or her for the most part, didnt have to get to where she had to suffer from it, because they knew it was coming, and what she was going to have to go though, and ive seen enough people suffer in my life with illness, that i cant blame her. If someone wants to go that route, it should be our right, no one elses.
I was about 10 when this video came out and MTV played it non-stop. It scared me everytime I saw it but I wouldn't turn off or change the channel cuz the song was too good.
This song and the entirety of the "...and justice for all" album was a marked shift for the band. Speaking of ALS, I would recommend looking into American guitar player/composer Jason Becker who has been suffering with the disease for sometime now, yet continues to put out outstanding music
I'd love to see you guys react to Iron Maiden "Alexander The Great." It doesn't get nearly the attention and love it deserves. Amazing lyrics and and awesome sequence of guitar solos.
Don’t ever watch the movie in the video. I rented it right after this video came out on MTV. My local video store had it. It was 3 hours of pure misery. The color portions are his dreams/memories, the black and white is reality. When the movie was over, I was so emotionally drained, depressed and exhausted that I just rolled over and went to sleep. I was 16 and it was only like 4pm, but I couldn’t get the energy or motivation to do anything except sleep once it was over. It was the single most depressing movie that I’ve ever watched, even to this day 34 years later.
I saw Metallica perform this last night Nov. 12, 2023, in Detroit at Ford Field. The beginning with explosions, there were fire balls shooting up through the stage. For the gunfire they had fire works going off through the stage as well. I've always liked the song, but never liked the music video with the additional movie clips.
they were the first band that was ever my favorite. then lulu happened and i just stopped listening and became a hater. good lord are they one of the best bands of all time. every album has a classic on it
I'm over here in Atlanta Georgia and y'all are literally one of my top five reaction channels and to me Metallica set the bar high early but they did fall off I think it's cool reaction for y'all would be to do different songs of limp Bizkit that would stop 99 it was epic
If he was man enough to answer the call to go make war with who you told him, please be man enough to return the favor when you know his true wishes with the S O S he messaged.
I'm watching you as Kirk goes into his solo you guys are like statues the hole song sad😢 not good if you like it show it instead of just sitting there c'mon 😊
A goat doesn't sound like that... (Check one out on YT) and Metallica are just NOT the G.O.A.T. anymore... Maybe once, and they still play arenas/ stadiums... but they r just not what they once were circa 1983 - 1993... I grew up at the altar of Metallica in the early 90's... This album 'And justice for all' was gospel to my soul... Just disappointing to see their career from 1996 onwards.
I enjoyed their career 1996 onwards very much. I’m sorry you didn’t. You missed out on some great music. Also, of course they aren’t what they were from 83-93. That’s some of the best music ever made. It’s an unfair standard. It would be ridiculous to expect them to keep releasing all-time great albums.
@@billbrasky1288 I bought everything Metallica put out from 1996 forward... I didn't 'miss' anything... I heard it all. That is why I have this opinion... 😈 I heard '72 Seasons' and it just sounds like they took old riffs and just re-arranged them into a 'new' record... disappointing. The very fact that it fell off the charts real fast proved my opinion is shared by quite a few. I expect Metallica to put out great albums, or am I not? U won't buy a bottle of Pepsi and expect to find it filled w/ salt water, do u? I saw their 'Alternica' phase in the 90's... I saw them live in 2000 and they were boring at points... Again, I was just not blown away (I paid $70 which was a lot back then!) I bought 'St. Anger' in 2003 and I couldn't listen to the whole thing cos it was awful... I saw them live in '03 and it was better, but awful opening band. I bought... 'Death magnetic'... better, but never bothered to see them live again. I bought 'Hardwired'... again an improvement in the right direction. In comparison, I have seen Slayer more than 7 times and they've always blown me away... Bands like Anthrax, Sepultura, Megadeth, Death Angel, Testament, Kreator, Destruction... have actually gotten better w/ age... Death Angel is a band that actually recorded better albums after 2004 than the ones they did in the 80's. Not so much Metallica.
@@sumonjamal1653 1. Record sales don’t mean shit. If they did the Backstreet Boys would be one of the best bands from the 90’s 2. So what if 72 seasons isn’t that great. They’re 60+ years old and you have a whole catalog to choose from
Couldn't disagree more about Metallica live. The environment is electric - but they can't play their own songs. The mess ups are non stop. Hearing Kirk try to play his own solos is embarrassing and he ends up just wandering around till he syncs back up. I recognize the issue is my OCD - I can only go to classical musical performances because they are always accurate, or live music that I don't already know so that I don't know where the mistakes are. Back to Metallica this was an issue all the way back to the Live Shit: Binge and Purge tour. Bought the $150 box set - tossed the VHS tape in the player - and god was the music itself bad. Only properly performed song is their introduction tune from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly - but that's prerecorded. They are a band that needs the 30 takes in the studio to get it right.
The film is called Johnny get your gun or Johnny got his gun, something like that. One of their best songs for sure back when their music had impact before they sold out.
The genius of the song is how the tempo speeds up as he becomes more frustrated and desperate. The drum bursts sounding like machine guns, and even the guitar solo is chaotic as if his mind is spiraling out of control. The music telling the story along with the lyrics is often overlooked.
That outro is one of the tightest going around
So on point
The movie was "Johnny Got His Gun (1971)"
Top 5 of my all time favorite songs and videos. As a veteran who has been through war, I can really feel these lyrics.
Thank you
The movie was from the early 70's - "Johnny got his gun"... based on the novel by Dalton Trumbo in 1939 about a soldier in World War I (the 1910's) who survived without any of his senses or limbs intact.
Metallica based the song 'One' on the story.
What's cool is Metallica purchased the rights to the movie as well :D
The book is so haunting and the song matches that.
I actually was first introduced to the song in my high school AP Lit class because we were reading the book. Playing us Metallica really cemented that teacher as our favorite.
This is one of those songs based on a movie based on a book. My teacher in 8th grade read us the book, way back in 1986. He was a Vietnam Vet, and he believed it was important for us to know all the sides of war, those who come home, the dead, and those who get lost in between. The book was absolutely amazing, and left a huge mark on me. It also led me to join the military. It was one of the few times I wasn't interested in falling asleep during class.
I’ve always thought it was unfair that many held their early greatness against them. Their 80’s stuff is some of the best music ever made. Of course they wouldn’t be able to keep that up forever. I give them credit for branching out artistically and changing their sound with every album. It would have been real easy to release the same album over and over again like some bands do.
Crazy thing is, bands today are applauded for changing their sound up from album to album. The same people are the ones that talk crap about Metallica
@@tylorstafford20 The thing is Metallica is, at the very least, partially to blame for that type of feeling towards their music. There are stories of their early fans literally standing around with their backs to the stage while other bands played during shows. Behavior they endorsed if I'm not mistaken. They also made no bones about making fun of "b*tt rock" and/or "hair metal" back in the 80's & 90's and other "lesser" types of music at the time, from what I remember. Heck I want to say I even remember them making fun of bands that "sell out" and put their music in movies and thing. As much as I like the moment in Stranger Things early on in their career I don't think it would have happened.
Truth to tell they just fell off later in their careers. Load and Reload were OK while Death Magnetic / Saint Anger? or whatever was an abomination that sounded like Lars was beating on metal trashcans and losing Jason was a huge mistake that can be squarely blamed on Hetfield's ego at the time, if the stories are true. But to be perfectly honest they never truly recovered from the death of Cliff imo. James and Lars would have never even thought about pulling the BS they did with Jason and their music suffered.
All that being said I will put their first four albums up against anybody's music without reservation because it really is that dang good. After that things get iffy.
@@rigrmortis3393I get what you’re saying, and their first albums were absolute genius, but I think they still released some gems here and there afterwards. They just didn’t release full albums that were entirely magic like that. Even though they’re cover albums, I love Garage Days and Garage, Inc… I still strain my neck going crazy to The Prince and Last Caress/Green Hell at 46 years old lol. Them boys knew how to do a cover.
80s Metallica is the only Metallica
There best selling albums are from the 90s the only people that hated it were the gatekeepers
I been to 1 concert ever and it was Metallica (Godmack opened for them). Def GOAT imo.
The movie is Johnny got his Gun...I've watched it before. Its a really good movie. And yeah, Metallica did buy the rights to the movie. The title of the movie is based on an old saying from, I forget which war. Either the first or second world war. In the U.S. there was a saying. Johnny get your Gun. Which meant sign up and go to war. The movie itself is an anti-war movie and implying that Johnny got his gun and now look what happened to him.
It's from the First World War.
Indeed, and the title of this song comes from a line in the book about it being a one in a million chance that any random guy from your street wins the lottery OR gets shipped off to war. Sure, it's only a one in a million chance but that still leaves ONE
I just watched Metallica perform this live last night in Detroit. Epic!
The first thing the doctor says is that the cerebrum was irreparably damaged, followed by his assumption that a decerebrated individual cannot think or feel anything. That's why he later says "Had I not been sure of this, I would not have permitted him to live". He didn't realize someone was still inside that shell, desperately trying to cry out.
The deepest metallica song in my opinion
It's Lou Gehrig's Disease is the common name for the NY Yankee player who died of the disease in 1941. ALS is the official name for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
ALS is also called Lou Gehrig Disease. He was an MLB player.
The film is called Johnny Got His Gun. It's an anti-war film about an American soldier in WWI who takes a direct hit from a mortar round while sheltering in a foxhole.
He loses his arms and legs, his sight, hearing, and ability to speak. All he feels is pain, and all he wants is to be allowed to die. Very sad film.
If you are interested in the topic, Whose Life is it Anyway? is another excellent film/stage play, starring Richard Dreyfuss as an artist who is rendered quadriplegic in a car accident. He's completely conscious and lucid, and basically has to sue his doctor in order to have the choice.
What Ash said about the fresher or more alive the organs are/were is spot on. I'm on the list for a heart and kidney transplant. I actually got called a few weeks ago to come in they had a heart and a kidney. The donor was still alive at the time, but on life support. I'm on some blood thinners that would have to be out of my system before they could do the surgery. The family didn't agree to keep them on life support for the 3-4 days it would have taken. (Which I completely understand) So the organs went to someone else on the list that could have the surgery that day.
Also, Dave is correct. One is one of the most badass songs to see performed live,
I’m an organ recipient. Double lung. 2 years out. Thank you for your work!!!
Great reaction with a perfectly timed pause, btw. Kudos for the timing & only having one. No pun intended.
And the discussion was spot on, as usual. Thank you.
I've seen Metallica a couple of times, and this song is always one of the highlights.
I just have to see them to complete the big 4
You are right about ""It was like a right of passage to play the One Solo" I just ran into a guy i played with 25 years ago, and he literally looked at his friend and said...Dude, he could play the One solo! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I remember when this video came out. MTV actually played music videos, and they wanted Metallica to release a video for the channel. At the time Metallica pushed back and said no. James wanted to make a song about just a brain. When the book Johnny Get Your Gun was suggested to him. Metallic did buy the rights to the movie and then made this epic video. This song debuted on their album And Justice For All. Ash your facial expressions are so on point. Great reaction15:01
And they put the movie up on RUclips and it is (or at least was the last time I checked) available to watch for free.
@@NotSoFast71 , I have not looked into that
My #1 song. For 30+ years. Hetfield is a hell of a songwriter.
Speaking of Metallica letting people use their songs, The Hu did a great version of Sad But True, but in Mongolian. Awesome visuals.
That smile she got when Kirk shredded the solo 😊
Great reaction. Always good, when the Listeners unterstand the Song and Movie.
12:24 ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease - a baseball player) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
The name of the movie was "Johnny got his gun"
Well since you’ve passed the Love Metallica test, I shall subscribe. You have paid the proper due. ❤😊
This has nothing to do with being maimed from war, but my father died 7/14/23 of a two year battle with dementia and a stroke that left him without the ability to swallow, so no water or food. He put in his directives that he didn't want any extraordinary measures to keep him alive! After the stroke it took him a month to pass because he kept holding on, his oxygen saturation rate slowly went from 80 to 70 to 60% and it was utterly painful to watch him slowly pass! My father was a brilliant man and was a mechanical engineer and when he was diagnosed with dementia to slowly not be able to speak and to be staring into space is hard to watch! Both my parents had dementia at the same time, my mom is physically ok, but her mind is gone and she has the same medical directives as my father's! I'm not really a metal fan like I was in the 80's, but this a sad but powerful song!
When I first saw this music video at 14 or 15 years old, it freaked me the fuck out, but I loved it lol. Their very first and best music video, my opinion.
The film is Johnny's got a gun
Modern classic
That goat scream used to be my text notification sound.
You guys are awesome ❤
I've always felt like the guitar solo is him screaming in his mind. 💔
The very first Metallica music video, which they demanded in 1989 under ever increasing pressure, was created primarily by MTV and was produced by the band! Because many, many months in advance of One, Lars said that Metallica, never wanted to and would never make a music video! It had a little bit of the background that Lars was already walking on certain small paths of war with the music industry, record labels also with MTV because in his opinion many others, record companies, other industries were already making money without any real performance of their own, etc. and the musicians, artists the last ones were those who were lucky enough to receive a small tip for their work! Lars was already way ahead of the times/knowledge when it came to rights, marketing, and corporate ownership of image and sound rights, as Lars and Metallica were later pushed aside in the 90s with the Napster trial! Today it is Spotify that earns billions of dollars, generates sales and actually pays out a small part of it to all artists worldwide! With this music video One, Lars finally gave in to the pressure from MTV a little bit, but the first version (official full length 7:27 min and the clips from the film) was too "violent and long" for MTV, which in turn was something Lars was worried about It didn't matter, so the second version for MTV was made somewhat mainstream compatible!
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Hey hello and greetings Dave here from 🇨🇭! I have to give you a quick answer to your notification.... funny, true and almost a rarity these days, I don't have / don't own Telegram, WhatsApp and all of his other communication tool friends!!!
best wishes to you both from Switzerland 🙏🏼🤗 Valentino.....
ah by the way, I've been enthusiastic about Jinjer for over 11 years, than I saw her live for the first time, and now well over 15 times as a guest/fan or professionally, because in the event, concerts/festivals industry i work in special support the local production Team as security, driving directly for artists, bands and their crew, tour management, etc.! Therefore a little more insight behind the scenes and some knowledge of artists and bands!!!
This was the song/video that set Matallica off into mainstream outside of Trashers or Trash Metalheads back in 1988/89
Metallica is constantly evolving as artists.
Im diggin the GOAT prop....yall different now! lol
I’ve got the book “Johnny Got His Gun” didn’t see movie but I know they bought the rights to use it. Since it was their 1st produced video. BTW, 🇺🇸 jailed our Dr. for “assisted suicide” (Euthanasia) where he rots. Two attempts failed to jail him but 3rd time was there charm😭, in my opinion💔. I’m a new fan of yours! Great job!
Mate your missus is great, every video I've seen she truly appreciates the music for what it is, keep the old school metal coming, always getting a view and like from me.
muscular dystrophy most common Motor Neuron disease, what Stephen Hawking had
I fucking love the goat button Lmfao… it’s goated
Johnny Got His Gun, Dalton Trumbo
09:40 Are you ready, Hammetts about to rip your face off with this blistering solo🤘🤘🤘
Found you from your Jinjer reactions (yes, Ash, we all feel that way about Tati). Would very much love to see you guys start a Tool journey, if you’re not already fans. Tool is a truly unique experience. Their entire (brief, alas) discography is amazing. Their song “The Pot” is widely regarded as a good intro to the band, if you want to start there. The Tool army will show up in droves to support your channel. Cheers!
Would love to see them react to A Perfect Circle as well!
the band was actually pretty mad and upset over the music video to the point James Hetfield stormed out of the screening of the rough cut version, they felt like the music was being covered up too much by the dialog in the video, fast forward all these years later and this song and video is legendary.
metalicca thought it so important to include the film in the video that ultimately they boughts all rights to the film to avoid royalties
How about Tool The Pot. Took is an epic band with 10 minute songs and more. Take the rabbit hole down.
"...And Justice For All" & "Master Of Puppets" are two of the greatest metal albums ever recorded.
Along with "Live After Death", "A Vulgar Display Of Power" and "Rust In Peace".
Oh, man, Rust In Peace, what an album! 🤘
Loved the reaction. Metallica is not my favorite band, no one cares but this song is something else lol.
With Metallica I find the longer their hair the better the music. Now I may be wrong but have a look for yourself and see if I am right.
Johnny got his gun is the film
I have the exact same goat at the office 😆
I have two of those screaming goats haha
As a transplant recipient, I thank you for your selflessness.
A person should have the right to choose to live or die, especially in Terminal calses, or in a case like in the video, they shouldnt have to suffer. I know i remember a story from a couple or so years back, there this young couple that hadnt been married long, had a baby, and she got diagnosed with brain cancer, and she went to Oregon i believe where its legal along with 9 other states to have physician-aided death, and she went that route so her husband and family or her for the most part, didnt have to get to where she had to suffer from it, because they knew it was coming, and what she was going to have to go though, and ive seen enough people suffer in my life with illness, that i cant blame her. If someone wants to go that route, it should be our right, no one elses.
I was about 10 when this video came out and MTV played it non-stop. It scared me everytime I saw it but I wouldn't turn off or change the channel cuz the song was too good.
This song and the entirety of the "...and justice for all" album was a marked shift for the band. Speaking of ALS, I would recommend looking into American guitar player/composer Jason Becker who has been suffering with the disease for sometime now, yet continues to put out outstanding music
I'd love to see you guys react to Iron Maiden "Alexander The Great." It doesn't get nearly the attention and love it deserves. Amazing lyrics and and awesome sequence of guitar solos.
Love it - please do their other war epic Disposable Hero's
Don’t ever watch the movie in the video. I rented it right after this video came out on MTV. My local video store had it.
It was 3 hours of pure misery. The color portions are his dreams/memories, the black and white is reality.
When the movie was over, I was so emotionally drained, depressed and exhausted that I just rolled over and went to sleep. I was 16 and it was only like 4pm, but I couldn’t get the energy or motivation to do anything except sleep once it was over. It was the single most depressing movie that I’ve ever watched, even to this day 34 years later.
It was on RUclips for free.
Johny got his gun
Australia has passed voluntary dying law
Thanks for the song Metallica and💙💛✌Слава Україні !
I have the same goat on my desk at work. Watch the Taylor Swift goat version of 'Trouble' Its hilarious
I saw Metallica perform this last night Nov. 12, 2023, in Detroit at Ford Field. The beginning with explosions, there were fire balls shooting up through the stage. For the gunfire they had fire works going off through the stage as well. I've always liked the song, but never liked the music video with the additional movie clips.
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The Warning may take them out at Wacken 2024!
You know nothing I suffered this.
Hopefully one day you will do a reaction to my favorite song from Metallic Welcome Home Sanatorium or maybe you have and l have not come across it .
A must. Watch chris cornell singing one by Metallica using the guitar and rythem of one by U2. Legend.
The Black album is about the only album that has songs which get played on the radio, unfortunately.
they were the first band that was ever my favorite. then lulu happened and i just stopped listening and became a hater. good lord are they one of the best bands of all time. every album has a classic on it
Very unpopular, Metallicas best song is "Whiskey in the Jar." Then "Saint Anger." It is what it is for me.
Whiskey in the jar is a cover knucklehead
I'm over here in Atlanta Georgia and y'all are literally one of my top five reaction channels and to me Metallica set the bar high early but they did fall off I think it's cool reaction for y'all would be to do different songs of limp Bizkit that would stop 99 it was epic
what does youth in Asia have to do with it? :)
If he was man enough to answer the call to go make war with who you told him, please be man enough to return the favor when you know his true wishes with the S O S he messaged.
I'm watching you as Kirk goes into his solo you guys are like statues the hole song sad😢 not good if you like it show it instead of just sitting there c'mon 😊
It's borderline racialist to blame the youth in Asia for any of this.
A goat doesn't sound like that... (Check one out on YT) and Metallica are just NOT the G.O.A.T. anymore... Maybe once, and they still play arenas/ stadiums... but they r just not what they once were circa 1983 - 1993...
I grew up at the altar of Metallica in the early 90's... This album 'And justice for all' was gospel to my soul... Just disappointing to see their career from 1996 onwards.
I enjoyed their career 1996 onwards very much. I’m sorry you didn’t. You missed out on some great music. Also, of course they aren’t what they were from 83-93. That’s some of the best music ever made. It’s an unfair standard. It would be ridiculous to expect them to keep releasing all-time great albums.
@@billbrasky1288 I bought everything Metallica put out from 1996 forward... I didn't 'miss' anything... I heard it all.
That is why I have this opinion... 😈
I heard '72 Seasons' and it just sounds like they took old riffs and just re-arranged them into a 'new' record... disappointing. The very fact that it fell off the charts real fast proved my opinion is shared by quite a few.
I expect Metallica to put out great albums, or am I not? U won't buy a bottle of Pepsi and expect to find it filled w/ salt water, do u?
I saw their 'Alternica' phase in the 90's... I saw them live in 2000 and they were boring at points... Again, I was just not blown away (I paid $70 which was a lot back then!)
I bought 'St. Anger' in 2003 and I couldn't listen to the whole thing cos it was awful... I saw them live in '03 and it was better, but awful opening band.
I bought... 'Death magnetic'... better, but never bothered to see them live again.
I bought 'Hardwired'... again an improvement in the right direction.
In comparison, I have seen Slayer more than 7 times and they've always blown me away... Bands like Anthrax, Sepultura, Megadeth, Death Angel, Testament, Kreator, Destruction... have actually gotten better w/ age...
Death Angel is a band that actually recorded better albums after 2004 than the ones they did in the 80's.
Not so much Metallica.
@@sumonjamal1653 you’re entitled to your opinion
@@billbrasky1288 Sales figures don't lie... they r not an opinion.
Biggest metal band in the world and '72 Seasons' is not even on the charts...
@@sumonjamal1653 1. Record sales don’t mean shit. If they did the Backstreet Boys would be one of the best bands from the 90’s 2. So what if 72 seasons isn’t that great. They’re 60+ years old and you have a whole catalog to choose from
Couldn't disagree more about Metallica live. The environment is electric - but they can't play their own songs. The mess ups are non stop. Hearing Kirk try to play his own solos is embarrassing and he ends up just wandering around till he syncs back up. I recognize the issue is my OCD - I can only go to classical musical performances because they are always accurate, or live music that I don't already know so that I don't know where the mistakes are. Back to Metallica this was an issue all the way back to the Live Shit: Binge and Purge tour. Bought the $150 box set - tossed the VHS tape in the player - and god was the music itself bad. Only properly performed song is their introduction tune from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly - but that's prerecorded. They are a band that needs the 30 takes in the studio to get it right.
Megadeth is better
Get over it Dave you just weren't working out
Oh, are we ranking by number of alcoholics?
Johnny got his gun
The film is called Johnny get your gun or Johnny got his gun, something like that. One of their best songs for sure back when their music had impact before they sold out.
When and how did they “sell out”? They’ve never done anything except make music they wanted to make. They never bowed down to anyone.