Bass Teacher REACTION | Metallica "The Call Of Ktulu" with ENHANCED BASS! Cliff Burton just SHREDS!

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    ➡️ Because of YOU fabulous folks, I learned that an “Enhanced Bass” version of “The Call of Ktulu” by ‪@metallica‬ was a thing. What a treat it was to experience all the nuance and dimension the bass parts actually had. I’ve been listening to this instrumental song from "Ride The Lightning" for YEARS without fully knowing what Cliff Burton was playing. In this video, we take a deep dive into the "lead bass" approach Cliff takes during the first half of the song, the variation on the fills, and how it's truly just one massive bass solo (...take one?) atop the brooding chord progressions. I talk about Cliff's usage of effects with his signature "wah" and fuzz combo, the chromatic commonalities in each song section, how Metallica exercise the art of simplicity (and why it's so effective), and how this song perfectly sets the stage for American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft's ominous being "Cthulhu" to appear any minute now!
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  • @LowEndUniversity
    @LowEndUniversity  Год назад +74

    Really enjoyed this one, y’all. A ton of cool Cliff moments I had no idea were really in the mix! If I do a Newsted or Trujillo track, what do you recommend? 🤘🏼

    • @SheWasAsking4it
      @SheWasAsking4it Год назад +2

      Check out Jason's Tower Of Power Sweden Bootleg solo... he's using some Flotsom & Jetsam riffs he wrote. Another great vid Mark! ruclips.net/video/MnrI3Uv7Rio/видео.html I think only the hardcore Metallica fans will know this one.

    • @BungSmuggler
      @BungSmuggler Год назад +8

      My Friend of Misery comes to mind for sure. King Nothing is rad too. The enhanced version of Justice is the only way i listen to the album now lol!

    • @EtoDemerzelSpaceBurial
      @EtoDemerzelSpaceBurial Год назад +6

      Therapy by Infectious Grooves for peak Rob

    • @dalweed100
      @dalweed100 Год назад +1

      @@BungSmuggler yes and justice for jason (or any version bass enhance) are rad. The bass part only is impressive too, so tight and good on timing and at this time there was no editing.

    • @jasoncoldiron3903
      @jasoncoldiron3903 Год назад +5

      Trujillo is on fire on the whole Death Magnetic album, so something from that.

  • @fabianher120373
    @fabianher120373 Год назад +53

    Its crazy to me how after so many years Cliff is still talked about! True legend RIP.

  • @ohman1832
    @ohman1832 Год назад +74

    Cliff elevated the play and musicality of Lars, James and Kirk. When you have a player like that in your band it’s impossible to not up your game.

  • @iantruax17
    @iantruax17 Год назад +118

    Metallica always seemed like they had a love/hate relationship with the low end. They get incredible bassists and then completely bury them in mixes. I always thought Jason newsted was a red headed stepchild for them, and I listened to a boosted version of IFA and was blown away.

    • @LowEndUniversity
      @LowEndUniversity  Год назад +17

      I think it was just the attitude portrayed through the wall-of-sound mixing, and some Lars / James ego back then to be up front and center. The rough-edge, garage type of production was a big part of their branding. Just my take, anyway. I love The Black Album and the Load-era mixes because they went from buried bass to pure sonic art with the low end in the 90's.

    • @michaelhill4353
      @michaelhill4353 Год назад +9

      ​​​​​​@@LowEndUniversityAlso go back and listen to Jason's debut with the band on "The $5.98 EP. Garage Days Re-Revisited" (1987) and his Bass is audible on virtually every track of that EP in a way that it wasn't on "...And Justice For All" a year later (that was until "...And Justice For Jason" surfaced on RUclips many years after the fact on which the Bass is far more prominent in the mix)✌️❤️🤘🌏

    • @michaelhill4353
      @michaelhill4353 Год назад +2

      ​@@LowEndUniversityFortunately they didn't pull the same stunt with Rob once he joined the band as they had previously with Jason with all of that de hazing bullshit that he was subjected to by Lars and James with all of their shenanigans back in the day and which to be fair to Lars and James, they later acknowledged, with the benefit of hindsight, that was among the biggest blunders they made throughout Jason's 14 year tenure with the band.✌️❤️🤘

    • @sabin97
      @sabin97 Год назад +7

      i watched some video of them explaining why they mistreated jason like that.
      it doesnt justify it, but at least it explains it.
      they never dealt with cliff's death properly.....they channeled it through bullying(they called it "hazing" but it was just bullying) jason.
      they didnt even let him play the full version of his solo intro in "my friend of misery". what we get is an extremely simplified and shortened version.

    • @ShaunHensley
      @ShaunHensley Год назад +4

      Part of it was the era, during this time, rapper dudes were buzzing their minitrucks with obnoxious bass.

  • @Angel_Ripoff
    @Angel_Ripoff Год назад +265

    Without Cliff, Metallica would have been just another Exodus, Megadeth, Anthrax, or Testament. These are all great bands, but what really made Metallica stand out was the complexity and depth that Cliff brought to the first three records, and some of the songs he wrote for Justice. His mastery of the bass and knowledge/understanding of music theory is honestly beautiful, even in such a hard rocking medium. Long live the major rager on the 4-string MFer!

    • @willharry6835
      @willharry6835 Год назад +28

      Totally agree with this. Like Iron Man said in the avengers, "We have a Hulk", I'd say for Metallica, "We have/had Cliff". He was truly the difference maker and what truly set them apart from other bands like you said.

    • @DM-rc4yu
      @DM-rc4yu Год назад +19

      I don't think it's fair to attribute it to all to Cliff. He was involved in RTL but already on MOP had only 3 writing credits, less than Hammett. He didn't write any music for Justice, he's credited for TLITD lyrics only.

    • @willharry6835
      @willharry6835 Год назад +17

      @@DM-rc4yu Obviously not cause James, Lars and Kirk also had the magic sauce. And we also gotta give small credit to Dave Mustaine cause his contribution in Metallica though minor, sort of gave a certain edge to Metallica. But back to Cliff, I don't think Metallica would've been as amazing if they hadn't met Cliff. He's the one who thought them about theory and stuff like harmonies I believe. He's knowledge in classical music was essential to make Metallica the transcendent band they ended up being and what set them apart. Even when he didn't have writing credit, I believe he was still essential to the whole thing and we gotta remember that Metallica I believe credits based on riff contributions if I'm not mistaking.

    • @Nissardpertugiu
      @Nissardpertugiu Год назад +8

      Lars by his education from europe, Deep Purple and stuff, even in 80's he never liked beign catalogued as thrash band.
      I mean to him it was one side of the band it didn't represented what the registers extended they did since RTL, MOP, then Justice..
      Even on KEA, No remorse and stuff, there s some variations to it.

    • @8tonystark8
      @8tonystark8 Год назад +4

      @@willharry6835 yes

  • @EtoDemerzelSpaceBurial
    @EtoDemerzelSpaceBurial Год назад +100

    Wish it was bass boosted like this originally. I remember watching S&M and you could hear Jason playing most of this and I was like “what the heck!? This is nuts!”

    • @LowEndUniversity
      @LowEndUniversity  Год назад +7

      Me too. I need to do check out the Jason version again, been a super long time. I loved Rob's version on S&M2.

    • @muriloninja
      @muriloninja Год назад +8

      Jason never played it exact, his S&M performance shows that. He didn't use any wah or heavy effects, played it straight toned and his way - ruclips.net/video/HA_ToEx0iJE/видео.html

    • @bloodlinefilms
      @bloodlinefilms Год назад +2

      @@muriloninja he definitely used some effects his were never as drastic as Cliffs. Just look at the seattle 89 and Sam Diego 92 shows with proper “live experience” mixes the effects are where they are supposed to be but different. Notably for whom the bell tolls. The S&M mix is more mixingboard than front of house so you could better hear the whole symphony and Jasons bass was running a two loop setup one clean direct in or definition and one for effects. Pretty common in pro rock bass look at Billy Sheehan if you want to see a really specific version of that. There are still some bootlegs from the show and i think a different mix made by splitting the surround sound from the video version somewhere that have more of what the audience heard in the room and less the engineered raw recordings.

    • @ionehkontehdiabo7627
      @ionehkontehdiabo7627 Год назад +2

      @@muriloninja he did have the wah and fuzz, the isolated track is just his d.i bass, but it’s there in the full mix. You are right that Jason didn’t play it the same as Cliff though

  • @ryanstedman41
    @ryanstedman41 Год назад +28

    Man I just got this bassline pretty much mastered at 21. To think these guys were 19/20 when they COMPOSED this masterpiece is incredible to me

    • @calebbean1384
      @calebbean1384 Год назад +3

      They were in an incredibly good environment to learn with the music scene in LA at the time

  • @BatFan1
    @BatFan1 Год назад +25

    The story told throughout the song is amazing. Cliff absolutely is the waking beast. Kirk's solo and the harmonies near the end i take as Cthulhu's followers/worshippers singing to him. At the end when they come back to the intro with the clean guitar first it's like the calm before the storm, but in the end you're in the eye of the tornado where it's calm for a moment before it all goes to chaos again, that when Cthulhu finally destroys the world.

    • @LowEndUniversity
      @LowEndUniversity  Год назад +4

      Hell of a depiction! Sounds spot on to me.

    • @ectolle54
      @ectolle54 5 месяцев назад

      I would of never put that together but that’s amazing if that’s the storyline which I believe you’re right

  • @Sturmpionier
    @Sturmpionier Год назад +43

    Listen to the live Lyceum Theater version. It's live, and you REALLY hear Cliff clear and loud

    • @LowEndUniversity
      @LowEndUniversity  Год назад +14

      I wasn't aware that existed, but someone else commented it. Really enjoyable watch!!

    • @RosdibinAhmadrazli-rv9jj
      @RosdibinAhmadrazli-rv9jj Год назад

      @@LowEndUniversity ruclips.net/video/haGVkUOwNQ4/видео.html

  • @outlaw454070907
    @outlaw454070907 Год назад +21

    That last fill right before it kicks back in to the bridge riff is a tapping line, blew me away when I caught that in an isolated track.
    As for a Jason track, it's gotta be My Friend of Misery or Dyer's Eve. There's tracks pulled from Guitar Hero or Rock Band of Dyer's Eve that really showcase how crazy Jason's playing was back then and how criminal it is that the bass parts are buried so thoroughly.

    • @LowEndUniversity
      @LowEndUniversity  Год назад +3

      I felt the same way - glad the creator of this put this video together. Like I said - I always knew there was some treasure buried in the mix, but this helped just identify how it fit musically. Thanks Kevin! Jason-era video is on my list!

  • @Daddy53751
    @Daddy53751 Год назад +14

    The strength of the man’s attack cannot be overstated.
    Bass players are kind of in the best position to understand just how much strength is required in both hands to physically accomplish exactly what he was doing.
    And this is just one tiny aspect of Cliffs talent, innovative approach and creativity!🤘🏻
    I highly recommend everyone listen to the isolated bass tracks of Cliff. There’s just so much to eat there that you simply can’t pick up listening to the albums on their own.

    • @residentkrockhead
      @residentkrockhead 7 месяцев назад +1

      Agreed. Even with lighter gauge strings like he used it’s not easy to present such pick-like attacks that consistently over long tracks, not to mention the crazy bend at the start of the Orion solo, which is brutal.

    • @Daddy53751
      @Daddy53751 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@residentkrockhead absolutely.
      I saw them playing a one off small club gig while touring for “Lightning”,
      and I gotta say that I’m surprised his RIC lasted as long as it did!🤘🏻

  • @frankharrison7236
    @frankharrison7236 Год назад +20

    Why would they bury such an amazing bass riff

  • @leswhittekiend5716
    @leswhittekiend5716 Год назад +18

    Ktulu live at The Lyceum ‘84 is my favorite version of the song. It’s faster and the bass sounds even better, bitchin song

  • @Giavroutas_822
    @Giavroutas_822 Год назад +19

    The Master of bass....RIP Cliff 😢

  • @scorpionking4012
    @scorpionking4012 Год назад +12

    The all band have something special together, each of them add the right amount of skills set , Metallica really creates music that talk to many different types of people, that’s what made them so amazing.

    • @LowEndUniversity
      @LowEndUniversity  Год назад +3

      Couldn't agree more. I don't think any of them are the best at what they do in terms of plain technical skill (well, maybe Hetfield, but my point stands), but I think when they come together, they do what NOBODY else can ever do. Much more important for me.

  • @AdasW789
    @AdasW789 Год назад +11

    Thanks for this video and for recognizing the genius of Cliff, who was ages ahead of his bass playing.

  • @metalmark1214
    @metalmark1214 Год назад +13

    I had never heard the enhanced bass version of this song, only second behind Orion for my Metallica instrumental favorites.

  • @Joni_Tarvainen
    @Joni_Tarvainen Год назад +5

    I happen to have Ride the Lightning from the release date on LP that I took from my fathers stash when moving out.
    The sound on this song is incredible with that old ass LP scratching sound and the Bass is on the best tuning I've ever heard. When I first played it, I heard Cliff doing stuff I hadn't hear him do in over 20 years of listening the song.

  • @Grottgreta
    @Grottgreta Год назад +11

    As much as I love Orion, the pure storytelling in this song is just incredible.
    Next time I eat mushrooms I will listen to this

  • @joshlewis3069
    @joshlewis3069 Год назад +5

    When he said "and Cliff is ktulu when he comes in..." I was like "fuck yeah!!!"

    • @LowEndUniversity
      @LowEndUniversity  Год назад

      Haha! That's how it made me feel! 💥

    • @matthewconner7800
      @matthewconner7800 Год назад +1

      I have always felt that the guitars are the surface of the stormy sea, and Cliff is the lurking horror beneath, just perceptible and present enough to heighten the dread, surfacing occasionally with a snarl, to be sighted before submerging out of sight.

  • @michaelmcdermott209
    @michaelmcdermott209 3 дня назад

    Cliff Burton absolutely plays leads on this song and the undertone he sets is magnificent.

  • @JeremyMiller-sn6nh
    @JeremyMiller-sn6nh Год назад +3

    As a teenager I had a large skylight on my bedroom on stormy nights I would push my bed directly under the skylight and listen to this track as the storm raged on , it was a mystical and surreal experience. One of my all time favorite songs.

  • @blackdragons95
    @blackdragons95 Год назад +7

    Dude you should listen to their live version of this song from Live at The Lyceum Theatre, London, UK (1984) the bass is very loud during that performance!

  • @stevenscott2035
    @stevenscott2035 Год назад +4

    Couldn't agree more about how evocative this song is with the theme of the summoning of Cthulhu.
    I always kind of imagine the intro riff with the wind soundscape as an establishing shot of maybe a cliffside bluff overlooking the ocean and the viewer doesn't really know what's going on yet. The next section maybe focuses on a single person in a robe walking slowly somewhere. The next section reveals that they are not alone and a bunch of other robed people are walking to the same place right at the edge of this cliff. You can see the entire ridge is lined with robed cultists. As the song progresses the summoning ritual progresses. An island with tall gothic alien-like towers starts rising out of the ocean. The music fades into the opening riff once more and as it does the island stops. The timpani drums rise up and with the final strokes of the last chords of the song, the great old one rises as well as lightning crashes in the background. The time of man has come to and end.

  • @Sackbladder
    @Sackbladder Год назад

    I loved your intersections. Just seamless.

  • @Slahinki
    @Slahinki Год назад +2

    Small thing to add, all of the harmonies were recorded by James. Only on Load, Reload and St. Anger did they record Kirk for other things than just the solos.

  • @wilhelmtheconquerer6214
    @wilhelmtheconquerer6214 Год назад +3

    Jason's times to shine are the To Live Is To Die (interlude, Seattle '89), My Friend Of Misery (live bass solo) and Outlaw Torn (S&M).
    Rob's ones are Suicide And Redemption, All Nightmare Long and Spit Out The Bone

  • @user-me9in1yu6s
    @user-me9in1yu6s Год назад +4

    Thank you so much for your continued appreciation for Cliff and Metallica. This is such an amazing song. As you said it's lyrical without any lyrics. You can see it playing out like a movie in your mind, the beast rising from the depths. Those incredible growls and screams Cliff made on the bass don't even sound like an instrument but like an actual monster. The gradual haunting build in the beginning and towards the ending as it fades has always caught my ear. Sounds so beautiful. This whole song is just a showcase of everyone showing off and complimenting one another.

  • @LeeB41
    @LeeB41 Год назад +1

    Absolutely LOVE your bass tone.

  • @brelvisfunk
    @brelvisfunk 11 месяцев назад

    Man I love your channel, you have inspired me to pick the bass up again after playing in bands when I was younger. The bass is the final frontier. The range of the bass is so broad.

  • @williamrobinson1973
    @williamrobinson1973 Месяц назад

    I heard this as a kid back in the 80s. My buddy dared me to listen to this in the dark..and Cliffs part made me turn the light on!!!

  • @bassimprovjams3772
    @bassimprovjams3772 Год назад +3

    I absolutely love watching these homie!! If I was to get any bass lessons it would be with you, just because your love for Ryan and Myung!! 😊 wow I heard some new and amazing lines on this version!! Thank you!!! Cliff is Ktulu!!

  • @trixbox7
    @trixbox7 7 месяцев назад

    F'in unreal. Have never listened to anything that gives me chills more than the passion poured into these bass lines - you can just feel him tearing out of his skin.

  • @brighttorch
    @brighttorch 11 месяцев назад

    A revelation! Never heard those bass fills. AMAZING!!!

  • @donskawin6657
    @donskawin6657 Год назад +2

    Oh man I really wish I had more time in my life to get back to playing bass. I really like your reaction vids!

    • @LowEndUniversity
      @LowEndUniversity  Год назад

      Thanks Don, appreciate that. Just pick it up for 15 minutes a day and play along to a song or two you like. Something is better than nothing!

  • @WTF.416
    @WTF.416 Год назад +1

    Oh man I’ve never heard those hidden notes….so friggn good. RIP cliff
    He was into so much classical tunes and brought it into metal

  • @smogdanoff7053
    @smogdanoff7053 3 месяца назад

    The bended D note with the wah about 5 minutes in on the song always gives me goosebumps

  • @Sunnkross
    @Sunnkross Год назад +3

    Everyone should read “To Live Is To Die” by Joel McIver. It gives great insight to how Cliff became the great musician he was.

  • @CitizenKang
    @CitizenKang 10 месяцев назад +1

    It was so awesome to hear them play this live last month at Metlife stadium. Robert Trujillo did a great job with the intro.

  • @felipewhiplash
    @felipewhiplash 11 месяцев назад

    Amazing version!!!

  • @stevepacheco4673
    @stevepacheco4673 2 месяца назад

    the reason i ever picked up a bass guitar was because of Cliff. an inspiration and legend.

  • @TheDopekitty
    @TheDopekitty 10 месяцев назад

    This sounds awesome with the bass turned up.

  • @praetor47
    @praetor47 Год назад +1

    to this day my favorite Metallica song. has been ever since i first heard it 25 years ago as a teenager. it also made me discover and fall in love with HPL :)
    and since upgrading my whole audio system so i could hear it more clearly even on the regular releases, i'm glad we came to the same "Cliff is Cthulhu" conclusion. made me love the song even more. as far as i'm concerned, one of the greatest metal/rock compositions ever

  • @Vincent_Roy
    @Vincent_Roy Год назад +3

    The fist song I learned when I started playing was For Whom the Bell Tolls, and I eventually knew all the Ride the Lightning album as a teenager. I was curious about how different this song would be from the obscure tab I found on the internet back in the days. It's definitely my favourite song from Metallica.

    • @LowEndUniversity
      @LowEndUniversity  Год назад +1

      My first one believe it or not was "Ride the Lightning", I remember the syncopation of some of it being really difficult at the time. But the intro was easy, just hitting the low E on the downbeats. Good times!

  • @EchoesDaBear
    @EchoesDaBear 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for this in depth review! I've always LOVED Cliff's playing (RIP), this this was absolutely revelatory to all the intricacies to his playing!! Why they chose to bury this in the mix is beyond me (and only James, Lars & to some extent Kirk can answer!)
    Imagine Metallica, but with the sonic production of Rush, or Tool, where the bass is celebrated as equals to all other instruments! I think they'd be more revered than they already are. Cliff was indeed taken from us WAY too soon - I truly wonder what the musical landscape would've looked like had he lived on - what contributions would he have made?!
    Cheers.

  • @vitaly6312
    @vitaly6312 3 месяца назад

    My favorite album of all time. And one of my favorite songs.

  • @user-ul3iv4ig9e
    @user-ul3iv4ig9e 7 дней назад

    Turns the bass up and says I think I'll hear some stuff I never heard
    "Buddy you have no idea ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥"

  • @smith8281
    @smith8281 11 месяцев назад +1

    I picture the ocean calm but the waves growing with intensity as ktulu is rising from the deep until kirks solo and ktulu rises high above the thrashing water

  • @deanblomgren5418
    @deanblomgren5418 Год назад +12

    Cliff burton is the Eddie Van Halen of bass playing. Imagine if all other Metallica albums had Cliff playing base

  • @ImYourOverlord
    @ImYourOverlord 8 месяцев назад

    Great insights and comparisons you hit on regarding Cliff here. His recipe for the wonderfully monstrous tone is compressor, Morley Power Wah Boost, and overdrive (an Ibanez TS9, of all things!). I've got the gear, but I don't know that I have enough years of life left to get this one down *LOL* Cliff Burton Forever!

  • @matt31
    @matt31 Год назад

    dude im watching this like twelve feet dep in yodieland rn this is so trippy

  • @dennielang4304
    @dennielang4304 11 месяцев назад +1

    18:57 bass solo, thats was a perfect explaining for the call of ktulu

  • @michaelhill4353
    @michaelhill4353 Год назад +2

    "The Call of Ktulu" was in fact the second instrumental by Metallica dude. The first one being "Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) off Kill Em' All.✌️❤️🤘🌏

    • @LowEndUniversity
      @LowEndUniversity  Год назад +1

      I know, just don’t really count that one since it isn’t full-band.

  • @jumpman8282
    @jumpman8282 4 месяца назад

    Lovely song. Reminds me a bit of Rush's By-Tor and the Snow Dog, but instead of Geddy and Alex mostly just having fun, Cliff was serious with The Call of Ktulu, making it just as atmospheric and ominous as it deserves.

  • @MetalMilitia83
    @MetalMilitia83 Год назад +2

    People saying they can’t hear this is surprising. It’s definitely quieter but I’ve always been able to get the fills from the original.

    • @bloodlinefilms
      @bloodlinefilms Год назад +1

      Just have to know what you are listening for.

  • @bryanjackson-cq7hi
    @bryanjackson-cq7hi 7 месяцев назад

    much respect. for what it's worth.

  • @Synster73
    @Synster73 10 месяцев назад +3

    Dave actually had more than just a "credit" on this song. Cliff and Dave both co wrote this. And Dave wrote pretty much all the solos

  • @dirtysanchez9324
    @dirtysanchez9324 Год назад

    I wish you would review fight fire with Fire. Cliff goes nuts on that ! Would like to hear your take on that one!

  • @jouhanneus
    @jouhanneus 6 месяцев назад

    Man, imagine S&M if Cliff was still alive. In that live setting, he would've had a freaking blast, coming up with some wild bass lines, with the orchestra backing him. His death was such a loss…

    • @LowEndUniversity
      @LowEndUniversity  6 месяцев назад

      Dang, haven’t really thought about that. He’d be in hog heaven!

  • @leegoddard2618
    @leegoddard2618 Год назад +1

    I like instrumentals. This and Orion. By tor and the snow dog by Rush is a favorite. The instruments are fighting each other. It's amazing.

  • @codyk6837
    @codyk6837 Месяц назад

    Listen to the live in London version. Off the remastered deluxe rtl. So good and can hear cliff the whole time

  • @Hydrosized
    @Hydrosized Год назад +2

    I hope there is bass enhanced versions of Jasons albums because the playing was just as good but his m8’s gave him no credit. Jason carried every live show that I was at.

  • @calebbean1384
    @calebbean1384 Год назад +1

    Dave Mustaine wrote that chord progression. Hangar 18 is based on it as well. Both great tracks

  • @JarredDonkersley
    @JarredDonkersley 4 месяца назад

    Cliff embodied the Spirit of Cthulu with his music more that Lovecraft could ever hope to with words.

  • @JohnSmith-fm3pn
    @JohnSmith-fm3pn 3 месяца назад

    1:11 the first 3 or 4 minutes and last few minutes is music dave mustaine wrote called When Hell Freezes Over . metallica added the middle and renamed it. I think it works well either way . Kinda like the four horseman riff can sound like a gallop or a car engine when mustaine brought it to the band as the song Mechanix .
    First album was writen but not recorded when cliff came in so the song ride the lightning and this song are the only examples of dave and cliffs ideas together

  • @jabedoben
    @jabedoben 10 месяцев назад

    What I wouldn't give to have been in the room while this was being recorded.

  • @cadenruda4159
    @cadenruda4159 Год назад +1

    There’s a version out there of them playing it live with him and the bass is LOUD! You should check it out sometime man.

  • @ir8fkr
    @ir8fkr 8 месяцев назад

    Dont know if anyone has mentioned it yet but there is a live version from the bonus stuff on ride the lightning where the bass is turned way up and you really can hear it good.

  • @iantruax17
    @iantruax17 Год назад

    The bass channel guys did a fantastic cover of this with a dingwall droc and it sounds so fucking good

  • @An34syT4rg3t
    @An34syT4rg3t Год назад +1

    Just like the story it's based on, the song has a 3 act structure + intro and outro. I recommend anyone unfamiliar with the original story check it out to gain a deeper understanding for this song.

  • @casachezdoom2588
    @casachezdoom2588 11 месяцев назад

    Cliff's da man, man.

  • @PATMAN0910
    @PATMAN0910 Год назад +1

    a really good set of quality headphones.....and you can hear everything. at least i can.

  • @isaiapanduri6003
    @isaiapanduri6003 10 месяцев назад

    Speaking of "preludio" and classic music, a Savatage track called Prelude to Madness is a mix of a reinterpretation of Mars, Bringer of War , by Holst and Hall of the Mountain King, by Grieg. They played it with a tonality and signature of tempo different by the original. Sorry for my bad english, i'm italian

  • @SpiderJerusalemJr
    @SpiderJerusalemJr Год назад +1

    One bassist you should definitely take a look at is Chaoth who used to be in Unexpect. That band is incredibly technical and creative, and pushes boundaries like not many others. Chaoth plays a 9-string bass and while his newer material is not as put there compositionally, it is still incredibly technical. I highly recommend looking at one of his playthroughs of Unexpect songs. He has one of Words on his RUclips channel. You won't regret it.

    • @LowEndUniversity
      @LowEndUniversity  Год назад +1

      Dang, I haven't heard that name in a loooong time. I remember paying attention to them a bit when they toured with Dream Theater back in 2009-2010 - certainly thought they were unique. Are they still active?

    • @SpiderJerusalemJr
      @SpiderJerusalemJr Год назад

      @Low End University Sadly, they called it quits in 2015. I saw one of their last performances, at least at a festival (I think in 2013 or 2014), and it was glorious. The members have moved on to other things. For instance, Chaoth has a solo project called Vvon Dogma I which is quite interesting.

  • @bishopsteiner7134
    @bishopsteiner7134 Год назад +1

    I've said many times I think this track is what inspired Agalloch. That cold, desolate terror that they evoke. If you dig this track, check out their discography. Especially the Mantle, and Ashes Against the Grain.

  • @marjoe32
    @marjoe32 7 месяцев назад

    The factbyou can hear kathulu breaching out the water. That whail with the bass the beast screaming as it exists

  • @ectolle54
    @ectolle54 5 месяцев назад

    The part where you think that these guys were like 19 or 20 writing these instrumentals that tell a story like this and Orion are just mind blowing.

  • @jorgsachtleben6448
    @jorgsachtleben6448 Год назад +1

    Incredible Talent!
    Cliff needs a new Last Name called Basston!!

  • @matthewconte
    @matthewconte 25 дней назад

    Dave Mustaine wrote the intro/arpeggios while he was still in Metallica and then used the same chord progression in Megadeth's Hangar 18

  • @bryanjackson-cq7hi
    @bryanjackson-cq7hi 7 месяцев назад

    my boy can kill it. i think

  • @windog551
    @windog551 10 месяцев назад

    Cliff burton also had a hybrid bass. He put a guitar pickup in it.

  • @nathansolo2605
    @nathansolo2605 10 месяцев назад

    As some with long thick fingers I’ve had trouble with four fingered chords like 4 fingered G chord on the guitar. Iv been wondering if I’d be better with bass and these videos make me really interested especially Cliff Burton and Tool’s bassist. I was saddened to hear of Cliff’s passing. But I do like Robert Trujillo. I also had no idea you could get 5 stringed basses.

  • @patrickwallen5065
    @patrickwallen5065 4 месяца назад

    I remember when this came out, I didn't like it as much as Kill Them All at first, it grew on me pretty quick.

  • @nongovernment3606
    @nongovernment3606 6 месяцев назад

    There are not a lot of people out there that can actually point out that this is Theater music. This is like listening to old school classical. Cliff was Cthulhu. In the intro it has that sound of hmm what is that who done it ? sound almost like a mystery music or pink panther, it feels questioning music or investigative. Then it jumps into Cthulhu appearing and calling out to his followers the bridge and kirk's solo is the main antagonist running for help to warn others of Cthulhu, followed by the joint solos and harmonizing is them fighting back and pushing Cthulhu back into the sea around the 11:30 mark as it goes higher. and right at 12:10 you can feel like they pushed Cthulhu to a cliff (no pun intended) and he falls off

  • @jonathanmiller8131
    @jonathanmiller8131 Год назад

    What i like about Cliff is his mentality to experiment on his own time then show it to the rest of the band why Orion is still my favorite Metallica songs

  • @marcellolatinoblanco6616
    @marcellolatinoblanco6616 5 месяцев назад +1

    Best Metallica song ever!!!!!!

  • @Peter_1986
    @Peter_1986 7 месяцев назад

    I have always liked how the intense guitar picking completely stops at 5:20;
    this gives me the feeling that something has struggled for its life throughout the first part of the solo, and then died.
    I like to compare it a bit to the "Danny's not here, mrs. Torrance" scene from the movie The Shining.

  • @shawnmcg1729
    @shawnmcg1729 7 месяцев назад

    This is hands down the best song from Metallica.

  • @motley22crue
    @motley22crue Год назад

    Since you enjoyed Band-Maid's "No God", another bass heavy song from them is "Rinne". Would love to see you react to it.

  • @tleva
    @tleva 3 месяца назад

    The rest of the band: Playing music🎸🥁
    Cliff: Summoning lovecraftian horrors

  • @bryanjackson-cq7hi
    @bryanjackson-cq7hi 7 месяцев назад

    love yah im going to support you soon when i can.stick to cliff tho.

  • @zombiecharger65
    @zombiecharger65 Год назад

    Mustaine ended up using some of his parts from this on the World Needs Hero album. Off hand, i think it was on the "warhorse" song.

  • @charper13126
    @charper13126 Год назад +2

    Clifftulu 🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @pCeLobster
    @pCeLobster 4 месяца назад

    I actually liked the quieter bass on this song because it's less obvious what it is. It's more mysterious and intriguing. When it's enhanced it just sounds like bass guitar and you can obviously tell what pedals he's using. In the normal mix you can blast it and every so often it rears its head and it's like oh shit what is that?

  • @sb859
    @sb859 7 месяцев назад

    I read once that if Orion was a their launch into outer space...Ktulu was what they found...or what found them.

  • @bloodbornehunter9974
    @bloodbornehunter9974 Год назад +1

    Great analysis. Please make for " the duellists" from iron maiden or something from their new album (death of the celts)

  • @gandalfgrey91
    @gandalfgrey91 10 месяцев назад

    This is the second review I’ve seen where the Call of Cthulhu is referred to as a novel. I don’t think either of them have ever read it.

  • @user-qk8xy4ez2k
    @user-qk8xy4ez2k Год назад

    His mic sounds like you would hear in a podcast

  • @Scoots1994
    @Scoots1994 11 месяцев назад

    I got the Justin Chancellor wah pedal and it helps me sound more like Cliff than my Cliff Morley wah. I don't know why. Probably because my fingers are no where near as strong as Cliff's.

  • @johnpearson6251
    @johnpearson6251 7 месяцев назад

    Cliff never ceases to amaze. Such a loss of talent. Thanks for the enhancements.