The song is based on Hemingway's novel "For Whom The Bell Tolls." He describes the brutality of the Spanish civil war in grave detail and Metallica does a good job of bringing that to life in this song.
The title also refers to the work Meditation 17 by John Donne, which is usually cited in editions of the Hemingway work, and refers to a funerary bell; the paragraph cited runs thus: "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
Those who are not relevant often attack those who are in an attempt to achieve some relevancy of their own. I’m glad to say they hit a brick wall with these legends.
@@JCGver Actually, yes. That is exactly when I lost all respect for them and I was a die hard fan. They preached about "we do it for the music. It's not about money" and they were the first to sue file sharing companies.
@@mckrackin5324 And they were absolutely fucking right, look now what you got thanks to 'free music'. Lars is maybe a bad drummer but he is an excelent buisnessman who saw that shit is gonna hit the fan for all musicians
@ Zach Myczkowski I do not know what gives you that impression maybe you have some yuppie uncle who became a tie ridden accountant or something because you are obviously younger but us Gen X real Metallica fans will never abandon Metallica because we have aged with them and seen their live concerts and read articles/seen interviews and know that they are not bad people. If you remember one thing about Gen Xers remember this we grew up without internet, cell phones, social media, etc and in a time when you would get your ass whipped by teachers at school then again by your parents when you got home for fucking up in school. We didn't even know what cancelling someone even meant because everybody was more mature and could handle the truth whether we liked that truth or not it was still the truth so we dealt with it. We didn't need safe spaces we were smart enough to know bullshit when we saw it and did not embrace batshit crazy conspiracy theories that made us feel better because the truth was uncomfortable we just accepted that uncomfortable truth and went on with life. Like I said there was no internet, cell phones, or social media and you didn't know who was calling until you picked up the phone that was connected to a wall outlet jack by a phone cable and said hello. We communicated by voice over the phone or face to face. We had no subscribers or followers and were not hiding behind screens and keyboards where you can say the craziest most stupid shit imaginable and face no consequences no sir back then you would have had to say that shit in public in front of your friends or family and if you had said any of the stupid shit people post online today like claiming an election was stolen or any q anon nonsense you would have gotten your ass stomped. And if a defeated president would have incited a domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol then got caught red handed stealing top secret documents that traitor would have been put in prison because public pressure would have demanded it unlike today where almost half the country hates our country, hates democracy, hates law and order, and hates the constitution except for half of one ammendment. The whole point is that today there are keyboard warriors who post the most idiotic bullshit that has ever been thought of and they don't have to be accountable for any of it whereas we didn't hide behind a screen we were out in the world and were held accountable for our lies and any stupid things we said and there were real world consequences attached so they way we were perceived was by whether or not our word was good or not. If you were a straight up person who didn't lie or spread stupid rumors you were respected and you would stand by your beliefs even if you stood alone. We were and are fiercely loyal to what we respect and know to be good and we know that Metallica worthy of our loyalty!
@@wadebuck69 And, pray tell, how did you respond when Boomers gave you the same speech you just gave me? If your answer was "listened" then you aren't anti-establishment.
From an Army Infantry Vet, thank you for explaining the different sides of war. This is a combat song. I never served during combat, but know a lot of vets that have. (I have 2 brothers who are Marines and they both are combat vets.) BTW: Thank your husband for me for his service and you for supporting him!
Pretending that just doesnt even closely relive it. I remember hearing this on my sports walkman when I was 13 years old on the bus being blown away! It gave me a dark perspective away from the norm but weirdly emancipating.
I enjoy your reactions, they are genuine and sincere. Your interpretations are also interesting. Look forward to more Metallica reactions. I would recommend Sanitarium or if you want to head-bang, Disposable heroes.
@@joenobody5631 Yeah I saw a few reactors have gotten to it, but it isn't among the list of songs people demand reactors listen to. I'd like for her to explore songs not commonly reacted to. I get bored of seeing Master of Puppets and Enter Sandman from every single channel lol. I end up skipping reactions that are common and repeat across the genre
Hell yeah!!! That was always my go to song but Welcome Home Sanitarium is amazing too. Harvester of Sorrow is my favorite as of right now. I became a Metallica nerd the last year. Im ready for middle aged men and their" Name 10 songs" challenge
FYI, some of the "guitar" you're hearing in the intro is actually the bass. Their first bassist (at least) was legendary. The live version here on RUclips from the Cliff 'Em All documentary might interest you.
@@RainyDayBlue8 Technically true, but effectively irrelevant. Cliff was in the band when they released their first LP, so unless she's digging up demo tapes, she's not going to encounter an earlier Metallica bassist. ;)
So so happy you brought up the fact that a story was told before the lyrics began. I jumped out of my seat when you said that. One of the best metal songs ever imo
It’s so amazing watching someone go down the Metallica road for the first time it’s like I’m hearing for the first time all over again!!! Me and my family appreciate your husband’s service! Most importantly thank you for holding it down for him!!!
The song is about a book written by Ernest Hemingway, "For Whom the Bell Tolls". The song "Call of the Ktulu", and The Thing That Should Not Be, is about H.P. Lovecraft's novel, "Call of the Cthulu".
Metallica cant be cancelled we fans even tried to cancel them in the 1990s when the y cut their hair and put out a couple of alt rock records or when they went after Napster or St.Anger the music they made in their first few years was groundbreaking and epic so they cant be cancelled next the Gen Z dweebs will cancell the Rolling Stones they dont give a rats ass about you.
I'm a veteran, and just wanted to say the VA healthcare system does a pretty job taking care of vets. Ofcourse they're not perfect, but the workers(many nurses) in those hospitals work hard. Without the VA, I just may not be here today. So I have a lot to be thankful for.
This is from the Ernest Hemingway's book For Whom the Bell Tolls, and is set on the Spanish civil war , in Europe was natural to toll the bells to rally the people in case of danger like fire or when under attack
Hey Lilly, I spent 26 years in the Army and did 11 deployments. I wanted to take a minute and thank you for shining a light on PTSD. Most people can't wrap their brains around what we go through on a daily. As always, BIG HUGS for being you. 👍👍
Please consider reacting to Metallica’s 1991 Moscow performance of Creeping Death. This is a concert festival just after the Cold War ended with an estimated 1.6 million people in attendance. It was released on November 23, 1984, as the lead and only commercial single from their album Ride the Lightning. Written from the perspective of the Angel of Death, "Creeping Death" describes the tenth plague of Egypt.
The song, as stated, is based on Hemingway's For Whom the Bells Toll. Both come from English Poet and Churchman John Donne's 17th Meditation on Devotion, whose exact line is "never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." Which is a reference to a funeral bell. This is the same meditation that Donne's other famous quote comes from: "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."
World war 1 was also called “the trench war” also known as the “chemical warfare” it was a bloody war and many suffered ptsd long before ptsd became a psychological diagnosis
One of my favorite songs. You should definately check out Creeping Death from that album as well... and as far as war songs, Civil War by Guns n Roses...
trenches was mainly in WWI. this song is based on the book FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS about the Spanish civil war. also great movie with the same name, about the book too. the book is from the 1930's i think and the movie from the 50's i think
Very cool! As many have stated here before, The "Guitar" you hear in the beginning of the song is actually their late Bassist Cliff Burton playing the intro on his bass guitar through a fuzz wah pedal. Cliff Burton was a beast of a bassist but gone far too soon. You should really check out the live version of this song from Cliff'em all (Day on the green concert). Gives a better context of this song.
Their music, riffs, drumming, lyrics sets them apart from any other band, it's been like that since they first started. Whatever, good or bad the band throw at us, the true fans will ALWAYS stick with Metallica no matter what happens. Even metal heads that don't listen to Metal, love Fade to Black and nothing else matters. Not many metal bands can do that. I don't like RAP Grime, or Drill and no one has yet to change me on that through a song or two.
So you start by Pissing us Off ? That shit wont happen, because we'll just play it "LOUDER" ! That'll make her piss her pants ! Cliff Burton is the Man in this song (Live)! So many Great songs from them...
One of there best albums I think .. there is not a song on this album that I would skip .. creeping death is one of my favorite songs of all time !! 🤘❤️❤️🤘 classic Metallica right here
The song was written about the book "For whom the bell tolls" about the last charge of the light brigade. Out numbered and surrounded, they were so pissed about the atrocities committed by their Russian enemies that they charged to certain death to deal the maximum amount of casualties, attacking to the end. It is for they, whom the bell tolls...
Girl, PLEASE give us Welcome Home (Sanitarium) and / or their LIVE performance of "The Thing That Should Not Be" from Seattle, 1989. PLEASE! I'm begging you lol! This was awesome as always, can't wait for the next!
The song was inspired by Ernest Hemingway's 1940 novel of the same name about the process of death in modern warfare and the bloody Spanish Civil War. Specific allusions are made to the scene described in Chapter 27 of the book, in which five soldiers are obliterated during an airstrike after taking a defensive position on a hill.
You've got to listen to this LIVE from the Day On The Green concert in 1985, ABSOLUTELY MIND BLOWING how CLIFF plays his bass. Also ORION, BEST SONG EVER CREATED. RIP CLIFF BURTON
I've been listening to this song since the mid 90s, but only this past few years when I listen to the outro carefully. I feel like I hear people crying and screaming in pain. I guess that Kirk Hammet mimik this screaming noise with his guitar.
1) WW1 was the war fought primarily in the trenches. 2) Subjective is the word you were looking for. 3) PTSD killed my father. It just took him 30 years to die.
In Donne's essay, “For whom does the bell toll?” is the imaginary question of a man who hears a funeral bell and asks about the person who has died. Donne's answer to this question is that, because none of us stands alone in the world, each human death affects all of us. Every funeral bell, therefore, “tolls for thee.”
"You can't just kill the metal ... The metal lives on ... Gen Z tried to cancel the metal ... BUT they Failed! As they were smited into the ground! METAL!"
Ok so what’s cool is the very beginning after the two bell strike it’s actually cliff which is former bassist who sadly died. But he played Bass guitar. That was the bass guitar ran through distortion. Gave it that badass riff
If Metallica didn't get "cancelled" for opposing the Napsterverse back in the late 90's/early 2000's, they sure as heck don't have anything to worry about from a few whiney, self-important "pick me!" idiots. Rock on, Lil! 🤘
You should check out the version of this song Metallica did for their original S&M concert back in 1999, when James Hetfield sings the lines "take a look to the sky just before you die, it's the last time you will" he waves his hand at the word ill and every single light in the theatre go out plunging everything into darkness, even the band and orchestra completely stop at that point, then it kicks back in for the rest of the verse!
The video from "Day on the green" from 1986 I believe shows the first ever live performance of this classic with Cliff Burton on bass, you need to watch that live video of this song,The boys were kids
Metallica didn’t invent nor truly pioneer thrash but damn did they define it. Metallica took what their predecessors and contemporaries created and solidified it. That’s their contribution to metal and it’s just as important as anything else. Metallica is the defining band of Bay Area style thrash, all other bands following that formula copy them to one extent or another and there’s nothing wrong with that.
For whom the Bell tolls was the first Metallica song I ever heard willingly (besides enter Sandman) and I have been hooked since. I listened to the whole ride the lightning album after I heard it and to say a change in my life would be an understatement
First just let me say to your husband “ THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE” and the way this song touched your “Soul” was just all the explanation I needed. This is 3rd time I’ve watched this on your channel!!
"Nothing Else Matters", "Sad But True", "Ride the Lightning" are ones to check out soon. It's nice to see someone becoming a Metallica fan right before our eyes. \m/
Great reactions keep going with The Mighty MET but I think your ready to mix in some Black Sabbath and early Iron Maiden thanks much love from Albuquerque NM Free SPM
If Load and Reload couldn't cancel the Mighty Metallica, Gen Z sure as hell ain't gonna do it. Yes I am joking, I actually love Load and Reload. Just a funny
Already listened to my favourites. But, Nothing Else matters, The Unforgiven and Sad but True are other great songs by Metallica. Also Disturbed are another awesome band to check out, easily my #1.
The title is from a novel by Ernest Hemingway about the horrors of the First World War. He is part of the Lost Generation of writers whose illusions about humanity were shattered by WWI.
This song was based on a movie of the same name It was an epic war film. it was filmed in 1943 starring Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Katina Paxinou and Joseph Calleia. The screenwriter Dudley Nichols based his script on the 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls by American novelist Ernest Hemingway. The film is about an American International Brigades volunteer, Robert Jordan (Cooper), who is fighting in the Spanish Civil War against the fascists. During his desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge to protect Republican forces
Really enjoying your reactions! Also thank you to your husband for his service! My father was a WW1 vet and my grandfather was a Vietnam vet. I have great respect and administration for our service men & women
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If the St. Anger album didn't cancel them, nothing can.
Ha! Factual statement right there.
🤣🤣🤣😂😂 no lies detected, just the facts
Last night he made a joke about it lol then played a song from it
Facts😆🤣😂
As a die hard fan since 1988, you sir, are absolutely right.
"Take look to the sky just before you die
It's the last time you will"
is probably one of my favourite lines from metallica
Mine is on through the dead of night with the 4 horsemen ride or choose your fate or die
The song is based on Hemingway's novel "For Whom The Bell Tolls." He describes the brutality of the Spanish civil war in grave detail and Metallica does a good job of bringing that to life in this song.
Exactly. Anyone who wants to fully understand the lyrics just need to read the book.
Im from Spain, still ancient bombs of the civil war explodes in farmlands today
The title also refers to the work Meditation 17 by John Donne, which is usually cited in editions of the Hemingway work, and refers to a funerary bell; the paragraph cited runs thus:
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
Honestly if Burton will still alive I would want to ask him how many books he reads, because a lot of the songs he wrote were inspired by literature.
Lag din egen historie 🤟tekster er til for og tolkes
Those who are not relevant often attack those who are in an attempt to achieve some relevancy of their own. I’m glad to say they hit a brick wall with these legends.
Winners think about winning. Losers think about winners.
Lol we found the popular kids
So that's why Metallica went after Napster
@@JCGver Actually, yes. That is exactly when I lost all respect for them and I was a die hard fan. They preached about "we do it for the music. It's not about money" and they were the first to sue file sharing companies.
@@mckrackin5324 And they were absolutely fucking right, look now what you got thanks to 'free music'. Lars is maybe a bad drummer but he is an excelent buisnessman who saw that shit is gonna hit the fan for all musicians
Metallica will never get cancelled.... Their real fans are literally the people who say "fuck you" to the status quo....
Back in the day, maybe. Now all the 80s metal-heads are aging and comfortable.
@ Zach Myczkowski I do not know what gives you that impression maybe you have some yuppie uncle who became a tie ridden accountant or something because you are obviously younger but us Gen X real Metallica fans will never abandon Metallica because we have aged with them and seen their live concerts and read articles/seen interviews and know that they are not bad people. If you remember one thing about Gen Xers remember this we grew up without internet, cell phones, social media, etc and in a time when you would get your ass whipped by teachers at school then again by your parents when you got home for fucking up in school. We didn't even know what cancelling someone even meant because everybody was more mature and could handle the truth whether we liked that truth or not it was still the truth so we dealt with it.
We didn't need safe spaces we were smart enough to know bullshit when we saw it and did not embrace batshit crazy conspiracy theories that made us feel better because the truth was uncomfortable we just accepted that uncomfortable truth and went on with life.
Like I said there was no internet, cell phones, or social media and you didn't know who was calling until you picked up the phone that was connected to a wall outlet jack by a phone cable and said hello. We communicated by voice over the phone or face to face. We had no subscribers or followers and were not hiding behind screens and keyboards where you can say the craziest most stupid shit imaginable and face no consequences no sir back then you would have had to say that shit in public in front of your friends or family and if you had said any of the stupid shit people post online today like claiming an election was stolen or any q anon nonsense you would have gotten your ass stomped. And if a defeated president would have incited a domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol then got caught red handed stealing top secret documents that traitor would have been put in prison because public pressure would have demanded it unlike today where almost half the country hates our country, hates democracy, hates law and order, and hates the constitution except for half of one ammendment.
The whole point is that today there are keyboard warriors who post the most idiotic bullshit that has ever been thought of and they don't have to be accountable for any of it whereas we didn't hide behind a screen we were out in the world and were held accountable for our lies and any stupid things we said and there were real world consequences attached so they way we were perceived was by whether or not our word was good or not. If you were a straight up person who didn't lie or spread stupid rumors you were respected and you would stand by your beliefs even if you stood alone. We were and are fiercely loyal to what we respect and know to be good and we know that Metallica worthy of our loyalty!
@@wadebuck69 And, pray tell, how did you respond when Boomers gave you the same speech you just gave me?
If your answer was "listened" then you aren't anti-establishment.
@@wadebuck69 Found another member of my tribe, brother.... Crank that shit higher, bro!!!!
@@Trained_Duck **breathes in big** BAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA HA HA
From an Army Infantry Vet, thank you for explaining the different sides of war. This is a combat song. I never served during combat, but know a lot of vets that have. (I have 2 brothers who are Marines and they both are combat vets.) BTW: Thank your husband for me for his service and you for supporting him!
You can't cancel Gods... Well said. The whole Ride the Lightning Album is gold. Every song is epic.
I grew up with this stuff in the 80’s I’m happy other generations can enjoy it and how really deep this stuff was
Check out "Orion" if you like the istrumental parts. it's a pure 8:30 min instrumental masterpiece. I think you'll enjoy that one from Metallica too.
yah talk about paining a picture with just instruments! One of their most majestic songs, too.,
Call of Ctulu as well
One of the first songs I ever learned on the bass over 20 years ago. An absolute masterpiece.
Yes do orion, to live is to die and call of kthulu!!
Yes. This. Orion. ✌️
Anyone else wish they could hear these songs for the first time again?
Pretending that just doesnt even closely relive it. I remember hearing this on my sports walkman when I was 13 years old on the bus being blown away! It gave me a dark perspective away from the norm but weirdly emancipating.
This song is actually heavily based on Ernest Hemingways book For Whom the Bell Tolls
Es de libros hemingway en una batalla de la guerra civil Española
And Spanish civil war.
Goddam I always hated Hemingway. I know he's beloved but for me, he's so boring.
Playing this song won me my high school talent show back in the day ......
I scored 4 touchdowns in a game at Polk High.
I enjoy your reactions, they are genuine and sincere. Your interpretations are also interesting. Look forward to more Metallica reactions. I would recommend Sanitarium or if you want to head-bang, Disposable heroes.
A great song no one reacts to is 'The Thing That Should Not Be'. It's one of my favorite songs by them and it's off their Master of Puppets album
Lost in Vegas recently did that song and couldn't believe it wasn't more highly requested. I agree.
@@joenobody5631 Yeah I saw a few reactors have gotten to it, but it isn't among the list of songs people demand reactors listen to. I'd like for her to explore songs not commonly reacted to. I get bored of seeing Master of Puppets and Enter Sandman from every single channel lol. I end up skipping reactions that are common and repeat across the genre
Yeah that's a great song, another one of my favorites I've never seen a reaction to from the Load album 2 x 4
Fantastic song, primus did a quality cover of it as wel
Hell yeah!!! That was always my go to song but Welcome Home Sanitarium is amazing too. Harvester of Sorrow is my favorite as of right now. I became a Metallica nerd the last year. Im ready for middle aged men and their" Name 10 songs" challenge
FYI, some of the "guitar" you're hearing in the intro is actually the bass. Their first bassist (at least) was legendary. The live version here on RUclips from the Cliff 'Em All documentary might interest you.
@Buhols i mean he was incredibly good but jason was as good as cliff but he was the wrong person at the wrong time at the wrong place...
Long live Cliff 🦾
Cliff was the man, he used to play Jimi Hendrix solos on bass. A legend!
Cliff was their second bassist
@@RainyDayBlue8 Technically true, but effectively irrelevant. Cliff was in the band when they released their first LP, so unless she's digging up demo tapes, she's not going to encounter an earlier Metallica bassist. ;)
So so happy you brought up the fact that a story was told before the lyrics began. I jumped out of my seat when you said that. One of the best metal songs ever imo
It’s so amazing watching someone go down the Metallica road for the first time it’s like I’m hearing for the first time all over again!!! Me and my family appreciate your husband’s service! Most importantly thank you for holding it down for him!!!
For as young as she is, she truly understands the lyrics…..quite impressive 😁
She’s very clever
Young ones aren't even slightly unintelligent. At worst, they lack context.
Clif with that bass at the begining is classic and eternal. RIP Clif.
Canceling Metallica is like trying to cancel the sun!
Word!
The song is about a book written by Ernest Hemingway, "For Whom the Bell Tolls". The song "Call of the Ktulu", and The Thing That Should Not Be, is about H.P. Lovecraft's novel, "Call of the Cthulu".
Metallica has been under attack for years, and still is thriving and growing more than ever. Cancel culture will be canceled before Metallica
Metallica cant be cancelled we fans even tried to cancel them in the 1990s when the y cut their hair and put out a couple of alt rock records or when they went after Napster or St.Anger the music they made in their first few years was groundbreaking and epic so they cant be cancelled next the Gen Z dweebs will cancell the Rolling Stones they dont give a rats ass about you.
fr tho i’m tired of cancel culture like that shit needs to be canceled
I'm a veteran, and just wanted to say the VA healthcare system does a pretty job taking care of vets. Ofcourse they're not perfect, but the workers(many nurses) in those hospitals work hard.
Without the VA, I just may not be here today. So I have a lot to be thankful for.
This is from the Ernest Hemingway's book For Whom the Bell Tolls, and is set on the Spanish civil war , in Europe was natural to toll the bells to rally the people in case of danger like fire or when under attack
Hey Lilly, I spent 26 years in the Army and did 11 deployments. I wanted to take a minute and thank you for shining a light on PTSD. Most people can't wrap their brains around what we go through on a daily. As always, BIG HUGS for being you. 👍👍
Now that it’s actually explained, and I understand it. I keep getting chills every time I hear it.
Please consider reacting to Metallica’s 1991 Moscow performance of Creeping Death. This is a concert festival just after the Cold War ended with an estimated 1.6 million people in attendance.
It was released on November 23, 1984, as the lead and only commercial single from their album Ride the Lightning. Written from the perspective of the Angel of Death, "Creeping Death" describes the tenth plague of Egypt.
That’s correct my guy
The song, as stated, is based on Hemingway's For Whom the Bells Toll. Both come from English Poet and Churchman John Donne's 17th Meditation on Devotion, whose exact line is "never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." Which is a reference to a funeral bell. This is the same meditation that Donne's other famous quote comes from: "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."
You would love
“TO LIVE IS TO DIE” it’s an instrumental dedicated to their original and fallen bass player Cliff Burton RIP
“Ask not for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.” - Earnest Hemingway
World war 1 was also called “the trench war” also known as the “chemical warfare” it was a bloody war and many suffered ptsd long before ptsd became a psychological diagnosis
One of my favorite songs. You should definately check out Creeping Death from that album as well... and as far as war songs, Civil War by Guns n Roses...
Yes x100. Creeping Death is my #1 fav. And watch the Live IN Moscow '91 video to really see them kick ass live.
And Sanitarium!! 😎
war song and the aftermath of it i wuld also recomend five finger death punch wrong side of heaven.
Disposable Heroes and War Pigs are must-see war songs, too
trenches was mainly in WWI.
this song is based on the book FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS about the Spanish civil war. also great movie with the same name, about the book too. the book is from the 1930's i think and the movie from the 50's i think
Ernest Hemingway's novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls" was published in 1940 and the film was made in 1943, starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman.
I like the fact that you are recognizing the pain that veterans go through everyday.
This song live is awesome!!!! And just after this song comes One! With the canons and the stage falling from the ceiling and even more greatness!
Very cool! As many have stated here before, The "Guitar" you hear in the beginning of the song is actually their late Bassist Cliff Burton playing the intro on his bass guitar through a fuzz wah pedal. Cliff Burton was a beast of a bassist but gone far too soon. You should really check out the live version of this song from Cliff'em all (Day on the green concert). Gives a better context of this song.
Their music, riffs, drumming, lyrics sets them apart from any other band, it's been like that since they first started. Whatever, good or bad the band throw at us, the true fans will ALWAYS stick with Metallica no matter what happens. Even metal heads that don't listen to Metal, love Fade to Black and nothing else matters. Not many metal bands can do that.
I don't like RAP Grime, or Drill and no one has yet to change me on that through a song or two.
The bell sound is actually the drummer hitting an anvil with a hammer… i’m guessing it was easier to find an anvil back in the 80s lol
So you start by Pissing us Off ? That shit wont happen, because we'll just play it "LOUDER" ! That'll make her piss her pants ! Cliff Burton is the Man in this song (Live)! So many Great songs from them...
One of there best albums I think .. there is not a song on this album that I would skip .. creeping death is one of my favorite songs of all time !! 🤘❤️❤️🤘 classic Metallica right here
Listened/played this song a zillion times. The lyrics are heavy. It amazes me he can play guitar and sing. I just play guitar. Bad ass song!
that bit at begining was the bass why its one of my faves love how cliff made the bass sound
Well Said for our Hero's!! God Bless each and every one of them!!!!
The song was written about the book "For whom the bell tolls" about the last charge of the light brigade. Out numbered and surrounded, they were so pissed about the atrocities committed by their Russian enemies that they charged to certain death to deal the maximum amount of casualties, attacking to the end. It is for they, whom the bell tolls...
This makes me realize how important writing and poetry is. These lines feel more huge and epic than some multi million dollar movie.
Girl, PLEASE give us Welcome Home (Sanitarium) and / or their LIVE performance of "The Thing That Should Not Be" from Seattle, 1989. PLEASE! I'm begging you lol! This was awesome as always, can't wait for the next!
This whole live performance is awesome ...each song is epic
The song was inspired by Ernest Hemingway's 1940 novel of the same name about the process of death in modern warfare and the bloody Spanish Civil War. Specific allusions are made to the scene described in Chapter 27 of the book, in which five soldiers are obliterated during an airstrike after taking a defensive position on a hill.
You've got to listen to this LIVE from the Day On The Green concert in 1985, ABSOLUTELY MIND BLOWING how CLIFF plays his bass. Also ORION, BEST SONG EVER CREATED. RIP CLIFF BURTON
Love your channel my favorite keep up the great work girl
Me and my stepbrother used to jam out in the basement. This was my favorite one to play. Love your videos girl!
The song was inspirated in Enerst Hemingway novel with the same name. IT was written about Spanish civil War, a few years before of WW2.
I've been listening to this song since the mid 90s, but only this past few years when I listen to the outro carefully.
I feel like I hear people crying and screaming in pain. I guess that Kirk Hammet mimik this screaming noise with his guitar.
1) WW1 was the war fought primarily in the trenches.
2) Subjective is the word you were looking for.
3) PTSD killed my father. It just took him 30 years to die.
In Donne's essay, “For whom does the bell toll?” is the imaginary question of a man who hears a funeral bell and asks about the person who has died. Donne's answer to this question is that, because none of us stands alone in the world, each human death affects all of us. Every funeral bell, therefore, “tolls for thee.”
You did an amazing job. The song you should listen next is nothing else matters .
It's adorable watching someone like yourself discover this, good on ya.
Subjective is the word. I Tell hubby thanks from Camp Lejeune !
First time I ever heard that first guitar-chugging riff of (E5, G5, F#5), it was one of the most exciting things I’d experienced.
"You can't just kill the metal ... The metal lives on ...
Gen Z tried to cancel the metal ... BUT they Failed!
As they were smited into the ground! METAL!"
Ok so what’s cool is the very beginning after the two bell strike it’s actually cliff which is former bassist who sadly died. But he played Bass guitar. That was the bass guitar ran through distortion. Gave it that badass riff
Disposable Heroes is the next song to react to now!
If Metallica didn't get "cancelled" for opposing the Napsterverse back in the late 90's/early 2000's, they sure as heck don't have anything to worry about from a few whiney, self-important "pick me!" idiots. Rock on, Lil! 🤘
7:33 this woman must be protected at all costs.
Great reaction👊🏽⚡️This song leads perfectly in to their song, “One”.
Another great war song by Metallica is 'Disposable Heros'
That low/faint "guitar" solo during the intro is actually Cliff doodling around on bass guitar, with overdrive and a wah pedal.
Gen z, Metallica has been around for a lot of years, way before you existed and will be going strong after your dead 🤘
You should check out the version of this song Metallica did for their original S&M concert back in 1999, when James Hetfield sings the lines "take a look to the sky just before you die, it's the last time you will" he waves his hand at the word ill and every single light in the theatre go out plunging everything into darkness, even the band and orchestra completely stop at that point, then it kicks back in for the rest of the verse!
Seattle 1989 is their Best performance of 🔔z🤘🤘
Five Finger death Punch "wrong side of Heaven"
She is very excited to listen to seriously.
Great reaction. I'm 54. This is what I grew up on.. Since the beginning. .... this song is where we termed the phrase "CAPN CRUNCH" on the guitar 🎸💪😎
songs by them that need to be reacted to
disposable heroes, ride the lighting, mama said
I love where your head is at. Great job! You rock! That song goes right into Fade to Black.
They gave me a new life
Thanks to metallica ❤🤟🏼
Basically what they’re metaphorically saying in the song is that we all will die: the bell will toll for each one of us...
The video from "Day on the green" from 1986 I believe shows the first ever live performance of this classic with Cliff Burton on bass, you need to watch that live video of this song,The boys were kids
Metallica didn’t invent nor truly pioneer thrash but damn did they define it. Metallica took what their predecessors and contemporaries created and solidified it. That’s their contribution to metal and it’s just as important as anything else. Metallica is the defining band of Bay Area style thrash, all other bands following that formula copy them to one extent or another and there’s nothing wrong with that.
For whom the Bell tolls was the first Metallica song I ever heard willingly (besides enter Sandman) and I have been hooked since. I listened to the whole ride the lightning album after I heard it and to say a change in my life would be an understatement
i got to see this tour, metallica opening for ozzy in LA - the bass intro on this song is a classic
This was the first Metalica song I heard. Metal Shop rock station program. Listening on a shitty am/fm clock radio. Still fire.
Metallica - the unforgiven. Great song with a lot of emotional lyrics
First just let me say to your husband “ THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE” and the way this song touched your “Soul” was just all the explanation I needed. This is 3rd time I’ve watched this on your channel!!
"Nothing Else Matters", "Sad But True", "Ride the Lightning" are ones to check out soon. It's nice to see someone becoming a Metallica fan right before our eyes. \m/
Cancel culture had no idea what they was getting into, the hit the might steel wall of "Metallica" Who the hell thinks they can cancel Metallica 😂
Great reactions keep going with The Mighty MET but I think your ready to mix in some Black Sabbath and early Iron Maiden thanks much love from Albuquerque NM Free SPM
True 505
Oh yah - up the irons!! Iron Maiden "Hallowed Be They Name"
If Load and Reload couldn't cancel the Mighty Metallica, Gen Z sure as hell ain't gonna do it. Yes I am joking, I actually love Load and Reload. Just a funny
Already listened to my favourites. But, Nothing Else matters, The Unforgiven and Sad but True are other great songs by Metallica. Also Disturbed are another awesome band to check out, easily my #1.
my third fav song of all-time after Puppets & Fade. I have this in 16bit as my ringtone :P
Someone did their homework on this Metallica song. Very spot on
Lily Kane 👏👏👏👏😄
I good recommendation is "unforgiven" and there 3 parts to the songs. 🤟😎
Sanatarium or Disposable Heroes next for sure. Great metal reactions girl 🤘
The title is from a novel by Ernest Hemingway about the horrors of the First World War. He is part of the Lost Generation of writers whose illusions about humanity were shattered by WWI.
This song was based on a movie of the same name It was an epic war film. it was filmed in 1943 starring Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Katina Paxinou and Joseph Calleia. The screenwriter Dudley Nichols based his script on the 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls by American novelist Ernest Hemingway. The film is about an American International Brigades volunteer, Robert Jordan (Cooper), who is fighting in the Spanish Civil War against the fascists. During his desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge to protect Republican forces
Really enjoying your reactions! Also thank you to your husband for his service! My father was a WW1 vet and my grandfather was a Vietnam vet. I have great respect and administration for our service men & women
Massive metal classic!
Check out the live in Seattle 89 version!!! That outro is crazy.
Thanks for the in depth analysis 👍 🙌 on reacting what our Veterans go through after war.....deep.
Love your take on it ❤
"Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be
Now they see what will be, blinded eyes to see"
James underrated lyricist.
That was actually wrong in the video. It's "blinded eyes DO see". There were a couple mistakes. Lyric videos are almost always wrong
@@OzGiBoKsAr no that part is not wrong, "Blinded eyes to see" is right, u will see these lyrics everywhere
Awesome video!💀🤘💀 Absolutely killer song and scared the crap out of me as a child!
My first Metallica gig November 1983. I was 14, yes I’m old, and metal as fuck.