I was even before Eddie! But I'm glad they made that character.. It harkens back to some heavy metal guys from back in those days... I miss the 80's to a point..
0:20 Intro Riff 0:38 Intro Solo Part 0:55 Drums Begin 1:14 Main Clean Riff 1:46 Cue james 2:14 Chorus 3:02 Chorus 2 3:15 Mini Solo thing kirk does 3:36 “Im just oneeeee” 3:54 Riff buildup to double kick 4:20 CUE THE DOULBE KICK DRUM 4:38 CUE THE RIFF 4:55 DARKNESS INPRISONING ME 5:13 LANDMINE HAS TAKEN MY SIGHT 5:21 Cue the riff 2 5:47 Kirk solo time 6:37 Kirk Riff Thing 7:10 Outro Riff One of my favourite songs from metallica so unique how this song has so many parts to it
For those wondering, this music video uses excerpts from the movie "Johnny Got His Gun" Based on the book of the same name, the movie follows the story of Joe Bonham, a young man who was drafted into World War I. After being hit by an artillery shell, his face, legs, and arms were blown off. He can still think, reason, dream, and feel, but he can't speak, hear, see, or move. He has no idea where he is, when he is, or how long he's been like that. Imagine being trapped in your own body, with almost no way to interact with the outside world. Imagine being a prisoner, locked inside of your own mind. A minute in our world feels like a year to him. That's the horror he's experiencing. Edit: 8-9-2024 5:03 AM Happy 12k likes! It's been a while since I've visited this comment, but I just wanted to say thanks for the support! I'm glad my comment could instill such positive feelings on so many people. This isn't to beg for more likes or more attention, just to say thank you to all the people who thought my comment was worth giving a like. So, thanks! Edit: 12-31-2024 5:45 AM As the new year comes upon us I want to clear up a few things said in this comment. When I said "A minute in our world feels like a year to him" I am referring to his inability to keep track of time without the use of sunlight. At the end of the movie, the shutters in his room are closed, and the lights are shut off, presumably for good, meaning he has no way of knowing how much time passes between each day. The book/movie itself, at face value, follows Joe and his experience in war, though I believe it uses Joe's misfortune as a way to show the state of the western civilization during and after World War I, as is so brilliantly explained by christophernewton: "Europe lost it's arms to pacifism, it's legs to nihilism, and it's sense of place withing the world (eyes ears and nose, senses) to communism and capitalism at the end of the war, and all of Western Civilization (America was an offshoot of Europe which had already lacked the historical senses of Europe and was mongrel anyway) was plunged into the chaotic interwar period of pandemic and poverty and social unrest between communist, monarchist, and fascist paramilitaries." Overall, the movie itself may be difficult to understand for those who haven't already done research into World War I and it's effects on civilization and the people they were so proudly parading across Europe in their final days. I think it's a great anti-war movie, possibly the best of its time, and is certainly worth a watch. This is the last time I will visit this comment. I gave the movie a rewatch today and it still stands the test of time. Brilliant execution.
Me and my friend actually rented the movie in black and white at a video store in maybe 1983 or so 🤔 lol its been a while but that's one that you won't ever forget...and then boooimm Metallica brought his story to life...much love and respect🖤🤍❤
my son died on May 24 2022 on his motorcycle. He was 37 and started listening to Metallica as quite a young man because I would be playing it. This was one of his top 10 Metallicafaves. RIP JOSHUA RAYNE TOLLIVER. you are eternally loved ❤️😢
My 3 boys were between 5 and 10 the first time I let this rip in the living room. They all dropped everything and asked, “What is that?” I said, “It Metallica.” Without ever being told what one is, they started a mosh pit in the living room as soon as the double base hit. Great music and great memories. I wish yours was still with you. No man should ever have to bury a son😟
I listened to the audio drama in a theatre some months ago. It's a story that can change you in some ways. But I hardly slept that night thinking of it
The line & I quote: "He's a product of your profession, not mine." has to be one of the coldest, cruelest, heartless lines ever uttered in a movie. Just another reason why this song and video is sooooooo FREAKN' AWESOME!!!
It is, but it isn't, either. It comes across that way. But, it's also coming from a padre...a man of faith. So, his general take, is 'I don't believe in your profession of killing and sending people to die. And now, that you see the results of your work, you want ME to offer comfort." So, yes, it comes across cruel, but I believe he's more about chastising the general idea of war, rather than being cruel to the soldier. But, to me, it is a really interesting part of the video.
0k but I see a hand's washes.... Who is capable of empathy? Who suffers more for someone who cannot express themselves instead of arguing about ethics? We would have to make the priest pass as Jhonny to see if he continues with his same speech when he returns
In the movie, the general asks the chaplain to comfort Joe and at least tell him to have faith n God but the pries demurred citing that "I will not challenge his faith against your stupidity" to which the general replies "Well, you're one _hell_ of priest!" and that's when the chaplain responds "He's a product of _your_ profession not mine." If you think that's bad, even Jesus Christ (played by Donald Sullivan) tells Johnny that it would be cruel to pretend that anyone could help him and that he should leave as he is an unlucky boy and it tends to rub off. When Christ himself abandons you and tells you to get lost, you are _well_ and _truly_ fucked...
This song especially fascinates me. It starts off calmly, like hope fading. Then there is an upswing that comes with fear and anger. But it ends with the silence that comes with death. It’s so good. One is one of the few metal pieces that you can listen to when you are happy or sad. A multifunctional masterpiece.
Sadfully it is not death in the end but endless madness beeing kept alive. For the whole story watch the movie. Though it might be a boring experience it hits very hard ...
I am a surgeon who worked during the war ..I can't tell you how this song makes me feel ...how many people real people and their suffering it reminds me of
I am 40 years old ( and a hip hop head) and never heard a metal song in my life. This was deep, thought provoking and artistic. I just might have a new appreciation for a genre I never gave a chance. Amazing what happens when you step outside your comfort zone.
I am a black woman 43 from alabama and before I was aware of b.e.t. or knew who donnie Robinson was we had MTV and this is what we had to listen to. I surprised myself looking to rock out today looking for Courtney love and others.
Well listen to bite the hand that feeds by nine inch nails listen to wat he's saying and think of our government and the elites that run our reality that a lot have woken up to understand and know the truth and believe on prophecy don't take the red pill
En realidad es una critica a ambos. Los que mandan a la guerra a jóvenes inexpertos "por la supuesta democracia" y la obra de los médicos de guerra por experimentar con humanos.
2:22 "Wounded Soldier: They just went ahead and chopped off everything. Oh god, please make them hear me. They won't listen. They won't hear me. If they don't wake me up I'll be like this for years! Hear me."
Hetfield I love you bro! You’re the reason I picked up a guitar. My father gave me “a year and a half in the life of Metallica” at 9 years old. I have dreams of Metallica playing in my living room as well as cliff being here! I hope you know how much of an impact you have on your fans lives! God bless you all and may your legacy live on through your music!
18 years old hearing for the first time, usually a big rap fan but something about nowadays makes me want to Run around screaming anti war, how history repeats itself over stupid things
For the people who say Lars is a bad drummer - He played 'Kill Me' in Morse code with his bass pedal in the chorus part. Just like the injured soldier who had spasm all the time telling 'Kill me'. There lies his genius. The soldier had a 'one in a million chance'. The unlucky 'One' chance.
Sat here really depressed, but someone this song is lifting my spirits what a piece of music this is man.I seriously need to read the book, which inspired this beautiful song what a band 🎉
@@87jello He's being fed by machines and his breath is also being done mechanically. There's nothing he could do. And even if that wasn't the case, people in vegetative state can't control their bodies to this point...
@@markpicket6444 before getting blown apart yeah... once in the hospital the answer is debatable. In my opinion he was alive since death is emptiness and emptiness doesn't hurt, you cannot feel pain when you are dead
I can't remember anything Can't tell if this is true or dream Deep down inside I feel to scream This terrible silence stops me Now that the war is through with me I'm waking up, I cannot see That there is not much left of me Nothing is real but pain now Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please God, wake me Back in the womb it's much too real In pumps life that I must feel But can't look forward to reveal Look to the time when I'll live Fed through the tube that sticks in me Just like a wartime novelty Tied to machines that make me be Cut this life off from me Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please God, wake me Now the world is gone, I'm just one Oh God help me Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please God, help me Darkness imprisoning me All that I see Absolute horror I cannot live I cannot die Trapped in myself Body my holding cell Landmine has taken my sight Taken my speech Taken my hearing Taken my arms Taken my legs Taken my soul Left me with life in hell
The ending always gets me, everyone singing and being together during new years, juxtaposed with johnny being alone in a dark room, silenced by the landmine. No horror monster could ever give the same feeling of fear and sadness as that clip.
I am forever connected to this song and video. In the early 90's, I was in a severe car accident. I awoke a week later, alone, in a hospital bed, with hoses everywhere imaginable (and then some), neck brace, paddle burns, cast, stomach pump, heart monitor, staples, and various other life saving machines. This video was my first thought and I panicked. I tried to get out of the bed, but an army of nurses held me down while another put me back to sleep. A few months later, my best friends took me to the Black Album concert where I had my first celebrity encounter. Before the concert, I was standing on a staircase (where I was clearly NOT suppose to be) and Kirk walked by below. Instead of calling security, he smiled, winked, and waved at me. It felt like he knew what I'd been through and was happy that I'd survived and was able to be there that night. I know he didn't have a clue, but it was still that profound for me. Thank you, Kirk. At a time when I was suffering survivors guilt, your kind gestures to an insignificant girl made me feel welcomed back to the land of the living.
LYRICS I can't remember anything Can't tell if this is true or a dream Deep down inside I feel to scream This terrible silence stops me Now that the war is through with me I'm waking up, I cannot see That there's not much left of me Nothing is real but pain now Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please, God, wake me Back in the womb it's much too real In pumps life that I must feel But can't look forward to reveal Look to the time when I'll live Fed through the tube that sticks in me Just like a wartime novelty Tied to machines that make me be Cut this life off from me Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please, God, wake me Now the world is gone, I'm just one Oh God, help me Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please, God, help me Darkness imprisoning me All that I see Absolute horror I cannot live I cannot die Trapped in myself Body my holding cell Landmine has taken my sight Taken my speech Taken my hearing Taken my arms Taken my legs Taken my soul Left me with life in hell
I first heard this song when I was 14..it sent chills through me. This was back during the MTV days. Now, as a military veteran who served 21 years on active duty and in two wars, it brings tears to my eyes. I have no idea why some "music critics" dismiss this album...it's one of the most important albums of the late eighties, regardless of genre.
GOD BLESS YOU. I couldn't imagine what y'all went through in these terrible wars, but you were meant to come home. Thank you for your actions for that we can be, so called, "free". From the bottom of my heart, to all you veterans, A BIG HUG N THANK YOU, GOD BLESS!
Seeing the four of them in silhouette almost, wearing black... & playing "One" is something I return to, repeatedly. Enormously impactful emotionally as a song and a video.
This song especially fascinates me. It starts off calmly. Like hope fading. Then there is an upswing that comes with hatred and anger. But it ends with the silence that comes last with death. It is so good that it is one of the few metal pieces that you can listen to when you are happy or sad.
I love when thought goes into the music. 4:20 the drums begin the machine gun pattern, at the most intense part. The machine guns are raging, James is yelling, and the energy is incredible, you really feel the intensity of the situation.
because at that moment... war goes from being something honorable, courageous, bold and celebrated - to its reality. Something cold, chaotic and terrifying. Those double bass flairs sounding like machine guns almost puts you right in the middle of the battle field, and the chords as such leave you feeling helpless, alone and vulnerable. This was a brilliant song with brilliant writing. To be honest, and say what you will about Metallica, but this is a masterpiece in so many ways.
The youngins don't remember this but this was officially the 1st Metallica video on MTV. It debuted in a slot normally reserved for the Glam Metal scene and Metallica until then was making waves by word-of-mouth. Really was the only band in history at that time to go double Platinum without any radio airplay. Then this song debuts on MTV and it blew everyone away. After it debuted, Metallica was no longer an underground band.
Definitely! Can’t say Metallica was an underground band though, I remember when “Ride The Lightning” came out and all through school it was a serious hit.
@@saint5ify where I live the big three were Metalilca, Pantera and Slayer. Everybody listened to them wore their shirts but still didn't hear them on any radio stations.
@@Nmdixon-cu7vm yes it's sextuplets, so what? He didn't rip off the sextuplets alone, he ripped off the whole thing, the duration of said sextuplets, the snare hit at the end and the beat's position with the riff as well as the interval between 2 beats
@@kevinvowles6052 the song is about a war vet who gets horribly injured. He legs and arms are blown off, he can't speak, hear, see, smell, nothing. The song is about how he's a prisoner inside his own body. He's lost the ability to tell if he's awake or asleep. He's only one, hence the name of the song.
@@metalben005 thanks, now I felt ambivalence for the fist time, as I'm happy for the quick response for this information and also saddened by its outcome.
Not a huge Metallica fan....but this is one of the hardest hitting songs of all times. The lyrics, music and video make this an absolute emotional masterpiece.
@@rionthemagnificent2971 I watched a video about the movie based on that book and it's so depressing. Losing the feeling of being alive, but not dying either.
Yeah buddy..I wonder if James hetfield cried a few times wen watching this fukd up movie , bc it obviously made an impact , and inspired him to write one of the best songs ever made
''Landmine has taken my sight, taken my speech, taken my hearing, taken my arms, taken my legs, taken my soul, left me with life in hell.'' The lyrics are horrifying
The 1980's was filled with musical masterpieces written and played by people that no one wanted anything to do with..... Iron Maiden, Metallica, Bonham..... man we had it MADE back then....
I'm not a fan of Metallica or even a fan of Metal but this song is a masterpiece. It is musically complex, it's progressive and has elements of classical music, its melodic and rhythmic and it takes you for a ride. The opening riff is beautiful but eludes to something sinister hidden and builds to all out war. The lyrical content is powerful and controversial, it's horrific and forces you to think about many topics we try to avoid. I first saw this video as a kid on MTV and it terrified me. Later as a teenager it intrigued me and now as 38 year old man, I respect it as fine art. Its possibly the most memorable and thought provoking song of my childhood.
+JG, You should become a fan of Thrash/Speed/Death/Melodic Death metal if you appreciate the intricity of classical because if you unplug most metal, but especially those sub-genres, and you have knowledge of classical, you can actually name a composer that had they lived today would most likely be responsible for the lead guitar. In fact, the leads from just about any of the bands from these genres, if listened to unplugged, would sound very much like 3rd year classical guitar prodigies from any of the top 3 schools on earth. Don't take my word, type any of those subs into your search bar and randomly pic some bands and start listening.
It's sad and scary to think that there were soldiers who went through this, this is one of my favorite songs of all time and the meaning behind it is one of the reasons
I agree, hell I'm a younger army veteran (28), and was deployed to Afghanistan in 08 and it was pretty bad, but I can't even imagine how horrible it must've been for the older veterans in the Vietnam era and the world wars. For all you older vets, I salute you all, you're the true badasses out there. lol
In 1989 Metallica released the song 'One' and used clips from the 'Johnny Got His Gun' a 1971 American drama film written and directed by Dalton Trumbo based on his 1939 novel of the same name. Joe Bonham, a young American soldier hit by an artillery shell during World War I, lies in a hospital bed. He is a quadruple amputee who has also lost his eyes, ears, mouth and nose. He remains conscious and able to reason, but his wounds render him a prisoner in his own body. As he drifts between reality and fantasy, he remembers his old life with his family and girlfriend. He also forms a bond of sorts with a young nurse who senses his plight. Eventually, Joe tries to communicate with his doctors via Morse code by tapping his head, saying "help". He wishes for the Army to put him in a glass coffin in a freak show as a demonstration of the horrors of war. When told that his wish may be impossible to grant, he responds begging to be euthanized, repeatedly saying "kill me". He ultimately realizes that the Army cannot grant either wish, and will leave him in a state of living death. His sympathetic nurse attempts to euthanize him by clamping his breathing tube, but her supervisor stops her before Joe can succumb. Joe realizes that he will never be released from his state of entrapment and he is left alone, weakly chanting, "S.O.S. Help me."
When I was young, I wanted nothing more than to be an Air Force officer, and they wanted me badly. My test scores were incredible in everything they wanted, but in the end, I let my family's wishes keep me from doing it. One thing I'll never forget though, is talking to an active duty Green Beret Captain, who had served in Vietnam. And he told me about two such young men as this coming back from. I think, WW2. (My father was a veteran of WW2 and Korea). One solace of not being an Air Force officer i still have is that no boys were or ever will face such horror because of any decisions of mine.
My dad had some of his brains blown out in Vietnam and a metal plate in his head. Mom left when I was 10, she was a nurse. I used to listen to him cry regularly about all the men he saw slaughtered and having to pick up their body parts weeping because he didn’t know whose finger, whose arm, whose brain pieces to put in which bag to send home to the families. He cried ALL THE TIME He was drafted at 19 years old and paying his own way through college. I love this song and it helps because there are not a lot of people to talk to and they really don’t care.
I think you, me, and a lot of people, are touched by music like this and the comfort it brings us knowing we are not the only ones who suffer throughout our lives.
Your dad and mum are true heroes. Thank you! What your dad had to do as part of his military service, he did it with dignity and a humane ethic. Praise your dad for trying to bring peace to some of the families enflicted by the cruelty of war :-) Thank you for sharing this post with us.
I spent a lot of time behind the M2 .50 and the M240 7.62mm machine guns and we're trained to fire in short, 6-8 round bursts for accuracy...and every single time I fired one of them that specific riff was playing along in my head, I shit you not. perfect in every way
1:06 As a kid and now as a young adult, This transition still makes me physically freeze & rot to the very core. Just from watching this music video and eventually the movie itself. Joe's far far away, thinking of his loved one Running through the wet storm cold and terrified. Diving into the hole where the mortar lands. Covering his ears to brace for impact. But the screeches grow more audible as life flashes before his eyes.. *Any man in that situation would hope to dear god to end it all...* I can always count on Metallica to give me new found feelings.. ✌️
completely agree. I've always believed, popular as it is, this song is criminally underrated. It's a true masterpiece, regardless of genre. I consider it one of the greatest songs ever written, that gives you everything in music you could possibly want. Beautiful melody, powerful drums and guitar, tempo and mood changes, speed, emotion, great impactful lyrics and a damn good vocal performance. And it's not just a simple piece of music thrown together, so there's some musical complexity to it. What else could you ask of one song?
Enter Sandman is an easy-to-like song than One for most people. And you know on the internet esp youtube, every song's comment section, there's always someone that will say "this is the best song ever"
I found it very difficult to read , I’ve seen my fair share of shit but dam that masterpiece had me an emotional wreck , to take that rare piece of literature and turn it into a completely different art form and still make it hit home as hard is something truly incredible. You don’t just hear this masterpiece you feel every bit of it in your soul .
we need to make every politician in power read this book, the same politicians who had no trouble sending so many people to die in Afghanistan and Iraq and every other war this country has fought
0:22 Doctor - "The cerebrum has suffered massive and irreparable damage" 0:28 Doctor - "I not been sure of this I would not have permitted him to live" 0:34 Joe - "Where am I? What happened?" 0:40 Young J - "What is democracy?" Father - "It's got something to do with young men killing each other I believe Young J - "But when It comes my turn, would you want me to go?" Father - "For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son" 1:15 Doctor - " It is impossible for a decerebrated individual to experience pain, pleasure, memory, dreams, or thought of any kind. This young man will be as unfeeling as I'm thinking as the dead, until the day he joins them." 1:32 Joe - "I don't know whether I'm alive and dreaming or dead and remembering. How can you tell what's a dream and what's real when you can't even tell when you're awake and when you're asleep?" 2:21 Joe - " They just went ahead and chopped off everything. Oh God, please make them hear me. They won't listen, they won't hear me. IF YOU DON'T WAKE ME UP, I'LL BE LIKE THIS FOR YEARS!!! Hear meee..." 3:09 Joe - "I'm like a piece of meat that keeps on living..." 3:24 Joe - "It won't always be like this way. I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS, I CAN'T! PLEASE NO - I CAN'T - I CAN'T - HELP ME - SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME! MOTHER, WHERE ARE YA, HELP ME MOTHER I'M HAVING A NIGHTMARE AND I CAN'T WAKE UP!!" 4:00 Joe - "Me lying here like some freak in a carnival show." Carnival guy - "HE IS THE ARMLESS, LEGLESS, WONDER of the 20th century." 4:24 Brit General - "Death has a dignity all it's known" 4:37 Joe - "Father, I need help. I'm in terrible trouble and I need help." 4:43 Father - "Don't you remember when you were little... How you and Bill Harper used to string a wire between the two houses so you can telegraph to each other. Still remember the morse code? 5:05 Guard - "It's Morse Code." General - "Of What?" Guard - "S.O.S. Help" At this point, General tells the Guard to ask Joe what he wants. Joe says he wants out so that people can see what he is. He asks to be put at a carnival show. General declines. Joe says that if that if the general won't let people see him, he just asks to be killed. General dismissed the topic and asked what his name was. 5:23 General - "What's he saying now?" Guard - "Just kill me, over and over again, kill me" 5:33 General - "Don't you have some message for him Padre?" Priest - " He's the product of your profession, not mine" 6:05 Joe - "Kill me, I'm asking you to kill me" (Nurse tries to put him out of his misery) "Thank you"- Joe says (General catches nurse's doings, he let's her out) 6:23 Joe - "Pray for me please " 6:27 Father - "Each man faces death by himself, alone." 6:41 Joe - "Inside me, I'm screaming. Nobody pays any attention. If I had arms, I could kill myself. If I had legs, I could run away. If I had a voice ,I could talk and be some kind of company for myself. Why don't they get it over with and kill me? I could yield for help, but nobody would help me. I've just got to do something. I don't see how I can go on like this." 7:07 Joe - S.O.S Help Me. 7:24 Keep the home fires burning While your hearts are yearning Though your lads are far away They dream of home
@RobloxRobot - That line is from the movie Johnny Got His Gun (1971), not the song 'One', and from which all the non-Metalica clips in the video are from.
This song needs to be placed in a museum dedicated to the atrocity of war. Along with other pieces of timeless art, and film like Saving Private Ryan. And sealed for future generations.
Saving Private Ryan is not an anti-war film. It's not about the atrocities of war but about the triumph of defeating Nazis. At the end, the heroes won. At the end, all the battle was worth it, so it isn't about the atrocities of war.
@@marvinbeasley6346they have done 0 for freedom. In fact they took it away from others in a country across the ocean. This song is literally about how deranged war is. How can people hear and see the video for this song and still say bullshit like you wrote? Americans have to be some of the absolute dumbest people on earth.
@@ChickenJoe-tq6xd theres nothing musical about a basic beat made by a drum machine at 110BPM with lyrics like "i just shit a pagani" "i committed mass homicide against several iranian families" "yeah" "uh" "i woke up in a new bugatti" "i have 1093 girlfriends"
Lyrics: I can't remember anything Can't tell if this is true or dream Deep down inside I feel to scream This terrible silence stops me Now that the war is through with me I'm waking up, I cannot see That there is not much left of me Nothing is real but pain now Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please, God, wake me Back to the womb, that's much too real In pumps life that I must feel But can't look forward to reveal Look to the time when I'll live Fed through the tube that sticks in me Just like a wartime novelty Tied to machines that make me be Cut this life off from me Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please, God, wake me Now the world is gone, I'm just one Oh God, help me Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please, God, help me Darkness imprisoning me All that I see Absolute horror I cannot live I cannot die Trapped in myself Body my holding cell Landmine has taken my sight Taken my speech Taken my hearing Taken my arms Taken my legs Taken my soul Left me with life in hell
I first heard this song and album when I was 12/13. I always had empathy for the character but now I actually know the horrors of war. My friends dad and my friends brother have injuries and PTSD from what they did and saw. I would never send my son to the battlefield but he would go if he was called up I’m sure. I hope us women are grateful that we don’t HAVE to go.
Pengalor the point being the military expects you to die in such situations, not live on and drain resources. It is well known that one of the most effective ways to destroy an enemy force isn’t by killing them but by critically wounding them to the point where they can no longer sustain a offense because of the efforts to help the wounded.
I was 18 years old when this came out. Metallica had said for years they'd never make a video. I remember I talked my Dad into getting cable back then because I had to see this video. MTV was the only way to see it.
Pretty wild to think about. My family got a tv in the early 70’s for the first time, but in a house of 7 kids you can imagine how well that went for everyone lol
I was just a bit younger. I don't even remember how I heard about Metallica making a video, but it was a big surprise for everyone since they had always said they weren't going to. Might as well make one of the best music videos for your first one!
I was not allowed to watch MTV growing up and I broke that rule every day so I could watch this video on the top 10 countdown. Metallica is singlehandedly responsible for introducing me to real music.
Ive been listening to this song pretty much all my life and never catch up with that phrase. I read your commenT EXACTLY when the dude said it. Excuse my english
@@minatofrusciante2574 I would rank them equal. The best piece of music in my opinion is I got the... from labi siffre. But as it is from a complete different genre, the songs aren't quite comparable. To sum it all up a bit, I would consider one as one of the greatest songs ever written, including the storyline behind this masterpiece and its total composition.
The most wonderfully written metal song ever... A great insight for the wounded, disabled people, like a slap for those warmongers.. It's such an amazing song that it can be listened by any kind of listener.
The combination of this song and its music video... I've never felt such a range of emotions at once for a song in my life. Joy, Sorrow, Anger, Excitement... It brings tears to my eyes and adrenalin to my veins. F*** YEAH!! METALLICA!
@@TheJMan5c I was in the MEPS center joining the military and this song was constantly playing on MTV as I waited for the bus to take me too basic training, great memories and will always remember this song.
The Lyrics If You Need: [Spoken]: 'His cerebrum has suffered massive and irreparable damage.' 'He'll never know what has happened to him.' 'If I had not been sure of this, I would not have permitted him to live.' Where am I?... Father?... What Happened... I need Help . . . 'What is democracy? what is democracy?' 'It's got something to do with young men killing each other, I believe.' 'When it comes my turn, will you want me to go?' 'For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son.' 'It is impossible for a de-cerebrated individual to experience pain, pleasure, memory, dreams or thought of any kind. This young man will be as unfeeling, as unthinking as the dead, until the day he joins them' I don't know whether I am alive and dreaming or dead and remembering -How can you tell what's a dream and what's real when you can't even tell when you're awake and when you're asleep?- -Where am I?- --------------------------------------- I can't remember anything Can't tell if this is true or dream Deep down inside I feel the scream This terrible silence stops me Now that the war is through with me I'm waking up, I cannot see That there's not much left of me Nothing is real but pain now Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please god wake me --------------------------------------- [Spoken]: -They just went ahead and chopped off everything- -Oh god...please make them hear me- -They won't listen...They won't hear me- -If you don't wake me up I'll be like this for years- -Hear me- --------------------------------------- Back in the womb it's much to real In pumps life that I must feel But can't look forward to reveal Look to the time when I live Fed through the tube that sticks in me Just like a war time novelty Tied to machines that make me be Cut this life off from me Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please god wake me --------------------------------------- [Spoken]: -I'm just like a piece of meat, that keeps on living- -It won't always be like this, will it?- -I can't live like this....I...I can't....Please no, I ca...I can't... Help me, help me, please help me, mother, where are you? help me mother I'm having a nightmare and I can't wake up- --------------------------------------- Now the world is gone I'm just one Oh god help me Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please god help me --------------------------------------- [Spoken] -Me, lying here, like some...freak, at a carnival show- 'He is the armless, legless, wonder, of the 20th century!' 'Death has a dignity, all it's own' -Father, I need help...I'm in terrible trouble and I need help- 'Don't you remember when you were little, how you and Bill Harper used to string a wire between the two houses, so you could telegraph to each other? Still remember the Morse Code?' --------------------------------------- Darkness imprisoning me All that I see absolute horror I cannot live, I cannot die Trapped in myself body my holding cell --------------------------------------- [Spoken] 'It's morse code' 'For what?' 'SOS........Help!' --------------------------------------- Landmine has taken my sight Taken my speech, taken my hearing Taken my arms, taken my legs Taken my soul, left me with a life in hell --------------------------------------- [Spoken] 'What's he saying?' 'He said kill me. Over and over again. Kill me.' -Oh god, please make them hear me- 'Don't YOU have some message for him, Padre?' 'He's a product of your profession...not mine.' -Kill me. I am asking you to kill me- -Thank you...- -Pray for me, please- -Father?- 'Each man faces death by himself. Alone.' -Goodbye, father- -Inside me, I am screaming, but nobody pays any attention.- -If I had arms, I could kill myself. If I had legs, I could run away. If I had a voice, I could talk, and be some kind of company for myself.- -Why don't they get it over with and kill me?- -I could yell for help, but nobody would help me- -I've just got to do something- -I don't see how I could... go on like this. -S..O..S...Help me....S..O..S...Help...me- (partial song, fades out) Keep the Home Fires Burning, While your hearts are yearning, Though your lads are far away They dream of home. There's a silver lining Through the dark clouds shining, Turn the dark cloud inside out 'Til the boys come home
For the good and for the bad. The sad thing is that the issues this song talks about, they're just getting worse and worse... Therefore I propose this song to be played when the Apocalypse starts ✊
It's amazing what a few decades will do. At that time they lost some fans over that whole album & especially that song & video. "They sold out" was a very common reaction when their fans first saw/heard it but it definitely aged well. They gained far more fans than they had at the time over the next 5 yrs & even though they lost some more hardcore metal heads with the Black album they became a household name & made alot of people alot of $$$$
@@chrisstoecker7189 Well then, they had some SERIOUSLY ignorant "fans". (And yes I remember what you're talking about... it was pretty sick.) This was, and remains, the most important and meaningful song the band ever did, before or after.
@@davifalqueto2596 Great songs, but no... not even close to this one, I'm talking music, video (movie clips too), and IMPORTANCE. You can't get much more relevant and important than what WAR does to society and individuals.... soldiers and civilians alike.
I relate this video to my father. He was almost cut in half on the USS ENTERPRISE while in the navy at age 19. He thought he was not gonna survive, then he was told he would eat, shit and piss out of a bag while in a wheelchair muchless have a family. He had to learn how to walk again after numerous surgeries but I am proof as his son (and my sister) that anything is possible. He struggles everyday but man I am so proud of him.
I wrote my college senior thesis because of this song. A history of Blitzkrieg in the FIRST world war. The profound connection we can have with soldiers who died 100 years ago can be felt through this song.
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In my opinion. This is the greatest Metallica song. Incomparable.
Fade to Black?????
@@justanordinaryguy6882 Fade to Black X2
Enter Sandman
The Unforgiven...
@@Illsleblanc the number 2
Mad respect to all those out there who are keeping this kind of music still alive .
🤘🙌
Metallica will never die.
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I was even before Eddie! But I'm glad they made that character.. It harkens back to some heavy metal guys from back in those days... I miss the 80's to a point..
Lol
0:20 Intro Riff
0:38 Intro Solo Part
0:55 Drums Begin
1:14 Main Clean Riff
1:46 Cue james
2:14 Chorus
3:02 Chorus 2
3:15 Mini Solo thing kirk does
3:36 “Im just oneeeee”
3:54 Riff buildup to double kick
4:20 CUE THE DOULBE KICK DRUM
4:38 CUE THE RIFF
4:55 DARKNESS INPRISONING ME
5:13 LANDMINE HAS TAKEN MY SIGHT
5:21 Cue the riff 2
5:47 Kirk solo time
6:37 Kirk Riff Thing
7:10 Outro Riff
One of my favourite songs from metallica so unique how this song has so many parts to it
Thanks man
That’s pretty nice ty man
Solo disfruta y ya we
We are not alone😂🤯
Crack
Ending 2024 with the greatest metal song of all time ⚡️
God Bless America. 2025 let's go.
@@KiwiBay2.0 YESSIR
Darkest metal song too.
For those wondering, this music video uses excerpts from the movie "Johnny Got His Gun"
Based on the book of the same name, the movie follows the story of Joe Bonham, a young man who was drafted into World War I. After being hit by an artillery shell, his face, legs, and arms were blown off. He can still think, reason, dream, and feel, but he can't speak, hear, see, or move. He has no idea where he is, when he is, or how long he's been like that.
Imagine being trapped in your own body, with almost no way to interact with the outside world. Imagine being a prisoner, locked inside of your own mind. A minute in our world feels like a year to him. That's the horror he's experiencing.
Edit: 8-9-2024 5:03 AM
Happy 12k likes! It's been a while since I've visited this comment, but I just wanted to say thanks for the support! I'm glad my comment could instill such positive feelings on so many people. This isn't to beg for more likes or more attention, just to say thank you to all the people who thought my comment was worth giving a like. So, thanks!
Edit: 12-31-2024 5:45 AM
As the new year comes upon us I want to clear up a few things said in this comment.
When I said "A minute in our world feels like a year to him" I am referring to his inability to keep track of time without the use of sunlight. At the end of the movie, the shutters in his room are closed, and the lights are shut off, presumably for good, meaning he has no way of knowing how much time passes between each day.
The book/movie itself, at face value, follows Joe and his experience in war, though I believe it uses Joe's misfortune as a way to show the state of the western civilization during and after World War I, as is so brilliantly explained by christophernewton: "Europe lost it's arms to pacifism, it's legs to nihilism, and it's sense of place withing the world (eyes ears and nose, senses) to communism and capitalism at the end of the war, and all of Western Civilization (America was an offshoot of Europe which had already lacked the historical senses of Europe and was mongrel anyway) was plunged into the chaotic interwar period of pandemic and poverty and social unrest between communist, monarchist, and fascist paramilitaries."
Overall, the movie itself may be difficult to understand for those who haven't already done research into World War I and it's effects on civilization and the people they were so proudly parading across Europe in their final days. I think it's a great anti-war movie, possibly the best of its time, and is certainly worth a watch.
This is the last time I will visit this comment. I gave the movie a rewatch today and it still stands the test of time. Brilliant execution.
Fully understandable
And for democracy he gave his ONLY son to war back before they had to have the bloodline stay correct?
Me and my friend actually rented the movie in black and white at a video store in maybe 1983 or so 🤔 lol its been a while but that's one that you won't ever forget...and then boooimm Metallica brought his story to life...much love and respect🖤🤍❤
I finally got to see this movie a month back. Damn, what an ending...
@@WreckerR I think it's two fold story, true but also about Hetfields addiction issues. My favorite Metallica song. Just my opinion.
my son died on May 24 2022 on his motorcycle. He was 37 and started listening to Metallica as quite a young man because I would be playing it. This was one of his top 10 Metallicafaves. RIP
JOSHUA RAYNE TOLLIVER. you are eternally loved ❤️😢
❤️❤️
Hes rocking out with you everytime you listen to it💔
My 3 boys were between 5 and 10 the first time I let this rip in the living room. They all dropped everything and asked, “What is that?” I said, “It Metallica.” Without ever being told what one is, they started a mosh pit in the living room as soon as the double base hit.
Great music and great memories. I wish yours was still with you. No man should ever have to bury a son😟
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May your son's memory always reign strong within you; especially when you're rocking to this song! Rest in power!! ✊🏿
imagine that.
scariest shit in the world, losing your arms, legs, voice, sight, and hearing holy fuck
And being paralysed from head to toe.
Death is better
I listened to the audio drama in a theatre some months ago. It's a story that can change you in some ways. But I hardly slept that night thinking of it
I watched the movie to this, and the patient got a handjob.
+James Baxter
That is awesome...
The line & I quote: "He's a product of your profession, not mine." has to be one of the coldest, cruelest, heartless lines ever uttered in a movie. Just another reason why this song and video is sooooooo FREAKN' AWESOME!!!
It is, but it isn't, either. It comes across that way. But, it's also coming from a padre...a man of faith. So, his general take, is 'I don't believe in your profession of killing and sending people to die. And now, that you see the results of your work, you want ME to offer comfort." So, yes, it comes across cruel, but I believe he's more about chastising the general idea of war, rather than being cruel to the soldier. But, to me, it is a really interesting part of the video.
0k but I see a hand's washes.... Who is capable of empathy? Who suffers more for someone who cannot express themselves instead of arguing about ethics? We would have to make the priest pass as Jhonny to see if he continues with his same speech when he returns
it ain't that deep bruh
Hes just saying "not my problem"
In the movie, the general asks the chaplain to comfort Joe and at least tell him to have faith n God but the pries demurred citing that "I will not challenge his faith against your stupidity" to which the general replies "Well, you're one _hell_ of priest!" and that's when the chaplain responds "He's a product of _your_ profession not mine."
If you think that's bad, even Jesus Christ (played by Donald Sullivan) tells Johnny that it would be cruel to pretend that anyone could help him and that he should leave as he is an unlucky boy and it tends to rub off.
When Christ himself abandons you and tells you to get lost, you are _well_ and _truly_ fucked...
“He’s a product of your profession, not mine” gives me chills every time
same
Same here.
Me too😢
"Johnny Got his Gun" by Dalton Trumbo should be mandatory reading.
@@fakir_rider😅oo😅⁸com ⁸loĺ ⁸⁹⁹e ó😅😅⁹j😅😅ī😅⁸😅😅⁸rice ⁹ⁿ😮 5:18 😅⁸ko
Imagine some 13-14 years old kid listening to this song for the first time in the 80’s
Me
Me too
Yes, that was meeeeeeeee
I was about 10 maybe 11. If anything the song has only improved with time. Thank fuck I got to grow up listening to metal 🤘
Losers I was born in an era were I can listen to any music I want
英語でなくてごめんなさい。
『ジョニーは戦場へ行った』（日本語版のタイトルです）を読んでこの曲を聴くと、メタリカのメンバーがジョーの魂を自分たちの血肉にまで取り入れて曲を作ったのだろうと想像出来ます。
物語の流れもジョーの感情も見事に音楽として表現されていて、ヘヴィメタルってこんなに凄いものなんだと改めて思うと共に、この曲のメッセージが今こそ国も言葉も超えて届いて欲しいとも思うんです。
This song especially fascinates me. It starts off calmly, like hope fading. Then there is an upswing that comes with fear and anger. But it ends with the silence that comes with death. It’s so good. One is one of the few metal pieces that you can listen to when you are happy or sad. A multifunctional masterpiece.
I think the silence is him giving up, because he won't die for awhile, maybe just losing himself in insanity like the book.
Sadfully it is not death in the end but endless madness beeing kept alive. For the whole story watch the movie. Though it might be a boring experience it hits very hard ...
@@e667bot Alright, I’ll watch it. Can you give me the name of it?
@@thekirpi4923 Mmmmh, think the original title is Johnny got his gun.
Lies again? Total Distance = 0KM
I am a surgeon who worked during the war ..I can't tell you how this song makes me feel ...how many people real people and their suffering it reminds me of
STOP WITH THE ...
@@tristanwayburn7395With the what?
@@tristanwayburn7395 what ?!
You got my respect, old man
@@tiziano8548 I am 35 ..I don't know if I am old enough to be called an old man ..but actually my knees agree with you
12 year old me : shit this, this is epic!!
41 year old me: shit this is still epic!!!!!
it never gets old
@@jovi9712 lol
@@jovi9712 why u mean
Mtv !
@@jovi9712 lol
@@jovi9712 my name was for a prank and ive yet to change it
4:39 is when I fell in love with Metallica as a kid and have never looked back since. I’m 45 years young.
I am 40 years old ( and a hip hop head) and never heard a metal song in my life. This was deep, thought provoking and artistic. I just might have a new appreciation for a genre I never gave a chance. Amazing what happens when you step outside your comfort zone.
I am a black woman 43 from alabama and before I was aware of b.e.t. or knew who donnie Robinson was we had MTV and this is what we had to listen to. I surprised myself looking to rock out today looking for Courtney love and others.
welcome to metal !!
Welcome to metal, where ANYONE is welcome, there's no hate here, just a mutual love for this classics like this and others
Well listen to bite the hand that feeds by nine inch nails listen to wat he's saying and think of our government and the elites that run our reality that a lot have woken up to understand and know the truth and believe on prophecy don't take the red pill
@@stacysumrall6032 thanks. I will listen to it...funny how I'm looking forward to it. Im open to other suggestions too.
5:36
“He is the product of your profession, not mine”
I love that line
So good. So accusing, but not in a hysterical or out of anger
En realidad es una critica a ambos. Los que mandan a la guerra a jóvenes inexpertos "por la supuesta democracia" y la obra de los médicos de guerra por experimentar con humanos.
That movie still screws with my mind till this day. And I watched it 20 years ago
😂@@miguellimon3853
A mí me gusta la música feliz día🎉
2:22 "Wounded Soldier: They just went ahead and chopped off everything. Oh god, please make them hear me. They won't listen. They won't hear me. If they don't wake me up I'll be like this for years! Hear me."
Look at the movie from 1971 Johnnys got a gun . On RUclips. Inspired this song
A María elena.le hicieron lo mismo pero no se recuerda.
😮OMG, I clicked on your comment EXACTLY when they sang this line 😢
Gave me chills.
God bless and keep our warriors sound..
Hetfield I love you bro! You’re the reason I picked up a guitar. My father gave me “a year and a half in the life of Metallica” at 9 years old. I have dreams of Metallica playing in my living room as well as cliff being here! I hope you know how much of an impact you have on your fans lives! God bless you all and may your legacy live on through your music!
I wasn't a metal fan as a kid, but this song *blew me away* when I first heard it in 1989, at age 18.
I first heard this band when i was 8 and now, 6-7 years later, i am a very big fan of Metallica🖤
@@geenmemeisillegaal i first heard this band in the womb, years later I’m still listening🖤
@@acomou3562 was it MUCH TOO REAL?
18 years old hearing for the first time, usually a big rap fan but something about nowadays makes me want to Run around screaming anti war, how history repeats itself over stupid things
@@rickashleysrollofricks7724 War?
"He had no arms or legs. He couldn't see, hear, or speak. This is how he led a nation"
- Michael Scott
On Jason newstead
😂😂😂
Wait, that was actually from "The Office"?!
@@lukasmaks9617 yeah
I dont understand... can you explain to me, please?
For the people who say Lars is a bad drummer -
He played 'Kill Me' in Morse code with his bass pedal in the chorus part. Just like the injured soldier who had spasm all the time telling 'Kill me'.
There lies his genius. The soldier had a 'one in a million chance'. The unlucky 'One' chance.
Who's saying Lars is bad drummer? Those saying that can go listen to Ariana and Hannah Montana, drink their milk and go to bed.
@@stamate97 just a bunch of posers who actually like Lars but are too scared to say it out loud
the drums there are truly genius!!
Thats not true that he played morse code on his bass pedal?
@@stefandurbaba Yes, use a morse code translator for "KILL ME" and read through the dots as the song plays
Sat here really depressed, but someone this song is lifting my spirits what a piece of music this is man.I seriously need to read the book, which inspired this beautiful song what a band 🎉
In other stories you would ask : "Does the hero survive at the end?"
In this story you ask yourself : "Does the hero finally die at the end?"
If I’m in that vegetative state, I wouldn’t eat at all so I can starve myself to death, or I’ll hold my breath until my lungs burst
@@87jello He's being fed by machines and his breath is also being done mechanically. There's nothing he could do. And even if that wasn't the case, people in vegetative state can't control their bodies to this point...
Was he ever really alive
@@markpicket6444 before getting blown apart yeah... once in the hospital the answer is debatable. In my opinion he was alive since death is emptiness and emptiness doesn't hurt, you cannot feel pain when you are dead
Cant hear, cant speak, cant see, cant use your arms or legs... Just existing...
A horrifying concept
I can't remember anything
Can't tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside I feel to scream
This terrible silence stops me
Now that the war is through with me
I'm waking up, I cannot see
That there is not much left of me
Nothing is real but pain now
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God, wake me
Back in the womb it's much too real
In pumps life that I must feel
But can't look forward to reveal
Look to the time when I'll live
Fed through the tube that sticks in me
Just like a wartime novelty
Tied to machines that make me be
Cut this life off from me
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God, wake me
Now the world is gone, I'm just one
Oh God help me
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God, help me
Darkness imprisoning me
All that I see
Absolute horror
I cannot live
I cannot die
Trapped in myself
Body my holding cell
Landmine has taken my sight
Taken my speech
Taken my hearing
Taken my arms
Taken my legs
Taken my soul
Left me with life in hell
Josey Crzz OMG That right there...
Covid 19
Can you add text from videoclip, not only text from the song?
I imagine living on a ventilator with Covid hearing this song in my head !!!😥
Q😊😇😊😇
"Help me mother, im having a horrible nightmare and I cant wake up." That sent shivers down my spine.
It gets me everytime.
Yeah it made kind of sad
The fact that he calls out for his mom for comfort is what really gets me, this video always made me sad when i was younger
@@davidgarza1977 It reminds me of saving private ryan.
Yeah me to
The ending always gets me, everyone singing and being together during new years, juxtaposed with johnny being alone in a dark room, silenced by the landmine. No horror monster could ever give the same feeling of fear and sadness as that clip.
gonna do a presentation about the history of this masterpiece of a song in class. Wish me luck folks
My respects fella, tell us how did it go
aurel good luck!
Did you do well?
aurel Luck !!!!
Akhmad Karimov
Did you just assume the teacher’s gender?! SHAME!
I am forever connected to this song and video. In the early 90's, I was in a severe car accident. I awoke a week later, alone, in a hospital bed, with hoses everywhere imaginable (and then some), neck brace, paddle burns, cast, stomach pump, heart monitor, staples, and various other life saving machines. This video was my first thought and I panicked. I tried to get out of the bed, but an army of nurses held me down while another put me back to sleep. A few months later, my best friends took me to the Black Album concert where I had my first celebrity encounter. Before the concert, I was standing on a staircase (where I was clearly NOT suppose to be) and Kirk walked by below. Instead of calling security, he smiled, winked, and waved at me. It felt like he knew what I'd been through and was happy that I'd survived and was able to be there that night. I know he didn't have a clue, but it was still that profound for me. Thank you, Kirk. At a time when I was suffering survivors guilt, your kind gestures to an insignificant girl made me feel welcomed back to the land of the living.
Whoaaaa!!!!!!!
@Thallyson Oliveira Oi
Deep asf
@Thallyson Oliveira I'm healthy and happy these days. Thanks for asking!
@Thallyson Oliveira :-)
LYRICS
I can't remember anything
Can't tell if this is true or a dream
Deep down inside I feel to scream
This terrible silence stops me
Now that the war is through with me
I'm waking up, I cannot see
That there's not much left of me
Nothing is real but pain now
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please, God, wake me
Back in the womb it's much too real
In pumps life that I must feel
But can't look forward to reveal
Look to the time when I'll live
Fed through the tube that sticks in me
Just like a wartime novelty
Tied to machines that make me be
Cut this life off from me
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please, God, wake me
Now the world is gone, I'm just one
Oh God, help me
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please, God, help me
Darkness imprisoning me
All that I see
Absolute horror
I cannot live
I cannot die
Trapped in myself
Body my holding cell
Landmine has taken my sight
Taken my speech
Taken my hearing
Taken my arms
Taken my legs
Taken my soul
Left me with life in hell
Can you also put the lyrics of the movie that appears in the video?
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😂😂😂😂😂@@jrryzzz
Still can't
"This you man will be as unfeeling, as unthinking as the dead...until the day he joins them" CHILLS
"I need help! IM IN TERRIBLE TROUBLE AND I NEED HELP!" the way those words coincide with the rhythm of the guitars is just pure genius to me
Interesting 😎👍
@@luismigueldavila71722:26 ❤
I agree with you bro
It gives me the chills
@@davidknowles7466 it's a masterpiece
I first heard this song when I was 14..it sent chills through me. This was back during the MTV days. Now, as a military veteran who served 21 years on active duty and in two wars, it brings tears to my eyes. I have no idea why some "music critics" dismiss this album...it's one of the most important albums of the late eighties, regardless of genre.
Hold up! You saw this as a kid and STILL signed up for the military???
@@SN-cb9xjsure, like most 17 year-olds I thought I was invincible
GOD BLESS YOU. I couldn't imagine what y'all went through in these terrible wars, but you were meant to come home. Thank you for your actions for that we can be, so called, "free". From the bottom of my heart, to all you veterans, A BIG HUG N THANK YOU, GOD BLESS!
out of curiosity: What specific wars did you participate in?
Thanks for your service! People like you allow me to listen to masterpieces like this, so your service will always be close to my heart!
DARKNESS, IMPRISONING ME, ALL THAT I SEE, ABSOLUTE HORROR, I CANNOT LIVE, I CANNOT DIE, TRAPPED IN MYSELF, BODY, MY HOLDING CELL
LANDMINE, HAS TAKEN MY SIGHT, TAKEN MY SPEECH, TAKEN MY HEARIN
NOW THE WORLD IS GONE I'M JUST ONE
OH PLEASE GOD HELP ME
F&ck you. you spoiled the lyrics for me @$$hole
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@@gummithegod
Words very well suited in our world, in our moment of living.
Seeing the four of them in silhouette almost, wearing black... & playing "One" is something I return to, repeatedly. Enormously impactful emotionally as a song and a video.
This song especially fascinates me. It starts off calmly. Like hope fading. Then there is an upswing that comes with hatred and anger. But it ends with the silence that comes last with death. It is so good that it is one of the few metal pieces that you can listen to when you are happy or sad.
"Death, has a dignity all its own..." says the officer, as his infantry is turned to hamburger.
I love hamburger
@@hfffju7913 well, sack up and enlist. The Marine Corps and Army will give you a great chance to become hamburger.
kinda
Peaks twice and the ending is hardest
I love when thought goes into the music. 4:20 the drums begin the machine gun pattern, at the most intense part. The machine guns are raging, James is yelling, and the energy is incredible, you really feel the intensity of the situation.
Ong
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butterbean
Just noticed that you said that and realized that and haven't heard the rest
because at that moment... war goes from being something honorable, courageous, bold and celebrated - to its reality. Something cold, chaotic and terrifying. Those double bass flairs sounding like machine guns almost puts you right in the middle of the battle field, and the chords as such leave you feeling helpless, alone and vulnerable. This was a brilliant song with brilliant writing. To be honest, and say what you will about Metallica, but this is a masterpiece in so many ways.
4:54
Darkness imprisoning me
All that I see
Absolute horror
I cannot live
I cannot die
Trapped in myself
Body my holding cell
Landmine has taken my sight
taken my speech
taken my hearing
taken my arms
taken my legs
taken my soul
left me with life in hell
@@tommy_14 SOLO TIME HEHEHEEE🫠
Monochrome in a nutshell.
@@tommy_14 oh god please god nooooooooooooooo
@@chadneider9511 oh please god wake meeeeeeee
4:55 darkness imprisoning me
all that I see, absolute horror
@@scottcaramel i cannot live i cannot die
Trapped in myself
@@Onlyblack-o3rBody my holding cell
@@Onlyblack-o3rburning my holding cell
The youngins don't remember this but this was officially the 1st Metallica video on MTV. It debuted in a slot normally reserved for the Glam Metal scene and Metallica until then was making waves by word-of-mouth. Really was the only band in history at that time to go double Platinum without any radio airplay. Then this song debuts on MTV and it blew everyone away. After it debuted, Metallica was no longer an underground band.
This was pivotal.
It’s a work of art whilst portraying such a powerful message 💕
Definitely! Can’t say Metallica was an underground band though, I remember when “Ride The Lightning” came out and all through school it was a serious hit.
I remember
@@saint5ify where I live the big three were Metalilca, Pantera and Slayer. Everybody listened to them wore their shirts but still didn't hear them on any radio stations.
The double bass as morse code with the syncopated vocals as messages is such timeless musical genius
Lars Ulrich is truly a genius on the drums.
The double bass is supposupposed to symbolize gunshots
@@thomasolla7305 Gene Hoglan came up with this double bass pattern before, Lars just ripped him off
@@thedjentleman1662 it’s just a sextuplet though. That’s like saying anyone who plays double bass is a ripoff.
@@Nmdixon-cu7vm yes it's sextuplets, so what? He didn't rip off the sextuplets alone, he ripped off the whole thing, the duration of said sextuplets, the snare hit at the end and the beat's position with the riff as well as the interval between 2 beats
After really learning what this song was based off, the line "now the world is gone, I'm just one," really hits a lot harder
@fdggfh gfhgfgf I looked it up?
Please elaborate, I'm too lazy to do the research.
@@kevinvowles6052 the song is about a war vet who gets horribly injured. He legs and arms are blown off, he can't speak, hear, see, smell, nothing. The song is about how he's a prisoner inside his own body. He's lost the ability to tell if he's awake or asleep. He's only one, hence the name of the song.
@@metalben005 thanks, now I felt ambivalence for the fist time, as I'm happy for the quick response for this information and also saddened by its outcome.
@@kevinvowles6052 yup its a depressing song
My brother just showed this to me. And i think...I'm in love
Not a huge Metallica fan....but this is one of the hardest hitting songs of all times. The lyrics, music and video make this an absolute emotional masterpiece.
That’s means Metallica greatest… even the not fans accepts their greatness
Read the novel, "Johnny Got his Gun", which is the basis of this awesome metals ong.. it is a hauntingly beautiful peice of anti-war literature.
@@rionthemagnificent2971 I watched a video about the movie based on that book and it's so depressing. Losing the feeling of being alive, but not dying either.
See I'm not a heavy metal fan. Metallica is just different. Original. Great band
Frrr
Thank you Metallica for making people aware of what soldiers go through.. In my opinion. this is the greatest Metallica song. Incomparable..
Sad thing is... during ww1 this actually happened to a soldier... they kept him alive to see if they could, death would have been a kindness
@@turbulanceismname of the soldier?
@@lixerin it probably happened in many cases already
Yeah buddy..I wonder if James hetfield cried a few times wen watching this fukd up movie , bc it obviously made an impact , and inspired him to write one of the best songs ever made
@@lixerin I can't remember the soldier name, I tried to Google it but just kept coming up with the story the song is based off of
"He's a product of your profession not mine."- Good burn Padre.
you can check my verion guys on my channel.
@@baboonart , nie ma opcji w mojej sytuacji to Zróbmy to u mnie muszą być
@@katarzynaszmigiero807 nie rozumiem co masz na myśli 😂
And today, those professions work hand in hand together.
@Twaha Abdulrahman yay
Quite possibly the greatest song ever made?
''Landmine has taken my sight, taken my speech, taken my hearing, taken my arms, taken my legs, taken my soul, left me with life in hell.'' The lyrics are horrifying
Indeed..That what thrash metal are all about making things horrible
the book is even more horrifying...
@@veronicaballotta3496 which book?
@@drennantheviking8239 johnny get your gun
@@flux6829 thnx
other people talk how this song is sad and terrifying, but how come no one said it's nothing short of a pure masterpiece, from beginning to end
masterpiece indeed!
The 1980's was filled with musical masterpieces written and played by people that no one wanted anything to do with..... Iron Maiden, Metallica, Bonham..... man we had it MADE back then....
thus sing is un beliefeth unto thy power of demonic sourcery we shall prevail in the optical illusions thy present to they
@@marshallv4517 Drunk texting again, Carl?
marshall v stronk
I'm not a fan of Metallica or even a fan of Metal but this song is a masterpiece. It is musically complex, it's progressive and has elements of classical music, its melodic and rhythmic and it takes you for a ride. The opening riff is beautiful but eludes to something sinister hidden and builds to all out war. The lyrical content is powerful and controversial, it's horrific and forces you to think about many topics we try to avoid. I first saw this video as a kid on MTV and it terrified me. Later as a teenager it intrigued me and now as 38 year old man, I respect it as fine art. Its possibly the most memorable and thought provoking song of my childhood.
If you haven't listened to this entire album start to finish you are missing out
it is.
J G that was fantastic.
+JG, You should become a fan of Thrash/Speed/Death/Melodic Death metal if you appreciate the intricity of classical because if you unplug most metal, but especially those sub-genres, and you have knowledge of classical, you can actually name a composer that had they lived today would most likely be responsible for the lead guitar. In fact, the leads from just about any of the bands from these genres, if listened to unplugged, would sound very much like 3rd year classical guitar prodigies from any of the top 3 schools on earth. Don't take my word, type any of those subs into your search bar and randomly pic some bands and start listening.
@JG: Great comment. (Btw, it's allude, not elude.)
To me the thing I most appreciate about these guys: rhythm.
It's sad and scary to think that there were soldiers who went through this, this is one of my favorite songs of all time and the meaning behind it is one of the reasons
I agree, hell I'm a younger army veteran (28), and was deployed to Afghanistan in 08 and it was pretty bad, but I can't even imagine how horrible it must've been for the older veterans in the Vietnam era and the world wars. For all you older vets, I salute you all, you're the true badasses out there. lol
KitariFox I thank you for your service, and definatly, those guys are the true heroes and badasses, they went to the very depths of hell and back
KitariFox thank you for your service sir
Roberto Castr
In 1989 Metallica released the song 'One' and used clips from the 'Johnny Got His Gun' a 1971 American drama film written and directed by Dalton Trumbo based on his 1939 novel of the same name. Joe Bonham, a young American soldier hit by an artillery shell during World War I, lies in a hospital bed. He is a quadruple amputee who has also lost his eyes, ears, mouth and nose. He remains conscious and able to reason, but his wounds render him a prisoner in his own body. As he drifts between reality and fantasy, he remembers his old life with his family and girlfriend. He also forms a bond of sorts with a young nurse who senses his plight. Eventually, Joe tries to communicate with his doctors via Morse code by tapping his head, saying "help". He wishes for the Army to put him in a glass coffin in a freak show as a demonstration of the horrors of war. When told that his wish may be impossible to grant, he responds begging to be euthanized, repeatedly saying "kill me". He ultimately realizes that the Army cannot grant either wish, and will leave him in a state of living death. His sympathetic nurse attempts to euthanize him by clamping his breathing tube, but her supervisor stops her before Joe can succumb. Joe realizes that he will never be released from his state of entrapment and he is left alone, weakly chanting, "S.O.S. Help me."
Yes. This song was composed in November 1987 but not released until 1989. At least that’s what a Google search said
It’s awful!
Спасибо, я знал очём песня, но то, что вы повествовали раскрылр больше смысла этой песни. Спасибо.
When I was young, I wanted nothing more than to be an Air Force officer, and they wanted me badly. My test scores were incredible in everything they wanted, but in the end, I let my family's wishes keep me from doing it.
One thing I'll never forget though, is talking to an active duty Green Beret Captain, who had served in Vietnam. And he told me about two such young men as this coming back from. I think, WW2. (My father was a veteran of WW2 and Korea).
One solace of not being an Air Force officer i still have is that no boys were or ever will face such horror because of any decisions of mine.
Jesus Christ 🫡😔🫡
My dad had some of his brains blown out in Vietnam and a metal plate in his head. Mom left when I was 10, she was a nurse.
I used to listen to him cry regularly about all the men he saw slaughtered and having to pick up their body parts weeping because he didn’t know whose finger, whose arm, whose brain pieces to put in which bag to send home to the families.
He cried ALL THE TIME
He was drafted at 19 years old and paying his own way through college. I love this song and it helps because there are not a lot of people to talk to and they really don’t care.
🥲
I think you, me, and a lot of people, are touched by music like this and the comfort it brings us knowing we are not the only ones who suffer throughout our lives.
Yes, I should seek community with more people who have similar experiences that I can talk to.
There are people out there who care, I promise. You want find care in your average Joe though
Your dad and mum are true heroes. Thank you! What your dad had to do as part of his military service, he did it with dignity and a humane ethic. Praise your dad for trying to bring peace to some of the families enflicted by the cruelty of war :-) Thank you for sharing this post with us.
I spent a lot of time behind the M2 .50 and the M240 7.62mm machine guns and we're trained to fire in short, 6-8 round bursts for accuracy...and every single time I fired one of them that specific riff was playing along in my head, I shit you not. perfect in every way
This isn’t a song. This is a message and has meaning. Greatest masterpiece ever written
Steady on mate
I agree with you a lot. Its not just a song. Its even more than this. (Im french sorry for grammaticals errors)
most if not all songs have messages and meanings
❤
@@AspenstorpemusicThis is one of the songs of all time
1:06 As a kid and now as a young adult, This transition still makes me physically freeze & rot to the very core. Just from watching this music video and eventually the movie itself. Joe's far far away, thinking of his loved one Running through the wet storm cold and terrified. Diving into the hole where the mortar lands. Covering his ears to brace for impact. But the screeches grow more audible as life flashes before his eyes..
*Any man in that situation would hope to dear god to end it all...*
I can always count on Metallica to give me new found feelings.. ✌️
i cant remember anything
What movie is that from?
@all hope is gone thanks
@@UberAV What is the movie?
@@Meloncholymadness Johnny Got His Gun
Its crazy we just liked this music as teens but as adults it resonates deeply enough to make you cry.
REAL
Omg is thiis real. im 41
Agree
When you're able to feel the music and the words
Agree from South Korea
One of the greatest music videos. Powerful
I'm not a metal guy but this songs a masterpiece
What do you typically listen to? (I am not attacking you I am just genuinely curious)
@@Alaskan-Armadillo now I'm old and with streaming anything, but my roots are more alt-rock and hip-hop always loved Dylan and some other classics.
Bro listen to sober by tool I promise it will change ur life
@@lucah2416 ima give it a listen
+1
How people can say Enter Sandman is Metallica's best song when this exists is quite simply beyond me
completely agree. I've always believed, popular as it is, this song is criminally underrated. It's a true masterpiece, regardless of genre. I consider it one of the greatest songs ever written, that gives you everything in music you could possibly want. Beautiful melody, powerful drums and guitar, tempo and mood changes, speed, emotion, great impactful lyrics and a damn good vocal performance. And it's not just a simple piece of music thrown together, so there's some musical complexity to it. What else could you ask of one song?
Enter Sandman is amazing, but One is in a tier of its own.
Enter Sandman is an easy-to-like song than One for most people. And you know on the internet esp youtube, every song's comment section, there's always someone that will say "this is the best song ever"
It's a little too slow for me
REALL
Johnny Got His Gun is one of the most painful and potent books i've ever read, and this song truly does it justice.
Agreed..read that in high school with my history teacher and played the video for us to watch
He was an awesome teacher..him and his partner teacher who taught the english. Very smart people..college prep classes
I found it very difficult to read , I’ve seen my fair share of shit but dam that masterpiece had me an emotional wreck , to take that rare piece of literature and turn it into a completely different art form and still make it hit home as hard is something truly incredible. You don’t just hear this masterpiece you feel every bit of it in your soul .
Propaganda marxista. Mira como no escriben libros ni nada de los aliados q quedaron lisiados en la I y IIGM
we need to make every politician in power read this book, the same politicians who had no trouble sending so many people to die in Afghanistan and Iraq and every other war this country has fought
36yrs today !!!! Great song. Great video. Best riff chord ever !!!! Goosebumps !!!!
Wow today how awesome! Thanks for sharing 🎉
0:22 Doctor - "The cerebrum has suffered massive and irreparable damage"
0:28 Doctor - "I not been sure of this I would not have permitted him to live"
0:34 Joe - "Where am I? What happened?"
0:40 Young J - "What is democracy?"
Father - "It's got something to do with young men killing each other I believe
Young J - "But when It comes my turn, would you want me to go?"
Father - "For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son"
1:15 Doctor - " It is impossible for a decerebrated individual to experience pain, pleasure, memory, dreams, or thought of any kind. This young man will be as unfeeling as I'm thinking as the dead, until the day he joins them."
1:32 Joe - "I don't know whether I'm alive and dreaming or dead and remembering. How can you tell what's a dream and what's real when you can't even tell when you're awake and when you're asleep?"
2:21 Joe - " They just went ahead and chopped off everything. Oh God, please make them hear me. They won't listen, they won't hear me. IF YOU DON'T WAKE ME UP, I'LL BE LIKE THIS FOR YEARS!!! Hear meee..."
3:09 Joe - "I'm like a piece of meat that keeps on living..."
3:24 Joe - "It won't always be like this way. I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS, I CAN'T! PLEASE NO - I CAN'T - I CAN'T - HELP ME - SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME! MOTHER, WHERE ARE YA, HELP ME MOTHER I'M HAVING A NIGHTMARE AND I CAN'T WAKE UP!!"
4:00 Joe - "Me lying here like some freak in a carnival show."
Carnival guy - "HE IS THE ARMLESS, LEGLESS, WONDER of the 20th century."
4:24 Brit General - "Death has a dignity all it's known"
4:37 Joe - "Father, I need help. I'm in terrible trouble and I need help."
4:43 Father - "Don't you remember when you were little... How you and Bill Harper used to string a wire between the two houses so you can telegraph to each other. Still remember the morse code?
5:05 Guard - "It's Morse Code."
General - "Of What?"
Guard - "S.O.S. Help"
At this point, General tells the Guard to ask Joe what he wants. Joe says he wants out so that people can see what he is. He asks to be put at a carnival show. General declines. Joe says that if that if the general won't let people see him, he just asks to be killed. General dismissed the topic and asked what his name was.
5:23 General - "What's he saying now?"
Guard - "Just kill me, over and over again, kill me"
5:33 General - "Don't you have some message for him Padre?"
Priest - " He's the product of your profession, not mine"
6:05 Joe - "Kill me, I'm asking you to kill me" (Nurse tries to put him out of his misery) "Thank you"- Joe says (General catches nurse's doings, he let's her out)
6:23 Joe - "Pray for me please "
6:27 Father - "Each man faces death by himself, alone."
6:41 Joe - "Inside me, I'm screaming. Nobody pays any attention. If I had arms, I could kill myself. If I had legs, I could run away. If I had a voice ,I could talk and be some kind of company for myself. Why don't they get it over with and kill me? I could yield for help, but nobody would help me.
I've just got to do something. I don't see how I can go on like this."
7:07 Joe - S.O.S Help Me.
7:24 Keep the home fires burning
While your hearts are yearning
Though your lads are far away
They dream of home
Thanks
It’s sos for kill me not help me
@@heatheryancey5375 What now?
@@heatheryancey5375 SOS means help, not kill me
@@spectorshade I'm just curious. Didn't the doctor say he can't experience anything? But why cna the guy do morse code
"For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son." Such a powerful line. I love this song so much.
🌹
Same.
Gives me chills everytime lol
Makes ya think
@RobloxRobot - That line is from the movie Johnny Got His Gun (1971), not the song 'One', and from which all the non-Metalica clips in the video are from.
This song needs to be placed in a museum dedicated to the atrocity of war. Along with other pieces of timeless art, and film like Saving Private Ryan. And sealed for future generations.
and Johnny got his gun, the film whithin the video, one of the hardest movies I ever seen, and a masterpiece.
Platoon, We Were soldiers, Windtalkers..
Disposable Heroes as well. Speaks about the atrocities of war.
The guy and the boy don't help the legacy much.
Saving Private Ryan is not an anti-war film. It's not about the atrocities of war but about the triumph of defeating Nazis. At the end, the heroes won. At the end, all the battle was worth it, so it isn't about the atrocities of war.
One is a perfect song. But listening to it with the video makes it even more special & powerful.
The Stairway to Heaven of metal songs. Metallica crafted a damn masterpiece.
Jesse Burleson War Pigs*
Grand Theft Rondo what ?
@@NOS2IeX War Pigs is a song
Stairway to heaven is better but not as good as message so it’s a tie
Agree!!! 🤘🏻
As a kid I loved this song because it was metal. As a Veteran I love this song because it helps.
Thank you for everything you’ve done for our freedom sir! Your sacrifice is noble and known in my heart!
Thank you for your service. 🙂
@@marvinbeasley6346they have done 0 for freedom. In fact they took it away from others in a country across the ocean. This song is literally about how deranged war is. How can people hear and see the video for this song and still say bullshit like you wrote? Americans have to be some of the absolute dumbest people on earth.
Where You Deployed? or Just Stationed On Base? Either Way thanks for sacrificing your mental health
@@sadnap4966 Deployed to Iraq (Infantry 0311) during the 03' invasion.
*Can we bring this back? This feeling? This music? This vibe. The world needs more of this*
No we need more gangster mumble rap
@@ChickenJoe-tq6xdyou get no bitches.
@@ChickenJoe-tq6xd🤮
@@ChickenJoe-tq6xdno way 😣
@@ChickenJoe-tq6xd theres nothing musical about a basic beat made by a drum machine at 110BPM with lyrics like
"i just shit a pagani"
"i committed mass homicide against several iranian families"
"yeah"
"uh"
"i woke up in a new bugatti"
"i have 1093 girlfriends"
This song truly blew my mind when I was a kid. Realized how emotional music can be, set me down a path of appreciation for music
Best Metallica song in my opinion absolutely timeless
Correct
💯
Facts
No, The four horsemen is the best metallica song for all time. the real metallica
@@johan6772 how is this fake Metallica?
Lyrics:
I can't remember anything
Can't tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside I feel to scream
This terrible silence stops me
Now that the war is through with me
I'm waking up, I cannot see
That there is not much left of me
Nothing is real but pain now
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please, God, wake me
Back to the womb, that's much too real
In pumps life that I must feel
But can't look forward to reveal
Look to the time when I'll live
Fed through the tube that sticks in me
Just like a wartime novelty
Tied to machines that make me be
Cut this life off from me
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please, God, wake me
Now the world is gone, I'm just one
Oh God, help me
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please, God, help me
Darkness imprisoning me
All that I see
Absolute horror
I cannot live
I cannot die
Trapped in myself
Body my holding cell
Landmine has taken my sight
Taken my speech
Taken my hearing
Taken my arms
Taken my legs
Taken my soul
Left me with life in hell
Who asked?
@@ketaminekeith286 bitch what
@@ketaminekeith286 I did
Nobody needs the lyrics, we all know them off-by-heart
Alessandro Colpo. Nice fact there bud
Whether you like this Metallica song or not, "Johnny's got his Gun" is a fantastic dramatization of the horror of war.
Read it in jr high before this song. Wife and kids now wouldn't ever want to be thar kind of a burden on them.
Wouldn’t call it a dramatisation worse things happened
@@DjProfiK dramatization is in every single movie you have seen and will see. Movie = drama. Depiction maybe a better word.
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@@MSC1986 thank you. I'm out here everyday trying to get people to learn how to spell again.
I first heard this song and album when I was 12/13. I always had empathy for the character but now I actually know the horrors of war.
My friends dad and my friends brother have injuries and PTSD from what they did and saw.
I would never send my son to the battlefield but he would go if he was called up I’m sure.
I hope us women are grateful that we don’t HAVE to go.
Bro this song is a masterpiece
This song is timeless
Tumeless
Bro...this movie is too. If you haven’t seen it, watch it...man
@@stevestone1138 what’s it called?
@@febvan651 Johnny got his gun. Great Movie
"he is a product of your profession, not mine " .....chilling
Also ironic since that's the military man saying it. The war was what left him like this.
Pengalor the point being the military expects you to die in such situations, not live on and drain resources. It is well known that one of the most effective ways to destroy an enemy force isn’t by killing them but by critically wounding them to the point where they can no longer sustain a offense because of the efforts to help the wounded.
@@Pengalor He was an army priest.
@@Pengalor lol did you even pay attention
pay more attention, he was the army priest
Video quality : 480p
Music quality : ∞
This was posted in 2009, what you expect
nicodemo Scarfo it was recorded way before 2009.
Bass quality: non-existant
Mez Hossain they don’t need bass.
true sh1t !!!!!
One and the only one.
“He’s a product of your profession… not mine” that gave me chills
They definitely picked the right movie clips for this video.
@@Shootmaster44 the song is about the novel that the movie is based off
The sheer irony in the line is so horrifying.
@@shannoko That was the Chaplain saying that line to the Colonel or General who’s job was completely different..
LEON
4:03 even though he's unable to do anything, he still manages to headbang to this song. What a legend
Also if you noticed the drummer drums out kill me in Morse code
@@2aga05 lars put detail in it
This isn‘t for the song
@@BundeswehrEdits Its a joke
@@gavinrobinson2270 ok
“ He’s the product of your profession, Not mine”……. speechless. Right on padre.
It’s a great line. It’s sort of like a “don’t ask me. Figure it out yourself” moment. It’s perfect! 😂
Yes it is your profession
Its crazy how many people come back to this everyday... this song is masterpiece!
Yes, and that includes me! Such a classic!
R u a bot
@@JohnJohn-pj6xd 😑
I'm agree 100%
IN 78777AM 87
I was 18 years old when this came out. Metallica had said for years they'd never make a video. I remember I talked my Dad into getting cable back then because I had to see this video. MTV was the only way to see it.
Pretty wild to think about. My family got a tv in the early 70’s for the first time, but in a house of 7 kids you can imagine how well that went for everyone lol
I was just a bit younger. I don't even remember how I heard about Metallica making a video, but it was a big surprise for everyone since they had always said they weren't going to. Might as well make one of the best music videos for your first one!
The greatest metal video ever made
Isn’t it crazy how time flys
And then they wore "Guess" jeans. 😂
This song hits different these days...
Yeah, this and War Pigs.
I guess right now you can truly understand these songs.
@@Mikoai and deep purples child in time (the music video version)
Feel the same men... Hope the things get better
Fr
For me it hit different in '01
I still listening to this song no matter what year it is
I was not allowed to watch MTV growing up and I broke that rule every day so I could watch this video on the top 10 countdown. Metallica is singlehandedly responsible for introducing me to real music.
Lesley Logbeck I grew up in a religious family. I'd go to my friends and watch
Lesley Logbeck and not that stuped ( :) ) 8 year olds that Despacito music that people call music
Lesley Logbeck awesome I did the same thing MTV marth Quinn and metallica for ever
"Mother I'm having a nightmare and I can't wake up" That hit hard
Ive been listening to this song pretty much all my life and never catch up with that phrase. I read your commenT EXACTLY when the dude said it. Excuse my english
My mom passed away 12 years ago, and I still have dreams/nightmares with her in them and yeah....this line chills me when I hear it.
@@dadbodtee4987 My condolences
Have to do the echo “wake up, wake up.”
Yeah
This is the greatest piece of music ever written. Riffs, Story, Harmonies, Solos, Vocals, Drums, everything is perfect.
Except the bass
Friendly neighberhood Whale lol yeah
A masterpiece yeah... But the best piece of music that has ever been written... Naaa come on.
@@lrakerif4069 stairway to heaven
@@minatofrusciante2574 I would rank them equal. The best piece of music in my opinion is I got the... from labi siffre. But as it is from a complete different genre, the songs aren't quite comparable. To sum it all up a bit, I would consider one as one of the greatest songs ever written, including the storyline behind this masterpiece and its total composition.
Back when I was about 10 or 11, my mom showed me this video and it freaked me out for so long. Love Metallica now, tho 🤘
The most wonderfully written metal song ever... A great insight for the wounded, disabled people, like a slap for those warmongers.. It's such an amazing song that it can be listened by any kind of listener.
Darwaxion still listening.
if only some of those warmongers listened to this song, some wars might have been avoided.
Darwaxion not THE best but certainly amongst the best
GloryDouble7198 this is great.
Darwaxion
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The combination of this song and its music video... I've never felt such a range of emotions at once for a song in my life. Joy, Sorrow, Anger, Excitement... It brings tears to my eyes and adrenalin to my veins. F*** YEAH!! METALLICA!
“Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahyeahyeaaah”
- James Hetfield
I get a bit of embarrasent also looking at lars's tough guys face.
@@test-bu8sw Why does his tough guy face embarrasses you? 😂
AGREED 🤘
@@YavNe embarrased for him
31 years exactly...
January 22, 1989
Masterpiece of all times...
Dark and horrifying but great song
@@TheJMan5c I was in the MEPS center joining the military and this song was constantly playing on MTV as I waited for the bus to take me too basic training, great memories and will always remember this song.
@@DanielFlores-kq5is me too bro
The Lyrics If You Need:
[Spoken]:
'His cerebrum has suffered massive and irreparable damage.'
'He'll never know what has happened to him.'
'If I had not been sure of this, I would not have permitted him to live.'
Where am I?... Father?... What Happened... I need Help . . .
'What is democracy? what is democracy?'
'It's got something to do with young men killing each other, I believe.'
'When it comes my turn, will you want me to go?'
'For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son.'
'It is impossible for a de-cerebrated individual to experience pain, pleasure, memory, dreams
or thought of any kind. This young man will be as unfeeling, as unthinking as the dead, until the day he joins them'
I don't know whether I am alive and dreaming or dead and remembering
-How can you tell what's a dream and what's real when you can't even tell when you're awake and when you're asleep?-
-Where am I?-
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I can't remember anything
Can't tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside I feel the scream
This terrible silence stops me
Now that the war is through with me
I'm waking up, I cannot see
That there's not much left of me
Nothing is real but pain now
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please god wake me
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[Spoken]:
-They just went ahead and chopped off everything-
-Oh god...please make them hear me-
-They won't listen...They won't hear me-
-If you don't wake me up I'll be like this for years-
-Hear me-
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Back in the womb it's much to real
In pumps life that I must feel
But can't look forward to reveal
Look to the time when I live
Fed through the tube that sticks in me
Just like a war time novelty
Tied to machines that make me be
Cut this life off from me
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please god wake me
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[Spoken]:
-I'm just like a piece of meat, that keeps on living-
-It won't always be like this, will it?-
-I can't live like this....I...I can't....Please no, I ca...I can't... Help me, help me, please help me, mother, where are you? help me mother I'm having a nightmare and I can't wake up-
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Now the world is gone I'm just one
Oh god help me
Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please god help me
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[Spoken]
-Me, lying here, like some...freak, at a carnival show-
'He is the armless, legless, wonder, of the 20th century!'
'Death has a dignity, all it's own'
-Father, I need help...I'm in terrible trouble and I need help-
'Don't you remember when you were little, how you and Bill Harper used to string a wire between the two houses, so you could telegraph to each other? Still remember the Morse Code?'
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Darkness imprisoning me
All that I see absolute horror
I cannot live, I cannot die
Trapped in myself body my holding cell
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[Spoken]
'It's morse code'
'For what?'
'SOS........Help!'
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Landmine has taken my sight
Taken my speech, taken my hearing
Taken my arms, taken my legs
Taken my soul, left me with a life in hell
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[Spoken]
'What's he saying?'
'He said kill me. Over and over again. Kill me.'
-Oh god, please make them hear me-
'Don't YOU have some message for him, Padre?'
'He's a product of your profession...not mine.'
-Kill me. I am asking you to kill me-
-Thank you...-
-Pray for me, please-
-Father?-
'Each man faces death by himself. Alone.'
-Goodbye, father-
-Inside me, I am screaming, but nobody pays any attention.-
-If I had arms, I could kill myself. If I had legs, I could run away. If I had a voice, I could talk, and be some kind of company for myself.-
-Why don't they get it over with and kill me?-
-I could yell for help, but nobody would help me-
-I've just got to do something-
-I don't see how I could... go on like this.
-S..O..S...Help me....S..O..S...Help...me-
(partial song, fades out)
Keep the Home Fires Burning,
While your hearts are yearning,
Though your lads are far away
They dream of home.
There's a silver lining
Through the dark clouds shining,
Turn the dark cloud inside out
'Til the boys come home
The energy is so liberating. People who don't listen this type of music will never understand. This song had aged like wine, it only became better.
fr
Well said 🤘
For the good and for the bad. The sad thing is that the issues this song talks about, they're just getting worse and worse... Therefore I propose this song to be played when the Apocalypse starts ✊
I agree with you. 🤘
Metallica Rule the World ❤️
I remember Dancing 2 this in early '90 "s in the alternative disco! Went out of my plate!!!😅
For Democracy any man would give his only begotten son. Shit gives me chills
@Jekyll Won't Hide Democracy sucks tbh. Once u elect your leaders, you can't do shit if they fuck up.
@@ChessCat1500 as oppose to what other form of government where this isn’t a problem?
@@6paz6uzu6 I have a different solution. ANARCHY.
@@ChessCat1500 There's plenty you can do... Just don't get *caught* doing it. Did you ever see the beginning of Olympus Has Fallen? : )
Democracy is when two wolves and a sheep decide what to have for dinner.
Probably Metallica's finest song and performance. This was EPIC on so many levels
It's amazing what a few decades will do. At that time they lost some fans over that whole album & especially that song & video. "They sold out" was a very common reaction when their fans first saw/heard it but it definitely aged well. They gained far more fans than they had at the time over the next 5 yrs & even though they lost some more hardcore metal heads with the Black album they became a household name & made alot of people alot of $$$$
@@chrisstoecker7189 Well then, they had some SERIOUSLY ignorant "fans". (And yes I remember what you're talking about... it was pretty sick.) This was, and remains, the most important and meaningful song the band ever did, before or after.
Nothing else matters and The unforgiven are better.
@@davifalqueto2596 there just not though are they
@@davifalqueto2596 Great songs, but no... not even close to this one, I'm talking music, video (movie clips too), and IMPORTANCE. You can't get much more relevant and important than what WAR does to society and individuals.... soldiers and civilians alike.
Love It METAL
I relate this video to my father. He was almost cut in half on the USS ENTERPRISE while in the navy at age 19. He thought he was not gonna survive, then he was told he would eat, shit and piss out of a bag while in a wheelchair muchless have a family. He had to learn how to walk again after numerous surgeries but I am proof as his son (and my sister) that anything is possible. He struggles everyday but man I am so proud of him.
quite a story, god bless your family
god bless indeed 🙏 the kind of hero that are sadly going to be forgotten
I'm kinda curious what happened to inflict such an injury on him.
My best guess would be that during a landing an arrestor wire snapped and hit him.
God bless, well if your Christian. 😂😅🤣
Tell Him I Said Thank You For Your Service
I wrote my college senior thesis because of this song. A history of Blitzkrieg in the FIRST world war. The profound connection we can have with soldiers who died 100 years ago can be felt through this song.
The US involvement in WWI was a travesty and is responsible for the endless wars for the past 100 years.
id love to read it
Anyway you can post it for us?
The Blitzkrieg ("lightning war") was a tactic used in World War II. The trench warfare in World War I was the exact opposite of Blitzkrieg.
@@Heliophobos there was a “Blitzkreig” in the first WW, but not to the same success.