I was 16, the local record store opened at midnight to sell this album the second that it was released. I was in line with about 50 other people and this was in a small town with a total population of around 10,000. I bought the cd and raced to my friends house and he and his girlfriend came running out. We all sat in my truck and listened together for the first time . We listened to it several times and then wound up driving up into the mountains and watching the sun rise with this as the soundtrack. Great night and great memories...
I was 14 in 1986 and had never heard of Metallica. On the day Master of Puppets was released, I just happened to go in a record store with my dad and saw Master of Puppets on display. The artwork amazed me and I asked my dad if I could have it. Wow. My first introduction to heavy metal and I never looked back. Amazing band.
Wherever I may roam is my "funeral song". Metallica isn't even high on my list of favorite bands but that song has resonated with me since my first listen.
@Big Homie Steve The Metal Head woah, those are the 2 greatest songs ever written imo, nice to see someone else place them on a similar level...not saying you said what i said, but you obviously see the kinship between them the same way i do
This song really holds a special place in my heart. I learned how to play guitar by locking myself in my room and listening to Metallica spending hundreds of hours working things out by ear because we were too poor to buy those tabliture books and as I'm sure you know back in the 90s tabs online were never reliable. Anyway this was the first time I really got stumped trying to play a song. It was the opening riff and I remember it to this day I was 11 years old and I remember my mother coming in during my frustration and telling me just before I was about to give up "slow it down and dont come out till you got it" sounds harsh but it was exactly what I needed to hear. So yeah thank you for bringing this song up. It really is the Moonlight Sonata of Metallica.
The orchestra was much more prominent in the original recording but gradually got turned down more and nore during mixing the album. There is what Lars calls the Muzak version that exists sounds just like the s&m version
Believe I was a Junior in high school when this album came out. I remember my friend bought the cd and him having it on repeat in his car. Great times.
@@a_a_orlov i was a little kid probably sitting in my bedroom listening to the black album record I got from my parents. Their mistake. It drove m crazy. Played the record over and over. 5 years later I saw m live for the first time in Utrecht, the Netherlands during their Cunning stunts tour. Something you wont easily forget. My favorite song on the album still to this day is the god that failed
@@gerritgreveling I made my Mom buy me the Master of Puppets Tape when I was 6, And Justice for All Tape when I was 9, and then I remember going with my older Brother all the Time to the Record Store seeing if the Black Album had been released yet. 🤘🏻
@@Len_M. sorry, kinda busy day today. Finally home. I was ten when the black album came out. My parents listened to the earlier rock dinosaurs like led zep. Discovered the earlier Metallica recordings a few months later. Suddenly they loved the black album 🤣🤣🤣 the memory remains
When this song came out, I shit myself. Not because of the quality of the track, mind you, but because I was 4 months & 8 days old, so that was kinda my whole M.O. at the time.
This was the first Metallica song I was allowed to listen to as a kid, it actually made my mom start liking them. Year's later I used this song as part of my wedding too, a few more significant part's of my life I'll always think of attached to this one as well, like learning why I liked or connected with this type of music when someone used this song to show me that song's are more than just sounds. I guess what I'm saying is that I won't actually be dead unless this is played at my funeral someday. Definitely a mind melter.
Happy to see Metallica on here, though today happens to be the 35th anniversary of the release of the Master of Puppets album, would have been great to see you analyze a song from that album, perhaps the title track or the instrumental, Orion. Maybe next time!
I knew the second I started the video I was going to be irrationally mad when you stopped the song mid-stream. I'm glad you felt the same difficulty and acknowledged it. haha
I was 19 in Takapuna Auckland NZ. Outside the record shop waiting for it to open. I bought it on tape, put it in the car stereo and threw it out the window halfway through the first song. I've never listened to that album all the way through in one sitting and I didn't listen to another Metallica record all the way through until Death Magnetic. Having said that, as I've got older I have started to warm to this song!
This song is one of their greats. I remember reading that James didn't intend for this to be a Metallica song. He was playing and singing to himself and Lars overheard him and convinced him to expose the group to it. Bob Rock also played a huge part on this album and it's differing sound from the others. I was born the day Master of Puppets came out(today), but the Black Album is still my favorite albums of all time.
This album changed my entire life in high school. This brought my parents into heavy music - it brought heavy metal into a lot of people's lives. Hate on it all you want, call it weak or commercialized, but it made metal accessible to the entire world. This is the album that opened the door for countless metal musicians. And nothing else matters.
Grew up listening to Classical. 1st time hearing this I was a 1st time Mom of a new born. Metallica became my jams! Was over the moon when they did the S&M Album!
Amazing to see the emotions when you comment. It is truly a special song to many people. I feel lucky I could see them live in Germany in 2007. What a wwonderfull eperience.
🤘❤️ METALLICA 💓🤘 I kept asking for Metallica and you delivered 😎 Michael Kamen (RIP) arranged the springs section. This and "Anesthesia" are the only 2 Metallica album tracks that Kirk did not play on. James played all his parts on this track, not just the solo. Please react and breakdown some of their more obscure stuff, which other reaction channels won't touch, such as Slither, Minus Human, Fixxxer, etc 🤘 Ps Happy 35th Birthday to Master of Puppets today 😂
The Orchestra was arranged by Michael Kamen. He was surprised by how little the orchestra was present in the final song, and he asked them about it. The showed him the "elevator version" of Nothing Else Matters, with full orchestra, and then they listened to the final cut. All agreed the final cut was better. The Elevator Version is somewhere around RUclips, you can look it up. It's beautiful, but amazingly, the less was the better.
Let’s face it what Bob Rock did with and for Metallica was so huge for their careers. Severely underrated album from Metallica. Watching the creation of this album on a year and a half in the life of Metallica was truly magical. This album has everything musically that people “missed” with the old stuff. The harmonizing solos and some kick ass bass all are on this album! My favorite band of all time. Happy to see a review of them here. Your channel kicks ass man!
When the album came out in August of 1991 the record store opened at midnight on release day and I was the first one in. This classic song, 25 years later, would be the song I danced to with my oldest daughter at her wedding.
Excellent video and I appreciate your take on this magnificent song! I was 21 years old when this album was released, living and working in the Atlanta, GA area at the time and working as a bartender. Metallica booked a show in Atlanta that sold out so fast that they added a second one the following night and I had the privilege of attending BOTH!!, They had no opening act, played right at three hours straight and just absolutely killed it both nights. I was tripping on acid the first night, went all by myself and chose a seat way in the back as far as I could get from the stage (and other people!) and I absolutely had the time of my life dude…such fond memories! I saw them most recently in Charlotte, NC back in 2018 and they still freaking kill it live!
One of the many gifts of your channel - there are no other metal fans in my family. Watching the love and admiration you have for Metallica come across to me like talking about a cherished memory with someone from my family. Thank you so much for putting such thought and heart into these videos!!
I was 25, had two little kids aged 7 and 4, was married to my first husband, worked at a small electronics manufacturing company doing R & D assembly for the engineers, hanging out with my best friend Sue (she died from cancer almost 2 years ago, at the end of this month), and things were pretty good- till they weren't, later that year. But I got the CD when it came out, and I loved it. The two stand-out CDs that came out that year that I still listen to are the Black album, and Roll the Bones by Rush. A lot has happened since then in my life, but music is always there for me- it's why I got a treble clef tattoo between my shoulder blades- a symbol of that one constant in my life, no matter what else happens- as I recovered from being homeless and losing everything during my second divorce while also fighting crippling nerve damage following 6 back surgeries, disability, and chronic pain at the end of 2002. My memories from 1991 are generally good ones, and I've learned to let go of the bad ones as I've gotten older. It's easier now to let them go faster, since what I find important has changed a great deal over time- losing one life and moving into another in which I've chosen to be a genuinely happy person helped give perspective, and choosing music that has meaning to me will always help me to recall the good memories, and reinforce the lessons I've learned from the bad.
Myself and two other friends heard this album when it first came out. We played it so many time that summer. As young kids we lived life balls out and had so much fun that year. Shortly after school started I moved and ended up going to another school. I received a call from one of those guys to let me know other passed away. At his funeral they played this very song. To this day when I hear this song it reminds me of my youth and a lost friend, however myself and the other friend have remained best of friends. We are more brothers than friends. The Black album and this song in particular make a considerable contribution to the soundtrack of my life like so many others. But this one shuts me down and takes me back in a way like no other.
Was sheltered from hearing anything but pop or country for a long time. First heard this song at 15 or 16 years old. My step dad at the time was a big fan of rock, metal, punk, etc. He had Metallica's "S&M" concert on DVD. I couldn't believe how much I loved it! My brother and I would watch it over and over again. We became instant fans of Metallica, which was the gateway into everything music related from that point on. So thankful for our late pal Steve, thanks for introducing us to real music 🙏
to answer your question in the title, i wasn't born for 7 more years i'm afraid XD but this music is timeless. metallica's been my favourite band for about 6 years at this point, and i think this song was probably one of the first i must've heard when i first discovered the band. i feel so lucky to have been able to catch them live in 2017, and they performed nothing else matters at my show. it was such an emotional moment. love your vids and how in-depth you go with your analyses- it's really entertaining to watch/listen to!
I was in the black album hate team but man, when time passes, you see how good this album is, top notch quality production and music!!! That drums sound so huge!
I was 6 months old. My mum loves Metallica. So I'd be on her most likely in the living room enjoying my little noggin off! Also seen them many times with her. Concert and festival 💗
Mid 90s my sister hands me this on a car ride to visit family in another state and I listen to it over and over. When I went to the store near my relatives I bought ride the lightning and master of puppets to have more to listen to on the way back.
I was a hip-hop, R&B, boy band kid in the 90s, but this is one of the few songs I enjoyed.. still enjoy. I was not a hard rock person.. but its one if those songs...
1991, I was 10 and discovered my brother's cd/tape collection of Metallica and I was hooked for life. This was the first song I learned on guitar, I only had the tablature and I self-thought myself how to play guitar on this song. I wanted to make those sounds myself so bad I remembered nothing but positive from this period. I didn't care about learning anything but the things I wanted, no chords, notes, nope! Just the cherry lane book, so I also learned how to play their mistakes. The tabs were in a foreign language, with no internet, nobody to ask for help, nothing but my drive within me. so I had no idea what distortion, palm muting, etc was for ages, somehow I figured it out and I owe this song everything. in 94 I bought my first guitar (I had borrowed a horrible guitar till then), I worked all summer as a 13yr old making enough to import the first kh2 to my country, it was about 2000usd back then. So my playing took off when playing a proper guitar. It took 20 hours changing strings, I had no idea what I was doing, a common thread in my musician life, I just wanted to make those sounds myself. I have to say that I struggled with writing this in a coherent matter, I just started to remember all the wonderful things from discovering music at the age of 10 on my own, with no incentive whatsoever. btw I am currently high on memories, so my writing is just train of thoughts, no editing. I still just play for the enjoyment, nothing more, no band, just a friend to jam with. Cheers.
This song has saved me from quite a few anxiety attacks.. the beginning is just so calming and singing along with it- trying to hold those notes- helps me to control my breathing.
I had heard it so much growing up, it wasnt until i was about 18 when i really felt this song deep within me. Ive been struggling with depression since 12, but hitting adulthood and graduating highschool put me into a pit of dispair. I had only ever had one tangible goal in my life, to graduate and be done with school. Like i mentioned before, this song really helped with my anxiety, especially the vocals. This song gives me so much comfort within myself and brings me back down to earth. Thank you so much for these videos man, seriously the way you express yourself and how we as listeners experience music is so amazing.
I absolutely love this band, one of my favorites. Did several school projects on them. This song is a beautiful piece that just makes me want to grab a lighter and sway with the melody and get lost in the words. I feel that this song has a huge life lesson that, in a world full of internet drama over the pandemic, politics, and celebrities, we all need to be reminded of. Its a song about caring for others, especially those closest to you. What matters is what brings you together. You should not let the others bother you. Live and let live. "Life is ours, we live it our way" When you have the chance please do either The garden of earthly delights Or Theatre of war Both by apocalypse orchestra.
The first time I heard this I was about 7. I had heard enter sandman because of mtv and my sister gave me the album on tape for my first album. I listened to it every day on the bus ride to school and back for quite some time. It was a very defining moment in my life because it gave music a very strong foothold in my life. Cheers!
So glad I found your channel, your recent stoner rock/metal videos came up in my recommended and now I am binging on your videos. This will be my first comment. This is definitely a life song. This is a song my 19 year old daughter and myself share. I can't wait to watch more videos and be able to suggest some new bands in the future.
back in highschool this song was big... well the whole album was the thing that every metal head were talking about! i remember the older ones not being impressed with it, but deep down, yeah! we knew they liked it! back then i was not always happy with school and other stuff but now i feel nostalgia for those days everytime i hear these songs! isn't life weird? anyway thank you and be safe! aaawright!
First time i ever listened to Metallica was Fight fire with fire. As soon as the first chords came in, I was blown away. Heaviest i had heard until then was Iron Maiden and Metallica opened a whole new world to me. When Master of Puppets came out, Damage Inc, Welcome home, The thing that should not be, I mean I heard this album for one year straight on a daily basis. Thanks for this video, even though many say this was the beginning of the end of the old Metallica you can always hear Metallica there.
I loved the comment about James voice. I love the power of metal, but the growling/screaming of most bands is a deal-breaker. James voice with their music works perfectly.
This is the song that eventually got me into metal. My big brother borrowed the Black Album from a friend, and I listened to it, going from Nothing Else Matters to a bit heavier, like The Unforgiven, and then to 'Wherever I May Roam" - and suddenly I was listening to "Holier Than Thou" and "Struggle Within". It made me buy more Metallica albums and BAM I was hooked, going down the Pantera/Machine head/Fear Factory hole. Now one of my most favorite bands ever is The Dillinger Escape Plan. All thanks to "Nothing Else Matters": Kinda crazy.
First music I learned on guitar, alone with some tabs... Played slowly the whole intro in 1 day full of improvised techniques... It opened me so many doors
Where I was when this first came out? I was not even a thought yet, I'm 27. 😆 I grew up with parents with great taste in music, though. So I grew up listening to Queen, Dire Straits, Phil Collins, Metallica, Sting and tons of other great singers and bands from that time... So these songs are very nostalgic to me more than I associate them with a certain part of my life.
I'm just on a string of watching your videos - they are so cool to experience. I'm the definition of a "pure listener" because I'm not only completely aloof to the musical wizardry, but I'm not even very artistic in general! From a compositional aspect, I don't know how deep the song is, but from a soulful aspect, I would love to hear you react to Chris Stapleton's "Whisky and You." He has other vocal performances that are insane, like "Sometimes I Cry," but I think that "Whisky and You" would be interesting to better for a pure listener to understand because it isn't his most amazing vocal display. It's just a somber soul-wrencher.
I was 17 when this came out. Already into Metallica from MOP and Justice, already hooked. I got a ride to my local record store and bought the CD and listened to it with the lyric booklet open as was my ritual back then. Like you said I can remember where I was and how I felt listening to this album for the first time. When Justice came out I remember riding with my older friends from school blaring it out of his convertible with the top down driving the back roads in the sticks during that summer. They will always be one of my favorites. Been lucky enough to see them 9 times in concert. Made it my whole purpose to see bands I loved every time they were within a reasonable drive. Music saved me and has always been a special escape. Especially Metallica, and I feel the same about James. He's like a kindred spirit to me.
No matter what the common opinion about Lars’ drumming is, the SOUND of the drums and the fills he does in this song here is what makes my face melt. Part of my soundtrack of life as well, along with some other tracks of the black album.
The arrangement was done by Michael Kamen, who happens to also be the one who did the arrangement for comfortably numb. I was 17 hanging out on one of the piers of seaside heights, nj, and sad but true and this song played on one of the rides there.
I honestly don't remember the first time I heard this song, but I remember learning to play it at about 12 or 13 years old. I was just really struck with how simple but effective it is. I honestly looked at my guitar instructor kind of confused when he said that those first 6 notes were all open strings (6, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3). Really enjoyable to play, and really requires being in touch with an emotional calmness.
Band: Ok this is a dynamic song, with soft parts and heavy parts and a build up and let down structure Lars: Hit as hard as I can the entire time? Got it.
Slept out for tickets for the Black Album tour. Still got kirks pic (Plectrum love that word).... Although I'm a bit of a purist, this album still rocks. Can't deny that. And James's lyrics (as always) are deep, heavy but with that silver lining. Underrated. Michael Kamen did a great job on the orchestration. Didn't know the band at all.... And James's solo, boy that Man's got some feel!
I was sailing as an engineer on USNS SPICA and picked up the album (CD) at the exchange on the Subic naval base in the Philippines right after it was released. Was awesome out in some of the the bars out in town that played Metallica.
This album is amazing! Not comparing it to Master of Puppets, they would be unfair, but it is such a staple. Such a beautiful song. Been binging your channel lately. Started with Tool breakdowns, then Mudvayne, now this. I appreciate the way you geek out.
My brother had just gotten home from basic training with the Marines. We walked several miles to the local mall and he bought this album. Shortly after is when they dropped the VID for Enter Sandman. It took some getting used to but, it's up there in the best of list. This seemed like a time that several "staple" metal bands came out with albums that pushed boundaries from where they had come from. I think this is when Metallica truly hit the ground running. Still an In Justice for ALL fan. My favorite album. However, the production really took it somewhere new.
First time I remember hearing that song was in 1997 when I was 5 at a family friends funeral, they played it after the viewing as the coffin was being carried out
I was 12, staying up late (as per usual), watching Headbangers Ball on MTV on Saturday (and playing video games). Thought it was odd that a ballad like this would be on the show, but it was Metallica, so who cared, they could do no wrong (at that point). Already had the cassette (...and had almost played it to the point of breaking lol), so a light song didn't surprise me. Metallica was my first concert (even though James had to stop to cuss at everyone for tearing up and throwing sod at the new amphitheater they were playing), parents let me choose a show for my 15th bday (which started my life-long obsession with concerts, in my 20's you may as well as listed my home address as a concert venue), also my first foray into metal as a kid, doesn't matter how long it's been since I've heard a track from them (pre-Damage, Inc.) that I immediately remember every note and lyric for it, probably has to do with falling asleep constantly with one of their albums playing lol.
That guitar solo and the drum build up leading into it is probably one of my favorite pieces of music I've ever listened to. Has to be at least top 5 for me. Goosebumps every time even after listening to this song my whole life.
I was 15. I was living in Monaco, my friend just got MTV, the first week-end he got the channel they planned the Metallica week-end. We were in front of tv, eyes wide open, amazed by the songs. I just started playing guitar and i worked so hard to learn this song. It’s been the first song that i taught my son when hé started guitar two weeks ago. This song means more to me than any other song. My mom could tell when i was sad, happy or mad, playing that song. This song is my go to when i need a « home » song.
There were times where a special simplicity was so tasteful. The rawness of stuff... The errors or the "misses"... That's why I really love live concerts
I love this song ... you hear it once and it sticks in your head and gives you goosebumps ! And I always have to sing along... 🖤🤘🏻 I was 11 years when it's came out, listen to Metal since this age.
Metallica was the soundtrack of my pre-teen and high school years. They were the first band I ever remember really getting into (got my dad to thank). If you love the strings you should check out their S & M (Symphony & Metallica) album. Michael Kamen, who did the arrangements here, added an entire symphonic arrangement for a whole live show
I was 24. Started listening to them in 1984 while in high school. Loved them. At the time, nothing else was like them 😊. Saw them a few years ago and couldn’t believe they still play hard and fast with virtually no breaks for 2+ hours.
I was in high school, and I lived near the beach. This reminds me of driving to the beach with a pile of surfboards tied to the roof, shooting pool in my buddies garage, and enjoying my last summer of high school (it was one of the best summers for me). I can't believe that all happened 30 years ago (or so). Love your channel Old Composer: thanks for talking to all of us listeners.
I have no idea where I was, I was only 6 years old. It´s like my musical hard drive already came with this song incorporated. Timeless classic and also for me a soundtrack of life in more than one moment. Great reaction as always, your´re the man.
I remember hearing this song for the first time a few years ago when I was first getting into rock. It was on my phone as I shared an account with my dad and he had this song downloaded. I was on a trip with my church and we were stopped outside of a store at night for a break. I had been listening to music and out of curiosity I listened to this song. I wasn't familiar with the group either. It hooked me in and it was so beautiful and enriching to my ears that it felt like a warm blanket wrapped around me. By the time the solo part had ended and it was closing out, I was so entranced by such musicality. About 4 years later, here I am recently having listened to the whole album for the first time and wow such a cool album in general. Definitely takes me back 💕
This takes me back to sitting in my room listen to music with my pals. Metallica is one of my favorite live shows, goosebumps. Another group that gives me goosebumps everytime I hear them is Flogging Molly, especially Float and Us of Lesser Gods.
I was 13 and was in my 2nd year of high school. I remember seeing the music video for this tune and was taken away when I first heard. I'm a musician and an avid listener, so when I bought the album and played it through my headphones, the dynamics blew me away. My father was a creative director in advertising, as well as a musician and he was just as impressed. I got my ear for music from him. He passed away last year from Covid and finding your channel has reminded me of the countless times we'd sit and talk music. Thanks again !
I was born in 88' so i was a kid when this came out, first listened to it when i was 5 or 6 years old with my best friend at the time, this one and fade to black is my first metallica songs of that age, my first music memorry is Scorpion's Blackout a couple of months back. Anyway, gotta say ive been in that whole watching ppl react thing for over a year now and ive seen tonz of videos, you are definitely the best of them all. Seriously Sir, good job.
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I was 16, the local record store opened at midnight to sell this album the second that it was released. I was in line with about 50 other people and this was in a small town with a total population of around 10,000. I bought the cd and raced to my friends house and he and his girlfriend came running out. We all sat in my truck and listened together for the first time . We listened to it several times and then wound up driving up into the mountains and watching the sun rise with this as the soundtrack. Great night and great memories...
I was 14 in 1986 and had never heard of Metallica. On the day Master of Puppets was released, I just happened to go in a record store with my dad and saw Master of Puppets on display. The artwork amazed me and I asked my dad if I could have it. Wow. My first introduction to heavy metal and I never looked back. Amazing band.
I enjoyed the under-rated 'wherever i may roam' from that album
Wherever I May Roam live on the "S&M" album is probably my favourite metallica track
BRO! Me too!!!!!!
My favorite is the *completely* overlooked Of Wolf and Man (which also sounded *i n c r e d i b l e* on S&M)
Wherever I may roam is my "funeral song". Metallica isn't even high on my list of favorite bands but that song has resonated with me since my first listen.
Nothing is underrated with Metallica except the reload album
Another great choice from Metallica would be Fade to black. I would really appreciate it, because it’s an emotional track with Cliff on the bass.
@Big Homie Steve The Metal Head woah, those are the 2 greatest songs ever written imo, nice to see someone else place them on a similar level...not saying you said what i said, but you obviously see the kinship between them the same way i do
Fade to black, no leaf clover... It's so hard to pick stuff from them... With SF orchestra is a whole world of stuff itself
One of my favourites too. A beautiful piece.
This song really holds a special place in my heart. I learned how to play guitar by locking myself in my room and listening to Metallica spending hundreds of hours working things out by ear because we were too poor to buy those tabliture books and as I'm sure you know back in the 90s tabs online were never reliable. Anyway this was the first time I really got stumped trying to play a song. It was the opening riff and I remember it to this day I was 11 years old and I remember my mother coming in during my frustration and telling me just before I was about to give up "slow it down and dont come out till you got it" sounds harsh but it was exactly what I needed to hear. So yeah thank you for bringing this song up. It really is the Moonlight Sonata of Metallica.
Michael kamen does the orchestral arrangements for nothing else matters. Same Michael kamen from their S&M album.
God bless his soul
Yeah!! San Francisco symphony with Michael Kamen. This resulted in S&M performance by Metallica. Something worth exploring!!!!
The orchestra was much more prominent in the original recording but gradually got turned down more and nore during mixing the album. There is what Lars calls the Muzak version that exists sounds just like the s&m version
same m,k who did it for comfortably numb
Sophomore in high school, and this was the album that moved me from 80's glam rock to actual metal.
I suspect that would be a familiar story for a lot of people in high school when this came out?
Believe I was a Junior in high school when this album came out. I remember my friend bought the cd and him having it on repeat in his car. Great times.
Talkin about goosebumps. Saw m live more than once. 20.000 people singing along. That’s something
Sang this one with 70k in Moscow)))
@@a_a_orlov i was a little kid probably sitting in my bedroom listening to the black album record I got from my parents. Their mistake. It drove m crazy. Played the record over and over. 5 years later I saw m live for the first time in Utrecht, the Netherlands during their Cunning stunts tour. Something you wont easily forget. My favorite song on the album still to this day is the god that failed
@@gerritgreveling I made my Mom buy me the Master of Puppets Tape when I was 6, And Justice for All Tape when I was 9, and then I remember going with my older Brother all the Time to the Record Store seeing if the Black Album had been released yet. 🤘🏻
@@Len_M. sorry, kinda busy day today. Finally home. I was ten when the black album came out. My parents listened to the earlier rock dinosaurs like led zep. Discovered the earlier Metallica recordings a few months later. Suddenly they loved the black album 🤣🤣🤣 the memory remains
@@gerritgreveling It was Summer 91, right? I would of been 11, turning 12 in Dec. That was a great Year for Music.
The S&M version of this with the full orchestra is incredible.
When this song came out, I shit myself.
Not because of the quality of the track, mind you, but because I was 4 months & 8 days old, so that was kinda my whole M.O. at the time.
lol
I am glad I hit "read more"
This was the first Metallica song I was allowed to listen to as a kid, it actually made my mom start liking them. Year's later I used this song as part of my wedding too, a few more significant part's of my life I'll always think of attached to this one as well, like learning why I liked or connected with this type of music when someone used this song to show me that song's are more than just sounds. I guess what I'm saying is that I won't actually be dead unless this is played at my funeral someday. Definitely a mind melter.
This channel is addictive.
I'm gonna need a video for Death - Spirit Crusher. Need!
Crystal Mountain!
Symbolic!
tbh I'll go with any Death song right about now
Fade to Black also makes my face melt. A video on it would be highly appreciated!
Happy to see Metallica on here, though today happens to be the 35th anniversary of the release of the Master of Puppets album, would have been great to see you analyze a song from that album, perhaps the title track or the instrumental, Orion. Maybe next time!
Nah, react to Battery. Best song on that album.
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I think Orion would be a great choice!
I knew the second I started the video I was going to be irrationally mad when you stopped the song mid-stream. I'm glad you felt the same difficulty and acknowledged it. haha
I don't know where i was, but this was my first dance song at my wedding!
I was 3 when this came out lol
My fave Metallica is Welcome Home(sanitarium)
I was 19 in Takapuna Auckland NZ. Outside the record shop waiting for it to open.
I bought it on tape, put it in the car stereo and threw it out the window halfway through the first song.
I've never listened to that album all the way through in one sitting and I didn't listen to another Metallica record all the way through until Death Magnetic.
Having said that, as I've got older I have started to warm to this song!
This song is one of their greats. I remember reading that James didn't intend for this to be a Metallica song. He was playing and singing to himself and Lars overheard him and convinced him to expose the group to it. Bob Rock also played a huge part on this album and it's differing sound from the others. I was born the day Master of Puppets came out(today), but the Black Album is still my favorite albums of all time.
Happy birthday mate.
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday. Masters was awesome good date to celebrate both!
Thanks!
To answer the question of where I was when this first came out: my father's balls, didn't get out for another 3 years.
There's no place I'd rather be
@@sergiolazaromartinez491 in Krakencrotch's father balls?
@Krakencrotch, but where were you when you first heard it?
@@ehsanrahee7411 on mine
My dad got the nickname of Kraken during my teens due to his air of command and fear. Krakencrotch sounds like my origin story.
This album changed my entire life in high school. This brought my parents into heavy music - it brought heavy metal into a lot of people's lives. Hate on it all you want, call it weak or commercialized, but it made metal accessible to the entire world. This is the album that opened the door for countless metal musicians. And nothing else matters.
Grew up listening to Classical. 1st time hearing this I was a 1st time Mom of a new born. Metallica became my jams! Was over the moon when they did the S&M Album!
this is my 27 year old daughters wedding song! what a great wedding moment. love this song
My step-dad bought me the black album and a stereo back in the early 2000s. Been a huge fan ever since.
you can see the note hitting his emotion in his face ..greatest reaction
Fun fact: Nothing Else Matters and Comfortably Numb were both orchestrated by Michael Kamen.
Amazing to see the emotions when you comment. It is truly a special song to many people. I feel lucky I could see them live in Germany in 2007. What a wwonderfull eperience.
🤘❤️ METALLICA 💓🤘
I kept asking for Metallica and you delivered 😎
Michael Kamen (RIP) arranged the springs section.
This and "Anesthesia" are the only 2 Metallica album tracks that Kirk did not play on. James played all his parts on this track, not just the solo.
Please react and breakdown some of their more obscure stuff, which other reaction channels won't touch, such as Slither, Minus Human, Fixxxer, etc 🤘
Ps Happy 35th Birthday to Master of Puppets today 😂
The Orchestra was arranged by Michael Kamen.
He was surprised by how little the orchestra was present in the final song, and he asked them about it.
The showed him the "elevator version" of Nothing Else Matters, with full orchestra, and then they listened to the final cut.
All agreed the final cut was better.
The Elevator Version is somewhere around RUclips, you can look it up. It's beautiful, but amazingly, the less was the better.
I am Metallica Fan since 1986 and this love is forever and ever ! Greatings from germany ❤
Let’s face it what Bob Rock did with and for Metallica was so huge for their careers. Severely underrated album from Metallica. Watching the creation of this album on a year and a half in the life of Metallica was truly magical. This album has everything musically that people “missed” with the old stuff. The harmonizing solos and some kick ass bass all are on this album! My favorite band of all time. Happy to see a review of them here. Your channel kicks ass man!
When the album came out in August of 1991 the record store opened at midnight on release day and I was the first one in. This classic song, 25 years later, would be the song I danced to with my oldest daughter at her wedding.
Excellent video and I appreciate your take on this magnificent song! I was 21 years old when this album was released, living and working in the Atlanta, GA area at the time and working as a bartender. Metallica booked a show in Atlanta that sold out so fast that they added a second one the following night and I had the privilege of attending BOTH!!, They had no opening act, played right at three hours straight and just absolutely killed it both nights. I was tripping on acid the first night, went all by myself and chose a seat way in the back as far as I could get from the stage (and other people!) and I absolutely had the time of my life dude…such fond memories! I saw them most recently in Charlotte, NC back in 2018 and they still freaking kill it live!
One of the many gifts of your channel - there are no other metal fans in my family. Watching the love and admiration you have for Metallica come across to me like talking about a cherished memory with someone from my family. Thank you so much for putting such thought and heart into these videos!!
Wow, thank you!
I was 25, had two little kids aged 7 and 4, was married to my first husband, worked at a small electronics manufacturing company doing R & D assembly for the engineers, hanging out with my best friend Sue (she died from cancer almost 2 years ago, at the end of this month), and things were pretty good- till they weren't, later that year. But I got the CD when it came out, and I loved it. The two stand-out CDs that came out that year that I still listen to are the Black album, and Roll the Bones by Rush. A lot has happened since then in my life, but music is always there for me- it's why I got a treble clef tattoo between my shoulder blades- a symbol of that one constant in my life, no matter what else happens- as I recovered from being homeless and losing everything during my second divorce while also fighting crippling nerve damage following 6 back surgeries, disability, and chronic pain at the end of 2002. My memories from 1991 are generally good ones, and I've learned to let go of the bad ones as I've gotten older. It's easier now to let them go faster, since what I find important has changed a great deal over time- losing one life and moving into another in which I've chosen to be a genuinely happy person helped give perspective, and choosing music that has meaning to me will always help me to recall the good memories, and reinforce the lessons I've learned from the bad.
Myself and two other friends heard this album when it first came out. We played it so many time that summer. As young kids we lived life balls out and had so much fun that year. Shortly after school started I moved and ended up going to another school. I received a call from one of those guys to let me know other passed away. At his funeral they played this very song. To this day when I hear this song it reminds me of my youth and a lost friend, however myself and the other friend have remained best of friends. We are more brothers than friends. The Black album and this song in particular make a considerable contribution to the soundtrack of my life like so many others. But this one shuts me down and takes me back in a way like no other.
Was sheltered from hearing anything but pop or country for a long time. First heard this song at 15 or 16 years old. My step dad at the time was a big fan of rock, metal, punk, etc. He had Metallica's "S&M" concert on DVD. I couldn't believe how much I loved it! My brother and I would watch it over and over again. We became instant fans of Metallica, which was the gateway into everything music related from that point on. So thankful for our late pal Steve, thanks for introducing us to real music 🙏
to answer your question in the title, i wasn't born for 7 more years i'm afraid XD
but this music is timeless. metallica's been my favourite band for about 6 years at this point, and i think this song was probably one of the first i must've heard when i first discovered the band. i feel so lucky to have been able to catch them live in 2017, and they performed nothing else matters at my show. it was such an emotional moment.
love your vids and how in-depth you go with your analyses- it's really entertaining to watch/listen to!
I was in the black album hate team but man, when time passes, you see how good this album is, top notch quality production and music!!! That drums sound so huge!
Woohoo! - Keep it up Key of Geebz! - Happy birthday to their album, Master of Puppets! 35 years today smh
I was 6 months old. My mum loves Metallica. So I'd be on her most likely in the living room enjoying my little noggin off! Also seen them many times with her. Concert and festival 💗
Mid 90s my sister hands me this on a car ride to visit family in another state and I listen to it over and over. When I went to the store near my relatives I bought ride the lightning and master of puppets to have more to listen to on the way back.
This song is so incredibly emotive. Powerful
I literally cannot get enough of this channel… I’m going on like 6 hours right now
I was a hip-hop, R&B, boy band kid in the 90s, but this is one of the few songs I enjoyed.. still enjoy. I was not a hard rock person.. but its one if those songs...
This song will forever be in the "legendary song" category along with Stairway to Heaven, House of the Rising Sun etc. A true classic.
1991, I was 10 and discovered my brother's cd/tape collection of Metallica and I was hooked for life. This was the first song I learned on guitar, I only had the tablature and I self-thought myself how to play guitar on this song. I wanted to make those sounds myself so bad I remembered nothing but positive from this period. I didn't care about learning anything but the things I wanted, no chords, notes, nope! Just the cherry lane book, so I also learned how to play their mistakes.
The tabs were in a foreign language, with no internet, nobody to ask for help, nothing but my drive within me.
so I had no idea what distortion, palm muting, etc was for ages, somehow I figured it out and I owe this song everything.
in 94 I bought my first guitar (I had borrowed a horrible guitar till then), I worked all summer as a 13yr old making enough to import the first kh2 to my country, it was about 2000usd back then. So my playing took off when playing a proper guitar. It took 20 hours changing strings, I had no idea what I was doing, a common thread in my musician life, I just wanted to make those sounds myself.
I have to say that I struggled with writing this in a coherent matter, I just started to remember all the wonderful things from discovering music at the age of 10 on my own, with no incentive whatsoever.
btw I am currently high on memories, so my writing is just train of thoughts, no editing.
I still just play for the enjoyment, nothing more, no band, just a friend to jam with.
Cheers.
This song has saved me from quite a few anxiety attacks.. the beginning is just so calming and singing along with it- trying to hold those notes- helps me to control my breathing.
I had heard it so much growing up, it wasnt until i was about 18 when i really felt this song deep within me. Ive been struggling with depression since 12, but hitting adulthood and graduating highschool put me into a pit of dispair. I had only ever had one tangible goal in my life, to graduate and be done with school. Like i mentioned before, this song really helped with my anxiety, especially the vocals. This song gives me so much comfort within myself and brings me back down to earth. Thank you so much for these videos man, seriously the way you express yourself and how we as listeners experience music is so amazing.
I absolutely love this band, one of my favorites. Did several school projects on them. This song is a beautiful piece that just makes me want to grab a lighter and sway with the melody and get lost in the words. I feel that this song has a huge life lesson that, in a world full of internet drama over the pandemic, politics, and celebrities, we all need to be reminded of. Its a song about caring for others, especially those closest to you. What matters is what brings you together. You should not let the others bother you. Live and let live. "Life is ours, we live it our way"
When you have the chance please do either
The garden of earthly delights
Or
Theatre of war
Both by apocalypse orchestra.
Beautiful song, beautiful decomposition. Thanks Geebz.
The first time I heard this I was about 7. I had heard enter sandman because of mtv and my sister gave me the album on tape for my first album. I listened to it every day on the bus ride to school and back for quite some time. It was a very defining moment in my life because it gave music a very strong foothold in my life. Cheers!
I believe I was in my first year of high school, 91'/92'. Great album, Fade to Black from the Ride the Lightning album is my personal favorite.
So glad I found your channel, your recent stoner rock/metal videos came up in my recommended and now I am binging on your videos. This will be my first comment. This is definitely a life song. This is a song my 19 year old daughter and myself share. I can't wait to watch more videos and be able to suggest some new bands in the future.
back in highschool this song was big... well the whole album was the thing that every metal head were talking about! i remember the older ones not being impressed with it, but deep down, yeah! we knew they liked it! back then i was not always happy with school and other stuff but now i feel nostalgia for those days everytime i hear these songs! isn't life weird? anyway thank you and be safe! aaawright!
First time i ever listened to Metallica was Fight fire with fire. As soon as the first chords came in, I was blown away. Heaviest i had heard until then was Iron Maiden and Metallica opened a whole new world to me. When Master of Puppets came out, Damage Inc, Welcome home, The thing that should not be, I mean I heard this album for one year straight on a daily basis. Thanks for this video, even though many say this was the beginning of the end of the old Metallica you can always hear Metallica there.
That Mesa-Boogie Mark IV hyper clean sound is the best! It was a magical time when this album and a few others came out.
Is that a ducky from land before time puppet in the background? I love that little guy. Yes I do. yep yep yep.
I loved the comment about James voice. I love the power of metal, but the growling/screaming of most bands is a deal-breaker. James voice with their music works perfectly.
Heard it on the radio, riding to a high school football game. Amazing!
Greatest band ever. They bridged the gap between punk and metal.
This is the song that eventually got me into metal. My big brother borrowed the Black Album from a friend, and I listened to it, going from Nothing Else Matters to a bit heavier, like The Unforgiven, and then to 'Wherever I May Roam" - and suddenly I was listening to "Holier Than Thou" and "Struggle Within". It made me buy more Metallica albums and BAM I was hooked, going down the Pantera/Machine head/Fear Factory hole. Now one of my most favorite bands ever is The Dillinger Escape Plan. All thanks to "Nothing Else Matters": Kinda crazy.
The first complex song I learned to play and it gives me goosebumps every time
First music I learned on guitar, alone with some tabs... Played slowly the whole intro in 1 day full of improvised techniques... It opened me so many doors
Where I was when this first came out? I was not even a thought yet, I'm 27. 😆
I grew up with parents with great taste in music, though. So I grew up listening to Queen, Dire Straits, Phil Collins, Metallica, Sting and tons of other great singers and bands from that time... So these songs are very nostalgic to me more than I associate them with a certain part of my life.
I love you Geebz. Touched on so many good points here. Thank you
I'm just on a string of watching your videos - they are so cool to experience. I'm the definition of a "pure listener" because I'm not only completely aloof to the musical wizardry, but I'm not even very artistic in general!
From a compositional aspect, I don't know how deep the song is, but from a soulful aspect, I would love to hear you react to Chris Stapleton's "Whisky and You." He has other vocal performances that are insane, like "Sometimes I Cry," but I think that "Whisky and You" would be interesting to better for a pure listener to understand because it isn't his most amazing vocal display. It's just a somber soul-wrencher.
I was 17 when this came out. Already into Metallica from MOP and Justice, already hooked. I got a ride to my local record store and bought the CD and listened to it with the lyric booklet open as was my ritual back then. Like you said I can remember where I was and how I felt listening to this album for the first time. When Justice came out I remember riding with my older friends from school blaring it out of his convertible with the top down driving the back roads in the sticks during that summer. They will always be one of my favorites. Been lucky enough to see them 9 times in concert. Made it my whole purpose to see bands I loved every time they were within a reasonable drive. Music saved me and has always been a special escape. Especially Metallica, and I feel the same about James. He's like a kindred spirit to me.
No matter what the common opinion about Lars’ drumming is, the SOUND of the drums and the fills he does in this song here is what makes my face melt. Part of my soundtrack of life as well, along with some other tracks of the black album.
Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan reaction would be greatly appreciated!
The arrangement was done by Michael Kamen, who happens to also be the one who did the arrangement for comfortably numb. I was 17 hanging out on one of the piers of seaside heights, nj, and sad but true and this song played on one of the rides there.
I loved Metallica the first time I heard them. Nothing else matters is my favorite of theirs.
I honestly don't remember the first time I heard this song, but I remember learning to play it at about 12 or 13 years old. I was just really struck with how simple but effective it is. I honestly looked at my guitar instructor kind of confused when he said that those first 6 notes were all open strings (6, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3). Really enjoyable to play, and really requires being in touch with an emotional calmness.
I was 2 years old when this song came out!
Always a pleasure to hear this song ♥️
Band: Ok this is a dynamic song, with soft parts and heavy parts and a build up and let down structure
Lars: Hit as hard as I can the entire time? Got it.
I love this 'make your face melt' series. #totallyawesome
7th grade.. Friend's older brother hooked me on Metallica with Ride the Lightening album
But the song that melts my face off is One
Slept out for tickets for the Black Album tour. Still got kirks pic (Plectrum love that word)....
Although I'm a bit of a purist, this album still rocks. Can't deny that.
And James's lyrics (as always) are deep, heavy but with that silver lining. Underrated.
Michael Kamen did a great job on the orchestration. Didn't know the band at all....
And James's solo, boy that Man's got some feel!
I was sailing as an engineer on USNS SPICA and picked up the album (CD) at the exchange on the Subic naval base in the Philippines right after it was released. Was awesome out in some of the the bars out in town that played Metallica.
This album is amazing! Not comparing it to Master of Puppets, they would be unfair, but it is such a staple. Such a beautiful song. Been binging your channel lately. Started with Tool breakdowns, then Mudvayne, now this. I appreciate the way you geek out.
Lightning > Puppets
My brother had just gotten home from basic training with the Marines. We walked several miles to the local mall and he bought this album. Shortly after is when they dropped the VID for Enter Sandman. It took some getting used to but, it's up there in the best of list. This seemed like a time that several "staple" metal bands came out with albums that pushed boundaries from where they had come from. I think this is when Metallica truly hit the ground running. Still an In Justice for ALL fan. My favorite album. However, the production really took it somewhere new.
First time I remember hearing that song was in 1997 when I was 5 at a family friends funeral, they played it after the viewing as the coffin was being carried out
Private school in Oz, baking class would have been awesome! All right!!!
I was 12, staying up late (as per usual), watching Headbangers Ball on MTV on Saturday (and playing video games). Thought it was odd that a ballad like this would be on the show, but it was Metallica, so who cared, they could do no wrong (at that point). Already had the cassette (...and had almost played it to the point of breaking lol), so a light song didn't surprise me.
Metallica was my first concert (even though James had to stop to cuss at everyone for tearing up and throwing sod at the new amphitheater they were playing), parents let me choose a show for my 15th bday (which started my life-long obsession with concerts, in my 20's you may as well as listed my home address as a concert venue), also my first foray into metal as a kid, doesn't matter how long it's been since I've heard a track from them (pre-Damage, Inc.) that I immediately remember every note and lyric for it, probably has to do with falling asleep constantly with one of their albums playing lol.
Wow.Favorite song ever!
I would love to see you do The Unnamed Feeling, off St. Anger. Such raw beauty in that song
That guitar solo and the drum build up leading into it is probably one of my favorite pieces of music I've ever listened to. Has to be at least top 5 for me. Goosebumps every time even after listening to this song my whole life.
I was 15. I was living in Monaco, my friend just got MTV, the first week-end he got the channel they planned the Metallica week-end. We were in front of tv, eyes wide open, amazed by the songs. I just started playing guitar and i worked so hard to learn this song. It’s been the first song that i taught my son when hé started guitar two weeks ago. This song means more to me than any other song. My mom could tell when i was sad, happy or mad, playing that song. This song is my go to when i need a « home » song.
There were times where a special simplicity was so tasteful. The rawness of stuff... The errors or the "misses"... That's why I really love live concerts
This song i used when im stoned..just a nice blend..especially the shred of guitar..to this day im sober..
I love this song ... you hear it once and it sticks in your head and gives you goosebumps !
And I always have to sing along... 🖤🤘🏻 I was 11 years when it's came out, listen to Metal since this age.
Metallica was the soundtrack of my pre-teen and high school years. They were the first band I ever remember really getting into (got my dad to thank).
If you love the strings you should check out their S & M (Symphony & Metallica) album. Michael Kamen, who did the arrangements here, added an entire symphonic arrangement for a whole live show
I was 24. Started listening to them in 1984 while in high school. Loved them. At the time, nothing else was like them 😊. Saw them a few years ago and couldn’t believe they still play hard and fast with virtually no breaks for 2+ hours.
I was in high school, and I lived near the beach. This reminds me of driving to the beach with a pile of surfboards tied to the roof, shooting pool in my buddies garage, and enjoying my last summer of high school (it was one of the best summers for me). I can't believe that all happened 30 years ago (or so). Love your channel Old Composer: thanks for talking to all of us listeners.
I have no idea where I was, I was only 6 years old. It´s like my musical hard drive already came with this song incorporated. Timeless classic and also for me a soundtrack of life in more than one moment. Great reaction as always, your´re the man.
I was 13 when this came out. I loved it then.
I remember hearing this song for the first time a few years ago when I was first getting into rock. It was on my phone as I shared an account with my dad and he had this song downloaded. I was on a trip with my church and we were stopped outside of a store at night for a break. I had been listening to music and out of curiosity I listened to this song. I wasn't familiar with the group either. It hooked me in and it was so beautiful and enriching to my ears that it felt like a warm blanket wrapped around me. By the time the solo part had ended and it was closing out, I was so entranced by such musicality. About 4 years later, here I am recently having listened to the whole album for the first time and wow such a cool album in general. Definitely takes me back 💕
This takes me back to sitting in my room listen to music with my pals. Metallica is one of my favorite live shows, goosebumps. Another group that gives me goosebumps everytime I hear them is Flogging Molly, especially Float and Us of Lesser Gods.
I'm loving your videos! Honestly, I wish you'd stop MORE and talk about things from your composer point if view 😁
I was 13 and was in my 2nd year of high school. I remember seeing the music video for this tune and was taken away when I first heard. I'm a musician and an avid listener, so when I bought the album and played it through my headphones, the dynamics blew me away. My father was a creative director in advertising, as well as a musician and he was just as impressed. I got my ear for music from him. He passed away last year from Covid and finding your channel has reminded me of the countless times we'd sit and talk music. Thanks again !
I was born in 88' so i was a kid when this came out, first listened to it when i was 5 or 6 years old with my best friend at the time, this one and fade to black is my first metallica songs of that age, my first music memorry is Scorpion's Blackout a couple of months back. Anyway, gotta say ive been in that whole watching ppl react thing for over a year now and ive seen tonz of videos, you are definitely the best of them all. Seriously Sir, good job.