Classical Composer Reacts to METALLICA: MASTER OF PUPPETS (Side 1) | The Daily Doug (Episode 793)
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In this edition of #thedailydoug, I'm listening to the first four songs from the classic album Master of Puppets by Metallica. That includes Battery, the Title Track, The Thing That Should Not Be, and Welcome Home (Sanitarium). I heard quite a bit from Metallica and respect the band. But I was floored by how good these four songs are. Come along for a fun ride! Enjoy!
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As a Metallica fan my entire life, you pointing out the nuance of "Battery" was genius. I did not know about the other two areas of the lyrics of this song that you highlighted.
Yes, "Master of Puppets" is about cocaine.
"Chop your breakfast on a mirror" tell us this is the case.
can you do the and justace for all album please i think you would like it
One does not simply listen to Metallica, they experience Metallica, and Kirk is the best.
Fun fact: the National Library of Congress has selected this album to be included for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant for historical preservation". This album is a big deal, and its received the recognition it deserves.
Additionally, it was the first metal album to be added.
And for damn good reason!
@@Defensive_WoundsI believe it’s still the only Metal album that’s there.
Peace Sells But Who's Buying should be included along side it!
And they are, of course, 100% right. Not only is _Master Of Puppets_ STILL THE GREATEST Metallica album ever, it's also one of the VERY greatest albums ever. (Notice I didn't even use "Metal" there; it's seriously one of the greatest albums ever...in ANY genre.) To use a gaming term: _Master Of Puppets_ is God-Tier. 🙌🏻 I mean, this album is up there with _Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band_ AND _Abbey Road,_ by The Beatles, Pink Floyd's legendary albums of 1973 - 1979, the first 4 Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath AND Deep Purple albums, _Goodbye Yellow Brick Road_ by Elton John, _Born To Run_ by Bruce Springsteen, _The Stranger_ by Billy Joel AND The Who's _Who's Next._ I mean, this album is LEGENDARY. 🙌🏻 God-Tier.
"Are they in E again?"
Yes.
Except for "The Thing That Should Not Be"
Hopefully by the end of the album Doug realizes 95% of Metallica songs are in e minor lol
@@paullalremruat14603 Still in "E". The tuning is D standard but it still focuses on E as a home base.
@@roadogsc it focuses on C# originally. But decided to tune up to D
@@paullalremruat14603 I am not talking about the tuning I am discussing the song's home base.
In a lot of live shows they did tune to C# (Db) tuning but that is the tuning. I will say, that there are some parts you could consider in D. The riff that plays as the song fades out is in multiple places through the song and could be considered to be in D.
However, a majority of the song stays on E. The verses are over an E, the climbing riff is in E, and the solo is in E. If you want to talk the approach of "not all is in E, so I am right" then you also have to include master of puppets as a good portion of that song is in F#.
Doug will occupy! Doug will help you die! Doug will run through you! Now Doug rules you too!!!😮
lmaooo
Fantastic 😂
@@glenseivers8318 it's a gift thank you my brother
@@chidorykun721 😎😁🍺👍🥸
Can confirm
Ages at the time. James-23, Kirk-24, Lars-23, Cliff-24 third release. Let that sink in on how incredibly hard they have worked up to this point to prove themselves.
To be fair, they wrote the majority of this record in the summer/fall of 1985 and it was released in March '86. So when they started writing it they were even younger.
And the improvement in songwriting, instrumentation and arrangements from Kill Em All to Lightning a year later is one of the greatest in music history, I think.
this came out in march, so you are a year strong on james/lars/kirk since they are aug-dec bdays. Plus it was written/recorded in sept-dec of 84, so lars was 21.
LET ME REPEAT THAT.. LARS WAS 21.
Firs albums were great, all went wrong at Justice but then again this happens to most bands
It's not that unusual. Some of the greatest albums were recorded by bands/musicians when they were young. I think it's more rare for that to happen for people later on in life... A musical genius doesn't have to figure it out for 30 years, that's why they're musical geniuses...
@@stuarthepburn6508 Delusional take.
Master of Puppets was the first metal album ever added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.
You can chart their musical maturity on the first 3 albums so much. The first one was groundbreaking, the second one took it to the next level, and this one just blew the roof off, in both their playing and songwriting.
Yep. They definitely peaked with Master of Puppets.
yea agree, AJFA got a bit superflous with its songwriting. master of puppets was the best balance between progressive and pure thrashy metallica
I agree, but I still prefer RtL, from a purely emotional aspect.
💯
…Justice… for me
It's so joyous to see someone classically trained and educated willing to experience music like this. For most of us who grew up liking and listening to such 'hard rock', we were generally looked at with disdain by the classicists. But we knew there was a reason why we liked what we did; we just lacked the training and language to explain it. Thanks Doug.
Doug and Elizabeth "The Charismatic Voice" are my two favourite reactors for this reason - Elizabeth is an opera singer who has expanded into all different kinds of music, including all types of metal and hard rock, and absolutely loves them all.
I was going to comment separately, but you said it so perfectly that I had to comment here instead. I have always said that Metallica (particularly early Metallica and this album in particular) was a four-person Orchestra, and their music was just classical music with different instruments. Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Tchaikovski (sp?), Mozart, and Chopin would ALL have been fans. They were just born in the wrong time. Hearing someone classical trained explain what we already understood in our untrained minds is just further validation that this is true.
@MattIon I love the Charimsatic Voice! She's awesome...
@@MattIonI absolutely love how Elizabeth actually likes and appreciates deathcore 😭
There’s a reason this album is in the national archives for its cultural significance. Hundreds of years from now people will still be listening to this masterpiece! 🤘😎
I still remember the first time I listened to this album. I was in 8th grade (1998), and during the Battery intro, I turned the stereo way up since it was so quiet. When the full band came in, everyone in the house screamed TURN IT DOWN!!! Been hooked on Metallica ever since. 🤘
Still blows my mind they wrote all these classics in their early 20s. Cliff Burton, RIP. You are still missed.
"They" didn't write anything. It was all Cliff and James.
@@devolve42the whole bands contribution made this album what it is not just cliff and James
Metallica ended twice. With Cliff. With Jason.
@@devolve42for example,master of puppets riff was written by Kirk
@@devolve42no. the structure and adjustment of riffs is by james and lars. riffs by james, kirk and cliff. few by lars
An interesting musical note for you, Doug, in case you haven't heard this before. James writes the melody to his vocals before he writes the lyrics. He will pluck out the melody on a piano or keyboard, find a subject for the song, and write words to fit the cadence of the vocal melody. You can hear this on a lot of demos of their music.
This is THE metal album that all other metal albums wish they were. 🤘
Certainly took Thrash Metal to a new level 🤘
An album with 2 perfect sides. For me, best thrash and possibly best metal album yet recorded.
Watching Eddie play master of puppets in stranger things is what made me fall in love with guitar and music in general. I heard that and then said I bet if I sat down with my guitar I could play that. That summer I sat at that charge next to my dusty amp for literally about 3 hours a day. And only 3 or 4 months latter could play the entire song and increased my guitar skills at least 10x what they used to be. And now going into my senior year of high school I hope to have a career in music, and it is all thanks to Metallica.
I started by playing Guitar Hero games on the little plastic guitar controller before I could afford a real one, though in the end it all comes back to Metallica :D
I’ve heard each song 3000 + times, no joke. Still gets me emotional
I think it is accurate to say, that Master of Puppets is Metallica’s Bohemian Rhapsody.
It is one of their most complex compositions, yet it is so well written, that it can reach a wide audience.
It's their Sgt. Pepper
master is
If you talking about the song I strongly disagree, I think sanitarium would fit way better than puppetz
@@Alemust4 yes, I refered to the song.
MoP is their most complex structure, yet the parts blend together effortlessly. It is one of their most played songs from their entire catalog. It was popular even before Stranger Things, but now with that boost it is undeniably their top 5 tracks of all time.
So: popularity and complexity are the key words here. Just like in the case of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.
@@bakkdavidlaszlo if you think MoP is their most complex structure you clearly haven't listened much to "and Justice For All"....
Each member at the absolute peak of their ability. This is an absolutely timeless metal masterpiece.
This is better album but Justice was when James and Lars were at the peak of their abilities.
Lars was definitely at his peak on justice not this album
@@CMill78Lars was at peak due to his cocaine intake most definitely! His kit looked hard to play, but he definitely changed from his daily snare 😂
@@CMill78the drum parts on justice were literally patched together with scissors and sticky tape. His playing was so bad they had to physically cut the reels and patch them together to get a decent track from them. That's a low peak 😂
@julesbrunton1728 Well they sure didn't patch together the live shows from that era.
Some people say "Metallica really weren't that good." I think they were "that good', and I think Doug has listened to enough metal by now to really appreciate this band/album.
That's just because they became mainstream. Some people just can't stand that a lot of people like what they like. Metallica is great.
One of the few albums in metal history where no one song is weak. Eight masterpieces in a row. ❤️ Thanks for your review(s).
"So the slow song develops into double time." (Welcome Home Sanitarium) .... as we all sip tea and air drum to the song for the last 40 years :)
Watching Dave figure out each part to then see the surprise (and maybe appreciation) on his face with each new type of transition is probably one of the more fun reactions to watch on his Metallica videos.
When he sings "Battery is here to stay" I look at my phone whose battery is about to die.
"They're in E" Doug announced for all the thrash metal in the 80's. I think what really nailed it for Metallica after they found Hammett was that Hammett had been a student of Joe Satriani. Satriani really forced his students to find their voice and think of the song and changes, following the harmony of the song in the leads. Not that many metal guitarists did that with backing tracks that had quite lively chord progressions. Some of it comes naturally but Satriani really challenged them and I think it shows in how nice Hammett's leads are (outside the thrash shredding). Of course Chris Poland and Marty Friedman were also fantastic in that for Megadeth so their biggest competitor had its own guns too. But Metallica had slower paced songs and the compositions fit the orchestra as well, the leads you can insert in them become very strong if you get them right. And Hammett didn't go too crazy about them either, which easily happened for metal guitarists. Kept it simple and moody.
Battery is probably my favorite song to blast loudly. I grew up playing guitar and spent an entire summer learning how to play the entire album from beginning to end without stopping. I was obsessed. It took weeks of constant practice just to play fast enough for the triplets the main Battery riff. And when I thought I had learned the Master of Puppets I was really happy. Then I found out it was all down picking and was devastated. I hunkered down and kept practicing and finally got good enough to play it. This was before the internet and all I had to do was play guitar all day and night.
29:33 “not dead which eternal lie / stranger aeons death may die”. The same quote (in different words) is on the cover of Iron Maiden’s “Live After Death” album (which also has a version of Rime of the Ancient Mariner that Doug mentioned as another great song like Master of Puppets). It’s by H.P. Lovecraft.
Fun Fact: Geddy Lee was approached to produce this album but due to his commitments to Rush, was not able to accept. There’s a thank you to Geddy, Alex and Neil in the liner notes, assumingely for inspiration and influence I’m sure.🤘🖖✌️🥁🎸🎤🎸
Welcome Home (Sanitarium) is my favorite Metallica song. So glad to see you reacting to a full album here.
7:38 - "They're in E" - yup. Kind of like Tool is gonna be in D, they found a key and just rock the shit out of it.
One of the best sides ever put to vinyl.
Welcome Home (Sanitarium) is my favorite on the album... just amazing!!
Man, I wish you'd react to the whole 1999 S and M performance. It's a legendary concert.
- human comes in heavy as shit. I love that song.
Top 5 album ever made, no question! Thank you doug! Edit: I saw them play the album in its entirety in 2006, on the 20th anniversary, and it was one of the best concerts ever I've been to.
Fun fact: The "fear of living on" part of Sanitarium is the same chord progression as the chorus from Tom Sawyer by Rush
Similar. E D F C for sanitarium. E D A C for tim sawyer
CLASS OF 89 HERE ! GREAT TIME TO BE GROWING UP. I REMEMBER WHEN THIS ALBUM DROPPED IN 86, CLEARLY A METAL MASTERPIECE !!! BIG 5 OF THE GENRE : METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER, ANTHRAX AND TESTAMENT !!! ALL CUTTING EDGE ! THANKS FOR SHARING DOUG, GREAT JOB !
and Iron Maiden
Overkill
27:26 of The Thing that Should Not Be, and then again at 27:33... That chorus guitar that comes in is so well mixed. It's just so great. This album is such a masterpiece of production and mixing.
This is such an incredible album. I remember being blown away by it as a kid.
Now you are ready to discover Pantera with "Cowboys From Hell" and "Vulgar Display of Power"
I remember hearing this in my teens and just being blown away. It's funny that we were all looked down on as being dirtbags or it just being noise. There is so much musicianship and skill and composition going on from these guys at such a young age. I still can't wrap my head around it when I listen to it today.
I remember reading somewhere that Kirk was able to reproduce some of the higher solo notes. He somehow managed to pull the string off the fret board and get it to sustain. Its as though Master of Puppets was destined to exist
Probably the best thrash side ever recorded.
Drop the 'probably', my friend
I wish I could experience listening to this album for the first time again.
I didn't realize until seeing Metallica live for like the 3rd time that the guitar solo in middle slower section of Master of Puppets is actually twin guitar solos with James and Kirk both playing incredible complimentary solos.
I was once at friends house party and master of puppets came on.. around 8 of us spontaneously air drummed the entire song perfectly, only two of the guys were actual drummers. funny and heart warming to know how we all spent our spare time.
I love when someone actually listens to this album, and early Metallica, with an open mind.
They were at the top of their game and MoP is one of my top albums of all time.
I was disappointed when you listened to the live performance before the album version. I am so glad you came back to this album.
I was fortunate to see Metallica open for Ozzy in Peoria in July of ‘86.
Kinda felt that Metallica stole the show that night.
Thanks for being you and I am looking forward to side 2.
Favorite album from my favorite band.
The main riff of puppets is a great etude. I learned to play guitar to this album. Playing that riff on an acoustic built up my speed and stamina in a hurry, so when I finally got an electric, I flew on it. Impressed my friends, which is all you could want as a 14 year old.
One of the greatest record opener's in metal history
I wore out four copies of this album on cassette between 1986 and 1987. Slayer's "Reign in blood" is the only other Metal album I wore out faster and with more copies lost to use. Both albums are from 1986. What a great year for Metalheads. \m/
I saw Metallica in their glory during the Justice tour in Toronto 1989! No other concert ever compared! Queensryche opened for them and they were incredible as well!
This album really changed my whole musical world when I was young
Great reaction, I really enjoyed it. Saw them open for Ozzy in '86, RIP Cliff.
I hope you get to see them live soon. They put on an amazing show!🤘🏻🤘🏻
Among The Living is great. It had basically just come out when I was just beginning to teach myself guitar. And I liked the album so much that I made it my goal to learn to play it within a year, and I’m glad to say I did. Hard the songs on that album soooooo many times as a result. It gave me an insane picking hand. Hehe.
I always loved the creepy guitar lead solo Kirk did on this song, fits the song perfectly, that's what it's supposed to do, not just showing off your chops.
The first time i ever listen to Master of Puppets, it changed my life.
From what I had read in the past, the solo at 17:15 was supposed to symbolize being high and 18:53 is like coming down from the high.
Makes sense to me
in 2006 at Rock em Ring they played Battery. and at the end of the song James goes: 20 years Master of Puppets.. and for you tonight the entire album.. chills! to this day chills.. what a moment in history. first time they played Orion in it's entirety
I saw Cliffs last show in Sweden the day before he died. Epic. I was 18 at the time.
Love your reaction to Battery to kick this off. This album is still exciting and fresh for me even after first hearing it in '86.
This album is just all killer.
Love how you keep shining that bright, "Dougian" light on all this music that fundamentally and permenently altered the perceptions of, not only generations of musicians, but music enthusiasts and purely anxious youth worldwide when so very often it seems forgotten.
I was happy to see you experience this song. When you have a moment, listen to the studio version of the song solely to have the introduction of the song. You won't regret it.
I was able to catch Pantera in Arlington, TX as Metallica started their 72 Seasons tour and it was something else. Dime and Vinnie both are no longer with us but their gravesite was two miles away from the stadium. To me there was such a spiritual presence in that stadium that evening. Cemetery Gates wasn't played live but was a backing track for home videos shown of both Dime and Vinnie through their lives and it hit the feels HARD. The older metal fans shouted the lyrics word for word; young fans it was largely their first exposure to the band as many of them felt the tragedy of Dime and their music was before their time. That set was like family getting back together in their home; the voices of the crowd (100k+) made the stadium feel like the walls were shaking. My area on the floor were ready to leave after as they felt the headliner just wrapped things up-- then we remembered Metallica still had yet to perform 😅
I would recommend "I'm Broken" for the future for you. The 101 Proof Live Version will give you a little extra for the conclusion due to combining "By Demons Be Driven" with it. It's since become a staple for their live performances.
I bought this as soon as it came out…..still listen to it every week……the best metal album of all time…
Imagine listening to this when your 16 years old !! Look out !! 🤘🤘
I did!
You should react to MASTER OF PUPPETS live at Munich 2024 last month, they nailed it under a thunderstorm it was historic!!
I was at the 2019 Manchester Master of Puppets when it was also an absolute downpour. One of the fondest memories of my life till I die.
@@fish_bacon Back in Manchester it's not too much rain.. This year's performance in Munich was in pure Thunderstorm, tons of rain!!
These are instantly recognizable tunes. The intro is very good because you don't have a clue where its going. Then the riff comes and it gives you chills
This takes me back - I was into thrash already but only for about a year, had Kill Em All and had heard Ride The Lightning - this was a crowning achievement for the whole genre at the time. At least till Reign in Blood came out :) Thanks for checking this out, Doug.
Disagree. Bonded by Blood was already out
@@1spiralout Well yeah I had that! If only it had come out when they recorded it.
"Whisper things into my brain
Assuring me that I'm insane."
Doug, I saw them when they were in Seattle at the beginning of September. I always take silicone ear plugs with me, mine are rated for 33db reduction, and I ended up needing more. So I ended up with my 33db silicone earplugs, and 30db over-ear muffs. With just the earplugs I had a difficult time hearing the bass, but everything was clear with both layers of protection.
Do Rust in Peace!!!!!!
I was JUST searching to see if he had done that one before.
@@drivers99 he was pretty underwhelmed with Holy Wars. He was waiting for something musical to happen, but found the whole song centered around Em. Maybe he'll soon understand that almost all thrash albums are about making Em sound different every song.
Today I turn 47, but I look 37 so I’m ok with it. Since I have zero family, this was a gift. The intro to Battery twin guitars is why Death Magnetic is my favorite Metallica album. It is the sequel to this album, per James & Rick Rubin. Those harmonies are the remnants of Cliff. And on DM, Rob uses fingers, like Cliff. No knocking Mr Newstead for plectrum.
33:13 Thingy is my all-time favorite Metallica song. I think I love it so much because of the source material. Cosmic Horror is something that people have been trying to translate to film for decades - and for the most part have failed. I can only think of a handful of Lovecraftian based/inspired films that have translated well to the screen, and even then, you rarely actually see the danger i.e. _Bird Box,_ (2018). Metallica accomplishes this with Thingy via sound, and you pretty much nailed it with your breakdown.
Metallica has four Lovecraftian songs at the time of this post in their catalog;
*The Call of Ktulu* (1984) from _Ride the Lightning_ - The misspelling was intentional, as they were worried about copyright issues, James later stated regretting not spelling it right.
*The Thing That Should Not Be* (1986) from _Master of Puppets_ - Cliff was really into Lovecraft and got the other guys into as well, thus this song was made - an absolute masterpiece. This song isn't actually about Cthulhu specifically, but an amalgamation of the "Great Old Ones" which includes Cthulhu.
*All Nightmare Long* (2008) from _Death Magnetic_ - This song is about the _Hounds of Tindalos._ When making the video they decided to do some weird monster based off the 1908 Tunguska event due to not actually being able to make a video about the aforementioned Hounds of Tindalos. If you're not familiar with these beasts look them up; space, time, right angles... they're wild lol. By far the best song on this album imo.
*Dream No More* (2016) from _Hardwired to Self-Destruct_ - This song is specifically about Cthulhu, but I feel it's an extension of Thingy (1986). Very heavy, dark and foreboding. Probably my favorite song from the album, which was full of amazing tracks.
Lars used to keep an oxygen tank and mask next to his drum kit so he could grab a few hits between songs. He was literally the most hyper drummer in the world at the time.
Cliff Burton and Kirk Hammett were both big HP Lovecraft fans in fact they bonded over an HP Lovecraft compendium for dungeons & dragons because they were both d&d players. They turned James on to it after Kurt joined the band.
I saw the music for Master in Guitar for the Practicing Musician before I heard the album - that drew me in. Then I heard the sound…. Imagine hearing this in 1986. This album is still the gold standard of guitar tone for metal
When they later worked with Bob Rock, he asked why every song was in E. the answer…cause it’s the lowest string.
Master of puppets (the song) has something that's hard to notice. In the verses, every fourth bar is in 21/32 time, which is very unusual, even in metal where changing and odd time signatures are very common.
21/32? Come on dude lol
@@user-yk4gd1fl4z yep. It's not quite 15/16 time. It's a little more. Definitely a 'play by feel' part for sure. I'm kinda surprised Doug didn't notice something in the meter was off.
Because it's not a change of time signature, Lars is just rushing and is not on beat.
@@j.kallai4348 but it is. you clearly have not played the song on an instrument.
This is part of the soundtrack of my University days. My first year (freshman) roommate had just discovered Metallica having listened to Laura Brannigan and Der Leppard before. I didn't know the titles of all of the songs, but we were woken using said roommates HiFi with a Metallica tape inserted as an alarm clock.
When my 2nd year roommate bought an electric guitar, he taught me the intro and arpeggiated riff of Welcome Home Sanatarium which I then played while he played the lead.
I genuinely believe you would love what you see in modern Beatbox compositions. Time changes, genre shifts, vocal technique, it's all there.
River, Hiss, Colaps, and Gene are all strong starting points. Especially Metamorphosis, Find my Way, and Middle of the Rhythm
" CHOP YOUR BREAKFAST ON MIRROR " 👃😵💫
I think it's "Dump your breakfast..."
Just sayin 🤷
That guitar solo in The Thing That Should Not Be is IMO one of the best and the most haunting solos Kirk has ever played. Downright creepy, so bang on with the atmosphere of the song.
MoP and AJFA are hard to seperate as I discovered them both at the same time and fell in love with each one - but right there with them and rarely mentioned is Testament's "The New Order" which shares a lot of themes with Metallica's and has some really stellar tracks.
Love your way discussing metal. Your technical approach and lyrics analysis are really interesting, like as Your genuine reaction and appreciation. Now in my late 50's, music had always been on my side, and metal has a special place. Thank You so much Doug. Greetings to You all from Bologna, Italy
Just came home after having seen them on both nights they played in Copenhagen, not my first time seeing Metallica live, but it was the best sounding Metallica concert I've been to.
@21:21 "What a great...great...metal song." Perfectly put. You seemed like a person VERY satisfied with how things went. And thousands of us felt this way too. Keep it up my good man
Another top level hard rock band that has been going even longer than Metallica is Blue Oyster Cult. Even though they're only known for a handful of big hits, they have one of the deepest catalogs of hard rock/metal bands ever. I just picked up tickets to see them again in a couple weeks. It'll be the first time since their album The Symbol Remains came out and I absolutely love the whole album to death. I'm really hoping that they'll play the song Tainted Blood, because it hadn't been recorded yet when I saw them last and it's absolutely incredible. One of those songs that pisses me off that it's not a huge hit, because it deserves it. A song about a Vampire's lost love, how can that go wrong?
MoP is the All time classic, period
My favourite side of this album. I just love this
Awwesome.. And you mentioned Anthrax - Among The Living.. YEA thats it you have to do it.
I saw them open for Ozzy on this tour. It was the last show. James had a broken arm so John Marshal played behind the curtain. They opened with Battery and hardly anyone knew who they were at the time. By the end of their set... they had made many, many new fans. Such a fun show with both bands pranking each others during the set. This album has most of my fav Metallica songs. If you have only heard MoP then you are in for it with side one Doug :)
Fun facts:
1. For quite a while they would CLOSE their concerts with Battery. Imagine - after well over an hour and half of playing their typical stuff, at the point where most mere mortals would be ready to drop to the ground exhausterd, they pull out... THAT ONE
2. The middle part of Master of Puppets (with the two solos) is essentially the story of drug use - at first (solo one) it is beautiful, blissful, almost heavenly, then you get "Master, master, where's the dreams that I've been after? Master, master, promised only lies. Laughter, laughter, all I hear or see is laughter. Laughter, laughter, laughing at my cries" and then solo 2 is the frenzy and craziness of addiction
3. Their 3 classical albums (Ride the lightning, Master of puppets, And justice for all) have essentially the same structure in terms of song order. Track 1 start with a slow intro that then explodes into blistering-fast trash-metal-par-excellence that lets you know you're in for a RIDE. Track 2 is the title track - long, big, slower (compared to track 1, it's still super fast, it's peak Metallica we're talking about, after all), intricately composed, masterfully arranged. Track 3 is the HEAVY one - slower still (again, relatively speaking), heavy riffs, just... HEEEAVY. Track 4 is the "ballad". Then on the B side you get a masterpiece instrumental ("To live is to die" is an instrumental, and I'll fight you for this) and "filler" (which, again, is relative - 99% of bands in history have not written anything even remotely as good as Metallica's "filler")
Doug you really should see them while they're touring!
AAAAA I CANT WAIT FOR PART 2!!
What a treat Doug. I'm happy you're diving into this one! It was my first listen to Metallica at the age of 10 on a cassette tape that my cousin had... Haha, I remember it like it was just yesterday.
One of my all time favorite albums any genre. Rust in Peace and then this album. They go back and forth 1 and 2. Number one is always the one I am currently listening to. 😂 I was 16 when this came out. 👍👍
that's cool af that we're seeing your first reaction to some of these songs. this has been my favorite metal album for like around 25 years :)
So...I was a huge Metallica fan in the early days and this was my favorite album. I declared the band "dead to me" after their Napster....thing...and just lost track of them. But you have reminded me of how much I love this album and I agree, Doug, it is indeed rad! Gotta dig out my cd and get down!
DO listen to Anthrax! Completely different sub-style but a lot of fun.
This was just so different to other thrash albums I was listening to back in the day, and it still sounds great today.
This is how I heard this lp when it came out. I bought the album the day it came out. I was 16. Saw Cliff twice on this tour. Once opening with Ozzy. 2nd was them headlining.
As always, enjoy your breakdown and your insight on the music you’re reacting to.
One thing with Battery is this is about battery as physical assault/abuse and the strong abusing the weak and how some get off on that “power”, etc. As well as how it gets passed on in the case of abuse inside a family
Pounding out aggression
Turns into obsession
Cannot kill the battery
(Obsessed with abusing)
Cannot kill the family
Battery is found in me
(Realizing you abusive traits that were learned/passed on to you from your own abuse. You don’t know another way because it’s all you know or were shown)
Not true at all, I guess maybe that’s what you want the song to mean, but you are wrong on the actual meaning
As a teen when this came out, played nothing else to the bane of my father. Wore three vinyl out :D
Opened my up to a greater scene of musical influences of the big four and more underground (yet to come out) bands.
Welcome home is a personal favourite
1st time seeing Metallica was on this tour with Cliff Worcester Ma Centrum!
nice - i love this album. one of my favorites from high school. what an opener amirite?