mathew garza well I know when you drink for a certain amount of years your voice can change I think that’s what happened to James over the timespan of 84 to 89
Now that I think about it, it makes a lot of sense became he had some classical training, and in classical music the accent of the rhythms tends to be on the 1 of the 4/4 or 3/4 measures, instead of the the 2 and 4 like most rock or metal songs.
Right when hammet goes into the solo, I love it that I can see Cliff go to his speakers and he’s feeling his bass tone. Such a godly sound. Rip my boy. See u in the afterlife.
😆Well-said. The trick is he doesn’t bang from the neck, he bangs from the delts and thoracic spine. This is actually a much safer and healthier way to do it. Trust me-I’m closin in on 40, and I fuct up my jaw and fractured mi spine just at the base of the skull from banging from the neck in mi teens and twenties! Now I can’t do it at all without risking serious injury, and I’ve got a load of other back issues from trying to avoid re-injury. If there’s one message I could give to all young metal heads, this is it: You’ll end up stiff if you don’t bang like Cliff.
No he was not. Burton was an excellent bass player, but the heart of the band was - and still is -James Hetfield. The day Hetfield changed, the band turned to a different direction.
Man Kirk absolutely nailed and totally shredded through that solo , amazing how good these guys were so early on in their career , it's like they were instantaneously living legends from their first 3 albums alone, nobody in the thrash metal scene could level with shit from this album, true musical genius's, this stuff will never get old no matter how old it or myself may get , itlll always hit just as hard , absolutely amazing
Can Kılıç doesn’t matter, it’s still a good album. Everyone only hates it because of enter sandman and nothing else matters but there’s still lots of other great underrated songs which are just as good as their first 4 albums.
It's so nice to see Cliff playing with them it still kills me that hes gone. I miss him so much. I still liked a couple albums they did after him but their is always that part missing.. I'm still listening to you Cliff. RIP..
I always really loved the era of 84-87ish. Lars really always made an effort to play the drum parts how they were written through that time period. A lot of people glorify his playing even through the early 90’s but the facts are that he started getting lazy around 88 and 89. For example, go watch the four horsemen from seattle 89 and you’ll see that Lars completely simplifies the kick pattern instead of doing the triplets in the original recording. It’s a shame he stopped playing like he did in this video.
Primeira música do Metallica que ouvi na vida, em uma pequena fita kassete doada por um amigo, nela continha, o tank, loudness, mercyful fate, exciter e malmesteen, o que dizer sobre o impacto que essas bandas me causaram no auge dos meus 14 anos, só tenho a agradecer ao meu amigo que compartilhou comigo essas jóias do metal.
Me too man. I was going on 11 during this time. And of course I knew nothing of metal or Metallica back then. lol I didn't discover Metallica or really metal until I was 15. It changed my life forever. 1990 what a great year in my life. \,,/
I expected other people to comment on this but I didn’t see any. If you notice just after the big solo ends and James starts singing again, Kirks guitars breaks a string, you can see it popping off around 4:44 and at that point on you start hearing this occasional squeaky/screetchy sound. That is the sound of that loose string swinging around still attached, you can see him trying to deal with the broken string afterwards while still trying to play the song. Good thing it broke AS SOON as the solo was finished instead of during. Good timing.
@@zachary9057 True, I just rewatched it in 0.5 speed and all strings seem intact. The noise was probably just the string "detaching" from the nut. I've had it happen a couple of times, when the string kind of moves from behind/under the locks
Seen them here when they we're "TIGHT" and in their prime and also at the Monsters of Rock in Akron, Ohio at the Akron Rubber Bowl. Can't even BEGIN to describe it! Cliff was so SUPERB and AMAZING here! If only I had a time machine...1st place I'd go!
If I ever form a cover band (or just a band in general) and I cover this song on an album, I wanna do the part at the beginning where he screams "RIDE THE LIGHTNIIIIIING!!" That has some badass affect.
In my opinion, this was the peak of Metallica, their zenith artistically (from musicmanship), and performing-wise, and of course the best line-up of the band! That years from 1985 until Cliff's sudden passing in 1986, are the best. You can seeit in the video, that they had the power, the momentum and the music to be at the top. I only wish that I saw them playing live in that tour in 1985 (I think they were opening for Ozzy). What a great show it must have been...
Me and my best friend had tickets to see them on this tour with W.A.S.P. and Armoured Saint in Toronto in January 1985. We were only 16 years old and my friend’s mother heard it was going to be pretty violent so she begged us not to go and gave us both $20 so we took it and didn’t go. I’ve regretted that ever since, because when they came back in 1986, Cliff was gone and I never got to see him.☹️
The thing that gets me having seen Tallica open for METAL CHURCH at the Marquee Club in 90 (I know, imagine) is that I was such a daft art student CXnt I didn't realise how good they were. To drunk and dazed.Finished with one of my favorites, Helpless Diamond Head.
Pure Metallica just playing their music. No thoughts about producers or emotions just do drugs drink beer and play their music. I think the fans liked it that way.
Antonio Centeno it’s because the sound waves are too slow and by the time the first beat hits them the next beat has already happened if that makes sense
Magic. Pure magic. As old as this is now it doesn't feel dated. This song and this performance are just damn good regardless of how many years pass. By the way I was only 8 years old when this concert happened haha,
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James in '85: 15 years old
James in '89: 35 years old
True🤣
Ozan Canca had to be drugs after cliffs death
@@mathewgarza3436 no dude, James never done drugs. It's just that in 1989 he has beard and has more muscle, that's why he looks much older
mathew garza well I know when you drink for a certain amount of years your voice can change I think that’s what happened to James over the timespan of 84 to 89
@@mrmrschorlton1153 Coke is a heavy drug
Young angry drunk Metallica really were untouchable.
Hoopspur rough as guts but full of juice
A band with big 4 balls
@Bosko517 Yes! Forbidden my all time favorite thrash metal band!
@jonny j Still drunk apparently!
Gods of Heavy/Thrash
3:28 that solo was so good the soul of guitar had left its body
Serious Series: Serious Solo
I saw it 🤣🤣
If I had a time machine, I would be here right now.
Jacob Witherspoon I’d be at the Seattle 89’ show
Can in come too?
Jacob Witherspoon wouldn’t we all?
I was there and i wanna go back. Unforgettable time.
@@jake6887 Wow you're so lucky
I just love how Cliff is off to the side just doing his own thing. He still headbangs in reverse. Rip
Now that I think about it, it makes a lot of sense became he had some classical training, and in classical music the accent of the rhythms tends to be on the 1 of the 4/4 or 3/4 measures, instead of the the 2 and 4 like most rock or metal songs.
They hated Jason for doing the same
@@johnryan1798he tried too hard to be cliff sometimes and it showed. The band chemistry wasnt the same with him although he was a good fit for talent
I love watching his headbang style, he looks awesome! I'm a 48 year old woman, headbanging in my car on my lunch break!😂
Right when hammet goes into the solo, I love it that I can see Cliff go to his speakers and he’s feeling his bass tone. Such a godly sound. Rip my boy. See u in the afterlife.
Watching Cliff headbang is like being in some alternate reality where time has no meaning
😆Well-said.
The trick is he doesn’t bang from the neck, he bangs from the delts and thoracic spine. This is actually a much safer and healthier way to do it. Trust me-I’m closin in on 40, and I fuct up my jaw and fractured mi spine just at the base of the skull from banging from the neck in mi teens and twenties! Now I can’t do it at all without risking serious injury, and I’ve got a load of other back issues from trying to avoid re-injury.
If there’s one message I could give to all young metal heads, this is it: You’ll end up stiff if you don’t bang like Cliff.
Thanks pal@@riphopfer5816
James had the craziest voice back in the 80s
My favourite part is his insane "Now it's time to DIIIIIIE!!!" at 1:51.
Crazy?
You need to work on your vocabulary man.
HIS VOICE WAS THE GOD OF METAL-------------PERFECT
He sang with more aggression and fury back then. He still sings good, but the fire is gone
Yeah then he cut his fucking balls off when they made that fucking gay ass black album
im glad that nowadays metallica releases some of there old and rare vedios..i conclude that cliff is the heart and soul of the band.
Don't forget Mustaine, he's the mastermind behind those early Metallica riffs.
the title Master of puppets doesn't ring a bell to you, do you?
No he was not. Burton was an excellent bass player, but the heart of the band was - and still is -James Hetfield. The day Hetfield changed, the band turned to a different direction.
hearts and faces are very different things, I know of people without the latest, not the other way...
The amount of overrating people give to Cliff to this day is astounding
Hetfield’s voice is so savage and raw. Nothing out there can match it.
**was
Guess you never heard of king diamond 😞
Axl rose in his prime too
@@zachdoppler9383 eww.
layne staley in his prime blew james out of the park
1:52 Hell yeah! James is insane
It's also fun when he screams the "OH PLEASE GOD HELP ME!!!" parts.
also 0:00 xd
Lars is doing MAD work to power their engine of power chords! Never really realized how much he basically conducts the band with his beats.
Can you imagine how much his arms must ache after a show?!
now imagine doing hundreds of concerts every year for the last 40+ years as their drummer.
Man Kirk absolutely nailed and totally shredded through that solo , amazing how good these guys were so early on in their career , it's like they were instantaneously living legends from their first 3 albums alone, nobody in the thrash metal scene could level with shit from this album, true musical genius's, this stuff will never get old no matter how old it or myself may get , itlll always hit just as hard , absolutely amazing
So true!
Anybody else notice that James' guitar went out during the solo?
Yep. Cliff was looking around trying to figure out what happened.
At what point?
3:40 ish
apostolis x I think around 3:40 he's kinda looking around thinking "where the fuck is James' guitar?"
I finally comes back around 4:30ish
This was Metallica... Incredible band, their first three album are pure magic!
First 5 to me.
Imo RTL is better than MOP
Man, they were on fucking fire! So glad this recording exists! :)
So fun to see Cliff is headbanging the half time while the others are at full speed. Also I love his screams.
fucking ride the lightning
Fuck The Lightning?
@@TheKartoffel101how
fucking St Anger
@@babieagle5711 fucking unforgiven 2
1:51 holy shit James O__O
Long hair and head banging. Those were the days! 🤘🏻
Today, it's short or no hair and, either dancing or standing still. WTF HAPPENED?!
the Real Metallica
Nope. Just young Metallica. They are always real Metallica.
You’re lying if you tel me you didn’t love the black album. is that not real metallica?
Vladimir Tarasenkshow black album is the worst album of their first 5 albums
doesnt mean it isnt good Can.
Can Kılıç doesn’t matter, it’s still a good album. Everyone only hates it because of enter sandman and nothing else matters but there’s still lots of other great underrated songs which are just as good as their first 4 albums.
80s metal, what a magical time.
LIKEWISE!
I still listen to ride the lighting on a weekly basis. I was born in 86 it's my childhood music.
Watching interviews from this era, Kirk and James were such nerds. Then they pump out shit like this. I love it.
It's so nice to see Cliff playing with them it still kills me that hes gone. I miss him so much. I still liked a couple albums they did after him but their is always that part missing.. I'm still listening to you Cliff. RIP..
Metallica are so badass that even when both their guitar players have technical issues, they still rock harder than you could believe.
They roock Thee shiit of aalllll .
watching Lars behind his drums reminds me of animal from the muppets going crazy.
Justin Scrivner LOL
That's fucken awesome man 🤘👍
Lol 😂 now that’s a good enough analogy.
Hahahahahahahaha, omfg! Lol, I probably won't ever get that out of my head now.
I love how the crowd goes quiet to hear Kirk play.
Its awesome
They also go quiet cuz they notice they were completely off beat.
This has to be the top 5 best thrash metal songs of all time!!!!
james’s voice in 85 was so unique
Why does James' hair always looks like spaghetti
hes got italian food on the mind
Hetty Spaghetti
James Spaghetfield
@@TThatsWhatSheSaid1 Nice!!!!
When they were coming up with thin spaghetti they named it angel hair pasta after James hetfield
James with one the best Hardcore Punk vocals in 80s Metal scene. I miss that Hardcore Punk influences
yes! so good!
I’m so proud to be a part of metal history
I was 12 when this came out and to this day nothing comes close to this one song.
I'm with you there! I first heard this when I was 13 and it changed my life!
I always really loved the era of 84-87ish. Lars really always made an effort to play the drum parts how they were written through that time period. A lot of people glorify his playing even through the early 90’s but the facts are that he started getting lazy around 88 and 89. For example, go watch the four horsemen from seattle 89 and you’ll see that Lars completely simplifies the kick pattern instead of doing the triplets in the original recording. It’s a shame he stopped playing like he did in this video.
Even in 1983 Lars played everything exactly like the recording and it sounded so organic. He never missed a beat.
Primeira música do Metallica que ouvi na vida, em uma pequena fita kassete doada por um amigo, nela continha, o tank, loudness, mercyful fate, exciter e malmesteen, o que dizer sobre o impacto que essas bandas me causaram no auge dos meus 14 anos, só tenho a agradecer ao meu amigo que compartilhou comigo essas jóias do metal.
Irado cara, a maneira como éramos introduzidos na música pesada através das famigeradas fitinhas cassetes era realmente algo sensacional.
physically I'm in my kitchen making pasta but mentally, emotionally and spiritually, I'm here
How in the hell can anyone give this video a thumbs down?
Jarod Marquis Dave Mustaine made 13 different accounts just to dislike this.
Exactly!!! Boggles the mind
they had their screens upside down, so it was thumb up👍🏻
Seattle 89 fanboys
Ignorant people can!
Man If only I could have seen them live during this time!!! 🤘😈🤘
It was an amazing time, my friend.
Seen them in 89 on the damaged Justice tour Knoxville Tennessee and it was amazing no opening band and they played for hours and hours it seemed
I did!
Me too man. I was going on 11 during this time. And of course I knew nothing of metal or Metallica back then. lol I didn't discover Metallica or really metal until I was 15. It changed my life forever. 1990 what a great year in my life. \,,/
My brother bought the music back then I was too young to see them back.
that first scream! fuckin chills
FFFFUUUUUUCCKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All I think about when I see Kirk, James, and Cliff bashing their brains to a pulp is the amazing piece of history I'm watching.
He didn’t write the main riff to this song. He wrote the solo and bridge. Go look it up
I was there, 16 years old. They totally blew the people away. (All people.)
2:03 GO!
I expected other people to comment on this but I didn’t see any. If you notice just after the big solo ends and James starts singing again, Kirks guitars breaks a string, you can see it popping off around 4:44 and at that point on you start hearing this occasional squeaky/screetchy sound. That is the sound of that loose string swinging around still attached, you can see him trying to deal with the broken string afterwards while still trying to play the song. Good thing it broke AS SOON as the solo was finished instead of during. Good timing.
Yeah and also james's guitar can't be hear during Kirk's solo
Fish Renfroe Boyd I don’t think he broke a string i think it was a glare on the camera
Yeah, imagine if it had broken during the solo...
@@zachary9057 True, I just rewatched it in 0.5 speed and all strings seem intact. The noise was probably just the string "detaching" from the nut. I've had it happen a couple of times, when the string kind of moves from behind/under the locks
ALLRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT RIDE THEE LIGHTNING!
Josh Houston GOOD GOD
Can we talk about the AMAZING job of image stabilization and audio enhancement done here? Bloody hell.
Best videos of them ever!!!!
Thanks for putting these together!!
You can really hear cliff shine when James guitar cuts out
Seen them here when they we're "TIGHT" and in their prime and also at the Monsters of Rock in Akron, Ohio at the Akron Rubber Bowl. Can't even BEGIN to describe it! Cliff was so SUPERB and AMAZING here! If only I had a time machine...1st place I'd go!
When the solo just started that was just majestic and this is like the guitar sounded majestically
blows my mind to see and hear they wrote this song in 1985., they were ahead of their time period
I saw them in the 7th grade open for ozzy on the master of puppets album..they stole the show
1986 master of puppets. I saw that too. Last show Cliff ever did here in Chicago
Jesus, the bass is so loud... Cliff was a god
@País Vigilancia Católica nah cliff is god
I love the harsh coarse voice that James has in the live 😩❤️
Unstoppable force.
若い頃、月刊誌に少し掲載される写真でしか見ることができなかった彼らの姿を
ペラペラな長方形のデバイスで風呂の中で35年前のライブ動画が見られるようになるとは夢にも思わなかったなぁ
ありがとうございます😆👍
What the...
Where did you come from
Those lucky audience members seeing them perform Lightning after it came out recently. 🤘🏼
Love watching vintage Metallica esp with Cliff
James:RIIIIIDE THEE LIGHTNIIING
headbang intensifies
Never heard a crowd sing lyrics that fucking loud that is awesome 🤘🤘
yes, you can imagine the party the crowd had that night. gives me chills hearing everybody singing along like that
I was 16 in 85. I wasn't into heavy metal but the guy I liked and all of his friends were.
Metallica in their absolute prime.
Metallica the year I was born. Love em so much. Metallica and Megadeth. Bands that make me remember my own passion for music.
Ter 18 anos em 1985, não têm preço.
Rest in peace Cliff!!
If you notice there is no dislikes! METALLICA!!!!
Now here's 3, Bieber, Perry, and some guy hired by Bieber.
Man Kirk was blazing fast back in the day
James voice is soo amazing at this show
This is MY Metallica...!
If I ever form a cover band (or just a band in general) and I cover this song on an album, I wanna do the part at the beginning where he screams "RIDE THE LIGHTNIIIIIING!!" That has some badass affect.
thats the best song of metallica believe me i saw them when they were babies like this video 1984 san diego ca sports arena
Burton years Best years! God damn 'Tallica. Used to jam!!
Hetfield had to wear his own band's T-shirt on stage back then because no other bands were worthy to be represented on the same stage, at the time.
A Megadeth Tee would be even better haha
😂😅
In my opinion, this was the peak of Metallica, their zenith artistically (from musicmanship), and performing-wise, and of course the best line-up of the band! That years from 1985 until Cliff's sudden passing in 1986, are the best. You can seeit in the video, that they had the power, the momentum and the music to be at the top. I only wish that I saw them playing live in that tour in 1985 (I think they were opening for Ozzy). What a great show it must have been...
Me and my best friend had tickets to see them on this tour with W.A.S.P. and Armoured Saint in Toronto in January 1985. We were only 16 years old and my friend’s mother heard it was going to be pretty violent so she begged us not to go and gave us both $20 so we took it and didn’t go. I’ve regretted that ever since, because when they came back in 1986, Cliff was gone and I never got to see him.☹️
@@durrrrl3435 Oh man, that really sucks....
Jason Vogiatzis Yep
I can't stop looking at that beautiful blond hair.
The thing that gets me having seen Tallica open for METAL CHURCH at the Marquee Club in 90 (I know, imagine) is that I was such a daft art student CXnt I didn't realise how good they were. To drunk and dazed.Finished with one of my favorites, Helpless Diamond Head.
Pure Metallica just playing their music. No thoughts about producers or emotions just do drugs drink beer and play their music. I think the fans liked it that way.
I get so pumped when I see it's CLIFF on bass! He WAS Metallica and a LOT of the Old Spirit of Metallica was left under the bus that horrible day.
At this concert lars played the drums as good as dave lombardo ever did wow
He is lars.not Another person. Fuck that comparing shiiiiit.be glad and support Evert person. They dont compare.they do music 4 out wars.
He definitely did. But I'd say not just this concert, but this whole tour and the puppets tour aswell
Well, let's not get carried away 😂 He is great here, though. He let his skills deteriorate in the 90s when he became a lazy, rich poseur.
@@martanoconghaile being rich is a good thing, you're just jealous because you're homeless
@@Miist3rDuce1 😆
Its awesome how the camera matches james head bangs
The crowd is in a wrong tempo lol
The mix of the band with the crowd its out of Sync
😆
Antonio Centeno it’s because the sound waves are too slow and by the time the first beat hits them the next beat has already happened if that makes sense
@@tannerforrest7167 shut the fuck up
raw and pure energy. what a performance that night. and cliff. i need a time machine. see this concert 3 times and then die.
ALL RIGHT!!! RIDE THE LIGHTNING!!! 0:01
I scream like that every time this song plays
Magic. Pure magic. As old as this is now it doesn't feel dated. This song and this performance are just damn good regardless of how many years pass. By the way I was only 8 years old when this concert happened haha,
I'm not a fan of the black album or beyond, but Ride the Lightning/Master of Puppets era Metallica and even And Justice For All fucking ripped.
Playing that fast and singing is incredible talent. No effort.
It really is mind blowing, how fast they play! Insane talent!
AWESOME
This is my favorite Metallica solo
At their peak.
Σταυρος Ελλας
Lol, atleast learn english. ;)
zebageba oh hell ya. Look how young Kirk looks. F***ing awesome!!!
I love the exaggerated "Now it's time to DIIIIIIIE!" on 1:50-1:53. xD
Ternadil
The irony of your comment is hilarious. Your poor sentence structure and your lack of capitalization is atrocious.
MegaThrasher95 I was laughing so hard
Ride the Lightning is the MASTER of metal songs
The days when kids spent their money on instruments instead of tattoos.
I'd really love to go up on a big ass stage with thousands of people in front of me just to scream "fucking ride the lightning!"
Cliff is alive in our heart.
hell fucking yeah!!!! the prime
nothing can beat glorious young blood
The good thing was there's no phone Cell to making damn video ....everybody enjoy the music.
I do love this song a lot!!!!!!!.....and the album too...it must be the blue effect!!!! Hahaha
That bass, cliff burton baby🤟🏻🤟🏻
4:32 was that noise from his hair flip hahahaha
Lol maybe 😂
😂 lovely stuff
kirk hammet broke a string. u can hear it throughout the rest of the song of the broken string rubbing against the others
Daniel J. Omg ahahahahahah
Fredy mercury: allraittttt
James: ALLLRRRrrRrIGGGHTTT!!!!!
Metallica is Metallica don't dude excellent legendary band .Colombia are waiting again them.
I swear I can hear empty beer bottles clinking together on the stage floor.