Does this deserve to be Metallica's most viewed song?

The reason this is the most popular metallica song is probably because it caters to multiple audiences. It has a soft classical intro a little heavy section at the end. This is like a transition to metal for people who don't normally listen to metallica or metal

To answer your question Elton John recently called Nothing Else Matters the greatest song ever written & it very understandably made James Hetfield tear up a bit… but, I think that could have contributed to pushing a newer larger audience to the song/Metallica.

Shred dropping some fucking life truth bombs in this one. I remember in high school I would listen to this song and loved the meaning of it. As I grew up, I still carved my own path but sometimes it was hard not to be envious of some of the things offered by the road well-traveled. This last year or so, now in my mid 30s, I've really embraced the path I have taken. It's been a hard path, but my life is much richer for it. This song, and especially this version, really hit deep again, probably more than ever before. Some real life advice from James. I'm glad I had the strength to live life my way. "Couldn't be much more from the heart. Forever trust in who you are. And nothing else matters." And Lars' cymbals at the end...damn

I do believe Kirk is playing Gary Moore's old Les Paul.

I can't believe this song is 30 years old. Absolutely blows my mind.

To me, Bleeding Me is a much better (underrated) metallica song.

Your videos are so entertaining ... the right mix of infos about all the guitar things & having fun while learning new stuff !!

I can’t listen to 5 minutes of Nothing else matters and don’t care, but I can listen the full 9 minutes of To live is To die and appreciate every one of them.

Never understood why James doesn't play the intro... he wrote the freaking thing.

One of the best live performances of Nothing Else Matters I've heard so far. Also, what's that accoustic guitar you're using? It has a really beautiful timbre.

Can you do a video on Disposable Heroes? It's my favorite Metallica song and I think it's massively underated

The funeral home we did our final viewing had an instrumental version of nothing else matters playing in the background.

Sus chords definitely feels like they’re leaning major here, too. Extremely, I dunno, hopeful sounding? They’re also cozy chords, like something from a fantasy village. Love them.

I've been a fan of the band for most of my life, and admittedly, this is one of the songs I wish they'd drop from their set list occasionally, because some tracks I've heard a few times too many - not to mention the radio and mall exposure of this song. But you managed to make a very good conversation and edumacation with this song. It is a great song, but some times I just want Leper Messiah or Atlas, Rise

That band is pretty good. I think they’ll go far.

Nothing Else Matters is so radio friendly it could be considered a pop song. You don't have to like Metallica, or even heavy metal to like this song. In fact, there are people out there who would never listen to heavy metal but will listen to Nothing Else Matters.

Been loving your song breakdowns shred lord please continue the wisdom of gnar

Love you shred! Content idea: ranking albums. I know its been done by a lot of people but i feel like you have a uniqur perspective

Haven't watched the video yet, but I just wanted to say I love your channel.

Kirk and a LesPaul ... rare sight !! Most of the time he plays an ESP guitar ...

Song is so powerful and has helped so many going through tough times, love and respect to Metallica

That show in Atlanta was my first Metallica concert, as a 19 year old I’m glad to say I’ve finally been able to see them live and it was one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to

This was my wife's and my favorite song when we met in 1998 and was our wedding song in 2005.

Share some of that lager man! All I got Franzia wine 😭

Dave Mustaine could never create such a masterpiece!

Something else matters

one of the first songs from metallica that stuck with me and i never let go. love this song to the day i die.

This song is musically simple as f_ck. Can't believe it's so popular. Great job at decomposing it, Shred, as usual.

Thanks, we lucky to still have Metallica around!!!!

Oh ... James is playing the solo ;-)

Shred, that Les Paul Kirk is playing... That belonged to Gary Moore at one point, and before that it belonged to Peter Green. It's been dubbed the "Greeny", and set Kirk back about a million bucks (although some outlets say 2 million). Gary used it to record Parisienne Walkways.

That's the Peter Green Les Paul. Gary Moore owned it and then when he died Kirk bought it. It has a different sound because the pickup is in backwards. Great breakdown, Shred!

Lars needs a metronome.

My dad is FAAAAAAAR from a metal fan. I will show him this clip and I know he will understand why I listen to it. Thank you so much brother. I'd love to connect with him with music. Queen is a close one. But not enough 💜🖤❤️🤘🤘

There’s so many covers of this by modern bands lol

Extra points for sparkly pants!

I was front row at this show, good shit.

Respect bro! You are the type of guy you need to have a few beer kegs, few guitars, jam, drink and just talk and jam for days untill everything matters!!

Hey, great video...

Sappy love songs always get the views. It's probably the one feeling that unites us all. Most don't care for technique, tone etc. For me this song gets old, fade to black/ to live is to die are my favorites

can you dissect creeping death possibly the best song they ever wrote thanks to cliff and kirks classical knowledge and skills

This is their most viewed for a simple reason. It transcends to a universal emotion of wanting to believe in ones self. To be accepted as who you are and not what someone believes you to be. Sadly, in life this rarely occurs and most of us know it.

Shred आचार्यः hope you remember me. Could you make a reaction video on S&M or S&M2 and give us some important tips on music composition?? I hope it could be really useful for us.

“Shred Matters” 😎🎸

This dungheap doesn’t even reach the ankles of the legendary eternal #WAP.

So lucky to have been at this concert. Best day of my life by far!

Krk's playing Peter Greene's Les Paul. 😎

That's the Greeny Moore Les Paul that Kirk is playing.

1:48 That guitar is Peter Green's 59' Les Paul that has also been owned by Gary Moore

I feel like I must mention something music theory related. I have played guitar for about 25 years and I have never studied music theory, other than basic chords, reading tablature and I do understand the basic song structure. I like to keep it that way. When listening to music I don't feel like digging too much into the details. In some way ignorance is bliss in this case. I do pick out instruments and focus mainly on guitar since that's my thing. Some people like music theory and that's fine but I don't focus on that. Like you said, your own individual personality is a valuable thing.

Always liked James singing, it's not the best or most polished but his tone and lack of vibrato is good stuff.

Em. Easiest intro riff on guitar ever. Tone on the live recording is good but if you have infinite money that should be easy to achieve. The Am6 is the most interesting part. I learned about natural harmonics in month 1 of guitar out of...how old am I? 40...29 years of guitar. Mr. Shred...you are cool and your theory knowledge is awesome. I would love you to cover I found both brilliant and difficult. Breaking the Girl by RHCP. The chorus is nuts! Only 4 parts.

Extra points for playing Greeny Peter Greens et.al. John Mayhall & the blues breakers. replaced "Clapton" (so probly doesnt suck). and from a little known band "Fleetwood Mac" as well as Gary Moore, he's played a few licks too lol 59" Les paul. Very $$ particular piece of instrument there with neck pickup installed upside down yes its seen a few miles

When he said gateway drug to classical guitar....I felt that

you all know thats peter greens les paul ,,,i love my gibson les pauls ,,ive got 2 zakk wylde bullseyes

The recorded versions is EM AM DM with a hammer on & pull off of the F# G on the high E

@3:34 when you forget you're wearing headphones!

Ulrich china's roll at the end is absolute s*it

That Les Paul is " Greenie", I'm sure you know what that means! Peter Greene used to own it.

Never been a huge fan of this song but this is a great performance of it

Dude the reason that les Paul seen some miles it's becuz its greenie. It was owned by Peter Green who was in early Fleetwood mac and Gary Moore that guitar is priceless I heard over 2 million

Gave a thumbs up for the most unexpected burp of all time at 9:33.

Kirk now owns the Les Paul Standard iconic guitar previously own by Peter Green and then Garry Moore

Fantastic video I'm drawn in to learn, I've been playing A long time, I have only ever got 1 lesson and I couldn't really understand why I was there, I feel like learning watching your videos, I'll be following your channel, you'll be wondering how to get rid of me, mhwuahhahahahah right back at cha :D

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I got into Metallica because of when they covered Soundgarden!

That Les Paul is the Greeny guitar. A 59 Les Paul that used to belong to Peter Green....hence the name Greeny guitar.

I think you can have Metallica fans that don't necessarily have a very trained year and wouldn't differentiate necessarily between songs like enter sandman and say Master of puppets, necessarily. I think the appropriate comparison on Master of puppets to enter sandman would be the things that should not be, one of their other songs that really just survives throughout with one riff. And those people will say they like Metallica and it's fun to listen to and it pumps them up and stuff like that. But the more trained listener or maybe more hard-working listeners the way to say it, is going to understand those really symphonic compositions that are put together by Metallica and why they're different like Master of puppets or most of Injustice For All and really a lot of Ride the lightning. But for the average listener there's really no differentiation there it's loud it's heavy it's fast. It's to me why growing up I could never understand why people universally knew moonlight sonatas first movement whether it was more in pop culture or whatever it was a song that people knew when they heard it and if you played in the third movement or even the second movement which has some of the greatest parts in my opinion, they would have never guessed that it was part of the same song nor will they probably like it as much as that first movement. So sometimes Metallica puts out of first movement song like nothing else matters straying away from songs that are more like a minor version of the second movement or the chaotic nature of the third movement but that's where they're die hards fans are. As you stated and as is the case with most Metallica songs you see often times a bare Bones riff or strumming of the or picking of the guitar start off a song and then have it layered as more complex more complex and more complex. Now something like creeping death I would have a hard time trying to make a Metallica fan out of someone who hates metal by playing them creeping death but I would cue up something like sanitarium which I think more than holds it's own with one as the heaviest "ballads" they play. Back to the point with all of those songs you see a progression of layers added on basically tastefully and very well done versus a lot of the bands you hear that go right into that double kick and chugging which Metallica can do, but you know don't live or die by it really. So Sabbath bloody Sabbath I think has the undeniable heaviest section of any song ever written and those that know the song probably know what I'm talking about. But the reason I think it comes off as, I and I really do believe it's sort of the heaviest section ever, is because it's bookended by these more melodic sections of that song. And I think it's the blatant contradiction between the two parts that makes things sound so great. Now there's not a lot off of St anger that I like but I remember being instantly drawn to all within my hands which has that sort of soft verse section then it goes a little bit harder but then when it leads into the all within my hands part of the chorus where the breakdown on the guitar is which I will argue is one of the strongest breakdowns by Metallica on any song, it leads in with a softer sort of clear tone and then it's just pummeled by that part. Whatever that's called creating contradiction or tension within a song or you know hurting the ear and then pleasing it or whatever Metallica is by far the best band and doing that but, I still say that Sabbath bloody Sabbath part is just a meanest example of that

So emotional and beautiful what a freaking song lol

SHRED should get 1 TRILLION views!

(7:29) I've always played it in A Minor, sounds more natural to me. Actually, I think the whole song is on E Eolian.

It's a great song, simple yet there is more than meets the eye (that's open when you sleep). It was coached outta James' gut and produced by the King of Hard Rock Hits...Bob Rock, who is a helluva guy! Cheers!!

Mmm that does look good

isn’t the les paul peter greens old one (greeny)

1 billion views! Swagger.

What's up with Kirk's right hand at 1:44...? I can't tell if that's some type of support over his knuckles, or if that's his actual skin. It looks strange.

What do you think wich genre exactly this is? I‘d say it‘s Melodic Metal.

15:30 It depends why are you making music? It's philosophical. For example I don't see it as an ultimate goal for a song to reach and be liked by every person on this planet. If it can reach one and provoke emotion I was trying to portray, for me that a success.

I would agree. The attitude of "nothing else matters" is a bit nihilistic. Everything should matter if an artist were to expand. As an afterthought, does dark matter "exist?" Hm-hm-hm-ha-ha-ha!

You know what's weird. I've never listened to more than a minute of this song. But I've listened to all the harder ones mostly. Now that I'm older I'm listening to you give your opinion of it. I can see what you mean. But I've always liked everything so I didn't need the transition style I wanted hard melodic music from Metallica so when I heard that it was odd for me.

13:15 say no more

I’m pretty sure that Les Paul was Lindsey Buckinghams. I could be totally wrong but I recall Kirk in an interview saying that les paul was famous and for some reason I’m recalling him saying it’s Lindsey Buckinghams. Again could be miles off but my memory is being jogged for some reason.

do i have to dial satan to be this good in music theory or is this just practice?

9:02 I think James knows it

marty friedman envied this song he says he wished dave mustaine can sing this kind of song in an interview back when he recently left megadeth.

How can you rate Kirk skills and solos?

Godzilla had a stroke because heard nothing else matters for the billionth time.

That les paul is 200 k guitar played by gary moore i believe

Since when is success and doing what YOU want to do become wrong and selling out? When you have a job, you are expected to be successful or you won't have said job long. Metallica did what they wanted, when they wanted, and how they wanted to do it without thought of what their peers thought or the backlash they would receive. Much respect to Metallica and all that live their lives that way.

I'm slow and stupid so I always relate everything to the major... So I'd call it G major.. and i can mentally jump to E minor.

Duuude I was at that concert fucccckkkk yessss😂

Is it just me or was Lars' timing all over the place during that performance? Especially during the first half.

James is either absolutely on fire or they put auto tune on his voice.

If you turn the minor triad in the intro into a major triad, Metallica becomes Manowar. On the video: love those occassional burps while a well-educated guy elaborates on music theory. When I was a tutor for law in university, this would have brought my teaching to a new level. As for the question why people do not like metal, I think it is because they are stupid f@#$. This is not a matter of taste but of intelligence and education. Most stupid people I know listen to mainstream and among the people I know listening to metal, the smart ones are overrepresented.

The Black album is their heaviest on a more emotional and atmospheric scale. Nothing else Matters is a beautiful song. Enter Sandman is great but the first 100 times is enough listening to it. The Unforgiven proves my first statement.

It was covered by miley Cyrus and Elton John. That's why it's so popular now.

Shred will you teach me to guitar? Muahahaha

Sometimes you have to be bad to be good.