It was a new level of intensity in the world of music and music videos; You can find clips of VJs (yes, I'm that old) trying to find something to say after playing it for the first time.

​@@boodge. CNN did a special on What's Going On and it's relevance today after the George Floyd murder. It's still my favorite album. I still listen to it on vinyl.

It's not just anti-war, it's also about ethics in medicine "He's a product of your profession, not mine."

@@boodge. Exactly. "What's Going On" and/or any number of others. There are so many great anti-war songs.

@@boodge. "On the flip side, best pro-war song ever written: Bring Back The Bomb by GWAR." Loudest live show I've ever attended, by far. They were in a league of their own.

Perfectly said. And same for me - I love it when the light goes on for someone who at last ‘gets it’. One of my favorite such moments was a time I was dinking around the house with Iron Maiden’s ‘The Trooper’ having just started. My wife was enduring it kindly until….until that glorious moment after the first vocal intro and then when the whole band kicks in and we hear the greatest expression of the ‘Iron Maiden gallop’…she actually stopped in her tracks, listened for a minute, nodded her head approvingly and said - I’ll never forget this - “wow. Ok. Yeah, I get it now”. Those are fun moments to witness.

Not to mention Cliff Burton's love of classical music shaped the entire way Metallica put songs together. He was a master at making stories out of songs, and it was beautiful. One of my favorites was how the entire musical sequence of transitions of Master of Puppets follows the theme of the song about addiction: Getting high, the crash, the desperation of needing another fix, and the chaos that ensues are all represented in how the music flows and transitions from one part to the next. In a way it's like listening to a very loud Beethoven composition.

Well said, friend…

Couldn't agree more. Makes me think about Ozzy. A lot of his songs could be children's books

Best metal is always about some form of catharsis

Movies is named "Johnny got his gun" FYI

😮 Wow! 😢 I didnt know that. That is sooo sad!!

Ehm “land mine has taken my sight, etc”

I had to stop at 7 minutes after learning it was true...

Thank you for your service my friend

Thank you for your service, and much love to you ❤

Do you like this song? I have to skip it. Like band of brothers.. leads to booze, and sad.

Be well, my brother. US Army 90-94 here

06-15 Army. Love the song hits home in a lot of ways. At times I do avoid it.

I’m still angry about this - the fuckin flute band - come on!

@@scrotube Jethro Tull was actually an amazing band, just not a metal band by any stretch. Nor did they ever claim to be a metal band.

You guys forget... Metallica didn't want the award. They did win and turned it down. That's why it went to Jethro Tull

I know. It still hurts!

@@trehnert That's not true, Metallica was literally standing there waiting to walk on stage and accept the award. Jethro Tull wasn't even there because they didn't expect to win and thought it was funny that they were even nominated.

I know exactly what your referencing

I was dying with anticipation of that too!! Wish she could have been standing next to me in the pit 6 months ago watching it LIVE!!

Exactly!!!

I absolutely love her reactions. It’s priceless❤

Made me cry in the hospital. My wife lying next to me for her last chemo appointment.

Right?! My love for Metallica has lasted over 30 years. I’m seeing them live this August!!

@@KelleyTheAdvocate right on! I've been a head since 1992!!

They're lucky!

do you really believe she liesten this for the first time? haha

@@user-sj2st9zc3y that's what the title is.

Hmm... - Will do!

Same

The struggle is real my brother. Only thing that keeps me going is my kiddos and my wife. They are my rock. Stay strong brothers.

It doesn't have to be "worth it" brother. It just is. I'm disabled by it too, but I try not to think about what I can't do and focus on what I can. We are still alive and can still do some stuff that is cool. I got back from Iraq almost 20 years ago, and I've had a lot of therapy. Things do get better over time, and if they don't it could be time to get some help. I had to get therapy because I had unresolved grief due to events in the sandbox, but it helped. Keep on going and we'll be cranky old graybeards before you know it.

You did the best that you could with all that you had at the time. Every soldier does. Every PERSON does. It's not about the things that you saw, the things that you did. Brother, you are not your past. If you stood before me with a gun pointed at my chest, I would say three words: I trust you.

Soldiers make some of the biggest sacrifices for humanity and they often are underappreciated for it by those who take normality, peace, and freedom for granted. My dad's story of a GI handing him a bar of chocolate in the closing days of WWII when he was a child in Germany has always stayed with me as an image of America not coming to Europe as conquerors, but as bridge builders for a better, more democratic and more freedom loving future. I have nothing but gratitude.

Disagree

@ecoffey71 and you are entitled to your opinion. I'm a long time Metallica fan, seen them live twice. And each time they played this song they had machine gun fire across the stage and even blew up the stage as it fell apart. It's even better live in my opinion. But that's me and millions of other fans across the world. You do you.

Just no bass lol justice for Jason!

@@campbellwallace3774 a true travesty

Amen

We're the same age man and unfortunately, I couldn't serve. Thank you for your service. Keep going strong.

I was 10 when it came out It didn't resonate for me until 8 years later And then it resonated more with me after I joined the Fire and Rescue brigade in a busy corridor of .. stuff (vehicle accidents) Not the same as your 3 tours bud, similar sights, different stress though, because nobody was shooting at me There are some smells and sounds that bother me, and it's like you say .. sometimes it hurts, not just the song It did capture it well though and those goosebumps don't ever disappear Thank you for your service and much love from Oz

Yeah I was 15. It feels like yesterday.🤘🤘🤘

they still do it like that thesedays

when i saw them back in the late 1900s it was outdoors, and their set started with the sun setting, or close to it. still light, anyway. they finish whatever song, and everything goes quiet and black and it had gotten dark. cue the machine gun sounds etc. holy shit was it effective

and justice was an awesome concert .

Yeah they did, they were so badass.

​@@banjohero1182"saw them back in the late 1900s" what the fuck...?

You said it brother

Pure military

The question is: Was he talking to a Military Officer, a Doctor or a Religious Priest?

​@@KingOfGamesss A priest. The General called him "Padre" or "Father."

@@deantodd8103 Actually the other question is also: Who was the other Person too?...I've never seen the movie. I always thought it was the Doctor (Who was keeping him "Alive") that first asked the Military Officer "Don't YOU have anything to say to him?"...and then the Military Officer replied "He's a product of YOUR profession...not mine".

Okay old fart, what's the name of this movie? Can you recall?

Gob smacking ... Tingling ...solo. great fun fact too!

I had seen them live twice before this was released. I was 16 in 89 and my oldest son was born the following year. It’s impossible to believe this song and him in the womb are the same age, or that I was a 16 year old metalhead when I became a father……..

Her jaw drop is the realization of what "left me with life in hell" means, thank you and thank Metallica for ever

And that moment she discovered what metalheads are and feel. she turned one of us!

Listen to Fade to Black. No video reaction. Just listen.

if you can’t give yours to the world, you can always work on the mistakes, on my own behalf I can express gratitude to the people of America for their help always and at all times, it’s a pity that 99% of the population of the former USSR don’t even remember this, and when you remind them of this, they deny

I wanted to say something negative. But realized not everyone grew up on this, and it is cool to watch someone find it.

This song and video is a masterpiece.

36 years!!!!! Thanks for making me feel old lol. I've always felt that this is the song that really put them on the radar and paved the way for the Black album.

We are so old! 👴

I had the same feeling same age with the and justice album. Life changing.

This album came out 2 months before I joined the US Army as an infantryman. Many years and experiences later, the old man understands what the young man couldn't comprehend.

@@mattbrown5511 🫡

Same bro 😎

I heard justice album for the first time around the same age and it's my all time favorite album.

Yeah, it's the most important video of all time in my view... I remember the first time I saw it on Headbanger's Ball. And my father died from Agent Orange at 42 and I've been sick my entire life, so this and "Disposable Heroes" are so important to me personally. :(

@@dreamkrusherjay2869 It sounds like you have some stories to tell...

@@coffeeandbytes9854Unfortunately, I do. :( I am one of "The Drafted Unborn." My dad volunteered to go to Nam, and he'd been there two tours. He had a little brother who wasn't equipped for it, so my father took a third tour to keep him home. He was a USMC Gunnery Sergeant. That third tour made him the second-most decorated Nam Vet in Michigan, and the most-decorated non-POW. The only man who had more decorations in Michigan was a POW for 7 years. Dad died the most horrifying death you can imagine at the age of 42. He was literally decomposing before he was even dead, I wasn't allowed to even see him in the hospital for the last week of his life, because my mother said I wouldn't even recognize him. She saved my life that week, because I still nearly ended it a couple of times in the few years that followed. I've been sick and in pain since my birth, and our wondrous, lying government doesn't help any of us children who are fucked because of them murdering our fathers. :( I've been writing a book for about two years now, but as you can imagine, it's extremely hard to write. I repressed a lot of shit, and when it starts coming back... whew. I literally watched my father knock himself out with one of the old table-top touch-tone phones because my mother was literally stuck in traffic 30 minutes bringing his meds home to him. That's the kind of shit that sticks with you forever.

@@dreamkrusherjay2869 Also heard for the first time on headbangers ball. Very powerful.

​@@dreamkrusherjay2869 Agent Orange, that's so Sodom.,👍🏻

It always makes me cry, the effects of war never leave us that have been effected by it.

Its not my favorite. Its not even the kind of music I like. Still possibly the best song ever written though. Its that good.

Yes. This is the live performance closest to the James that wrote and recorded the studio version.

Well said @themaggot8

It was an amazing show. I have the hearing loss to prove. I’m the plus size guy standing in the crowd in front of Kirk.

This is 100% the best recommendation. Seattle '89 is arguably a masterpiece of performance, and its rendition of this song is almost perfect.

​@timclemensen4386 I wish I was able to have seen them live back then. Unfortunately I was to young, and by the time I could see them James had his vocal surgery and didn't sound the same anymore.

This is the only truth

I use this phrase in many contexts.

Agreed. I am 53, with 1000 cds, and 100 vinyl records. I have heard thousands of songs. I do think this is the most powerful song I've ever heard ..... And I have thought that for over 25 years now....

The last 3 mins of this song is an absolute Monster.. My favorite Metallica song on my favorite album with my favorite line-up.

I would say the bass too but I couldn’t hear it at all on the album! lol

But the bass.......

Unfortunately this isn't the story of just one soldier. This song captures and epitomizes the daily struggle and constant battle with despair of thousands, perhaps millions of our veterans. And remember, this was produced back in.. 1991 I think? THEY were truly ahead of their time and, in many ways, the avante guard of change. Kudos to them for re-igniting the flame of patriotism while calling the price of foreign policy into account.

I used to work for Dave Mustaine, from late `83 till mid `87. He became a solid friend to me. I was 17 yrs. old, a bedding guitarist with a friend`s dad that made some early video`s for Mtv, that is how I got work with Megadeth. Dave was obsessed with Metallica and I think he still is. This will sound nuts but I think the firing helped to create a mad genius, with a drinking problem that was inbsane. I drank with him beer for beer until sobriety 14 yrs now. I LOVE METALLICA! Well everything until the black album (their last great record imo.) MOP is probably the best Metal album EVER DONE, BY ANY BAND. This track and the video is pure gold , yet very real and disturbing. The tightest and precise recording that is as well done as any band in Metal.

Agreed. Thought that for over 25 years...

@@gib59er56AJFA beats mop in my opinion

landmine has taken my sight taken my speech taken my hearing taken my arms taken my legs taken my soul left me with life in hellllllllllllllllllllllllll

The words that were most powerful to me (never watched the movie) "If I had arms I could kill myself ..... "

Y conciencias,las guerras no deberían existir

In that respect, I think Lars was inspired by Keith Moon. But where Keith played to reinforce the vocals, Lars tends to follow the guitars more.

Yeah it makes me contended as a Metallica fan as well as just a music fan to know that at some point complex songs like this could get so huge

Yes it was the first time I heard a breakdown, from this song, from that point on became my life long love of that musical tool

​@@sean_b_drummerI'm not sure it's necessarily Lars. James has said he's percussion oriented and writes riffs like if they were drums sometimes. That's probably why it fits so well

Lars takes a lot of crap, most of it unwarranted. A lot of people have said he's a crap drummer, blah blah blah. And, to be fair, he isn't the greatest time keeper. That said, most of the hate stems from the Napster turmoil. While Lars may not be Ringo Starr at keeping a beat (look it up. Ringo was a PHENOMENAL time keeper, legendarily good), Lars is very good at orchestrating his kit. He composes fully actualized parts that are as nuanced and complex as any of Kirk's solos or James' picking. Metallica wouldn't still be Metallica after 40-something years if Lars were a bad drummer.

I think the one in Lincoln NE , was the best!

Lincoln is an awesome performance!

This would be a great one to react to in the future.

The grainy 85-86 shows with cliff are not great sound quality but man they were savage when he was till alive.

If you’d like to see a good reaction to Fade To Black there’s a channel called Reaction Therapy where the reactor is a therapist that breaks down the lyrics from a mental health perspective instead of musically or vocally.

Master is a masterpiece, BUT....aside from the lack of bass (thanks Lars) One is a masterpiece in and of itself.

​@@user-hf9bt3dz2m Master of Puppets uses the military as imagery and symbolism, but they've said it's meaning is about addiction to drugs and how they control you. So they hadn't quite heard an anti-war song like One yet

@@joefog964the military imagery on that album is more a reference to Disposable Heroes.

@@New2Me170B well, it was the title track too

ya 16year old me knew it was amazing . 49 year old me (former medic ) literally in tears thank you guys for your incredible talent

Just like Martin Friedman of Megadeth

Será para tí,para mí no

Amen

James and Lars have even talked about how he was undervalued and horribly mistreated

@@Noneyabiz001 what are you talking about about Lars and James fired him 😂

I saw them in 88 at Cincinnati gardens. Incredible show.

One of the best metal / rock bands of all time ....nobody does it as good as Metallica

What was the other video?

I appreciate you sir or madam but this human is not reacting to the song. She is acting poorly. Honestly don't care. If you believe it to be true then it is true. FFS!

What amazes me is that this has always been one of my favorite Metallica songs and I didn't see the video until 2023 at the concert in Detroit. I had no idea this song was based on "Johnny Got his Gun", a book I read as a freshman in high school 44 years ago. I've never seen the movie and didn't know it existed. But the epiphany at the concert brought me to tears. It was the third time I've seen Metallica but the first time they showed their video in the backdrop.

Still give me chills too. It's impossible not to headband coming out of that solo.

I genuinely find it weird to listen to the non-live version these days, my brain's always waiting for the pyro like it's part of the percussion....

Quiet, of course

That's just your ears ringing 😂

I was in boot...i bought this cassette a nd a walkman at the px

This is my all time favorite song and album!!

She is actually pretending that she hasnt heard this before. LoL

This video was controversial when they made it cuz he told many interviewees that they wouldnt make a music video. Not interested. Motley Crue and Winger were making music videos, so they wanted to stay far away from that. This music and video stands up today.

sorry i have to disagree you can't beat the video of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen sorry but no even tho this is my 2nd fav music video ever

@@i7887 If it's not a genre you generally listen to it's really easy to not have ever actually heard a 7:45 song from a band that's not your groove.

As a listener I can say I disagree. Greatest ever etc is very subjective.

​@zav3760 "one of" being the key to that phrase.

@@bradr.8833 even "one of"

@zav3760 opinions and musical tastes vary. I agree with his statement. Its a masterpiece.

Why don't you each make a list of your favourites?

She'll struggle with this.

yep she did fer sure@@philjones45

Good point, I had forgotten how anti-commercialism Metallica were before that first video. My favorite song of all time. Headbanger here, as a teenager in the 80's listened to Master of Puppets with my Sony Walkman non stop.

i know what you mean. indeed and agreed on one of the greatest music videos. this was a huge risk for them. it was their first video, and it was something that was unlike anything MTV had played before or since. they had a world premiere for this and that was a big deal and then they played it in heavy rotation. at a time when MTV was a lot of hair and glam bands, this was a refreshing piece of art. i was kind of surprised that so many people caught on to this. i'd only known fans from sharing the tapes before....when they had zero radio airplay. they were also just about the only big band that allowed camera into their shows at the time, too...that's really how they made it...fans sharing tapes, word of mouth and the bootleg videos they allowed people to record. puppets was huge because of that, but justice just rocketed to the top thanks to this song and video.

Mushrooms are you friend.

It’s even better live at night with 5000 lighters lit 🔥

I used to go to sleep to this song and enter sandman in the dark needless to say some of the most vivid dreams I’ve ever had to date almost nightmare like

Alone, in the dark, preparing to face your demons, and there they stand, waiting....not knowing you have dominion over them. They have NO idea they are about to lose.

Exactly. I actually hate the video with a passion as it talks over some of the most amazing parts. A way better solo listen. Or, in concert.

One of the very first songs with 2 separate guitar parts me and my friend learned and could play together all the way through

I practiced the guitar solo with tabs every night. I have touched a guitar in years though.

Bruh, same. Can confirm lol. Metallica has a kind of perfection about their song structure that's basically a formula to them for their new music by now. And good God does it ever wear off on ya and intrude itself into your playing style ya know? Listen to a band enough and eventually sometimes it's hard not to create structure similar to that musical influence.

@@devinalaers3024 Its their use of dynamics from the soft melodic classical and sometimes medieval sounding sections and the thrash sections that set them apart from the other trash bands

You’re welcome. I speak for the Vocalyst when I say that.

That is so true 💯

Gotta love the authentic emotional reaction with so many thought and feelings running behind the low tone facial expressions.

Yeah I picked up on that too. So many reaction channels are just pure grifting, totally fake - but I subbed within a couple of minutes

@tatatonio - Ken Lavigne did a reaction on this video too - the poor dude broke into tears and it was very heartfelt. You should give it a watch.

@@eldonfoster3824 I really like him!!

Yeah man, some music is just sound, some is art that makes you feel, viscerally. Metal tends to really embody that concept as a genre, most metal bands will have an epic track that hits you in the feels one way or another.

Yes you said it right in every word. This song is legendary ❤

Poor you ! She got all about this song ! and just she choose naturally how can get that nature of their song that is no better thant other because you ! Relax !

@@NoelaAbarca-np3nz not entirely sure what you're trying to say here... but I hope your day gets better. ✌️

S&M1 is my favorite version

I was gonna suggest the same thing...the '89 show in Seattle can be found on the "Live Shit Binge & Purge" boxed set. It's definitely one of the best performances I've ever seen. There are tons out there though, and I can't recall ever seeing a bad one. You can even look up Metallica playing on the Howard Stern show a couple years back, and they played "One" there. Wonderful performance, especially given that it's rockers playing at like 8am. The only issue with that one was James fubbing up a few of the lyrics towards the end, but he recovered quickly.....again, it was at like 8am. Most rock guys are just crawling into bed around that time, LOL. I'm new to your channel...this reaction video made me click the subscribe button. One of the best reaction videos I've seen. Looking forward to more! Take care and God bless....

Or the Seattle, or Mountain View ’89 shows kick ass!

Yes!!!!!!

I heard that it was 1.6M actually.

@@austindermody302 I heard it was about 40 thousand people and the rest were FSB making sure the 40k didn't do anything wrong.

Yup. And Justice... was their peak of musical ability for thrash metal and I consider the best album of the 80's or 90's period. With a few exceptions.

Her face. ❤

I was hoping someone else noticed that, it was like new synapses forming in her brain as we watched.

I noticed that too and figured I wouldn’t be the only one who caught it. I’ve listened to this song hundreds of times and still get hit hard. Still my favorite Metallica song.

Everyone has a moment when it hits them when they see this video for the first time. The look on her face at that moment is priceless!

Yes. This song Assaults a first time listener. Assaults !

No I don't lol born in 88 I'd always heard them. Raised by females with good taste in music. Mostly lol.

I remember I was somewhat disappointed that they started getting commercial by releasing a video, but I liked it at the same time.

i was 8 playing guitar hero

I was glued to headbangers ball all night to see the video as many times as possible! 🤘

really? i thought motley crue - home sweet home was #1 longer. the home sweet home video was the reason they started retiring videos, because it spent 3 months at #1. you're referring to the dial mtv countdown?

Headbangers Ball.

How the heck you can remember things like that? I can't even remember what MTV was used to be. Some say that there were music, music videos and other cool stuff.