Bass Teacher REACTS | "Orion" | Metallica | Cliff Burton

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➡️ Well, this is the one - this is THE song that completely changed how I viewed the bass guitar when I heard it over 20 years ago. Cliff Burton left such a vast mark on the metal music world with his innovative approach to the instrument, and how he subverted the role of the bass in heavy metal. I finally scratched the itch to cover this song on my channel, because honestly, I just get giddy talking about all the amazing aspects it boasts. In this video, I dive deep into "Orion" by Metallica, from their 1986 masterpiece "Master Of Puppets", which is essentially a showcase of Cliff's bass wizardry, composition, and a glimpse into his musical influences. I focus on the many roles the bass takes within the song, the brilliance of the interlude's composition, and the legendary bass solo that showed me what bass playing could really be about.
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@tythompson4794 Год назад

It is a crying shame Cliff never got to perform it live. When I get a 24 fret, I’m gonna rip this first.

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

I know man. I feel like they wanted to keep the deeper stuff on the records and keep the live shows balls to the wall back then since they really had to prove themselves. I feel like it was ultimately in their master plan for future tours, but tragically was cut short. Then, I feel like it was too soon and too upsetting to even think about playing it live with Jason. Just my observation based on how subtly they sprinkled it in until finally performing it decades later with Rob (who does an excellent job with it).

@Shiljamannn Год назад

@@LowEndUniversity When they got Jason in they were touring too much around AJFA and especially TBA era... It was probably pain in the butt to relearn and rehearse long progressive songs that weren't really fitting the live tracklist.... Probably the same reason they didn't play The Frayed End Of Sanity up until 2014 as a fans request and other instrumental....

@НиколайВърбанов-в7н Год назад

Can be played on a 21 fret with harmonics or just a 3rd below as well! I remember the solo si good that I get it on the 10th try by now!

@MunkeeFWRrng Год назад

Agreed. It would have been so amazing if we could have had even one single instance of him playing it live. Such a shame…

@DShorb Год назад

Yeah it would have been awesome to have seen Cliff playing that live.

@rome8180 Год назад

That second section never fails to give me chills. It's clear how knowledgable Cliff was in the language of classical music.

@Coffeendonuts Год назад

The first few Metallica albums have beautiful harmonies. After Cliff died so did metallicas harmonic tone.

@ChrisHaynes-ds6rp Год назад

@@Coffeendonuts I would submit there is some awesome guitar harmonies on the Album And Justice for All.

@Monkeyboy2457 Год назад

@@ChrisHaynes-ds6rp Yes. The intro to Blackened

@ChrisHaynes-ds6rp Год назад

@@Monkeyboy2457 did you know that intro is reversed from how they actually played it. Look it up on youtube pretty neat how it sounded originally played.

@Monkeyboy2457 Год назад

@@ChrisHaynes-ds6rp Wow thanks that just blew my mind.

@CJCon885 Год назад

Orion is an absolute masterpiece of music.

@Coffeendonuts Год назад

Metal symphony. All of cliffs brilliance and background in classical music are on full display in this track

@Lemieux92 Год назад

The whole album was a masterpiece of music :D

@jasonbader431 Год назад

Orion was Cliff's masterpiece. You could tell Cliff put his soul until Orion.

@BattleBrotherCasten Год назад

Call Of Kthulu is his best work imo as far as showing his playing ability, but when it comes to composition it’s this one.

@Hull9 Год назад

Thank God we got this piece before he passed

@AngelXD009 Год назад

I’m a beginner bassist, and my one goal is to learn Orion. To play for my mom (Orion is her Favorite Metallica song) and to play in honor of cliff. I’ve always loved Orion. It can tell stories. It’s wonderful! Thank You Cliff and Metallica for making such wonderful masterpiece!

@ronmo671 Год назад

Coolest mom ever. Congrats

@Kyng_T 11 месяцев назад

As a guitarist with a Dad who’s fav song is this, I can relate v much so 🫡🤘🏽🤘🏽

@nickfanzo 3 месяца назад

Honestly it’s not hard, you’ll nail it

@alanbbrady8196 Месяц назад

You are my new adopted Son. Nice one lad. 😊

@aprilk141 Месяц назад

I'm a forty something trans Lady and Orion is my favorite too. James is a great vocalist but some music does need words. ❤ your mom did a good job ❤

@CJCon885 Год назад

I kind of think that Cliff is the Randy Rhoads of bass. Both incredible musicians.

@drunkengamer7378 Год назад

I was thinking the same thing as I’m watching this, could you imagine Cliff and Randy working together? Ohh man that would be amazing

@brianthiebold Год назад

Both died way to young

@bassimprovjams3772 Год назад

For sure! I always say he’s the Bruce Lee of bass

@jasonbryant.bassguitarplay3641 Год назад

Can you imagine just one song with CLIFF and RANDY playing on it. At this moment I cannot even think about who would sing, rhythm, and drum but it would have to be a 7 min song at least.

@DizzyD850 Год назад

@@jasonbryant.bassguitarplay3641 Somewhere in heaven, Cliff, Randy, Bon, and Bonham are jamming out

@faamecanic1970 Год назад

What a lot of people dont know is Cliff went to college for Electrical Engineering...because he didnt like the stock sound of his guitar, amp, and pedals. He modified every piece of equipment and guitar he had. He was truly a musician and artist in every sense of the word. You can also hear his love of Classical music in his playing.... if I could compare him to anyone it would be Randy Rhoads.

@tomflake1486 Год назад

I was 16 in 1986. My friends had tickets to see Ozzy in Dallas. Metallica was the opening act. My mom wouldn't let me go so I missed out on my only opportunity to see Cliff. That is something I will always think about. I saw them in 1989 and 1992 with Jason. Jason was awesome. He was my favorite member of Metallica after Cliff.❤

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

WOW! And I felt bad declining to see Rush (I had just gotten home from tour). My stepdad went to Monsters Of Rock in 1988 to see Van Halen and hadn't heard of Metallica, and they came out and he thought the place was going to break out into a huge fight. He was blown away, haha.

@tomflake1486 Год назад

@@LowEndUniversity oh yeah, in 1988 here in Texas it was called the Texxas jam at the cotton bowl. I had friends that went and had never seen a metal band before. They were there to see Van Halen and were memorized by Metallica.

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

Ha! Literally the same story about the same show. Small world, really glad you shared this. I'll show him this comment thread!

@colinerikstanhouse6385 Год назад

I turned 16 in 86 too. The 80s was a special decade. I wish I could go back and re-live it....lol

@jcass1970 Год назад

I caught that show when they came through New Orleans, and, musically, it was a life-changing experience. It's really hard to explain. They encored more than Ozzy did, and Ozzy was huge back then (in more ways than one). I've seen them around 15 times and both that concert and the 2 shows I caught for the Justice tour with Queensryche are my favorite concerts of all time.

@jakebeaudrie Год назад

I'm a 50 year old guy who started playing bass at 15 and was fully enveloped by Metallica at that point. I had a magazine pic of Cliff taped to the back of my Ovation Magnum 1 bass. I've played this song for decades and I've watched a ton of different analysis of this song and so far yours is the best. Great insight to the layering of the composition. You don't go to deep into theory land so you're not losing the beginners that might be watching. And talking over the song vs stopping it every 30 seconds makes it way more watchable. Thanks for the content, Sir! You make the internet a better place.

@Dumrikk Год назад

As a guitar player, I love seeing these songs in the eyes of the bassists! There's not enough of you doing this on RU-vid. I learn a lot from bassists, you guys have a whole other view of the music and soundscape:) Keep it up!

@sethcohen4119 Год назад

Saw Cliff play live on the Puppets tour and it's still one of the greatest shows I've ever seen.

@paulrupright4694 Год назад

So did I. July, 86’ Detroit.

@mauriciomijares7286 Год назад

I'm so happy that someone finally paid attention to the bass intro, it's so beautiful and always ignored by most people.

@Daddy53751 Год назад

Been playing bass coming up on 50 years now, and Cliff was absolutely one of those guys that causes you to sort of reevaluate what you think the instrument can be. I lucked out and saw them play a “one off” club gig on the “lightning” tour when they were still an opening act. They stayed an extra night and played this small club that held less than a thousand people, and Cliff absolutely owned that stage!

@thefinaldispatch Год назад

Wow that’s so insane that you got to see that

@Daddy53751 Год назад

@@thefinaldispatch this was back in the days where they were still unknown except for us metal heads. Me and my girlfriend payed $13 at the door. Fantastic show! Cliff was a monster live.

@thefinaldispatch Год назад

@@Daddy53751 woooow. Man you’re so lucky to have seen him live. I was born in 85 and didn’t start listening to them til around 95. Hearing people talk about seeing Cliff is so weird. It’s like you’re hearing about a close friend but I didn’t even know about the guy until like 10 years after he’d passed on. RIP Cliff. Dude if you’re still kickin it after all this time you’re a legend too daddy53!

@Daddy53751 Год назад

@@thefinaldispatch ya just get old on the outside!🤣 He was a head banging, spitting on the crowd, thrash monster, and man could he play!

@davidf4723 Год назад

Im only 23 seconds in but i gotta say it. The idea to go from guitar solo straight into a bass solo like one big solo is amazing. Cliffs composition was second to none and will never be beaten. Everyone loves cliff and he still never gets enough credit for his absolute genius not just on bass but musically

@teknikolorchameleons3316 Год назад

Live version of this was played on video as the credits roll on their "Through the Never" movie. I think they had a hard time playing this until Rob arrived because they feel Rob is the only person who can emulate enough of Cliff's skills as Rob is exceptionally skilled in playing a bass with his fingers like Cliff was.

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

Great movie! I just meant there wasn't a live version to watch with Cliff playing. Also, that's a great point. Jason did a nice tribute to it during The Black Album Tour, but Rob certainly has a better feel for it, mainly just because of finger-style usage.

@BrainWasherAttendent Год назад

Robs never come close to playing orion like cliff. He does pretty well on kthulu.

@MitchJohnson0110 Год назад

@@BrainWasherAttendent Nah Rob does a great job, look up the live version from Turin, Italy 2018

@JoeBlow-bd1eg Год назад

I have read interviews where Jason said he couldn't play it (at least not the whole thing).

@och70 Год назад

@@JoeBlow-bd1eg It seems a little odd for him not to have put in the practice time to make sure he had it nailed down. He would have had to learn most of, if not all of, their entire catalog to audition in the first place, not knowing which songs they would have wanted to test potential new bassists with.

@ThrillHouse666 Год назад

Orion is like a musical journey that takes you to all sorts of different places. I became a Metallica diehard when I was 14 in Highschool (30 now) and they're still my favorite band of all time! Like you said, Cliff was ahead of his time and it's such a shame that we got robbed of what could have been but to make 3 staple and iconic metal albums before his passing goes to show how much of a musical genius he was! Don't even get me started on how the guys honor him STILL to this day!

@manny75586 Год назад

I started playing bass around the time Kill Em All came out. I learned those songs and fell in love with Cliff's playing. When this piece came out I was in Heaven. One of my all time favorites.

@Daddy53751 11 месяцев назад

Id been playing for a while when Kill came out. I don’t know about you, but many years later when we had access to isolated tracks, I was blown away all over again when I could really hear the massive nuances that were almost impossible to hear in the original mixes.

@markbaladad3012 Год назад

Watched this while drinking my morning coffee - insane production quality, and equally amazing tone from you, man! I've never had one of my favorite Metallica songs thoroughly broken down like this. Most impressive.

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

Mark - thank you so much for the kind words and compliments. These DO go well with morning coffee, I'd like to think! Appreciate your time to watch and comment - stay tuned for more.

@Reckoning2943 Год назад

Cliff’s time was a decade before I was born but he’s still my favorite Metallica member. Even in his lifetime, the guy was larger than life.

@flanneljoe7473 Год назад

Probably every time I here this, it takes me back to 7th grade. It blew my mind. A big part of why a lot of us play bass today. His legacy still gives him breath

@miloc96450 Год назад

this is the most metal intro by a bassist ever...rest in peace cliff the music you created will live forever...

@bz6046 Год назад

I don't know when Cliff rips that intro to for whom the bell tolls is pretty f-ing awesome.

@Morbid0007 Год назад

I gained a better appreciation for this song after watching some of Metallica's recent live performances with Robert Trujillo. You really get to see which parts are played on bass versus guitar.

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

Yep! Rob exudes his respect for Cliff, super apparent when he plays the older songs. He’s an incredible player, and so humble when I met him at a Warwick camp years ago. Much respect.

@slyane7320 Год назад

Robert is good,but nowhere near Cliff brother....massive difference in the way each of them play...Cliff was a musician,Robert is a bassist.

@XxRemotexX Год назад

Cliff was the reason I first picked up a bass back in high school. Greatest bassist to ever play imo. RIP Bass God Cliff Burton! 🙏 🤟

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

Same story here! Him, John Paul Jones, and Duff for me.

@BrainWasherAttendent Год назад

Orion is music that will never die. Cliff made timeless sounds.

@rickkelley4618 Год назад

I fell in love with Cliff at the age of 14 back in 1991. I just CONSUMED Cliff em All for years. I’ll be 46 this month and his playing still brings me to tears. It’s so thoughtful, fun, intelligent, he was a pure artist. It has been so nice over the last decade especially to see all the love that has just blossomed for his memory. As it should be. Cliff = absolute joy. To add, now that I’ve finished the solo. Cliff had such utter command of the instrument. He could chug and plow but I think what really set him apart was his tenderness. Those solos (which I also thought were lead guitar, for YEARS), are played with such gentle touch and finesse. There’s no heaviness to those strikes, and no strain to the bends. And Cliff notoriously hated the studio. He did not do 100 takes. He got in a vibe and did a few takes and it was over. You got what you got. And holy schnikes, what gems we got. And about metallica - they are indeed the best. Yes crushing riffs and energy and all that, but easily most intelligent and “effectively” musical of all the metal bands. Cliff was a big part of that. We have tix for our 6-7th shows this fall, and our 8-9th shows next summer also. Can’t wait. They are THE BEST.

@matthoranofficial Год назад

There are live performances, but only by the current version of the band. Robert Trujillo definitely put his chops into it!! But yeah, Cliff made me want to pick up a bass as a guitar player.

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

Yeah! I considered doing one with Rob, but felt I'd be burned at the stake on here if I didn't do the OG version with Cliff 😬 - and, likewise, Cliff did the exact same thing for me.

@Daddy53751 11 месяцев назад

@@LowEndUniversityas clear as the original mix is, Like so much of Cliffs music, the isolated tracks reveal so many little “gifts” that even with this clear track, are super easy to miss in the mix. Creeping Death especially, is a treasure trove of little pieces of candy that for me at least, really helped me to get a better understanding of how Cliff approached his writing bass into the song. Heck, Even hearing the isolated tracks, its easy to let yourself miss some subtleties. The more I study Burton, the more I dig his approach.🤘🏻 Same thing with “Number of the beast”. Almost unnoticeable little hidden “gifts”.

@tonyowens6470 8 дней назад

Kirk was SOOO honored to play a solo over this...to the point that he didn't think he'd do it justice..I think it's perfect...

@bassimprovjams3772 Год назад

I’m too guilty of not knowing Cliff was doing the intro for many years, also I’m probably one of the only ones who didn’t realize Cliff was doing a solo in the middle of the song until, Dreamtheater covered this album and hearing Myung play it I was in the shower and heard it I freaked out then put the Metallica album on after the shower and was just blown away! But I also was young when I was hearing Metallica, by the time I was 15 I was listening to dreamtheater and Yes and LTE just the crazy prog stuff, so it’s not something I was listening to as I got older it’s something I came back to just to appreciate what Cliff was doing

@JOZoSo. Год назад

Who's Chill?

@bassimprovjams3772 Год назад

@@JOZoSo. Cliff dawg I caught that and changed it 🤦‍♂️ that was disrespectful to the GOAT wasn’t it lol I know

@adebruce 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for being so respectful of the song. It’s such a beautiful piece and as you mentioned, the layering in the middle just has Cliff written all over it

@LowEndUniversity 5 месяцев назад

You are so welcome!

@TomHoffmanJr Год назад

They have recently played it live in Montreal on August 11, 2023 and other places. Search and you'll see the Swedish show available.

@ecalzo Год назад

we miss Cliff so much.. he had his pinky pointing down because an old accident he had that left him with some nerve issue.. the song is a masterpiece... God bless u Clifford...

@frayedsanity Год назад

I find myself playing bass along with guitars in my band, but this song and a few others really highlight how you can really create some abstract pieces for bass parts. I need to play more bass parts to covers than I do guitar.

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

That’s totally okay too! There’s no right answer. I just know, for me, that this was the rule book (or, lack thereof?) for what could be possible. It taught me to look for the empty space, and fill it, but still aim to be tasteful. The sky is the limit!

@frayedsanity Год назад

@@LowEndUniversity totally agree with finding the void and creating something wholesome and tasteh to put there!

@RussoChiropracticMetairie Год назад

Orion was the first song I ever learned in high school on bass. and still to this day play and it still blows my mind. Thank you for this!

@meh-canics9628 Год назад

When I heard Rob joined the band, I immediately thought if anyone could bring lead bass back, it would be him. Even though completely different styles, Rob did dive into Burtons style

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

He's totally capable - hell of a player!

@sonny49842 Год назад

Man, they really highlight Robert in the new one. I love it, they're giving him his due.

@MetalRob81 Год назад

Rob is so good! I'd love to see DD Verni rip this. He's right there with Cliff for me

@jamesbennett5189 Год назад

Robs parts on the new album are beastly!!!

@originalbranek Год назад

Thanks for the new perspective on this underappreciated song. I don't play, but now I hear it with better understanding.

@BattleBrotherCasten Год назад

I’d give Geezer the biggest credit to the “lead bassist” Cliff took it the next level.

@red_reaper Год назад

This is probably the best analysis of Orion I've seen, bass wise at least. You've earned a subscriber!

@stevencalderon9772 Год назад

Thank you for breaking this down. My all time favorite. You did this in an amazing very respectful way, made great points & included aspects of this VERY intricate song that I hadn't realized, noticed or even understood in 25+ years that I've been listening to it. Great job & long live Metallica

@KendoSwordsman Год назад

This is The Instrumental for me. Its probably the song that opened my ears up to prog and really appreciating arrangement more than any other. Classical music as well .

@joshlewis3069 Год назад

Fellow Metallica nut here, and fellow bass player. I remember reading somewhere that kirk said "yeah I remember that that was supposed to be my solo and I was off that day. I came in the next day and cliff had done it on bass and I was just blown away..."

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

Such a cool story, truly!

@DizzyD850 Год назад

Cliff was way ahead of his time, sad we lost him so early

@jojohenry5058 Год назад

I'm 54 now seen them 3 times. My first was Poughkeepsie civic center wasp armored Saint and Metallica headline. D.M. WAS LEAD AND I GOT TO SEE CLIFFFFFFFF !!!! I paid a high price to GET TO THAT SHOW !!! My ticket to see thee Cliff and Dave cost me $10 !!!!¡!!! I'm so thankful I froze my ass off In the back of a pickup truck on a dirty mattress with a blanket over me for the 1 1/2 hrs. In February trip to see that show. I'm thankful I looking back was ahead of my time because all my friends said your nuts. Thank you Cliff 4ever

@acadia5898 Год назад

i started playing in a band recently and one of my bandmember know me as the Orion guy. playing bass was the best choice i made, in my opinion. no one wanted to pick up the bass and Orion was always in my heart and forever will, so i took the honor to do so. i have made a riff that my bandmates think that is my masterpiece and it was the first riff that i showed to them (but i think i can do much better). this song helps me almost daily and probably will forever

@theshuttingdowns 5 месяцев назад

You demonstrate what I love about Cliff's playing so well in the second section, even though the melody repeats, every repeat there is a new flourish somewhere so it's never just a the same thing again and again. the small changes really catch the ear.

@truefirstmagic Год назад

Saw Metallica in concert five times, though the last time was ‘93. Amazing, amazing live.

@scorpionking4012 Год назад

Cliff gave the best foundation for the band , it’s unfortunate we never know what they been able to be….

@riphopfer5816 Год назад

Really, it was Lemmy from Motorhead who was first really notorious for ‘playing bass like it’s a guitar’-adding fuzz, even playing through a Marshall bass amp that was frequently used by guitarists (sort of the way guitarists appropriated the Fender Bassman). He was reputed to turn down the bass and treble on the amp head’s tone stack, but then crank the mids to 10! He’d then run the output from the Marshall SuperBass head to a 4x12 half-stack and (I think) a 4x15 half-stack. Cliff is a scion of that tradition, only he married Lemmy’s bluesy/hard-rock ‘lead bass’ to a Baroque/Romantic background, and therein was Cliff’s brilliance.

@pensnut08 Год назад

Hats off to you!! I've heard this song countless, COUNTLESS times and thought I knew it well... You opened my ears up to new things and a new way of looking at this musically. Thank you.

@roncriswell2685 Год назад

There are live performances of "Orion" but with Rob and not Cliff, Rob does a hell of a job though and really does Cliffs legacy justice \m/

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

Agreed, Rob is like a perfect blend of Cliff and Jason, and super talented. AND, the nicest guy ever when I met him years ago. I thought the Orion tribute they did a few years ago (whichever one had Cliff behind him on the big screens) was extremely tasteful and well done.

@aruza0h252 11 месяцев назад

bro, i've been watching your content for the last 2 weeks n i really love your analysis, you deserve more fr

@LowEndUniversity 11 месяцев назад

Man, thank you so much! Means a lot. Cheers!!

@MTS930 Год назад

There are a couple more live performances on youtube of Orion since 06' with Robert. He does a great job with it.

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

Yep. He sure does!

@PointShiftDrive Год назад

This song got me through a lot of stuff when I was a teen... Today, I am 45 and it still hits right at my heart. love Metallica. Love Orion.

@mattduffy2023 Год назад

On the Metallica movie...Through the Never, Rob plays it perfect . It's at the end of the movie. They do play this live at concerts

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

Yep! I know - just meant with Cliff playing it live.

@mattduffy2023 Год назад

@@LowEndUniversity my fault... lmao

@e30er45 Год назад

Best Instrumental Ever

@aynakotalaga Год назад

The Bass solo was originally supposed to be a continuation of Kirks solo. Kirk had to fly back to the US while Cliff remained in Copenhagen for a couple of days. Cliff played the second section of Kirks solo on Bass whilst also making it his own and that’s what got added to the record.

@DMK6305 Месяц назад

They recently played this live at a few shows on tour earlier this year. It sounds fantastic live.

@JawsVader1970 Год назад

My favorite song of all time

@HvyMetal4Ever Год назад

I would love to get your breakdown on "The Call of Ktulu" as well as "To Live Is To Die"

@TomAko1995 Год назад

This is one of my favourite Metallica songs ever but you explaining so much about the ins and outs of the bass played in this song to me who hasnt a clue about how to play bass is very insightful and gives me another great take on Orion, great video man👌🏼

@zxxXMETALLICAXxxz Год назад

Like James himself said, Cliff wasn't really a bass player, he was a guitar player using a bass

@goldenwolf8081 Год назад

Case in point why he shredded a bass like a guitar so well he was a genius!

@guillermo3821 Год назад

This video perfectly explains what I always tell my friends about Cliff but I couldn't demonstrate with the instrument... Thanks

@MyBichSustained Год назад

Get the Metallica live blu-ray Through the never...they play it at the end live but no crowd all the way through...Robert does a killer job!

@effindave6909 Год назад

I remember when this album released. I ran out and grabbed a copy on cassette (yes I'm old lol) and listened to it for a week straight, the Master/Justice days were Metallica at their peak. Sad to see what they've become since.

@rumy6871 Год назад

Cliff was influenced by Geddy Lee, Steve Harris, John Paul Jones and Lemmy, among others who did amazing things with the bass.

@windyhead7960 Год назад

Geezer Butler, too.

@tristinwade1583 Год назад

The reason for the Lead Sound in Cliff's Bass is because Cliff, the Genius that he was installed Lead Pick-ups in his Bass. Not a lot of people know that...

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

🤔

@theredrooster7143 Год назад

I love this song. The second riff after the bass solo. I don’t know how they came up with that. It’s amazing.

@tylerdoe1096 Год назад

It’s always wild to hear him playing knowing he had all of that talent, ability and knowledge at such a young age. Who knows what it could have been like when he was older. Gone far to young.

@jacobboyett499 Год назад

Well, look at Trujillo, flea, and obviously cliff.... I mean Cliff truly started showing off THE BASS. Ones that have respect and true love for the art of their instrument and stay true to the passion of music explores techniques of the Great ones! Your a fool not too! And Lars is the best!!! F*** all haters!!! Metallica 4ever🤘🤟🤙❤️🖤

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

Well said!

@TalkingToPixels 7 месяцев назад

I really like the remaster, hearing CLiff's fingers hitting the strings and getting to know more of what he was playing. Geezer Butler caught my ear, Cliff introduced me to bass as an individual instrument, it's been amazing ever since. Every time I hear/play that bass melody before it goes to 6/8 I still remember the fist time hearing the song in my bedroom all these years later. The bluesy sustain on those guitar parts just soar. It's a great song to listen to at night during the winter in a tree stand just taking everything in.

@EchoesDaBear Год назад

I hold Cliff in the same pantheon as Geddy Lee, John Paul Jones, Chris Squire...the bass wasn't purely a rhythm instrument - it could certainly stand on it's own, just like a guitar! This instrumental is so lyrical - long been a favourite Metallica track of mine. Thanks for the reaction & analysis. RIP Cliff - I'm one of many that wonders what he would have brought to music had he lived on!

@nakedhookandfloridaoutdoors Год назад

@21:46 "that little touch of melody" - you nailed it again. Spot on and glad to hear someone verbalize how I have always felt about these guys. Thank you!

@guitardoug12 Год назад

As a well seasoned guitar player, this bass breakdown for Orion was very helpful and well done, thank you!

@benburnett8109 Год назад

Metallica has played this song live numerous times. I know not with cliff, but they play it note for note. Robert Trujillo and Jason Newsted were MORE THAN CAPABLE of replicating this live.

@MitchJohnson0110 Год назад

Rob more than Jason imo

@ickdon7999 Год назад

Jason wouldn’t play this live, ever, out of respect for Cliff.

@benburnett8109 Год назад

@@ickdon7999 yoU ARE INCORRECT. Jason played this all the time. Plus the current band plays it all the time. It is no longer 2001. It is now 2023. YOU MUST GET WITH THE PROGRAM. Living in the past will damage your future. Know who said that? JASON NEWSTED. He quit the band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Know who said that? Lars Ulrich. Your mom is a great lay!!!!! Know who said that? Every guy in the State.

@keithbrooks3695 11 месяцев назад

This song will always be embedded in my brain. 1993 and I was in track. The last race was the mile relay and we had to win the race to win the championship. They walked us up from the 100 meter point to the 400m point. Big crowd. And Orion was on my Walkman. So I got to March that way in front of the crowd. I was the anchor. And of course we wone. There was no way I would be denied after listening to this.

@AnibalAvelar Год назад

About your comment “Kirk receives hate”, only the Dave Mustaine fans are doing that …

@charlestoth3273 Год назад

Still my favourite album and this song in particular is what made me fall in love with both learning and playing bass

@brianvigneau2074 Год назад

A little subtle fact that most people don't know is when he finishes that Bass solo he actually says "yeah"right after and only the most important people know that

@davidcowee1869 Год назад

Cliff was a genius ! his musicianship is just amazing, rest in peace 🤘

@MaximaMiluska 6 месяцев назад

Tengo 42 años y recuerdo que a las 14 Orion era mi momento favorito del cassette. Ponia mi equipo a todo volumen. Es una pieza musical grandiosa llena de poder. Gracias por el video

@Hull9 Год назад

This song has always been a story to me. It’s remarkable how well they can tell a story without words

@KendoSwordsman Год назад

I don't think anyone would fault Kirk's work until post Black Album to be fair, except perhaps thrash "purists"...They hate the Black Album more than any other 😂

@cradem01 Год назад

My 2 favorite musicians are Randy Rhoads and Cliff Burton. 2 classically trained musicians who left this world too early. Its so cool to imagine what kind of stuff they would have written if they had played together

@ectorguerrero1573 7 месяцев назад

That lil bit of trick editing was commendable

@MKDumas1981 Год назад

Call of Ktulu.

@ignacius8466 Год назад

James also lays down one of Metallica's best guitar solos near the end of the 2nd section.

@venon4575 Год назад

Can you please just cover this with your tone lol

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

Ha! Maybe! I’m glad the tone is sounding okay 😉

@tedwilliams8766 Год назад

growing up during this time in music, never would i have guess that later in life my kind of music, that they held congressional hearings about, would be analyzed on a computer platform. we used to ride around on our bikes with a little ratty, one speaker, tape playing boom box listening all the metal bands from the 80's. awesome time to be alive. things only got better when we got our first cars. good tires? nooo. change oil?? why? music system? hell yeah!!! gas was $.89/gal, min wage was $3/hr, smokes were $1.25/pak, cheesbergers were $.49 and road trips with the tunes ablaring and a 6pak....life was grand. music still drives me today. its my therapy and companion. the music is grew up with still gives me the chills like it did back them. ill be jammin' my tunes till my dying day.

@rentedtux1883 Год назад

When he died, metallica died with him

@Veneno1986 5 месяцев назад

Nope

@damnationswarhead8005 Год назад

Cliff was my bass god as Dime was my guitar god,neck hairs standing,almost tears of joy,listening and Feeling,,,2 massive legends...love em both,,from a bass player🤘🤘

@C0R3Y_C Год назад

Imagine Cliff and Dime jamming together. I would pay a life savings to watch that 🤘❤

@Lpass2020 8 месяцев назад

Great video. I took my 9 year old son to see them at Met Life last August and they played Orion. He is a huge fan of Metallica and especially Cliff!! I played bass as a teenager (I sucked) and this song was the reason. As soon he heard this live he immediately started asking for a bass. He got one for Christmas and started trying to learn this song that morning. I still think this is the best song ever recorded. We miss you Cliff. 🤘🤘

@samueljsnead Год назад

Always a good time hearing this song again. One of the best songs ever written.

@glenncampbell1176 Год назад

I always thought of their melodies as moments of still clarity almost all the chaos of anger

@tonyowens6470 8 дней назад

This was featured at his funeral...what a perfect epitaph!!!

@joekapusta5605 Год назад

Hey man, happened to see this randomly in my recommended and decided to give it a watch! Was pleasantly surprised by how in depth your analysis was of the song! You brought up points about it I never thought of! It seems like I’m always learning something knew about Orion! I hope to one day learn it as a fledgling bass player, but that’s a looooong ways off! You earned yourself a subscriber!

@pisshiver2338 Год назад

This song changed my life as a bassist when I was younger. I got into bass with this mindset that it was nothing more as just an instrument to keep the background flow. But when I heard this, I almost didn't believe that what I was hearing was bass. To this day I am still trying to figure out that bass solo at the end. We miss you Cliff \m/

@lh8vd69 Год назад

Great analysis, all the instruments just compliment each other perfectly. RIP Cliff

@danielgiron674 Год назад

It is! Absolute power!

@Murf_Workshop Год назад

When I first heard and learned this song on guitar in Middle school I thought his parts were guitar and I wondered why I couldn't find tabs, sheets, or videos on how to play those parts. I Later came to find out they were bass. it Blew My mind and made me appreciate how much of an element a trained bass player can be, much like Geddy Lee or Geezer Butler, who I later found out were two of Cliff's biggest influences. Never sleep on a badass bass player, alot of the best song writers have been bass players, and can only imagine how much more music we could've gotten from Cliff.

@chrishegler2802 Год назад

Great analysis. Cliff was special. Saw Metallica this past Fri night, been my favorite band since 84, I joined the Tallica army a lil late, RIP Cliff and long live Metallica.

@LowEndUniversity Год назад

Thanks so much Chris - if you're talking about Arlington, I was so close to going, and just couldn't get away. I plan to travel to see another date in the US sometime soon. How was the show man?!

@rademilf Год назад

I am so grateful for this reaction - discussion of this work. I've been listening to Metallica since the 90's. That's all I know. And now, on an ordinary Friday evening, you open my brain and show me nuances that I have not heard before. Thank you very much. It's such a pleasure to dive with you into your beloved music and the much missed great Cliff for whose grave I'm going to Sweden this year.