Cliff had real supportive parents. But what make hetfield even more impressive to me is that his parents were a total mess, and he was still able to accomplished what he accomplished.
So true. I think he tried and still tries to find balance in his life in a healthy way and initially he will gain and that . Balance of who he is , the healthy him, where he is going and how he wants to see himself and his art
I still get chills when I listen to Orion's intro . Its like hearing a strange machine in a distance , with this weird outer space sound . Cliff truly had a gift for making music that will stand the test of time .
6 of 8 of ride the Lightning was writing by cliff. (For whom the bell tolls, the call of Ktulu.) But also Anesthesia pulling teeth and Orion, the solo of Master of Puppets but also the reverse intro of Damage inc. I guess he early played the clean guitar or bass interlude of to live is to die 🖤🤘🏼
When he talks about seeing Cliff in his dreams, I can definitely feel that from my own experiences. Every once in a while, I see a lost loved one in my dreams and it REALLY sucks when you wake up but you're both overwhelmed with joy (to see them again) and sadness (reminded they are no longer with you again).
I know what's like when I have my flying dreams 😅 I wake up with joy knowing for a fact that I could definitely fly for real this time !! Then I wake up and reality hits me :( and I'm like ohh it was just a dream again.... Every now and then I go and jump up as high as I can and see if I could fly but damn I'm so stupid forget I
I got the chance to see cliff play in 86' month's before he passed, amazing stage presence, thundering bass, amazing skill's like no other and those bellbottom's!!! He owned that side of the stage with such might!!! My heart just crushed when I read the morning paper the next day that he had passed!!.....now whenever I hear thunder rolling from a storm, I think of him. True talent never die's!!!!🌩
Timothy A. Olmeda i saw cliff as well and he tore it up, i met him earlier in the day and he said i better see you headbanging during my solo, i was 3rd row back on cliffs side. hard to believe that was 31 years ago.
Imagine a person like Cliff in a small group of friends like that. He must have been an anchor for them. Imagine the void created when he went away. The anchor to a tight group that are individually prone to spiral.
nobody even comes close to burton.he fucking wailed!!! sick bass player.i get the goosebumps to this very day watching him on those older videos.nobody even comes close.
Luke Schwed dimebag is not in relationship with what cliff played. Its a total different universe. I cant imagine Cliff would listen to Pantera. Its to much macho bullshit
Oh shut the fuck up. Cliff and dime met. It's hypocritical to call pantera music macho when all metal portrays themselves as that. Metallica and cliff included.
@@lukeknutson3191 that guy is an idiot. Dime and Cliff met, there a picture somewhere with Dime and James jamming. They probably are shredding somewhere.
@@danglenzig Nobody disrespects Pantera or Metallica under any circumstances ever... you're a real turd just for insulting 2 legends, you're not a true metalhead... 🖕🖕
He was and always will be the Greatest Bass Player of All Time!!! His Presence, His Passion, and his Unlimited Talent, what could have been if he didn't die in that horrible accident. He had mastered the Bass already at 24. Thank God, he introduced me to metallica and Cliff Burton.
You can tell James adores the life out of cliff and in a way looked up to him and has nothing but the upmost respect idk what they did off stage but you can see James how he talks about him and ya know he smiles when he thinks about him that says a lot
Cliff is up there jamming with Hendrix, Elvis and the other rockers. My mom died in 2004, and she still comes and visits with me, just like Cliff does to you.
I remember when kill em all wasnt even pressed yet, we had a bootleg cassette tape. One thing about cliff, he was a great guy. Even 30 years later everyone seems like we got a big hole in our hearts from cliffs passing
I think that Cliff and James were a perfect pair of musicians and friends. Once Kames said that he suffered from abandonment syndrome and I think that the loss of Cliff was a terrible shock for the band but especially for him. Everyone miss you so much Cliff …. I dare not think how much those who knew you miss you. Love you Cliff I miss you … forever in my heart
I wish I could’ve seen him play. Such a unique individual. Everytime I hear the bass parts in certain songs of Metallica especially For Whom the Bell Tolls, I get so excited. Such a shame 24 years is all he wrote but what a 24 years it must’ve been to him. He did so much and lived life! Yes, us Aquariuses can be so intellectual and free spirited. Deep thinkers as well. We are very unique in energy and in how we live our lives. He felt the music and it showed when he played. He took up the bass and took off for the sky. He had the determination to learn that instrument and blew everyone away. Cliff was brilliant. It’s a shame he was taken the way he was but I’m glad he visits James and is doing alright. He’s missed so much. ❤️
thanks james for the story.....cliff was a brother for sure!! if cliff were here now, he'd be loving life!! I would of liked to get a pair of cliffs bell bottom jeans and wear them. tribute to him!! RIP Cliff
I'm sorry James. When I saw James's talk about Cliff, I thought he was going to cry, which is okay. I see people in my dreams too, but I'm glad he got that out.
I think Cliff was the only one that James truly loved AND respected. You can tell that in their joint interviews how he is hanging off of Cliff's every word.
I can remember seeing Metallica with Cliff and while the rest of the guys were frantically(haha) head banging, Cliff was just jamming like he was in a southern rock band, total contrast, but man, oh so cool...
If anyone has ever had those dreams… I don’t know what more you need to experience in life to realize there is an afterlife. I’ve had many of them. Friends and family that have passed on and come to me. It’s almost always the same. I ask where they have been. I say “I thought you were dead”. And they always say “I just had to go for a little bit”.
Damn, he was only 24 when he died. Truly tragic. It really seems like the best people are taken way too early. I've been thinking about this for my own personal reasons lately. If you consider what a shithole the world can be it can seem like a mercy, but then it seems like all these people who are taken so early are also those who got the most out of life. Maybe someone out there's like, no, this world isn't good enough for you, we'll give you the real deal.
@@dolantho I totally agree. I think a lot of that had to do with his upbringing, too. His dad was an awesome person, and I'm assuming his mom was, too. There's plenty of terrible people with great people for parents (I know one in my personal life right now who is really grinding my gears, in fact), but not many who have great parents. Yeah, life is complicated, impossible to say why things turn out like this, but it seems like the people like Cliff get taken early a disproportional amount of the time (I've also seen this in my own life).
I'm a couple month younger than Hetfield and first started listening to them even before I knew what they looked like, I think around 1983/84. I will always wonder what Metallica would've become had Cliff never been killed. I think they still would've evolved from Lightning and Puppets, to make something like the Black album, but more important, Cliff would've NEVER let them do things untrue to themselves, like making that self-indulgent monster movie or allowed Load to happen.
I feel u man, every time i see videos of Metallica talk about that awful day when Cliff died and they reflect on him, I always weep and cry...fucking shame and Sad.
@@jordanwhitehouse7726 English probably isn't his or her first language but you get what he/she is trying to say, if you can't then he/she is basically saying "who's cutting onions in here?" Or "you're crying, I'm not crying" type of comment etc.
I exactly understand what he‘s talking about. My best friend, who also died at young age (27) and had a Burton-attitude too, is also visiting me in my dreams just the same way James is telling...
I guess after he sobered up and saw how good of a guy Jason is and in a way this is my opinion I think he wishes he could change how he treated Jason but at least he recognizes that he treated him unfairly
Clifford Lee Burton (Castro Valley, California, 10 de febrero de 1962-Kronoberg, Suecia, 27 de septiembre de 1986), más conocido como Cliff Burton, fue un músico estadounidense de thrash metal, conocido por haber sido el bajista de Metallica desde 1982 hasta el día de su muerte, a la edad de 24 años.
It seems Cliff had a little different taste in music as everyone else. I always wonder in which direction would the band would have moved had he lived longer.
I'm pretty sure Metallica would have gotten on the grunge bus already in '87-88 had he lived. Cliff liked alot of alternative rock and metal at the time and I think he would have recognized which way the wind was blowing with new bands like Soundgarden etc.
