(Megadeth Mondays) Reactions To - Mary Jane & 13 

Such a criminally underrated album. Love that you’re diving into it.

Megadeth Monday, man that's the only thing I've heard all day that makes a bit of sense. Thank you, now I want to see them live again just one more time. Mondays just got a whole lot better.

Forgive me father for I have sinned I'm a child of the air, I'm a witch of the wind And I'm still wide awake... Mary Jane From the earth up through the trees I can here her calling me Her voice rides on the breeze Oh, it's haunting me No, I can't get away No, there's no escape If I know I'm going crazy I must not be insane Beware my friends as you pass by As you are now so once was I As I am now so you must be Prepare my friends to follow me Forgive me father for I have sinned I'm a child of the air, I'm a witch of the wind Fingers gripped around my brain No control, my mind is lame I'm in the astral plane and I'll never be the same Never, never... never Beware my friends as you pass by As you are now so once was I As I am now so you must be Prepare my friends to follow me It hurts so bad I can't breathe Prepare to follow me

Can't wait for Megadeth Mondays. There are some gems on this album. I can't wait until you get to Youthanasia. A very underrated album.

I can see why some people might take issue with So Far's production, but I like the eerie, haunting quality that it lends the material. On this track especially, I feel like it actually greatly benefits the song. The remastered version is totally lifeless in comparison, to my ears at least. Looking forward to Megadeth Mondays!

The thing you're picking up on in the riffs is "chromatic" ascension. The notes are rising a semi-tone at a time against a steady backing note. Very perceptive to pick up on it. Another song that uses this to great effect is The Call of Ktulu.

So Far So Good is their all around best album, it's just so well-written and recorded. I find it warmer and easier on the ears than Rust in Peace, which is more cold and clinical sounding.

Based on the Ibanez bass that was shown in the studio and Dave confirming the new bassist was there the list of likely bass players has been narrowed down to two. Steve DiGiorgio from Testament or Felipe Andreoli from Angra. Both would be phenomenal choices and probably the best bass player Megadeth has ever had from a technical perspective. Personally, I hope it's Felipe.

This may be the best track on the album. It's so moody. I love the album cover. Vic must be fighting a war...on the moon?

Chris Broderick was the guitarist on the 13 album. He’s an amazing guitarist. Love the Megadeth Monday.

Mary Jane its a forgotten masterpiece this song was written and performed during the Peace Sells tour, but sadly there are not studios recordings with Gar and Chris. Bad Omen should be the next!

YES! THIS WAS MY FAVORITE MEGADETH SONG FOR A LONG TIME. 😎🤘

This song is a banger!! 🤘🤘

SUBSCRIBED. love this videos so much, nowadays few people reacts to this type of masterpieces. SO glad you liked it :)

Yes man, Megadeth Mondays is a great idea and so glad to see you're getting to more of their late career stuff as well! No one does as many megadeth reactions as you and that one of many reasons why I love this channel! Cheers T!

I like the buried vocals on Mary Jane. It soound like they were just playing this live in the studio and hit "record". There is a raw energy to this that I really love.

I hope you do their first album it’s an absolute headbanger!

My heart broke in two when Dave fired Dave Ellefson! You should check out 502

I haven't heard "Mary Jane" in years! I love that track, but hearing it now it sounds alot like "In My Darkest Hour." If you haven't gotten to that song, get on it, that's one of my favorites from Dave & crew.

TnT you are probably the only reason I play with yt.

5:00 it's the chromatic ascending of the notes, that means they are ascending one semitone higher and higher, I hope it's explained well. Some fun facts: Mary Jane is based on a legend about a witch that lived near David Ellefson hometown, you can even find the tombstone of her on the internet. And Dave considers the 13 as his lucky number because it was present in important moments of his life.

Mary Jane is my FAVOURITE SONG

Mustaine's birthday is also on September 13th.

It's so good to see that you deeply listen to the song, getting all the details. This is a TRUE FAN!!!!! Congrats man lol

So Far, So Good... So What ! is my favorite album since i was a kid, its an unique underated album

I like it raw when young bands start out experimenting before they go commercial!!

You deserve more visits, always good reactions, greetings from spain.

I found you through Megadeth, stuck around because of Tom, and now you hit me with Boston. Phenomenal. Your awesome.

Youre hearing the familiarity of this riff with the ascending riff from “my darkest hour”..its very similar….

Kerry King said something like "I don't know how you can work for him for more than four hours" talking about Dave Mustaine.

Man forget crappy production. I watched your eyes. This is the sh@#. Love ya brother!

Shit yeah!! FINALLY something to look forward to for Monday's thanks man!!!!

My favorite song on the album. That end part is so good!

Yes!!!!!! Megadeth Mondays, my dude 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

I think it's going to be Steve DiGiorgio(Testament) replacing Ellefson.

I'm so glad to hear you playing Megadeth Mondays now I've always look forward to you doing their reactions nice reaction love it keep it coming!!!!!!

New Bass player is almost certainly Steve DiGiorgio of Death/Testament. Wouldnt be totally shocked for the new song to come out this week or next.

Should check out Tears In A Vial, Black Swan, Scorpion,

I love Megadeth Monday’s!

You need to listen Symptom of the Universe from Black Sabbath, that's one of the first proto thrash songs in metal history with one of the greatest transitions in the end.

I`m ready for more Megadeth! My favorite band

Just recently started watching your reaction videos and they are awesome! Been listening to metal since the early 80’s and I still love it! Take a listen to ICED EARTH, maybe start w the INCURRUPTIBLE album- there are so many. Just to mention, one of the founding members of the band was arrested for participating in the Jan 6 protests at the capital. Several members of the band left and the band is currently inactive from what it seems. Aside from that, Iced Earth is one of my favorite bands and I hardly see any reaction videos on their work. Rock On!

Dave always knows how make Megaderh became special From Indonesia die hard fan..

oh shit megadeth monday’s! that’s so sick

The word you were looking for was chromatic, hanger 18 uses a chromatic riff as well as this song

Bad omen is a really underrated megadeth track as well as the skull beneath the skin

13 is a personal favorite if mine, those lyrics really hit home... "Like a severed arm washed up on the shore, I just don't think I can give anymore"... That feeling when the world is just tearing you apart and you feel if it takes anymore it'll take your life... Strikes me at the core.

MegaDeth Monday is like taking a trip down Memory Lane for me. My metalhead friends and I cruising the northeastern Alabama/northwestern Georgia backroads with the stereo blasting, no particular destination in mind...it was the journey that mattered, the desire for adventure that urged us onward. There are some great songs on So Far...So Good...So What but (as you mentioned) not the best sound production. Edit: Man, I hadn't even considered Michael Anthony for MegaDeth. Not gonna lie, though, I'm more than a bit intrigued by the idea. As you said, he's definitely a veteran when it comes to working with big ego bandmates. He's professional, a really talented bassist/back up vocalist, and a hard worker. Hmmm 🤔

Megadeth song She Wolf live Rude Awakening!!! Dueling guitars and incredible drums!!!

Those early Megadeth albums in their original, raw versions will never be truly replicated cos the technology was different... analog tapes, 80's production values... Nowadays, u got digital files, pro tools and crystal clear audio. Ur right, production could've been better in '88, but it's kinda what represents the 80's thrash metal era. Plenty of polished Megadeth albums after that...

Thank you for playing my request 13.... You know I always bring the Fire! Here is a suggestion.. My first Patreon request you played was ENDGAME, which is incredible by the way.. So is the album. Once you finish with So Far So Good, go through some of the newer albums like Endgame, then Super Collider, & 13. All of the tracks are solid. You already have done most of the old stuff, it will prepare you for the latest album "The Sick The Dying and the Dead."

Such an awesome album. Once you're done with So Far, So Good...So What, if you haven't heard Use The Man from Cryptic Writings, I highly recommend it.

Ive seen others mention it but i agree this album is one of Megadeths best. Mary Jane is a total hidden gem. Underrated album by miles.

I was hearing Steve DiGiorgio (Death, Testament, Autopsy, Sadus, Quo Vadis) who is my favorite bass player. And that would be pretty awesome.

i've been playing for 14 years, 3 looking some theory to make my own music and i can say, after all, your intuition and feels are the best thing you can follow. if you saw a connection with hangar 18, i thought it too when you said and im pretty sure if we analyze it, sure they have patrons or notes in common

WHOA! I never thought of the Hangar 18 reference on this before! Yes yes! You're right! 😧😎🤘

lol, that's funny!! "a little gap" its like 8 albums worth. Thank you TNT.

working your way towards "In my Darkest Hour"

Another unique track for Megadeth is one called diadem's, I prefer the alternate version if you can find it but either one is really good. Nothing like Mary-Jane and absolutely nothing like any of their other songs. This is my first time catching a video of your channel. I already like it.

Love this song, also like the Paul Lani Mix because that one part where the air and sound gets sucked out but it sucks cause it doesn’t have those melodic intro notes like this version

To me Mary Jane sounds like in my darkest hour or vice versa

Humbled by this guy's knowledge of the Megadeth catalog. He immediately recognizes tonal similarities across their discography that I've missed all along, and he's spot-on. Excellent and perceptive!

SFSGSW is their best album in more ways than one. I think the production sounds more punk rock than their next few albums. I think that adds well to the chaos that surrounded this album's creation. Right before the band got sober. The SP cover was an odd, but fitting choice for this album. Love and peace.

As far as i know this song is about a teenage girl who was buried alive by her priest father after he found her masturbating and labeled her a Witch... Thats what Dave said in one concert when introducing the song about to be played.

I loved the album 13 even though it had a few tracks that were generic throwaways (mainly the song "Guns, Drugs, and Money") The song Sudden Death is vicious and was the final song on either rock band or guitar hero. I know that "Sudden Death" will be right up your alley. Very underrated album. Much of it was B-Sides like songs from Video Game soundtracks (examples: "Sudden Death" "New World Order" and "Never Dead") and older songs that Dave finally finished writing (like "Millennial of the Blind") There were also plenty of new songs made specifically for the album also

Thank you! 13 is such an underrated album

This hits the spot the song deserves. Thanks

If you haven’t already heard 502, Liar and In My Darkest Hour then I would love to your reaction to them. Additionally, A Tout Le Mond is a great balllad song.

You gotta check out Lying is State ( official video) newer stuff but brilliant.

hell yeah

Fun fact: According to Dave, the final straw with producer Paul Lani came when one morning Dave Mustaine woke up and saw Paul outside feeding a peeled apple to a deer. Dave fired him on the spot and was on a plane back to LA the same day.

A couple of suggestions and a comment. These are three songs I think you still need to check out. The first two are covers, Anarchy in the UK (Sex Pistols) and No More Mr. Nice Guy (Alice Cooper) from that Shocker Soundtrack. The other is the version of A Tout Le Monde featuring Cristina Scabbia (The United Abominations version, not the original). Finally, you might want to read Dave’s autobiography Mustaine: A metal memoir. It covers up to 2009 and may give you more insight into the band, as well as into Dave, who is a very deep and complex individual.

I can already see Lars reacting to Jason joining Megadeth.. *HE FOOCKIN' JOINED THE BAND!!!*

Man. You would love "victory" if you haven't heard it yet.

So.... Testament Tuesdays?? 🤘

Broderick here on 13. His current guitarist Lareiro is a badass also. You wan't guitar supremacy you go to Megadeth. Thanks Dave.

I hear what you’re saying on the hanger 18 similarity. He uses a straight ascending pattern just as hangar 18 does.

More Megadeth Monday please☺️

Alubum 16 coming very soon can't wait

I'm a long time Megadeth fan, but I only recently discovered 'Mary Jane'. I'm really pissed at myself because this is basically their coolest song ever in my opinion and I never gave it a shot before.🙁 (By the way, if you haven't yet, you should check out the remastered version of this song/album.)

I agree on Hanger 18. I made a point of learning how to play both songs on guitar and there is a real similarity in how that central chord progression and lick are done (my sense was the two songs were him exploring that musical idea)

My kids were raised on them explains alot

"Liar" has to be next. This song shows Daves lung capacity! Again this is Megadeth's most underrated album and my personal favourite.

Megadeth Monday. Megadeth Tuesday. Megadeth Wednesday. Megadeth Thursday. Megadeth Friday. Megadeth Saturday. Megadeth Sunday.

Check out "Train of Consequences " from Youthanasia!

My favourite Megadeth track! Amazing melodies, transitions, tempo changes. Yes the production is sadly, crap. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Public enemy no 1 and black swan are probably the best songs ( along with 13) on this album. It's a crisper sounding album. Well produced.

Listen to the remasterd version!!!!

Man I love people who research

Dude, I love your reactions. I am a huge Megadeth fan and Mary Jane is sure one of the most underrated Megadeth songs. It's hauntingly beautiful. Maybe a little irrelevant, but you should try Black Future by Vektor. Give it a shot and I promise you won't be disappointed.

I love the Black Swan from 13.T here is also a version of that song on the album United Abominations that is actually a original version but I personally prefer the one on the 13.

As long as Michael Anthony has his act together, I think he might be a good choice. It is just that he was a serious alcoholic in his Van Hahlen days. Although Dave had much more serious addiction issues than that, his alcoholism started his slide. Metallica will tell you that is why they kicked him out (Alcohol overuse) and Dave even admits to some issues. I think, it could be great though. Michael is close enough in age to have similar influences and really cut his teeth in the LA rock scene like Dave did. Plus, it was a Van Hahlen bass part being played in the apartment below him ( The bass intro to Runnin With the Devil) that introduced Dave to David Ellefson, so it would be a full circle kind of thing.

Simply Smashing T great reaction my friend ☮️ TaTa they got Michael Anthony from van Halen for there new bass player

megadeth mondays?! wow! still running today!?!? sorry just discovered this !

Gotta listen to 502 on the so far album

Michael Anthony? Are you kidding? Anyway, Mary Jane, amazing song with an unique structure. And 13, great too. The album 13 is so underrated. It's like a recapitulation of Megadeth's whole career.

Okay, I didn't think you guys could get any cooler, but yeah... I was wrong! 💜💜💜 🤘🏻🤘🏻

Next monday: Megadeth - Kill the King, Train of Consequences, Ashes in your mouth!

The situation with Ellefson was unfortunate and I think both sides made drastic errors. That said, I can see it from Daves point of View and from a business perspective it had to be done, with the covid situation the last thing you want is that type of press overshadowing your first album in 5 years especially given the struggles it has had already eg Dave overcoming cancer. So all in all it's a tough one. Honestly I think they could do worse than bringing back James LoMenzo who was the bassist on the 13 track. I've heard names like Steve DiGeorgio from Testament being floated around and that would make sense. Or maybe the dude from Angra, Kiko's old band as he already has some chemistry there. Either way I'm sure they'll get the right man for the job. A few notes on the 13 album. I remember reading before it came out an article here in the UK in metal hammer magazine. Dave was on the cover promoting the 13 album and it was originally planned to be their final album and 13 was the 13th track on their 13th album. The song you heard is an autobiographical song which describes Daves life where he first learned guitar at 13 and describes how he felt that each album was another time when he had to put himself out there and 'go back to the well' and each album took a little part of him away. After disbanding the band in 2004 after his arm nerve injury, he eventually recovered and came back. After The System has failed, United Abominations, and Endgame, this album was written and recorded in a few short months in between tours and due to this they decided to save time and finish off demos from the Youthanasia sessions such as Millennium of the Blind and New World Order. Black Swan from the same album was a recording of a bonus track from the special edition of United Abominations. So after finishing up those unfinished songs and making a great comeback after the injury, Dave was thinking this would be his final album. That all changed when he heard the news that Jeff Hanneman from Slayer had died, which make him realise that he needed to make as much music as he could while he was still around which is why they're still going today. Overall very interesting backstory to the album and hopefully when you get round to it will help you appreciate it that little bit more. Great content man thanks!

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