The reason they left the “bass solo take one” in on the final mix of kill em all is because they thought that people wouldn’t believe somebody could play this solo in one take.
Lars held on to and documented everything he could. Say what you want, he was business-minded from the very beginning. He's the reason why we have all these good quality early live recordings, on top of a complete history of shows and setlists.
I think with how early he was gone, it's more like a good majority doesn't realize how UNLUCKY we are to have lost him. We got a glimpse of brilliance and then it was taken away from us.
@@Ozzie143 as far as i remember, he didnt have neck problems, but he always complained about how his neck hurts. His father replied “Of course it hurts. You headbanged the entire night”
Yea I saw an interview with Connie burton where his sister said he was in constant agony from his neck pain and the main reason he drunk was to relieve the pain
@Potato Man Yeah, by changing Cliff's basslines and just repeating James' notes. Jason is shit and every retard that claims he was better than Cliff because muh stage presence, needs to be shot on sight.
@@kazuhiramiller7491 You must have never listened to one of Jason's bass tracks to claim he just follows the guitar. In my opinion, as a bass player, Cliff was technically more gifted, but Jason is a very good bass player in his own right.
@@DraculVaDomni666 I did. Especially the ones in AJFA. Full of fret buzz and didn't change the "sour tone" on the album when tuned up, disproving many Jason fanboys. I also play bass and I can say I play better than Newsted. Yes he has a good personality and energy. But he was a bad player. People are stupid and only care about muh stage presence rather than talent. That ultimately makes him the most overrated bassist.
17 and i create a tangent of 4 letter curse words with the same 3 chords. It may sound like rap cuz that’s basically all rap is now but it’s really just me raging at smash in different octaves
I know the Full song now (I’m not good at it or consistent but I know it) It is quite tough to be as precise yet so flexible as he is. I hope to one day Atleast play this to where it sounds good
Idk if Cliff was doing it, but at one point when Lars would fuck up transitions, it was common for James and Kirk to actually spit on Lars. You can find it on RU-vid
Yeah i mean what the fuck I am 21 and I cant do shit. Last tíme I Saw this was when I was 17 and I was like I still have plenty time to make something and still nothing. Kinda depressing but I am moving slowly but steady
@@markochrenst801 don't let that stop u!!! u can be great. i know people that started playing instruments at 30yo and they're so good. if you stop now, you'll never know how good you could have been. u can do this. wish u the best ❤️
There is a story of Julius Caesar weeping at a statue of Alexander the Great. When asked why he responded something like this; How could I not weep when I look upon the tribute to this great man and think that he was so greater than I at such a younger age! The same to you Clifford the Great!!
Cliff is Lemmy's alter ego. Cliff's head was still banging in his sleep. When an ENTIRE band moves for a bass player, then the bass player means something.
So honored, privileged, and blessed to say that I saw Cliff and Metallica open for Ozzy back in 86. Still have the shirts and the ticket. One of my most prized concerts from back in the day. God bless you Cliff, rest in peace.
Crazy to think that the rest of the band was planning to fire Lars at the end of that tour, before Cliff's death. Just goes to show what they saw in lars and his self absorbed natured for the next 20 years after.
He was also SUPER interested in Bach. I don't know if he actually had training or if he just picked it up from listening a lot, but yes. He was heart, soul, and by far the most talented member of the band. Its a shame that Lars has such a hate for bass in the mix on the albums...
He played six hours a day his parents said than when he joined Metallica he had a Jass Bass teacher an yes he so epic as a Bass player I'm still in awe Matt Frederickson another great bass player From Operation Ivy And Rancid.
You can tell that Cliff loved what he did. He loved to play. He loved to make music. He left us way to early and I still wonder where Metallica would be, if he didn't die in the bus accident. Dude was a beast. Dude could be looking like he got Cousin It dancing on his head and still not miss a single beat.
If you watched the documentary it said that Cliff and Kirk had a bet on who got the back of the bus and Cliff won and died in the back when the bus flipped. Imagine if Kirk won the bet 😔
@@6stringzjoe Now i might be having weird thoughts, but i wonder now if Kirk "won", who could had been the new Metallica lead guitar? And how Metallica music would had shaped in an universe where Metallica lineup from 1987 was made by Lars, James, Cliff and another guitar player? It surely would had sounded way different without Kirk and Jason.
When I first heard him play bass like this, it was when I heard For Whom the Bell Tolls. When my Dad said that the intro part was bass, I said,” I don’t believe you. That CAN’T be bass!” Cliff was one of the best if not THE best bassist ever
@@KetamineBoi-wb7yh can't forget one of Billy Sheehan's greatest influences, the almighty John Wetton! Lesser known, but played in so many amazing bands all with different sounds. Mogul Thrash, Family, King Crimson, Uriah Heep, U.K., and Asia, all amazing! As well as his singing. Possibly the original bass shredder. The bassist in Uriah Heep before him, Gary Thain, also had some crazy stuff. Search up their solos!
Yes, the way Burton played bass is a great synonym to "complete awesomeness". He did not only know technique. He did not only understand theory. He was not only an energetic and intelligent person. He was much more than that. Hard to define. But what he did _is_ complete awesomeness.
when i was a kid i never thought much of the bass as an instrument until i heard this song for the first time. cliff showed what can happen when an instrument is pushed past it's supposed limit and what true talent can do.
DeathMetalRob Exactly the same here too, Cliff is the reason why I play bass. And although after all these years I developed my own personality and style on the instrument, I always think of him with respect and admiration.
And it sucks people are like "It's not hard so he's not the best!!" And they're always talking about For whom the bell tolls or master of puppets. Hard doesn't equal good. Yes lesclaypool makes hard basslines but they sound like god damn farts dude..
I don’t understand how anyone could think of the bass as a non instrument. It is absolutely crucial to every form of music, from three piece jazz combos to hardcore punk to African music to symphonic music etc. Cliff burton is a monster player and very innovative, it was shame a he would be gone in a few years after this recording.
80's hair bands in the 80's: "Metallica's done, we're up!" 80's hair bands in the 90's: "Guys, Can you believe this!? We get to open for Metallcia! This is Awesome!!"
@@HolyDiver1 thats like me saying "when i play the drums, i literally raise the roof" unless my roof actually raises itself some how from the walls and ceiling of my house, then that statement is incorrect. Heres an example "its literally raining cats and dogs" that would mean that its not just raining, but ACTUAL cats and dogs are somehow falling from the sky to there bloody deaths on the hard floor. Please use the english language correctly. It literally is not hard to use the word literally properly.
@@NoName-to5xl actually, originally Jason had very good basslines and stuff for AJFA that were audible, he even wrote the main riff for blackened. But during the mixing Lars told them to turn the bass down to just barely audible and a further 3 desibels after that, so its almost impossible to hear the bass in any of the songs.
I had my Mettalica shirt on when I went to get a dental implant and bone graft (opposite side). The sergeon played this song for me hahaha. It helped keep my mind off the surgery for a while...
I get emotional every time I watch this. Cliff left such an impact on my music in such a way at only 9. Of course I didn’t get to see him in my lifetime but his music along with Metallica really helped me through some hard times, and they are honestly why I still stick to music today, especially bass and guitar.
Now I understand why playing bass for Metallica is a tough gig, and the rest of the band struggles to accept any replacement...there is no fucking replacement. It's like Ozzy with Randy Rhodes...on the new show with his son, even the mention of Randy brings Ozzy to tears.
I remember someone once said that the bass position in Metallica is like a throne...similar to the vocalist in Iron Maiden or Judas Priest, or the lead guitar player for Ozzy or Megadeth, or the drummer in Slayer.
Zakk is good in his own right and style but he isn't randy. Randy was one of those genius players that are 1 in a billion like cliff was. What ozzy and zakk made was brilliant but what Randy and ozzy made was master peices up there with the great composers of history. Same with metallic and vliff, Jason was good but cliff was magnificent
he only swerved the tour bus at his plane causing him to over correct and crash the plane. yea hes fucking upset. he fucking killed him basically. hello????
We have adopted Anesthesia (pulling teeth) as a seminal piece by Metallica. However I really think this is a stand alone piece of music that really shows the true talent of Cliff. Don't get me wrong. I like metallica. But Cliff was on another level.
I think Cliff truly was the best musician out of all the members of the band. Kirk is a good guitarist, Lars needs some work on the drums and James is very good at what he does but Cliff, he is a beast. He was the reason Metallica relocated to San Francisco.
Francisco Feest cliff is one of the best metal musicians, Dave mustaine, Marty Friedman, James Hetfield, dimebag darrell and Cliff Burton are the best in metal
1:48 I love that part :) 3:08 he was so touchy-feely with his bass, from his vibrato to those rakes and slides, and the way he grabs those harmonics, which I think is just incredible.. that’s why no one else sounds like Cliff Burton, he was one of a kind.
"In his teenage years, Burton developed an interest in rock, classical, country and eventually heavy metal. He began playing the bass at age 13, after the death of his brother, who died from a brain aneurysm. His parents quoted him as saying, "I'm going to be the best bassist for my brother." He practiced up to six hours per day (even after he joined Metallica)." Source -Wikipedia
็gFm ็ so...the idea was there but wasn't recorded till later so quit trying to be a fanboy and deal with Halen being first fool! Bow down or get capped fool!
-Are you ready to get your teeth pulled -Eeoaoeooeeoe -Are you ready to do it Cliff? -Mr Cliff Burton all right -woOwoiWwOeeowlolOoeeeOooIOOEEEeeiiiAiioooEewWWooouu(this is the bass language xdxd)
It's important to note how Cliff got more creative when playing live. Watch Kirk solo, he's almost always got his shit down to the note and can throw out a carbon copy of the album live. Cliff's more like "It's my solo I'll play it however the fuck I please, thank you." It's insane when your bassist can shred just as hard as your lead guitarist, lol.
Yep best Bass player ever played Bass guitar the way it should be & in my 50s bought tickets to the concert he was awesome & after that bought tickets for damage Inc.tour 1986 he passed away in tragic accident
Two of the worst deaths in music, Cliff Burton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan the music. The two of them each would’ve put out would just be spectacular amazing great music may be in the next life.
In one sense, there is no such thing as the “World’s Best Bass Player.” How do we compare Jaco to Stanley Clarke? Cliff Burton to Edgar Meyer? Ron Carter to Geddy Lee? In another sense, each of us gets to choose our own “World’s Best,” and if Cliff Burton is your “World’s Best,” God Bless You, you’re onto a good thing.
As with everything, it depends on the bassist. The bass is a really great instrument, but in a lot of music it takes the role of rhythmically playing root notes. It's not that interesting or challenging. Most guitarists can pick up a bass and play root notes, which is why this idea exists. But most guitarists can't play the bass like Burton or a lot of more recent advanced bassists. So you're right, but it depends.
Bass player - "Regular guitars are stupid. You have to be a real musician to play a bass. *Plays complicated riff*" Guitar player - "Why the fuck is the bassist chewing on his guitar again? Did someone forget to bring crayons for him? Great, now he just shit on the floor."
It’s Pure Metal. Look at Kirk & James as they join in at the end of Cliff’s solo. Just like the Jazz artists of the 50 s. Just Pure emotion & Passion. Fuk, I miss this Awesome kind of new Sound that was coming out in the 1980s.
