1.6 million people. Germany gathered 3 million troops alongside a 2000 kilometre Eastern front. Half that number turned up for a Metallica concert in one single location. Unbelievable! I can’t get over that number. Best concert ever!
can you imagine the raw energy? The visceral power of a MILLION people screaming at the same time; the pure power of a wall of sound like that? No one will ever exceed this level of pure gnarly shred again for the rest of history
My dad was a soldier of the Interior ministry doing security here, even while they were working he told me all of his comrades had the time of their life lol
edzio wataszka Lol a few ;3 and hate to break it to you brah, but nearly every single person in that crowd was a “bastard in uniform”. I think you forget conscription has always been a thing in Russia
Classic Metallica certainly. I'm not a fan of modern down tuned, "let the audience sing the high notes in the chorus because James can't anymore" Metallica.
I think James said they stopped counting at a certain point (maybe 1.6mil) so we'll never know exactly how many were there but it was in the millions, that's still insane.
Just think, even if they charged $1 a head, that's a MASSIVE amount of money! These guys are legend. I started listening to them in 1988 and just can't get sick of them. Cliff Burton must be smiling down upon them (RIP).
I was obsessed with this video/this footage of the concert when I was a teenager. This is and will always be iconic, and one of the reason why I learned el-guitar and joined my friends' band back then. Both me and teenage-me think this is the coolest thing ever
Like it or not....believe it or not....WE ARE ALL HUMAN!!!! We live, we love, we admire, we hate, and we DIE!!! But most sadly of all, we despise and distrust one another because our governments encourage us to....and we have never even met one another..... Are you brave enough to defy you ruling party to speak commonly with an American ??? Because I am!!!! I would rather them kill me having friendly tea with the Russian consort than having sex with some foreign whore!! Please pardon my terms....but times are hard..... :)
This is why we all love high-quality music, which makes people united. Those who were at that concert were very lucky. I am sure that at that moment, powerful emotions and pleasure were at the highest level. Greetings from Russia. Peace and love.
The visuals are unbelievable. The soldiers. The helicopters. The endless sea of people. The setting sun. The band. It's like a concert taking place in an apocalypse and it's glorious.
As an American I'm proud of this concert too because it showed how music can unite people. Our people have much more in common than we have differences.
thank you for saying so.💖 all good, great change happens in the hearts and minds of the people. Did you hear? a group of plumbers went to Flynt Michigan, and fixed the pipes so the people can get clean, safe water. the government has been fighting about this for years. But a group of plumbers whose names we may never know took care of it in a few days just because it was the right thing to do.
Тара Грэгг, представьте себе, что они стали рабочими, врачами, учёными, художниками. Здесь звучит музыка, а не пропаганда страха и агрессии. Агрессия порождает агрессию.
James Hetfield's face when he saw the crowd is priceless , he knew in that moment that he experience something that no other singer will ever do , 1.6 mill live audience
The guy said the floor was shaking under him and the helicopter was silent flying over head. Man i wasnt even born yet. I always watch this video as if i was there 😢
2019: you need to have the license to fly a drone because it can hurt somebody. Russia 1991: Freakin post soviet helicopter flying over million people's heads.
Holy crap. The lead singer looks like even HE doesn't believe he's singing in front of that many people! I've never seen a crowd that big before. That's just amazing.
The no of people in this concert is almost equal to the total population of Latvia. This band is awesome. I want metal to live on but with this new generation...I don't really know.
My gosh, this is epic. Got to be nearly a million witnessing,-post-fall of the wall-for the first time an actual rock concert. And what better way to do so than with one of the all-time great rock bands Metallica playing one of rock's most iconic tunes!
Free Bird ~ Beautifully stated! I've always said Music is the Universal Language (as is Food!). There must be one million in attendance! This looks to me as the largest concert crowd ever! Does anyone know of a larger one? Certainly not a happier one!
I came back to this video because I was telling my bf how if I had a time travel machine I would go on all the epic concerts I missed because I wasn’t born yet. So ofcourse I went along and showed him this toplister. I’ve been to a Metallica concert tho but imagine that possibility of time travel. If i had to pick one constant subject in my time travel it would be music. Going to a place you know the best musicians came from, visiting Kingston in the rocksteady times or Seattle in the 80s or 90s. Dreamy
This was shortly after the Soviet Union collapsed. Hetfield said the army personal was all serious and standing still for about the first 3-4 songs. After that they started to throw off their hats and unbottoned their uniforms and just started enjoying the concert. hahahah
Nicholas Anthony yeah, I just watched that interview the other day. Imagine living your entire life under an oppressive communist regime, where freedom of expression and individuality was all but stomped out with intimidation and violence...and then all of a sudden being free to do all of that and at a Metallica concert, your first rock concert ever, with 1M other people in the same situation. The energy in that crowd could power a small country!
I can feel adrenaline rush thru my screen 33 years later.. I can't imagine what it was like to be on that stage that day. Probably the highest feeling a man can achieve.
This took place right before the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold war, 1.6 Million Russians going crazy for an American Metal Band. One of the greatest moments of the 20th century.
@@roverwaters3875 obviously you’re new to the scene. It was a legit 1.6mil in attendance. And that’s just the ones who were documented, I’m sure more snuck in. It’s in the record books
beyond words, to see such a crowd coming together for ANY reason. imagine if we did this for collective betterness in this world. it might be a better place.
The reason is crazier, people were getting so overheated because of the absolute mass and the only way they could keep the crowd cooled off was by having helicopters fly by close so the draft from the blades would blow over them.
That's what happen, when you replace security guards with army. Chopper just checking that comrades still hold positions and have not deserted to the Land of Headbanging.
Can you just imagine how incredible this must have been from Metallica's perspective? Like, LOOK HOW MANY FUCKING PEOPLE THERE ARE! That would have been unreal knowing they were all there for YOU, and see them rocking so hard to the music YOU'RE playing. It's no wonder they sounded so raw and perfect this concert, feeding off that much energy has got to be so fun for a band.
I cant imagine, I get jacked at 45 years old watching this on youtube. Imaging being in the prime of your life and shredding for a crowd like that. How did they not snap their strings from playing too hard with all the adrenalin they must haveve been feeding on?
