Metallica "Master of Puppets" // Pastor Rob Reaction and Analysis 

Angry mother's in the 80s: "it's Satanic!!!" The accused satanists: "don't do drugs", "war is bad", "suicide is sad" "justice system needs work" , "build love on trust" ... 🤘😂

The slower interlude in the middle is symbolizing the euphoria experienced after taking drugs and the slow return to the dark heavy chugging shows that the pleasure is only temporary. Also the laughter at the end shows that the drug will always have the last laugh once it becomes your master. Still can’t get my head around how this song was written by a group of drunk headbanging guys in their 20s

I am a Christian as well and I appreciate your perspective. This is an anti drug song. Metallica is not an evil band.

The more I listen to metal, death metal etc. the more I realize that modern pop music is real devil's music.

This entire album is such a masterpiece. The fact that it's written by 20-22 year-olds still blows my mind. You should give it a listen from start to finish.

The greatest kids don't do drugs song out there

There’s a reason this album is vaulted in the Library of Congress. It’s a masterpiece in thrash metal and has some of the most meaningful lyrics ever written, along with fantastic composing done by Cliff Burton

As a recovering addict. This song always hits so close to home. Addiction is a hell that I wouldn't wish upon anyone

One of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded. Masterpiece song from a masterpiece album. Never ages. Perfection.

"Chop your breakfast on a mirror" is the main clue that the master is drugs. Any child of the 80's knows you cut lines of cocaine on a mirror. Even if you've never seen cocaine in real life you've seen that in movies.

I've listened to this song for years now and only now I realize how powerful the line "Hell is worth all that" is, considering is the first lyric they hit you with after the melodic interlude. Like all the misery that comes with addiction is worth it just as long as you get to have that little moment of beauty. I know I've been there.

First and second verses: drugs talking to the man. Slow interlude: man is high and euphoric Hard interlude: man is coming down off the high. Third verse: man yelling at the drug for "promising only lies" Guitar solo: man going crazy looking for his next fix Final verse: drugs have the final word

2:26 “I love the vintage vibe.” God, I feel freaking old after hearing that.

This song is about addiction. The beginning is about the craving, the breakdown is the "drunk" or "high" and the ending is the "hangover" or "burn out".

"Having a really funny memory that I can't say here" Everyone: DO tell 👀

This song nails the whole drug/addiction life perfectly, both lyrically and musically. At first, it's peaceful and bliss and then it chaos where it starts to crumble and ultimately becomes a nightmare. Pretty soon all joy is gone and you're living to use and using to live until you're emotionally, spiritually, and morally bankrupt. Master is the addiction itself which makes you want something to help you not have to feel the hatred for yourself. Drugs are just a vehicle for the addiction to get you. Could be anything, my hell was from drinking and drugging for a couple decades. Been clean 15 years now and feel blessed to make it out alive, many of my friends didn't. There but for the Grace of God go I.

I remember interviews , from back in the 80's , with James and Lars where they say the message isn't strictly about drugs . Rather it's about anything that we allow to control our lives in a negative way .

James Hetfield was raised in a Christian Scientist household and has a lot of misgivings about that particular segment of Christianity.

"hell is worth all that" means: addiction is a living hell, but you keep going back to it, because it seems worth it when the cravings hit.

if you want to see the biggest crowd ever at a concert look up Metallica in Moscow 1991 Enter Sandman 1.6 million people see what that looks like

We need a disposable hero’s lyrical breakdown from you guys!!

This song is about drug addiction and its done very well.

Now they gotta do disposable heroes, that should solve the crosses issue

The album is about addiction and war. The cover art is depicting a cemetery in France dedicated to WWII soldiers.

The whole Master Of Puppets album is kind a concept album, in the sense that every song has different parts of life and society that people can become "puppets" to. Whether it's war, drugs, false religions etc.... The crosses on the album cover represent the grave of dead soldiers. Usually they have crosses like that. Arlington National Cemetary for instance.

The way this song is structured...around a person's addiction to drugs and getting that hit and then jonesing for more is superb. Takes you through the whole story from start to inevitable finish.

This is a musical piece of genius. They way the music and lyrics blend together to tell a story is unparalleled. The music fits so well in regards to the addiction and the story, it is just brilliant.

I pray that James Hetfield and the rest of Metallica will happen to catch your channel. A lot of metal bands think that Christians are against them. If they only knew how Many Christians love their music. Thank you for your insights. The peace of Christ be with you. 🙏🏼

My old band used to cover this song but we called it "pastor of Muppets"

I love that you guys did this song especially because the 35th anniversary was just a few days ago

“Wow I got a little goosebumps there.” That is Kirk Hammett perfectly summed up in one sentence.

I think you would like "The Four Horsemen" by Metallica.

Gauge should really listen to more of Metallica’s first 3 studio albums. They’re considered their best work to date for a reason.

Just some thoughts on the structure, timbre, and performance, and how they convey the themes communicated by the lyrics. The music starts off fast-paced and distorted, like a desperate addict about to get their next fix. As the song continues, there's a calming instrumental with clean guitars and a mellow drum beat backing up a soothing melody that seems to portray the euphoric high the druggie goes through before the music turns dark, distorted, and agitated as the first frantic solo plays, giving a sense of mania and panic as the druggie becomes desperate for his next trip even as he "comes crawling faster!" For the bridge, the rhythm is slow (by comparison with the main riff), heavy, and seems to indicate anger and desperation at the druggie's plight as he realises that the drugs promise only lies, while he is helpless to resist them - indeed, it seems as though the drugs, or perhaps his chemical/psychological dependency on drugs is indifferent to his desperation and misery, ("laughter! Laughter! All I hear is this laughter! Laughter! Laughter! Laughing at my cries!) The ending fade further cements addiction as a malevolent force hell-bent on destroying the addict's life, coupled with maniacal and evil laughter, alluding to the bridge. Overall, Master of Puppets serves as a dire warning against the dangers of addiction and the abuse of addictive substances, and does so in a way that mimics the panic, mania, and desperation felt by addicts every time they come down from their high, thus giving audiences a sense of what drug addiction is truly like, and SHOWING rather than simply yelling the dangers of addiction.

James stated that it's a general idea. Everyone can interpret it in their own way. Most frequent interpretation about Master of Puppets is addiction. Imo, it's about addiction in general. Addiction to drugs, alcohol, etc. A lot of stuffs. Any kind of addictions and how it affects us. Even being a zealous religious person is an addiction, imo. It promotes a lot of stuffs like unnecessary hate, misinformation that makes you blind, prejudice, and so on.

Can’t say enough about you guys. Love what your doing, keep it up

Funny thing to me , that came out in 1986 and that year I was at the indianapolis 500 and seen some people doing coke off a small mirror , Metallica was a huge musical influence for me , I accepted Jesus in 1998 but still get fired up listening to the old albums , especially when working out .

its not just a song about drugs its all things that can control you...metallicas words

Oh i'v been waiting so long for this reaction

The echo and reverb on his voice makes it such an ambient song/album

I've struggled with addiction my whole life. Sadly, it's a struggle that never ends no matter how aware you become of how destructive giving in to said addiction can be. Luckily I have songs like this I can listen to whenever those urges get really strong, and they tend to straighten me out. The physical urge is always there, but it helps the mental urge subside for the night, and honestly, all an addict has to do is make it to the next morning.

I LOVE this songs message as someone who's cousin abused Heroin I can relate, (This song is an anti-drug song as what drugs do to you and how they kill you)

I appreciate you chopping the video up into chapters

Glad to see you guys on my feed

My first Metallica album I ever purchased. Jaw was open in AHHH, the whole album. That was when I graduated from Van Halen to Metallica, and they became my favorite. Then Megadeth. About the cross, used for controlling the puppets, well, puppets are controlled by that design for the control piece. That's just a normal puppet device.

When the lyrics says" hell is worth all that" he is talking about the drug withdrawal

Keep it up guys. Love seeing y'all's videos. It really makes me listen to any music I hear a deeper listening.

Pastor Rob, you are the Man! Absolutely love the way you break everything down. Always on point always a great response! God Bless you Brother!

The part where the clean guitars come in with the melody over top is supposed to represent the "high" that you get from whatever you're addicted to.

I hope two can react to Disposable Heroes. Both Rob and Gauge nailed the cover art, it applies to both addiction and war. Disposable Heroes will show the war aspect of the album.

That’s the beauty of metal music, the lyrics can be taken in so many different ways subjective to whose listening and their life experiences.

Im tuned in brody! Keep the heat coming 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Don’t forget to do some Alice in chains, man in the box and bleed the freak please. Thanks so much for this video

Am I the only one or you guys also think that the pastor really enjoys metal 🤔

Love your reaction and analysis Pastor Rob. Cheers from Malaysia!

Pastor Rob thank you for understanding what this song is about. Metallica in their early days had bad addiction problems. This song is all about that. I love that you and your son can listen to a song and actually hear what it’s about. God bless you!!! Keep doing what y’all do.

Megadeth Peace Sells Symphony of Destruction Trust Sweating bullets My Darkest Hour When (this is one of my guilty pleasure songs after a break up)

Megadeth suggestions: “Looking Down the Cross” “The Conjuring” “Bad Omen” “Five Magics” “She-Wolf” “Prince of Darkness” “Never Walk Alone...” “Deadly Nightshade” “Dystopia”

wow, i always took this song for granted. yall helped me see how deep it gets. this is an awesome song

"Never ending maze, drift on numbered days" Is a fantastic line, probably the best line in the song.

I’m someone who’s on the way to become a pastor, my late dad was a pastor but we’re kind of free to listen to anything so i love metallica.. this is very interesting, thank you so much for this video 🙏 ++sub

Metallica are the kings not only of transition but letting their music describe the effects of drugs through the tempo changes.

Again, very enjoyable reaction and discussion. Thank you. :)

This song is PURE MUSICAL GENIUS. So melodic yet so heavy at the same time.

*plays the first three notes* Two Rocking Grannies: what is this, a crossover episode

Song suggestion: “What it’s like” by Everlast. Thought provoking lyrics. Or for a Christian metal band “Titheme” by Sleeping Giant.

God bless you guys! Excellent content!

I love your perspective on this

"Hell is worth all that Natural habitat" I believe is referring to the physical, psychological, and emotional hell that is drug addiction.

The solo starts slow then feeds up faster and heavier just like drugs. Starts off slow then it starts to kick in then your mind gets going faster and faster until the high is over.

I love this reaction and discussion. I appreciate you and I pray that the Lord continues to anoint your ministry as he uses you as a vessel to lead people to the cross. God bless you.

Got to see them throughout their trip many times and they never disappoint. Deeper than most give them credit. Thanks

I think you should react to The Beast and the Harlot by Avenged Sevenfold. Love what you guys do! GOD BLESS YOU!

I'm here to request to Gojira - Art of Dying. Its a really interesting band with even more interesting song lyrics. EDIT: Also, if you really wanna dive into Medageth, I really recommend Symphony of Destruction

You guys hit the nail square on the head with this analysis. I just came down to the comments to answer your question about what relationship the clean interlude has with the rest of the song. My interpretation is, since this is a song about drug abuse, the middle part is what happens when you consume the drug. That's the feeling of the "high."

I love the channel guys, keep it up. It's refreshing to see thoughtful, like minded people. I hope once this world has run it's course we can meet in the afterlife. 😎

see my interpretation of the Album Cover was the govt as the puppet master. the cross graves representing soldiers graves and the puppet master being the govt sending them to die. I also gained that impression due to possibly my fav song on this album “Disposable Heroes”

Welcome to the song where almost every metal head became metal heads.

Good 'ol pastor Rob💯

Thank you, I heard the song millions of times and thought I knew it thoroughly but you put it in a slightly different light.

Yeah, that middle is where you pull out the lighter. And the spoon, and the needle, and the dope. Lol

Metallica's Master of Puppets has become the classical music of the now and next generation 35 years old and still so strong.

When I was younger I never realized how perfectly crafted this song was. How the beginning was like looking for a fix the middle was dreamy like they got the fix and then the come down and rage before going for another fix. Metallica are geniuses

you guys should totally make a podcast! how are you guys not having a podcast?? perfect setup too

Just a side note: Trivium covered this song years ago, and it might be the greatest Metallica cover of all time. As a metal fan, I have to have respect for Metallica because they paved the way to making metal "mainstream" of sorts, but I love Trivium.

METALLICA is a great group of friends who try to help people with the music they play. No devil worship with this band. EVER

I like how he was like “hm” and jotted down some notes, now this is a realistic reaction

In Dutch the word for addiction is literally the same as enslaving ("verslaving"). I've always loved that because it expresses so much about what addiction is.

Would love to see an analysis of Spiritual Healing by Death. Great work guys!

You should react to Sweating Bullets by Megadeth! Dave Mustane was actually raised catholic and so a lot of his music is biblically inspired.

this song is simply a masterpiece in every possible sense

Hey pastor, I'm not religious (I'm a non-believer), but I really appreciate what you are doing. I think you could be helping a lot of people.

Metallica peaked a long time ago. This was released the year I was born and was one of my introductory Metal albums. Brilliant lyrics and instrumentals throughout. Even though I'm a Christian now it's hard not to relate to most of this album. I know all too well the dangers of addiction, and the black hole of false pseudo-Christian teaching. This album hit all the right nerves, and still does. Hope you and your family are doing well, Pastor.

Fade to black is another amazing Metallica song for you to check out

Wow, I’ve listened to this song maybe, 70-100 times and I’ve never thought about it as a drug kind of thing!!! Your perspectives are amazing!

I really enjoy your analysis and discussion, you have a depth and understanding that is missing in most other RU-vid reactions. The ability you have to draw both upon your faith and experience really sets you apart. I wish more Christians understood the subtle evangelising that you practice here, as the 'in your face', confrontational style that is largely popular has much the opposite to the desired effect amongst many of us.

The album cover is based on the song “Disposable Heroes”. Correct. The theme of the album is power.

Literally everyone I knew that went to their concerts here in India back in the days had all been to a certain degree addicted to marijuana. It only goes to show how little we knew what was being sung about. Great analysis Pastor Rob. I definitely need to re-visit some good old Metallica. Discernment is so critical.

James mentioned that the lyrics are about addiction in general, and some of the associated ways to feed addictions, along with emotional states that are increasingly surrounded by doubt, fear, and uncertainty. I also watched an interview where they mused on how the song structure is kind of setup so the opening section up to the breakdown is reflective of coming to the realization that you are an addict and think about breaking free. The soft breakdown in the middle is when you give in to the addiction and feel the initial "sweet release", but then as you come down from the high and reality sets in, emotions start to run wild, along comes doubt and fear and the sensation that you might be losing control... and then the solo ends and you transition back to the opening riffs, which is essentially a reflection of the rollercoaster that is addiction.

You know Rob feeling it when he doing the natural “unexpected whodunnit elevator fart” face 🤣👍🇬🇧