Metallica - One | Reaction 

I'm not the biggest Metallica fan. I like em but I'm not in love with them. One is probably one of the greatest songs ever written.

Pausing during the guitar solo of One to go into a 5 minute rant and then resume without rewinding in the middle of the solo should be illegal.

Check out fade to black. An absolute emotional roller coaster

You should watch the music video next. I’ve always said that the studio version and the music video are two very different, but equally important experiences. And I think the music video works best after you’ve already heard the studio version, rather than the other way around. Even if you don’t plan on listening to it anymore, it’s still worth a first time viewing.

"Let the instruments speak to your soul." This guy gets it

Metallica- Nothing Else Matters

Having a draftee Vietnam vet father, Metallica's "One" and Alice In Chains "Rooster" always choke me up every time I hear them. I miss that old 'sumbitch. Oh, the stories, too.

The story is about a soldier in WWI whose cerebellum was rendered dysfunctional, so he could not experience any external stimuli. WWI soldiers were typically not volunteers.

The song is about a man who not only lost his limbs, he lost his sight, his hearing and he's speech.. being left alive by machines "that make him be" he communicated my nodding his head in morse code. I'ts based on a novel and a movie about World War 1 called 'Johnny got his gun' edit: spelling

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Exploring music left and right, is a must for anyone, young and old.

Bro, I have never hit like so fast in a video before. *Edit--you paused it during Kirk's solo. Nooooooo!

I'm an amputee for almost 3 years now (not from war) & I can 100% relate to phantom pains. The Dr. said they should go away in 3 months & if they didn't, I'd have them for the rest of my life; I still have them...

The fact that you research the songs meaning beforehand and also make sure to see the lyrics... youve gained another subscriber. keep up the good work!!

Hey bro, there’s no rules to go by when you’re just going with how you feel, say what you gotta say and feel it. FEEL IT!!! Great song and great reaction, this is ONE of the best heavy songs in existence, musically and lyrically, it’s beautiful and brutal, much like life. Do your thing man, enjoy it and stay honest 🤘🤘 cheers to your journey into new territory, coming from a musician of 30yrs and loves all music as long as I can groove or relate, no limits man. Keep it rockin 👍

The music video makes this song so much more intense.

Man, i love your emotional commentary, you really connect with the lyrics

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20:37 bro pausing during the solo is fine but make sure you re-wind a bit when jumping back into it :) !

Metallica- Welcome home (Sanitarium)

The song is based off the movie "Johnny got his gun" and is possibly one of the most depressing movies I have ever seen but really highlights the horrible toll of war and the way that these soldiers and veterans are treated. The official music video for the song even contains clips from the movie and really makes the message in the song hit home, right in the feels. I really like it when people, such as yourself, expand their mind and explore other genres of music, and even admit that you had this bias earlier in life. It's a common misconception that heavy metal lyrics are meaningless, violent and evil. You tend to find that a lot of metal music has some VERY deep lyrics covering a vast array of subjects like war, homlessness, substance abuse, domestic abuse, the state of the environment etc... something that isn't too often covered in more popular styles of music.

Check out - the four horsemen by Metallica

Unless you work at the factory, every guitar is used.

Metallica For Whom the Bell Tolls is a good one.

listen to Fade To Black by Metallica another deep one ;)

Something else about a lot of people who walked past music like this when they were young... this music is intricate. If it's played over FM radio and/or little speakers that are overdriven, it's mush. Fuzz with a changing tone, all the little tiny bits get lost or worse, changed... one of the chugg riffs has a lower octave three instrument harmonic. That bass harmonic, played over a system that's pushing or past it's limit, sounds like the honk you'd get out of a 10' tall goose, or a tremendous fart if the equipment's really bad. (ED: 12:30 to 12:38 is the one prone to 'gronking'). You want a happy song from the band that excels at pointing out the evils of humanity? Well... Hit The Lights and Whiplash are crowd pumpers from the first album, you've got the instrumentals, and some selections from Black, Load, and Reload that aren't deepdamndark. The Master of Puppets and Justice albums are both thematic on malevolent control/string pulling and injustices, respectively... which is a shame because while the subject matter gets super deep, those albums have some of their best thrash and thrash/prog metal.

My man don't forget about picks, tuners, strap, and stand/bag/case. Those add to total costs. Just bought my kid another guitar. Also the guitars with built in tuners are pretty awesome. They are great for learning and not trying to be perfect. You gotta react to "Shake That" - Eminem ft. Nate Dog for a club type song or "One Shot, Two Shot" - D12 for a story telling song.

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Man.... Thank you so much for not reaching to the official video and for having the lyrics up. You're new to me but you are killing these reacts!

Hey RICH, try out Avenged Sevenfold. Pretty much anything on the album "The Stage" especially the songs "The Stage" "Exist" "Creating God" or "God Damn" but definitely look up what the band was thinking when they assembled this album. Those last two songs I mentioned are way different than whow they sound.

Once they bleed, they heal, then they callous. Dexterity will be around the corner. Then music will be too.

rock is known for not straying from dark human emotions and sadness, but there is an unsaid strength behind the songs and thats in the music, u can bob your head and when you can separate yourself from it and remember its art you can enjoy it, like a John wick film, there is intense violence and most of us dont want that to happen to anyone, but its entertainment and you may find yourself realize you have all those emotions at times in your life, not so specifically to the story of a war veteran but simply the lyrics about feeling claustrophobic , and you find strength and excitement and yourself happily going "DARKNESS IMPRISONING ME , ALL THAT I SEE" , thats part of rock, just accepted a heaviness at times but seperating it and making it into something you can step over, go to a metallica show and see these songs arent really downers, but uppers, especially those parts. Its an inverse relationship sometimes, its layered, its not all in the lyrics, its the melody and beat, there have been songs too heavy in theme for me at times but after years and growth you go back and ur like yea, I can love this freely because im set free from those emotions, now I can celebrate the humanity behind the song, the song is a bit sad but also a celebration of strength in that people who have felt that darkness literally or partly relate, they can make it into something beautifully moving, like this song, its about knowing ur sadness isnt a fault, but a binding factor in our existence, thats where you start to listen to rock songs and feel the purpose of it, its not supposed to be easy listening always! IF u want happy rock tho listen to some blink 182, they arent heavy but they are irrelevant on purpose and thats what made em big, they are supposed to be light hearted to provide relief, even tho lyrically they sing some downer ish stuff too. "every time I look for you" "Reckless abandon" have some fun feels and the drums are awesome, especially in reckless abandon, also in the song "rollercoaster" those are more light hearted. Travis barker is an infamous drummer . Not the most profound songs lyrically, but if u want catchy fast paced happy sounds that rival the catchiness of anything on the radio, thats a great band. Atleast for some of their albums, now they kinda suck IMO

Some of the greatest stories told in music come from the metal/rock genre. Because the instruments and lyrics come together so well, other genres have sounds and words. Metal and rock have music and stories. You've only scratched the surface. Theres so much more out there.

Love your videos man. I have had music kick my ass a few times. You don't have the ear for it at the time. Then you listen to it 10 years later, and think, Holy Crap they were brilliant.

The Great Awakening is Opening the Minds of Everyone. Creeping Death live Moscow 1991 will blow you away.

The song is describing a man who went to war and lost all of his senses. He can’t see, he can’t walk or reach out...he can’t hear. But he’s still alive but he’s in his own head and that’s all he has. Himself by himself.

Rich, Seek and Destroy is a great one. Gritty, hard, upbeat. Throw it on the playlist

If you pay close enough attention this song actually has a really deep progression, both lryically and musically. It starts out soft and dreamy, and slowly transitions into the thrashing drums and guitar, mirroring the person's journey from waking up confused and eventually descending into panic and fear as he realizes what happened to him.

This song gets me in an emotional mood, especially since I've learned of the man named Hisashi Ouchi, who suffered a tremendous amount of nuclear radiation during an accident. He was kept alive for 83 days against his will, unable to move, see, anything. He just existed. Please don't look up photos of him. They're quite gruesome.

The way i listen to sad songs like this is to appreciate your own life because it could always be worse, like the guy they describe in this song. So i turn it into something positive.

Evanescence - my immortal! Beautiful song, she's also a rock artist

Huge Metallica fan! Just catching up with the Metallica reactions for my FB group. Fantastic reaction! Thank you! 💜

Welcome to being a Metal Head! We all hope you enjoy your stay. And I'll bet anything... You will listen to this song again my brother. There is so much more for you to experience, and we'll all be here through your journey as you become more of a Metal fan. \w/, >

You have to watch the official video. It was game changing. One of the greatest videos ever made.

I think watching the music video actually help to understand the music better. This song is about a movie Johnney got a Gun and they had part of the video in the songs(I think it was from the movie) to understand.

Music is subjective in how it makes you feel. The same with all art forms. We take what we take from it emotionally and intellectually. Great reaction.

You completely understand this music. Having an open mind and ears to music of all genres is how we all can come to understand eachother and unite as one

This song is based on a great, yet dark and sad movie, Johnny got his gun, fimed in 1971, about a Great War soldier, who's severely injured, losing all his physical sensations, and also, his arms and legs, and is taken away for experimentation. That's a movie you should watch on a sunny day... The song makes a wonderful tribute to that movie.

Now you should check out the official music video for this song. The video for this song was Metallica's first music video they ever made. It was also a big departure from pretty much every other music video other musician's had released up to that point. They really made something special with that video. The story the song is based on, Johnny Got His Gun, is about WWI, so the subject may have been drafted, not a volunteer. I am not sure on that point. The movie clips used in the video are from a real movie based on the original book, edited in a bit out of order to work with the emotional arc and message.

First of all, THANK YOU for reacting to the STUDIO version of this song... I hate when people react to the video because the extra audio and visuals in the video distract from the actual song in my opinion

When you're a new guitar player it doesn't take very long for your fingers to bleed! But worth every drop! Do it!!!

If you've been down sense you where a six year old girl this music makes you know that your not alone in your pain. I've been suicidal sense I was six years old this helps go trough your emotions trough the music so you won't have to be angry or hurt yourself.

Seek and Destroy will get you pumped and I think Ain’t my Bitch is an underrated Mettalica song but also good.

Brother, just like I said, I'm new to your channel, and it was really great to listen, to you on this video, it's really refreshing to hear people open their minds and take metal for what it is. It's not just blaring guitars and guys screaming, it's great lyrics, songs with meaning and awesome musicianship I'm glad to see that he like it and keep rocking bro

Metallica - The Unforgiven I

If you truly want to learn my guy. Start off with an Acoustic. One for about 150. Play it and learn for about a year. And when you get your first electric. Get a good one. Mine was an Ibanez. I gave right at 700 for it. It was amazing. 3 yrs later I sold it for 900. Just learn man. Metallicas intros r pretty easy to play and learn from. The easiest songs in my opinion is AC/DC songs to learn. Good luck

I just thought to myself. In a way Metallica is Like Tupac, and Tupac is like Metallica. Ppl are gonna be like nah or wtf, but think about that for a minute. They will always be relevant.

This is one of my first heavy metal song's I ever learned when I was a kid. Fender is a great guitar to start with. I play Jackson, Gibson, ESP....it depends all on preferences.

I finally found someone who doesn't really like this song! Now don't get me wrong, I love this song, but I've seen so many reactions where everyone loves it so much that I'm actually glad to see a new opinion. Thanks for being real.

Stopping during the solo is a cardinal sin of the highest order, sir!

I know this is an older video. But my high school English teacher had us read Johnny Got His Gun and I mentioned this song to him. Once we were done reading the book he let us watch the music video to this song. Best English teacher ever.

Would you believe there are some folks out there who don't consider this song (Metal?!)😡Some are even serious Metallica fans,(or at least that's what they call themselves.)A lot of us who absolutely love Metallica view this particular song as one of their most amazing masterpieces!😊

Not to be a kill joy Rich but once you get a guitar the first thing you'll realize is its nothing like as easy as it looks, gl though its amazingly satisfying if you put the time in, just set realistic expectations :). Jumping straight in to learning metallica stuff would be a kin to trying to run the 100 meters in under 10 flat at 300+ lbs. Also avoid very cheap acoustics, the action on them tend to be very high making them very difficult to play.

I normally watch your UK rap/grime reactions but I'm also a huge metalhead, so it's cool to see you do this. You made me chuckle though: UK rap, always catching the bars, metal sung relatively slowly: - checking your phone because you don't want to miss the lyrics :)

My favorite song from them , it grabs your heart

amen brother. you have the right attitude. no matter from where we hail an open mind and heart is what we need more of in this country. metal bands generally recruit the most powerful vocalists, this being no exception. i urge to check out Russel Allen from Symphony x , Tommy Karevik from kamelot or Yama-B from Galneryus, just to name a few. also to truly be astonished check out metal paired up with orchestra and powerful operatic voices. bands like rhapsody of fire, night wish, Epica . great symphonic metal bands like night wish have been around for decades. here , at least, in the US no one dared to take a chance to play any metal, much less symphonic until the internet came along, thank goodness.

I believe that the next three songs he needs to listen to would be Fade To Black, Dyers Eve and The Day That Never Comes due to the lyrics in all 3

I say the other way around just because you are alive doesn't mean you're living it's a powerful quote

You say it won’t make the playlist until you listen to it, all the way through, 3 times and then you are hooked. But, Whiskey in the Jar is an upbeat song based off an old Irish folk song and first converted to a rock song by Thin Lizzy, who was an Irish band with a black Irishman lead singer. Or try So What ,,,, upbeat as hell!

Orion by Metallica- 🔥🔥Instrumental

Check out Orion, probably the best instrumental song you will ever hear

You didn't sign up for WW1, you were drafted.

Fade to Black is a real deep song. Check that one out man. James Hetfield wrote it when all their gear was stolen in the winter of 83 in Boston I think it was Boston but he was so depressed but got out of his depression of losing all their gear by writing one of the greatest Metal Ballad type song ever.

I love my Martin D 16E and D 18. Martin has the best sound to me. Depending on the materials and it’s quality of manufacturing acoustics are like wine. Alvarez and Fender make really great cheaper end acoustics. My first acoustic was Alvarez

I know how to play many Metallica songs and the intro to "One" is one of the simplest to play.

If you get a guitar from a music shop you have to play Stairway to Heaven before you buy it and leave with it Its a rule Oh and if you want more metal suggestions I'd suggest Iron Maiden - Powerslave (my favorite bass line to play) or Metallica - Damage Inc. (Not necessarily upbeat but its high energy, good workout song)

You want a beautiful song from Metallica. Listen to Orion. Pure instrumental song. Sanitarium another beast song from Metallica.

Respect for the honest comments dude...

You should check out Disposable Heros, still kinda sad lyric wise but a badass, powerful song.

i understand the pausing but you cant "feel" a music like this with all that pausing so its an innuendo :P

Btw, the music here, like Master of Puppets, does represent the war situation.. The drums for example (esp the fast snares) sound like machine guns.. The beginning of the solo is like bullets flying all around you, the ending is abrupt just like many of the lives that are involved in wars by choice or otherwise. Heavy metal isn't known for being happy generally, it's filled with anger but not necessarily negativity.. Anger is an emotion that we all go through and sometimes even need! This kind of music is an excellent way to let it all out, or help you cope with such situations without hurting anyone including yourself... It is why in a way, (and I know how this sounds) a very "calming" music. Peace ✌️

The intro to this song is the first thing I learned. Super easy. Just look it up on RU-vid.

Depends what type of music you want to play. A fender might not be great for metal but it depends I would recommend if you want to play some heavier music to at least get 1 humbucker. I personally got a Ibanez gio. It's a superstrat so you have a humbucker and 2 single coils. But maybe the most important thing is the amplifier. The amp might be more expensive than the guitar itself. If you have an electric guitar you can set your amp to clean and it sounds like an acoustic guitar.

I bought my son an epiphone acoustic starter kit and for the money it is a solid value guitar.

Having dipped my toes into the guitar-playing hobby, I assure you that you can play intros and rhythm stuff as you wanna. Given that you learn some basics on how to do it, of course. It's an amazing feeling even if you don't feel like going full fledged. Still rewarding!

All genres of music add to our collective culture. I’m an older man and I’ve been exposed to all types of music. And I’m a better person for it.

Rich check out Creeping Death live 91 Moscow there were 1.6 MILLION people in the crowd; you will never see something more crazy than Metallica live rocking millions of headbanging Russians live. Its an insane video!

Guitarist of 17 years here. Used is absolutley fine, just have a quick look for any obvious damage or cracks around the neck (especially where it meets the body and where it meets the headstock). A test of the electrics if buying an electric doesnt hurt either. Other than that you should be good. Also when it comes to starting out on the instrument. You can look up and learn chords and scales and such, but other than that, just play the thing. As often as you can even if its just 10-15 minutes here and there. That's how you really learn guitar. 9/10 people I've met who say something like this "I wanna learn guitar. I need to go get lessons" never end up learning. They will go to a handful of lessons, maybe learn a chord or to but ultimately fail or quit because they're hinging their success on someone else and these lessons from the get go, instead of realising that no-one can teach you how to play except yourself. Someone can show you chords or what a scale is, or some tips but the only person who can teach you how to actually play is yourself. So I'll loop around on myself and say the best way to go is to just play, a much as you can as often as you can and you'll be jamming out in no time.

Am an admirer of your videos and I've got to say, I've watched maaaanny reaction videos to this song and yours is the absolute most spot on 💯

Hi Doc. I've watched many react to this song. But never said this till now. At the age of 17, I had to make the decision to have my mom's machines turned off. I'm now 45 and still live with that decision, even though I know it was the right thing to do.

Don't spend a lot on a first guitar, if you don't stick with it, you are not out much... If you do, you can get something better, and you will better know what you want. Epiphone makes pretty good beginner electrics, usually in the $200 range. A dedicated music shop will have used ones that you can be reasonably sure are good to go, and a beginner guitar that was traded in at a shop can be picked up cheap.

Believe me they tried to exchange this for that. The answer is no, they couldn't. The evil side of human nature must be fought by the good side of human nature. In the context of the time period, it may have been what was right for them. So, if you "get it" like you said, then accept it. Accepting the reality doesn't mean your agreeing morally or heartless, simply removing your emotion from the event so you can then see with a clear perspective. we should always be looking to learn from history's lessons. I Love your channel, keep killin em

This song is one that if I'm pissed off I turn very very loud and just basically go insane. Always a great energy drain to calm you down. 😂

Only real tip I have for used guitars is make sure to get a good side view. Only major issue I can think of offhand is possible warping of the fret board. If people don't loosen the string in between session the constant tension can cause some bending in the wood and damage sound quality. Other than that You're usually safe as far as I'm aware.

Metallica - creating guitarists since 1981 ;-)

You should listen to 3 Black kids metalhead that can play awesomely! They’re from NYC playing in Times Square rocking out to Metallica heavy metal tunes! You have to listen to “Unlocking The Truth” the metal band they created!!! They’re very young new and still working on it but they’re playing is out of this world!!!

The music video for One has a lot of extra dialogue that really hammers home what theyre talking about

Metal knocks you back for a min..

I feel like it's a must to see the video the first time hearing this song. It gives it that extra emphasis on the true meaning of the song.

To really get a sense of the music you see the actual music video. Also the movie that they play during the music video is called Johnny got his gun, I saw that movie in the 80’s and is just as depressing