Metallica: To Live Is To Die (San Francisco, CA - December 7, 2011) 

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We need him to fully convince them to play Eye Of The Beholder live

Thanks Rob. Every note was perfect!

Cobain 92 That was awful

Yeah finally

Finally indeed! The new mix is even better!!! Nice one Greg!!!

Truer words never spoken

Cobain 92 for real haha

And Sad too.

sad but true

I feel the same as you. Great to hear it, but it really wasn't in sync.

I don't think the song makes them sad, by that logic they would never play Orion and they play that one frequently. I think they just don't like it that much, like most stuff from justice, they find it hard to play live.

Moondawg good point. Idk why they don't like so much from Justice, it's a beautiful album.

@@moondawwg I think the difference here between Orion and To live is to die, is Orion is Cliff's song vs TLITD is their tribute to Cliff. As in Cliff was alive to record and play Orion live meanwhile TLITD holds a special place among their songs in which they might not want to tarnish by giving frequent appearances.

@@phelony_ Cliff even wrote those middle part riffs in the song btw in TLITD

Yes

The song is pretty sad though, not only its an instrumental its also a tribute to Cliff, i doubt they will play it anytime soon.

Trospher wasnt it cliff’s last song that he wrote? It’s definitely one of the best songs on ajfa imo

It really should, but I think it would ruin the song so that it would no longer be so special if they played To Live Is To Die more often. But I would love to see them perform it better.

This is the only time it has been played full . In Live Shit , Jason played the demo before Master Of Puppets, which became the video Cliff Burtons Last Song.

To Live is To Die > Orion > Ktulu. (my opinion)

@@lincebizantino1177 to live is to die > orion = suicide and redemption > ktulu

Don't forget suicide and redemption. I think all metallica instrumentals are masterpiece!

PanosSev. I’m not normally a huge fan of instrumentals but I think Metallica’s are amazing, surprisingly better than a lot of prog bands’ standalone instrumentals (not in a concept album).

Lowe 2005 So true! Those songs create lot of emotions and different feelings each time I hear any of them. Great, great guitar riffs. When they solo together the whole thing goes to another dimension I believe..If hardwired had an instrumental song, I think the whole album would be much more powerfull and mature

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So true. So much emotion in this song.

I have said that since 89 , and nothing has changed! What's better then this to send you off , to live is to die indeed.

Swiftshooter88 it’s been leaked before. I remember seeing it a year or two ago somewhere. It’s just really rare

A lot of stuff has been available in the members only video section if their website which has been free for three years now, it’s a really good archive.

Hey jackass, what have you done on RU-vid lately?

Swiftshooter88 my thoughts exactly))

I personally can't believe it's been 7 years already

Goddamn goose pimples.

Kirk absolutely murders this part. NAILS IT

@@sherm570 OMG yes. Takes me back to early 1989 sitting in my room with the headphones on blasting my brand new CD player with this on. I was late to the Metallica game and only really 'discovered' them after Justice released. It was absolutely game changing. I saw them with GNR and Faith no More in 1992 in Orlando for the 7 hour concert and will never forget it. I have mostly forgotten details of all my other concerts, but this was just too big. God damn, I hate getting old. Hearing/watching this today helped.

Suicide and redemption is an awesome instrumental

I was 17 when the album came out and I used to listen to that part over and over and over again.

So did I! So fucking sad!

I didn't tear up I cried so sad

I dont think its so hard after so many years, surely not pleasant tho.

oh yea

Lol

May he rest in peace 🙏🙏🙏🙏

💔💔💔

😥❤️

R.i.p. your brother. Yes, impossible he doesnt.

He shall rest easy, but still strong after you played this song.

I really hope for the 50th anniversary they play all their discography. There are songs like escape that have been played only once, suicide and redemption 2, and also songs that were never played (unfortunately or fortunately in some cases!)

@@m.ariong I think they would play every song, except Escape. James really regrets writing that one, apparently. But yeah, the entire discography show would end up being a 10-11 nights long, at least.

@@doctorwoohoo1152 I know it’s a big project, but they’re fucking Metallica

@@m.ariong I would totally sit through it. I tried making a greatest hits playlist once. It turned out, like, 5 CDs long 😆.

They need to play Dyers Eve aswell. Banger. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

I used to think that as well, but you gotta understand, this isn't just a normal song. It has a special meaning amd they want to keep it special.

Yeah as much as it would sound good, this song is a memorial for Cliff.

💘💘💘 CANNOT THE KINGDOM OF SALVATION TAKE ME HOME ??? 👍💜🤘🔥🤘👹🤘💥🤘💘👍

@@arnaudborne6904 I can see it being reserved for very special events now it’s been played. Maybe if they do a concert on his birthday, their 40/50th band birthday. Definitely see it in the set list on the final tour I think

Don't tell me what to do, Andrey.

Grossguth Richard lol Jason was the bassist when this song was written

@@vancoll9361 golley jeepers todd. You dont say🤪 the song has all of cliffs unused bass lines and some lyrics he wrote as well. I know what it means guy

Van Coll but it’s about cliff and used his bass lines you broken crayon

Lenny Hehare Got it metalmouth, thank you 👍

@@lennyhehare414 rare insults

I feel ya man ... me and and an old friend of mine used to so the same thing, damn good music to learn from for sure 🤘🤘🤘

I am almost 15 and lost my only primary school friend to suicide because he was being bullied to a major degree. It is always these songs where you can connect and feel them, even when they’re gone.

@@cuddles6149 im sorry little man, the dude i was reffering too also attempted suicide, he suffered from a metal disorder, schizophrenia. He survived, but eventually passed on due to his medications. Its hard, I know. Your probably going through. Confusion, sadness.. anger.. its rough. You can't torment yourself with questions of "why", or guilt if any.. just realize your time with your friend. And how special it was to have him in your life. And live your own by living a good life in his honor.

@twiztedreverb I know how to deal with it, it’s just that some days are worse. The days that are worst is when I see my primary school bullies and they bring him up. But It was because of him that I learned the power of friendship and kindness, and it is these emotions and powers that I try and spread to everyone, from my friends to my teachers to strangers on the street. Because of him and his death, I have found my reason to live.

But the memory remains! I'm sorry I had to, I'm sorry for your loss brother

yeah? coz i just started playing the guitar so i wanna know how it went so horrible? i mean i also hear thet it isn't that good but i didnt know it was that shit😂😂

Assh.le

@@galsaksida8977 wtf are u talking about

@@swegme5005 I think he didn't grasp what the comment was

Too bad Lar's is rushing the tempo though, sounds a little too fast but still cool.

I just got full body chills

Great friend. He never forget.

you didnt even know him

Pretty sure he was just trying to hear himself when switching to that clean passage.........He is mostly deaf in one ear.......and the good ear isn't so great either.

Nah just trying to remember the tune and hesr himself, doubt whether he thinks bout anything else

I think Kirk could pull it off but we would certainly have to get rid of Lars

Still Available what?! this song is very much doable for Lars. on drums this masterpiece is not that hard to play actually. pretty certain he would play it better now than he did in there after he really had to practice for spit out the bone 🤣🤣

@@Lukas-kh5gu brother... if you watch any performance after the Justice tour you will begin to see the decline of Lars drumming ability... not so much as ability in general but his ability to play Live what's on the album, he improvises way too much because it's way more simple to play whatever you want and improvise than it is to learn the actual song. If you look at the production style from Bob Rock till now Lars doesn't actually write a drum section, he'll play about 20 to 30 various drum tracks to the same song, cut all the best parts out of all of them paste them together and that's what makes the song. He never actually writes or learns the drum track anymore, constant improvisation literally means you can't play your own shit. No disrespect I've been on the kit myself or sometimes and Lars is still a better drummer but that being said he cannot repeat what's on the album anymore and has not been able to since the Black Album... you said it yourself that you would like to see this played with no Improv. But improvisation is literally Lars Style... it's almost like hitting the like button for your own comment

@@highspeedenthusiast6628 yea true not as good as in the 80s and early 90s but on the worldwired tour he has practised and is now better than especially in the early 2000s

1.I said I want this live with no improv, not Lukas T. 2.I realise Lars likes to experiement with drum fills and I am OK with it, just improvs like Kirk's solos in this video and Lars playing something that is not suited for spesific parts, dont get me wrong people who wants metallica (especially kirk) to stop improvisation at some songs or solos, I always tell them "where is the fun in that?" for example every improv Kirk makes in fade to black LIVE has a touch of his personal feel to the crowd and day and songs like this which are very VERY melodic, in my opinion should 100% get some improv in some parts of the song, and I appriciate it no matter how it sounds to me. I just want this song, live for at least one more time, just like the studio version because in my opinion, this masterpiece deserves to be played live just as the original composers did in their album, as a tribute to Cliff.

I argue it's the greatest metal album of all time!

Totally agree buddy!

Totally, its a special album. The production wasnt as good as in the rest of the albums and the drums are off-tempo in some songs in the studio recordings, but the songs are very special

I like how one is literally the song that made them popular but is rarely called the best song in the album.. so good

To Live is To Die is one of my favorites from Metallica that's for sure \m/

It's free bro. 3 years already.

I think he means earlier shows, from the 80's, 90's and 00's.

He means these kinds of productions. Bro, you wouldn't have stuff like this just the footage but it would sound like crap before Greg mixed it, which would probably go to the channel right after

PRESIDIO HERE I COME!!!

oh yeah I got it now

Agree...but I'd add it's more of "Why the f*ck did this happen, I'm so sad/angry".

He messed up the rest though. A lot of fills weren't done.

He also kept speeding up during the whole performance which is so annoying, he's lost all sense of groove, he seems to not get the importance of the slow head bobbing rhythms.@@joaocritico

Yeah… no. Lars absolutely butchered this. Cliff rolling in his grave.

They would be 63 so idk

@@nico.ch029 Ozzy is way older than that and is still touring. He was touring when he was 63, if he can do it why can't they?

@@jonathanmarkos5526 because singing is much different than playing metal on the drums, which Lars can't even really do here in 2011, imagine how bad he will be then . Also have you seen Ozzy live in the last 10 years? It's not great, they keep tuning lower and lower to compensate

@@HaroldBallz Lars has gotten ALOT better thanks to practice during the pandemic. All 4 of them appear healthy, happy and ready to take on the next 10 years. I’d say they’ll retire when they’re 70.

@@nico.ch029 ignorant comment

Being a musician who has written a song about a loved one who passed, yes.

Of course. That’s what it’s all about…

Look at the end of Kirk and James harmonizing I thought Kirk was mad at himself but I realized he was just in disbelief that him and his brother wrote this over 30 years for their closest friend and mentor who they get remember together and play music for in his name, you can tell they feel the chills and energy any time they perform Ktulu, Orion, or This. I have never seen James spirit bloom the way it does when hes playing that clean bridge here. Best band on the planet.

@@jyejye1077 Kirk didn’t write it…

Guarenteed

Same here. All of the Pro-Shots from the anniversary show with the new mix, all on Blu-Ray. I would totally buy it!!!

Was wondering if they were gonna do it with this performance of the song considering they beefed up that dyers eve video. So cool. Glad they did it. Would’ve been boring with the old live Metallica mix. This makes it sound so much better. And yes. A full release of these shows would be awesome

From what I remember, they did film all the shows, with the intention of doing something with it. But we have to be honest, the amount of editing and overdubs would be crazy, they weren't exactly flawless performances.

We all want that! C'mon Metallica release it already!

That would be awesome , and I would buy it instantly too

Klatix wich solo is jame’s?!

Alyreza HQ the middle solo that comes after the clean section

@@snow8630 That's the best solo in the song! Was waiting for it but then Kirk played something weird there instead. :(

MegaTechpc yeah man I’m pretty sure that James forgot how to play the solo and Kirk never learnt it.

Well to be fair, there's songs he's written the lead solo for like; Master of Puppets, Fade to Black, One and others.

Agreed, solo is easy to play and is much better than the improvised version.

Yup

@@AndriyVasylenko oh hi

I just wish Lars didn’t have to speed the song up from 104 bpm to about 150 bpm and not do so many fills

Josh Spring right? The tempo of the song is all over the place and it really sounds like he’s going to lose it at any moment.

james is naturally a fairly shy person if you can believe it. especially shines through in recordings of their early, early performances. makes complete sense why he takes a backseat in instrumental performances

I thought it was more rob He seems to be more in the middle of everyone

Kirk is great

Felt more like a hanging count for Atlas than Master

@@fbx17 He's referring to Seattle '89

Actually every show from that tour featured the to live Is to die jam into master of puppets

@@fbx17in 1898 they played to live is to die (only epic theme) and then master of puppets

​@@m.ariongmetallica isn't 126 years old

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Kirk, I at least feel like, was the most affected when Cliff died emotionally. The survivors' guilt he faced and probably still faces when talking about the accident.

Gonna be honest here, I love Kirk, but that look of sorrow was cause he f'ked up the harmony with James. But who cares, it still sounds great and it was there first time playing it.

wn ellos aprecian mucho el feedback y es cool esos de calibre. buenos recuerdos y son parte del presente

​@@aiden.0082Hetfield.

I consider this the song *for* cliff. Orion is definitely cliffs song yk what I mean

pleeeeeease

Yes James did not do the second solo

And tell Lars to slow down

Fansee 13 ynope

James solo? Huh

That is live

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Aarron Paul could totally play Lars in a Metallica biopic movie

@@smugcat723 i hope there is one day. but it should be a netflix series, not a film. got me thinking now who'd play everyone else?🤔🤔🤔

@@mariovalle198 yeah could definitely see both those actors playing them. but i think there needs to be young metallica and older metallica.

NO, Jesse looks like Lars!

I think me means Jesse Pinkman looks like Lars. And not the other way around. He's got 20 years on that kid. So it must only be said one way. The right way. Unlike how you phrased it. How do so many of you think in the same backwards manner? Is there no standard anymore? Generic humans....zzzz

It's a special and emotional song to them, written as a farewell to their brother. They don't particularly enjoy playing it.

It's Absolutely Beautiful 😭.

You’re forgetting the precursor, pulling teeth😎😎

This one is for sheer headbanging and badassery

@Ted Wilson i don’t know about THAT. But it IS their best written instrumental by far. Orion is DEFINITELY in their top 10 songs, but number 1? I mean I guess it’s all preference and it’s, in the eye of the beholder *elbow nudge* *wink* hah get it. But it’s pretty damn hard to put an instrumental above Master of Puppets. So I can understand you putting it at #2, so long as it’s behind Master of Puppets lol. Personally I think my top 5 goes Master of Puppets, Blackened, One, Fade To Black, then I’m kinda between Orion and Creeping Death. Could probably put either one in there for me on any given day lol. No you know what, if I had to pick a song I’d put on and listen to to jam some Metallica, it’s gonna be Orion before Creeping Death I think. So I’ll go Orion at number 5. Of course, I think I’d have to say my 5-10 constantly changes around, but my 1-4 are pretty solid in their spots. Although tbh sometimes I like Blackened over MOP. So 1 and 2 might alternate for me every so often as well. Fuck it, it’s too hard to create a definite top 5 or top 10 Metallica songs because they have SO many good ones that sometimes you’re just in a mood where one song is really fucking with you and it changes everything up

I wonder what kept him from playing it here.

James played his solo

Brandon Garvick the solo after the clean part is James's solo

How do you know it's James?

@@Thothings Because he wrote it and it is played by himself on the guitar track?

RockeR γoutube they physically can’t.

lars will die if they do

With the old stage

chris da fagit that’s only Lars that will die James Rob and Kirk would be fine

Best metallica album no doubt

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Lightning Rider No doubt!

He sounds sloppy af

Metallica kills it all the time man. Thumbs up, way up.

@@GeraltOfLibya i never needed a stupid metronome because i am the greatest.

@@GeraltOfLibya dont listen then. Keep your hate to yourself.

@@GeraltOfLibya you are reported for hate speech.

He looks more like Tony Hopkins to me

🤣

It's a shame they didn't do it on S&M, it would've been awesome

Well, atleast he played the DB on this song.

Hey man, when you're gonna upload some more stuff?

He's a fuckin beast.

The timing is off a little bit, but I'm amazed at how he improved the drum lines compared to the studio version

@@andrejrmusic He destroyed it Xd

Dyers Eve is a lyrical masterpiece. Shows how raw and how good they are

Dyers eve is just brutal.

Frayed Ends of Sanity is most underrated. But yes, TLITD is most underrated instrumental.

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Agreed. I always liked James solos and playing so much better. Better soul and way better vibrato.

Kirk ruined a wonderful part of the song with that solo... For sure he forgot the solo or was lost in some part and made that awful imprivisation...

I understand why they didn't want to play that song live.

Yeah, just imagine being 23ish, on top of the world with your close friends, then no warning, violent accident kills one of you. Crazy.