Rapper FIRST time SEEING - Metallica - Enter Sandman Live Moscow 1991! What is this!? 

This song, when James originally wrote it, was about losing a child to SIDS, but it eventually evolved into just trying to protect your child from the inevitable evils of the world, some of which are closer than you think. Another fun fact, the child’s voice you hear in the bridge is James’ sons voice!

There were reportedly 1.6 million people there and it is the 5th largest concert crowd ever recorded. The concert was to celebrate the fall of the Soviet Union and AC/DC, Pantera, The Black Crowes, and Motley Crue also performed, but Metallica stole the show.

Fun fact: Still, to this day, as listed in The Guinness Book of World Records, Metallica is the only band to ever play on all 7 continents. And they did it within a one year period. The choppers were not to keep people in line. They were moving air down into the crowd because they were so tightly grouped together.

The military was there as security….the guys rocking out in their uniforms were actual soldiers breaking rank to bang their heads. This was my freshman year of college.✌️😊🌼

They stopped counting at 1,600,000...by the time AC/DC and Pantera came on, there was more like 2 million!! Epic moment in music history!!! First free concert in Russia!!! 🎶🎼🎵🎹🎤🥁🎸🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘🎃 The opening music is "The Good, Bad and Ugly "....its Metallica's call to their fans!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

I saw Metallica 6 times. My husband could play everything they ever played. He was an awesome guitar player. He lost his battle to cancer in 2013. Our son still plays his dad's guitar. Metallica was his favorite rock group and his could have kept up with them! We played Metallica at his funeral. Oct 28th is when he passed. I miss him every day and our son looks just like him just with short hair, lol

The intro comes from the "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" ( The Ecstasy of Gold - Ennio Morricone )

A USSR flag is the probably the last flag you'd see at this show. This was the first major concert in Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union, so also a sort of celebration of the opening up of Russia to the western world. Kids in the USSR had been getting their hands on bootleg tapes and merch from Metallica (and other western bands) and this was the first time that those bands were finally able to come over and play live there. That's the entire reason the crowd is so big.

It was written about childhood fears. Fear of the dark. Fear of monsters in the dark. Nightmares.

This performance gives me goosebumps everytime I see it. Watching that crowd is watching history. So many people yearning to be free and strive for a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

Over here in Europe, before 1989, people told stories of travelers visiting The Soviet Union who smuggled tapes with Rock Music into the land.. The "Iron curtain" was a fact !! This free concert was Epic !!!

The Helicopters were flying over to cool the crowd off. I was at the Germany version like a week or two before this show, it was lit! Monsters Of Rock was the tour. AC/DC were the headliners.

Definitely "one" next on your list... the official music video! It'll give you both chills & a great conversion between ya both! Cheers!

Creeping Death from this show is one of the best performances. Harvester of Sorrow is an interesting video too! Also Metallica opens every show with that song. It's from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Black P. That opening music is The danish symphony orchestra doing ‘the good the bad and the ugly’ well worth checking out. It’s on 125m views and is absolutely amazing 😉

First, I would like to point out that most of the 1.6 million people there don't speak English!!! And they still rocked out like that !!! Music transcends everything, even language. Also, I would definitely love to see you guys react to the official ONE video... especially now with the wars going on these days. Best wishes !!!

Man this is so fire. Every time I watch it I get goosebumps. The significance of this concert is insane. The Berlin Wall came down, the Soviet Union finally fell & the Cold War ended freeing them from a strict communist regime. Western bands were allowed in & Metallica along with several others did a free concert. This is a big ass freedom party!

The opening music is call "Ecstasy of Gold" by Ennio Morricone. Music from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.

The opening tune is Ecstacy of Gold by Ennio Morricone. It can be heard in the 1966 movie The Good, The Bad and The Ugly starring Clint Eastwood. James Hetfield uses the tune to warm his vocals up before going on stage. All Metallica's concerts start with it.

Perestroika dude! These were the good years before it all went crazy again.

Black… you can say you’re a “hip-hop head” all you want buddy… but you’re slowly and subtly turning into a metal head whether you like to admit it or not!! Look at that big smile on your face and you’re doing what all us metal heads do when watching a video.. we “windmill” without actually windmilling our heads properly cos we don’t want to take our eyes off the screen! But nah in all seriousness, I love watching lovers of other genres of music appreciate and have fun with music typically outside of their comfort zones

Glad to see you enjoying the metal vibes! Would love to see you react to more bands!

Playing a crowd like that, and having them all rocking out like that, would have to be one of the most intoxicating experiences an artist could ever have.

Awesome reaction to that clasic song by Metallica.. More please...! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

Metallica is a personal favorite. Thanks for reacting to them. I was lucky enough to see them live and their shows are 🔥

Thank you 🙏❤ BP & Don ❤ for your Metallica - Enter Sandman Live reaction!

You have officially made my morning routing now black! Coffee, a joint and binge all the new vids that you guys post!

1.6 million people at this show!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉 More Metallica!!!❤😊 More Metallica please!

Do ONE!!! the story it tells is crazy

There are 1.6 million people there, many of those people that were at this concert, still alive over there right now. This is THEIR Woodstock. Their first real deep memory of freedom, Western style. this is what happens when barriers to freedom fall. You can have 1.6 million people in one place not trying to kill one another. But just enjoying the company. A unified commitment to peaceful coexistence

Champaign-Urbana, Illinois was so excited to see the original video of this song because it showed the University of Illinois electrical billboard advertising Metallica coming into town

My favorite Metallica albums are the S&M albums! They perform all of the songs with a full orchestra and its absolutely amazing! Please check out No leaf clover, and Hero of the day! If you do One, you have to pay very close attention to the video!

1.6 mil all for the love of music!!! Priceless!!!❤

Yes! Massive REN fan here who's favourite band is Metallica! PLEASE do 'ONE' and also 'MASTER OF PUPPETS'

This song was originally about crib death and the producers said no it was to dark so they rewrote it. The nursery rhyme of the sandman was about sweet dreams and this is the other side of the sandman who brings nightmares. This was a music festival with a lot of big names there. The estimate was 1.6 million but they lost count that’s why it’s a estimate and the helicopters were misting the crowd with water to cool them down. The number of people who died at this festival was around 50+ people. Oh just to give you an idea how big this was this was a opening performance.

Metal band fans are amazing crowds, so much fun. Seen them in the 80's in CT. Maiden fan here also 🤘

I think reacting to Metal is a key way to grow your channel. Its actually pretty crazy how closely related Metal and Hip Hop are; you'll find a lot of people who are metalheads and hip hop heads. Its all about the lyricism and the music. If you do go down that road, these are must-react metal songs: Master of Puppets (Metallica; super deep lyricism ), One (Metallica), Fade to Black (Metallica), War Pigs (Black Sabbath), Spit It Out (Slipknot - Live at Download 2009 version), Walk (Pantera), Domination (Pantera; heaviest breakdown you'll ever hear), Chop Suey (System of a Down), B.Y.O.B (system of a down), Raining Blood (Slayer). Hope to see some more metal!

This was after the fall of the USSR in 1991, first time western bands were allowed in the country. Sergio Leone’s The Good The Bad and The Ugly was the short riff heard before Enter Sandman.

Loved it! Yes please do “One” and the music video please.

I was in my early 20s when this happened and it was literally one of the most epic things we'd ever seen.

I want to say that the rebel flag is actually one of Pantera’s flags they were selling which they opened for Metallica and AC/DC during this

great music, great reaction, love you guys, greetings from Bavaria 😍

I have been waiting months for this reaction!!!

They should’ve done Creeping Death from Tushino Airfield. Same crowd, it just has crowd participation. And hearing that many ppl “join in” is incredible. Edit: I originally put Turismo [like the vehicle] Airfield. I didn’t notice the screw up until after I already sent it.

You can’t be 40 years old and not have heard this song in passing at some point. It’s literally played at some point in at most sporting events. Humanity is basically one step away from issuing this album (the self-titled “Black Album”) to newborns at birth with their social security cards.

Y'all did this on my birthday, nice!!!

I said on the du hast video to check this out I’m so glad you’re checking this crowd out

Metallica is who I was listening to growing up. I was in the opposite camp to you guys. I listened to metal and rock and I never listened to hip hop, rap or RnB. I got to meet these guys last time they toured NZ and it made my inner teenage self so happy!

Guys, please do next Pantera with "Domination" at same fest 🔥🔥🔥🤘😎

You absolutely have to do One, the official video. Nice reaction to this one!

Awesome reaction guys, love the metal deviations, I would love to see more Iron Maiden reactions, please....

The intro music is the theme from the Clint Eastwood Western movie " The Good The Bad And The Ugly " and this sounds like the performance by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra - which is definitely worth a reaction on it's own !

You should check out Harvester of Sorrow from the same concert. It’s got a heavier beat and more percussive vocals. It’s amazing. Metallica is definitely worth going down the rabbit hole for. Would love to take the journey with you.

Fire reaction guys 🔥

What did I just see!! 😱 I can't believe you guys reacted to Metallica!!! It's my favorite band ever!!! Now, you must do ONE! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!! Do the oficial video, you won't regret it and keep rocking!! 🤘🏼🎶 By the way, back there in Russia, there were 1,5 million people.

agreed 100% about the power of music being able to bring people together. it’s a universal language… i have a bunch of music in languages i don’t speak or understand in my collection that i listen to because i don’t need to understand it if i can feel it 💜 side note: that includes one of my favorite bands that is 4/5 Russian. imo “russia” might be the enemy, but the Russian people are not.

The Ecstacy of Gold from the movie, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly ..at the beginning!! It's not just a jack commercial

Gotta do Pantera Domination. Same show. Best fucking performance. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

Dope reaction!!

The opening song is called ecstasy of gold by Ennio Maricon, and it was featured in the Clint Eastwood movie, the good the bad and the ugly.

They say it was 1.6 million but that isn't an official number, they say there was likely 3-400 thousand more given all the security, police and military not to mention those who couldn't even see the stage lol. Metallica owns all of their music and records on their own label, Blackened Records.

Im so glad to see that Don knows something about Metallica and this song, Lars Ulrich is from Denmark though

I missed you Don! I love when you're on the show!!

You HAVE to do One. Great reaction 👍

Great reaction. Please check out their song Creeping Death thar did at this same concert. And hear the ppl chant with them. The song is Great. It's basically took out of the Book of Exdous. Please.

They are so frigging good live!!! They bring so much energy

Salute to the Tech N9ne reference lol love it Plus this video is iconic for real. Definitely check out more shows from this concert if you can

You two need to do "Creeping Death" from this same concert. Absolutely epic.

I love this song. It has such an ominous sound, as does much of metal music, but also like much of metal music, the foundation is positive. The “Sandman” is made to sound horrifying, but he’s only mentioned once and the start and then given a head nod at the end. Why? It’s not really about the Sandman, but what he exemplifies- the embodiment of things that terrify children. A child’s nightmares often spawn from something in reality. To the point that both of you guys are making, what is the Sandman bringing to the children of Russia, Ukraine, Israel, the Gaza Strip, or Palestine? For me, metal has always found a way to shed light on the horrors of society, systematic oppression by governments, or the manipulation of governments by special interest groups and the wealthy. Metal allows me to flip a big 🖕🏼 to all of these things while jamming out. It’s brilliantly cathartic. Much love guys, enjoyed as always

Don't expect USSR flags. With the fall of the USSR and the Berlin Wall coming down not long before this, Russia finally opened up to the West, tourism and Western entertainers went over. The Russian people finally got events like this and so huge numbers attended

Hopefully this was a little helpful. By the way, love your podcast and music . Keep up the good work :)

Oh my goodness! Im in awe 😘

This song is one of the biggest gateways into metal.

I have seen a interview with James Hetfield about this concert, remember none of them had any idea how many would be coming. They were later told that any rock music was hard to get before the iron curtain was ended. The intro is from the movie the good, the bad and the ugly and is titled Ecstasy of Gold. They have done a concert with San Francisco symphony orchestra, their music gets another deep with the orchestra. David Garrett is a violinist that plays both classical music and dose covers of movie, pop and rock music. Some songs are The 5th, Thunderstruck, Walk This Way, He’s a Pirate, Kashmir, Peer Gynt, Childs anthem.

Please do One!!! It's got movie clips from Johnny's Got His Gun... Absolute story telling at its finest!!!

I don't recall were I saw it but there is an interview with the band and their experience walking out on that crowd. Great reaction guys.

The opening song is The Ecstasy of Gold from the Clint Eastwood film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

This video gets me hyped evertime!

Dude I'm 60 years old and still jam on this. I was raised on music. My mom work for J&K records in the 70s and my ole man was an old country music guy. But metal is my go to when I need to get shit done.

If I remember right, Black Pegasus you mentioned being a military brat living in Germany. So was I, and in the same era (I'm 41). We were in Giessen when the Berlin Wall fell (to be followed shortly by the USSR) and I remember the floods of refuges coming west and setting up in huge encampments. They had almost nothing, but one of the things they were most excited for was western media, especially music. The musicians in this show understood that need for change and a new view, and responded with music. It's a joy to see you experience the same joy as them, even coming from such a different perspective.

Metallica is well worth your time to look into further! Great band! Love them!

The music for the song was written by Metallica guitar player Kirk Hammett, along with Hetfield and Ulrich. The subject matter for the tune was composed by Hetfield, who sings with a rugged growl about a child trying to fall asleep and the nightmares that ensue.

That opening tune you asked about is "Ecstacy Of Gold" written by Ennio Morricone. It was the theme to the film "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly" and Metallica has used this as their infro tune for decades.

Nice surprise guys! I really liked this one. Maybe you could do Metallica´s One as the message and video is actually something to react about. Oh and so related to current times, unfortunately.

This video makes me smile every time 😊

On the Howard Stern Show they said it's about crib death. "sleep with one eye open, gripping your pillow tight, exit light, enter night. take my hand, off to never never land"

This live is amazing gets me so hyped.

The video clip for one is for sure a reccommendation!

I'm so glad u followed my suggestion about the 1.6 million fans

I saw Metallica last year and it was the best concert I’ve ever been to! It was absolutely perfect in every way.

The best bit was when you were trying to put this into historical context..."...when did Rocky IV come out?" Awesome. Love it.

Wow seeing this 30 years later is just.....i dont have words ❤

Omg this is amazing

How’s things with yous today. Hope all is well with yous and your families. I’m Eamonn from Ireland.🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪☘️☘️☘️Irish. Love your channel man. So had to subscribe to your channel because you do all kinds of music but for me rap music comes first and I’m talking about old school rap. I’m 42 years old so I would know more about the old school rap. And that’s was the best rap music not the rap today. No. But I also love country music and as you know Oliver Anthony just came out of nowhere and his music is so so amazing to the bone. He is a Legend. Now this song by Metallica they say that this song will go down in history as one of there best songs ever made. When I seen this music video in Russia and I think it was in 1991 or 1992 never mind the song it’s self called enter sand man I never in my life seen so many poeple ar one concert . It just blew my mind. So I had to look it up to see how many people were at this. And it said there was 1.6 million people at this concert. That’s crazy. They even had choppers in the sky. It’s mad. Blows my mind away. 1.6 million people. That’s crazy😂😂😂. Anyway love the channel man keep it going. And have a good one you and your friend and your family’s . Your Irish friend Eamonn here from Ireland.🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪☘️☘️☘️. Cheers.

I got to see this concert in Indianapolis, Indiana. I was like 16 or 17. It was an amazing show. Up there with AC/DC. Check out Angus Young from ac/dc the lead guitar. The whole show he doesn’t stop. The man is insanely awesome

Yes, please do One!

You've got to watch Pantera doing Domination from the same show, the energy is off the scale

Hi guys, I come from Chile Southamerica. I am 52 years old and the first time that I herard Metallica's song, I was 14 years old..It is a pleasure to see you..

I wish you guys were at Summer Sanitarium tour 2002 at Invesco field at Mile High. It was epic AF. May have been 2003, memory is hazy after 20 years

You want to see an epic live performance and an epic crowd, you need to check out two Sabaton vids, 40:1 Live at Woodstock Poland 2012, and En Livstid i Krig Live at Gothenburg 2020 (make sure to turn on the subtitles for this one, it's in Swedish). Just check out Sabaton in general, incredible band