Metallica-how cliff burton died
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- čas přidán 18. 01. 2012
- hi there its Aza123453 i am doing a metallica preview series and this is the first one.
it tells you how cliff burton died who was the the bassist through metallica's first free albums enjoy. - Hudba
I feel like Cliffs death is probably one of the most tragic in terms of rockers, simply because it wasn’t from drugs or alcohol. It wasn’t because of his own bad choices. It was a freak accident
Warrior Studios so was randy Rhoads
It wasn't an accident. The driver was drunk.
KnightWatcher11 It was Randys choice to get on that plane. If a coked up bus driver offerd me a ride on a plane i would decline
Skynyrd too
And he was so fucking good....
The saddest part to me is when James is screaming for cliff
Yes :'(
and cliffs dead to be honest is sad that he die such a young age
And when the bus got dropped again on him after they tried lifting it. That's fucking sad.
Yeah but James and Cliff were the two dopest ones in the band.
That is extremely sad...
Cliff Burton didn't die, the rock gods just needed bass lessons.
Why not Me earlier
@@lemmykilmister5293 Cliff was better
Yeah and they took Randy rhodes also😂 RIP to those legends
thrash metal rock gods arent worthy of cliff
cliff was a living legend
Think for a moment. Cliff actually saved kirks life that night
Cliffs some how knew and saved Kirk
@@RVNT9OE theyre looking at it from a technicall point of view calm your tits
@@easilyentertained1975 r/woooooosh
@@crunked6674 no i get the joke so more like r/911
@@easilyentertained1975 Haha! Yeah
"Cliff, Cliff, where are you!?" That hit me in the feels.
He is in Hell now, that's even more tragic than the accident itself. Life here on earth is short, but eternity in Hell is endless.
@@Mark_Tschetter wat
@@Mark_Tschetter dick
@@Mark_Tschetter who hurt you kid
@@Mark_Tschetter shut up
I didn't know Hagrid worked as a Sound Tech for Metallica
he died years ago get over it
+Alek0625 Not the time to have a sense of humour about something that happened over 30 years ago? Get over yourself.
ScoopMeisterGeneral not trying to start anything but it's kinda rude to make jokes about someone who's died but I get that it was 30 years ago
Hal _ What would sadness and pity do for someone who died 30 years ago? Would he be revived if we were sad and started crying over his death? Get over it.
Moustache Man not the time right now
He was only 24...i think that's the saddest fact about all of this. He lived his life peacefully, devoting himself to what made him happy, and then in a matter of seconds death knocks your door and you know you cant ignore it. All i hope is that he's in a better place, watching over Metallica, smiling everytime a fan remembers him. The world just needs to understand how much a person devotes of his life to really grasp what we metalheads feel when we speak about Cliff. Only then, they'll know why he is so apreciated. And why we insist in him coming back.
Didn't realize how young that was for such an iconic bass player in my teens.It hits me now as I approach 30
I love how this black metal guy is posting on a Metallica video.
Your not a real metalhead
@@nigel7779 any other thing to cry about?
Daemon another one
He drew the ace of spades, the death card
yep they were originally designed on the tarot cards
Yep ♠️ 🙁
Yep i had family member that got to meet Cliff before he died
Yes a Aces of spades
I Dont want to live forever
He loved Motörhead, that's the card
If Dave was there, he wouldn't have hesitated to hit that bus driver
He probably would’ve drunkenly shot him
Dave would've killed the bus the driver.
dave would’ve fucking mauled the bus driver
Flint and Steel he would have a 100% killed him
Dave would’ve strangled the bus driver
James screaming made me sad. Poor guy!
I am crying
Absolutely
Oh James Hetfield😟😟😟😟😟
im fucking crying rn
i almost started crying whit james calling out cliff
i did cry
I can't Imagine how much this changed Kirk of all people involved
You can see the guilt in Kirk's eyes... That sucks dude.
guilt for what? he give way to Cliff on that bus bank, how could you say that.
@@Bfair123 It's survivor's guilt dude, no matter what the circumstances are, all you can keep thinking is "it should have been me, I should have died, not him."
I like to believe that whenever you hear the sound of thunder, it's just Cliff playing his bass in heaven. Wherever he is, I'm sure he's jamming and having an awesome time in the Great Gig in the Sky. Miss you Cliff
Zoe Fry I don't think so. We have to kill his bass guitar first and then he can jam.
No, that's not at all what I'm assuming. I'm just saying that wherever Cliff is, he's in a better place. I'm sorry if that's what my comment sounded like. I was just trying to pay respects.
DrPengin oh, ok. I'm sorry about that ^_^"
Zoe Fry 🤘🏻
Kentucky Fried Children the only thing you can play on bass is the open e fucking idiot where ever cliff is he is rocking and head banging
Just imagine being that bus driver and living with the fact that you were the one who killed cliff Burton on accident.
Or on purpose....
@@bobelliott5783
tell me how and why he would've specifically killed only cliff?
@@bobelliott5783 STUPID DUMBASS HOW THE HELL WOULD HE OF DONE IT IT WAS BLACK ICE!!!
i think i would've killed myself
@@devenbackes81 there wasn't any black ice...he was drunk, it just couldn't be proven at that time, but the band said he was
James prowled the streets looking for the black ice that kill him and threatened to kill the bus driver
that time nobody thanked the bus driver
"where is this black ice, i dont see any black ice"
-james hetfield 1986
@@robertnagy3942... Stfu lol
let alone he was in his underwear. He didn't have good intentions. When a dude is walking down the streets in his underwear when it is 10 below looking for the dude, you better believe he means business.
@@kipperferguson looking for what dude? He was looking for black ice.
3:14 - Throughout this entire quote, I thought James said "black guys", but then I saw on wikipedia that it was "black ice".
hermanessences hahah "where is this black guy? i don't see any black guys!"
Thank you. You just made me crack up during a super depressing video
That's the whole point of black ice.. You can't see it... Maybe the driver is lying n you know it's there by stepping on it but it's hard to actually see... But either way doesn't change the fact of what happened
Phike black guys*
@@hauntedbylight 😂
r.i.p. Cliff Burton gone but never forgotten
wait so if kirk had won the card game he would have died?
Blazedoes Clash Royale it could be, but if you think about it. When Kirk had picked the card and stayed in his bed maybe things would have been different.
Things would have been different but that’s the theory, that he would have slept where Cliff slept
No one knowing
butterfly effect. seeing as they dont know why the driver fucked up in the first place any detail you change could change the entire result thats important to keep in mind because you just know Kirk was asking himself the same thing,if he won maybe he would die,maybe no one,maybe everyone but him it doesnt matter. still its so creepy ,and Cliff drew the ace of spades ,foreshadowing af
Metallica wouldn't be where they are today without kirk.
Rest in Piece, Cliff Burton. We'll see you star next to Orion...
peace
That's the most beautiful and poetic statement I have ever heard in memory of Cliff...( love this )
This is beautiful❤❤
I can't imagine the pain they went through. Rest In Peace Cliff. I only wish I had the privilege of seeing you live. Rock on, wherever you are.
I can only imagine the pain their balls went through, trying to shrivel up because they were so cold from being in their underwear while it was 10 below lol
I'm not a religious man but after Alexi Laiho died I was just hoping that all the musicians in metal we lost were there to welcome him with open arms and Cliff being one of them
Wow... Cliff picked the Ace of Spades... A real bass God.
Bass of spades
He loved that boy Lemmy
There is something unreal in all of this
@@jetdaniels1039 i agree
@@jetdaniels1039shits not a coincidence
"I thought we were going off a Cliff"
...No comment.
It doesnt matter......
Situations exist, and fear of being in a tumbling bus in the dark after being woken up suddenly what do you think you think he was just being stupid and making a pun ?
So grim so true so real apathy breaking my foot bones tresspasing pulling my own strings justice is not done halls of justice painted red mother Metallica wine bottle revealing drink up shoot in let let the happy endings begin no more dark sets no submission fade from black to white on bolts again cliff returning PS little puppet says Metallica rules
I was literally scared to check the comment section
Haha
The part about James screaming genuinely made me cry so hard. It was just so sad, and it still is, even though it was so many years ago.
4:16 that part got me
Same
"I thought we were going off a cliff" watch your wording next time kirk.
Ethan Jantke well they kinda offed Cliff
Fuuuuck 😭😭😭
boo hoo ,stop being so sensitive
Ethan Jantke Turns out they fell onto a Cliff.
Ghost Rider bruh
What really made me cry was that the way james and the guys described the traumatizing experience about cliff, I could tell that kirk was almost gonna cry as he was choking up.
I believe Kirk would have die if he didn't switch bed's with Cliff and I cried when James was screaming cliffs name
Maybe kirk would react different to the crash, and not die, many variables involved.
Seems like he left his window open while he was sleeping
Cliff's death makes me so sad. He died in an accident, unlike most celebs I love who die because of suicide or drugs. He was so young. Rip angel
R.I.P cliff lee burton
Kirk is so cute, adorable, innocent I just wanna hugh him and never let him go
ok we don't need any fan fictions on the Kurt Cobain with overly long hair and legendary bass skills. So stop, before it's too late.
@@kipperferguson Wut
the only time i’ve cried over a famous person. Best bassist ever. Why.
Why.
Rest in Peace dude.
Rock on up there, we miss you
🤟😢
The bassist of Led Zeppelin basically inspired this guy so actually the second best bassist he is awesome though.
Steve Harris is really good too
@@kipperferguson dude. Cliff is the #1 bassist of all time imo. At the very minimum the king of metal bass.
@@42ZEROLicksMyBalls Definitely not of all time, but he's at least in the top 5 of metal, along with Geezer Butler, Steve Harris, Lemmy
Cliff is the best bassist that ever lived and he will forever hold that title
Yea I agree
Cliff where are you?! That bit really touched me. RIP Cliff Burton 1962-1986
R.I.P Cliff Burton
you know somewhere cliff lemme dimebag and dio are up there making the most badass music ever heard.i miss you every day cliff and your the reason I play bass . RIP
Ashton Fox don't forget Chuck Schuldiner.
I am crying right now. Metallica is my favorite band, and it is heartbreaking to hear the story of how Cliff died. Such bad things can happen to such awesome and great people, and it just reminds you of how anything can happen to anyone at any moment, and you need to have the happiest life you can with friends and family because anything can happen.
Try not to let it get to you to much man he is in a better place now probably jamming with van halen and dimebag try not to worry about death to much it can really scare you it scared me but just like a nice life man
The scary thought is; if cliff didn’t chose Kirk’s bunk, It’s likely cliff would be here today, but Kirk wouldn’t be.
It's hard to think about what life as a metallica fan or member would be like if that happened. We get the best bassist on earth back, but we lose one of the best guitarists
RIP Cliff Burton
Cliff Burton 1962 - 1986 R.I.P
He was the best
In the fortune telling is known if you draw a ace of spades and the spade is upside down it mean you are going to die or you are going to be sick
Modz holy shit
Modz well that’s very coincidental
That’s just a superstition
Modz well given what happened the idea doesn't seem far fetched.
You're really telling me a piece of paper can determine if someone lives
I hope cliff wasn't conscious when it happened, to be alive for a few, knowing people are trying to help, but cant isn't something I wanna know before going out, that's horrible. Plus the bus slipping right back on him didn't do any better. Rest In Peace, To The Goat🐐🙏🙌🏽
Sorry that happened to you brother
We didn't lose cliff, we we're cheated of the gifts he was bringing for all of us to hear
it’s very unlikely it was most likely a very quick death
"And I heard everyone screaming except for Cliff...and I thought, "Oh my God--something's wrong..."" From that point on in this clip I'm a total wreck.
If I could go back in time, I would save Cliff Burton
Rest In Peace Cliff
If you only have one shot? Vs. Saving maybe hundreds or thousands of people?
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 yes, cause on other people, you dont know if it was due to their mistakes in life. In this, it was because it was a fucking accident and not even his fault
So you'd kill Kirk?
@@melissawright1979Kirk wouldn’t be in the same bunk so
And people think that metal bands dont have feelings... poor Metallica i cry every time i think about it
Ιt's really shocking how a simple card draw could seal someone's fate
Imagine Ronnie James Dio, Dimebag Darrel, Cliff Burton and Vinnie Paul rock together in metal heaven! R.I.P!🤘
And lemmy jamming with us in heaven rest in peace cliff
And joey jordison
If I'd had a time machine and only would've had one chance to go back, it would've been that exact road and that exact time where the crash was gonna happen and I would've saved the whole bus. Cliff is not dead, he still lives in our hearts and will live for an eternity
RIP Cliff Burton
How would you do it?
Well it would be nice but would alter the whole timeline of Metallica but yeah still cool tho
R.I.P😞🙏
He clearly was a huge fan of the Misfits.
A L E X I A They all where
cliff is my biggest inspiration rest in peace
I was in 5th grade when this happened. I was still relatively new to Metallica as a band, and I barely understood the impact Cliff had on Metallica and music in general. It wasn’t until my teenage years that I fully understood the ramifications behind Cliff’s death, and why James, Kirk and Lars picked on bassist Jason Newsted so much. Now in my mid 40s, I look back on this event with a heavy heart. As a child, I barely understood what so many grieved over. RIP Cliff; you were (and always will be) a Rock ‘n Roll legend.
Do you remember where and how you learned about Cliff's death?
So he might have survived if the bus didn't slipped and fell again. RIP Cliff
Honestly I think the chances of him being alive were slim to none. Getting thrown from a bus onto asphalt likely cracked his skull or worse, then the bus landed on him. Really disheartening to think he was still alive but I really doubt it, so that makes me feel a little better.
C30 Nation i dont think so
When the bus first fell on him . It crushed his ribs and spine and his skull
+Krondelo If he was just thrown outside of the bus and the bus never landed on him, I think he would had been alive. He would had a serious injury but I think he still would had been alive. I could see them taking a year break off if that actually did happen. The accident would had still been remembered but not as the sad death thing that happened to Cliff. We are all going to die one day but for Cliff it was way too sad, nobody should die like that in the age of 24. It could had been Kirk but it was Cliff instead.
He could have been alive if he was using a seat belt. Hopefully everyone uses seat belts while riding a bus especially when sleeping.
Bryan Diaz tf
All these people ranting on Kirk about saying he thought they were going off a cliff,how the hell else are you supposed to word it? “I thought we went off a steep platform made of dirt and rocks”?
"I though we were going off a cliff" thanks for the pun kirk gg
kye ! I don't think he meant that
"bassicaly"
Well they've fell on to a cliff not fell off.
The bus went over a cliff.
Seen that road they crashed on, it's nothin but a back country highway with no lights. Driver nodded off, woke up and over corrected.
There was no black ice, back end of that bus wouldn't have bounced like it did.
Tragic as it may be but when you have a job to do and responsibility with it, there is no excuses and he should have pulled over if he was too tired to continue. Can't blame James for his reaction as it was not just a friend he lost but a brother.
😞 RIP cliff
Pisses me off the driver claimed he had fully rested during the day. Cowardly lies.
@@xMorbidArtx even “fully rested” you can get drowsy driving long boring road. Especially just before the sun rises for whatever reason. And as far as the bus bouncing I see no reason why there couldn’t have been a spot of ice that made the bus skid THEN skip after getting of the patch. Or even skipping once the rear wheels slid of the road perhaps.
But still I’d guess the driver was at fault . He could have been stretching or getting a drink or something that distracted him. Or fell asleep.
Semi trailers off track where as busses don’t really to my knowledge but if your trailer goes off the road it wants to pull you off and Is quite difficult to get back in the road and one may over do it .
Regardless of all that I can’t believe they dropped the bus back on cliff
Edit: I misspelled bud as bud twice lol
Edit 2: fack
I can’t imagine how traumatizing it was for the guys to experience that. No matter what, the Cliff Burton era Metallica music will always stand the test of time. God bless them all, rest easy Cliff.
I wasn't even born when this happened but this hurt so much man. I love Metallica because of my dad. He taught me Nothing else matters in guitars. I become a fan immediately
I still remember hearing about this. I was a freshman in high school. I think this story saddens me more now than it did then.
31 years later
Sure was the 31st year since he left. Was such a sad day in music history. I named my first born, Cliff after him. God his missed by so many. Never reached his full talent. Gone way too soon and young. Rest up mate, keep the thunder rolling xxxx
3:18 just looking at James' face there when he says "and socks" you can see how angry he still is at this driver, and I don't blame him, this driver has no clue at this point what he has done.
So sad
But true
My heart literally dropped when James is yelling for cliff. he is in a better place now. R.I.P.
I haven't heard of this until now, I'm so sorry for Metallica guys, being unfair for the missing member, I don't think you've made anything worse, rest in peace Cliff, rest in peace.
I honestly miss Cliff so much, but just imagine where the band would be now if Kirk died, damn these poor guys have been through so much trauma. the band is still performing even after this and James being lit on fire and that honestly amazes me.
I remember so well when this happened. I literally started listening to them just days before this accident.
The Ace Of Spades... damn, i literally searched the meaning of the card, When Cliff picked it, damn. That's extreme foreshadowing.
Its hard to believe hes been gone for over 30 years
RIP Cliff Burton (February 10, 1962 - September 27, 1986), aged 24
You will be remembered as a legend.
SAD
Knailen Holmes but true
I came here as it’s 37 years today. This still hurts. 😞😢😭
the most saddest moment in music history
I hope Cliff is enjoying his time in Rock and Roll Heaven. Rest in Peace Cliff, you legend!
My dad was a hardcore metallica fan. I remember at a young age before he died how he loved the band and how he told me he lost his fucking shit and i mean he went like absolutely mental when he heard about cliff burtons death. That's how much of a fan he was. God bless both cliff and my dad and anyone in the world who died too soon. He died in 2002 so that was a long time ago.
taking this from a website: "As an ordinary ace of spades symbolizes/represents death (AKA the death card), an inverted one symbolizes resurrection, or life from death. It could also mean reincarnation. Traditionally, the ace of spades is the most powerful/significant card in the deck".
"i thought we were going off a cliff" lol no pun intended
The bus went over a cliff.
MrParkerman6 no shit
Cliff didn’t die, God just wanted music lessons
When I first started to listen to Metallica, I thought it was the Members Like Lars, James, Kirk and rob was the originals but instead when I found out that Cliff was there before Rob, I found out that he died and then I started to study him and Later When I saw live shows with Cliff, He became my Bass Idol!
#Cliff em all
You will be missed
They should make a live action movie about Metallica
this is sad
But true
Cliff one of the best bass player in the word rest in peace 🤘
24 years old man he was seeing life no one else had and was left in 86 its fucks with my head thinking back n seeing what he never saw is a trip society was different everything man all he knew was 62 threw 86 the time of rock n roll most legends were in their prime no cell phones just hangin out rocking out shits a trip.
James screaming 4 cliff 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Kirk sounds so much different talking here than he does now.
all the puns goddamn
Just showing off coincidences... It was cliff against kirk in the card game; But just happened for both of them to have the same middle name, Lee.
this is so incredibly sad. I teared up watching this because imagining the trauma they went through really broke my heart.
This made me so sad 😭
This is for cliff after this I almost cry
When I hear nothing else matters 😭😭😭
34 year today ...
... awesome bass player and a talent lost too soon. \m/ Good times Brah
1:20 "I thought we were goin' off a cliff." Dammit Kirk! You fuckin' landed on one!
Are we just going to ignore the fact that some of the greatest musicians ever were gone before the age of 26..
Usually it's 27, but Cliff wasn't quite that old enough. It is strange though. Jimi Hendrix's death especially was weird, and the more you dig into it, looks potentially scandalous.
31 years - RIP
I'm a bass player in my band, and Cliff was one of my biggest inspirations
james' response to the bus driver @ 2:21 brings a heartfelt snicker out of me in the grand scheme of all that sadness
The crazy thing that you realize he died just because he DREW A CARD, his death was decided by the universe, luck and chance . It could have been anyone. This is one of the most tragic deaths in the metal world. He was such a legend. You can even hear the members they tried to do everything to save their buddy. To this day, in all interviews you can see the saddnes in their eyes, that they will never forget it.
as someone whos listened to metallica my entire life and just recently got into bass this hurts man, a fuckin true legend. rest in power cliff!
The detail about the blanket got me
"Don't you take that away from him", almost like, James knew he was dead at that point, but didn't want to accept that he wasn't just asleep, either way, wanting his friend to be covered up and warm on that freezing cold tragic night
Jesus Christ man...
Sad, but true