First time hearing "Fade to Black" - Vocal Analysis and Reaction feat. Metallica LIVE in Seattle '89
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- čas přidán 21. 04. 2024
- I have a lot of catching up to do with regards to all things Metallica so we're diving in! Today I'm watching a live performance of the song "Fade to Black" from 1989.
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80'S decade Metal will never be reproduced. Most old guys like me didn't realized how blessed we were to be able to see guys like them in their Prime. Looking back, we were blessed.
I would agree those times will never be reproduced. Like you I didn’t realize during those days, how special they were. Listening to older concerts like this bring back fond memories and make me realize how grateful I was to be a part of this back then.
Wintersun Alex here . I wanted to know if you got my list of suggestions for my favorite symphonic metal band wintersun from Finland. Vocalyst I don't know if you knew but they are a sister band to nightwish because nightwish has members in nightwish that were in wintersun. But that list again was starting first is wintersun sons of winter and stars 1.5 official lyric video. Then is wintersun time live rehearsal video at Sonic pump studios in Helsinki Finland. After that is wintersun land of snow and sorrow live rehearsal video. If you love nightwish you'll love wintersun. Thank you wintersun Alex ❤️
I'm just happy to watch professional musicians, REAL as in professionally trained vocalists, composers and even folks that sit 1st chair in an orchestra.
To see and hear them listen to and enjoy MY era of music just validates the fact that my misspent youth wasn't all for nothing. My parents would think otherwise, though.....😁.
Go see em now! The tightest band on planet Earth!
Hindsight is always 20/20. To me, the bigger blessing is that we live (and lived) in a time when it was all recorded over and over again, and remastered so we get to enjoy it all any time we want. I'd just like a professionally remixed "Justice" album, the way it should've been. I know it was remastered in 2018, but remixed and remastered are two very different things. Let's get the album we (but above all else... Jason deserves!)
The body gets old, but the mind stays metal.
Hetfield simply had the greatest guitar player "power stance" in the history of metal music.
lol. and I have a bridge to sell ya if you think that.
Uh oh, I thought so, too. But we have a professional "power stance" critic in our midst, apparently...
@@boardgamerants And not just any critic, it's a Big Time Rush fan. Must be an expert
If they were going to make a major league logo for heavy metal similar to the MLB or NBA logo, the silhouette they would use would be Hetfield. 🤘
Best thing about it is that it ia an opinion you have yours many many many more think he is correct lol@BigTimeRushFan2112
These gentlemen are 60!!! and they still bring it. Their longevity and sustained relevance, is the byproduct of respect, sacrifice and gratitude. Everytime I see them live, or any other form of media, I always feel their gratitude. Thank God I grew up with them.
My favorite Metallica song for sure. Take the lyrics out and the guitar sings it's own song.
Almost all reactors hearing these Icons say... they can just get lost in their instrumentals before James even starts to sing... I know exactly what they mean... Metallica FAN4LIFE🤘🏽😎
James Hetfield has said before that they get a lot back from fans saying how this song helped them in dark times and made them feel like they weren't alone. It did the same for me when I first heard it at a young age.
"I wrote the song at a friend's house in New Jersey. I was pretty depressed at the time because our gear had just been stolen, we had been thrown out of our manager’s house for breaking shit and drinking his liquor cabinet dry. It's a suicide song and we got a lot of flak for it, as if kids were killing themselves because of the song, but we also got hundreds of letters from kids telling us how they related to the song and that it made them feel better."
James's moms death is an integral part of this song. She (Cynthia; also once an opera singer) passed away from cancer when he was just 16. His parents were strict Christian Scientists and didn't believe in medication, just faith healing, so had his mom gone to the hospital, she may have survived (and certainly longer than she did). She also helped James pay for the amp that was among the gear that was stolen). Very important pieces to the story of the song "Fade to Black".
"Sensual darkness" - Beautifully put. Really enjoyed this reaction - please.. EVERYTHING from this concert, and yeah the Moscow one
This is arguably the best live performance of this song. I would recommend even privately listening to the studio version as well.
the studio version is far, far, far superior actually...I never thought James had the chops to pull off these songs live without the help of the studio. It is what it is I guess. Nothing the band touched for the past 30 years is even good, even from the studio as well, again, it is what it is. Metallica was great in the 80's, and that's about it.
James voice sounds really good now days I'd like to hear good version now
Nerdofsteel82 Lincoln 2019 is the best , also newer versions are slower and the use of acoustic guitar add a lot .
I prefer some of the newer live versions. Much better sound quality.
Studio version is good, but it's too short :)
@@BigTimeRushFan2112 Nothing good the last 30 years is a rather silly statement
This is their And Justice For All tour, which I witnessed and was AMAZING. The song is off Ride The Lightning, and addresses suicide. The gentle tone off the bat is intentional.
I would argue that Ride the Lightning hasn't a single flub on it. The entire album is stellar, and was my first exposure to both Thrash metal and Metallica.
Having now seen them live twice, I can promise you that you will never be disappointed. Take the time and experience their live show.
Master of Puppets is a must-review. It's their masterclass in Thrash. I promise you, it's brilliant. It's addiction from the PoV of both the addict and drug.
Creeping Death is great. It's the seven plagues of Egypt.
Enter Sandman is awesome. About nightmares.
Blackened. Nuclear holocaust in metal form.
So so many more
I saw Metallica during their Stadium tour in the 90s in Pittsburgh 3 rivers and one of my favorite bands I've seen in concert. Guns and Roses was terrible, Axel lost his voice on 2nd song. Faith No More who opened were really good too.
@@mikegould6590u like enter sandman? That alone makes your opinions on Metallica null and void lol.
@@CoboProdzAw don’t gatekeep. Maybe he’s young and missed all the overplay of it. I personally am not a fan of it but I have an idea that’s the problem. It was just played to death. I wouldn’t think less of someone for a guilty pleasure song either
Ride The Lightning is a great album, but Escape stops it from being their best. For me, their best album fluctuates between Puppets and Justice depending on my mood, with Lightning coming in a solid third.
Seattle 89 concert. Love it.
Honestly, I like Metallica but they wouldn't even be probably in my top 10 bands, but this particular concert might be the greatest live performance I've ever seen captured on film. Start to finish it's just epic.
Yep 100%...I hope she covers "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" from this concert as well.
All vocal coaches should only react to this show as the first time.
Seattle is really good but I think the one from Mexico City is the best.
@@chrisselfridge9841 both of these are peak Metallica. I stopped listening to them a long time ago, but when I occasionally need a "fix" I go to these two recordings. Pure energy.
They are the greatest band of all time. R.I.P Cliff Burton. 🖤💜
I'm sorry but James couldn't shine Robert Plant's shoes in my opinion.
@BigTimeRushFan2112 what instrument does plant play again? How many songs did led zeppelin get sued for stealing again?
@@BigTimeRushFan2112 Thank you for your incorrect opinion.
@@southern842 if you listened to Zeppelin you'd know the answers, but yeah, Plants does play instruments, maybe Google can be your friend? Till then stay humble (and deaf if you think James can sing 1/2 as well as Robert can).
@@Nerdofsteel82 how can an opinion be incorrect? grow some thicker skin or this world is gonna take you down soon.
I think you would really appreciate the S&M (symphony and metallica) concert. Recorded with a SF symphony and has great production value, the instrumentals on this are pretty muddy due to limitations at the time. Outlaw Torn is a standout for Vocals and symphonic elements (1999 version, not the more recent SM 2)
I second this opinion
The S&M2 versions do have some great production on them though. No Leaf Clover is freakin'g great, and Elizabeth @ TCV reacted to it last year. Plus you get that "All Within My Hands" acoustic version too
"SF symphony" won´t tell much anything for a person who´s not familiar of their productions.
"Metallica - S & M" = Metallica with San Francisco Symphony, conducted by Michael Kamen.
🤘😎💙🎶💯💥
Outlaw Torn on S&M is top 5 Metallica performance.
@@EmptyNoiseAlreadyTakenand also Bleeding me
Love your reaction and commentary about sensuality. So many who do not understand Metal hear this song and immediately dismiss it as another example of Metal appealing to your darker tendencies in a destructive way. I would argue that this song is deeply compassionate in a way that can be life saving. One of Metallica's most powerful songs...
The intensity and authenticity of Metallica in concert is... mindblowing. First saw them 1985, no end in sight for me.
This song is audible art , beautiful musically and deeply profound lyrics.
This song saved many lives, my own included during a dark time in my life.
One of my all time favorite songs.
Metallica FAN4LIFE🤘🏽😎
I love seeing someone experiencing the stuff that occupied the majority of my youth for the first time and loving it.
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Exactly! Loving Metallica all my life, it's great to see a first time listener loving it as well.
For me... Listening to Metallica is like listening to a musical story plus the bonus lyrics.
I like how the voice from James changed in all this years, i think his voice is now better than ever!
Thanks for this video and Song!
This and "For Whom the Bell Tolls" from this Ride the Lightning album are my all time favorite Metallica tracks! Thanks for the review!
Good choices
Have you heard the Woodstock 1994 version? That's my favorite version of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by a mile! There are many, but Jame's crowd work, Jason's bass intro... it really feels honorable to Cliff without it actually being cliff. It's a masterful homage and so energetic.
Forr those who don't know, It is based on the Ernest Hemingway novel of the same title.
Amazing book, the audio version narrated by Campbell Scott is my favorite book ever ! It is like a movie but with the visuals in your head (and that is coming from a guy with little imagination, lol)
@@kennethalbert4653really? No I didn’t know that. I’ll have to search out the audio book. Thanks
@acidheadzzz Enjoy ! Make sure it is Campbell Scott, I think his reading of it can't be beat. (I listened on Audible but I'm sure it is available elsewhere)
Harvester of sorrow or Creeping Death live versions in Moscow 1991 cannot be recommended more. Unbelievable performance
live version is good but as far as this song is concerned the album version really hits home.
Saved my life many times.
@AndyTernay glad you're still with us
Your so right, the album version is a stellar performance
It's like an engine slowly getting started, overcoming the inertia and then kicks into the next gear... and into a higher gear producing more mower...more energy...the vocals, the music, the lights, their body language .... such energy. it is brilliant.
Oh the memories! I lived out on the coast of Washington barely a year into my marriage and the wife was around 6 months pregnant with our 1st born when we went to this show. I always told him that this show counted as his first because I was sure he heard it. You can say he was a fan right out of the womb because he and I saw Metallica together close to a dozen times as he was on his journey to becoming the best metal head partner a father could ask for.
I'm always happy to see people discover Metallica. Thanks for the reaction
Please do more Metallica! I love your reaction videos! I loved listening to them growing up and still do to this day (well at least the first 4-5 albums anyway), but watching reaction videos provides me with a much deeper appreciation from a different prospective. Thank you.
This and Welcome Home (Sanitarium) will be my all-time favourite songs 😊
Creeping death live moscow 91. Awesome performance!!!
Creeping death, Moscow 91. I used to crank the stereo turntable everyday after school to Creeping Death...almost had those words forever written on me under my first skull tattoo...one of my all time favorites. They ruled the world at that time...the memories..... Thank you
I remember an eighth grade my first concert was Too Fast for Love and then a few other sprinkled in there and then I was blessed with having my girlfriend take me to see this band called Metallica that I knew very little about with the exception of kill’em all and it was the Master of Puppets tour for me Cliff was still around then And right up until the early 90s never missed a tour, the 80s were a blast
One of the best Guitar Riffs ever
glad i got to see this today. thanks for checking it out. i'd recommend something from their first s&m concert with the san francisco orchestra
They are great musicians that produced some iconic metal songs...some are quite melodic...
Love your channel!! Love your analysis of all the band's you review!
Love these reactions and commentary!!!
first time on your channel.. i liked it.. you didn't pause 300 times like the others and your smile while watching the Legends was awesome!!
Welcome Home Sanitarium live Seattle 1989
I adore you. I just adore your delivery. Thank you for your brilliance, I am not sure how I have learned so much through your view.
Yes! Finally! Thank you for doing FTB.
Metallica can mesmerize a person with just their instruments... then add James vocals and powerful lyrics... that's how one becomes a FAN4LIFE🤘🏽😎
Very good reaction, one of Metallica's best concerts without a doubt. You should check out these songs too like Bleeding me, The outlaw thorn, Low man's lyric. from the albums Load (1996) in these two cases of the concert with the San Francisco Symphony (1999) and Reload (1997) Greetings from Argentina

The chord choices and minor key are SO PERFECT for the theme of this song. It sounds sad and is when the band had their gear stolen very early in their career (not easily replaced at the time and it caused a gig to be canceled if I recall correctly) so if felt like their world just fell apart.
I really enjoy seeing this beautiful lady reacting to the greatest metal of all time. God I miss experiencing this first hand. We’re all old now boys n girls.
Best reaction channel by far! Such great insight
Once you are into that, there is no coming back
Ya have been Metallicized 🥲
Mesmerized by their instruments, vocals and powerful lyrics... plus add their energy... that's how one becomes a FAN4LIFE🤘🏽😎
This was an excellent pick Lady! I really enjoyed ur analyses
I love your facial expressions with your ensuing thoughts. You articulate your emotion with your training.
The greatest show ever filmed bar none!!! Creeping Death from the same show would be awesome.
New subscriber here. Loved your reaction to Kirk's solos, they are intricate and moving. I got tickets to the Black album tour for my 30th B-day,I am almost 62 now. still love the music from that Era.
The Vocalyst: Do yourself and favor and listen to the studio version. You will LOVE the intro and outro solos so much better. This is an epic composition. You could even hear a piano version note for note by Gamazda on CZcams. Love your reaction!
Followed metallica since mid 80s here in Ireland. This song will always be on of my favorites of theirs.
Ability of musical analysis, immensity of knowledge, total passion for music, is a gift for all of us to listen to you and see you!
your videos make me cry all the f times... i cant stop... idk why... i just love the music so much and your reactions makes me crack.... wth
They put on a great show. Always love your reactions.
So hyped to see you doing Metallica again!! This concert is their best work IMO, and this is the era where James' singing was at its peak. (Also right before he realized shredding his throat night after night wasn't really sustainable 😂)
Would love to know what you think of his singing in The Thing That Should Not Be from this same concert!
Recommendations: Outlaw Torn S&M 1999! Enter Sandman, Harvester of Sorrow in Moscow 1991 had amazing vocals too (to be fair, any song from Seattle '89 or Moscow '91 had Hetfield's best vocals).
Just to add to the point made in 12:11. James started losing some of his voice back in late 1992, due to the extensive touring supporting their fifth album, "Metallica" aka "The Black Album". In 1995 they tuned a half-step down (from E standard to Eb) and that helped him not to push his vocal chords so much. 2000-2014 he went for a cleaner style of singing, very low distortion (if any). Since the release of "Hardwired" (2016) I feel James has got A LOT of those gritty tones back. Check any live video from last year, he sounds GREAT! (and the man is 60 now!)
Love your reactions to Metallica!
Check out S&M live album - Metallica w/ San Francisco Symphony
So good. Brilliantly written and executed
you should react to their recent performance of elton johns "funeral for a friend /love lies bleeding"... incredible, they are great at covering other artists.
Ilove your reaction bethany thank you for this perfect reaction and i hope you will.❤❤
Thank you for your Reactions 🙏
Metallica are absolutely awesome live.
Think I've seen them around 20 times now.
Watching you watching it for the first time gives me a glimmer of what it was like on my first listen of the song.
What's remarkable is that this was composed in the early 80's, and was incredibly sophisticated by comparison with their demos and first album a couple of years earlier.
For me the best song they ever did though was Master of Puppets. The combination of metal guitar and classical guitar influence gives it such depth and variety.
First saw them on the Justice Tour. Killer show and they are still killing it.
My live recommendation is "Temple of the Dog": "Say Hello to Heaven" Live at the Moore Theater... You will NOT be disappointed.
Always love your reactions. Please listen (in private) to the studio version, in a dark room with headphones. Now that is a great experience!
i love this song so much.
Seeing the Damaged Justice tour in 89 is one of my concert going highlights, even though I didn't understand the greatness I was seeing when I was a kid going to these concerts. This ranks up there with seeing Megadeth in a tiny club called Monopoly's just before Rust in Peace released, and seeing Tool open for Gwar in 91. Such an amazing time for music.
Loved your show on cemetary gates
I was 14 when this album came out and going through some very dark times, this song saved me. Every word in the lyrics was what I was feeling but the final solo was so inspiring, so uplifting, so impactful that it showed me that there was a little light within the darkness and there was hope... I'm 54 now and have had battled depression all my life, this song has been my life line...
Love this song - it was the first real song I learned to sing on my guitar.
I love hearing your vocal analyses of musicians, singers, artists, especially when intently tuning into the songs for the first time with your "expert" ears , even if you may have heard the songs before in the car, or in movies, or on TV series.
Bethany, would love to hear your expert vocal analyses and visceral impression of any of the following songs:
"Maps" sung by Karen Oh of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Heroes" sung by David Bowie
"Teardrop" by Massive Attack
Thank you for teaching me more about the wonders and variations and the magic of these vocal artists who create our living soundtracks.
You are very talented at what you do, I love watching your reactions of music I love because you hear things that i don't. Thank you for doing Metallica
I'm very very glad that you loved this song as much as we do. Metallica is my favorite band and watching your analysis gives me another dimension to cherish them!
I hope you could do an analysis to Time and Sons of winter and stars, from Wintersun. It's a mind-blowing experience from vocals to every instrument. Even more impressive when you know that the singer doesn't have 1/3 of his lung. I hope that this comment can reach you ❤
There is another live version of this performed in Moscow.....A sublime performance in front of a massive open air audience.
After seeing this reaction and a few other heavy songs you've covered so far it looks like you ready to go down the Moscow 91 concert rabbit hole. The Metallica and Pantera performances are mind blowing even to this day.
Your description is accurate their music does transport you
You are getting hooked on Metallica! lol
Watching you nodding your head to the drumbeat as the song progressed was great! By the next Metallica reaction video, we might see you sporting a bandana and headbanging lol (might I suggest 'Master Of Puppets')
As always Bethany, your reaction channel is hands down one of the best on CZcams. I subscribed my first time watching you and haven't looked back. Thank you for provide wonderful content!
one of the best outros of all time for sure!!! and "simply nothing more to give" is an pretty amazing lyric!!!
An incredible show. I would love to see you react to a more recent example from their tour last year to compare how James' voice has changed since he got vocal coaching.
Very grateful I got to see them on this tour, Feb 10, 1989 when I lived in Lakeland Florida. Also saw them in 1988 at Monster's of Rock in Tampa. They changed as a band after this album. Their next album was the last one that was truly one that I could enjoy. But I'm so glad I saw them while they were epic and amazing.
My absolute favorite Metallica song. Thanks for reviewing it.
I grew up to them.... This is a very Powerful song and let's just say
Now Thank's for your reaction
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For Whom The Bell Tolls ALSO is so good.....
Interesting hearing you describe the gentleness of the music and singing in the beginning given what a dark song it is
I'm lucky to have seen them live five times. Every show was great
If I may recommend from this same concert (89 Seattle) "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)...such a great song if you liked this one.
This was Metallica at their creative and live peak. They got a lot more popular after this, but they never reached this level of creativity again.
I remember recommending this video when you watched One. Metallica is amazing!! I seen them about 4 months.
Great review! Love your work here, man... there are so many great Metallica songs for you to hear I don't even know where to start!
Edit: DO "ENTER SANDMAN" FROM THE MOSCOW CONCERT, IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!
Yeeeeeeees finally
back in 89 they were king of the hill. They were red hot & I saw them when they were all that. Great song, great vid
I’m a rock guy. Grew up thinking I was into metal but I’m really more into rock and TALLICA. That’s why I LOVE Metallica because they are the gods of rock music and give us metal with true melody, poetry and emotion. I absolutely love this band and their 90s stuff is what got me into them and changed my life seeing Kirk slam into the solo of Memory Remains on MTV at age 12 and my eyes were opened. I asked for a guitar, lost my two best friends too early and spent the summer locked in my closet figuring out every tallica song I could and sky rocketing in my abilities. Spent the next 25 years or so as a full time minister of music and kids ministry and all because of metallica making me fall in love with guitar. Used to listen to them riding with my mom in the car jamming out and talking about what the lyrics mean to us and how every note and snare strike communicates something purposeful. Listen to Low Man’s Lyric and tell me this band isn’t truly music royalty. Poetic at its best and the snare tells the story just as much as his cracking voice. So so good. Lost my dad 2 years ago and my mom 1 year ago next month. She died a few weeks after listening to their new album together. She could hardly tap the beat (lung and brain cancer) but we smiled and jammed out and I’m so thankful for this music being a connection for both my parents somehow (country/gospel fans themselves)
Another great reaction. Your new subscriber wintersun Alex ❤️
Great reaction to a great song! I've been listening to Metallica for 35 years and they never get old. I'm sure it's been suggested, but I think you would enjoy Nothing Else Matters as well as For Whom The Bell Tolls
The solo always makes me cry its just so emotional and beautiful like you feel that in your chest ps you should do the studio version or atleast 1984,85 or 86 with cliff his playing make sit 100x better
Captivating... The perfect word to discribe the beauty of your face. 😊
You need to check out the live version from Lincoln Nebraska in September of 2018..so awesome! Thank you for the video.
No Leaf Clover with the San Francisco symphony is a must. For a very recent performance, I suggest the tribute to Elton John, funeral for a friend. And for an amazing performance, The Day That Never Comes, Nimes Live.
It's easy to get lost in this song, Thank you for another reaction, only 4 minutes in.\
Epic Metallica, gorgeous Bethany
This was the first song that I can remember that dealt with such a heavy topic. Hearing it for the first time as a teenager and just knowing that I wasn't alone in how I felt made so much of a difference... I always wonder how many other people this song talked off the ledge.
If you want to take a look to vocals, you should try "Bleeding me", live performance with The San Francisco Symphony from 1998. You won't regret it.
there's also a really good live concert that I saw somewhere, I believe it is in an ancient colesiem in France, one of the best live performances I've seen on TV