hetfield's solo for cliff burton (to live is to die)

[@garri5108]

OMG how many feelings in this solo. Yes, not a difficult solo, but who needs complicated solos? Music is not a competition. Damn, it's so beautiful!

[@CarlosPinela13]

In metal,everyone thinks that it's a competion,it's so stupid.

[@adammoffatt3832]

So true this is a masterpiece in any genre

[@adammoffatt3832]

This solo is actually not that easy to play because its unusual pattern for a solo

[@jeffersonaraujoelcristiano]

Who says music is not a competition?

[@infamous3688]

"Cliff, where are you!"

[@ivancarrasco5953]

InfamousFade :((

[@Mechmike30]

Valhalla

[@jaybayl1109]

Mike R are u a Northic believer as in do u believe in Thor Loki Odin and Valhalla

[@arthurpires6178]

Oh god

[@TheLucidDreamer12]

@@Mechmike30 there is no way in Vanaheim Freyja didn't call dibs on him before Odin. Cliff is probably in Folkvangr

[@thrashingpanic]

Hetfield plays the most emotional solos in Metallica songs. And almost all the best in my opinion.

[@MUSiC-world-20986]

Agree. To Live Is To Die, Orion, Thorn Within, The Outlaw Torn, Master Of Puppets, Suicide & Redemption are my favorite James' solos

[@warrenbleile422]

Fuck James he talked shit on Cobain after he died. He made a joke about his eyes being blue cause one blew this way and that way... Oh yeah when they realize Cliff had dandruff? When they found his head Nd shoulders on the dash and under the hood

[@martzp1]

I'm not crying, my eyes are sweating. Rest in peace, Cliff. You were taken too damn soon.

[@alejandroperales621]

An easy solo but with a lot of sadness and melancholy :(

[@boomdoom8671]

My favorite solo, section, song, album, & band of all time. This solo is one of James' most iconic arrangements. Here, he is either at or very near the peak of his creative capacity. I believe this piece, or isolated section of it, to be his "comfortably numb" moment. It seems that much of his career, especially the later days, he often underestimated his ability to move the masses with some of his less exercised talents. Certainly, this is a bold claim when we consider how dominate a role he played in their creative process and the proportion of his contributions to the discography. However, the spectacular quality and timeless inspiration of his infinitesimal lead work, leaves us aching in wonder of what could have been.

[@donaldcampbell9483]

What could have been? Bro they are metal legends.

[@mikepalmer4371]

Donald he’s talking about what could have been if cliff lived im guessing.... and I 100% agree!!! Yes they are metal legends but it’s a fact the river of future forked that night in 86 .... no more Orion or to live is to die or anesthesia pulling teeth instrumentals with really profound arrangements ..... rip cliff

[@ELECTRICSCARS]

Most soulful Guitar Player "Music was the Voice i didn`t have, thats me telling the world about me when i can`t do it on my own, " James Hetfield at Guitar Center 2014

[@Walamonga1313]

Best Metallica solo.

[@thatsjuancooldude9409]

I keep seeing you on James vs Kirk vids, and to live is to die vids

[@Walamonga1313]

awesome101 You have good taste then :D

[@thatsjuancooldude9409]

Walamonga 1313 u too man XD

[@kidnamedalaska]

Rest In Peace Cliff Burton. Great Friend Badass Musical Genius And A Great Man.

[@lombardo7790]

Best metallica song ever.Masterpiece🤘🤘🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@Ataxanrakhminov]

Piece*

[@markbarrett4440]

I always think it's James's lament for his buddy Cliff that he couldn't express articulately in any other way.

[@shudson23]

This solo bleeds

[@Hoscitt]

fucking heartachingly beautiful

[@5150forevermore]

...His best solo imo...

[@adammoffatt3832]

Best piece of any song ever in my opinion solely from the heart.

[@umerraja2655]

The guitar with the radio effect may be Cliff's death being reported on the news?

[@MUSiC-world-20986]

Yep...

[@cobaingrohlnovo]

Brutal, never out that together

[@mikepalmer4371]

I don’t know what it is about this interlude but it connects so deeply! Absolutely beautiful/haunting! Rip cliff

[@breadfan262]

LUV

[@OmerC2]

Everything would be different if Cliffs alive.

[@tollelege5635]

😢

[@korhansoydan]

Nice phaser there.

[@alexmoore5332]

korhan soydan where?

[@korhansoydan]

Alex Moore guitar solo

[@alexmoore5332]

korhan soydan oh I never realised he used phaser in the solo, I always wondered how he got that guitar tone though

[@korhansoydan]

Alex Moore yeah not a lot of people realise that ;) dave murray's first solo in powerslave also has this kindda adjusted phaser. Check that out.

[@alexmoore5332]

korhan soydan I will dude, thanks!

[@megadethamonamarth4717]

Bir aci telafuz edilemezse, melodiye dönüşür

[@CarlosGonzalez-sz4jh]

Yet another reason justice is a Better album than Master. RTL Kill Justice Master James Best Solo absolutely the best Way to honor his friend

[@LifesMixtape333]

Tabs?

[@LichaelMewis]

The beginning rhythm is James, the first solo was Kirk, and the final solo was James.

[@Wolfoe-ex2jj]

The one times they played it live that’s how they did it, but in the studio James wrote and recorded the solo. There are a couple solos that were written by James but that Kirk plays live.

[@LichaelMewis]

@@Wolfoe-ex2jj the first solo was written by Kirk but the second one was written by James apparently.

[@MUSiC-world-20986]

@@LichaelMewis nope, it's all done by James Hetfield

[@LichaelMewis]

@@MUSiC-world-20986 not true

[@salim___]

who tf kurt

[@warrenbleile422]

I had to steal this joke. "What color were Cobain's eyes? Blue cause one blew this way one blew that way" James.... Oh yeah James "when did you realize Cliff had dandruff? When they found his head and shoulders on the dash and under the hood." Not my joke and both are pretty fucked up and distasteful but fair is fair.