Megadeth - Tornado of Souls (Pianist continues his exploration of heavy metal.

[@Greatmeasures]

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[@Dufhuebktdb]

No :o

[@progfan234]

Personally, I do think the solo is great, but to me it is boring because it is based on conventional western classical scales. You know when the solo sounds refined that it's Marty. Dave's solos are sometimes dischordant and non-scalar/raw (which is prefer; I would really prefer soloists sound like holdsworth). This is still my facourite Megadeth song and among my favourite metal songs primarily because of the land-of-opportunities bit. That, along with the harmonics in the intro is what make this song a timeless classic to me.

[@evil_din]

Subs and watch time affects analytics, likes no longer do. edit: I hope 'Into The Lungs Of Hell' will be next.

[@leomahmet7555]

This is the true answer, personally I'd think only payed content and donations will soon be the new earning meta on YT. These money hungry psychos will run their platform into the ground with a smile, judging by the past 10 years of their actions. 😂​@@evil_din

[@MC-ry3by]

Dave: So i was thinking maybe could just drop one of the greatest solos of all time on this track Marty: I got you bro

[@blppt]

Dave, later: "I hummed the solo to him."

[@sugaryfloffie]

FR HAHAHHA

[@mattsabath]

I think calling it one of the best thrash metal albums ever doesn’t do it justice. It’s one of the best heavy metal albums ever. Period.

[@paulgrudowski4383]

In fact I have always thought of it more as heavy metal than thrash (and I take a lot of crap for that) because it is so technical and not as "heavy" as a lot of true thrash. To me it was a cross-over from their true thrash phase to their heavy metal phase that started with CTE.

[@Olivia_Neumann]

I’d like to give my heartfelt congratulations on Judson’s year👏🏻

[@kristo762]

Congrats on your year of sobriety, Judson! It's been one year, 20 days for me. Bad, heavy stuff. Dysfunctional marriage. Fed each other's demons. Still struggle but it's getting easier.

[@Greatmeasures]

Hang in there! 20 days is awesome

[@2510LuL]

Good work both of you! Just had my first NA meeting yesterday. Been smoking weed and drinking daily for years and was fine but then got hooked on kratom which fucked me up way worse then i expected

[@Greatmeasures]

@@2510LuL kratom is a tough one to kick. Some of the worst withdrawals I’ve ever experienced. Hang in there! Reach out any time you want to chat.

[@2510LuL]

Yeah it really is, started tapering today. I appreciate that a lot, have a good one! ❤️

[@dimitriid]

Most people would easily point to this solo as one of the best guitar solos of all time and for good reason: One take, mostly improvised, just shows what Friedman is all about

[@jima6545]

I mean, I saw this live in '91. But man, check Acid Rain-Live in LA by Liquid Tension Experiment. It's an even crazier solo, and 3 minutes long ( the solo that is).

[@Huddle_House56]

@@jima6545alright look dude. A solo being long as fuck and full of technicality is cool but it’s not particularly always ear pleasing. It’s a reason I’ve never heard of that shit but everyone’s heard of Marty and thinks this solo is one of the best. The feel. The musicality. The note selection. Steer away from metal and look at, say, the comfortably numb solo by David Gilmour. One of the greatest of all time. Or Jimmy Page on Heartbreaker. It’s about feel and making it fit the song.

[@naturalianoss]

People just stop please ..

[@dimitriid]

@@jima6545 Oh I'm not gonna call it between Petrucci and Friedman: this is why I was careful to say 'one of the best' and not 'the best' instead.

[@jima6545]

@hughjoelcock7145 Marty is awesome. John is better. Give some of his solos a listen before judging, especially that one. Yes it's long, crazy fast in places, but also bluesey and soulful in other places.

[@christianjmoss]

I just can not listen to that solo without doing the stank face, so good

[@larrydj549]

Its not just the solo. The key changes take you on a crazy wave and Marty is a brilliant surfer

[@canman87]

Not to be **that guy**, but most of the song is in Bm, including the whole solo section. There's a brief bit in each verse that drops a step down to Am and again in the rhythm section that follows it, but overall it's 95% in Bm. It's a great chord progression that Marty rides like a damn champion (as he tends to do in everything), if that's perhaps what you're referring to.

[@krisjones7985]

Lucretia is also a great song of this album. It’s about a ghost that lived in Dave Mustains apartment

[@DushyantsCHANNEL]

There are 9 great songs on this album.

[@m0skit0]

The whole album is a timeless masterpiece. Best thrash album ever.

[@mute7116]

Congrats on the "birthday" Judson.

[@keeponlivin81]

You guys should should spin "Ashes in your mouth".

[@m2pmd70]

Until I heard Dave's explanation of the lyrics, I always assumed the song was about his "relationship" with heroin and finding "the light" of sobriety. In my mind the "tornado* was the rock & roll lifestyle going on around him, while he was "safe, if isolated, in the "eye" of his sobriety. 🤷‍♂️

[@tjcaruthers5593]

That's the beautiful thing about a lot of metal lyricists, even when they write about specific topics, it is still open to interpretation.

[@juanestebanramirezpinzon6507]

I know this Is kinda not related to the the actual video but im having a rough time with life and thinking really bad things, this video light up my day and made It better, thank you so much, rust in peace its truly a masterpiece of music in general 🤘

[@technologicalsingularity1788]

Yo mama joke is getting better and better. 😂😂😂

[@ThomasLG]

Yo mama is getting better and better

[@JerryMabrey]

Congrats Judson on one year, it couldn't have been easy, don't know you personally but I feel I can still say I'm proud of you.

[@christopherberger7263]

Congratulations on 1 year Judson. You’re a funny guy and seem to be a good person. You guys make me laugh in almost every video and I’m glad to have discovered you guys.

[@leviddesign4537]

You just witnessed one of the greatest guitar solo's of all time.

[@paulpenix8198]

Congrats, Judson. Lucretia is secretly the baddest song on the album. Should check it out.

[@matthewguggenheim9693]

You are on point, Lucretia should be next.

[@bumblefluff79]

Holler to Judson's sobriety! Epic year's work sir and i think you're looking better now than when you guys started out... ...like your mum.

[@Greatmeasures]

😂😂😂😂 Got him!

[@rexmaskimus]

Another classic, I think it's time Judson hears The Sentinel by Judas Priest

[@ChippyChip34]

Solo was all Marty Friedman. Like Judz mentioned, he's known for starting a note out of the scale (Bmin in this case) and bending it back into that scale. As well as sweep picking those arpeggios. You guys should checkout his song Rio on his solo album True Obsessions. That entire song is a masterpiece with all of Marty's signature guitar work.

[@tropiq]

Congratulations Judson on the milestone ! as for the song, one of the most iconic guitar solos of all time for sure

[@Andy-tk9qf]

Congratulations Judson. Reactions to Bolt Thrower, Napalm Death, Carcass, Emperor/Ihsahn, Amon Amarth, Immortal in the future?

[@bpschmidt4707]

Dude, congrats on 1 year. That's what this video should be about...and I'm a huge Megadeth fan.

[@sxelady]

Yay more relationship advice from the hot youtube elders

[@MikaTarkela]

Megadeth would be sick if Dave's singing wouldn't sound like a goblin toddler.

[@severed111]

Richard, you must have heard this one 100 times like I have and it's so goddamn perfect of a song that I feel that smile you had during the whole song \m/ Such a heartfelt song ❤ Too bad they never continued in that style with this lineup right afterwards, all the songs are god tier on this Megadeth album, can't say the same for all the others. I hadn't heard it since a good while and I felt it too man! p.s. last one I'd bring if i had to just bring one last is the title track (if it wasn't done) or obviously Take No Prisoners.

[@niclastname]

8:43 lmao that one got me so good. 😂 I'd love to see you guys do some Be'lakor! They're one of my favorite bands of all time, up there with TBDM (though different styles). Songs I'd suggest as starters: -Countless Skies -In Parting -An Ember's Arc -Much More Was Lost Those second 2 are part of concept albums that tell stories. An Ember's Arc is the start of a story for its album and it's about the fusion in the sun creating a photon of light, so there's no needed context other than "it continues from there". Much More Was Lost is the last song of an album, so just for context the people that the kids come across in their adventures in that song are references to victims of tragic lives in the other songs. It's about the kids losing their innocence and blissful ignorance of the sadness of the world so to speak. The album as a whole is a collection of tragic stories of people living around a mountain over time.

[@tomkruze1304]

Marty had a band with Jason Becker called Cacophony, they would just shred non stop. I'm a fan of your mom jokes too lmao

[@eagledrummer23]

Judson's demeanor is so funny. I can't tell if he's 25 or 55 haha

[@Metzok]

Congrats Judson! Great channel, I’m happy to have found you guys 😊

[@Greatmeasures]

Welcome aboard!

[@SuperNovaForTheBlind15]

In My Darkest Hour, Richard, you havnt done that one yet !

[@-Heavy-]

Yeah,the solo is just killer!!!🤟

[@OmerNaveh]

great vibes, legendary solo and relationship advice. all in one video!! :) another great video guys 👍

[@_Helm_]

Mustane is faster and wilder, more chromatic or bluesy or licks based or feels based or just generally based. He's the primeval force. Even when he plays shitty it's always badass. Marty (who can be as fast as you want) usually is not the fast, obvious shredder on this, he always plays something eclectic, something exotic, something supremely melodic. His pyro in never, ever the 'dumb' pyro. Mustane's not above just shredding at full pick blast, just chromatic runs, ascending, ascending, like an orgasm, full dumb. The Apollonian and Dionysian together, rock and roll needs dialectics. Once you get this, you can pick out if it's a Mustane lead or a sideman lead every time.

[@matttee1319]

If you don't like something, don't be quiet. That's not the same as be an a-hole. Letting shit sleide and being quiet while years pass by is recipe for heartbreak.

[@CadencexCascade]

Do him a favor and show him Lucretia from this album, he talks about loving grooves and that's the grooviest track on the album.

[@00govan00]

Marty Goat

[@AN-nt3uv]

Hey everyone, welcome back to my great comments, that is no one and i am a subscriber and you listened to a great song killing the guitar. ....and also congrats from myself, everyone of us has his or her demons to fight, levels are different, never comparable, everyone chooses the own approach to fight them, but at the end it is better to avoid some sh*t and stay yourself....hard to express myself as a non native without using AI help 😅

[@lawrencefine5020]

Megadave.... Music is great, but that chipmunk voice comes in ruins the whole Megadave experience. Sorry.

[@geraldbabin6828]

A cover/interpretation of God's Song by Randy Newman would be pretty, pretty, pretty cool... just saying

[@danielfernandez7752]

7:28 whos playing that??? Ummm… Marty Friedman Huh, that was some good shieet right there lemme tell you 😮‍💨 😂😂😂

[@ao1023ao]

i’ve been asking for this one. u guys are AWESOME

[@journeymenforlife]

All the love and respect in the world, congratulations on one year Judson 💚🤙

[@rektkex]

My guy deserves to hear the original version of a tout le monde, and if he liked this solo, he should listen to lucretia! Cheers, thanks for the content, you guys are great

[@enzosuazo5703]

Dear Great Measures, I congratulate you for your channel and analysis/comments about the different metal bands, new and old. I would like to ask you if you can show Judson some more current Megadeth, like Dystopia and give us your opinion about the old Megadeth with the current one. You could also show him some videos or listen to and see live bands. A big hug from Chile and thanks for your content!

[@Chalepastel]

congrats on the year buddy!

[@BlackRoseImmortal]

So glad Judson enjoyed this one. Aside from his likes and dislikes as far as musical taste there is no doubt as to his musical knowledge. To hear him appreciate a piece of music I have always loved kind of gives me the idea that maybe I am not tone deaf, lol, and that I am hearing what I think I am hearing. What I am saying is hearing the opinion of someone who really knows music and has a similar opinion on a piece I, a guy who is not a musician, like is a little validating.

[@LiamHaberstroh]

Please do "One" by Metallica! Truly one of the best metal songs of all time and definitely up there with the songs from Rust in Peace!

[@ronbent]

There's a moment in Robinson Crusoe where he attempts to flee his island on a canoe he had made and gets swept up in a bad current. Which makes him suddenly long for the safety and comfort of a place he had just moments ago considered to be his prison. One of my favorite moments ever, and somewhat related to your conversation of addiction/dysfunction: “O happy desert!” said I, “I shall never see thee more. O miserable creature! whither am going?”

[@rhodrieley7946]

I love that there’s no pausing in this

[@manfredkronsteiner8083]

one year - so great to hear.... ;-) it works, if you work it - you´re worth it! may god bless you for another 24 hours. greetings from austria.

[@naturalianoss]

First ! 🎉

[@theninedivides6851]

top 10 insane solos from the 80s for sure

[@Hatelast]

stratovarius will the sunrise reaction 👊👍

[@acvdr]

anancı ergenlerin ingiliz versiyonları

[@Jerryzart]

pls slipknot unsainted soon!

[@keithlego8057]

CONGRATULATIONS JUD.🤟

[@alcoholica1986]

One of the most overrated solos of all time

[@sutchfish572]

please do merch with the great measures logo ❤

[@ycroniyael1976]

Best metal album ever made..

[@LostHate]

Congratulations on 1 year

[@abesluciferius]

Your mom's ready.

[@spotty54]

Blues on steroids

[@domlaurin675]

Want listen dissonance in music listen voivod another french band old stuff in the time of piggy nothingface and older...try it

[@domlaurin675]

Iam a genX so iam 54 old still listen metal.

[@facepalmjesus1608]

6:30 mind bending grimace

[@SuperNovaForTheBlind15]

RJD its between 2 Hearts 💕 !

[@TheBFN]

👿🔱😈..Linus my mom is ready to beat you with a hot wheels track like its the 1970s again 😳 if yall dont play clockwork god..😂 then play..johnny winter..dont mean NOTHIN to me... Then we need some MORBID ANGEL 🤘🤘🤘...

[@SuperDoomspoon]

Congrats Judson!👍. I have a few non related requests….A7X-Cosmic….Kim Dracula-Land of the Sun or Make me Famous..or Seventy Thorns(W-Jonathan Davis/Korn)….or A7X-Bat Country….just a few…Keep it Up Gentlemen!👍🤟🤟🤟

[@mattsabath]

Dave actually wrote many songs stemming from his relationship with Diana. Wake Up Dead, In My Darkest Hour, Wrecker, 1000 Times Goodbye, Trust, Burning Bridges, She Wolf, and I’m sure there’s more.

[@paulrowe006]

Please check out the Warning. You can't go wrong with any of their live performances from Teatro Metropolitan but an excellent starting point would be Dust to Dust (drummer singing lead) or Disciple (drummer and guitar player trading lead vocals) from that show. Also Evolve from the 2023 MTV VMAs. They are awesome live.

[@user-hf2ik1uf1l]

Glad you explained what the song was about.. I've tried to like them over the years, but I can never understand what that nasally, mumbling, 'tallica reject is on about!! Their songs are so boring!! 🥱 ❤ Great Measures 🤟

[@carlocitroen1848]

Hi guy do you think about Faith no more?Ciao from italy

[@carlocitroen1848]

You are great 👍

[@martinstoelting2707]

I always refer to metal albums/songs as animals. (Panteras VDoP for example is an alligator). This is an equally graceful and powerful racehorse. The rhythm section is mesmerizing and makes up for a replay value like no other classic metal album for me, except Slaughter Of The Soul.

[@bryanmack5410]

RAWK ON BOYS. While I cannot stand Dave Mustaine, or most of his music, I’ll always consider this a perfect album.

[@SergejusOrlovasTrismegistos]

Try Reckoning day from Youthanasia or Train of Consequences

[@oscarsmith5023]

Richard, you're missing closing bracket ")". If you don't know what that means, think about it.

[@Thedesertguy75]

I had to click on this once I saw tornado of souls.....Rust In Peace is top tier thrash royalty. Congratulations on the year clean!

[@SuperNovaForTheBlind15]

Congratulations 🎉🍾🎈 on your Journey, paired with your sobriety! Substitution , replacing a bad habit with a better habit ! Something must fill the void , just how it works ! Ps I don’t tell anybody what to do , but I will tell you from my own experience, what I wouldn’t do again !

[@destructskater]

Yes!!!! I love it when you guys to megadeth. PLEASE do Ashes in Your Mouth next! I know that will get a great reaction. Appreciate you guys!!

[@michaelivanov6826]

Hey! Maybe you can listen smth from Aria (Ария), the russian heave metal band, smth from the early times or "Chimera" (Химера), they took a lot from iron maiden in the past and this one also reminded me a lot of them.

[@ResonanceShepherd]

Happy birthday! I think it's time for a Lacuna Coil Reaction. Try Veneficium (Live from the apocalypse)

[@jamescostello2558]

You guys should check out some Allegaeon I recommend "To Carry my Grief through Torpor and Silence" from the album Damnum

[@Johan.Ar18]

After this reaction, I believe is necessary to know a little bit more of Marty Friedman, you may try his song "Forbidden city". It's a work of art, power balad metal

[@Dana-rt6wj]

So Judson likes hers? ❤️

[@Greatmeasures]

He does!

[@julianortiz4151]

Congratulations, Judson! 👏🏼👏🏼 Yes, the solo was all Marty Friedman and it is easily one of the best solos of all time. It’s cool Judson immediately felt that because I’m pretty sure everyone hearing it for the first time in 1990 thought the exact same. And Richard is correct, Rust In Peace is one of the greatest Thrash albums of all time. It’s amazing from beginning to end. It’s pretty much universally acknowledged as such. Cool convo between you guys. If I can make a recommendation for another Megadeth song… something from their debut album I think Judson would enjoy is “Rattlehead.” And, that time it’s completely OK to do the Remixed 2004 version. If you’ve head the original 1985 mix you’ll understand why. I’d be curious to hear his thoughts on that one. Cheers!

[@AnthonySell]

Completely unrelated, but there is a band you should listen to: Zeal and Ardor - maybe start with the track Come on Down, or Feed the Machine. I think stylistically this will be really interesting, as the band is a bashup of two different genres of music, one of which is Black Metal...

[@crimsontowerfullmoon8646]

I love his reaction and the chemistry between you too. Subed. Cheers from Morocco. NB: Yes, the solo is all Friedman

[@griefforest1870]

Hell yeah!

[@SNKNostalgia]

Damnit, why you do this to fellow Hattiesburgerian?

[@666dynomax]

what a song... what a well placed solo... never really thought about the song buts the lyrics take the listener on a 3 piece journey into the eye of the tornado assuming death... and then comes right back the other side.... then right back into the song "Can't say what's on my mind...." wow, powerful song always and what an outro! It's the kiss of death..... great lyricist, vocalist and musician all around.

[@marknicoll5298]

Congrats on a year sober! Keep up the the good work :) Great analysis of the solo, too.

[@larryhaug71]

Congratulations Judson!! It will continue to get easier and easier I promise! Yours truly Sober since ‘07

[@larrydj549]

Dont want no short people round here

[@Greatmeasures]

Heard!

[@eliceus]

I know that exact same feeling, Richard, of being so excited when showing Master Of Puppets to my mom for the first time and trying to find clues in her face if we're sharing something and she drops a rational question and the dream is off lol

[@ralfs9903]

Children of Bodom!

[@teroisoaho3878]

Bodom Beach Terror!

[@ralfs9903]

@@teroisoaho3878 children of decadence

[@rafi6187]

React to "At the graves" by King Diamond

[@kurtkluge1686]

I got all of their autographs on my CD in a record store during the RIP tour. I knew it was a great album, but I did not fully realize that sat before me, as the English might say, was one of the greatest metal bands of all time. It is incredible to me, to this day, that four guys went into a studio and just played this stuff like they all did many times before, but the result was pure gold.

[@tjcaruthers5593]

Whats great with Judsons reaction was the stank face he gave with the first bend in the solo. Marty bends and Judson stank faces, its funny. Congrats Judson on your one year of sobriety. Im still a never ending work in progress.

[@SuperNovaForTheBlind15]

Y & T lipstick 💄 & Leather ! Rescue Me & Keep on running , great love songs of sorts !