Megadeth - Washington Is Next!

[@Nix-Man]

Dave is without a doubt the most prolific metal artist out there. From the title track of Peace Sell to this, the man has been telling it like it is for decades. Sadly, nobody notices or cares...

[@haydennettleton3272]

I'd say Jon from Iced Earth is more prolific than Dave, he has a whole side project band dedicated to what's going on with the current corrupt governments and he backs his words with actions.

[@kadasrichard]

@@haydennettleton3272 Yeah, well too bad everyone went apeshit with Jon in the metal community.

[@randompirates4824]

sadly those crazy guitar acrobat makes the messages is obscure

[@v0idthrashtilldeath127]

He is a born again christian, and he talks about the satanisem in the music industry since he himself was part of it lololol. Dav3 is also a j3w, so he knows trust me.

[@Nix-Man]

@@v0idthrashtilldeath127 that certainly is an opinion. Btw, love your Megadeth pfp ;D

[@aardvark666666]

Anyone who listened to this song knew what was coming

[@bxoxnxexz]

It's happening right now

[@boahnation9932]

@randall scott burress daves a badass

[@derricksawyer6656]

I've been listening since 2007. I was 13 at the time. It still means very much to me to this day.

[@user-fh9vh6hr7w]

It's beating down the door

[@Fiqstro]

@randall scott burress dude, no one cares

[@erraticshadows]

Hangar 18 + Waste Years + Painkiller = This Masterpiece

[@thrashmachine1505]

This is one of the best Megadeth songs.

[@Jaimealonsoreyes]

Well, this song is the best they have released in this century.

[@Jaimealonsoreyes]

And is the most underrrated in my opinion

[@jonzcool8005]

Indeed

[@zachallen9315]

Dave is a fortune teller of times to come.

[@efxnews4776]

actually, he is just telling the plan, theres no "future telling" just plain and simple strategy. Folks think "oh he predict the future", nope, Truth will set you free, if you know the truth, the is just a matter of spreading.

[@krejslayer]

He read behold a pale horse before writing that song, guaranteed

[@pennyandrews3292]

This song seems very relevant lately...

[@josephhutchins8]

Especially right now.

[@ethanmitchell9606]

I was a teenager when I first heard this song, and I thought it was just a cool metal song. I relistened some times since, and I realized that he was just a crazy conspiracy theorist. Then I listened to it in January of 2022, and I realized that he was 100% right about everything.

[@slushbox3443]

Dave said on the Joe Rogan interview that the book of Daniel in the Bible and another book that I cannot remember were his inspiration to writing the lyrics on Washington is Next.

[@Vicmustaine1]

It's scary how this song came out 13 years ago and is more relevant now than ever with the current times.

[@Christians_4_Cannabis]

My family and I has been saying stuff like this for 10+ years, everyone called us crazy up until now.

[@ActualDrunkAtheist]

Its been relevant for over 100 years, people have only woken up to it since the early 2000s

[@tinytim71301]

Too right mate

[@davejackson88]

Well said... wake up own souls from deception

[@АбиелСорохар]

Looks like Dave met the Conception of public safety, developed by russians.

[@riggs100]

Can I say this song is totally underrated in Megadeth's catalog? They could easily made a super amazing video out of this tune, something animated could be so cool. Mustaine really delivers with some crazy lyrical content: Extreme liberal leftism taking over with some religious prophet from the past visualizing a city (Washington) in ruins... Damn!!! That's good stuff for a song..

[@JusticeInWar]

+riggs100 Please, to all AMericans, stop calling liberals leftists. We leftists don't want anything to do with these retards either.

[@notavalidpoint5753]

+Jusktiinah too bad

[@zanesmith7727]

+Jusktiinah I second that

[@JoaoKorreiaa]

+Jusktiinah leftism and rightism are killing europe, it's time for the third way

[@ThreeDaysOfDan]

progressives ***

[@ThrashForceOne]

Every single riff in this song sends chills down my spine!

[@hiiambarney4489]

I feel you brother. 4 years later I still feel the same.

[@marco19878]

it's one of their best songs

[@LaserfaceJones]

When metal's at it's best- cryptic, apocalyptic, and culturally relevant, with super fuckin' sweet riffage and solos. Still gives me chills closing in on a decade since this released!

[@LukeOrionMarble]

This shit had stayed relevant

[@mockingbbirdkilla1771]

For those of you who think these lyrics resonate with what is happening now... Its not that they resonate. Its not some sort of "well this is just the way things played out". Nah bro. This has always been the plan.

[@99jOnatan]

yep

[@heckler4387]

Wym

[@efxnews4776]

The plan was this... Dave just knew the plan and warned everyone.

[@cdsmetalhead99]

Pea brain

[@mockingbbirdkilla1771]

@@cdsmetalhead99 I don't speak Zombie?

[@michaeldavis6914]

Wow! This is one of Megadeth's best songs and it's more relevant now than it was when it was written. It's almost chilling.

[@danmetallica2973]

That guitar solo with all the pull offs is a 12 fret stretch that dave mustaine puts his thumb on the 12th fret and his pinky finger on the 24th fret

[@joaogarcia6170]

Jason Johnson Don't forget to mention that he uses his thumb

[@ltriberzis]

Dan Metallica lmao yeah

[@assemcrghannam5920]

WHAT 😂

[@LukeZuniga]

That's pretty cool, but to be fair, the frets get really small after the 12th.

[@chrishargreaves8016]

@@LukeZuniga And have you seen the size of Mustaine's hands? I'd be more impressed if it was Angus Young playing the solo. That dude is tiny.

[@cuenta1037]

Faster than a bullet Terrifying scream Enraged and full of anger He is half man and half machine Rides the metal monster Breathing smoke and fire Closing in with vengeance soaring high He is the painkiller This is the painkiller Planets devastated Mankind's on its knees A savior comes from out the skie

[@_Iss]

Painkiller is Next!

[@krassconceptstore2368]

Hey thats judast priest lyric

[@ArchieArpeggio]

@@krassconceptstore2368 No shit Sherlock...

[@mahirdeth]

0:53

[@blackbeard1988]

This isn't just about Covid. Epstein, Maxwell, Weinstein, pizzagate, Netflix's cuties... This song is incredible. Remember to shop local, protect your children, form bonds with neighbors, and practice virtues. It's insane how your worldview changes once you unplug from the machine and actually connect with what's under your feet.

[@nesciomusic]

It actually isn’t about any of those

[@sampeake4235]

Make sure you get forgiveness from Jesus too

[@theguyof360]

@@nesciomusic obviously, but what do you think the implied meaning is?

[@zqvyg5479]

Wow yeah you live in a delusional reality. Dave would be disappointed.

[@theguyof360]

@@zqvyg5479 enlighten me

[@CobaltLancer]

Megadeth predicted the future

[@DigitalLogos]

Only if you haven't been paying attention. Many have been talking about this for decades. We're just seeing it reach fruition.

[@horatiotwenty6569]

the lyrics are so relevant to todays world! also this is so fucking underrated honestly this is one of the best megadeth songs EVER!

[@mrjones7181]

my favorite song of united abominations

[@zexionienzo4183]

Same

[@chrishargreaves8016]

Second for me is Sleepwalker

[@zackjones8556]

Honest this is one of megadeth's best albums

[@r39erzz6]

Mine is never walk alone

[@brianthiebold]

Can’t believe how underrated this song is

[@slingshotkurt8474]

Who else is here because of yesterday? 1/6/21

[@ameza1757]

Me!!!!!

[@jeremycole8454]

same, the lyrics have all manifested

[@neuromancercyberpunk1984]

2020 ... Holy shit Scary ... Dave ia a genius of thrash

[@bshinn4884]

Aged like fine wine apparently

[@efxnews4776]

Last bottle before the invitable end.

[@panzadura]

I came back to this masterpiece when SARS-COV-2. It's just a coincidence.

[@EverythingOutside1971]

I think not. BUT....i doubt Megadeth wrote this. Too dead on with whats going on now.

[@Zetro999]

@@EverythingOutside1971 plenty of other things predicted this. V for vendetta is about the govt inventing a pandemic hoax to scare the shit out off people into giving up all their rights. Only difference is this virus is real but it's really not as bad as they say it is and it's overblown at least in america. And pretty much it's an excuse for the american govt along with several other countries to fuck everyone over economically.

[@andrewcastillo6277]

This song used to speak of a distopia now it speaks of history

[@RulezAPower]

This song was already predicting the dystopia man, that's all.

[@Defender80s]

One of the greatest thrash songs post 80's! Classic Bay Area Thrash!

[@jakubmarszaek5918]

Riff sounds like a mix of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest...Anyway, great song!

[@listagustavo7641]

Intro "el sueño de la gitana" by Rata Blanca metal band.

[@brunorios7396]

@@listagustavo7641 JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA

[@listagustavo7641]

@@brunorios7396 y la risa?? O so. and the risa??

[@fotiskaiser]

The most prophetic song

[@metallica929]

Released in 2007. Being experienced real time 15 years later!

[@theavgblueberry4489]

MUSTAINE PREDICTS THE FUTURE

[@huseynaliyev5750]

Dave predicted Coronavirus.

[@blankslate7315]

Shawn Jones Are you joking?

[@calebthayer262]

And the George Floyd riots

[@calebthayer262]

Shawn Jones, he’s not Jewish, he’s Christian bro. Pretty sure he never even was Jewish

[@Евгений_Аверкиев]

@@ShawnJonesHellion even if his mother was a jew, it means nothing. Maybe something kinda world government exists, but ordinary jews like Dave have nothing in common with it

[@Евгений_Аверкиев]

@@ShawnJonesHellion and I mean jew is an ethnic jew, not adept of Judaism. Also you know Dave is Christian

[@jjrj8568]

The glorious thrash comeback of Megadeth in the second half of the '00s will be fully appreciated/recognized in decades to come this is just as good as any classic '80s thrash hymn

[@davidmeyer6908]

14 years later and we're finally here. Dave's prophecy comes to pass.

[@TheFoolArts]

When this came out I thought Dave was exaggerating. Boy, was I wrong.

[@KimoFest]

No, people, is not a prediction, is common sense what Dave is singing in this song, a common sense that has been around from years ago.

[@serggg1984]

Одна из лучших песен у Megadeth!!!

[@scooterdescooter4018]

dave knew. dave knew all along.

[@thedude7722]

Prophetic song.

[@entr3_nou5]

Washington might be next, but my fingers went first after that guitar solo.

[@bolichels6743]

are u kidding haha

[@joekauffman9690]

Dave Mustaine told us what was gonna happen in future and he was right!!

[@AlexWBKK]

many did. Chuck Shuldiner did many times as well.

[@dimebagrose8145]

clever to use the thumb in this song. hope you get a fast recovery dave! we need you❤️the earth needs you🤘🤘

[@vicrattlehead8417]

As time goes on more and more of "Washington is Next" becomes relevant. Mostly in the past couple of years.

[@walterferma]

Just passing by, thanks to today's riot. Can't help my self but think of this masterpiece

[@rustyjeep9783]

WOW IT'S 2021 AND WE ALL STAND LOOKING LIKE WTF...

[@K0EN]

Crazy how accurately this song predicted the future (from 2020 - current day) 😲😲

[@lorddrungip7461]

I remember listening to this album a bit over a year ago but i didn't like this song. But I came back to this album recently and this song sounded completely different than how I remembered it sounding. This album has some super underrated songs, like the following: Burnt Ice Play For Blood Gears Of War Amerikhastan United Abominations Never Walk Alone... A Call To Arms Sleepwalker (It gets praised but definitely not enough imo) Black Swan (It was originally released as a bonus track or something I think) Megadeth's newer albums are great and I don't understand why people crap all over albums like super collider, Like sure it isn't like their old stuff but they were in their prime back then. But even when they aren't making pure thrash albums its still really good music.

[@Taco-mb4oe]

Dave is spot on with this.. he was saying it years ago...scary how accurate he is

[@Walamonga1313]

The war between the haves and have nots

[@GhostMonkey772]

This song is incredible

[@amourabidi492]

>Sabotage their health And what do we see know....

[@andrewvanhalen1984]

Dave should bring this song back out now that James LoMenzo is back in the band.

[@jamesfarris3487]

This song is prophetic...."I've got you in my crosshairs. Now ain't that a bitch! Washington,...you're next!!!"

[@MilsurpMikeChannel]

If Paster Lewis would have mixed face melting guitar solos in with his sermons about the book of Revelations, I might still be going to church today.

[@rockerdrummer3824]

How the truth of mankinds purpose is so obviously in our faces in symbolic signs .We spend our lives searching everywhere and everything when i found the ultimate truth locked away in my own D.N.A.

[@eu6425]

I would like to know more about that

[@vicktormota7683]

Best Megadeth lyric ever.

[@ryankilleleagh7961]

Love how dave use book of Daniel in this song it's amazing. Love this song has so much meaning in it.

[@champion6534]

I would think the song refers to genesis the story of Jospeh and the pharaohs dream about 7 years plenty and 7 years famine.

[@Ecclesiastices]

Johnny Hash ehhhh that’s sort of a stretch,, you do know that in the book of Revelation chapter 13, the beast that came out the earth, is actually The United States of America, because after the little horn of Daniel 7 receives the deadly wound (the papal system), the beast of the earth shall give all its power and authority to the image of the beast, being ROME.

[@scargamer4045]

And here we finally are. Proud of what the american people is doing today, from France ⚜️ 🇫🇷🇺🇸🦅

[@peternagy-im4be]

They did nothing and achieved nothing.

[@scargamer4045]

@@peternagy-im4be Sadly, nothing concrete for now. But they sent the biggest signal to the political class.

[@ameza1757]

@@peternagy-im4be realize how Trump is being satirized and satanized by western media. It’s because the only thing between them and world domination, is Donald Trump. And I’m not a far right American, I’m a communist thinking South American living in Quito, Ecuador 🇪🇨 paradoxical? Is not It’s the same strategy they used against our socialist president Rafael Correa, he was the one who gave political asylum to Julian Assange, until he had to leave presidency against the people’s will, the same thing which is happening to Trump.

[@ameza1757]

@@peternagy-im4be they are waging a mediatic war against world popular leaders. A war against the people, to keep us poor and stupid.

[@HYZENBORG]

awesome music and incredible lyrics! I love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@chrishargreaves8016]

Everyone's talking about the solo at the end, but can we just take a second to appreciate how tasty that bassline is?

[@SantomPh]

I took 3 moments

[@jacobcassell7807]

I love the 12 to 24 stretch

[@nickmoser7785]

"The real rulers in Washington are invisible and exercise their power from behind the scenes." -Justice Felix Frankfurter, U.S. Supreme Court.

[@TheSlenderBassist]

I really liked James on bass but David just has that magic, idk they're both great bassists

[@VicSellsPeace]

James slays Ellefson any day. The bassline in this song just speaks for itself. He has so much inspiration from composers like Harris

[@chrishargreaves8016]

Lomenzo blows Junior out of the water on ability, but Megadetb just isn't Megadeth without him.

[@CodeTalkerLooter]

@@VicSellsPeace WHAT? J-LO was fired from Megadeth PRECISELY because he couldn't learn the entirety of the Rust in Peace album. So, he better than Jr. my ass xD

[@twigman8806]

We must secure a future

[@simonnielsenfffffff6755]

The dislikes ARE from The gorvement

[@aaronrenick4680]

Dave didn’t predict this. Revelations did.

[@fooser77]

This song is actually referencing Daniel 12 ..

[@jonbarahona2438]

It’s amazing how this song has aged

[@efxnews4776]

Like fine wine... last bottle to taste before the inevitable.

[@SacredLuzt777]

Pretty impressive lyrics. Prophetic meaning and revelation of our modern state in the mighty Babylon which is the US.

[@tochinomasuta4600]

Wrong, Mecca is the City of Babylon, Babylon is Saudi Arabia

[@bige5838]

Dave is a genius

[@thrashmantim]

Dave Mustaine the prophet

[@sapere_aude525]

78 masons disliked this.

[@bolichels6743]

fucking true

[@felo2107]

Tru tru tru

[@KNHSkywalker]

All masons must die

[@hernandezmoses82]

its a good song and the message is true, maybe that's why people criticize it, cause people are so condition to believe the exact opposite of what there saying. idk just a thought.

[@flipierfatalbina4757]

nah it's because the lyrics suck really really bad. it's old man conspiracy rambling with a single metaphor about some weird prophecy that doesn't exist. That bit about biological warfare was particularly awful cause it just sounds so bad if someone stopped Dave before recording and told him 'there needs to be half as many words in this song' it would have made it tolerable. annoying, but tolerable

[@joshuagonzalez1177]

@@flipierfatalbina4757 Dude, the lyrics make it twice as epic. Everyone's entitled to an opinion though, I guess

[@michaelboyle5805]

FlipierFat // Daniyar you asshole the lyrics are meant for the likes of you. believe what fox news tells you or what ?

[@georgebarbosa9893]

A very precise thought indeed.

[@bolichels6743]

because its just a song

[@sarrjel]

This is so awesome!

[@alcidesduartefalcao2577]

This riff is very difficult to play and the 🎸 guitar solo is awesome! Great song by a classic band!

[@bennyayala1538]

This shit is happening right now!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marlonche7254]

Am I only one who thinks there's some Maiden here?

[@marlonche7254]

Yea, it's awsome, just saying that they were listening to Wasted Years xDDD

[@Xolkyr]

+Marko Savic No I thought exactly the same thing at the beginning and yess the riff at 0:33 is especially close to the intro riff in Wasted years !

[@Deehvad]

I literally just commented the same thing

[@deez420nuts69]

I hear a little Wasted Years

[@zeroxcrusher]

There is some Maiden in every band from that era.

[@DrJamesSkylark]

It's official folks!

[@enderstone3604]

Best Megadeth song by far

[@tonybernthrash6696]

this song has alot more meaning to me now in 2018 then when it first came out 2007

[@DeadPixel1105]

Holy shit. I'm listening to this song now in 2021 and I realized.... Most of the lyrics are literally happening now in the US.

[@iceblade019]

Pretty sure not just the US

[@enderstone3604]

3:04 just sounds so epic

[@zenkai6761]

ikr!! holy shit i vanished from existence for a few seconds

[@Neo-Midgar]

Sounds like the Zeo Power Rangers theme.

[@login1995z5]

Wow they were still good couple of years ago. This is very good stuff.

[@axxion231]

Always good

[@angeloyola8430]

Pure power killers riffs !!!! I love United Abominations !!!!

[@ereklekhurodze9029]

Maybe most underrated song by Megadeth. It`s in my TOP3

[@michaelramos3991]

Con velocidad a 1.5 parece Power Metal xD

[@bolichels6743]

xd

[@cronoswar214]

Poderoso power americano 💪

[@mohdshazlishahuddiniph7518]

this song remind me to Iron Maiden... salute Megadeth! u guys the true Metal Artist

[@csukovitsgyuri2507]

At the end of the song it's Dave Sustain

[@infectedvoice4670]

AGENDA 2030

[@RulezAPower]

Prolly best Megadeth song in lyrical together of instrumental sense?

[@timdavies3555]

Wow. I've never even thought of using my thumb on the high e string. Guess that's why i play rhythm mostly lol. Mustaine is awesome. At least i can play a ton of his riffs which very satisfying...if i could play the solos i probly wouldn't be commenting on a youtube comment...

[@javiercolunge5274]

One of the best thrash songs of the 2000's!

[@vicrattlehead69]

this song/album was released in 2007

[@vj.warlock4811]

2022 still fire as lava

[@voidangel23]

in parts of the song it sounds like wasted years from iron maiden

[@angeloyola8430]

Yeahh lml Megadeth vs New world order !

[@pedrorivas7625]

QUE TEMAAAZOOOO,A AGUAANTE BOOCAAAA

[@totallyasimpsonjunki]

3:15 Commence thrashing.

[@NoFearMeetFate]

This gets me fired up

[@vicrattlehead6386]

The truth !

[@zexionienzo4183]

Best guitar solo I’ve ever heard

[@DetectiveConack]

that intro bassline has steve harris written all over⚡️

[@Sluj666]

The rhythm guitars are very Suicidal Tendencies-ish. I love it.