Rap fan listens to METALLICA One for the first time (Reaction)

[@RigorMortisRape]

I’m not sure if you’ll see this, but here’s what’s going on: The song One by Metallica is based on the 1939 novel Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo which is about World War 1. It describes the life of a man who goes to war and is a victim of a mortar blowing up in his face which robs him of his ability to see, hear, smell, or taste and blows his arms and legs off. He comes out of a coma while in the hospital and during his time there he reflects on his life and the things his father had told him. Eventually doctors grow worried because he keeps having spasms all the time but doesn’t seem to be dying from them. They call in the general who has no answers for the spasming but a soldier alongside the general recognizes the spasming as Morse code. The general then asks what he’s attempting to communicate and the soldier replies with “Kill me, over and over again. Kill me”. It’s about a wounded soldier who cannot see, cannot taste, cannot hear, cannot smell, and has no limbs but is very much alive and wishes for death in a constant state of regret and sorrow. A specific passage from the novel inspired the song: “How could a man lose as much of himself as I have and still live? When a man buys a lottery ticket you never expect him to win because it’s a million to one shot. But if he does win, you’ll believe it because one in a million still leaves one. If I’d read about a guy like me in the paper I wouldn’t believe it because it’s a million to one. But a million to one always leaves one. I’d never expect it to happen to me because the odds of it happening are a million to one. But a million to one always leaves one.” In 1971, Johnny Got His Gun was made into a movie and this music video uses images and monologues from that movie. Hope that helps if you or anyone else wondering happens to read this. Metallica is my favorite band, has been since I was a child. It took me over two decades, but I finally managed to go see them live just last year. Best concert I’ve been to, hands down. And this song is a major staple in their performances. Would love to see you react to some other Metallica songs, maybe even some that most other reactors haven’t gotten to. 🤘🏼 EDIT: 2.8K likes and 121 comments as of this edit. Gee wilikers, fellas. I dunno what to say. You love me, you really love me! Haha, thanks everyone and rock on!

[@KC-ev4mb]

How come this has only 7 likes? I appreciate your time spent explaining this and I enjoyed reading it. So my point is this deserves over 100 likes

[@timrevis9095]

Very well said Chris. Have always loved this song but if you get a chance to see the movie it is very well done but very hard to find. Even Metallica had a hard time tracking it down to watch as the song was written.

[@RigorMortisRape]

K C My man with the wild prediction, over 100 likes! I don’t think I’ve ever gotten that many likes on KZbin. This is pretty awesome to me. Thanks.

[@RigorMortisRape]

Tim Revis I have not watched the movie, but definitely wouldn’t be against watching it if I ever do come across it. How’d you watch it? Perhaps it’s online somewhere.

[@dimitrybrandon1539]

@@timrevis9095 do you know what the movies is called I would links to try to watch it

[@frankiesaupp9971]

Her: oh I think I finally got it Me: yess finallyyyyy Her: it's about justice Me: *holds my breath as I wish for death*

[@helenh.5119]

lmaooo she was off the mark

[@tarun.krishna]

Don’t forget, “And Justice for all”. 😂

[@locochester4909]

I was reading this comment and at the exact moment I reached the last part, they say it in the song. I was totally unaware of what I was reading.

[@bat-manzo7292]

Bahahaha

[@DemzzandRuby]

😂

[@tonym1279]

simple to understand. A soldier lost everything to a landmine. He's in constant pain but they wont let him die and he can't tell them.

[@TheOriginalGayman]

A mortar actually. Landmine just rhymed better I think.

[@jesterinadeck_2980]

Tony M. From what I heard he was able to communicate in Morse code that he wanted to die but someone or multiple people thought he was too interesting and I think a nurse actually did the deed and let him die. Never looked at the actual story just basing it off of comments I’ve seen from multiple videos.

[@komberrebmok]

@@jesterinadeck_2980 No. They wouldn't let him die. Idk why didn't really look into that but they said don't kill him. A nurse tried to kill him but they stopped her and instead injected him with morphine

[@tyler4068]

The story is about a Canadian soldier in WW1 that was hit by a mortar and lost everything but his consciousness. He spoke in Morse code asking to die but they wouldn’t kill him, so he then says in Morse code to be put in a circus and brought around the world to show the horrors of war.

[@chickennuggets2929]

@@jesterinadeck_2980

[@rebelwithoutacause5727]

I've heard that many KZbin channels get taken down for interrupting guitar solos . Some of them even get jail time 😮

[@osez111]

and all will end in hell !

[@raistlin906]

I thought the same thing when I was 14 and they cut Eddie Van Halen's solo on Jump, when they were playing it on the radio.

[@marysella3836]

She said in another video that she has to stop the videos at least once to stick to the copywriting rules of KZbin. 🤷‍♀️

[@rebelwithoutacause5727]

@@marysella3836 lol you truly, don't get it 🤣😂🤣

[@jadenneuroth1762]

@@marysella3836 don’t do it on the solo then

[@Mrbest-cw9nn]

Rule number ONE. Never interrupt a guitarist when he kicks in his solo

[@UtilemUnus]

Gotta give her a free pass to communicate her awe!

[@hydromusicphenox3432]

Travis Leep I does not matter don’t interrupt a guitar solo

[@PressureEddie]

Mr 1960 best SPITING FACTS MY GUY

[@mmlgamer]

Mr 1960 best All the documentary crap in the background is already interrupting it.

[@Chadministrator93]

It's ok, she's African

[@dwaynedees9949]

The movie scenes are from “Johnny got a gun”, which is a good but disturbing movie about a young soldier who is hit by artillery during WWI. He has lost the use of everything below the neck, has no face (hence the masking) and has no means of communication with the outside word. He is literally trapped in his own mind, questioning his own sanity as his memories mix with fantasy. He finally discovers he can move his head enough to “tap” Morse code, asking to be freed from the hell he is enduring in his isolated mind. The tragedy is that instead of being killed mercifully, he is instead isolated and kept alive. The representations of the true cost of war; the sacrifices of our youth, the misunderstanding of the toll that conflict has on those who have fought, the “out of sight, out of mind” treatment of disabled veterans and the conflicting methods of treatment by those who don’t understand their sacrifice and those who should know but instead turn a blind eye to the suffering are all timeless depictions of the struggle for understanding by veterans in society. Sorry for the “deep thought” comment, figured you may be interested though. Before it’s asked; yes, I am a 100% service connected disabled veteran, so it is something I think about.

[@sreegk106]

No need to apologise. That was a very good post

[@agreatanomaly2457]

Dwayne Dees From a Vet of two wars, I understand. And yours is the absolute best written comment I’ve ever seen on KZbin. I wish there were a lot more thought like yours and a lot less drivel. Thank you and well done. You should be a writer.

[@claudegibson7650]

It's such an obscure movie as well. I discovered it through this song and years later finally found it on youtube. It was such a great and heartbreaking movie.

[@Tommy1977777]

S/F brother.

[@jimfrank8250]

Dwayne Dees as a combat vet myself I find that we get paid a lot of lip service especially from the very people whose job it is to help us with the very services we have earned. The VA is one such entity. The people who work there act as if they are doing us a favor for even speaking to us.

[@proathletesinhsviralvids7993]

The song is called "one" because a man was obliterated by a land mine. He cant talk, walk, hear, or see. He's missing his arms and legs. He is left by himself within himself. He is, to himself, the only "One" left.

[@bighairynuts4u]

spot on.

[@chaosismyway690]

That's the best way to put it!

[@toomuchsauce3389]

You said it the Best

[@TheCodyv1971]

RegurgiNate 1984 I thought we were talking about Hetfield’s song and lyrics and not the movie.

[@MooneyToonS1000]

Vic rattle head : hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.... whattttt??

[@thefatman2780]

DUDE GOT BLOWN UP IN WAR. IT COMES FROM A BOOK. TOOK HIS ARMS, LEGS, SIGHT, SPEECH & MORE. WASNT AS DEEP AS YOU WERE GOING BUT I DIG YOUR STYLE. ROCK ON.

[@VerdeMorte]

The real conflict though isn't just the fact that his limbs and senses are gone, it's that they saved his life for information he couldn't remember & won't put him out of his suffering afterward because of logistical bureaucracy getting in the way of basic ethics.

[@thefatman2780]

@@VerdeMorte I CONDENSED THE BOOK IN A SIMPLE & EASY & SHORT TO READ DESCRIPTION.

[@briantarkington4785]

Thank you! I was about to say that

[@marcosromero1599]

@@thefatman2780 I APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT ON THIS SONG

[@nikhiljosephmathews3184]

I LOVE YOUR PASSION

[@BRNSTRM]

The lyrics aren’t metaphorical they’re extremely literal.

[@superkato1k]

They are. But they're also very easy to misinterpret by ear. There's a LOT of Metallica fans that have listened to this song hundreds of times that don't know what it's about.

[@the_true_legend274]

SuperKato1K Very true

[@PressureEddie]

Jacob Ioannou true dat

[@everythingispose-able2543]

They are both. I was a writer and singer in bands for over a decade and I can tell you that most of my songs had multiple meanings. Good art reaches beyond itself.

[@enblanchard5492]

CryptoStang exactly . It can works in both ways .

[@philiphalpin1997]

"He's a product of your profession, not mine" is one of the greatest lines ever written and sums up the consequences of war in just one sentence.

[@nathanrodriguez914nr]

Yep. Man did this. Not God. The evils of humans.

[@Craplatte]

And yet it's so ironic considering how many wars Religion is responsible for.

[@Imurai]

@RegurgiNate 1984 Yeah the scale of unpreparedness (is that a word? Sorry, I'm not a native English-speaker) of soldiers and officers in WWI was just astronomical. Like, "march your troops into machine-gun fire, they'll get there, eventually!" They were fighting with tactics of 100+ years against literal war machines that didn't exist just 30 years prior. WWII is more infamous as there were more civilian causalities and more of those who experienced the horrors lived to tell.

[@gustavomonjes7556]

Mannnn that line really gets to me, simply awesome

[@bigcity420]

@RegurgiNate 1984 I have seen some of those clips of those poor guys with shellshock. To be so scared you stay that way for the rest of their life.

[@a.w.sawtooth9469]

*Pauses the song at **6:17* Metal heads everywhere: *Gasp!* “She paused it at the best part!”

[@semih114]

i yelled fuck and be like stfu girl just lemme blow my head

[@qbasicmichael]

She also paused it during the melodic awesomeness at 3:19, but fortunately the same sequence occurs at 2:31.

[@whitetransgirlwithdreads]

IKR! I couldn't take a breath until it was un paused.

[@nikolapaul5473]

A.W. Sawtooth every part is the best part

[@Ilovemyidi]

It’s not the middle of a solo, it’s kind of like a bridge, but of course as I say this she pauses I the middle of the solo

[@ThatVaiGuy]

Her: I don't understand what this song is about. Band: Landmine has taken my sight, taken my speech, taken my hearing, taken my arms, taken my legs, taken my soul, left me with life in hell. Her: Oh!!! I get it. Band: Well I spelled it out for you verbatim so... I would hope so! Her: It's about injustice and how they're going to take your speech away which is why the guy is wearing something over his eyes. Band: ...... ........ Band: No.

[@raymondrodriguez3408]

Lmao right 😂🤣😂

[@blackbox5992]

LOL exactly my thoughts

[@snakecharm13]

Lmao.

[@idfkdontaskme2165]

Well its kinda right but also worng? The album is And justice for all

[@enslimed]

Idk I thought even though here interpretation wasn't literal it was still very accurate to the kinds of injustice that Metallica was writing about. She kinda explained gaslighting in a roundabout way, and that's a mind tactic that's gets used by the CIA, NSA, FBI, DOD, DHS, DEA, et cetera all the time to keep people from sharing the horrible experiences they've had that would be incriminating to those agencies. If someone is made to think they are crazy, they will doubt that they had that traumatic experience in the first place and just keep it to themselves.

[@DaveRogers583]

Its literally about a man who's lost all his limbs, his ability to speak and feel in war and the endless suffering he endures. Based on the novel Johnny's got his gun. You've only scratched the surface of Metallica.

[@VVRandR]

You are absolutely right. I read this novel in High School, not knowing at first that it was connected to Metallica's One. But as I read it, I was blown away. This novel left me speechless and utterly angry at humanity for what this poor soul endured. I felt Metallica's captured the novels essence perfectly. If you want to know and love this song you Must read. Johnny Got his Gun.

[@Fortsmirhsmiths]

Love it when different cultures embrace each other

[@mathiasdark1654]

It was also a black and white movie. This man just wanted to die but they wouldnt let him

[@bearbar4723]

@@mathiasdark1654 not fully black and white though the only scenes that were black were the ones based in reality. While the ones in his dreams were colored. Memories were usually colored and saturated.

[@johnkangas8916]

Word.....

[@RidinDirtyTV]

Hahaha Sushi: ohhhh, I think I know what’s going on......... Everyone: “no, you don’t”

[@tyef572]

I dont figure she knows what's going on 99% of the time.

[@TheDeadStretch]

"Landmine has taken my sight, taken my hearing taken my arms and legs....." Oh I get it! ... *explains a way deeper meaning than what it said word for word. lol

[@JayKughan]

Hahaha.. those were the exact words that went through my head. Dear Sushi, please read the lyrics.

[@Anonymous-o6t6p]

RidinDirtyTV according to what was being said not really but kinda, music is an art form to be interpreted however you want, that how she saw especially as a newcomer to the genre and the band

[@travisknight1554]

This is funny asf😂🤣

[@richarddimeck4578]

People get metal so wrong sometimes, they just say its loud horrible noise. Most of the time couldnt be further from the truth.

[@zweb32]

💯so right holier than thou is probably my fav at the moment nvr realized how much truth in that song til a lil bit ago man Christian's and ppl dat think like dat are the worst and they completely contradict the book they so strongly live by we supposed to be holy and understanding we made in Gods image we all got the mf brain we got to be understanding jus like God so we can look at all aspects of life the good the bad the ugly it's all part of life we supposed to be bigger than worldly thinking and think outside the box without fear worry I could go on for days bout all that but let's just live like we supposed to🤣

[@zweb32]

@Dave Task there's alot of great hip hop rap whatever u wanna call it with straight truth but there's also alot of fucking terrible shit trap music whatever same with metal heavy metal death metal and every genre I grew up in a record store I like everything theres Good in all genres whatever even music from other countries 🤣but u get the point lol that's humanity we great but there would not be no great shit without the bullshit theres good and bad in everything can't have one wit out the other 💯

[@pinklightninggacha]

I used to think that until I heard metallic when I was 18 loved it ever since

[@Kansaidorifuto_]

metal has a huge number of subgenres yet ppl refer to it like it's all the same 🙄

[@richarddimeck4578]

@@Kansaidorifuto_ I worked with someone who listened to kings of leon and thought that was heavy. I had to play her some iron monkey. House anxiety I think if I remember rightly 😂😂 Safe to say she didn't know what was going on

[@AlizeeDefan]

"One" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. ... Written by band members James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, "One" is an anti-war song that portrays a World War I soldier who is severely wounded-arms and legs blown off by a landmine, blind and unable to speak or move-begging God to take his life.

[@DigitalImmortality]

Johnny Got His Gun

[@darthnosam3313]

I always thought it was Nam for the longest time

[@ImOutOfMtDew]

She just discovered greatness lol.

[@jedislap8726]

And didn't understand one bloody thing about it.

[@boolest4776]

Steve Adams calm down dude it’s her first time hearing it

[@jedislap8726]

@@boolest4776 She literally paused it right after the words " Land mine has taken my sight " had a look of realisation and then concluded it was about a fight for justice.

[@boolest4776]

Steve Adams If you’ve been following her then you would understand that she doesn’t catch on so quick

[@shawnfreeoftyranny8849]

@@boolest4776 Right on Dude. She is an awakening Mumble rap devotee from her whole young life. I caught her when she just started giving Eminem a try. Watching her awaken in trying more and more is awesome. She also has a Deep Caring Soul that chokes on true emotion when she does get it. She is enthralled and taking on much that is foreign to her. Easy for anyone that was a Mettalica fan to try trash talking her. She was even so honest she asked for clarification and will surely listen again when she gets it.

[@RomuloBarvaArt]

No metaphor, no symbolism. Just the truth: A soldier who went to war, stepped on a mine and the explosion made him loose all senses and any ability to comunicate with the world. He wants to beg for death but he can't.

[@scottcarpenter5789]

Except for the part where he is using his head to tap out Morse code saying SOS kill me.

[@slycep7304]

He also is trying to kill himself by holding his breath but that is impossible ofcourse

[@GabrielHernandez-sn3el]

RomuloBarva in the book/movie he was actually hit by a mortar shell/artillery shell.

[@crmesson22k]

isn't democracy wonderful lol

[@DOWNPOUR_]

@@crmesson22k any form of government send innocent people to die. Just saying

[@ImOutOfMtDew]

Song is about a soldier who steps on a landmine and loses his arms, legs, sight and speech and now hes in a hospital with no way to communicate and stuck with only his thoughts.

[@gusdesousa4559]

tiburon197931 He doesn’t step on a land mine. Video clearly shows him trying to avoid a bomb and fails.

[@cydrych]

Gus DeSousa lyrics say “land mine has taken my...” The video uses clips from the movie Johnny Got His Gun.

[@sterlingdaugherty6199]

Try the book Johnny got his gun. It’s a story about a WW1 solder. And his father comes to see him in the hospital where he is a product of medicine and science. His bangs his head to SOS. He just wants to die. And he never knows if he is awake or asleep.

[@GS-kx8wc]

@@gusdesousa4559 lol. That's cute lol

[@isaiahboyd466]

Riburon197931 is right in his thoughts after hitting the landmine is why he says i can not live...and i can not die..please god wake me...from this nightmare. So now he he cant die yet with no body parts he cant live either

[@Eric-kf9jf]

"Don't you have some message Padre"?" "He's a product of your profession....not mine."

[@williamscholl8203]

When i heard that line it ticked me right off...passing the buck around

[@scottknutsen2969]

She seems real

[@vivianbrody510]

Understand that her comfort zone is rap music, where if they even HAVE a message beyond "I'm a badass and everyone else is nothing, especially women", they lay it so deep between the lines that you do have to analyze it thus. She had at this point, little experience with music like country which tells a story and has a cut-and-dried message (usually, some "country" does not qualify). She's trying, and expanding her repertoire. Give her a break.

[@leonardomendieta8160]

To be honest, the catholic church has left some million "products" in the past centuries. So tecnically death is their profession too.

[@Eric-kf9jf]

@@leonardomendieta8160 ..it wasn't "death" the padre was talking about. It was the medical personnel who kept him alive...and To be honest...I was quoting a movie...not meant to be taken literally.

[@jonathan-sl6xl]

Rule Nr 1: NEVER pause during a guitar solo...

[@Toxic2T]

True

[@brentkirkland3597]

Unless it's Kanye

[@RayfordRaySiegel]

Never ever stop in the middle of a hoedown.

[@FadeToBlackOps]

Brent Kirkland Or Lil Wayne

[@jasongerstein9350]

I'm just a 14 yr old man ,and my friends say I'm weird cuz this stuff is my shit, but I got to be honest YOU NEVER FUCKING PAUSE DURING A GUITAR SOLO.

[@chriss8718]

He's not just begging god to end his life, he's literally begging the dr's - he's sending morse code messages by knods with his head saying kill me.

[@jberkhimer]

Don’t pause the solo. Ever. EVER.

[@krisjohnson2089]

jberkhimer EVVVVVEEER.

[@chandlerdavis3717]

Never

[@suhsnow]

jberkhimer what do you expect, she’s a trash rap fan

[@chaegibson720]

Don’t listen to the music video of this song

[@randytheracer3664]

jberkhimer ĘVĘR

[@VTdarkangel]

This song is quite literal. It's about a soldier who was injured in war and is not completely disabled. He's literally trapped in his own body which he cannot control.

[@mr.noseybonk2024]

Never assume that a good old metal band is about screaming.

[@underinfluence9001]

Yes I hateee when people think this. Like give it a listen before you start assuming.

[@erosennin2162]

I was about to comment this.I hate it when people say metal is all screaming without even listening to it.

[@jackolantern7750]

100th like

[@Quantavious75]

I love this track as a metal cherry popper. It breaks the stereotype of screaming with strong melodies to show their true musical inclination, then builds aggression to give them what they expected but with more credibility because of what they’re already heard. Then they see the art in the more aggressive sounds. Beautiful song!

[@joegooslin9719]

Yes don't assume. Just like A lot of people assume country music is always sad and about dead dogs

[@Pop_Shepski]

The man is literally a prisoner in his own mind and body.

[@crmesson22k]

All in a days work for government and democracy.

[@xestizz]

FRANK TANKLIN your kinda right,it’s about a soldier that got blown up a by a landmine,who lost his legs,his arms,his voice,his eyes and his ears,leaving him only with his mind

[@overwatchsheroes1237]

TOO SUSHI: Thinks songs really metaphorical Song: Literally about some poor bastard who stepped on a landmine

[@gagamba9198]

Mountain is mountain. River is river.

[@jasonlisonbee]

It doesn't matter if it's a perfect metaphor for something else you're experiencing, use it to convey that.

[@PeterZeeke]

tbf its pretty metaphorical and can draw parallels with depression

[@LaptopLarry330]

The song states that it is a landmine, but in the film, either a mortar shell or a rocket-propelled grenade lands in his foxhole and detonates.

[@MrWhite0052]

@@LaptopLarry330 The song is based on the book, where the character steps on a landmine. The movie changed it to a mortar shell.

[@SpectralArrow]

Not gonna lie, everytime I see this music video I almost start crying, thinking about someone trapped in a world of only pain with no one to help them.

[@sthn8758]

Her: **pauses at the solo** Me: **flips table**

[@ZeidGho]

Oh shit, I don't want to see this video anymore

[@cogitationescaecae1125]

shit solo anyway

[@vicrattlehead5530]

@@cogitationescaecae1125 Bruh, its literally Metallica's greatest solo wtf

[@ZeidGho]

Oh no, the controversial opinion is here! What should we do? Should we try to change it? Joins us on the next episode of "No One Gives A Fuck"

[@vicrattlehead5530]

@@ZeidGho 🤣

[@kurtchristopherson5231]

Her: maybe it's symbolic of being silenced... Everyone else: No, it's literally not symbolic. It's literal.

[@johnd5398]

You mean "actually", not literally. It's actually not symbolic. It's literal. I'm so goddamned sick of people using the word literally when they don't know how.

[@kurtchristopherson5231]

@@johnd5398 must you suck the fun out of every joke?

[@ORNTAPICANTO]

John D Does the “D” stand for “dolt?” “Literal” and “actual” are synonymous. If there’s a difference, it’s only in intensity. If she had said something stupid, you might say “she’s actually a genius” meaning that in spite of her apparent idiocy, she is smart. Whereas, if she said something brilliant, you might say “she’s literally a genius” thereby overstating her intellect for effect. If you’re gonna grammar nazi, you might want to be an Uber grammarian. In this case, I would say “he’s literally a dolt.”

[@Sulaco505]

@@johnd5398 I'm actually sick of people correcting others on minor grammar points in their comments. Literally.

[@ryanbrantley2]

Love your reactions. This song is about a WW1 vet who was severely wounded by a landmine. Basically he has lost all 5 senses, is trapped in his mind, and wanting death.

[@bazookajoe-u2w]

@@gafc8328 WW1

[@charlesfitzgerald9631]

Book published in 1938....of course pre dates WW2

[@michellemead599]

Don't remember which war,could be all wars. This would of been hell.

[@evilbrainangelheart9634]

O.P. is right. He shook the bed in Morse code to relay the message he wanted to die.

[@stephenulmer3781]

Exactly!

[@ricmeyers1340]

I was actually in the military the first time I heard this. As a vet, this has always been a very special song for me.

[@jonathancieters3054]

Does anyone think that "Johnny Got His Gun" should be mandatory literature?

[@tomjones1506]

If not read, then certainly watched.

[@otravis676]

Yes it should be along with all the stuff the school system has taken out of the history books in the last 40 year's

[@MrSmiley81092]

Yes

[@PenguinApple]

as should be "War Is a Racket"

[@michaelb7862]

From my understanding the US economy is heavily militarised, so making literature on the futility of war and the horrors that can occur as a result of war. Would the US education system allow such literature to be mandatory?

[@chrisjl84]

Metal Fans: I wish people took the time to understand and appreciate metal! Also metal Fans: OMG! She totally doesn't get it... I appreciate the fact that she took the time to listen and at least appreciate the music!

[@greshzuki8234]

As a metal fan , I am glad she bothered to listen to some thing she normally wouldn't but sad that she doesn't get it ( or didn't in the past but hopefully now she does )

[@canyoudont9396]

Jeff V ?

[@gregbenwell6173]

Chris I so totally agree with you!! If more people actually TOOK THE TIME, to listen to heavy metal, they would learn WHY it is so "heavy" to begin with!! Most songs are dark in heavy metal, the talk about things most people IGNORE in day to day life!! Even when those issues are still current and relevant today!! There is a much darker message inside a lot of heavy metal songs about the hardships of life!! For example Sacred Reich's song "Who's To Blame" or the Megadeth song Hook In Mouth! And there are so many others, too many to list here! But the truly sad part is people look at somebody like us who listen to Heavy Metal and think we are stupid, mindless idiots with bad music, just because they don't understand the lyrics, refuse to take the time TO understand the lyrics, messages and thoughts provoked in our music!! And sadly they miss the whole ideas that is being told to them!! Many, MANY of us DO NOT have a voice, and even today in a world that is so geared towards the "feminist agenda" and other socially damaging misrepresentations (Feminism, racism, sexism and so on), there has been a HUGE disconnect in social dynamics of just WHAT heavy metal was about and IS about!! Go back to the 1980s there was bands ALL working together who DID NOT CARE about race or sex or religion!! Our voice was that of Heavy Metal and we were all "just people" looking to tell the world our stories our pain! And nobody was listening!! If you think I am wrong or full of shit, then explain to me Public Enemy/ Anthrax- Bring The Noise, or the bands Living Color, or Body Count!! In truth Heavy Metal IS BASED a lot on Blues Music, much more than 1980s hip hop ever was! And there in part too heavy metal welcomed EVERYBODY, and anybody as long as you took the time to actually LISTEN to what you were being told!! After all Body Count and Living Color were "black bands" but with that said, there was also bands like Warlock, Lita Ford, and Widow that welcomed even women to the "heavy metal arena"!!! And again the 1980s to 1990s music today is lost, pushed back underground from which it once came!! Media outlets BANNED IT, in the 1980s, MTV mocked it in the 1990s, and today people claim "Heavy Metal is dead!" while there are still too many bands to count out there who have a strong following!! There are those of us who still ONLY LISTEN TO METAL, and still learn their messages and have open minds to look at their thoughts they provoke! Lastly to many of us the world is NOT rainbows, unicorns, puppies and warm summer breezes...no, no!! To many of us life is just one constant struggle after another and a lot of pain and anguish day in and day out, that we constantly suffer through and endure!!! And nobody talks about "our struggle" as a people, as a society, when everything is ONLY about "black and white" or "male and female"!! Things are NEVER that cut and dry, and there are a lot of us out here who suffer too!! That is why we listen to metal cranked up to 11!!!

[@rebelamanda]

daaaaaaamn. fo sho

[@shanerobinswpr7027]

@Jeff V or how they look...so shallow they are....they really talented because they look good right...

[@ΘΟΔΩΡΗΣΦΟΥΣΤΕΡΗΣ]

This actually has to do with war. They are showing a bomb victim

[@jimmycash7106]

ΘΟΔΩΡΗΣ ΦΟΥΣΤΕΡΗΣ not quite he is paralyzed and he can only feel pain and the doctors do inhumane experiments on him

[@KurNorock]

@@jimmycash7106 That's not it at all. It's about a character from a book written in the 30s about a WW1 soldier who takes a mortar to the face and loses all senses and his arms and legs. The doctors are trying to save him but he just wants to die and has no way to communicate with anybody. They weren't experimenting on him.

[@komisar3937]

@@jimmycash7106 Wrong!!!

[@PalashaGabarra]

They're showing a scene from an old movie..

[@joshuakostiuk2352]

@@KurNorock it wasnt a character. It was a real soldier. I believe his name was joe bohnam. He was a canadian soldier.

[@samuelcentamore1033]

I grew up with Metallica so I heard this as a kid. This song is about the horrors of war and how it destroys people physically and mentally. PTSD.

[@Zebowillisjr]

For those who don’t know, Metallica bought the rights to “Johnny get his gun” so they could use it in the video.

[@andyb1653]

I see what they're trying to do artistically, but I never liked the movie lines being played over the music. Never will. Detracts from the listener's ability to follow the music IMO.

[@TomAZ1984]

Is this why I can’t find it on Napster?

[@FatLewis]

lol Probably not that reason in particular.

[@coffeeveins]

Just to help anyone searching, the title is “Johnny GOT his gun”, past tense. It’s meant to be a play on the phrase “Johnny get his gun”, so it’s an easy misunderstanding, but one that’ll keep you from finding it in a lot of search engines. Hope that helps you find it better. 🙂👍

[@aaronswearingen3708]

And just like that, I got a lil nugget of info today. Thanks!

[@jamesmasters3316]

One, is a anti-war song. It speaks of the atrocities of war, the victims of each war. And the insanity of those who perpetrate war for their own agendas. And the cruel measures they will go to, to win at any costs. Their inhuman acceptance of collateral damage, not just the death toll, but the survivors. Who suffer from physical deformities and mental illnesses. This is a song that speaks of the Horrors of War. One soldier. One human. One war. One nightmare.

[@75Sinner]

Actually per Hetfield the song is not an anti war song it's simply about a guy who gets his legs blown off

[@randyjohnson7734]

Well said.And I suppose both are true.

[@aaronsanders6465]

I would go one iteration further - it engenders gratitude in me for those that risked or experienced this fate and worse .

[@jlbeem431]

I wouldn't call it an anti war song ..it shows the horrible side of war yes but in the very beginning it says for democracy any man would h9ve his only begotten son... that also says that it is worth fight and dieing for.

[@W.edgewargames]

As a veteran without physical injuries, there are still mental injuries "One" never gets over.. 11Bravo.

[@RastaSaiyaman]

To say that Heavy Metal is a lot of "screaming" and "yelling" is like saying that Hip hop is about glorifying gang violence, pimping ho's and proclaiming how tough street life is while showing off multi million dollar mansions and expensive sport cars. There's more about both genres than just that.

[@A7Xgreatestfan]

Basically listen to the song first

[@doranamatto4204]

Typical generalization of non rock/metal listeners. I f they would just listen to the music they may realise that these genres contain some of the best musicianship and talent in the music industry.

[@Mickeymouse7727]

It's ok to stereotype white people's music though dont ya know? This chick is pretty fake actually. Even steals her little finger snap thing in the beginning from that review Alex something

[@diddyfaplord]

Doran Amotto- Lol you really expect a hip hop fan to appreciate musicianship? They can’t even even decipher what musicianship is in the first place lol

[@RastaSaiyaman]

@@diddyfaplord So you know, rapping needs a very astute sense of rhythm which is basically the most important part of a song structure. There is INDEED a level of musicality involved with Hip Hop.

[@daviddent4492]

"Land mine. Has taken my sight. Taken my...." the man is trapped in a body that won't die and can't communicate with anyone, but is in constant pain. Every man's nightmare.

[@davids1642]

Actually he is trapped in a body THEY ARE KEEPING alive and all he wants to do is beg them to let him die.. but of course.. can’t speak or even move

[@John-do9ei]

Song: Landmine has taken my arms, taken my legs, taken my speech, taken my hearing. Her: Oh, I think I finally got it. Song: Left me with life in HELLLL! Her: I think it's about justice! Me: OK, I'm out of here...

[@MarlonAndGabriela]

John I think a more effective response would’ve been “Me: Aight, ima head out.” I give you thumbs up for effort though.

[@johnchaffins3879]

You lie if you say you caught all that on the first time hearing the song on one play through. I couldn't when I jammed out on this back in the day. Her problem is the video distracting her...shirt says "and justice for all " led her off target and voice over covering some of the lyrics

[@timothyhaltner8877]

Ya this song is one that most people love to jam to but have no real idea about the meaning other than some connection to war. She’s obviously just taking it all in don’t be a troll

[@hereticalpaintjobs]

A thousand people will sing a single song for a thousand different reasons

[@superkato1k]

This is a very difficult song to understand by ear alone. Reading the lyrics makes it crystal clear what the context is, but let's not pretend she's at all unusual for not getting the war connection on the first listen (or, let's be real, the tenth or hundredth). MANY Metallica fans that have listened to this song a thousand times have no idea what it's about.

[@brutesquadbbq2268]

You’re over thinking it, as noted it’s about a soldier essentially being reduced to a blind/deaf/mute torso, and FORCED to live that way.

[@robertdecker4780]

@Dave Task College teaches over thinking and being philosophical over what's the obvious truth and common sense.

[@RayfordRaySiegel]

The movie, "Source Code" definitely had to have gotten the concept from the movie, or this song.

[@michaeltabor4176]

When doing Metallica I highly recommend lyric videos. Many of their song tell stories and have deep, powerful messages.

[@Blizzard0fHope]

lyrics always better than videos

[@sketchyzombie]

Indeed. But I figured this video was self explanitory 👀

[@MattMuirhead]

@@sketchyzombie Agreed.... I hate to be that guy, but people that can't figure out the meaning and story behind this song / video should be probably be wearing a padded helmet 24/7. There are no subtletees to decipher aside from "back in the womb"... my 12 year old nephew understood it on his first listen.

[@erkkifalkstedt9088]

@@MattMuirhead 😂😂😂 true every word 😁

[@CodeBleu724]

Their lyrics were always very mature. Telling stories in a thrash/punk cadence.

[@swboats1]

This is about a guy who lost his arms, legs, sight, hearing, and voice from a landmine explosion in WWI and is being kept alive simply by machines. He is trapped in his thoughts, unable to communicate in any way. He just wants them to let him die.

[@NefariousKoel]

This x2.

[@dragonfistX200]

Fun fact, to stop paying royalties for using clips from the movie "johnny got his gun" in the music video, Metallica bought the rights to the film

[@SinclairMoon]

That's actually smart as hell! Ha

[@SamuelSouza-di6nq]

A smart investment

[@pinklightninggacha]

Genius

[@TheAgentAssassin]

@@axelwulf6220 Theft is theft

[@charlesoliver4132]

This song is about a soldier’s nightmare. To be living in a dead body, unable to do anything, but lay there.

[@ckobo84]

It's about as straight forward as a video could possibly be. I have no idea how she couldn't get it?

[@RandomName27264]

DICK TRICKLE : If she read the lyrics and not try to decipher all the extra “talking” the video includes, she probably would get it.

[@markwoodhead9592]

Sometimes she doesn't pay great attention to the lyrics. But that's a complicated song.

[@paul7cfc]

@@ckobo84 there's a lot to take in here on a first viewing, you have to admit.

[@HiFi5i]

Don't try to read between the lines on this one... it's VERY literal. It's about a guy that got blown up and is trapped inside a useless body unable to perceive the outside world.

[@wadesams194]

If a metal band says someone got they're head ripped off it wasnt from someone arguing heavily at them, they actually got their head ripped off 😂

[@PatriotIzzy]

@@wadesams194 LOL good point.

[@paul7cfc]

@@wadesams194 I don't know about metal bands in general, but Metallica tends not to be too literal, this an exception. Their songs are open to interpretation quite often.

[@skull9674]

My takeaway is that when people preach the glory of war just remember that people will end up living in baskets.

[@kovert6407]

Absolutely. Lots of comments in here berating Too Sushi's misinterpretation of the lyrics, telling her flatly it's about a book about a guy who got blown up by a landmine. Well, yeah, that's true, but those commenters are misinterpreting / missing the point of the novel to begin with, too- it's an anti-war novel, which scolds the way in which democratic societies tend to glorify war to young working class people in order to make the idea of going to war attractive, then sends them out to be brutalized and discarded.

[@ajr6307]

Give her a break, this is new to her. She seems like an intelligent woman. It is refreshing to see people broaden the musical landscapes.

[@FXIIBeaver]

The lyrics are pretty damn easy to understand.

[@saltytsp]

first time listening is hard to put together. I love the fact that she just got infected with some Metallica. Remember your first time???? WOW!!!!!!

[@jc-mn3vf]

True..not a music form she is used to..

[@floriancapitulo2499]

AJR Seems? She’s expanding her wallet not her landscape.

[@74Degrees]

yeah

[@Chekatana]

NEVER PAUSE WHEN THE SOLO IS ROLLING OUT!

[@MineBlitzGaming]

More like DONT EVER pause a Metallica song AT ALL

[@Oo_Ghostly_oO]

@S. D. Because it's a "reaction video"?????? So they'll pause and "react" to what they've listened to and give their thoughts or analysis

[@leader_big_shiee]

Theres also copyright issues,don't forget

[@DaleTuck31]

@@leader_big_shiee I'd say it's mostly for copyright reasons

[@Chekatana]

@@leader_big_shiee that doesn't mean that right exactly on the 20 second period should be paused when the solo is rolling.

[@aeldin131]

I’m fairly positive I first heard this in my mother’s womb.

[@zachsalg3106]

I know that's where I first heard this

[@HollywoodGlitterVamp]

My son did.now he's a teenager who plays metallica songs on guitar...and he raided my my metallica collection from now back to when I was a preteen...your welcome son.

[@robw9730]

@@HollywoodGlitterVampI hope my kiddos get into Metallica. Funny thing, I was told by some dudes some years ago this is old people music. lol. Never thought head banging and metal was for old people. I'm in my mid 30s. lol.

[@ghettocracker5005]

Awesome comment 💯 from a old 1975 pong arcade, Atari 2600 metal head. 👍👍 This music gave me horizons and fast motor skills beyond my sight.

[@jakevigil5079]

@@robw9730 its funny when people bash a song just cuz its 1. Old 2. Not trending 3. They don't understand or pay attention to the lyrics or when it comes to a band the instrumentals(i can praise a producer for the beat not the artist who didn't make it lmao) What the fuck is "old people music"?

[@stacybaldwin3346]

This song is about the atrocities of war, and the broken men it leaves behind.

[@HunterDvorak98]

Check out Fade to Black another great and favorite song of mine from Metallica.

[@PongGod]

I'll second that suggestion! These two, IMO, are Metallica's true masterpieces. But if you do a reaction to "Fade to Black", don't do the music video with the clips from "Saving Private Ryan", just do the straight audio version. That video doesn't fit the song nearly as well as this one did.

[@BrekstadPK]

Hunter Dvorak one of my absolute favorite songs of all time

[@BrekstadPK]

PongGod agreed!

[@josemadera3138]

Yup

[@ork_oz]

React to Live version in Moscow 1991

[@Deke1]

NO, its about War, not justice, the lyrics tell the story, he's had his arms, legs blown off, his face is defigured, he can't speak, he doesn't want to live like that anymore, he wants to die! From a movie, Johnny got a gun that's playing in the background of the song

[@Poussindesdomtom]

_"Rap fan listens to METALLICA One for the first time"_ *ME* : _"What's the name of the planet you're living on?!?"_

[@masterofchaos2]

Точно))

[@cstuewe]

EARF

[@casinocrystalcup]

Lol

[@SomeBody-rm6hf]

Well I heard a police siren in the background so...

[@7ktTube]

How to lure in people for views planet.

[@georgeyoung613]

Here is a really big hint, "Land mine". As in war, as in blown up.

[@nemesysxr0163]

“Landmine has taken my sight” Ohh I think this talks about how black Friday is guided by the illuminati to control us. This definitely has to do with Taco Bell 4/20 package.

[@johncox9575]

Hm yes yes I see... Can we- I mean I know where you are located.... You seem to know too much

[@nemesysxr0163]

John Cox I got two McDoubles today

[@igmo2583]

😂

[@williamampuero2841]

OMG... i spit coffee everywhere!

[@stealth7g]

Epic!

[@CaaSh421]

“Extremely talented” only scratches the surface of what this amazing band is. Welcome to the club 🤘

[@Priapismpain]

As the ethicist Peter Singer noted, there is a difference between living a life and being alive.

[@jimc710]

You totally rock for giving the song a chance!! Keep rockin girl!!!

[@marceloinetti3903]

When she stopped the solo I almost thew my phone thru the window.

[@madmat2821]

Marcelo Inetti she doesn’t understand the power of this song

[@killwalker]

Snorted when i read this

[@ferfoxakeladdy]

Hey man. It's something else when a rap fan is even listening to this.

[@dialecticalmonist3405]

She made the least interruptive stops of One, compared with all the other reaction videos I have seen.

[@madmat2821]

Dialectical Monist during the solo is the biggest sin

[@stimpj197]

Interesting to see someone's virgin reaction to one of the most powerful songs/videos ever conceived. Even if it takes a while for her to fully grasp what's happening it will still stick with her the rest of her life like it does with all of us.

[@markme4]

Or not

[@chadcarroll5255]

She's confused because she's watching the video instead of listening to the original song. The video adds an enormous amount of extra audio. Monologue and dialogue from old movies about war. I'd probably be confused too.

[@genobreaker1054]

She needs to watch a lyric video rather than the music video, and really follow along. This song still gives me chills, from beginning to end.

[@JamesWilliams-eg1gm]

Still remember the first time I saw it. I was 11 and confused too but I loved it all the same

[@mattmccleary9553]

This song still gives me goose bumps

[@toohighstrung]

Im just as lost listening to rap as she is listening to Metallica

[@jedimastayoda112]

Every rap song is about sex money and violence. I'll get lost when one of them writes an original song.

[@jesterinadeck_2980]

Jedimasta Yoda. Run DMC. Best raps of all time. The OG’s of rap. There are some rap songs nowadays that have actually meaning although they are ridiculously rare.

[@Astro2024]

@@jedimastayoda112 listen to the forest hills drive album by j cole

[@michaelpugh2617]

Jedimasta Yoda listen to “to pimp a butterfly” by Kendrick Lamar, or really any of his albums. Listen to “swimming” or “circles” by Mac Miller. There’s plenty out there with meaning, just need more than listening to a few songs played over the radio and dismissing the whole genre.

[@emmett_rice]

Benson Hedges niggas*

[@joeaverage7791]

I've never heard someone miss the message of this song by so much. And you had the added benefit of the video. You'd never get it from just the lyrics.

[@IIxViip3rzv3]

"Land mines have taken my arms, taken my legs" what's the song about? Really?

[@acemay3]

its from the movie johnny got his gun he lost his jaw his arm and legs from a land mine. this what war is like

[@IIxViip3rzv3]

@@acemay3 I know dude 😅 I was expressing my disbelief on how she couldn't understand what the song was about

[@acemay3]

@@IIxViip3rzv3 no worries maybe if she had head phones on she might can hear the words

[@zoniekat]

It's hard to distinguish the lyrics from the overall noise of the song. I totally understand why she's confused. This is my favorite Metallica song but it is not easy to figure out on first visit.

[@zoniekat]

@@IIxViip3rzv3 that is so unfair. Unbelievable. Must be nice to have such perfect hearing.

[@SatEight]

Metallica: Landmine has taken my sight Taken my arms Taken my legs Reactor: I think this is about a society that shuts up everyone who wants justice. Metallica: No, it's actually about war and a soldier who... Reactor: Oh, i get it now. It's about isolation and how about sometimes you feel lonely Metallica: Bruh...

[@Why.does.it.Matter]

SatEight Let’s all wake up and realize most metal is about reality and trying to educate the few other people who can listen not merely hear.

[@SacredWaves]

Epic...exactly how it would happen...lol.

[@dottiandchair]

If you dont know the back story, it would be difficult to understand. She picked up on some themes, a society that silences those wanting justice is very fitting for war, it literally did that to him, and also the lonliness & isolation of him being stuck in a body wanting to die. I think she did well with that stuff.

[@ceeph36]

Key Lyrics "the world is gone I am just one" "Landmine has taken my......" Simply put it is about a soldier who can not live because he was blown to bits but is attached to machines that won't let him die. It is also about the terror one would feel being trapped in that damaged body unable to communicate and essentially alone within your own mind

[@leothemighty10]

He stepped on a landmine. The lyrics are like an inner monologue. He can’t talk , no limbs. In pain. And can’t tell the doctors to put him out of his misery. Hold his breath as he wishes for death. But holding his breath is not going to work. But it’s his only option. Stuck in your own mind until you die

[@sirich7751]

The song is called “One” loosely meaning the soldier is totally isolated with only his thoughts and knows he can not communicate, take care of him self, see, hear, feel where he is. Total aloneness. One

[@Ohokk0]

SI Rich i hadn’t made that connection thanks

[@bearbar4723]

Well in the movie he had one sense which was feeling so maybe it refers to that as well?

[@balloakz9857]

"Any man would give his only begotten son for democracy!" Oh how the world has changed!

[@SomeBody-rm6hf]

Democracy is a joke. MONARCHY GANG

[@davidwardrope4983]

Balloaks damn right, I’d go to jail rather than give my sons to “democracy”

[@toothbrushgaming991]

@@SomeBody-rm6hf you're a fucking bafoon if you seriously think that

[@PenguinApple]

Unless of course that man's profession is causing wars, alluded to by the best line in the book/movie

[@memesamurai1240]

Democracy is better than and communism fascism.

[@foulplaymead]

It is about being maimed in war. He should have died, he was “saved” but he has no faculties so he cannot die but he doesn’t have a life either

[@angelahunter7332]

its from a movie made in 1971 called johnny got his gun. its actually the movie clips in the video but you are correct the movie is about a maimed soldier that was hit by an artillery shell in ww1 and is locked inside his body!

[@joemiester31]

@@angelahunter7332 this is the correct answer

[@dizziemisslizzie4040]

The first time I heard this song, I was a teenager and my older brother showed me this video. This had a profound effect on me and I was forever a Metallica fan! After this, I had to hear it all! ❤️ It's great to see young people listening to great music, like this.

[@mariachipr]

6:12 The moment a millennial over-complicates a simple concept.

[@mitchellwilliam95]

Simplification is lost on us... Too much overstimulation, I think.

[@hereticalpaintjobs]

It’s not over complicated it’s simple “a thousand people will sing a single song for one thousand different reasons”

[@ms.centurion9708]

Ok boomer

[@yorkshiregingnutz5849]

Like an English teacher

[@Case-df2oy]

Yes

[@samxf]

Written by band members James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, "One" is an anti-war song that portrays a World War I soldier who is severely wounded - arms and legs blown off by a landmine, blind and unable to speak or move - begging God to take his life.

[@chrisspencer5488]

Based off of the movie "Johnny go get your gun" right?

[@disposable_hero1725]

Thank you Sam or should one say copy and paste & Wikipedia.

[@disposable_hero1725]

@@chrisspencer5488 Yes, it's is what inspired to lyrics.

[@samxf]

Disposable_Hero more like thank you Google I know what I wrote I just needed clarification on the names and things like that I didn’t know their full name but you are right I used Google to help kickstart my memory on the facts

[@iammine8117]

@@chrisspencer5488 It's actually "Johnny Got His Gun" and it was originally an anti-war book written in 1939 by future Oscar winning screen writer and Communist isolationist Dalton Trumbo(played by Brian Cranston in "Trumbo" 2016). In 1971, Dalton adapted and directed the movie as an anti-Vietnam war statement. *Edit* I, too, would like to thank Google for help with names and dates.

[@pyramidhead2874]

i was in high school, struggling with my handicap and bullying. Metallica was the only band that can convey my feelings, of anger, injustice, sadness. and hope.

[@truckerloki7470]

This song is about a soldier who was wounded during WW1. He list his hearing, speech, legs, arms and his eyes due to a mortar hit next to him an all he wants is to die but the Dr's won't let him die

[@spm5454]

It’s an anti war song...or read the book or watch the movie “ Jimmy’s got a gun”. nothing to do with justice...

[@chuleta1976]

Well it has to do with justice for all. 🙄

[@skillageskull8078]

Kevin Rose That’s the album title dimwit

[@chuleta1976]

@@skillageskull8078 no shit, I was making a pun.

[@SethWilson]

I do think the song fits in with the overall theme of the album. War is supposed to bring justice for all, but the individual gets shit on in the process.

[@yanhartger.1795]

Johnny got his gun...

[@billrhodes5603]

This song is based on the book/film "Johnny Got His Gun." Johnny gets horribly mutilated with no sight, speech arms or legs. He's begging for them to kill him to end his misery. He's got the got the "muzzle" on his mouth is because his jaw has been blown off.

[@thechosenone82517]

when they made this masterpiece they didnt know the movie or the book! after hearing the song one guy from the studio said that there was this book/movie.

[@JoeY-ii8iy]

the character's name is actually "Joe" in the movie

[@christypriest30]

The scenes in the video are from the war movie Johnny Got His Gun. The young man went to war and he got blown up in a foxhole. The doctors tried to do what they could for him but they didn’t expect him to live. He lost his eyes, hearing, arms and legs. He couldn’t talk to anyone. So he couldn’t tell anyone that he didn’t want them to save him because he felt like he couldn’t live that way. He finally figured out that he could blink in Morse Code and ask the hospital personnel to kill him. In the end one of the nurses decided to help him but then the doctor tried to stop her. But he did end up dying and at the last scene from the movie the song they were singing was an emotional goodbye

[@fl6stringer]

You: "Aaaohhh..." Me: {looks of knowing anticipation} You: "justice... people will silence you... muzzle... ridicule you... take your voice..." Me: "... Dang it...." Either way, I enjoyed your video and I'm sure by now that you get what its message is - a very powerful one, if you ask me! Peace!

[@markherring3513]

i know..i thought she had it but then spewed out that stuff from left field...WAAAAAAYYYYYYY off the mark hahahahah..geez! That was funny AF.

[@geroffmilan3328]

🎶over-thinking, over-analysing, Separates the body from the mind🎶 She got lost somewhere, trying too hard maybe🤟

[@kentuckywolf1239]

@@geroffmilan3328 careful there white knight, you're giving her to big of an out, she don't know shit about what she's listening to so just call it as you see it k bub?

[@jhallshreds7052]

“Fade to Black” and “Master of Puppets” are a couple songs by them that have very powerful lyrics. I’d highly recommend listening to them. “Fade to Black” isn’t as intense as “Master of Puppets”, but both are very powerful songs about suicide and drug addiction respectively.

[@andis60]

Lets not forget Eye of the Beholder

[@craig_ramjet990]

Fade to Black came out at the exact time I needed it. No going back.

[@Jarrett_will]

For whom the bells told has a line that sticks out to me and I'm not sure why but its "take a look at the sky just before you die it's the last time you will" not sure why but that's always in my head and not even in a lyrical for more as a quote

[@marlonbrandoseyes1443]

Fade to black is more intense for me

[@smarthungyo]

Fade to black is better for me. I have this vibe whenever I listen to that song like I can totally relate to it.

[@d1freeryda]

"War. War never changes." Great to see someone broaden their music horizons and listen to one of the greatest (imo) metal bands to ever grace our ears. My only gripe is you should listen to the song in its entirety before coming up with conclusions, haha

[@Redd89]

Solid Snake: "War.. has changed "

[@nasjordan2598]

she would probabaly forget the certain things she has to say in thoose certain moments

[@paulinoaz]

"lot of screaming, yelling and headbanging" - that made me laugh

[@matth523]

"I think this is going to have a really good message" One minute later... :|

[@KevinsWow]

The song is about a guy in war was injured, he's wanting either God to wake him from this nightmare or just let him die because of the pain he's suffering from.

[@SillyhAsH]

Simple message: There are no heros in wars, only victims. Nothing deep, very casual.

[@jace3143]

Ashley Not to argue or anything, but this song is about how a WWI veteran that survived stepping on a land mine and lost his arms, legs, sight, hearing, speech and all he wants is to die.

[@3rdmin1st3r]

There are many heroes in wars. Gtfoh with that nonsense

[@steveconley4351]

The only hero in a war is a disposable hero.

[@georgeboldi4343]

@@3rdmin1st3r ... So true, I learned that lesson the hard way/ 2 tours in Iraq

[@georgeboldi4343]

@Richard Skipper I served and fought for your right to express yourself, think what you wish, and worship the god/ gods of your choice...but Honestley for my self...I am driving the bus to hell...ALL Aboard!!!! Let's Roll! My brothers and sisters of battle are waiting. "Soldiers dont die/ we all go to hell to regroup!"

[@fordprefect7710]

Darlin'... This song was about war. And the wounded thereof.

[@Quantavious75]

“That band is talented” *lars has left the chat*

[@chaveed]

Lars is actually a great drummer, especially in AJFA but he gets a bad reputation for his later playing, he was one of the most badass drummers back in the 80s just listen to battery and dyers eve.

[@TheOriginalGayman]

@@chaveed Yep. Great studio drummer and song arranger.

[@r1zecaker125]

Lars is not the best drummer

[@jesterinadeck_2980]

Instrument Cool. Don’t believe anyone called him the best drummer.

[@com1kz875]

Chaveed so what you’re saying is that he was a decent drummer at one point?

[@pbkayakyer]

This song is a musical representation of the movie Johnny got his gun. It's about a soldier who step on a land mine and lost his arms, legs, sight, hearing and voice. He's alive, but trapped inside his body. The doctors are just keeping him alive and all he wants to do is die.

[@theswullnasty3353]

“I’m expecting a lot of screaming.” Idk why that made me laugh so much. I just wasn’t expecting that 😂

[@mikepiazza2000]

I love how the solo visibly melted your face. I only wish I could hear it for the first time again

[@garypickrell7702]

Written by band members James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, "One" is an anti-war song that portrays a World War I soldier who is severely wounded - arms and legs blown off by a landmine, blind and unable to speak or move - begging God to take his life as he feels constant pain.

[@BobbyBoccalino]

the war machine. military industrial complex and its victims.

[@80brax04]

I lived this. Caught a rare form of encephalitis at 15 and spent 3 months paralyzed and on a ventilator.Only thing I could do was blink cry and scream in my head.This song reminds me of how far I have come and it gives people a little idea of what it's like to be locked inside your mind.Took me two years but I made a full recovery.Appreciate the little things, because they're the first things you will miss, and miss the most the second you are unable to do them. And yes, I did hold my breath and wished for death, could only hold it long enough to make the ventilator alarm go off and they would come pouring in.

[@Gatzucortezemmanuel357]

Hope you’re doing good now bud. God bless you.

[@brianbutler501]

The first time I heard this song...I was a young Army Infantry Private. I had just been stationed in Korea and I had spent the day at the Inprocessing Center being briefed on the dangers and cultural pitfalls unique to my new duty assignment. It had been explained that I was 22km from North Korea and the building I was sitting in was already a pre-programmed target for North Korean Artillery positions, since the chair I was sitting in was well within N. Korean artillery range. I finally got done with the briefings, got into civilian clothes and walked down into the village for a beer and a look around. I sat at a table in the center of the bar facing the projection screen. There were speakers 4 feet tall stacked 2 high down both sides of the club. As this video and song developed...it was nearly a religious epiphany. It was the very first moment I realized how alone I was and the enormity of the commitment I had made really sank in. I drank my beer and tried desperately not to let what I was feeling show. This song made me a better man, a more focused soldier, and a more grateful American.

[@SpaceMonkey362]

He was a soldier in the war who lost all his limbs, his sight and ability to talk. He's begging through Morse code for the doctors to kill him. He's living in misery...

[@melanielanphier]

The first time I realized what this song was about, I cried.

[@syg-vladdracu6653]

same i watched the movie and i am about to buy the book

[@ydoucare55]

"Now the world is gone, I'm just one" - his body has been destroyed by a landmine. The world is gone, as in he cannot move, see, hear, taste, or smell it and he is stuck inside his head as his consciousness is the only thing left.

[@frankieg1074]

He is a Soldier who was hit by a bomb explosion lost his arms legs and much of his face , The doctors are keeping him alive he wants to die with respect and honor

[@LetThemFear]

Her: i think i get it Me:finally Her: its about Justice Me: if there's a god up there strike me down where i stand

[@John57945]

No kidding. Talk about an airhead.

[@LetThemFear]

John57945 like jeez it's not justice it's about a guy who stepped on a land mine smh my head

[@tsvandyke]

​@@John57945 thousands of people went to war .. THOUSANDS of men ... seeing tragadies ... but " lets ONLY MUZZLE this ONE guy" - so the world is not told about what happened on the battle field !

[@tsvandyke]

@@John57945 6:33 ... " i guess they put a muzzle on this guy's mouth so they didn't have to look at his teeth." ... yeah - RIGHT !!! ... ... ... that's what the hospital staff ... is most concerned abut .. how pretty his ... TEETH are !?

[@tsvandyke]

How WHITE BREAD .. are you ? .. if you think the hospital staff is more concerend over the look of his teeth ... than him having .. NO arms, NO legs, NO eyes, NO ears, NO mouth, NO way to escape his torture.

[@jmaurice280]

“One” by Metallica is the most iconic and powerful songs of all time!💯