METALLICA - FADE TO BLACK REACTION

[@balazspandi9782]

One of the best reactions ever! ❤

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

Thank you so much

[@lorettasearcy1471]

You should listen to the song One by them and Master Of Puppets

[@het2419]

@@lorettasearcy1471 she's done one, check her channel

[@ChrisMaresh]

Ya for sure. That was real

[@robertg7396]

That look when she's just chilling and enjoying the melody of the music...then the lyrics kick in. Haha.

[@Frostrazor]

I personally didn't find it funny - but I will say - it's evident that she has a true spirit and soul to be so moved by music, and it is testimonial of how powerful a song that is.

[@pipbowl3272]

Lmao!

[@liarliarpumpkineater4808]

Top comment and, I read it before I saw it, but, yep... definite expression change when she realized what it was talking about.

[@liarliarpumpkineater4808]

@@Frostrazor I can see both. For anyone that has contemplated suicide, this is a somewhat comforting song... i.e. you aren't alone, lots of people feel like this. On the other hand it's kinda funny to see a regular person react to the words.

[@Winged1212]

It was funny. You were obviously referring to her expression and not the gravity of the song 🤦‍♂️

[@Krow-go3ps]

Best Kirk solo on album, he captures the pain & emotion & the crying out🤘

[@angelone1839]

It's his Comfortably Numb

[@hengineer]

Listening to his hour long soliloquy at the Guitar place (forget where), he describes the band was in Denmark (due to cheapness of recording studio time) and everyone was deeply homesick. He describes he just poured all those emotions into the solos in this album , so that would translate well to Fade to Black.

[@justinkey4895]

This song literally saved my life more than once. Just knowing that there was someone else in the world that felt like I did was enough to keep me hanging on. It was like I was not alone when I listened to it on the days I was close to ending myself.

[@shmick6079]

This is the hidden beauty of the song. I’ve seen so many people with the same story. An incredible song on several levels. Great to know you’re still here and that you know you’re not alone.

[@kj320175]

Same 1000% same

[@jasonsabbath6996]

Exactly! This song saved me too in high school. I listened to it almost every day and it let me feel like I wasn't alone. Glad we are all still here!

[@rancidcrabtree.]

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[@BastardZombieKiller1]

That beautiful moment when you see the music actually effect someone. I love it.

[@Frostrazor]

One simply could not script this stuff any better. Your enthusiasm and smile in your heart - I knew deep in side that smile was gonna begin to fade....and little by little you realized the depth of the meaning of this song. This song is precisely why I don't understand why so many people try to get reactioners new to Metallica to check out One as their first intro. This song is so much better to feel and heard the profound meaning and hardcore sound in those riffs. Jayy - consider for a moment how much in common rap and metal have - people think from the surface it's two different worlds and two different cultures, but back when rap was truly deep like Pac and Biggie and Dre, their songs were deep and meaningful and heavy and carried a profound message, and when you heard it, you really felt it. Metal heads listen to metal for the same reason. The lyrics are fkn deep and heavy. Both genres help people deal with their personal shit they go through. This song helped so many trouble youth deal with their negative emotions and realize that there are others out feeling as they do, and when those solo kick into drive, that anger and stress is just flooding out of the body just as you let the music take you. Both genres are respectively the most felt music to teens and young people and it's a combo of the profound lyrics and rhythm/bass. Metal adds one more layer with the angst of the guitars. Both are powerful as hell. I cannot count the number of days I came home from school or work and needed to blow off steam so as to not take it out on people. 20 minutes headbanging in the garage or in my car and swear to god its therapy as good as any on the planet.

[@fusebox3366]

Very well said bro. 🤜 🤛

[@davidr.wilson8194]

The way you reacted to this song makes me think you have a good heart.I listened to this music all the time in my late teens/early twenties.I was an alcoholic and drug addict for ten years,on the verge of having liver damage from alcohol at the age of 25.I went to a church on a Friday night and received prayer from the preacher.The next morning I woke up with no craving for my habits.That will be thirty-one years ago this July,and I have been completely free all these years. ♥ I

[@stevenwinn3636]

The song was written in 1983 after their gear was stolen after a show, including a Marshall amp that James' (rhythm guitar / vocals) Mother bought for him before she died, the band were 20 / 21 when it was recorded, amazing.

[@Chris-lz1fs]

Woohoo, she's done it! Yep, one of my favourite Metallica songs ever. And first time I heard it, my reaction was pretty much the same as yours. Wish I could travel back in time 30 or more years and hear it again for the first time but watching your reaction, brings it all back. Thanks for doing it!

[@ScottMorris7385]

I believe you actually feel music. Some do, some people don't, but it's why I stop by. True feeling is always interesting

[@nickg0411]

its been 40 years since this came out, and still after all that time it still brings emotions to the surface of just about everyone who grew up in that time listening to Metallica

[@MrBeard-ig5zc]

Takes you to your darkest moment and helps you get past it. A really beautiful song. Everyone knows emptiness.

[@timtinsley9887]

“Death greats me warm” that crosses my mind every day.

[@williamwolfe4997]

Sometimes there is beauty in the darkness

[@ninjafrog8419]

Without darkness there is no light

[@franklegarda6510]

I love the reaction on her face as she hears the lyrics it goes from very happy to very disturbed and very sad I heard this on the million times as a kid and I had no idea what it was about

[@ttbean70]

The last song I heard with my Brother before he left this world. It’s a very powerful song heard it back in my Navy days, we played it a lot. It’s deep.

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

My condolences

[@DiegoSilva-gw4tv]

Esta es la reacción más autentica que he visto...larga vida hermana.

[@CollideFan1]

You may think its a ballad when the music plays softly but once the lyrics kick in, its far from that. As someone who's suffered depression all their life, listening to this song has got me through some dark periods. I'm still here

[@Pantherking916]

WOW! The look on your face....the dawning realization of what this is actually about.....

[@BulanSabriel]

There are quite a few people here today, because this song helped them deal with their depression and suicidal ideation, at difficult times in their lives. It's counter-intuitive, but people who have been there understand.

[@troyhts1]

I appreciate the fact that you come in to each song with an open mind. I have watched you react to 3 songs from a genre that I grew up in and love to this day, and I makes me smile. Thank you for the open mind on music!!

[@ShadowBanned904]

Hello Jayy, reactions like this make me wish I could rediscover this music for the first time, again. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.

[@renedavids6154]

Meaning of this song The lead singer of the band, James Hetfield, explained that his mother had a hand in helping him pay for an amplifier. Before this album was released his mother passed away and shortly after that amplifier was stolen. “Fade to Black” focuses on a person who has decided the life they are living is not worth the fight.

[@srt8rocketship241]

Could be their finest album. More from this please.

[@RedCeltic10]

I LOVE your reactions to this band because you can see the emotion in your face when listening to them. Have you heard Turn the Page by them? Highly recommend!

[@lovefortruth3414]

"Well that went completely left..." Best...comment...ever!

[@martinlehotan8373]

Let it out girl. Part of the process. Prayers to you 🙏🙏🙏

[@jonspears4329]

Ten years after........ I'd love to save the world. The song is 50 years old but still relevant today

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

I reacted to that already

[@vernwebb7936]

Lovely instrumental and song together with a great reaction from you Jayy.

[@cy472II]

"this instrumental is beautiful..." - now you are way more beautiful!

[@kenrichards4838]

Lyrics got me an A+ and a visit to the ol counselor in English class!

[@graystash7238]

Somebody that is soo moved by Favorite Band of All Time, deserves a sub!!!! Great Reaction !!!! Peace to You!!!

[@steveewangan4525]

my very first metallica song ride the ligthning album.

[@dolphenwulf2431]

Absolutely a classic. So well written and done.

[@nwslimbubba]

This song saved me a few times. One of my favorites ❤

[@suchendelokidottir5673]

Like a lot of metal fans, i credit this song with saving my life. Knowing i wasn't the only one who felt this way made all the difference. And here I am 31 years after the first time i heard it. Still here

[@Storm-in3fj]

I love the way you ract and the words you used to say how you feel about the lyrics and the music Loves from France

[@Pumpkin3.14pi]

One of the greatest songs ever written.

[@fusebox3366]

Beautiful reaction to an amazing song…

[@guitarbyrd3425]

One of my favorite reactions. You really felt this song. The same way i felt it when i first heard it way back in the 80s

[@HailinBlue]

I'm an old school longtime Metallica fan and guitar player, and I knew you'd have a turn of effect once the lyrics started lol.

[@kikeperez572]

subscribed... greetings from Perú.. That was a real genuine reaction,... I think that people that really knows pain, can help all the lost souls roaming hopeless. Apologize my english. Not my native language.

[@puteraslayer]

I love your reaction like wow. Emotional in in the air. But you keep in cool I love it. From Malaysia 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel9549]

My favorite album and one of my favorite songs in 10th Grade.

[@PongGod]

Best intro/outro combination of any song I can think of. Just glorious!

[@Frostrazor]

the only song I can think of with an outro that is on par is Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd). For intro - only "For Whom The Bell Tolls" or "In My Darkest Hour" by Megadeth competes.

[@leonkrauth6056]

The suicide song It was banned in Australia for awhile as people that committed suicide left this song next their bodies

[@bartuk28]

I was waiting for that reaction of you to that song :) thank you

[@SKEC212]

So fun watching your reaction. This song always makes me cry.

[@jasonolson3133]

this song is not for the faint of heart

[@yotaman2112]

You’re one of the last few great reactors who are genuine and honest. I love that you don’t have the theatrics to your reactions. I have a challenge for you that I’d love for you to do on your own with this song you reacted to. I know you just heard it for your first time. I would love to see if you would listen to it at least once a week for about 4 weeks. I believe if you listen to it multiple times that your understanding and appreciation for it will grow 10 fold. It’s not a lot to ask for. I’m just wanting you to do it as an experiment and see if it truly does have that affect on you. I’ve heard this song at least 100 times and every time I hear it o appreciate it more each time. Good luck and keep up the great reactions.

[@MikeB12800]

One of those songs that just hits your soul!

[@kesleycottrell1416]

I can't believe l seen them back then. They opened for Iron Maiden. It was before Cliff got killed.

[@bryanbruns4745]

Young lady ponder this thought james wrote thus when he was bout 22 23 yrs old incredible...

[@dontreadonme5331]

So much love to you Jay! ❤ Thank you

[@motma]

Love your reactions!

[@mattwilson218]

I Love Metallica. Watching you groove to the guitar with those cat ears had me!

[@GrandpaOCE]

the song almost as if they read my mind and took the words out

[@jeffpatton2866]

Thank you Jayy. Metallica may not be my favorite band but this is my favorite song.

[@renedavids6154]

Metallica wrote a lot of beautiful ballads. This is a dark one but a pleasure to listen to.

[@artwhitacre3379]

So many people back when this song came out called it a pro suicide song but it is really an anti suicide song it helped me through a really dark time in my life

[@PaulRichards-w2s]

Powerful song about suicide that more people need to hear to let them know they aren't alone. Metallica has a lot of good songs that make you think.

[@robertnorris7545]

If you get a chance, check out "Mama Said" from their Load album.

[@sepulmattica7649]

Metallica can be soooo soulful!!!

[@TokiDoki-jt3of]

Love your reaction...

[@TokiDoki-jt3of]

This song meaned so much to me for soooo many years to see a young person react... it is eye opening... in a good way

[@BogeyDopeYT]

Master of Puppets, Orion, Nothing Else Matters.

[@somersetcace1]

This was a great reaction. Unfortunately I believe the subject of the song did end it all. The final verse being "Death greets me warm, now I will just say "goodbye." Goodbye." I always thought of that final brilliant guitar solo as the act itself fading off into black. However, I've also heard more than one person say over the years that this song may well have saved their lives. There's something about knowing you're not alone that seems to help.

[@lovefortruth3414]

It definitely saved my life. The finality of the final lyrics was a reminder that once you cross that line there's no turning back, no chance to redo or to see what could be.... Knowing that someone else felt that way and had the ability and the guts to express it and expose themselves like that to the world, made my pain just a bit more bearable.

[@ricardomedinacs]

Tú realmente sientes lo que la canción transmite. Bienvenida al Club del Metal.

[@puppydogg9872]

Not everyone survives this song. It's my death song. Crashed and burned but lived.Maybe next time.

[@coxscorner]

My favorite Metallica song. This and One.

[@thomassanfrancisco5850]

Listen to Metallica live in San Francisco on March 15, 1985. The 55 minutes went by too fast. Your reaction to a somber song in genuine and emotional. Jayy you would have loved Metallica live.

[@elevateinfinity]

2:05 to 2:30 that transition 😂😂

[@juanjoselopezalvarado]

I like this reaction 👍

[@thomasmccullough2719]

Metallica is full of emotion....listen to nothing else matters by them.great song.

[@Omega-D]

Hi Jayy. Fade to Black is basically a suicide expressed through music. It is one of Metallica's greatest achievements and is amazing considering how young they were when they wrote it. It is such a powerful song. 'I was me but now he's gone' is such a great lyric. After he says goodbye the music perfectly encapsulates the protagonist dying and their spirit being released. The way Lars uses the drums to mimic fibrillation as the heart beats it's last into the final Fade to Black. Remarkable. James is one of the greatest songwriters and Kirk should be given more recognition for his solos. Please do more Metallica as they have so many great songs. Also Rammstein and Tool might blow your mind too! Really love your reactions as they always feel genuine and you connect with the songs emotionally. Look forward to your next one!🤘🤘

[@Frostrazor]

I've never heard anyone muse that Kirk doesn't get enough credit. Anyone I've every know always point to Kirk as one of the GOATs for sure. I think Lars is the one who gets too much unjustified hate and criticism.

[@Omega-D]

🤔 I think you are totally right about Lars. Over the years I have often wondered why so many people say he can't play drums. To my ears his drumming adapts to fit the song unlike some metal drummers who just seem to go for speed and power. Lars has his own style in the same way that the likes of Moon/ Bonham/ Grohl/ Carey have. When people criticise Lars I often think of the adage that many shit bands have a brilliant drummer but there are no brilliant bands who have a shit drummer. As to Kirk I concede that within certain circles (Metalheads) his skill is celebrated but I don't know, I still feel that often in a wider sense his consistent jaw dropping solos and general contribution to Metallica often overlooked. No doubt lots of people will feel differently and that is fair enough. Kirk IS recognised as A GOAT without doubt but .......? I don't know maybe I just had another day of people I know generally running down Metal as 'all RAAAHHHHH with people screaming over it', and I had a moment. 🤔🤣🤣🤣 Pretty sure that has happened to us all at some point! 🤘🤘

[@ryanandyoutube]

Jayy this song is actually about lead guitarist Kirk Hammett's guitars and gear being stolen in New Jersey in late '83 I believe

[@robertpasquarella2810]

Check out a song called "Hollow" By Pantera...

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

I reacted to that already

[@Soundeagle3456]

it honestly sounds like a prog rock song.

[@andyk2607]

For a similar vibe and another hard hitting song please react to "The day that never comes" by Metallica

[@PongGod]

Highly underrated Metallica track. One of my favorites!

[@LeveyHere]

Ride The Lightning is a great album

[@travistravieso7344]

Check out a video called Black Lodge from Anthrax

[@213amp]

If you think the instrumentals are good here check out THE CALL OF KTULU and ORION

[@nietzschesschnitzel2768]

I cried with you

[@joelboutier1736]

Your tears mean u understood😭

[@bigdaddyrat7854]

Please react to the call of Ktulu from the same album...ride the lightning, or ride the lightning from ride the lightning. Oh hell, just do the whole album.

[@robertmartel7948]

check out the band suicidal tendencies

[@alanbarger7712]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@TJYates-cloudtjy]

Love how some Metallica solos give some people stank face

[@creepingbert]

Now imagine being a lonely, kinda depressed 15 year old with no friends hearing this song back in the 80's. Realizing that other people feel this way makes it a little bit easier to cope with. And then you meet other loners that like the same band. Powerful music right here.

[@ali965]

damn. and to think how many people this song helped throughout the decades. this is timeless right here

[@tannhauser5399]

@Rob Kopple - it is still applicable to the adults, especially in the current times. Still very valid. Anybody who has been depressed in life, knows exactly what this song is about, and how difficult it is to fight it.

[@DonatKaci001]

Born 1977. Metallica forever

[@chriskincaid1992]

Tried to kill myself...... thankfully wasn't successful.....this fucking song got me thru it!!!!!!

[@tinchotorres6742]

Muchos hemos pasado por algo similar Abrazo enorme 🍻

[@jeortiz30]

I can't listen to this song without crying. It was one of my brother's favorites .

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

My condolences

[@stevebailey10]

Finally watching a genuine reaction of someone that gets it. Their music is so powerful.

[@mechanicalman1068]

Just before the lyrics begin: “This instrumental is so beautiful it’s making my heart smile.” Oh dear…

[@mephistopheles9644]

😅

[@RandAlThorR]

LMAO This is the best reaction ever. The slow realization :D I came here to cry and instead Im laughing my ass off :D

[@billsimmons2898]

Jayy~!~! love your channel! good stuff.. You wanna see a performance that will blow you away, it is kinda dated but "Roy Clark - Malaguena" man played Country music , but is such a master..

[@davidlephew2779]

Yeah turns to a man wanting to commit suicide there’s nothing left here for him

[@Bthast62]

Haha bout to fade to black

[@dragonriders729]

The lead singer, James Hetfield, was touring and had just started this band when his mother was dying from cancer. She wanted to leave something with him, so used her money to buy him an extremely expensive wonderful set of amplifiers. After she had passed away, and while he was still grieving, some roadie stole them and it felt like he had just lost the last piece he had of her. That was why he wrote this song. The lyrics are quite profound and bittersweet.

[@tallycahamuhlhetru26]

James' mom died when he was 16. He was 19 when he began dipping his toe into touring in '82. Amps & drums were stolen. Fortunately, all guitars went inside with them.

[@dragonriders729]

@@tallycahamuhlhetru26 I'm sure you're right about the timing, but the point of the song is how the theft brought back that pain again. He has written about his feelings about her passing in other songs, in "The God that failed." It's a deep subject for him is all I meant, whatever the timing. 🙂👍

[@adhaevanmohdevanmohd1879]

Hi Jayy, Do To live is to die by Metallica!

[@fenjiman4294]

This song is about successful suicide listen to the lyrics. stolen equipment lol

[@dragonriders729]

@@fenjiman4294 www.songfacts.com/facts/metallica/fade-to-black

[@SarahFromCanada]

It always amazes me how incredible this song is.

[@chrisd7047]

Watching the smile fall from your face as you heard the lyrics is absolutely fitting. This song perfectly encapsulates the allure of death to those who are suicidal. It caused quite a stir when it came out as a lot of people took it to be encouraging suicide. It doesn't. Fade to Black is a way for people who are battling to express how they feel, and a way for the people who support them to understand the battle.

[@adammccoy5166]

Fucking well put

[@clarencemcgraw3851]

Aww...thank you, Jayy! It has been my pleasure watching your channel! 🥰🥰🥰

[@christiannafziger7427]

you walk in thinking about hopelessness, walk out feeling lifted and revived.

[@rowanmayfair9249]

First time I heard this I was way too young to fully understand it. I did however develop a deep love for Metallica because of it. Thank you, that song is so deep.

[@jduncanandroid]

At the time, they were roasted by the media for making a 'pro-suicide' song, but in the years since they have received thousands of letters from people who have thanked them for this song getting them through their dark times and pulling them away from suicide...

[@ca9968]

I have to admit that I sat with a loaded 9mm pistol on my lap in 1994, done in, finished, spent and more than ready to go, I put Fade To Black on and somewhere in the melody and vocals I changed my mind....funny what a song that "Glorifies" suicide can do to a 16 year old kid on a razors edge....

[@kindness81]

I’m still here because of THIS song.

[@OrsinoNation]

Fucking 80s media. Remember parents, it's everybody else's fault but your own that your kid is fucked up. God I hated it.

[@jamesnorthan3284]

@@kindness81 me too. As crazy as it sounds, not necessarily the lyrics...they helped, but the outro solo is what has kept me here. How could I make the ultimate decision and never be able to hear this again. One of the most beautiful guitar solos ever written!

[@gabagabago0l]

The media is always garbage.

[@jimmymac4559]

That’s some legit melodic guitar in that.

[@erictester3831]

* demeanor changes* “ well that went completely left“ I LOVE YOU! That was genuine and hilarious!