Metallica: The Call Of Ktulu (cover)

[captchris1968]

one of my all time favorite Metallica songs. Really captures the feel of the Call of Cthulhu story. couple of interesting things I haven't seen others mention before: HP Lovecraft was a writer from the 1920s who wrote mostly short stories. Cthulhu is only actually mentioned in the one story, The Call of Cthulhu. Also, the "Call" came to Cthulhu's potential followers thru dreams (or nightmares) which the Metallica song really seems to capture the feel of to me. ps-Palendre is the man

[machinianfpro]

beginnig is slightly different, but...sorry Maestro, i`m poor&stupid ;-P peace from Poland

[lazercannoncheck]

@machinianfpro its different because they are not original versions of the songs...

[emazkyll]

=OOOOOOOOOOOO

[redc338able]

he's not playing it right but Dang! I watch everything he does.

[lazercannoncheck]

@redc338able its not the original version from the metallica album..

[Crevan1993]

Good cover and nice gear!!

[metalc13]

Playing guitar, like a boss!!!

[Perberings]

see my cover

[TheToxicDecay]

how long have you been playing for?

[avengedthebest]

@TheToxicDecay is it a joke ? hehehe

[mrfridaynight330]

what a boss

[DreamsxofxDeath]

You sir are awesome. As I have grown from child to teen and into adulthood I've noticed how some of my friends have begun to shy away from things they did in our teens and 20's. Now at 33 I think other than being married 10 years and having a child that I'm pretty much the same as I was in those days. And you are showing the world that you are who you are. Damn what the world thinks you should be or act. Be who you are, not what other expect of you.

Keep it metal man.

[rehiv]

you rock!

and by the way: SLAYER KURWA!

[7blueblood]

@rehiv wrong band, who care, METAL UP YOUR ASS...SLAYER KURWA

[MarkieForHare]

with all the respect but it played wrong..

[Gaara0sama100]

@MarkieForHare he knows. It's a cover, not a replica xD

greetings man :D

[ryanhertz]

You Freakin shred Boss!

[TheXrobwx]

H.P. Lovecraft <---google

[RandomGuitarist7]

Ktulu is a mythical sea creature. Just sayin' ^^

[ThePunkdude2501]

@RandomGuitarist7 Technically he's a being of the outer realms, who takes the form of tentacles.

[camshreds]

@ThePunkdude2501 jeez, so THAT'S what your mother is....... ok, thanks for clarifying.

[ThePunkdude2501]

@camshreds You jelly?

[camshreds]

@ThePunkdude2501 a little bit. my mom just looks like a troll..... :(

[edwinm1]

@ThePunkdude2501 kind of like shuma gorath actually scratch that i just figured out why shuma looks like that

[ThaItalianGiova]

satan is gay, he don't exist :P

hail the humanity

[axe187187]

@ThaItalianGiova If he doesn't exist then how can he be gay?

[Slayer72633]

the 24 dislikes are his old ass neighbors hatin on him for bein loud with his awesomeness

[nothadnotbad]

cant teach an old dog old licks huh? well fuck all you young punks! this boy rocks!

[McNizzen]

Dude, if you keep this up and practice a lot you'll be extremely famous when you're grown up... oh wait...

[Mr666babyeater]

KTULU is the one who created the universe with a fart bro:) hail satan:)

[scatered1]

@Mr666babyeater no, no hail satan...but anyway i googled ktulu and it is actually a giant octopus or squid just like the kraken..

[thorfinr1]

Hank Hill?



[thejenifer666]

this old guy is tearing shit up its such a great gimmick! hes going to go all the way with this shit just watch guy's

[EternalSanctuary2]

Be my grandpa and teach me all this!!

[PsychedbE]

@EternalSanctuary2 Be your own grandson n learn it for yourself ;) buy cheap guitar, learn the basics, buy better guitar, make it sound your own, go out and play, touch some souls, crack some hard skulls, stand up for what is inside oh and, again, nice tunes, nice playin, gotta love it

[ugotsmacked1]

i love how you know all of these songs and nail every note! SUBSCRIBED!!

[InSanityThrashBand]

@ugotsmacked1 Except this isn't note for note if your to go by the original ^^

[MrPdmaine]

@InSanityThrashBand Hey bro, with any cover you can give a little original, just to make it your own. And you gotta admit this fogey ROCKS!!!

[InSanityThrashBand]

@MrPdmaine He does! ^^

[MrMatt29999]

ia dagon ia kuthulu

[Waiting7up]

the ktulu is in your hands! great cover!

[groovygrimes]

this guy is a fucking inspiration to all metal heads everywhere

[fuckfacezombie]

Who ever said his hands are not matching is wrong. Maybe the video and audio are off a little, because those are all the right cords. GREAT JOB!

[IMattchewB]

@fuckfacezombie Incorrect my friend. The intro ain't right just for starters. The spirit's there though. 

[fuckfacezombie]

Cliff Burton was really big on H.P. Lovecraft.

[27AKH]

Woow, really good ! Please check out my cover of the unforgiven solo :) I'd be glad hearing your feelings about it

[mytrap55]

You inspire me, good sir.

[deathBLOODq8]

fucken cool

[booma34]

look at the hands.. they are not matching the playing

[cobfan02]

intro is wrong, otherwise good

[Xx420SC0P3ZxX1997]

Funny that the actual band can't play this on the spot but he can.

Great job.

[bootyknocker2010]

badass. period.

[wolf77productions]

I respect you sir, kept rocking!

[classicballer12]

and u sir are amazing..

have seen no oldies doing rock stuffz, rather then the band member guitarist itself..

[HEADBANGBALLER]

You sir, are awesome. I bow in the presence of a Master.

[Rcasler313]

Can't go wrong with a Les Paul.

[ryanhansen7]

Effing awesome. My new idol. MORE SLAYER!!!!

[whatever82blabla]

i'll be honest with you...lots of respect to you! i really hope and wish i could be like you when i grow older and keep playing and loving metal. this is one of my favourite songs.

\m/

[evankimori]

Why do you rock so hard sir? :D We love you! Rock on!

[metal666head3]

should change the sound from the stuff in the begining in my opinion. other than that. fucking epic \m/ how long have you been playing?

[DzeboVolodija]

I love Cliff's bass in this song it's so powerfull!!!

Awsome cover btw :)

[cmehit420]

bro !!! I take my hat off to you my friend !!! That is some talent and you play the hardest stuff !!! Much respect to you :)

[320irving]

the ktulu is the kracken!!!!!!! aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh

[papaolhos]

i think you are the Chtulu....

[Beewner]

Szégyen hogy ennyien látták ezeket a remek cover-öket, csak így tovább! / Such a shame that these covers have so few views, what's wrong with you people ? :p

[DannDJNF]

can you be my grandpa please !!!!

[finikss]

for me intro played his way is better than the original :D

[basskingwnb]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? GREAT COVER POPS

[unclejeppy]

I thought that both "the call of ktulu" and "the thing that should not be" were about the lochness monster?

[fdgnightmare]

@unclejeppy it even has chtulu in it's name ¬¬

[eeladrii91]

the call of kgrandpa!!

[mufdivr01]

@eeladrii91 I laughed so hard when I saw this I broke my chair!!!!!!!

[darkforestzero]

@CptHeatSink He lies, dreaming, beneath the sea in R'lyeh. Ia ia cthulhu fhtagn!

[dikasad]

@darkforestzero Nodens' waiting for him to wake up and fight again!

[Spartima]

Where do you find the tracks to play along with these songs w/out the lead guitar n such? Nice cover btw

[SilentLucidity88]

Cthulhu was spelled Ktulu for fear of the beast and the name itself. It shall not be mentioned, therefore it was spelled Ktulu by Metallica, one of dozens of ways to spell it.

[iluvatar131415]

Even Cthulhu himself would rise from the abyss he lies to congratulate you dude....

[alexceltic755502]

Lovecraft dream and wait in Providence....

[dan197929]

this is the best gand father in the world

[zarii12345]

cthulhu \m/

[MrUltratieso]

WTF!!  magnificent!!

[metallica1342]

gotta love the elderly .

[clarkoh1]

I will be 59 in a few weeks. I love this guy's covers!!

[cmc47834]

hey do u recorded audio first then video?

[roflguitar123]

mi left nippel just exploded...

[AngelSilasTV]

Looks a bit fake

[MrAlcarin]

Before kicked out from band, Dave Mustaine wrote this song with another title, and Cliff Burton was a big fan of H. P. Lovecraft and his myth Call Of Cthulhu. When Dave kicked out, Metallica made a few changes ( really few ) on the song and put it Ride The Lightning album. Cliff Burton changes the title, make it his favourite book name: Call of Ktulu. And i think song is make you feel Call Of Cthulhu's dark atmosphere really well.

[JAB0NK0]

the intro is way off but grandpa FTW!

[MrIsMaeL10]

yeahh! grandfather, great song, you have a large arsenal of instruments greetings!

[Oi7i87]

It's Cthulhu, you infidel. Great job tho. Greetings from Hungary.

[knifenewbie456]

@Oi7i87 thats how metallica spells it so they dont anger cthulhu lol

[Gratch2222]

@CptHeatSink I don't think Age has anything to do with anything. He is just good. the end.

[xabsentx]

outstanding!

[1bol1]

lol it's been a year and a day ago since you uploaded this video. Great cover BTW

[amevilee]

Well I really like the little personal touches you added like the slides and vibrato ect so for this I subscribe :)

[kecskegida95]

nagy rajongója lettem:) :D

[guilherme55555555555]

muito bom

[THESWAMPWOOKIE]

Palendre, you are gifted, brother! Keep em tight, man.

[fersha98]

thumbs up for the rocker grandpa <3

[TheOrk1234]

really good u are an influence on me

[brabus266]

You're great.Can you tell my how much time do you spend at playing at all?? how many years?

[gibby831]

How can none of see this is fake? or its delayed?

[vtwinbreed]

@gibby831 Yes, I'm sure he went and bought over $5,000 worth of equipment just to fake for a few thousand views on YouTube with no financial return. Are you that stupid?

[tigersofpantan]

this MAN is THE MASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[bamf6396]

is that a red marshall plexi in the background?

[FrenchGuitarist]

Lovecraft <3. Cette chanson est vraiment un superbe morceau, ceci dit elle ne vaut rien si on tente de la rattacher au mythe lovecraftien. En effet, aucune chanson, aucun film, aucun jeu vidéo ne peut avoir la prétention de retranscrire l'horreur exprimée par Lovecraft. Et surtout pas avec des grosses guitares saturées, ce qui n'est pas terrifiant du tout.

[Mrmegadeth68]

stop calling him grandpa...wtf guys!! show some respect. he's doing an outstanding job covering songs from a band i kind of dont like. palendre, good job man, u got me listening to metallica again! shameless request?...a band called The Force the song is Storm of Steel. they are kind of hard to come by as they are from paraguay, relatively new to the scene though. good job and keep em comming!!!! \m/ \m/

[gunsmerock]

ktulu si a cave ....with snakes and other creatures.....

[juanalbertora]

DO YOU WANT TO BE MY GRANPA

[xristefasftw]

ΜΠΡΑΒΟ ΡΕ ΦΙΛΕ ΚΑΙ ΓΑΜΩ ΤΑ ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΙΑ,ΚΑΙ ΓΑΜΩ ΤΑ COVER ΣΥΝΕΧΙΣΕ

[thedarksun86]

Cthulhu is essentially a great old god of evil in HP Lovecraft's books. He sleeps deep underwater awaiting the time to rise from the ocean and enslave all living. His "Call" is the call to his followers, the madmen and cults that are making sacrifices and praise him so he can gain power to rise again. This song's tempo and development is all about the horror fantasies that people see in their dreams when they hear his Call. Hope that will help to understand emotions behind this song. Keep rockin

[blenfor]

@thedarksun86 english it's not my native language but...man....I love what you wrote! \m/

[thedarksun86]

Cthulhu is essential an great god of evil in HP Lovecraft's books. He sleeps deep in the water and awaits his awakening, the "Call" part is him calling out to his followers to make sacrifices and praise him so he can return in the whole power. Metallica gave a great feeling of something unknown calling and trying to manipulate human souls. Maybe that will "help" understand the emotions behind this song.

Keep doing what you doing, this is great.

[sammy1978]

wow 1959 les paul.....right? 6 grandolies..... dude you freaking rock!!!!

[jollypop2008]

Cthulhu fhtagn

(;,;) \m/

[juanjillocr]

im so fuckin impressed by this man........ im like 30 and some moment i thought it was too late for me to learn some guitar, shit i was so wrong.... gonna buy me a jackson tomorrow night ;)

[danielg103]

be my grandpa oknoxD

[spikedavid64]

fuckin badass dude!!!

[MrDrcrosbie]

your playing the intro wrong but at least your trying

[MrDrcrosbie]

your playing some parts of the song really wrong but at least your trying

[PossessedbyDeth]

Really Nice cover!

[monsterborn12]

You are legit the awesomest man ever. Yes aweseomest is a word!

[urto981]

beatiful!!

[islespatrick]

Would you say this is the best metallica album or master. And you are the COOLEST GRANDPA EVER

[XcollanX]

deffinatly subscribing, your a pretty sick guitarist man.

[hatsumomo535353]

call of ktulu is Howard Phillips Lovecraft's novel

[jhoncaful]

este viejo se pasa de teso

[wrwales]

i dont really like how the les paul sounds with that song maybe its the pickups but it just lacks something significant in the sound

[sufer96]

chido viejo!!!

[Houstondiago]

Will you be my Gpa. Good work by the way.

[Dime6String]

A few notes off but still way better than I play it so I have no room to speak lol. Sounded really good though!

[cotyghero]

best song by metallica, imo

[thejesusnet]

youre my hero gepeto!

[nipplez35]

Awesome! this is one of the first songs I learned to play on guitar. you play the intro in a different position though. cool!

[newage561]

were you live

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becausee i like to do that song :D

[pablo3321]

yeahhh!

[hbkshawnmichaels100]

what are you like 70 years old haha xD but the intro is great :D

[Skylinefreak95]

Beginning is much better than the original!

5*

[tomszym]

EXPLANTATION - Metallica inspired Howard Phillips Lovecraft who was a writer science fiction fantasty books for example mithology of Cthulhu. And they makes Call of Ktulu song

Source Wikipedia

[giangione82]

10/10!

[blocke5324]

Ktulu is a Kraken isn't he?

[PrimaIScream]

@blocke5324 No, he's an 'ancient' one who is basically a massive fishman, and Lovecraft's book isn't worth reading.

[FlamencoGod]

The Call of Kutulu is Based on the HP Lovecraft story "The Call of Cuthulu" if you want a terrifying read listen to this song while reading the story.

"It is a most merciful thing, I think, that the human mind can not correlate all of it's contents."

[killeraevis51]

both call of call of ktulu and the thing that should not be are songs that were inspired by monster novels that metallica were intrested in and made songs about and were both masterpieces.

[metalmadnessSL]

Ktulu is the thing that should not be

[jdb22118]

its a dragon

[jeno1976]

the intro is off but to be fair that is hardest part i think but still great playing better than me and nice to see at age 54 you got great taste in music keep it up

[erikouwehand]

dave mustain wrote this song

[Plihtari]

No he did not.

There is a chord progression Mustaine plays in Hangar 18, which is the same as the intro part to this song, but James Hetfield wrote the picking pattern, all the other riffs. Contributing a couple of riffs does not equate writing the song, two totally different things.

Get your facts straight mate.

[erikouwehand]

@Plihtari no i wont

[strikeout1991]

and don't forget cliff

he was the one who had the idea for this song theme and probably the most open minded metal head the world has ever seen

[Hunttex666]

wow jesus crist! Once again, welcome to my favourites!

[invictusonline]

the intro sounds off

[taximan1976]

oap metalhead yeah man rock on

[Ibik]

what effects are u using?

[palendre]

PODx3 in line

[knifenewbie456]

@Ibik i find using a little delay and chorus while if you have a telecaster using the bridge pickup the best

[cballs666]

that was very impessive,its good to know the elderly enjoy metal,keep on rocking.

[calypsobikes]

lol elderly?! ELDERLY?!?! ROFL the "Elderly are like 55-65 or older. i think its 65 though, so this guy is a few years from being "Elderly" i would hate if someone called me "elderly" before i hit 65! Just because hes older doesn't mean he doesn't know good music!

[Yarpenn]

Cthulhu is a badass from R'lyeh, got many friends from Yuggoth :D nice cover dude =)

[09rhys09]

nailed it man ! good work

[thantos665]

can you please adopt me pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[SimplyV1D]

Oh. my. GOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS COVER!! One of my favorite metallica songs ever!

[METALMEATPLOW]

To answer your description question:

It is a respelling (not sure why) of "The Call of Cthulhu" by H.P. Lovecraft. Cthulhu a fictional being manifesting itself as evil or horror. Nice cover, that is a tough intro.

[palendre]

...thanks my friend the answer :)

[tassidar86]

@palendre I have heard that spelling Cthulhu would summon the creature in the story. So as an homage to the story the song title is misspelled with a K.

[Ryouknowit]

@palendre Cthulhu is how you really spell it, but Ktulu is how metallica spelled it so you spelled it right

[AssyMcgeeKicksAce]

They respelled it klutu for the idiots that can pronounce Cthulhu, james said it was a big mistake doing it.

[zaaaaj1]

@METALMEATPLOW It's respelled on purpose, because Lovecraft's mythos say that calling his name or even writing it can summon his visions and he'll gladly tear you apart ;) Cliff Burton was the big fan of Lovecraft's literature

[kkuras19]

@METALMEATPLOW i heard they spelt it differntly because in H.P. Lovecrafts writing he claims that if a mortal spells out the name correctly, the monster emerges from the deep. I dont know if that is true, but if it is, its a pretty cool headnod to Lovecraft and Lovecraft fans.

[willecool]

@METALMEATPLOW I think I have read in an interview somewhere that they called it Ktulu simply because of legal reasons, copyright etc. In Sweden a work of art is copyrighted until 70 years after the artists death, which would be in the mid 90's with Lovecraft. Dont know about the US though. But I think it makes sence anyway. On another note, according to wikipedia the song was supposed to be called "When hell freezes over" back when Mustaine was in the band, but Burton was a big Lovecraft fan so