guys on 3:40 he should have played something why did Cliff leave it open? he could play the root note of the chords James played at that time or something?
cliff is good but not the best... i can play this song by 2 fingers but i could never play the trooper with 2 fingers which makes steve harris the best HM bass player :)
@mrsatanicbassist u r a bassist and i'm not .. i'm a guitar player i play with a pick so when it comes to fingers i'm a beginner .. a beginner can play this like a piece of cake but i cant play the trooper with two fingers cuz its harder..
@zhangliao10 bitch please stop been selfish only becuase you cant that doesnt mean others can,check out more videos there are dudes out there that play the trooper even with pick...
@metalzombiebass hey are u dumb? read well,analyse and then reply..this song is really nothing to steve harris and thats why people play his songs with pick...and WTF are u saying ?!"bitch please stop been selfish only becuase you cant that doesnt mean others can,check out more videos there are dudes out there that play the trooper even with pick..." what am i supposed to get out of this paragraph ?!
i think it's just his tone he had, he actually wasn't that great. sorry cliff. Rob to me is a better more skilled bassist. Cliff's stage show was what was great. Cliff was good but i can name about 1000 better Metal bass layers. His tone was killer thou . Metallica hasn't been able to capture this tone since Cliff. Even rob is turned down on DM..
@nigletgook metallica are bass killers man,the day they realize a album where you can heard bass 100% then finally they understand that bass sound is something beatiful
No one was doing what Cliff was doing. He was taking their sound and metal in general to a whole new place. He probably would have left Metallica or at least made them stay away from the "Black album" sound and the shitty haircuts in the 90s. This track is incredible.
dude steve harris is not that good. im sorry. Cliff burton isnt anywhere near the best. maybe he couldve been if he lived. Nonetheless, a classical player and innovator of bass, cliff was the best in the 80's and a virtuoso of 80's bass guitar. talking about technicality gets you nowhere because simple things sound better. and he was crazy skilled just go check out anesthesia pulling teeth, its got everything from wah to tapping
@bullsnake70 didnt i say technicality is nothing? maiden is more technical than metallica. But, Cliff was always the better composer. that part is pretty obvious, his input in master, orion, call of ktulu and his classical guitar trianing makes him the better musician. Unlike Harris, he understod theory and played different instruments. And metallica is a much bigger band than Maiden, that part is non debatable and a lot of it has to do with cliff's writing on stuff like battery's intro
Yes, we all realize that Cliff was a great bass player. What helps his legend is that he was in Metallica. If you ask me, Anything Metallica has done after MOP doesn't match up. It's all a matter of opinion anyway. Cronos of Venom is 1 of my fav bass players. Is he better than Cliff? Technically no but, I like him more than Cliff. As far as technicality goes Steve Harris is good too.
@PorkyEatsWorld Cliff was very ingenuitive. But not as godly as most say. Listen to songs like The Phantom Of The Opera, with very complex bass lines and time signature changes. Cliff was good, but there are better. His style was unique, and definitely fit in with Metallica, don't get me wrong, but in terms of skills and writing there are better, though his style is irreplacable. Hence post ...And Justice For All being not so good... Heh.
Most bassists (especially rock/metal bassists) usually sound like crap if you take away the rest of the band. Cliff likely made his tone like this to compliment and balance the heavier sound (enhanced lows, almost no mids). In RTD, it sounded like he tried to punch through James' sound by adding lots of mids and highs. He is audible if you listen close, but he was mixed way too low. For MOP he just did the opposite, only James' turned up his lows and mids and ate up most of Cliff's tone.
I never realized how dependant Cliff was on distortion. I wonder if that was an influence from motorhead, or if the producer suggested it to give the notes more definition.
Also, If you listen to other metal bands from the 80's and you will hear for yourself why Metallica was "the" metal band. They perfectly blended everything and showcased composition,speed,melodicism,harmony,intensity,contrary motion, parallel motion, odd-time, you name it. they showcased it tastefully. Testament,Slayer,Exodus,Anthrax, Overkill and probably 20 more bands had the same shot they did, but just couldn't quite break through like Metallica could.
@willzoid33 Totally wrong, Metallica was "the" metal band 'cause it was simple, just compare Master of Puppets with Megadeth's Holy Wars, Anthrax's Caught In a Mosh, Testament's Over the Wall, King Diamond's A Mansion In Darkness, Kreator's Betrayer. I think I've named some popular songs of each band, and I really think that they're all more complex than Master, which not necesary means better, but metallica didn't made ir for their complex music, in fact, they made it for their simplier tunes.
Time to set it straight. I've been a Metallica fan for years, know all their music and am a bass player as well. When I was younger player I thought Cliff was the greatest until I learned of Wooten,Sheehan, Pastorius etc. I gotta say I was taken aback by these master copies because I thought Cliff played tighter, but hey he didn't. But Cliff did bring a plethora of knowledge to his bandmates with his theory. You can really hear his influence as the band got more and more melodic from each album.
yeah.. i agree with most of the comments.. he was just a filler in the band... he is no up to the level of the others.. bet they loved him.. i believe he probably was a very nice guy and they get along very well with him.
@sicoticosandro Cliff Burton turned Metallica from a good thrash band into the greatest band in metal. And listen to him shredding live if you think he's "filler".
@antonio610 Yeah, i've listen this instrumental song in their first album that i don't remember the name, and i know he played it live, A lot of distortion and a good melody, but not that skilled neither, but hey, metallica is not known for his powerful bass, in fact, it is barely heared in their albums. maybe he was a good songwriter, i don't known but i tend to think that he wasn't the main character in this band.
"cliff's bass solo's are way better than david's."
Even I can play Cliff´s solo stuff (pulling teeth). And I´m not that good at the bass guitar, because it´s not my main instrument. If you love his bass playing, that´s fine. But stop making up bullshit what a virtuoso he was.
Surprisingly sloppy. It's not that hard to play distorted without sounding messy. Still, better than loads of metal bassists and riffwriters out there (proof in Orion). Wonder what he would've thought of the Black Album.
I have made a bass tab with this master track, as well as Fade to Black and a few other (Sanitarium, Disposable Hero, etc)... It's easy with thoses versions and the guitar hero expert charts to figure out what is going on, about anyone with a basic knowledge of bass can do it... Now if only they would release a master track for Call Of Ktulu my life would be complete.
dont get me wrong, this guy's great....but hes the kurt cobain of bass players, he just gets overrated cause hes dead, all respect. I love his bass lines, fun to play and all but hes not as amazing as people lead him off to be. Still in my metal top 10, but I mean look at some of the others...Steve Harris, Ryan Martinie, Justin Chancellor, Troy Saunders can all really hold their own and add so much essence to the band...not that I hate him, but he's Cliff Burton, a sick bass player, not god
@eric11127 yea but dude. look at how old he was and he was that good. take a look at Steve Harris, Ryan Martinie, Justin Chancellor, and Troy Saunders. If Cliff never died and actually aged, then over time he'd probably be one the greatest bassist of all time.
@eric11127 I don't think Cliff is the best bassist because of his technique, I like him because of his technique, of course, but I think he is the best because he is one hell of a songwriter, I mean, just look at Orion, it was composed entirely by him (except for the guitar solos) and the bass solos in Orion are just AWESOME. Not only did he play them, he also composed them
@eric11127 As opinionated as all these statements are, Cliff Burton isn't considered the best bassist because he's dead. He did in 3 Albums what most couldn't accomplish in a lifetime. He might not be the best bassist, but he did set I high bar. Don't forget (He was 24!!!), that is incredible. Mastery, Consistency, and a legacy at the age of 24. Compare him more to Jimi Hendrix, not Kurt Cobain.
@mratticus17 Yeah, honestly there isn't much that I feel from those solos that separates him from better bass players. Just because he deviated a bit from traditional metal bass playing doesn't make what people make his work and ability out to be.
@eric11127 you got a poitn hes not the best, just because he tragicaly died but he fit the best with the band they where the four horsemen, but mainly hes got unique aspects liek his distortion and all around style that set him apart from alot of bassists
@thelegendoflink52 no hes right. cliffs my favorite but steve harris is better, not to mention non metal bassist like geddy lee or JPJ. cliff is the most original for his time though. havent seen stuff similar to him since maybe chris wolfstenholme ( the dude from muse ) in originality.
cliff really should have been better at getting his bass sound out there. if i was in the band i would demand better mixing. the mixes in rock band and guitar hero are perfect, why couldn't the CDs be like that?
@thechuckwillkill I agree but most songs with metallica I hear with Cliff Burton all I hear is his bass clacking. James guitar really swallowed up Cliffs bass sound I think.
@nightbringer757 I agree that most times we hear more of his bass clacking than the melodies of his basslines. But that's not his responsability. Metallica's mixing process always put guitars and drums on top of everything, which left cliff's basslines in that almost-impossible-to-listen volume. Only since Black Album people could actually listen to something close to a recognizable bass track. And only in Death Magnetic, people actually listen to it.
@nightbringer757 Actually, if you focus a lot, you can listen to cliff's bass in most songs, but things shouldn't be like this. In other metal bands people don't have to work so hard just to get a glimpse of one of the band's instruments. Specially if that band member is a god-like figure like Cliff.
how can any of u say that cliffs tone is crap?? and then say it doesnt matter? Cliff was a god among men and his bass added a TON to metallica's music. why do u think metallica went downhill after And Justice for All? Cliff wasnt there to add his input. Cliff was without a doubt the best to ever live \m/
Cliff is overrated, he was a good bass player, but people set him on some kind of pedestal because he died (which is a damn shame) exactly what people are doing with Heath Ledger, no way that his Joker interpretation would be so loved if he hadn't died.
Don't know why they chose that kind of effect on the bass though, it sounds horrible, everything blends together.
@Jamesadeth whoa man....sure you may think hes overrated but hes doing stuff way more diverse than jason and i little more hardcore than araya all with his fingers and not a pick.
@666metalmelisha use your ears. His bass tracks all suck. Also I heard when cliff died they dragged his body behind the tour bus for miles to celebrate.
Guys... Just leave Cliff be. Back when he was alive he was a god to bass. He did the first recorded bass solo by a metal band and that was back when the bass was considered nothing. You have to give the guy props for what he did with the bass. Yeah his playing might not have been the greatest but it was the best back then, whether you agree or not is your own problem not mine.
@Jamesadeth cliff is miles better bassist than Tom Araya or any bassist Megadeth have ever had. For the times, the only bassist thats ever been better than Alex Webster.
@DEFINEMETALisBACK Whoa whoa whoa! David ellefson is way better then cliff. You can actually hear his bass lines. Also Jason newsted also kicks cliff ass. and Araya better cuz he sings for slayer. And alex he's good to.
@Jamesadeth instead of letting you read a lot of text, all summed up it's: You fail, you don't know anything about basses or music in general, you can't compare musicians, shut up and go play outside.
@Jamesadeth Yeah buddy.. I don`t even know why Im replying to your comment but really i must. YOU FUCKING SUCK!!!! All those Bassists you mentioned would tell you that Cliff was the man. You don`t know shit son. You suck and have no talent.
@dethmag well i must reply to you that anybody that has any respect for cliff burton is a politically correct corporate sell out. jus like ppl who hold jimi hendrix with any regard. It's like that in the music industry if you die young suddenly your a god. Same goes for dime except he was pretty good. But hay i don't gotta say shit. listen to this recording. It sounds like an arthridic palsy patient playing a rogue bass thru a 5 watt first act amp. also cliff like wore bell bottums so...
@Jamesadeth With all due respect I think you are a media junkie. Dude, I am old enough to remember Cliff in the band. I respect Cliff for one reason, he was the bassist in the band I grew up with. Politicalkly correct corporate sell out?? Dude, chill I love the music, love what Cliff was and will talk about Cliff anytime because of the dude he was and the bass he played. I dont know what youre talkin about bro.
And here's how to tell it's Cliff's bass: at 4:08 he makes a little mistake, like a slip of a finger or something. You can clearly hear it here, and you can hear it on the CD.
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@tanndistiintoo con mas razon por eso te lo digo pedazo de un pajero retardado mental carente de claridad psiquica, hacete dar por justin gaybier y ke 50 cents y xzibit te hagan un bukake pedazo de un chupaverga caracagada! puto.
@TheRasze Sorry dude, this is NOT Cliff's track. I will bet my life on it. Cliff had a MONSTER bass sound that came from how he attacked the bass. This sounds like it was finger picked by a fairy . . . no balls whatsoever. And besides that, it isn't even being played right.
This sort of bass tone carries better live i would suppose thats why cliff used it and it also compliments the guitar very well , has a lot of bottom and yet a lot of distortion grip to add to the guitar's impact in the final mix.
@nightbringer757 i have tabbed this 100% correct from using rock band and playing bass myself .... the only thing i have a hard time figuring out is where slides begin and where they end ... i mean i'm close but i know its not 100% ... like 99.92%
I acknowledge he's a legend and that he influenced god knows how many bassists...but a lot of kids these days don't even know who Alex Webster or Steve DiGiorgio are (just to mention a couple of Death Metal bassists, which IMHO are amazing).
@turborexsir trujillo kicked his ass at the same point in his career.Cliff is insanley over rated.Hes up there with cobain and hendrix in the fact that death made them underserving ultra gods.
@fadetoblack1290 Wow,I guess your logic defeats mine greatly.lol,go play with the other fangirls this is a big kid conversation.The man is very sloppy and if you honestly think he(along with the people I mentioned) were near as hyped before their death your are in serious need of a reality check.If you were a guitarist/bassist you'd easily agree with me.
guys on 3:40 he should have played something why did Cliff leave it open? he could play the root note of the chords James played at that time or something?
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cliff suck
why
cos you can hear it on the tracks
can you play like that?
dont diss me
no you cant so your aclamation is invalid
fuck yeah
metalzombiebass 3 months ago
@metalzombiebass Cliff rocks! Learn the propper grammar and then post you faggot.
wogen20 3 months ago
@wogen20 fuck you i write the hell i want mlm asausuasusuadmakdfj
metalzombiebass 3 months ago
@metalzombiebass Piss off!
horror4ever1997 1 week ago
@horror4ever1997 fuck you
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Overrated cause he's dead? Yeah ok. Watch the day on the green video from 1985. He's one of the best of all time.
ArticSabbathGwar75 3 months ago
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ArticSabbathGwar75 3 months ago
omg I could listen this 100000000000000000000 times over and over again..
4CrueCosplay 3 months ago
I love how sloppy yet fitted it is...
GOD I LOVE METAL
RevelationWarriors 5 months ago
Sounds like a motorcycle ^^
rkrokberg 5 months ago
cliff is good but not the best... i can play this song by 2 fingers but i could never play the trooper with 2 fingers which makes steve harris the best HM bass player :)
zhangliao10 5 months ago
@zhangliao10 ? you cant play the trooper with 2 fingers? i can. so that displaces what you said.
mrsatanicbassist 5 months ago
@mrsatanicbassist u r a bassist and i'm not .. i'm a guitar player i play with a pick so when it comes to fingers i'm a beginner .. a beginner can play this like a piece of cake but i cant play the trooper with two fingers cuz its harder..
zhangliao10 4 months ago
@zhangliao10 but your not listing to his most achomplishing songs
mrsatanicbassist 4 months ago
@mrsatanicbassist u got a point :)
zhangliao10 4 months ago
@zhangliao10 like call of ktulu orion or anesthia i mean even disposiable heros. and by the way geezer is the best heavy metal bassist of all time.
mrsatanicbassist 4 months ago
@zhangliao10 bitch please stop been selfish only becuase you cant that doesnt mean others can,check out more videos there are dudes out there that play the trooper even with pick...
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@metalzombiebass hey are u dumb? read well,analyse and then reply..this song is really nothing to steve harris and thats why people play his songs with pick...and WTF are u saying ?!"bitch please stop been selfish only becuase you cant that doesnt mean others can,check out more videos there are dudes out there that play the trooper even with pick..." what am i supposed to get out of this paragraph ?!
zhangliao10 5 days ago
i think it's just his tone he had, he actually wasn't that great. sorry cliff. Rob to me is a better more skilled bassist. Cliff's stage show was what was great. Cliff was good but i can name about 1000 better Metal bass layers. His tone was killer thou . Metallica hasn't been able to capture this tone since Cliff. Even rob is turned down on DM..
nigletgook 5 months ago
@nigletgook metallica are bass killers man,the day they realize a album where you can heard bass 100% then finally they understand that bass sound is something beatiful
metalzombiebass 6 days ago
No one was doing what Cliff was doing. He was taking their sound and metal in general to a whole new place. He probably would have left Metallica or at least made them stay away from the "Black album" sound and the shitty haircuts in the 90s. This track is incredible.
SwingwenuSwagga 5 months ago
@SwingwenuSwagga the haircuts is right, but he would gone through with the black album and done what he wanted. he would have never quit
ScooterAndOtis 5 months ago
One of the greatest metal bassists , and this proves it.
eddietheguy12 6 months ago
punk
80574 6 months ago
@mrgrimm001 i know =P.....
Acardas 6 months ago
dude steve harris is not that good. im sorry. Cliff burton isnt anywhere near the best. maybe he couldve been if he lived. Nonetheless, a classical player and innovator of bass, cliff was the best in the 80's and a virtuoso of 80's bass guitar. talking about technicality gets you nowhere because simple things sound better. and he was crazy skilled just go check out anesthesia pulling teeth, its got everything from wah to tapping
Squall6575 6 months ago
@Squall6575 Look, I respect your opinion and all, but how is Steve "not that good?" Have you even tried playing his basslines???
bullsnake70 6 months ago
@bullsnake70 didnt i say technicality is nothing? maiden is more technical than metallica. But, Cliff was always the better composer. that part is pretty obvious, his input in master, orion, call of ktulu and his classical guitar trianing makes him the better musician. Unlike Harris, he understod theory and played different instruments. And metallica is a much bigger band than Maiden, that part is non debatable and a lot of it has to do with cliff's writing on stuff like battery's intro
Squall6575 5 months ago
Yes, we all realize that Cliff was a great bass player. What helps his legend is that he was in Metallica. If you ask me, Anything Metallica has done after MOP doesn't match up. It's all a matter of opinion anyway. Cronos of Venom is 1 of my fav bass players. Is he better than Cliff? Technically no but, I like him more than Cliff. As far as technicality goes Steve Harris is good too.
TheModok 7 months ago
cliff play bass and drums here lol XD ?
Acardas 7 months ago
@Acardas its his fingers hitting against the guitar
MrGrimm001 6 months ago
Cliff is God....and he aint dead.
Danmaximum 7 months ago
if youre gonna hatte on cliff go listen to anesthesia pulling teeth then come back
PorkyEatsWorld 8 months ago
fuck the top rated comment they all suck ass compared to cliff. Cliff kicks ass and is the best EVER
PorkyEatsWorld 8 months ago
@PorkyEatsWorld Cliff was very ingenuitive. But not as godly as most say. Listen to songs like The Phantom Of The Opera, with very complex bass lines and time signature changes. Cliff was good, but there are better. His style was unique, and definitely fit in with Metallica, don't get me wrong, but in terms of skills and writing there are better, though his style is irreplacable. Hence post ...And Justice For All being not so good... Heh.
OHTEHWIN 7 months ago
not gonna lie his bass sounds like shit. good player but this just sounds like a fuzzy, crappy mess imo.
bassplayer1494 8 months ago
Most bassists (especially rock/metal bassists) usually sound like crap if you take away the rest of the band. Cliff likely made his tone like this to compliment and balance the heavier sound (enhanced lows, almost no mids). In RTD, it sounded like he tried to punch through James' sound by adding lots of mids and highs. He is audible if you listen close, but he was mixed way too low. For MOP he just did the opposite, only James' turned up his lows and mids and ate up most of Cliff's tone.
Evin07 8 months ago
amazing bassist. not the best, up there though! BUT Steve Harris owns the best bassist spot.
zackyvfan94 9 months ago
I hate to say this, but this dude is better/watch?v=cSFKCBTtvVU&feature=feedrec_grec_index
Dr3thepooner 10 months ago
Go watch some of his live stuff.
You will change your mind.
jman5630 11 months ago
I never realized how dependant Cliff was on distortion. I wonder if that was an influence from motorhead, or if the producer suggested it to give the notes more definition.
TMRonin85 11 months ago
Also, If you listen to other metal bands from the 80's and you will hear for yourself why Metallica was "the" metal band. They perfectly blended everything and showcased composition,speed,melodicism,harmony,intensity,contrary motion, parallel motion, odd-time, you name it. they showcased it tastefully. Testament,Slayer,Exodus,Anthrax, Overkill and probably 20 more bands had the same shot they did, but just couldn't quite break through like Metallica could.
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asdfgmaster 1 week ago
@willzoid33 Totally wrong, Metallica was "the" metal band 'cause it was simple, just compare Master of Puppets with Megadeth's Holy Wars, Anthrax's Caught In a Mosh, Testament's Over the Wall, King Diamond's A Mansion In Darkness, Kreator's Betrayer. I think I've named some popular songs of each band, and I really think that they're all more complex than Master, which not necesary means better, but metallica didn't made ir for their complex music, in fact, they made it for their simplier tunes.
asdfgmaster 1 week ago
Time to set it straight. I've been a Metallica fan for years, know all their music and am a bass player as well. When I was younger player I thought Cliff was the greatest until I learned of Wooten,Sheehan, Pastorius etc. I gotta say I was taken aback by these master copies because I thought Cliff played tighter, but hey he didn't. But Cliff did bring a plethora of knowledge to his bandmates with his theory. You can really hear his influence as the band got more and more melodic from each album.
willzoid33 1 year ago
i love how he made percussion sounds with his fingers at the same time he played the bass. That's something that u cannot do with a guitar.
SilentAssassin187 1 year ago
@SilentAssassin187 It's the distortion...
0intelligence0 11 months ago
yeah.. i agree with most of the comments.. he was just a filler in the band... he is no up to the level of the others.. bet they loved him.. i believe he probably was a very nice guy and they get along very well with him.
sicoticosandro 1 year ago
@sicoticosandro Cliff Burton turned Metallica from a good thrash band into the greatest band in metal. And listen to him shredding live if you think he's "filler".
antonio610 1 year ago
@antonio610 Yeah, i've listen this instrumental song in their first album that i don't remember the name, and i know he played it live, A lot of distortion and a good melody, but not that skilled neither, but hey, metallica is not known for his powerful bass, in fact, it is barely heared in their albums. maybe he was a good songwriter, i don't known but i tend to think that he wasn't the main character in this band.
sicoticosandro 1 year ago
Watch this for the best bassist who ever lived (no disrespect to Cliff though) -
watch?v=FyRX_cIA3wE
Bassbait 1 year ago
cliff plays very good
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@666metalmelisha
"cliff's bass solo's are way better than david's."
Even I can play Cliff´s solo stuff (pulling teeth). And I´m not that good at the bass guitar, because it´s not my main instrument. If you love his bass playing, that´s fine. But stop making up bullshit what a virtuoso he was.
MrSomeDouchebag 1 year ago
Surprisingly sloppy. It's not that hard to play distorted without sounding messy. Still, better than loads of metal bassists and riffwriters out there (proof in Orion). Wonder what he would've thought of the Black Album.
antonio610 1 year ago
@antonio610 He would have been like NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deathmaker2354 1 year ago
I have made a bass tab with this master track, as well as Fade to Black and a few other (Sanitarium, Disposable Hero, etc)... It's easy with thoses versions and the guitar hero expert charts to figure out what is going on, about anyone with a basic knowledge of bass can do it... Now if only they would release a master track for Call Of Ktulu my life would be complete.
Akinohotarubi 1 year ago
dont get me wrong, this guy's great....but hes the kurt cobain of bass players, he just gets overrated cause hes dead, all respect. I love his bass lines, fun to play and all but hes not as amazing as people lead him off to be. Still in my metal top 10, but I mean look at some of the others...Steve Harris, Ryan Martinie, Justin Chancellor, Troy Saunders can all really hold their own and add so much essence to the band...not that I hate him, but he's Cliff Burton, a sick bass player, not god
eric11127 1 year ago 56
@eric11127 JASON FTW!
bosomo195 1 year ago
@eric11127 The difference between good and God is preference.
Pur3P0wn4g3 1 year ago
@eric11127 I agree to an extent, But his contribution to the band creatively was huge for the group. But not all that amazing of a player.
Coldmystery 1 year ago
@eric11127 You forgot Les Claypool.
Yukyo8670 1 year ago
@eric11127 yea but dude. look at how old he was and he was that good. take a look at Steve Harris, Ryan Martinie, Justin Chancellor, and Troy Saunders. If Cliff never died and actually aged, then over time he'd probably be one the greatest bassist of all time.
TheDarkPrince360 1 year ago
@TheDarkPrince360 I doubt he'd be one of the best. No one beats Jaco
SevenisNine 1 year ago
@eric11127 I don't think Cliff is the best bassist because of his technique, I like him because of his technique, of course, but I think he is the best because he is one hell of a songwriter, I mean, just look at Orion, it was composed entirely by him (except for the guitar solos) and the bass solos in Orion are just AWESOME. Not only did he play them, he also composed them
nicobal666 10 months ago 11
@nicobal666 yes but steve harris writes most of Maidens stuff, and is technically more skilled than Burton, again not dissing Burton
EnergizerBunny804 6 months ago
@eric11127 hell no CLIFF BURTON IS THE BEST EVER
PorkyEatsWorld 8 months ago
@eric11127 Pretty sure that's not true. I call him the best because he is the best.
thelegendoflink52 8 months ago
@eric11127 As opinionated as all these statements are, Cliff Burton isn't considered the best bassist because he's dead. He did in 3 Albums what most couldn't accomplish in a lifetime. He might not be the best bassist, but he did set I high bar. Don't forget (He was 24!!!), that is incredible. Mastery, Consistency, and a legacy at the age of 24. Compare him more to Jimi Hendrix, not Kurt Cobain.
DaveInVein 7 months ago
@eric11127 dude listen to his solos
mratticus17 7 months ago
@mratticus17 Yeah, honestly there isn't much that I feel from those solos that separates him from better bass players. Just because he deviated a bit from traditional metal bass playing doesn't make what people make his work and ability out to be.
TheAcceleRaptor 7 months ago
@eric11127 I think had his life not been cut short he could have grown to be comparable to those you mentioned
EnergizerBunny804 6 months ago
@eric11127 you got a poitn hes not the best, just because he tragicaly died but he fit the best with the band they where the four horsemen, but mainly hes got unique aspects liek his distortion and all around style that set him apart from alot of bassists
plane317 6 months ago
@eric11127 Bull crap. I just got into Metallica a year, or so, ago, and I think Cliff is the best because it's true.
thelegendoflink52 5 months ago
@thelegendoflink52 no hes right. cliffs my favorite but steve harris is better, not to mention non metal bassist like geddy lee or JPJ. cliff is the most original for his time though. havent seen stuff similar to him since maybe chris wolfstenholme ( the dude from muse ) in originality.
ScooterAndOtis 5 months ago
@thelegendoflink52 Steve Harris is the best and has been for a long time.
Lowryda24 5 months ago
@Lowryda24 @ScooterAndOtis Well, you guys have your opinion, and I have mine.
thelegendoflink52 5 months ago
@eric11127 No. I idolize what he did and used to do on bass more than him as a person, why? Because I didn't know him personally.
10laughungtears 4 months ago
@eric11127
This 10000 million times over.
crashin1 4 months ago
@eric11127 LOL WHAT STEVE HARRIS?
stopped reading there. enjoy your inferior taste
zabrak999 4 months ago
i could easily listen to this all day... Cliff Burton was pure genius, enough said.
scottdylan20 1 year ago
I think this is realy awesome and clif omg was a great bassist ¡¡
duvaliines 1 year ago
It's a shame he died so young - the metal landscape would be very different if cliff was still around.
steamidjf 1 year ago 3
cliff really should have been better at getting his bass sound out there. if i was in the band i would demand better mixing. the mixes in rock band and guitar hero are perfect, why couldn't the CDs be like that?
Nastara 1 year ago
easy sounding than guitar lmao
ww2production 1 year ago
@thechuckwillkill I agree but most songs with metallica I hear with Cliff Burton all I hear is his bass clacking. James guitar really swallowed up Cliffs bass sound I think.
nightbringer757 1 year ago
@nightbringer757 I agree that most times we hear more of his bass clacking than the melodies of his basslines. But that's not his responsability. Metallica's mixing process always put guitars and drums on top of everything, which left cliff's basslines in that almost-impossible-to-listen volume. Only since Black Album people could actually listen to something close to a recognizable bass track. And only in Death Magnetic, people actually listen to it.
GabrielBorbaSlayer 1 year ago
@nightbringer757 Actually, if you focus a lot, you can listen to cliff's bass in most songs, but things shouldn't be like this. In other metal bands people don't have to work so hard just to get a glimpse of one of the band's instruments. Specially if that band member is a god-like figure like Cliff.
GabrielBorbaSlayer 1 year ago
i like this song but when i hear this i like more
MonarcaGris 1 year ago
how can any of u say that cliffs tone is crap?? and then say it doesnt matter? Cliff was a god among men and his bass added a TON to metallica's music. why do u think metallica went downhill after And Justice for All? Cliff wasnt there to add his input. Cliff was without a doubt the best to ever live \m/
renegrenade13 1 year ago
HES GOT BLISTERS ON DEM FINGERS
PivotWithCake 1 year ago 33
@PivotWithCake nahh Cliff has deh fingurs of steeeeal
JMnDC4eva 1 year ago
@PivotWithCake
Ringo also lol
NanenMauricio 1 year ago
@PivotWithCake yah to bad that was the beatles :\
TRIVIUMrocker123 5 months ago
fucking awesome
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vbaulweg 1 year ago
Cliffs tone is crap
imadey0utube 1 year ago
@imadey0utube yea it is
metalhead751 1 year ago
@imadey0utube You're crap
wtfpenguinwtf 1 year ago
@wtfpenguinwtf Don't worry, it's just bass lol, it practically doesn't matter how it sounds, I mean this is metal we're talking about.
JaguarFiend 1 year ago
@imadey0utube thanks to that tone, guitars don't sound like shit on that song..
AlxGsk 1 year ago
@imadey0utube
YOU ARE CRAP
MISTERnoTIMEforYOU 1 year ago
Cliff is overrated, he was a good bass player, but people set him on some kind of pedestal because he died (which is a damn shame) exactly what people are doing with Heath Ledger, no way that his Joker interpretation would be so loved if he hadn't died.
Don't know why they chose that kind of effect on the bass though, it sounds horrible, everything blends together.
7thhh 1 year ago
@666metalmelisha Ok I don't know every gay fanboy detail, but I do know how to play like all their songs on guitar. I think that's better.
Jamesadeth 1 year ago
@Jamesadeth whoa man....sure you may think hes overrated but hes doing stuff way more diverse than jason and i little more hardcore than araya all with his fingers and not a pick.
MetalxXxMan 1 year ago
@666metalmelisha use your ears. His bass tracks all suck. Also I heard when cliff died they dragged his body behind the tour bus for miles to celebrate.
Jamesadeth 1 year ago
@Jamesadeth wtf is wrong with you
Blom5634 1 year ago
@Blom5634 Hu hu hu ha ha ha ha...
Jamesadeth 1 year ago
@Jamesadeth just so you know, you're a fucking fool. Learn your fucking facts before you try to troll anything dipshit.
dragonrampardt7 1 year ago
Guys... Just leave Cliff be. Back when he was alive he was a god to bass. He did the first recorded bass solo by a metal band and that was back when the bass was considered nothing. You have to give the guy props for what he did with the bass. Yeah his playing might not have been the greatest but it was the best back then, whether you agree or not is your own problem not mine.
ShadowWolf665 1 year ago
I hoped this audio proves how overrated cliff is. He sucks by the way.
Jamesadeth 1 year ago
@Jamesadeth Yeah this coming from a Megafanboy; i dont think we'll take your comment to seriously.
Megadeth kicks ass but we need less "fans" like you.
DEFINEMETALisBACK 1 year ago
@DEFINEMETALisBACK hey I like metallica too, I just think cliff was an overreted dirty hippie. But def Slayer ftw.
Jamesadeth 1 year ago
@Jamesadeth cliff is miles better bassist than Tom Araya or any bassist Megadeth have ever had. For the times, the only bassist thats ever been better than Alex Webster.
DEFINEMETALisBACK 1 year ago
@DEFINEMETALisBACK Whoa whoa whoa! David ellefson is way better then cliff. You can actually hear his bass lines. Also Jason newsted also kicks cliff ass. and Araya better cuz he sings for slayer. And alex he's good to.
Jamesadeth 1 year ago
@Jamesadeth If you cant hear his bass lines in the song its because you're deaf. Or its the mastering of the CD, not the bassist.
if you cant hear cliffs bass lines in the songs, then you need ear surgery.
Remember, bass lines for songs aren't supposed to sound good by themselves, they're made to fit the song, and thats what this bassline did.
If you heard a death metal vocalist by himself, he would sound retarded, but they dont because their vocals match the music.
DEFINEMETALisBACK 1 year ago
@DEFINEMETALisBACK Look up Om if you don't think basslines aren't meant to sound good themselves lol.
clintsaunders 1 year ago
@Jamesadeth instead of letting you read a lot of text, all summed up it's: You fail, you don't know anything about basses or music in general, you can't compare musicians, shut up and go play outside.
GetoutofMyYard1 1 year ago
@Jamesadeth Yeah buddy.. I don`t even know why Im replying to your comment but really i must. YOU FUCKING SUCK!!!! All those Bassists you mentioned would tell you that Cliff was the man. You don`t know shit son. You suck and have no talent.
dethmag 1 year ago
@dethmag well i must reply to you that anybody that has any respect for cliff burton is a politically correct corporate sell out. jus like ppl who hold jimi hendrix with any regard. It's like that in the music industry if you die young suddenly your a god. Same goes for dime except he was pretty good. But hay i don't gotta say shit. listen to this recording. It sounds like an arthridic palsy patient playing a rogue bass thru a 5 watt first act amp. also cliff like wore bell bottums so...
Jamesadeth 1 year ago
@Jamesadeth With all due respect I think you are a media junkie. Dude, I am old enough to remember Cliff in the band. I respect Cliff for one reason, he was the bassist in the band I grew up with. Politicalkly correct corporate sell out?? Dude, chill I love the music, love what Cliff was and will talk about Cliff anytime because of the dude he was and the bass he played. I dont know what youre talkin about bro.
dethmag 1 year ago
@Jamesadeth MAJOR RAGER ON THE FOUR STRING MOTHAFUCKA! oh yeah ...FUCK YOU
420SFB 1 year ago
@Jamesadeth cliff can wear whatever he wants troll
bassistchris2 1 year ago
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@DEFINEMETALisBACK
"cliff is miles better bassist than... any bassist Megadeth have ever had."
*cough* bullshit *cough*
MrSomeDouchebag 1 year ago
Videos like these are so much better to learn by ear from than the original track where you hear the bass hardly at all x]
GetoutofMyYard1 1 year ago
And here's how to tell it's Cliff's bass: at 4:08 he makes a little mistake, like a slip of a finger or something. You can clearly hear it here, and you can hear it on the CD.
maksphoto78 1 year ago
the feedback form his fingers could be a great track on its own
IMaiden89 1 year ago
his playing is really weird but i always liked it
rvcadg 1 year ago
cliff till death you motherfuckers!!!!!!!!!! metallica till death!!!!! thrash on, thrash hard!
YOTOYAK 1 year ago
ABURRIDOOOO !!!
tanndistiintoo 1 year ago
@tanndistiintoo ENFERMO DE MIERDA! como vas a decir ke es aburrido? es la pieza maestra del thrash metal y una de las mas importantes del metal en la hisotria, anda a escuchar belanova o lady gaga si pensas ke es aburrido, comprate una vida, hacete dar por un burro y morite.
YOTOYAK 1 year ago
@YOTOYAK Me refería al bajo enfermo de mierda !
tanndistiintoo 1 year ago
@tanndistiintoo con mas razon por eso te lo digo pedazo de un pajero retardado mental carente de claridad psiquica, hacete dar por justin gaybier y ke 50 cents y xzibit te hagan un bukake pedazo de un chupaverga caracagada! puto.
YOTOYAK 3 months ago
@YOTOYAK jajaja sos un estupido :P seguro sos un fracaso y no tenes vision ;) suerte man !
tanndistiintoo 3 months ago
OMG It's the GH track now shut the fuck up!!!
vVjosseVv 1 year ago
This is not Cliff Burton.
34phardy 1 year ago
@34phardy yes it is
TheRasze 1 year ago
@TheRasze Sorry dude, this is NOT Cliff's track. I will bet my life on it. Cliff had a MONSTER bass sound that came from how he attacked the bass. This sounds like it was finger picked by a fairy . . . no balls whatsoever. And besides that, it isn't even being played right.
34phardy 1 year ago
@34phardy atleast this is the exact tone cliff had...
TheRasze 1 year ago
@34phardy This is Cliff's track. I can hear the attack perfectly well.
maksphoto78 1 year ago
@34phardy yeah that hows cliff played. he sucked balls.
Jamesadeth 1 year ago
This sort of bass tone carries better live i would suppose thats why cliff used it and it also compliments the guitar very well , has a lot of bottom and yet a lot of distortion grip to add to the guitar's impact in the final mix.
Greenman422 1 year ago
Anyone know how i can remove like guiatr, vocals and drums of a song so i only hear bass?
vVjosseVv 1 year ago
@vVjosseVv This is an exploitation of the master tracks, included in Rock Band and Guitar hero.
Adam12088 1 year ago
wow , I conclude all the bass tabs are wrong !!
bebert54850 1 year ago
@bebert54850
Totally agree!Human ear is not always straightahead...
Me tooI`ve learned a lot but listening to thi track...
Thanks for posting,darkragnorog21!
Cliff was(still IS) a genious, and a good boy, first of all!!
flavy1000 1 year ago
His playing is excellent, it's his bass tone that blows. I know, I know, it fits in the final mix but it could sound better, no?
JaymzLea 1 year ago
Unfortunate that this is not as prominate in the Master of puppets mix. Would have been awesome to hear him play live.
As if people actually come on here just to bash cliff burton, If you don't like him, Don't listen to him.
jointsalot 1 year ago
@nightbringer757 thats why you buy the book not go by what they say i learnded that the hard way
neotamer2 1 year ago
WTF, why is watching this in HD even an option. hahaha.
Cliff was good, BUT he is not on the same level as Wooten, or Marcus Miller, or even Claypool.
sirvent67 1 year ago
@sirvent67 Because, the audio is substantially higher quality than the 380p version.
TouringBassist 1 year ago
rest in peace cliff
Chocalatebaby88 1 year ago 3
I just realized every master of puppets bass tab is WRONG!!
nightbringer757 1 year ago 46
@nightbringer757 WTF you're right!
bigblob42 1 year ago
@nightbringer757 hohoho...damn right man!Cliff was fucking one!
AcidRainAgain 1 year ago
@nightbringer757 i have tabbed this 100% correct from using rock band and playing bass myself .... the only thing i have a hard time figuring out is where slides begin and where they end ... i mean i'm close but i know its not 100% ... like 99.92%
RAWFLCOPTR 1 year ago
@nightbringer757 every orion bass tab is wrong also.
AFNYOAQIS 1 year ago
@nightbringer757 90 percents of the tabs out there on the internet are made by ears by random musicians, so 90 percents of tabs are possibly wrong
flurubis 1 year ago
The timing could be tighter. Nevertheless Cliff rules! This is what you get by playing with fingers..
SpectralUltra 1 year ago
@SpectralUltra
bass is not about playing everything tight. cliff is really pushing the song forward, and thats the important thing!
HyperJN 1 year ago
@HyperJN I ment the same thing. : )
SpectralUltra 1 year ago
@SpectralUltra
People would rather change the rules of what makes someone good than admit that someone was JUST a good player, nothing more.
Grapphinos 1 year ago
lol all you lot calm down, its just music.
Ibik 1 year ago
fadetoblack1290 and JohnBurninate...
why dont you go outside and meet each other and fuck yourselfs??
we are enjoying music.
XXXkLeCiIj69XXX 1 year ago
Also - Cliff only used to pluck with his fingers - not like your regular guitarist - and the traditional bass playing style.
jamesyboy0987654321 1 year ago
omg... he wasn't as good as everyone says. he was kinda sloppy and overrated.
CptChaos88 1 year ago
I love you cliff , <3.
fcuklaura 1 year ago
david ellefson ftw
BeyondTheGates87 1 year ago 3
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Clike666ness 1 year ago
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I respect Cliff...but damn, he is too overrated. There are dozens of bassists like Cliff out there...if not better.
SlimJimVG 1 year ago
You gotta remember dude, this was 1986. Imagine how good Cliff would be today if he were still here.
And to everyone who keeps doubting that this is Cliff needs to pull their heads out of their asses. It's him. You gotta realize that he fingerpicked.
turborexsir 1 year ago 2
I acknowledge he's a legend and that he influenced god knows how many bassists...but a lot of kids these days don't even know who Alex Webster or Steve DiGiorgio are (just to mention a couple of Death Metal bassists, which IMHO are amazing).
SlimJimVG 1 year ago
@SlimJimVG
Not everyone listens death metal dude.....
Clike666ness 1 year ago
@turborexsir trujillo kicked his ass at the same point in his career.Cliff is insanley over rated.Hes up there with cobain and hendrix in the fact that death made them underserving ultra gods.
JohnBurninate 1 year ago
@JohnBurninate Please go FUCKING end your life.
fadetoblack1290 1 year ago
@fadetoblack1290 Wow,I guess your logic defeats mine greatly.lol,go play with the other fangirls this is a big kid conversation.The man is very sloppy and if you honestly think he(along with the people I mentioned) were near as hyped before their death your are in serious need of a reality check.If you were a guitarist/bassist you'd easily agree with me.
JohnBurninate