Metallica - The Shortest Straw Demo

[felipoouu]

kirk rules

[klb2000000]

Lol! Lars: hey, heye, heye, hey ! *song starts*

[DimeFromHellCroatia7]

wanana nananana shortest straw wanana

[galart11]

gotta love those 16th bass drumms on the solo

[easy1676]

Early attempt at "metalskat"!

[affrothunder93]

my god, thats Lars on backing vocals right? fuckin cool

[djg0603]

havent heard these demos in awhile, but damn the solo fucking ripped on this recording

[BreakawayDTN]

"Vanilla wah nah nah vanilla wah nah nah!"

[NaxoMetalXD]

la diferencia de voz xd esta es toda de pendejo

[atp7797]

Screw "music=life": more like "metallica=life"

[klb2000000]

I fell in love with those demo version of the solos. It's just amazing to hear them like that.

[DamagePostal]

Motherfuckers!!

WHERE BASS?!

[jutjub22]

@DamagePostal Fuck the bass :)...

[GhHolocaust]

i love these lyrics... shows so much compassion :')

[petesilvo]

The Shortest Straw has been pulled for 7 people!! how the hell can anyone dislike this?

[MrJonnathan2007]

I Hate the Part after 6:28...

[megaflyinbrian]

this shit is raw as fuck!!! METALLICA ROCKS!!!

[pie5797]

better than the original. WAH NAH NAH! WAH NAH NAH! WAH NAHNAHANAHNAHAAHAHHH! SHORTEST STRAW! nahnahnahnahanhah SHORTEST STRAW! WAHANHANAHNAHA SHORTEST STRAW! SHORTEST STRAW HAS BEEN PULLED FOR YOOAAUUUU! Amazing.

[Lars16494]

fucking epic ! who need real lyrics when you have this :D

[ant2458]

kirks backing vocals are awesome... haha

[metalfighter91]

the shortest straw have been pulled for you

[JLLproductions]

this actually sounds alot faster than the original version lol

[Elmeromero1]

@JLLproductions I acutally agree, seems like the tempo is about a degree faster than the actual song

[iMilkSH4K3]

wananannanawannannannanananwan­nanana waaaaa naaaa naaaaaaaa

[Guywithnolegs]

I like the sound of these demos, especially the guitar and bass. Of course the lyrics are just a bunch of "Wha-na-na" but that's beyond the point.

[0MetalllicA]

the fun part of this is, that when youre drunk, you can still sing along :D

[belladonna4577]

@0MetalllicA LOL

[dubmaster96]

Lyrics?

[jimmy7761jimmy]

@dubmaster96 WA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

[SlaughterTheFrail]

I like the part where he goes "WAH NA NA NA NA NA NA"

[MetaITV]

there still using Marshall amps thats why its different

[boggsty]

@MetaITV no no, they had mesa boogies way before at master of puppets, too.

[MetaITV]

@boggsty ohhh, what amps are they using here?

[boggsty]

@MetaITV to be honest, i cant be 100 percent sure due to the astonishing quality of youtube (insert irony laugh here), but i think they're playing mesa boogies here.

[vM3TALLICAx]

@boggsty yes they are but this is before the sound was put into mixes.

[mrdavide36]

SHORTEST STRAWWRK !

[Bear1053]

they should of kept the same beat

[KillzoneV3]

i find the demos hilarious!...its the wananananan factor xD

[666metallicaforlife]

if u listen closely it sounds like he is saying mangina

[EMOMETALDINO666]

IDK WHY LIKE METALLICA DEMOS BETTER THAN THE STUDIO

[JoeTheGuitarGuy]

except the singing, its like it's being played live

[RCT3VideosRock2010]

this song kicks butt! metallica for ever! :D

[Headthorn]

check out my band on my channel!

[eRaz0r3]

na na na na na na na na na na YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH­HH

[lucasbaeza2]

wah nara nanana wah nara nanana wah nara..shorteststraw!! nanananarara

[Ienstien965]

lol, the BEST lyrics i've ever heard XD

[Championmdf]

It sounds much heavier in the demo. It's not as thin sounding.

[BoogerBomb]

@Championmdf This was before Metallica decided they didn't want Jason's bass tracks on the album.

[Mohamed636]

was this when he didnt write all the lyrics yet?

[NakeRtHeRoCkEr]

Demos are just BADASS!!!

[GenGintoki]

Nahnahanahanahanahana

[Handofblood731]

Banana!!!

[VolaticusDiabolus]

Great, now I can't listen to this song without thinking of James going "Wah na na na!" Thanks.

[deltaco45]

Metallica 4 ever! <3

[keon93]

nanana wanana nanana wanana nanana wanana nanana wanana nanananananana

[beiskrepsis]

the best Shortest Straw redo i heard in my life

[midnight347]

@beiskrepsis it's not a redo it's a demo...the lyrics weren't wrote yet, listen to all their other demos...some were complete or near complete, some weren't...like this one...no lyrics had been wrote yet except shortest straw and "shortest straw has been pulled for you" a demo is a general layout to produce to management and the producer, etc....and the improvise from there...james obviously already had the melody he just had to write lyrics to sing to that melody, ima write songs that way

[calamard99]

the banana song bananananananan bana banana banana!!!

[gguzano36]

sick sick sick sick....everytime i listen to this demo it just get better and better..guitar and drums...sick

[TheWaffleWorld]

haha omg nanananananananananananananana­nananananananananananannananan­anaanananannaanannnananananana­nanananananananananananananana­nanananananananananananananana­nanananananananananananananann­nanananananananananananananana­nanananananananananannanananan­ananananananannanananananannan­ananananananananananananananan­ananananananananananananananan­ananananananananananananananan­annananananananananananananana­nnananananananananananannanana­nanananananananananananananana­nananananananananananananannan­ananananana

[TheJAMStudios2009]

perfect. just perfect. love the lyrics HAHAHHAHAA!!!! great song though

[murhpylee425]

every demo i have heard from metallica i cant help but think that james sounds like wierd al but the rawness is fucking awsome

[LonyTheKing]

LoL Nananananananana Shorest Straw Nananananana

[mbd303030]

no no james you've got it all wrong- its "suspicion is your name" not "wah na na, na na na" :)

[atens]

Ha, ha, ha! :P

[zygomite]

i like the drumfill at 5:40 then in the final version

[AwesomeGuy324]

Pananapanana, pananapanana. he's either saying that or Bananabanana, bananabanana. i cant tell!!! XD THIS IS FUCKING HILARIUOS ;)

[jeff88bell]

metallica sucked after this album. i always hated how james mumbled and bs'ed the lyrics in metallica's demos

[mkadsword]

@jeff88bell Do you realize demos are the beginning stage of a song? If everything in your little world has to be perfect GTFO this video and youtube

[mbd303030]

that's cause you're a fucking pussy...fuck off

[DeekyDicawdo]

My name is Pana Kamanana... ...but, yes, I was once known. as Arnie Shankman.

[0MetalllicA]

pananananaaa, pananana, panana, panana, panana, nananana XD fucking great

[AndJusticeForAll80]

Ahh good ol' James

[djg0603]

Kirk's lead tone back then was fucking disgusting, in a good way

[klaudivino]

best metallica album

[fathersecrets]

WANANANNANA!!!!!!

[uchicha666]

Damn I love this heavy metal country riff XDDDDDDDD

[MetalSk8Shred]

Country riff? Huh? They're from L.A

[uchicha666]

I know this but the main riff that starts at 0:50 sounds like country for me XDDDDD

[Snesboy09]

Yeah, technically L.A. but they went to San Francisco to leave the poser metal scene.

[h3rsh3y94]

@Snesboy09 Which still isn't country

[DamageManu]

Brutal recording!!! Brutal tone!!! love their demos and, of course, their whole music!!! MetallicA rulez!!!

[WizzardOfGlue]

now that i think of it, i like the AJFA tone, yeah the Black album tone it great too, but to compressed or something..

[lildrummerboy4rmhell]

on AJFA the mids are scooped

[WizzardOfGlue]

is the  AJFA album and black album similar tone is some way? just the mid was changed?

[lildrummerboy4rmhell]

yeah and there's more weight added to the each of the instrument's tone in the black album although i cant put my thumb on it

[WizzardOfGlue]

well the AJFA tone has more of a "Flanger" effect to it, i'm still trying to figure the black album out

[slayerguy21]

i think the AJFA album has more treble and gain than the black album does

[WizzardOfGlue]

yeah it does , it try to duplicate that tone. im getting closer and closer every time

[1xcrosswordx1]

yeah pretty much, they developed that tone around when mop came out, hetfield got tired of pedals and slaved his amps together. to this day, i can still easily tell when metallica comes on the air, just because they have such a fucking unique guitar tone

[WizzardOfGlue]

i love all of their tones, it's like the best tones ever made

[Jpprflrp]

wannaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­anaaaaaaaaanaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[3LCOND3]

q bien ya venia tomando forma la rola xD

chido woo

[MrRedman]

I love how they didn't change much from their demos.

Like 5:40 is changed on the record to spice it up a bit.

[HBK1337]

where do you get all these demos?

[TheMcdougl]

ba na na lol XD sweet song ]V[ETALLICA RULES !!!!!!!!1

[Aabdon666]

wana na wana shortest straw ke risa lol

[Miittle]

Wananaaaaa!

[proskater132]

shortest straw!! wa nananaa!

shortest straw!! wa nananaa!

[jobrossuckcock9]

wanana shortest straw

[Mo7Vsta]

haha this is too good and too heavy to be a cover band but the guitars do sound like someone edited it in some some program

[Flightsimulatorguy12]

instead of james saying nah-nah-nah, it sort of sounds like he's saying ba-na-na

[KANTAY1974]

just a question..how did u get this man?...and if it's true like u say it's Metalica..its amazin to get a demo of them!

[jimmythekidofficial]

People are stupid, really. THIS IS METALLICA, not a cover band... Just listen to the sound off the voice, even if thinner... and the guitar sound....

[lpoderoso]

es imposible que sea una banda de cover, ese sonido no lo saca nadie, solo metallica puede tocar de esta manera, parecen un reloj

[gguzano36]

so brutalllllllllllllllllllllll..­. omg

[dredayak18]

lars' drumming on this album and all these demos is just spectacular.

imo this is one of metallicas best songs.

[PGROSYE]

why didnt they keep the second solo? this ones in key and it's a lot better

[heavymetalfool]

This Shortest Straw Has Been Pulled For You!!!

[mRtReMeLo]

Man I have this on vinyl (the actual record) and it sounds like the demo in tempo/key wise. It's just faster I guess.

[Joman1996]

wa-na-nanana! awesome!

[Tony0632]

heey hey hey hey

[hellcatz88]

wa na na na! wa na na na! wa-na-na-na yeah!

[celezzzzzio]

metallllllllll

[Exile375]

why does his voice sound so weird, like it doesn't even sound like james

[cleon24769]

im guessing that this is what his pre-black vocals sounded like *without* the studio vocal synthesizers. plus since it's just a demo, it sounds like he's just half-assing it just to get a general idea of how the song should be. the jason vocals gives off the impression of how young they were when they did this haha

[CreepingHarvester]

Does anyone know if this is just lars and james playing or all four of them?

[toeffu]

I think it was only Lars and James that did the demo for each album.

[cooliovasquez]

its obviously all four, why else would there be a solo and jasons background vocals? idiot

[katar13]

It could've been overlapping...

[cooliovasquez]

it would still have to have all 4 people to play their parts

[heavymetalfool]

James play the solos on the demos. so there would be a solo anyways :p

[cooliovasquez]

no he doesnt

[heavymetalfool]

yes he did. he played to demo solos until the black album. if you think im wrong, atleast tell me why

[cooliovasquez]

dont sound like his playing

[logblacklabel18]

no james and lars would go into a studio with riffs write the structure of the song and bring it back to the band and tell them to fill in solos and bass lines. James has never told kirk what to play as far as solos go now rythm is a different story

[logblacklabel18]

no kirk play on this James doesnt use flyod rose on his guitars

[s0lidusthefrenchman]

Damn they,.re good!

Metallica forever!

october 31st can't come fast enough.

[Toadmaster89]

wa nananaa! shortest straw has been pulled for youu! XDD

[WizzardOfGlue]

it sounds like the master of puppets sound mixed with justice

[MetalHalo24]

fuck you

[upyanuts]

all u wa naa naa ppl should really fkn get a life, listen to the brilliance its a fkn demo no lyrics yet.

[SycRq]

wa na na naaa na Shortest Straw WA nan na ana an

[Aviancie]

I'll never know how James comes up with lyrics this brilliant.

[BoogerBomb]

@Aviancie Correction, You'll never know how James USED to come up with lyrics this brilliant.

[JPhinfan86]

@BoogerBomb

Horse-fucking-shit. Listen/Sing-a-long with/Read the lyrics to "The Judas Kiss". Fucking epic and it stands right along "Disposable Heroes" in cutting precision and is more stabbing at religion than "The God that Failed" and even "Leper Messiah in content. Singing along with it gets me going big time.

[dredayak18]

for all fkn haters of lars sayin he sucks, they oughtta listen to this demo or dyers eve demo

[travsta92]

fucking badass

[MegadethnMetallica]

Wow what powerful lyrics

Wa na na na na

lol

[SideWays8Productions]

haha my favorite part is when james goes "wa na na-na na" lmfao jk

[upyanuts]

lars has always been a good drummer, i dont know why ppl shit on him, obviously hes gonna wear out a little bit over time

[SideWays8Productions]

0:56-1:08 drums

[xNumeralx]

even in a bad quality recording jaymz has an awesome rythm tone, i wish i could find a mark IV head

[Hooklineansinker]

I love the lyrics " wahhhnaannaaa nanna nann annn" those are the best!

[symmie666]

every demo of metallicas has that wa wa na na vocals. so funny. you should check out the demo for memory remains off the fuel single.

[largetuna911]

I like the demo better

[RaiderFan92]

I agree

[o0zeroeffect0o]

MORON

[WWFATTITUDEERAFAN]

L, O FUCKING L! @ Lars: "SHORTEST STRAWHHHHHH!!!"

[WWFATTITUDEERAFAN]

1:49

[hametfan]

the vocals and lyrics are amazing:)

[1manbearpig1]

dude the drums sound way better here then the actual album XD

[adicted2A7X]

intresting way to do the demo nah nah nahnnaa

[Phil7749]

I'm not a bad kisser, it's just that my internet is slow...

[GreenDayReallySucks]

LOL @ Lars yelling "SHORTEST STRAW!" in the background during the chorus

[toweetots89]

they should have kept the wah nah nahhsss in :P

yes i know this is a demo - and lyrics were added late ^o)

[2ndRemova]

The album is called "Rough Justice": the name is program ... it´s the complete "...And Justice or All" in demo versions. It´s a great idea: so one can have a glimpse behind ...

[papyrico1]

is the whole song nah nah nah nah nah nah

[Dipti95]

This was only a demo, it was before they had written the lyrics.

[martinchosss]

yeaah great album, one of their best albums

[leftypitch1]

in my opinion, the shortest straw solo is the best that Kirk has ever played, maybe besides the Nothing Else Matters solo, I'm very thankful that he changed it alot from the CD version lol.

[corleonemr]

LOL ..

it's James how play the solo in Nothing Else Matters, Not Kirk

[swine19]

James played the Nothing else matters solo.

[metalthrasher89]

I used to have this entire demo on a cassette and then burned it for no reason, goddamnit

[BonerGamezzz]

Better Then Album Version

[aaronrus]

yeah, theres something about metallica's sound.. even on a shitty recording, you can tell its them