Metallica - Cliff burton solo + for whom the bell tolls

metallica playing for whom the bell tolls with cliff bass solo

"For Whom the Bell Tolls" is a song by Metallica, the third track from their second album Ride the Lightning. The song is composed by Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, and Lars Ulrich. The chromatic introduction (which is usually mistaken for an electric guitar) is in fact Cliff Burton playing his bass guitar through distortion and wah-wah. The intro was written by Burton before joining Metallica. Burton plays it in a 12-minute jam at a battle of the bands with his first band "Agent of Misfortune."[1] After the introduction, the bass settles into a steady triplet rhythm. The guitars in the song sound slightly sharper than a standard-tuned guitar should sound. However, this may not be intentional, as it is rumored that the song was sped up after recording. If the song was sped up too much or was sped up using low quality means, it would raise the pitch of the recording, thus apparently sharpening the guitar's tuning.

The song is about a section of the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, in which International Brigades soldiers of the Spanish Civil War attempt to escape the fascists with their stolen horses and are killed by enemy aircraft on a hill on which they are surrounded.

It also appeared on Metallica's live 1999 Album S&M, in which Metallica performed with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.

The live versions of For Whom The Bell Tolls are traditionally started off with a bass solo in memory of Burton.

A remix by DJ Spooky appears on the Spawn soundtrack. For some reason this song version is not available on any of the online versions of the CD except Napster; which ironically, Metallica sued in 2001.

A song by The Bloodhound Gang called "Mope" features the chromatic introduction riff in the chorus of the song.

Dronesters Sunn O))) recorded a loose cover of the song on their album Flight of the Behemoth, entitled "F.W.T.B.T. (I Dream of Lars Ulrich Being Thrown Through the Bus Window Instead of My Mystikal Master Kliff Burton)", the spelling of "Kliff" being a reference to the metal term Kvlt.

The song was covered by Eric Bloom, Al Pitrelli, Tony Franklin, and Aynsley Dunbar for the album Metallic Assault: A Tribute to Metallica.

The tolling bells of the intro are sampled and played at Chicago's Soldier Field, whenever the Chicago Bears of the National Football League score a touchdown.

Make his fight on the hill in the early day,
Constant chill deep inside,
Shouting gun, on they run through the endless grey,
On they fight, for they are right, yes, but who's to say?
For all hill men would kill, why? They do not know,
Suffered wounds test their pride,
Men of five, still alive through the raging glow,
Gone insane from the pain that they surely know

For whom the bell tolls,
Time marches on,
For whom the bell tolls

Take a look to the sky just before you die,
It is the last time you will,
Blackened roar massive roar fills the crumbling sky,
Shattered goal fills his soul with a ruthless cry,
Stranger now, are his eyes, to this mystery,
He hears the silence so loud,
Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be,
Now they see what will be, blinded eyes to see

For whom the bell tolls,
Time marches on,
For whom the bell tolls

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[zeikgps]

ROCK IN PEACE CLIFF!

[auroblade15]

METALLICA KICKS ALL ASS MOTHER FUCKER

[metalMonster101]

One word for Cliff Burton, 'Genius'.. enough said

[A39992]

The bass solo sounds like the improved version of Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth). :)

[thechrisandjimmyshow]

25 years today, guys and gals. ROCK in Peace Clifford Lee Burton!

[mrkikin123]

happy birthay cliff,you will live forever in our hearts

[ColumnedCentaur]

@MrVihang i should say the same to u

[pacovl46]

@hojima LOL no, u r an underrated idiot. in other words u r even more of an idiot that people give u credit for, if u think that cliff was overrated.

[hojima]

@pacovl46 If im underrated that means im better than people give me credit for. Good job.

[pacovl46]

@hojima if u think cliff was overrated then u r an underrated idiot!

[youmacu]

\m/ cliff \m/

[420Anarcy]

i love this its awsome