Metallica: One (Official Music Video)

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  @muhammadirsyazman8389 · 6 years ago

  Imagine some 13-14 years old kid listening to this song for the first time in the 80’s

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  @rhager842 · 4 years ago (edited)

  For those wondering, this music video uses excerpts from the movie &quot;Johnny Got His Gun&quot;<br>Based on the book of the same name, the movie follows the story of Joe Bonham, a young man who was drafted into World War I. After being hit by an artillery shell, his face, legs, and arms were blown off. He can still think, reason, dream, and feel, but he can&apos;t speak, hear, see, or move. He has no idea where he is, when he is, or how long he&apos;s been like that.<br>Imagine being trapped in your own body, with almost no way to interact with the outside world. Imagine being a prisoner, locked inside of your own mind. A minute in our world feels like a year to him. That&apos;s the horror he&apos;s experiencing.<br>Edit: 8-9-2024 5:03 AM<br>Happy 12k likes! It&apos;s been a while since I&apos;ve visited this comment, but I just wanted to say thanks for the support! I&apos;m glad my comment could instill such positive feelings on so many people. This isn&apos;t to beg for more likes or more attention, just to say thank you to all the people who thought my comment was worth giving a like. So, thanks!<br>Edit: 12-31-2024 5:45 AM<br>As the new year comes upon us I want to clear up a few things said in this comment.<br>When I said &quot;A minute in our world feels like a year to him&quot; I am referring to his inability to keep track of time without the use of sunlight. At the end of the movie, the shutters in his room are closed, and the lights are shut off, presumably for good, meaning he has no way of knowing how much time passes between each day.<br>The book/movie itself, at face value, follows Joe and his experience in war, though I believe it uses Joe&apos;s misfortune as a way to show the state of the western civilization during and after World War I, as is so brilliantly explained by christophernewton: &quot;Europe lost it&apos;s arms to pacifism, it&apos;s legs to nihilism, and it&apos;s sense of place withing the world (eyes ears and nose, senses) to communism and capitalism at the end of the war, and all of Western Civilization (America was an offshoot of Europe which had already lacked the historical senses of Europe and was mongrel anyway) was plunged into the chaotic interwar period of pandemic and poverty &nbsp;and social unrest between communist, monarchist, and fascist paramilitaries.&quot;<br>Overall, the movie itself may be difficult to understand for those who haven&apos;t already done research into World War I and it&apos;s effects on civilization and the people they were so proudly parading across Europe in their final days. I think it&apos;s a great anti-war movie, possibly the best of its time, and is certainly worth a watch.<br>This is the last time I will visit this comment. I gave the movie a rewatch today and it still stands the test of time. Brilliant execution.

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  @spacejesus4747 · 5 years ago (edited)

  For the people who say Lars is a bad drummer -<br>He played &apos;Kill Me&apos; in Morse code with his bass pedal in the chorus part. Just like the injured soldier who had spasm all the time telling &apos;Kill me&apos;. <br>There lies his genius. The soldier had a &apos;one in a million chance&apos;. The unlucky &apos;One&apos; chance.

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  @robvdb9478 · 13 days ago

  Congratulations: you&apos;re come to listen to the greatest song recorded in human history.

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  @giantdad7642 · 10 years ago

  imagine that.<br>scariest shit in the world, losing your arms, legs, voice, sight, and hearing holy fuck

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  @georgejohnson5904 · 2 years ago

  “He’s a product of your profession, not mine” gives me chills every time

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  @aureeel · 7 years ago

  gonna do a presentation about the history of this masterpiece of a song in class. Wish me luck folks

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  @AnakinChases · 3 weeks ago (edited)

  Here in September button

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  @klevznet · 4 years ago (edited)

  In my opinion. This is the greatest Metallica song. Incomparable.

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  @yogeshbhandari1040 · 4 years ago

  Mad respect to all those out there who are keeping this kind of music still alive .

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  @borracha279 · 5 years ago (edited)

  12 year old me : shit this, this is epic!! <br>41 year old me: shit this is still epic!!!!! &nbsp; <br>it never gets old

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  @Mr_MandarinCarbine · 1 month ago

  “Only the dead have seen the end of war” a very chilling line I’ve heard before…

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