Metallica and an Orchestra?! Vocal ANALYSIS of James Hetfield with the San Francisco Symphony

There's been a lot of calling for Metallica since I started with "Master of Puppets", and I've started to pepper in some songs when I can. But once I heard that Metallica performed with the San Francisco Symphony, I moved it to the top of my list. I absolutely LOVE orchestras, and seeing how a metal band integrated in with all the moving pieces of an orchestra is just fascinating to me.

Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Metallica performing "No Leaf Clover" for the first time.
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Performed by Metallica & The San Francisco Symphony
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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[mitchhintze]

Let's recognize how much fun it is to watch Liz and her immersion and reactions.

[Duncan_Idaho_Potato]

In the behind-the-scenes for the original S&M concert, Michael Kamen talks about how the orchestral musicians struggled with the sheer loudness of the band. The string section musicians were quite literally SHREDDING their bows during rehearsals to "compete" with the volume of the band. They were instructed to trust in the amplification and to play more softly. Nevertheless, there are parts of the concert where you can see loose horsehairs flailing about on a few of the string section's bows. That's likely part of the reason the orchestra is wearing in-ear monitors in this concert, 20 years later.

[Bear-qkmr]

Saw an interview with Lars where he said the first S&M no one in the orchestra had ever heard of Metallica and the second one everyone in the orchestra knew Metallica. Must have been a completely different vibe.

[Master_of_Merol]

The performance of this song in the first S&M (1999) is simply OUTSTANDING.

[cantabrian]

Hearing Elizabeth describe James' vocals with such poetic elegance is a treat in of itself.

[armandoromero]

The Outlaw Torn off the original 1999 S&M performance is another magical song. In my opinion, the best combination of power, emotion, and overall greatness. Would love to see more reactions on either S&M performance (S&M 1 - 1999, S&M 2 - 2019). Forgot to mention, I’ve never seen someone react to The Outlaw Torn so it would be great and highly appreciated

[SRMWorkshop]

When you want to do a deeper dive, they did this concert twice 20 years apart. Gives a really good insight as to how his voice has changed over time.

[rachelh]

I was at this concert. There truly are no words to describe just how phenomenal the show was.

James is so frequently talked about for his talent on guitar, and his stage presence. His voice talent is rarely ever talked about on such a deep analysis level--he deserves so much more credit for his singing ability just outside of the typical metal vocalist. Thanks for your in depth and appreciative analysis. It was fun watching your excitement.

[marksmith]

Does anyone else love the way Liz acts like a little girl on Christmas day? Metallica and the Symphony Orchestra in the one performance is like all of her Christmases have come at once!

[markduffy]

Michael Kamen's orchestration is amazing. He made a habit of blending rock with orchestra, so a lot of the genius you are hearing is because of him. RIP, Michael, this is a legacy to your efforts.

[markuswelbmd]

I love how the chanting of the crowd is almost a part of the song. It just adds another percussive layer

[rendher]

James has always been recognized for his attitude on stage, his over-the-top downpicking skills, and his talent for writing lyrics and composing music. But, he doesn't have the praise he deserves as a singer. His voice is instantly recognizable right the moment you hear it. One of the best front man of all time.

[rafasoaresms]

If you liked this, you're really going to love the "original" S&M concert from 99. Everything sounds better, IMHO. I can't recommend watching the entire concert enough, because even the way they go from one song to the next is amazing (particularly the transition into this song from The Memory Remains, with the audience singing... it's really something)

[carlosnascimento]

That comment about older James having more control of his voice is spot on. I never loved his voice more than now. I saw them live a few months ago and he was simply amazing.

[KOLBYWAN_KENOBI]

If a four leaf clover is a sign of good luck, then a no leaf clover would be very unlucky. This song is basically about being doomed with bad luck, is my understanding. Very cool to see you do a reaction on a concert that I was in attendance for. This show sounded much better in person! Very special.

[ATHIL]

The highway leaf clover ramps you mentioned is such an interesting idea in relation to the song. Of course, what I think is more likely is the four leaf clover that symbolises luck - i.e. not a shred of luck found in your life seeing that not even the more common three-leaf clover is around. Going with what you mentioned about the lyric mentioning the light at the end of your tunnel being a freight train, it really pins that feeling down of being fooled by what you believe to be the end of a long stretch of pain, suffering, and all other relevant negative emotions. A wave of relief almost seems to wash over you, but the sudden realisation of a freight train coming for you (i.e. - another painful event of life that feels like being hit by a freight train) brings about a wave of panic and a sudden realisation that the hurt and the agonising sadness can never end.

I feel it may be relevant, too, to mention that this was, to my knowledge, Metallica's last concert before Hetfield re-entered rehab for a few months primarily for his recurrent addiction to alcohol, and I can only imagine him putting so much of his energy towards this song seeing that one seemingly crawls out of addiction and stays clean for almost 18 or so years only to be hit by the freight train of perpetual addiction once again.

[Rocketmanmm]

The 1999 S&M album is one of my favorite albums of any band all-time. This one in 2019 was great, but the 1999 was better. Just an amazing blend of metal and symphony.

[pdegan]

At some point during the video you asked if this was the first song of the concert. It wasn't. For both the 1999 and 2019 S&M shows, the orchestra starts off playing The Ecstasy Of Gold from the movie The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, which Metallica plays a recording of at their concerts right before they start playing. Also at both sets of shows, the first song that Metallica joins the orchestra for is The Call Of Ktulu(yes, it's spelled differently than Lovecraft spelled it in his writing), an instrumental from the Ride The Lightning Album. It's a great piece on its own, and with the orchestra added it's EPIC AF.

[jamesschmid]

"Pay no mind to the distant thunder. New day fills his head with wonder." might be the single most underrated Metallica lyric!

[mbulsht]

The 2nd chair Trombonist in this performance was my trombone/euphonium teacher in college. I asked him about this concert and all he could say was, "well, it was the loudest performance I've ever been a part of"

EDIT: I was mistaken, I didn't realize this was a more recent performance. The teacher I was referring to was part of the ORIGINAL "S&M" performance