Something that just hit me.....

ShawnStones · #1 01-15-2011, 11:01 AM

Randomly surfing videos on Youtube, I started watching old tour/backstage/studio videos of Metallica. Then watched a few Cliff videos and so on...

And then it hit me. I'm 25. He died when he was 24. I SUCK.

You can agree or disagree, whatever. I think Cliff Burton gets the kind of hype and credit that he does, not only because of what he wrote, but the fact that he was so young. That means he wrote Anesthesia when he was 22? 23? Are you kidding me? I still can't even PLAY the whole thing, let alone write something like that. Orion?! I mean, had he lived.....who knows. I think it's safe to say he hadn't come close to reching his musical peak.

Oh, and Geddy was 27 when YYZ was released, so he was 25, 26? when he wrote that? INSANE.

I suck. Haha.

yrock · #2 01-15-2011, 11:11 AM

Well, you have the rest of your life to catch up. I played in my late teens and quit, and just started back up, I am 40 now. I guess if you want to be a rockstar, quit your job and play all you can and live the music.

It is pretty amazing to me how good these got at so young an age.

esa372 · #3 01-15-2011, 01:32 PM

When The Beatles broke up, not one of them was yet 30.

Simply incredible.

dudelove · #4 01-15-2011, 01:42 PM

I heard a dude some where in states, sinse he was like 13 he get payed to make songs
and he is like 18-20 today

Evil Undead · #5 01-15-2011, 01:46 PM

I believe Cliff was about 17 or 18 when Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) was written

TomA1234 · #6 01-15-2011, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Evil Undead

I believe Cliff was about 17 or 18 when Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) was written

He must have been because it's the reason Metallica hired him

Chrisk-K · #7 01-15-2011, 02:18 PM

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When The Beatles broke up, not one of them was yet 30.

That's bloody amazing.

Metalbasshippy · #8 01-27-2011, 05:05 PM

Steve Harris wrote phantom of the opera when he was 17
That means he was only 2 years older than i am now

Evil Undead · #9 01-28-2011, 02:50 PM

Better get cracking then

ShredderMaximus · #10 01-28-2011, 03:57 PM

this vid was posted in a thread nextdoor, I think it fits here too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6l-vak6NXA
Best version on youtube, though it sorta makes me wanna throw my bass out the window...

plangentmusic · #11 01-28-2011, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by esa372

When The Beatles broke up, not one of them was yet 30.

Simply incredible.

THAT is something.

Writing songs in your 20's is nothing astounding. In fact, many people do their best work at that point in their life. But to do what the Beatles did -- create masterpiece after masterpiece and change music forever -- while they were kids, is mind boggling.

No disrespect to Cliff, but I'd say "She's Leaving Home" is a little more musically significant than Anesthsia.

ShredderMaximus · #12 01-28-2011, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Metalbasshippy

Steve Harris wrote phantom of the opera when he was 17
That means he was only 2 years older than i am now

Favorite Maiden song for the win, anyone else prefer Paul era to Bruce era? Not to knock Mr. Dickinson, saw Maiden over the summer and was blown away at the way he could sprint around the stage and not miss a note, that guy has incredible talent, but I just prefer the writing style of their self titled album and Killers more more, with phantom of the opera, drifter, genghis kahn, purgatory, and well, every single track on those 2 albums. What do you guys think?

DeathFromBelow · #13 01-28-2011, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ShredderMaximus

this vid was posted in a thread nextdoor, I think it fits here too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6l-vak6NXA
Best version on youtube, though it sorta makes me wanna throw my bass out the window...

DANG!

ShredderMaximus · #14 01-28-2011, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DeathFromBelow

DANG!

my sentiments exactly

arsie · #15 01-29-2011, 12:30 AM

They didn't have Playstations.

ShredderMaximus · #16 01-29-2011, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by arsie

They didn't have Playstations.

ftw, and they had to figure stuff out, without guitar pro or equivalent holding their hand.

Evil Undead · #17 01-29-2011, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by plangentmusic

THAT is something.

Writing songs in your 20's is nothing astounding. In fact, many people do their best work at that point in their life. But to do what the Beatles did -- create masterpiece after masterpiece and change music forever -- while they were kids, is mind boggling.

No disrespect to Cliff, but I'd say "She's Leaving Home" is a little more musically significant than Anesthsia.

If that's your thing. I personally hate the Beatles with a passion and didn't like any of their songs.

Burton however... genius

Melik · #18 01-29-2011, 02:40 AM

Miles Davis was 21 when he wrote Donna Lee

Mike M. · #19 01-29-2011, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by esa372

When The Beatles broke up, not one of them was yet 30.

Simply incredible.

I was just thinking something along those lines. When they first appeard on the Ed Sullivan show the "old men" of the group were Lennon and Starr who were both 23 at the time.

Yes, simply amazing.

arsie · #20 01-29-2011, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ShredderMaximus

ftw, and they had to figure stuff out, without guitar pro or equivalent holding their hand.

Each new generation is ever more effort-averse. It is the nature of a consumer society, the corporations will give you what you want. And the number one rule of marketing is that consumers are greedy and lazy.

Kids back then had less to distract them, if we spent all the time we did on Playstations, iPhones, Facebook, and dare I say TalkBass, playing Bass, we'd be as good as someone 3 times our age (or something).

Sign of the times. I am not any less guilty of it.