First Time Hearing One by Metallica | Su!c!de Survivor Reacts

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FYI the lyrics at the end are: "Landmine has taken my sight, Taken my speech, Taken my hearing, Taken my arms, Taken my legs." So he was a Quadriplegic, with no voice, sight, or hearing. The only way he could communicate was through Morse Code, via rapidly banging his head. This song was based on a novel titled "Johnny Got His Gun" and the videoclips are from the movie by the same name. I know what it feels like to have no voice; be kept alive by vents and feeding tube. After my suicide attempt in '07 I've yet to regain my voice, and still have the tube in my stomach that jabs me throughout the night. But I'm still hanging on and going strong. I owe you, Amanda, a lot of thanks for helping me see my worth to never let my light go out. So, Thank-You! Your videos have helped me a lot.

Coincidentally you said "soldiers that feel disposable." They have a song called "Disposable Heroes." On a lighter note. This tour was awesome. I got the same shirt Lars was wearing here. My Dad was a Vietnam vet as well. Still actually live by Camp Lejeune.

I'm a 59 year old combat vet...this song moves me to tears every time I watch it, and it was even a bit worse this time due to watching you holding on to your own emotions.

"He's a product of your profession, not mine" 👊👊👊

I am a veteran. Joined the US Navy in 1990. I had awareness of not only the anxiety of being in a war-zone, but also aware of what can happen at Sea. I learned early -on that the best achievement in any Military service: Go home in one piece and with a sound mind, Not all were so fortunate.

My granny was the baby of 9 children. She had 3 brothers, all 3 served in WW2. My favorite uncle was on the beaches of Normandy on D day. I remember when we started learning about the war, my granny sat us down and told us that he had been on the beaches that day, and though we may want to, we were to NEVER ask him about what he had seen.

This is one of the baddest ass heavy metal songs of all time.

I had to read "johnny got his gun" in high school. It was very close to a horror story. There is definitely a statement in the book about the horror of war. He lost most of his face, his arms and legs and could only communicate by bobbing his head in Morse Code. It takes them months to notice what he's doing.

Seeing others hearing one for the first time gives this old time Metallica fan an even more appreciation for this classic. I've been listening to Metallica since I was a teenager. And I get chills watching you hearing a song I've been listening to for decades

When I first found your channel, I knew you would have to react to this song. But, I almost didn't want you to because I knew it could break you. I appreciate everything you do and send you a virtual hug for getting through this.

seeing your demeanour change when the solo kicked in gave me chills <3 great song and great reaction.

Just bought the book, and am currently reading it every night. Its called Johnny Got His Gun. Sometimes, there are fates worse than death.

I know this song very well, Metallica is my favorite band. I have Asperger's, ADHD, Anxiety and Panic disorders with a side of depression. This is one thing I know from being around people with mental disorders. Talking about suicide is a health conversations that normal people don't understand and want to shut down. But for people like me, we have these thoughts, so having discussions about this, getting the thoughts out of our heads is healthy. Also, if someone takes their own life because of mental disabilities, they aren't cowards. They fought a fight we don't understand and couldn't fight no more. It's an exhausting battle to live this life everyday. The best thing to do when you have these thoughts, talk about them with someone. You aren't suicidal if you are just having thoughts.

this is one of the biggest anti-war songs - the fragments in the clip are from "Johnny got his gun" it's about a soldier who lost all his senses and all his limbs and is kept alive by force

Based off the movie Johnney got his gun. A WW1 story where a solder is horribly wounded, loosing there eyes voice herring arms and legs. It was not based off any real person but my Mom was doing research for the CDC back in 98 on the Spanish flue outbake in ww1 and she ran across a file of a soldier who this fit to a tee. She was a mess after reading the file on him and I could not bring myself to.

This video hurts me so much every time I watch it, yet I watch it often just to remind myself that it can be worse, keep moving. And to listen to people, you might be the only one who care hear a plea for help.

Although this video intercuts scenes from the movie Johnny Got His Gun, and although the book served to flesh out the ideas and mold the song, the guys had the idea for this song before they ever heard of Dalton Trombaugh (sp?). This song started as a question - what would it be like to be incapable of communicating, unable to move, trapped inside yourself? The title of the song is elucidated by the lyric "Now the world is gone, I'm just one . . ."

This song for many years didn't hit me as hard as it does now since my life threatening illness and the heavy part of his cries is what I endured for 2 and a half months,

Ironic you mentioned "Disposable" about soldiers after the war is over. Metallica has a song called "Disposable Heroes" that is just about that. This video was Metallica's very first music video. The video incorporates clips from the movie "Johnny Got His Gun" which Metallica bought the rights to so they didn't have to pay a royalty every time it played. The character, as mentioned in the lyrics, lost his arms, legs, sight and hearing and is unable to speak and uses Morse code by moving his head. The line I like best is when the military officer asks the Padre "Don't you have some message Padre? and the Padre says "He's a product of your profession, not mine" I like how you empathized with this victim Amanda, though it would be very difficult to truly know what it's like to be him.