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When Metallica Took Moscow - Ride the Lightning - 03-15-2022 The video, part of a concert documentary called For Those About to Rock: Monsters in Moscow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mtilj2gKz0 ...captures a nation in the flux of late perestroika. Red Army soldiers have been called in to do crowd control, clashing against a seething sea of concertgoers. The show’s organizers repeatedly come on stage to plead with the crowd to refrain from violence, lest the authorities shut it down. “Remember why we are here,” they say, “to celebrate our victory.” Yet there are also people in army uniforms enjoying the music along with everyone else, flashing devil horns and lolling their tongues as if they’re in need of an exorcism. https://www.vulture.com/article/eddie-van-halen-best-stories.html Bands that played that day included AC/DC, the Black Crowes, and Pantera. If you’re of a certain age and musical persuasion, it’s oddly touching to see Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell (RIP), replete with a razor-blade necklace, do a stink-face shredding thing on his guitar while lead singer Phil Anselmo screams, “We’re taking over the entire country!” (A riff on the line “We’re taking over this town” from the song “Cowboys From Hell.”) But nothing compares to Metallica galloping on stage, lithe and frizzy-haired, to open their set with “Enter Sandman,” a once ubiquitously annoying song that, in hindsight, was one of America’s most influential cultural exports of the time, inspiring a distinct look that inundated both Eastern Europe and high schools around the world: tattered jeans, greasy locks, black Metallica T-shirt. The response from the crowd in Moscow is joyous havoc, a catharsis years in the making. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/when-metallica-took-moscow.html RE: When Metallica Took Moscow - Guest - 03-15-2022 Paul McCartney talks about going to Moscow for first time https://youtu.be/yQMOF_QHcsQ RE: When Metallica Took Moscow - Guest - 03-15-2022 That one talked about educating the youth all the time! https://youtu.be/xNvHOekLpXo RE: When Metallica Took Moscow - Guest - 03-16-2022 I was watching and listening to that first video in the Metallica thread. You listen to the music and words it's obvious why things are the way they are today. The thread itself illustrates the dubious outcome of some of the band members. I guess this is a case of musical spell casting plays itself out! RE: When Metallica Took Moscow - 3rd Rock - 03-16-2022 Russian guy reacts to Iron Maiden - Mother Russia https://youtu.be/KlPYgZ3TsZc It's funny how the names change in music genres. Ra Ra Rasputin?! lol RE: When Metallica Took Moscow - Guest - 03-18-2022   Iron Maiden Cancels Ukraine and Moscow Concerts! Legacy Of The Beast World Tour - 2022 https://www.ironmaiden.com/tours/legacy-of-the-beast-tour-2022-2022 A different sort of beast is rising in that part of the world presently! RE: When Metallica Took Moscow - Guest - 03-19-2022