Metallica's Unforgiven Trilogy - A Brief Analysis
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In this extremely deep dive we will be taking a look at 3 Metallica songs. These songs form a trilogy, from The Original Unforgiven on the Black album, to the Unforgiven 2 on Reload all the way to The Unforgiven 3 on Death Magnetic, they tell us a story of man trying to outrun his childhood Trauma.
We will be looking at the music theory, the riffs, drumming, singing and lyrics and seeing how each song is different and how they all all connected through various different songwriting tools and Techniques. Lars Ulrich, James Hetfeild and Kirk Hammet (along with Jason and Rob) showcase to us their genius. So let us take a deep dive into the Unforgiven Trilogy.
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00:00 Intro
06:52 The Unforgiven Horn Sound where does it come from?
10:20 The Unforgiven 1 Musical Analysis
29:47 The Unforgiven 1 Lyrical Analysis
38:45 The Unforgiven 1 Summary
39:58 The Unforgiven 2 Musical Analysis
1:02:35 The Unforgiven 2 Lyrical Analysis
1:14:24 The Unforgiven 2 Summary
1:15:14 The Unforgiven 3 Musical Analysis
1:42:22 The Unforgiven 3 Lyrical Analysis
1:57:27 The Unforgiven 3 Summary
1:58:10 ALL THREE SONGS TOGETHER - WHAT IS THE STORY?
2:03:51 Final Thoughts
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a 2 hour video for 3 shitty songs?
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@nikoloznasaridze6328
Ай бұрын
You've successfully wasted several seconds of your life to give us an useless shitty opinion, congrats
@razormaw
Ай бұрын
if these songs are shitty then i'll gladly put shit in my ears
@NPK476
Ай бұрын
@@razormaw Perhaps you would enjoy Lulu and Mama Said also 🤣
@razormaw
Ай бұрын
@@NPK476 unironically, yes i do enjoy mama said! you may have your opinions and i may have mine :D although i don't touch lulu at all yikes
The Unforgiven trilogy is probably some of the most well written music ever
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Totally agreed
@GR-hl4gk
Ай бұрын
Easy easy
@Huddle_House56
Ай бұрын
But the tv and the big metal website told me I’m supposed to hate Metallica after 1991 😡
@bigassdummy46
Ай бұрын
You should Metallica sucks
@Th3feaR
Ай бұрын
BULLSHIT
i’m glad they never cut the first part of III to make it a single. they don’t need to do that
A brief analysis? Oh heck yeah let me watch this real qu-OH MY GOD ITS TWO HOURS LONG ITS BEAUTIFUL
2 hours? Time to queue this up in the living room with some refreshments! 🍺🍿
@FACEL1FT
Ай бұрын
me too bro, me too
Bro made a 2 hour video of the unforgiven, thank you for your service soldier
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
🫡🫡🫡
The ad is closed now but there’s no sun shining through.
I'll eventually get to the video after I listen to that intro a million more times.
Never stop making these deep dives bro, absolute fucking banger to watch with dinner 😤
@vitodigiovanni4020
Ай бұрын
I SECOND THIS!
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Yessir, I have more coming, this one took me a long time to do, next one will be back to normal run time of 30ish minutes lol Thanks for the support as always my G
@FACEL1FT
Ай бұрын
@@VARVIS_ ofc homie 😮💨😮💨
@FACEL1FT
Ай бұрын
@@vitodigiovanni4020YESSS MY BOY 😤😤
The first one saved me from ending my life. Living with a disability is hard mentally more than anything cause you’re stuck with it forever. It spoke to me in a way that I realized I not alone and though I’m a very forgiving person the memory is the struggle remains. The memory remains you can say which or another favorite cause of the same reason kinda.
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing my man. Glad you are still with us
I remember watching the unforgiven music video as a kid and the black and white with the skinny old dude scared me. But then it became one of my favorite songs so here we are. Solid vid
I've always interpreted The Unforgiven II opposite to what you have described here. The way I see it, the narrator is stating that he himself cannot forgive the other person rather than stating that she is unforgiven by society like him. I believe that at the beginning of the song he originally thought that she was unforgiven by society like him, however as the song passes he begins to question whether or not she is actually like him ('Or are you unforgiven too?') This along with the 'The door cracks open, but theres no sun shining through' line foreshadow his coming decision. By the end of the song he has decided that she is not like him and she is just another member of society, therefore he cannot forgive her ('Because you're unforgiven too') I think the 'I take this key, and I bury it in you' line is referring to how he leaves her only the memory of what could have been. As for the major note at the end of the song I don't hear it as very happy sounding, to me it still fits the depressing minor tone of the song.
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Hmmm interesting perspective! I can definitely see your point
@te0pol159
Ай бұрын
Agreed. Giving the key could also mean giving the responsibility of the relationship to her, as he's already given up after realizing she's one of the unforgiven too. Part 3 follows up 2 by wondering how he could blame her when he is the problem (because of part 1).
this was NOT brief
Fuck yeah, gonna watch this bit by bit over the work week
Varvis you are criminally underrated, this content deserves millions of views. Excellent work here
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Cheers my man, appreciate it a lot 👍
Great video, very in depth, and the deep dive into the story and the musical breakdown was very intruiging, even tho I personally didn't understand much of it lol. Great vid, you earned a sub.
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Thanks man I appreciate it. 🙏🏻
What a brilliant video. Thank you for inviting me to revisit these classic songs, especially the often overlooked two and three. The video highlights what an amazing songwriter James is. We can all relate to his struggle. My favourite is number one. 😊
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
He is a very underrated songwriting forsure
The unforgiven trilogy is one of my favorite of all time. Only thing that can rival this for me is Rivers Of Nihil doing 4 albums in a concept with 4 Terrestria songs.
I'm speechless here. You really outdone yourself Varvis, fucking masterpiece of a video. Despite the first one being my favorite, I always loved the third one and really find it massively underrated, truly one of the best Death Magnetic songs. Keep these analysis videos coming man, the 2 hours flew by!
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Thanks so much my man!
Excellent video, a thoroughly enjoyable watch from beginning to end.
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Ayy cheers man
I already know this is gonna be a great vid!
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Based big Vito 💪🏻💪🏻
The Unforgiven II is my favorite 😢💔 "If you can understand the me, Then I can understand the you"
I've been actively re-listening to Metallica for the last 3 weeks, Unforgiven 1 was the most listened to track from the whole discography. Incredibly excited about your retrospective on the trilogy!
I LOVE YOUR CONTENT! I LOVE IT! You’re the best! 🤘
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Thanks my man!!
Lovely video!
Damn, I was in the middle of writing something similar but you did it much better than I ever could. I’ll still touch the topic with how I personally relate to it cite this video.
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Write it man!
Great video man
more of these long analyses please!
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Coming up!
Rush's "fear" trilogy goes pretty hard
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Thats a good idea! Thanks man
OH FEED THIS IN MY VEEEEINS! Time to enjoy this with my lunch and the next 3 days of lunches 😅
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Ayyyy enjoy the lunch breaks my man 👍
Pretty good analysis, right on \m/
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Cheers brother 👍
Great job! I always thought that the trilogy deserved deeper analysis. People seem to write Metallica off these days and sort of under rate what they can do/ have done. Unforgiven 2 is my fav, and I’m so glad someone loves all 3, since a lot of fans like 1 or the other but not usually all 3.
I sometimes write poetry and the main criticism I get is over my usage of thee, thou, thine, etc. and how it makes it sound too old-fashioned; thanks for reaffirming why I use them (i.e., implying double meaning).
I like the first one a lot. And the concept is interesting as a whole even if the sequels aren't as good
Ah yes, a “brief” 2 hour analysis, a trend passed down from the Kingdom Hearts community.
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂
Thanks yt recommendations for finding another masterpiece
III is my favorite and I've been a fan since the 80s!
Fr said brief and dropped a 2 hour vid, I can bear watching up to an hour but anything more and I start to drift off and fall asleep. Will watch through the week! Cheers from the mountains.
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
I appreciate it brother
A brief analysis of? Surely you jest 😂
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Great video....NPK476....you obviously listen to New Kids on the Block.
10:25 it's a perfect fourth since the intro is in A minor
Somehow I sat through all that in one sitting, when I'd rarely sit through a whole film these days without several breaks! Interesting stuff. Death Magnetic's production/mastering was improved a while back, without any fanfare or announcement. It's still clipped in places but WAY better and (IMO) not fatiguing now, and also without all the flaws of the fan mixes based on Guitar Hero etc. (which improve some things but ruin others, IMO). I used to feel like a load of my favourite songs were trapped in something I couldn't listen to all the way through, or often, but now I can listen to this all day. The 24/96 version they sell on their website is the one I listen to and far better than the release-day CD which I also have. Not better *because* it's 24/96, but that's the version I know, and you can see and hear it has been re-done to fix a lot of the clipping. I don't know if some/all/any of the other versions they sell are updated or not, but that one definitely is. Rumour was the newer version was originally done for the Apple Music release, long before they started re-releasing all the older album remasters. Also, I think the lyric in Unforgiven III is "They've gone away" not "Blame gone away"; the official website agrees, at least. Oh, and on the subject of improved versions of albums initially ruined by Rick Rubin's brickwalled production, anyone who hasn't tracked down the not-quite-finished version of RHCP's Californication is in for a delight, as that version of the album sounds significantly better than the original CD release. (Although I think that has an official remaster now? I haven't got that so IDK how they compare.)
@LeoDavidson
Ай бұрын
Re Unforgiven, there's an explicit reference to it on If Darkness Had A Son (72 Seasons), and I wonder if "The Son/Sun will shine" line in The Day That Never Comes (Death Magnetic) also ties into things. TDTNC has a lot of overlapping themes in general, I think, with Unforgiven 1. But you could probably find those in a bunch of songs, including stuff like Dyers Eve, so IDK if it's really connected or just similar themes from Hetfield's life. I love that we can listen to these things for decades and still wonder about the exact details and meanings.
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
I think you are right about the lyrics lol. Very interesting about the various versions of DM. I considered that about the day that never comes but I thought for brevity (lol) i would keep it ONLY to the 3 songs. Thanks for watching it all and leaving a great comment my man 👍
I didn’t notice your black Dahlia murder shirt the first time I watched this video. Fuck yeah dude.
Please make a video about the Triology of Motionless In White Puppets 1, 2 and 3
"A brief analysis..." "Analysis" as long as two Load albums lol. But I dig it.
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
I could have written more 😂😂 decided to keep it 2 hours or so lol
Best drum sounds of all time? How about Black Sabbath Headless Cross Great video analysis btw ;)
Would you do this for Guns n Roses trilogy? id like to see it, amazing video
A trilogy of songs I particularly enjoy is the Murmaider trilogy by Dethklok. It even technically has a part 2.5 with The Ocean Galaktik from Brendon Small’s Galaktikon II
You know Unforgiven is a good song when even Dave Mustaine had to admit that's the best song they've ever written (even if it was definitely said in a sorta backhanded way 😂), and this was amidst their feud, even if a handful of years out
Damn this shows how effective those chords are. I love minors.... WAIT WAIT WAIT I DIDNT MEAN THAT
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂
we clearly have different definitions of the word "brief" lol ♥
Only other trilogy I heard of comes from GNR: Don’t Cry, November Rain, Estranged
The unforgiving II is the best one
Can you please do a recap on holy wars by Megadeth, I really liked that series that was starting
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
I definitely plan on Holy Wars soon
Unforgiven trilogy breakdown ✅ Fellow Alberta boy ✅ Fellow oilers fan ✅ Nice video, man; earned a sub
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Ayyyyy welcome aboard my man 👍👍👍👍👍
Gotta love kirks solo on these songs
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Some of his best work forsure
@JeremyAustin-hw1qy
Ай бұрын
@@VARVIS_ yep agree
how can you misspell Unforgiven in your intro???
I love the unfogiven
brief?
The unforgiven were the friends we made along the way.
The spaghetti in my fridge was calling me when I saw the thumbnail
I always thought the horn was from the original Godzilla movie
Iron Maiden has a series of songs. It’s the Charlotte the Harlot trilogy spanning from 1980-1992
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
YESSS great Idea thank you 🙏🏻
@GavinTilling
Ай бұрын
@@VARVIS_ Here are the songs. So they’d be Charlotte the Harlot (1980), 22 Acacia Avenue (1982), and last would be From Here to Eternity (1992)
I guess I should just pay for cable. How many commercials can yo have!?
a brief summary thats two hours long😭
Hasnt Soulfly made a song with like 9 or so parts...
hey bud, there’s a video in your ads
Love this video if KZread didn’t advertise every fucking minute
Didn’t hear a word of what you said. too upset by the interruptions. Too many advertisements!!
KZread/ advertisetube!!
Why so many ads bro ?
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Bro YT is so bad for them now 💀
Bro misspelled Unforgiven in the intro and put Unfogiven
@FACEL1FT
Ай бұрын
He updated it lmao
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂 bro
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
I swear I did it on purpose for engagement 😅 trust me bro
2 minutes later another advertisement!! Cool!!🙄
“A brief analysis” 💀
A estimate advertisement, advertisement, advertisement, advertisement, advertisement
Could had at least spelled the song right in the title card
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂 yeah no kidding. Oh well
Or how the first song was great and progressively became worse with each newer installment!
Hate to be that guy… but a Perfect 5th inverts to a Perfect 4th (not a Sus4).
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Yeah you are right
@TheChristianRiv
Ай бұрын
@@VARVIS_Great vid man, super in depth. 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Anyone favor the 2nd one like me??
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Its super slept on
"A brief analysis" * Ends up being 2 hours * "Yeah this one's going on the shelf for later." I'm sure it's a good video, and hopefully I actually revisit it and don't leave it gathering dust.
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
I have the chapters ready so you can just watch one song at a time
@totally100darthvader7
Ай бұрын
@@VARVIS_ That's cool. I love your content, just always takes me a while to get around to finishing full things. Gotta budget time to watch your stuff, but it's worth it.
10 seconds and another fucking ad wow
Unforgiven II feel so much more mature and emotional than the first part, and I think that's because the production on the first one is too slick and sterile (the problem the whole black album suffers from)
You should reconsider the use of the word brief...
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
😂😂
Commercial commercial commercial
So it's about Dave Mustaine.. interesting.
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂 how could I not have seen it!
It's James himself. You don't need to talk for 2 hours about it to get that.
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂
Brief...?
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
I could have done longer lol
So many ads I can’t pay attention😂
A estimate advertisement, advertisement, advertisement, advertisement, advertisement. Fuck me another interruption.
bro said “brief” and made it 2 hours😭
"a brief analysis" makes a 2 hour youtube video, my bro you made a whole ass movie and called it "brief"
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
Too many advertisements
BRIEF??????
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
I could have go on longer 😂
@zombieslayer1468
Ай бұрын
@@VARVIS_ please do, i never said it being 2h long was a bad thing
I don’t need all of these ads the people that don’t want to see them would never by the product anyway. Find a new way to get money from us!!
Might as well pay for fucking cable TV with all these ads
@VARVIS_
Ай бұрын
Bro its brutal I caved and got Yt premium because I could not stand it anymroe
@dustinenbody4990
Ай бұрын
@@VARVIS_I like your video. No reflection of you bro. I’ll subscribe.
Fuckin ridiculous amount of advertising.
I’ve literally just been talking shit the whole time this video has been playing. Too many advertisements to let me enjoy the video. KZread has become a disgrace.
Too many adds!! This is bull shit KZread
@ihavewaited90daystochangem51
Ай бұрын
Still less ads than your whiny menstruating comments lmao
a brief analysis 2 hours long
Quit trying to sell me shit!!