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About This Track
“Ride the Lightning” is the second track to the album Ride the Lightning. It is one of the last Metallica songs that Dave Mustaine received a writing credit for. Keeping in the political themes of the first three tracks, the song deals with capital punishment and the flaws that come with it. The protagonist of the story depicted within the song is an innocent man who is blamed for a crime he didn’t do, and is executed via electrocution. It also features some of James Hetfield’s highest note-singing (although they are screamed) and a lengthy guitar solo by Kirk Hammett, with lots of tapping at the beginning.
It is also a downloaded song in the video game Rock Band.
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Shouts
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moresweetb wrote:
for some reason in 117 the music reminds me of Chris Farley; pumping his arms up and down...down by the river.
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moresweetb wrote:
I have this cassette tape somewhere...my cousin sold me some pretty cool tapes. & I was pretty young; so I'm sure he sold them to me at the highest rate possible.
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FinckBh wrote:
Best song ever!!!
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thechaosseer wrote:
Man the guitars and vocals on this are brutal, and not in a good way. Ugh.
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pyschoklown wrote:
i agree but the children on those pages dont know how to act i think all should go to their rooms jobs and grew the fuck up
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EternalSilence- wrote:
Is that war between Metallica and Megadeth still going on? I love both the bands anyway. [2] Great song. I can't believe that the same band that recorded this song recorded Lulu. F*ck. [2]
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Harmonia-Mundi wrote:
One of the best guitar solos of all time. \m/
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rockandrolljoe wrote:
YES
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Fight1992 wrote:
Is that war between Metallica and Megadeth still going on? I love both the bands anyway.
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METALLlCA wrote:
Best Metallica song.
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moissonneuse wrote:
Great song. I can't believe that the same band that recorded this song recorded Lulu. F*ck.
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sebadagostino wrote:
Burning in my brain! I can feel the pain!
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nopuppet wrote:
who? made you god to say: i'll take your life from you
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Junior_Lins wrote:
now it's time to die.
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mrpaul01 wrote:
This song was playing in my dream last night. I was being chased by the old man with the shovel from Home Alone. weird...
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ReptilianC0mplx wrote:
Dat solo.
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Robesko wrote:
best metallica song
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n0umena wrote:
fucking unreal song. solo section just destroys.
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babyist wrote:
well what can i say about this album? metallica are just the gods of metal love you metallica
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Joizo wrote:
This is not only best Metallica track, this is probably the greatest metal song ever made.
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