Metallica - One Flashcards
When was “One” released? On what album?
1988
“…And Justice For All”
In which record label was “One” recorded?
Elektra Records
What key is “One” in?
B minor
Goes to A minor
What is the instrumentation of “One”?
Musique concrete - artillery, helicopters
Electric guitar (solo and rhythm), electric bass, drums
What is the lyrical content of “One”?
Anti-war song about a soldier who lost most of his limbs and senses to a German shell
When was Metallica formed?
1981
What are two other songs by Metallica?
Enter Sandman
Master of Puppets
What are musical characteristics of heavy metal?
Heavily distorted guitar
Often in a minor key
No keyboards, brass or string instruments
Shredding guitar solos
Mainly dark lyrics
What was another type of metal popular in the 1980’s?
What were some characteristics of that style of metal?
What were some bands that played that type of metal?
Glam metal
Simpler than thrash metal, utilising more moderate tempo + more melodic vocals
Twisted Sister, Cinderella
What were some important events of the 1980’s?
Fall of the Berlin wall
End of the Cold War
AIDs awareness
The Falklands War
What was “One” inspired by?
A line in a 1939 anti-war novel (Johnny Got His Gun)
“How could a man lose as much of himself as I have and still live…”
