Talk:One (Metallica song)

message: The policy on original research is outlined in WP:NOR. ⟳ausa کui × 23:21, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Original research

message: I think Rolling Stone put it on some top 100 lists....  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.237.136.170 (talk) 01:27, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  more honors 

message: the song that plays on u5 amiga version is almost 1:1 to the intro of "one" except it's slightly more refined and suits the theme of the game better. the game appeared 1988 but the amiga port was published later so it's likely inspired by "one".
(Anyone have any dates to shed light to this?)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.237.74.199 (talk) 22:20, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  ultima 5 

message: Like many metal videos, "One" puts a great deal of emphasis on the performance of the band members as musicians. However, unlike glam metal videos (such as Poison's "Nothing But A Good Time") Metallica's performance does not present their performance as a fantastic spectacle filled with bright colors, stage antics, and live excitement. Instead, the video features the band members in a presumably abandoned warehouse, in tight formation around Lars Ulrich's drum kit, as if in rehearsal. Moreover, the many shots of the guitarists' left hands playing chords or riffs and Ulrich's hands or feet playing various drum techniques all work to present Metallica (and by extension Metallica's version of metal) as real musicians.
This paragraph was removed by Arm as POV. I don't see the point for that. It's simply a description of the video. Yeah, the phrase "real musicians" is quite peacock and needs rewording, but deleting the whole paragraph seems a little bit excessive to me. (I'm simplily re-adding the first three sentences, until somebody finds a better way to express the last one.) --Army1987 17:31, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: "It shows many shots of the guitarists' left hands playing chords or riffs and Ulrich's hands or feet playing various drum techniques." It sounds like a good compromise. --Army1987 17:36, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Description of the video = POV? 

message: There is no need of saying that song is played one semitone down becaose since load all of the songs played live are tuned one semitone down MetalCro 23:54, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Description of One played live

message: Some idiot on "The Unforgiven" page called "One" a ballad. What think?
:It's not quite a ballad, but it's much softer rock than Metallica's regular stuff. I'd call it progressive metal, since it starts out quiet and soft, and builds up overtime and is heavy and loud by the end.
:--Rock Soldier 02:47, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's a power ballad, but emphasis on the POWER. Silver The Slammer (talk) 14:29, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "One" a ballad? 

message: The article says something about A-G chord thing.  But I think some signature riff of the song is in B-G progression? Geminivenom 12:23, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A-G 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Metallica ONE.jpg

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Metallica ONE.jpg

message: "One is based on war. The overall concept of the song is the pain people who are wounded in war go through, and how they wish it was a dream of which they could wake from and they'd be relieved. The song was also inspired by the movie 'Johnny Got his Gun.'"
Isn't the song DIRECTLY based off Johnny Got His Gun, and the BOOK, not the movie? It just seems like with their background of music based off literature, that's more likely.
--George The Man (talk) 18:18, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:   'Concept' Section  

message: The concept is a soldier who lost most of his body. He couldn't see, speak, or hear. All he knew was pain. Hence the lines:
Landmine has taken my sight
Taken my speech
Taken my hearing
Taken my arms
Taken my legs
Taken my soul
Left me with life in hell
I changed it accordingly.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.76.168.122 (talk) 23:15, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  From What I Know 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Metallica One sample.ogg

message: This song sounds quite a bit like a power ballad, would it be appropriate to refer to it as one? Zazaban (talk) 22:31, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: A power ballad kind of gives an emotional theme, while containing stuff like hard rock. Although "One" doesn't quite give that emotional theme, not at all.Jonah Ray Cobbs 01:56, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

text: A power ballad example is "Fade to Black".Jonah Ray Cobbs 01:56, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Power Ballad? 

message: I am a bit confused about this. The song is about a soldier heavily wounded in WWI, yet you clearly can hear helicopters. How can that be if the helicopters were never used in WWI as the whole helicopter thing was just in an infant stage?  Norum (talk) 10:37, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No one's supposed to think about it that hard. 3pointswish (talk) 01:36, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess Americans will buy any non sense... Norum (talk) 00:30, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Helicopters? 

message: The article states that most of the video is in Black & white, but it's actually just heavily desaturated, not quite black & white.Winterdenni (talk) 10:15, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Black & White? 

message: I'd love it if an editor could find a good source quoting the band, in the Master of Puppets (or before) time frame, about never wanting to make a music video.  This site typically states that the band had never wanted to make a music video, but it's far from a reliable source, and doesn't discuss why (some combination of (a) MTV not wanting them, and (b) the band's rejection of "MTV mainstream crap").  As several of the band members have individually claimed, the mainstream moved toward them.  If this can be sourced well, it deserves at least a brief mention in the Metallica article itself, and certainly also in ...And Justice for All (album).  I'm having trouble finding a good source and I suspect the best source is going to be a physical copy of a metal magazine containing an interview from the Ride the Lightning or Puppets days.  Comet Tuttle (talk) 17:37, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why it was their first music video 

message: Written to stir the US in WWI, OVER THERE, by George M. Cohen was a classic nationalistic anthem. Then in 1939 just before the outbreak of WWII, the novel, Johney Got His Gun, was written to illistarte the hororrs of war.  The original song was brought toa horrid conclusion.  Then as the Vietnam War raged A film was made based on the book.  Finally to bring the circle around Matalica created a rock classic based on the film, based on the book, which was written to answer a song.  This is a great way to track US sentiment and art based on war i the modern era.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.24.48.83 (talk) 06:59, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Art- how it borrows and says something abou the time 

message: I've not been able to find any definitive cites, but I do remember distinctly seeing and hearing Ulrich speaking about the coincidence between One and Johnny Got His Gun (the book and movie). He, and I suppose Hetfield as he implied, wrote the song without ever knowing about the book or movie, until 'someone' mentioned it. I don't know if any part of the song was changed after they read the book or saw the movie.
Also, I remember well, someone in Metallica, or perhaps a narrator of some sort, mentioned that in order to get the film clips into the music video (or perhaps to get a "good deal"), the band purchased the film outright. I haven't found anything for a cite yet on that. Jimcripps (talk) 04:13, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Song and Johnny Got His Gun

message: I changed the statement saying the song changes in time signature, "from 4/4 to 3/4 to 2/2 (double time)" (not exact quote).
Who the Hell wrote this? The song is standard 4/4 for the entire song, there is no section where it changes to 3/4, and 2/2 is half time, not "double time", as the person who wrote that, put it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Styk0n (talk • contribs) 09:24, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: The part in the "song" section which states time signature

message: Can this be considered such?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.114.164.111 (talk) 03:22, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Progressive Metal?