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1986 song by Megadeth
"
My Last Words
" is a song by American
thrash metal
band
Megadeth
from their 1986 album
Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
, written by
Dave Mustaine
.
Music and lyrics
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"My Last Words" is about a game of
Russian roulette
and the fear one goes through when playing the game.
[1]
[2]
Despite being one of the lesser known tracks on the record, music journalist
Martin Popoff
said that the song was an example of the band's "fast thrashers" and an evidence why Megadeth were dubbed as the "fearless speed progenitors".
[3]
The end section features shouted
gang vocals
.
[4]
Live performance
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"My Last Words" is rarely performed live by Megadeth nowadays. The song was a setlist staple through the eighties, having been played at many shows, including their first (where it appeared under the title "Next Victim").
[5]
After
Nick Menza
and
Marty Friedman
joined the band, however, it was mostly dropped from setlists. It has popped up sporadically for the past three decades.
In 2010,
Metallica
drummer
Lars Ulrich
requested that the band played the song at a concert at the Cow Palace on August 31, 2010.
[6]
The song is reportedly his favorite Megadeth song.
[7]
Well, last night was fun. Lars asked us to play 'My Last Words' two minutes before we went onstage and being as we have never even rehearsed that tune with this lineup and Megadeth hasn't played that tune since 2005 in the land of OZ. I think we pulled it off rather well... That was actually really fun to just wing it and enjoy the moment. I hope the crowd did enjoy it as well.
?
Shawn Drover - September 1st, 2010.
[8]
In June and July 2018, Megadeth played the song at a few shows in dedication to
Pantera
drummer
Vinnie Paul
, who died on June 22, 2018.
[9]
The performance at Hellfest was professionally shot and later uploaded to
YouTube
.
[10]
Mustaine announced the song by saying it was the first time the band played it in 20 years, although it had been played in 2005
[11]
and 2010.
[12]
Accolades
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Personnel
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Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
[13]
Megadeth
Additional personnel
- Casey McMackin - backing vocals
[14]
Production
- Dave Mustaine ? production
- Randy Burns ? production,
engineering
- Casey McMackin ? engineering
- Paul Lani ?
mixing
- Stan Katayama ? mixing
2004 remix and remaster
- Dave Mustaine ? production, mixing
- Ralph Patlan ? engineering, mixing
- Lance Dean ? engineering,
editing
- Scott "Sarge" Harrison ? editing
- Tom Baker ?
mastering
References
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Ramirez, Carlos (September 13, 2013).
"10 Most Underrated Megadeth Songs"
.
Noisecreep
. Retrieved
December 12,
2013
.
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a
b
Titus, Christina.
"The 15 Best Megadeth Songs: Critic's Picks"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved
29 August
2022
.
- ^
Popoff, Martin
(2002).
The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time
.
ECW Press
. p. 352.
ISBN
978-1-55022-530-3
.
- ^
a
b
Stewart-Panko, Kevin.
"The top 20 best Megadeth songs ranked"
.
Louder Sound
. Retrieved
29 August
2022
.
- ^
The Scorpion (3 November 2008).
"SCORPION Q+A"
.
Megadeth.com
. Retrieved
14 December
2022
.
- ^
"Metallica's Lars Ulrich Pens Liner Notes for 'Timeless' Megadeth Album 'Peace Sells'
"
.
Ultimate Classic Rock
. Retrieved
14 December
2022
.
- ^
"Lars On His Favorite MEGADETH Song, Napster, Favorite New Metal Bands & Cutting His Hair; Highlights Of His Reddit AMA"
.
Metal Injection
. 31 January 2014
. Retrieved
14 December
2022
.
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"MEGADETH PERFORM 'MY LAST WORDS' IN SAN FRANCISCO; VIDEO AVAILABLE"
.
Brave Words
. 1 September 2010
. Retrieved
14 December
2022
.
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"MEGADETH Dedicates 'My Last Words' To VINNIE PAUL (Video)"
.
Blabbermouth
. Retrieved
14 December
2022
.
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Camp, Zoe (25 June 2018).
"SEE MEGADETH SALUTE VINNIE PAUL WITH RARE "MY LAST WORDS" PERFORMANCES"
.
Revolver Mag
.
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Ustaer, Feyyaz (25 June 2018).
"MEGADETH REMEMBERS VINNIE PAUL ON STAGE: HERE'S PERFORMANCE OF "MY LAST WORDS"
"
.
Metalhead Zone
. Retrieved
14 December
2022
.
- ^
Davino, Bianca (26 June 2018).
"Watch Megadeth perform 'My Last Words in honour of Vinnie Paul"
.
Tone Deaf
. The Brag
. Retrieved
14 December
2022
.
- ^
Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? liner notes (2004 reissue)
.
Capitol Records
. 2004. pp. 4?12.
- ^
Scorpion, The.
"SCORPION Q+A"
.
Megadeth.com
. Retrieved
30 August
2022
.
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