So I’ve been a guitarist for a good enough while, as evidenced by my fingers in the pic. I Got my 1st guitar when I was 12, could do some ok stuff with it, but decided to take it more seriously when I turned 22 and became interested in musicianship vs just sound fx. While I’m still not a great guitarist by any stretch, I have learned a thing or two. So I wanted to break down this song and everything it references.

From the beginning, it’s Metallica. It’s The Unforgiven from the black album.

15 seconds in and we get stairway to heaven by Led Zeppelin

back to an upbeat version of the unforgiven.

59 seconds in, after what appears to be a classic movie intermission, followed by “Only want to be with you” by Dusty Springfield

1:11 we get “closer to the heart” by Rush, just the intro

1:38 sounds almost like Don’t Fear the Reaper by blue oyster cult.

About 2:50 we get “closer to the heart” riff by Rush

Every song on this list, post dates this song, except for Dusty Springfield, which came out in 1964.

Some mutha fuckers got some splain to do, Lucy style.