First Time Hearing Black Sabbath Hand of DOOM (Reaction!!)
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Polo, once that Sabbath gets in you its in you for good. The true godfathers of metal. Keep it up man. Great stuff...
i always felt ( cant speak for Ozzy) the song was about the disillusioned vets who were coming home from the Vietnam war when the song was written. and just couldnt reintegrate into society and turned to drug use to try and ease the pain..
anyway thats a rando's take on it.
I really enjoy your videos because we definitely have the same appreciation of the unique combination of badass souls that were the original lineup of Black Sabbath. Saw them at Winterland in San Francisco. Love your set, the vibe, the backdrop and kinetic art in the background. What would really great is to see you react to 'Into the Void' from Master of Reality. Quintessential masterpiece!
Geezer Butler, bass player and principal lyricist, wrote this song after seeing US soldiers returning from Vietnam addicted to drugs from the PTSD.
Interesting, thank you for that info. I never got into Sabbath very much, maybe a few songs, and I am just starting to listen to more of it. My dad's a nam vet, and we connect a lot with music, even if some (like anti flag) arn't his jam. I'm getting ready to document a lot of his war buddies stories, some that suffer with things this songs about, so I'm going to put it on my playlist.
"First it was the bomb,
Vietnam Napalm
Disillusioning,
you push the needle in."
"Electric Funeral" from this LP is about how we would die in an Atomic War....
Worst song on the album and it STILL kicks ass.
Black Sabbath’s first 6 albums are basically perfect albums all the way through, and each one evolves their sound in some way.
Agree man 100%
Absolute TRUTH!
Absolutely Nothing wrong with their next two albums either. They are both above average albums for Sabbath.
Fax!
I love all 8
I played this song in my car. my 12 year old granddaughter listened to it, and when it ended, she said "is that song about taking drugs"? I said yes. she said "grandad, I wont take drugs". thank you black sabbath.
That's so sweet😭
Black Sabbath are the godfathers of Heavy Metal & absolute legends, so whoever said they don't get why we like Sabbath has never even listened to them, never listened to them enough or are just completely oblivious to great music.
That being said, you should really give "Sign of the Southern Cross" by Black Sabbath a listen
53 years later, and this new generation is "Getting It" !! Thank to the "Inter-Web" !! Polo you've gone down a rabbit hole, you will never regret. Keep it UP !!
Bill Ward is such an unbelievably great drummer!!!! He is up there with all the greats IMHO. His roots start with Jazz, all the greatest drummers have deep jazz roots. He called himself a percussionist.
Whole album is just the best... My favorite is Fairies ware Boots..
Pioneers. Their influence runs through more artists than we could ever name
Electric funeral is one of my favorites although not as mainstream as the others by original black Sabbath but has one of the most unique sounds you will ever here on metal
It’s such a great song.
It's the definition of Doom.
Thank you for opening you mind to my generations music.
The beauty of Sabbath is they sometimes give you 2 or 3 songs in one. That's what I love - the switch-ups. They're like songs withing the song. Check out Wheels of Confusion off Vol 4!!
Electric Funeral 🔥🔥🔥
Bill Ward is definitely the unsung member of Black Sabbath. He put his mark on many of Black Sabbath's songs. Really drove the beat home. Damn shame that he was done dirty for the final Sabbath tour(s)! Keep going strong, Polo!!
This is one of those Black Sabbath songs that I forgot the name of the song but knew it by heart as soon as I heard the beat.
I first heard Hand Of Doom in late 1970 when I was 8 years old. The Paranoid album was my first exposure to Black Sabbath. It scared the crap out of me. Sabbath changed my life, it really did. That album, and all the others, lead me down a path of musical discovery that I still walk on to this day. No regret.😎
Yeah, Paranoid was my first taste if Sabbath too. And it scared the shit out of me too. Then I heard the first album.........
Sabbath changed my life too. Everything Alex said is exactly what I experienced too. Right on man!
BSM
Symptom of the universe is another good one like this by Sabbath
I put Bill Ward up there with John Bonham! Ward/Butler are phenomenal !
John Bonham grew up with Toni Iommi, Black Sabbath’s guitarist.
Just learned that John Bonham grew up with Toni Iommi, the guitarist for Black Sabbath
People either "get" Black Sabbath or they don't. You certainly get them. Thanks for the reaction. Great video!
This is probably my favorite Sabbath song. It’s amazing on so many levels.
Me too bro , it's epic.
Right!?!
Legendary beat… Bill Ward is a beast! 🥁
Bill Ward is the TRUTH whole truth and nothing but the TRUTH!!!!!
Osbourne, Iommi, Ward, Butler.. living legends. Great breakdown man.
Black Sabbath singularly formed the foundation of heavy metal.
Everything on point with this classic. Ward’s drums switching between rock and jazz, Ozzie’s vocals, the lyrics. Hard to do better than this. 🔥
You gotta remember/understand the music scene when Sabbath arrived. The Jackson 5. Simon & Garfunkel. This stuff was earth-shattering.
There was Hendrix, Cream, Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beatles, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, plus many others who were fairly heavy like Iron Butterfly, and Led Zep who started around the same time and performed on the same stages around Birmingham and the Black Country.
Black Sabbath was the first real heavy music though, which is now known as metal, and the band that really started that genre.
@@martinmorris5997 yeah, good point. Good list.
@@martinmorris5997 Hendrix was def a huge influence on Sabbath and metal.
This might be their best song. Bill Ward has a 1980s hip hop drum beat in 1969.
I peeped that!!! 🤯
That's straight jazz
Any high school jazz band alumni would be happy to let you know that is a classic 50’s back beat jazz drum pattern with a little crash symbol for rock sake … a college music history 101 would go in to great detail of where that sound originated but…yeah… no😊
Glad to see you respond especially the week Ozzy announced he is retiring duebto illness. The man has definitely earned it
I was 20 years old when this came out.....yes. I'm old.😁
I was fifteen and its still good.
And you're still here!! I was ten years old when it came out, but I didn't hear this song till I was Fourteen. Zeppelin was my gateway into heavy music, as my older brother played the first and second Zep albums ALL the time! I was also between 8 and 9 years old when those albums came out. Zep is timeless, But when Rush came on the scene with 2112, In 1976, Even Jimmy Page gave a nod to Rush as an upcoming band to be reckoned with!! If the human race survives itself in the future, Sabbath will be just as recognized as Bach and Beethoven are regarded now. Timeless in their craft...
Bill Ward is basically the inventor of the Hip Hop Beat - just listen, it’s right here
Sabbath is the start of metal . I have listened to them for over 45 years.
When you've no shoes but you've got ALL the chops.
Early Sabbath is essentially R&B with distortion and occult/political themed lyrics. “Hand of Doom” being the prime example.
Black Sabbath "The Wizard" is a must if you like funky groove music.
Life rule, never trust anyone that doesn't like Black Sabbath.
I made my first Black Sabbath concert in 1971 my senior year in HS. I've been trying to make every Black Sabbath concert I could ever since. You have missed out on a lot of awesome music. I'm lucky to have been around for the music of the 60s and 70s. I started playing drums in bands around 1968 still working on learning how. Best time ever. I'm still mad at my mom for not letting me go with my older brother to Woodstock. LOL. No one at the time had any idea what Woodstock would turn out to be. I enjoy your show, I try to watch every time you post a new show. Amazing how much great music you don't know. But you're working on it.
have a great week.
In '75 I worked with a truck driver who would fly to Birmingham, UK & follow BS on their tour thru Europe & fly back to Des Moines when the tour ended. I always thought that was a clever idea!🙃
My envy is tempered by the happiness I feel for your discoveries. Planet Caravan.
Hey Polo, your reaction takes me back. I wish I could relive the first time I heard Sabbath as a 6th or 7th grader. War Pigs was the first and that song changed my whole direction of music and consequently, my life path.
My favorite sabbath tune. I could relate to the story up until the end because im still here. Good reminder for me
The variety in their Music is unmatched by any band ever existed.
Black Sabbath pioneered the use of ‘mini movements’ in hard rock. Traveling along in the music then bam something else. A movement to another song within the song. The idea is not new. But it was new at the time for rock. Just went from one sound to another in the middle of the song. Brilliant and the drumming by Bill is of the chain. A complete band.
That song is the one of the best in sabbath's catalogue I've loved this since hearing it when I was 11 years old my dad had Master of reality and I thought it was great and still do awesome record still jamming it at 47 😉💯🤘🏽
Sabbath was truly amazing. They were my favorite band for a while there - the godfathers of metal, and, more specifically, doom metal. This song is a prime example, though not their earliest. Black Sabbath (the song) and NIB are both from their first, self-titled album. It's chock-full of doom classics.
My favorite quote about Sabbath is from Henry Rollins, paraphrased:
"The rhythm section of Black Sabbath is the sound of a man slow to anger clenching his fist"
Children of the Grave is another great Sabbath song to check out.
When listening to Black Sabbath,
I always start with "The Wizard".
[Solo]
I've been listening to Sabbath for 50+ years. Thanks for exploring new worlds of music. I'm living vicariously through you. What kind of music are you into that you wish people knew about?
King's X
Ozzys vocals are just stellar in this song💯
This songs lyrics are so real!! That's what Black Sabbath wanted to let you know. That while most of the music was about Rainbows, Kittens, Flowers and Puppies, there was a darker side of life was happening. The poor or blue collar workers. And for instance this song is about young guys going over to Vietnam and the only way to deal with their reality was getting hooked on Heroin, drugs, etc. to cope. But then they end up ruining and the torture of addiction to cope with war, death, and hell on earth basically.
That whole album is 🔥🔥🔥. That's their 2nd Album. Released in 1970. I had them all!!!💯💯💯👍
That song is a PSA (warning label) by a guy that knows, and can sing it from his gut.
The first two albums were simply groundbreaking. The next albums were very good, but the first two were like nothing no else.
Gotta do sweet leaf next!
When I was a young teen, never heard Black Sabbath in radio, but would go to house party band and kids were playing Them on 8 track and totally underground following. Check out NIB…
If this groove surprised you...u have to do planet caravan by sabbath 😁😁😁
That song is such a MOOD!!!!
My favourite Sabbath song
This album had the biggest influence over my drumming than any other album ever. It’s hugely underrated. Also, Ozzy is a legend.
This was aimed at all the soldiers during Viet Nam who sometimes turned to drugs to escape the horrors that plagued them. The Horrors they witnessed and when they came home the people spat on them like they were responsible for it all. Btw I am a Viet nam vet. I had friends who was so tortured in their mind they ultimately committed suicide.
This song is at least in my top 10 Sabbath tunes.
Sabbath is a top 3 band for me, the whole paranoid record is flawless, Black Sabbath created heavy metal 🤘
Sabbath was so pivotal for rock ‘n’ roll and heavy metal. Heavily influenced by blues and jazz. There’s nothing like a well put together sabbath song. I grew up on this SHXT!
Hand of Doom is a progression where in the middle there's the heightened ecstasy of the drug and then at the end is the let down.
What I would give to rehear the black sabbath catalog for the first time again. So many memories.🤘🔥
This was my childhood. Black Sabbath, Leld Zeppelin and other rock bands of that Era. As a kid I would sit and listen to my fathers vinyl collection.
Slapped you right in the face with reality with good beat
22,000 English fought during the Vietnam War. The drugs and PTSD. This is about those that came back to England and never readjusted
This track is dark, gloomy and brilliant! Nice reaction Polo xx
This is one of my favorite Sabbath songs 🎵 Sabbath and SKYNYRD are my favorite bands. Both are worthy of a rabbit hole search. Keep up the great work 👍
First album I ever owned. Birthday present when I was 10 !!
Sabbath’s Paranoid is one of my ultimate no-skip albums. Start to finish, just perfection!
🤘🏼Black Sabbath CLASSIC 🤘🏼
That sexy smoky drum and bass!
You make it real with your reaction. I would love to see you react to it again but play it with "Rat Salad". Rat Salad is a follow on, it's an instrumental and drum solo and to me it makes me think of Death Rattles of the guy who dies from 'deadly pin'. Thanks again for the great reaction.
You like that hip hop boombsp awesome
The Hand of Doom is the hand that shooting heroin for all the soldiers and how they dealt with being in Vietnam as young men scared to death and how they coped withe fear, boredom, and not knowing if your going to die any day, minute or second! Sad but true stuff. All yhe music back then was about flowers, peace and love. Black Sabbath sung about the other side of life. It scared people, but it was real.
I was 16 years old when this album came out. I bought the 8 track, and I would lay in my room listening to it for hours. One of my favorite bands! Whoever said they don't get Black Sabbath; well, they just don't get real music. TOOOOO BAD!
Sabbath has been one of my favorite bands for 40 years or so. Check out
A National Acrobat or Sabba Cadabra.
I AM SOOOO HAPPY YOU LOVE BLACK SABBATH!!!!! My absolute favorite ❤️
Polo, sabbath is awesome! I listen to all of the underated or b-sides! I fkn love them!¡
Best react channel. The research you do, the deep cuts you do, the amount of time and respect you give to the music. Good stuff brother.
When I first listened to the album this one's on, I was already familiar with War Pigs, Iron Man and Paranoid, but not any of the other songs. My favourite was Planet Caravan, it was such a pleasant surprise, because I was not expecting a song like that. You'd probably be surprised, too. The lyrics and the way they're sung is some of the most beautiful I've heard.
I always felt when the song changed is the high and then comedown at the end
Black Sabbath is my go to. The first 6 albums are amazing from start to finish.
Yup
yup The Hand of Doom is at the end of YOUR own wrist
Great reaction to a stellar track from Sabbath! What set this band apart from the mainstream music of the day was the darker side of life that they conveyed. Remember, this is 1970! Please explore this band.....you won't be disappointed! 🤘
Simply as good as it gets
I had almost all Black Sabbath albums,on cassette. Back in the day. One of my favorite bands.
Sabbath and Tool you can’t go wrong
Bought the vinyl new in 1977. Listened to it over the years many times. Along with you and Lost in Vegas guys I have a new appreciation for the genius and the power of this work. Mount Rushmore of rock albums. Thanks.
this song is easily in my top 3 sabbath songs. Tonys riffs are punishingly heavy, Bill Ward who's basically a jazz fusion drummer has perfect in the pocket groove playing and the explosive energy that is metal. this band was, is, and will continue to be an amazing influence to musicians and passionate listeners alike. Keep up these great reactions!
The fact that Tony lost a finger, work related, and made a prosthetic one is even more incredible.
@@brianfogle2743 he didn't lose a finger, he lost two of his finger tips, but yea.
mann i fooking love this song
Polo man you're Raw AF !
That was amazing
Love, love, love your stank face❤❤
A true sign you are enjoying the ride.
I feel like ALOT of these people that react to hearing Sabbath don't grasp the intelligence and deepness of the lyrics
Wow that cool first time hearing Hand of doom on one of the channels I follow too cool
Guys coming back from the 'Nam so broken, just trying to kill the pain with the white horse. I mean, Ozzy was no virgin, but these guys were shocked.
Yah they are awesome!!
A true classic.
It took Black Sabbath 6 days to record this entire album (Paranoid). Their first album, Black Sabbath, was recorded in one day so it’s basically a live album.
They are so….freaking…HARD!