The bassist Geezer Butler wrote most of the lyrics for Black Sabbath during the Ozzy years, I believe he was battling some depression during this time. And yes, you definitely need to check out "War Pigs" live in Paris.
The UNholy trinity was Black Sabbath, Led Zep. and Deep Purple. I'd love to see you react to Black Sabbath live in Paris 1970 to see them in true form. War Pigs and Fairies Wear Boots are great. Bill Ward is fantastic live.
Imagine someone who lived through the 1960s with all of it's folksy love music, the Beatles, Peter Paul & Mary etc, and then 1970 rolls over and suddenly they've got this song blasting in their faces. It would have blown some people's minds.
I enjoy watching you enjoying Ozzy/Black Sabbath. I'm a big Ozzy fan. They have said when the song was written, they weren't really sure what "paranoid" meant, it just happened to work out ENJOY LIFE not what everyone thinks
BLACK SABBATH are THE FATHERS OF ALL HEAVY METAL. Guitarist:Tony Iommi, Bass guitarist:Terrance Geezer Butler, Drummer: Bill Ward, and lead singer: Ozzy Osbourne. The masters of metal.
I met Ozzy and his family at a movie theater in Century City, California. Me my family was standing behind him- I didn't realize it was him until I saw the tattoo on his fingers-OZZY. I said to my husband quietly- it's Ozzy Osborn - he turned around and said hello. We talked for a few minutes about the movie we were seeing. He was a cute dad got up and went to the concession stand to get snacks for his kids.
Bill Ward always beat the drums like they owed him money! So energetic, great drummer. The lyrics you read were from a live performance lol. If you want to hear a great song by Ozzy I would suggest Mr. Crowley, has one of the greatest guitarists of all time playing lead guitar; Randy Rhoads.
I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Black Sabbath twice….25 years apart! First as a teenager and then I took a group of teenagers to their reunion Tour. Amazing! And believe me when they play “Sweet Leaf” everyone gets a contact buzz
Awesome reaction. I've always loved Sabbath. 🤘Ozzy🤘. I've even left instructions for Ozzy's song "See you on the other side" to be played at my funeral.
When Black Sabbath finished recording their album they were just short a minute and a half and needed a filler. So they just started jamming a song they never played before to fill it up. That song was Paranoid.
This song is obviously a must review. Definitely a great track, and one of their most recognizable tunes, but I hope you'll revisit the original "Ozzy Era" Black Sabbath again soon. You'll find the further you dig into their B -sides, the closer you get to the genius of Sabbath...I recommend "Into the Void", "Behind the Wall of Sleep", "Hand of Doom, "Faires Wear Boots", "Lord of this World", "Wheels of Confusion", "Thrill of it All" and "Megalomania" (and believe me, it was hard to stop myself at only these) not only are all these songs masterpieces, but when you take into consideration the years that all these tracks dropped, It's undeniable how ahead of their time Black Sabbath was, and how they created another level of sonic intensity, which influenced an entirely new genre of music for decades to come.
Since you are exploring music you haven’t heard l would love to hear your reaction to the music of Jethro Tull (1968-the present). Start with the studio version of Nothing Is Easy from the Stand Up album (1969). Then go through the catalog of the following albums- one every year up to 1980 No two albums are alike and that’s what is amazing about them. I will check out your channel to see your reactions !
This is 54 years old and still a awesome song. This is on of the songs that no one can cover and do it better then the original. He did bite a bat head off but he did not know it was a real bat at the time. Black Sabbath and Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin open the flood gates for a lot of the greats. Ozzy and Dio were both lead sings for Black Sabbath and both had unique Voices.
Ozzfest baby right here! In my moms belly at the January 1996 ozzfest. Born 2 months later on St Patrick’s day. Absolutely love Ozzy. Still listen to his Tapes!
Tony Iomi - Guitar Riff Master, Bill Ward - Beast of a Drummer, Geezer Butler- Bass Wizard and Socially Conscious Lyricist. And then there's OZZY. Every song on 1st 5 albums are just bad ass.
*"Black Sabbath - Symptom Of the Universe"* killer Ozzy vocals!!! Is one of my top five songs to-date and heard this song on a tape-loop since mid 70s - *until just now I'd heard an incorrect lyric too* - blown away!
Black Sabbath's signature guitar riffs from Tony Iommi are legendary. Early on he had an accident at work where his finger tips were severed. He created prosthetics for his fingers that took his guitar playing to a new level
Ozzy has spoken on the ending lyrics to Paranoid by saying, "for years, I thought Jimi Hendrix in Purple Haze, sang, "EXCUSE ME, WHILE I KISS THIS GUY"."
They got the name "Black Sabbath" from a horror movie in the early 60's Black Sabbath. One member said isnt it funny people will go pay money to watch a movie that scares them.Why dont we write that kind of music" All 4 came from the same town with steel factories & crumbled buildings that were bombed in WWII.Ozzy & the guitarist (Tony Iommi) went to school together.They became the Godfathers of Metal
What I would say to you is the same as I've said to other reactors listening to 1960's, 70's and 80's music - imagine back then, no internet and mostly getting your first taste of a group from the radio. Try thinking about what was happening in the world at the time of the song's release, and other music before the song was released. I can assure you this made an incredible impact on us kids here in the UK, as it was a single and so the national radio stations played it, which meant over 90% of young people heard it, rather than the smaller number who bought or listened to albums. It was just so loud and vastly different from Beatles, Sinatra or other stuff we heard on the radio.
In 2013, Geezer Butler (the songwriter) told Mojo magazine that the song "Paranoid" was about "depression" "because I didn't really know the difference between depression and paranoia. It's a drug thing; most people become completely paranoid about people when they're using drugs, was my observation, and that ends up in prolonged depression for most people even after withdrawal. The song was originally only intended as a 3-minute gap filler for the second studio album, to get to the usual length for LPs at the time. During the lunch break on the recording day (most of the first and second albums were recorded live in the studio in two days), Tony Iommi asked his bandmates if the riff could be used for this. Geezer Butler on the further course of events "We basically needed a three-minute filler for the album. Tony came up with the riff. "I quickly wrote the lyrics and Ozzy sang them live into the microphone as he read them during the studio recording."
WHEN IT COMES TO ROCK/METAL , THEY WROTE EVERYTHING THEY PLAYED UNLESS THEY WERE DOING A COVER... AND P.AYING INSTRUMENTS WAS THE CHERRY ON TOP... REAL TALENT...
I have mental health issues. I like songs that I can relate to. I'm 55, and during the 80s I wasn't really into Black Sabbath or any of the "devil music," or so they called it. It wasn't until later on in life that I could really appreciate it. It's not actually satanic. But back then, the panic was real. I laugh at my old self. Life happens. I'm a disabled veteran with PTSD, depression and anxiety. My head sometimes interferes with my thinking. 80s were wild and had great music. Maybe this was 70s. I was too young to understand. I know I heard it back then. I just couldn't connect the dots.
IMO the best ever Sabbath song is Children of the Grave. Read the Lyrics please. Spoiler alert, Children of the Grave is a song about supporting peace.
It started off almost as a joke. They were playing about with a variation on Led Zeppelin's equally concise 'Communication Breakdown' and it was the producer that suggested they run with it. I think it very nearly topped the UK chart!
"Fun fact" ... Tommi Iommi - the guitarist of BS - lost two fingers ends in a work accident and uses fake finger tips while playing! That's how he "inventend" iconic "powerchords"!
Even "better", he worked at a factory and the fingertips were crushed by a metal press, a very heavy metal, so to say.. This is like the ultimate lore story of how the Heavy Metal genre came to be (even though the name is just a coincidence of course).
Enjoy your life, not end your life. There was a big controversy about this in the 70s when it came out. I was yelled at for playing it all the time, because I played it as much as possible 🙃
Still one of my favorite albums from the moment it came out… remember the first time we were blown away.. on a turntable we listened about 10 times in a row… ❤
Thank you BP you brought me back to my teens when Sabbath was my favorite band. I’ve seen them at least 10 times and it was always such an amazing show. Please my friend do War Pigs even if you do the MV the video for that song is animated and incredible. Much love from NYC
You are not the first person to hear "end your" instead of "enjoy" and he's been asked about it many times. You should definitely go check out some solo Ozzy... Bark at the Moon, Shot in the Dark, Suicide Solution, Rock n Roll Rebel, Crazy Train, The Ultimate Sin.... So many good ones to choose from.
Hi! I've been listening to you for a couple months and I really dig what you do. I liked your mention that you were inspired by music other than the kind you create. What a beautiful thing! I'm also glad you went back and caught those lyrics. It's so easy to misunderstand and miss a good thing
Ozzie has a fantastic voice. The pace of the music is a reflection of your mind racing when you are paranoid or manic. People can get paranoid with bipolar disorder.
When they recorded this song they needed another 3 min "filler" song, so Tony came up with the riff, and they just had Ozzy freestyle for about 45 minutes and they took the best parts and made it into paranoid.
The freestyle recording of the song actually exists on an extended edition of the album which includes the raw demos for some other songs as well like Hand of Doom and iirc Walpurgis which is the original version of war pigs before they changed the lyrics to be about politics and war rather than black masses
Wrote this two minute masterpiece in about 10 minutes to fill out the PARANOID LP. It remains my favorite brief song (other brief songs like those of the Ramones or the LA punks who did dozens of sixty second songs. GREAT song. One of the best ever.
Black Sabbath is credited with being the FIRST "heavy metal" band by a large number of people. They were one of the first bands to come out with that dark, fast and heavy sound that is associated with metal music. Iron Maiden created another branch of the heavy metal genre. Likewise, bands like Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeath introduced the "speed metal" branch. (If you don't already know, Anthrax has done collaborations with Public Enemy and The Beastie Boys. They are definitely one of the bands you want to check out!)
BP as others have mentioned about who the Unholy Trinity were. While you had some valid mentions of bands that can/ should fit in that role they all came after the true Unholy Trinity Sabbath Deep Purple and Led Zeppeli by atleast 5 years most 10 years later
The OG's of heavy metal. Ozzy's voice is iconic, haunting, and instantly recognizable anywhere. Another reactor made me realize something that really surprised me after listening to him for many years - he sings with no vibrato at all.
Ozzy's pseudonym is "The Prince of Darkness". He was on heavy LSD, Qualudes and other psychedelics for most of his life, yet put him on a stage and he goes from the mumbling old man to a legend. 🐐.
Tony Iommi (guitar) was the best riff-meister of all time. He came up with the basic riffs for almost all Sabbath songs (Geezer Butler on bass came up with others). Ozzy was a great frontman and inspirational at producing vocals at will to fill the space, but Geezer wrote most of the lyrics. Geezer dreamed the main riff and lyrics for their song "Behind the Wall of Sleep" from their first album. This performance was before they got too heavy into drugs and booze. They were still poor kids from Aston (near Birmingham). They were so poor that Geezer couldn't believe it when he saw an indoor toilet for the first time. "You mean you take a crap inside your house?"
Just confirming what has already been stated below - the unholy trinity was Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath. All legends in their own right.
Black Sabbath released there debut album on friday the 13th february , 1970 They ARE THE FIRST heavy metal band and invented what we now call Metal They came first. everything else stems from what Sabbath created. as far as metal goes
Black Sabbath has so many bad ass songs. I could list at least 30 must hear songs by them. Could almost randomly pick any off the first 6 albums. A few recommendations: Hand of Doom, Lord of this World, Supernaut, Into the Void, The Warning, Symptom of the Universe, Children of the Grave, Snowblind. All great, and so many more, cant go wrong with Sabbath
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The "Unholy" Trinity -
Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple
🤘😎
Correct! All came out around the same time all out of England.
Thank you for bringing Purple to attention.
´Bout time.
Yeah, he needs to react to some Deep Purple.
First concert I ever attended. Seen the Zep & Purple. When Ozzy left Sabbath seen him 7 different times!!! Some of the hardest driving music around!
And Rush, and Pink Floyd.
The bassist Geezer Butler wrote most of the lyrics for Black Sabbath during the Ozzy years, I believe he was battling some depression during this time. And yes, you definitely need to check out "War Pigs" live in Paris.
Sharon may come looking for you.
Yes, War Pigs!
@@progmanjumno lies detected😂
You can never go wrong with Black Sabbath.
You can.... if Ozzy is not the lead singer. Ronnie James Dio leading Sabbath was awful shit. Ijs
I disagree, brother but respect your.
Opinion@StrawberryPie1973
@@StrawberryPie1973 Ozzy, Dio , Ian Gillan ( one Album at Born again ) , Tony Martin ( Headless Cross 1989 and more) , Dio and at last Ozzy ( 13 )
Just don't play their songs backwards...
... it'll wreck the needle on your record player!
You can if you play them at your nans wake…
The UNholy trinity was Black Sabbath, Led Zep. and Deep Purple. I'd love to see you react to Black Sabbath live in Paris 1970 to see them in true form. War Pigs and Fairies Wear Boots are great. Bill Ward is fantastic live.
Saw Sabbath live mid 70s.great gig, first band I ever saw live was zeppelin
Saw Sabbath multiple times - saw Ozzy both with Randy and without - Sabbath is simply mind melting.
Imagine someone who lived through the 1960s with all of it's folksy love music, the Beatles, Peter Paul & Mary etc, and then 1970 rolls over and suddenly they've got this song blasting in their faces. It would have blown some people's minds.
I enjoy watching you enjoying Ozzy/Black Sabbath.
I'm a big Ozzy fan.
They have said when the song was written, they weren't really sure what "paranoid" meant, it just happened to work out
ENJOY LIFE not what everyone thinks
First legit metal band off all time!
You will KNOW when Ozzy sings. His voice is the reason he cannot be mistaken. Thanks for this 🔥💗🔥💗
Ozzy is THE legend!!! So happy ur finally getting to him! He has so many great songs!!
BLACK SABBATH are THE FATHERS OF ALL HEAVY METAL.
Guitarist:Tony Iommi, Bass guitarist:Terrance Geezer Butler, Drummer: Bill Ward, and lead singer: Ozzy Osbourne.
The masters of metal.
right after the 69 SUMMER OF LOVE! hit like a truck
Yep - would indeed like to see you react to War Pigs.
I met Ozzy and his family at a movie theater in Century City, California. Me my family was standing behind him- I didn't realize it was him until I saw the tattoo on his fingers-OZZY. I said to my husband quietly- it's Ozzy Osborn - he turned around and said hello. We talked for a few minutes about the movie we were seeing. He was a cute dad got up and went to the concession stand to get snacks for his kids.
Bill Ward always beat the drums like they owed him money! So energetic, great drummer. The lyrics you read were from a live performance lol. If you want to hear a great song by Ozzy I would suggest Mr. Crowley, has one of the greatest guitarists of all time playing lead guitar; Randy Rhoads.
I am so grateful to have lived through times when if you got to the top it was because you were talented, and yes Ozzies voice was unmistakable.
Black Sabbath( fairies wear boots ❤)will blow your mind ,totally a Ren switch up kind of song😊
I think he could still sing this perfectly… even if he couldn’t or can’t talk today. One of the best rock n roll vocalists of all time. He is classic.
Early Sabbath should be taught in song writing classes. Their lyrics were awesome.
War Pigs |Live in Paris 1970, greatest drumming display ever.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes, keep listening to Sabbath, hard to go wrong with any of their songs.
This came out when the fucking Beatles were still the shit and #1! Unreal how before their time they really were!
And the album came out the very day Jimi Hendrix died.
Right after the 69 SUMMER OF LOVE... blew us away
I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Black Sabbath twice….25 years apart! First as a teenager and then I took a group of teenagers to their reunion Tour. Amazing! And believe me when they play “Sweet Leaf” everyone gets a contact buzz
Awesome reaction. I've always loved Sabbath. 🤘Ozzy🤘.
I've even left instructions for Ozzy's song "See you on the other side" to be played at my funeral.
When Black Sabbath finished recording their album they were just short a minute and a half and needed a filler. So they just started jamming a song they never played before to fill it up. That song was Paranoid.
1:48 ... they all came later! this track from 1970, Iron Maiden and Motörhead got foundet 1975! Metallica foundet 1981! Thats why!
This incredible band has been together since 1968. They are the original. His voice is unique and all of his own. Thank you for sharing this one. =)
Oh yes..... This will be great. I'm looking forward to it.
Hah! Epic! Ozzie’s voice is very unique! Very clear when he sings…..when he’s talking, not so much! 😂😂 ❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
This song is obviously a must review. Definitely a great track, and one of their most recognizable tunes, but I hope you'll revisit the original "Ozzy Era" Black Sabbath again soon. You'll find the further you dig into their B -sides, the closer you get to the genius of Sabbath...I recommend "Into the Void", "Behind the Wall of Sleep", "Hand of Doom, "Faires Wear Boots", "Lord of this World", "Wheels of Confusion", "Thrill of it All" and "Megalomania" (and believe me, it was hard to stop myself at only these) not only are all these songs masterpieces, but when you take into consideration the years that all these tracks dropped, It's undeniable how ahead of their time Black Sabbath was, and how they created another level of sonic intensity, which influenced an entirely new genre of music for decades to come.
And "Iron Man'.
Don't miss "Childen of the Grave"
@@JPindangaChildren of the Grave is my favourite. I saw the list and was coming here to add it. 😁
Since you are exploring music you haven’t heard l would love to hear your reaction to the music of Jethro Tull (1968-the present). Start with the studio version of Nothing Is Easy from the Stand Up album (1969). Then go through the catalog of the following albums- one every year up to 1980
No two albums are alike and that’s what is amazing about them. I will check out your channel to see your reactions !
Heard Megalomania playing at my dad's place recently and had to get the name of it to listen to later, wow what a great track.
This is 54 years old and still a awesome song. This is on of the songs that no one can cover and do it better then the original. He did bite a bat head off but he did not know it was a real bat at the time. Black Sabbath and Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin open the flood gates for a lot of the greats. Ozzy and Dio were both lead sings for Black Sabbath and both had unique Voices.
Now please go check out their songs “After Forever”, “Children of the Grave” and “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” #blacksabbath
Ozzfest baby right here! In my moms belly at the January 1996 ozzfest. Born 2 months later on St Patrick’s day.
Absolutely love Ozzy. Still listen to his Tapes!
Tony Iomi - Guitar Riff Master, Bill Ward - Beast of a Drummer, Geezer Butler- Bass Wizard and Socially Conscious Lyricist. And then there's OZZY. Every song on 1st 5 albums are just bad ass.
*"Black Sabbath - Symptom Of the Universe"* killer Ozzy vocals!!!
Is one of my top five songs to-date and heard this song on a tape-loop since mid 70s - *until just now I'd heard an incorrect lyric too* - blown away!
Black Sabbath's signature guitar riffs from Tony Iommi are legendary. Early on he had an accident at work where his finger tips were severed. He created prosthetics for his fingers that took his guitar playing to a new level
My favorite band of all time.
Ozzy has spoken on the ending lyrics to Paranoid by saying, "for years, I thought Jimi Hendrix in Purple Haze, sang, "EXCUSE ME, WHILE I KISS THIS GUY"."
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
ME TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
They got the name "Black Sabbath" from a horror movie in the early 60's Black Sabbath. One member said isnt it funny people will go pay money to watch a movie that scares them.Why dont we write that kind of music" All 4 came from the same town with steel factories & crumbled buildings that were bombed in WWII.Ozzy & the guitarist (Tony Iommi) went to school together.They became the Godfathers of Metal
Local lad made more than good.. he did a bostin job... Brum Salutes you Ozzy.... Thank you BP for the reaction
His songs with Lita Ford are phenomenal!!! 🤯 You should check them out if you can… ❤
Yes!!! 🙌
Tony Iomi and Lita Ford had a brief thing
"Symptom of the Universe"
Is my favorite Black Sabbath song
Mine too.
What I would say to you is the same as I've said to other reactors listening to 1960's, 70's and 80's music - imagine back then, no internet and mostly getting your first taste of a group from the radio.
Try thinking about what was happening in the world at the time of the song's release, and other music before the song was released.
I can assure you this made an incredible impact on us kids here in the UK, as it was a single and so the national radio stations played it, which meant over 90% of young people heard it, rather than the smaller number who bought or listened to albums.
It was just so loud and vastly different from Beatles, Sinatra or other stuff we heard on the radio.
And in the US as well! I finally heard something that made me sit up and pay attention, instead of falling asleep. I was about 13?
one of the reasons I love your reactions is that you read the lyrics for us. even if you don't know what the words are (lol at your slipknot videos) .
In 2013, Geezer Butler (the songwriter) told Mojo magazine that the song "Paranoid" was about "depression" "because I didn't really know the difference between depression and paranoia. It's a drug thing; most people become completely paranoid about people when they're using drugs, was my observation, and that ends up in prolonged depression for most people even after withdrawal.
The song was originally only intended as a 3-minute gap filler for the second studio album, to get to the usual length for LPs at the time. During the lunch break on the recording day (most of the first and second albums were recorded live in the studio in two days), Tony Iommi asked his bandmates if the riff could be used for this. Geezer Butler on the further course of events "We basically needed a three-minute filler for the album. Tony came up with the riff. "I quickly wrote the lyrics and Ozzy sang them live into the microphone as he read them during the studio recording."
Saw Ozzy and Black Sabbath in concert, in 1976.. Dallas Texas
WHEN IT COMES TO ROCK/METAL , THEY WROTE EVERYTHING THEY PLAYED UNLESS THEY WERE DOING A COVER... AND P.AYING INSTRUMENTS WAS THE CHERRY ON TOP... REAL TALENT...
1970. The other must-watch video from that year is "Mississippi Queen" (live), by Mountain.
Two of the hardest songs of the period.
This album was the birth of Heavy Metal....pure and simple.
Sabbath's first album would be make more sense. Paranoid is the second album...
OzzY is the MaN! Legend status ✴️
Black Sabbath 1968-eternity🤘
Ahh! Great blast from the past song for this old hippy
It is said that this is the first song to cover mental health issues - fantastic reaction love and respect from the UK 👍👍🌟😀😀 amazing channel 👍
I have mental health issues. I like songs that I can relate to.
I'm 55, and during the 80s I wasn't really into Black Sabbath or any of the "devil music," or so they called it.
It wasn't until later on in life that I could really appreciate it. It's not actually satanic. But back then, the panic was real. I laugh at my old self. Life happens.
I'm a disabled veteran with PTSD, depression and anxiety. My head sometimes interferes with my thinking.
80s were wild and had great music. Maybe this was 70s. I was too young to understand.
I know I heard it back then. I just couldn't connect the dots.
IMO the best ever Sabbath song is Children of the Grave. Read the Lyrics please. Spoiler alert, Children of the Grave is a song about supporting peace.
It started off almost as a joke. They were playing about with a variation on Led Zeppelin's equally concise 'Communication Breakdown' and it was the producer that suggested they run with it. I think it very nearly topped the UK chart!
"Fun fact" ... Tommi Iommi - the guitarist of BS - lost two fingers ends in a work accident and uses fake finger tips while playing! That's how he "inventend" iconic "powerchords"!
Even "better", he worked at a factory and the fingertips were crushed by a metal press, a very heavy metal, so to say.. This is like the ultimate lore story of how the Heavy Metal genre came to be (even though the name is just a coincidence of course).
Tony.
Saw them in concert as a teen! Amazing
The thing that stands out to me about Ozzy’s voice is the absence of vibrato. It’s flat, clear, and sharp. It’s pretty rare.
8:07 I remember when I first heard Sabbath. Hallucinogens were involved. There was nothing else like it at the time.
OMG Geto Boyz-Mind Playing Tricks on me. One of my favorites. Black Sabbath is awesome.
60s 70s. grew up with real music. i was fortunate to be born in 62. we had the best music and nastiest cars.
I used to get speeding tickets in my '72 firebird with this song blasting. Bass turned up on the cassette deck..lol.
Another great UK band 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Enjoy your life, not end your life. There was a big controversy about this in the 70s when it came out. I was yelled at for playing it all the time, because I played it as much as possible 🙃
Black Sabbath Vol 4 was my first album back in 6th grade. Great stuff!
Ozzie can sing like an angel and demon in one line.
Still one of my favorite albums from the moment it came out… remember the first time we were blown away.. on a turntable we listened about 10 times in a row… ❤
Thank you BP you brought me back to my teens when Sabbath was my favorite band. I’ve seen them at least 10 times and it was always such an amazing show. Please my friend do War Pigs even if you do the MV the video for that song is animated and incredible. Much love from NYC
This song is about mental health. Depression mainly.
You should check out an 80's metal band called Suicidal Tendencies. and their song "Trip At The Brain"
You are not the first person to hear "end your" instead of "enjoy" and he's been asked about it many times. You should definitely go check out some solo Ozzy... Bark at the Moon, Shot in the Dark, Suicide Solution, Rock n Roll Rebel, Crazy Train, The Ultimate Sin.... So many good ones to choose from.
Ozzy...🔥 Black Sabbath is awesome
Great reaction ❤
Ozzy, Ozzy, Ozzy, Oi, Oi, Oi!!!! (Sorry, I had to). So glad you had a chance to do this one.
Hi! I've been listening to you for a couple months and I really dig what you do. I liked your mention that you were inspired by music other than the kind you create. What a beautiful thing! I'm also glad you went back and caught those lyrics. It's so easy to misunderstand and miss a good thing
This is MY FAVORITE song by Black Sabbath 🎉
The bat was thrown onstage. He thought it was a toy like normal but it was caught flying over peoples heads. They broke its neck and threw it.
Black Sabbath are the God Fathers of Heavy Metal and anyone who knows Metal or Rock will tell you that they are the OG's!!!
One Great time in Era 👍🏻
I seen him in the 90's at Ozzfest! He always makes sure to say God bless!
Ozzie has a fantastic voice. The pace of the music is a reflection of your mind racing when you are paranoid or manic. People can get paranoid with bipolar disorder.
When they recorded this song they needed another 3 min "filler" song, so Tony came up with the riff, and they just had Ozzy freestyle for about 45 minutes and they took the best parts and made it into paranoid.
The freestyle recording of the song actually exists on an extended edition of the album which includes the raw demos for some other songs as well like Hand of Doom and iirc Walpurgis which is the original version of war pigs before they changed the lyrics to be about politics and war rather than black masses
Wrote this two minute masterpiece in about 10 minutes to fill out the PARANOID LP. It remains my favorite brief song (other brief songs like those of the Ramones or the LA punks who did dozens of sixty second songs. GREAT song. One of the best ever.
Black Sabbath -The album, might be one of greatest albums ever made,imo. Give the song Black Sabbath a listen! Enjoy....
😂 you read off of live transcripts it seems.. no matter how crazy a crow is "Louder com'on!" Is Ozzy's Battlecry!!
Black Sabbath is credited with being the FIRST "heavy metal" band by a large number of people. They were one of the first bands to come out with that dark, fast and heavy sound that is associated with metal music. Iron Maiden created another branch of the heavy metal genre. Likewise, bands like Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeath introduced the "speed metal" branch. (If you don't already know, Anthrax has done collaborations with Public Enemy and The Beastie Boys. They are definitely one of the bands you want to check out!)
God they look like they're barely seventeen! I can't believe what an anthem this is and how young they were!
My favorite Black Sabbath song
BP as others have mentioned about who the Unholy Trinity were. While you had some valid mentions of bands that can/ should fit in that role they all came after the true Unholy Trinity Sabbath Deep Purple and Led Zeppeli by atleast 5 years most 10 years later
Ozzy And Lita ford did one of the GREATEST duets of all time.. CLOSE MY EYES FOREVER! Its a must watch/listen
Sabbath are the pioneers of all rock groups today and to come
The OG's of heavy metal. Ozzy's voice is iconic, haunting, and instantly recognizable anywhere. Another reactor made me realize something that really surprised me after listening to him for many years - he sings with no vibrato at all.
Ozzy's pseudonym is "The Prince of Darkness". He was on heavy LSD, Qualudes and other psychedelics for most of his life, yet put him on a stage and he goes from the mumbling old man to a legend. 🐐.
My absolute favourite to dance to. Takes me right back to great times in the 70's. I still dance to this and it really wakens up the body.
Tony Iommi (guitar) was the best riff-meister of all time. He came up with the basic riffs for almost all Sabbath songs (Geezer Butler on bass came up with others). Ozzy was a great frontman and inspirational at producing vocals at will to fill the space, but Geezer wrote most of the lyrics. Geezer dreamed the main riff and lyrics for their song "Behind the Wall of Sleep" from their first album. This performance was before they got too heavy into drugs and booze. They were still poor kids from Aston (near Birmingham). They were so poor that Geezer couldn't believe it when he saw an indoor toilet for the first time. "You mean you take a crap inside your house?"
You should try Joe Walsh, Rocky Mountain Way. Great song.
Just confirming what has already been stated below - the unholy trinity was Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath. All legends in their own right.
One of the greatest rock songs, EVER!!
Epic!
It's the 70s man, you were either sane or crazy, no sissy stuff... LOL
Black Sabbath released there debut album on friday the 13th february , 1970 They ARE THE FIRST heavy metal band and invented what we now call Metal They came first. everything else stems from what Sabbath created. as far as metal goes
Black Sabbath has so many bad ass songs. I could list at least 30 must hear songs by them. Could almost randomly pick any off the first 6 albums. A few recommendations: Hand of Doom, Lord of this World, Supernaut, Into the Void, The Warning, Symptom of the Universe, Children of the Grave, Snowblind. All great, and so many more, cant go wrong with Sabbath
Truth! Ozzy's voice us unmistakable and is like no one else's voice.
It's often overlooked, but The Wizard is fantastic. Ozzy plays the harmonica, and Bill Ward is out of his mind on the drums