Tony Iommi has always played with such a smooth, slow, calculated precision. Never loses control or pushes too far. Always ALWAYS on! The older I get the more I appreciate the glory of Sabbath.
Some older friends of mine in 78 asked me if I wanted to go to a concert to see some band called Black Sabbath and Van somebody. I'd never even been to a concert before. I had no idea that shit would change my life when I saw that show
I saw them on that tour. It was my 3 rd time seeing Sabbath live. Hate to admit it but Van Halen blew them away on that tour. It was the beginning of the end for Oz and Sabbath
Rob’s Motovlog fuck that shit! Sabbath rules. Go look at Smilin Ed. They were an energetic young band that Sabbath helped out. They put on a great show. I saw that tour. I already had the vh album. But vh are just a small band that Americans took to, I mean Why not Montrose in ‘73?? Huh? Budgie in’ 71?? Why not Yesterday and Today in ‘76?? Why not so many other groups. Vh to me is just another band to pass as I flip though my hundreds of better rock groups that kicked major ass in the 70’s. UFO??? No one was better than early Priest and Scorpions were the greatest of them all. But Americans need to hear it on the radio. That has always been your downfall. I was a kid growing up in Jersey and we went to the record store every day but especially on Tuesday’s. New releases!! We bought everything that looked cool. Scorpions were the best of the best. No, not the Scorpions you think you know, that is Americanized bullshit. The Scorpions featuring the guitarist eddy wished he could be. Uli Roth! Go play Scorpions In Trance!! Or Taken By Force!! Then go play some Vh😂
"Alright. We're going to do a number now from one of our earlier albums. Something entitled Snowblind." How did you not understand that? Haha jk I think I got most of it right
@@elizabethc.z no way he is saying all that, the ammount of words is way less. no way you didnt make this sh.t up. or maybe you pronouncce all of them at the same time. some alien sh.t i hear "allright, we are gonna play now from our other album something entitled snowblind" honestly it's so difficult to understand cause he drops half of the consonants and does not space the words at all. i relly doubth he said number. I had to 0.5 the video to hear this.
Can we take a few minutes to admire Geezer Butler's lyrics (he wrote most of them). 'The sun no longer sets me free' - so simple but sad and scary at the same time
So amazing how Ozzy can speak so unintelligible but then sing with almost Crystal clarity. I don't think I've ever seen anyone do that before. And in my opinion Black Sabbath is the most powerful godfathers of heavy metal
@@brucerabideau2872Hendrix obviously changed music forever, being the single most influential guitarist of all time... But what are you on about him and metal? Everyone knows Sabbath invented metal.
Sabbath is heavy yes love it but by the end of 68-70 Jimi was just playing some of his songs faster louder more bass and Mitch was breaking drum sticks and that’s what I meant by starting the Heavy Sabbath musical change. Jimi sounded like a little bit of all music even Rap when he played. ☮️💜🇺🇸🎸🐐💯😎🎱
They played it in C# originally. For some reason this one is in standard E, 1 1/2 steps higher, which is why Ozz is pretty much screaming through the whole thing. Still he pulls it off without getting out of tune but man, his throat must've been a mess after this gig! Long live Sabbath!
+Daveed86 Yes..I stepped this down 3 half tones and its the same key as the album...but somehow Ozzies voice sounds lower on this live version, than on the album..(thats with both versions at C#).
Akira I know it's considered one of the 5 greats, but people seem to talk way more about paranoid and master of reality way over this album, and I think it's just as great
***** I really love Sabotage, but people don't seem to put it with the other 5. Megalomania is absolutely amazing, and that is definitely the most underrated of them all. I can't pick a favorite between the first 5 albums, I suck at picking favorites...
I love that the four original members of this band are still alive as of 2021. They may have been snowblind back in the day but they seem to have made it out all right. Black Sabbath forever!!!
Contrary to popular belief, cocaine does little harm to the human body, it's the crap people add to it and the non ether processes that fuck up your body, ask any honest physician.
And so rare that all the original members of an iconic rock band are still alive. What a wasted opportunity when they released 13. Bill should definitely have played on the album if not the tour
@@johnraxster6285 you think it would have been the same with him that old? Black sabbath's style requires hard hitting drumming not sure an old man can do that. Brad wilk did fine rick rubin fucked up royally though with the production
Hell yea Frank ,, Bill Ward is maniac on the fucking drums!!!!! And he is a gentleman as a person ,, I would refuse to see Sabbath without Bill Ward and I mean that sincerely,!!! Love the Sabbath,,, Ozzy kind of sucks at the air guitar but love the band dearly!!!
His name is Tony Iommi, his last name starts with an I as in Igloo. lol I'm at a loss for how you can know much about the band and never notice that or hear someone pronounce it. It's pronounced like "Eye-oh-me"
he ALWAYS has a wonderful time on stage. I saw him 5 times solo, and 2 times with sabbath, and I think one time he wasn't feeling it. Might have been sick or something, but all the rest were amazing! Especially on the 13 tour.
So cool man, probably because Tony used light guage strings and tuned down, I honestly don't know how he managed not to accidentally bend out of key when playing songs as heavy as this
I remember waking up 5 in the morning to catch a train. Sat on the train facing some strangers for 14 fucking hours. Still worth it when they played this brilliant tune. First and last time watching then live. Wouldn't trade it for anything.
There is nothing in this world that i want more than these four lads back together at least once, i don t care if Bill Ward can t hold it for a whole set but just to let us fans say goodbye to the greatest thing that ever happened to rock music.
"Snowblind" What you get and what you see Things that don't come easily Feeling happy in my pain Icicles within my brain (cocaine) Something blowing in my head Winds of ice that soon will spread Down to freeze my very soul Makes me happy, makes me cold My eyes are blind but I can see The snowflakes glisten on the tree The sun no longer sets me free I feel the snowflakes freezing me Let the winter sunshine on Let me feel the frost of dawn Build my dreams on flakes of snow Soon I’ll feel the chilling glow (cocaine) Don't you think I know what I'm doing Don't tell me that it's doing me wrong You're the one that's really the loser This is where I feel I belong Kiss the world with winter flowers Turn my days to frozen hours Lying snowblind in the sun Will my ice age ever come? (cocaine) "Vol 4" 1972 "Reunion" 1998
Seems like an intentional contradiction to the certainty of the lyrics in the opening verses. Cocaine makes you feel powerful until you realize how weak you are without it.
@@TheOfficialCaseMade 100% I went on a 9 day binder one time and on like day 5 my nose started bleeding. I kept going though until I was like.... Ok .. I'm fuckin hooked. I felt like a little bitch for like 3 days.... No thx on that stuff.
The only early hard rock band to express an honest perspective on dark natural elements. U must admire their honesty and courage to do wut other conveniently avoided.
Yeah, Bill Ward is one of the greatest drummers ever,total animal.But it makes me proud to hear my fellow paisano Tony Iommi wail his heart out.The best...
I don't always listen to Black Sabbath.. But when I do, so do all of my neighbors.. My neighbors love this song so much, they threw a brick thru my front window to hear it better.. God I love Black Sabbath and I'm so glad that my neighbors do to!
John Campbell I did that while the albums were current. Ie 1974. Only thing that sucked that the neighbor on the right was a cop! One time he just walked in , came upstairs. and made me take them out of the windows. The album that was on at the time was the Red Grand Funk album Good thing I had already smoked . He must have smelled it. True story. A few years later his son busted us with a quarter pound. Belonged to a chick in the car so we all took the fall for her. Smoke it - Get High!
All of sabbaths live stuff, has that synergy. No matter what was going on off stage, when they hit the stage and started jamming, the music is what was in control. I mean its Bill ward, Iommi, Geezer and Ozzy we're talking about here, these are thoroughbred rock stars, I'd expect nothing less lol.
The 2 albums Sabbath put out before Ozzy left are career lows in my opinion. Never say die is the only Sabbath album to ever successfully bore me. The band was going through a lot of issues at the time too. I definitely wouldn't call this a career high. Fantastic performance though and I'd kill to have been able to it in person.
What’s remarkable is that they recorded Snowblind in C#, and in this video they’re playing at E standard. Ozzy had to sing a step and half up, which is CRAZY!!
Wow, I've seen about 10+ times, Asbury Park convenient hall, 71, NYC academy of music 🎶 72, Hartford Conn first row 71?72, Ritz theatre Statin island 🏝️ NY 72, Nassau coliseum, 73, backup bands ? Bedlam & Lyrnrd Skyrnd
Amazing performance!! Crazy how full the sound is during Tony’s solo and just in general with only two other instruments playing with him, I think the main reason for their fullness is Geezers amazing,steady, and heavy bass lines.🤘🤘✌️
First, I want to say that I am 58 years old (born in 1964) and have partied hard but never taken drugs. I've seen Black Sabbath in the 80's Dio and lots of other hard rock groups. From what I've noticed, life as a rock and super-famous isn't nearly as dangerous as being a regular drug addict in a medium-sized city. And since Fentanyl came out just 20 years ago, ordinary people are dying like flies. Ozzy have 15 more years to live
Picked up this album the other day, played this shit so loud in the truck on the way to work today I could feel my heart jumping out of rhythm and my nose started to bleed. Still wasn't loud enough.
why is this ALWAYS good? I mean, 6am on a saturday, middle of the night, after a tragedy, when I'm stoned, or during a work shift, this shit is always good.
Honestly....Ozzy is still great...40 years later. He has never been a "pure vocalist" in the vein of Halford/Dickinson/Tate/Dio. But he was and still is is a master of making vocal melodies.
This must be right before his voice got fucked in terms of hitting high notes. He struggled a lot hitting high notes by the time he was playing with Randy Rhoads a few years later. This was when he was at his absolute worst drug wise so it makes sense. I’m glad he got sober and is still with us.
Absolute legendary song. The energy of the vocals combined with an overpowering blues mood set by the guitar is simply astonishing. Extremely poetic to be added to the list as well. Black Sabbath wrote music to make their fans aware of the evils out there, for example "Hand of Doom". Snowblind basically tells the fans neither positive or negative, but this is what you can expect. Volume 4 was originally going to be labelled Snowblind but the record label wouldn't allow it. Black Sabbath got back at the record label in a discreet way, which you can find only if you read the fine print on your Vol 4 CD or vinyl album.
I love how the camera shows Geezer's bass playing from time to time. The other underrated band member in the Sabs IMHO. Also, Ozzy are having lots of fun here, and it shows.
@@Snowbird_89 I have noticed over the last few years as more concert footage finds its way onto the internet Ward often gets a mention now in top 10 lists a lot more. Personally I would have him in a very crowded top 5
For the comment after mine, about spoken Ozzy and his great personality, despite insecurity!! I LOVED how he always stuck in his I LOVE YOU's not expected in the song!! I felt his authenticity and honesty!!
Feeling happy in my pain, icicles within my brain... When you've been up all night and half a day and hitting the booze to slow you down, can't open the curtains, that line says it all perfectly
In 1972, age 13, I came home with Black Sabbath Vol 4 after my best friend urged me to get it. I took my Partridge Family album off my crappy little record player and from the first notes of Wheels of Confusion I went to the dark side and never came back. Every day for a year, dropping the needle on that album was like a needle in my veins. Snowblind was my favorite song on the album, still my #1 desert island record.
Tony Iommi has always played with such a smooth, slow, calculated precision. Never loses control or pushes too far. Always ALWAYS on! The older I get the more I appreciate the glory of Sabbath.
The guy lost his finger tips too in a metal sheet factory before going professional. What a beast!
@Shit Hawk Ok you've enlightened me.... you're so wise 🤣🖕
I saw them on "The End" tour and I was amazed at Tony's playing. Every solo note for note like on the albums.
Chad Bartel, me too, even after 48 years of listening.
@Shit Hawk wtf are you talking about.
Enough has never been said about Bill Ward . Absolutely the only drummer for black Sabbath..
Vinny Appice was great on Mob Rules. But yeah Bill is the best.
Vinny, Tony, Geezer, and Dio were a terrific combo though.
@@longshotkdb cool info🎸🌿🔥
love bill ward to me best rock drummer' after john henry BONZO bonham' billy's real good👍
@@robertcarrico2091 aye, as far as i know geezer butler and bill ward wrote the lyrics, ozzy didn't write any at all! cheers.
Yes, the glory of Black Sabbath...
Some older friends of mine in 78 asked me if I wanted to go to a concert to see some band called Black Sabbath and Van somebody. I'd never even been to a concert before. I had no idea that shit would change my life when I saw that show
Now your the Older Friend! Lol
Me Too!
I saw them on that tour. It was my 3 rd time seeing Sabbath live. Hate to admit it but Van Halen blew them away on that tour. It was the beginning of the end for Oz and Sabbath
Rob’s Motovlog fuck that shit! Sabbath rules. Go look at Smilin Ed. They were an energetic young band that Sabbath helped out. They put on a great show. I saw that tour. I already had the vh album. But vh are just a small band that Americans took to, I mean Why not Montrose in ‘73?? Huh? Budgie in’ 71?? Why not Yesterday and Today in ‘76?? Why not so many other groups. Vh to me is just another band to pass as I flip though my hundreds of better rock groups that kicked major ass in the 70’s. UFO??? No one was better than early Priest and Scorpions were the greatest of them all. But Americans need to hear it on the radio. That has always been your downfall. I was a kid growing up in Jersey and we went to the record store every day but especially on Tuesday’s. New releases!! We bought everything that looked cool. Scorpions were the best of the best. No, not the Scorpions you think you know, that is Americanized bullshit. The Scorpions featuring the guitarist eddy wished he could be. Uli Roth! Go play Scorpions In Trance!! Or Taken By Force!! Then go play some Vh😂
Hola
Ha ha, you saw 2 rock giants, together, at a good time.lucky dawg
Geezer butler is a fucking beast on the bass
Seriously, he’s incredible. Imagine doing that kinda bassery every night on tour for 50 years lol
He's not oñly a great bassist, he's written most of the lyrics to all the sabbath tunes.
Wonder where cliff got his inspiration?
@Narex Moravian was Cliff a big pothead? Interesting..I didn’t know this?!
@@coolhandluke3223 Lol. Watch "Cliff 'em All" son.
ozzy's intro: "allright, mnebrewnumberone igottajfjtitle is snowblind." magnificent song!
"Alright. We're going to do a number now from one of our earlier albums. Something entitled Snowblind." How did you not understand that? Haha jk I think I got most of it right
@@elizabethc.z I understood it because I’m from Black Country.
@@elizabethc.z no way he is saying all that, the ammount of words is way less. no way you didnt make this sh.t up. or maybe you pronouncce all of them at the same time. some alien sh.t
i hear "allright, we are gonna play now from our other album something entitled snowblind" honestly it's so difficult to understand cause he drops half of the consonants and does not space the words at all. i relly doubth he said number. I had to 0.5 the video to hear this.
@@elizabethc.z i'm a turkish guy, my english is mediocre but i love black sabbath :)
I was literally about to comment about that lol!
The fact that ozzy still managed to sing that song 1 1/2 steps higher up than its original tuning with a clogged nose is insane
Se eu cheirar toneladas de cocaina antes do show acho q também vou conseguir.
oh yeah.... spot on.......the nose.... his tuning is way off on this one
@@santanna4894 ahuahuahuahuahauhau
🤣🤣
@@santanna4894 pior que n vai não hein doidão
Can we take a few minutes to admire Geezer Butler's lyrics (he wrote most of them). 'The sun no longer sets me free' - so simple but sad and scary at the same time
Yes that Geezer, and also, Ozzy had long been relegated to the side of the stage
I’m guessing the “cocaine” part was Ozzy ‘s idea then lol.
@@RandyRhoadsRules3 All of Black Sabbath were heavily into drugs, not just Ozzy
@@kane0ner Yes I know that, it just sounds like something Ozzy would think of to me lol
@@RandyRhoadsRules3 when your on cocaine, you're up all night. Sun comes up and your still awake only to pass out later and waste the rest of the day.
So amazing how Ozzy can speak so unintelligible but then sing with almost Crystal clarity. I don't think I've ever seen anyone do that before. And in my opinion Black Sabbath is the most powerful godfathers of heavy metal
Indeed
Sure, if your definition of crystal clarity is starting each vocal phrase two entire notes off key.
Great band but I think Jimi Hendrix started heavy metal and forever changed music altogether ☮️💜🇺🇸🎸🐐💯
@@brucerabideau2872Hendrix obviously changed music forever, being the single most influential guitarist of all time... But what are you on about him and metal?
Everyone knows Sabbath invented metal.
Sabbath is heavy yes love it but by the end of 68-70 Jimi was just playing some of his songs faster louder more bass and Mitch was breaking drum sticks and that’s what I meant by starting the Heavy Sabbath musical change. Jimi sounded like a little bit of all music even Rap when he played. ☮️💜🇺🇸🎸🐐💯😎🎱
They played it in C# originally. For some reason this one is in standard E, 1 1/2 steps higher, which is why Ozz is pretty much screaming through the whole thing. Still he pulls it off without getting out of tune but man, his throat must've been a mess after this gig! Long live Sabbath!
They're also all full of coke. After a while it fucks up your voice.
+Daveed86 Try gig after gig singing like that. Very taxing on the vocal chords!
+Daveed86 this is what I thought. Well observed. Iommi and butler works so well on c#. Iommi solos were made for .011 strings haha
+Daveed86 Yes..I stepped this down 3 half tones and its the same key as the album...but somehow Ozzies voice sounds lower on this live version, than on the album..(thats with both versions at C#).
I think his nostrils would have been a mess as well
Love this song. Vol. 4 is such an underrated album. The style of this song is so great.
MrTURBOJOHN this isn't an underrated album '_' x)
Akira I know it's considered one of the 5 greats, but people seem to talk way more about paranoid and master of reality way over this album, and I think it's just as great
Phobetor Nyx sabotage is usually not included...
MrTURBOJOHN Most of Sabbath's most underrated albums are the best. Vol.4 and Sabotage are both in my top 3 (Master of Reality will always be No.1)
***** I really love Sabotage, but people don't seem to put it with the other 5. Megalomania is absolutely amazing, and that is definitely the most underrated of them all.
I can't pick a favorite between the first 5 albums, I suck at picking favorites...
What a beautiful noise.
I love that the four original members of this band are still alive as of 2021. They may have been snowblind back in the day but they seem to have made it out all right. Black Sabbath forever!!!
Contrary to popular belief, cocaine does little harm to the human body, it's the crap people add to it and the non ether processes that fuck up your body, ask any honest physician.
And so rare that all the original members of an iconic rock band are still alive. What a wasted opportunity when they released 13. Bill should definitely have played on the album if not the tour
@@johnraxster6285 you think it would have been the same with him that old? Black sabbath's style requires hard hitting drumming not sure an old man can do that. Brad wilk did fine rick rubin fucked up royally though with the production
@@speedking7224 the problem was more Bill's health. I'm sure they would've loved to have him on otherwise.
They did more drugs than the Ramones and all of the original members of The Ramones are dead lol
Black Sabbath will always be the Kings of Metal
No they won't
@@afistfulofpimples1745 Yes they always are.
Absofuckinglutly
Black sabbath for sure are the kings but. Its not metal
@@mr.wilson4085 how I hate when people say this
Bill on the drums gets me going on this song
He is just a animal on the drums
and wearing dreds ! Cool before it was even cool to be cool
Bill is so underrated but i 🖤 him
I am not bassist, but Geezer is awesome one, and he is underrated IMO.
Really played great here..as always.
Never say that again! Please! Never underrated!
All bassists are underrated.
I could listen to Sabbath forever
I am listening to them forever.
I could watch a drum cam of Ward for the entire show, what a fucking beast.
Hell yea Frank ,, Bill Ward is maniac on the fucking drums!!!!! And he is a gentleman as a person ,, I would refuse to see Sabbath without Bill Ward and I mean that sincerely,!!! Love the Sabbath,,, Ozzy kind of sucks at the air guitar but love the band dearly!!!
He's insane. The best ever! God bless Willian Thomas Ward!
+Jerry Jocoy Agreed. Awesome bro! Bill is Black Sabbath!
Funny how you're talking like you know the guys personally and you think his name is "Lommi"
His name is Tony Iommi, his last name starts with an I as in Igloo. lol I'm at a loss for how you can know much about the band and never notice that or hear someone pronounce it. It's pronounced like "Eye-oh-me"
I love this live version. Ozzy looked like he's having a great wonderful time on stage.
on coke
He was high as fuck
he ALWAYS has a wonderful time on stage. I saw him 5 times solo, and 2 times with sabbath, and I think one time he wasn't feeling it. Might have been sick or something, but all the rest were amazing! Especially on the 13 tour.
Dirty Women same concert Iommi is awesome
@@ccuesta39 "this cocaine makes me feel i'm in this song"
Bill Ward doesn’t even sound like a drummer. He just sounds like a pounding force.
Connor Ferrand hardest working drummer ever
Man, that’s a great metaphor!
I was trying to figure him out and thats the perfect description
Very true, Bill Ward once said, that he doesn't play time, he plays orchestration!!! He always kept the beat, & them some.😀👍👍
Check out "The genius of Bill Ward" here on the tube. Very cool.
Geezer really plucks the shit out of his bass man, and you can hear Tony’s pick bouncing off the strings. So cool
Live at Astbury NJ has loads of pick noise! Love it. Maybe i should adapt it into my style??
So cool man, probably because Tony used light guage strings and tuned down, I honestly don't know how he managed not to accidentally bend out of key when playing songs as heavy as this
Bill ward demolishes another drum kit.
Was really happy to see Geezer playing that Ric.👍
The bridge in the middle is gut wrenching, absolutely love it. Amazing 46 year old footage
I remember waking up 5 in the morning to catch a train. Sat on the train facing some strangers for 14 fucking hours. Still worth it when they played this brilliant tune. First and last time watching then live. Wouldn't trade it for anything.
So, you took a 14 hour train to a Sabbath concert? You rule!
A 14 hour train to London in 1978. Those were some determined strangers.
It’s all about Black Sabbath they created Heavy Metal
Damn you !!!! awesome. By some chance, did VH open that show?
What a honor
Black Sabbath Blows SO Many Bands OFF The MAP !!!!
Every band*
I don't know about every. Love Sabbath though.
You said it bro!
now a days yup lol
EVERY!!!
I love Ozzy's vocals. We know all the rest of the musicians in the band are brilliant.
Yes, the vocals are amazing!
I can't understand a single word until he sings then he's crystal clear
Brilliant performance from the creators of the genre... Bill Ward will always be one of my favorite drummers 🥁🥁
Ward's patience playing behind the beat is the feel of Black Sabbath.
Absolutely. And the big punches - he lets those notes ring out and drag. Maximum power.
what does play behind the beat mean
Like a more evil John Bonham hell yeah
@@dovemaarika1668 It means slightly late to what a drum machine would do often.
Every single one of them are LEGENDS. Tony, Ozzy, Geezer, Bill
Oh and Ronnie James Dio! Loved the Dio Sabbath era too
One of the greatest songs of all time. Masterpiece.
There is nothing in this world that i want more than these four lads back together at least once, i don t care if Bill Ward can t hold it for a whole set but just to let us fans say goodbye to the greatest thing that ever happened to rock music.
The first solo is pure ecstasy
You mean Cocaine? ❄️
I always koved this . This slide from higher to bottom is very special
Geezers thunderous bass is just as an important part of Black Sabbath as the other members contributions. A magical combination of musicians.
I love Ozzy’s raw vocals on this version.
Not tuned at all.
@@diegoescobardiaz6552 His pitch is fine here, what are you talking about?
@@epitaph3988 In the video there are many examples but you could check: 1:59
Ozzy is definitely out of key but more than makes up for it with his performance and raw passionate delivery 👏
@@Voodoo66Chile he’s “off” from the album version because the song was played in E tuning not C# like the album
"alright... asdjhfkjdsahfjkdsfhskdj snowblind" - ozzy
HAHAHAHA i just wrote the same. thats so true ! hahaha
Lmao I was gonna write this too 😆
BILINOUMINAUNAU SNOWBLIND
“alright we’re gonna do a number now off one of our earlier albums its a number entitled “snowblind”
not that hard to understand
@@luizguilherme8298 Ahahahahahhaha FOOKIN YEAH
"Snowblind"
What you get and what you see
Things that don't come easily
Feeling happy in my pain
Icicles within my brain
(cocaine)
Something blowing in my head
Winds of ice that soon will spread
Down to freeze my very soul
Makes me happy, makes me cold
My eyes are blind but I can see
The snowflakes glisten on the tree
The sun no longer sets me free
I feel the snowflakes freezing me
Let the winter sunshine on
Let me feel the frost of dawn
Build my dreams on flakes of snow
Soon I’ll feel the chilling glow
(cocaine)
Don't you think I know what I'm doing
Don't tell me that it's doing me wrong
You're the one that's really the loser
This is where I feel I belong
Kiss the world with winter flowers
Turn my days to frozen hours
Lying snowblind in the sun
Will my ice age ever come?
(cocaine)
"Vol 4" 1972
"Reunion" 1998
How somber is the chorus? It's absolute, legendary genius all the way around
Seems like an intentional contradiction to the certainty of the lyrics in the opening verses.
Cocaine makes you feel powerful until you realize how weak you are without it.
@@TheOfficialCaseMade 100% I went on a 9 day binder one time and on like day 5 my nose started bleeding. I kept going though until I was like.... Ok .. I'm fuckin hooked. I felt like a little bitch for like 3 days.... No thx on that stuff.
It really hits those of us who have had snowblind periods. I certainly have.
@@usmcchrisg I did a 10 day run one time. My nose started bleeding on day 5.... Kept going though. Never again!!
@@crypticreality8484 I wish I could boil it down to one misadventure but the government kept some records about it.
The only early hard rock band to express an honest perspective on dark natural elements. U must admire their honesty and courage to do wut other conveniently avoided.
PUG
True
Stones ? the whole sticky fingers as drug addiction thing.
also velvet underground and Jefferson airplane.
Early hard rock band Black Sabbath gave birth to metal
Yeah, Bill Ward is one of the greatest drummers ever,total animal.But it makes me proud to hear my fellow paisano Tony Iommi wail his heart out.The best...
Vinnie appice in my opinion was Sabbaths best drummer and ward second
What a fkn' insanely incredible solo man!!! 🎸Nice harmonies on the whole song and a badass lyrics; great n' sad at same time. CLASSIC 🔥💯
I don't always listen to Black Sabbath..
But when I do, so do all of my neighbors..
My neighbors love this song so much, they threw a brick thru my front window to hear it better..
God I love Black Sabbath and I'm so glad that my neighbors do to!
Great! Hahaha
Same and put my speaker right in front of the open window.
John Campbell I did that while the albums were current. Ie 1974. Only thing that sucked that the neighbor on the right was a cop! One time he just walked in , came upstairs. and made me take them out of the windows. The album that was on at the time was the Red Grand Funk album Good thing I had already smoked . He must have smelled it. True story. A few years later his son busted us with a quarter pound. Belonged to a chick in the car so we all took the fall for her. Smoke it - Get High!
didja murder the pigs ?
Too good! Gotta share
Best version of ever. Even better than the record.
Agreed
the version of Live at Last LP is also good
@@pasoneaogreat version but Asbury Park is #1. (Up the nose)
Black Sabbath was one of those rare bands who was greater than the sum of its parts ... and the separate parts were incredibly great to begin with.
Tony Iommi mades the grooviest riffs in the history
True. The riff man, the riff maker, the riff wizard.
@@alexalexin9491 The Riffzard.
Him and Page
@@westvirginiagroyper485 Iommi - making riffs
Page - stealing riffs
@Redrum the University Of Riffs will be named after Iommi.
When music hits you, you feel no pain.. Their best song ever
Oh, come on Alex, you say that about every early Sabbath song you listen to.
@@thefarcountry lol
Audience *cheers*
Ozzy : "Whebsisbeusgsksneudbdn SNOWBLIND!"
Audience : 😳😮
Oh so it wasn't me
Audience \m/😆\m/
your not blinded by the snow enough if you can't understand what he says haha.
Ozzy knows what the song means and sells it. It’s deadly serious. You’re sad lol
😁😆😁🤣😂😄😆
I love watching tony iommi being cool with ozz and vice versa during his solo
Tommy's coke twitches are best
Love seeing Tony Iommi play a legendary solo while Ozzy Osbourne looses his damn mind on stage
Watching Ozzy practically seize during the War Pigs solo in Paris will always get me.
Loose = the screw is loose, Lose = learn to spell loser!
@@thisshyboy I love the way he goes crazy during the song Black Sabbath at that Paris show as well.
The best frontman is the one who is just a huge fan of the band behind him
@@robbieclark7828 Great comment man, great comment.
Ozzy's voice is amazing here. Very powerful!!!
Ozzie's range is so effortless on this. One of their best songs ever.
Such an emotional, drug fueled orgasmic mash. They really were connected telepathically somehow - like a kindred musical spirit.
Nick Oscar I thought the exact same thing!
Nick Oscar the Music and the Drug wave Murged into one.
All of sabbaths live stuff, has that synergy. No matter what was going on off stage, when they hit the stage and started jamming, the music is what was in control. I mean its Bill ward, Iommi, Geezer and Ozzy we're talking about here, these are thoroughbred rock stars, I'd expect nothing less lol.
It was all the acid they took together.
yes..
Habe Black Sabbath von Anfang an miterlebt und ist für mich bis heute die beste Heavyrock Band aller Zeiten.
One of the best songs ever in the world!!!
COCAINE !
Jaw Tooth that and " Sweet Leaf " 📀🎶🎶
Fuck yea ...hands down
Jaw Tooth
It’s a definite tune 🎤 🎸 🥁
first song i ever learned on electric guitar
Notice how Tony Iommi takes center stage with Bass and vocals on both sides. 🎸
Ozzy did not deserve being in the middle.
He was the leader
We all know everyone was listening because of his riffs.
Tony is the soul of Sabbath. Of course he's in the middle.
I love how Ozzy even does the peace sign like on the Volume 4 album cover in this video
I did the same thing when I saw them live ✌️🤘
By far the best version of Snowblind I've ever heard
Iommis tone never sounded better and his lead at the end is one of the best he's ever done IMO.Great vibrato and an incredibly fat lead sound too.
go and see their the end tour.
they were unbeatable at download
Lee Oliver true!
idk man its 440 usually its a heavier c#
I like more the one done by SOAD.
Iommi is like: "The hell with Ozzy's vocal chords, aint got time to tune down"
😂😂
Hehe - what Mason said!!! :)
Cause lommi is Black Sabbath brother
LOL Exactly.
I thought this was in a different key, either that or ozzy was singing the third.
I've been a Sabbath fan since they first came out.Ozzies voice back then was spot on for what they needed.awesome band.
This is at the peak of Black Sabbath, right before Ozzie left and Dio replaced him. I was lucky enough to see them both live in concert. Never forget.
The 2 albums Sabbath put out before Ozzy left are career lows in my opinion. Never say die is the only Sabbath album to ever successfully bore me. The band was going through a lot of issues at the time too. I definitely wouldn't call this a career high. Fantastic performance though and I'd kill to have been able to it in person.
peak was 73
They were pretty good at The California Jam! April 6, 1974 🤷🏻♂️
This particular performance was awesome at the Hammersmith. But they were on a decline. This the tour when Van Halen "supposedly" blew them away
@Kevin James Perfectly put!
I saw them for the first time on this tour in 1978 ... Loved them ! ... Bill Ward was the hardest pounding drummer that I've ever felt ! ... yewwwww
What’s remarkable is that they recorded Snowblind in C#, and in this video they’re playing at E standard. Ozzy had to sing a step and half up, which is CRAZY!!
It’s not in E. it’s in C#
@@joebot9309On the album version, yes, but this definitely isn’t in C#
One of the greatest live performances of all time by Tony Iommi and the band. Without a doubt
Yes I agree hands down.
Eram Apenas jovens de Birmingham e hoje sao as lendas do metal viva black sabbath!!!!
I’ve never heard such a raw sound... jaw dropping
seen them in 1969 Berlin when i was stationed there. they invented METAL
Wow, I've seen about 10+ times, Asbury Park convenient hall, 71, NYC academy of music 🎶 72, Hartford Conn first row 71?72, Ritz theatre Statin island 🏝️ NY 72, Nassau coliseum, 73, backup bands ? Bedlam & Lyrnrd Skyrnd
The Never Say Die DVD is a must see! I put it in for the first time a few weeks ago and was blown away, the energy was insane. I was so pumped
My favorite Sabbath jam, love the crunch slam of Iommis playing style, it's because of Black Sabbath that we have truly hard music today.
Amazing performance!! Crazy how full the sound is during Tony’s solo and just in general with only two other instruments playing with him, I think the main reason for their fullness is Geezers amazing,steady, and heavy bass lines.🤘🤘✌️
what an incredibly powerful moment in rock history. ozzy pumping peace signs to the breakdown in this song. amazing.
First, I want to say that I am 58 years old (born in 1964) and have partied hard but never taken drugs.
I've seen Black Sabbath in the 80's Dio and lots of other hard rock groups. From what I've noticed, life as a rock and super-famous isn't nearly as dangerous as being a regular drug addict in a medium-sized city. And since Fentanyl came out just 20 years ago, ordinary people are dying like flies. Ozzy have 15 more years to live
Picked up this album the other day, played this shit so loud in the truck on the way to work today I could feel my heart jumping out of rhythm and my nose started to bleed. Still wasn't loud enough.
Fear57 ] LOL
Maybe, cocaine?
Hahaha! Didn't know you could get a "coke contact high" by listening to Sabbath!
why is this ALWAYS good? I mean, 6am on a saturday, middle of the night, after a tragedy, when I'm stoned, or during a work shift, this shit is always good.
Right?!!
How epic is this fucking song.
The solo and the transition always gives me goosebumps
The creators of metal they started all never get tired of listening them
Best live version ever! Guitar sound is brutal!
I love how Ozzy ends each verse with "COCAINE!" when performing this live! Haha pure Rock n Roll 🤘
He's really making making sure no one misses the point! Oh btw - COCAINE! And let's not forget - COCAINE! There it is - COCAINE!
to make him sure everyone understands about what is the song
I think its the actual lyric
It’s on the album, it’s just whispered quietly in the background.
It's Spokane not cokaine!
WOW! I love Sabbath's style in 78'. They were so badass! Bill Ward is my favorite here. He is a BEAST!
Check out Sabbath live at California jam they some attitude back then too
Disco era as well, kick ass
I'm glad my parents were old heads and I grew up on this.
Chris Thompson ] Old Heads!! NEVER.
My children gonna be lucky when they grow up listening to this
same here. my dad used to play it any time i was in his truck and i kind of forgot about it until i turned 15 and now i’m 16 and absolutely obsessed
You can tell ozzy was enjoying Iommi's playing as much as the audience when he's not singing
Wow what a voice ozzy had back then amazing
@The Internet Killed Music 74 California jam
Honestly....Ozzy is still great...40 years later. He has never been a "pure vocalist" in the vein of Halford/Dickinson/Tate/Dio. But he was and still is is a master of making vocal melodies.
@sabbracadabra Sorry, even young ozzy can't beat Dio, Dickinson, Halford, Tate, Kiske
@sabbracadabra pfff never
This must be right before his voice got fucked in terms of hitting high notes. He struggled a lot hitting high notes by the time he was playing with Randy Rhoads a few years later. This was when he was at his absolute worst drug wise so it makes sense. I’m glad he got sober and is still with us.
Absolute legendary song. The energy of the vocals combined with an overpowering blues mood set by the guitar is simply astonishing. Extremely poetic to be added to the list as well. Black Sabbath wrote music to make their fans aware of the evils out there, for example "Hand of Doom". Snowblind basically tells the fans neither positive or negative, but this is what you can expect. Volume 4 was originally going to be labelled Snowblind but the record label wouldn't allow it. Black Sabbath got back at the record label in a discreet way, which you can find only if you read the fine print on your Vol 4 CD or vinyl album.
Hi Natalia, good day to you and it is nice seeing you here.
I love how the camera shows Geezer's bass playing from time to time. The other underrated band member in the Sabs IMHO. Also, Ozzy are having lots of fun here, and it shows.
A masterpiece!
Bill Ward was probably the most underrated drummer in rock history
Fucking 1000%
He deserves more recognition
Fuckin master on the skins
@@Snowbird_89 I have noticed over the last few years as more concert footage finds its way onto the internet Ward often gets a mention now in top 10 lists a lot more. Personally I would have him in a very crowded top 5
For the comment after mine, about spoken Ozzy and his great personality, despite insecurity!! I LOVED how he always stuck in his I LOVE YOU's not expected in the song!! I felt his authenticity and honesty!!
Saw them so many times! Philadelphia USA
I love when old people find this stuff on UA-cam bc they get to re live their golden days. LONG LIVE SABBATH!
This was available on a VHS Sabbath compilation at regular record stores in the early 90s. I had this on tape way back.
When ROCK AND FCUKIN ROLL was serious- good times!
What a great band. 35 years ago I bought my first guitar and a sabbath tab book. I need to revisit these classics.
I love sabbath they are such a talented band they are The Grandfathers of metal
Simply lovely
Hello Sharon, good day to you and it is nice seeing you here.
Long live the originators of Heavy Metal: Black Sabbath! This music never gets old.
They have put Ozzy´s vocal chords to the test in that tone!!
Ves
This is one of my favorite Black Sabbath concerts!
yes men
Ozzy is out of tune?
No he`s not
Tony, the riffmeister. Welcome children to the inventors of heavy metal! Lying snowblind in the sun. I know the feeling…
Geezers bass lines are just awesome!!! These guys are the genuine article! Came from nothing and they made heavy metal! God bless them.
Love this song! Black Sabbath will always be everything heavy in rock music!
Bill Ward's Drum set grew over the years!!!
I saw reunion in 1999, Biloxi, miss., so awesome show, Ozzy is Sabbath
I love this performance so much I have to get a weekly dose of it! My neighbors do too!
Feeling happy in my pain, icicles within my brain...
When you've been up all night and half a day and hitting the booze to slow you down, can't open the curtains, that line says it all perfectly
In 1972, age 13, I came home with Black Sabbath Vol 4 after my best friend urged me to get it. I took my Partridge Family album off my crappy little record player and from the first notes of Wheels of Confusion I went to the dark side and never came back. Every day for a year, dropping the needle on that album was like a needle in my veins. Snowblind was my favorite song on the album, still my #1 desert island record.
'IN THE SEVENTH DAY THE LORD CREATED "BLACK SABBATH"THEN HE REST.