A National Acrobat -- Black Sabbath Cover by Jeff Miller

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
  • A favorite Sabbath tune. Amazing riffs and a great lyric.
    This one's for my dad.
    Performed by Jeff Miller
    Mixed by Chuck Pukmel
    Photos by Mike Powers

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  • @rafaelarenasotiniano3176
    @rafaelarenasotiniano3176 6 років тому

    Temazo de sabbath
    .muy aceptable esta version

  • @thornilloeterno5406
    @thornilloeterno5406 8 років тому +1

    Excelente version loco!!! felicitaciones desde Argentina!

  • @aaoppe
    @aaoppe 9 років тому

    Great stuff indeed.

  • @nickhayden9199
    @nickhayden9199 10 років тому +1

    Damn bro serious skill man huge props

  • @carminemineo9782
    @carminemineo9782 7 років тому

    Def. great job. On point.

    • @JeffMillerCreative
      @JeffMillerCreative  7 років тому

      Thank you! Please share, and you might like one of my Ozzy covers, here:
      ua-cam.com/video/_inob79S88E/v-deo.html

  • @BrainPolice5
    @BrainPolice5 8 років тому +10

    Dude, this so thoroughly kicked my ass. Great job.

    • @JeffMillerCreative
      @JeffMillerCreative  8 років тому

      +BrainPolice5 thank you, always happy to get comments like this! Just posted a new one not long ago, been dying to cover Over the Mountain. Here it is: ua-cam.com/video/_inob79S88E/v-deo.html

  • @sapphirepaul1125
    @sapphirepaul1125 5 років тому +1

    🖤

  • @KJCthings
    @KJCthings 3 роки тому

    I'm back after having heard this year's ago. Really great cover. Love the translation of the to riff. The pull off has swaggar.

  • @joe99173122
    @joe99173122 7 років тому +4

    Seriously excellent. I like how you removed that fast tempo part from the original and extended the solo and made it yours. Fantastic.

    • @JeffMillerCreative
      @JeffMillerCreative  7 років тому +2

      Thanks so much! I felt a little guilty about altering the original, but I had to stick with the parts that resonated most. Please share with your friends, and you might like my other Ozzy tune here:
      ua-cam.com/video/_inob79S88E/v-deo.html

    • @thedarklord6130
      @thedarklord6130 6 років тому +1

      I have to agree. I always thought the ending of the original did damage to the rest of the song. I like how you ended it. Bravo!!

  • @bnesbit1
    @bnesbit1 10 років тому

    Outstanding job. This is one of my favorite "forgotten" Sabbath tunes. Really top flight stuff ... thank you.

  • @tokarg4405
    @tokarg4405 6 років тому

    Damn this is actually really good well done

  • @QuinnChandler55
    @QuinnChandler55 4 роки тому +1

    You killed it dude, awesome cover!

  • @Goldwing23
    @Goldwing23 8 років тому +1

    Great Job Jeff, always been a Tommy Iommi fan. Keep up the good jammin !

  • @OneMan-wl1wj
    @OneMan-wl1wj 9 років тому +8

    Dude I came up on this shit so hard my mom would read Sab lyrics to me for bedtime stories!!! Lol. You were true here bro!! N I can smell posers miles away...perhaps the best compliment I can come up with is you did it justice!! I will check anything out you post...ROCK. ON.

  • @repulo
    @repulo 10 років тому

    you rock!

  • @mariolamarque
    @mariolamarque 9 років тому

    Very good cover amigo keep it up!

  • @TheDarthneko
    @TheDarthneko Рік тому

    Hey Jeff. UA-cam erased my account and then gave it back (no idea why...) and I wanted to let you know I'm still listening to the best cover of Black Sabbath I have heard. I am a high school counselor and my kids (students) love it. Please keep rocking and mad respect to your dad. I lost my poppa on May 30 of this year and I know your pain.

    • @JeffMillerCreative
      @JeffMillerCreative  Рік тому +1

      Hey there, well...wow. Thanks so much for this message, which comes not too long after my dad passed away this past Nov. When I dedicated this to him, he was undergoing a pretty terrifying operation, which gave us another 9 years with him that we may have otherwise not had. I'm very sorry for your loss, too - losing my father has, of course, changed my life. He was a high school special ed teacher for 35 years, and a pro sax player. He would be proud to know that my cover of this deep, epic tune was being shared with your students...and that it was well-received. Thanks so much for sharing that, too.

  • @giacomo91094
    @giacomo91094 5 років тому +1

    Outstanding vocals 0.0

  • @MakeLinuxSimple
    @MakeLinuxSimple 4 роки тому +1

    Mate that is awesome. It is different but its not. I mean its cover not copy. Great just great.

  • @Paul-v2s
    @Paul-v2s Рік тому

    My Man

  • @terryfranks8765
    @terryfranks8765 9 років тому

    yes

  • @robocop2283
    @robocop2283 9 років тому

    Fucking spot on mate. Awesome job.

  • @JeffMillerCreative
    @JeffMillerCreative  11 років тому

    I'm down a half step, plus drop-D tuning. So, D-flat. HEAVY!

  • @Destino68
    @Destino68 9 років тому

    You famous>

  • @bryceneal3136
    @bryceneal3136 3 роки тому

    If national acrobat came out in 2003 instead of 1973

  • @Destino68
    @Destino68 9 років тому

    11 youtube comments and counting!

  • @FantomaBetivu2011
    @FantomaBetivu2011 11 років тому

    That riff is not catchy ,its haunting

  • @ford-sl9bz
    @ford-sl9bz 7 років тому +15

    Doesn't sound exactly like Ozzy, but the vocals work perfectly with this song. That's something that couldn't be done on the Metallica Cover

    • @JeffMillerCreative
      @JeffMillerCreative  7 років тому

      Thank you! Please share, and you might like one of my Ozzy covers, here:
      ua-cam.com/video/_inob79S88E/v-deo.html

    • @kristopherryanwatson
      @kristopherryanwatson 3 роки тому +1

      hes not supposed sound like Ozzy. that would be bad.
      the ideal purpose of a cover is a band's or an artist's rendition of the song - their take on it that makes it uniquely theirs.... to me hes trying to sound like Ozzy and that discredits the effort a bit.
      he should just sing as he would normally - his own personality in the vocals.

    • @ford-sl9bz
      @ford-sl9bz 3 роки тому

      @@kristopherryanwatson Good point man. I agree with you, and I also wrote that comment eons ago.

  • @alansanchez9852
    @alansanchez9852 6 років тому +5

    La risa de Ozzy: HAHAAAAAAAA

  • @joshshrum2764
    @joshshrum2764 4 роки тому +2

    All Hail Lord Giygas.

  • @JeffMillerCreative
    @JeffMillerCreative  8 років тому +9

    thanks as always for the kind comments, good news I've got a new one coming and it's a rarely-covered Ozzy classic :)

  • @snakepitguy
    @snakepitguy 5 років тому +3

    That song is so BEAUTIFUL.... and you really gave it justice!

  • @unabonger777
    @unabonger777 8 років тому +6

    great job, you captured the feel, and that's the most important thing. it has that snap and the accents in the right places.

  • @paulcoyne2838
    @paulcoyne2838 8 років тому +2

    A hell of an accurate interpretation of one of my favorite Black Sabbath tunes.
    OZZY GEEZER and the boys would be proud.

    • @JeffMillerCreative
      @JeffMillerCreative  8 років тому

      Thanks very much, i really appreciate it! please share with your friends!

  • @Down_The_Rabbit_Hole
    @Down_The_Rabbit_Hole 9 років тому +6

    That was Ripper mate........................................ Nice job

  • @davesaenz3732
    @davesaenz3732 День тому

    Ozzy doesnt have a great voice on this one song. Theres so much room to improvise here. You missed your chance. Guitar did good here.

  • @JeffMillerCreative
    @JeffMillerCreative  11 років тому +22

    Thanks to all for the comments - so far this is my most viewed UA-cam vid, and every time one of you Sabbath fans tells me it's a worthy version my inner Ozzy does a frog jump! \m/ RAWK \m/

    • @nardela123
      @nardela123 10 років тому +2

      great cover........

    • @1971SuperLead
      @1971SuperLead 9 років тому +1

      I love this song, and you guys really did it justice. Congrats!

    • @JeffMillerCreative
      @JeffMillerCreative  9 років тому +2

      1971SuperLead thanks so much, all three of me really appreciate it :)

    • @roryniblock9687
      @roryniblock9687 9 років тому

      Jeff Miller lol

    • @sleepbetraysme
      @sleepbetraysme 6 років тому

      Jeff Miller killer cover dude! Of an incredible song!

  • @Retrorevelations
    @Retrorevelations 8 років тому +1

    Probably my favorite Sabbath song. Speaks (more or less) about life and death, reincarnation, etc.

  • @nickj4345
    @nickj4345 6 років тому +1

    Creamy, juicy, toasty.... you can feel the energy! Fantastic cover. I rarely hear a worthy Sabbath Cover. Color me impressed.
    Love the solo improv! Drums are tight. Cheers mate!

  • @davesaenz3732
    @davesaenz3732 6 років тому +1

    Black Sabbath is the best band ever!!

  • @arthurgontijo1
    @arthurgontijo1 8 років тому +4

    favorite song good cover bro!

  • @pissedman1491
    @pissedman1491 5 років тому +1

    Pretty fuckin EPIC!!

  • @blindstraight4026
    @blindstraight4026 4 роки тому +1

    You simply did awesome

  • @fkcyber
    @fkcyber 6 років тому +1

    Very good rendition, man

  • @markkavanagh7377
    @markkavanagh7377 3 роки тому +1

    Great performance......now explain the lyrics!!!! ;)

    • @JeffMillerCreative
      @JeffMillerCreative  3 роки тому

      Pretty sure it's about birth, possibly riffing on a more cosmic version of immaculate conception...the musings of the unborn soul.

    • @markkavanagh7377
      @markkavanagh7377 3 роки тому

      @@JeffMillerCreative ....via cocaine! ;)

  • @SpyrosTheodoratos
    @SpyrosTheodoratos 10 років тому +1

    Great cover.... I think you have to study better the vocals.... I know its too hard to sing like 1974 Ozzy but you can... for sure...
    Generally the result is great!

  • @mrjobass47
    @mrjobass47 11 років тому

    oh ok ill try that . I found c# f# b e g# c# as well. your video is put together awesome. hanging out down here with jimi james h. an were rocking it! thanks for the reply bud!

  • @leandroarnaez7886
    @leandroarnaez7886 8 років тому +1

    great cover !!

  • @FleebJones
    @FleebJones 7 років тому +1

    gave me chills just like the real thing man, great job

  • @mattferguson674
    @mattferguson674 10 років тому

    Pitch is great, and the music is spot on. If you only you didn't rush the vocals on occasion. Sit in the pocket more and you will have the BEST cover of ANA.

  • @jacksabbathuk9229
    @jacksabbathuk9229 3 роки тому +1

    Great cover guys. One of our favourite to play live

  • @benpotaka5893
    @benpotaka5893 Рік тому

    Bloody Sabbath smashed this, and everything else 🔥🤘🏼

  • @TellMeCupe
    @TellMeCupe 6 років тому +2

    you really are the word that hides the secret of the universe of all time bro!!!!! nice play!!

  • @untergangnorge4453
    @untergangnorge4453 8 років тому

    Beyond heavy, man. Would like to hear more flow in the guitars, though.

  • @sumitsarpal4130
    @sumitsarpal4130 11 років тому

    Man this is so good...with equally tasty classic sabbath slow speed guitar.....great cover..... Iommi - The Godfather of Riff.

  • @MooreFishing-ky3wq
    @MooreFishing-ky3wq 5 років тому +1

    Very good !

  • @dondavis8021
    @dondavis8021 6 років тому +1

    VERY GOOD!

  • @amla98
    @amla98 10 років тому +1

    Do looking for today or some other stuff off the Sabbath bloody Sabbath alubm, you nailed the vocals!

  • @danahicks9479
    @danahicks9479 Рік тому

    Excellent Ozzy impersonation. I do this too. Rock on

  • @OASISBLISS
    @OASISBLISS 5 років тому +1

    Good Lord!

  • @davesaenz3732
    @davesaenz3732 6 років тому +1

    Awesome.

  • @cenkkmusic
    @cenkkmusic 5 років тому

    This is fucking brilliant man I salute you with respect mate!

  • @IAmKillEveryone
    @IAmKillEveryone 10 років тому +16

    You did the song AMAZING justice. Such an overlooked song. Loving the bass tone. So damn beefy.

  • @TheDavid3210
    @TheDavid3210 8 років тому +2

    Really great job and awesome Ozzy voice!

    • @JeffMillerCreative
      @JeffMillerCreative  8 років тому

      +TheDavid3210 thanks man! Just posted new ozzy tune here, enjoy!
      ua-cam.com/video/_inob79S88E/v-deo.html

  • @jrsala87
    @jrsala87 8 років тому +1

    well done.

  • @s.r.polaris5569
    @s.r.polaris5569 8 років тому +1

    its my favorite too! you are great Jeff

  • @opticnerve3300
    @opticnerve3300 8 років тому

    Outstanding! About the drums.. Is that you or a sample? Either way, This is now at the top my play list.Thank you for leaving out the Cheezy solo the original has at 4:50. The Baddest Riff ever and they close with that? What the hell were they thinking??

    • @JeffMillerCreative
      @JeffMillerCreative  8 років тому

      +Optic Nerve thank you! I try not to question the Sabbath wisdom, but I never liked the outro section either:)
      I programmed the drums in Reason, but my friend who mixed it did a great job tweaking them to give the whole thing a bit of Bill Ward feel. Glad you enjoyed.

  • @AnthonyPerzia
    @AnthonyPerzia 11 років тому

    Jeff, I think you did a killer job on this, song and video. Well done... and kick ass..

  • @JeffMillerCreative
    @JeffMillerCreative  11 років тому

    thanks bon keep holding down the fort for all us sinners...

  • @lucianoeguchi2122
    @lucianoeguchi2122 10 років тому +2

    AMAZING! Congratulations

  • @ozzytyson735
    @ozzytyson735 9 років тому

    Ever thought about doing a version of "A Hard Road"?

  • @biffmalibu9488
    @biffmalibu9488 4 роки тому

    Jeff, I believe I commented on this video a couple years ago but just had to revisit again. It's one of my favorite Sabbath tunes and you killed it!!!

  • @TurokTucker
    @TurokTucker 11 років тому +1

    I listen to this nearly everyday! Such an awesome cover, of such an awesome song. Rock on Jeff!

  • @GANONdork123
    @GANONdork123 8 років тому +1

    I was almost convinced that was Iommi's guitar when it first started. Amazing cover.

  • @tomy8339
    @tomy8339 6 років тому

    Great to see a great cover of a classic Ozzy Sabbath track only true Sabbath fans would recognise. I'd love to see him also cover spiral architect from the same album.

    • @JeffMillerCreative
      @JeffMillerCreative  6 років тому

      Thanks Tomy, I'll consider it! Meanwhile, check out my cover of Over The Mountain over here! ua-cam.com/video/_inob79S88E/v-deo.html

  • @naturerules3371
    @naturerules3371 5 років тому +1

    Damn! Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor! That was AWESOME!

  • @abrahamturany9962
    @abrahamturany9962 4 роки тому +1

    Great cover of an amazing Sabbath tune! It's 1 of my favorite songs of theirs! Thanks!

  • @mrjobass47
    @mrjobass47 11 років тому

    just watched your "sky high" video... dude your a sick man! bravo!

  • @jbatts7189
    @jbatts7189 3 роки тому

    Sounds amazing. I love the way you put your little touch. This coming from a Sabbath fan for 40 years.

    • @JeffMillerCreative
      @JeffMillerCreative  3 роки тому +1

      thank you, J Batts. Every song I do is done with respect, trying to honor the music.

  • @eel908
    @eel908 Рік тому

    say unto you i did all ready infinity chapter 8 tod

  • @luisaugustocruzalves744
    @luisaugustocruzalves744 Рік тому

    Excellent version ☝️👏👏👏👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷🤟🤟

  • @dadangsaputroz1836
    @dadangsaputroz1836 9 років тому +1

    Great job Mr.Miller

  • @davecoulson3450
    @davecoulson3450 10 років тому +2

    Juan Manuel Apat said it - outstanding.

  • @petermantas7608
    @petermantas7608 10 років тому +1

    greatest sabbath fan since i can remember! GREAT JOB BROTHER.

  • @FizzzieCat
    @FizzzieCat 10 років тому +1

    Great stuff. NAILED!

  • @LoveandCreativity-pc8ny
    @LoveandCreativity-pc8ny 2 роки тому

    Very professional. Very similar to Ozzie

  • @aterrodocachimba
    @aterrodocachimba 10 років тому +1

    man you sing good what a great cover congratz

  • @JeffMillerCreative
    @JeffMillerCreative  11 років тому

    thanks Bon Scott! How's the afterlife? Lotsa babes?

  • @Destino68
    @Destino68 9 років тому

    Wow you should be really famos, how you not more famous

  • @SiriusMined
    @SiriusMined 9 років тому

    A couple of dropped notes on the guitar and bass, but almost everyone does that for some reason.
    Not bad.

    • @JeffMillerCreative
      @JeffMillerCreative  9 років тому

      could you tell me which ones cause that would be really super helpful.
      O where would I be without you to help point out my dropped notes THANK YOU!

    • @SiriusMined
      @SiriusMined 9 років тому +1

      Jeff Miller two spots.
      first spot. After the first four notes (c#?), but just before what is the fifth that you play, there is a missed note (should be the same as the 6th note, I think another c#). It's usually not shown in tab, but it's there in the original.
      second spot,
      next part of the verse, where there's a b, then 4 c#, there is another note (I think another b), before jumping to the d string.
      I've never seen either on tab, but I can hear the difference between the album, and other people playing it.
      very minor stuff though. Great job. Best cover I've heard so far to be honest.

  • @biffmalibu9488
    @biffmalibu9488 6 років тому

    Just so you know Jeff....I clicked on 666.

  • @KJCthings
    @KJCthings 10 років тому

    Fantastic cover! Great mix on the audio.

  • @JeffMillerCreative
    @JeffMillerCreative  11 років тому

    Thanks @theOzzy32 - I appreciate the comment:)

  • @magdielcalderon8673
    @magdielcalderon8673 6 років тому

    bad ass dude! great job doing sabbaths cover.

  • @brstlmr
    @brstlmr 7 років тому +3

    very nice cover!

    • @JeffMillerCreative
      @JeffMillerCreative  7 років тому

      Thank you! Please share and check out my other covers on my channel!

  • @paullopes6770
    @paullopes6770 8 років тому

    outstanding vocals. wish i could do a sabbath cover with you. sure your dad is proud of this one! good job

    • @JeffMillerCreative
      @JeffMillerCreative  8 років тому

      +Paul Lopes Thanks very much, Paul :) Check my page for my recent version of "Over the Mountain!"

  • @gri7
    @gri7 6 років тому +1

    C# tuning? great cover. one of my fave sabbath riffs ever

  • @Josephite9
    @Josephite9 5 років тому +1

    Brilliant! It's hard to come across some good Sabbath covers. Cheers!

  • @qosimodo1
    @qosimodo1 10 років тому +1

    Awesome Best I've heard.

  • @KJCthings
    @KJCthings 10 років тому

    Can you post a link to the drum track?