Yeah, enunciate and articulate are not usually in the same sentence as Ozzy either. To be fair, he IS usually easier to understand when he's singing 😂😂
Yeah it’s the sort of thing all the high school kids trying to cover this said… do what now? Same as Leo - 10 Years After. It’s like he got an upright and turned it sideways.
"We recorded the whole thing (the album) in about 2 or 3 days, live in the studio. The song "Paranoid" was written as an afterthought. We basically needed a 3 minute filler for the album and Tony came up with the riff. I quickly did the lyrics and Ozzy was reading them as he was singing." - Geezer Butler (bass) Without a doubt one of the greatest rock songs ever written, especially since it was completely spontaneous.
Taking this a bit further, after Ozzy had been singing the song for a week or two he asked Geezer "What is that song paranoid about?" That to me seems insane but I watched an interview with Geezer and that's the story he told.
I wish I could go back in time to 1970 and tell the band, just after they've spent a few minutes on this 'quickie' to fill an album, that 54 years later highly educated students of music would devote their time to analysing that song on a globally accessible platform ... if only for the privilege of being called a "crazy loon" by Ozzy Osbourne! 😃
Thank you for appreciating Ozzie‘s vocal ability. It’s jarring and pleasurable at the same time. It’s so unusual and it’s hard to describe why it’s amazing. But you’ve done a really good job. That baseline is just absolutely filthy. These guys were the best they set the standard and everybody who knows anything knows it.
This is my favorite Black Sabbath song. The driving energy of the band with Ozzy's manic vocal soaring above is an unbeatable combination. Nice analysis, Bethany!
What a great analysis, you're helping us to appreciate these iconic bands in a new light. You said the opening riffs in this song seemed like a anthem. I would suggest it is 'the' anthem of heavy metal. Not least because this is where it all started.
Geezer Butler (Bass player) wrote this in about 20 minutes as a fill in for the album. Tony Iommi (lead guitarist) wrote the music😂😂 One of their most memorable hits. The album eventually was named Paranoid 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 In the video you get a quick glimpse of Tony's fretting hand. He has 2 prosthetic finger tips. Cut the tips of his fingers of on the last day of work before going on tour with his first band. He is a real legend
Ozzy's voice is never tired or vague or approximate. It is always powerfully precise and crystal clear with exact phrasing. He is the best articulator of lyrics and their meaning that rock music has ever had. After more than 50 years, Black Sabbath remains my favorite band. Not just because of Ozzy. Each member of the band essential in creating the phenomenon that is Black Sabbath.
@@hoagsmash4188 youre serious?! Nothing on that show was a live recording. They just pretended to play but the music coming out of the speakers was the album version.
You gotta love the 3-minute long filler song that was written in 20 minutes by Tony, Geezer, and Ozzy. It turned out to be an iconic tune and one of the best metal songs ever written and played.
Excellent reaction! Ozzy Osbourne is a living legend! His voice, the timbre, the vibe, the versatility, the intensity, everything about Ozzy's vocals is impressive, magical, divine, sacred, transcendental, unique...In addition to all this, the 8 albums and songs from the classic lineup (Ozzy Osbourne: vocalist, Geezer Butler: bassist, Bill Ward: drummer and The Grand Master of Masters, Tony Iommi: guitarist) of Black Sabbath from the 70s: sacred, immortal, timeless, impressive, dazzling, dizzying, mesmerizing, masterful, masterpieces...Black Sabbath is the biggest, best band in the history of Heavy Metal, and probably one of the bands, perhaps the band that most influenced people linked to music, especially those linked to Rock and Heavy Metal...I suggest the reaction, analysis of the song "Snowblind", one of Black Sabbath's exceptional, masterful songs...
On rock/metal, "A lot of singers really try to stay in time exactly on the beat, so it's kind of cool when you can hear someone do something just a little bit different, while the instruments are still maintaining this intensity"
Ozzy's best vocal performances come in the mid 70s. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Looking For Today, Symptom Of the Universe, Megalomania, The Writ. Some of these songs have live performances as well.
Tony Iommie wrote this during a lunch break to fill up their record time. And yes Bethany - this is an anthemic piece of music. Parallels with something like Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple - after their experience in Switzerland ) Montereau on the Lake Geneva shore line) Written as a filler for an album and became massive.
Exactly. Ozzie swings on this one -- subtly behind the beat. It sounds cool, but it's also practical as he's not competing so much with the instrumentation. Sometimes it almost sounds like a slap-back.
Been a Sabbath fan since the summer this album came out. Followed the band and Ozzy both after the breakup. Never disappointed in either. Ozzy and the band both deserve their Hall of Fame positions... for obvious reasons.
@@wesbaumguardner8829 It's actually a little heartbreaking because for a long time (IIRC) his doctors assumed the same thing: that his symptoms were from prolonged drug abuse. Turns out it wasn't just that, so they didn't catch the disease for a long time. I wasn't trying to be a dick, and you made the same assumption that his doctors did. It's just sad. Not only did the drugs damage his body, but they delayed diagnosis on a pretty horrifying degenerative disease.
Ozzy's voice is definitely one of a kind...and I love it...but what made Sabbath stand out were Tony's riffs....VERY simple, VERY powerful, and totally unforgettable.
Music "Pureists" said it was trash because most of the song was written in 20 minutes as an end-of-the-album filler song. The part that wasn't written in 20 minutes is the main rift of the song which had been floating around in Tony Iommi's head for quite some time. When they were told they needed a 3-minute song to finish the album Tony said he had this rift he had been screwing around with, he played it, Geezer Butler wrote the lyrics and Ozzy sang/changed them a bit as they were literally being written LOL. Ironically, once the album debuted, this song was the first single release of it. The "3-minute filler song" written in 20 minutes was the biggest hit of the album, go figure LOL. If Black Sabbath had released singles before the album debut, Paranoid would have been a "B-side" song on the single release. How high were Ozzy and the rest of the guys to not realize Paranoid would be a massive hit once they heard the finished product??? LOL
Take every legendary hard rock band from the 70s, they said the same thing about all of them. Rolling Stone magazine had this to say about Led Zeppelin : "The band offers little that its twin, the Jeff Beck Group, didn't say as well or better three months ago … to fill the void created by the demise of Cream, they will have to find a producer, editor and some material worthy of their collective talents", calling Page a "limited producer" and criticizing his writing skills. It also called Plant "as foppish as Rod Stewart, but nowhere near so exciting".
@@gumballthechewy That rag has always been wrong about music. They were wrong then and would probably still be wrong now if they actually attempted to cover music today instead of the 'authorized agenda items.'
If you wanna check out Black Sabbath, check out their performance of "War Pigs" at the Olympia Theatre in Paris on December 20, 1970. "Firing on all cylinders" is an apt but understated statement that best describes that performance
Not sure of another band that only had one guitar player at that time let alone no keyboard player. Those three musicians really work their A$$ off. The GODS of METAL for sure!! 🤟🏼🎸☮️♾️😎
When you try to sing like him, with the same kind of breathing and energy that he’s putting in, you finish the lines almost breathlessly, gasping for air, almost as if he’s trying to convey his anxiety and agony. It perfectly mirrors the emotions conveyed in the lyrics. Just brilliant.
I think you would fall in love with the amazing voice of the lead singer of Kamelot, Roy Khan. It is so beautiful. The live 2006 version of the song: The Haunting. The poetry of the lyrics in their songs are another wonderful aspect of their music.
"It's so cool" as yous said. Thats dicribing Black Sabbath very correctly :D I am way to young to ever experienced theire songs on release (born in 1997) but i think they are one of the most influencial bands ever
Great Review Bethany, .. .I have been a Sabbath fan for most of my Life from 10 y/o (now 58 unfortunately lol) , I really hope OzzY gets his wish to play one last time with Sabbath in Birningham (UK 40 miles south of where I am from) God pray that it happens, I will sell my house for that Gig, I've seen OzzY iwith Sabbath many times and in his own rights with Blizzard of Oz PVFC :) (with Randy Rhodes, another legend) ... just one more show would be out of this world, ... bring ot on
Had the very good fortune to see Black Sabbath in 1999, with all four original members. Of all four the band member who was the most impressive, to me, was Drummer Bill Ward. He had so much energy and attack in his style, and he just kept it up for the entire show. Ozzy, Geezer and Tony were all excellent of course, but Bill just stole the show. I enjoyed what you had to say about all parts of Sabbath. They are very underrated by many.
I too knew the song by sound and always liked it. I didn’t know who performed it, much less the lead vocals. I knew of Black Sabbath, but not their songs. Ozzy Osborne, registered in my mind as something perhaps like Ozzy and Harriet ( a generation before mine), was the best I could come up with. Thank you for clearing that up for me. 😊
On these old TOTP performances, the band could go in earlier to record a "live" version and then mime to that on the show. Most just mimed to their record but this version does differ from the studio recording enough to be "live"-ish.
Yeah, about 95% of TOTP videos on UA-cam are lip-sync performances to a recorded song. They did have a couple of actually live performances during the run of the show, but I don't know which songs/artists did those.
A lot of good comments to a song that was a filler of 3 minutes. I'm a Black Sabbath fan since 1970 (16yo then and 70 now) when I bought the first album (I sold my soul to the devil to get the money to buy it) and I never listened to somebody analize Ozzy's singing the way you did. Most people including Sabbath's fans are tired of listening to this song but from time to time it's refreshing paying attention to what "new ears to the song" have to say about it. Nice !!! To me "Paranoid" is not Sabbath's best song (the first six albums have a lot of examples of better songs - Ozzy's era), but again, this is the song for what Black Sabbath will be always remember for the most of fans. Maybe some time later you could give a chance to some other Black Sabbath's stuff. Thanks anyway. Greetings from Puebla, Pue., Mexico, and last but not least ... What's your name?
Second vinyl album I bought as an early teen was "Paranoid". I did not stay with that metal then for much after that, but I loved "Iron Man", because I was also kind of a comic nerd, and was already enthralled with that particular character. But then it morphed into CCR, CSN&Y, and ultimately the panoply of the greatness of the rock music in the 1970's.
Born 1965, I discovered Sabbath after the Ozzy days had ceased to be. Heaven and Hell on record and Mob Rules live were my introduction to Sabbath. As an amateur guitar player myself, I normally position myself in front of the lead guitarist, rather than in front of the singer, because in general the singer doesn’t interest me. However, if I ever get to see Sabbath again, I will once again position myself in front of Geezer Butler. I have seen many of the great bassists of the rock genre - Steve Harris, Geddy Lee, Jason Newsted, etc - but for me no one comes close to Geezer Butler. It’s like watching someone playing a piano on four strings.
it is the "enter sandman" of black sabbath in the 70s. like the pop version of black sabbath channeling all what made them great. ozzy still beeing young here and still actually singing sounds great!!
For me Paranoid is kind of vanilla Black Sabbath. Fairies wear boots is an awesome song. So many changes, and different parts to it. Symptom of the Universe, War Pigs and Snowblind are great songs too.
The Birmingham beat. The constant, rhythmic pounding of the steel mills. Ozzy is simply legendary. Imo, Ozzy remains one of the top vocalists of my generation. Just imagine, you could have been a metal head had a different station, been playing, at a pivotal moment in your life. There is still time. Enjoy.
Definitely one of the better songs in the movie Dazed and confused. But it does have a good soundtrack, actually there’s two back in the day on CD you could buy one was better than the other.
Damn, never looked at Ozzy that way lol I think you'll love to hear Laure Le Prunenec voice in Corpo-Mente - Ort, live at Improve Tone Studios, it's just exquisite !
It’s great that you’re exploring the world of heavy metal and the vocal talents within that genre. I’ve really enjoyed your videos. I always recommend Volbeat to friends who ask about contemporary metal bands. I think you’ll find the lead singer’s vocals very unique. I recommend Volbeat - Lola Montez for your next video!
Normally I say "you have to listen to the album version" but this is an absolute exception. This was THE best version they ever did. Lyrically clear and beautiful. We know how Ozzy went, the whole lifestyle choices thing, and it's stunning to hear him so clear, so young and so beautiful. They really messed up the mixing on the album version too.
The amazing thing is that Sabbath wrote this song in 20 minutes to fill the remaining 3 minutes of time left on their upcoming album they were recording in the studio.
We hear Ozzy's relatively low speaking voice. So that must mean he sang in his "mixed" voice exclusively, through his career, right? I would love to hear your thoughts on that. Thanks! Great video!
You should listen the Black Sabbath live bootleg Worcester '83 with Ian Gillan on vocals... awesome performances of "Black Sabbath", "War pigs" and the ending of "Paranoid".
One of my argument & research students just wrote a lengthy researcxh essay about Sabbath's influence on later metal, especially thrash metal. She did a great job overviewing the easy deliniation of Sabbath into the Ozzy era, the Dio era, and other eras, as though the lead singers WERE the band. But, my student argued, the REAL lead of Sabbath was Tony Iommi and his guitar riffs, and that's what you picked up on right away at the beginning of your reaction! So, shoutout to my student! Selfishly, I would also love you do start doing some comparison videos. I'd be really interested in your take on this version vs. Megadeth's cover, or Sabbath's "War Pigs" vs. Faith No More's "War Pigs."
Oh Man does this bring back memories. When Paranoid hit the streets I was on a US Navy Destroyer off the coast of North Viet Nam running night combat missions against North Vietnamese Mig bases and supply depots. During the day we'd spend all morning along side various supply ships. In the afternoon we had a couple hours of rest time. We'd crank Paranoid up on the bridge and rock out for a while. Paranoid was always on the playlist everyday. It's a great let her rip song !
You should listen "No More Tears" from Ozzy. That son and videoclip from the early 90s is very cool. The entire album is incredible. "Mama, I'm coming home" from that album is another incredible song. I love your channel by the way. :)
"Like some sort of anthem almost" oh it was...featured in many movies in the 90s etc. Dazed and Confused etc. When they stormed onto the scene with Deep Purple and Zeppelin nothing sounded like this...they blew the doors open in terms of what was possible with a more aggressive sound.
A couple of words I never thought I’d hear matched with Ozzy Osbourne. Sophisticated and elegant.
clearly not a reference to his off the stage behavior and lowlife proclivities
😂
Yeah, enunciate and articulate are not usually in the same sentence as Ozzy either. To be fair, he IS usually easier to understand when he's singing 😂😂
@@bradpriebe9218 yeah he can hardly stutter his way through a sentence
Same lol
No one talkin about Geezer's Bass slapin Technique.
I don’t know if he’s slapping it as much as knocking the shit out of it
Yeah it’s the sort of thing all the high school kids trying to cover this said… do what now? Same as Leo - 10 Years After. It’s like he got an upright and turned it sideways.
Legendry ... Villa forever! lol
Love Leo Lyons on killer bass, too!
He’s a bass god
"We recorded the whole thing (the album) in about 2 or 3 days, live in the studio. The song "Paranoid" was written as an afterthought. We basically needed a 3 minute filler for the album and Tony came up with the riff. I quickly did the lyrics and Ozzy was reading them as he was singing." - Geezer Butler (bass)
Without a doubt one of the greatest rock songs ever written, especially since it was completely spontaneous.
Why is it great cuz it’s in the last minute? I’d rather ponder over something like TOOL, where everything is thought out.🌿🌸
@@Gabriel_MolineBollocks
Taking this a bit further, after Ozzy had been singing the song for a week or two he asked Geezer "What is that song paranoid about?" That to me seems insane but I watched an interview with Geezer and that's the story he told.
@@Gabriel_Molinei like tool but sabbath shits all over them
I wish I could go back in time to 1970 and tell the band, just after they've spent a few minutes on this 'quickie' to fill an album, that 54 years later highly educated students of music would devote their time to analysing that song on a globally accessible platform ... if only for the privilege of being called a "crazy loon" by Ozzy Osbourne! 😃
As a guitar player, and live-long Black Sabbath fan (I am 57), let me just say: Geezer Butler on bass is awesome.
He and Bill provide a basis reminiscent of Andy and Pete from UFO. Seems necessary if you want to kick ass!
Looks pretty basic to me
Thank you for appreciating Ozzie‘s vocal ability. It’s jarring and pleasurable at the same time. It’s so unusual and it’s hard to describe why it’s amazing. But you’ve done a really good job. That baseline is just absolutely filthy. These guys were the best they set the standard and everybody who knows anything knows it.
Seeing OZZY this young still blows my mind
This is how I think of Ozzie.
Before he blew HIS mind!🤨
This is my favorite Black Sabbath song. The driving energy of the band with Ozzy's manic vocal soaring above is an unbeatable combination. Nice analysis, Bethany!
What a great analysis, you're helping us to appreciate these iconic bands in a new light. You said the opening riffs in this song seemed like a anthem. I would suggest it is 'the' anthem of heavy metal. Not least because this is where it all started.
Live in Paris in 1970 is an awesome actual live performance. The rawness, intensity and brutality is legendary.
Geez, I'm old, I remember when this album came out. And I regret NOTHING, ha, ha. That whole album is awesome and stands the test of time.
Geezer Butler (Bass player) wrote this in about 20 minutes as a fill in for the album. Tony Iommi (lead guitarist) wrote the music😂😂 One of their most memorable hits. The album eventually was named Paranoid 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
In the video you get a quick glimpse of Tony's fretting hand. He has 2 prosthetic finger tips. Cut the tips of his fingers of on the last day of work before going on tour with his first band. He is a real legend
Paranoid still sounds good
@@alphooeyI still come to a standstill when I hear it 🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻🔥
Got to be one of the best groups put together ever❤🎉
Im here for that smile❤️😃
@@geecee4746 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻Me too
Great reaction! This has been an absolute favorite of mine since my early teens in the seventies. Thank you! Keep on rockin!!!
Ozzy's voice is never tired or vague or approximate. It is always powerfully precise and crystal clear with exact phrasing. He is the best articulator of lyrics and their meaning that rock music has ever had. After more than 50 years, Black Sabbath remains my favorite band. Not just because of Ozzy. Each member of the band essential in creating the phenomenon that is Black Sabbath.
Geezer Butler and Bill Ward make up one of the best rhythm sections in all of rock and roll.
Geezer and Bill, one of the greatest rhythm sections ever
The best part of this for me is Bill Ward not even trying to properly pantomime the drum part. Lol
A lot of groups on shows like this were less than enthusiastic about pretending to play it live.
This is a legitimate live recording.
@@hoagsmash4188 youre serious?! Nothing on that show was a live recording. They just pretended to play but the music coming out of the speakers was the album version.
@@thebenc1537 You need to listen to the live version more. I didn't say they were playing it on the show, but that is 100% not the album version.
You gotta love the 3-minute long filler song that was written in 20 minutes by Tony, Geezer, and Ozzy.
It turned out to be an iconic tune and one of the best metal songs ever written and played.
And if you have a friend claiming he hates metal ... 🤔 he will realize his error.
black sabbath is a collection of musicians who are a master of their crafts.
ozzy
tony
geezer
bill
fantastic analysis of a classic band
This is one of my favourite songs of all time and I’m not even really an Ozzy fan. I saw him in concert many years ago….definitely iconic
Excellent reaction! Ozzy Osbourne is a living legend! His voice, the timbre, the vibe, the versatility, the intensity, everything about Ozzy's vocals is impressive, magical, divine, sacred, transcendental, unique...In addition to all this, the 8 albums and songs from the classic lineup (Ozzy Osbourne: vocalist, Geezer Butler: bassist, Bill Ward: drummer and The Grand Master of Masters, Tony Iommi: guitarist) of Black Sabbath from the 70s: sacred, immortal, timeless, impressive, dazzling, dizzying, mesmerizing, masterful, masterpieces...Black Sabbath is the biggest, best band in the history of Heavy Metal, and probably one of the bands, perhaps the band that most influenced people linked to music, especially those linked to Rock and Heavy Metal...I suggest the reaction, analysis of the song "Snowblind", one of Black Sabbath's exceptional, masterful songs...
On rock/metal, "A lot of singers really try to stay in time exactly on the beat, so it's kind of cool when you can hear someone do something just a little bit different, while the instruments are still maintaining this intensity"
Ozzy's best vocal performances come in the mid 70s. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Looking For Today, Symptom Of the Universe, Megalomania, The Writ. Some of these songs have live performances as well.
nah
Tony Iommie wrote this during a lunch break to fill up their record time. And yes Bethany - this is an anthemic piece of music. Parallels with something like Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple - after their experience in Switzerland ) Montereau on the Lake Geneva shore line) Written as a filler for an album and became massive.
Exactly. Ozzie swings on this one -- subtly behind the beat. It sounds cool, but it's also practical as he's not competing so much with the instrumentation. Sometimes it almost sounds like a slap-back.
just a fantastic dissection of one of the Greatest Bands of all time and yes a (sadly) very underrated Singer in Ozzy... Great Video.
Yes you can dance to Black Sabbath! LOL Great Reaction.
Weird to see but... when u are trippin... your body can't help but to move 😵💫🥴BLACK SABBATH🤘🏽😈
Been a Sabbath fan since the summer this album came out. Followed the band and Ozzy both after the breakup. Never disappointed in either. Ozzy and the band both deserve their Hall of Fame positions... for obvious reasons.
His enunciation is extra impressive if you’ve ever heard him speak! 😝
He could probably speak pretty well back then before he baked his noodle with all those drugs.
@@wesbaumguardner8829 Dude, he's got Parkinson's disease.
@@deathsalad2235 I didn't know that. Thanks for the info. Still, his heavy drug use on his younger years did not help his health any.
@@wesbaumguardner8829 It's actually a little heartbreaking because for a long time (IIRC) his doctors assumed the same thing: that his symptoms were from prolonged drug abuse. Turns out it wasn't just that, so they didn't catch the disease for a long time. I wasn't trying to be a dick, and you made the same assumption that his doctors did. It's just sad. Not only did the drugs damage his body, but they delayed diagnosis on a pretty horrifying degenerative disease.
Love the Ozzy days of Black Sabbath. Just amazing!
I saw them in Seattle in '70. Awesome.
My man, Geezer on that bass! He wrote some epic music and some of the most demanding bass lines in metal history.
All time #1 metal song. Period. No debate, no discussion. Move on to #2.
To this day still my favorite song of all time.
Always Loved how Bill held his drumsticks in reverse. I know why, but still seems just cool ! Lol
My favorite Sabbath song! Great reaction and breakdown of vocals and music - thanks!
I love watching people dance to "Paranoid."
Ozzy's voice is definitely one of a kind...and I love it...but what made Sabbath stand out were Tony's riffs....VERY simple, VERY powerful, and totally unforgettable.
When this first came out they said it was trash. Now it is being reacted and praised
Music "Pureists" said it was trash because most of the song was written in 20 minutes as an end-of-the-album filler song.
The part that wasn't written in 20 minutes is the main rift of the song which had been floating around in Tony Iommi's head for quite some time. When they were told they needed a 3-minute song to finish the album Tony said he had this rift he had been screwing around with, he played it, Geezer Butler wrote the lyrics and Ozzy sang/changed them a bit as they were literally being written LOL.
Ironically, once the album debuted, this song was the first single release of it.
The "3-minute filler song" written in 20 minutes was the biggest hit of the album, go figure LOL.
If Black Sabbath had released singles before the album debut, Paranoid would have been a "B-side" song on the single release.
How high were Ozzy and the rest of the guys to not realize Paranoid would be a massive hit once they heard the finished product??? LOL
Take every legendary hard rock band from the 70s, they said the same thing about all of them.
Rolling Stone magazine had this to say about Led Zeppelin :
"The band offers little that its twin, the Jeff Beck Group, didn't say as well or better three months ago … to fill the void created by the demise of Cream, they will have to find a producer, editor and some material worthy of their collective talents", calling Page a "limited producer" and criticizing his writing skills. It also called Plant "as foppish as Rod Stewart, but nowhere near so exciting".
The critics of the day could not have been more wrong.
@@gumballthechewy That rag has always been wrong about music. They were wrong then and would probably still be wrong now if they actually attempted to cover music today instead of the 'authorized agenda items.'
They are all 22/23 at that time which is insane to see how good and innovative they were.
toute ma jeunesse ces groupes de rock. Merveilleux et merci.
This is the blueprint for heavy metal. Sabbath are a pillar of English and modern music. Ozzy was a natural.
He has such a neat voice, I'll always remember it
If you wanna check out Black Sabbath, check out their performance of "War Pigs" at the Olympia Theatre in Paris on December 20, 1970. "Firing on all cylinders" is an apt but understated statement that best describes that performance
Bethany please do an analyses of their live show from Paris in 1970, war pigs, it's incredible!
Never seen something like this... never more. Brillante beatifull únique.
I saw Sabbath in San Diego during their Never Say Die tour in '78. Opening act was a brand new band called Van Halen.
what a life!!!
Saw Sabbath, Boston, Sammy Hagar, Van Halen @ Anaheim Stadium 9/'78, remember fake Van Halen guys parachuting onto backstage,...good times!!
@@ge0fthomas906 whoa, what an awesome lineup!
Oh golly is one of my favorite phrases 😂🤙 always makes me smile….love your reactions
Not sure of another band that only had one guitar player at that time let alone no keyboard player. Those three musicians really work their A$$ off. The GODS of METAL for sure!! 🤟🏼🎸☮️♾️😎
🔥 ozzys voice is insanely good
When you try to sing like him, with the same kind of breathing and energy that he’s putting in, you finish the lines almost breathlessly, gasping for air, almost as if he’s trying to convey his anxiety and agony. It perfectly mirrors the emotions conveyed in the lyrics. Just brilliant.
You have to sing in Birmnghamese
@@johnfry4501 I can´t even imagine how would that be....
The adjective I would use regarding the Bass and Drums is Driving.
If its that attainable, why is he so unique & recognizable.
Simplicity isnt simple.
I think it's easy to forget because of how much of a circus his life became that Ozzy had a really really strong singing voice.
I think you would fall in love with the amazing voice of the lead singer of Kamelot, Roy Khan. It is so beautiful. The live 2006 version of the song: The Haunting. The poetry of the lyrics in their songs are another wonderful aspect of their music.
I have to admit I like Ozzie’s voice, he is perfect for this band.
Being 60, and a lifelong Ozzy fan, I had no idea that he had such a perfect nose. Never too late to learn something new!
ГОЛОС.....КАКОЙ ГОЛОС ..ФАНТАСТИКА...ПРЯМО В ДУШУ....
Good pick,and good morning Bethany!
After this song had been made, nothing was the same...and it's hard to define or elaborate on magic. Magic is simply magical.
"It's so cool" as yous said. Thats dicribing Black Sabbath very correctly :D
I am way to young to ever experienced theire songs on release (born in 1997) but i think they are one of the most influencial bands ever
Thanks for the awesome reviews. ❤
Cool just about to go to sleep and saw you’d uploaded ❤️
Great Review Bethany, .. .I have been a Sabbath fan for most of my Life from 10 y/o (now 58 unfortunately lol) , I really hope OzzY gets his wish to play one last time with Sabbath in Birningham (UK 40 miles south of where I am from) God pray that it happens, I will sell my house for that Gig, I've seen OzzY iwith Sabbath many times and in his own rights with Blizzard of Oz PVFC :) (with Randy Rhodes, another legend) ... just one more show would be out of this world, ... bring ot on
Ozzy's vocals are very rhythmic
wow my fav band
Had the very good fortune to see Black Sabbath in 1999, with all four original members. Of all four the band member who was the most impressive, to me, was Drummer Bill Ward. He had so much energy and attack in his style, and he just kept it up for the entire show. Ozzy, Geezer and Tony were all excellent of course, but Bill just stole the show. I enjoyed what you had to say about all parts of Sabbath. They are very underrated by many.
I too knew the song by sound and always liked it. I didn’t know who performed it, much less the lead vocals. I knew of Black Sabbath, but not their songs.
Ozzy Osborne, registered in my mind as something perhaps like Ozzy and Harriet ( a generation before mine), was the best I could come up with.
Thank you for clearing that up for me. 😊
On these old TOTP performances, the band could go in earlier to record a "live" version and then mime to that on the show. Most just mimed to their record but this version does differ from the studio recording enough to be "live"-ish.
Yeah, about 95% of TOTP videos on UA-cam are lip-sync performances to a recorded song. They did have a couple of actually live performances during the run of the show, but I don't know which songs/artists did those.
Yes! I already love this so much
A lot of good comments to a song that was a filler of 3 minutes. I'm a Black Sabbath fan since 1970 (16yo then and 70 now) when I bought the first album (I sold my soul to the devil to get the money to buy it) and I never listened to somebody analize Ozzy's singing the way you did. Most people including Sabbath's fans are tired of listening to this song but from time to time it's refreshing paying attention to what "new ears to the song" have to say about it. Nice !!! To me "Paranoid" is not Sabbath's best song (the first six albums have a lot of examples of better songs - Ozzy's era), but again, this is the song for what Black Sabbath will be always remember for the most of fans. Maybe some time later you could give a chance to some other Black Sabbath's stuff. Thanks anyway. Greetings from Puebla, Pue., Mexico, and last but not least ... What's your name?
There are so many cool rock openings. I’m 64 and I’ve heard many of them in my lifetime.
The length of the song is perfect too. Bam! 💥
Yes, breadth and width mean the same thing; you were correct in using that word. Great choice of Black Sabbath for today's analysis.
black sabbaths last live performance with dio "children of the see" is absolute gold!!!! that sound!!!
Thats nice🥴
Second vinyl album I bought as an early teen was "Paranoid". I did not stay with that metal then for much after that, but I loved "Iron Man", because I was also kind of a comic nerd, and was already enthralled with that particular character. But then it morphed into CCR, CSN&Y, and ultimately the panoply of the greatness of the rock music in the 1970's.
Born 1965, I discovered Sabbath after the Ozzy days had ceased to be. Heaven and Hell on record and Mob Rules live were my introduction to Sabbath.
As an amateur guitar player myself, I normally position myself in front of the lead guitarist, rather than in front of the singer, because in general the singer doesn’t interest me.
However, if I ever get to see Sabbath again, I will once again position myself in front of Geezer Butler. I have seen many of the great bassists of the rock genre - Steve Harris, Geddy Lee, Jason Newsted, etc - but for me no one comes close to Geezer Butler. It’s like watching someone playing a piano on four strings.
it is the "enter sandman" of black sabbath in the 70s. like the pop version of black sabbath channeling all what made them great.
ozzy still beeing young here and still actually singing sounds great!!
u can tell hes from england...but you cant tell is this voice is earthern or alien..after all those years still alien to me
Much as I love Sabbath, the best version of this song I've ever heard is the one on Ozzy's Tribute to Randy Rhoads. Phenomenal!
For me Paranoid is kind of vanilla Black Sabbath. Fairies wear boots is an awesome song. So many changes, and different parts to it. Symptom of the Universe, War Pigs and Snowblind are great songs too.
The Birmingham beat. The constant, rhythmic pounding of the steel mills. Ozzy is simply legendary. Imo, Ozzy remains one of the top vocalists of my generation. Just imagine, you could have been a metal head had a different station, been playing, at a pivotal moment in your life. There is still time. Enjoy.
Bethany thanks for the reaction.
Geezer's bass really moves the band along. Probably that old Fender under a couch on a porch in the '70s😂
Definitely one of the better songs in the movie Dazed and confused. But it does have a good soundtrack, actually there’s two back in the day on CD you could buy one was better than the other.
Damn, never looked at Ozzy that way lol
I think you'll love to hear Laure Le Prunenec voice in Corpo-Mente - Ort, live at Improve Tone Studios, it's just exquisite !
One of many great Sabbath songs, the original heavy rock gods.
Another great reaction, thank you.
Wow you are so nice girl 😍. Ozzy is a power and he can sing really - pure hardrock in the best, "Diary of a madman" and many more - just pure art!
It’s great that you’re exploring the world of heavy metal and the vocal talents within that genre. I’ve really enjoyed your videos. I always recommend Volbeat to friends who ask about contemporary metal bands. I think you’ll find the lead singer’s vocals very unique. I recommend Volbeat - Lola Montez for your next video!
Normally I say "you have to listen to the album version" but this is an absolute exception. This was THE best version they ever did. Lyrically clear and beautiful.
We know how Ozzy went, the whole lifestyle choices thing, and it's stunning to hear him so clear, so young and so beautiful.
They really messed up the mixing on the album version too.
The amazing thing is that Sabbath wrote this song in 20 minutes to fill the remaining 3 minutes of time left on their upcoming album they were recording in the studio.
We hear Ozzy's relatively low speaking voice. So that must mean he sang in his "mixed" voice exclusively, through his career, right? I would love to hear your thoughts on that. Thanks! Great video!
I love reactions of my favourite songs, similar expression i see in you hehe!
You should listen the Black Sabbath live bootleg Worcester '83 with Ian Gillan on vocals... awesome performances of "Black Sabbath", "War pigs" and the ending of "Paranoid".
You should watch them do War Pigs live in Paris (1970)! Sadly this isn't live and, whoa, you'll see a big difference in energy and it's mindblowing.
One of my argument & research students just wrote a lengthy researcxh essay about Sabbath's influence on later metal, especially thrash metal. She did a great job overviewing the easy deliniation of Sabbath into the Ozzy era, the Dio era, and other eras, as though the lead singers WERE the band. But, my student argued, the REAL lead of Sabbath was Tony Iommi and his guitar riffs, and that's what you picked up on right away at the beginning of your reaction! So, shoutout to my student!
Selfishly, I would also love you do start doing some comparison videos. I'd be really interested in your take on this version vs. Megadeth's cover, or Sabbath's "War Pigs" vs. Faith No More's "War Pigs."
They were so ahead of their time.
Oh Man does this bring back memories. When Paranoid hit the streets I was on a US Navy Destroyer off the coast of North Viet Nam running night combat missions against North Vietnamese Mig bases and supply depots. During the day we'd spend all morning along side various supply ships. In the afternoon we had a couple hours of rest time. We'd crank Paranoid up on the bridge and rock out for a while. Paranoid was always on the playlist everyday. It's a great let her rip song !
Glad you made it home safe, bro.
I saw sabbath live in 1978 when i was 12 great times
You should listen "No More Tears" from Ozzy. That son and videoclip from the early 90s is very cool. The entire album is incredible. "Mama, I'm coming home" from that album is another incredible song. I love your channel by the way. :)
"Like some sort of anthem almost" oh it was...featured in many movies in the 90s etc. Dazed and Confused etc. When they stormed onto the scene with Deep Purple and Zeppelin nothing sounded like this...they blew the doors open in terms of what was possible with a more aggressive sound.