Black Sabbath - 'War Pigs' Reaction! Military Industrial Complex and Corruption! Sensational!
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"War Pigs" is one of the most iconic songs by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It was released on their second studio album, "Paranoid," in 1970. Written by the band's members, including Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward, the song is renowned for its powerful anti-war message and its heavy, ominous sound.
The lyrics of "War Pigs" criticize the folly and horror of war, condemning those who profit from it at the expense of others. The song's imagery draws heavily on themes of corruption, manipulation, and the dehumanizing effects of warfare. Musically, "War Pigs" is characterized by its driving guitar riffs, thunderous drums, and Osbourne's distinctive vocals.
Despite its controversial themes, "War Pigs" has become one of Black Sabbath's most beloved and enduring tracks. It remains a staple of their live performances and has been covered by numerous other artists over the years. The song's impact extends far beyond the realm of heavy metal, earning it a place as one of the most significant protest songs of its era.
Bill Ward was beating the hell out of those drums like they owed him child support.
Dude, you made me laugh so loud I woke my dog up - but you're exactly right, what a frikking beast.
@@dbradx I'm not a dude but glad I made you laugh. These days we need a lot more laughs.
😂😂😂😂😂
Dude deserves to be talked about more than he is.
Some other great Black Sabbath songs to listen to....snowblind....the wizard. Black Sabbath also had a different singer after Ozzy by the name of Ronnie James Dio, a couple from that Black Sabbath...Heaven and Hell..... Children of the Sea.
"Hand of Doom" "Into the Void" and "Fairies Wear Boots" are just a few more of the many great Black Sabbath songs.
All great tunes... but don't forget Children of the Grave!
Yes sir. And would love to hear them react to some of the Dio stuff as well like Heaven and Hell Mob Rules ( I ) off Dehumanizer etc...😔
This is NOT a Black Sabbath Video. It is a German short film called "Mother Land." A UA-cam channel Meshed them together. 🤙🏼
Thanks I have just mentioned this. Because so many seem to think this was the original music Video From 1970!
Yeah I don't think it fits the song at all.
@@SirBoycie I don't think it does either... it also distracts from the lyrics
Yep
Yeah as a War Pigs video it sucks!
Bill Ward is so under rated. One of the best drummers of all time.
Really?
Underrated by whom? He's always been in the top 10 rock/metal drummers.
I'm an old metalhead. Started seriously listening to music as a teen in the mid-70s. Black Sabbath was and will always remain number one for me. It gives me great joy to see new fans for this music forming before my eyes. Thanks for the video.
54 year old Hard Rock/metalhead here,Black Sabbath is Freaking Amazing! Love Ozzy's vocals during this era.Bill Ward killed it as always!! Legendary.
I'm 64 and did this song at a karaoke event at a bar about two months ago. The bar patrons were young 20's to 30's and they liked my version because they sang along and after I finished, they told me I did a great job. Several days ago I posted a karaoke video of this song and have over 350+ views. Got into this song when I was 13, so..
Oops, 345 views.
War Pigs.... Paris 1970 is a must see reaction, Bill Ward on drums!
Amazing Show
I couldn’t agree more! The Paris 1970 live performance is phenomenal!!
Absolutely. He reminds me of Animal from the muppets playing drums! lol
@@tbone2071 Animal from the muppets is directly inspired by Bill Ward !
@@jean-christophelebachelet5926 That would be good, but he was actually based on Keith Moon from The Who.
Bill Ward on drums on beast mode!
I was about 16 when I started listening to Black Sabbath. My Dad nearly went out of his mind thinking I was going down the wrong road and possibly into Satanism. Nope. I was an A student and never got in trouble, but I listened to this song over and over again because I agreed with the lyrics and the instrumentals and Ozzie's voice were perfect for the message. Janet
69 now and guess I have been a little fucked up going on 53 yrs now. Oh, well...life goes on.
I grew up listening to Sabbath because of my father😂
@@johnnyb6067 Me too. He died young. Every time I hear Sabbath (not only), I remember him.
A similar tale for me ... except my father sat down and listened to "War Pigs" ... never said a word about Sabbath from then on until about thirty years later he showed me *his* copy of Paranoid in his album collection
I had this album...my mom was sure I was going to hell
The birth of heavy metal. This was it. Black Sabbath members are the Godfathers of metal.
By today's standards, they would be the godfathers of doom metal with a lot of their songs.
TO ME, this is THE greatest metal song EVER...if someone asked me "What IS heavy metal?" THIS is the song I'd play for them. It's the epitome of what metal is all about
Literally. This is absolutely the quintessential metal song in metal history. It's so damn good.
This could easily be a Jimi Hendrix track though.
I agree… and still powerful in its message
Please check out the live version 1970 Paris.
dudes, this!
Yesssss, they should listen to the studio audio at least once more and then see how good they are live!
Everyone says the same thing about that version: Bill Ward on those drums. And they’re right.
First concert i ever went to in 1972 in Va Beach!
Black Sabbath, the fore runners of Heavy Metal music
The Wizard is another fantastic Black Sabbath song featuring Ozzy playing an insane harmonica riff.
Wizard and NIB are on the long list of Sabbath masterpieces. Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath", Paranoid, Sweet Leaf ... What a band!!! If someone tells me Sabbath was best band ever, I may not agree. But I cannot either disagree.
At first I thought you said harmonic riff. I thought, wait Tony Iommi played the guitar on that, the guy was amazing. Sorry. I heard Ozzy learned to play harmonica.
AT the age of 13, in 1971, I hadn't heard any Black Sabbath songs, because the AM radio station in my town only played top 40. But, my older brother, who was a drummer in a rock band, went on tour, and he brought me his entire record collection to safe guard while he was away. One afternoon, I was searching through the hundreds of albums and saw this one, and placed it on the turntable, and placed the needle on the groove. This was the first song. I don't believe that I listened to another song on the album. I just kept lifting the needle up at the end of this and starting it over again. Over and over. I knew there were protest songs. The war was going full strength. I worried that my brother would be drafted. This song effected me at the time when adult issues were becoming known to me. All of the music of that time was resonating in all of us.
13 years old at 1971, geez my man, coming from a man born in 1987, you cannot imagine how jealous i am of your generation, our lives are shit compared to gone days, life has become way too complicated and individualised.
@@MrShadowofthewind A lot of truth has always been prevalent in metal, that's why you won't hear it on the radio/tv............dismissed as satanic and the sheeple don't let their children near it!! Lol. Sadly this song is as relevant today as it was fifty odd years ago.
This anti-war song is relevant as hell right now! Live Paris version is worth checkin out too.
It is always going to be where there is war not just now
You can see their blues influence. They loved US southern blues rock music
Next should be hand of doom!!!!! YOU FELLAS GONNA LOVE IT!
They need to do that one for sure.
I started listening to Black Sabbeth when I was 14 yrs old in 1975 and still listen to them today at age 62. I have been to 3 of their concerts and always blew me away. They are one of the best live bands of all time, in my top 5 bands. Some other great Black Sabbeth songs are:
"Black Sabbath"
"Fairies Wear Boots"
"Paranoid"
"Children of the Grave"
Snowblind"
Some great solo Ozzy songs: which are fantastic: Mama I'm Coming Home, Crazy Train, Mr.Crowley
Started in 1980 and I'm also still listening. I seen them about 9 times with Ozzy and Dio their both different but there's something special when ozzy is with them. Peace out
Who's "Black Sabbeth"?
Yes, Bill Ward is one of my fav. Drummers. Those English blokes really cranked out the best bands. God bless em’.
You’ll never find another band like Sabbath. Definitely one of the innovators of heavy-metal. If not the innovator. There are some other good ones deep purple and a few other ones that were really hard really early on. You can imagine what people thought when the stuff came out in 1970. No one had ever heard anything like it. Parents wouldn’t let their kids listen to it. They thought it was all devil music. A lot of people still do lol it’s actually mostly the opposite they talk about how drugs are bad God is good and war and big government are bad. Sounds like they are spot on to me. The riff is so hard in this song and Bill Ward beat the drums like they owe him money. The baseline all through it is so deep. Ozzie‘s vocals are perfect in this. I grew up on it and it has never gotten old. It’s always been a jam and it’s always going to be. Sabbath is different
Planet Caravan is one you should consider. It shows the diversity of the band. Thanks Guys
Agree about doing the live version from 1970. If you enjoy this it's a must. It would be fun to see you compare.
Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler wrote the lyrics to War Pigs, and most other Black Sabbath tunes.
Awesome! I had all of their albums back then. Until they fired Ozzy, they were never the same to me. 1970-1978!!! Me and the fellas jammed their music. And none of it failed us... But as the years went by, they reunited and played a lot of music... A legend of a band! Great Days!😎💯💯✌️
One of the best live bands of all time.
thanks
I seen them in 74,75 and 78. Greatest concert ever. No one could tough Sabbath.
I don't have to imagine, I was 15 in 1970. My world changed the day I heard their first song, Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath. You will like Hand Of Doom.
You absolutely must see the incredible live version in Paris in 1970. It's a react classic.
114 / 5 000
Bill Ward the drummer is incredible on this live. Even better than on the album. And Ozzy is crazy (as always)
Nobody in history could touch the best of Sabbath. Nobody.
Rush is in that same realm but in a slightly different pocket. But I love Sabbath. Wholly.
Only Zeppelin. They are the two pillars before the doors of the Rock god's abode.
The Black Sabbath boys grew up in Birmingham - as did my maternal grandmother - which was bombed repeatedly by the Luftwaffe. The scars remained for years. This is the inspiration for War Pigs.
@@5thPhoenix The air raid effects at the beginning are an indication. My GP's first met in an air raid shelter. I remember my GM telling me about watching the incendiary bombs falling.
There was no Good reason for Churchill to drag England into WW2. None.
@@spookytoothable1911 the inspiration for war pigs was the vietnam war. geezer butler tells the story in many interviews.
@@paullynn8205 Yes, that was the inspiration, but Ozzy himself had said he had memories of living in the bombed out neighborhood. He often said that war accomplishes nothing except creating money for the rich, and bomb craters for children to play in.
I was in High school when this dropped. We couldn't put the bong away.
Ahhh,yes,the bong... 😎
You never go wrong with Sabbath, there is no bad song, not even ok songs, every Sabbath song is a masterpiece.
Welcome in. You have just been inducted into the world of Heavy metal. This..... is the ULTIMATE protest song. Black Sabbath got a bad rap with adults back then. If you LISTEN to the lyrics of most of their songs, they have a message of positivity. CoeryRoy.... LOVE that your blown away!
They were a rock band with a jazz drummer who could hit hard. They also had the greatest riff machine in the history of guitar music, a bassist who both wrote the lyrics and played a bass like a maestro guitarist, and a singer who used his voice to portray the pain and horror of the modern world. Top shelf rock and roll with a twist of darkness that still hits hard today. Nice reaction gentlemen. May I recommend either Hand of Doom or Under the sun for your next dip into the Black Sabbath pond.
Bill Ward absolutely assaulted his drum kit. Watch the live version and his kit is bouncing. 🤘
The LIVE version of this song is killer too... the drummer goes crazy!
The name is Mr. Bill Ward
Possibly, the Greatest Metal song ever written.
Before "Heavy Metal" became the universally accepted term for this kind of music, bands like Sabbath were variously described as "Downer Rock" and "Atomic Blues". I personally feel that "Atomic Blues" describes the style perfectly.
Great reaction, gentlemen.
Black Sabbath = GOAT
The majority of their catalog is pure fire 🔥🔥🔥
You gotta do the 1970 live early version in paris. It's faster and raw, but Bill Ward (drummer) is an absolute monster on the drums 👍
This is going to be a good one. I listened to Hand Of Doom the other day and thought of suggesting it.
Hand of Doom is great! The funky drum intro leads into an awesome song!
watch this live in Paris 1970 if you really want to see the greatest drummer of all time.
"Children of the Grave" (1971) The drummer seriously cooks!
54 Years and just as relevant today, maybe even more so, as ever.
The algorythm sent me here, i'm here to stay, all 3 of you are cool af! cudos for looking at very differnet music. Best anti war song ever! Bill is one of my hero's drumming wise & a major influence in me learning to play! 👏👍👌🤘✌🖖🤙
Bill Ward always had a sort of jazz style of drumming.
I just did a karaoke version of this song. I'm 64 and performed it at a karaoke event at a bar full of young people, they enjoyed my performance immensely. I think my version is awesome. I got over 300+ views.
Drummer Bill Ward is rooted in jazz and you can tell with Black Sabbath. He is always funky and in the pocket.
War Pigs is my favorite song from Black Sabbath. Irritates my wife but I have been known to pull off the road in the car when this song comes on. If you are not familiar with it I would also suggest listening to Masters of War. Two of my all time favorite anti war songs.
"Could you imagine hearing this in 1970 and what you would have thought"
Don't have to imagine it - yes, mind blown. I was a geeky14 year old who was into bubble gum pop music; the only radio I ever heard was Top 40 and country. Then my family relocated and we became neighbors with some long-haired, guitar-playing rock n roller, who eventually was the best man at my wedding. He introduced me to this and the rest of rock and roll (although Jimi Hendrix "Are You Experienced" was actually the 1st album he played for me). Then I was a geeky 14 year old who was no longer into pop music.
Great reaction. Love that you all love it so much on first listen as well.
Part of me is jealous that you're hearing it the first time. Its always special when you first hear any great song.
This is 1970 - you have to imagine after 1969's summer of love that this exploded in everyone's consciousness. 54 years later and still amazing and able to move folks of nominal intelligence.
It’s speaking about what’s happening around the world today timeless classic
My mind was blown then as a 10 year old. It's still as good to me in my 60's. I've been a fan most all my life.
This song is a timeless CLASSIC. Glad you liked it. 💥💥💥🤘😎
I've been listening to this song for 45 years (I'm 60) and I still got goosebumps...again.
Indeed. I’m 65 and it’s the greatest protest song. Ever.
Hand of Doom will blow you away, especially Bill Ward’s drumming!
This was one of my favorite bands when i was just a child. I was 8 and singing this song playing marbles outside in the yard with friends in 1979
Sabbath has influenced absolutely everything I like in music
Great to see other people hearing the blues in Sabbath music.
When I was a wild land fire fighter, I had this on a single cassette up in our truck over head along with a pair of cigars. When we got dispatched to a fire, the cassette was put in the truck's tape deck that was cranked and cigars were lit before we got back on the radio to dispatch to give our response info. Everyone knew who was showing up with the windows down, War Pigs blaring and cigar smoke rolling from the windows.
I saw them live in the 70’s with an Aerosmith opening in NYC.. one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to…
Deal!
yip first listen i had to this thing i was blown away indeed. 1969 this came out can you believe. ahead of its time musicianship is top of the world.
Riding in the back of my brothers 68 Camaro smoking weed when I was 12 years old listening to this on 8 track...
They invented heavy metal 🎶🎵🎸🎤❤️
It's crazy how the lyrics of this song could have been written today
So glad you guys did the studio version and got the lyrics and meaning of the song. NOW YOU MUST SEE THIS LIVE IN PARIS, 1970!! Olli loved the drums...you can watch Bill Ward go crazy on his small kit. He beats the hell out of them!! Faster tempo! Ozzy goes absolutely nuts. Geezer Butler slamming the bass and riff master Tony Iommi shredding the guitar. MUST SEE FELLAS!!
Yup.. 50 yrs later and still one of my favourites… the whole album, we played it over and over and over, still do
Thank you young fellas for taking time to not not just listen but to Hear this one. Respect from Hamilton Ontario Canada.
Black Sabbath symptom of the universe is THE perfect song it is a must do
More people need to see & understand this song. How prophetic! Written in the 70's and look where we are today.
This is one of the greatest intros ! And best ANTI WAR songs
Ozzy Osbourne is a fucking metal God. The man's voice in this song is universally chilling.
A timeless classic. An anti-war anthem. From the greatest album of all time. Great reaction.
Oil, power and greed. Still relevant today. This band was great! My generation.
Man, ALL HAIL SABBATH!!🤘🏼🤘🏼 The GREATEST to ever do it! Period.. There would be no heavy metal without Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple.. Period.. Ozzy is sadly only known to younger generations, as the burn out, former Rock Star. Ozzy is one of the Godfather’s of hard rock and heavy metal. THIS band is SPECIAL. Always will be..🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🔥🔥🔥
Luchini This is It 🤟🏻 Sabbath Black Sabbath is the one. The birth of Metal.
My best friend in college said he first heard this laying on his bunk in boot camp, preparing to go to Viet Nam. I can't even imagine.
You guys ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO watch the 1970 live version from France!!!!!!! Bill Ward on the drums was absolutely outstanding, just unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please watch it!!!!
Tony Iommi found a guitar sound put it in a chokehold and called it Black Sabbath
War Pigs is played over the speakers before all Arkansas Razorbacks football home games. It is awesome to hear in that environment.
54 years ago and things haven't changed much, still relevant today. Peace.
Born in 1964. I watched them play this live in 1983 and it was energy fire! Love the love! Always appreciate lyrics and musicians pouring their heart out in there music.
What a fantastic reaction! I appreciate all of you ❤
Thank you so much!!
You really want see Sabbath..... Go see WAR Pigs done live in Paris 1970 ! Bill Ward the drummer kills it!!
I was 14 when this came out, became an instant fan for life
Thanks for the awesome review fellas! This really was the Start of Metal. The intelligent, dark and stirring musicianship of Black Sabbath laid the foundation for everything that came after.
The almighty Black Sabbath 🙌🏻
Ozzy said once that this song was protest to Vietnam war and all wars. Masterpiece!
4 working class guys from Birmingham England gave birth to heavy metal. To this day they’re unmatched in heaviness and groove. Heavy metal wouldn’t sound the same without them. They were all barely 22 years old in this song.
Yup... I love ppl getting introduced to Sabbath. I SUBBED! HIT HAND OF DOOM....
What is so cool is when they play this live, the entire audience sings along with Ozzy. Ever heard 20,000 people sing War Pigs?! It is incredible!!!
over 50 years later still hits hard
"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" , "Snowblind" , "Into the Void" , "The Wizard" , "Black Sabbath".
69 years old, now Luv them .
Greatest protest song ever!!! The old hippie is groovin’!!
The live version - Paris 1970 is amazing. you can find it on UA-cam as well as the whole concert.
Great reaction. Always listen to the studio version first. You did so congratulations! 👍🤘
Black Sabbath was the first concert i ever went to in 1970. I was supposed be at the skating ring. My Mom would have died if she knew her baby boy was at a concert . I was 13 at the time. what a show they put on. my second one was Alice Cooper.
This is a rare example of me liking a live version more than the studio recording. Live in Paris 1970 is nuts. They sadly snub Geezer Butler on bass and some of the lyrics are different but it’s an incredible performance.
The lyrics are different because they hadn't TOTALLY finished the song and put it on record yet, "Paranoid" still hadn't been released. That's what's so Great about that video. Listen to Ozzy, before they start, he says, "This is a New One, hope you like it".
Loved y'all's reaction. The thing about Black Sabbath is that they started out great and then got better. You really need to go to the beginning to their first song "Black Sabbath" on their first album Black Sabbath. Every song is a little adventure, an experience and they get better with every song. They put out two albums in 1970, the two you guys have listened to are from the second album. I'm looking forward to watching you guys freak out listening to these guys. Thanks again for the great reaction.
I have always that this song is one of the best pieces of music ever!