let's not, wrong video...this IS NOT THE OFFICIAL video, it distracts also from the lyrics, and it is plain stupid, has got NOTHING to do with the song...
67 here...I remember listening to this song when I was a youngster and crying. My brother got drafted during the Vietnam war and it went straight to my heart.
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.
He did. Very jazz style player actually. When folks are talkin' about Sabb, they rarely talk about Bill or eveb Geezer . Checkout the Paris concert, where the rhythm sicktion is as it's best.
I just got out of the Marine corps from veitnam. 1973 l was introduced to Black Sabbath by a friend. I was very down at the time, from the war. Miss out on a lot of things, such as music,movies,friends etc. The thing that really trip me out was everyone thought I was k.i.a ,even my own parents.the reason I brought this story up is instead of getting mental health at the va. Black Sabbath gave me the answer (war pigs lyrics) that song gave me all the therapy I needed to comeback to reality!!
@@dkmiller8420 As a drummer I see both sides here. Those of us who know and who appreciate drummers, will never underrate Bill Ward. Yet, Bill -- along with dozens of great drummers like Phil Ehart, Steve Upton, Floyd Sneed, Danny Seraphine and others -- is rarely included in "best of" lists. There you will find the usual, like Charlie Watts (meh), Neil Peart, etc. Bill should always be on these lists. Since he is not, we can say he is "underrated".
@@boomer3150 I can see the point you are trying to make but when someone says, someone is underrated we have to look at the big picture. People very rarely know the name of drummers in bands. Only base players and keyboard has less recognition. If you are not the front man or woman you don't get the love. Think of Janice. She had phenomenal backing, but nobody knows their names, they were just Big Brother and the Holding Company. So, we have to go to those in the know to know who is underrated or who is not and there are no drummers or drum fans alive who do not know and appreciate Bill Ward.
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
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
You should know that all the guys in this band were children during the last days of WWII. Living in Birmingham England they were living in a war zone, and Ozzy talked about the kids playing king of the hill in bomb craters. So this is a song screamed from the heart of a child given no choices. Awesome truth.
All the band members were born after the official ending of world war II. But they did grow up in Birmingham and I'm sure the effects of the war on the bombing went on for years after that.
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.
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..
Love the way you guys comment without interrupting the tune. I grew up listening to this stuff and it still works! Love seeing younger men felling it like I did over 50 years ago. You got a new subscriber! Great shot, keep it up.
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.
the guitarist was a machinist who sustained serious injury to his fingers and in order to play guitar as his fingers were sensitive had to lower the tension on the strings which helped produce this sound of heavy bass
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.
It is what I grew up to, was 13 and rocking with these bands, Zeplin, Cloyd, Sabbath, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep. Not just great music but great messages too.
When I was stationed in Germany (1970-71) in the Army....this song was played all the time. Thanks for bringing back part of my youth... I guess I'll go spark up a doobie....
The thing i absolutely love about good music is that it crosses genres, races, sexes, and ages. Black Sabbath knocked it out of the park with this one. It's just as relevant today as it was then and will be relevant in the far future. If i may make a request. I'd love to hear some songs that touched yalls sould growing up. I'll continue to watch your top-tier videos.
At almost 63 here... I heard this at 12 since I had three older brothers. I fell in love with it and its message. I am still not tired of it to this day. Gets me every time. Cake does a great newer version of this you should check out.
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
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.
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.
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.
@@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 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)
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.
"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.
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.
As a 70-year-old veteran, you can imagine what this song did for us when we were serving in Vietnam and when we came back home to see what was going on. And people wonder why veterans feel the way that they do. It’s time for the rich politicians to start selling their kids to war maybe then they’ll understand.
At 15 years old and now 47 been listening to Black Sabbath for 30 or so years. My father was a 82nd Airborne and served between 1967-70 (technically 72 because he was in reserves for the tail end). This song specifically spoke to him. RIP dad. Anyways if you've only heard a very small fraction from Black Sabbath. With Ozzy. Paranoid Black Sabbath (yes they have a song with that name too) Children of the Grave Electric Funeral Will get you started down the right path. I am a lover of music and like your perspective. First video I watched is a hit. Keep it up Much love from Virginia.
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
I'm leaning more towards hard rock,than heavy metal. But it would be the grandfather of the heavy metal generation, probably starting with JUDAS PRIEST. But that's just kinda how I look at it. Then the real Heavy Metal starts with bands like METALLICA. Speed metal and thrash metal along with the Satanist groups I don't really consider Heavy metal,more of a branch genre type, ya know. I moved to L.A. in the late 80's for about 10 yrs. and the hair bands kinda fu&$#@ things up for awhile till hard rock and metal broke the bonds and got rock music mostly back in line. It was definitely an interesting time to be in California and alive... mostly alive!! lol😝🤤🫠
First time I remember hearing this song was just after buying their 1977 greatest hits release at Walmart while I was walking home. It was 1980, I was 12 and I thought my cassette player was eating the tape at the end of the song, I panicked. 😂 it’s been one of my go to jams ever since.
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.
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!!
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
My guys check out the 1970 live in Paris version of this song, it is beyond savage! Bill Ward on drums will make your heads explode. Black Sabbath is legendary for bringing people that love great music together. Thanks for the great video!
I'm 75 years old and live off grid in the Montana Rockies, my neighbors, all three of them live a quarter mile away, and they love it when I Amp up and crank out some Black Sabbath. I rock out the canyon!
Yeah, I doubt that, living out there you want to get away from all the noise and bullshit, I don’t mind hearing my own music, but I don’t wanna hear anyone else playing it. I live out in the country in the Arkansas Ozarks and I moved here for the peace and quiet, I have no neighbors I can see, it’s wonderful!
I grew up listening to this era. My "2nd Dad" was in Vietnam. He had me listen to alot of this stuff. It was his way of telling about politics, war, and the faults of man. Happy you enjoyed it. There is alot of good music out there. Just takes time to find it all. Just a warning.. Black Sabbath, Lynard Skynard, and Queen... will ALWAYS be a ride. Be well. Stay safe. God bless.
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let's not, wrong video...this IS NOT THE OFFICIAL video, it distracts also from the lyrics, and it is plain stupid, has got NOTHING to do with the song...
War Pigs. Great song. My 5 year old loved Ironman. 1986 he would sing.
I am 70 +. This song applies today. I grew up during the protests. I participated in the war. This song applies now.
I'm 73 and still rocking
You are 100 percent!
These guys don't even connect it to the Vietnam war.
67 here...I remember listening to this song when I was a youngster and crying. My brother got drafted during the Vietnam war and it went straight to my heart.
@@summergivens242 The draft. I watched my school mates before me drafted and returned in boxes
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.
He did. Very jazz style player actually. When folks are talkin' about Sabb, they rarely talk about Bill or eveb Geezer . Checkout the Paris concert, where the rhythm sicktion is as it's best.
Black Sabbth are godfathers of heavy metal.
I just got out of the Marine corps from veitnam. 1973 l was introduced to Black Sabbath by a friend. I was very down at the time, from the war. Miss out on a lot of things, such as music,movies,friends etc. The thing that really trip me out was everyone thought I was k.i.a ,even my own parents.the reason I brought this story up is instead of getting mental health at the va. Black Sabbath gave me the answer (war pigs lyrics) that song gave me all the therapy I needed to comeback to reality!!
God bless, brother. I was still a kid in '73. But I watched the news every night with my parents. Welcome home. You are loved.
Welcome home, sir! 🫡
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.
Sabbath, Motorhead and Priest. The Godfathers of Metal
Undisputed founders of Heavy Metal in 1970. Everyone else came after them.
At this time, this was the heaviest album ever
The original metal gods \m/
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.
Underwhat now? It's Bill Ward...nobody has ever underrated Bill Ward.
@@dkmiller8420 As a drummer I see both sides here. Those of us who know and who appreciate drummers, will never underrate Bill Ward. Yet, Bill -- along with dozens of great drummers like Phil Ehart, Steve Upton, Floyd Sneed, Danny Seraphine and others -- is rarely included in "best of" lists. There you will find the usual, like Charlie Watts (meh), Neil Peart, etc. Bill should always be on these lists. Since he is not, we can say he is "underrated".
@@boomer3150 I can see the point you are trying to make but when someone says, someone is underrated we have to look at the big picture. People very rarely know the name of drummers in bands. Only base players and keyboard has less recognition. If you are not the front man or woman you don't get the love. Think of Janice. She had phenomenal backing, but nobody knows their names, they were just Big Brother and the Holding Company. So, we have to go to those in the know to know who is underrated or who is not and there are no drummers or drum fans alive who do not know and appreciate Bill Ward.
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
You should know that all the guys in this band were children during the last days of WWII. Living in Birmingham England they were living in a war zone, and Ozzy talked about the kids playing king of the hill in bomb craters. So this is a song screamed from the heart of a child given no choices. Awesome truth.
Hmm Ozzy was Born in 1948 the War ended in 45?
The WarII results & effects went on in American film💁🏼♀️
All the band members were born after the official ending of world war II. But they did grow up in Birmingham and I'm sure the effects of the war on the bombing went on for years after that.
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.
This song hits different, it touches something pop culture tends to shy away from. Universal truth, war is fought by the poor but waged by the rich.
"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...😔
♥♥♥
Fairies Ware boots is a graitesong
Can't spell
Made in 1970 and we're STILL listening to it in 2024 prove that QUALITY music NEVER dies!!!
Exavtly. QUALITY !! Thats Black Sabbath 🎸🤘
This is one of the best anti-war songs ever written. Incredible performance. I saw Black Sabbath when I was 15, such an incredible show!!
Bet you never thought hard rock could have such a powerful message and sound amazing ❤
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.
I am the same
Love the way you guys comment without interrupting the tune. I grew up listening to this stuff and it still works! Love seeing younger men felling it like I did over 50 years ago. You got a new subscriber! Great shot, keep it up.
Bill Ward on drums on beast mode!
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.
the guitarist was a machinist who sustained serious injury to his fingers and in order to play guitar as his fingers were sensitive had to lower the tension on the strings which helped produce this sound of heavy bass
@@richardconnelly7141 interesting, thx
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!
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
We listened to 8-track tapes. You can't rewind em. We'd just listen to the whole album over and over.
You can see their blues influence. They loved US southern blues rock music
It is what I grew up to, was 13 and rocking with these bands, Zeplin, Cloyd, Sabbath, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep. Not just great music but great messages too.
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!
This song is as relevant today as it was 50 year ago. My favorite Sabbath song!
The greatest war protest song of all time. Still relevant.
When I was stationed in Germany (1970-71) in the Army....this song was played all the time. Thanks for bringing back part of my youth... I guess I'll go spark up a doobie....
It’s speaking about what’s happening around the world today timeless classic
The thing i absolutely love about good music is that it crosses genres, races, sexes, and ages. Black Sabbath knocked it out of the park with this one. It's just as relevant today as it was then and will be relevant in the far future. If i may make a request. I'd love to hear some songs that touched yalls sould growing up. I'll continue to watch your top-tier videos.
Black Sabbath, the fore runners of Heavy Metal music
The architects, not the forerunners.
At almost 63 here... I heard this at 12 since I had three older brothers. I fell in love with it and its message. I am still not tired of it to this day. Gets me every time. Cake does a great newer version of this you should check out.
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"?
"Mr. Crowley" has arguably the greatest guitar solo ever. Randy just totally lapped the field with that one.
54 year old song that still gives me goosebumps! Greatest protest song....EVER!
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.
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.
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.
The LIVE version of this song is killer too... the drummer goes crazy!
The name is Mr. Bill Ward
Black Sabbath = GOAT
The majority of their catalog is pure fire 🔥🔥🔥
My first concert.. Ozzy & Black Sabbath in Dallas Texas 1976, I was 17
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.
Black Sabbath is best listened to through a fully cranked stereo system with the largest speakers you can find.
Yes, Bill Ward is one of my fav. Drummers. Those English blokes really cranked out the best bands. God bless em’.
War Pigs is played over the speakers before all Arkansas Razorbacks football home games. It is awesome to hear in that environment.
Agree about doing the live version from 1970. If you enjoy this it's a must. It would be fun to see you compare.
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.
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.
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)
I was in High school when this dropped. We couldn't put the bong away.
Ahhh,yes,the bong... 😎
A bong rattler, for sure.
54 Years and just as relevant today, maybe even more so, as ever.
Very sad.
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.
"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.
More people need to see & understand this song. How prophetic! Written in the 70's and look where we are today.
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!!!
First saw Sabbath live in 1970 at Mayfair Ballroom, Birmingham, UK. Still got the vinyls and still listening 54 years later.
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.
Next should be hand of doom!!!!! YOU FELLAS GONNA LOVE IT!
They need to do that one for sure.
_This_ is why we loved Sabbath.
This song is a timeless CLASSIC. Glad you liked it. 💥💥💥🤘😎
I was 14 when this came out, became an instant fan for life
Bill Ward really goes off on the live version from Paris 1970, an absolute must reaction.
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.
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!
If you don't feel this song in your soul, and the message doesn't bring you to tears, then you're just heartless. One of my all time favorite songs❤
Thank you young fellas for taking time to not not just listen but to Hear this one. Respect from Hamilton Ontario Canada.
As a 70-year-old veteran, you can imagine what this song did for us when we were serving in Vietnam and when we came back home to see what was going on. And people wonder why veterans feel the way that they do. It’s time for the rich politicians to start selling their kids to war maybe then they’ll understand.
Bill Ward absolutely assaulted his drum kit. Watch the live version and his kit is bouncing. 🤘
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!
I had this album in 1976. I was 10 years old.
At 15 years old and now 47 been listening to Black Sabbath for 30 or so years.
My father was a 82nd Airborne and served between 1967-70 (technically 72 because he was in reserves for the tail end).
This song specifically spoke to him.
RIP dad.
Anyways if you've only heard a very small fraction from Black Sabbath.
With Ozzy.
Paranoid
Black Sabbath (yes they have a song with that name too)
Children of the Grave
Electric Funeral
Will get you started down the right path.
I am a lover of music and like your perspective.
First video I watched is a hit. Keep it up
Much love from Virginia.
"Children of the Grave" (1971) The drummer seriously cooks!
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
I'm leaning more towards hard rock,than heavy metal. But it would be the grandfather of the heavy metal generation, probably starting with JUDAS PRIEST. But that's just kinda how I look at it. Then the real Heavy Metal starts with bands like METALLICA. Speed metal and thrash metal along with the Satanist groups I don't really consider Heavy metal,more of a branch genre type, ya know. I moved to L.A. in the late 80's for about 10 yrs. and the hair bands kinda fu&$#@ things up for awhile till hard rock and metal broke the bonds and got rock music mostly back in line. It was definitely an interesting time to be in California and alive... mostly alive!! lol😝🤤🫠
I'm not picking someone else's best song. I personally agree that this is what heavy metal is
Ozzy Osbourne is a fucking metal God. The man's voice in this song is universally chilling.
Still mind blowing all these years later
Planet Caravan is one you should consider. It shows the diversity of the band. Thanks Guys
I got to see them live in Hawaii in 1971. This song gave chills down the spine. And still does. Great reaction...
Possibly, the Greatest Metal song ever written.
First time I remember hearing this song was just after buying their 1977 greatest hits release at Walmart while I was walking home. It was 1980, I was 12 and I thought my cassette player was eating the tape at the end of the song, I panicked. 😂 it’s been one of my go to jams ever since.
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.
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!!
Black Sabbath symptom of the universe is THE perfect song it is a must do
Drummer Bill Ward is rooted in jazz and you can tell with Black Sabbath. He is always funky and in the pocket.
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
Hand of Doom will blow you away, especially Bill Ward’s drumming!
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 👍
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.
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.
What a fantastic reaction! I appreciate all of you ❤
Thank you so much!!
Yup... I love ppl getting introduced to Sabbath. I SUBBED! HIT HAND OF DOOM....
This is power perfection and the lyrics are as relevant today as ever.
Bill Ward always had a sort of jazz style of drumming.
My guys check out the 1970 live in Paris version of this song, it is beyond savage! Bill Ward on drums will make your heads explode. Black Sabbath is legendary for bringing people that love great music together. Thanks for the great video!
It's crazy how the lyrics of this song could have been written today
That's a proper reaction...you listened to the song and then gave your thoughts. Great job guys!
watch this live in Paris 1970 if you really want to see the greatest drummer of all time.
I've listened to this song all my life, and the way those air raid sirens come in at 3:00 has always sent chills up my spine.
Epic is the word.
Yup.. 50 yrs later and still one of my favourites… the whole album, we played it over and over and over, still do
I'm 75 years old and live off grid in the Montana Rockies, my neighbors, all three of them live a quarter mile away, and they love it when I Amp up and crank out some Black Sabbath. I rock out the canyon!
Yeah, I doubt that, living out there you want to get away from all the noise and bullshit, I don’t mind hearing my own music, but I don’t wanna hear anyone else playing it. I live out in the country in the Arkansas Ozarks and I moved here for the peace and quiet, I have no neighbors I can see, it’s wonderful!
I grew up listening to this era. My "2nd Dad" was in Vietnam. He had me listen to alot of this stuff. It was his way of telling about politics, war, and the faults of man. Happy you enjoyed it. There is alot of good music out there. Just takes time to find it all. Just a warning.. Black Sabbath, Lynard Skynard, and Queen... will ALWAYS be a ride. Be well. Stay safe. God bless.