Has to be one of the best live performances of all time, Halford maintaining direct eye contact with the camera and belting out those notes is bad ass as fuck
The best part, IMO, is when he sings the verses out of order in Deceiver 4:38, he doesn't flinch and the band never lets up. It really shouldn't matter though right? But many bands, and ppl would raise a stink about that. Well, that and the fact that either KK or Glenn REALLY botched the last 2 bars. LOL
@@intercommerce But he says in his autobiography that he still gets insecure when he sees someone in an audience of thousands walking away from the stage. He has to tell himself that the person is just going to the bathroom or to get a drink! 😄
Tears in my eyes. Chills down my spine. From slow to heavy. If you don't feel this deep in your soul you are not a true metalhead. Go listen to something else. ALL HAIL THE PRIEST!!!!!!!!
This is in my opinion one of the best live performances in history I can not get enough of this session, so fkn cool man, Rob still one of the best vocalist EVER!
Rob Halford in "Confess" quoting for that live: "I was going on British telly for the first time and I didn't have a clue what to wear. So, I rummaged through Sue's clothes (his sister) and borrowed a pleated pink blouse with a belt, which I wore with a pair of spangly black flares. I looked like Jim Morrison on a budget. We didn't coordinate our look. Ken wore a vivid paisley shirt that Carol had made him, with tight flared loon pants and a white fedora. Ian was all in white, like an emaciated Jesus. We looked like three bands in one: a tin of heavy metal Quality Street".
Exactly why I'm watching. Just read that episode and had to see it. What a great read so far. And I have no doubt it's going to get better. Rob is a pure badass.
Oh my goodness!!!! This is one of the best songs ever written and performed. I had the opportunity to see them live back in the 1980's. I will never forget those moments at the concert. Long live "The Priest: Unleashed in the East!!!!" 😊
Listen to Sad Wings of Destiny. It's at least a decade or so ahead of its time. The most brilliant Priest album IMO. I can still listen to it and marvel at how cutting edge and assured it is.
I have to pinch myself every time I realize this masterpiece was recorded in 1976, when literally every hard-rock/metal band was influenced by blues. These guys were easily 4-5 years ahead of the others in terms of musical style. Metal Gods.
Possibly one of a greatest masterpiece of Judas Priest. The compossition, the voice, the guitars, the apendix of a last part of song (deceiver). The energy and the absolutely perfection of a creation of 5 mens.... A lot of bands make heavy metal, but the METAL is a absolutely son of Judas Priest.
Metal is the son of Black Sabbath. Priest adopted and refined Metal with Rob's awesome demonic vocals. However, this song could easily have been a Sabbath song, right down to the riff.
@@TheJTcreate Sabbath was old school plodding doomy blues rock. Priest kicked up the tempo, downplayed the bluesy elements, added the "gallop" riffs, and mixed in the progressive elements (among other things). In other words, as others have said, gave birth to modern metal years before Iron Maiden etc.... The Beatles used some of the same riffs as the the old school artists of the 50's. Using riff similarities to brush off Priest's total reinvention of the style is as silly as dismissing the Bealtes innovation and reinvention on the basis of their sound sharing similarities with their predecessors. All due respect to Elvis and Berry, Beatles took it to a whole new level. All due respect to Sabbath and Purple and the others..... So did Judas Priest.
I've been listening to this album for 40 years, I remember 35 years ago being highly depressed, had lost my father then brother to self inflicted deaths. I went traveling on my motorcycle which had engine failure. I stopped paused, and listened to this album as I watched the Ocean and bird life. 35 years later life is awesome as is Judas Priest. Still amazing and Rob is still singing notes only dogs can hear. XX
Man... Rob really could make the glass crack with his singing... but seems so effortlessly... just like waking up and yawning... pure talent, and still great after 50 years!
Standing by my window Breathing summer breeze Saw a figure floating, 'neath the willow trees Asked us if we were happy We said we didn't know Took us by the hands and up we go We followed the dreamer Through the purple hazy clouds He could control our sense of time We thought we were lost But no matter how we tried Everyone was in peace of mind We felt the sensations drift inside our frames Finding complete contentment there And all the tensions that hurt us in the past Just seemed to vanish in thin air He said in the cosmos is a single sonic sound That is vibrating constantly And if we could grip and hold on to the note We would see our minds were free Oh they're free We are lost above Floating way up high If you think you can find a way You can surely try Solar winds are blowing Neutron star controlling All is lost, doomed and tossed, at what cost forever Meteors fly around me Comets die, and then they And then they, you want to see how they try to surround me I can say, here today, we shall stay forever If you want to find us in a hurry Oh let me tell you don't you worry I can't say, here today, we shall stay forever
At 75 now !!! my love affair with the Priest started in 1974 with "Sad Wings of Destiny" and last year I took my Grandchildren to the Priest for the 5th time!! they still blow me away!!!!!!!
No offense, but what are you talking about? These guys are just average on their instruments and the arrangement is simple, straighforward hard rock. I'd hate to see you witness a Brahms quartet, with extremely difficult music played by masters on their respective instruments. If you want "musical precision" as you call it, go have a look at ELP or King Crimson in their heyday, or one of Cream's more difficult numbers.
David marzolino the transition to the bridge before the last chorus is awesome, where there’s no count they all just come in perfect and belt out that first note to start the bridge, ugh I love this band
@@brianhammer5107 Troll is trolling. While it's true that there are easier styles than others, and there are mistakes here, this performance totally express the potential this song has with the presition it requires, I doubt there could be a better performance from any other band.
@@brianhammer5107 both Crimson and Cream are slouch compared to Priest,listen to Genocide or Tyrant from the same album fool,this is the band who played songs like Hellrider and All Guns Blazing your sloppy bands can't play those virtuosic pieces
I’ve got nearly every Priest album and they’ve been consistently brilliant all this time. Listening in 2022 aged 54 and will be listening to them in 2052 if I make it!
Remember watching this as a teen on the Old Grey Whistle Test and knew I was listening to something magical and almost 50 years on it is even more magnificent. Heavy Metal equivalent of Bohemian Rhapsody - absolute classic with unbelievable tone, change of riffs and fantastic sound,
Loved Rob Halford's vocal performance on this track. This was a taster of what Judas Priest was blossoming into and why they are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame now. Brilliant 👏🏽 🔥🔥🔥
We were truly spoiled with great bands in the 70's and The Old Grey Whistle Test, gave them all exposure. I bought 'Sad Wings' back when it was released and it sits in the car in CD and the original vinyl is within reaching distance. 45 years ago, I was 19 and The Priest live on. :)
One of the best live groups i can ever remember going to see. The concert in Newport South Wales, back in 1985 was incredible. I know that's a very long time ago, but it lives long in my memory, as being pretty special.
I saw them in 2011 when they were over the hill and past their prime and it was probably the best show I've ever seen...can't even imagine when they were on top of their game
I have listened and watched this same video almost every day for the last month and a half: It really takes me on those same stars of the cosmo, he is talking about. GREAT performance by all.
For those who think Ian Hill is just a rudimentary bass player, here is proof that he is an excellent melodic player. He just fantastic on the early Priest stuff.
He adopted a rudimentary style to serve the the band's sound and make it heavier. What i found suprising is how many well versed people fail to grasp that obvious fact
Ian was a great bass player. Unlike Getty Lee, Jimmy Lea & Steve Harris who were more straightforward, he kept the rhythm section together. Having two lead guitarists outdueling each other & countless drummers They went through throughout the years, He had to be The Backbone behind all of The Lead Performers. Although he didn't write many songs, he did what he could to keep a steady rhythm going.
To see Judas Priest looking like a heavy version of the grateful dead..is truly a trip. Halford with long hair looking like Robert plant. I'm glad they changed their look. This footage is truly classic. Love it.
Solar winds are blowing Neutron star controlling All is lost, doomed and tossed, at what cost forever Meteors fly around me Comets die, and then they And then they, you wanna see how they try to surround me I can say, here today, we shall stay forever If you want to find us in a hurry Oh let me tell you don't you worry I can't say, here today, we shall stay forever
Judas Priest was if Sabbath actually had an impressive vocalist, this is why they are the official heavy metal producers, Deep Purple had the sound and the voice but not enough bass, Sabbath had the bass and the sound but not the vocals, Judas Priest had both, not saying they are better, but they certainly had it all.
LOL - they were 2nd tier. Good band for the first four albums. No comparison whatsoever to the greatest metal groups like Purple or Sabbath, for just two examples.
Surely one of the best examples of pure early metal ever performed. I’m old and have been a Priest fan from the beginning. Wouldn’t trade those years for any others.
Rob Halford back in the day! Just the beginning! The man could sing his ass off! Still doing it now and better than most! My favorite vocalist of all time and definitely inspired most multi octave singers to follow. Not to mention he sings his high notes in the head voice and has rarely used Falsetto... Not sure how he pulls that off? I guess thats why they call him the Metal God!
I always felt that this was Priest at their greatest. They simplified so much in the years that followed, and I know it brought them great success, but I love the mix of power and complexity in Sad Wings. It was so groundbreaking. You don't have 80s or 90s metal w/o this album. Stellar performance.
When I was growing up in the early 70s I listened to the likes of vocalists Ian Gillan and Robert Plant but then Judas Priest came along and Rob Halford just blew me away "what a voice" still a fan now. Sad Wings of destiny best Priest album for me
@@MetalAngelOfficial I'd say Rainbow, Deep Purple and Uriah Heep were even earlier originators of that branch. Regardless, Judas Priest is still one of the most important bands in heavy metal, of course.
I agree with you. Unleashed in the East was my first "contact" with Judas Priest. So, the first song I heard was Exciter. Can you imagine.... Still, you might like the versatile voice of Johannes Eckerstrom from the Swedish band Avatar. Give it a try: ua-cam.com/video/Aaiiua2Fy6U/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Kr%C4%99cio%C5%82aTV
@@ariedebruijn1189I thoroughly enjoyed that, never heard of Avatar before! Thank you for sharing this. For me, Halford is incredible... but I do feel very fortunate to have seen Dio twice while he sang with Sabbath in the late 2000's.
Божественная музыка и вокал Роберта Хэлфорда!!! Нужно закрыть глаза и погрузиться в мечты!!!Бесподобное творение величайших Джудас Прист!!Шедевр мировой Рок музыки! Боже, как это прекрасно!!!
I just want to clarify here to I Do What I Want and Patrick C, that my response to SE P was not any type of sexual reference. My response was in conveying that Rob rocked (thrashed) thousands of stages and millions of fans throughout the band's tenure. 😊
Yeah not sure I’d agree with u. Some of it may stand the test of time but most of us won’t hav enough of it to truly find out. Likes of the old blues cats and jazz cats have well stood the test and influenced everyone today wether they admit it or not. Even black gospel has influenced and stood the test of time. Yeah the way metal evolved from the early guys to wat it is today is not a very good sign. ✌️❤️ fae Bonnie 🏴
@@noneyerbidness some tuned may be relics of an old time period. In general it holds very well, which is an indication of the talent abd intellect its creators possess.
This is their most underrated performance ! They were literally starving during this trying to get big on no money and food! Much respect to the priest!!🤯🖤
I wish this era of JP lasted at least ten more albums. The reason I consider Nostradamus to be one of their finest albums is because you can hear the nostalgic sound of their early works sprinkled throughout. I wish they would put out another album exactly like Sad Wings before they are done.
The interesting thing about priest is the way they changed throughout their career. Together with the change from a hard rock to heavy metal sound, they also altered their appearance, especially Halford, from this funky hippie look to the tough-guy image of the 80's: leather, goatee, motorcycles, and all the rest. I became familiar with Priest from the mad speed metal of Painkiller, but I must admit they made some great hard rock in the 70's.
Theyw ere already Heavy Metal in the 70's some songs of sad wings of destiny are heavy metal and the album sin after sin was straight forward heavy metal (and in 78 they got the leather and spikes look).
I've had that happen a few times. Usually if I have a cold or something. The parts in your throat collapse for a second or something, not exactly sure how it works.
Amazing! After all these years I've never seen this. My band used to play this in the mid 80's and we had so much fun with it. Judas Priest remain one of my favorites. Those SG's are beautiful!
Antichrist2000 Priest was never progressive and I personally preferred "Painkiller" and even "Defenders" over this album...... but this album eventually won over those two...... I never really liked the debut and this album was a genius follow up..... this album doesn't have a weak song on it, not mentioning those masterpieces like "Genocide", "Victim of Changes" and especially "Dreamer Deceiver" track...... they had several great albums in 70's, but this is the only one, that I fully enjoy every single time I hear it..... unlike some other albums, this just never gets old........
beefcake1973aus Totally with you on that. What they created in '76 and the influence it had on the future of metal is immeasurable. This is not only the beginning of modern metal but one of the greatest albums ever.
Modern metal was invented earlier than 1976. Just listen to Breadfan (1973) and Crash Course in Brain Surgery (1974) from Budgie, or Children of the Grave (1971), Into the Void (1971), Cornucopia (1972), Under the Sun (1972), Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (the song - 1973) or Symptom of the Universe (1975) from Black Sabbath. I'm not denying that Priest didn't have a major influence on what was to come, but MANY bands from the early/mid 70's (early 70's Pentagram, early Trapeze, early Rush, early Kiss (Parasite and Watchin' You from 1974), early Queen, mid-70's Rainbow, early Scorpions, set the groundwork for Priest to use as a launching pad.
Damn man I’ve never have seen any footage or pics with Rob having long hair like he does here very cool. I just love older priest - dreamer, victim of change, all kick ass tunes. What happened to music of this caliber in the 2020’s, man I miss the early ‘80’s - ‘90’s.
Holy guacamole! Hopping Halfords! Ballzmazing, to say the least. Beyond rock n roll vocalage! Perfect 70s, the best, guitar Rock. "We shall stay forever"! 👑💯🌟 Thanks for posting. Whoever scouted them out knew before the composition had concluded.
Forget Rob for a moment (Best Singer of all time :) ) But Glenn's solo is my favourite solo of all times ( Especially on the Sad Wings Album.... Just the effortless tumbling of notes....And KK is amazing too. JP is the best Rock band of all time. I first saw them in Guildford 76 Sad Wings Tour, With the the amazing Painting used for the cover behind them. Still my favourite album xxxx
God bless the person who kept this video tape all these years
It was on a Judas Priest DVD released in 2004. So it's been in their vaults for awhile.
So gold
@Jimmy Marketti ok man chill
@Jimmy Marketti other that the metal god halford
I also think so! From Japan.
Beyond the realm of greatness
Has to be one of the best live performances of all time, Halford maintaining direct eye contact with the camera and belting out those notes is bad ass as fuck
The poker face through all that is fantastic.
Fucking hell rock&roll Priest is awesome. Everything about this song is awesome.
He always maintains direct eye contact, even in front of 100,000 people, the confidence he has is amazing
The best part, IMO, is when he sings the verses out of order in Deceiver 4:38, he doesn't flinch and the band never lets up. It really shouldn't matter though right? But many bands, and ppl would raise a stink about that. Well, that and the fact that either KK or Glenn REALLY botched the last 2 bars. LOL
@@intercommerce But he says in his autobiography that he still gets insecure when he sees someone in an audience of thousands walking away from the stage. He has to tell himself that the person is just going to the bathroom or to get a drink! 😄
Totally agree. This live performance is a masterpiece.
Props to the audio technician that made this live performance sound so full and incredible.
BBC, my man, the best in the biz
They had the band turn down their amps, which kinda hindered a bit their performance, but I´m sure they turned it up when no one was looking
Glenn Tipton is a man waaay ahead of his time. What a high bar he set for every heavy metal guitarist to come. Huge fan.
His solo guitar here is everything 🎸✨🔥♥️
Glenn perfected Priest! KK and Glenn are the best guitar duo ever in my opinion!
@@LB00146 most def
Glenn's solo here and on Beyond the Realms of Death are my favorites. Yes, even above Painkiller.
Maybe the most underrated guitarrist god of hard and heavy, exactlly!!!
Tears in my eyes. Chills down my spine. From slow to heavy. If you don't feel this deep in your soul you are not a true metalhead. Go listen to something else. ALL HAIL THE PRIEST!!!!!!!!
When I first bought Sad wings of destiny on cassette and played all seven minutes I was both hooked and mesmerized
Its a good album no doubt, but I have to say, The second song Deciever reminds me of I Ride the sky from Lucifers friend.
agreed
This is in my opinion one of the best live performances in history I can not get enough of this session, so fkn cool man, Rob still one of the best vocalist EVER!
Sad Wings a life changing album
Rob Halford in "Confess" quoting for that live:
"I was going on British telly for the first time and I didn't have a clue what to wear. So, I rummaged through Sue's clothes (his sister) and borrowed a pleated pink blouse with a belt, which I wore with a pair of spangly black flares. I looked like Jim Morrison on a budget.
We didn't coordinate our look. Ken wore a vivid paisley shirt that Carol had made him, with tight flared loon pants and a white fedora. Ian was all in white, like an emaciated Jesus. We looked like three bands in one: a tin of heavy metal Quality Street".
Reading it now! It’s awesome to have these recordings to watch as you hear the background of it all.
Reading Confess now. After this hilarious passage I had to come on here and rewatch this awesome performance.
Well said mate !!
Exactly why I'm watching. Just read that episode and had to see it. What a great read so far. And I have no doubt it's going to get better. Rob is a pure badass.
brilliant. ;-)
Oh my goodness!!!! This is one of the best songs ever written and performed. I had the opportunity to see them live back in the 1980's. I will never forget those moments at the concert. Long live "The Priest: Unleashed in the East!!!!" 😊
One of the best live albums, recorded ever😂❤❤❤
Gotta love those dynamite live albums recorded by an engineer and a producer sitting in a studio.
Listen to Sad Wings of Destiny. It's at least a decade or so ahead of its time. The most brilliant Priest album IMO. I can still listen to it and marvel at how cutting edge and assured it is.
quite often...
Agreed.
without a doubt ....must give props for Stained Class and Sin after Sin albums as assured imo....
Agreed...while the rest of their work is legendary, there is something unique about SWOD that hasn't been matched by any band.
I have to pinch myself every time I realize this masterpiece was recorded in 1976, when literally every hard-rock/metal band was influenced by blues. These guys were easily 4-5 years ahead of the others in terms of musical style. Metal Gods.
Possibly one of a greatest masterpiece of Judas Priest. The compossition, the voice, the guitars, the apendix of a last part of song (deceiver). The energy and the absolutely perfection of a creation of 5 mens....
A lot of bands make heavy metal, but the METAL is a absolutely son of Judas Priest.
Well said Adrian love the band
Metal is the son of Black Sabbath. Priest adopted and refined Metal with Rob's awesome demonic vocals. However, this song could easily have been a Sabbath song, right down to the riff.
@@TheJTcreate Sabbath was old school plodding doomy blues rock.
Priest kicked up the tempo, downplayed the bluesy elements, added the "gallop" riffs, and mixed in the progressive elements (among other things). In other words, as others have said, gave birth to modern metal years before Iron Maiden etc....
The Beatles used some of the same riffs as the the old school artists of the 50's. Using riff similarities to brush off Priest's total reinvention of the style is as silly as dismissing the Bealtes innovation and reinvention on the basis of their sound sharing similarities with their predecessors.
All due respect to Elvis and Berry, Beatles took it to a whole new level.
All due respect to Sabbath and Purple and the others.....
So did Judas Priest.
@JungleJames I always say it sounds exactly like a Sabbbath song for the instrumental part in the middle!
Zeppelin was creating heavy heavy riff rock years before Priest or Sabbath.
Halford is untouchable. Vocals echo in my head!
I've been listening to this album for 40 years, I remember 35 years ago being highly depressed, had lost my father then brother to self inflicted deaths. I went traveling on my motorcycle which had engine failure. I stopped paused, and listened to this album as I watched the Ocean and bird life. 35 years later life is awesome as is Judas Priest. Still amazing and Rob is still singing notes only dogs can hear. XX
Me similar. You are not alone.
ROCK ON
We have a life to live whatever happens. God bless you and all of us metal lovers.
"Heavy metal is a friend that gives people great pleasure and enjoyment and helps them through hard times"
Rob Halford
@@aero2zero very true
Ian's bass here is AMAZING!!!
Yes,he is always in background but here in front,with guitars,can hear every bass lines very good
Truth!
I keep saying it on JP videos but Ian Hill is so underrated one of the best bassists ever
looks like he has one of the rare 4x15" Cabs, i had a newer vesion from 1980
with HIWATT 200 Bass Head
Ian Hill had some great prominent basslines in 70s era Priest.
Man... Rob really could make the glass crack with his singing... but seems so effortlessly... just like waking up and yawning... pure talent, and still great after 50 years!
Check out the two videos of Vocal Power, and you are going to learn the secrets of Rob's vocal techniques!
He still can
Not halford
Standing by my window
Breathing summer breeze
Saw a figure floating, 'neath the willow trees
Asked us if we were happy
We said we didn't know
Took us by the hands and up we go
We followed the dreamer
Through the purple hazy clouds
He could control our sense of time
We thought we were lost
But no matter how we tried
Everyone was in peace of mind
We felt the sensations drift inside our frames
Finding complete contentment there
And all the tensions that hurt us in the past
Just seemed to vanish in thin air
He said in the cosmos is a single sonic sound
That is vibrating constantly
And if we could grip and hold on to the note
We would see our minds were free
Oh they're free
We are lost above
Floating way up high
If you think you can find a way
You can surely try
Solar winds are blowing
Neutron star controlling
All is lost, doomed and tossed, at what cost forever
Meteors fly around me
Comets die, and then they
And then they, you want to see how they try to surround me
I can say, here today, we shall stay forever
If you want to find us in a hurry
Oh let me tell you don't you worry
I can't say, here today, we shall stay forever
But Rob changed the order of a few lines here live
Beautiful
simply perfect.
Yes he did. But it’s all good!
Might be time constraints.
At 75 now !!! my love affair with the Priest started in 1974 with "Sad Wings of Destiny" and last year I took my Grandchildren to the Priest for the 5th time!! they still blow me away!!!!!!!
It's hard to believe, this is a live performance. The musical precision demonstrated here is unbelievable.
No offense, but what are you talking about? These guys are just average on their instruments and the arrangement is simple, straighforward hard rock. I'd hate to see you witness a Brahms quartet, with extremely difficult music played by masters on their respective instruments. If you want "musical precision" as you call it, go have a look at ELP or King Crimson in their heyday, or one of Cream's more difficult numbers.
David marzolino the transition to the bridge before the last chorus is awesome, where there’s no count they all just come in perfect and belt out that first note to start the bridge, ugh I love this band
Brian Hammer 2:15. 5:18 ish. What a voice. So rich
@@brianhammer5107 Troll is trolling. While it's true that there are easier styles than others, and there are mistakes here, this performance totally express the potential this song has with the presition it requires, I doubt there could be a better performance from any other band.
@@brianhammer5107 both Crimson and Cream are slouch compared to Priest,listen to Genocide or Tyrant from the same album fool,this is the band who played songs like Hellrider and All Guns Blazing your sloppy bands can't play those virtuosic pieces
COMMON ARE YOU KIDDING ME ROBERT??!!!!!
FREAKING CRYING OVER THIS!!
JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH PRIEST ALL OVER AGAIN AND I AM SO GONE!!
70's Priest is by far the best Priest.
agreed!!!
70s-90s Priest is awesome. Still one of my favourite metal bands eva!
@@gomongio number 2 on my top 5!!!
70s thru 80s only
I would include the 80’s… especially the early 80’s!!!
That Voice...Amazing. Always LOVED Priest.
How does Halford hit those high note screams? Amazing.
He steps on legos.
Because he's the "Metal God".
He's Rob Halford, THAT'S how!
Actually he had opera training
Squeezing a testicle helps. Specially if you use some pliers or something else like that.
This is flat-out stunningly good. Every time I watch it, I hang on every moment. This performance alone proves Judas Priest were true pioneers.
Amen. They are true METAL GODS
I’ve got nearly every Priest album and they’ve been consistently brilliant all this time. Listening in 2022 aged 54 and will be listening to them in 2052 if I make it!
55 here brother! Priest is definitely in my blood!!
Remember watching this as a teen on the Old Grey Whistle Test and knew I was listening to something magical and almost 50 years on it is even more magnificent. Heavy Metal equivalent of Bohemian Rhapsody - absolute classic with unbelievable tone, change of riffs and fantastic sound,
Friggin wow, the best singing voice, the greatest most powerful vocalist ever, effortless, majestic, stunning, intense.
Loved Rob Halford's vocal performance on this track. This was a taster of what Judas Priest was blossoming into and why they are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame now. Brilliant 👏🏽 🔥🔥🔥
Im so happy they filmed this!! what a performance !!!
I'm so happy they saved it. A lot of stuff was filmed by British TV and destroyed.
Such great quality for something this old !!!! 😊
This is gold
Date on this ??????
Looking at history on a color TV screen
We were truly spoiled with great bands in the 70's and The Old Grey Whistle Test, gave them all exposure. I bought 'Sad Wings' back when it was released and it sits in the car in CD and the original vinyl is within reaching distance. 45 years ago, I was 19 and The Priest live on. :)
Priest's lyrics are so underrated and by far one of the best i've ever seen in heavy metal along with maiden, dio and sabbath
dio and lyrics in one sentence? lol.
One of the best live performances ever.
One of the best live groups i can ever remember going to see.
The concert in Newport South Wales, back in 1985 was incredible.
I know that's a very long time ago, but it lives long in my memory, as being pretty special.
I saw them in 79, what a band.
Absolutely, The band is excellent and Halford is incredibly confident.Looking straight into the camera and belting it out.
I saw them in 2011 when they were over the hill and past their prime and it was probably the best show I've ever seen...can't even imagine when they were on top of their game
It was fantastic. Saw them on the Screaming for Vengeance tour. It was loud. AND THEN he brought the Harley on stage.
3 words = BEYOND. FUCKING. AWESOME.
Fucking Right!!! \m/
I never get tired of this song. So much feeling
Hello, how are you doing today and the entire family and friends doing today????
I have listened and watched this same video almost every day for the last month and a half: It really takes me on those same stars of the cosmo, he is talking about. GREAT performance by all.
So true...
This performance is timeless.
Unbelievable performance, halford is incredible
Except for that feedback at the beginning, it bugs me bad, I love the song for some reason....
That is not Rob Halford...just saying
For those of you know this ain't Rob halford
For those who think Ian Hill is just a rudimentary bass player, here is proof that he is an excellent melodic player. He just fantastic on the early Priest stuff.
Hill has been laying it down for 50 years.
He adopted a rudimentary style to serve the the band's sound and make it heavier. What i found suprising is how many well versed people fail to grasp that obvious fact
Ian was a great bass player. Unlike Getty Lee, Jimmy Lea & Steve Harris who were more straightforward, he kept the rhythm section together. Having two lead guitarists outdueling each other & countless drummers They went through throughout the years, He had to be The Backbone behind all of The Lead Performers. Although he didn't write many songs, he did what he could to keep a steady rhythm going.
He did an awesome job on this one, so cool!
@@marcstevens8576Getty?
To see Judas Priest looking like a heavy version of the grateful dead..is truly a trip. Halford with long hair looking like Robert plant. I'm glad they changed their look. This footage is truly classic. Love it.
Solar winds are blowing
Neutron star controlling
All is lost, doomed and tossed, at what cost forever
Meteors fly around me
Comets die, and then they
And then they, you wanna see how they try to surround me
I can say, here today, we shall stay forever
If you want to find us in a hurry
Oh let me tell you don't you worry
I can't say, here today, we shall stay forever
How can someone's voice be that fucking good ! Fucking amazing !!!
Here you have it, the greatest heavy metal band in history in their youth. They had all the chops from day one, proven here.
Dissident Starbreaker yes sir indeed long live the Priest
Dissident Starbreake Well said.. I agree with you
It's like, they were badass to the bone and great at their part since day 1... unreal quality. The level of skill....
Judas Priest was if Sabbath actually had an impressive vocalist, this is why they are the official heavy metal producers, Deep Purple had the sound and the voice but not enough bass, Sabbath had the bass and the sound but not the vocals, Judas Priest had both, not saying they are better, but they certainly had it all.
LOL - they were 2nd tier. Good band for the first four albums. No comparison whatsoever to the greatest metal groups like Purple or Sabbath, for just two examples.
What a vocal range man!
Surely one of the best examples of pure early metal ever performed. I’m old and have been a Priest fan from the beginning. Wouldn’t trade those years for any others.
Rob Halford back in the day! Just the beginning! The man could sing his ass off! Still doing it now and better than most! My favorite vocalist of all time and definitely inspired most multi octave singers to follow. Not to mention he sings his high notes in the head voice and has rarely used Falsetto... Not sure how he pulls that off? I guess thats why they call him the Metal God!
65 and still a beautiful voice....love him :)
This is a massive classic of a band who break into the world, as one of the greatest of all time !!
I always felt that this was Priest at their greatest. They simplified so much in the years that followed, and I know it brought them great success, but I love the mix of power and complexity in Sad Wings. It was so groundbreaking. You don't have 80s or 90s metal w/o this album. Stellar performance.
Amazing song!!!!!!😂
Rob Halford, Bruce Dickinson, Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie James Dio, Lemmy Kilmister
The most heavenly, iconic and recognizable voices in heavy metal!
right then. because when we think of "heavenly voices" we automatically think of lemmy & ozzy.
agreed!
@@jamesha175 pfff
Don't forget David Byron!!
Robert Plant!
Simply the god of voice! the best vocal all the time!
Absolutely
Simply the Dio of voce!
I am so happy this exists! Seeing such quality audio/video from the 70's is so special.
BBC TV hence why
When I was growing up in the early 70s I listened to the likes of vocalists Ian Gillan and Robert Plant but then Judas Priest came along and Rob Halford just blew me away "what a voice" still a fan now. Sad Wings of destiny best Priest album for me
Still thank Gillan and plant were better singers in their day as a few others but Halford in my top 10
Best album by far saw them twice on this tour
First time I seen them they opened 4 ufo what a double header
the bass line on this song is beautiful
jose luis - Agreed!
Incredible, this is the best rock ballad of the universe, pure perfection.
Priest in their Zeppelin's era!!! I lo love it!!
Zeppelin and Purple. Big influence here..
The entire band is phenomenal. Especially Halford!
Mindblowing ballad from one of the greatest metal albums ever made!!
3:59 In that magic second JP gave birth to a new era. The big bang of metal!
Sabbath did it half a decade before with their self titled song.
@@guilhermefioresi7538they created bluesy doom metal, but priest created heavy/progressive/power metal
@@MetalAngelOfficial I'd say Rainbow, Deep Purple and Uriah Heep were even earlier originators of that branch. Regardless, Judas Priest is still one of the most important bands in heavy metal, of course.
@@guilhermefioresi7538Rainbow came out around the same time as Priest tho
@@davenotstaine5646People forget about Budgie, sometimes I have the feeling that Black Sabbath was inspired by them
So classic! I remember my parents aunt and uncle coming home from seeing them live back then! Long live priest!🔥✨
Man.. i just can't get enough of that solo
Another reminder of why I love this band and always will.
Love them myself since 1980
Hello, how are you doing today and the entire family and friends doing today
Just pure raw talent held down by nothing and a thespian of the highest order. Long live the King!!!🔥🔥🔥
The song always hits me. Powerful, beautiful message. Love it x
70's Priest was the soundtrack to my youth.
Youth well lived indeed
My parents hated this music, so did the neighbors. Turbo Lover sent me a different direction. I’m back now.
It’s now being mine, just 45 years later
What a voice!
Nothing short of brilliance... And they were just getting started!! Love it, no effects just raw vocals... A true master of his art ❤️
His voice is just amazing
that voice rules!!
Hell yeah... From low key to high note... Awesome, even live... ;-)
Yes!
Alex Svane Hugger - This performance was better live than what was recorded for the album in my opinion, especially Halford.
40 years of listening to Rob sing … in my opinion there’s no stronger vocalist in Heavy Metal
Ronnie james dio and Rob r my faves !
I agree with you. Unleashed in the East was my first "contact" with Judas Priest.
So, the first song I heard was Exciter. Can you imagine....
Still, you might like the versatile voice of Johannes Eckerstrom from the Swedish band Avatar. Give it a try:
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@@ariedebruijn1189I thoroughly enjoyed that, never heard of Avatar before! Thank you for sharing this. For me, Halford is incredible... but I do feel very fortunate to have seen Dio twice while he sang with Sabbath in the late 2000's.
1. RJD
2. Rob
@@FreddieHg37 RJD is just a force of nature
best metal vocals ever! so many emotions
Once again a proof that the 70s are the zenith. Brilliant in every sense
Classic Heavy Metal! Halford and the whole band sounding great. Fine british metal!
Old school Priest is amazing. Rock on Priest🤘🏻🔥
This needs more views such a powerful performance
They are all treasures . Glenn, Rob and Ian sound so good!
All hail Priest! Soundtrack of my youth🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
impressive...Halford with long hair, Hill picking with his finger, KK playing non-flying V
Божественная музыка и вокал Роберта Хэлфорда!!! Нужно закрыть глаза и погрузиться в мечты!!!Бесподобное творение величайших Джудас Прист!!Шедевр мировой Рок музыки! Боже, как это прекрасно!!!
This is just so brilliant. I can't stop watching it, and loving it...
Glenn Tipton. Always amazes. Period.
Spends a lot of time looking at the floor here. Early shoegaze?
KK kills it here as well
so does Rob Halford
Peter Blake haha good one.
Grand old man
I like how Rob stares in the camera, like he will thrash you.
He in fact ended up doing that......THOUSANDS OF TIMES OVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!😊
Christopher Vigil You lucky bastard! :)
Cameraman probably attractive. 😮😮
I just want to clarify here to I Do What I Want and Patrick C, that my response to SE P was not any type of sexual reference. My response was in conveying that Rob rocked (thrashed) thousands of stages and millions of fans throughout the band's tenure. 😊
Christopher Vigil Lmao sorry mate, when it comes to Rob Halford I always read saucy undertones where there are none ;)
One of the greatest performance of Judas Priest
Halford totally nailed it. Rock and roll legends right there.
Metal is timeless \m/
absolutely!...
Yeah not sure I’d agree with u. Some of it may stand the test of time but most of us won’t hav enough of it to truly find out. Likes of the old blues cats and jazz cats have well stood the test and influenced everyone today wether they admit it or not. Even black gospel has influenced and stood the test of time. Yeah the way metal evolved from the early guys to wat it is today is not a very good sign. ✌️❤️ fae Bonnie 🏴
i love metal, but this simply isn't true. some of it has aged horribly.
@@noneyerbidness some tuned may be relics of an old time period. In general it holds very well, which is an indication of the talent abd intellect its creators possess.
@@miltiadiskoutsokeras9189 well, that could be said of almost any genre.
Rob Halford is the best metal vocalist in my opinion, he's just too good.
Amazing
This is their most underrated performance ! They were literally starving during this trying to get big on no money and food! Much respect to the priest!!🤯🖤
This was Priest before they hit their stride. And I love it!
After they released the "Killing Machine" and "British Steel" lps, I was hooked.
I wish this era of JP lasted at least ten more albums. The reason I consider Nostradamus to be one of their finest albums is because you can hear the nostalgic sound of their early works sprinkled throughout. I wish they would put out another album exactly like Sad Wings before they are done.
The interesting thing about priest is the way they changed throughout their career. Together with the change from a hard rock to heavy metal sound, they also altered their appearance, especially Halford, from this funky hippie look to the tough-guy image of the 80's: leather, goatee, motorcycles, and all the rest.
I became familiar with Priest from the mad speed metal of Painkiller, but I must admit they made some great hard rock in the 70's.
Theyw ere already Heavy Metal in the 70's some songs of sad wings of destiny are heavy metal and the album sin after sin was straight forward heavy metal (and in 78 they got the leather and spikes look).
"We're gonna keep going until one of us drops" - Ian Hill
Agreed; I prefer early Priest.
+Dawson Lee Hopefully it'd be a long time 'til one of them does a Martin Kearns and JP do a Bolt Thrower.
This 'Dreamer Deceiver' is perhaps my favorite Judas Priest song. Awesome that this performance is online to enjoy!
Look and listen to Ian Hill on bass - so underrated.
Truly, one of the best rock videos I have ever seen❤❤❤
2:06 I love the modulation of that note, Its like natural auto-tune
WTF.. thats so true!! haha
😳
I've had that happen a few times. Usually if I have a cold or something. The parts in your throat collapse for a second or something, not exactly sure how it works.
I don't know much about singing but that doesn't sound naturally possible
Awesome Austin527 it’s very possible
awesome song beautiful guitar solo and Rob vocals
Aaroh Dhotre beautiful guitar solos*
Best priest - early priest, and this perfomance is brilliant
One of the best vocal performances in metal!
K.K. Downing...Where Orianthi got her look. Hills bass is freaking perfect.
my favorite priest song. the vocals are incredible
This is the best version of this track I've ever had the pleasure of hearing...utterly brilliant!
Amazing! After all these years I've never seen this.
My band used to play this in the mid 80's and we had so much fun with it.
Judas Priest remain one of my favorites. Those SG's are beautiful!
Una obra de arte total ; tanto la vocalizacion de Rob como la presentacion de cada uno de los instrumentos
Sad Wings of Destiny = Priest's best album
Love that album also. One of my favourite Priest moments is Halford's ear-piercing scream at the start of Dissident Aggressor \m/
Antichrist2000 Priest was never progressive and I personally preferred "Painkiller" and even "Defenders" over this album...... but this album eventually won over those two...... I never really liked the debut and this album was a genius follow up..... this album doesn't have a weak song on it, not mentioning those masterpieces like "Genocide", "Victim of Changes" and especially "Dreamer Deceiver" track...... they had several great albums in 70's, but this is the only one, that I fully enjoy every single time I hear it..... unlike some other albums, this just never gets old........
beefcake1973aus Totally with you on that. What they created in '76 and the influence it had on the future of metal is immeasurable. This is not only the beginning of modern metal but one of the greatest albums ever.
Modern metal was invented earlier than 1976. Just listen to Breadfan (1973) and Crash Course in Brain Surgery (1974) from Budgie, or Children of the Grave (1971), Into the Void (1971), Cornucopia (1972), Under the Sun (1972), Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (the song - 1973) or Symptom of the Universe (1975) from Black Sabbath. I'm not denying that Priest didn't have a major influence on what was to come, but MANY bands from the early/mid 70's (early 70's Pentagram, early Trapeze, early Rush, early Kiss (Parasite and Watchin' You from 1974), early Queen, mid-70's Rainbow, early Scorpions, set the groundwork for Priest to use as a launching pad.
but Priest was the first band to show what heavy metal is... and if we go to who started it all, we can talk about Hendrix, for example.
Damn man I’ve never have seen any footage or pics with Rob having long hair like he does here very cool. I just love older priest - dreamer, victim of change, all kick ass tunes. What happened to music of this caliber in the 2020’s, man I miss the early ‘80’s - ‘90’s.
Holy guacamole! Hopping Halfords!
Ballzmazing, to say the least.
Beyond rock n roll vocalage!
Perfect 70s, the best, guitar Rock.
"We shall stay forever"! 👑💯🌟 Thanks for posting. Whoever scouted them out knew before the composition had concluded.
Forget Rob for a moment (Best Singer of all time :) ) But Glenn's solo is my favourite solo of all times ( Especially on the Sad Wings Album.... Just the effortless tumbling of notes....And KK is amazing too. JP is the best Rock band of all time. I first saw them in Guildford 76 Sad Wings Tour, With the the amazing Painting used for the cover behind them. Still my favourite album xxxx
Same, best solo Glenn ever did, and priest’s best album
Dude I'm so tired of seeing people say he's the best singer ever. He's good but there's definitely guys who are better
@@rushpittsburgh4 You're missing out because you're not listening without prejudice. You're bringing pre-conceived judgements which deaden your soul.