Seeing someone else who actually knows their shit nerding out to Bill Ward isn't something I ever expected to get in my life, but boy am I loving watching it hahaha! I'm so glad you got hooked by his playing in that first Sabbath listen.
@@AndrewRooneyDrums he makes complex stuff sound absolutely groovy and natural. All while having that tasty booming tone and hitting it hard. A muscular octopus, in a way.
Bill always said: ' I don't keep straight time as such....I listen and react. My goal is to support the flow, emphasize the intensity....in that way a see myself more as a percussionist". The way Bill is able to almost 'suspend time' with his phrasing in the Wizard, is priceless and transcendental. The crowning glory is to accent that cowbell in space as a sentinal reference point in the midst of a jazzy, flowing, fluid masterclass of quick hands, wrists and fingers all executed with an uncanny feel for what the other 3 are doing. So glad that one of the inspirations for me to play drums is getting his kudos recognized here on this channel. Hard for me to believe that you missed all this stuff as a drummer!!Everyones first jams used to involve Paranoid in the U.K. in the 80's! (But without the smooth snare rolls between verses, of ciurse!!) Cheers mate. Check out Looking for Today and Johnny Blade for more fluid Bill snare work! ( Someone also mentioned potential brushes on Snowblind, but I've always tried to play them as ghost notes!). Finally, I hope Bill himself gets to see some of these comments. He would love it. You should try to interview him mate. He might be into that, as he loves drums and early Sabbath! Me, I've been hooked since 1978.
That train whistle harmonica on The Wizard is, for me one, of the greatest intros to a song ever! Tony’s guitar is wall of sound in and of itself. Those power chords are so heavy!
"When I listen to our first album now, I can hear the purity of the oneness of leaving all earthly things aside to come together and create something. It's quite marvelous." - Bill Ward.
probably my favourite sabbath track. prime example of less cowbell. and I love Bill's style on the drums, its like organised chaos that goes so well with Iommi's utter precision.
Bill Ward makes the whole song. "The Wizard" is the first rock song I ever loved just for the drums. He turned a plain song into something extraordinary, tying everything together in ways I never would have imagined.
That was Ozzy on the harmonica. Seriously so glad you are reacting to Bill Ward, I love how open he plays and I feel like Sabbath as band tells a story with their songs. The rise and falls, the insane rythm. Very happy to hear someone appreciate the depth of Sabbath's music. JAZZ!! He's far n away my favorite drummer
YES, "The Wizard" is an underplayed Classic, for sure. Love watching people listen to these early songs. I think it is a trend that most people, tend to listen to the "hits", of a band and rarely get to hear the early work that defines really good artists. Artist's FIRST album's like RUSH self titled, Zeppelin's self titled and YES Black Sabbath's self titled are some of the best underplayed music available! Great Work Andrew!!
BS were playing a crazy amount of sets, everyday, 7 days a week in Germany prior to recording this. The band was game fit and super tight when walking into the studio, they knew each others playing inside out-a highly intuitive edge. They only had a day to record this masterpiece as they had to get back to Germany and back to work.
Barry bangemount is the only person on UA-cam that has covered this on drums that's correct... He is amazing! Thanks for the upload and quality content! 🤘😎👽
Just the one hit of the cowbell, thats all it needed, bloody love Black Sabbath and its great seeing your reactions and joy to Bills amazing style. Him and Mitch Mitchell are in a league of their own. Thanks man
On a curious note: the brand new Ozzy Osbourne track 'Degradation Rules' features Tony IommI on guitar and the Ozzman himself on harmonica! Certainly a nod to 'The Wizard'. Check it out! (..great drumming by Chad Smith also by the way...)
That first Black Sabbath album, when put into proper context, was a whole new ball game. There wasn't any similar music at that time. I was 16 in 1970 and my first listen to that album was an epiphany. Totally new. Great reaction video. Thanks.
Thisalong with hand of doomk have been my favorite Sabbath songs for decades and it's been thrilling to witness you fall In Love with this band the same way I did 30+ years ago. Your reactions to this using drumeo has for the first time in my 50 yr old brain Inspired me to learn to read music and play them right. Watching you play hand of doom. Sealed the deal for me for drumeo. So thank you bill ward for a lifetime of inspiration,and thank you Andrew ( drums n coffee!) For reopening my eyes to my own potential. One last comment . Bill ward has always been THE Drummer for Black Sabbath, but I cannot deny The influence that a later replacement drummer that came along with Ronnie james dio Vinny
Among us life long Sabbath fans, I am one of the very few who has The Wizard ranked in my Top 5 favorite Sabbath songs. So it is very nice to see and hear someone else who recognizes just how good this tune really is. Nice job Andrew.
Hi Andrew. I'm loving your analysis of the Sabs' debut album. My favourite song from the album coming next: Behind the Wall of Sleep. You were wondering about the ages of the band members. On the day of the recording, 16 October 1969 (yes, one day), Iommi and Ward would've been 21 and Butler and Ozzy just 20. Best wishes from the U.K.
One of my very favorite songs from Ozzy era Black Sabbath (the only era that matters to me) Ozzy played harmonica and does on their most recent track! It is a beautiful song and "The Wizard" was written to reference Gandalf🤘
I'm digging your journey. It's rad to see a musician talk about this music and discover it for the first time and see how it relates to the history of music after it. This music came out well before me, but once I found it I couldn't believe what I was hearing. The random drum patterns blew my mind, (I also love Keith Moon for this type of playing) the groovy basslines, the deep clear next level riffs. Sabbath to me is so different because a lot of the other era bands sounded like the instruments and vocals were in a battle to be heard where in Sabbath they work together and don't really step on each other. Some bands pulled that off also, but not as often or as well as these guys. Pink Floyd also has some wonderful musical arrangements.
They did this album in a matter of hours. They didnt really think the album would have ANY success. They were more concerned with getting the recording process over with because they had to catch a ferry to Sweden, or somewhere, to play a gig for the weekend. So they were just putting their live set down on tape like many other debut albums. Except this one would have ripple effects we are still feeling in music 50 years later.
Tony said they recorded this album in one day, and the next day they mixed it...then off to do touring. There will never be another rock band like Sabbath! Best of all...all four lads are still alive 53 years later after this album!!
Another great reaction and review. As a drummer, I agree with all of your comments. I have been drumming since the 1960s and I can cover just about anybody in rock, blues, and hard rock. But, I will be damned if I could ever cover just about anything Bill Ward does! Simple, yet complicated! You’ve caught onto his very essence that non-drummers don’t understand or even notice.
I love how inventive & musical Bill Ward was on these early albums especially. (Butler & Iommi, too, but we’re talking about Ward.) The sound is very loose & free, but that just serves to highlight the structure of the grooves. Great playing.
1st hard rock song I ever came to hear was Black Sabbath: Into the void (from Master of reality). I was 15. Instantly fell in love with it. Their creativity was so amazing. The wizard is one of my favourite songs. But: thinking of the first 6 or 7 albums, I would come up with another 20, for sure. Enjoy your journey!
sabbath was a jam band, all their tracks came from a jam sessions or a live improv... you can check it in those old days. Remembering a lil bit, they started jamming on stage during "warning" song (check laussane 70 and dumfries 69'), they did a lot of songs between those long tony's solo, riffs and bill n' geezer rhythm.. then, later they started to improv on wicked world track (check fillmore east 70, toronto 71, manchester 72)... passed the years changed to sabbra caddabra (1973-75) and then dirty woman (76 till 78).. if you listen carefully those live concerts, and those long jams, you gonna find out all the proto tracks borning, then gig by gig they refinished these "proto" tracks, that becames the studio songs. The Wizard initially was called "Devil Island" (sharon have the tapes from the zella studios, when they recorded it, october 69 and another one is on peel sessions from jan 70). Devil Island born from a jam session during their first song called "a song for jim", in this song, bill plays a long drums jam, iommi on flute, apparently the riff cames from this jam (check live record of dumfries 69').
Finally Bill Ward is getting his accolades… we rock n metal fans love Bonham but Bill deserves his own spotlight. Now could we do a bit more Vinnie from Pantera ?
I was born when this album came out. You had The Mommas and the Poppas, flowers and love, then there was reality ; BLACK SABBATH . OZZY is playing the harmonica ! This song friggen' ROCKS ! Seeing your reaction is like you landed on the Moon. SMILES and WONDER !!! I love it.
Released on Friday the 13th Ground breaking. Heavy Metal was born . Ozzy Osbourne harmonica from their Blues/ Jazz beginning Hope you listen to Master of Reality Heavy Metal at its best. Seen Sabbath live 6 times in the 70s True Masters
As far as I understand it, the Wizard is Gandalf himself. Terrifying tune!! Love the Sabbath Weeks!!! All time fave band! Remember, they started out as a blues/jazz group.
@@AndrewRooneyDrums Its great that you're really loving Sabbath, Andrew. As you go through their next 3-4 albums (their first 5 albums are their 'peak') you'll find some grooves that are as funky as Santana's best grooves! Led Zeppelin don't really ever reach that level of funky, so you're definitely in the right place. Cheers.
Awesome reaction! The first time I saw Black Sabbath we hadn't heard of them yet. They were the opening act for Grand Funk Railroad that year, early 71 I think. We enjoyed them so much we went out and picked up the only album we saw which was Paranoid their 2nd album. Later we heard this first album Black Sabbath and we were blown away.
Bill's drumming on this track is sooo captivating I just forgot to listen to the guitar. It's totally overshadowed. For me the drum is the lead instrument on this track.
This is the one I wanted to see most! Thank you. future recommendation: jump to album Sabotage. tracks - Hole in the Sky, Symptom of the Universe, Thrill of it All.
It's great you included this track Andrew, truly one of the standout and underrated Sabbath gems. One of the reasons why Rock replaced Jazz in global relevance and importance was because the great bands were such awesome musicians and songwriters. It may be hard to believe that generations long-haired and drug-addled young men could be so talented but they really.had that touch for penning a timeless tune. Bill Ward is definitely one of the all-time underrated greats. His all over the kit yet tight and focused playing fitted the music perfectly well. Much has been said about Tony Iommi's guitar playing and justifiably so but Ward's contribution to what made the band great is crucial. And wasn't Ozzy Ozzbourne a hell of a harmonica player? Too bad he didn't play it more often.
Several tracks on the first album really show their blues and psychedelic roots. Before they were Black Sabbath, they went through a few names like Earth and The Polka Tulk Blues Band. It wasn't until they were chatting across from a movie theater showing the Boris Karloff film "Black Sabbath" that they got the idea of making music that scared people like horror films.
Thank you for reviewing Bill. I'm not a musician but my ears know what they know - Bill is more than a beast. It drives me nuts that he isn't more revered by the people of Earth. A buddy of mine is a life-long drummer. I asked him about Bill and he raved. One of his comments was, "No Bill Ward, no Black Sabbath." And to me that means no Bill Ward, no heavy metal. Now I have to go listen to Symptom Of The Universe. Thanks again.
Great to watch this, Andrew! I knew you'd love this! This is amazingly creative, mixing jazz, metal and blues with even cool lyrics by Butler, inspired by the Gandalf character from Lord of the Rings. This was Osbourne playing harmonica. More very interesting drumming on the next track as well!
I laughed my ass of when ive been watchin the freakin Cruela de Ville Disney Movie with my wife and some genius came Up with this song at the grand final of the Movie... I instantly recognized it in the First harmonica Tone and went crazy... And after that there was a sadness that 99 percent of the kids watching this will never know what piece of art they are actually experiencing
Ozzy is playing harmonica. At the end of their documentary The End, the band has a jam session in a small studio and they play this song. YOU MUST WATCH IT! It is absolutely amazing to see them play this live in studio.
you can understand our expectations and disappointments with modern music, because when this music came out, i was just 10 years old; so we grew up listening to these highly skilled 'hippies' playing their instruments; combine that with their obvious talent for writing songs, great lyrics, and powerful equipment, and you have a product hard to match; its like being raised on cavier, and then having to eat peanut butter sandwichs for the next 35 years
You know Black Sabbath were a blues band before they got heavy, which explains the blues influence on their early music. Happy you discovered them, all great musicians making some very innovative music in their early days.
thats ozzy on harmonica. it took you 3 months to get to this after my comment to "hand of doom/rat salad". i wont steer you wrong bro im a die-hard sabbath head and pro sax player. i knew a drummer would freak for this. they actually use sax in a track "breakout" that is just a short instrumental because ozzy refused to sing on it. ( didnt want to see them go in a jazz direction lol ) they have multiple songs with keyboards you will find, usually rick wakeman from yes on studio versions. bill ward sings on 2 sabbath songs ( "swinging the chain" and "its alright") not that im recommending those. please get to "UNDER THE SUN" !!!!!, "into the void" "children of the grave", "iron man", THE STUDIO VERSION OF RAT SALAD IS A BILL WARD FEATURE !, "wicked world" has more jazz stye drumming. wish those would be 6 of your next 7 -8 videos. studio versions better to start with so you know how they are supposed to sound.
You need to consider that Sabbath was initially a sort of psychedelic folk-rock band that was only trying to do different things, and added a thick and low sound that would later be known as metal. There was no metal back then, and the band was contemporary with other bands that were a big influence to the genre, namely Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple, so the 'classic' Sabbath line up before Dio joined was just experimenting with music and sounds.
From Wiki: Earth, initially credited as The Earth, was a British psychedelic music band active from 1968 to 1969. The band is mainly significant for having caused the band Earth formed by Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi to change the name of their hard-edged blues band Earth to Black Sabbath in order to avoid confusion. I'd only heard of them as a blues band originally. So, there were 2 bands named Earth at the time?
@@grangerjung4129 Well yes, there have been a few Earth's, including the 'current' Earth (the magnificent -mostly instrumental- drone-doom band), but there is no relation between any of them. The one we are talking about here (BS) started out as Polka Tulk Blues Band, aka Polka Tulk, and even featured a saxophonist before changing to Earth, and then to Sabbath. They played mostly blues-infused sort of rock. but started adding folk sound and things from other genres to make what we know today as Black Sabbath. You can hear those different takes on music all over their first few albums, and the way they present that sort of dichotomy with their intros/outros, pretty much splitting some songs.
Hi Andrew its compare from Canada,ozzy was playing harmonica,drum parts are awesome.i use to be a drummer for 45 years,drummers like that stimulate me to be a better drummer.
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The only band ive ever heard where the drummer, guitar and bass are fighting for center stage greatness while complementing each other so perfectly. 🎸
One of my absolute favorite Sabbath tracks. Bill Ward absolutely kills it as always, but I also love Ozzy on the harmonica.
Can't believe it's Ozzy!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums I know! The harmonica is already great, but the fact that it's Ozzy playing makes it even better.
@@AndrewRooneyDrums its the OZ MAN!!!!!!!!!!!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums why? It's typical Ozzy....but then I have been listening to them for 50 years they're my second favorite after Zeppelin of course.
The whole package is just beyond ridiculous
The cowbell works so well, because you only hear it once, awesome
Twice. It hits again during the harmonica solo, but that's it.
@@SylviusTheMad must have a listen, i never noticed before 👂👂
Anything with cowbell get my immediate, supreme approval!!!!
Three times, it’s buried in the mix before the first verse as well. But love the fact it only jumps out once.
This needs more cowbell.
Seeing someone else who actually knows their shit nerding out to Bill Ward isn't something I ever expected to get in my life, but boy am I loving watching it hahaha! I'm so glad you got hooked by his playing in that first Sabbath listen.
Yes Caleb. Could hear it instantly.
He's a monster player
@@AndrewRooneyDrums he makes complex stuff sound absolutely groovy and natural. All while having that tasty booming tone and hitting it hard. A muscular octopus, in a way.
Bill Ward is the TRUTH!!!!
I just love the stunned look on his face. This is Black Sabbath? YES!
Yes Josh! 🙌
Bill always said: ' I don't keep straight time as such....I listen and react. My goal is to support the flow, emphasize the intensity....in that way a see myself more as a percussionist". The way Bill is able to almost 'suspend time' with his phrasing in the Wizard, is priceless and transcendental. The crowning glory is to accent that cowbell in space as a sentinal reference point in the midst of a jazzy, flowing, fluid masterclass of quick hands, wrists and fingers all executed with an uncanny feel for what the other 3 are doing. So glad that one of the inspirations for me to play drums is getting his kudos recognized here on this channel. Hard for me to believe that you missed all this stuff as a drummer!!Everyones first jams used to involve Paranoid in the U.K. in the 80's! (But without the smooth snare rolls between verses, of ciurse!!) Cheers mate. Check out Looking for Today and Johnny Blade for more fluid Bill snare work! ( Someone also mentioned potential brushes on Snowblind, but I've always tried to play them as ghost notes!). Finally, I hope Bill himself gets to see some of these comments. He would love it. You should try to interview him mate. He might be into that, as he loves drums and early Sabbath! Me, I've been hooked since 1978.
That train whistle harmonica on The Wizard is, for me one, of the greatest intros to a song ever! Tony’s guitar is wall of sound in and of itself. Those power chords are so heavy!
"When I listen to our first album now, I can hear the purity of the oneness of leaving all earthly things aside to come together and create something. It's quite marvelous." - Bill Ward.
probably my favourite sabbath track. prime example of less cowbell. and I love Bill's style on the drums, its like organised chaos that goes so well with Iommi's utter precision.
Any less cowbell would be no cowbell at all 😊
This song is what put Bill Ward in my top 5 drummers.
Bill Ward makes the whole song. "The Wizard" is the first rock song I ever loved just for the drums. He turned a plain song into something extraordinary, tying everything together in ways I never would have imagined.
The greatest rock drummers don't just "keep the beat". As you implied, they play fluidly and accent the flow of the song.
Bill Ward amazing on this tune
Did you know that the debut album was recorded live, in 12 hour studio session? Mind-blowing.
This debut album was cut in 12 hours and played live in the same room…with Ozzy in a booth with the band…w/ some minor overdubs! Crazy talent!
Basically a Live album in the studio.
That was Ozzy on the harmonica. Seriously so glad you are reacting to Bill Ward, I love how open he plays and I feel like Sabbath as band tells a story with their songs. The rise and falls, the insane rythm. Very happy to hear someone appreciate the depth of Sabbath's music. JAZZ!! He's far n away my favorite drummer
YES, "The Wizard" is an underplayed Classic, for sure. Love watching people listen to these early songs. I think it is a trend that most people, tend to listen to the "hits", of a band and rarely get to hear the early work that defines really good artists. Artist's FIRST album's like RUSH self titled, Zeppelin's self titled and YES Black Sabbath's self titled are some of the best underplayed music available! Great Work Andrew!!
100% agree. Easy to fall into the 'greatest hits' trap
The amount of groove played on just that tiny cowbell part at 3:25 alone is enough to sustain a poor African village.
😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣
Bill Ward is one of the GREATEST. Been a Sabbath fan for 52 years!!!!!!!
Ward’s drum fills in this changed the industry.
I saw them live in 1972 in chicago. Amazing band. groundbreaking.
BS were playing a crazy amount of sets, everyday, 7 days a week in Germany prior to recording this.
The band was game fit and super tight when walking into the studio, they knew each others playing inside out-a highly intuitive edge.
They only had a day to record this masterpiece as they had to get back to Germany and back to work.
The last 3 tracks sort of merge together into an enormous jam. Glad to see how much you are enjoying this.
Glorious!
Bill ward is such a beast ... what a track, what an album
Andrew, you look confused and/or shocked. That's the perfect reaction. Bill Ward is on another level.
Yup! 😮🤯
One of my favs…Bill Ward …and Ozzy on the harmonica
Barry bangemount is the only person on UA-cam that has covered this on drums that's correct... He is amazing! Thanks for the upload and quality content! 🤘😎👽
Angie Scarpa of Black Sabbitch nails it.
Barry is legend.
Possibly. But I love Trey B’s cover. Awesome! 😃😃
Just the one hit of the cowbell, thats all it needed, bloody love Black Sabbath and its great seeing your reactions and joy to Bills amazing style. Him and Mitch Mitchell are in a league of their own. Thanks man
This band could really swing
100%
On a curious note: the brand new Ozzy Osbourne track 'Degradation Rules' features Tony IommI on guitar and the Ozzman himself on harmonica! Certainly a nod to 'The Wizard'. Check it out! (..great drumming by Chad Smith also by the way...)
Thanks again for your review of this track! I love hearing Bill showing off his jazz chops here and then taking it to another level!
I’ve never thought of Bill’s parts as complicated-complex, yes! But never complicated. And I agree with you about Bill’s comping ability!!
Everything you want to hear and nothing you don't
That has to be the most gloriously chaotic drumming that is so balls-on in the pocket!
That first Black Sabbath album, when put into proper context, was a whole new ball game. There wasn't any similar music at that time. I was 16 in 1970 and my first listen to that album was an epiphany. Totally new. Great reaction video. Thanks.
Ozzy jammed on both the harmonica and cowbell that guy's a real Showman
The Wizard has always been my favorite Black Sabbath song, hands down. So cool to see it get all the love from Andrew and the comments!
Good choice on The Wizard! Amazing track with Ozzy's vocals. Everything is just top notch. Yes, big jazz influences. Metal was born from jazz
Thisalong with hand of doomk have been my favorite Sabbath songs for decades and it's been thrilling to witness you fall In Love with this band the same way I did 30+ years ago.
Your reactions to this using drumeo has for the first time in my 50 yr old brain
Inspired me to learn to read music and play them right.
Watching you play hand of doom. Sealed the deal for me for drumeo.
So thank you bill ward for a lifetime of inspiration,and thank you Andrew ( drums n coffee!) For reopening my eyes to my own potential. One last comment .
Bill ward has always been THE Drummer for Black Sabbath, but I cannot deny
The influence that a later replacement drummer that came along with Ronnie james
dio Vinny
App
Vinny appice ! The master of Slow!
Thanks again and plz continue to react and Inspire!
You will not be disappointed with this one! Can't wait.
A Sabbath classic! Included this track when introducing my son to Sabbath. We love it!
Among us life long Sabbath fans, I am one of the very few who has The Wizard ranked in my Top 5 favorite Sabbath songs. So it is very nice to see and hear someone else who recognizes just how good this tune really is. Nice job Andrew.
Hi Andrew. I'm loving your analysis of the Sabs' debut album. My favourite song from the album coming next: Behind the Wall of Sleep. You were wondering about the ages of the band members. On the day of the recording, 16 October 1969 (yes, one day), Iommi and Ward would've been 21 and Butler and Ozzy just 20. Best wishes from the U.K.
Wow. Great info. Thank you Tony
in my opinion Bill Ward is the greatest drummer of all time
He sounds like the best drummer ever!! It helps hes got an amazing bass and guitar and ozzy in the mix.
Soo good to hear someone who appreciates Bill Wards drumming!!!!!
In 2005, Geezer Butler (the bassis and lyricist at that time in Sabbath), said that The Wizzard is about Gandalf.
Excellent David! Thanks for the info!
I quite like The Wizzard, one of my favorite tracks on the album.
The highlight of the song is the drums.
SO GOOD!
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This is the song that made me fall in love with Sabbath way back in 1988
One of my very favorite songs from Ozzy era Black Sabbath (the only era that matters to me) Ozzy played harmonica and does on their most recent track! It is a beautiful song and "The Wizard" was written to reference Gandalf🤘
I'm digging your journey. It's rad to see a musician talk about this music and discover it for the first time and see how it relates to the history of music after it. This music came out well before me, but once I found it I couldn't believe what I was hearing. The random drum patterns blew my mind, (I also love Keith Moon for this type of playing) the groovy basslines, the deep clear next level riffs. Sabbath to me is so different because a lot of the other era bands sounded like the instruments and vocals were in a battle to be heard where in Sabbath they work together and don't really step on each other. Some bands pulled that off also, but not as often or as well as these guys. Pink Floyd also has some wonderful musical arrangements.
You should 100% react to The Warning, it's a crazy 10+ long track full of amazing moments and incredible playing on all parts of the band.
The way Bill Ward worked that hi-hat with his foot was amazing😂
I really enjoy watching your reactions to black sabbath I love this band
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They did this album in a matter of hours. They didnt really think the album would have ANY success. They were more concerned with getting the recording process over with because they had to catch a ferry to Sweden, or somewhere, to play a gig for the weekend. So they were just putting their live set down on tape like many other debut albums. Except this one would have ripple effects we are still feeling in music 50 years later.
Tony said they recorded this album in one day, and the next day they mixed it...then off to do touring. There will never be another rock band like Sabbath!
Best of all...all four lads are still alive 53 years later after this album!!
It's so nice to have your analysis of these songs, especially for a non musician like me
GREAT
Never talkin, Just keeps walkin, Speadin his magic🤘
Another great reaction and review. As a drummer, I agree with all of your comments. I have been drumming since the 1960s and I can cover just about anybody in rock, blues, and hard rock. But, I will be damned if I could ever cover just about anything Bill Ward does! Simple, yet complicated! You’ve caught onto his very essence that non-drummers don’t understand or even notice.
I love how inventive & musical Bill Ward was on these early albums especially. (Butler & Iommi, too, but we’re talking about Ward.) The sound is very loose & free, but that just serves to highlight the structure of the grooves. Great playing.
1st hard rock song I ever came to hear was Black Sabbath: Into the void (from Master of reality). I was 15. Instantly fell in love with it. Their creativity was so amazing. The wizard is one of my favourite songs. But: thinking of the first 6 or 7 albums, I would come up with another 20, for sure. Enjoy your journey!
Thank you Peter
sabbath was a jam band, all their tracks came from a jam sessions or a live improv... you can check it in those old days. Remembering a lil bit, they started jamming on stage during "warning" song (check laussane 70 and dumfries 69'), they did a lot of songs between those long tony's solo, riffs and bill n' geezer rhythm.. then, later they started to improv on wicked world track (check fillmore east 70, toronto 71, manchester 72)... passed the years changed to sabbra caddabra (1973-75) and then dirty woman (76 till 78).. if you listen carefully those live concerts, and those long jams, you gonna find out all the proto tracks borning, then gig by gig they refinished these "proto" tracks, that becames the studio songs. The Wizard initially was called "Devil Island" (sharon have the tapes from the zella studios, when they recorded it, october 69 and another one is on peel sessions from jan 70). Devil Island born from a jam session during their first song called "a song for jim", in this song, bill plays a long drums jam, iommi on flute, apparently the riff cames from this jam (check live record of dumfries 69').
Their previous band was Earth, which did a LOT of jazz stuff or so they say. Hence the jazz influence on his playing.
Won’t make the premier but will watch at lunch tomorrow 🤘
Finally Bill Ward is getting his accolades… we rock n metal fans love Bonham but Bill deserves his own spotlight. Now could we do a bit more Vinnie from Pantera ?
I'm not even a drummer but I really enjoy your videos. The definitions on screen are a great idea.
I was born when this album came out. You had The Mommas and the Poppas, flowers and love, then there was reality ; BLACK SABBATH .
OZZY is playing the harmonica ! This song friggen' ROCKS ! Seeing your reaction is like you landed on the Moon. SMILES and WONDER !!! I love it.
Yeah it's great to listen to now.
Impossible to try and think how ground breaking this would have been at the time Michael!
I edited my cursing since this is a family show !
Billy is a BEAST!!!!!
Released on Friday the 13th Ground breaking. Heavy Metal was born . Ozzy Osbourne harmonica from their Blues/ Jazz beginning Hope you listen to Master of Reality Heavy Metal at its best. Seen Sabbath live 6 times in the 70s True Masters
As far as I understand it, the Wizard is Gandalf himself. Terrifying tune!! Love the Sabbath Weeks!!! All time fave band! Remember, they started out as a blues/jazz group.
'The Wizard' was also their Cocaine dealer at the time.
Fascinating
@@AndrewRooneyDrums Its great that you're really loving Sabbath, Andrew. As you go through their next 3-4 albums (their first 5 albums are their 'peak') you'll find some grooves that are as funky as Santana's best grooves! Led Zeppelin don't really ever reach that level of funky, so you're definitely in the right place. Cheers.
Iommi has said it's both Gandalf literally, and figuratively the band's dealer.
I was requesting this your first time around. It's just so different for them. Fun.
Favorite Sabbath song by a Mile. Epic.
Great!
Awesome reaction! The first time I saw Black Sabbath we hadn't heard of them yet. They were the opening act for Grand Funk Railroad that year, early 71 I think. We enjoyed them so much we went out and picked up the only album we saw which was Paranoid their 2nd album. Later we heard this first album Black Sabbath and we were blown away.
Bill's drumming on this track is sooo captivating I just forgot to listen to the guitar. It's totally overshadowed. For me the drum is the lead instrument on this track.
Yup firing on all cylinders!
I can't believe a drum teacher hadn't heard the Wizard for so long! Better late than never!
Always been my favourite Bill track. Great flow and busy but so tasteful.
This is the one I wanted to see most! Thank you. future recommendation: jump to album Sabotage. tracks - Hole in the Sky, Symptom of the Universe, Thrill of it All.
Oh snap! Your doing all the tracks in order one by one .....niccce. some good reaction videos coming our way.
It's great you included this track Andrew, truly one of the standout and underrated Sabbath gems. One of the reasons why Rock replaced Jazz in global relevance and importance was because the great bands were such awesome musicians and songwriters. It may be hard to believe that generations long-haired and drug-addled young men could be so talented but they really.had that touch for penning a timeless tune. Bill Ward is definitely one of the all-time underrated greats. His all over the kit yet tight and focused playing fitted the music perfectly well. Much has been said about Tony Iommi's guitar playing and justifiably so but Ward's contribution to what made the band great is crucial.
And wasn't Ozzy Ozzbourne a hell of a harmonica player? Too bad he didn't play it more often.
Bill's going nuts on fire on the drums man
one of my favorite black sabbath songs.
I can see why
Several tracks on the first album really show their blues and psychedelic roots. Before they were Black Sabbath, they went through a few names like Earth and The Polka Tulk Blues Band. It wasn't until they were chatting across from a movie theater showing the Boris Karloff film "Black Sabbath" that they got the idea of making music that scared people like horror films.
Thank you for reviewing Bill. I'm not a musician but my ears know what they know - Bill is more than a beast. It drives me nuts that he isn't more revered by the people of Earth. A buddy of mine is a life-long drummer. I asked him about Bill and he raved. One of his comments was, "No Bill Ward, no Black Sabbath." And to me that means no Bill Ward, no heavy metal.
Now I have to go listen to Symptom Of The Universe.
Thanks again.
Great to watch this, Andrew! I knew you'd love this! This is amazingly creative, mixing jazz, metal and blues with even cool lyrics by Butler, inspired by the Gandalf character from Lord of the Rings. This was Osbourne playing harmonica. More very interesting drumming on the next track as well!
I laughed my ass of when ive been watchin the freakin Cruela de Ville Disney Movie with my wife and some genius came Up with this song at the grand final of the Movie... I instantly recognized it in the First harmonica Tone and went crazy...
And after that there was a sadness that 99 percent of the kids watching this will never know what piece of art they are actually experiencing
Oh right!
so underrated! thanks much Andrew -much luv 4 u doing this!
Content does not get better than this. Cant wait for more.
Crew on the first album:
Producer, Engineer, photographer… that’s it. Along with the band, just seven people for the whole production
Love this song! Hello from Brazil!
HELLO!
Ozzy is playing harmonica. At the end of their documentary The End, the band has a jam session in a small studio and they play this song. YOU MUST WATCH IT! It is absolutely amazing to see them play this live in studio.
I love that video but unfortunately no Bill Ward.😢
@@rickandgen I feel the same way😭😭
Ozzy himself is playing the harmonica. Amazing video!
you can understand our expectations and disappointments with modern music, because when this music came out, i was just 10 years old; so we grew up listening to these highly skilled 'hippies' playing their instruments; combine that with their obvious talent for writing songs, great lyrics, and powerful equipment, and you have a product hard to match; its like being raised on cavier, and then having to eat peanut butter sandwichs for the next 35 years
I got to see Sabbath during the Reunion tour in 98. Pantera opened for them. Need I say more.
You know Black Sabbath were a blues band before they got heavy, which explains the blues influence on their early music. Happy you discovered them, all great musicians making some very innovative music in their early days.
thats ozzy on harmonica. it took you 3 months to get to this after my comment to "hand of doom/rat salad". i wont steer you wrong bro im a die-hard sabbath head and pro sax player. i knew a drummer would freak for this. they actually use sax in a track "breakout" that is just a short instrumental because ozzy refused to sing on it. ( didnt want to see them go in a jazz direction lol ) they have multiple songs with keyboards you will find, usually rick wakeman from yes on studio versions. bill ward sings on 2 sabbath songs ( "swinging the chain" and "its alright") not that im recommending those. please get to "UNDER THE SUN" !!!!!, "into the void" "children of the grave", "iron man", THE STUDIO VERSION OF RAT SALAD IS A BILL WARD FEATURE !, "wicked world" has more jazz stye drumming. wish those would be 6 of your next 7 -8 videos. studio versions better to start with so you know how they are supposed to sound.
You need to consider that Sabbath was initially a sort of psychedelic folk-rock band that was only trying to do different things, and added a thick and low sound that would later be known as metal. There was no metal back then, and the band was contemporary with other bands that were a big influence to the genre, namely Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple, so the 'classic' Sabbath line up before Dio joined was just experimenting with music and sounds.
Excellent
From Wiki: Earth, initially credited as The Earth, was a British psychedelic music band active from 1968 to 1969. The band is mainly significant for having caused the band Earth formed by Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi to change the name of their hard-edged blues band Earth to Black Sabbath in order to avoid confusion. I'd only heard of them as a blues band originally. So, there were 2 bands named Earth at the time?
@@grangerjung4129 Well yes, there have been a few Earth's, including the 'current' Earth (the magnificent -mostly instrumental- drone-doom band), but there is no relation between any of them. The one we are talking about here (BS) started out as Polka Tulk Blues Band, aka Polka Tulk, and even featured a saxophonist before changing to Earth, and then to Sabbath. They played mostly blues-infused sort of rock. but started adding folk sound and things from other genres to make what we know today as Black Sabbath. You can hear those different takes on music all over their first few albums, and the way they present that sort of dichotomy with their intros/outros, pretty much splitting some songs.
Incredibly enjoyable watching you take this journey.
An Absolute favorite !
I LOVE this song.
Hi Andrew its compare from Canada,ozzy was playing harmonica,drum parts are awesome.i use to be a drummer for 45 years,drummers like that stimulate me to be a better drummer.