Brian May and Tony Iommi play Black Sabbath's Paranoid

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  • In this exclusive clip from Sky Arts' Greatest Guitar Riffs, Queen guitar legend Brian May solos over Black Sabbath's Paranoid, accompanied by his friend Tony Iommi.
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  • @darthinvader
    @darthinvader 3 місяці тому +6445

    The most amazing thing for me about these two legends is that they’ve both managed to keep the same hairstyle for over 50 years

    • @theskicker8856
      @theskicker8856 3 місяці тому +168

      I find it especially funny how Brian kept his hair long while Freddie cut it down short, Roger cut it kind of short, and how John cut it short and then let it puff out like a cotton ball lol.

    • @vincevirtua
      @vincevirtua 3 місяці тому +51

      It truly is impressive, maybe their greatest achievement.

    • @stalwartzero7001
      @stalwartzero7001 3 місяці тому +34

      Let’s talk about how conditioned their fretboards are 😂

    • @MarkyPaligs
      @MarkyPaligs 3 місяці тому +13

      @@stalwartzero7001 yeah I wonder what hair conditioner they've been using

    • @wiganer9912
      @wiganer9912 3 місяці тому +25

      And Brian's is so good his wife copied it

  • @brianleslie19
    @brianleslie19 3 місяці тому +4462

    I love it how Tony and Brian are both well into their 70s but they still jam together like they’re teenagers.

    • @troy8420
      @troy8420 3 місяці тому +68

      It's really sweet to see

    • @GothJedi
      @GothJedi 3 місяці тому +73

      And that’s the power of music.

    • @johngeiger3770
      @johngeiger3770 3 місяці тому +75

      Doing something you enjoy together with your friends wind down your age, especially jamming.

    • @larrydj549
      @larrydj549 3 місяці тому +31

      It's not about age. It's about the ability and the love of music

    • @charlesshepherd2004
      @charlesshepherd2004 3 місяці тому +52

      Because we never really grow up. Our bodies fail us

  • @LPChipi
    @LPChipi 3 місяці тому +3579

    I like how the producers said "we need another song" and Tony was like "sure, here is one of the most iconic rock riffs of all time, will that work?"

    • @notalizardperson
      @notalizardperson 3 місяці тому +183

      It's kind of weird that it's always the throw-away track that ends up as the most iconic.

    • @Orodaran
      @Orodaran 3 місяці тому +63

      Paranoid is a legitimate and literal "filler". Over time, "filler" became a derogatory term for a song people didn't like, implying "oh, I don't like this song, they must have wrote it to fill out the album". Only songs written to fill an album are fillers. Paranoid is one and so another legendary heavy metal smash hit, You've Got Another Thing Coming by Judas Priest.

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg 3 місяці тому +2

      Tommy??

    • @LPChipi
      @LPChipi 3 місяці тому +12

      @@CB-xr1eg Tony + Iommi = Tommy

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg 3 місяці тому +10

      @@LPChipi Only in your world matey.

  • @samchoate1719
    @samchoate1719 3 місяці тому +1426

    Crazy how this unassuming "old man", Tony, is godfather to alllll of the heaviest heavy bands to come afterwards. His riffs are so iconic that they sound cliche now. Such a pioneer. Incredible

    • @joelecho
      @joelecho 3 місяці тому +72

      This is a great way to put it.
      I remember for a long time thinking that Eddie Van Halen was impressive but cliche, and I only realized when he died that the reason his sound seemed cliche to me is that the next 10 years of electric guitar was defined by people trying, and failing, to sound like him, and I just wasn't alive to have known that he really came first. Tony is much the same, a whole genre of guitarists trying to come up with riffs this straightforward and great for decades to come.

    • @1Deep43VA
      @1Deep43VA 3 місяці тому +30

      None of his riffs sound cliche to me. When I listen to songs like Eletric Funeral and how heavy it is, I’ve looked over at my wife and said “Isn’t it amazing how heavy this is for something written in the late 60s, early 70s? It sounds so heavy and modern.” No one has come close to sounding like a Iommi riff imo. Not even the slow sludge of New Orleans

    • @chickencatatau
      @chickencatatau 3 місяці тому +3

      He is the greatest guitar player of all time !!

    • @floopusdoopus
      @floopusdoopus 3 місяці тому +9

      He’s the archetype, like how Al Capone sounds like a cartoon mobster but instead its metal

    • @1183newman
      @1183newman 3 місяці тому +2

      Always consider it a little unfair that only 3 bands get named in pioneering heavy metal, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. I think Budgie also deserve a mention.

  • @rockgtr35
    @rockgtr35 4 місяці тому +4474

    It is so crazy to me that Tony lost those fingertips in a work accident and wore prosthetics for his whole amazing career. I don't think he gets enough credit for that alone. Most guys would have quit. I can't imagine playing guitar with prosthetic fingertips! It just blows my mind. What an amazing story of perseverance and determination.

    • @richbuilds_com
      @richbuilds_com 3 місяці тому +89

      He never struck me as a guy who would quit rock n roll :)

    • @-NemoMeImpuneLacessit
      @-NemoMeImpuneLacessit 3 місяці тому +123

      They made them different back then

    • @dpm103151
      @dpm103151 3 місяці тому +42

      Oh the inimitable sound of that Red Special! That was great!

    • @iromulus33
      @iromulus33 3 місяці тому

      Prosthetics?​@@-NemoMeImpuneLacessit

    • @Carlo_B
      @Carlo_B 3 місяці тому +123

      The dark Black Sabbath sound was born because Tommy had to downtune his guitar due to the accident. However, at that times, they didn't labeled themselves as an "heavy metal" band, they defined their sound as an heavy dark blues. The "heavy metal" term was created in the 1982 by a Kerrang journalist

  • @chrissmith7669
    @chrissmith7669 3 місяці тому +2211

    May laying a solo over Paranoid is amazing.

    • @wrwicky
      @wrwicky 3 місяці тому +34

      To my mind, the greatest author and performer of solos.

    • @Kalentros
      @Kalentros 3 місяці тому +2

      Don't short sell like that! LOL 🤘

    • @manueldasilvamartins
      @manueldasilvamartins 3 місяці тому +5

      Incredible the May’s performance!

    • @andrewnibbi
      @andrewnibbi 3 місяці тому +20

      I love how it’s so iconically Paranoid, but as soon as May comes in I can only hear Brighton Rock.

    • @ftw1540
      @ftw1540 3 місяці тому +8

      Best fuckin jam I've witnessed. 2 absolute behemoths😊

  • @Joe-yk9md
    @Joe-yk9md 3 місяці тому +407

    I would pay more than a concert ticket just to watch these 2 legends jam.

    • @Monke_Man.21
      @Monke_Man.21 2 місяці тому +4

      I'd pay 2. 1 for each of them

    • @robott6696
      @robott6696 2 місяці тому +4

      3 tickets!

    • @christopher.knight
      @christopher.knight 2 місяці тому +2

      well you just watched it for free, will you be donating? ;)

  • @Deetroiter
    @Deetroiter 3 місяці тому +860

    Let’s not forget that not only is Brian May a “Sir”, but also a doctor with a PHD in Astrophysics. Talk about living a life well lived!

    • @emelle1283
      @emelle1283 3 місяці тому +26

      yeah well i read some astronomy and play a bit of guitar too, mmkay?!

    • @Templar462
      @Templar462 3 місяці тому +33

      @@emelle1283 yeah? how's your doctorate coming along?

    • @flavorlessdenial8271
      @flavorlessdenial8271 3 місяці тому +25

      Doctor Sir Brian? Sir Doctor Brian? Sir Brian PHD?

    • @emelle1283
      @emelle1283 3 місяці тому +5

      @@Templar462 That's what she said. HAAAAAAAAAAH!

    • @GrandDawggy
      @GrandDawggy 3 місяці тому +12

      ​@@flavorlessdenial8271Sir will always come first in a title, it's usually in order of importance for example the great Sir Prof. Martyn Poliakoff

  • @drewschrep
    @drewschrep 3 місяці тому +2954

    These guys should put out an album and go on tour and play new AND old songs. They could call it Black Queen. I'd pay for that in a second.

    • @ieronimo18
      @ieronimo18 3 місяці тому +311

      Paranoid Bohemians

    • @timportsmouth5406
      @timportsmouth5406 3 місяці тому +230

      They’d call the tour The March of the Black Queen

    • @thesh1ttyactivist
      @thesh1ttyactivist 3 місяці тому +142

      Queen's Sabbath?

    • @brunobailly7013
      @brunobailly7013 3 місяці тому +17

      @@timportsmouth5406 I was going to use the same reference lol😅

    • @mickmarsbar81
      @mickmarsbar81 3 місяці тому +11

      HELL YESSS!!!

  • @mojobag01
    @mojobag01 3 місяці тому +1673

    For those that aren't aware Brian plays on one Black Sabbath track (When Death Calls) and also on two tracks on the Iommi album (Goodbye Lament, Flame On).

    • @fullmetalguy8357
      @fullmetalguy8357 3 місяці тому +29

      Yeah, especially with When Death Calls, I wonder why they rarely acknowledge it.

    • @princeDinger
      @princeDinger 3 місяці тому +27

      Headless Cross is honestly a great album. Needs some more love.

    • @patrickmcpartland1398
      @patrickmcpartland1398 3 місяці тому +48

      ​@@fullmetalguy8357becuase hes a highly accomplished musician and accidemic who was probably just playing on friends albums and didnt care.

    • @JnEricsonx
      @JnEricsonx 3 місяці тому +3

      When Death Calls is fucking awesome.

    • @TheJimbo1791
      @TheJimbo1791 3 місяці тому +7

      Thank you , I did not know this !

  • @karililjendal
    @karililjendal 3 місяці тому +468

    When May joined in, something inside me riled up in an instant. They sounded so good together!

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg 3 місяці тому +2

      Getting riled up means getting mad. Choose a word that makes sense.

    • @karililjendal
      @karililjendal 3 місяці тому +21

      @@CB-xr1eg I'm fully aware of what 'getting riled up' means. I chose to use it because the feeling I felt was very energetic and aggressively taking over when I didn't expect it. Saying "something 'stirred' inside me..." is too passive to describe what I felt.
      Perhaps I could've described it this way: "May's impromptu solo instantly conjured a violent chaos of euphoria inside my guts, that quickly spread over my body, leaving only a lingering sensation of wild excitement." But I feel that is needlessly poetic for a UA-cam comment and thought what I said would get my point across in a much more economical manner.

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg 3 місяці тому +3

      @@karililjendal So you're aware that riled up means to get angry, but you chose to ignore that and use it to describe different feelings? No wonder the English language is going down the pan with so many people on social media misusing words or misspelling them.🙄

    • @karililjendal
      @karililjendal 3 місяці тому +10

      @@CB-xr1eg I'm sorry to offend you with my use if the English langage! I didn't think my comment would attract a grammar Nazi here.
      In all seriousness this might be because English is not my first language. Although I'm fully fluent and would not admit freely to posessing many weaknesses when it comes to the English language, sometimes I misassociate certain words, likely because I don't have innate connection with them.
      Then again, the word 'riled' also means to make water turbulent or muddy. I'd argue that it fits this context quite well, since I was describing my insides being off balance.
      In any case, you can see that my command of English is just fine, as I have in fact shown more expert usage of the language than the person correcting me. Which shows what a useless comment I'm spending my time writing.

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg 3 місяці тому +2

      @@karililjendal So, first you use the excuse that English is not your first language, then you say that your command of English is just fine. You do seem confused.
      But, your misuse of the word "riled" is proof that your command of English is definitely *not* fine, far from it.
      So you think your use of English is more expert than mine? I have never claimed to be an expert, but perhaps you could show me proof of that?

  • @1cedcoffee
    @1cedcoffee 3 місяці тому +162

    I don't know why seeing them, in their 70s, jamming together like they're 15 and having so much fun while doing it just gives me the widest smile I've had all month

    • @LisaMAltemose
      @LisaMAltemose 2 місяці тому

      I was thinking the exact same thing while watching this! Simply incredible!

  • @djay6651
    @djay6651 3 місяці тому +1230

    Dude....a record with these two legends together would be nuclear.

    • @thezombiequeen1908
      @thezombiequeen1908 3 місяці тому +57

      Brian did the solo on the Black Sabbath song when death calls and played on Tony Iommi’s song goodbye lament.

    • @timothymerrylees7590
      @timothymerrylees7590 3 місяці тому +14

      Saw Tony Iommi at a Q&A a couple of years ago. Someone asked if there was record to be made and he said that they've been talking about it for about ten years😂

    • @ikkenhisatsu7170
      @ikkenhisatsu7170 3 місяці тому +8

      Please do it. Emerson and Wakeman talked about a record for years and never got to it, and now...

    • @hrothgar64
      @hrothgar64 3 місяці тому +6

      At the end of this episode, they're chatting about Brian asks Tony how many unused riffs he has. Tony replies "hundreds" and Brian says "we should make an album together using those riffs".

    • @FiveDORRA
      @FiveDORRA 3 місяці тому

      Maybe 30 years ago, but today they are past it, they should put down the guitar's, take their dhiareea medication and go to bed

  • @user-ri5fe7ti6i
    @user-ri5fe7ti6i 3 місяці тому +1538

    When Brian started soloing over Tony, I got goosebumps. 2 legends 🤘🤘

    • @chriscaprio6944
      @chriscaprio6944 3 місяці тому +3

      Ditto

    • @KingEdwardMMVIII
      @KingEdwardMMVIII 3 місяці тому +6

      Absolutely true.

    • @eviltomthai
      @eviltomthai 3 місяці тому

      That was extremely arrogant of Brian to do. My God!!! Have some respect for your fellow musician.

    • @dapawaz8310
      @dapawaz8310 3 місяці тому +18

      I'd pay good money to watch them tear it up.

    • @davidedwards6525
      @davidedwards6525 3 місяці тому +4

      Yeah can you imagine those in the same band

  • @westwall6808
    @westwall6808 3 місяці тому +948

    I love how Brian says he will commit sacrilege by playing over the riff, then effortlessly blends in with perfect harmony....
    Simply amazing.

    • @Puschit1
      @Puschit1 3 місяці тому +11

      I wonder if that was improvised on the spot or if he had something on his mind already, maybe even practiced before.

    • @viniciuscomacento
      @viniciuscomacento 3 місяці тому +13

      Yes! And his tone was STELLAR here. Need a full version asap

    • @antonflystrup932
      @antonflystrup932 3 місяці тому +15

      @@Puschit1definitly improvised.

    • @hermiasvisser812
      @hermiasvisser812 3 місяці тому +1

      Simply brilliant❤

    • @benjaminwright-rj9xc
      @benjaminwright-rj9xc 3 місяці тому +4

      It sounded amazing. The genius of being able to join in and have it sound even better is incredible. I don't know if this is something practiced, I suspect more likely that Brian has played that riff before, likely even played around with it looking for something that could be his.

  • @Sixn3R
    @Sixn3R 3 місяці тому +30

    Their expressions towards each other like they’re young again is soo wholesome

  • @AstroSully
    @AstroSully 3 місяці тому +1276

    Their tones mesh so well with each other! No wonder they were jamming for hours when they first met and became best mates 😂

    • @user-rj9pc9px8n
      @user-rj9pc9px8n 3 місяці тому +14

      I was actually thinking the opposite. Theres too much difference in distortion. Brians is slightly to clean in my opinion.

    • @AstroSully
      @AstroSully 3 місяці тому

      That can be fixed easily. I disagree however. @@user-rj9pc9px8n

    • @eddievhfan1984
      @eddievhfan1984 3 місяці тому +23

      @@user-rj9pc9px8n Both had similar signal chains when starting out-higher-winding single coil PUPs (Burns Tri-Sonic for Brian, P-90s for Tony), treble booster to hit the front end of the amp hard and tighten low end (Dallas Rangemaster), with the main difference being the amps used. The Vox AC30 Brian's famous for (the non-Top Boost version) is somewhat brighter than the Laney amps Tony used when starting out. As a stereo spread, it's killer for multitracking riffs and rhythm parts.

    • @ffs_auggie
      @ffs_auggie 2 місяці тому

      @@user-rj9pc9px8n you have to keep in mind their pickups are very different and are gonna effect the gain the most, but in this case it blends really well

    • @paddymeboy
      @paddymeboy 2 місяці тому +11

      As soon as May joins in, though, it sounds like Queen. No surprise really I suppose!

  • @qwargy
    @qwargy 3 місяці тому +258

    Brian has one the most distinctive guitar sounds of all electric guitarists.

    • @mojobag01
      @mojobag01 3 місяці тому +15

      Both based their sound off the Dallas Rangemaster treble booster. I'm guessing it is a Rory Gallagher thing.

    • @jr2904
      @jr2904 3 місяці тому +25

      ​@@mojobag01 and the fact that his guitar was homemade and he plays with a coin instead of a pick

    • @sambofusion9486
      @sambofusion9486 3 місяці тому

      It sure is! So is Riff Master’s sound. Unmistakable.

    • @pootincopes
      @pootincopes 3 місяці тому

      Yep very unique 😊

    • @TwisterDoesGaming
      @TwisterDoesGaming 3 місяці тому +1

      @@mojobag01I recall in an interview that Brian May was a Rory Gallagher fan and asked how he got his sound. Maybe it was the rig rundown he did.

  • @johnny88sunday
    @johnny88sunday 3 місяці тому +82

    Iommi was unexpectedly one of the best live guitarists I've seen, in 2014, and I say that respectfully as I've seen a good handful of guys who you'd think of before him in an imaginary ranking! I went expecting to hear Sabbath from the records but it was just levels above that, Iommi smashing it at the age of 75 or whatever, amazing

    • @JonMadd
      @JonMadd 3 місяці тому +5

      I love it when he casually pushes his glasses back further up on his nose bridge as his rock star move instead of anything flash.

    • @ontheruntonowhere
      @ontheruntonowhere 3 місяці тому +3

      Lou Reed was that for me. Unexpectedly, shockingly scintillating.

    • @3xtan327
      @3xtan327 21 день тому

      @@ontheruntonowherehe wrote simpler stuff on purpose probably so it’d be easier to play no matter how drunk or high he is

  • @LOrealHardly
    @LOrealHardly 3 місяці тому +14

    Frankly, there's more quality, talent, love, power, style and charisma in this three minute video than there probably is in the entire top40 anywhere right now...!

  • @joepensanti9468
    @joepensanti9468 3 місяці тому +431

    Brian starts playing and it sounds like the first Queen album. Amazing.

    • @kevhead1525
      @kevhead1525 3 місяці тому +44

      I heard Brighton Rock!

    • @LMacNeill
      @LMacNeill 3 місяці тому +22

      YES!!!! That is EXACTLY the thought that ran through my head!!! It was so very CLEARLY Brian May playing that -- even if I had just been listening and not watching, it would've been so easy to tell.

    • @gfamacc1055
      @gfamacc1055 3 місяці тому +11

      ​@@LMacNeillI could recognize that tone anywhere

    • @saltedcod3533
      @saltedcod3533 3 місяці тому +6

      @@kevhead1525Yes! And I also heard Now I’m Here, Live At Wembley ‘86, second night, but it’s definitely more Brighton Rock.

    • @Retrorevelations
      @Retrorevelations 3 місяці тому +13

      @@LMacNeill Yes, May has such a signature, smooth sound. In my humble estimation, Brian is the all-around greatest guitarist of all time. Tony Iommi or James Hetfield perhaps deserve to be known as the greatest riff-makers of all time. But Brian is amazing. He too came up with some killer, immortal riffs, and as far as I'm concerned, the smoothest, most delicious lead work I've ever heard. The best thing about May's solos, I feel, is that he was never, that I've ever heard, at any point trying to show off, noodling or as I have called it at times, "musical masturbation". His solos always seems to fit the song, it wasn't just him taking time out to show how good he was, like most guitar solos (especially in metal) are. His solos were always an extension of the song, and felt like they were helping tell the song's story.

  • @bradowens4052
    @bradowens4052 4 місяці тому +525

    Two legends together. What a joy to see this friends playing guitar together.

    • @sodapopjenkins
      @sodapopjenkins 3 місяці тому +4

      yeah but what about little miss walk and talk @2:23 ... WTF was that

    • @FiveDORRA
      @FiveDORRA 3 місяці тому

      @@sodapopjenkins they have to include a female for reasons, im surprised Alison Hammond wasn't in the Room, claiming to be a huge fan of Sabbath

    • @highonsleep4219
      @highonsleep4219 3 місяці тому

      @@sodapopjenkins I think this is a snippet from some longer video yet to be released? would be my quess

  • @liampaul4218
    @liampaul4218 3 місяці тому +43

    Two of the most influential guitarists ever, jamming. Oh how lucky we are 🖤

    • @user-bs3mq1sr6d
      @user-bs3mq1sr6d 3 місяці тому

      Wouldn't go that far brotha

    • @mikecarter3510
      @mikecarter3510 3 місяці тому

      🤨

    • @mac10ner
      @mac10ner 3 місяці тому +1

      They clearly are iconic

    • @jeanlawley6483
      @jeanlawley6483 2 місяці тому

      @@user-bs3mq1sr6d are you kidding ... I mean May's sound is instantly recognisable and he was recently voted No1 in Guitar World ... The guy is a lengend

    • @andersjjensen
      @andersjjensen 2 місяці тому

      @@user-bs3mq1sr6d Paranoid (the album) is by many considered one of the seeds for the heavy genre in its entirety. Brian May has been cited as a major inspiration by a shit-ton guitarists including Slash and Angus Young.

  • @karmicselling4252
    @karmicselling4252 3 місяці тому +12

    Brian's Red Special and Tony's SG blend together perfectly. Both guys are masters of their art.

  • @toybarons
    @toybarons 3 місяці тому +296

    When Brian, at the end, said "It's a good riff" my smile just busted out laughing. What a joy to wake up and this be the first UA-cam video to start off my day. This is just magical!

    • @georgebradshaw5931
      @georgebradshaw5931 2 місяці тому

      Couldn’t agree more. Such modesty it was hilarious!

  • @a.r.9247
    @a.r.9247 3 місяці тому +145

    Imagine fusion of "Paranoid" and "Sheer Heart Attack" albums. That's what it'd sound like
    Amazing!

    • @FiveDORRA
      @FiveDORRA 3 місяці тому

      Imagine talking rubbish, they made completely different music, it's like comparing cliff Richard to machine head

    • @a.r.9247
      @a.r.9247 3 місяці тому +5

      Dude that's exactly what crossovers are all about xD

    • @andrewoliver8930
      @andrewoliver8930 3 місяці тому

      It's got a touch of Brighton Rock to it for sure.

  • @matejrantasa5532
    @matejrantasa5532 3 місяці тому +27

    I almost cryed watching this two legends playing together. The way Brian commes in with the solo amazing!!

  • @JorshWarshington1
    @JorshWarshington1 3 місяці тому +17

    I love it when rock and roll guys are friends. I actually just love seeing anybody maintain a long friendship like this. Just nice and wholesome. God bless 'em!

  • @juanv5375
    @juanv5375 3 місяці тому +78

    That Brian May's 70's rock sound comes from Heaven!

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg 3 місяці тому +1

      BRIAN*

    • @juanv5375
      @juanv5375 3 місяці тому

      @@CB-xr1eg oops!

    • @juanv5375
      @juanv5375 2 місяці тому

      @@SERVEewerIDOLonEWERknees the Special Red is Heaven 😉😄

    • @juanv5375
      @juanv5375 2 місяці тому

      @@SERVEewerIDOLonEWERknees oh! I get your point... You get mad if somebody uses religion expressions even if those are figures of speech 🥰🥰🥰 I don't know if Heaven exists, but bitter people do exist for sure. And being sour for the use of certain words has to be like living in your own hell... Sorry for using a word that represents something that doesn't exist... again. Have a lovely day, if love exists. Bye.

    • @DrRussPhd
      @DrRussPhd 2 місяці тому +1

      Thank Rory Gallagher for Brian's tone. May even says so himself.

  • @ChrisCarries_EDC
    @ChrisCarries_EDC 3 місяці тому +107

    Someone should sign these guys up, they have potential

  • @philipdean1614
    @philipdean1614 3 місяці тому +21

    I'm 56 and watching these two play together puts a smile on my face. Thank you

  • @emole9511
    @emole9511 2 місяці тому +7

    The absolute legends. No arrogance,no played showmanship,pure raw musicianship. Respect to you both!🎸🎸🎸

  • @rtmgr
    @rtmgr 3 місяці тому +155

    I never knew abt their friendship, and I could have never imagined these two ICONS sitting together in a room just talking and jamming! ❤️🙌

    • @timjaeger6589
      @timjaeger6589 3 місяці тому +2

      I’m pretty sure Brian contributed a solo to either the Headless Cross or Cross Purposes albums during Sabbath’s Tony Martin era! That’s how I first heard of their friendship!

    • @SylviusTheMad
      @SylviusTheMad 3 місяці тому +10

      That friendship is why Tony was on stage for basically the whole show at Freddy Mercury's memorial concert. Other big names cycled in play for a song or two, but Tony Iommi stayed out there, playing along with Brian.

    • @ramram-td1jl
      @ramram-td1jl 3 місяці тому +4

      Make sure you check out Rock Aid Armenia, and also Freddie tribute concert then! You see them playing together which is awesome

    • @alext7860
      @alext7860 3 місяці тому +1

      Watch The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, their version of I Want It All with Roger Daltrey is Amazing

    • @alext7860
      @alext7860 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@ramram-td1jl oh snap just saw this, said the same thing

  • @JoeKerr019
    @JoeKerr019 3 місяці тому +87

    Sir Brian May, is not Sacrilegious to join him, Its ascending the song to a greater level that none could have foreseen. This is the stuff of Legend right here.

  • @wesleycardinal8869
    @wesleycardinal8869 3 місяці тому +8

    Ha, this brings back memories. My first ever concert at 16 years of age was Black Sabbath at the Festival Hall Brisbane in 1971 or '72. They blew all the fuses on the first few chords - the lights all went out and someone was sent to fix it. That happened twice, so they came back the third time and played a different number. People today may hear this and think, oh its just metal, but it was brand new when we heard it. No one had ever heard anything like it. We would listen to tracks over and over trying to work out the chords and play something but we couldn't get that distorted sound right. Fantastic. 👍🇦🇺

    • @jaimealvarezmd7245
      @jaimealvarezmd7245 2 місяці тому

      Thats a cool story. I always wondered what people thought when they first heard black sabbath, into the void or the wizard back then. Probably shit themselves. Like watching the exorcist when it first came out!

  • @greghicks5960
    @greghicks5960 3 місяці тому +6

    I had no idea that these two legends were best friends. This video made my day.

  • @sureshrandawa
    @sureshrandawa 3 місяці тому +182

    That was 1 minute of pure musical bliss for me. If that is sacrilege, sign me up!! Such legends.

    • @1Bohemica
      @1Bohemica 3 місяці тому +2

      Most religions start with sacrilege...

    • @user-do2yc4vt5o
      @user-do2yc4vt5o 3 місяці тому

      Очень плохо и грязно сыграно. Как новички

  • @ErWo75
    @ErWo75 3 місяці тому +96

    Two legends!
    I wish they would record an album together.

    • @saltedcod3533
      @saltedcod3533 3 місяці тому

      These guys are not legends, they’re gods! ;) But yes, Brian and Tommy have been talking about their common jamming work for us, but alas, we haven’t been blessed by their work just yet.

    • @ApophisTw0Thousand6309
      @ApophisTw0Thousand6309 3 місяці тому +2

      Brian did the solo for When Death Calls on the Headless Cross album. That’s probably the closest we have.

    • @thefrogking481
      @thefrogking481 3 місяці тому

      They have played together on songs. Mostly for Sabbath and Tonys solo work.

    • @thefrogking481
      @thefrogking481 3 місяці тому

      ​@@ApophisTw0Thousand6309
      They also worked together on one of Tonys solo albums. It was on the 2000 album "Iommi".
      Best IMO on album is the Phil Anselmo and Tony track called "Time is mine".

  • @aroamingwitch
    @aroamingwitch 3 місяці тому +8

    Hearing Brian play something new that sounds like him is just awesome

  • @deerharvester7355
    @deerharvester7355 3 місяці тому +9

    May the music from the 70’s never be forgotten 🙌

  • @JordanClark-cd9fl
    @JordanClark-cd9fl 3 місяці тому +9

    Brian May ripping over Paranoid was something I did not know that I needed but I definitely did.

  • @leandrolangeani
    @leandrolangeani 3 місяці тому +108

    gotta love the internet for making these available for anyone who's alive to watch. hope these two beasts keep rocking for a long time

  • @SamRock1970
    @SamRock1970 3 місяці тому +4

    These guys are two of my guitar heroes. Brian's sound is so characteristic that sounds like a Queen solo on a Sabbath song.

  • @pieyedapple
    @pieyedapple 3 місяці тому +9

    ....I've had the worst day, and just listening to these guys made me feel better in 4 seconds--rock heals!

  • @thegingerpowerranger
    @thegingerpowerranger 3 місяці тому +26

    Got to love that May is still using the guitar that he and his dad made in their garage when he was a teenager.

    • @thefrogking481
      @thefrogking481 3 місяці тому +2

      That's a myth.
      Its actually a custom made copy. Brian has probably no less than 12 of these guitars.
      May still has the guitar his father made however. There are lots of interviews where Brian explains.

    • @imweakfordeaky
      @imweakfordeaky 3 місяці тому +1

      @@thefrogking481 Brian *does* still use the original, handmade-homemade Red Special - the others are backups and for alternate tunings. And *sometimes* he uses one of the copies through whole concerts if “Lady Red” (aka The Old Lady or The Fireplace) herself needs more maintenance attention than can be done on the spot.
      Brian also *sells* Red Special copies from his own guitar company BMG (Brian May Guitars)

  • @Buzzkill-wn7tf
    @Buzzkill-wn7tf 3 місяці тому +73

    This is great! Paranoid was the very first LP I bought as a kid back in '71. Friend's brother had it when it first came out---gave it a listen and started saving my 10 cent a week allowance and did yard clean ups until I could afford to buy it. At the Hudson's Bay department store here in Canada, of all places! One of the best album purchases of my life. Wasn't even 10 yet.

    • @leandrolangeani
      @leandrolangeani 3 місяці тому

      how much was it back then?

    • @Buzzkill-wn7tf
      @Buzzkill-wn7tf 3 місяці тому +1

      Like I remember! Three bucks? Dont

    • @Buzzkill-wn7tf
      @Buzzkill-wn7tf 3 місяці тому +1

      Think more than thT

    • @timtonner946
      @timtonner946 3 місяці тому +2

      I discovered Paranoid through my best friend's older brother, who picked it up the year it came out. I was twelve, and that album got A LOT of play in their basement. I remember he also had In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
      Those were the days...

    • @timtonner946
      @timtonner946 3 місяці тому +1

      I discovered Paranoid through my best friend's older brother, who picked it up the year it came out. I was twelve, and that album got A LOT of play in their basement. I remember he also had In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
      Those were the days...

  • @vipertwenty249
    @vipertwenty249 9 днів тому +1

    I could imagine myself living next door to that and going over there, banging on the door and demanding they open the windows so we could hear better.

  • @darylmorse
    @darylmorse 2 дні тому +1

    Two of the greatest legends of rock from two of my favourite bands growing up.

  • @sixslinger9951
    @sixslinger9951 4 місяці тому +103

    smile from ear to ear the whole video. love these guys and the influence they had on Rock Music.

    • @pablomalaga4676
      @pablomalaga4676 3 місяці тому

      Smile?

    • @imweakfordeaky
      @imweakfordeaky 3 місяці тому

      @@pablomalaga4676 Before there was Queen, there was Smile (Brian May, Roger Taylor and Tim Staffell )

  • @rexseven6907
    @rexseven6907 3 місяці тому +21

    I'm 55 and had older brothers, so I was introduced to a lot of this era very young. Today, my 13 year old is obsessed with this music.

    • @luke5100
      @luke5100 3 місяці тому +1

      So you guys had a kid when you were 42? Gives me hope lol. I’m 44 and we are still trying

    • @DefThrone
      @DefThrone 3 місяці тому +1

      It's funny. I was obsessed with classic rock when I was about that age. Now I've just turned 30 and my tastes have moved to a lot of different places. Zeppelin I never listen to anymore, and once in a while I'll put on some Hendrix.
      But Sabbath is always in rotation no matter what.

    • @jester6-1-6
      @jester6-1-6 3 місяці тому

      ​@@luke5100IVF man. Look into it 👍🏻 worked for us

  • @jamiebsings
    @jamiebsings 3 місяці тому +17

    Can we just take a moment to appreciate how Brian lets the chords ring out at the end to give Tony a chance at playing some lead? Gracious. Loved this video!

  • @Electric-bm7bf
    @Electric-bm7bf Місяць тому +1

    Brian May's guitar is so distinctive recognisable that you can hear the Queen songs

  • @VangeliRock
    @VangeliRock 4 місяці тому +116

    Are you kidding me. That's so awesome. I still love playing paranoid to this day, there really is so much you can do with it lead wise, so much fun.

  • @outonthetiles
    @outonthetiles 3 місяці тому +41

    Two legends that wipe the floor with anything out there now.

    • @SpedSpedding
      @SpedSpedding 3 місяці тому

      As I walk down the highway all I do is sing this song

    • @CashCatz
      @CashCatz 3 місяці тому +3

      Absolutely disagree, we’re in the golden age of guitar music. You just won’t find it on the radio.

  • @Fkdl12
    @Fkdl12 8 днів тому +1

    The people of the sixties and seventies were really extraordinary. They crafted their own guitars and didn't need to have the tips of their fingers to create exquisite pieces of music. ❤

  • @dingleberryhandpump802
    @dingleberryhandpump802 3 місяці тому +2

    Brian May's signature lead style over that classic riff just put a huge smile on my face.
    Highly influential legends, both of them.

  • @gmallett7838
    @gmallett7838 3 місяці тому +25

    The tone on Tony’s SG is mind blowing! Those pick ups are screaming!

    • @jontkk
      @jontkk 3 місяці тому +2

      That's not an SG at all. It's a John Birch

    • @fhdk227
      @fhdk227 2 місяці тому

      Its actually a 1:1 replica of the original monkey sg made by SG lou an American luthier first used on the 13 album

  • @Tom-ok2rh
    @Tom-ok2rh 3 місяці тому +16

    Hard to believe I was in High School when Paranoid came out and over 50 years later it still kicks ass alongside any rock tune out today.

    • @saykdos
      @saykdos 3 місяці тому

      i must ask...how was it? to hear a song like Paranoid on those times, how people reacted?

    • @Tom-ok2rh
      @Tom-ok2rh 3 місяці тому +1

      @@saykdos well from what I remember it was definitely a lot different than what most radio stations were playing at the time. We were definitely entering a new era for rock music back in the early 70s. So many famous bands got their start back then it was a wonderful time hearing them when they were current and not 45-50 years later as classic.

    • @saykdos
      @saykdos 3 місяці тому

      @@Tom-ok2rh damn that must have been awesome...thank you for your answer! 🤘

  • @jgeisler
    @jgeisler 3 місяці тому +1

    You can just hear that Brian May is playing. Such a signature sound.

  • @7HSVekTkSX
    @7HSVekTkSX 3 місяці тому +10

    Two legends. Two guitar heroes!

  • @ELVODiecast
    @ELVODiecast 3 місяці тому +8

    That's not sacrilege, that's one of the most bloody brilliant free jams by 2 of the most iconic rock guitarists of their time!

    • @AndyJay1985
      @AndyJay1985 3 місяці тому +2

      I love all Queen, but those first 3 albums had riffs that would've been right at home on a Sabbath album.

  • @FrigidFrosty
    @FrigidFrosty 3 місяці тому +33

    It's OK Brian it's not sacrilege if your joining Tony, it's only sacrilege if it was someone else. All I can say is thank you for all of these years of your lives through music, Hands down the greatest music out there.
    I started listening to Black Sabbath and Queen when I was 8yrs old. Oct 1, 1980, was my first Black Sabbath concert in Chicago at the International Amphitheatre. I was 11yrs old. My first Queen concert was the month before that on Sep 19, 1980, at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. I'll never forget them. Thank You

    • @luftwaffe6521
      @luftwaffe6521 3 місяці тому +1

      I was at that Sabbath show too but I was 15.😜

    • @sugarnads
      @sugarnads 3 місяці тому +1

      I dont think Richie Blackmore joining in would be sacrilege...
      Just saying.
      Gods could you imagine it....

    • @imweakfordeaky
      @imweakfordeaky 3 місяці тому +1

      @@sugarnads funny snippet from Blackmore about Brian May “great guitar player and just one of the nicest men in the business… he’s a bit too tall … but he can’t help that “
      Look up “Ritchie Blackmore about Queen and Brian May“ for the full thing.

  • @followdanger890
    @followdanger890 2 місяці тому +2

    These two are still killing it at 70 insane

  • @AndrewStonerock
    @AndrewStonerock Місяць тому +1

    dudes will see this and just think " hell yeah". Legends, absolute legends!

  • @myershours36
    @myershours36 3 місяці тому +15

    I can’t put into words how happy it made me, to watch these two longtime friends just jamming and laughing together. Brian May soloing over Paranoid; how rad!!!!

  • @maureenwagg5305
    @maureenwagg5305 3 місяці тому +18

    Guitar heaven right there. I'm so happy right now, I could scream.

    • @EujenSandu
      @EujenSandu 3 місяці тому

      Nah, Guitar heaven was a Santana album, not Brian's

  • @lkgrave4959
    @lkgrave4959 3 місяці тому +1

    Can you imagine if Queen and Black Sabbath worked together back in the 70s? People's brains would have melted.

  • @Psychodermia
    @Psychodermia Місяць тому +2

    2:27 - So great to see that as amazing and technical a player Brian May is, he goes straight in to pentatonic jamming, just like the rest of us! 👽🤘

  • @AlejandroVarasHinojosa
    @AlejandroVarasHinojosa 3 місяці тому +4

    I love how respectful is Bryan while joining the riff with Tony.

  • @MecRed777
    @MecRed777 3 місяці тому +48

    Coolest thing I've seen in a minute two of my favorite guitarists just jamming out wish it was longer.

  • @CricketEngland
    @CricketEngland 25 днів тому +2

    ABSOLUTELY NO guitarist from the 90’s onwards can ever play as good as those from the 60’s or 70’s
    Brian May
    Jimmy Hendrix
    David Gilmour
    Mark Knopfler
    Hank Marvin
    Chet Atkins
    Slash
    George Harrison
    Jimmy Page
    Pete Townsend
    BB king
    Muddy Waters
    To name a few

  • @666dynomax
    @666dynomax 3 місяці тому +1

    Two legends wow

  • @drkronenbongsoddities4969
    @drkronenbongsoddities4969 3 місяці тому +29

    two of the best guitarists ever.

  • @robertdiehl1281
    @robertdiehl1281 3 місяці тому +11

    That solo Brian added…awesome.

  • @gustavocatharino1342
    @gustavocatharino1342 Місяць тому +3

    Holy mother of guitars! This is pure GOLD!!!!

  • @toddm9501
    @toddm9501 25 днів тому +1

    Even if you don't like Queen, or Black Sabbath, and I love both. These guys are the Real Deal!

  • @benjaminsandeen9241
    @benjaminsandeen9241 3 місяці тому +6

    It's so cool how each guitarist played something that sounded like their respective bands yet they combined so fantastically

  • @falseprofit4u
    @falseprofit4u 3 місяці тому +7

    No sacrilege committed, two maestro geniuses playing with raw talent only the likes of which I consider myself blessed to have grown up in the era when music and talent were real.

  • @TheChodax
    @TheChodax 3 місяці тому

    Pure magic. Legends both.

  • @ripvanwinkle2002
    @ripvanwinkle2002 Місяць тому +1

    man how amazing!
    thank you gentlemen!

  • @BatFan1
    @BatFan1 3 місяці тому +4

    It's a privilege that we still have these legends with us. It makes me sad that my guitar hero, EVH, is no longer with us and we can not have reunions like this with him.

    • @Asheanae
      @Asheanae 3 місяці тому

      Go listen to the Starfleet Project. Its basically just Brian May and EVH having a jam battle.

  • @martynmiles9778
    @martynmiles9778 3 місяці тому +18

    Need a album by these 2 together.

  • @heinz812
    @heinz812 3 місяці тому +2

    Well that put a smile on my face! Two of my all time favorites together.

  • @max2082
    @max2082 3 місяці тому

    They are and will always be THE SOUND. ❤🔥

  • @davethenerd1369
    @davethenerd1369 3 місяці тому +24

    If this was audio only, we would know it is Tony Iommi and Brian May. They have such a distinct sound, especially Brian's lead over the top of the riff is unique. This is what Paranoid would have sounded like if it were a Queen song!

    • @glenchapman3899
      @glenchapman3899 3 місяці тому

      I was thinking exactly the same thing. And was fascinated to see how well Brian's "Queen" style of solo overlaid the original riff

  • @shimonomara1919
    @shimonomara1919 3 місяці тому +5

    "It's a good riff !!" yes, it's so good that it's more than enough for me❤

  • @robinwells5343
    @robinwells5343 2 місяці тому +2

    Amazing these 2 playing together

  • @ibookboyuk
    @ibookboyuk 3 місяці тому +1

    Awww. It was such a joy to see these two play together. It was perfect. 🥰

  • @evanelliott8231
    @evanelliott8231 3 місяці тому +12

    What a TREAT to see two absolute musical legends jam.

  • @wolfmauler
    @wolfmauler 3 місяці тому +9

    I'm not one to delve much into private lives; I never knew about the friendship between these two! Mind blowing to see Brian busting out those leads over Tony's legendary riff 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @user-yp4fd6ez2o
    @user-yp4fd6ez2o 3 місяці тому

    Most enjoyable video I've seen in a long time.... definitely one I had to replay several times over hearing these two plug in

  • @denmark2680
    @denmark2680 9 днів тому +1

    I would love to see these two legends together live!

  • @urbanus3546
    @urbanus3546 3 місяці тому +5

    How good is to see friendship like that. LEGENDS both of them.

  • @Blimpus
    @Blimpus 4 місяці тому +42

    Boy, I think if these ole boy's keep practicing they could really go places!

    • @glenchapman3899
      @glenchapman3899 3 місяці тому +3

      Yeah not sure. I think that finger injury the guy had might hold him back though 😛

    • @HalleyBay61
      @HalleyBay61 3 місяці тому +2

      I don't know like...... It's all about young uns' these days. 😂😂😂

    • @helendancelot
      @helendancelot 3 місяці тому

      😆

  • @david_lalrammawia
    @david_lalrammawia 2 місяці тому

    OMG! I can watch these two all day

  • @fletchlives4763
    @fletchlives4763 3 місяці тому

    Love these brothers

  • @pietrosal9629
    @pietrosal9629 3 місяці тому +23

    We would simply fall in love with a song played between these two timeless legends, even a cover , whatever comes best from them will do 😍

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg 3 місяці тому

      these* two timeless legends.

    • @pietrosal9629
      @pietrosal9629 3 місяці тому

      @@CB-xr1eg apologies for the typo , I'm not someone generally inclined to commit such plaintive mistakes, that's for sure.

  • @therealkpat
    @therealkpat 3 місяці тому +10

    How are there not a bunch more videos just like this on UA-cam?? The legends with similar level production quality

  • @allenedward4364
    @allenedward4364 14 днів тому +1

    this is just on youtube for us to enjoy for free. Insane times we live it. Two absolute MASTERS just jamming away. Amazing

  • @ianbarber311
    @ianbarber311 3 місяці тому

    Beautiful, Guys! Thank you!!