Geezer actually wrote the lyrics and Ozzy helped write the melodies. Also Geezer was one of the more famous bass players. Bill is actually dismissed as the fourth wheel unfairly. He deserves way more credit and helped invent how to play drums for the Metal genre.
Greetings David It's interesting you say about the Bill Ward 4th wheel thing. And I point out Sabbath have been a favourite of mine for 35-40 years. It, for me, wasn't until I watched the whole 1970 Paris concert that I realized just how genius and integral Ward is to this band.I'm not a musician merely an abuser of the volume knob, never again would I dismiss the drummer as part of the furniture 😊
I will hop on and say this- Bill was the first drummer I could name. I saw sabbath in 1975/76. Well my mom was super pregnant with me and my dad told her they were going to a different show all together. So in utero I was already a sabbath fan. His pocket and shuffles?! His groove? Just brilliant
I love jazz drumming, in general. Mitch really made me pay attention to that genre. Coltrane and Miles had some great drummers in their groups, then there’s Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa.
@@beatmet2355 this is what set Sabbath apart from their contemporaries. They had a lot of Jazz influence when everyone else was really rehashing the Blues.
Listen to the first LP by Jethro Tull ("This Was"). They could have developed into a metal band, also coming from (jazzy) blues rock. Tony Iommi was even offered to become Tull's lead guitarist. But everything developed differently. Tony went with Sabbath and this band became one of the BIG THREE root bands of all Metal subgenres ever since. And Tull (with Martin Barre as 🎸 player) turned into the best folk rock band of the 1970s/80s...
Bill ward was such a powerful rock drummer and he had an ingredient that many if not most were missing.....swing. He had a jazz quality to his time and presence with complete bombast over the top. All wrapped up with technique galore.
As a huge Zep fan, I really liked Sabbath back in the day, but I never knew much about them than beyond a few albums I bought. Today with the help of UA-cam, I can say that I've become a huge fan. With the way the quality of music has nosedived since the early 2000s and the access to all of their albums, I became a bit of a Sabbath addict. What did I find? I'll give you a working example. I put on a Sabbath playlist and said to myself, well, I'll keep playing songs until I get to a bad one. Thirty songs later, the playlist ended. And that's Sabbath in a nutshell. Greatness.
I remember you once saying about so many change of tempo halfway through songs. You said "We can do it, because we're Black Sabbath and you're not". Loved this band since 1972 I was 11. Loved seeing how you have grown with each video.
Hi Andrew, I’m currently reading the just released Geezer Butler autobiography, “ Into The Void “. In it, he says that they were the only heavy rock band that swung. He puts this down to Bill Ward who was a jazz drummer at heart ( but you knew that ). I highly recommend that you read this book as part of your Black Sabbath education. Great reaction, as always!
Geezer originally was a guitarist and switched to bass...and became one of the most influential bass players in rock. He was also the band's primary lyricist. Tony Iommi, my main influence on guitar from way back in the day starting with me when they dropped the Paranoid album. Bill Ward is shamefully so overlooked and one of the greatest drummers of this genre who melds in so many other genre influences and makes it all works. Ozzy is Ozzy. At one point became so unique and influenced many vocalists that followed. He was very masterful in taking Geezer's lyrics and coming up with vocal melodies to match. Damn shame it took so long for them to make it into the RnR HOF after we would hear band after band cite Sabbath as their biggest influence when they were inducted into the HOF. Then again, we know the political process that goes into their induction process. For shame!
As always, thank you for more Black Sabbath. I've been waiting for this one And I would really love to see you dig in and cover the studio version of this one.
Glad to see you got back to The Sabbathians! After weeks without another song, I thought you might have been done with your review of the band. We still got most of Volume 4 to go, amongst many others! Don't finish up yet!! Thanks in advance!
@@snakeinthegrass7443 Well, me too. I had the bootleg for ages but it wasn't until I bought Paranoid's 2016's "Super Deluxe" edition and read the liner notes. It says right there the recording was made in Belgium. I was already wondering because the film says it's a co-production between ORTF (Organisation Radio Television Française) and RTB (Radio Television Belge), a French/Belgian-French co-production. Funny as I've been to the Paris Theatre quite a few times in the late seventies, until it was renovated in the eighties and became a regular theater that had nothing but stage plays.
I've watched this concert so many times it's probably unhealthy. Tony's guitar tone is monstrous, just CRUSHES I can't even express it in words. (there's better sounding versions of this but Sabbath is Sabbath)
Andrew, I am tickled that you have discovered Black Sabbath. They have been my listening pillar since I got the Paranoid album in 1972. I actually bought 2 albums that day...the other was Montrose' 1st. Cheers
Thanks for this great objective reaction. I think that Ozzy was a really shy, nervous (and deeply traumatised if you actually delve into his early history) character when he was younger and he was still honing his stage act at this point. He completely fluffs the lyrics to 'War Pigs' at this show, but it doesn't matter. He just keeps going like a trooper, and the result is, as you say, just flawed, very human, genius. Ozzy would later self-medicate to overcome the nerves and there's a period where he got the balance right, but late 70s and early 80s he clearly didn't. It's a shame, because I love Ozzy's voice. He isn't the perfect singer, but he is the perfect singer for Black Sabbath. They were unmatched when they got it right.
I just bought Geezer's book on Audible. A great listen I hope 🙂. He's narrating it too. I found Black Sabbath 1970 , I was 14 and a big Beatles fan. I was hooked and been a hard rocker since then 🥰
@ 7:34 Metallica "For whom the Bell Tolls" intro, and Ozzy's "Waiting For Darkness" guitar solo with Jake E. Lee. Both bands used Tony Iommi's guitar outro. Much celebrated but no one with a good ear notices. 🎸
They tear-it up on this one. Usual Sabbath monster work. Tony is rippin!! And Bill is his usual killer self! "Trippin and smoken is ALL you do! Go Tony!!!! No more of a drum kit that Bill has. How does he get all of this sound??? I guess when you are super good, it is no problem! Andrew -- shock is the proper word for Sabbath. They are a great and influential. They created a new standard for rock music. AND they were amazing in concert! Breath taking and spell binding!! They will live forever in their music!! Rock-on my man!!!!
Back when a band could change tempos, time signatures and keys mid song.... the good old days of music 😂 Im trying to give new music a chance but honestly when I grew up on stuff like this its really hard. New music is just so different to me with all the production and the need to be "perfect" all the time... gives new music a sterility that just doesnt click with my brain like this stuff does
Try giving newer music a chance! I’m an old git raised on Sabbath and still go to marvel at current bands. Try: - Oh Sees - ‘The Dream’ (live at Endless Daze Festival) - Alpha Male Tea Party - ‘Health’ LP - Elder - ‘Innate Passage’ LP (also ‘Lore’ LP from 2015) - Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - ‘King of Cowards’ LP - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - ‘ High Visceral’ double LP (parts 1 + 2) - Motorpsycho - ‘Heavy Metal Fruit’ LP
@@tubecated_development yeah i have been, but on the whole i tend to find newer music is just too over produced for my taste. Ive found some stuff i like though but not in the same way as i like old stuff
Tony also plays with metal tips on his fingers that were damaged in an industrial accident when he was at one of his first jobs at a metal working shop inThe Black Country...
Explore V4, Sabbath Boddy Sabbath, and Sabotage albums. Randomly start with Symptom of the Universe from the Sabotage record. And thank you for bringing Black Sabbath to the front of your list, you can also do a Sabbath marathon!
There’s a funny story to this song Andrew……apparently a gang of skinheads attacked the members of Sabbath in England. At the time, these were gangs with shaven heads and dr Martin boots looking to fight hippies. Tony is a bit of a hard nut, and beat up a few of the skinheads, so cue the title of the track! The rest of the song seems to be about an acid trip Ozzy had! Amazing song and typical Sabbath humour.
Hello Andrew. Great analysis with all the words in the right order 😉. You have enhanced my opinion of The Sabs. It was pertinent what you said about the sparseness of the staging back in the day. I saw Led Zeppelin in Melbourne in ‘72. Bare stage, overcast arvo, no lights, pyrotechnics, tv screens or costume changes. Just four blokes playing very loud and very well. Best $4.20 I ever spent.
Here is one for you: When death calls. That lineup w Cozy Powell on drums and Tony Martin on vocals was the second longest running and not a lot of ppl talk about it. Maybe because they are unaware or are just trying to fit in by knowing the “usual” Ozzy/Dio songs. Sabbath underwent a lot of personnel changes, even Ian Gillan from Deep Purple featured on an album, the only constant of the band was Iommi. It would be really interesting to know your thoughts on Powell’s drumming who btw happened to be Rainbow’s drummer too along with a whole host of other famous bands
Here is one for you, Tony Martin era su ked & was the death of Black Sabbath, that's why nobody talks about it, if you strung ALL the songs off ALL 5 Martin era albums & picked the 'best' songs off each album you would definitely struggle to have enough songs to make 1 decent album, Martin era was mediocre & a complete waste of time , effort & money & was a period in my life l prefer to forget.
Talking sense as usual Andrew. I think you still have a classic early Sabbath track to do, which is Snowblind. For sure one of their best compositions and one ofmy favourite songs of all time. The groove is just disgusting.
I'm so glad you're getting into Sabbath Andrew. One of my fave things as a teen in the mid 70's Sydney was turning on any & all my mates to the latest Sabbath album I'd discovered. Now 50's later I still pride myself on the fact that I was 'cool' enough to hold these guys up as a personal favourite. They were phenomenal muso's whose legacy, (first 6 studio albums) is here for posterity. Early 70's music out of the UK in particular (Sab's, Zep. Purple) was incredible. I quite often look at kids today with their ear buds in listening to what they obviously think is the latest & greatest & can't help thinking to myself "if only they knew". I'd love to turn you on... PS: how good is Yoyoka?? Love your stuff
"Change of feel and change of style" comes from psychedelic rock of the late 1960s. You can hear it in Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Airplane. But Sabbath took those dynamics to the next level.
Historical tidbit; the title refers to punk rockers who were causing fights & disturbances at the concerts (they wore boots) so this was a dig at them.
Hello Andrew! Awesome to hear and see another live Sabbath from you. Thank you very much Mike Gamon!! There were a few moments right around 5:25 where the camera was focused on Tony's fingers making magic, and I thought I could see in your eyes that you wished you played guitar instead of the drums. Idk why that thought came to me but something about the way you were looking during those few seconds or more made me think that. Maybe the scruffy face? Idk. Are you regretting picking up the sticks instead of the strings, Andy? I consider us friends, even though we've never met. I care about you bud. I don't know much, but I know a lot about regret. Reach out if you need an ear. I got two of them! 😁 Yes, I am crazy. But I like to have fun also. I've been enjoying your channel since War Pigs, I believe. I hope I brought you a couple laughs during that time because you sure have entertained and educated me a lot since I came on board, (even tho I don't play anything). Cheers mate! Hope you have a great day. Much love from upstate NY, USA (far upstate)
This song was off the upcoming "Paranoid" album and the lyrics were a little different and cleaned up on the final version of the song (as was the War Pigs version from this concert)
Been listening to Geezer's new audiobook. EPIC. Now I am listening to Tony's book as well. Brings a lot of context to Bill's style and how the band got started. Ward is a BEAST. He is from the Bonham era. They were very good buddies too. Ward got kicked out of many bands in the beginning because he was "too loud." He literally had band names on his kit and he would cross them out each time he got fired. Anyway, thanks Andrew!
Agree about Iommi I’m sure he inspired me to learn guitar (I started on bass). I liked how he played around with the timing. Obviously Ward’s drumming elevated it. It’s very drum oriented music
Great reaction as always love your enthusiasm and respect of their playing abilities, i heard an interview with Bill and he said all the drummers that followed him were great rock drummers but he was an orchestral drummer so not being a drummer myself i was wondering what the difference was ? Take care mate 👍,
Just saw a couple posts that Iron Maiden's 72 yr old drummer had a mild stroke in January this year. Seems to be recovering well. The song "Where Eagles Dare" often seems to be 1 of his highest rated drum tracks, might be worth a listen.
This VHS bootleg came out late 70s and, as young teens, my mates and myself used to watch it quite a lot. It's amazing this has become a legendary performance in 2023 :)
I like that there's a few mistakes, it makes it feel so real and honest. If you're ok with plenty mistakes (and an awesome fuzzy bass sound), check out Twin Peaks by Mountain.
Your thoughts on Ozzy and the possibility he was still working out the feel of the lyrics. It reminded me of an interview I saw where Geezer said the band had been working through the fine tuning of the song Paranoid for a week or two when Ozzy approached his and asked "What's this Paranoid song about?" I mean imagine singing Paranoid for a week or more and not catching on to its basic theme. Ozzy is one of a kind.
Zep and Sabbath were side by side in this era. Two different styles but both epic with two of the best drummers ever but then there was mr Ian paice from Deep Purple as well....such a great great era .
Ozzy and the guys were in the club scene in and around Birmingham for about eight years developing their craft as a band called Earth. They had a cult following at that time and it was their manager who urged them to rename the band after the first international album, Black Sabbath. The rest truly is music history. They really had had something there. They created Heavy Metal.
I was a teen in the early 70's. My Dad loved country music and hated the music I listened to. BUT, he used to tell me, "I don't like this music, but these drummers are really good! He knew good music. He turned me on to the likes of Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Roy Clark, Glen Campbell and many more. When he told me he liked the drummers in bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Genesis and many others, I took note.
You probably already know that the guitar played in Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi, is a great friend of Brian May from Queen. They often played together in the past on stage....
@@AndrewRooneyDrums I like the Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis, Yes, King Crimson and others... That Paranoid album is as good as anything I've every heard. Thanks for the Reply!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Definitely shows off the band's Jazz and Blues musical roots from when they were still called Earth, the songs became more cohesive as the Earth stuff was mostly jamming (probably finding their sound). Four Brummie lads did well!
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What a powerful sound from just three instrumentists and a singer. What a period of time !!!
EXACTLY!
ELP, CREAM, BUDGIE and RUSH have also just 3 members ❤
Geezer actually wrote the lyrics and Ozzy helped write the melodies. Also Geezer was one of the more famous bass players. Bill is actually dismissed as the fourth wheel unfairly. He deserves way more credit and helped invent how to play drums for the Metal genre.
Greetings David
It's interesting you say about the Bill Ward 4th wheel thing. And I point out Sabbath have been a favourite of mine for 35-40 years. It, for me, wasn't until I watched the whole 1970 Paris concert that I realized just how genius and integral Ward is to this band.I'm not a musician merely an abuser of the volume knob, never again would I dismiss the drummer as part of the furniture 😊
Bill gets all the credit from me! I get zero enjoyment from any of the other Sabbath drummers.
Written after a concert where Tony was attacked by skin heads wearing Doc Martens. Hence, Fairies, wear boots. 😉
I will hop on and say this- Bill was the first drummer I could name. I saw sabbath in 1975/76. Well my mom was super pregnant with me and my dad told her they were going to a different show all together. So in utero I was already a sabbath fan.
His pocket and shuffles?! His groove? Just brilliant
correct!
Bill and Geezer are absolutely the best rhythm section ever. In my honest opinion.
Big call, maybe the one one you enjoy the most .they stood on the shoulders of Baker and Bruce clear influence.
Bruce and Baker are the GOATS but Butler and Ward not far behind. Can't give higher praise than that.
Bogart and Appice, by far.
Or Tony Franklin and Carmine Appice.
What about Bonham and Jones?
Bill Ward was one of the most underrated drummers of all time. As well as Mitch Mitchell.
Mitch Mitchell! Absolute fire!
Agree. I would add Brian Downey to that list
I love jazz drumming, in general. Mitch really made me pay attention to that genre.
Coltrane and Miles had some great drummers in their groups, then there’s Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa.
@@beatmet2355 this is what set Sabbath apart from their contemporaries. They had a lot of Jazz influence when everyone else was really rehashing the Blues.
No one under rates Mitch Mitchell. Dude is a legend.
"Fairies Wear Boots" always reminded me of metal with a swing jazz influence.
I tell ya I tell ya I tell you no lies...
Listen to the first album. Very Jazzy
Metal in its early days was heavily influenced by blues and some jazz
Listen to the first LP by Jethro Tull ("This Was"). They could have developed into a metal band, also coming from (jazzy) blues rock. Tony Iommi was even offered to become Tull's lead guitarist. But everything developed differently. Tony went with Sabbath and this band became one of the BIG THREE root bands of all Metal subgenres ever since. And Tull (with Martin Barre as 🎸 player) turned into the best folk rock band of the 1970s/80s...
Bill ward was such a powerful rock drummer and he had an ingredient that many if not most were missing.....swing. He had a jazz quality to his time and presence with complete bombast over the top. All wrapped up with technique galore.
As a huge Zep fan, I really liked Sabbath back in the day, but I never knew much about them than beyond a few albums I bought. Today with the help of UA-cam, I can say that I've become a huge fan. With the way the quality of music has nosedived since the early 2000s and the access to all of their albums, I became a bit of a Sabbath addict. What did I find? I'll give you a working example. I put on a Sabbath playlist and said to myself, well, I'll keep playing songs until I get to a bad one. Thirty songs later, the playlist ended. And that's Sabbath in a nutshell. Greatness.
That made me laugh out loud. So true, incapable of creating bad music.
This is one of the few tunes where Ozzy wrote the lyrics. So this tune it's Ozzy's brain coming out unfiltered lol.
Love me some Black Sabbath!!
Me too Jon
Finally some great footage of Geezer
One of my favourite Sabbath songs. This version is great. Glad they are back. Great reaction and discussion.
Hey Andrew, yes it is the same concert from Paris 1970. Hearing the raw feel of Sabbath and the “primitive” metal sound is a great feeling
"Live in Paris" was actually two shows in Belgium (Bruges and Antwerp, I think).
I remember you once saying about so many change of tempo halfway through songs. You said "We can do it, because we're Black Sabbath and you're not". Loved this band since 1972 I was 11. Loved seeing how you have grown with each video.
HAHA! I love that Paul
Hi Andrew, I’m currently reading the just released Geezer Butler autobiography, “ Into The Void “. In it, he says that they were the only heavy rock band that swung. He puts this down to Bill Ward who was a jazz drummer at heart ( but you knew that ). I highly recommend that you read this book as part of your Black Sabbath education. Great reaction, as always!
Wow! Sounds awesome. Thank you
Tony's book is good too.
@@ronmathews2471, yes, “ Iron Man “, I’ve read it a couple of times. I mentioned Geezers’ book because it only came out last week. So far, very good!
@@ronmathews2471 Ozzys bio is an absolute riot too, a great lol read.
Although I love Geezer and Sabbath, I tend to disagree. Ian Paice had a lot of swing to his drumming as well….
Oh man listen to the rawness of where we've come Black Sabbath first album is my favorite 53 years and still rocks timeless
My FAV Black Sabbath song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent closeup of the Iommi tips towards the end of the song. Nothing like some classic Sabbath to start off your Sunday morning.
AMEN
Only sunday?? Nooo every day in the morning is better with a sabbath song.
Geezer originally was a guitarist and switched to bass...and became one of the most influential bass players in rock. He was also the band's primary lyricist. Tony Iommi, my main influence on guitar from way back in the day starting with me when they dropped the Paranoid album. Bill Ward is shamefully so overlooked and one of the greatest drummers of this genre who melds in so many other genre influences and makes it all works. Ozzy is Ozzy. At one point became so unique and influenced many vocalists that followed. He was very masterful in taking Geezer's lyrics and coming up with vocal melodies to match.
Damn shame it took so long for them to make it into the RnR HOF after we would hear band after band cite Sabbath as their biggest influence when they were inducted into the HOF. Then again, we know the political process that goes into their induction process. For shame!
Omg rooney walks the Charismatic path with over 20 minutes length. Thanks to you rediscovered this awesome band!
Glad you enjoyed it!
As always, thank you for more Black Sabbath.
I've been waiting for this one
And I would really love to see you dig in and cover the studio version of this one.
Glad to see you got back to The Sabbathians! After weeks without another song, I thought you might have been done with your review of the band. We still got most of Volume 4 to go, amongst many others! Don't finish up yet!! Thanks in advance!
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Is insane
Everything my parents hated when birthing me that year 😂😂😂
HAHAHA
The whole show was recorded in the "Paris Theatre" in Brussels, Belgium. Not in Paris, France.
Wow first time i saw anyone bring this up. I always assumed it was France
@@snakeinthegrass7443 Well, me too. I had the bootleg for ages but it wasn't until I bought Paranoid's 2016's "Super Deluxe" edition and read the liner notes. It says right there the recording was made in Belgium. I was already wondering because the film says it's a co-production between ORTF (Organisation Radio Television Française) and RTB (Radio Television Belge), a French/Belgian-French co-production. Funny as I've been to the Paris Theatre quite a few times in the late seventies, until it was renovated in the eighties and became a regular theater that had nothing but stage plays.
Recorded October 3 1970 Theater 140 Pop Shop Brussels Belgium 🇧🇪
At last more Sabbath, Andrew! Sabbath is never too much!
Wow that was one kick ass performance. So glad we have these preserved.
I've watched this concert so many times it's probably unhealthy. Tony's guitar tone is monstrous, just CRUSHES I can't even express it in words. (there's better sounding versions of this but Sabbath is Sabbath)
This is pure grungy filth. Glorious
Andrew, I am tickled that you have discovered Black Sabbath.
They have been my listening pillar since I got the Paranoid album in 1972.
I actually bought 2 albums that day...the other was Montrose' 1st.
Cheers
Thanks for this great objective reaction. I think that Ozzy was a really shy, nervous (and deeply traumatised if you actually delve into his early history) character when he was younger and he was still honing his stage act at this point. He completely fluffs the lyrics to 'War Pigs' at this show, but it doesn't matter. He just keeps going like a trooper, and the result is, as you say, just flawed, very human, genius. Ozzy would later self-medicate to overcome the nerves and there's a period where he got the balance right, but late 70s and early 80s he clearly didn't. It's a shame, because I love Ozzy's voice. He isn't the perfect singer, but he is the perfect singer for Black Sabbath. They were unmatched when they got it right.
I also noticed that Oz sang the "I went to the doctor..." verse 2x.
The Drumeo for this is fantastic. The variety of those fills is classic Bill Ward.
I just bought Geezer's book on Audible. A great listen I hope 🙂. He's narrating it too. I found Black Sabbath 1970 , I was 14 and a big Beatles fan. I was hooked and been a hard rocker since then 🥰
@ 7:34 Metallica "For whom the Bell Tolls" intro, and Ozzy's "Waiting For Darkness" guitar solo with Jake E. Lee. Both bands used Tony Iommi's guitar outro. Much celebrated but no one with a good ear notices. 🎸
They tear-it up on this one. Usual Sabbath monster work. Tony is rippin!! And Bill is his usual killer self! "Trippin and smoken is ALL you do! Go Tony!!!! No more of a drum kit that Bill has. How does he get all of this sound??? I guess when you are super good, it is no problem!
Andrew -- shock is the proper word for Sabbath. They are a great and influential. They created a new standard for rock music. AND they were amazing in concert! Breath taking and spell binding!! They will live forever in their music!! Rock-on my man!!!!
ROCK ON MIKE!
one of favorite Sabbath songs. I learned to place this on guitar at a young age.
Hey hey Andrew...This is Bill Ward at his peak..This is one of the first songs I learned a few yrs into my playing...Great show 🧐🤘✌️
Kick syncopation on this so great, that swing beat but done with jackhammers
YUP!
Back when a band could change tempos, time signatures and keys mid song.... the good old days of music 😂 Im trying to give new music a chance but honestly when I grew up on stuff like this its really hard. New music is just so different to me with all the production and the need to be "perfect" all the time... gives new music a sterility that just doesnt click with my brain like this stuff does
Try giving newer music a chance! I’m an old git raised on Sabbath and still go to marvel at current bands. Try:
- Oh Sees - ‘The Dream’ (live at Endless Daze Festival)
- Alpha Male Tea Party - ‘Health’ LP
- Elder - ‘Innate Passage’ LP (also ‘Lore’ LP from 2015)
- Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - ‘King of Cowards’ LP
- Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - ‘ High Visceral’ double LP (parts 1 + 2)
- Motorpsycho - ‘Heavy Metal Fruit’ LP
@@tubecated_development yeah i have been, but on the whole i tend to find newer music is just too over produced for my taste. Ive found some stuff i like though but not in the same way as i like old stuff
@bazamere2091 This music is so real...so "organic" Also: Tony Iommi once said that the band were definetley influenced by Led Zeppelin.
One planet we live on,im from Malden Massachusetts,and Bill Ward is still my biggest influence...im 64, thank you Bill...
Tony also plays with metal tips on his fingers that were damaged in an industrial accident when he was at one of his first jobs at a metal working shop inThe Black Country...
Explore V4, Sabbath Boddy Sabbath, and Sabotage albums. Randomly start with Symptom of the Universe from the Sabotage record. And thank you for bringing Black Sabbath to the front of your list, you can also do a Sabbath marathon!
There’s a funny story to this song Andrew……apparently a gang of skinheads attacked the members of Sabbath in England. At the time, these were gangs with shaven heads and dr Martin boots looking to fight hippies. Tony is a bit of a hard nut, and beat up a few of the skinheads, so cue the title of the track! The rest of the song seems to be about an acid trip Ozzy had!
Amazing song and typical Sabbath humour.
HAHA awesome
Hello Andrew. Great analysis with all the words in the right order 😉. You have enhanced my opinion of The Sabs. It was pertinent what you said about the sparseness of the staging back in the day. I saw Led Zeppelin in Melbourne in ‘72. Bare stage, overcast arvo, no lights, pyrotechnics, tv screens or costume changes. Just four blokes playing very loud and very well. Best $4.20 I ever spent.
Love this concert and this sweet tune ❤
Excellent video
Glad you liked it Albert
You really get a good look at Tony’s prosthetic fingertips. It makes his playing even more amazing.
Yes!
Andrew loves Sabbath and you got to believe him!!!!!
Here is one for you: When death calls. That lineup w Cozy Powell on drums and Tony Martin on vocals was the second longest running and not a lot of ppl talk about it. Maybe because they are unaware or are just trying to fit in by knowing the “usual” Ozzy/Dio songs. Sabbath underwent a lot of personnel changes, even Ian Gillan from Deep Purple featured on an album, the only constant of the band was Iommi. It would be really interesting to know your thoughts on Powell’s drumming who btw happened to be Rainbow’s drummer too along with a whole host of other famous bands
Here is one for you, Tony Martin era su ked & was the death of Black Sabbath, that's why nobody talks about it, if you strung ALL the songs off ALL 5 Martin era albums & picked the 'best' songs off each album you would definitely struggle to have enough songs to make 1 decent album, Martin era was mediocre & a complete waste of time , effort & money & was a period in my life l prefer to forget.
What I love the most is how all Black Sabbath songs are like 3 separate songs in 1.
The changes make their songs so interesting
The Paris show is actually Brussels (confirmed on 50th anniversary Paranoid album, that has that live show labeled Brussels)
This was and still is one of the best tracks ever. Bought this on the album Paranoid in 1970 when l was a kid.
Like you said. Just a pure musical statement 🙂 thank you!
Talking sense as usual Andrew. I think you still have a classic early Sabbath track to do, which is Snowblind. For sure one of their best compositions and one ofmy favourite songs of all time. The groove is just disgusting.
Always one of my favorite sabbath songs...
Geezer is wearing that bass guitar out.
Yes Mark. DAMNNNNN
Hes the absolute best
I'm so glad you're getting into Sabbath Andrew. One of my fave things as a teen in the mid 70's Sydney was turning on any & all my mates to the latest Sabbath album I'd discovered. Now 50's later I still pride myself on the fact that I was 'cool' enough to hold these guys up as a personal favourite.
They were phenomenal muso's whose legacy, (first 6 studio albums) is here for posterity.
Early 70's music out of the UK in particular (Sab's, Zep. Purple) was incredible.
I quite often look at kids today with their ear buds in listening to what they obviously think is the latest & greatest & can't help thinking to myself "if only they knew". I'd love to turn you on...
PS: how good is Yoyoka??
Love your stuff
Yo!
Check out my Sabbath playlist!!
And yup. Yoyoka is seriously good
"Change of feel and change of style" comes from psychedelic rock of the late 1960s. You can hear it in Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Airplane. But Sabbath took those dynamics to the next level.
Classic! great video Andrew
Glad you enjoyed it
The DVD of that concert is available ‘Black Sabbath in Concert’. Filmed by a French TV network.
Filming location Theater 140 Pop Shop Brussels Belgium October 3 1970 for British TV.
Always blows me away when you see Tony's "homemade finger flesh extension" at 5:14 or 7:49 and that he could play guitar with that thing.
Historical tidbit; the title refers to punk rockers who were causing fights & disturbances at the concerts (they wore boots) so this was a dig at them.
I think you mean skinheads….punk rock wasn’t around at that time late 76,77 for that
Tony from Pukekohe here...I love this track..WOW...All of it !
Puke on a what now?
Hello Andrew! Awesome to hear and see another live Sabbath from you. Thank you very much Mike Gamon!! There were a few moments right around 5:25 where the camera was focused on Tony's fingers making magic, and I thought I could see in your eyes that you wished you played guitar instead of the drums. Idk why that thought came to me but something about the way you were looking during those few seconds or more made me think that. Maybe the scruffy face? Idk. Are you regretting picking up the sticks instead of the strings, Andy? I consider us friends, even though we've never met. I care about you bud. I don't know much, but I know a lot about regret. Reach out if you need an ear. I got two of them! 😁
Yes, I am crazy. But I like to have fun also. I've been enjoying your channel since War Pigs, I believe. I hope I brought you a couple laughs during that time because you sure have entertained and educated me a lot since I came on board, (even tho I don't play anything). Cheers mate! Hope you have a great day. Much love from upstate NY, USA (far upstate)
Off our new album..... when I was 8.
And I was rocking to them. Thanks older brothers.
I love the push/pull feel in Ward’s fills.
This song was off the upcoming "Paranoid" album and the lyrics were a little different and cleaned up on the final version of the song (as was the War Pigs version from this concert)
Been listening to Geezer's new audiobook. EPIC. Now I am listening to Tony's book as well. Brings a lot of context to Bill's style and how the band got started. Ward is a BEAST. He is from the Bonham era. They were very good buddies too. Ward got kicked out of many bands in the beginning because he was "too loud." He literally had band names on his kit and he would cross them out each time he got fired. Anyway, thanks Andrew!
They were monsters back then. They were nice enough to stop here in '72 and '74.
You may already be aware, but guitarist Tony Iommi is missing the tips of two fingers on his right hand. He wears prosthetics
A GENIUS THREE PIECE BAND WITH A MADMAN AT THE MIC,there was no music until they arrived just noise till they showed up,remarkable band
Agree about Iommi I’m sure he inspired me to learn guitar (I started on bass). I liked how he played around with the timing. Obviously Ward’s drumming elevated it. It’s very drum oriented music
Great reaction as always love your enthusiasm and respect of their playing abilities, i heard an interview with Bill and he said all the drummers that followed him were great rock drummers but he was an orchestral drummer so not being a drummer myself i was wondering what the difference was ? Take care mate 👍,
Ozzy seems to change the lyrics in live performances quite often. If you watch concert performances of War Pigs, the lyrics seem different every time.
Great live performance. Great song. Love Bill's high hat stomp.😁
Just saw a couple posts that Iron Maiden's 72 yr old drummer had a mild stroke in January this year. Seems to be recovering well. The song "Where Eagles Dare" often seems to be 1 of his highest rated drum tracks, might be worth a listen.
Numero uno. It's about time, I've been waiting for this one which is my favorite Sabbath song. The studio version will be hard to beat though.
It's the synergistic effect of the 4 of them playing together...
This VHS bootleg came out late 70s and, as young teens, my mates and myself used to watch it quite a lot.
It's amazing this has become a legendary performance in 2023 :)
To listen to Black Sabbath you have to have a well-trained ear.
Andrew Rooney you are an admirable musician.
I like that there's a few mistakes, it makes it feel so real and honest. If you're ok with plenty mistakes (and an awesome fuzzy bass sound), check out Twin Peaks by Mountain.
I'm fine with mistakes.
I want vibe!
Yep !
Sabbath and fellow Brits Deep Purple both formed in 68'. Before Zeppelin btw!
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This is pure gold 😊
Your thoughts on Ozzy and the possibility he was still working out the feel of the lyrics. It reminded me of an interview I saw where Geezer said the band had been working through the fine tuning of the song Paranoid for a week or two when Ozzy approached his and asked "What's this Paranoid song about?" I mean imagine singing Paranoid for a week or more and not catching on to its basic theme. Ozzy is one of a kind.
Thing about early metal is that it’s guys who were into blues, got into acid and then of course, psych.
You can really hear the groove
Also Budgie
Zep and Sabbath were side by side in this era. Two different styles but both epic with two of the best drummers ever but then there was mr Ian paice from Deep Purple as well....such a great great era .
🖤Sabbath! Cool shots of Tony's custom fingertips! And Bill on a smaller kit🤘🏼
edit: is that a Slingerland?
There's a great version of this by Jazz Sabbath, a jazz band formed by Rick Wakeman's son. Needless to say, it swings.
sweet song and and sweet tie fighter
Ozzy and the guys were in the club scene in and around Birmingham for about eight years developing their craft as a band called Earth. They had a cult following at that time and it was their manager who urged them to rename the band after the first international album, Black Sabbath. The rest truly is music history. They really had had something there. They created Heavy Metal.
8yrs? Quit spewing lies. Earth lasted from 67-69. More like 3 yrs tops. Get it right.
I was a teen in the early 70's. My Dad loved country music and hated the music I listened to. BUT, he used to tell me, "I don't like this music, but these drummers are really good! He knew good music. He turned me on to the likes of Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Roy Clark, Glen Campbell and many more. When he told me he liked the drummers in bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Genesis and many others, I took note.
Sounds like he knew his stuff
You probably already know that the guitar played in Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi, is a great friend of Brian May from Queen. They often played together in the past on stage....
I know this bass part like the back of my hand. It's interesting to hear Geezer occasionally depart from the studio rifts.
Geezer Butler and Bill Ward are arguably the best engine room in music history. IMHO of course.
Damn. If i had a time machine or met a traveler i would want to see every sabbath show in the 70's
Black Sabbath Paranoid is a top 10 album. Period.
Soooo good
@@AndrewRooneyDrums I like the Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis, Yes, King Crimson and others... That Paranoid album is as good as anything I've every heard. Thanks for the Reply!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is an old freind, and I love them very much...
Four young dudes stoned out of their gourds for every show, changing music history.
Definitely shows off the band's Jazz and Blues musical roots from when they were still called Earth, the songs became more cohesive as the Earth stuff was mostly jamming (probably finding their sound). Four Brummie lads did well!
Does anyone know why some singers back in the day used two mics while live? One for recording purposes possibly???