WE'RE SHOOK!| FIRST TIME HEARING Black Sabbath - War Pigs REACTION

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  • WE'RE SHOOK!| FIRST TIME HEARING Black Sabbath - War Pigs REACTION
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  • @TheSkydogsguitar
    @TheSkydogsguitar Рік тому +1080

    The bass player, Geezer Butler wrote most of Black Sabbath's lyrics and he is a CRIMINALLY underrated lyricist!

    • @you2449
      @you2449 Рік тому +14

      Good to know. Gonna remember that name.

    • @jxchamb
      @jxchamb Рік тому +21

      @@you2449 Hard to forget a cool name like that.

    • @dazzanomas9418
      @dazzanomas9418 Рік тому +43

      He is also a criminally underrated bass player.

    • @nicholasletts281
      @nicholasletts281 Рік тому +28

      Agree totally...I would say the same about Bill Ward the drummer

    • @bernardsalvatore1929
      @bernardsalvatore1929 Рік тому +24

      ​@@you2449 check out the song Fairies Wear Boots! I believe it was on the same album that this song on!!

  • @chrisbutler5975
    @chrisbutler5975 Рік тому +433

    Legendary song. Ozzy and Geezer at their best. Message of the poor being eat’n by political war-machines still holds true today.

    • @viceroybear6298
      @viceroybear6298 Рік тому +9

      Military is54percent middle class

    • @kevmodee1866
      @kevmodee1866 Рік тому +6

      Absolutely correct!

    • @jollyrodgers7272
      @jollyrodgers7272 Рік тому +1

      cannibalism - TODAY?

    • @Tessmage_Tessera
      @Tessmage_Tessera Рік тому +29

      @@viceroybear6298 This song comes from the Vietnam era. Things were different then. People with money were getting college deferments, so it was mainly the poor who got shipped off to southeast Asia to die.

    • @kevmodee1866
      @kevmodee1866 Рік тому +3

      @@jollyrodgers7272 yup!

  • @pemirkovich9
    @pemirkovich9 Рік тому +306

    Bill Ward is a very underrated drummer he deserves a lot more credit then history gives him.

    • @ladaddy19
      @ladaddy19 Рік тому +11

      In the heavy community, he is hailed as the best.

    • @eumaeus
      @eumaeus Рік тому +11

      It's his background in jazz, which becomes clearly apparent in this track.

    • @MegaDrummerJ
      @MegaDrummerJ Рік тому +6

      Watch the live version of this song-recorded in Paris in 1973: you will see Bill at his best!

    • @MegaDrummerJ
      @MegaDrummerJ Рік тому +4

      Correction: That's Paris 1970- sorry.

    • @chrislira3574
      @chrislira3574 Рік тому +1

      I love his playing on The Wizard from the debut. Floors me every time.

  • @mattsabath
    @mattsabath Рік тому +230

    The best metal band ever. The founders. The inventers. The originators. Call it what you want. The first 4 Sabbath albums are the blueprint for heavy metal.

    • @ronaldkoch2766
      @ronaldkoch2766 Рік тому +5

      Hard to say who was the first true metal band, there were a few that came out right at 1970. Budgie was one of them. many people think Blue Cheer was the first in 1968, but it's really only for one song, and I feel that Blue Cheer was kinda copying Jimi Hendrix's guitar style, who's debut came out a year earlier. I know that the term heavy metal didn't start being used until bands like Led Zeppelin came out.

    • @chrislira3574
      @chrislira3574 Рік тому +3

      I also maintain he Sabbath invented the subgenre known as doom metal- the very heavy, slow style best represented by Candlemass and Solitude Aeturnus. I think Master of Reality paved the way for this style.

    • @westtexas7
      @westtexas7 Рік тому

      When ask Ozzie said we are Rock and Roll.

    • @ronaldkoch2766
      @ronaldkoch2766 Рік тому +1

      @@westtexas7 I've heard that quote from Ozzy as well. The fact is, in 1970, the term "heavy metal" was not clearly defined, and throughout the 70s it was used interchangeably with "hard rock", sometimes referring to the same music. The term grew organically among rock fans to mean whatever was the heaviest, hardest sounding music at the time, and was probably influenced by songs like Born to be wild, Iron man, and the image of the crashing Hindenburg symbolizing a zeppelin made of lead. All references to metal of some sort.

    • @dizubstylee7993
      @dizubstylee7993 Рік тому +3

      First 4? Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, other than the title track, is def less metal. But Sabotage? For Hole in the Sky and Symptom of the Universe alone, that's a metal ass album.

  • @Cadinho93
    @Cadinho93 Рік тому +174

    War Pigs is one of the best songs of all time. The composition, guitars, drums, bass, vocals everything really astounding individually, but also complements each other so good as a whole.
    It's a timeless song and showcases why Black Sabbath are head of their time.

    • @NetVoyer
      @NetVoyer Рік тому +8

      This is really part of the birth of heavy metal.

    • @kentmont
      @kentmont Рік тому +8

      It was definitely true in Vietnam where the rich kids were immune to the draft

    • @briancole7024
      @briancole7024 Рік тому +2

      This song changed my life. After hearing it, I had to have more and so my quest began.

    • @SJ-GodofGnomes21
      @SJ-GodofGnomes21 Рік тому

      Agreed

    • @chrissibersky4617
      @chrissibersky4617 Рік тому +1

      Recently it hit me that how Metallica's "Fade to Black" is built up might be based on War Pigs. The chapters, tempo changes and changes in melody and the type of guitar solos.
      Very different sound and notes but it's like as if they took this song and wrote theirs over it. Check it out and compare.

  • @AcidicSceptic
    @AcidicSceptic Рік тому +247

    OG Sabbath are untouchable. Each member a master of his instrument. Geezer's bass & Bill on drums with Tommi on guitar(s) & Ozzy on vox. Perfect line up imo.

    • @bubbaluvv
      @bubbaluvv Рік тому +2

      who's Tommi, there's a Tony Iommi. You sure you actually like this band bub?

    • @spicyladjr3650
      @spicyladjr3650 Рік тому +4

      ​@@bubbaluvv probably auto corrected lommi

    • @karlsmith2570
      @karlsmith2570 Рік тому

      ​@@spicyladjr3650 either that, their post froze midway through

    • @amandab4978
      @amandab4978 Рік тому +4

      *rant alert*
      OG Sabbath? Who they?? Okay, deliberately pretending ignorance, just fed up with this 'OG' business. What has 'Original Gangster' to do with anything? Just say 'original', and stop it with this American gang culture slang (yes, I looked up the derivation). This term has seemingly become ubiquitous over the past year or so, with even British broadcasters using it. FFS Why?!? If that's not misappropriation of a distinct cultural term, I don't know what is.
      *rant over* 😊

    • @nikgonzales1870
      @nikgonzales1870 Рік тому

      @@amandab4978 they’re OGs. You’re just mad that you aren’t 😂😂

  • @minhearg8331
    @minhearg8331 9 місяців тому +44

    No autotune, no computer-driven effects, just sheer talent.

  • @okimawilcox1550
    @okimawilcox1550 Рік тому +65

    Timeless. This song was made while I was a child. Just last month, I was praying for my Army officer son as he was preparing to go to Sudan. Nothing, NOTHING has changed.

  • @rowanmayfair9249
    @rowanmayfair9249 Рік тому +138

    THIS is what I love about reaction videos. So many people look at the name of the group and immediately take it badly. They look at Ozzy's drug fueled antics and assume the worst. Then you listen to the lyrics and realize just how deep they are. Never judge a book...❤

  • @docj72
    @docj72 Рік тому +85

    “Politicians hide themselves away
    They only started the war
    Why don’t they go out to fight?
    They leave that role to the poor”
    This song is so incredibly appropriate for today

    • @laurin4405
      @laurin4405 Рік тому +7

      Indeed💙💛

    • @kylespence9060
      @kylespence9060 Рік тому +6

      Definitely agree

    • @joescott8877
      @joescott8877 Рік тому +8

      F Yeah. TOO appropriate. The "YEAH!" Ozzy yells at the end of the verse you transcribed is one of the most cathartic utterances I've ever f**king heard. Here are some more great anti-war lyrics, even perhaps more appropriate for our dangerous, and likely doomed, world today. From The Call, circa 1983, "When the Walls Came Down": I don't think there are any Russians/And there ain't no Yanks/Just corporate criminals/Playin' with tanks."

    • @vinlondon8904
      @vinlondon8904 11 місяців тому +2

      It's for all times not for today. It's timeless .
      I don't think any song comes even close to the lyrics of war pigs and kashmir of led zeppelin.

    • @maiqtheliar_
      @maiqtheliar_ Місяць тому

      And it will be forever. War is not ending soon.

  • @migiplayz91
    @migiplayz91 Рік тому +40

    These lyrics are so incredible, considering that they still reflect our day to day life. They know what they were talking about.

  • @BlueBarchetta67
    @BlueBarchetta67 Рік тому +74

    From my home town, Birmingham UK, Ozzy and boys were game changers in the world of music. There sound was utterly unique, and thus created a new genre of music. They wrote this in protest of the Vietnam war, and like many others on here have said, it's still hold true today.

  • @wpeters4361
    @wpeters4361 Рік тому +67

    Hard to believe this song was released in 1970!!! Still holds up and holds true today.

  • @RADCONDESIGN
    @RADCONDESIGN Рік тому +31

    The guitar riff at the end is incredible. It sounds like the world is about to end.

  • @teddydunford2920
    @teddydunford2920 Рік тому +12

    If you look at our world today , this song has a lot of meaning to we the people *WAKE UP PEOPLE*

  • @Northerngirl15
    @Northerngirl15 Рік тому +148

    This song was ground breaking for its time, watch the first live version of this song ever, you’re looking at the emergence of metal, nobody does it like Sabbath, Bill Ward is an absolute beast on the drums🥁Legends 🤘

    • @vicprovost2561
      @vicprovost2561 Рік тому +13

      Yes, live in Paris 1970, Ozzy's doing improv on the lyrics but the band is brutal, Bill Ward treats his drums like they owe him money! Crushing set of pioneering metal.

    • @Northerngirl15
      @Northerngirl15 Рік тому +4

      @@vicprovost2561 agreed, I love the early rough version of this song, Bill Ward absolutely pounded the piss out of those drums and they captured it beautifully, Ozzy is going ham the entire song just adds to the live experience, I love that video, watched it several times ✌️

    • @Tessmage_Tessera
      @Tessmage_Tessera Рік тому +3

      The live version from Cal Jam '74 is even better. It should be somewhere here on UA-cam.

    • @Oxmustube
      @Oxmustube Рік тому +2

      @@Northerngirl15 After watching that performance, I always get the feeling that Ozzy invented the hair twirling you see at metal shows.

    • @Northerngirl15
      @Northerngirl15 Рік тому

      @@Oxmustube Ozzy was definitly an influencer, he set the bar high for sure

  • @snakeinthegrass7443
    @snakeinthegrass7443 Рік тому +122

    Live in Paris 1970 - this song and the whole show is amazing. Bill Ward goes crazy on the drums. You will love it!! I promise you both. 🙏🏼

    • @karenmikalofsky5287
      @karenmikalofsky5287 Рік тому +4

      Yes! It’s so raw and perfect. 🔥

    • @billn7183
      @billn7183 Рік тому +4

      Yes , its amazing

    • @martykerker9464
      @martykerker9464 Рік тому +5

      Bill Ward goes absolutely “Ham” on the drums.

    • @joescott8877
      @joescott8877 Рік тому +5

      They're not exagerrating. That performance is the shit!

    • @thorzzz1z
      @thorzzz1z Рік тому +7

      To see Bill Ward attack those drums like they stole his last dime is something to see

  • @vicegrips188
    @vicegrips188 Рік тому +50

    This song came on when my grandmother was in the house when I was a teen, and it instantly gave her PTSD hearing the bombing horns as she would call them because she was a teenager living in Germany, during World War II and her hometown was flattened by air raids almost every night for weeks, and she spent almost a week trapped in a basement with a dozen other young kids. But I always love this song and it has so many layers. The message in the song replies, not just governments, end wars, but really any individual that starts conflict and uses others as their ponds to reach their goals. Great reaction 🙂✌

    • @ContrarianCorner
      @ContrarianCorner Рік тому +6

      Politics: the preferred career choice of sociopaths.

    • @michaelstockinger636
      @michaelstockinger636 Рік тому +2

      That sound has always filled me with horror. It is the most terrifying sound I can think of for those who know what it means...

    • @DeWoodyard
      @DeWoodyard Рік тому

      Remembering your gran, nothing like it. Mine heard the first automobile, concluded that it was a gunfight in progress, and hid out, waiting for the end.

    • @mariajobson739
      @mariajobson739 11 місяців тому +1

      My Mom too as a child during the war in Austria. Nazis ,air raids, bombs and death on the streets. Anyone from that time knows that's the sound all of Europe new back then...air raid sirens. I see some people today react to this song and they don't know what that is or what it signifies. Never forget history and it has been left out of schooling today that's for sure!

  • @stevetilbrook3402
    @stevetilbrook3402 5 місяців тому +6

    The heaviest sound ever put down and the words are profound its incredible every time I hear it.

  • @pcard10
    @pcard10 Рік тому +59

    This album has been credited as the first "heavy metal" music. The entire album was a big influence on myself and my 13 year old friends.

    • @bernardsalvatore1929
      @bernardsalvatore1929 Рік тому +2

      ABSOLUTELY!! This was the first album by Black Sabbath that I ever owned😮😁😁😎
      I listened to this sucker until the tape wore out because I bought it on cassette!! You remember those??😂😂

  • @timothyryan3031
    @timothyryan3031 Рік тому +51

    A timeless song written during the height of the Vietnam War.
    It was really maddening listening to this song while the Iraq War was raging and realizing how nothing had changed, and the lyrics still made perfect sense.

    • @jeremiahrose4681
      @jeremiahrose4681 Рік тому +1

      I was going to say the same thing....has times really changed?

    • @fmfdocbotl4358
      @fmfdocbotl4358 Рік тому +3

      They got mad when I played this while deployed

    • @jodyjackson5475
      @jodyjackson5475 Рік тому

      Nope same same same. Nothing changes with the brainwashed masses

    • @Patrick-xv6qv
      @Patrick-xv6qv Рік тому +1

      Good comment except 1970 was not thr height of the Vietnam War. 1968 was. By 1970 the Nixon was then president and he started reducing the number of US troops in Vietnam. It went from the height in 1968 from almost 600,000 to 1970 it was down to 200,000 and by 1972 it was down to a little over 60,000

    • @Beachgirl1
      @Beachgirl1 Рік тому +2

      The song makes even more sense today, considering Biden’s warmongering in Ukraine.
      Us should stay neutral! My family isn’t fighting for Ukraine.

  • @ragabashmoon1551
    @ragabashmoon1551 Рік тому +8

    My dad didn't go to Vietnam due to an honorable discharge from the Army (due to a psychotic break from the stress of boot camp) but his older brother was a veteran, and Creedence Clearwater Revival's Fortunate Son was one of my dad's favorite songs (which I know you did about two years ago) but when it comes to Vietnam era protest songs, War Pigs is mine.

  • @Josh_JKL
    @Josh_JKL Рік тому +27

    One of my favourite songs of all time. Very poignant lyrics that do NOT pull any punches, meanwhile you have Tony Iommi on Guitar and Bill Ward on Drums absolutely killing it! Not to mentio Geezer Butler on Bass is highly underrated and Ozzy's vocals as good as always

    • @robertlavorna2968
      @robertlavorna2968 Рік тому

      agree totally, all 4 of them were simply great at what they did, created a new genre that took everyone by storm. im 69 and they still are my favorite band thank God for music of the late 60s thru the early 80s....

  • @jdtanman6100
    @jdtanman6100 Рік тому +20

    This song came along in the Vietnam era. Very anti government. Remember the lead guitarist has two prosthetic finger tips on his fret hand. Toni has some of the most iconic guitar riffs in metal history!

    • @jxchamb
      @jxchamb Рік тому +3

      He lost the tips in a machine shop, right?

  • @SJ-GodofGnomes21
    @SJ-GodofGnomes21 Рік тому +141

    War Pigs is Black Sabbath to me.... Not only a killer of a start, but Ozzy has a clarity to his voice that is only matched by the clarity of the message. Add in some insane drumming and guitar riffs..... Perfect song.

    • @xarisstylianou
      @xarisstylianou 2 місяці тому

      Did you know that Tony has losded his finger tips on his last day at work

    • @bernhardherrmann9230
      @bernhardherrmann9230 7 днів тому

      ​@@xarisstylianou,...l o s t...! Bro. 😊

  • @itswrongtokillanimalsifyou2837
    @itswrongtokillanimalsifyou2837 Рік тому +22

    Speaking of witches, one of Sabbath's very best songs is about a wizard. Surprisingly, it's called "The Wizard", and has two unusual instruments for the genre.

  • @Lightmane
    @Lightmane Рік тому +17

    This entire album is phenomenal

  • @markmathis8503
    @markmathis8503 Рік тому +41

    Strange how music of yesterday are just as meaningful today!

  • @212x3
    @212x3 Рік тому +30

    Sabbath is pretty much the originators of that "heavy" sound. Just a great band all around.

  • @consciousbeing1188
    @consciousbeing1188 Рік тому +17

    The original Heavy Metal masters at their best. Doesn't get any better than this.

  • @davecracchiolo6363
    @davecracchiolo6363 Рік тому +16

    Thanks for reacting to this relevant song from 53 years ago. It was the first song I heard by Black Sabbath when I was 14. Been a fan since even got a tattoo of War Pigs. As a side note Black Sabbath originally wanted to name their album " War Pigs" but Warner Brothers refused due to the controversial Vietnam War so they named the album Paranoid instead which is also funny because Paranoid was an after thought because they needed 1 more song to complete the album so Tony Iommi came up with a riff in about 15 minutes which became Paranoid.

  • @astrobubbers
    @astrobubbers 9 місяців тому +4

    This song just blew my mind when I first heard it because it was my first exposure to how politicians and the poor people of the country/world were at odds. The song is really something.
    You talk about the "witches at black masses". That is a very good observation. Because the songs, where I lived in the Deep South, were actually banned from being played on the radio. The people of 'the machine' didn't want young children to hear this kind of lyric , the truth.
    I owned every Black Sabbath album.

  • @kesleycottrell1416
    @kesleycottrell1416 Рік тому +54

    I can't believe this is the first time y'all heard this one. Definitely a big time classic. When heard live it makes every nerve in ones body tingle.

    • @vicprovost2561
      @vicprovost2561 Рік тому +4

      Yep, 8 times with the original band, 2 of 3 times when Dio was in the band (When they went out as Heaven and Hell they only did Dio Sabbath) once with Ian Gillian and once with Glenn Hughes (regret not seeing Tony Martin) this song always gave you goose bumps and it is Iommi who induces them. Best with the original band, gotta love when the sirens come on, man, freaking chills! 🎸

  • @metalmark1214
    @metalmark1214 Рік тому +16

    A very popular Black Sabbath song about the military complex and there propensity for war and using the poor as pawns. There have been over 30 artist that have covered this song.

  • @ericolson2216
    @ericolson2216 10 місяців тому +4

    I started learning drums in 1975 after hearing Bill Ward. He was phenomenal. He and Geezer Butler on bass were tight as a section could ever be.

  • @20sovereign23
    @20sovereign23 Рік тому +4

    Well done for giving Bill Ward his dues. His drumming is what makes Sabbath, no other band swings the way they do and that's because of Bill

  • @CrashCourseFarm
    @CrashCourseFarm Рік тому +25

    When things change, they actually remain the same ... these lyrics are still true today ....

  • @daleleroux9476
    @daleleroux9476 Рік тому +10

    You guys were SO close... the video of War Pigs that is a MUST SEE is their 1970 live performance. You'll be blown away about watching a young Ozzy, but more excited to see the wild Bill Ward blasting away at the drum kit. I know you've never done a reaction to the same song twice but PLEASE make an exception just this once!

  • @brianjacob9084
    @brianjacob9084 Рік тому +19

    I'm not a big Sabbath fan but this song is the bomb. Watch the live version from 1970 sometime It's fantastic and yes the drumming is incredible!

  • @danhurley2274
    @danhurley2274 Рік тому +12

    This great track was from Black Sabbath's second album Paranoid which was released 18 September 1970. This is a all killer no filler album. Every track is a great track. This is the first album I bought after a friend played it for me. Blew my mind just like it did for you. You should also check out Iron Man, Fairies Wear Boots, Paranoid, and Planet Caravan (for something completely different). Great reaction Jay and Amber. Welcome to my childhood.

  • @josephpowell3949
    @josephpowell3949 Рік тому +11

    This was so jaw-dropping when it first came out because we never heard any thing so hard and meaningful.

  • @tommyc6066
    @tommyc6066 Рік тому +16

    You should check out the live version & see Bill Ward on drums. It's amazing watching him play 🥁

    • @drummerboy2834
      @drummerboy2834 Рік тому +2

      Was just gonna write this 👏🏾👏🏾

  • @robroymenzies8641
    @robroymenzies8641 2 місяці тому +1

    First riff I ever learned on electric guitar was War Pigs...The entire "Paranoid" album has this sound!

  • @melaniejordan1199
    @melaniejordan1199 Рік тому +3

    And this was released in 1970. We are STILL in this same place 53 years later! Lyrics, guitar and drums - SLAM. I was raised on this album (amongst many others) by my siblings. 🤘

  • @leetroy3129
    @leetroy3129 Рік тому +7

    Bill Ward is a beast on the drums! I love and collect fairies so of course one of my favorite Sabbath songs is Fairies Wear Boots. LOL! Check it out! ✌️❤️

  • @williamthompson-xm3dy
    @williamthompson-xm3dy Рік тому +39

    My favorite Sabbath song. Actually the whole album is fantastic. Saw them in Spokane alongside Aerosmith and Kansas. One the best concert nights ever for me.

  • @williamburch6792
    @williamburch6792 Рік тому +5

    This song meant so much to a lot of us. From the time i was 9 till 17, everyday on the news, viet nam kia- wia, you couldnt look foward to 18th birthday because then you get drafted and go to nam. Scary times but sabbath said what we all felt.

  • @mjvjr4139
    @mjvjr4139 Рік тому +2

    One of the greatest concert moments you could ever have is seeing them do this song live. When Ozzy and the crowd alternate with the lyrics it is awesome. Right from the first note people jump out of their seats. Those little high hat taps, as insignificant as they seem, get people ramped for what is coming. Then they hit those two cords and the whole venue is screaming the lyrics. You don’t have to be a Sabbath head to appreciate it, it helps, but you can’t help but feel the energy as you scream the next line back to Ozzy and pound those iconic cords on your air guitar. That is what hard rock is all about.
    I’ll never forget it.

  • @neilwarner7852
    @neilwarner7852 Рік тому +17

    Great song, it’s like it was written yesterday, such a powerful song

  • @pattyestrada6
    @pattyestrada6 Рік тому +66

    Sabbath is so damn good! These lyrics are 🔥. You should do “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” the guitar riff is so damn heavy, Jordan you’ll love it.

    • @kirkhall2099
      @kirkhall2099 Рік тому +3

      Its a great album also

    • @pattyestrada6
      @pattyestrada6 Рік тому +2

      @@kirkhall2099 Absolutely!

    • @gotham61
      @gotham61 Рік тому +2

      SBS is Sabbath at their sludgiest, especially the last two verses starting with "Where can you run to? What more can you do?" which are criminally cut out on the single edit version

    • @CANDOKNOWHOW
      @CANDOKNOWHOW Рік тому

      Exactly the song I would suggest for them next, “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” is pure 🔥🔥🔥

  • @loribrooks5582
    @loribrooks5582 Рік тому +1

    Black Sabbath story - I went and seen them in concert the night before I took my SAT test. My ears were still ringing during the test and I was towards the back of the stadium.

  • @brownie1341
    @brownie1341 Рік тому +7

    War Pigs was a Vietnam antiwar song. Black Sabbath Paranoid is the best album of all time! Every song on this album is awesome. Do "Paranoid"

    • @consciousbeing1188
      @consciousbeing1188 Рік тому +1

      I'm pretty sure they've done it already.

    • @brownie1341
      @brownie1341 Рік тому +1

      @@consciousbeing1188 You are correct! My bad. They did it a year ago. I watched it and forgot.

    • @consciousbeing1188
      @consciousbeing1188 Рік тому +1

      @@brownie1341 I hear that... Done the same thing myself a couple of times 😅

  • @bradpriebe9218
    @bradpriebe9218 Рік тому +23

    This is one of my favorites. I love playing this for people who think metal is just noise. Geezer Butler wasn't given enough credit as a lyricist. And Bill Ward is a beast. Interesting that this song was written about the Vietnam war...more than 50 years ago!!🤘😳

  • @gregusmc2868
    @gregusmc2868 Рік тому +18

    You guys GOTTA do the live in France, 1970 version of this. You want to see the drummer let off the chain. Absolutely EPIC performance all around! ❤

  • @GrammarQuixies
    @GrammarQuixies Рік тому +6

    Well done! I continue to be amazed on how you both pick up on things hearing these classics for the first time. Recognizing the ridiculous drumming out of the gate is impressive , and noticing the unique arrangements is also very impressive. You have way more classics to do! More of this!

  • @Barcthespark
    @Barcthespark Рік тому +8

    One of the most powerful rock songs ever recorded. Period.

  • @johnathandavis3693
    @johnathandavis3693 Рік тому +27

    The TRUE Metal pioneers, at their dark BEST. I've been rocking to this for 50 YEARS, and it STILL sounds as fresh as it always has. Welcome aboard you guys...

    • @robertlavorna2968
      @robertlavorna2968 Рік тому +2

      well said, im 69 and am still amazed listening to them.all great musicians that created a sound never to be duplicated and so ahead of its time,...refreshing to see young people with an open mind thoroughly enjoying their talent and creativity!!!

  • @user-nq6sg3vd8c
    @user-nq6sg3vd8c Місяць тому

    Symptom of the universe is an absolute must...heaviest Sabbath ever mixed with the most gentle acoustics ala Zep

  • @runtwer5700
    @runtwer5700 Місяць тому

    As a guitar player and a bass player...the drums in this song, the fucking drums. Bill Ward is an absolute beast. Everyone shines in this song but to me, since I play everything other than drums, he fucking stands out and he beats that shit like no other. Bill Ward is amazing

  • @eddie623
    @eddie623 Рік тому +13

    All this cowboy has to say is you two make a great couple not only working together but you're reactions are unmatched 👍

  • @jgsrhythm100
    @jgsrhythm100 Рік тому +4

    This was 1970, over 50yrs ago
    and sounds as relevant today !
    Can you imagine 🔥

  • @whatsthegeedis9688
    @whatsthegeedis9688 Рік тому +1

    Man I remember being methed out when I was 16 and spent the whole night learning every guitar part of this song. Sobered up and forgot all of it. Brings back partial memories

  • @fpl_mccolby
    @fpl_mccolby Рік тому +26

    It's probably been said several times, but the live version from Paris in 1970 is amazing. Bill Ward, the drummer, is such a beast.

  • @ZacCostilla
    @ZacCostilla Рік тому +27

    “Fairies Wear Boots” is also a great song, a commentary on UK skinheads. I think you’d like it. Also, Changes, about Ward or Butler’s divorce, is a heart-wrenching ballad. And Planet Caravan is just a vibe you HAVE to check out. If you want more drums and bass, try N.I.B. or Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.

    • @mitchellbaxter6314
      @mitchellbaxter6314 Рік тому +3

      According to Tony Iommi, Fairies Wear Boots isn't about skinheads; it's just about tripping too much. Ozzy says he doesn't remember what the song is about. LOL.
      Good song choices, BTW. Planet Caravan is a vibe most people don't know. I'd add Into The Void.

  • @u123881
    @u123881 Рік тому +1

    Singing truth to power is Beautiful. I listened to this new when I was 15yo and have remembered every word ever since.

  • @sca88
    @sca88 Рік тому +4

    The live video of this song from 1970 in Paris is a MUST. I can't emphasize that enough.

  • @donnabailey8983
    @donnabailey8983 Рік тому +137

    In 1970 I was 17 years old. When I first ever heard this song . I couldn’t believe that someone was feeling and singing the same way I was feeling and seeing it the same way. It changed my whole life. I started protesting against the war. We had a voice. I worked on lowering the voting age to 18. Started fighting for women’s rights. Here we go again starting over in 2023. Never thought it would happen. I still have a little fight in me.

    • @rickenriquez9765
      @rickenriquez9765 Рік тому +4

      1970 I turned 15 (Sept). One of my favorite bands. Peace to you

    • @chaucerianfraud6767
      @chaucerianfraud6767 Рік тому

      Nobody thought that you people would win and keep going. Now we have people who cannot even define what a woman is, or turn everything into a communist struggle session despite nobody doing anything bad.

    • @maryannturton9830
      @maryannturton9830 Рік тому +6

      Sounds like you have plenty of fight in you Donna! If we don't stand for the good,the bad will gladly run rampant! Not on my watch...Not on yours...🎙🥊💪👊

    • @jaydemarshall9191
      @jaydemarshall9191 Рік тому +8

      I think Gen Z is gonna put up one hell of a fight. And I think they are gonna win. I ain't saying shit is gonna get fixed but I think we are gonna see some serious changes.

    • @prestigeworldwide5239
      @prestigeworldwide5239 Рік тому

      Christian nationalists already have a chokehold on government due to their long plan of infiltrating from the bottom up. What happened to Separation of Church and State?

  • @vincentp149
    @vincentp149 Рік тому +14

    Geezer, Tony, Ozzy and Bill crafted a masterpiece. This song was written in 1970 at a time when the U.S. war in Vietnam was being heavily televised. Never had people seen the horrors of war on the news every night. The guys in Sabbath grew up Birmingham England where the destruction of lives and property caused buy WWI and WWII was slowly being rebuilt. "War Pigs" perfectly pierced the veil of the noble war.

  • @Jezza819
    @Jezza819 Рік тому +3

    My favorite Black Sabbath song. It's got it all. A powerful lyrical message, Tony with another killer riff, Bill Ward's incredible drumming and dancing on that hi hat during the breaks, Geezer just being Geezer. Go to any metal or hard rock concert and if this starts playing on the PA before the show or between acts, it always gets a cheer and everybody knows the words and sings it.

  • @michaelhallen2808
    @michaelhallen2808 Рік тому +3

    There is a live 1970 version of this song. You can see drummer Bill Ward go even harder. It's stunning

  • @alamc200
    @alamc200 Рік тому +6

    This was from 1970 so it was pretty early in their career, from the album Paranoid and after all these years it still sounds very current to me, the music and the message. This my favorite of theirs.

  • @rickenriquez9765
    @rickenriquez9765 Рік тому +7

    I was lucky enough to see them twice live in concert 1975 & 2016 with Ozzy on vocals

    • @jackhuffman9313
      @jackhuffman9313 Рік тому

      I saw sabbath in 78, front of stage, Van Halen was the back up band…

    • @rickenriquez9765
      @rickenriquez9765 Рік тому

      @@jackhuffman9313 I saw van halen in 1993 fresno, ca, sammy hagar was singer

  • @meddlehedd1194
    @meddlehedd1194 9 місяців тому

    Late '70's I was about 10 yrs old. We had a employee milking cows for us and he was playing this song. I stopped dead in my tracks....."What kind of music is THIS?" With a smile he answered. "Acid Rock".

  • @Fairygrl_TW
    @Fairygrl_TW Рік тому

    My absolute favorite by Sabbath, so powerful. The video is intense, beautifully put together. Thanx so much, Blessings

  • @TerryKrysinski
    @TerryKrysinski Рік тому +77

    Great reaction,guys! I was a Beatles fanatic as a kid,so by 1970,the heavy rock bands were emerging. Going from The Beatles to Black Sabbath at the start of the 70's was like getting hit with a brick in the face! They really were the 'birth of heavy metal'. No band was heavier than these guys. But under all that heaviness,you still had melody,great playing and thoughtful lyrics. Along with Led Zeppelin, Grand Funk Railroad,uriah Heep,and Deep Purple..the soundtrack of my rockin' High Schol days! :-) Enjoy the journey...regards, T

    • @gary6754
      @gary6754 Рік тому +2

      beatles way better
      i was born in 73, I went from hard rock to the beatles to new wave.
      hard rock is grating to me at this point in my life

    • @sebastianquinchia1840
      @sebastianquinchia1840 Рік тому

      ​@@gary6754 cool

    • @sebastianquinchia1840
      @sebastianquinchia1840 Рік тому

      ​@@gary6754 cool

    • @screwyootube1
      @screwyootube1 Рік тому +4

      @@gary6754 How sad. I was born in '65, and I love all kinds of music, hard & soft, new & old, complicated & simplistic. I think it's good to be open-minded.

    • @kevinmcfarlane2752
      @kevinmcfarlane2752 Рік тому

      @@gary6754 Each to their own.

  • @76063co2
    @76063co2 Рік тому +6

    THIS is my favorite Sabbath song. And the message (and reality of the song) has only grown more relevant up to today.

  • @thomasthompson698
    @thomasthompson698 Рік тому +3

    This is from 1970's "Paranoid" album. Great tune, great message, great sound... Sabbath at the top of their game!

  • @krisdoggett483
    @krisdoggett483 Рік тому +1

    Great band! Don't forget about the bass player, Geezer Butler!! Check out "Fairies Wear Boots", "Sweet Leaf", "The Wizard" or "Hand of Doom"

  • @rintrah40
    @rintrah40 Рік тому +7

    I really like their song, "Planet Caravan." It's very chill and unique sounding for their music.

    • @ZacCostilla
      @ZacCostilla Рік тому +2

      Planet Caravan, Changes, and Fairies Wear Boots (about UK skinheads) are also must-listens!!!

  • @anthonyrenda7725
    @anthonyrenda7725 Рік тому +7

    This song could be written today and be spot on to whats happening today!!!!

  • @MrSeeuu
    @MrSeeuu 9 місяців тому

    WOW!!!!! LOL!!!!!!
    You guys are so much fun to watch being blown away by the music of my generation! Now imagine being 16 years old, stoned out of your gourd on some blotter acid while at a banger of party (yes,my friends parents were out of town) with this Album (Black Sabbath-Paranoid) blaring!!! The music, the high, and oh the damage!!!!Unforgettable!!! LOL

  • @anntalmadge6733
    @anntalmadge6733 8 місяців тому

    For a real treat to see young Ozzy and his amazing performance (all of them really) Live 1970 concert

  • @plottwisties
    @plottwisties Рік тому +84

    Love the reaction guys. Sabbath has a catalogue of pretty deep and provocative songs and "War Pigs" is definitely one of them. "Children of the Grave", "After Forever", and "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" are a few more I'd put in that category. The one song of theirs I keep mentioning in the comments that I REALLY want you guys to react to though is "Heaven and Hell". Mostly because it's just a phenominal song but also because it's a Dio era song that I'm really curious to see your reaction to. Besides, it has one of the fattest basslines ever. Please guys, you have to do it. ua-cam.com/video/5FRA7UXlGu8/v-deo.html

    • @l.thegirl2581
      @l.thegirl2581 Рік тому +3

      Children of the grave- Epic. You will not be able to get the intro out of your mind. It's insane. The drum.

    • @bookhouseboy280
      @bookhouseboy280 Рік тому +2

      In addition, "A National Acrobat", "Killing Yourself to Live", "Looking for Today", and "A Spiral Architect" make 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' a great and thought-provoking album.

    • @peroron2000
      @peroron2000 Рік тому +3

      I vote for Heaven and Hell also. I would love to see their reaction.

    • @plottwisties
      @plottwisties Рік тому

      @@peroron2000 Right?? Jordan will lose his mind! Lol.

    • @plottwisties
      @plottwisties Рік тому

      @@l.thegirl2581 Yes!! That galloping bass intro is absolute 🔥🔥!!!

  • @petertimoney3436
    @petertimoney3436 Рік тому +5

    There's a fine live video of this from Paris in 1970 with slightly different lyrics which is even more energetic and the drummer is phenomenal.

  • @stevegeib9642
    @stevegeib9642 Рік тому +1

    Born in '62 this song has been a solid presence in my top three all-time from the day I first heard it! The absolute clarity of vocals, riffs and message are set perfectly to the melody of this masterpiece!

  • @raiderray1954
    @raiderray1954 13 днів тому

    Sabbath was my favorite band thru out middle school and high school.

  • @mikeh720
    @mikeh720 Рік тому +17

    Definitely one of my favorite tunes from Black Sabbath. The video in the linked original is fabulous as well, artist/creator deserves equal credit.

  • @j.jennings1722
    @j.jennings1722 Рік тому +17

    I love so many masterpieces by Yes, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Rush, but this masterpiece by Black Sabbath is right up there with the greatest songs of all time. And, sadly, it's still relevant, if not more so, today. ❤✌

  • @michaelbrown3128
    @michaelbrown3128 7 місяців тому +1

    So glad you guys are looking past the name of the band. They have a message in all of their songs. Everything back then were hippies with flowers, peace and love. But in reality there was and is a darker side of life, and they let people know this. This album came out in 1970. The producing of it was fantastic!!!! Never judge a book by it's cover!!!!!!

  • @tonymagro2500
    @tonymagro2500 Місяць тому

    What kills me is when I was a kid listening to black sabbath Adults called me rebellious for listening to this music. I was proud to say yes, I am rebellious against politicians and military leaders.Sending young men who don't have a penny to rub together to fight their wars for them. Talking about vietnam of course. Amongst others.

  • @GreenEyedLady
    @GreenEyedLady Рік тому +19

    These lyrics are my favorite of the two! I'm so glad you pulled this, it def still applies today.

  • @markbronx172
    @markbronx172 Рік тому +3

    The greatest heavy metal band of all time.

  • @twig828
    @twig828 8 місяців тому

    I'm so happy you guys pay so much attention to detail, from the lyrics to the instruments. I really appreciate that shit frfr

  • @michaelguidry6501
    @michaelguidry6501 9 місяців тому

    One of the greatest, most beautiful songs of all time.

  • @chriso6719
    @chriso6719 Рік тому +5

    They wanted this to be the title track of the 1970 2nd album, but the record company wouldn't agree. They went with the 'filler' song, Paranoid, instead.
    The original title of the song was Walpugis(the Witches Sabbath). They record company didn't like that either, and changed it to War Pigs.
    That's Bill Ward playing the drums you liked.
    Try Children of the Grave ,Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, The Wizard, or N.I.B.

  • @Traveler13
    @Traveler13 Рік тому +6

    Influenced me to being anti war in my teens hearing this in the early 70s

  • @devinerevelations7273
    @devinerevelations7273 Рік тому +1

    I still remember the first time I played this album, listening with headphones. I was never the same again.

  • @dave9732
    @dave9732 Рік тому +7

    Maybe their biggest hit. Go back and listen again and pay attention to the bass. You’ll be shocked. Every part of this song is brilliant.

  • @jesse7603
    @jesse7603 Рік тому +8

    My first concert I ever went to was Black Sabbath in November 1978, in Corpus Christi at the Bayfront Coliseum, which was renamed the Selena Memorial Coliseum. The opening band was Van Halen touring their first album. Needless to say, it was mind-blowing.

  • @MWS67
    @MWS67 11 місяців тому

    Black Sabbath is my favorite group and thins is my favotite song by them. During Desert Storm, I would listen to this song every morning when we were doing stand to.