Love seeing Bill up front and center!

This was at the end of the Ozzy era, but the fact that it was a hit (during Punk & New Wave) and upbeat makes it feel like a big, triumphant return here to TOTPs.

I love the fact that this video is the first time I have every seen Tony play a Les paul instead of a sg

@tholokrys1800

10 күн бұрын

"playing"

This is Real music !

Tons of energy ✨️ on this one! Dare I say upbeat yeah direct opposite...NRGized Sabbath!

1:07 - If you've listened to their library, you will appreciate the supreme meaning of irony when you consider the fact that Never Say Die was only their 2nd top 40 hit.

@christschinwon

3 ай бұрын

It was only their 2nd single. They were always against singles as they thought it attracted hangers on, not real fans

@portcullis5622

24 күн бұрын

​@@christschinwonThat can't be correct, as, somewhere, I have a copy of the single 'Symptom of the Universe' with 'Children of the Grave' on the other side. That would have been released between 'Paranoid' in 1970 and 'Never Say Die' in 1978. So that is at least 3, but I bet there were other singles.

@christschinwon

24 күн бұрын

@@portcullis5622 right, I was going by Tony's book but I see it's the 2nd single to receive a chart position, not a relesse

The audio was the studio version. You can hear Tony bending the G string up on the 19th fret while seeing his hand actually playing first position A. Still love them, though.

@terrypussypower

2 жыл бұрын

EVERYONE mimed on TOTP back then. Occasionally they’d allow a singer to sing over backing tapes but that was very rare. It wasn’t until the 90’s that they regularly allowed singers to sing live, and much later allowed bands to play live.

@billrobertjoe

2 жыл бұрын

totp sucks

@sebastiantejada6423

Жыл бұрын

Top of the pops was all playback

@superK60

Жыл бұрын

Not true. Go look at their 1970 Paranoid T.O.T.P. performance. That's live.

@timnewman1172

Ай бұрын

It looks like Bill Ward didn't get the memo, he is definitely hitting his cymbals...

❤🦇🌕🐺❤. That room wasn’t big enough to contain Sabbath ,,,never mind Ozzy!!! He is so confined on that set up , he’s singing and moving like a wild thing ,stuck in a cage , looking for a place to unleash his TREMENDOUS ENERGY !

My man Ozzy up there strung out on all the cocaine in the goddamn world

2:55 Nice cherry sunburst les paul ❤

Tony "playing" a les paul. I've seen that guitar in a video of his studio.

@modusceo

2 жыл бұрын

Ironic that he only plays it for a backing track performance 🤣

This is a recording but the performance was pretty good. Bill was crushing it on the drums. Tony looked a little bored. Ozzy put on a good show like always. Geezer was barely visible.

Their punk song

Sounds like they are trying to sound like Thin Lizzy

@MikeL-7

9 ай бұрын

Agreed though Sabbath have more of a swing feel than Lizzy

Toni playing a Les Paul?? Geezer playing a Gibson EB bass?? 1:20 Sabbath has had over 20 different members?? What the hell is going on here? This is so wrong. In 1978, Sabbath had NOT had over 20 members and the instruments used I've never seen used again by Toni & Geezer ever. 😲🧐

@leconnaway

Жыл бұрын

This is from Top of the Pops. No one plays live on that show. It doesn’t matter. Also, it’s Tony.

@robertcarli1969

Жыл бұрын

@@leconnaway beautiful brand new les paul "cherry burst"

@brianfergus839

Жыл бұрын

Tony should’ve grabbed a Tele for this 😂

@portcullis5622

24 күн бұрын

Thr original.TooP performance was in 1978, but this clip with the captions is from a much later series 'Guitar Heroes' from (I would guess) the late 1990s or early 2000s, by which time Sabbath probably had featured more than 20 different musicians. I can think of at least 4 other vocalists (after Ozzy) and they had several drummers.

Lip syncing. Seems like maybe the drums, and guitar are playing along with the track. Ozzy never sang that well, live. Anyway, it's exactly like the album.