From what I understand. Those drums owed him money.

@soulpatchjackson3076

6 ай бұрын

Lmao!!!!!!

@lesblatnyak5947

6 ай бұрын

Probably his ex's picture on the skins

@polopopolo2197

6 ай бұрын

😂😂

@tomlafleche332

6 ай бұрын

I thought they slapped his mama then stole his car, or that's the story I heard lol.

@SGED392

6 ай бұрын

He said to the drums “yoozz talkin to me???

Them drums are going to heaven because he beat the hell out of them!

@CosmicVagabondPixie

6 ай бұрын

**Luvit** Ha YAY

@MrChristbait

5 ай бұрын

Clever!

Keep in mind… Ozzy, Bill and Tony were 22 y/o in this performance and Geezer was just 21 🔥

@keeponrollin7922

6 ай бұрын

Unbelievable

@wayL0ck

6 ай бұрын

Wow! When I was 22, I had accomplished nothing. These four changed Rock and Roll!

@willblood7082

6 ай бұрын

@@wayL0ck I had just completed college, was unemployed and looking for a job at 22 🤷🏼‍♂️

@Greg-io1ip

5 ай бұрын

When I was 22 I was going to college and working in a restaurant as a lead cook and barback. I couldn't even play the waitresses, let alone a kazoo. I tried to date 2 at the same time. One cried and dumped me, the other one slapped me in front of everyone. And all the waitresses formed a club against me. Little did they know how clueless I was and it was the only time in my life I did that. Yeah, that was my 'age 22 War Pig' story. The dumbest thing is they were both beautiful inside and out, and I thought it was my choice. I must have been the dumbest 22 year old on earth! Meanwhile Sabbath making legend songs for the universe age 22. It's unreal. And surreal.

Visual and audio proof that Sabbath in their heyday were an absolute force of nature.

Bill beating a confession out of those drums .

This song is as relevant as ever. War Pigs continue their destruction.

@Konastang18

22 күн бұрын

Military Industrial complex alive and well. The creature from Jekyll Island still calling the shots.

Legend says the drum kit never recovered from the beating.

@chief_queef1990

4 ай бұрын

I hope those drums were at least 18

Bill Ward is a fucking mad man I never get tired of his playing here

Just 4 young lads from Birmingham inventing a music genre. Groovy as fuck too.

@elisaabolafia9542

6 ай бұрын

"Groovy as Fuck" Well Put ❗

@edwardmunoz7853

5 ай бұрын

Well said my friend,well said 👊

@richardfairlamb9728

5 ай бұрын

That’s what makes them the greatest in metal…,their groove.

@bigfishbigpond

2 ай бұрын

UTV 💪🏻

Bill played like the drums owed him money

If this performance does not give you chills, you have no soul

They were still working out the lyrics. i'm so grateful for this old footage.

@troycul6552

6 ай бұрын

I've heard 7 different versions of this song lol.

@SpaceCattttt

6 ай бұрын

@@troycul6552 And the FNM version is the best.

@johndrx165

6 ай бұрын

Geezer wrote all the lyrics. Ozzy frequently forgot some, but maybe they were in flux. Pretty sure album was recorded. Power was never lacking. Super raw and stripped down here.

@whitneyjacobs7874

6 ай бұрын

I think the spotlight coming on disoriented Ozzy and caused him to mess up the order of the lines.

@Bill_Yarkakar_XVIII

5 ай бұрын

@@johndrx165 This was a combination of the final lyrics and "Walpurgis", which was the original working title. There may be a little drug-fueled improvisation in there, too.

All four original members are still alive in 2024!!....nobody they know will ever take their rock and roll away from them!

@jasonrichardson1208

Күн бұрын

Backstreet kids from Birmingham!

54 years ago !! In the good old days 😊

Epic performance, and perfectly suited for 2024. We are living this song meaning every day. Wake up people.

The words in this song are all happening today

Bill Ward such an animal on the drums. So good!

@alphasixty1316

6 ай бұрын

Animal was such a Bill Ward on the drums.

Ozzy didn't leave, he was fired (drugs) and his best friend Bill Ward had to be the to fire him. Thankfully black sabbath reconciled with ozzy, and they toured and made another album together.

Bill ward always bangs the F. out of the drums

I love everything about this performance. Everything sounds massive, and surprisingly clear. Bill Ward is an insane machine. And Ozzy's enthusiasm for his band is both inspirng, and endearing. They hadn't even finalized the lyrics here, that's how fresh this was for them. They must have been so excited for what they were doing. Not only is this a masterpiece of a song, but it's so much heavier than anything else going. They must have been over the moon.

@elisaabolafia9542

6 ай бұрын

Well Put Justin❗ This was great to watch.

@justchillin4065

5 ай бұрын

I think I finally understand why the lyrics are different from the one's I memorized

@Bill_Yarkakar_XVIII

5 ай бұрын

Yep. it was a combination of the "War Pigs" lyrics and the lyrics from "Walpurgis", which was the original working title of the song.

So glad you finally got around to watching this, I was keen to see how you reacted to Bill ward live. It's a video I can watch over and over again. Great reaction guys

@emilymartinez6961

6 ай бұрын

Same here, you took the words right out my mouth 🤘🎶

@deckard.97

6 ай бұрын

Ditto - I was absolutely shocked when I saw this footage. Bill Ward is mesmerizing. Thanks guys for doing this reaction!

Black Sabbath are the pioneers of heavy metal ❤

Bill Ward made fire with those sticks 🥢🔥

The beginning of Metal 🤘

This whole show is on KZread from 1970. I'd strongly recommend you watch the version of Fairies Wear Boots from it. The boys bring the fonk. Bill brings the swing and it's good in groovetown.

@lukasmoller5065

6 ай бұрын

Exactly what he said! ❤

@whamptonr

6 ай бұрын

…and “Hand of Doom.” This whole show is just incredible and I am so thankful it was filmed.

@kraig7777

6 ай бұрын

@@whamptonr omg omg omg Hand of Doom Paris 1970 is LEGENDARY

@joescott8877

6 ай бұрын

If they don't I WILL! Kicking myself even now for not seeking out enough live Sabbath before now! FWB is my fave song by them, can't wait!

@angelobelmont9379

5 ай бұрын

It also has the best version of paranoid

Whether its live or the studio cut. Its one of the greatest songs ever written! 🤘😎

That is maybe the best live version of a song you will ever see on KZread.

@frankpentangeli7945

6 ай бұрын

This and the live version of Child In Time by Deep Purple, also recorded in 1970. I'm not sure which one I prefer ... I love them both so much!

@MeidoVegeta

6 ай бұрын

How many more times by led Zep Jan 1970 at the Albert hall and Kashmir 2007 by the same band.

@MeidoVegeta

6 ай бұрын

Child in time is awesome.

Bill Ward was the star of this one IMO. Smashin that small setup drum kit!!! And the bassist slappin hard the WHOLE tune. Nice live reaction AB!

Just love your conversation. I consumed this music as an early teenager. We never discussed it, just played it over and over.

This is the version you need to watch

You know what you don’t want to hear after that? “Hey guys your band is on next”

There's some killer drumming in this song! Love how Ozzy is just improvising with the lyrics.

Wow you can feel the percussion and the energy thanks guys😀👍

This whole concert is amazing! Worth a watch! ❤❤

Those drums went and lived on a farm after this.

Contrast War Pigs with another popular song from 1970, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head. It was a time when music was making a drastic shift. The boomers music was giving way to the drug assisted tunes from the hippies. The shift to hard rock and metal was in full gear and Sabbath was leading the charge. I think it over corrected a little when it swung to disco, but we endured until that thankfully died, lol. Thanks for sharing!

this is when War Pigs was evolving from the song Walpurgis, you can find that on youtube as well. Witches gather at black masses Bodies burning in red ashes On the hill the church in ruins Is the scene of evil doings It's the place for all black sinners Watch them eating dead rat's innards I guess it's the same Wherever you may go Oh, Lord, yeah! [Verse 2] Carry banners which denounce the lord See me rocking in my grave See them anoint my head with dead rat's blood See them stick this stake through me Lord hold me back I just gotta go They got a hold of my soul now Lord can my brain escape what blood I'm seeing Look in my eyes and bear it all, yeah! [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] On the scene, a priest appears Sinners falling at his knees Satan sends out funeral pyre Casts the priest into the fire It's the place for all bad sinners Watch them eating dead rat's innards I guess its the same Wherever you may go Oh, Lord, yeah!

@charliegeorge9393

6 ай бұрын

thank you

@alrifr5786

5 ай бұрын

I am not sure evolving is the right word. The band had to change some of the lyrics to make the record producers happy. This performance was after the record was released, so live they reverted to some of the original lyrics.

Saw them at the California Jam in 1974 with 250,000 other people 😂

The ultimate war protest song

Bill ward tryin to bust those skins.

Ozzy the prince of darkness and Black Sabbath never disappointed their fans at the concerts

They changed the game when they came along. Iconic band.

The reversed sticks do make a bigger sound, but more importantly...Bill hits so insanely hard that the smaller tip will ruin or punch thru a drum-head on the first song. The fatter end spreads out the impact.

This performance should go down as one of the heaviest things known to man. basically started heavy metal. Bill Ward putting on a clinic with those drums

Bill Ward is so so underrated

The shock and awe of the late 60"s 70s. Was still hippie era and these fellas come around. Changed everything, bound for greatness from the start.

Recorded live at the Paris Theatre in Brussels (Belgium) in late 1970, just after the release of their"Paranoid" album. The song was originally called "Walpurgis", but Sabath wanted to get rid of the "being satanic" moniker and changed the title to "War Pigs", which has slightly different lyrics (Ozzy 'wrongfully' sings some of the original lines here).

@keeponrollin7922

6 ай бұрын

Nice info

@MeidoVegeta

6 ай бұрын

Good insight as I'm thinking Ozzy forgets the placement of lyrics and creates new ones here. 😂

Geezer Butler needs more love. He drives the bass lines like a champ. Love him!

I don’t know how you get any more awesome than that?! Good Lord!

Bill Ward the most underrated drummer ever

@Greg-io1ip

5 ай бұрын

Peart, Ward, Moon, Baker, Bonham. Stewart Copeland, Gil Moore, Charlie Charles (Ian Dury and The Blockheads).

@alrivers2297

4 ай бұрын

​@Greg-io1ip Ian Paice was phenomenal too. Mitch Mitchell and Alex Van Halen, very underrated

All Paris concert great!!!

It's 1970, 54 years ago, wow

Epic.

What a Power rock band.

1970 baby!

Rumor has the drummer Bill Ward was arrested after the show for beating the hell out of his drum kit.🔥

you guys have just witnessed history!!! This is the birth of heavy metal and head banging glad you liked it!!!!

That was a historic performance that was a force of nature. Nobody had heard music so heavy and original like that. Bill Ward was smashing those drums as hard as Bonham and he"s criminally underrated. I think if they had taken more time in the studio capturing Bill"s drumming with all its power and sophistication he"d be neck and neck with Bonham. Geezer was a guitar player but switched to bass and you can tell during the guitar solos that it"s his turn to go off yet still hold the bottom down. Tony Iommi is the Godfather of metal riffs. Ozzy had a voice like an air raid siren with power and clarity. Together they were the architects of metal. The Godfathers of Metal.

@aaronfrazier7159

5 ай бұрын

Preach the Metal Gospel, Brother!!🤘

@Mirandelorean

14 күн бұрын

Jimi Hendrix is the godfather. Listen to Machine Gun live and make up your mind

@curtjohansen5742

9 күн бұрын

@@Mirandelorean it's made up. Sabbath are the Godfathers of metal. Period.

Award for best drums 1970 goes to Bill Ward

The greatness we just witnessed is beyond comprehension! Epic 🔥

Back in 1965 I had an Extended Stay in England I saw these four when their band was called Earth in the pub scene at the time Ozzy would play the harmonica along with the rest of them jamming since Earth was a jazz blues band when they became Black Sabbath there was not much harmonica playing LOL except for the song The Wizard so he decided to bop his head and bounce around.

I hope Black Sabbath had a slow song after this because damn that drummer is got to be exhausted

If I could give this reaction 20 thumbs up I would!... Love this footage, Love your reaction!!

Bill ward also sings on 2 tracks.its alright(technical ectasy) n swinging the chain(never say die) they needed 1 more song for the record.but ozzy was already gone so they wrote it about their break up.

This video bears witness to the greatness of Bill Ward. He should be considered among the greatest rock drummers of all time with Moon, Bonham, Peart, and Copeland. The creme de la creme.

DAMN!!!! 😮😮

If you want more (especially Geezer) watch Fairies Wear Boots from the same concert . You won't be disappointed .

Unbelievable sound from just 4 guys.

When Bill Ward had a heart attack, Toni Iommi sent him a card saying “congratulations on your new baby”. lol, awesome comedy on his part.

Black Sabbath in their prime just incredible The drums definitely owed Bill Ward money Ozzy giving it his all Geezer Butler on Bass and Tony Iommi guitar were the total package

The drum sound was incredible, I guess from the physical beating they took. Bill and a wall of sound back in the day on his small kit. Crazy good. I can't imagine what the stage volume was like back then, big amps and lots of speakers turned way up. Feeling the music physically, not just emotionally.

Birmingham jazz !! Brilliant choice fellas!

When my brothers and I first played this in 1969 on our pioneer 500-watt stack stereo with quad tower speakers it shook my mother's china off the shelves!

Those opening chords let you know you are about to get a beatdown...and you will be glad for it.

The best of the best!! Incredible performance!!🎶🎸🎶

Still hard to believe that was over 50 years ago

The War Pigs are alive and well and worse than ever. Context: In 1969 Americans killed in Viet Nam averaged over 500 per month, young people and their supporters didn.t like that. During the Iraq War they stopped families and photographers from greeting caskets coming back to (iirc) Dover Del. Thanks for the reaction you guys.

@elisaabolafia9542

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this narrative you just wrote. Sad commentary about WAR PIGS.

@tammyhurst3390

6 ай бұрын

My brother inlaw served at Dover AF base during Vietnam

This was the music of my youth in high school and then in the Marine Corp afterwards. The Viet Nam War was raging on. I was and will always be a huge fan.

Ozzy , the 1st headbanger!!!

Honestly ..Black Sabbath was one of the greatest!!

Best live drum sound ever.

You know how to recognize good music and how to appreciate it.

Great performance 🔥 I prefer the lyrics that they ended up going with on the studio but I love this performance . Ozzy didn’t want to leave he was fired because although they were all using drugs they fired Ozzy because they thought his use was affecting his performance.

@Michael-Philip

6 ай бұрын

Yes, lyrics were unfinished at the time.. When Ozzy left they were in a writers block.. I think Dio gave them a fresh new start. and Randy did the same for Ozzy.

Thanks!

Hell yeah Bros... great song to send me off on our trip. See ya in a couple of weeks. Peace 😎

@AirplayBeats

6 ай бұрын

Have a safe trip my friend!!

Black Sabbath, the "OG's" of Metal!!! Love it! "If it's too loud you're too old" I'm 63, lol!!!

Their first show in the U.S. was Glassboro, NJ at Glassboro State College in 1970. They blew the power out for half the campus.

He was crazy when we saw them he ran all over the stage On there reunion tour my ears were ringing for days lol front row center all I can say is WOW.

Great reaction to this awesome band. Too bad that the meaning of this song song is still relevant today!! Keep enjoying your musical journey with all of the great tunes from the past.

Bill just killing it...... as usual.

The drummer kills it in this song.

Ozzy didn't leave. He was thrown out because he's batshit CRAZY!!!

This is so early is before the lyrics were not quite finished. Remarkable performance.

I never realized until now that in this clip Bill Ward had his drum sticks turned around. Good call guys!

It’s great watching you guys rock out to Sabbath. Thankfully, I’m old enough to have seen all of these iconic bands live when they first came out. The 60s and 70s were the golden age of music. 🕊❤️🎼

Ozzy didn't leave, he was fired.

I love how when they go into a solo it's almost like free form jazz. Geezer takes off in one direction, Tonny in another and Bill just driving straight down the road! Although there are times when Geezer will take the wheel and let Bill go for a run!!!

This is up there with Queens Live Aid gig in 1985! Just Outstanding performances from master musicians!

Other than the Beatles, GREATEST Band of ALL time!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🙌🙌🙌 if you wanna see Geezer do BLACK SABBATH "official" video!! Sooooo scary..

And that's how it's done gentlemen amazing band and a masterclass from Bill Ward! Great job guys...cheers