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@rogerdaly6326

Ай бұрын

Faith No More does a killer cover of War Pigs as well as The Commadores "Easy".

@strydershadow391

Ай бұрын

You're right every guy in the band was a true master of their talent. I was lucky enough to see them live in 76.

@leannlauner7787

Ай бұрын

Children of the Grave Live from Cal Jam

@stephenvanvleck9355

Ай бұрын

Smaller the set, the better the drummer!

@terryconnelly484

Ай бұрын

I'm sure you may know that this is a different version of lyrics for this song Still good

Bill Ward - cream of drummers. This is prime Black Sabbath, the passion of a live performance. And note that Bill's drum kit is tiny compared to today's drummers.

@mariajobson739

Ай бұрын

So was Bonham's

@mariajobson739

Ай бұрын

Got to sit on side of stage when they performed at Madison Square Garden during song" Ironman" ...Frank Zappa was in town and introduced the band and everyone went crazy..nice surprise for everyone 😁this was latter 70's

@mariajobson739

Ай бұрын

Grand Funk too, drummer small kit..powerhouse drumming and sound!

@carkol3227

Ай бұрын

No creams drummer was ginger baker 😅

@user-zu1kk3nt4r

Ай бұрын

Great song

Every time I see this clip I get pissed that Geezer isn't getting shown enough. Killer bassist.

@jw-nz2vx

Ай бұрын

Also the primary lyricist of the band.

@flyingardilla143

Ай бұрын

Whoever filmed it must not have known the band. That is the best excuse I can think of.

@peterwinters8587

Ай бұрын

Back in those days you were lucky to get clip of anyone but the singer

@anthonydawson8080

Ай бұрын

Bass players are typically in the background. Speaking as a bassist

@thorzzz1z

Ай бұрын

What's the difference between a bass player and a hardwood floor? The floor can support a family.

The birth of Heavy Metal.

Bill Ward , the drummer, beat those drums like they owed him money. 🤑

@paulcarfantan6688

Ай бұрын

Hahaha ! So true. Or they hooked up with his girlfriend and he found out about it, lol.

What i love about this performance is Ozzy just being the nr 1 fan of his band

@PML78

Ай бұрын

Only complaint is the lyrics he sings is not from the album and it messes up the concert in my head... but I rock thru it and still love it 🤘🏽😎

@GenerationalDisappointment

Ай бұрын

@@PML78 It took them a while to get the lyrics all worked out, you can click on 4 early live performances and essentially get 4 different versions of the track

@tylerreisinger734

Ай бұрын

​@PML78 this version is when the song was called "Walpurgis", especially prominent in the second verse before the chorus. This performance had the original lyrics

Try to imagine how revolutionary this was in 1970.

Every member of Sabbath is a master craftsman.

Ozzy Osborne - vocals Tony Iommi - guitar Geezer Butler - bass Bill Ward - drums First and greatest Metal band of all time

@gsturnerjr

Ай бұрын

Tony Iommi and his story is truly inspirational. They all are gods...

@pblaschke

Ай бұрын

Thanks for naming the band members. They definitely don't get the credit that is due to them.

Try to imagine how original this was in 1970! Groundbreaking is the right word... I love that you dig it. 🤘🏻😎

I swear that Bill Ward (the drummer) was the model for Animal in The Muppets.

@lynette.

Ай бұрын

No that was Keith Moon of the Who.

@snarkyguy2657

Ай бұрын

@@lynette. I've heard Keith Moon & the Muppet wiki mentions Mick Fleetwood, but I can't help but see a lot of Bill in Animal.

@lynette.

Ай бұрын

@@snarkyguy2657 You just have to look at his bushy eyebrows to know its Keith Moon 😅

@cindykearns7777

Ай бұрын

I was gonna say the exact same thing. 😁

@smarttvhome335

Ай бұрын

Dude...Genius pick up. You're dead on there! Can't help but see him sitting in now. Lol!

Ozzy and early Sabbath are pure magic. Ward's a monster drummer. Iommi is a guitar god, as is Geezer on bass. Too damn good.

@seelenwinter6662

Ай бұрын

for me the greatest band ever... better than beatles, rolling stones and led zeppelin together... 50 years and not a single bad song... only maiden can touch them...

@_nay__

Ай бұрын

​@@seelenwinter6662impossible to even make comparisons as each of the bands you named are iconic and are equally famous. Every band has their own notable style and esp their drummers ans guitarists. They're a the best of the best. Not cool to try to put 1 over all.

Bill Ward. Just monstrous. Every hit in that intro sounds like a bomb going off.

@garrettpace2701

Ай бұрын

Forgot to add.. this is 1970. People were listening to Hey Jude and these guys drop this shit on the world.

@kikivon3501

Ай бұрын

Bill Ward is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me GAWD!!!

Remember, there was no such thing as the genre of "Heavy Metal" at this time. -You could say, Black Sabbath was the first Heavy Metal Band. That term wasn't even used until the mid 70s, I think. While I wasn't a huge Fan of these guys, you have to admit, they were way ahead of their time. I was 14 years old in 1970, and I'm now 68. Man, time just flies by.

@Williamottelucas

Ай бұрын

Ha, Dusty, I just wrote more or less the same comment as you at around the same time!

@jw-nz2vx

Ай бұрын

The term actually came from the 1968 Steppenwolf song Born to be Wild but I'm not sure how long it took to actually become a moniker for the genre at large. It could be argued that some late Beatles tracks and some Hendrix tracks qualified as heavy metal before the genre broke out proper with Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Iron Butterfly, and Steppenwolf. But all those other bands covered a more diverse range of rock music, while Black Sabbath has always played what we now classify as metal even before that term was commonplace. So I think it's proper to call Sabbath the first true heavy metal band, as long as we give the other founding fathers their credit as well.

@thomasferguson2795

Ай бұрын

You nailed it. Being 67 and growing up with all of this, I completely agree. I bought “Are you experienced” in ‘67 and was just blown away by Purple Haze. A writer around that time characterized the song as, metal raining down like rain. And of course as you mentioned, Heavy metal thunder, in Born to be wild. Along with the sounds of some other very heavy sounds of the late sixties. Great stuff.

@trajectoryunown

Ай бұрын

There were definitely at least a handful of metal songs prior, but Sabbath is very likely the first metal band. Early metal has considerable overlap with rock. There's no real way to distinguish one from the other without omitting some vital piece of metal history on a technicality. Lemmy's classic opener was always, "We are Motorhead, and we play Rock N Roll." Way I see it, if the guys making the music don't care about the label, I don't think we should sweat it.

@NammaSingh-ig5vy

Ай бұрын

My favorite concert. Ever.

I can’t explain the impact this band had on my generation. At the time I was a senior in high school looking Vietnam in the face. Black Sabbath was exactly the band we needed. I get the sweats every time seeing this video. Thanks.

This band was the portal into heavy metal.

That whole PARANOID Album is crazy..I got that Album in 72. I was 11. I'm 62 now

@nelliejewell2665

Ай бұрын

I’m 62 and heard this at 11 and it made quite the impact on me. But it was my 2 year older brother who had the album and played it over and over. It has always stayed with me.

@terrymills810

Ай бұрын

I am a little younger probably heard it in the late 70s on my dad's reeel to reel. He had one full of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. Wore that reel out when he wasnt home LOL

@melissaward6311

Ай бұрын

Love Paranoid. We're a few yrs older than you. Game changing lp for sure.

@JonPopovic

Ай бұрын

Made me grow my hair long at 9 yrs old!

Black Sabbath ~ The God Fathers of Heavy Metal! Every band that calls themselves a metal band owes EVERYTHING to Black Sabbath! They did it all and did it first. One of the greatest bands to ever exist!

@PML78

Ай бұрын

💯 🤘🏽😎

War pigs and Children of the grave are especially poignant right now. It’s quite tragic that 50 years later we’re still hopelessly stuck in the same cycles of war and destruction.

I have seen others say Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath Deep Purple are the Unholy Trinity \m/ RockON!!!

@woodrowsmith3400

Ай бұрын

I must agree. I was 15 when this particular gig was recorded. The three aforementioned bands were all coming into their stride. To this day all three bands still figure prominently in my playlist.

This entire concert from 70 is the best I've seen Sabbath.

@marquisdelafayette1929

Ай бұрын

Ozzy on tv needs subtitles Ozzy singing and you can hear every word perfectly 😂😂

Ozzys voice angel to demon in one note. Incredible.

Great reaction 👍 one of my favourite videos , I watch it just to see Bill Ward killing the drums 👏

Hand of Doom is an epic track. The drums and bass are just sick.

@kikivon3501

Ай бұрын

FACTS!!!!

@josephmenge1498

Ай бұрын

He has a reaction video for Hand Of Doom...👍👍👍 he's gotta do Lord Of This World and Into The Void🤘🤘🤘

I’ve never come up with a single reason for them not to be my favorite band of all time. I just love it all.

Man, it's a trip knowing every rif, beat of this song since 72.

@PML78

Ай бұрын

Yes The only thing that messes me up is the lyrics is different from the album but... I just rock on singing it as I know it SATAN LAUGHING SPREADS HIS WINGS🤘🏽😎

Could you imagine being in the crowd for that live show? One of the few that I would’ve killed to be at if it wasn’t before my time… smaller venues are magical when you get to see raw talent up close & personal.

My youth...thanks for the memory. The drummer Bill Ward was a jazz drummer, that's the feel comes from.

They created the genre of 'Heavy Metal'. Way ahead of their time. Thanks for this reaction @Polo!

Fun fact Tony actually made his own artificial fingers to record this from an accident that happened right before he was to be in the studio

@charlesm9929

Ай бұрын

The accident occurred when he was 17 years old and working in a place that produced sheet metal. After the tips of some of the fingers of his right hand were cut off he was depressed, and thought that his dream of becoming a rock guitarist was dead. I believe it was one of his coworkers that encouraged him to overcome the tragedy, and introduced him to the music of guitarist Django Reinhardt. Reinhardt was an amazing performer who only had the use of two fingers and the thumb of his left hand. The fourth and fifth fingers had been badly burned. Tony Iommi was inspired after listening to Django Reinhardt, and the rest is history.

@victorbradshaw7359

Ай бұрын

@@charlesm9929 ok I didn't want to type that much out sorry but I was busy ty for that

@mariajobson739

Ай бұрын

True...

Ozzie, With Black Sabbath is a Gift. He put Vietnam War right in its place. We are So Blessed to have him in such a time in life. I'm so Glad Black Sabbath was put in My Era. So, Much Talent. It was Gifts given. 🎁 🎉😊

I saw them at California Jam 1 in 1974!!!! I was 16 and my mom took me and dropped me and my friend off❤❤!!

I use to listen to my dads records as a kid. The Doors, Deep Purple, Credence Clear Water Revival, and many more. I still remember when I heard Black Sabbath, especially this song for the first time, and I was hooked. Black Sabbath are the godfathers of heavy metal.

I sometimes forget what a great voice Ozzy had as a young man and then this song comes on and reminds me.

Joke was that Bills drums had to go to the hospital after every performance ☮️❤️😎

This is one of my favorite live videos ever. Bill Ward just mollywhops those drums.

Nothing will ever match this performance for such pristine, perfect power. Devastating, as is the message.

Ozzy sings the original lyrics to the song when it was called, " Walpurgis" after the first verse. The record company forced Geezer to write the nicer lyrics of, "War Pigs."

I think it’s great that Polo is digging all this old school metal. I also think it’s insane that politics was pegged for what it was way back then, yet folks are still lost in politics of today. It is a damn shame what the world’s gotten to because of politics.

Beating those drums like they owe him money.

Everyone is going completely ham on that stage. I am still amazed how absolutely HYUUUUGGGGEEEEE those drums sound.

The only people I have met that didn't like Black Sabbath, and were around in the 70's, said they didn't like negativity in what they listened to. I love Sabbath. I was first introduced in 1981-ish, at age 11. Never looked back.

Thank you for covering Black Sabbath. They were truly great musicians. Ozzy can really sing! Amazing band.

I love seeing "rookies" begin the listen to rock and roll and thus begin to realize how not only how effing good it was but also how it transformed music, including rap. This 'stuff' changed everything.

Mate I was 15/16 when I 1st heard this , I'm 57 this year and this still gives me the chills when this opens up 👍

Saw them live in Chicago in the early 80s. Had all their albums and the 1st had me hooked. That was late 6os ❤

Been listening to this song since 1979. Never gets old

So lucky to have this amazing live performance to watch over and over ❤

Arguably the best live performance ever!!

LOVE starting my morning with some Black Sabbath!!! Gonna be a great day! Thank you!

Bill Ward (drummer) like Bonham of Zeppelin proves once again you can do so much with so little. One of the greatest drum performances ever - on a near minimalist kit. Neil Pert will (justifiably) always be considered likely the best of all time with his performance and skill and precision with a hundred different surfaces - but this brutal savage display that births newer guys like David Grohl shows how much sound you can make with a simple set-up.

Been jamming this stuff for decades

Black Sabbath had genuinely brilliant vocals, lyrics and musicians that defined a genre and an era. Rare combination. Makes me even more mad that they cut off the performance Ozzy did for the Rams halftime show in the season opener last year knowing that he had to retire from performing weeks later.

Greatest band of all times!!!!!! Love it!!

I saw Black Sabbath a couple times in the 70s…and yeah, they were THAT nuts.

One of my favorite Ozzy Black Sabbath songs along with Snowblind! As far as Dio sung Black Sabbath, Sign of the Southern Cross along with Heaven & Hell.

Bill ward is such a heavy hitter on the drums. I'm pretty sure he didn't even need to be mic'd for this performance, lol.

There is nothing to not like about Black Sabbath. Their music always carries a good message with truth. Intelligent & genius. Thank you for sharing this one.

Now imagine having to come down after leaving that stage. It's no wonder so many of them went down a bad road.

I was 10 in 1970 when i heard this song, by 11 i had the album. Listen to it every so often now. ❤🎼🎶🎵😎

I'm a 58 year old Metalhead and this is my all time favorite song. It used to scare the sit out of me when I was a little kid ! Still does ! :P Best Song Ever

Sabbath is the perfect band in my opinion. Greatest Drummee, Bass player and Riff guitarist ever. 2nd greatest front man ever...Freddy Mercury existed after all

Geezer butler bass lines are insane a lot of jazz influenced breakdowns . Thanks Uncle Britt for giving me “Paranoid “ and “Master of Reality “ albums for my eighth grade graduation gift in 1991 …….Love you rest in peace Uncle ……. One of the biggest influences in my life ….Love You

Tony Iommi I SUCH a beast on guitar. The whole band is great, but I've always loved the way Tony played!

It is difficult to exclude this from the top five greatest hard rock songs in history. Thanks for another excellent reaction.

The Birth of Heavy Metal was in bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple & the like. We were so lucky to be young back then.

Could Bill Ward have drummed even more intensely if he had worn a hair barrette?

This was the limit of how hard a rock & roll band could kick ass in 1970 🔥👍

MY FIRST CONCERT WAS WITH THIS BAND! I REMEMBER THAT IT WAS A REALLY GOOD SHOW, BUT WHEN IT WAS OVER I REMEMBER NOT BEING ABLE TO HEAR ANYTHING, IT WAS KIND OF SCARY! BUT THIS WAS MY FIRST CONCERT AND I WAS SO YOUNG

Also, when you think that Tony had lost part of two fingers shortly before the band blew up. He fashioned a prosthetic out of a melted washing up liquid bottle top, and had to de tune his guitar and use lighter strings, which is a major part of his sinister sound.

Ozzy is my favorite singer. I loved Black sabbath since I was 10 years old

One of my top songs of all time and this live version is just FIRE! Cheers,

Polo, you are correct about the drummer. He showed up for sure. I am a drummer, and it is not easy to do what he did.

And thus...the Metal was born.....and it was good. Lyrics are on point.

Grande Black Sabbath!!! De la Trinidad Impía, fueron los que se acercaron al metal verdaderamente. Sólo genios y leyendas!! Adoro a la Trinidad Impía 💜💚💙

All of that sound by Bill Ward on drums. Came from a basic drum kit with one riding tom tom and one floor tom tom and a extra cymbal. And Geezer Butler was a excellent base and was the bands lyrics writer.

One of My all time favorite live Performances

This is a tick heavier/faster than the album version. Love it! Nothing like hearing a fresh take on your favorite sabbath song.

You weren't rambling. Sometimes the right words are just hard come by. You know the band is awe-inspiring when their live performances are equal to or better than the studio recordings.

All 4 are in the conversation for the best at what they do.

So I have a Mashup version I call "Valkarie Pigs" with sound track from Apocalypse Now movie playing Flight of the Valkaries to sounds of bombs and gun fire. You here helicopters. Someone screams "Run Charlie." It ends with Robert Duvall saying, " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. It smells like ... victory" And then you kick into War Pigs. It is very emotional played this way.

I’m late to the party, but glad you enjoyed on of the greatest. Your comment about Ozzy’s “ tenacity on stage “ was very insightful. Well said.

Black Sabbath are the Godfathers of Heavy Metal ! Bill Ward is a beast on the drums, after this show that drum set filed for a restraining order against Bill 😂

The meanest riff has to be the middle breakdown of “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath”. Check that one out! You’ll dig it! 🤘🏼

Best Band Ever.. seen them a couple times.. Tony iomi on lead Bill Ward on drums Geezer Butler on bass Ozzy Osborne on vocals

Faith No More does a LEGIT cover of this song.

The M-60 machine gun was dubbed the HOG in the Army.When I carried mine I would write on the receiver"War Pig".Even 40 plus years later I still remember putting a 200 round belt of tracer down range at once.Woooh!!You want to talk about an orange barrel.lol

Absolute classic ! Cake has a Fantastic version as well as Samantha Fish You won't be upset 💚

@chrisross-fd3fo

Ай бұрын

doesnt anybody react to cake? just vibraslapaphobes i guess

That’s why Tony Iomi is known as the riff master

SHARON !! 😂 Black Sabbath with Ozzy Osbourne was my first concert in W.P.B. Fla, around 1973. Ozzy wasn't this animated when I saw him. I know that dates me(I am 70). lol

Bill Ward is the Other Bonham - jazz doing rock, swing & groove in rock. Edit that is one lovely fat, quick bass drum.

I remember first hearing this song driving around town with friends (well with the boys.... don't tell my folks though ) and at the very end of the song it speeds way up... well I almost jumped up to the front seat to grab the cassette tape out (yes I'm that old) because I thought the tape was getting ate...

This is one of my all time favorite songs by these guys, just unbelievable. You should check out the cover of this song by faith no more it's absolutely fantastic and the drummer is top shelf. Love the reaction brother, keep at it 🤘🤘

Drums courtesy of Mr. Bill Ward ♥️🥁 A superior drummer! Tony Iommi on lead guitar, Geezer Butler on bass & of course the amazing vocals of Ozzy 🎤♥️🎶 I have all of their albums from this original lineup 🔥🎤🎸🎶🔥

I remember way back when, in grade school, we had music day where kids could bring records to class once a week to play, other kids were bringing in 45s by the Archies, The Jackson 5, you know bubble gum. I stole this album from my older brother and brought it in, my music teacher wasn't having any of it. He really freaked out when I discovered Alice Cooper and David Bowie. lol

That drum set definitely owed the drummer money!! ;)

Easily one of the best drumming performances i have ever seen.

I like you because you notice the music and the band correctly, you're spot on!

Love Ozzy, Randy is one of the most underrated guitars ever. I still wear my Black Sabbath t that I got at a show in 1993?

Lovvvvvvve me some BLACK SABBATH!! Yeeeuuuuuh, yes, that was a grawl.. THEY were my first hard rock love. I don't knw if you'll see this POLO, but FAIRIES WEAR BOOTS is awesome as well.. Thank you POLO🤗❤