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Many people say Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is their masterpiece but Vol4 is unquestionably Sabbaths greatest work I never get bored of it.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

I've loved all of it so far Neil

@mojobag01

Жыл бұрын

I don't think they could have made SBS without going through this very experimental album. And if I have to choose between Wheels Of Confusion and Spiral Architect I am going to be pissed. 😉

@joenorris8220

Жыл бұрын

For the Ozzy era, it's Master Of Reality for me. For the Dio era, it's Dehumanizer. For the Tony Martin era, it's Cross Purposes.

@doublebassman123

Жыл бұрын

Vol 4 best ozzy era, mob rules best dio era, the seventh star is fucking boss fuck the haters, the headless cross best tony era.

@billygugen8104

Жыл бұрын

@@mojobag01 Dont 4get Under The Sun...

Speaking to Classic Rock, Bill Ward said the following: “Bonham really loved ‘Supernaut.’ He really had that song down. We were in the studio one day, and he came by. He saw I was playing the double bass drum. He said: ‘I’ll do it on one.’ He was, without question, the best rock drummer in the world.”

@tonyhall8947

Жыл бұрын

I heard Zappa loved Supernaut as well. Great killer tune, i probably prefer it over Paranoid ✌

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Yeah Bonzo was rather special

@richybatty234

Жыл бұрын

I recall hearing somewhere that when the two bands got together for that loose jam .. John Paul Jones insisted on playing Supernaut . One of his fav Sabs songs

@ralphbocchino247

Жыл бұрын

@@richybatty234 - yes, happened in Syracuse NY

@alexisrios9759

Жыл бұрын

@@richybatty234 Tony Iommi, said so. It was during the Sabotage sessions.

Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath liked each other very much back in the day... legend says they did a jam together in a studio once, but unfortunately it wasn't recorded. Imagine the awesomeness of this.

@brochetti44

Жыл бұрын

Bonham sat in for Ward and destroyed his kit He and Iommi would booze together according to a Sab doc I just watched kzread.info/dash/bejne/mY2h0duIqtfQhZs.html

@fabiolignelli7372

Жыл бұрын

I think it's commendable for Andrew to take a stand. The impression I have is that he considers Ward "superior" or more interesting than Bonham, even though the latter is excellent and has much more fame.

@domenicgalata1470

Жыл бұрын

Iommi was in Bonham’s wedding party. They were tight and lived very near each other.

@gentjim5007

Жыл бұрын

All Birmingham boys, this was Bonzo's favorite Sabbath song

@mikewolfe3845

Жыл бұрын

Tony iomi and the drummer from Sabbath used to hang out together they were drinking buddies

When it jumps back into the riff and crashing drums after that softer percussion break is one of my favorite moments from any song

I love being able to tell it's a human drummer and not a computer generated beat machine.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Agree

Andrew, "Supernaut" was Frank Zappa's "Favorite Song of the Moment" in 1975. The video linked below tells the story. Also, the jazz influence was definitely there--Bill Ward in particular grew up listening to jazz, and it certainly manifested in Sabbath's music. Great reaction as usual! kzread.info/dash/bejne/o6Rtz5KMZbTKfNY.html

Frank Zappa loved this riff/song. Praised it many times

Greatest Reaction Channel On KZread! Sabbath, Sabbath, and more Sabbath.. with an emphasis on Ward! It's almost philanthropic.

I've heard this song my whole life and still can't get over how good it is. Glad you got to this one.

It's so cool to see somebody discovering Sabbath for the first time like this. Very few things in life matter as much to me as Sabbath.

I love this whole album. My very first Sabbs album, i was 12 years old when my brother came home on leave from the British Army with this album, Led Zeppelin II, Made In Japan by Deep purple (The Unholy Trinity). What an introduction to heavier and blues music

@nodaysback8390

Жыл бұрын

We had an extremely similar introduction to the heavier side of rock music! I was around 12yo when my friend's older brother was always playing (blasting) pretty much the same bands and records on his stereo every day when I there hangin out with his brother.. The only difference was he had the first two Sabbath records instead of Vol4 and Blizzard of Ozz had just come out and he was blown away by this "new guy on guitar Randy Rhoads!" I was blown away by all of it and started buying copies of thos records with saved up lunch money. Looking back in hind sight, I was lucky to have a neighbor with good taste in music!

@MajasDad

Жыл бұрын

Wow, you sure have a lot to thank your brother for... :)) Sounds like you're describing my situation exactly at the age of 12. Who knows what I'd be listening to if it weren't for my big brother...

@tammieparrishmiller3669

Жыл бұрын

I'm the older sister that turned my little sis onto all of this amazing music. I feel like I was being mean because I wouldn't allow her to play them unless I was there. She assures me she understood. Whenever we get in the car together, it's Rock and Roll all the way! I feel lucky to have such a little sis.

Sabbath started as a blues band and this is just blues with a Colombian metronome. Yet another legendary track.

Tony makes that guitar roar on those power chords like no other!

This and Under the Sun were the 2 songs I was hoping you would do from this album! As far as drumming goes Ward shines on both of those tracks just as much as Iommi, Butler and Osbourne. It's so killer to see someone digging on Bill Ward!

@chadjohnson5577

Жыл бұрын

I agree 100%

Absolutely loving your reactions to Sabbath...." where have I been!"

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

🙏

Is it unreal what these four men could do????? They put on a show that ripped your head apart....!!!! One of the BEST concerts I ever went to.

I can not sit still when I hear this song! It is pure energy......

@AndrewRooneyDrums

9 ай бұрын

I hear you

This is going to blow you away lol

I listened to Sabbath when I was a young man. But the past few years I have been listening to them I realized how good they really are my older mind is hearing things better

This and Symptom Of The Universe are my most favorite songs by Black Sabbath 🔥 thank you for reviewing it!!

You are not going to run out of Black Sabbath songs any time soon….😂

7:30 to 8:00 There is a Drumeo Documentary called "The Genius of Bill Ward" showcasing his style, skills, and influences. Bill Ward, in my humble opinion, is Rock and Roll's greatest drummer (or My Favorite at least) based on the fact that his early influences and inspirations were found in Jazz (!!), which he infused into Heavy Metal. Bill Ward and Geezer Butler instilled a certain "grooviness" into Heavy Metal, accompanied by Guitar God Iommi's "Metal Riffs". Throw in the vocals of Ozzy or Dio, and you have Metal "Bliss"....

Wheels Of Confusion from this same album should definitely be your next Sabbath upload. Then Snowblind, also from the same album.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Yup I'll get to them

Mountain used to play long improvisational jams as well..the live side of Flowers of Evil is kick ass.

@roddypampa3906

Жыл бұрын

not even close

You are getting to the Meat and Potatoes, Your going to love this one, its a BANGER!!!!!!!!!

Vol. 4 was self-produced by the band after Rodger Bain's and Tom Allom's participation in the former 3 albums. In a Bel Air mansion owned by the DuPont family, the record reflects the craziness and debauchery on those recording sessions, involving fruit bowls piled with coke delivered by a guy in the FDA, groupies everywhere, panic buttons pressed to the police mistaken as AC thermostats, and the usual pranks on Bill Ward, he went for a pee and his... organ was sprayed blue, and on another occasion being completely drunk, passed out and was stripped by his mates that proceeded in painting him totally in gold, beard and everything. With a nice coat of lacquer. He almost died, started having a seizure because his pores were painted. Frank Zappa said this was his favourite album and Supernaut as the best Black Sabbath song, you can hear and feel the cocaine in the music. The album was to be called Snowblind, as homage to the substance. Warner said no, too provocative. Check the album and you´ll see this " We wish to thank the great COKE-Cola Company of Los Angeles..." Legend says that they spend more on coke than in the record production. Black Sabbath at his best.

Superb. This was next on my list to request. You're gonna love this one.

This is again a very diverse album . From Laguna Sunrise and Changes to Under the sun and Supernaut. Tomorrow's dream tops it all . No idea why, it just rises above all the other fantastic songs for me. ✌️❤️🤗

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

I'll get to it!

@springy-2112

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Bless you Andrew, it wasn't a request . I was just waffling about the songs. But if you happen upon it that'll be cushty mon brav! Jubbly 🤪👍 Why am I speaking Delboy now ????

Sabbath wrote their first two albums, during the sound checks at gigs

Great reaction to a classic song. Fairies wear boots is quite jazzy. Thanks Andrew.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

I'll get to that one!

Well Mr. Rooney, now you have earned the right to Listen to Supernaut!! BTW, as I mentioned in reply to a comment on your Under the Sun listen, John Bonham was a monster fan of this particular song....even jamming on it in a famous 'unreleased' 'Black Zeppelin' impromtu, when the 2 bands were working in the same studios in the early 70's. Such a recording release has gone down in drummer folklore as 'where is it? There must be a copy' I'm not sure the tapes were running, but could swear I was exposed to some of it about 20 years ago!!....I'll share more after you hear the song!! It gives me great joy to see you experiencing these hallowed classics of my fave band of 43 years!! Cheers.

@nodaysback8390

Жыл бұрын

From what I recall reading from an interview, Iommi said that Bonham used to like to jam with Sabbath whenever he was hanging out with them, which was probably whenever they were in Birmingham, since that was where he and Robert Plant and everyone in sabbath was from. Plant and Bonham in particular were very good friends with Sabbath. In fact Bonham was Iommi's best man at his 1st wedding. Before Sabbath got was well known, bonham would ask to sit in with them when they were still doing smaller shows. Evidently, Ward used to let him, until he busted up his kit and Ward got pissed off and wouldn't let him do it anymore. Supernaut was his favorite song of theirs and he did stop down to a studio with Plant and JPJ once to jam with them. Tony said there was a tape rolling, but the jam wasn't very good. Ozzy said the same thing. Tony said he's not even sure what ever happened with the tape or where it is today.

Another great reaction video! Couple of points from me… Bill Ward describes himself as an orchestrated percussionist and used to spend time during recording creating layers of percussion. Has anyone suggested the track “Rat Salad” yet? Bill Ward’s “Moby Dick”. Supernaut has always been a personal favourite Sabbath song My wife was in a cover band named after the song and they started their second set with it

I'm really looking forward to this, which comes up right before I have to leave for work, so it's perfect timing! I've always sort of suspected that the reason Bonham got so much more credit than Ward was that the drums were recorded louder with Zeppelin than with Sabbath. Sometimes in life Occam's Razor applies, and there is a simple stupid reason for some things that seem complex.

@scottzappa9314

Жыл бұрын

Bonham generally gets credit just for being Bonham, for better or worse. There's a lot of great drummers.

It's just 9 a.m. and I've a bit of a cold so I came to my computer and this pops up? Hell yeah! What a way to start the day! The looks on your face speaks volumes man. You're loving this! So am I friend. So am I.

”When speaking to Let It Rock magazine in 1975, Zappa gushed about one of the band’s most lauded releases, ‘Supernaut’ from 1972’s Vol. 4. explaining that he felt it marked the dawn of a new style of music, and unsurprisingly, he was right. The Mothers of Invention man said: “‘Supernaut’: Black Sabbath. I think it’s from Paranoid. I like it because I think it’s prototypical of a certain musical style. I think it’s well done. Also, I happen to like the guitar lick that’s being played in the background”.

The album notes suggest it was Bill Ward who played all the extra percussion on this song.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Right on

@simonagger206

Жыл бұрын

It was 'standard policy' when recording an album on the early 70's for the drummer to be presented with a 'percussion chest' Full of assorted extra percussive instruments, though these at the time did not include steel drums, they often had wood blocks, shakers, cow bells, tambourines, etc. Ward mentions this in interviews about recording Born Again, his last Sabbath opus in 1983, when discussing how he rented an Anvil from a local forge, to place it in a bathtub full of water, submerge it and record the sound when struck by mallet!! These sounds are in some of the songs on Born Again! Of course, this was before user friendly 'samples' at your fingertips!! Love the middle drum break - propulsive, smooth, and lovely texture with the steel drums. I see Bill smiling on a sunny beach every time I here this!!

@paulotomaz1679

11 ай бұрын

​@@simonagger206so was It or not Bill doing the percussions?

@simonagger206

11 ай бұрын

@paulotomaz1679 I would imagine it was Bill himself overdubbing. All band members would 'have a go' at different instruments up to this stage. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, a year later, was the first album they had to get a hand from an outsider! - Rick Wakeman on piano in the song Sabra Cadabra...allegedly, he came in from the pub they were frequenting during recording sessions in Wales or the Monmoth area, and said 'something like this?' and they all said 'that's it!'

I'm sure you already know this but, sabbath started life as a blues band. That's why ozzy sings the way he does. Hes rooted in the soulfulness and melodic side of town.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Yes subscribers have hipped me to this. A bit like Beatles. Got their mileage in by playing thousands of covers gigs.

@viadharmawheel

Жыл бұрын

Yep, they were called Earth.

I grew up in 60's and 70's with all the bands you mentioned...next..try some " Uriah Heep"

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Yup I keep hearing about them Dave

Frank Zappa is quoted as saying this was his favourite Sabbath song in 1975

As i recall, supernaut was one of John Bonhams favorite Sabbath songs. I think it came up in an Iommi or Bill Ward interview.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Love it

How were they all jamming so hard on this album? MOUNTAINS OF MARCHING POWDER \m/

@johndrx165

Жыл бұрын

Epic cocain house parties with many Rock idols of the era stopping by at the rental mansion in LA. Great stories are told of this recording, including police being called and Ozzy answering the door with no arrests!

@pentagrammaton6793

Жыл бұрын

@@johndrx165 only near cardiac arrests haha

Wheels Of Confusion was the track that woke my musical interest at the age of 14 (1975) - so obviously, this album is very special to me. As is the whole Sabbath catalogue. Their jazz & blues influences pointed me towards those genres as well, so I am sitting here nearly 50 years later surrounded by a couple of thousand records (and a system that would have bought me a nice car).

Andy ,there is a song called cornucopia that Bill Wards struggled to get right on the Volume 4. Nice review oSupernaut which was Frank Zappa's second favorite song the first was Iron man . Frank was supposed to join them on stage for Iron man at Madison Square garden but Tony was having issues with his tuning so it did not happen.

There’s a very good reason this has been covered by so many other bands! Classic.

Cool video Andrew! Black Sabbath rules!! By the way, regarding 11:24 Frank Zappa used to joke "Jazz -- the music of poverty"

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

HAHA! He's right!

This was one of the first albums I bought when I was 12 or 13 years old. Listened to it for hours with headphones. Fantastic track. The album had full sized pictures of each band member. I always thought the picture of Bill ward inspired Animal (The Muppets). His hair is flying everywhere spraying sweat, hands in the air, and he was using the backs of his sticks to pound the drums.

wow! a rare mention of Deep Purple 😮

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Ай бұрын

You bet!

This song just rips to this day.

Hard to talk about a favourite Black Sabbath track, but definitely among the top five for me :) You won't know what to say.... 🤣

My Man coming from a guitarists background, I am loving absolutely loving Your perspective. Thank you so mich for time you put into making the best videos

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

This song is a huge injection of energy. It's incredible!!! Bill Ward with his unmatched intensity!!!

Improvising and subtle imperfections (for a lack of a better term) is a thing of the past when recording went from tape to digital. The human element is often missing now.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

7 ай бұрын

Agree

This is my favorite song of all time

The lyrics are Geezer’s doing. Some of the lyrics are very, very interesting and quite profound. They deserve a book.

@kikivon3501

Жыл бұрын

Yup!!!!! “ if my songs become my freedom, and my freedom turns to gold. Then I’ll ask the final question, if the answer could be sold?” Love it!!!

this was bonhams fav sabbath track, he had a play on wards kit, played this and BROKE the kit haha

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Yup Bonham is an absolute savage

@eatthisvr6

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewRooneyDrums have you heard the story about bonham and i think iomi jamming with wards kit? tony said bonzo was just pissing about but was doing metal head type drumming years before it existed, and he was doing it with ease!

Love Supernaut. So glad you did a reaction to this.

Around this time the American heavy rock scene had Mountain, Grand funk railroad, Captain Beyond, Iron butterfly and Montrose amongst others

No machine will ever create the kind of music that human beings have made. It's the emotion people have that machines don't have.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Agree 👌

Tony Iommi produced the album even though It's credited to Patrick Meehan. It was the first album where they started to experiment a bit. I would love you to get to Rat Salad (with drum solo), Fairies Wear Boots (you will love the jazz in this) and Sweet Leaf for the insane breakdown

Maybe the best rock song of all time

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

LOVE IT!

Andrew, if you really want some prophetic lyrics, then check out Wheels Of Confusion/The Straightener from this same album. It is magnificent.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Yup i'll get there Brian!

I've read multiple sources through the years that Frank Zappa really dug this song. That doesn't surprise me at all...

Frank Zappa, said this was his favorite riff by Toni...

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

DAYUM!

Basically and purposely repeating the succinct reaction comment to the previous track (Under the Sun) on the same record: Andrew, you should review the entire Vol 4 as it is the best BS album and a colossal masterpiece. Greetings from Brazil!

Brilliant, Andrew, thanks! Very entertaining and informative as always! Yes, to answer your question, I think that it's safe to assume that anything having to do with the music and by this time, the production decisions was all Iommi, all day, and the beauty of it was that unlike most others, he NEVER copied anything anyone else was doing. Everyone else has always copied variations on what he did, but I've never heard anything he did that sounded like someone else had done it first.

Wabi Sabi is the Japanese phrase for the perfection in imperfection

I definitely get the Zeppelin vibe from this. Ideas are in the air. Coming from a massive Zeppelin fan of over 50 years. Many years ago my aunt referred to jazz as a cacophony, LOL. Bonham is a god to many, but reality says that there's a lot of great drummers, also not forgetting the Buddy Rich era, and before. Neil Peart is the GOAT for rock as far as I'm concerned. Nobody quite did a solo like he did. And just the lines in the songs were phenomenal.

Another great reaction, Andrew!

Supernaut and Children of the Grave are my fav Ozzy era Sabbath tunes. What a riff!

i feel people in youtube bring the ol gud dayz with black sabbath more often now

this was recorded in california. they were doing a lot of cocaine and smoking a lot of pot too. supernaut is one of my top ten sabbath songs.

Great! ”Electric funeral” and ”Snowblind” next? 🤘🏻😊

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

All BS songs will be done!

@mikeg.4211

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewRooneyDrums cool! 😎👍🤟

Two of my favorite Sabbath are the two in this song. That solo may not be all that much on a technical level but the excitement (fueled by coke, no doubt) is dripping all over the place in there.

Such a great tune, love that riff.

The last verse of this song is one of my favorite lines of lyrics ever.

I was hoping you reacted to this jam! Incredible!

Wheels of confusion is a must

There is actually a version somewhere probably in Sabbaths vaults of John Bonham doing drums on supernaugt because it was his favourite sabbath track wether it will see the light of day ive no idea. Would be amazing fantastic from ward

Such a massive groove. I remember a reviewer describing the guitar sound on this album as "Tony Iommi's exit-wound guitar tone".

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I just love this song and whole album. Vol 4 and Sabotage are propably the best era for me. I really enjoy Bills drumming and the songs over all. It´s nice to watch your reactions of the Sabbath songs and reminds me for my teenage ass i was constantly listening Sabbath albums as those released to CD at that time. I also listened lots of AC/DC at the time but different reason. As a guitar player it was fun to play Sabbath and AC/DC riffs and songs. But when i listened Sabbath and Bills drumming i was always dreaming for own drumkit too. Just didn´t had money purchase one.

been waiting for this one

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

We're here finally!

Another Bill Ward snippet on John Bonham loving Supernaut “Bonham's bass drum work, of course, was incredible," recalled Ward. "I played two bass drums, and they only let him play one in LED ZEPPELIN, so there he was playing two bass drums. 'Supernaut', I tell you, sounded like something from the hardcore bands of today, where they play two bass drums with such incredible speed. And you know, Bonzo was doing that easily. He was having a good time, playing two bass drums, and he was playing all the down beats and some quiet treble with all the high hats. So, he was playing 'Supernaut' with a whole different feel, all the while yelling 'Supernaut!'

Glad you touched on improvisational music. Don't know how much freewheeling improving they did on this one, but it sounds like it! What I'd LOVE to see is a Huge Classical Music Orchestra improving! That & an improv Piano Concerto with said orchestra! 😃🤘

Andrew, not just has Ireland heard you but also the greatest riff of all time. It's our national anthem.. we'll mine, but I'm working on it!

age 12-18 Zeppelin and Sabbath were my favorite bands... Now you can all see why

The lyric by Geezer is the last but one line in the lyrics.

Sabbath and Zeppelin were great friends. Bill Ward and John Bohnam were fast friends. They jammed together

Master of reality is my favorite so grungy and nasty riffs

It’s “National Drummer Day”, at least here in North America. So, a shout out to you!! Hope your day is very drummy.

Imagine being 16 when this came out. I wore out the 8 track tape. I had no clue about the talent. Just loved the music. I realize now how blessed I was to have this music be commonplace. Spoiled me.

Thanks!

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!

Looking for that dish that ran off with the spoon.....

That riff definitely reminds one of 'Cocaine' from Eric Clapton. If you haven't already, do yourself a favor and dig into the covers that Jazz Sabbath have done. I'd start with 'Rat Salad' :)

BS"D A national acrobat from Sabbath bloody Sabbath. Very unique in every way

This song still sounds fantastic,amazing band.

Wait, what? Did you say "There's a whole different box of frogs"? 13:18 Yep you did...lol "Sabbra Caddabra" next please, love Sabbath.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

🤣👌

It sounds as Lenny Kravitz was inspired by this when he did 'Are you gonna go my way'... but I don't know if it was so.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Oh right. I might need another listen to hear that

In '78 VAN HALEN were tearing it up! They opened for Sabbath and blew em away.

@AndrewRooneyDrums

Жыл бұрын

Van Halen. Massively underrated

@simonagger206

Жыл бұрын

Alex Van Halen = massively underrated also. The evolution of his drum sound is awesome.

@roddypampa3906

Жыл бұрын

here's the moron comment bout van halen..... who cares? Sabbath its 1000x bigger. Nowadays nobody cares about van halen, the new gen don't like that glam faggy style came from VH... meanwhile, sabbath still relevant and modern

@fartypants8776

4 ай бұрын

Nonsense and lies .van Halen were just another glam rock barbie band .a great guitarist in a terrible band .dribble music