This is nothing more than a banging anti-war protest song. No Satan worship.

@peaceonearth8693

3 жыл бұрын

When you boil it down. Ozzy and marketing, like a music version of "Pro" wrestling.

@Sogeking995

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Later Black Sabbath definitely went in that direction though.

@artemiasalina1860

Жыл бұрын

I'm reminded of one of the episodes of Meet the Osbornes where Ozzy was looking at a stage set that he was going to do a performance and it had a fake snow machine. He said sarcastically, "SNOW?? We can't have SNOW in the act, I'm the bloody prince of darkness!"

One of the greatest anti-war songs written.

@carlwilson1899

2 жыл бұрын

This one by sabbath and machine gun by jimi

Black Sabbath is actually THE OPPOSITE of "devil worshipers". Lots of their songs have covertly religious/moral messages, when you take the time to listen.

@dragonflyparade8143

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. But back in the day, the establishment pushed them as "satanic".... can we guess why?

@LeeRalph100

3 жыл бұрын

After Forever

@robwright1286

3 жыл бұрын

@@dragonflyparade8143 🤔

@peggydeforest2882

3 жыл бұрын

You have that right! Most people hear ( perceive with the ear the sound made by someone or something). but do not listen (give one's ATTENTION to a sound.)

@victorsinclair3707

3 жыл бұрын

Well said!

My southern Baptist grandmother thought they were devil worshippers too. I let her read some lyrics and she changed her mind, saying that they were more god fearing, anti war, anti hate than anything else. She wasn't into the musical style but she couldn't hold that against them.

Not bad for a song that is over 50 years old. It still kills it.

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

💯

@sm_4859

3 жыл бұрын

Not bad ? Its amazing one of the best music era 🤘

@robertemerson1087

3 жыл бұрын

@Ralof Don’t forget late 60’s.

@paolocoletti1574

3 жыл бұрын

@Ralof I probably wouldn't be a fan either if I only heard them the way you do.

@MagnificoGiganticus

3 жыл бұрын

It had to be that old eventually... :'(

Song has always been Fire

Talking about evil doesn't mean you're worshiping the devil. And as others have said, Geezer Butler wrote the lyrics.

@laudanum669

3 жыл бұрын

Your are absolutely right. Organized religion has made Evil their focal point for thousands of years.

This song was made over 50yrs ago. Let that sink in. Waaaaaaay ahead of its time

War Pigs is an epic song. Ozzy has never claimed to worship the devil, the internet gives him a bad rap. He wouldn't care if they burned his records as long as they bought it first. He's proof that you can't judge a book by it's cover. This song has so much truth in it. Like the line "Politicians hide themselves away, they only started the war, treating people just like pawns in chess wait till their judgment day comes yeah" Geezer Butler the bass player wrote most of the lyrics back in the day and a lot of his lyrics spoke bold truth. In fact if you listen to their album "Master of Reality" you will surprisingly find that most of it sounds like Bold Christian Rock. Great reaction brother, thank you. I love Ozzy, much love to you BizMatik.

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

They lyrics to this song was suprising i was expecting somw demonic stuff.. than i was like oh this is music thats opening peoples minds. And much luv to you

We grew up listening to this. no autotune, no computers, just talented musicians plying their talent

@dougstitt1652

2 жыл бұрын

kinda fun to watch all these reacts as the kids learn our music was way better then new manure called music

@meghanelizondo4206

2 жыл бұрын

@@dougstitt1652 I'm a hippy child. Didn't really hear Black Sabbath. Just grew up withPink Floyd, Janis, Jimmi Hendrix then went into Electronica, Metallica. Anyway, when I listen to War Pigs, it's got a lot of alt-rock fusion/hip-hop elements to it. It's like they were too ahead of their time.

If you really want to feel the power of this band singing War Pigs, check out their live performance from 1970 in Paris. It's epic to the next level.

@Tuesdays_Gone

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Their drummer, Bill Ward really shows out in that show, and Tommy Iommiis great. I think the devil worshiping was just a rumor, but we heard that as kids, too. Ozzy belongs to The Church of England, but...

@subway5907

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tuesdays_Gone eeeeeeeeevery metal band ever has been called devil warshippers....

@glenaleksis4589

3 жыл бұрын

Yea if you want to see someone beat drums to death! Lol also ozzy in his prime is great to see.

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

I might take u up on that offer lol i really want to review a life performance from them

@Flernaffinor

3 жыл бұрын

@@watchbizmatik It's worth it! The drummer goes NUTS!

they are not devil worshippers. Ozzy doesn't write .... The Lyricist is the bassist...Gezzer

@subway5907

3 жыл бұрын

«Gezzer»

@philosopher0076

3 жыл бұрын

@@subway5907 " Geezer "

@subway5907

3 жыл бұрын

@@philosopher0076 «Gezzer

@megamaniac7402

3 жыл бұрын

Terence "Geezer" Butler

@Lolquake

3 жыл бұрын

Ozzy couldn't even read when they started the band.

Rumor has it that Bill Ward is still pounding on those drums to this day.

I was in 8th grade when I first heard this. Every day in school, we were told to watch the news that night to see how many young Americans were killed that day in a jungle on the other side of the world. Kids just a little older than we were. It hit pretty hard.

THIS song is a REAL gem,,,,,a timeless classic!!!!! 🔥👍🔥👍🔥👍🔥😎

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

One of the greatest war protest songs ever made!

More Sabbath would be cool! “Fairies Wear Boots” “N.I.B.” “Into The Void” “Sweet Leaf” ... just to name a few.

@Gunderson105

3 жыл бұрын

Just to add a few more: Hand of Doom, The Wizard, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and their first song of the debut album: "Black Sabbath"

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

Noted! stay tuned 😎

@Byrian420

3 жыл бұрын

Planet caravan, Electric Funeral are great plus sweet leaf 😎

@12symon

3 жыл бұрын

Supernaut, Dirty Women, & Rock n Roll Doctor would be fun to watch him listen to, as well! \m/ \m/

Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward--four guys from Birmingham, England, a tough steel factory town. Iommi said Birmingham was the kind of place where you either worked in a factory, or joined a gang. They started out as a Blues band, before developing their signature sound that eventually became known as "Heavy Metal". In fact, before "Heavy Metal" became the universally accepted term for this kind of music, Sabbath and similar bands were often described as "Atomic Blues". They were not devil worshippers. They often tackled dark subjects ("War Pigs" was a commentary on the Vietnam War, for example), but bassist/lyricist Geezer Butler is a lifelong Catholic, and the words to many of his songs are actually blatantly Christian --check out "After Forever" and "Lord of This World". Great reaction, BizMatik!

@tony69em

3 жыл бұрын

David Mastro Very very well said, Sir!

@davidmastro5406

3 жыл бұрын

@@tony69em, thank you!

@robwright1286

3 жыл бұрын

Ay very articulate explanation and all very true

Never believe everything you read on the internet - Abraham Lincoln

@NewBluesBros

3 жыл бұрын

No, That was a quote from Link Abrams. Abraham Lincoln said The only thing we have to fear is who cast the 1st stone. *100%*

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@largemouthhunter5014

3 жыл бұрын

@@NewBluesBros 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@matthewpaul1111

3 жыл бұрын

I was there when honest Abe first uttered those famous words in 1862. Now they call me "Honest Matt"

I am a life long Black Sabbath and appreciate you reacting this this their, signature classic - Fire!

Not devil worshippers, but just a really solid rock band with a surprisingly gifted lead singer.

Been listening to this for 51years still a great great song the Paris live is fantastic

@NewBluesBros

3 жыл бұрын

Same here! Gonna be 56 in a month or so and my oldest brother had this album. When he wasn't home I would throw on the head phones and get drawn in by the 1st two records. That would be 70 and 71.

OZZY WAS A TRUTH TELLER

I always took the "Satan Laughing spreads his wings" lyric, as Satan is happy with the destruction he caused and he's ready to flee from the scene. Laughing, because he knows he'll be back soon, to spread more chaos, suffering and carnage. This is definitely a Pro-God, pro Judgement Day song.

@junkybabes

2 жыл бұрын

Pro God people do the worst things, burning innocent women as witches, torturing peasants in the inquisitions, killing natives in Africa and America in the name of God... Devil can't be any worse tbh.

@SawdustCreationsbyMike

2 жыл бұрын

He came for the souls of the ones who started the wars after God ended the world. “Hand of god has struck the hour “

@Ledbottom86

Жыл бұрын

Its Satan about to punish them. Thats why they are begging for mercy

The sirens in the intro are the air raid warnings that were heard in England during WWII. One of my all time favorite expressions of beautiful art.

the message of this song is extremely powerful

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

I remember playing this on guitar hero and it was more than just a song to me for some reason, now I’m older and it’s even more deeper as a black man in America, and respect to Ozzy. I remember watching him on mtv thinking he was a crazy man but now I know.

“There is nothing perfect in this world or this life...except the first six Sabbath albums, they are perfect but that’s it.” ~ A very wise old Sage. 👍🏻

Black Sabbath is considered by many as the original OGs of Heavy Metal Please react to Sweet leaf

@guslulu4126

3 жыл бұрын

Considered by most. Who the hell came before them?

@motorcitymaniac167

3 жыл бұрын

@@guslulu4126 I don't know who you're thinking of, maybe Beethoven. 😆

@crescentfreshbret

2 жыл бұрын

@@guslulu4126 Some say people like Cream and Blue Cheer, but Sabbath were the fathers of metal all the way.

54 y.o BLACK SABBATH fangirl here. its so cool to see a young person,who likes the same band you listened as a youngster.thank you for keeping the true music alive

Those drum breaks are outstanding...

lyric, voice, guitar and drums. this song has it all.

Was taking this to st monica catholic school 1970 when i was 10 years old.freaking out the nuns

Ozzy heard Blue Cheer in 1966. Blue Cheer was the group that made him want to play what we now call, Heavy Metal.

They have so many great songs. Check out "Heaven and Hell" "N.I.B." "Children of the grave" and so many others.

They were never devil worshipers, that was hype largely by the type of people they were calling out in this song. And this album came out at the height of the Vietnam war, it was a protest song.

Ozzy always said they were looking for a gimmick back then for their group and they went for that occult look because he always said people loved horror movies and such and thought that was a cool theme that would catch on. That was their show. Basically said that in an interview.

Ozzie(John Michael Osbourne), lead vocals Geezer Butler, bass Tony Iommi, guitar Bill Ward, drums

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Great reaction bruh...love to see people's faces when they here a song for the first brings back memories as a 13 yr old hearing it for the first...keep listening to sabbath..u wont be disappointed...they r the goat of heavy metal...56 yr old old school metalheads here...cheers from kansas city..

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

I will definitely keep listening. Thanks for watching

Yes! Please do more from Black Sabbath. You'll truly dig The Wizard. It's so groovy.

Crazy Train is all about how much it hurts to see people not get along.

Seeing you enjoy one of my favorite songs in the world is awesome!

Ozzy & the band grew up in post WW 2 England. Their was still a lot of bomb holes & buildings in ruins & it probably weighed in them quite heavy. I've heard Keith Richards from the he Stones' talk about his childhood post WW 2. And this is such a sick song! Listen to "Iron man", "paranoid", "fairies wear red boots", "NIB" & "sweet leaf" to start w/ please.

Yeah, about that. Sabbath is a blatantly christian band. Jazz guys, blues guys, all geezers from Birmingham. Industrial town, the kind of place you accidentally cut off your fingertips cutting sheet metal.

@mattharvey968

3 жыл бұрын

And then become a guitar god!!

@jameswilson8433

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattharvey968 I don't suggest mutilating your hand, but it worked for Tony and Django.

@mattharvey968

3 жыл бұрын

@@jameswilson8433 agreed!

I remember when this song first came out over 50 years ago. Never gets old. You have to remember that in 1969 the Vietnam war was raging. This was a song of protest along with CCR’s Fortunate Son. Fuck the War Pigs!! We don’t need to die for your enjoyment and power over the less fortunate.

I was a senior in high school in '69 when this came out!🤤 Looking back now I was so blessed to be young and wild in that moment in history.😇😂 I feel the music from 1965--1975 was the greatest decade for rock music!🔥 Every band was new, different, progressive, inventive; blues, rock, and jazz infused into heavy metal/psychedelic rock!😲🤗 It was surreal, and the weed and acid kept it that way!🤯🤣✌️❤️

@peggylocke1016

Жыл бұрын

Yes IMO 60s 70s music is revolutionary. The best time for music. I feel blessed that I grew up in the most amazing times. I yearn for it now and pray we can pick up the Make Love Not War mentality if we could have only listened to our great artist of the time we would be living in Harmony now. TFS and PEACE everyone ✌🏼☮️

How many years of peace have we had since this song came out I 1970. Really don't know, but it's not many

@susanmaggiora4800

3 жыл бұрын

Peter Compared to a hundred/two hundred years ago were at an all time high for peace actually. You can look it up. There’s a good video about the deaths of WWII and after. The total war deaths from 1950 to now (70 years) don’t even equal the deaths from that 5-6 years. Add in WWI and it’s not even close. I’d love to see no war, but I’m not sure that’s something that’ll ever happen. It’s probably more about harm reduction.

@Peter-oh3hc

3 жыл бұрын

@@susanmaggiora4800 thanks. Will look it up

Great reaction. When you eventually get to the Ronnie James Dio era from this band, suggested songs would be "Heaven And Hell", Children Of The Sea", and "The Sign of the Southern Cross". (Studio Versions)

@NewBluesBros

3 жыл бұрын

Neon Knight too.

Also as you can hear, they're very much blues inspired. So every rock and metal fan owe there music love to the roots of blues and jazz.

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah i love how they fuse jazz and blues

war pigs has some of the best guitar out of all of their songs

I saw a 8 mm home video of a 20 year old Ozzy Osbourne singing this live in Paris in 1970. He still sounds much the same way today when singing over half a century later. This is one the most famous anti-war songs ever recorded.

Geezer Butler, the bass player, wrote most all the lyrics for their albums. He even wrote for some of Ozzy's solo albums...

Man. Just strolling and came across you. I'm hooked. Dig your style. 100% . l like your realism it is an enjoyment to see someone real in a world full of want to bes. Keep on keeping on brother. I have subscribed😉

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub! I appreciate you

@autumnblossom949

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate you taking the time and connecting with all the great bands and artist. I can't imagine life without music. I don't have a specific genre. Whatever moves me moves me. You make your page so inviting. Is like sitting across from you on the couch in the living room. I know you did Sugarland, with her amazing voice. Suggested possible reaction to another female, Olivia Newton-John. The song is called I Honestly Love You, and hopelessly devoted to you.

Bill Ward on drums, Terry Geezer Butler on Bass wrote the lyrics, Tony Iommi the riff miester, and Ozzy, Geezer wrote the songs, but he said it blew him away the way Ozzy interpreted them.

INTO THE VOID. BEHIND THE WALL OF SLEEP. A NATIONAL ACROBAT. FAIRIES WEAR BOOTS. Black Sabbath has a lot of good songs as I am sure you will soon discover.

Something people overlook about the Sabbath sound is it has a darker feel because they have tuned down their instruments because the guitar player cut off the end of one of his fingers in a factory accident and has a prosthetic and being tuned down it was easier for him to make the cords on the guitar

They don't worship the devil. That's funny.

@rubbersole79

3 жыл бұрын

Unless you consider alcohol the devil. I think Ozzy may have qualified there for awhile.......

@stopdalies

3 жыл бұрын

Don't tell Ozzy that. He thinks himself to be the prince of darkness. 😆😆

Your take on the song was spot on.

I love the Mighty Sabbath so thanks for this! If I could request that you try some of the tandem genius that is Steely Dan next that would be super! (Forgive me if you have already. This is the first one of yours I've seen!)

THANK YOU for not doing that stupid fan made video that ruins everything.

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

Lol you are welcome

As said, Ozzy didn't write the lyrics, that was Geezer the bass player. The creator was lead guitarist Tony Iommi. He came up with all the riffs. Toni would create a riff and the rest would jam, Bill Ward Drummer would set the tempo, Ozzy would join singing any rubbish. But what all the band members agreed, Ozzy was a genius creating the melody for any song. Although Geezer would change the lyrics, the melody was always what Ozzy originally came up with. Best described here in the making of Planet Caravan. kzread.info/dash/bejne/rKOFycNsmLDRqcY.html BTW. As for the song, it was written in 1970 nearing the end Vietnam War.

This is a masterful song every player is killing it!

I went and saw GWAR before Dave Brockie died, before they went on this played over the PA and EVERYONE was singing along, it was a really powerful & moving moment, I had tears in my eyes by the end, I know I wasn't the only one.

Yes Sabbath! Enjoy it’s Good times!

Your facial expressions after every vocal line says it all

You should check out "The Wizard" Ozzy sings and plays harmonica on it. "Fairies Wear Boots" is another great classic

Yeah, someone else said, but there’s a live performance in Paris from 1970, I think that you would enjoy. Their drummer, Bill Ward really shows out in that show, and Tommy Iommi’s great. I think the devil worshiping thing was just a rumor, but we heard that as kids, too. Ozzy belongs to The Church of England, but...

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was a heavy rumor thats what most of us urban kids thought

Thanks dude it's been a long time since I've just sat back and took this song in. Of course more Sabbath!!

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome and more is on the way

There were slot of songs aimed at politicians, Military, about how they start them because they make money from it Pink Floyd has one in particular is Amimals every animal is representing politician, corporations Military an lower class people

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

Thats music always had a message and every song meant something across all genres. Not so much now smh

One of my fav Sabbath songs... truth and reality. Ozzie, the godfather of metal! War Pigs live in Paris, also... NIB, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Iron Man

New Sub, Ozzy plays dark, he's normal. Very cool, funny brit. This is the part misunderstood "On their knees the war pigs crawling, Begging mercy for their sins - Satan, laughing, spreads his wings...Oh Lord, yeah!"

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub

Saw the 3 piece (sub drummer) in like 2013 or something. They started the show with War Pigs. Ozzy was pitch perfect to the song. Lots of smoke in the air. Good times.

Man I love watching your reactions. You got the music in your heart man.

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

Thank u

If you listen to a lot of the lyrics, they aren't Satanic, but the opposite. Ozzy is a Christian, still in good standing with the Church of England. Their music is dark, but always has a message, usually of warning.

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

I realized that

When he talks he is hard to understand.but when he sings he is crystal clear.the godfather of heavy metal period.

Hand of Doom. Into the Void. The Wizard. Warning. Snowblind and everything they’ve done

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like they got alot of classics i got some work to do 🦾

@jamestoddjackson9655

3 жыл бұрын

@@watchbizmatik yep do like you did with Zeppelin and do the whole first album

I grew up on this and Sabbath bloody Sabbath and ozzy blizzard of oz songs, it just brings me to back to high school days ,I still listen to all of these tunes all the time, We enjoyed the share we will watch with you

First time I heard this was on vinyl... so epic.

Geezer Butler the bass player, who wrote all the lyrics was a poet with his words

Always do more Sabbath! Hand of Doom, Supernaut, Snowblind, Wheels of Confusion, Over to You, Shockwave, Swinging the Chain, Hole in the Sky, National Acrobat, Under the Sun, so many great tunes. I listen to the whole first album over and over pretty often.

I was in jail once and on a Sunday my cellies came back from church talking about the lecture they'd just received by the religious figure at the jail and how this was glorifying Satan and all that foolishness.. Good thing I knew all the words and was able to set them all straight.

So glad you didn’t do the fan made music video to this. Most people don’t get that memo. It is worth a look see but first reaction should always be just the audio imo.

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah i always prefer the studio version to an artist i have never heard before.

Black Sabbath really was a bunch of 'peace and love' hippies. But their music was so dark.

You gotta check out the Live version of this 🔥. Then react to 'Warning' & 'Wicked World'. ✌🏾peace&love❤ brudda

Regardless the genre of music and or person(s) performing it ... All great true real and meaningful music comes from the same place(s) within us !!... Some/many of us are human NO BS “detectors” & we can literally hear see feel “smell” someone pour their mind heart gut & spiritual soul out !!! ❣️💫👀👂🏻👂🏾🗣🔥🌕🔆🩸🧬⚛️♻️🎵🎶🎵

This band, just like Zep had 4 supremely talented musicians. A lot of people said nobody hit the drums harder than Bonzo but Billy Ward hit them harder than anyone I have ever seen. Bonzo was the best but Ward is one of them. So many things Sabbath does that parallel Zep, the changes in tempo like it's more than one song, the guitar pauses so the drummer can jump in and pound the beats, awesome bass players that hold it together and make it all so tight. They played different types of rock music for sure but so much is the same. And of course Ozzie, distinct and passionate just like Plant. My 2 favorite bands period!

Oh there is soooooo much more great Black Sabbath, where to even begin...how about Fairies Wear Boots, that'll be fun

The great drummer is Bill Ward. He got caught up in drugs and booze then had to quit touring due to ill health. Guitarist Tony Iommi is missing parts of one or two fingers so had to adjust his playing.

BLACK SABBATH, "WAR PIGS".. MAN THE LYRICS 50 YEARS AGO ARE SO DAMN RELEVANT... AS FAR AS DEVIL WORSHIP.. PARENTS BACK THEN, PROPAGANDA... "SWEET LEAF" SHOULD BE NEXT...

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

Facts!!

Great video man!

@watchbizmatik

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks fam

great pick!!! check out these swedish sisters band First Aid Kit’s live version. They rock out and it’s awesome

The guy that wrote most of the Black Sabbath songs is actually a Christian. Listen to After Forever. You will see it clearly there.

@shallex5744

3 жыл бұрын

wrote the lyrics you mean

What Up BM, Greatest hard rock/metal song of all time, FAIRIES WEAR BOOTS also.

“It better be epic”...Lools like it didn’t disappoint

Listen to Ozzy's song Rock And Roll Rebel. One of the lines- They say i worship devil , they must be stupid or blind. Geezer Butler is Sabbath's lyracist. They said-folks get a thrill from horror , in so many words. Do not believe all you hear or read on the internet. Now that is an evil domain.

@philosopher0076

3 жыл бұрын

" lyricist "

Having lived though the Vietnam War, which brought this song about, I have to say it not only made us all think... but Act!

If you have ever watched the movie Iron Man,you heard Black Sabbath.Eventhough the words are not sung,the music is theirs,and,of course,the song is called Iron Man,check it out.

Yeah that whole album is really solid man there's some good things from the first second Masters of Reality and even volume 4 is underrated there's some cool stuff there too all right Captain will check you out the next drop

FINALLY! Someone with a brain who gets it right away. 😊

You are totally spot on BizMan!!!!! Deep indeed!!!!!! This song came out in 70 and I was 10 years old and I hadn’t grown a brain stem yet but it became an anthem to us kids when I was in high school because the draft was still mandatory!!!!!! Viet Nam had “ended” in 74 and the government was still requiring us kids to sign up for their escapades and my dad wasn’t named Trump hence shin splints weren’t getting me out of the next war which thankfully didn’t happen for awhile!!!!! A song for the ages and ppl to learn from!!!!!! So says Austin Tx!!!!😎🍸