Black Sabbath - War Pigs (early version titled "Walpurgis" with different lyrics)
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- Black Sabbath
War Pigs (early version titled "Walpurgis" with different lyrics)
Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Guitar
Geezer Butler - Bass Guitar
Bill Ward - Drums
Imagine being a 13 year old kid hearing this for the first time in 1970!!!!!! There was nothing as dark as this or as heavy. This is HEAVY METAL!!!!!!!!
Awesome found this version about a year ago, fucking best band ever!!! 😈😎 I have been a Sabbath fan since I was 6 thanks Kev rip
Absofuckinglutly dude they are the Gods of metal
I was 13 when the Paranoid album came out. Was in the 8th grade at Johnson Jr High in Cheyenne.
I was 5 years old when I first heard it in 1970!! By 1973, when I was 8 I was listening to A. Cooper, Deep Purple, Steppenwolf, Grand Funk, J. Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Zepplin, J. Croce........in Huntington Beach CA. My mom opened my door and said she wasn't sure if I should be listening to "goddamn the pusher man" and "witches at black masses" at 7 years old! Thank you Mom for understanding.....
You're damn right it is 🤘
No matter what version that final riff is the greatest of all fucking time
TheManwithafan Hell yeah bro.
100% Agree
The intro is my fav, cant get over
You are not wrong there
this version sounds much more original. Fucking love it. all hail the godfather of metal.
No more original
I'll never forget the day my dad bought me Paranoid, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, and Black Sabbath. I was only 14 and he told me that if liked metal then I need to hear these albums because this is where it all started. Those albums changed my life and for almost an entire year Ozzy sang me to sleep.
+Jeffrey Cummings Respect ...
my old man turned me on to sabbath too he was a big ted nudget fan i love my old man
this band makes me think of my dad. bought me paranoid when i was 6 years old and its been on since. tineless
Similar experience..
your DADs KICK ASS!
It's crazy how in 1 album...Basically every track gives birth to a subgenre of metal...stoner, doom, thrash, death..etc
I've listened to this version so much, I mix up the lyrics in my head with the more common one...I'm GenX so was introduced to Sabbath by "the cool uncle"
Me too lol
Thrash? Death? Nah closest to thrash was children of the grave & and that still sounds like doom. Symptom of the universe though might be that but then again people already made speed/thrash like music in 74-75 already
If this version had been the one to come out, I think it would've genuinely scared people.
Hell yeah, i was already an avid sabbath fan before i heard this version,
And to say i was appalled by the lyrics, is an understatement, haha
They said in the interview that the record company suggested to Ozzy that he rewrite the lyrics as an anti-war song
@@michaeldawson498 Geezer was the lyricist
Kashi dpll
Unlike the rest of Sabbath's lyrics that was so mainstream at the time
I remember my dad yelling up the steps. " turn that devil music down"
Crazy thing is black sabbath was not devil music, for example"into the void" if you pay very close attention to lyrics of that song it paints a very vivid picture of the end..if ya know what I mean
☺☺☺♥♥♥
@@ajax750cfm4 I would yell down to him "LISTEN TO THE WORDS" he wouldn't listen....lol
In my case it was actually my father who got me into this music)
That's what Black Sabbath was I think they were like I mean people can make horror movies why not we make horror music😂
Walpurgis (Original Version Of War Pigs)
Witches gather at black masses
Bodies burning in red ashes
On the hill the church in ruin.
Is the scene of evil doings
It's a place for all bad sinners
Watch them eating dead rats' innards.
I guess it's the same, where ever you may go
Oh lord yeah
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 the stake through me
Oh
Don't hold me back cause I just gotta go
They've got a hold of my soul now
Lords got my brain instinct with blood obscene
Look in my eyes I'm there enough
Yeah
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 rats' innards
I guess it's the same, where ever you may go
Oh lord yeah
Not to complain but..... the line "I guess it's the same" sounds a little forced to me... he seems to be stretching the word "same" to fit the flow.... I don't think there's enough syllables in that line.... I think if he had just added the word "just", as in " I guess it's just the same" I think it would have flowed better. whereas the final version "war pigs" is perfect in every way. Just my opinion. Definitely an awesome version of what "could have been" for sure!
@@stevemerrill5160 i’m almost 100 percent certain it wouldn’t’ve been kept like that if this was officially released and not the demo
@ Ayube Amiruddin. FYI, the lyrics are caption in the video, but thanks for repeating.
So much more evil
My god the way he sings this version is so unnerving. I love it.
THE song that made me a forever Black Sabbath fan after hearing it.
cuz it's about witches
The guitar tone and playing that made me want to start the art. Thanks Iommi.
the amen
This is the first version I ever heard. I heard the made for public version and I thought this is definitely the wrong song. I told people about this version and they said it never existed. Thx for proving me right :)
Kimberly Warne
Simple harder better
Same with me they told me i dont know the words to war pigs lol
It's interesting how Ozzy is blending (or maybe just confusing?) the lyrics of Walpurgis with the ones from War Pigs while they were playing at the well known live in Paris in 1970.
Forgetting. Oz was never good at remembering lyrics.
Bill ward is Amazing. Geezer is an animal. Best metal rythm section EVER 🤟🤟🤟
Geezer is the reason I play the only instrument I play
I like both versions,although this one is because it's wonderfully disturbing. The other because I like the way the words flow and the sound.
This sounds so much heavier god damn this is great
FUCKIN SLAYERRRRRRRR
When I was about 10 or 11 years old in 2006 a friend of mine had an older brother that took us to the mall and bought us a couple CDs. I don’t remember all of them but amongst them was Reign in Blood, The Black Album, and The Ozzman Cometh. This version of War Pigs was track 2 I believe on the Ozzy album and it absolutely blew me away, I had never heard anything sound so dark before in my life. I ended up losing the CD and downloaded Paranoid at a later date, and always wondered why War Pigs just wasn’t the same as when I first heard it as a kid. Finding this version again is like going back home for me, definitely what birthed me into the world of metal.
only sabbath cant make 2 versions of a song and they are both amazing!!
*can
Scott Waters The Album Was supposed To Be Called War Pigs And This Version Of The Song At The Time The Government Wouldn't Allow To Be Release. This Album Should Be Called War Pigs Not Paranoid But I Am Glad Their Is 2 Versions To This Song, I Love This Version More But That's Just My Opinion.
@OP No Pink Floyd have done it also and with more songs.
The album was supposed to be called Walpurgis....with Walpurgis also being the Title Track.
One of my favourites bands...one of the greatest bands. Brilliant version yea👍🏻🇬🇧🎸
I don’t know about you but Tony Iommi‘s guitar riffs take over my soul. 😈😈
Cant relate. Satan already has mine.
The more known version is more poetic and i love it. However both versions follow the apocalypse and the ending of evil at Gods judgment and it is a profound Christian revelation. Gotta love it and no doubt an unsurpassed guitar and overall metal performance, masterpiece!!!!!!!
Powerful version. 18+ rated.. maybe. I'm an old goat. Love the version, the sound, the sentiment. My generation!
Your generation cranked some rocking fucking music, my friend.
Amazing!!!! We can all thank Sabbath for Heavy Metal that is timeless!!!!!
This is real music..it's so raw and orginal. Makes me sad that we will never hear anything like this again in our lifetime
abbath kinda takes this route with a much heavier tone
You just need to look more and not be such a lazy, self righteous asshole.
your so right but b careful , if u say that some millennial loser TH-cam troll who listens 2 billy eyelash , lady gaygay & kanye terrible wil call u a lazy self righteous asshole
@@crissaxx7562 this is the most boomer comment you could have made. This millennial, (myself) knew nothing but this, Pentagram, and Pagan Altar because my dad jammed out to them everyday. Not every millennial is the same. Enjoy the music, enjoy the riffs, the fuzz, and all the darkness in between for what it is. Because that's what it was made for. Last thing ill leave for all of the old heads who think the newer generations cant ever produce anything of this quality or nobody can ever make music sound the same or better than what it was, there is hope for you. Download Spotify, or have your millennial grandchildren download it for you (since you may be incapable of understanding contemporary technology) and go wild. Classics are essential. Everybody has a foundation. But branch the fuck out. Long live the Doom. 🤘🏻💀🤘🏻
@@masonrusk179 lmfao
I like the second verse, ozzy paints a pretty scary scene lol
In '71 (I was 14) a friend pulled out Master of Reality. He also had the poster on the wall. Only time I've ever seen it. In 2/77 they finally came to Nashville. Opening band was Van Halen. It was a good night.
This isn't just alternate lyrics. It's "Walpurgis", and it's about ONLY a Satanic ritual, not likening that to the horrors of war like "War Pigs". Paranoid was supposed to be called Walpurgis or War Pigs.
That's why the cover doesn't fit the title too because it was supposed to match with war pigs
Actually you're wrong, Walpurgis was the original name, but the record company thought the name was too satanic so it was changed to War Pigs. It was never the alternate title to Paranoid, ever.
@@streetrat48 I think he means the album is called paranoid but was originally called war pigs. Hence the war pigs on the cover.
I dig the profile pic!
We you go to hell, you get to hear Ozzy play all day! It's going to be awesome!
This version is the best! Is on the disc "Ozzy Osbourne - The Ozzman Cometh". Has other recordings like "Black Sabbath" and "Fairies Wear Boots".
This would have never got off the ground in the U.S. the anti War version War Pigs hit the spot at the right time, the conclusion of the Vietnam war. This came out in 70 they stopped the war 73, really 72, Jan 73 so it was wrapped up in 72 really. This song hit the scene at the right time with the right vibe. This was the first song I hear that wasn't on AM pop rock radio and I went out got a job at 14, bought a stereo and this record. Black Sabbath was my first "Band" and is my favorite band to this day. Ritchie Blackmore got my attention as well.
UGH BILL WARD BADASS DRUMMER LIKE BONHAM
Love this. The original is better but I love the opening lyrics in this one. “Witches gather at black masses. Bodies burning in red ashes.” Damn that’s good!
Olivier Surprenant Technically this is the original.
This is the original, they were told by producers that the lyrics were too satanic, so Geezer rewrote it.
The record label wanted an anti-war song; so geezer rewrote the lyrics.
"On the scene a priest appears, sinners falling at his knees...Satan calls the funeral pyre, casts the priest into the fire!"
They sang these lyrics on a San Diego live CD that came out when the Reunion discs came out. It's a light blue cover which is VERY strange for Sabbath.
Black Sabbath, created the heaviest music in 1970, they are the true god fathers of Heavy type of music, Feb 13 1970 their Masterpiece first album came out. was mind blowing then, to day remains a Masterpiece, all hail the mighty Black Sabbath.
0:14 THIS IS SO MASSIVE AND HEAVY, LIKE A BLACK HOLE IN THE UNIVERSE....
Wish this was on spotify...
MAN THATS ALL I NEED
wow thanks so much i have been a sabbath fan for 45 yrs . this is the 1st time i have heard this version, ty . ty ty sir
*@William Almeida* Thank you so much for preserving and expressing this history. I was not aware of this at all. It needs to be preserved and remembered.
EDIT: My mother loved this song. She was both a staunch Christian, and a staunch conservative -and a country music fan. But for her, as for me as well, those views were opposed to war. Yet mankind insists on creating wars. And i am old enough now, to form the opinion, war never proves anything. War never really solves a problem -yes it might stamp it down for a while, but it doesn't solve it. What exactly are we sending young people out to fight and die for? That is a grave responsibility that is taken far too lightly.
Can't beat that raw sound
Love it! We played D&D and listened to We Sold Our Souls on a cheap old recording cassette deck all day long
I always loved this one
Ozzy Bill Geezer Toni I grew up on your music don't EVER STOP ROCKING
this version is 100% better
how they both a lyrically good i wouldnt say the other one is better then the other
So true!
Is it fuck! This is terrible compared to the album lyrics. It's no wonder they changed them, they knew they sucked!
The recording is worse and the playing is worse. There's literally NOTHING about this version that's superior to the album version.
These lyrics are intense. Obviously too graphic to release at the time.
@@michaelcidranes6421 hmhm
Just stumbled across this. Been a Sabbath fan since 1970! Never heard this version, love it.
completely bad ass
HellYeahhh Black Sabbath forever Yesssss That's It
hey man... never knew this version existed???? awesome...although SCARY LOL thank you so much for this, I just subscribed! very cool to have this. Anymore shit like this?
This version of the music "Black Sabbath" have some different things on the lyric. It's the demo version:
Black Sabbath (demo version) with lyrics.
thanks man!
Well if u like ozzys stuff listen to bang bang youre dead. Its the demo of facing hell
I love Black Sabbath and Ozzy too. I grew up listening to Black Sabbath and my Ozzy was my first concert, the year they lost Randy Rhoads
oh man he was a ...genious.hope yo got to see randy.loved when he did the classical stuff..
I wish this version was available on Spotify
@@williamlastname this version was officially released on the Ozzy's compilation album "The Ozzman Cometh" in 1997. It's not available in any streaming yet.
I own the cassett of this i don't know how my old man got ahold of it but he gave it to me lol
You've got a genuine relic there... keep it like it's treasure.
my pops gave me a ep on vinyl that had this version. it's in a very safe place !
And metal was born put them up in a lock box u have a peace of metal history 😂
Is this the only song of the cassette?
Find a way to upload plsssssss
This version is better than the regular one they play on the radio
My mom gave me Paranoia as a gift cause I was into stuff like Lamb of God and Devildriver. She said "these guys started it all" it wasn't hitting my 1st listen but after listening again and again I fell in love the album. While everyone was listening to the new Slipknot or Whatever. I was jamming Sabbath in my CD on my way to school.
Christ that's dumb
oh hell !!!! what a trip !! 1st vinyl I owned in the 70's they just don't make tunes like they use to. ..thanks for posting
this one is so much more evil and so good
this version of Warpigs was the 1st i heard, dont remember which album had it, think it was Ozzmen Cometh
It was released in the compilation The Ozzman Cometh
Ozzy could've got it back in the day.....😍😘
he could’ve, but why in the good Lord’s name would he want to??
Lol what makes you think he would have wanted it ? All you women in the last 5 to 10 years act like your shirt doesn't stink
Back in the day ? when you were born Ozzy was probably in his 40s
When my dad was in the army he said him and his buddies would blast this (the final studio version) over the pa before they had to report to their stations because it had the air raid siren
It sucks that this version want allowed back then. So glad it's out now!
Black Sabbath и их творчество - олицетворение Рока. А эта вещь - одна из лучших в истории Рока! Какое напряжение, накал, вокальная подача, риф. А какое соло Tony в конце! Осознанное, без суеты и пробирающее насквозь!
Holy Hell , Not the lyrics we heard as kids in 1970 , however growing up watching Monster & Horror films as a 7 year old in 63 i still think these lyrics would have given most of us nightmares. Man these lyrics are as Black as Sabbath got. Even for bands like Slayer who these come naturally, in 69 & 1970 they most assuredly did not. Freakin' Black Sabbath's great & this version is still scary as hell. Love it !!!
Literal definition of doom metal.
Great fkn lyrics
This version.. wasn't available..when i was growing ..up... it's kinda better..in a way ..but it's just a promo... excellent.. thanks..i live it...& Love it
I love the lyrics burning in red ashes and actually used it for the name of a song for my band.
Sounds more bluesy than the real version . . . I like it.
radec918 Black Sabbath, in their early years were more blues oriented.
samuraigeorge71, You are acting like Sabbath wasn't Metal in the first two albums because they were.
samuraigeorge71 their first two albums ARE metal. Sabbath is a metal band.
These lyrics are awesome.
I have been lied to my whole life but now I hear the truth!
I absolutely love this version
Nice 1. Had no idea this existed.
Sounds like the basement tapes🙌🏼sabbath is the fire in my soul
So fking raw ❤❤❤
Black sabbath rocks!Love the pics
Just found this one..gotta love it ..way darker, bast sabbath ever.
This version is more oriented to "attack" the religion, and the version from Paranoid is more oriented to politic for what I see
no, the music literally denounces evil
@@adrianshephard378 fax
I’d say if it’s to attack a religion, that religion is Satanism
@@adrianshephard378exactly
Holy shit................. just when I think I've found it all I bump into this. Thanks for putting this up man !!!! SABB FOREVER. \,,,\
This was fun to trail along with. I can Imagine singing this set of lyrics too.
The Mighty Black Sabbath 😎 🤘
Beautiful masterpiece... a group of likeminded people creating magic that will live through generations.
I like the other version but these lyrics are much darker
Crazy to think that walurpigs was like this, I thought the name changed but holy shit I love it
Interesting demo. Almost sounds like War Pigs, just without the sirens at the beginning. What I mean to say is that it sounds like the version actually recorded for the Paranoid album, but they changed the lyrics at the very last minute. Also the ending isn't speeded up as on the finalized version.
Sweet ✌️❤️
Fantastic !
Rocktober 24, 2024. Still an awesome tune all these years later
Heavier than Fuckin' Heaven or Hell n all realms in between,Walpurgis Night indeed,Sabbath Fuckin,Sabbath!
Wayy better lyrics then the reworked version
Epic share! Didn't knew it existed! And although I prefer the classic version we all love - this one isn't that bad either! And apart from the lyrics, the melody changed a bit also. For example before the first chorus (don't know the exact second) Iommi does a couple of guitar shreds that aren't in the final version of the track. Thanks for posting this! And the lyrics on screen helped a lot because I for one was always expecting to hear the lyrics I already know by heart :))
Both versions are great! 🤘
These lyrics were so much more fun.
Was so happy to hear this after all these years... Love it!
I was rocking in my chair.. and my head was anointed with lead and lights
My dad owned a copy of The Ozzman Cometh album with Ozzy's greatest hits. Guess what happened to be the first two tracks on that album that 10 year old me happened to love to this very day? The original 69 demo of Black Sabbath (w/ the unused third verse) and the 69 demo of War Pigs (previously called Walpurgis).
Heard this in the car and in my opinion way better then the actual released version. This along with a original sounding version of Black Sabbath. They were on one of my dads best of Ozzy cds.
1st. Time for Everything. Never heard this. Till Now! Thanks!
I always heard a story in war pigs but this is a whole new story
This is the version I grew up on so these are the lyrics I always sing when I sing along to the radio or live covers.
This is the version that should have been on the album. If people are babies tough shit!
This is the first version I ever heard. It was on a special edition of The Ozzman Cometh I believe, along with a demo of Black Sabbath. I heard both of those versions first since my mom had that CD. I love the lyrics of this one so much.
Such a cool version of this song!!!HAIL!!!from Australia
these are some really deep and scary lyrics i love it
Fuckin' Iommi is a fucking beast 🤘
Ok heres my take on it. Im sure the record label had a lot to say about this song. Although seeing how the rest of the album turned out, they pretty much seemed to give them most artistic freedom. This version is a bit much for the times. I believe this was the rough draft of the song, still in the jamming/writing/ arrangement phase. Ozzy would sing jibberish over parts until he or Geezer came up with lyrics. Then they would start to set the meter of the song with lyrics. As you can tell, some of the lyrics dont match up and are rather odd. It kind of breaks the song up negatively. Ozzy always did a great job with the meter of his lyrics, as in- not just what he was singing but how the words sounded and bounced or went with the riff. This sounds a bit snobby, lol.. sorry. Some of the lines were way too dark. The record label had to think about getting these blokes air play and not just trying to recover studio spending with live shows...so, they turned the song into an anti war piece. Which is fine. Id like to hear somebody put a mix and master on this version. I think the album version is put together better. Does that make it better overall? Dunno...
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