Bill Ward was the first drummer I ever really paid close attention to. He's still one of my top 5 favorite drummers. I used to think he didn't get any credit, but I now know better. I started learning drums a couple of years ago (in my 50s), and hope to be able to just do a passable job at this song some day.
@@owensks Never claimed he did. First heard it from him, however, in reference to the memoires he wrote for Papa (US Army Ranger, 25 years ret., Korea Campaign) and Unce Craig (US ARMY, 12 yrs, Green Beret, Special Operations in Vietnam) warning of the political and ideological degradation inevitably inherent for all governments (the USA, in particular), and reminding them to never give their trust or allegiance to any type of political system, but to be loyal to principles that better one's self and one's people: honesty, fidelity, patience, and other virtues. He warned them and predicted how the US gov. would devolve even further after the lack of consequences for breaking war treaties and cease-fires, claiming that as technology advanced and generations were raised within safe enviroments they'd begin to look down on violence and grow increasingly detached and disapproving of anyone that dared act to defend one's property, family name, and settled conflicts on a personal level without the supervision of the State/Federal Authorities, then once morality began to grow corrupt, education would be targeted socially/politically. He had claimed with certainty the US Gov would begin to spy on its citizen, flood the people with too much true/false information, strip away rights/priviledges for citizens, force gov oversight onto every level of beaucrazy, and seek to make Amercans (a people tempestuous, proud, and war-hungry) unable/unwilling to defend themselves using systematic reinforcement in the Public Education system which includes phasing out "violent" sports such as boxing so no disagreeing males could ever solve their problems in a school boxing ring. Back then, everyone went around armed, even in school my Papa leaned his rifle in the teacher's corner before lessons began. Fear of violence, lack of context or danger, constant pressurization to obey/submit to gov. policy, and then, finally, they'd corrupt the educational system entirely; removing historical contexts, philosophy, methods of reasoning/logical analytical processes, memory techniques such as the Bookshelf/Mind Palace methods, and finally refusing to explore or educate children on virtues/developing them/their importance regardless of religion/race/nation to advancing the human spirit/mind. This was penned by him in 1957, "Apathy, ignorance, weakness, and compliance will do what no outside enemy could manage-the Death of the USA and it'll be quiet, swept under the rug, and go unnoticed, unobtrusive by the idiot masses for what willl likely be years or even decades, but then no one will dare mention it, as then they must solve the problem or cower from it. Tolerance of others was never a national ideal, neither was forgiveness. In the end, we'll open the door to the hungry wolves outside in an invitation born from ignorance to danger after being stripped of martial familiarity on a cultural level. They will punish courage, they'll punish those that protect others, those that defend their family's honor, and, most of all, self-sufficiency will be punished until ultimately there's so many laws it'll be impossible to count them all; anyone would be charged and punished for any three "felonies" to earn Life Without Parole meanwhile they'll charge them for warming the court benches such exorbitant fines that only the rich would be able to pay without beggaring themselves. Cowardly, apathetic fools unwilling and unable to fight; that will be the future of America. The politicians have failed to even maintain the foundations of our nation, let alone build upon them as intended, and every bill passed nowadays only takes from citizens instead of empowering, enriching, and educating them. All nations fall. All governments become corrupt. And when we fall, we'll be surrounded by hostility; stupid, defenceless, and compliant little sheep, millions of them on a battlefield where everyone hungers for mutton. Knowledge, self-reliance, and strength in martial ability, mind, and willpower are the only way to inoculate one's self to these evils when the barbarians are at the walls, fools sit in wise chairs, and teachers can no teach their craft in good conscience."
I think they will be studying this, Pink Floyd, and Tori Amos in 100 years. The kids in college will complain about having to listen to this old stodgy stuff, but there will always be a percentage who loves it just as much as we do.
Sabbath gets mad props for Ozzy and Tony, but Geezer Butler was their bassist, and he's one of the most amazing bass players in history. Absolute beast. Bill Ward on drums also. Everyone in this band is an icon.
You're right but i'ts 2 finger tips, the Middle one and the ring fingers. Take à look at this short animation. Everything is explain... Metal was created after a Metal accident. Cheers! ✌️😉... th-cam.com/video/APTjx79WgcE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=AZd-R9vCA9SypUWk
Tony Iommi is the guitarist for Black Sabbath. He got the tips of his fingers chopped off in a factory his first day on an assembly line. He was devastated and was going to fold his musical career. His boss convinced him (with the help of the music of Django Reinhardt, who also suffered from a deformity, and some booze) to not give up on his dream of being a guitarist, and as a result, he decided to down tune his guitar (loosening the strings a whole octave: 12 notes down), and play slower than he had originally planned. Originally, the band was called Earth, and they were trying to sound like The Beatles, but the sound instantly changed after the accident. As was mentioned, Iommi made fake fingertips out of melted thimbles and bottle caps. He crafted a leather glove in which to put his hand and bottle cap finger tips so that he could ensure that everything stayed in place. He then wound his own guitar strings out of nylon acoustic banjo strings because the nickel strings that are traditionally used with an electric guitar created too much pressure in his "finger tips." ...and that is where heavy metal "comes from," Rob. Check out the live from Paris 1970 video of the song Paranoid by Black Sabbath and enjoy seeing Ozzy when he was young and athletic! That song is a banger!
Rob, with this one, you're listening to the genesis of heavy metal. This was the first album. There was psychedelic and folk music of the laste 60's , early 70s, and then this shit dropped. It was so gnarly for the time, that the first reaction was, "OMG, this is evil/demonic/satanic, etc." Of course, we now know that this is not true, but originally, that was the reaction to this stuff.
No, this was off their 2nd album. Also, The Kinks were playing heavy metal in the early 1960s - though the name had not been coined by then. First use of 'heavy metal' in a song was Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf. Even the Beatles toyed with metal on the White Album on the track Helter Skelter. And the roots of heavy metal go right back as far as 1732.
@@angharaddenby3389 Steppenwolf was awesome back in the day. Great live show. Led Zepplin had already released their first album too. So many great groups.
They were considered evil because the first single they released was a self titled song about going to hell and seeing the devil. They wanted to make music that scared people, like a horror movie but with music. It worked out very well for them.
Yep, saw an interview where Ozzie said that the room where they practiced was across the street for a movie theater that showed horror movies that had long lines, and they got the idea that people like getting scarred at movies, why not concerts.
They were considered evil because of their name and the shallowness of society at the time. They did it on purpose to show the blatant absurdity of such a superficial reaction. Their anti-war message here was considered subversive and pro-Communist at that time in the Cold War. This was extreme and radical then. This music, this time was the birth of heavy metal, though we probably wouldn't call it that today. The horror vibe was just the way they chose to push back, their hook, but became a mainstay in metal.
Back then the lyrics and subject matter of this song were mind blowing and ground breaking. Before 1970 nobody was singing about "Satan spreading his wings" while ripping on the guitar! Black Sabbath started a whole genre!
My first big concert was KISS openng for Black Sabbath around 1975. The high point was the very beginning with the lights on KISS in glittering silver, pretty crazy. Detroit Rock City.
War Pigs is the best anti war song because its a lesson in politics. Ozzy educates the masses on exactly what the people in charge are doing. Also this one set the stage for metal music. It's a fuckin jam and it's incredibly well written. Imagine 1970 in a bar in the UK. The hardest thing you ever heard was Led Zepplin. Then War Pigs hits you.
Really bugs me that to this day the common people are tricked into supporting yet another war. There is always some excuse, whether it's "They started it," or "They attacked our ally," or "They have an evil dictator for a leader." I'm so incredibly sick of it. We need a new anti-war movement.
When I was like maybe a week or two into my freshman year in college in 2004 I was in the common room area of the freshman dorm. Everyone was sort of milling around, no one knew anyone that well yet. Someone started playing War Pigs on their laptop. A half dozen of us came over and immediately started singing along. It was a total "finding your tribe" moment, gathering around to sing this song that came out before any of us were born but we still knew word-for-word.
Black Sabbath is my favorite metal band of all time. Seen them 3 times with Ozzy and seen Ozzy solo 3 times. If you really listen to their music they are geniuses, and what they are really trying to say with their songs is the world is fucked but love and nature are the best thing about being alive. Absolutely love them!
I normally wait to watch/listen to your reactions during boxing warm ups, but there's no way that I'm not watching this immediately! One of the most heartbreaking songs of all time, simply because it appears to speak a perpetual truth.
ROB , your videos are REALLY GOOD , & I can RESPECT the fact that your making a conscience effort to expand your mind with out limits AND ROCK N ROLL is a great road to travel. THANK YOU MY BROTHER . p.s. - sometimes a song takes a moment to really open up , long intro , it's like being in your car waiting for the light to go green and all you wanna do IS DROP THE HAMMER AND MELT THE WHEELS ⚡️⚡️⚡️😎
Bro, they’re accused of being evil because they literally invented Heavy Metal. They were the first. And they use a lot of religious symbols in their music and stage show.
I believe it was guitarist Tony Iommi’s dad, an iron worker, who was the one who made them those crosses they wore. They wore them to ward off a bunch of witches curses because they refused to come play at a black mass Edit: it was Ozzy’s dad according to Geezer: “It wasn't until the band played their first shows in America that they began to realise that they had tapped into forces they might not be able to control. "We didn’t think anything of it until the first American tour," Butler told Metal Hammer's Alex Milas in 2019. "There was some black magic organisation that wanted us to play at a stone circle… We said no - we were sort of against Satan as opposed to promoting it - so they allegedly cursed us. "The head of the white witches called our management and said he knew we had a curse put on us, and we should wear crosses and he’d do a ritual thing. It all sounds so hokey.” “We started wearing crosses! Ozzy’s father made them for us. He used to work at a metal factory making car parts, so he made us these great big crosses out of spare metal.”
The 1st time I heard this song, I was in the car with my dad in mid 90's. He loved the drums for this song...he told me about the meaning of the song. My dad may have been in his late 40's, but he knew rock out!!!
I can't believe this was written in 69. It sounds so recent, not because themes are still applicable to today's situations but the SOUND is so clean so dynamic and rich.
Love your enthusiastic reaction to one of my all-time favorite songs! I was listening to this as a long-haired teenager back in the '70's, and I still listen to it as an old man with thinning grey hair and creaking bones. The Paranoid album is one of the few I purchased for a second time as a CD. Thanks for starting my morning off on the right foot! 🤠 Side note: UK rapper/busker Ren and his band The Big Push do a live busking cover of this and two other Ozzy/Sabbath songs that's on The Big Push channel
Black Sabbath is the most influential band of the '70s. They weren't the biggest name in their time, but what came after was more informed by Sabbath than any other band. Oh, and as awesome as the guitar is, listen again, just for the drums.
@atvena black sabbath and iron maiden alone are the legends... but what I love about Metallica is... u get the best of both and Metallicas original sound all in ONE 🤘🏽
You have now witnessed the birth of Heavy Metal/Hard Rock. If you think about the type of music that was coming out in 1970, this music scared the shit out of the masses! (and like most things that aren't understood, was thought to be evil)
Hey man, you know what my favorite part of seeing you react to my favorite tunes? You headbang exactly like my partner and I do. The way you get into the music you listen to makes me so happy. Thank you for existing, brother. If you smoke bud, come to Denver and let me smoke you up.
Ozzy grew up in postwar Europe. His sister recalls that at times they would buy John (Ozzy) guitar strings instead of milk because they were not going to deny the world his music. Anyway if I'm not mistaken they were still feeling effects of the big 'un which was ww2 when Ozzy was growing up. I suppose you would say it was the cold war.
I rarely engage with videos on here, but I remember being a fan of yours early in your youtube FGC days years and years ago. I love the content you're pushing out now and you make me laugh so hard. Keep it up Rob, this is great stuff!
Welcome, Rob. You’ve begun a relationship with arguably the best metal band of all time. It doesn’t get much better than Black Sabbath. I am fucking STOKED to see you dig into Sabbath’s discography
Tony Iommi, The Riff Master, The Godfather Of Heavy Metal, The Icon. As you go down the rabbit hole with this band, Iommi does change his playing for certain singers. He always has these great leads.
I used to always listen to this song and now I can almost sing the entire song just cuz I listened to it so much, I love this song, I’m glad you made a reaction video to it, thanks
Love how in one of the recent videos Rob mentions he can't really distinguish guitar from bass but he lit the fuck up when he heard that bass going crazy in the background of the guitar solo.
You have to realize when this music was introduced to the world around 1969. Black Sabbath came out ahead of the times. They were part of the godfather family of Heavy Metal, along with the likes of Cream, Mountain, and Led Zeppelin, and others. You are right, Black Sabbath's first album was band by the Church. It was considered devil worship music. Although if you listen to the words to all their music, there is no praise for evil, or the devil. They denounce evil if anything. War Pigs was relevant then, as it is NOW.
Watch Bill McClintocks mashup of the Temptations and metal bands sometime. They were dark as hell but hid it in pop sounds th-cam.com/video/rX40Zfjh_Wc/w-d-xo.html
I love watching black folks discover the music I grew up with. War Pigs is fire every single note and beat. I was born in '71. Song is freaking older than me! My mom had this album in our record collection. One day I put this on and my metal journey had begun. /cheers man.
Im 58 I got introduced to this in Jr high when we got bussed to predominantly white neighborhoods . I introduced them to Rick James music They didn't even know the guy was from our hometown much less our hood. I still listen to zep black sabbath the Doors the Animals Van Halen Pink Floyd and my All favorites the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Geezer Butler on bass and Bill Ward on drums is one of rock's greatest rhythm sections. Geezer is one of my influences as a bassist, he's got great groove, always tasteful playing, he's just awesome.
"Groovy" is an accurate term to use, Black Sabbath were massively inspired by Jimi Hendrix. This is def one of my top 3 fav songs, my particular fav parts are the little drum solos between the guitar parts you were enjoying
the thing about Bill Ward's drums on tis is that they are not only great , they sound like the popping of machine guns and bombs -- and that's on purpose.
@@NaClSandwichthat line in the song was actually a reference to how he accidentally advocated for the IRA at a concert without knowing, and it’s meant to be a play on how people can be swept up into conflict far too easily
Rob when you said it was groovy it made me think you'd enjoy ACDC. The guitarist has a lot of blues influence in his style. I recommend any of the songs from the Highway to Hell Album. Personal favourite is Beat Around The Bush
@@trenchcorps I think a very crucial part of appreciating a band, is to witness the progression. My mans has to hear where it started. Granted, Adrenaline was the first album; But it pales in comparison to their sophomore effort. You need to be met with an immaculate effort from a group for you to decide to keep fuckin with them, and to understand where they are going/came from with their sound
Tony Iommi is the guitarist for Black Sabbath. He got the tips of his fingers chopped off in a factory and had to down tune his guitar, and play slower than he had originally planned, and that is where heavy metal comes from.
Black Sabbath was ironically black listed when it came to radio airplay during the 70'S most likely due to the politics of the time. Images of the war were on network news daily along with body counts. A large underground scene heard their message since anti war was taboo where our guys were put through that meat grinder of a war lasting over a decade. Sadly, many of which never returned. I personally missed the draft by 2 years since the war ended in 1974. Many of my friends older brothers however were drafted. It was certainly a hard era to live through & top that off with the assassinations which occurred towards the middle to later 60's.
The guitar is hardcore, the drums are fuckin fire. And I can't remember who but there's a quote around about Tony Iommi, Sabbath's guitarist "Metal is Tony Iommi, everyone else just copies him"
07:01 Hey RobTV, wauuw for your channel and your unbiased reactions man !!!! Awesome!!! Black Sabbath are the originators of everything heavy, Metallica wouldn't be without Black Sabbath, period, just as axample.. When inducted to Rock Hall of Fame, Metallica inducted them, worth to watch. And influence? Black Sabbath - Zero the Hero inspired the famous Guns n Roses riff for Paradise City, Hot Line was inspiration to Beasty Boys - You Got to fight for yourr ight to Party.. Into the Void..DAMN !! Remember Killing in the Name of?
Bro, you should react to "no one knows by Queens of the Stone Age" if you haven't already. It's groovy, heavy, bass and guitar solo, and the drummer for Nirvana is on the song. And he kills it.
@thebenc1537 What's wrong with making a song catchy? He likes grooves. He hates anything not in 4/4. I can't think of a rock song more up his ally he hasn't listened to already.
The most powerful lyrics in the song are Politicians hide themselves away They only started the war Why should they go out to fight? They leave that role to the poor, yeah Still true today.
This is my all-time favorite song. The best way to truly appreciate this song, is to listen to it a couple times, then, just listen to it focusing entirely on Geezer's bass...and then do a listen where you focus on nothing except Bill's drumming. Then when you listen to it as a whole again, you realize, Ozzy and Tony are playing the song, while the bass and drums are just fucking grooving.
There's no black or white or any other race when it comes to music. That's why we call it the universal language 😊 !!!! Thanks for reacting to one of the greatest bands ever !
71 yrs. young, female and love this music then and now. I saw Black Sabbath in person and was blown away. Frikin great concert.
That's so cool, wish I could have seen them (especially the original lineup) live in concert. They must have been heavy as hell!
all I can think of is george carlin's bit about "x years young"
But why is your age and gender relevant in this ?
@@karelvandervelden8819 why is your negging someone's style of expression relevant in this? mind ya business
Music like this is timeless!
Drumming masterclass. Thank you Bill Ward.
Absolutely. One of the greatest performances ever.
Bill Ward was the first drummer I ever really paid close attention to. He's still one of my top 5 favorite drummers. I used to think he didn't get any credit, but I now know better. I started learning drums a couple of years ago (in my 50s), and hope to be able to just do a passable job at this song some day.
In the words of my great grandpappy: "Rich man's war, poor man's fight."
Your great grandpa did not come up with that quote
@@owensks Never claimed he did. First heard it from him, however, in reference to the memoires he wrote for Papa (US Army Ranger, 25 years ret., Korea Campaign) and Unce Craig (US ARMY, 12 yrs, Green Beret, Special Operations in Vietnam) warning of the political and ideological degradation inevitably inherent for all governments (the USA, in particular), and reminding them to never give their trust or allegiance to any type of political system, but to be loyal to principles that better one's self and one's people: honesty, fidelity, patience, and other virtues. He warned them and predicted how the US gov. would devolve even further after the lack of consequences for breaking war treaties and cease-fires, claiming that as technology advanced and generations were raised within safe enviroments they'd begin to look down on violence and grow increasingly detached and disapproving of anyone that dared act to defend one's property, family name, and settled conflicts on a personal level without the supervision of the State/Federal Authorities, then once morality began to grow corrupt, education would be targeted socially/politically. He had claimed with certainty the US Gov would begin to spy on its citizen, flood the people with too much true/false information, strip away rights/priviledges for citizens, force gov oversight onto every level of beaucrazy, and seek to make Amercans (a people tempestuous, proud, and war-hungry) unable/unwilling to defend themselves using systematic reinforcement in the Public Education system which includes phasing out "violent" sports such as boxing so no disagreeing males could ever solve their problems in a school boxing ring. Back then, everyone went around armed, even in school my Papa leaned his rifle in the teacher's corner before lessons began. Fear of violence, lack of context or danger, constant pressurization to obey/submit to gov. policy, and then, finally, they'd corrupt the educational system entirely; removing historical contexts, philosophy, methods of reasoning/logical analytical processes, memory techniques such as the Bookshelf/Mind Palace methods, and finally refusing to explore or educate children on virtues/developing them/their importance regardless of religion/race/nation to advancing the human spirit/mind. This was penned by him in 1957, "Apathy, ignorance, weakness, and compliance will do what no outside enemy could manage-the Death of the USA and it'll be quiet, swept under the rug, and go unnoticed, unobtrusive by the idiot masses for what willl likely be years or even decades, but then no one will dare mention it, as then they must solve the problem or cower from it. Tolerance of others was never a national ideal, neither was forgiveness. In the end, we'll open the door to the hungry wolves outside in an invitation born from ignorance to danger after being stripped of martial familiarity on a cultural level. They will punish courage, they'll punish those that protect others, those that defend their family's honor, and, most of all, self-sufficiency will be punished until ultimately there's so many laws it'll be impossible to count them all; anyone would be charged and punished for any three "felonies" to earn Life Without Parole meanwhile they'll charge them for warming the court benches such exorbitant fines that only the rich would be able to pay without beggaring themselves. Cowardly, apathetic fools unwilling and unable to fight; that will be the future of America. The politicians have failed to even maintain the foundations of our nation, let alone build upon them as intended, and every bill passed nowadays only takes from citizens instead of empowering, enriching, and educating them. All nations fall. All governments become corrupt. And when we fall, we'll be surrounded by hostility; stupid, defenceless, and compliant little sheep, millions of them on a battlefield where everyone hungers for mutton. Knowledge, self-reliance, and strength in martial ability, mind, and willpower are the only way to inoculate one's self to these evils when the barbarians are at the walls, fools sit in wise chairs, and teachers can no teach their craft in good conscience."
Wise words.
The godfathers of Heavy Metal, without Black Sabbath there would be no heavy metal
Or at least it would not be what it is today
Motorhead is also credited as the fathers of heavy metal. Lemmy later helped Ozzy with his solo album Crazy Train.
@@gregbale7598 Motorhead played Rock and Roll ;-)
@@hanselemans4237that’s what lemmy said but they’re categorically speed metal lol
@@gregbale7598the fuck they are. what made up universe is that true.
maybe innovators like deep purple but not a staple father like black sabbath
Black Sabbath will never go out of style , people 100 years from now will still be jamming to it
I think they will be studying this, Pink Floyd, and Tori Amos in 100 years. The kids in college will complain about having to listen to this old stodgy stuff, but there will always be a percentage who loves it just as much as we do.
Everything we listen to will played and labeled under classic rock one day. Isn't that hilarious?
Sabbath gets mad props for Ozzy and Tony, but Geezer Butler was their bassist, and he's one of the most amazing bass players in history. Absolute beast. Bill Ward on drums also. Everyone in this band is an icon.
The whole band is obviously kicking ass but I think Ward goes the absolute hardest.
And Geezer wrote these fire lyrics
Cooking like that on guitar with no fingertips.
They got cut off in an industrial saw accident and he made some little wax tips to use.
Wow 😵💫
As Bob Ross would say "We don't make mistakes, we have happy accidents"
You're right but i'ts 2 finger tips, the Middle one and the ring fingers. Take à look at this short animation. Everything is explain... Metal was created after a Metal accident. Cheers! ✌️😉... th-cam.com/video/APTjx79WgcE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=AZd-R9vCA9SypUWk
Tony Iommi is the guitarist for Black Sabbath. He got the tips of his fingers chopped off in a factory his first day on an assembly line. He was devastated and was going to fold his musical career. His boss convinced him (with the help of the music of Django Reinhardt, who also suffered from a deformity, and some booze) to not give up on his dream of being a guitarist, and as a result, he decided to down tune his guitar (loosening the strings a whole octave: 12 notes down), and play slower than he had originally planned.
Originally, the band was called Earth, and they were trying to sound like The Beatles, but the sound instantly changed after the accident.
As was mentioned, Iommi made fake fingertips out of melted thimbles and bottle caps. He crafted a leather glove in which to put his hand and bottle cap finger tips so that he could ensure that everything stayed in place. He then wound his own guitar strings out of nylon acoustic banjo strings because the nickel strings that are traditionally used with an electric guitar created too much pressure in his "finger tips."
...and that is where heavy metal "comes from," Rob. Check out the live from Paris 1970 video of the song Paranoid by Black Sabbath and enjoy seeing Ozzy when he was young and athletic! That song is a banger!
Yo he melted the bottoms of soda bottles onto his fingers. Absolute monster.
Black sabbath /warpigs
Live paris 1970
is a must see of this song 😎👍
Bill ward is a absolute beast on the drums !
Black Sabbath "War Pigs" LIVE Paris 1970: th-cam.com/video/K3b6SGoN6dA/w-d-xo.html
Bro went nuts using THORS hammer as drum sticks 🤘🏽
Live Paris 1970 100%! Bill beat those drums like they owed him money.
Rob, with this one, you're listening to the genesis of heavy metal. This was the first album. There was psychedelic and folk music of the laste 60's , early 70s, and then this shit dropped. It was so gnarly for the time, that the first reaction was, "OMG, this is evil/demonic/satanic, etc." Of course, we now know that this is not true, but originally, that was the reaction to this stuff.
No, this was off their 2nd album. Also, The Kinks were playing heavy metal in the early 1960s - though the name had not been coined by then. First use of 'heavy metal' in a song was Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf. Even the Beatles toyed with metal on the White Album on the track Helter Skelter. And the roots of heavy metal go right back as far as 1732.
@@angharaddenby3389 Steppenwolf was awesome back in the day. Great live show. Led Zepplin had already released their first album too. So many great groups.
@@angharaddenby3389They meant first metal album. It’s arguable but not definitive. I’d throw Blue Cheer in there too.
@@angharaddenby3389 thumbs up for mention of helter skelter
@@loadedorygun Good shout with Blue Cheer!
They were considered evil because the first single they released was a self titled song about going to hell and seeing the devil. They wanted to make music that scared people, like a horror movie but with music. It worked out very well for them.
Yep, saw an interview where Ozzie said that the room where they practiced was across the street for a movie theater that showed horror movies that had long lines, and they got the idea that people like getting scarred at movies, why not concerts.
They were considered evil because of their name and the shallowness of society at the time. They did it on purpose to show the blatant absurdity of such a superficial reaction. Their anti-war message here was considered subversive and pro-Communist at that time in the Cold War. This was extreme and radical then. This music, this time was the birth of heavy metal, though we probably wouldn't call it that today. The horror vibe was just the way they chose to push back, their hook, but became a mainstay in metal.
they were a band interested by the occult and spiritualism.. not a religious band of any kind
They're not evil, they're just like Grimm's Fairy Tales set to music. If you do this, that will happen to you.
Back then the lyrics and subject matter of this song were mind blowing and ground breaking. Before 1970 nobody was singing about "Satan spreading his wings" while ripping on the guitar! Black Sabbath started a whole genre!
Early Sabbath is fucking legit. Great musicianship and Ozzy absolutely kills
I like dio era sabbath
Tony Iommi is one of the greatest guitarists ever! He lost the tips to two of his fingers and still produced these amazing riffs and solos!
how?
T-Pain's cover of this song is the stuff of legend.
when i first went into listening to it when it dropped, i wasnt expecting it to actually be good
I came here to say this!
I was shocked at how good it was.
Hell yeah just checked it out 26/5/24
T Pain killed it
Black Sabbath was my first concert back in 1972 was fourteen. 65 now and still listening!☮️
ZZ Top was my first concert in 1974. They got booed off stage! My sons first concert was ZZTop in 1990 at 8 years old, he loved it!!
My first big concert was KISS openng for Black Sabbath around 1975. The high point was the very beginning with the lights on KISS in glittering silver, pretty crazy. Detroit Rock City.
War Pigs is the best anti war song because its a lesson in politics. Ozzy educates the masses on exactly what the people in charge are doing.
Also this one set the stage for metal music. It's a fuckin jam and it's incredibly well written. Imagine 1970 in a bar in the UK. The hardest thing you ever heard was Led Zepplin. Then War Pigs hits you.
Really bugs me that to this day the common people are tricked into supporting yet another war. There is always some excuse, whether it's "They started it," or "They attacked our ally," or "They have an evil dictator for a leader." I'm so incredibly sick of it. We need a new anti-war movement.
Goddamn, 83.1K! You're doin well for yourself, man!
Bro the fact that you won't be boxed in and have such an open ear for ALL GOOD MUSIC is beyond dope bruh. Stay blessed up Brody
Thank you to all my Sabbath warriors for helping me in this endeavor and thank you Rob for being so based
Just about all the metal music you have indicated a liking for starts here
yup
1980. Me and my Air Force brothers are all in a a barracks room smoking some good weed and listening to this song. Damn indeed.
When I was like maybe a week or two into my freshman year in college in 2004 I was in the common room area of the freshman dorm. Everyone was sort of milling around, no one knew anyone that well yet. Someone started playing War Pigs on their laptop. A half dozen of us came over and immediately started singing along. It was a total "finding your tribe" moment, gathering around to sing this song that came out before any of us were born but we still knew word-for-word.
Oh the studio album version, thank goodness! 🤘
I always say... listen to how the band wanted u to hear it first... then appreciate the rest 🤘🏽
Black Sabbath is my favorite metal band of all time. Seen them 3 times with Ozzy and seen Ozzy solo 3 times. If you really listen to their music they are geniuses, and what they are really trying to say with their songs is the world is fucked but love and nature are the best thing about being alive. Absolutely love them!
I normally wait to watch/listen to your reactions during boxing warm ups, but there's no way that I'm not watching this immediately! One of the most heartbreaking songs of all time, simply because it appears to speak a perpetual truth.
4:30 I thought this was "white people music" not "white people dancing". Good to see you branching out.
ROB , your videos are REALLY GOOD , & I can RESPECT the fact that your making a conscience effort to expand your mind with out limits AND ROCK N ROLL is a great road to travel. THANK YOU MY BROTHER . p.s. - sometimes a song takes a moment to really open up , long intro , it's like being in your car waiting for the light to go green and all you wanna do
IS DROP THE HAMMER AND MELT THE WHEELS ⚡️⚡️⚡️😎
Waiting for the day that Rob discovers the Oakland Coliseum Freebird video. Since he’s such a fan of guitar solos, I can’t wait to see his reaction
OMG right, my all time favorite guitar solo ever. I can listen to it over and over and over.
Bassist was Geezer Butler.
Was a childhood friend of Ozzys.
Awesome bass player.
And the primary lyric writer
Bro, they’re accused of being evil because they literally invented Heavy Metal. They were the first. And they use a lot of religious symbols in their music and stage show.
I believe it was guitarist Tony Iommi’s dad, an iron worker, who was the one who made them those crosses they wore. They wore them to ward off a bunch of witches curses because they refused to come play at a black mass
Edit: it was Ozzy’s dad according to Geezer:
“It wasn't until the band played their first shows in America that they began to realise that they had tapped into forces they might not be able to control.
"We didn’t think anything of it until the first American tour," Butler told Metal Hammer's Alex Milas in 2019. "There was some black magic organisation that wanted us to play at a stone circle… We said no - we were sort of against Satan as opposed to promoting it - so they allegedly cursed us.
"The head of the white witches called our management and said he knew we had a curse put on us, and we should wear crosses and he’d do a ritual thing. It all sounds so hokey.”
“We started wearing crosses! Ozzy’s father made them for us. He used to work at a metal factory making car parts, so he made us these great big crosses out of spare metal.”
Oooo and they mention Satan by name!
@@darthtraya8305 yes, the dark dumbass has a name
And that time Ozzie bit the head off a roadie live on-stage.
@@The_Jasonian01it was actually ozzy’s dad that made their crosses!
The 1st time I heard this song, I was in the car with my dad in mid 90's. He loved the drums for this song...he told me about the meaning of the song. My dad may have been in his late 40's, but he knew rock out!!!
I can't believe this was written in 69.
It sounds so recent, not because themes are still applicable to today's situations but the SOUND is so clean so dynamic and rich.
Watch T-Pain's cover of War Pigs.
Honestly fantastic
Was going to say this as well. T-Pain's cover is the best cover of it. (Cake's funky version is pretty dope as well)
Was about to write that too. That concert just blew me away!!
GREAT call! I hope Rob sees this and watches. Absolute heater
Yes! He murdered the shit out of it. That whole set is fire.
Love your enthusiastic reaction to one of my all-time favorite songs! I was listening to this as a long-haired teenager back in the '70's, and I still listen to it as an old man with thinning grey hair and creaking bones. The Paranoid album is one of the few I purchased for a second time as a CD. Thanks for starting my morning off on the right foot! 🤠
Side note: UK rapper/busker Ren and his band The Big Push do a live busking cover of this and two other Ozzy/Sabbath songs that's on The Big Push channel
Black Sabbath is the most influential band of the '70s. They weren't the biggest name in their time, but what came after was more informed by Sabbath than any other band. Oh, and as awesome as the guitar is, listen again, just for the drums.
Black Sabbath were the fathers of rock and metal. They really started it all
As much as I love Metallica... I know where it came from... metal in my blood 🎸🔥🤘🏽
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Metallica
@atvena black sabbath and iron maiden alone are the legends... but what I love about Metallica is... u get the best of both and Metallicas original sound all in ONE 🤘🏽
@@PML78 melodic metal forever \m/
Love you bro. Your open mindedness, curiosity, your infectious enthusiasm. What the world needs bad now. Keep doing your thing.
You have now witnessed the birth of Heavy Metal/Hard Rock. If you think about the type of music that was coming out in 1970, this music scared the shit out of the masses! (and like most things that aren't understood, was thought to be evil)
Great reaction! Sabbath are the god fathers of modern metal. It all started with them, their sound, and creativity.
Hey man, you know what my favorite part of seeing you react to my favorite tunes? You headbang exactly like my partner and I do. The way you get into the music you listen to makes me so happy. Thank you for existing, brother. If you smoke bud, come to Denver and let me smoke you up.
Ozzy grew up in postwar Europe. His sister recalls that at times they would buy John (Ozzy) guitar strings instead of milk because they were not going to deny the world his music. Anyway if I'm not mistaken they were still feeling effects of the big 'un which was ww2 when Ozzy was growing up.
I suppose you would say it was the cold war.
80 thou?! That’s awesome to see, man🙏🏻 I really like your reactions and am happy it’s paying off for you and I hope it continues to climb🫶
I rarely engage with videos on here, but I remember being a fan of yours early in your youtube FGC days years and years ago. I love the content you're pushing out now and you make me laugh so hard. Keep it up Rob, this is great stuff!
Welcome, Rob. You’ve begun a relationship with arguably the best metal band of all time. It doesn’t get much better than Black Sabbath. I am fucking STOKED to see you dig into Sabbath’s discography
Classic Hard Rock is, indeed, "White People Music". Led Zeppelin is a "must check out"
Absolute MUST, for real--ANY song, bro!
I'll keep banging this drum until he does, he gotta check out Led Zeppelin
not really. ever heard of jimi hendrix?
@@pointlessmanatee Well, more to the point, "Roots" music, R&B, The Blues, Little Richard, etc, from whence Rock came...
I think Rob would really love When the Levee Breaks
Tony Iommi, The Riff Master, The Godfather Of Heavy Metal, The Icon. As you go down the rabbit hole with this band, Iommi does change his playing for certain singers. He always has these great leads.
T Pain did an amazing cover of War Pigs
The man famous for making Auto tune a thing is a legit good singer
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Thats a dbl solo man.. such a difficult jazzy thing to achieve live, and they did
I used to always listen to this song and now I can almost sing the entire song just cuz I listened to it so much, I love this song, I’m glad you made a reaction video to it, thanks
Live in paris War Pigs is a must see. Just to see the drummer beat em like his drums owe him money!
Love how in one of the recent videos Rob mentions he can't really distinguish guitar from bass but he lit the fuck up when he heard that bass going crazy in the background of the guitar solo.
The bass mix in "One" is pretty low, so it is legitimately hard to hear it on that one.
Gotta introduce this man to Led Zeppelin
Zeppelin, ZZ Top, throw some Styx in there, Boston.
Fool in the rain
You have to realize when this music was introduced to the world around 1969. Black Sabbath came out ahead of the times. They were part of the godfather family of Heavy Metal, along with the likes of Cream, Mountain, and Led Zeppelin, and others. You are right, Black Sabbath's first album was band by the Church. It was considered devil worship music. Although if you listen to the words to all their music, there is no praise for evil, or the devil. They denounce evil if anything. War Pigs was relevant then, as it is NOW.
Another one of those bands tied for best of all time.
It's really trippy when you think about the fact that this was around at the same time as groups like The Temptations.
Watch Bill McClintocks mashup of the Temptations and metal bands sometime. They were dark as hell but hid it in pop sounds th-cam.com/video/rX40Zfjh_Wc/w-d-xo.html
Only 30 seconds in. I love your rap. Great flow. Can't wait to hear your reaction
The “godfathers of metal”! Every Sabbath album, with Ozzy, is incredible.🤘🏻
The one with dio too! Heaven and Hell isn't an album It's an unforgettable experience
I love watching black folks discover the music I grew up with. War Pigs is fire every single note and beat. I was born in '71. Song is freaking older than me! My mom had this album in our record collection. One day I put this on and my metal journey had begun. /cheers man.
Im 58 I got introduced to this in Jr high when we got bussed to predominantly white neighborhoods . I introduced them to Rick James music They didn't even know the guy was from our hometown much less our hood. I still listen to zep black sabbath the Doors the Animals Van Halen Pink Floyd and my All favorites the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Thanks!
Geezer Butler on bass and Bill Ward on drums is one of rock's greatest rhythm sections. Geezer is one of my influences as a bassist, he's got great groove, always tasteful playing, he's just awesome.
This song is a timeless CLASSIC. Really glad you like it,,,,💥💥💥👍😎
Craziest song Black Sabbath did, for me, was Planet Caravan. Wow, such a different albeit uber cool song for them.
And the Pantera cover was equally as trippy
criminal so few interactions on that video you took the song from. you got great reacts. keep up the fire bro!
"Groovy" is an accurate term to use, Black Sabbath were massively inspired by Jimi Hendrix. This is def one of my top 3 fav songs, my particular fav parts are the little drum solos between the guitar parts you were enjoying
the thing about Bill Ward's drums on tis is that they are not only great , they sound like the popping of machine guns and bombs -- and that's on purpose.
Gotta think about them dropping this hard shit during the popularity of the Beatles…hard AF.
I first heard them in college and it changed my ears lives!!! R&R will never die!!
My favorite Black Sabbath song ever!
Key note- my favorite BLACK SABBATH SONG.
THE best "Anti-War" song is 'Holy Wars: Punishment Due' by Megadeth. It will blow you away with Emotiveness, Imagery, and Musicality, Rob
@@NaClSandwichthat line in the song was actually a reference to how he accidentally advocated for the IRA at a concert without knowing, and it’s meant to be a play on how people can be swept up into conflict far too easily
Stop -
Gay
@@agodlike_tazmaniandevil2305 thanks I misremembered that lol.
I don't think so 🤔🤔, it's a good song, but naaah
Rob when you said it was groovy it made me think you'd enjoy ACDC. The guitarist has a lot of blues influence in his style. I recommend any of the songs from the Highway to Hell Album. Personal favourite is Beat Around The Bush
Black Sabbath are one of the founders of heavy metal before heavy metal was a thing. This music was considered HARD when it came out. It’s still dope.
T Pain did a cover and he KILLED it!
We need some Deftones, ROB! Start with “My own Summer”
Yes Deftones!
No, start with "Digital Bath," that's a babymakin song for SURE.
Try deftones. Do a different deep cut though. Maybe around the fir, cherry waves, something, anything off diamond eyes
@@trenchcorps I think a very crucial part of appreciating a band, is to witness the progression. My mans has to hear where it started. Granted, Adrenaline was the first album; But it pales in comparison to their sophomore effort. You need to be met with an immaculate effort from a group for you to decide to keep fuckin with them, and to understand where they are going/came from with their sound
@@trenchcorps I think you got to start with My Own Summer honestly. I love the ones you mentioned but it’s starting at the beginning… sort of…
Now you have to listen to the T-Pain cover of this. It's so fire!
Bro wherever you've been getting these recommendations from, they've been popping off lately! Love your content man
Tony Iommi is the guitarist for Black Sabbath. He got the tips of his fingers chopped off in a factory and had to down tune his guitar, and play slower than he had originally planned, and that is where heavy metal comes from.
Sabbath & Deep Purple...my first loves🖤💜
Omg, war pigs reaction! Never though this would happen.
Black Sabbath was ironically black listed when it came to radio airplay during the 70'S most likely due to the politics of the time. Images of the war were on network news daily along with body counts. A large underground scene heard their message since anti war was taboo where our guys were put through that meat grinder of a war lasting over a decade. Sadly, many of which never returned. I personally missed the draft by 2 years since the war ended in 1974. Many of my friends older brothers however were drafted. It was certainly a hard era to live through & top that off with the assassinations which occurred towards the middle to later 60's.
Fire. Love watching you experience these songs, reminds me of the first times i heard them! keep it up !!🎉
Ozzy was inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of fame this year for his solo work…finally. Lucky to have seen him live…he is a crazy bastard.
The guitar is hardcore, the drums are fuckin fire.
And I can't remember who but there's a quote around about Tony Iommi, Sabbath's guitarist "Metal is Tony Iommi, everyone else just copies him"
Original Riff master 🤘🏽
In 1970 bands were singing about love and flowers, then came Sabbath with their songs about nightmares, war, drugs and paranoia.
The groove comes from the blues. Early metal was heavily blues influenced
Proto metal
Fire vid Rob! Can’t wait for your reaction to Bombtrack
The cool thing about Black Sabbath is they made metal but have the funk of the 70s. He was in a jazz band prior.
07:01 Hey RobTV, wauuw for your channel and your unbiased reactions man !!!! Awesome!!! Black Sabbath are the originators of everything heavy, Metallica wouldn't be without Black Sabbath, period, just as axample.. When inducted to Rock Hall of Fame, Metallica inducted them, worth to watch. And influence? Black Sabbath - Zero the Hero inspired the famous Guns n Roses riff for Paradise City, Hot Line was inspiration to Beasty Boys - You Got to fight for yourr ight to Party.. Into the Void..DAMN !! Remember Killing in the Name of?
Bro, you should react to "no one knows by Queens of the Stone Age" if you haven't already. It's groovy, heavy, bass and guitar solo, and the drummer for Nirvana is on the song. And he kills it.
Thats too much of a pop song. They added all sorts of tricks to make it what it is. I dont respect that song at all.
@thebenc1537 What's wrong with making a song catchy? He likes grooves. He hates anything not in 4/4. I can't think of a rock song more up his ally he hasn't listened to already.
The most powerful lyrics in the song are
Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor, yeah
Still true today.
I was born a few months before this came out and had older brothers and sister that listened to this all the time as I was a baby and little kid.
This is my all-time favorite song. The best way to truly appreciate this song, is to listen to it a couple times, then, just listen to it focusing entirely on Geezer's bass...and then do a listen where you focus on nothing except Bill's drumming.
Then when you listen to it as a whole again, you realize, Ozzy and Tony are playing the song, while the bass and drums are just fucking grooving.
Watch the live version from Paris 1970... Blows the mind!
There's no black or white or any other race when it comes to music. That's why we call it the universal language 😊 !!!! Thanks for reacting to one of the greatest bands ever !
"Oh Lawn chair"
Welcome to the wonderful world of Black Sabbath
sit back and enjoy the trip
There's a mixtape from like 2003 that puts "Made You Look" by Nas over War Pigs and it's one of the best blends/mashups you'll ever hear.
Using the One Drop "rule" to be more inclusive is so damn wholesome. Keep being awesome and listening to great music. (:
Black Sabbath are the Godfathers of Heavy Metal 🤘
I listen to a lot of metal/hardcore/crazy ass music....always go back to the classics! This song is amazing.
The best song of all time
“It may be just a small part” he says of one of the most iconic riffs of all time.