Imagine you are 16 and you bring this record home and play it with headphones on for the first time. It was mind blowing and scarry all at once. They didn't have a lot of money for studio time so many of these songs have a "live" feel to them as they were not over mixed after recording. Just 4 guys laying down heavy beats....drums are outstanding here.
This album brings back memories of when I was 14yrs old smoking hash in my buddies garage and scraping wooden pipes for resin, I smoked a lot of wood. 😵💫🥴
Geezer is THE bass player. My #1 inspiration! He played like co-leads alwayts doing something interesting... but held down the groove. Between that and his lyrics, he was the heart of Black Sabbath. Dude is smart and funny as hell too. And humble he apparently did the Devil Horns hand sign (documented in photos in the early 70's) before Gene Simmons (douche tried to trademark it) or Ronnie James Dio. Ronnie to credit for a bunch of stuff Geezer originated as well.. like esoteric, mystical stuff...
I'm 72 now and back in 1970, when I was 19, I saw Sabbath live. They did this album as their set. The whole audience was blown away, none of us had heard anything like this before. I've seen a lot of great bands over the years but that gig remains the best rock I've ever seen.
A few weeks after the release they fulfilled a gig at a Catholic girls school in Edgbaston, Birmingham - effectively playing all or most of this album to a bunch of girls aged 16 to 18, plus teachers and nuns, and friends including me and one of my friends. A very surreal occasion. Some of tye nuns and teachers seemed to be enjoying it too.
My cousin turned me on to this album, when it came out, I was 10 at the time, and was immediately a fan...that was 53 years ago...the music is as great today as it was then...Love you channel...You should also look into the real meaning behind these songs, this band is great for many reasons, they are why we have the ROCK we have today and will probably shape music another 50 years from now...Rock ON!!!
I’ll definitely dive deeper into meanings of the the song this week. Does your name by any chance have anything to do with this album or more specific”The Wizard” song? I love reading your comments btw @Gandalf appreciate it.
@@LILJ_303 The story I heard is The Wizard was also a reference to their pot dealer. If you listen to their albums the lyrics get way deeper. Wicked World prolly has the best lyrics on this album.
I have been listening to sabbath for almost 40 years and i have never once gotten tired of them... it's still as good as the first time, not other band does that for me.. P.S. N .I.B. Will always be my favorite... it will get you pumped up every time
It's crazy to see younger generations listening to music from my childhood back in the seventies, our shool bags were like canvas backpacks covered with bands names, in ink, markers and poster paint. My buddy had a converted garden shed with a turn table and huge speakers, our after school hangout spot.
It was great. We all had that one friend who's mom never went into his room. We would turn on the black light for those incredible posters, pull out the bong and blast the albums. What a killer time to be growing up.
That faces you put shows exactly what someone feels when hearing this record: a mix of power and peace at same time. All these instruments perfectly mixed together at the right time gives you that fullness feeling. This is not only debut album but best album from band. And one highest masterpiece on rock history.
Well i lost interest when ozzy left, not saying the rest of the singers wasn't great singers essentially Dio, but its just not the same imo too used to Ozzy and i absolutely love ozzy as a man, Dio was abit of a dik so I've heard from many artists who played with him.
@@71771PAULTHEWALLOFSOUND True that, but The Heaven & Hell album was a virtual Masterpiece! Neon Knights, Heaven & Hell managed to carry this album across the Greatness finish line, just barely though!
The king of riffs famously plays like this after losing two fingertips in an industrial accident and having to detune his guitar just to play it. And what a fucking legacy he has. If you want blistering head-long rock, Sabbath in its early period is very hard indeed to beat.
That happened one tour, 1980. Heaven & Hell/Cultösaurus Erectus tours for each. I still have the t-shirt from that show. Molly Hatchet & Riot opened in the stop at Seattle Memorial Stadium, July 20.
im 67 yrs old and my first album was black sabbath in 1970 and i have not stopped listening. their music is infectious and outstanding and the metal bands that came later all got their blood from sabbath. sabbath was the foundation of metal 100%. tony iommi's rifs are incredible, geezer on the bass and bill ward on the drums were masters of their crafts. ozzie is ozzie and sabbath would not be sabbath without his vocal which match the music perfectly. you were right about other peoples reactions back then, they were like...."are u a devil worshiper?" lol loved your reactions. god bless brother.
Damn what a great surprise to come home from work & find!!!! I’m burning one!! Can’t wait to see your reaction!! 🎶🎸🔥♥️ This album was recorded in 12 hours!!! 😮
What we were thinking was a lot like what you’re thinking! We had never heard anything like this before! 🔥🎸🎶 The next thought was I’m going to go buy this album now!!! Great reaction 👏🏼🎶👏🏼
I was born in 73'....my musical influences started in the early to mid eighties,atop that list was Sabbath,Zeppelin,Hendrix and Pink Floyd... It's so cool to see somebody listen to Black Sabbath for the first time and you instantly appreciate how good they really are, of course this is just my opinion but what made Black Sabbath so powerful, so good and influential. The four musicians, a lot of times in a band. There is an instrument or two that is held down by a professional musician, but not a standalone musician, these four men conquered the instruments that they played, the quality of each individual musician in Black Sabbath made them such a special band
NIB was a description of drummer Bill Wards beard. As in the shape of fountain pen tip or spear point. Also, the American release of this album has "Wicked World" in place of "Evil Woman" I prefer Wicked World.
What another brilliant reaction, love the way you do your vids with a bit of research first then into the albums. You're in for a ride with the coming albums pal and I for one can't wait 🤘👍🤘
Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin were my favorite groups. I was fortunate enough to be able to see both of them in concert. But I saw Sabbath on my 16th birthday at the Long Beach arena in Long Beach California. They were outstanding... Personally my parents didn't have a problem with me listening to any of the music I listened to. They saw how happy it made me.
You drew me in by playing Sabbath. I was 14 when i first heard them. Ive been a fan for over 50 yrs now. Man, the concerts in those days was a total blow out for "heads". The first concert i went to was in Houston. The Coliseum had wooden floors, imagine thousands of kids stomping their feet and clapping to bring the band on stage. People walking around selling their goods out loud. Their might have been 6 cops in the whole arena. I've been an Ozzy fan since then. I don''t think I;m past14yr. in my heart, hippie till i die!
An Album used to be an expression of intent, a body of work, not just a collection of songs. I was on my last Beer, not the last Beer I had, but the last Beer I intended to have and I thought "One tune what can hurt"? I listened to the whole album with you, and drank some more Beer. Time well spent and a great reaction. Respect from an old Metal Head In Dublin Ireland.
Ill never forget when I discovered sabbath.. it literally changed my whole taste in music, and was the first time I got high on music it was such a thrill and I started discovering all these solos. I randomly saw acoustic and electric guitars at friends houses and didnt even know how to play a note or anything.... Eventually loving Tony so much I decided Id try to learn one sabbath riff... so I can pick up a guitar whenever I see one, and have something to play. So I learned the Iron Man riff.. then wanted to learn another riff... and another riff... soon I could play along to complete songs minus the solos... and finally one day I learned how to slow down music and spent time learning the complete guitar solo to paranoid! I could play a song front to back... and I thought to myself! Im as good as Iommi minus the talent! anyways now I am about 25 years into playing guitar and being in many bands. Sabbath really changed my life and Iommi made me a musician/guitarist. I owe them a lot and after listening to Sabbath over 30 years they never get old... Thats why I am still searching out reaction videos after all this time! Absolute gift to humanity! Some bands now days make entire careers of trying to recreate one of Sabbaths song. They alone spawned several subgenres in metal!
Me too, my twin brother introduced me to Sabbath. I had to make that sound. Electric funeral was the first song I learned in about a year I bought an SG, played in a lot of bands since then. They changed my life to brother
New to your channel, and have only watched the opening song so far, but just wanted to say you're doing it right. No nonsense over-reacting, just a dude listening to some great music with an open mind. So subscribed.
This album was a part of a progression with various groups providing heavier songs. Bands like The Yardbyrds, Cream, Led Zepplin, Iron Butterfly and Deep Purple all putting out albums in the late sixties that pre-dated Black Sabbath. It wasn't "boom, here is the first heavy metal album". Even the Beatles had some heavy metal precursors like Helter Skelter and I Want You/Shes so Heavy.
I first heard this in 1976 my best friend's older brother played it for us cuz we were all into Kiss and that kinda stuff, and this scared the crap out of us. I had to walk home that night all alone and all I could think about was that album and "on no no, please god help me". But I liked like it as much as it scared me. And the rest is history. Black Sabbath IS the greatest Heavy Metal band ever. Their first 6 albums are the templet for the Heavy Metal genre, I'm 59 and I still think Black Sabbath did it first and they did it best.
I'm the same age as you & I think "Technical Ecstasy" & Never Say Die" get a lot of undue criticism; both are great albums. The song "Junior's Eyes" (from NSD) is as good as ANY song on ANY of their other albums.
I first heard this album in, probably '72 or '73 when I was in middle school. It changed my life. Growing up in the 70s was wonderful. it was a much more carefree time. No internet, no cell phones. Much more freedom of thought and expression back then. You can hear it in the music.
This album launched a million guitar players in bedrooms and basements and garages, and just as many bands. The legacy and influence this original line up had on rock music is immeasurable. Their first six albums show a jaw dropping progression in sound, technique, production and all while being completely smashed and high 24/7. For live footage the best quality is from the Never Say Die Tour 78. If you search for live 78 you’ll get those songs from that set. The Dirty Women from that show is awesome. Tony plays a solo that will melt your brain.
I’ve seen Black Sabbath four times. Research this. Tony Iommi the lead guitarist had a working accident before Black Sabbath he cut off three of his fingers at the first knuckle of his fret hand. It’s a very interesting documentary. He still came up with a way to play the guitar.
Tony Iommi the guitar player lost 2 of his fingertips in a metal press, created his own plastic fingers with a leather pad at the end to grab the strings. No one sounds like Iommi.
My sister brought this home when I was about 11 years old. We had all been entrenched in the daily soap opera Dark Shadows which revolved around the lives of vampires, witches and other creatures of darkness. This music drew out images from that scary world of darkness. I remember my mother asking and demanding to know what my sister was bringing into our home. That record album haunting our home merely by it's presence alone. I in turn secretly listened to this album along with Uriah Heep's first and 3rd album, led Zeppelin and Deep Purple in rock. I did this through the head phones plugged into our big console stereo. I was hooked.
This is such a great album. Really creative and somewhat surprising. Forgot to mention I listened to this with some friends in the late 1970s (I think I was 15) on mind enhancing substances :) We then went to a graveyard. Crazy scary.
Lil J.....it's all over now,1 listen to this album and there's nothing you can do to stop it, you're a disciple....to think you never knew how amazing....
This is a wild album. It really has no genre. It’s as much funk as it is the first metal album. Love how it was getting you emotional just to hear musicians vibing so hard together. They may have refined with the next few albums but this is a special recording.
raised on FUNK and SOUL but at 14 in 1970 after Hendrix & Sly Stone I heard this & began loving more ROCK so when Sabbath's Debut was released we got completely sprung. You must remember this is when almost everything was NEW and ORIGINAL. My Love for this dark heavy HARDROCK style that they initiated began and ended only a few years later with the younger bands now called METAL. My taste grew up & I became interest in more sophisticated progressive music but in my early teen daze I loved this. My Mom became concerned that she was loosing her son to the dark side!
N.I.B. (Track 4) on Black Sabbath The title of this song was long rumored to be an acronym for Nativity in Black, a reference to the birth of the antichrist. When the song was first released, its title was widely rumoured to have stood for "Nativity in Black", or to a lesser extent "Name In Blood". In a 1992 interview, Geezer Butler states that the title simply refers to Bill Ward's goatee at the time, which the rest of the band thought was shaped like a pen nib; also referred to as nibby.
Thief first and best, also the first album I bought in 1971 when I was 13 years old. Still for me, the best album I’ve ever heard in my 61 years of life. Other good songs to react to would be war pigs live in France and Mr Crowley live with the late great Randy Rhodes on guitar.
They started off as a jazz/blues band called Earth. Ozzy suggested they play music to scare people. They took their name from a horror B movie called Black Sabbath which was showing at a cinema across the road from where they rehearsed
This may be my favorite Sabbath album, and it's one of my favorites, period. Not the first I heard by them - that would be Paranoid, one that came later that year, and is perhaps their best album. Zeppelin is my favorite band of all time, but Sabbath is a close second. My favorite modern band is Tool.
I'm a big fan of doom metal and Black Sabbath the track is pure doom, Slow, atmospheric, and dripping with dread. Their first album is great and only gets better with their next five albums after that. Still, that very first track. Just pure funeral doom. Type O Negative had a damn good cover of it as well.
You gave me chills just reading this @Strongstyle I’m very excited to dive deeper into their albums. I listened to this total of 3 times at work today beginning to end. Definitely helped get thru the day
It’ s awesome to see young people see the quality of the music back in those days when music, I believe, in transition from the 60’s to the 70’s and rock to metal
This album had been out 6 years before my friend from school introduce it to me. When I first heard I knew this was the kind I wanted to play and listen too. I still listen to a sabbath song everyday. I'm 62 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
U'r doing it right, Bro!.. listening to the first album straight thru.. That's the only way to do it and understand how they hit the scene, keeping in mind that it was 53 yrs ago. Ther shud be no controversy about the title NIB. Ozzy and Ward both told the story of what that is and it's NOT nativity in black. Bill Ward's beard was long and pointy at the time and Ozzy was busting on him, saying that it looked like a Pen Nib, the tip of a fountain pen, the part you dip into the ink well. The song they had just written had no title, so Ozzy said let's call it "Nib" as a joke and they all agreed. On the record they printed it with all capital letters, possibly giving the impression that it was initials for three words. Also.. The song Warning was a cover, so Geezer didn't write the lyrics and Ozzy misunderstood the words and sang "I was born without you, baby. But, my feelings were a little bit too strong." Instead of "I was *warned* about you, baby. ..." Hence, they name of the song. When no one else picked up on that, Geezer laughed to himself during the playback and never said anything.. and it remained in. Original Sabbath rules! 🤙
@@rosiemason-rk4cm to me finding albums by "The Ainsley Dunbar Retaliation" is a disappointing listen after only knowing the Sabbath cover song your whole life. The Crow track fares better.
I was a big Black Sabbath fan bk in the early 80s 🤘🏻🎸 this album brings bk some happy memories 😊 Ozzy Osbourne the lead singer was actually know as the Prince of darkness back in the early days 🤘🏻🤘🏻
For context, in 1970 the USA was shipping boys off to Vietnam to die for nothing. The government constantly shoved the false narrative of patriotism down our throats. Pacifists were vilified. So when bands like Black Sabbath used their music to protest the war, it was a gift from G-d. Straight up. I was 2 years old btw
Lil J, liking your reactions to these old Rock and Roll albums. So nice to see new fans being born. You might like some Rage against the Machine, (Killing in the Name, Bulls on Parade, Guerrilla Radio, Testify). Tool, which is my current favorite band, (The Pot, Sober, 46 & 2, AEnema, so many more...). If you would, could you tell me your top 5 to 10 Hip Hop songs that would be your go to for showing an old Rock and Roller what you consider good. I will listen to them. I appreciate that you look into the songs and find a little history about them and the artists. The first real Heavy Rock for me was Jimi Hendrix, (Purple Haze, Red House, The Wind cries Mary, VooDoo Chile). He was in the Air Force in the early Sixties. Played on a Southern Blues circuit as a backing guitarist. Was spotted in a bar in New York. Went to England and got famous. Played in front of the Beatles, Eric Clapton, and many others who were blown away by him. A live version of Machine Gun is a great video to see him. It was a protest song about Vietnam. Led Zep is still my all-time favorite band. Listen to Kashmire. I think you would like that too. 🤗 Peace out and Rock on.
a old fella i know who used to work as a studio guy, in the 60s n 70s has a demo album of sabbath debut album ,its a radio or studio copy and its dated 1969 not 1970 ,i know it was not released till 1970 but he has this studio copy not a bottleleg its numbered dec1969 had it gave him back when he was working in the studio ,i think the album was released in april the 13th 1970 ,i,defo know it as released before my birthday in march great album,folks at the time did not know how to take this album alot said it sounded like a horror show in music form ,,track 1 really starts it off ,echo with drums and a simple guitar scale and ozzys voice and the step bass therain and storm with the bell gets me every time,i was 12years old when i first heard this album ,my best m8s older brother was a full patched biker at 21,he was fixing a few motorbikes and playing this in his garage ,we hung out near the garage doors istening to it and many other great albums and artists ,as long as we stayed out his garage he was cool
What's amazing to know is at the age of 17 Tony Iommi was about to quit his welding job in a steel factory to tour Europe with a pro band, but tragically on his final shift he had an accident that cut off the ends of two of his fingers. He'd been asked to use a guillotine style press that flattened metal, he'd never used it before, and hadn't had adequate training. It looked like his musical career was over before it had really begun. It was devastating, but it didn't stop him, Tony improvised a couple of home made fingertips out of melted washing up bottles, which he filed down into shape to fit the stumps. He had to learn to play all over again and work around his limitations, in the process creating his own unique style and sound.
I love this album. They all sound amazing. In particular, Iommi's tone is amazing and Ozzy's voice sounds so full. Bill and Geezer play great but that goes without saying. I probably enjoy Warning more than any of Zeppelin's straight blues songs.
I'm 61 years old last week but I was one bad ass when I was 10 years old, hanging with my 10 years older aunt and my uncle 14 years older. I always felt like people back then afraid to get close to us sitting on my Aunts boyfriends 71 Dodge charger blasting this out. People walked around us.😎
Imagine you are 16 and you bring this record home and play it with headphones on for the first time. It was mind blowing and scarry all at once. They didn't have a lot of money for studio time so many of these songs have a "live" feel to them as they were not over mixed after recording. Just 4 guys laying down heavy beats....drums are outstanding here.
I'm 58, when I was about 14 , I bought Alice cooper's Billion Dollar Babies. 15 Black Sabbath and Zepplin
So you were born around 1962 how do i know😂😂😂
This album brings back memories of when I was 14yrs old smoking hash in my buddies garage and scraping wooden pipes for resin, I smoked a lot of wood. 😵💫🥴
The good ole teen days. Love reading your comments 🔥
The good ol days. I swear
Been there, done that. Faded memories
Man,the good ol days ,I remember it well.kinda,lol
I'm a 71 born kid, so yes the good times indeed. 🤟
Geezer Butlers bass lines on this album are awesome,he’s a very overlooked bass player.
Geezer is THE bass player. My #1 inspiration! He played like co-leads alwayts doing something interesting... but held down the groove. Between that and his lyrics, he was the heart of Black Sabbath. Dude is smart and funny as hell too. And humble he apparently did the Devil Horns hand sign (documented in photos in the early 70's) before Gene Simmons (douche tried to trademark it) or Ronnie James Dio. Ronnie to credit for a bunch of stuff Geezer originated as well.. like esoteric, mystical stuff...
Geezer DRIVES THIS BAND! So many reactions to Sabbath and so little PRAISE TO THE BASS! Geezer rules!
It's just impossible not to fall in love with this album. Timeless, Masterful, Legendary!!
And thus Metal was born
I'm 72 now and back in 1970, when I was 19, I saw Sabbath live. They did this album as their set. The whole audience was blown away, none of us had heard anything like this before. I've seen a lot of great bands over the years but that gig remains the best rock I've ever seen.
A few weeks after the release they fulfilled a gig at a Catholic girls school in Edgbaston, Birmingham - effectively playing all or most of this album to a bunch of girls aged 16 to 18, plus teachers and nuns, and friends including me and one of my friends. A very surreal occasion. Some of tye nuns and teachers seemed to be enjoying it too.
It takes me HOME !!! How friggin lucky were we ?? Love peace n RESPECT xxx
The Wizard is literally the ONLY thing Ozzy knows how to play on harmonica, and he made it up. 😂😂😂
All I can really say is Black Sabbath makes me happy and they have since my 1970s childhood. ❤❤❤
My cousin turned me on to this album, when it came out, I was 10 at the time, and was immediately a fan...that was 53 years ago...the music is as great today as it was then...Love you channel...You should also look into the real meaning behind these songs, this band is great for many reasons, they are why we have the ROCK we have today and will probably shape music another 50 years from now...Rock ON!!!
I’ll definitely dive deeper into meanings of the the song this week. Does your name by any chance have anything to do with this album or more specific”The Wizard” song? I love reading your comments btw @Gandalf appreciate it.
@@LILJ_303 The story I heard is The Wizard was also a reference to their pot dealer. If you listen to their albums the lyrics get way deeper. Wicked World prolly has the best lyrics on this album.
I have been listening to sabbath for almost 40 years and i have never once gotten tired of them... it's still as good as the first time, not other band does that for me..
P.S. N .I.B. Will always be my favorite... it will get you pumped up every time
It's crazy to see younger generations listening to music from my childhood back in the seventies, our shool bags were like canvas backpacks covered with bands names, in ink, markers and poster paint. My buddy had a converted garden shed with a turn table and huge speakers, our after school hangout spot.
It was great. We all had that one friend who's mom never went into his room. We would turn on the black light for those incredible posters, pull out the bong and blast the albums. What a killer time to be growing up.
Brother, Ive been a Sabbath fan since the 70's. I cant tell you how many tens of thousands of times Ive listened to all their albums.
That faces you put shows exactly what someone feels when hearing this record: a mix of power and peace at same time. All these instruments perfectly mixed together at the right time gives you that fullness feeling. This is not only debut album but best album from band. And one highest masterpiece on rock history.
OMG!! You reacted to this too!?! Woooh! My new favorite reaction channel! Hold onto your seat! Ozzy and Tony Iommi will melt your face!!
You gotta keep going on these Sabbath albums man they just keep getting better!🔥
Well i lost interest when ozzy left, not saying the rest of the singers wasn't great singers essentially Dio, but its just not the same imo too used to Ozzy and i absolutely love ozzy as a man, Dio was abit of a dik so I've heard from many artists who played with him.
@@71771PAULTHEWALLOFSOUND True that, but The Heaven & Hell album was a virtual Masterpiece! Neon Knights, Heaven & Hell managed to carry this album across the Greatness finish line, just barely though!
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Yep i gotta agree on that, was a great album.
wrong ! cause this is a timeless, awesome album already, but they stay as high in quality, which is all we ever need :)
The king of riffs famously plays like this after losing two fingertips in an industrial accident and having to detune his guitar just to play it. And what a fucking legacy he has. If you want blistering head-long rock, Sabbath in its early period is very hard indeed to beat.
For years... BLACK SABBATH + Blue Oyster Cult would tour together. the Tour was always called Black + Blue...
That happened one tour, 1980. Heaven & Hell/Cultösaurus Erectus tours for each. I still have the t-shirt from that show. Molly Hatchet & Riot opened in the stop at Seattle Memorial Stadium, July 20.
im 67 yrs old and my first album was black sabbath in 1970 and i have not stopped listening. their music is infectious and outstanding and the metal bands that came later all got their blood from sabbath. sabbath was the foundation of metal 100%. tony iommi's rifs are incredible, geezer on the bass and bill ward on the drums were masters of their crafts. ozzie is ozzie and sabbath would not be sabbath without his vocal which match the music perfectly. you were right about other peoples reactions back then, they were like...."are u a devil worshiper?" lol loved your reactions. god bless brother.
I heard this album in Feb 1970, I was 13 my mom blew a gasket after me and my older brother played the title track! LOL Sorry mom. RIP
Damn what a great surprise to come home from work & find!!!! I’m burning one!! Can’t wait to see your reaction!! 🎶🎸🔥♥️ This album was recorded in 12 hours!!! 😮
Gotta do the Paranoid album which is their second album. Probably their most popular album with some insanely killer tracks
Would love to see a reaction to Planet Caravan
What we were thinking was a lot like what you’re thinking! We had never heard anything like this before! 🔥🎸🎶 The next thought was I’m going to go buy this album now!!! Great reaction 👏🏼🎶👏🏼
I was born in 73'....my musical influences started in the early to mid eighties,atop that list was Sabbath,Zeppelin,Hendrix and Pink Floyd... It's so cool to see somebody listen to Black Sabbath for the first time and you instantly appreciate how good they really are, of course this is just my opinion but what made Black Sabbath so powerful, so good and influential. The four musicians, a lot of times in a band. There is an instrument or two that is held down by a professional musician, but not a standalone musician, these four men conquered the instruments that they played, the quality of each individual musician in Black Sabbath made them such a special band
NIB was a description of drummer Bill Wards beard. As in the shape of fountain pen tip or spear point. Also, the American release of this album has "Wicked World" in place of "Evil Woman" I prefer Wicked World.
What another brilliant reaction, love the way you do your vids with a bit of research first then into the albums.
You're in for a ride with the coming albums pal and I for one can't wait 🤘👍🤘
Right on, I hope you do more complete Black Sabbath albums and continue exploring metal music.
I'm loving the full album format of your reactions. Wish more people would do full albums. This one is a banger, as are all of Black Sabbath's.
Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin were my favorite groups. I was fortunate enough to be able to see both of them in concert. But I saw Sabbath on my 16th birthday at the Long Beach arena in Long Beach California. They were outstanding... Personally my parents didn't have a problem with me listening to any of the music I listened to. They saw how happy it made me.
You drew me in by playing Sabbath. I was 14 when i first heard them. Ive been a fan for over 50 yrs now. Man, the concerts in those days was a total blow out for "heads". The first concert i went to was in Houston. The Coliseum had wooden floors, imagine thousands of kids stomping their feet and clapping to bring the band on stage. People walking around selling their goods out loud. Their might have been 6 cops in the whole arena. I've been an Ozzy fan since then. I don''t think I;m past14yr. in my heart, hippie till i die!
An Album used to be an expression of intent, a body of work, not just a collection of songs. I was on my last Beer, not the last Beer I had, but the last Beer I intended to have and I thought "One tune what can hurt"? I listened to the whole album with you, and drank some more Beer. Time well spent and a great reaction. Respect from an old Metal Head In Dublin Ireland.
You know what's better than hearing this album? It's watching them do this album live, saw them more times than I can remember 🤟🤩ON ACID!!!!
I saw them with Vanhalen as their opening act I believe in ‘79 - What a show!
They slay live. Those days r gone....
Only way !!! Shine on xxx
Great debut album. Recorded in 1 day. Basically played their live set in the studio. Absolutely amazing.
From the very first time I heard this when it first came out, I was fucking blown away, bro.
Metal is the word your looking for, they just invented the genre 🎼
Ill never forget when I discovered sabbath.. it literally changed my whole taste in music, and was the first time I got high on music it was such a thrill and I started discovering all these solos. I randomly saw acoustic and electric guitars at friends houses and didnt even know how to play a note or anything.... Eventually loving Tony so much I decided Id try to learn one sabbath riff... so I can pick up a guitar whenever I see one, and have something to play.
So I learned the Iron Man riff.. then wanted to learn another riff... and another riff... soon I could play along to complete songs minus the solos... and finally one day I learned how to slow down music and spent time learning the complete guitar solo to paranoid! I could play a song front to back... and I thought to myself! Im as good as Iommi minus the talent! anyways now I am about 25 years into playing guitar and being in many bands. Sabbath really changed my life and Iommi made me a musician/guitarist. I owe them a lot and after listening to Sabbath over 30 years they never get old... Thats why I am still searching out reaction videos after all this time!
Absolute gift to humanity! Some bands now days make entire careers of trying to recreate one of Sabbaths song. They alone spawned several subgenres in metal!
Me too, my twin brother introduced me to Sabbath. I had to make that sound. Electric funeral was the first song I learned in about a year I bought an SG, played in a lot of bands since then. They changed my life to brother
@ such a simple riff, but expertly written into one of the darkest sounds on the guitar
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That was in 75 when it changed my life. Iommi then Page and Gilmour.
What a great time for Guitar
What a great album - It’s fun to watch someone hear these tracks for the first time like I did back in the 70’s with my buddy Scott.
Estas loco, reaccionando a albumes enteros? Este es mi canal favorito desde ahora, exelente.
Simon, esta chingon.
New to your channel, and have only watched the opening song so far, but just wanted to say you're doing it right. No nonsense over-reacting, just a dude listening to some great music with an open mind. So subscribed.
They have a lot of jazz chops - that is why nobody else sounds like them.
This album was a part of a progression with various groups providing heavier songs. Bands like The Yardbyrds, Cream, Led Zepplin, Iron Butterfly and Deep Purple all putting out albums in the late sixties that pre-dated Black Sabbath. It wasn't "boom, here is the first heavy metal album". Even the Beatles had some heavy metal precursors like Helter Skelter and I Want You/Shes so Heavy.
I first heard this in 1976 my best friend's older brother played it for us cuz we were all into Kiss and that kinda stuff, and this scared the crap out of us. I had to walk home that night all alone and all I could think about was that album and "on no no, please god help me". But I liked like it as much as it scared me.
And the rest is history.
Black Sabbath IS the greatest Heavy Metal band ever.
Their first 6 albums are the templet for the Heavy Metal genre,
I'm 59 and I still think Black Sabbath did it first and they did it best.
I'm the same age as you & I think "Technical Ecstasy" & Never Say Die" get a lot of undue criticism; both are great albums. The song "Junior's Eyes" (from NSD) is as good as ANY song on ANY of their other albums.
And u would be Right.
I first heard this album in, probably '72 or '73 when I was in middle school. It changed my life. Growing up in the 70s was wonderful. it was a much more carefree time. No internet, no cell phones. Much more freedom of thought and expression back then. You can hear it in the music.
This album launched a million guitar players in bedrooms and basements and garages, and just as many bands. The legacy and influence this original line up had on rock music is immeasurable. Their first six albums show a jaw dropping progression in sound, technique, production and all while being completely smashed and high 24/7.
For live footage the best quality is from the Never Say Die Tour 78. If you search for live 78 you’ll get those songs from that set. The Dirty Women from that show is awesome. Tony plays a solo that will melt your brain.
This album is definitely stuck-on-a-deserted-island material. One of the few I had in every format thru the years (LP, cassette, CD, digital).
as it should be
I’ve seen Black Sabbath four times. Research this. Tony Iommi the lead guitarist had a working accident before Black Sabbath he cut off three of his fingers at the first knuckle of his fret hand. It’s a very interesting documentary. He still came up with a way to play the guitar.
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Tony Iommi the guitar player lost 2 of his fingertips in a metal press, created his own plastic fingers with a leather pad at the end to grab the strings. No one sounds like Iommi.
My sister brought this home when I was about 11 years old. We had all been entrenched in the daily soap opera Dark Shadows which revolved around the lives of vampires, witches and other creatures of darkness. This music drew out images from that scary world of darkness. I remember my mother asking and demanding to know what my sister was bringing into our home. That record album haunting our home merely by it's presence alone. I in turn secretly listened to this album along with Uriah Heep's first and 3rd album, led Zeppelin and Deep Purple in rock. I did this through the head phones plugged into our big console stereo. I was hooked.
This is such a great album. Really creative and somewhat surprising. Forgot to mention I listened to this with some friends in the late 1970s (I think I was 15) on mind enhancing substances :) We then went to a graveyard. Crazy scary.
Please React to the whole Paranoid album❤❤❤
.Dude, you just feel real, man. Thank you
Lil J.....it's all over now,1 listen to this album and there's nothing you can do to stop it, you're a disciple....to think you never knew how amazing....
My copy of vinyl has Wicked world in Place of Evil Woman
This is a wild album. It really has no genre. It’s as much funk as it is the first metal album. Love how it was getting you emotional just to hear musicians vibing so hard together. They may have refined with the next few albums but this is a special recording.
raised on FUNK and SOUL but at 14 in 1970 after Hendrix & Sly Stone I heard this & began loving more ROCK so when Sabbath's Debut was released we got completely sprung. You must remember this is when almost everything was NEW and ORIGINAL. My Love for this dark heavy HARDROCK style that they initiated began and ended only a few years later with the younger bands now called METAL. My taste grew up & I became interest in more sophisticated progressive music but in my early teen daze I loved this. My Mom became concerned that she was loosing her son to the dark side!
T-pain actually just dropped a Soul and Funk infused cover of War Pigs. It's actually fucking awesome, you should check it out.
I love this , but still love the Parliafunkadelicment thang !!
Such a full range of sound from only three instruments😊😊
N.I.B. (Track 4) on Black Sabbath The title of this song was long rumored to be an acronym for Nativity in Black, a reference to the birth of the antichrist.
When the song was first released, its title was widely rumoured to have stood for "Nativity in Black", or to a lesser extent "Name In Blood".
In a 1992 interview, Geezer Butler states that the title simply refers to Bill Ward's goatee at the time, which the rest of the band thought was shaped like a pen nib; also referred to as nibby.
I've been waiting for this, more after I've watched it 👍🤘👍
60's 70's 80's......best era for music ever.......This was a pivitol album when I was a teenager and it was already 12 years old at the time.
Imagine a 15 year old boy hearing this new release for the first time. Loved it immediately!! Still do.
Thief first and best, also the first album I bought in 1971 when I was 13 years old. Still for me, the best album I’ve ever heard in my 61 years of life. Other good songs to react to would be war pigs live in France and Mr Crowley live with the late great Randy Rhodes on guitar.
My story also!
We were kids, just loving it & getting through school, J. No worries or problems just music.😂❤
You kind of bring it on like it's my first time, but I've heard. Many Times before. Thanks brother keep it real
They started off as a jazz/blues band called Earth. Ozzy suggested they play music to scare people. They took their name from a horror B movie called Black Sabbath which was showing at a cinema across the road from where they rehearsed
Tommy is such a beast on the guitar 🎸 so glad I got to see them live so nostalgic ❤
And Geezer is a beast on the bass, and Bill is a beast on the drums. And Ozzy? Well, he's Ozzy, isn't he?
Tony
60 + !!?? How friggin LUCKY were we . Love peace n RESPECT xxx
nice to see you enjoying it, I've been listening to all the Black Sabbath since the 70s
This may be my favorite Sabbath album, and it's one of my favorites, period. Not the first I heard by them - that would be Paranoid, one that came later that year, and is perhaps their best album. Zeppelin is my favorite band of all time, but Sabbath is a close second. My favorite modern band is Tool.
I love this album cuz it's bluesy af but also hard af.
I'm a big fan of doom metal and Black Sabbath the track is pure doom, Slow, atmospheric, and dripping with dread. Their first album is great and only gets better with their next five albums after that. Still, that very first track. Just pure funeral doom. Type O Negative had a damn good cover of it as well.
You gave me chills just reading this @Strongstyle I’m very excited to dive deeper into their albums. I listened to this total of 3 times at work today beginning to end. Definitely helped get thru the day
@@LILJ_303 you was 3 songs in.... I'm like yep....he is hooked!
The rain in the beginning signifies the birth and coming of Metal
can you imagine this album... and .. orange sunshine??? good times
It’ s awesome to see young people see the quality of the music back in those days when music, I believe, in transition from the 60’s to the 70’s and rock to metal
While the whole world was embracing hippie culture these guys were creating an entire genre of rock n roll.
The best opening track to any bands first album,IMO. Nice reaction!
This album had been out 6 years before my friend from school introduce it to me. When I first heard I knew this was the kind I wanted to play and listen too. I still listen to a sabbath song everyday. I'm 62 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
U'r doing it right, Bro!.. listening to the first album straight thru.. That's the only way to do it and understand how they hit the scene, keeping in mind that it was 53 yrs ago.
Ther shud be no controversy about the title NIB. Ozzy and Ward both told the story of what that is and it's NOT nativity in black.
Bill Ward's beard was long and pointy at the time and Ozzy was busting on him, saying that it looked like a Pen Nib, the tip of a fountain pen, the part you dip into the ink well. The song they had just written had no title, so Ozzy said let's call it "Nib" as a joke and they all agreed. On the record they printed it with all capital letters, possibly giving the impression that it was initials for three words.
Also..
The song Warning was a cover, so Geezer didn't write the lyrics and Ozzy misunderstood the words and sang "I was born without you, baby. But, my feelings were a little bit too strong." Instead of "I was *warned* about you, baby. ..." Hence, they name of the song. When no one else picked up on that, Geezer laughed to himself during the playback and never said anything.. and it remained in.
Original Sabbath rules! 🤙
Warning was written by Ainsley Dunbar
This album broke ground...hard punching, macabre, not playing nice, kick you in your face and piss on you!!@ rock.
Ps......love it.
From Brazil 🇧🇷.....nice react!!!!! I liked!!!!!!
This is my all time favorite record and it came out 22 years before I was born
Evil Woman is a cover version of the Crow original. Both versions are excellent.
I’ll have to check that original out
"Warning" is also a cover. It was written & performed originally by Ainsley Dunbar.
@@rosiemason-rk4cm to me finding albums by "The Ainsley Dunbar Retaliation" is a disappointing listen after only knowing the Sabbath cover song your whole life. The Crow track fares better.
I was a big Black Sabbath fan bk in the early 80s 🤘🏻🎸 this album brings bk some happy memories 😊 Ozzy Osbourne the lead singer was actually know as the Prince of darkness back in the early days 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Love your reaction to this Lil J. Welcome to my favorite band.
One of the best things about this album is the transitions from song to song. Missed when you need to pause between. Se la vie.
You rock, Lil J !
Love from germany.
For context, in 1970 the USA was shipping boys off to Vietnam to die for nothing. The government constantly shoved the false narrative of patriotism down our throats. Pacifists were vilified. So when bands like Black Sabbath used their music to protest the war, it was a gift from G-d. Straight up. I was 2 years old btw
Lil J, liking your reactions to these old Rock and Roll albums. So nice to see new fans being born. You might like some Rage against the Machine, (Killing in the Name, Bulls on Parade, Guerrilla Radio, Testify). Tool, which is my current favorite band, (The Pot, Sober, 46 & 2, AEnema, so many more...). If you would, could you tell me your top 5 to 10 Hip Hop songs that would be your go to for showing an old Rock and Roller what you consider good. I will listen to them. I appreciate that you look into the songs and find a little history about them and the artists. The first real Heavy Rock for me was Jimi Hendrix, (Purple Haze, Red House, The Wind cries Mary, VooDoo Chile). He was in the Air Force in the early Sixties. Played on a Southern Blues circuit as a backing guitarist. Was spotted in a bar in New York. Went to England and got famous. Played in front of the Beatles, Eric Clapton, and many others who were blown away by him. A live version of Machine Gun is a great video to see him. It was a protest song about Vietnam. Led Zep is still my all-time favorite band. Listen to Kashmire. I think you would like that too. 🤗 Peace out and Rock on.
Saw them back then on Acid🤪🤪🤪🤯🤯🤯🤯
genuine reaction this was great you got my sub !
First album i remember as a little kid. I still listen to this. Best album made imo.
a old fella i know who used to work as a studio guy, in the 60s n 70s has a demo album of sabbath debut album ,its a radio or studio copy and its dated 1969 not 1970 ,i know it was not released till 1970 but he has this studio copy not a bottleleg its numbered dec1969 had it gave him back when he was working in the studio ,i think the album was released in april the 13th 1970 ,i,defo know it as released before my birthday in march great album,folks at the time did not know how to take this album alot said it sounded like a horror show in music form ,,track 1 really starts it off ,echo with drums and a simple guitar scale and ozzys voice and the step bass therain and storm with the bell gets me every time,i was 12years old when i first heard this album ,my best m8s older brother was a full patched biker at 21,he was fixing a few motorbikes and playing this in his garage ,we hung out near the garage doors istening to it and many other great albums and artists ,as long as we stayed out his garage he was cool
Great album
I was 9 when i heard this, at night, headphones, scared $hitless
And it made me a Headbanger to today
Rush’s debut album or Fly By Night would be great reactions too. I think you’d love the first one it’s very blues rock heavy
What are my favourite songs on this album? Yes.
Welcome to the metalhead club brother!
There is no going back now.
I was 14 when I first heard it. I wanted to take a shower after I heard it. It is one of my favorites albums.
What's amazing to know is at the age of 17 Tony Iommi was about to quit his welding job in a steel factory to tour Europe with a pro band, but tragically on his final shift he had an accident that cut off the ends of two of his fingers. He'd been asked to use a guillotine style press that flattened metal, he'd never used it before, and hadn't had adequate training. It looked like his musical career was over before it had really begun. It was devastating, but it didn't stop him, Tony improvised a couple of home made fingertips out of melted washing up bottles, which he filed down into shape to fit the stumps. He had to learn to play all over again and work around his limitations, in the process creating his own unique style and sound.
I love this album. They all sound amazing. In particular, Iommi's tone is amazing and Ozzy's voice sounds so full. Bill and Geezer play great but that goes without saying. I probably enjoy Warning more than any of Zeppelin's straight blues songs.
I'm 61 years old last week but I was one bad ass when I was 10 years old, hanging with my 10 years older aunt and my uncle 14 years older. I always felt like people back then afraid to get close to us sitting on my Aunts boyfriends 71 Dodge charger blasting this out. People walked around us.😎