Black Sabbath - N.I.B. [Dio Version]

This was taken from the "Deluxe Expanded Version" of "Mob Rules".
Recording from the Performances live at Hammersmith Odeon London (31/12/81 - 2/1/82), with Dio performing some of the "Ozzy Years" Sabbath-songs.

[@ZekezeFull]

I still prefer the original version, but the way Dio says "MY NAME IS LUCIFER, PLEASE TAKE MY HAND!" is f*cking awesome.

[@sds4life17]

ZekezeFull Thats because when Dio would sing and perform on stage Dio would live the song! Nobody comes close to Ronnie James Dio when singing and performing Live!

[@thetrveMedvson]

Agree, original is awesome, but the Dio Versions are still a very interesting listen 🤘🏻

[@Moonwalker1075]

Dio imo was the most metal singer that ever lived.

[@silviacamilletti]

What a voice... we all miss you, Ronnie James ❤️

[@danchamness6813]

That bass guitar playing by Geezer Butler might not have been hard, but it was epic. I could listen to that all day on an endless loop with no words.

[@rickychico4304]

Dio had a specific singing style that not many if at all seen from the 80s till now, that singing is and always was clasic rock

[@rickychico4304]

Not to mention he was in a boy band

[@vickisommer7435]

N.I.B.

[@Dylan-nm6vf]

The Dio version feels like seeing your teacher outside of school. Inside school it's the Ozzy version.

[@CZECHMATE650]

GEEZER BUTLER is totally underrated! This version kicks ass!!! 🤘

[@frank3200]

2:02 - Dio doing what only Dio can do 🤘🤘

[@sigurdsrland6781]

Dio is awsome R.I.P DIo

[@mrbaris0]

Black Sabbath is so lucky about frontmen; they had ozzy then dio then ian gillan!

[@mickblack2800]

Things happen in 3's, then Martin fucked everything

[@pliskenx51mm83]

@@mickblack2800 Martin was good. Headless Cross and TYR are probably their best stuff with him. I personally love Born Again and Forbidden as well! I just feel Sabbath was needing a break and Tony Lommi was even trying to do something different with Seventh Star but since he was still on contract he had to label his solo album as a Black Sabbath album, If I recall correctly.

[@speedking7224]

@@pliskenx51mm83 each to their own but to me he feels like a discount dio

[@mikethespikergrummer4025]

I'm glad I grew up with the Ozzy version, but damn this is better

[@andyk976]

much better 👍

[@parthmehra8630]

you should see the zakk wylde one he has the best voice for this song

[@6Black6Metal6]

Cap

[@chadtrickthereal]

@@6Black6Metal6 It's an opinion

[@mikebowler4499]

No it’s not

[@jamesagwe2981]

Dio is the imbodiment of big things come in small packages

[@somefudge927]

From my point of view every times Dio sing someone'else song, it becomes a DIO song: this means the song gains DIO's magic but loses a lot of the original band's

[@alexandernicholas7150]

He is a musical vampire;-)

[@biscutbuu69]

The thing about Dio's cover in my opinion is when he says "my name is Lucifer, please take my hand" you can hear it in Ronnie's voice that he in that moment believes he is whether you buy it is a case by case basis. You will always be missed Ronnie, RIP KING

[@fishin4itall]

We miss you brother Ronnie your voice was fantastic Ronnie I know I mis you

[@ericrojasvelez8891]

Both singers were and are(butdio R.I.P) great....just be lucky that we we're alive to hear and see and enjoy all those 80s that we we're there.....see them both many times....so....I'm glad that we and I still alive to enjoy even today concerts.....megadeth still kicking ass....slayer....anthrax...testament...

[@giogionist2148]

What a feeling and tightness especially on drums, that's because Vinny is a rock drummer and bill has a jazzy background but he's awesome as well.

[@Skaldish]

Vinnie has no fucking groove, he is a robotic drummer. Ward is brilliant!

[@jasonwilliams819]

Love this version I can understand ever word love that legendary voice rest in peace Mr Ronnie James

[@dezsodebreceni4829]

I'm not crying you are crying

[@rickbrunet2559]

Ah. So much better with Dio singing. He brings it to life!!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘 God rest his awesome soul!!

[@Necroshine777]

remember dio sang it live...............wish there was studio version

[@TheDesiGaijin]

Why isn’t Dio’s version on Spotify or Apple Music, iconic!

[@GabeTheLemurPlayed]

Not sure about Apple Music but you can find the Dio live versions on Spotify

[@antarikbanerjee4355]

Oh yeah! Some people say my love cannot be true Please believe me, my love, and i'll show you I will give you those things you thought unreal The sun, the moon, the stars all bear my seal Oh yeah! Follow me now and you will not regret Leaving the life you led before we met You are the first to have this love of Forever with me 'till the end of time Your love for me has just got to be real Before you know the way i'm going to feel I'm going to feel I'm going to feel Oh yeah! Now i have you with me, under my power Our love grows stronger now with every hour Look into my eyes, you will see who i am My name is lucifer, please take my hand Oh yeah! Follow me now and you will not regret Leaving the life you led before we met You are the first to have this love of…

[@jedward5155]

OZZY

[@cango5679]

This I missed the most with Heaven and Hell (band) ... Dio doing old Sab's songs. Man, these had power in them. And we are pretty blessed to had both singers done them. Both equally good but different

[@TurboPascal12]

DIO could have sung any other song and it would have sounded great. So sad that he had to pass so early.

[@lisafury419]

Excellent RJD

[@fishin4itall]

Rest in peace my brother sing for us in heaven heaven and hell

[@Carter7355]

Oh yeah Some people say my love cannot be true Please believe me, my love, and I'll show you I will give you those things you thought unreal The sun, the moon, the stars all bear my seal Oh yeah! Follow me now and you will not regret Leaving the life you led before we met You are the first to have this love of mine Forever with me 'till the end of time Your love for me has just got to be real Before you know the way I'm going to feel I'm going to feel I'm going to feel Oh yeah! Now I have you with me, under my power Our love grows stronger now with every hour Look into my eyes, you will see who I am My name is Lucifer, please take my hand Oh yeah! Follow me now and you will not regret Leaving the life you led before we met You are the first to have this love of mine Forever with me 'till the end of time Your love for me has just got to be real Before you know the way I'm going to feel I'm going to feel I'm going to feel Oh yeah! Now I have you with me, under my power Our love grows stronger now with every hour Look into my eyes, you will see who I am My name is Lucifer, please take my hand

[@charles8179]

I can't tell which is better between Dio and Ozzy on this specific song. I'll settle with a "both is good" situation

[@rekdinhopoetico]

DIO = fantastic! Love you Rip

[@SonnyGTA]

You know who would sing this well??? TOM JONES!!!

[@remimaat7282]

You are damn right.

[@gothmogtheorc2430]

I FUCKING MISS YOU DIO.

[@kevinbrown688]

And I thought Ugly Kid Joes version was kick ass. We miss you New Hampshire Metal god 🤘🤘💖🦇

[@medardoarce9361]

Best version ever!!!

[@DenchoTheRocker]

Thats why Dio is the father of this genre.

[@fabiosaccon3560]

È Sempre vivo con me!!!🖤🖤🖤

[@huskybrutor9287]

I always thought would've been cool to rework these songs to make them sabbath with dio style.

[@minidisx]

2:02 \m/ DIO! \m/ 4:07

[@drakon_tt5987]

1:10 and 3:16 is fucking perfect

[@msmoonbeam91]

Someone needs to edit this so it sounds like he and Ozzy are singing it together

[@mojobag01]

I don't give a s**t for anything Ozzy did after Diary Of A Madman. Dio could bring it on stage EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. Ozzy had a man behind the curtain to do it for him. And Tony, Geezer and Bill wrote the songs,

[@mikemonchuk7087]

Besides the seamless flowing singing the rhythm section is tighter than a duck's ass. Geezer trotting to the tight and frantic pace on drumming is quite remarkable for a live recording. Great sound from four musicians on their A game

[@jorgeaguilar422]

El tremendisimo Ronnie James Dio.

[@euniceflyingout8951]

I love Ronnie James Dios voice so much

[@rickbrunet2559]

Black sabbath was the ultimate with the ALMIGHTY GOD DIO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@クラゲ-g9d]

"MY NAME IS LUCIFER, PLEASE TAKE MY HAND!"

[@manbat1011]

Please? Please!

[@DaltonPepple]

Ronnie was more Talented. Both versions are killer.

[@rickychico8274]

he has more singing than Ozzy, Ronnie was in more than five bands so yeah he's going to be far more talented

[@benpluta6187]

I want the album of the concert! Yah im an old guy

[@andreresende9329]

Dio. the best!

[@GrievousReborn]

Other than the occasional mic feedback its amazing

[@raulchavarria7446]

Feedback is what gives a live song character.

[@pliskenx51mm83]

Damn... Dio could make any song about 30 times more powerful!

[@lordovtehmemes]

Holy jesus I might love this more than the Blizzard's!

[@petercarey7133]

nice version. R.I.P. anybody see \heaven n hell ?' darien lakes rock fest-Alice Cooper , Queensryche...2007 original Black Sabbath . great performance.

[@Jeffnardo62]

Peter Carey I saw that tour twice in 2007 !

[@Woolint]

Dio singing this song makes me grow a infinte amount muscles and fight demons to obtain gods hand, RAHHHHHHHH!!!

[@burdensofparasol]

Why is the bass never distorted live

[@michaelkogos5257]

Dios delivery on lyrics is so much better than ozzy, Dio has a very unique style very similar to Robert Plant and very blues inspired. Ozzy has his own style that cannot really be compared to Dio as they are completely different. Both share 1 thing for sure, they fuckin rock. \m/

[@miguel3958]

Yes I did shake hands, no problem, as I agree there was no light like the Sun, but now ya know it!

[@gabrielviegas6772]

For me this is the only song from Ozzy era that sounds better in Dio´s voice

[@juliovaldez7398]

#Dio LA voz del Heavy Metal \M/

[@vicenterodriguez7690]

Now I have you with me under my hand.

[@SonnyGTA]

What is THAT? That’s not the lyrics. Nice try though. 🙄

[@danielgunn5693]

Dan Gunn I tol

[@jacobwalsh1888]

I will always prefer Dio to Ozzy. I like about 3 songs Ozzy sings. I like everything Dio sings from every era and band.

[@dennisgarris4488]

That song is supposed to.have a metronome effect not be a theatrical.production showcasing the singer's voice.

[@blakewixom2893]

I prefer having the bass not distorted.

[@lordovtehmemes]

Same, but still this video rocks

[@echohotel7975]

Man I got respect for RJD he was given a Job big shoes to fill nobody I've ever heard has the Ozzy voice many sound good in there own way case in point Phil Anselmo electric funeral hell yeah Anthrax idk ? Any one got an opinion ofJoey Belladonna singing Sabbath bloody Sabbath? Wasn't horrible, but I don't know? wow I was in a nod out high Af while sitting I'll have to

[@jeantechnoir7702]

Like si has escuchado esta canción interpretada por Zakk Wylde usando una guitarra edición 1962 de Hello Kitty. Oscura y brutal.

[@Christopher-yn6uc]

3:42- ----3:47

[@isaaclopez90]

Dandandandandan dururu uui! :V

[@yldzgulmez3853]

This is good yes we like Dio but it can't like Ozzy

[@johnnyspider2752]

Was Dio the first growler?

[@Bristolcentaurus]

i thought that was Eve

[@danilopinezer3126]

OZZY FOREVER

[@farqueleyou7578]

Oh shit bois keep this one away from the Ozzy stans

[@fredhebshie5525]

Dio decimates Ozzy

[@queenterraofarchrist344]

Have you believed the gospel? The gospel is that Jesus died on the cross for your sins was buried and rose again the third day

[@mojobag01]

More like a day and a half.

[@matthewlambert5364]

Ozzy does the doom-ier sabbath songs better imo, but this is great

[@jabagogoladze4686]

Ronnie James is the best musician of all times and peoples

[@charlesrenniemacki]

This song, and all the original Black Sabbath songs, isn't meant to be sung with all the theatrical vocal embellishments that Dio uses - they're supposed to be dark and moody and sombre, hence the name - Black Sabbath.

[@mateoferreyra8386]

Infant Annihilator listen and take note

[@6Black6Metal6]

😂😂😂What a cover that would be

[@yigitalpozden4744]

İ still prefer ozzy version but dio’s voice is more like “Lucifer”.

[@cango5679]

This is how Live eviL should have sounded :-)

[@bigbman1471]

Who is Dio?

[@isaaclopez90]

Esta canción suena mejor con Ozzy

[@The-Autisto-crat]

I'd have more trust for a guy doing my heart surgery if he preferred Dio Sabbath to Ozzy

[@bicktash]

Better than the ozzy version this one

[@theprototype1619]

bicktash nope

[@sds4life17]

Agree 100%. Ozzy cant sing nor those he has any Vocal Skills like Dio, NEVER!

[@josuef.2593]

Ozzy es una leyenda también, pero vocalmente hablando jamás se podría comparar con dio, simplemente dio está en otro nivel de canto.

[@TheThomasmoon]

Dio fit better with Sabbath than Ozzy did

[@theprototype1619]

Lemmy Cash those words should never be in the same sentence.

[@andrewburgess-linden9612]

Dio Battling Cancer in 2006 > Ozzy in his Prime

[@Legionbass19]

Andrew Burgess-Linden Ronnie didn’t develop his cancer until a few years later, but yeah, he was still better than Ozzy when he was fighting.

[@yashvardhansinghsolanki6391]

Dio screwed up paranoid, but damn NIB is his song for real

[@speedking7224]

Yeah he didn't do war pigs that good either but this kicks ass

[@javierdiaz3089]

I liked it but I prefer Ozzy's version

[@zoso1980]

Black Sabbath was such a better band with Dio. This song shows it.

[@The5345097]

Dio, the king of kings of heavy metal!!!!

[@ivanrebollar4980]

Mil veces mejor con Ronnie James Dio que con Ozzy

[@danilopinezer3126]

PREFERISCO OZZY DI GRAN LUNGA.

[@BERLIN--yt1yh]

Dio canta muita muito melhor, mas a simplicidade e melancolia da voz do Ozzy deixa essa música muito mais triste e pesada, Ozzy é a cara do BS

[@arewademetrio5200]

Make a Ricky Martin version

[@PXNDX_BATMAN]

Dio 1 Ozzy 0

[@v1niciusrodrigues]

Dio >>> Ozzy

[@thetrveMedvson]

Don't really agree there, at least for Sabbath I prefer Ozzy. But, speaking for me personally, I prefer stranger voices (like Ozzy's) over objectively good voices like Dio's.

[@Bruno-ru5rj]

@@thetrveMedvson agreeable. but i love his voice sm. ozzy is good for sabbath. but dio man. dio is fucking wild

[@Bruno-ru5rj]

Looking back at what i wrote. I ment Ozzy is better for sabbath. Dio is amazing but ozzy knows how to make sabbath sabbath

[@evanator2003]

Chill lol

[@zamanfou4016]

This is so fucking cursed

[@kaiji2567]

it seems to me a totally different song, the melodies ozzy wrote only fit his voice...his voice is an insane instrument

[@britishnerd3919]

Except Ozzy didn't write them. Geezer wrote the melodies

[@Legionbass19]

British Nerd Ozzy did write his vocal melodies, while Geezer wrote the lyrics. However, in cases like this song and Iron Man, it’s unfair to really credit Ozzy with melody work.

[@britishnerd3919]

@@Legionbass19 ah ok. Even still, in this case Dio songs basically the same melodies (he changes them a tiny bit, but he sang his own songs a tiny bit different in live performances)

[@mickblack2800]

No one compares to Dio, he was the best thing ever to happen to BLACK SABBATH, Ozzy is just a singer & was in the Right place at the right time when he fell arse backwards into SABBATH, otherwise he'd still be tuning car horns on the Lucas production line.🔊

[@connordrysdale5333]

Ozzy is an amazing vocalist and don’t forget Ozzy wrote some of the greatest songs in existence. Black Sabbath without Ozzy is not Black Sabbath. The only thing I have against Dio is his subject matter, I don’t wanna listen to a song about dragons lmao

[@mickblack2800]

@@connordrysdale5333 Ozzy was flat out writing his own name, can u honestly see him sitting down by his fireplace with his reading glasses on writing epic songs all day? He came up with melodies for songs & so he should have since he is a 'singer' the man couldn't sit still for more than 2 seconds, let alone write introspective & classic Sabbath tunes all day...DIO may have written 1 or 2 songs with a dragon mentioned & 1 album

[@sylviaflowers1262]

This version does sound like heavy metal; the original is boring

[@isaaclopez90]

N.i.b se escucha mejor con Ozzy Osbourne xd

[@michaeleduardosandovalpere9928]

Es lógico porque el maestro Iommi y Ozzy se complementaban muy bien, es como si a Chino Moreno lo pusieran a cantar en SOAD (lo ha hecho y da el mismo resultado que no es malo, pero las canciones fueron hechas para la voz de Serj Tankian) lo mismo con Neil Turbin y Joey Belladonna (ex y actual vocalista de Anthrax) eso no quita que Dio sea mejor cantante que Ozzy y Ozzy sea mejor personaje que Dio, pero esa es otra historia...