Black Sabbath - War Pigs LIVE 1970 *REACTION!!*

[@johnbaker1823]

This is the ultimate live performance. The birth of heavy metal. Bill Ward, no words would do his drum work justice!

[@Tbanyas1]

Automatically in the conversation for ultimate life performance

[@M83NL]

Can’t take anything away from Sabath yeah they popularised this style but helter skelter is obviously the original blueprint of this

[@kevinmitchell4018]

I always said that the drums in this song made the song.bill is soo underrated. Jon bonam always wanted to do a song wth black sabbath. led zep& black sabbath. the songs he said he wanted to do I think we're supernaught& symptoms of the universe.

[@FreeMTrider]

The real highlight of this performance is Bill Ward on the drums. Incredible playing that rivals anyone.

[@carlrogers3505]

He beats those drums like they owe him money.

[@simonpanter3627]

One of the greatest examples of live drumming ever!!!

[@SANPARR1]

This is genius from the inventors of Heavy Metal, it couldn't be more original.

[@Aquaholic851]

Bill Wards drum kit would cry and shake before every performance. Very underrated drummer.

[@jimmys9882]

Realize how fresh this song was for this performance. It was literally still in the formative stage before the album had been released (hence, different lyrics) so yeah, they were all completely into it because it was brand new to them as well as the audience. Wish I could go back to listen to some of these songs for the first time again

[@realscience948]

I was wondering why the lyrics were different!!

[@LJA46]

Exactly! So much talent that they could write two completely different versions had they chose to do so! Saw them in '78 after they perfected a lot of songs!

[@yetanotheraccount3361]

I still LOVE “People running like they’re sheep in fields. People blowing out their minds.” Such gut punching line. Kinda wish they kept it.

[@SylviusTheMad]

@@realscience948 Several reasons. First, yes, it was new. It was in fact very new, because the song originally had completely different lyrics (it was called Walpurgis, about the festival of witchcraft still celebrated in Germany as Walpurgisnacht), so Ozzy actually drifts into those lyrics for a bit. But thirdly, Ozzy was just terrible at remembering lyrics, which is why he started using a teleprompter on stage by 1978.

[@middleearthltd]

Thank you for doing this review ❤️ As mentioned, I had the high honor to see Black Sabbath twice live in the early 70’s They were incredible

[@douglasmorrison777]

Can it get any better, Bill is just .. Just!! Words fail me on how good this performance is!

[@John-j6w1n]

It's amazing that All. The original members are alive but one of the All time greatest

[@Eurynomea]

Bill Ward is a certifiable beast! And Geezer on that bass...Gawd, his fingers fly (that's what happens when you write your own music)!

[@bishopswoodcrafts]

he played bass like it was lead guitar.... both he and Tony Iommi said that Tony would do his riffs and Geezer would then mirror a "response" to this on bass.

[@Eurynomea]

@@bishopswoodcrafts yep, the old "call and answer", lol. You find the perfect example with Edgar Winter and Chuck Ruff in Frankenstein with Timbales and Ruff's kit.

[@eastcoastaj5048]

Outstanding! This was during the period when they were still doing the version of the song known as Walpurgis.

[@realscience948]

Raw & unfiltered….the sound of Tony’s Gibson SG/ Marshall amp is sick! Bill Ward’s jazzy /groovy /Funky killer drumming…so missing today in metal bands!

[@21Piloteer]

Tony is using Laney amps/cabinets. He switched to Marshall in the 80's, then back to Laney again.

[@daniellstn]

The birth of Metal! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@jodythomas2724]

Bill Ward reminds me of animal, the puppet drummer on the muppet show

[@coachmikesfilmroom3111]

I always wondered if Animal was inspired by Bill

[@nikosalmpanis-ty3jt]

Black Sabbath 1968-eternity🤘

[@shspurs1342]

No wonder my favourite drummer of all time ever from any genre is Bill Ward.

[@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970]

1970 Was A Splendid Year...What Little I Remember Of It...

[@scottstewart5784]

me too, i was 9 and kicking heroin.

[@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970]

@@scottstewart5784 I Was 1 And Just Kicking...😀😀

[@crimsondeath7468]

this song was originally written as a dark song about witches at Walpurgis Night "night of 30 april to first of may" but do to the fact that the Vietnam war had become very real in the UK do to US troops staying in Britian for recreation etc. the guys in sabbath "and most young men in the UK" feared a draft coming so they changed the song into a anti war song turning the politicians and millitary leaders into the witches and satans servants. In this early live version Ozzy actually mixes booth versions lyrics as it was so freshly rewritten : D The song Hand of doom on the same album "paranoid" was directly inspired by them meeting young US vietnam veterans who had been totally destroyed by the war and addicted to Heroin to cope

[@albertosamaniego2476]

Ladies and gentlemen... Bill fucking Ward best performance ever

[@FreeMTrider]

absolutely. He takes this song to higher levels.

[@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970]

Long Time No See~Our Lovely Sori... 🩵💙🩶🤍🔥🔥🔥& Vin...

[@tonyd6382]

You reviewed my Black Sabbath request of Die Young form a 2009 concert with Dio and commented on how Iommi's guitar was all weathered.... this is the same guitar in this 1970 video.

[@johnnyb6067]

Bill Ward’s drums were never late paying him back ever again. I wish they’d shown Geezer for more than 5 seconds. He crushed it just as hard as the other three.

[@faithcat7675]

Met Bill Ward once before a show. Shook his hand and he was your quintessential English gentleman. Strong handshake.

[@megamaniac7402]

Bill Ward! The heaviest jazz drummer of all time.

[@mojobag01]

Great that you played the crowd at the end.

[@billtroxell7583]

Tony lost the tip on three fingers from an accident earlier on and he wears a finger tip extenison glove, when he plays and over come that, an plays as awesome as he does, just blows my mind. He over came that and that makes him top shelve for me, I know how hard it is do things with a disadvantage.

[@yves78]

Lineup: Ozzy, Tonny Iommi, Bill Ward and Geezer Butler on bass. Dream lineup. I was blessed to see them on a reunion tour during and early Ozzfest

[@backbeat44]

and to think they idolized the Beatles. That was Ozzie's band, he goes on relentlessly about how much they influenced his whole life.

[@LuigiMarciante]

Che dire: ECCEZIONALI!!! GRAZIE

[@EarthWalker2023]

Pure 🔥

[@xlerb_again_to_music7908]

With feels. Vietnam then happening; real bodies, real war machine, real guys in boxes

[@lisahumphries3898]

I was a pre-teen in the 70s and just remember there was a lot of hair, frayed denim, and polyester suits.

[@yetanotheraccount3361]

You should watch the 1973 interview. It’s interesting watching young Black Sabbath.

[@joykeebler1916]

- and when one of the thunders came as Black Sabbath amen

[@MegaIronleg]

ONE OF THREE, OF THE GREATEST LIVE ROCK PERFORMANCES… THE OTHER TWO BEING, INSIDE LOOKING OUT… BY GRAND FUNK, SOUL SACRIFICE, LONG VERSION AT WOODSTOCK… BY SANTANA. GREAT REACTIONS 👏 ROCK ON 👊🖖

[@5after4am]

Tony Iommi rockin' the Rosanna Rosannadanna hairdo .

[@DannyLeeOGT]

Love it

[@joykeebler1916]

- correction it was The Ghoul at 2AM (early) Sunday mornings and Sir Grave Ghastly at 2PM Saturday afternoons on WKJB TV Channel 2 Detroit in the 1970's

[@holysmokes5817]

Love it!!! Ozzy utterly forgetting the lyrics at certain times and blathering nonsense - but in perfect time. Side note: as a percussionist ~ Bill Ward...absolutely amazingly skilled drummer...Jesus H Chirst man..for real....

[@richardworton4597]

Bill Ward is a drumming God, Geezer is a poet and Tony is the riff master and Ozzy is well Ozzy 👌

[@nostrilnick]

Bill Ward is an absolute animal in this video.

[@markvanderstelt8999]

Bill Ward Is Amazing

[@yeti8it396]

Vin with that Head wrao looks like he would make a good sailor/pirate on a movie set.

[@827dusty]

This is "Metal" before the term or genre even existed. I'm not a huge Sabbath fan, but they were certainly ahead of their time.

[@rkeeth709]

Thise drums must have owed Bill a fortune!

[@tonyd6382]

in case you didnt realize...this is an early version of the lyrics...different than the studio version you reacted to a few years ago

[@EricCabrera1968]

amazing

[@TheCornishCockney]

Wild Bill hammers the fuck out of those skins,and boy don’t we love it. Iommi….The Riffmeister General.

[@artnevarez7073]

Tony Iommi is the Godfather of metal 🤘

[@freddymo3339]

BillWard - Drummer

[@Gustavo-ew7om]

I still want to see butler do his flute solo lol

[@eastcoastaj5048]

Iommi has new music out now.

[@myronscott8611]

If you can't punish Drums like Bill Ward I don't want you lol

[@moniqueleroux2198]

Bill Ward was out of the pocket...so many great fills!

[@warrendavis9262]

Bill Ward beat them drums like they stole something!

[@bonkousmcnaughty4604]

This performance must have been before they actually recorded the album because the words are completely different to the album version. The performance is incendiary though

[@robertdawson8522]

Damn dude.Bet you talk to the screen at the movie theater too

[@jefftrimborn1175]

Don't know if you have ever gave a listen to Angra. You should check them out. My personal favorite song by them is 'Shadow Hunter' the guitarist left to play with Megadeth. The best drummer and bass player ever.

[@victorstefanovsky6902]

Tony Iommi IS Black Sabbath. He writes 99% of the music.

[@BlackCountryShaneywaney]

Straight up metal from steel town...the Black Country..aka Birmingham..England. aka Brum...meaning...Brummagem...which is alluding to cars and jewellery, the two things Brum is most famous for.. We are Black Country....all of us. You need to know these facts. You're Rock history knowledge is incomplete until you know this fantastic area and it's achievements. Lemmy Clapton Plant Bonham E.L.O. Judas priest Slade Traffic..Steve winwood Magnum This is where it began..

[@gordonhutchison9647]

Bills drum sticks are reversed, masterclass.

[@rayv0125]

How relevant the lyrics are for the times we are living in.

[@pete3883]

Ozzie ain't standing around.

[@pcraig1383]

The War Pigs are alive and well and worse than ever. Context: In 1969 Americans killed in Viet Nam averaged over 500 per month, young people and their supporters didn.t like that. During the Iraq War they stopped families and photographers from greeting caskets coming back to (iirc) Dover Del. Thanks for the reaction you guys.

[@shspurs1342]

Just more proof that Metal was invented in England.

[@aliceinchains7325]

Who denies that

[@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970]

PRECISELY...

[@hannupackalen]

Drumming is hard work, Black Sabbath Live in Paris you can see how hard Bill Ward use drums

[@kevinmitchell4018]

I don't even think the song is war pigs.i think it's more on the walpurgis side.the original song that evolved into war pigs

[@terrynunez7957]

Thus must be a different version because there's a line in the song, ozzy says ( Satan Laughing Spreads His Wings )

[@kennygolden3454]

Check out Iron Butterfly , 1968 live version , In a god a da vi da

[@FreeMTrider]

It would be interesting to know the lyrics of this War Pigs rendition. I've heard it before, but never read them.

[@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970]

Same As The Record...

[@FreeMTrider]

@@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970 Nope......I've known the studio version for decades. Only one verse is similar with a few of the same lines, but everything else is much different.

[@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970]

@@FreeMTrider Very Well...Perhaps He Sang It Differently In This Performance...

[@FreeMTrider]

@@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970 I'm pretty sure this is the version before it was recorded. From what I read, which is interesting, the record company didn't like the satanic version like this one named "Walpurgis" and Geezer rewrote it with the war based death and destruction lyrics. That guy had an endless skill for writing songs on the fly.

[@billtroxell7583]

Bill Ward beat those drums. like they owed him money, ha. Ozzy was so young in this video, they all were and they killed that song. Now this was the old lyrics they changed the lyrics soon after that, and they kept the changes until today, so you don't here the old lyrics very often these days.

[@SteveCostello-z2y]

I wish to God people would listen to the original lyrics to this it would blow your mind, I believe it was a concert in Germany!!! Please research it

[@peterscheh6968]

hello vinAND sori im the old german black sabbath is a absolutley firstclass rock band or metal band the best british band togehter with deep purple the american band boston and jimi hendrix jimi was the best giutarre player the wold and this rock band my favorite bands since 50 years and more war pigs is a song against the war firstclass performance the lyrics i löve this rock band and all songs by black sabbath i hope i have not so many mistakes in my english vinAND vori i thank you so much for this firstclass song black sabbath war pigs i has him reallöy enjoied by the way i have suggestions by black sabbath 2 goods tidle the first called god is death the second tidle is over and over firstclass song ok take care together

[@shannontreiber1070]

You guys don’t have Venmo??

[@coachmikesfilmroom3111]

Toni Iomi is the greatest Riff guitarist ever. Bill Ward is the greatest drummer ever. Geezer Butler is the greatest bassist ever. Ozzy is the 2nd greatest front man ever...Freddy Mercury existed after all.

[@sumonjamal1653]

Black Sabbath (the original band) was a powerhouse and even Led Zeppelin could not match their intensity in the 70's... Black Sabbath's (unofficial) live album "Live at last" ... is one of the greatest live records and it was not overdubbed or altered in the studio, w/ some rare tracks like "Tomorrow's dream" ... "Cornucopia"... 🤘🤘🔥🔥 The album was re-released as a double live CD 'Past Lives'... w/ another live gig from 1975. Sabbath did release a live DVD filmed in 1978 titled "Never say die live" ... but the band members were messed up on drugs and alcohol and the performance was somewhat over-the-top. The Black Sabbath reunion tour was captured in the concert video 'The Last Supper' in 1999 w/ interviews of Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill.

[@KeithJohnson-t8l]

Ozzy was the first headbanger.

[@pauldavis2535]

Right

[@SuperClarky666]

Different lyrics on this early version🤘🏻

[@silor69]

backwards drumsticks aswell

[@GooseOD]

Same year as Beatles, Let it Be.

[@Loki1815]

GEEZER BUTLER, pronounced Ghee not Jee, he was a Gee Zer not a jeeser

[@DaneFalco]

Sung this in Karaoke

[@PeterMcCracken-n3g]

Ozzy's a nut. He keeps forgetting the lyrics, a complaint that the other three used to voice, probably quit often. Awesome to hear Tony's sound for back then and Bill's workout was also awesome. Cheers.

[@donkfail1]

Those poor drums. At least they died for a good cause. RIP - 19??-1970

[@METALSCAVENGER78]

The lyrics are oarrly different here.This live took place 2 months befire rhe album release

[@blizztendo6467]

Keep sabbath content coming please :)

[@pauldavis2535]

Tryn to get thru

[@wadegarrett2376]

2 new Marilyn Manson singles are out. Let's go Vin and Sori. Get on those!! :)

[@steelworking1143]

Moreno

[@patricktoward3655]

76

[@carlosserbero4592]

react to led zeppelin 1

[@pete3883]

No 1 was lazy ?

[@kevinmitchell4018]

dude.ur a Korn fan.? that says it all right thre.u suck😂

[@davidarwood6264]

This isn't the first BLACK SABBATH , WAR PIGS you have reaction you've done. The other time all yall did was ....or the messed up the you did was talk politics. A lot of negative Trump talk. Let's hear that Trump talk now or at the very least respond to some of your comments. How are you guys still doing this ?