This is the ultimate live performance. The birth of heavy metal. Bill Ward, no words would do his drum work justice!
@Tbanyas110 күн бұрын
Automatically in the conversation for ultimate life performance
@M83NL19 сағат бұрын
Can’t take anything away from Sabath yeah they popularised this style but helter skelter is obviously the original blueprint of this
@FreeMTrider26 күн бұрын
The real highlight of this performance is Bill Ward on the drums. Incredible playing that rivals anyone.
@carlrogers350512 күн бұрын
He beats those drums like they owe him money.
@Aquaholic85126 күн бұрын
Bill Wards drum kit would cry and shake before every performance. Very underrated drummer.
@jimmys988226 күн бұрын
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
@realscience94826 күн бұрын
I was wondering why the lyrics were different!!
@LJA4626 күн бұрын
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!
@yetanotheraccount336126 күн бұрын
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.
@SylviusTheMad17 күн бұрын
@@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.
@douglasmorrison77726 күн бұрын
Can it get any better, Bill is just .. Just!! Words fail me on how good this performance is!
@albertosamaniego247626 күн бұрын
Ladies and gentlemen... Bill fucking Ward best performance ever
@FreeMTrider26 күн бұрын
absolutely. He takes this song to higher levels.
@middleearthltd26 күн бұрын
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
@Eurynomea26 күн бұрын
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)!
@bishopswoodcrafts12 күн бұрын
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.
@Eurynomea12 күн бұрын
@@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.
@crimsondeath746826 күн бұрын
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
@simonpanter362726 күн бұрын
One of the greatest examples of live drumming ever!!!
@daniellstn26 күн бұрын
The birth of Metal! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
@realscience94826 күн бұрын
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!
@21Piloteer25 күн бұрын
Tony is using Laney amps/cabinets. He switched to Marshall in the 80's, then back to Laney again.
@backbeat4426 күн бұрын
and to think they idolized the Beatles. That was Ozzie's band, he goes on relentlessly about how much they influenced his whole life.
@megamaniac740226 күн бұрын
Bill Ward! The heaviest jazz drummer of all time.
@jodythomas272426 күн бұрын
Bill Ward reminds me of animal, the puppet drummer on the muppet show
@coachmikesfilmroom311117 күн бұрын
I always wondered if Animal was inspired by Bill
@shspurs134226 күн бұрын
No wonder my favourite drummer of all time ever from any genre is Bill Ward.
@SANPARR125 күн бұрын
This is genius from the inventors of Heavy Metal, it couldn't be more original.
@ELPCOTILLION-SD197026 күн бұрын
1970 Was A Splendid Year...What Little I Remember Of It...
@scottstewart578426 күн бұрын
me too, i was 9 and kicking heroin.
@ELPCOTILLION-SD197026 күн бұрын
@@scottstewart5784 I Was 1 And Just Kicking...😀😀
@faithcat767526 күн бұрын
Met Bill Ward once before a show. Shook his hand and he was your quintessential English gentleman. Strong handshake.
@eastcoastaj504826 күн бұрын
Outstanding! This was during the period when they were still doing the version of the song known as Walpurgis.
@johnnyb606721 күн бұрын
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.
@nikosalmpanis-ty3jt25 күн бұрын
Black Sabbath 1968-eternity🤘
@ELPCOTILLION-SD197026 күн бұрын
Long Time No See~Our Lovely Sori... 🩵💙🩶🤍🔥🔥🔥& Vin...
@lisahumphries389825 күн бұрын
I was a pre-teen in the 70s and just remember there was a lot of hair, frayed denim, and polyester suits.
@tonyd638226 күн бұрын
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.
@rayv012526 күн бұрын
How relevant the lyrics are for the times we are living in.
@EarthWalker202325 күн бұрын
Pure 🔥
@eastcoastaj504826 күн бұрын
Iommi has new music out now.
@DannyLeeOGT26 күн бұрын
Love it
@xlerb_again_to_music790826 күн бұрын
With feels. Vietnam then happening; real bodies, real war machine, real guys in boxes
@myronscott861126 күн бұрын
If you can't punish Drums like Bill Ward I don't want you lol
@TheCornishCockney25 күн бұрын
Wild Bill hammers the fuck out of those skins,and boy don’t we love it. Iommi….The Riffmeister General.
@mojobag0123 күн бұрын
Great that you played the crowd at the end.
@Gustavo-ew7om25 күн бұрын
I still want to see butler do his flute solo lol
@warrendavis926226 күн бұрын
Bill Ward beat them drums like they stole something!
@yeti8it39614 күн бұрын
Vin with that Head wrao looks like he would make a good sailor/pirate on a movie set.
@BlackCountryShaneywaney26 күн бұрын
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..
@billtroxell758321 күн бұрын
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.
@yetanotheraccount336124 күн бұрын
You should watch the 1973 interview. It’s interesting watching young Black Sabbath.
@MegaIronleg26 күн бұрын
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 👊🖖
@pcraig138326 күн бұрын
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.
@nostrilnick12 күн бұрын
Bill Ward is an absolute animal in this video.
@shspurs134226 күн бұрын
Just more proof that Metal was invented in England.
@aliceinchains732526 күн бұрын
Who denies that
@ELPCOTILLION-SD197026 күн бұрын
PRECISELY...
@robertdawson852218 күн бұрын
Damn dude.Bet you talk to the screen at the movie theater too
@terrynunez795724 күн бұрын
Thus must be a different version because there's a line in the song, ozzy says ( Satan Laughing Spreads His Wings )
@richardworton459723 күн бұрын
Bill Ward is a drumming God, Geezer is a poet and Tony is the riff master and Ozzy is well Ozzy 👌
@kennygolden345413 күн бұрын
Check out Iron Butterfly , 1968 live version , In a god a da vi da
@markvanderstelt899913 күн бұрын
Bill Ward Is Amazing
@pauldavis253525 күн бұрын
Right
@FreeMTrider26 күн бұрын
It would be interesting to know the lyrics of this War Pigs rendition. I've heard it before, but never read them.
@ELPCOTILLION-SD197026 күн бұрын
Same As The Record...
@FreeMTrider26 күн бұрын
@@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-SD197026 күн бұрын
@@FreeMTrider Very Well...Perhaps He Sang It Differently In This Performance...
@FreeMTrider26 күн бұрын
@@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.
@artnevarez707323 күн бұрын
Tony Iommi is the Godfather of metal 🤘
@bonkousmcnaughty460424 күн бұрын
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
@tonyd638225 күн бұрын
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
@SuperClarky66624 күн бұрын
Different lyrics on this early version🤘🏻
@freddymo333913 күн бұрын
BillWard - Drummer
@moniqueleroux219811 күн бұрын
Bill Ward was out of the pocket...so many great fills!
@DaneFalco26 күн бұрын
Sung this in Karaoke
@827dusty26 күн бұрын
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.
@GooseOD25 күн бұрын
Same year as Beatles, Let it Be.
@pete388312 күн бұрын
Ozzie ain't standing around.
@METALSCAVENGER7826 күн бұрын
The lyrics are oarrly different here.This live took place 2 months befire rhe album release
@victorstefanovsky69027 күн бұрын
Tony Iommi IS Black Sabbath. He writes 99% of the music.
@blizztendo646722 күн бұрын
Keep sabbath content coming please :)
@billtroxell758321 күн бұрын
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.
@pauldavis253525 күн бұрын
Tryn to get thru
@patricktoward365526 күн бұрын
76
@sumonjamal165326 күн бұрын
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.
@wadegarrett237625 күн бұрын
2 new Marilyn Manson singles are out. Let's go Vin and Sori. Get on those!! :)
@coachmikesfilmroom311117 күн бұрын
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.
@carlosserbero459216 күн бұрын
react to led zeppelin 1
@donkfail19 күн бұрын
Those poor drums. At least they died for a good cause. RIP - 19??-1970