🎵 Cake - War Pigs REACTION

[@shoogerkane]

I haven't heard this until now. That was totally Cake-ified! All out funk version. The organ, horns, and drums! And the bass plumping away throughout. I loved it.

[@DocRobert]

Totally agree. And the backup singers yelling “Huuh!”

[@KeithEllis0]

Although I bought Cake's really popular album when it came out, I'd not heard this song. I loved it! It really is cakified, but in a way that does stay true to the original. This has a really driving funk best and I love it.

[@Subangelis]

Safe by Cake standards.

[@brianyaniro4797]

I saw them live once almost 20 yrs ago. It was a small venue Waterstreet in Rochester NY. They did this as an encore and it was awesome. Then the lead singer called up a guy from the crowd and gave him a tree. Literally a 6ft tall potted tree. It was Fall in Western NY. I wonder whatever happened to that tree.

[@pete3397]

What this really says is that there is a lot of influential continuity in rock music. That Cake can do an awesome tribute to Black Sabbath means that rock truly does transcend genres.

[@Gr8erh8er]

Yeah idk. Some songs can’t be covered Many Elvis impersonators but only one Elvis In my opinion

[@apctest8359]

@@Gr8erh8er Maybe one Elvis but that doesn't mean songs can't be covered in interesting and fun ways, like a punk rock Blue Suede Shoes perhaps kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6vcopandtOIm5I

[@DocRobert]

@@Gr8erh8er Covering is distinct from impersonation. Non-impersonators cover Elvis songs all the time. Elvis himself released a ton of covers of other artists’ work. To me it seems you’re making kind of an apples and oranges comparison here.

[@LexyThomas134]

Check out LILIAC if you haven't yet - Crazy Train & Paranoid They absolutely kill it beginning to end

[@adamdaley8090]

So glad you guys are giving Cake a fair shake. Fun as hell to watch Lex become a metalhead.

[@jasonepley9650]

Faith no more. Those guys have a great cover of war pigs. Cake is always fun. Nice find!!

[@jamesestelle7260]

They reacted a month ago to it.

[@jamesestelle7260]

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[@dickslickerson486]

Sacred reich is the be all end all of remakes of this song that has been remade 109 times plus

[@soloparaplaystation6624]

@@dickslickerson486 sacred reich!

[@Objectified]

Damn, never heard this. Really like their take on it. Many bands that do covers don't bring enough of their own sound to it.

[@Objectified]

@Chief10 Beers It's up to the listener and the artist to define that kind of butchery. Cake uses horns, they brought their sound to it. I completely understand if some don't like that, but I appreciate it and feel the spirit of the song is retained.

[@alphasolarus6581]

That was one of the most original covers I have ever heard.

[@tocham757]

When this song started I was thinking I don't like this cover but by the time it was over I was loving it. I have been Cake-ified

[@that44rdv4rk]

glad you got around to this one. it's still War Pigs, but its so Cake at the same time.

[@brianyates7255]

OH YEAH THEY CAKEAFIDED IT...THAT HORN SECTION AT THE END AND THE SHOUTS AND CHANTS...SOUNDED GOOD TO ME..PEACE

[@Pb-ij4ip]

I don’t think they were playing it safe so much as doing what they do. The “Sabbath” version was heavy with guitar solo and that just isn’t something Cake does a lot of or at length. For what it’s worth it just may be Cake liked the song and wanted to cover it. If I’m remembering correctly, the album this came from was B-sides and unused tracks. This may have been just an idea they were playing with.

[@kencliff9914]

It’s a straightforward cover, but it lays into the funky bottom a little more than the original IMHO.

[@preciousroihomeshoppingnet7908]

@@kencliff9914 The "funky bottom" has shades of Alan Parsons to me...just sayin'.

[@stephensupernor4481]

Cake is such an underrated band!!! It's definitely an acquired taste!

[@fenderfox5080]

Cake is such a good band, everytime I hear them out take me back to the 90s

[@kamojet]

So after watching this video like 4 times, I decided that I'd seen it before. Like maybe a year ago. And I'm also wondering why I didn't put it on a playlist. This really is a kick ass cover. Edit: I just added it to my playlist.

[@joesmith8725]

Hhmm. It was Cakafied! Did yall hear the horns in that song?? Lot of funk too. Lol! Great cover though. Cake is a unique group.

[@DanABA]

Their bass player is so funky!

[@reneelyons6836]

Cakeified.... YES!!!!!!

[@callmebender]

War Pigs is such a CLASSIC SONG!! Love it! one of my favorite covers is by the band "The Main Squeeze" total treat to the ears!!!

[@promontorium]

So glad you guys have given my favorite band Cake more than a couple listens. Cake's Jolene is a great song. It's not a cover. Comfort Eagle, Love you Madly, Long Time, Symphony in C....!

[@vovindequasahi]

Awesome cover of this Black Sabbath classic!

[@ElijahPerrin80]

Many of these covers I had not heard so this is cool to explore with you.

[@richardmacdonald929]

Okay never heard this cover. Love you guys great fun.

[@timcrowley38]

That was good. I could tell Brad was digging it. It seemed to get a little more 'Cakefied' towards the end.

[@that44rdv4rk]

the horns do it.

[@kevinvegas1916]

I can see Brad in CAKE gear soon!

[@d-2793]

Funky version of War Pigs!! Very Cool reaction!! 🍰

[@robc.8269]

I found this several months ago, it's pretty Cake-ified. "Sheep go to Heaven, Goats goto Hell" please. One of my favorites from the Prolong the Magic album. Thx.

[@calvinbutler1919]

Sheep Go To Heaven is from Motorcade of Generosity but it would make a great reaction video.

[@MichaelJGrady-lz4in]

I don't want to be a contrarian, but there is definitely some cake-ification happening here.

[@ShreddFly]

Hey guys what's up! Greetings from South Florida! That was the first time I ever heard cake doing that song. That was incredible. So fresh. Loved it! You guys rock! God bless you! Peace!

[@brutisfletcher]

Wow! Cake does some incredible covers!

[@joecaruso9990]

This was very Cakefied. Had a cool funk to it yet maintaining the original overtones... !

[@robertburns4429]

Exactly my th9ought as well. Added their own touch without distracting from the original intent.

[@JohnD.1969]

"cakeifying" - Nice.

[@dadftw1318]

I just saw "War Pigs" and clicked. I had no idea Cake covered this song. Great choice, interesting was a great description.

[@sunshineeddy6849]

There’s a reaction channel called Trybals that recently did War Pigs by Black Sabbath. The channel introduces Pakistani tribal folks to things they’ve never been exposed to. Pop rocks, Jinjer, tomb of the unknown soldier, opera, whatever. The creator of the channel always researches the crap out of everything so his reactors can understand the context. On the video of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs, I learned that war pigs were once a literal thing. I think it was in the medieval period, they would set fire to pigs and release them on the enemy to cause chaos amongst their ranks in their tortured death throes and panic. It was so interesting and horrifying, I thought I’d share that here. I hope everybody’s weekend is going great!

[@robertyoung2728]

Cake also did a cover of "I will Survive", great cover as well!

[@bminturn]

I really like the keys in this song. They're low in the mix, but still pretty funky. I think that it would have been better if they'd gone off with the horns for a bit at the end, though. Not to make this like an 8 minute song or something, but just maybe 4 more bars of crazy horns based on around that classic riff. Ah well.

[@RSpracticalshooting]

Always good to have some Cake!

[@chrisgonzalez4414]

As a trumpet player that trumpet part at the end in place of the guitar part is genius, simple but that switch in sounds

[@KenWins1]

Cake one of my favorite groups

[@thefalloutshelter7799]

Pretty different cover.....nice to hear something thats not a note for note copy

[@mattmorris1775]

I feel this is a great cover by Cake. Another great cover is Disturbed's version of Land of Confusion by Genisis. If you check this out make sure to watch video too. It is awesome!

[@camban]

IMO their version of this was all about clear articulation and enunciation. I think they really wanted people to clearly hear the words and wake up to a precise understanding of the meaning.

[@zomfies]

Which is funny, because they get several of the lyrics "wrong" compared to the Black Sabbath original - most notably "as you hear the bodies burning" rather than "ashes where their bodies burning"

[@daveydave1940]

Me again 🤣 New Order, age of consent loud as f' 😋😎😊 Love you guys 😎😎😎

[@hugeeuge810]

If you want a band that makes a cover their own you should 100% check out DEVO cover the ROLLING STONES classic Satisfaction.

[@joecaruso9990]

Yes! Better than the original in my opinion!

[@deancardon4586]

unique experience for me : )... 1st time reaction to a song i'm hearing for the 1st time... from a bands that i really love. Cake and Sabbath.

[@bsizzlehill2283]

Faith no mores cover is awesome

[@Boatzilla2]

Love when they came in with the horns. Thanks for this. First time for me.

[@Gr8erh8er]

Tribute? Can’t mess with perfection. Brass Against is a pretty cool cover band Check ‘em out

[@chrisgonzalez4414]

That moment when a song hits Lex's feel good groove spot 🦈💨 you know what I mean ???

[@markjenkins2262]

How about a bit of prog…. ‘Arriving Somewhere but not here’ by Porcupine Tree. Beats listening to Sabbath covers. Love your vids though

[@javalily]

This reminds me of Stranglehold by Ted Nugent, the sound of it, but it's a decent cover. Faith No More does an awesome cover.

[@guiness1100]

Gotta check out Cake's covers of I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor) and Never Never Gonna Give You Up (Barry White), they really "Cake-if-ied" those songs. Cake slay it always!!

[@SteveM1959]

I was born in 1959 and War Pigs was legendary. I like Cake but when someone said they redid War Pigs, I thought no. The original is all doom and gloom, it's the end of the world dun dun. They did a funk version with sirens and a horn section that you could play at the club, and it has no right to work. But it does. Somehow. This one is on my playlist in the car.

[@chrismyers3339]

Love the Tool shirt 👍

[@voltakackackack666]

Their basslines are always simple in theory, but Gabe Nelson is so on point it's insane, it's almost mechanical, he's the Tom Morello of Bass. Despite being a cover with Cake it's never the same song.

[@spartamykonos]

Nice Sabbath cover, with Cake on the side.

[@Rob-ou1py]

trumpet and sax so haunting at the end

[@lpass1]

Lex since you love the guitar would love to see you guys react to Gary Moore 'Still got the Blues' or 'Parisienne Walkways live' and Prince's version of 'While my Guitar Gently Weeps' at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...

[@Motorhands]

Yes Brad! I knew you'd like this one, buddy :)

[@yomvanhaver]

Oh I didn’t know that version !

[@VidiotSavante]

Great reaction Brad & Lex! 👍🎶😎 Cake has so many amazing songs! Here's some more you need to hit: "Love You Madly", "Sheep Go To Heaven", "Tougher Than It Is", "Nugget", "Daria", "Stickshifts and Safetybelts", "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps", "Rock'n'Roll Lifestyle", "Dime", "End of the Movie", "Guitar", "You Turn the Screws", "Mexico", "Let Me Go", "Cool Blue Reason", "Where Would I Be?"

[@LetsDoEntertainment]

Cool - I got to be the 1,000th "Like" on this EXCELLENT cover tune!

[@MickeyValenz]

Cake is very monotone but still manage to have such epic dynamics

[@Handletakenlol]

Mmmm Cake!

[@USGrant-rr2by]

Sirens and EVERYONE gets to hear the lyrics! The actual music (sounds) in this song are Awesome....but the words matter more!

[@jon-pauldupont5746]

What a trip. I didn’t know they ever covered Ssbbath

[@kennycarroll5791]

I think it's pretty cakeafied

[@FireflyPDP]

You want the weird, unique-but-groovy Cake! You gotta check out “Nugget”, “Long Line of Cars”, “Italian Leather Sofa”, “You Turn the Screws”, “Rock n Roll Lifestyle” and “Long Time”

[@tiggerwoods100]

I still can't believe that these two have not reacted to the new Tom and Adam videos.

[@Leftylobber]

"They leave Peril to the Poor" is the line from Black Sabbath. Many of your video choices have slightly off lyrics. Not your fault just how people interpret the audio.

[@DavidK-il6ks]

I didn't catch that, thank you. I'm surprised how many of them do get it wrong. Like, someone actually takes the time and effort to make a lyric video without checking the actual lyrics? smh.. At least this blunder didn't really change the meaning like many do. Great reaction as always!

[@mikesmelon5714]

Should listen to '1,000 Homo DJs' cover Sabbath's "Supernaut". There's a Ministry version and a Nine Inch Nails version bc both of them are in the band. I like the NIN version.

[@ericlee7385]

Hey, thanks y'all for doing this review. Hope you liked. And yes, when most groups cover a song, it's just them, singing the other artists song... But sometimes it's cool (but rarer) when a group takes a song in a different direction, and makes it their own...

[@ericlee7385]

Also, you guys liking cake, makes me wonder if you should check out "ska" genre... Smash Mouth et others.

[@davidmeir9348]

This is how you make a good remake. You don't try to imitate the original because most of the time you won't surpass it. But you can't also change it too much or it won't be recognizable and that defeats the purpose of the remake which is usually, done as an homage of the original. The fine line is to keep the basics but to make the song yours by incorporating your own style. Jimi Hendrix did that superbly and listen for example to All along the watchtower. The original absolutely sounds Dylanesque while the remake doesn't sound anything else than a Jimi Hendrix song. His remake was so good that Dylan bought the rights to it to have it played Jimi's way. Another great example is You really got my by the Kinks and the fantastic remake by Van Halen. You can totally tell them apart, and yet, both are exciting in their own way. Which brings us to Cake. Cake has a unique style that immediately sets them apart. The funky vibe, the slow almost rap-like style of the lead singer. The prominent (and excellent) bass-line and an extensive use of brass instrument in their songs. Case in point, their remake of I will survive which I like even more than the already excellent original by Gloria Gaynor. Here also you can totally tell it's cake. It sounds nothing like Sabbath, not even close, but the spirit of the song is totally here. I wonder if Geezer or Tommy or Ozzy heard this version, if yes, I have no doubt they must have loved it because it is fantastic. Speaking of remakes, there's a very talented guy here on KZbin who is mixing songs from different styles into one seamless one and the results are frankly astonishing. Do listen to his mix of Rock Lobster by the B-52's and Raining Blood by Slayer. The result is called Raining Lobsters and honestly, it is absolutely great.

[@Flesharrower]

Show me a band that don't understand the soul of a song and you get this.

[@whitegoldakarawstahh]

Dope ass track fam!

[@paulshaw9953]

They do a great cover of Mahna Mahna from The Muppets...

[@s.willis8426]

Mahna Mahna isn't from the muppets, it's from an old soft core Swedish porn film.

[@paulshaw9953]

@@s.willis8426 Italian film about Swedish sexuality written by an Italian composer but I'd put money on Cake knowing it from Muppets and I'd suggest me referring to it as being from The Muppets would help more than if I said it was from some softcore flick...

[@EdoAntRo]

BRAD IS THE MAN

[@jackmiller5801]

shoop by salt n pepa please

[@reedwilson64GTO]

Super funky special cool-love Cake Tenderloin "To late for romance"

[@JefferyWWright]

Best Sabbath covers are by Brown Sabbath, they bring the funk. Look 'em up.

[@jaymason480]

Are you two going to have anything special when you hit 500,000 subs. You probably will hit it by the end of this year.

[@Saladman100]

They totally cake-afied this song! Compared to the original it’s totally different. I love it!!!🎉❤

[@1574176]

Glad that you are enjoying the Cake experience. Give the song Sick of You a try. If you can use the official video as it is humorous as well.

[@nathanielcampbell3488]

That’s the first track on this album and a live version of this song is the last song on the album, worth listening to also in my opinion

[@reggaelion86]

Does Lex smoke ALL the weed? Lol.. love her personality

[@timlenard1646]

Sometimes when asking the original artist if you can cover their song (which you have to have permission) the artist may allow you to do it but with certain conditions, some may say yes have fun with it, others may say yes but you cant change it up to much and others may say NO, I would imagine Black Sabbath is very particular about how its music is covered...

[@ice-iu3vv]

you only need permission within a few years, 5 or something. this song came out 27-28 years after sabbath did it. and regarding changing it, thats only courtesy, not law.

[@kamojet]

I love this song. I like the original. I like the Faith No More version. This version has an "alternate universe" vibe to it. I feel like Ozzy would approve...

[@joehynes5452]

Always love me some Cake!!... If you wanna check out some Tool covers, try No Quarter(Led Zep) and You Lied(Peach [Justin Chancellor's former band]). They def put their Tool spin on them without straying too far from the original but they're very, very Toolish. I highly recommend both.

[@buzzbomb67]

Im still not convinced that Cake and Clutch arent the same band … just doing different sub-genres, with a similar feel lol like Cake is the Alternative version of Clutch, and Clutch is the the Groove Metal version of Cake

[@phoenixmichaels]

Not even a ghost or a shadow of the original. Guess I'll be the lone dissenter.

[@Zundfolge]

I had not heard this one, this is now my second favorite cover of War Pigs (Sorry, but Samantha Fish's cover is still my favorite ... rivaling the Black Sabbath version).

[@MyRoom_is_old]

The Flaming Lips do a good cover.

[@Zundfolge]

@@MyRoom_is_old Awesome, didn't know about that one ... I saw the Flaming Lips at a tiny little bar called Kirby's Beer Store in the early 90s ... have been a fan ever since.

[@kosiknosik9645]

you guys like Cake... I m there with you on that completely :)

[@nativepoet80]

Love the shirt lex!!

[@rayallen3492]

I've always thought the Cake cover of War Pigs has a cool groove to it. :)

[@brianstocks8049]

Hadn't heard this, soo much fun

[@MARSHOMEWORLD]

I am a native sacramentum or darn close to it. And I've always been blown away by how our local scene seemed to treat what we put to the market as one mediocre band after another. Cake was just so pedestrian and this is a terrible terrible example of this song. Best cover out there probably was the one that Faith No More did on their 1989 album the real thing

[@kellymarklong]

Y’all!!! Stickshifts and safety belts next!!!

[@geniousatqw]

Your music mirrors your mind For a great cover band check out Broken Peach

[@snatbiia5933]

Pls do the reaction to epitaph by king crimson

[@jamesbolton9752]

Faithful to the original. Had to be to work. Good job.

[@SwolllenGoat]

such a great cover great band

[@ElCentralScrutinizer]

I think Cake put the "icing" on this one ...