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#drumteacher #blacksabbath #symptomoftheuniverse

[@ptakleo]

Sabotage is one of their best albums IMO . Every track on it is a completly different beast. tracks like megalomania or the writ still makes me sweat after 20 years 🥵

[@justinhamilton9381]

I’m always dumbfounded when it’s listed 10th or something on a Black Sabbath album ranking.

[@cobrasys]

Well said. I don't know if it's their best, but it's definitely top 3, and Megalomania is also on my top 3 Sabbath songs.

[@pillarhood471]

Megalomania is INCREDIBLE

[@brezz6759]

Megalomania is fucking amazing

[@billygugen8104]

" The way I feel is the way I am. I wish Id walked before I started to ru to you..." " My life it started...long time ago. Where it will end I dont know...." The Writ

[@bonessmith1276]

Being a bass player, Geezer is like a God to me. Bill is also. Such a great rhythm section & they take it even farther. Sabbath is the best of Jazz, Blues & Rock. Creating the Heavy Metal our ears love.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup Geezer is incredible. Great team

[@jongoffinet8511]

Absolutely!

[@josephgiamella9109]

saw sabbath from 73-2015...geezer has in my opinion the fastest bassist ever..and iommi best riff man in the business

[@TheSpritz0]

AGREED- For a REAL treat look at Geezer's work on the Official video for Black Sabbath's "DIE YOUNG" the video is on KZbin, on parts of the song he is the only one playing- what an AMAZING song in those days!!! P.S. Message me after you see it YOUR reaction! (Guitar Player here)

[@mca7621]

What can you depend on? What can you trust? Yourself and the first six Black Sabbath albums!

[@Samadhi-101]

Just the first 6 in my case ;) I quite like #8 too but very well said. I love those early ones as much now, if not more, than back when I was replacing vinyl that careless friends had hash cratered. Cant say I was too aware of Bill's contribution back along. Now thanks to this guy I do fully appreciate the drumming. I'ts almost like I'm hearing some tracks for the first time. Hey, maybe concentrating on Bill's Drums I might be able to tolerate the Dio albums a bit more? LOL

[@62SG]

This is a band where everyone believed in each other. The drummer was not just some afterthought chap they left banging away in a corner. They all seemed motivated to give each other their very best, it just shows in the music. You can hear that they all want to make the song the best it can be, because none of them are sticking to formula. Bill Ward is given a lead role in this song like few other drummers were at the time. There is a reason that unlike a lot of their peers, the entire band is credited as writers on almost every song.

[@mikeg.4211]

Well said. This is especially true of Iommi, who wrote the music, and Butler, who wrote the lyrics, and were by any normal standards the great songwriting team, but there were no egos involved.

[@dylanadams1455]

Nowhere to hide in a three piece. Sabbath might be thought of as guitar oriented music, but what I love about trios is how prominent the rhythm section becomes, and the interaction between bass and guitar

[@mikekeeler6362]

Yeah they gave everybody Credit in writing so that everybody got money

[@wintyrqueen]

It’s hilarious hearing you talk about how Sabbath changes things up to different styles before the last verse, knowing just how much it’s going to blow your mind in about ten seconds 😂 🤘 It’s from Sabotage, 1975, by the way. & pretty much all the tracks are this awesome

[@1nittmo]

I've fallen down a Black Sabbath reaction video rabbit hole the last few weeks and it made me really listen to this song more than I had for years. On this song every member of the band is playing or singing with such fury that it sounds as though they're each auditioning to be in Black Sabbath even though they already are.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

LOL! That's a good way of putting it. It's full commitment to the whole

[@DaveyMulholland]

This is the song I would always use to introduce someone to Black Sabbath. An amazing piece of music

[@greekpapi]

Ive been a Sabbath fan since I was a kid back in the 70's. Their music never gets old, cant tell you how many tens of thousands of times I've listened to every single album...... In my honest opinion, Black Sabbath is the greatest rock band ever.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Hard to argue!

[@richpeltier9519]

When I started my path as a drummer in the very early 80's, my goal was to combine the big heavy beats of Bonham, with the insane fills of Moon. Then I realized Ward had already done that. Proud that he's one of the cornerstones of my style. 🤘🧙‍♂️🤘 Rich the Ancient Metal Beast

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

BOOM! Nailed it Rich!!!

[@amongtheliving2005]

If you haven't listened to "A National Acrobat " yet I highly recommend it.

[@dopeybrew7006]

Black Sabbath is my favorite band of all time! The first 6 albums are absolute masterpieces!

[@Iamadrummer]

Bill Watds drumming is from a jazz background. For Black Sabbath Bill Ward took his jazz skills and kicked it up a notch. Bill Ward said in an interview from about a year ago was that he no longer has the stamina to plat Black Sabbath tunes and is rather enjoying having gone back to jazz.

[@christopherstevenrankin]

I hope he plays the Smooth jazz at his age. Jazz itself, can be out of this world! Just like in Whiplash movie. That kind of jazz would definately give Bill a workout!

[@m42037]

When I play this on the drums with headphones I Fk up a bit, and sweat my balz off, Bill's jamming on some songs are like running a track. Make sure you got a healthy heart 🥁🎶

[@AntisocialSka1]

Sabotage, Black Sabbath = Defenders of Faith, Judas Priest = Somewhere in Time, Iron Maiden. The thing they have in common is that these are the most underrated albums of these bands while they are in fact their best

[@GD_DRUMS]

This song is just killer. Bill Ward goes beast mode!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup this is SOOO GOOD

[@mattsabath]

Welcome to discovering the greatest metal band (perhaps all of Rock)? ever. I’ve been a Sabbath fan for over 40 years. And you’re right, people get put off by the name yet this song and Children Of The Grave, arguably their 2 best songs are about love and peace respectively. Hails to the originators, Black Fucking Sabbath.

[@johnskerlec9663]

Agreed. When young, I realised their words were mostly protest about the shit happening then (nothing really changed even now). A great examples from SBS Looking for Today, and Killing Yourself To Live. So many excellent tunes by this band.

[@m42037]

Absolutely brother he's too young, at least the younger generation are seeing what real music is 🥁

[@pingamalinga]

Yeah I have always chuckled about that. After Forever is straight up Chirstian Metal.

[@adamhenton6221]

Am I first again? 🤗🤘 "You can't believe that your new favorite band is Black Sabbath". Meanwhile metal heads rejoicing be like "welcome home brotha" 🤘

[@somebloke13]

You need to listen to Juniors Eyes. In fact I need to listen to Juniors Eyes. See ya later, I'm off to listen to it!

[@craigryan3069]

You HAVE to listen to Megalomania from the same album. A deep, dark & disturbing masterpiece. As previous commenters have said, Sabotage is a superb LP (as are all the first 8). I've loved listening to Sabbath for over 40 years, and never lost interest. There is so much skill, variety and innovation in their output in those days that it still feels fresh!

[@crucify40]

Tony's main chugging riff in this song was a precursor to the thrash metal genre.

[@ejohnson3837]

This whole album is a masterpiece. You really need to play the whole album side because the songs are made to run into each other.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup that's why I like to do a whole album at a time preferably!

[@robdaniel3211]

Glad you finally got super into one of the greatest band ever.

[@brezz6759]

Ozzys cadence at the ending section is so goood

[@paulhudson563]

Stopped it after 32 seconds 🤣🤣 Best band in the world. I've been a fan for 50 years. Most of Sabbath's songs are like 2/3 knitted together because there are so many tempo and style changes. So bloody interesting.

[@seano2112]

Can believe you're hearing these tunes for the first time. We grew up on this - and we loved it 🤘😎

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I'm jealous Sean

[@toniprince4192]

Every time I listen to Black Sabbath I feel like I'm riding at speed, holding on to the back of some awesome beast as it whirls, dives and veers around all kinds of unusual places.

[@fracrolla]

Black Sabbath...center of the universe!!!! One and only

[@craigoliver3709]

The production on this album is outstanding,bill is on fire.stand out track for me hole in the sky

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup a few have mentioned that one

[@eduardomendesvieira2561]

Hole in the Sky is a forgotten masterpiece.

[@nickcardillo7040]

Thrill of it all

[@buddysaile973]

Sepultura does a mean cover of this track Andrew, and while it isn't Bill and the boys, it is a clearer modern recording and very much worth listening to. Love that Iomi accoustic sound, rare and raunchy

[@m42037]

Easier to copy, (this is very hard to copy!!) than to make up yourself

[@adam872]

Bill Ward truly was a jazz player playing metal. Totally underrated. Sabbath are one of the greatest bands of all time IMHO, metal or otherwise.

[@Roadking26]

Bill grew up in Birmingham, and he said he would lay in bed at night listening to the heavy hammers slamming the metal in the factories, and got this beat in his head from the sound of it. He also said his dad had the big bands of the day always playing. That's where he got the jazz influence.

[@paulwilliams4990]

They were basically a heavy jazz band of 4 individuals. Masterpiece of an album.

[@leddygee1896]

It's hard to deny the power and heaviness of this whole album. Sabotage is one of my favorites of any genre...

[@brochetti44]

Many gems to be found Don't skip over Vol 4. Wheels of Confusion

[@mattsabath]

Btw, I’m glad you did the studio version as the whole acoustic part is omitted in concert.

[@mikeg.4211]

Yes.

[@mojobag01]

I'm really looking forward to him getting to the craziness of Vol 4.

[@geogarcia4065]

There is one or two live versions with the end section.

[@khalid6762]

@@geogarcia4065 can u link them please?

[@geogarcia4065]

@@khalid6762 If I get a chance to look. I have seen at least one......

[@revylokesh1783]

You absolutely should react to Sepultura's cover of that song. Igor Cavalera absolutely kills it on the drums! It's one of the best, most faithful covers of any song, imho

[@KostasSasmatzoglou]

I suggest you do the album “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” from start to finish. It will blow your mind

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I will!

[@KurtGAndersen]

Agreed! My favorite BS album…🤘

[@z-z-z-z]

i love their first 11 albums: debut/1970 - born again/1983, and sabbath bloody sabbath is my favorite; sabotage is a close 2nd...

[@marcelo_1984]

Great, another believer! My favorite Sabbath record.

[@Meditation409]

Definitely Agree!! Ohh yeah! 🤣😎😎

[@zdenkonouzovsky6947]

This is proto thrash. One of my all-time favorites. Bill was great. Still waiting for your attention to Ian Paice though.

[@leonardoleo6304]

Ian paice is the buddy rich of rock. Deep purple is so much jazzier than other big ones( zep and sabbath). The quartet of in rock, Fireball, machine Head and Burn and the live álbuns( made in Japan especially) is fundamental drumming of First class

[@mikegoin6023]

My favorite song from my favorite band! Salute

[@justaguy6129]

Black Sabbath is amazing.

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

I was the guy who could be in a party , room full of cool people and pretty girls, good conversation going on and I'm sitting by the speakers ignoring everyone and totally enthralled in the music playing ( provided I was the one choosing the songs, which I usually was) . Black Sabbath wasn't everyone's cuppa tea but it sure was mine. I loved it then and I love it now. It's great to hear it being appreciated for the JAZZ in it which is something lost on many fans. It's Birmingham Jazz !

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Pretty stunning stuff

[@manictree5436]

The last three Sabbath albums with Ozzy from the 70's are the ones to listen to: "Sabotage", "Technical Ecstasy", and "Never Say Die". Ardent music connoisseurs know this.

[@Nissardpertugiu]

Especially as drummer thoses are incredible. Bill extended his playing

[@markwilliams6394]

I love Technical Ectasy. It so overlooked by the fans. And you get Bill Ward singing on it too.

[@manictree5436]

@@markwilliams6394 It takes people to delve deep and listen, like you. These so-called fans are trapped in a repetitive "first few albums" narrative.

[@markwilliams6394]

@manic tree5 When I get asked what my favorite Sabbath album is, I tell them Technical Ecstacy. They alway look at me funny but I know how great it is and they evidently don't. Those albums you mentioned are the best. Shows how much their musicianship grew. Was lucky enough to see them live on the Never Say Die tour with Van Halen.

[@manictree5436]

@@markwilliams6394 That's another thing. Sabbath was great on that tour. They even played "Shock Wave" on some nights. Ozzy introduced it as "Shock Waves".

[@backmarkerbob]

This album and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath are metal/hard rock albums bordering on progressive rock, and are Sabbath's best work - both well listening to all the way through every single time.

[@z-z-z-z]

BC Gaming - agreed. i love their first 11 albums, but rank sabbath bloody sabbath #1, and sabotage a close #2.

[@MrDeadstu]

You nailed it, 100%

[@kevinlundgren1169]

I first started listening to Black Sabbath when I was 8 or 9, loved it , and that was over 40 years ago , still love it ! Still jams !

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Oh for sure. Sounds great

[@mjeh1]

One of, if not the greatest, albums ever recorded! Bar none. Period!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

So good Mike!

[@jupiter7x7]

Great reaction-you were blown away. We’ve all been there with Sabbath!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Totally. Blown. Away.

[@jupiter7x7]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums Same here. Been a fan since the 70’s. Sabbath still gets me going, still amazed at their musicianship. Like others have stated, Sabotage is truly amazing. So many epic songs. My favorite album of their impressive catalogue.

[@fedemendezh]

@@AndrewRooneyDrums pls react to the NEVER SAY DIE album!

[@jeremymiller7932]

Bill Ward is a Beast ! One of my all time favorite drummers. He beats those drums like they owe him money 🤣. Black Sabbath, Forever the Godfathers of Metal! \m/

[@christopherstevenrankin]

That's funny! I ❤your comment! I agree! 😂

[@gregorybesson2341]

It's really nice to see someone who knows music theary that also recognizes the awesome power of Black Sabbaths music ! They are the best band ever !

[@nodaysback8390]

This song earned *Ward* the *Nobel Prize* for Physics. It was the first time he got a *haircut* and wore a *Tuxedo.*

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

HAHA!

[@finessemuse2123]

This was an awesome Sabbath track choice! It had a little of everything....the mid section and the end are my favorite parts. Bill Ward and Geezer, in the pocket indeed! :)

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

YUP!!! SO GOOD

[@Captain-lw7fx]

Quite possibly my favorite Sabbath track off my favorite Sabbath album

[@nykterion7]

Going from Dark Jazz Metal to an epilogue that it’s more or less funk, the theme of the song also, it’s a love song lol, psychedelic as fuck and you nailed it bro, your reaction to this masterpiece was priceless. Nothing more.

[@guitarstar717]

Bill Wards Unique drumming style has been a major contribution to the Iconic Black Sabbath Sound. Sabotage Album is a Masterpiece.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Love it Randy!

[@mafmaf6417]

I love watching reactions to Sabbath from people that really have never listened to them before. This album came out in 75. It is my favourite. Great reaction to the band that started all things metal.

[@SylviusTheMad]

The live version of this you saw was in 1978 (the stage backdrop was the cover of the Never Say Die album), but this recording was, of course, off Sabotage, from 1975.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

ah right

[@marketingTUNEUP]

The last switch at the end I've never heard Ozzy sing so extremely amazing. He was processed.

[@gandalfshakur8235]

No matter what we are into at the moment, this is a 5 star musical movement.

[@clownpocket]

They were always somewhat underground. Never played on the radio except Paranoid.

[@johnskerlec9663]

When they went into the end part the Spanish flavored acoustic and solo, that blew my mind as a youngster. Going from full tilt aggressive to smooth folk/jazzy ending. What? Awesome.

[@johnskerlec9663]

Who can do that sort of transition these days? Brilliant.

[@nonamel6377]

The tail end of Symptom of the Universe brings me so much joy it cannot be overstated

[@cobrasys]

Andrew, if you do do another album, do Sabotage (the album this song is from). Yes, Paranoid and Master of Reality and Vol. 4 and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath are all great, but Sabotage just hits different. It's hard for me to choose a favourite Sabbath album overall, but I'd say in terms of musicianship, Sabotage is their peak.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Sounds good Luciano

[@richdisilvio4591]

"Symptom of the Universe" - nothing else like it....pure genius...and the quintessential Heavy Metal Masterpiece.

[@Pwecko]

Bill Ward is one of my favourite drummers. I remember trying to follow his playing on the Paranoid album when playing air drums, while my mates were playing air guitar and air bass in our little air band. (It was 1972. We were 14. We grew out of it). It was impossible to copy what he did. He didn't just play a beat. There were loads of fills and twiddly bits that I couldn't understand, never mind play on my invisible drum kit. That was when I realised what a phenomenal drummer Bill Ward was. For a very long time, my favourite album was Paranoid, but I stopped listening to Sabbath for quite a long time. When I started again, about fifteen years ago, Sabotage took first position. It is a brilliant album. Symptom of the Universe is stunning. This sounds stupid, but it makes me cry. The intensity when Ozzy screams Yeaaahhhh and Bill Ward whacks the hell out of those drums does something to me. If you play more Sabbath, I won't mind.

[@markb.8756]

Not stupid at all. I almost burst into tears when I hadn't heard Spiral Architect in almost 25 years. Took me back to '74.

[@crimson777king]

The band Black Sabbath. Four mystic Christians wrote on mysticism, religion and the soul. Most of their songs covered love, the universe, the afterlife, reincarnation and karma. Also astronomical science and many other concepts such as human behaviour and sex. Four mystical musicians mostly completely misunderstood by the general public and media. As musicians, they were virtuosos, groundbreaking and influenced by the blues, Jazz and heavy rock and a touch of medieval folk. Musically irreplaceable and as listeners, we are truly privileged.

[@jpgduff]

'Christian' is doing a lot of lifting there, chief...

[@doublebassman123]

@@jpgduff "Could it be you're afraid of what you friends might say If they knew you believe in God above They should realize before they criticise That God is the only way to love" After Forever, Master of Reality.

[@stephenrobins5404]

Really enjoyed your reaction and analysis of Symptom of The Universe. This is the track that planted the seed for Thrash Metal, yet another branch of metal created by Sabbath. I could have really used your wordmanship and understanding of music in 1970 when I started my lifelong fandom of this super group and trying to spread the word, as for years it felt like I was the only one who knew how good this stuff was and its not as though I didn't have other bands to compare with as this was the time of Zep and Deep Purple and I loved both and many more but Sabbath was something apart and still is. The only time in any year when I knew it wasn't just me was at a sell out concert and my first was in 73 at the Rainbow. Contrary to your feeling that it was about the singer, for Sabbath it never was, in fact Ozzy stood at the side of the stage for years with Iommi in the middle, but even then Geezer blew them both away from the other side of the stage playing the bass like he was possessed. Then there's Bill, and fuck me how we loved him, there was nobody that did it better than him including Bonham and Paice and all the fans knew every genius stroke, with his playing as important as everything else from the band. All tracks are credited to the four of them and you can see why. What a story though, Iommi losing the tips of his fingers so had to replace the guitar strings with banjo strings or detuning so his fingers didn't hurt, Geezer not knowing how to play Bass so literally following every note from Iommi creating unwittingly a much bigger sound and writing lyrics as though he was a 9th century monk, a celestial being or a nobody and Ozzy singing behind time with a voice as unique as a Sinatra or Streisand, and not comparable to any other vocalist and Bill playing out of time (as he says it) and by the time they changed their name to Black Sabbath and introduced the world to metal everything was set. Sabotage the Album is as good as anything that came before it and you should review the whole album because it's a monster and probably their gloomiest set which reflected how they were at the time. The 9 minute plus "Megalomania" is possibly beyond belief. Symptom of the Universe is best appreciated when you follow on from Hole in the Sky into Don't Start Too Late and then into Symptom and sadly you missed that. You mention the different tempos employed by Sabbath within one track and this is a trait they had from the start and I've heard some musicians blowing their minds listening to Sabbath turn on a sixpence as we say in the UK and change direction completely. Iron Man is a great example of this or if you really want to treat yourself take a listen to the track Sabbath Bloody Sabbath where you can experience a tempo change from one of the greatest riffs of all time to one of the greatest riffs of all time! Two of the greatest metal riffs in one song! For me there is only one lineup, Ward, Butler Osbourne and Iommi and when Dio replaced Ozzy it was obvious that the Sabbath songs from Ozzy's era were just not for him, they belonged to the original 4, but just when you thought it was all over, Heaven and Hell!

[@springy-2112]

Well you said it all! I can only agree. And have a smug feeling! ✌️❤️🤗

[@bons244]

Another interesting song to dissect in terms of structure, and song writing is MEGALOMANIA.

[@TheGrouch2000]

One of my favourite BS tracks. The 'acoustic outro' shows their versatility. They did various acoustic tracks on most of their albums but here they slip the piece into what started out as a very heavy track. Just sublime. I bought this vinyl album when it was released in 1975 & still have my copy!

[@patjcarey]

Black Sabbath were always so tight. No one else was doing this. Andrew another epic reaction, thank you. I wish Yoyoka had covered more of Bill Ward.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup! She'd do it great. I might have to do another BS cover too

[@nettman42]

Best song by Black Sabbath ever! The energy is driven by the "devils" tritone, good guitars, and excellent drums.

[@dennisperin2989]

That is also my favorite Sabbath tune…Outstanding… 2nd Sabbath song i taught myself on guitar after Iron Man…

[@jinjaman101]

Imagine drumming like that for the whole concert. The energy endurance needed!! Damn!!

[@jackalope5589]

You hit on a really important point there. The name Black Sabbath. It put some people off. For whatever pre conceived notion they skipped over it. And that in itself was one of the things I loved best about being a fan. It weeded out all the narrow minded people . Glad to have you brother

[@markb.8756]

When I bought my first album in '71 I sneaked it into the house in a bag as I was afraid if my mother saw it she would have taken it away.

[@gandinisebastien9353]

Hi Andrew! Glad to see that you made a reaction on the studio version. "Symptom of the Universe" is my favorite Black Sabbath song...Bill Ward was and still is, in my view, a pure drum genius. Everybody still talks about Ian Paice, John Bonham who were ahead of their time, no doubt about that but Bill Ward was a killer...Great video and reaction, as always...

[@danielnusser8604]

This band is soo good. But nobody understands- its black sabbath that's so good. Together they are deeper than everything

[@Cliff_Anderson]

As one of my favorite black sabbath tunes of all time, I was just waiting for the shift at the end to see the reaction...

[@houseofshadow6380]

When I introduce people to the music of Black Sabbath, this is generally a starter or in the top five. When you mention Sabbath, people generally go, "oh yeah, Paranoid, Iron Man. Uh huh." Then they hear this or Spiral Architect from "Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath," and they come around.

[@terry7473]

Its Black Sabbath....I got them at home with a girl jiving off school and she had the new LP....Black Sabbath and when I heard the intro to B/S AND then getting into Warning as it kicked in From Sleeping Village...then I knew at age 16 i had landed....The Complete Package ....The Whole Ten Yards.. .Total Sick ...Sick...Sick.

[@kikivon3501]

Geezer and Bill were one of the greatest rock rhythm sections ever!!!!!! I feel they are right up there with JPJ and Bonham.

[@bernhardherrmann9230]

,... a n d, not to forget, THAIN/BOLDER ~ KERSLAKE (URIAH HEEP) ❤🎉😊!!! BERNIE GERMANY 😊

[@MickH60]

I've been listening to Sabbath for 50 years, everything on the first 4 or 5 albums are a lesson in musicality , pure genius....

[@mjeh1]

Whether or not you do it as an episode you NEED to listen to Sabbatage all the way through as intended. It is beyond amazing. Do it just for yourself. You won't regret it.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I will Mike

[@farmonious420]

I always thought this song was about falling in love. Dirty, dark, alone and depressed begining, a rolling heartbeat with the upbeat light of hope in the middle, ending in the euphoria of love. Great vid Stay Happy and Healthy

[@jongoffinet8511]

I picked up this cassette in the $1 bin at 3D (anybody remember that store?) 12 years old, had no idea who Sabbath was, bought it because I was intrigued by the album cover😁. And this is how my love of heavy metal started. Black Sabbath is hands down my favorite band. I’ve watched all of your Black Sabbath reaction videos, and appreciate the analysis you provide. Thank you, Andrew!

[@anthonyg813]

Bill Ward is that dude! My favorite drummer!!!!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

I can see why

[@PaulThoresen]

I grew up with the albums Master of Reality and Paranoid. I was very young when my older brothers let me start listening to them. Anyway, a few years later as a young teen in the 70s I am over at a friend's who had an incredibly awesome Marantz stereo. When he dropped the needle on this record I was completely and utterly blown away. Still one of my favorite, and just recently got the anniversary CD release 😉

[@blueh2o575]

Me too, same experiences, older brother, first 3 albums by age 11 then a young teen in the 70's when a friend shared Vol4 & Sabotage and I was blown away all over again. My brother tells me the story of how he bought the debut 8-track and couldn't believe what he was hearing. Shared it with his wild and crazy stoner friends in his Oldsmobile Super88 convertable and they all were completely blown away, the opening scene of a whole new music genre 😳.

[@PaulThoresen]

@@blueh2o575 Love it!

[@ianpodmore9666]

My future wife also had an incredible Marantz audio system and we played Black Sabbath on 11. Literally the walls used to vibrate.

[@MissingMars]

They had this uncanny ability to genre jump like nobody's business! Thanks much Andrew for doing this ;-}

[@nivrox95]

Geezer is not only an underrated bass player but also wrote most of the lyrics, which were so different than all the bands at that time.He was inspired by horror books and movies.that’s why they are the first metal band, it’s the dark sound but also the lyrics.

[@andrewcolicchio766]

From old head: Your commentary, (teaching) makes me appreciate this band even more. ( never thought I would want or need validation!)👍❤️

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Thanks Andrew!!

[@75yellowraven]

Whole album is fantastic!!

[@kenhewitt7357]

My favorite Sabbath album, pure genius.

[@isveryniceyes]

Still one of the craziest switch-ups on a song, the transition to the acoustic love song at the end never doesn't amaze me

[@peezdoc]

My uncle gave me the first Black Sabbath album when I was about 7 years old. I remember putting it on through my headphones before I went to bed. The first song, the title track, scared the crap out of me!!! With the rain and thunder sound effects. I thought it was the craziest thing I ever heard. But I couldn't stop listening to that album. I didn't stop listening to that album and all the others. Been a fan since that day. Thanks to my uncle for giving it to me and thanks to my parents for letting him give it to me at such a young age.

[@01Waller]

Simply a great song and performance. Bill Ward plays like a madman, the main riff is super heavy, the lyrics are bonkers, and Ozzy sings like he's just taken every drug he could get his hands on (which he probably did).

[@blueh2o575]

No better reactions to Black Sabbath, Andrew! You're really doing justice to this great band and it's a joy to see it. So glad you got back to the studio version of this one, and so glad we can look forward to another week. Please do cover the albums in order, if that works for you.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup I'd prefer to deep dive into album 2 from here

[@farn451]

changing feel and tempo as a entire unit without allowing a 2 or 4 count between feels is what's incredible. it's all well and good reaching the end of a measure, hanging a chord for 4 and then changing but to literally hit the end of a measure and drop 15bpm and go from straight to a swung shuffle vibe is something only really solid players that are totally in sync with each other can do.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

Yup. They do it regularly. Total band sync

[@davidvasquez8658]

I've heard that a lot as well. Hand of Doom & Fairies wear Boots for example.

[@queti9051]

Greate reaction as allways... i wait to see you reaction on UNDER THE SUN... other master piece.... cheers from Argentina.....

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

HOLA!! Yes I will get to it!

[@neilmurrell281]

Vol4 is my all time favourite album a masterpiece from start to finish.

[@JessesCustomDesign]

Bravo for recognizing Geezer. He also wrote all the Lyrics for Sabbath during the Ozzy years.

[@kennycamaro2361]

Bill Ward described Sabbath as a “swing band with heavy guitars”, love your jazz fills evaluation on the drums.

[@ejohnson3837]

You really have to had been listening to this for 50 years like i have to truly appreciate all 4 band members on this track. I really dig all 4 of them and cannot get enough. This is one of the greatest songs of my erea. The 1970' s that is.

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

So good!!

[@davesaenz3732]

This is why I like Sabbath, the rhythm takes centerstage and becomes the lead. 🎸.

[@danielnusser8604]

U say Bill has to work so hard in this band. But i think he is doing a labor of love. He is not doing it to make up for the band. Hes doing it cause he feels it. Loves it. Needs it.

[@JimmyRJump]

I bought the "Sabotage" album when it was released in 1975 and am still not completely over it. The culmination of a career where every release was a step 'better' than the album that came before. "Hole In The Sky", "Symptom Of The Universe", "SuperTzar", "Megalomania", all small masterpieces of hard, non-compromising rock. Tony Iommi is a RiffMeister and Ozzy the master of "Yeahs", while Bill Ward and Terry Butler are the most underrated rhythm section in rock history. Cheerio, warm greetings from Belgium.

[@michaelmaravigli3871]

So evil so dark...that was the appeal for me to this band and more specifically this entire album..sabbath were always dark and heavy, but this album is flat out scary and amazing over the top evil...pure evil 😈 💔 😢..love it so much

[@davidvasquez8658]

I can always tell what Andrew is going to love.When I saw Symptom was going to be the reaction I said WOW! He's going to flip.You didn't disappoint Andrew.You get me excited with the reaction as well. You literally rock!

[@AndrewRooneyDrums]

This was an experience. Still recovering

[@davidvasquez8658]

I love how you are a new Sabbath fan! It makes me remember that feeling.Especially you being a drummer.I play guitar but I can tell Bill Ward would make your jaw drop. I know everyone else feels the same by the comments.I feel honored to receive a 💓from you. Many more great reactions brother.