ORIGINAL ART! 🎵 BLACK SABBATH “Paranoid” Reaction

[@vonbass1300]

This is the birth of metal. These are the godfathers, the grandfathers of metal. Everyone who came after owe something to these guys. Arguably their most simple song, but still great Lex is so on it! Yes this was shocking to the first people hearing this.

[@Nosterartis]

You can see all the hippy styles and motifs in the background ahaha. The world was so unprepared for that first album.

[@raymo6795]

@Kalda Forn ..truely

[@TWANDTW]

@Kalda FornI always try to imagine how shocking might have been when they played the song "Black Sabbath" for the first time.

[@pyrmontbridge4737]

@Kalda Forn Yes, indeed. You have to realise that the parents of that generation grew up before a youth culture really existed. There was so much conservatism to challenge - in music, hair, clothes, drugs. Previously music was to soothe, not to excite. It was following after a style of singers called "crooners". No wonder there was a need to rebel. Today, that setup doesn't exist.

[@terrencelinnell4702]

Lex knowns what shes talking about, Brad you maybe recognise it because it was the first the original.

[@dragonmac1234]

Bill Ward is (in my opinion) one of the most underrated rock drummers. Sabbath's rhythm section (Bill and Geezer on bass), really drive their songs along.

[@richardworton4597]

Bill Ward is a drumming God, Geezer plays lead on Bass. Phenomenal band.

[@standandeliver8376]

I saw a "top 100 drummers" article not too long ago, and Bill Ward was down in about 40th place or something! I couldn't believe it. I'd easily place him in the top ten.

[@Zundfolge]

Ironically, Bill and Geezer are also the most under rated funk rhythm section of the era ... seriously some P-funk level funk grooves to early Black Sabbath. I think even Bootsy would agree.

[@outerspaceoutlander]

Imo best of "rock" (in commas because it is post-rock I'm talking here) drummers is Dave Turncrantz from Russian Circles. I'd line up him with Dave Grohl.

[@vicprovost2561]

Both Bill and Geezer are in my top 5 each for drummers and bass players, they are the thunder of heavy music at its core.

[@WesleyAPEX]

Sabbath was the original metal band. They started the galloping sound that is used in every single metal song nowadays and every single Metallica song.

[@shaunfoskey9958]

This band changed music forever. All the metal bands that you love owe thier existance to this band. The birth of metal is BLACK SABBATH!!! Ozzie's voice is just phenominal.

[@acebrockton1828]

Agreed!

[@alamc200]

Ozzie sounds very different here than from recordings only a few years later. I think he sounds much better in this early performance. I was a little kid when this came out but in the late 1970's my brothers and their friends were big fans. I was into different genres of music, more of R&B, soul & funk but I appreciate all music and used to hear my brothers play rock and metal music. Now I actually like listening to a lot of older classic rock, some metal and I realized I had some subliminal learning of the artists & music just from my brothers' influence. Love all types of music. Great stuff.🙂

[@fucdt]

alice cooper was first 1967. everything was flower power free love drugs and off to never never land. alice said they need a captain hook!!! sabbath created the heavy metal guitar sound.

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Blue Cheer is historically considered the first 'true' heavy metal band, and their cover of Eddie Cochran's 'Summertime Blues' is often seen as the first 'metal' single released.

[@acebrockton1828]

@@corneliusantonius3108 I never consider Blue Cheer as metal... Not even a little! Summertime blues is not at all metal IMHO.

[@hellopaulie]

I love Ozzy's voice. It's strange that a younger generation knows him only as a befuddled reality star with an obnoxious family.

[@davidcooley275]

So true. lol. Hip hop was 20 years later and well...hip hop.

[@Aaron-io8vw]

Ozzy is one of the rare people that is easier to understand with the singing voice even before Parkinson's disease(which whild he admitted he has it only this january, he has had since 2003)

[@maxpeck7382]

Sharon?!!!

[@jaredthomassen3635]

To be fair he was still befuddling without the reality TV stuff though Still gotta give him mad respect for the all of the dope Jams.

[@Divine1Right]

Yeah and they only know George Foreman as that fat guy who sells grills on TV

[@jameslam1759]

Considering other pop music in 1969-70, this was extreme. Birth of heavy metal.

[@fewwiggle]

Yeah, probably a very small percentage of clubs back in the day would feature this song.

[@snooks5607]

bars and pubs for sure

[@terrycunningham8118]

I dunno... Blue Cheer's Vincebus Eruptum came out in 1968, and that was as heavy as anything Sabbath did then. Listen to 'Doctor Please' off that album. Same thing for Baby Grandmothers, their 1968 eponymous album was heavy as shit. Listen to 'Somebody Keeps Calling My Name'. Yeah, Black Sabbath were there at the beginning too, but it's unfair to other good early metal bands from that time to say they were the first.

[@jameslam1759]

@@terrycunningham8118 that interesting. I checked that out based on your suggestion. As a kid born in the 60’s but really started to listen to the radio in the 70s, I never heard them at that time. Did you hear them at the time or did you discover them later, looking back?

[@terrycunningham8118]

@@jameslam1759 I was around then (born in the '50s). I lived in England until late '68, my older cousin lived in London and he was big into a lot of that music, so when I would visit him he would introduce me to new bands, Baby Grandmothers among them. When I got to the states there was some small airplay for Blue Cheer's 'Summertime Blues' and I bought their album on the strength of that. I've some of stuff as it happened over the years, but I was aware of some of those proto-metal bands.

[@Annonymous0283745]

"This is so original" Well, they kinda invented heavy metal, so yeah.

[@Zundfolge]

Technically Iron Butterfly invited it and Deep Purple named it. But Black Sabbath definitely polished it up and made it fit for consumption.

[@bevil4aday]

@@Zundfolge I think MC-5 may have a say in all of this.

[@loblit05]

@@Zundfolge nah. Iron Butterfly definitely comtributed tho

[@Zundfolge]

@@loblit05 Iron Butterfly's first and second albums (Heavy and In-a-gadda-da-vita) predate the first Sabbath album by two years.

[@toddstevens13]

@@Zundfolge And then of all bands The Sweet, out of no where, after Louie Louie and Little Willie, they created Thrash Metal with Sweet FA, in 1974

[@sandyhickey8236]

I was a teen in the 70's Black Sabbath was one of my go to listening pleasures. Nothing of today will ever compare to our 60's and 70's music

[@mikenastasi8927]

Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple & Uriah Heep were the core influence of the blueprint for hard rock / metal.

[@astonsfan]

Every song from the first four albums.........GOLD !!!

[@pyrmontbridge4737]

Lex has a wonderful imagination of putting herself in a different era and feeling the energy of it (when Brad said he could only imagine hip-hop in a club I shook my head). Paranoid was before my musical awareness, but it must have been amazing hearing played somewhere.

[@chadkrueger7538]

This song is what hooked me on Sabbath, simply pure metal.

[@jeremy0092]

Right on! Love some Black Sabbath A National Acrobat , under the sun and NIB

[@LordEriolTolkien]

Again, this was the world I was born into. And Sabbath is arguably The first True Metal

[@ReflectionTool637]

Agreed !

[@twisted2291]

They are the grandfathers of Metal as we know it. Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin combines and gave birth to Metal.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

Born in the Blackcountry ...to the sound of Drop forgings and bashing metal...the opposite of glam rock.

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Blue Cheer is historically considered the first 'true' heavy metal band, and their cover of Eddie Cochran's 'Summertime Blues' is often seen as the first 'metal' single released.

[@richardworton4597]

Sabbath is arguably the godfathers of heavy Metal. This is off of their second album. If you want to hear a song that really shows their musicianship try Warning off of their debut album Black Sabbath.

[@neillenet291]

I didn't know until a few months ago that warning is a cover. Originally written by the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation.

[@roberttaylor5997]

Try the whole album.

[@roberttaylor5997]

@@neillenet291 I didn't know for a long time either, but it becomes kind of obvious when you figure out that "I was warned about you, baby" makes a lot more sense than "I was born without you, baby" and also fits the title.

[@neillenet291]

@@roberttaylor5997 yeah I always got that lyric wrong as well. And I've been the lead singer for a couple of Black Sabbath tribute bands, LOL. Back in the day you had to listen to the song over and over again and try to pick out the lyrics, this was before you could go online and print them.

[@roberttaylor5997]

@@neillenet291 TBH some of the ones you can find online are full of mistakes too, be careful. Singing Sabbath songs in a tribute band must be a blast.

[@atomicwest995]

So raw. My favorite Sabbath song.

[@Kipperbob]

I'll be 52 at the end of this year, this song came out when I was literally a baby, and I've probably played this song on guitar or drums in nearly every band I've played in over the past 30 years. Some tunes are simply classics.

[@BrickNewton]

I love playing this on guitar, but still to master the solo

[@Kipperbob]

@@BrickNewton it's kinda fast but it's basically all standard pentatonic rock licks, I'm sure if you check it out there's someone on KZbin showing how it's played, if you just take it one phrase at a time and slowly add it together, and take your time at it you should be able to get there, KZbin also has a function where you can change the playback speed, a really useful feature for learning to play tunes at slower speeds until you can get them under your fingers, and then you can try playing faster than the normal tempo so that normal speed feels easy.

[@deadliestassassin3092]

The true beginning of heavy metal started with Black Sabbath.

[@terrycunningham8118]

See my response to James Lam above.

[@rubentullenaar2934]

And Budgie… Breadfan.

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Blue Cheer is historically considered the first 'true' heavy metal band, and their cover of Eddie Cochran's 'Summertime Blues' is often seen as the first 'metal' single released.

[@deadliestassassin3092]

@@corneliusantonius3108 If you wanna go that route then there were psychedelic rock bands before Blue Cheer that used a bit of that heavy sound that can be considered heavy metal. But none of these bands including Blue Cheer were full on metal. The fact of the matter is that Sabbath is the first real true heavy metal band because not only were they heavy but they had the dark lyrics and image and stage presence that other bands didn't have at the time. I would say it fully started with their second album Paranoid because the first album still had alot of blues influence and most of those songs were written when they were called Earth.

[@terrycunningham8118]

@@deadliestassassin3092 I'm not buying that. I you listen to Vincebus Eruptum you get songs, like 'Doctor Please' that are full-on metal and not just heavy blues. They use distortion and overdrive for it's own sake, there's heavy use of power drumming with little finesse, you get early samples of drum/rhythm guitar shred, and there are songs are written outside of blues 8 or 12 bar structure. I'm willing to say that Sabbath might be the first to put together a fully realized metal album, but they didn't birth the genre.

[@689moose]

This song has been used in a lot of movies, tv shows, video games, etc. Sabbath helped to lay the ground work for the harder, and faster playing metal bands that would develop in the late 70's, early 80's. Most of their songs are about drugs, war, mental issues, the occult. You don't have to like them, but to understand the history of metal, and where it came from, Black Sabbath are at the top.

[@Tennisman81]

Especially in guitar hero

[@jerryarcher1923]

Black Sabbath’s Sweet Leaf is a must.

[@djC653]

that whole album is a must

[@grahameveale6483]

No no that’s the studio version linked to a slightly out of sync video. This my friends is virtually the birth of heavy metal. All hail Black Sabbath!

[@pettyeddie2000]

🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

[@NeonNights80]

Ground zero 🤘🤘

[@GenZad]

Absolutely

[@tylerdavis9957]

YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT!! BLACK SABBATH ARE THE GOD'S OF METAL!!! I grew up with my dad a ozzy fanatic.. and now I'm not far from a sabbath fanatic now. Lol

[@sixslinger9951]

@@tylerdavis9957 your Dad taught you right. My nephews and even great nephews are into 60s - 70s classic metal and rock.

[@jackgilchrist]

Black Sabbath gave new meaning to heavy back then. This is the origin of metal, and the idea that "all that metal shit is satanic." It scared parents and little kids alike. As a young child in the early '70s, listening to stuff ranging from Merl Haggard to Doo Wop to the more poppy Beatles stuff, when my uncle put headphones on me and played me this, it dang near gave me PTSD. Lol. By the later 70s I loved Sabbath.

[@MistyMountainVideo]

What about Helter Skelter? Ozzy was a Huge Beatles fan. Maybe a little influence from the fab four?

[@brolinofvandar]

I find the song "After Forever" on their Master Of Reality album to be something unlikely to have been written by a satanist. Usually where I've pointed people who try to accuse Black Sabbath of it. That album, at least, strikes me as more brutal, in-your-face, Christianity, actually. "Could it be you're afraid of what your friends might say If they knew you believe in God above? They should realize before they criticize That God is the only way to love" - After Forever "You think you're innocent you've nothing to fear You don't know me you say, but isn't it clear? You turn to me in all your worldly greed and pride But will you turn to me when it's your turn to die, yeah" - Lord Of This World

[@catman2629]

Imagine the kids in 1970 like me , fed on Blues , Motown, Rockabilly , Beatles and nice 50s and 60s music and then this hits like an express train

[@pettyeddie2000]

I am so glad you were able to show this particular video. This video is one of my favorites and is saved in my KZbin playlist. This song ALWAYS makes me want to drive 100 mph !! 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

[@Zundfolge]

The song is called Paranoid, but it's really about severe clinical depression. But Ozzy ain't exactly a trained psychologist.

[@alamc200]

😂😂😂

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

True but hes tried most of the meds..😉

[@anthonyv6962]

I think Iommi wrote the riff and Butler wrote the words. Ozzy didn't do much of the writing.

[@MrDekasOne]

No it's a actual not about clinical depression the song is actually about the paranoia from taking and coming down from drugs in particular weed, Butler wrote the song based on how he used to feel when smoking weed

[@harryhager4128]

@@MrDekasOne Geezer Butler said "Basically, it's just about depression, because I didn't really know the difference between depression and paranoia."

[@sumeetdhir]

Black Sabbath are arguably the Band that invented Heavy Metal. This song was a filler and was written in 5 minutes but went in to become one of the greats songs with one of the most recognisable riffs in metal. Tony Iommi is a legendary riff writer and songwriter. Geezer on Bass is a legend on bass and wrote a lot of Sabbath’s songs. Bill Ward was a crazy drummer. Ozzy is quite polarising. Some Sabbath fans love him while others hate him and prefer Dio instead.

[@alsleet442]

they were the 1st what i consider to be heavy metal band but i wouldn't say they invented it they built on what Cream, Hendrix, Blue Cheer did and pushed the genre forward

[@gazt8926]

@@alsleet442 there was no heavy metal genre before Sabbath

[@brianstocks8049]

somebody prefers Dio, ewe

[@Laurikiwi]

'Arguably'? There's no argument about it

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Blue Cheer is historically considered the first 'true' heavy metal band, and their cover of Eddie Cochran's 'Summertime Blues' is often seen as the first 'metal' single released.

[@Blaze_1961]

Many musicians and fans attribute Black Sabbath as the original "Heavy Metal" band. Brad you are a lyric kind of guy and Sabbath just for that is worth listening to. Don't let the band name mislead you as when you do listen to the lyrics you will find out the are not dark at all... Their songs are warnings of evil. warnings of drug use and political calls to action which still hold value to this day. I highly suggest you listen to "After Forever" by them next, it may shock you. Also, for the love of God if you react to War Pigs DO NOT USE THE FAN MADE VIDEO.

[@Will_Wel]

Agreed. I hate when reactors watch those fan-made videos and think they have anything to do with the original artist. And they always detract from the listening to of the song and focus the attention to the visuals instead.

[@clasmaster1471]

Yeah I absolutely agree

[@JamoonXerxesSauber]

Think they already did War Pigs a while back, with the fan made video, if I'm not mistaken

[@juicesghost8501]

@@JamoonXerxesSauber Yeah they did that one already. Oh well

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Heey that's funny "After Forever"was alsoo the name of a metalband in The Netherlands 1996-2009

[@brushstroke3733]

One of the purest rock songs ever written. The lyrics and vocal are awesome, and the song just rips! Simplicity at it's best.

[@patches6309]

I get what Lex says about how different this must have sounded to people listening to this on the radio after hearing Patsy Kline, Sinatra & the rest? This song was one of the first Heavy Metal/Rock tracks following Deep Purples vibe? It must have really stood out on its own as an entirely new Genre of Rock?

[@MrBaronCabron]

I'm Ron Burgundy?

[@jameslawson2663]

That beat is all over movies and commercials. Most iconic riff in history

[@jeffmitchell72]

Such an important song (and group) for many reasons. The detuned rawness, the originators of metal, the iconic voice, the talent, the mental health message of the song, and the trouble they got into with one particular line in the song. They are a great rabbit hole of bluesy heavy talent. Very Earthy. Wicca Druid influences. And of course early Ozzy. If you like harmonica's go deep with a song called The Wizard.

[@BockwinkleB]

It's not detuned. Iommi didnt do that until later.

[@daviddemar8749]

Lex you are witnessing the birth of the heavy metal genre

[@roberthampton730]

The true originators of Metal!!!

[@didierchapelot5671]

Lex is right. When it was released, it was played everywhere and was a massive hit. It changed life of many youngs from my generation.

[@rong5666]

Check out, NIB(the whole bass intro) Snow blind, Lord of this world, just to name a very few songs from them.

[@HarborKat]

NIB or Nativity In Black is a great song.

[@Zubareffstream111]

This was so far ahead of it's time in 1970 and although Sabbath pretty much created a whole genre in metal, this song was also a huge influence on 70s UK punk. Punks who weren't really into metal all loved this song. That chugging guitar style and the sheer energy was irresistible.

[@pauljansen1137]

I love Black Sabbath....next the "Black Sabbath" song, please!!!!

[@MrDiddyDee]

That song has never lost it's impact to give me proper chills.

[@michaelgrabner8977]

that song was the birth of headbanging...no joke.

[@charleslinker2904]

Try some more Ozzy. "Diary of a mad man" is a great song. Anything off the album "No Rest For The Wicked"

[@thomastaylor9579]

hey brother i was just gonna tell them to do Mr Crowley live...so she can hear Randy Rhodes

[@franknabozny6062]

How about the WIZARD

[@charleslinker2904]

@@thomastaylor9579 Brad would dig the lyrics on Crowley!

[@charleslinker2904]

@@franknabozny6062 The Wizard is bad ass! Speak of the Devil album with Brad Gillis is the best!

[@sryther1970]

Or anything off of No More Tears

[@m000Theevilcow]

Raw and gritty old rock.. sweet. This track has been used in so many films and tv series that I lost count.

[@richardcurrit830]

"I played Back Sabbath at 78 speed." "Then what happened?" "I saw God."

[@denisepierce969]

OMG I was so hooked on the music of Black Sabbath back in the day and I was a little girl feeling the guitar and music back then I am 59 today and I still happy that I sold my soul for Rock and Roll then and now Lexy you get it Rock on 🤘

[@unholydriver4987]

This was just a live performance video, set to the studio version audio of the song. You won't find a "cleaner" version.

[@LebanonStorm]

This was the first Black Sabbath song I ever heard. Fell in love with it.

[@lordofthehornets3238]

War Pigs - Live in Paris, different lyrics, God level drumming by Bill Ward

[@saviusmiguelpovaluk3195]

Hello from Brazil! I discovered this song when i'm playing Rock'n roll Racind in the SNES videogame. So EPIC!

[@porflepopnecker4376]

There wasn't no "hip hop" in clubs back then!!!

[@TheCornishCockney]

And thank fuck for that!!

[@kennethv5250]

@@TheCornishCockney lol damn you you stole my line.

[@marvinc9994]

And there weren't any 'clubs', either: 'just' dance halls, and discos ! Happy days.........................

[@norrisfromthenorth1258]

Sabath are the godfathers of metal

[@ZebuNation]

Check out Crazy Train by Ozzy as a solo artist. The Paranoid (Live 1981) version with guitarist Randy Rhodes is the best version. It says it's "live" but its as good as a studio version and is the version they put on the greatest hits album.

[@MrDiddyDee]

This is the birth of heavy metal, an iconic riff. A lot of other music of this era was still singing about peace and love, Black Sabbath came out talking about the dark side. This track was on their 2nd album released only 6 months after their debut album, it was an afterthought, they needed another 3 minutes to fill the album, it was released as a single and reached No 4 in the pop charts. They formed the band in Birmingham, UK, the same industrial city that Led Zeppelin's (singer) Robert Plant and (Drummer) John Bonham came from. Black Sabbath got their name and style after seeing how folks flocked to see horror films, and felt if they could scare people with music they'd love that too. If you know of the TV show' The Osbornes', then you might recognise the very young Ozzy Osbourne here on lead vocals. The lead guitarist , Tony Iommi, after resigning to go professional with music, on his final day working at a metal foundry he had an industrial accident, chopping off the ends of two of his fingers. However it didn't stop him for long. After discovering Django Reinhardt's work, who become world famous as a jazz guitarist despite also loosing two fingers in an accident, Tony was inspired and determined to find a way around his own injuries. He used his ingenuity and experimented with constructing two leather finger tips and developed a way to still be able to play his guitar.

[@brianwilson9206]

Geezer Butler was originally a guitarist who switched to bass; he became arguably one of the greatest bassist ever. Ozzy Osborne on vocals. Toni Iommi on guitar and Bill Ward on drums. Check out their 1970 live video from Paris called War Pigs. Ozzy is lit in that video and Bill Ward is an Animal on the drums.

[@clasmaster1471]

Yes sir! Sabbath is so iconic and such a jam! What a awesome complete band!

[@Isleofskye]

What is this Geezer=Butler's first name ?

[@brianwilson9206]

@@Isleofskye Terence

[@brianwilson9206]

@@Isleofskye It’s his nickname

[@Isleofskye]

Thanks brian :)

[@hughjarse3808]

13 years old when this came out and my heads still nodding and my feet are rocking along . Timeless !

[@F3502000]

This was still that old format of showing off bands like on The Lawrence Welk Show. The hilarious part must have been the looks on people's faces seeing Sabbath for the first time!! 😬......😂

[@manomyth11]

They were actually one of the first to create the "Underground".

[@clasmaster1471]

This is the studio version. This is the real deal SHXT! This is the birth of heavy-metal and death metal by some of the most iconic rockers of all time! If you didn’t have the paranoid album you didn’t have albums!

[@kierstenridgway4634]

This is such a great video!! The drummer is an animal!! Btw, this is the sound that was intended, I'm pretty sure anyway. And in my opinion freaking Brilliant!

[@jamescrane2156]

Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin both started in 1968.

[@chaoticneutral3487]

'Heavy Metal' starts here, with Sabbath. Everything else in Metal owes a debt of gratitude to Sabbath.

[@sillyasiwannabe1222]

If Black Sabbath isn't a Full Stream Worthy Band, Then there are NO Full Stream Worthy Bands .

[@timisaacs5482]

The band is considered to be the founding of heavy metal, But if you hear the vocals you will see they are visionaries! They are talking about how history repeats itself!

[@stanstan7426]

Sabbath 4 guys from Birmingham England.

[@TonyV5913]

I seen Black Sabbath in concert in 1974 in Madison Square Garden and they were GREAT!!! When Music Meant Something.....

[@Jovian999]

The entire genre of metal can trace itself to some combination of Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. Sabbath and Purple in particular share a lot of lineage; listen to some Rainbow sometime.

[@Yvolve]

Metal has earlier roots in individual songs, like Parchment Farm by Blue Cheese and some songs by MC5. The horror theme was introduced by Sabbath, which gave metal it's own world, instead of just heavier versions of regular songs. Zeppelin was the most experimental, Purple was sort of a mix between the two. Blackmore played in the Deep Purple Mk2 line up, he left to start Rainbow with the then unknown Dio, who in turn left for Sabbath after talking to Iommi, when he didn't agree with the direction Blackmore was taking Rainbow. Blackmore then quit Rainbow to join Sabbath for the '84 reunion, which he then quit to start a medieval themed performance duo with his wife, who was a backup singer for Purple. The lives of these guys are so wild!

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Blue Cheer is historically considered the first 'true' heavy metal band, and their cover of Eddie Cochran's 'Summertime Blues' is often seen as the first 'metal' single released.

[@markyates1116]

Badass! Young Ozzy was amazing

[@LordEriolTolkien]

No, when this first came out, it was hardly played on the radio: critics hated it.

[@tracysnow349]

OMG! The slamming bass driving this song makes me not know what else there must be in life besides this.....

[@papacarl2002]

🤟🏼🎧🤘🏼HELL YEAH- Sabbath!! You need 🎃 Halloween play list with the first song “Black Sabbath” from their first album “Black Sabbath” … by who? Um, *BLACK SABBATH* 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@natevega6894]

the godfathers of metal. unfiltered, Raw, and Real. The goats and trailblazers of metal!

[@marksmith2402]

Paranoid is widely considered the first heavy metal song, was the their first single released and launched Black Sabbath along with Ozzy Osbourne to fame. Black Sabbath is the God Father of heavy metal and where it all began.

[@MadSlantedPowers]

I don't think this would be considered the first heavy metal song since they had a whole album before this one. It wasn't their first single, though it was their first one to chart. You can argue that they were the first true metal band, but the groundwork had been laid by many other artists. Trash Theory did a good video on the origins of metal.

[@marksmith2402]

​@@MadSlantedPowers that's why I said widely considered, as there's fun to be had arguing about who's really first, and it is their first single released in America.

[@sca88]

In the early to mid 80's I went to Punk concerts where this song was covered by some bands.

[@raldav]

Black Sabbath created metal music. I recommend Into the Void and Hand of Doom.

[@christian7951]

This is were all started 🤘

[@Will_Wel]

This song, Iron Man and smoke on the water from deep purple are the first three riffs most guitarists ever learned! Including myself :)

[@Non-Serviam300]

I love it when the technology of the music still allows the humanity to come through.

[@michaelkulis6008]

I know you did War Pigs but there’s a version similar to this one where you get to see how great Bill Ward is on the drums.

[@jimmorris67]

Live in Paris 1970 it’s awesome

[@michaelkulis6008]

@@jimmorris67 yes that’s the one I was thinking of. Thanks.

[@jeffsmith6427]

I could listen to this song over and over and I do

[@Dios67]

Original like the founders of Metal. The song has been used in diff things why it sounds fam, like a truck commercial I think.

[@kennylappin1231]

This is the birth of metal, scared the crap outta me when I was young , that's why I love it

[@Ed9870]

Ozzy. One of the greats.

[@cheezWiz68]

That smug smile of wonder on Ozzy's face says 'I think we just changed the world.'

[@SIXX2772]

This want playing everywhere LEX lol....this wasnt accepted in mainstream lol

[@simoncowell6571]

Live version of this with Randy Rhoads on guitar is unreal and you'd think that Randy was playing lead, rhythm, and bass with his ability to add texture and "fullness" or "richness" to each song.

[@brentgreen468]

I'll have to check that out. Thanks Simon

[@ultravio1ence135]

when she said this sounds so original shes totally right the birth of metal right there

[@rwfrench66GenX]

Great reaction! Modern day recording studios owe everything to guys of this generation! Les Paul was the Eddie Van Halen of the 50's music scene as far as guitar playing goes, but he was an engineer who worked with Gibson to develop the solid body electric guitar, which is very important as an instrument, but he went on to develop multi-trach recording, reverb, echo and a lot of other stuff found in modern day studios. Back then people spent a lot of money on home stereos (called Hi-Fi) so the record companies and band experimented with different ways of altering the instruments, the sound, making it cleaner, more distorted, changing it from left to right, front to back, adding in sound effects, subliminal messages, and it worked great! When you lack the visual dimension and you have to focus on just the sound you start to pay attention to every note, every word, and tying everything together to understand the story.

[@Zodd-pi8st]

World's first true Heavy Metal band. No one else sounded like them in 1970.

[@ditsiwt]

My youngest memories are this album playing in the background on the record player, while I was a playing with Lincoln Logs.

[@drew65sep]

Analog...love it...always will. Reminds me of the garage lol...Ya'll should check out the band "Orchid" if you liked this.

[@brolinofvandar]

Interesting story I've heard about this song, that it was written more or less on the spot, in the studio, because they needed another three minutes or so to fill out the album. If true, rather amazing that it became the title cut, single release, and one of their more well known songs, to this day. And, yes, very original in its day. For one, Black Sabbath make up one of a quartet of bands I think of as the bands that set the template for hard rock that followed. Black Sabbath and Deep Purple with the "wall of sound" approach, Led Zeppelin and Uriah Heep with mix of light and heavy. A very large part of the originality of their sound is Tony Iommi, the guitarist, and the fact that he cut off fingertips on one hand in an accident prior to the band. He has prosthetics on those fingers, and I believe he ended up retuning the guitar as well, resulting in the sound.

[@raymo6795]

...this is where it all began...Ozzy ,Tony , Geezer, and Bill...legendary

[@faceplantor5647]

This band and this song are the foundation of heavy metal.

[@geriatrixfpv]

The Ultimate sabbath song that made me a fan for life !!!!!

[@glaight6362]

Lex you got it. This is the original Heavey metal these guys invented it in the grimy streets of the industrial Black Country of Birmingham UK.. Lead guitarist Tomi iommoi had his fingers sliced off by a sheet metal guillotine. He rebuilt his finger tips and created his unique sound. His influence since then has been huge.

[@CortezHouse]

The whole Paranoid album is a must!

[@highjohnroot]

I wish I could listen to Black Sabbath for the first time again. I cannot WAIT for Lex to hear ‘Snowblind’!

[@andrewpeters6339]

This track still plays everywhere!

[@micko11154]

lol ... Lex: 'This is soo original!' It sure is, the birth of Heavy metal! Cheers!

[@mikenorton632]

This album was recorded on a 4 track recording system. And this was the studio version dubbed on to a "live" TV show video.

[@MrJeddYoung]

As others (Von Bass) have said - this is the birth of heavy metal. Black Sabbath created the genre. This is off their 2nd album - so i hope some day you explore their first album - self titled "Black Sabbath."

[@santoviola9361]

The Founding Fathers of Heavy Metal!🤘

[@Bowdon]

I'm a new subscriber to your channel. I really enjoy you guys talking about the songs and giving your thoughts. It's really insightful.