THE ORIGINS OF METAL? 🎵 BLACK SABBATH - "Black Sabbath" Reaction

[@unholydriver4987]

LEX: Oh my God, I'm in the back of a vehicle, with some , like thing tied to my eyes...ya know what I'm saying? Some duct tape on my mouth, like I'm blindfolded and like WHERE ARE THEY TAKING ME??? BRAD: I'm just thinkin' this song is in slow motion. LEX: yeah

[@albertgein3082]

She on another level.. Some kinda kink lol Love lex

[@ericnavarre4255]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@mikenastasi8927]

Brad: I started it on the couch and ending it on the couch

[@esellanta]

🤣

[@emdiar6588]

It's kinda cute when a girl is so obviously much smarter than a guy, but puts up with his Forest Gump ass to spare his feelings.

[@Annonymous0283745]

You have to remember what this song represents. Before that rain started, the world had never heard metal.

[@DominiqueVanheusden]

Except for MC 5

[@knightni73]

Or Steppenwolf

[@crimsongaming3986]

Or helter skelter being pretty damn close to metal

[@wilhelmfink7633]

Led Zeppelin, Steppenwolf and MC5 had flashes of Metal in some songs, but were mainly hard rock bands. Black Sabbath established the Heavy Metal genre and Tony Iommy started the use of power chords and lower tunes on the guitar to gain more weight.

[@AgentOrange921]

@@DominiqueVanheusdenthough they had a pretty heavy sound, id argue theyre more on the proto punk side. sure they were heavy, but they also had that punk rock "fuck you" mentality with "kick up the jams" and were the influence of a lot of early punk bands back then like the stooges

[@Nickel138]

This song alone created a whole genre of metal. It’s a classic.

[@bashbarti]

fact

[@Grobut81]

Debatable, but it was this song that tipped the scales and made the media go "We have to come up with a new name for this sound, calling it Rock just doesen't seem fitting anymore".

[@Easy_Skanking]

@@Grobut81 I think he was talking about Doom Metal instead of metal itself.

[@Grobut81]

​@@Easy_Skanking Today we'd probably considder Sabbath "doom", this song especially, but back then they didn't have these labels yet, this was the first time the label "metal" was even used.

[@Easy_Skanking]

@@Grobut81 Sabbath was one of the fathers of metal. There are specific songs of theirs that spawned sub-genres of metal. Doom Metal for this song. Stoner metal for "Sweet Leaf" and so on. Actually, the first time the "metal" label was used was for "Born to Be Wild" from Steppenwolf.

[@heyskipj]

Brad: "It's bypassing all my defenses." Finally!!!

[@vladtheinhaler93]

We got a head-bob AND the side-sway, clearly his mind was blown!

[@nickcrisp7252]

Was the Bradbot finally short-circuited by Black Sabbath?!

[@Will_Wel]

I was like, yes, that's what it's supposed to do :))

[@PHILLY214]

The devils interval will grab anyone

[@ericschmidt5510]

@@nickcrisp7252 LMAO

[@sixslinger9951]

I heard this as a kid in mid 1970s over at a friend's house and it scared the livin' shit out of me! Yep, this is definitely the origins of metal, THIS SONG kicks it off.

[@alrivers2297]

This song doom metal

[@monicajean37]

@@alrivers2297 NO, THEY ARE GRANDFATHERS OF THE ORIGIN OF HEAVY METAL.

[@Reno_Slim]

@@alrivers2297 Back in the day, there were no subgenres of metal. Metal was essentially considered a subgenre of rock.

[@alrivers2297]

@@monicajean37 yes they are, but this song is specifically doom metal. Look it up

[@bigyodatheman]

You realize doom metal is heavy metal, right?

[@megiloth3634]

Black Sabbath used to be a bluesy band called Earth. When they became Black Sabbath and played this song at a show, all the Earth fans were freaking out because it was so dark and heavy. Nice! This is the birth of heavy metal.

[@Ktownsvg213]

Black Sabbath forever!!!!

[@If6turnsouttobe9]

I still got my "Black Sabbath ruined my life !" Concert t shirt from 99

[@SirManfly]

🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@charleslatora5750]

The birth of True Real Metal.

[@alrivers2297]

The first doom metal song

[@module79l28]

Not only did Sabbath "invent" Metal but while they were at it, they also invented Doom Metal! :D

[@GregNickoloff]

...and nobody has figured out how to beat them at it yet.

[@kosjeyr]

They actually invented several sub genres of metal...: 01) Progressive Metal - The Writ 02) Funk Metal - Behind the Wall of Sleep 03) Stoner Metal - Sweet Leaf 04) Hair Metal - Changes 05) Christian/White Metal - After Forever 06) Black Metal - Black Sabbath / Electric Funeral 07) Death Metal - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 08) Thrash Metal - Symptom of the Universe 09) Power Metal - War Pigs 10) Doom Metal - Into the Void

[@jackhuffman9313]

11) stoner metal… planet caravan

[@shaebryant1916]

It’s just metal. Forget the stupid sub genres. It’s either metal or it isn’t. How can they do a sub genre when they invented the original genre.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

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[@Boatzilla2]

Brad: "What is going on?" Lex: "Music."

[@elbruces]

Literally every reaction, LOL.

[@markmelody682]

Has no idea what’s going on. Another airhead

[@AndyMmusic]

The riff in this song is based on a tritone, traditionally known as the Devil's interval! And the whole idea behind Black Sabbath was to create the musical equivalent of a horror movie.

[@westym8935]

you mean the song or album?

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

It’s based on Holsts “The Planet” which Geezer Butler had been using in the rehearsal studio to warm up. Tony Iommi heard it and tried playing it the next day in a slightly simpler way and the song “Black Sabbath” was born.

[@antonballard2212]

The song is about an evil book in Latin that Ozzy gave Geezer Butler their bass player to help him with any scary ideas - well after he gave the book to Geezer that night he woke up and saw this figure in black at the foot of his bed pointing at him - and this is what the bass player wrote- oh and Geezer threw the book away after his encounter ' bless you both

[@michaelledford4751]

A bit wrong bro,after geezer saw the figure in black he went to the cupboard he left the book in & the book wasn't there,geezer never saw the book again

[@algrudenich1827]

I always thought Ozzy wrote the words after Geezer Butler told him about a dream he had after reading the book

[@antonballard2212]

@@algrudenich1827 no Geezer did my friend

[@antonballard2212]

@@michaelledford4751 I've heard 2 versions of this story - thanks for your input

[@antonballard2212]

@@michaelledford4751 if that book disappeared in the cupboard Geezer would have left - I really don't believe that version - cheers mate

[@Terminxman]

This came out in 1970, when the beatles were still at the top of the charts, imagine that, and then you hear this.

[@devildriver9615]

Imagine writing this type of song in '69? What a classic piece.

[@princegiles9309]

It was written in 69 as a matter of fact the whole entire album was recorded in 69 LOL

[@korfrag6865]

They also performed it live in Scotland on November 16th, 1969. Imagine being in the audience hearing that for the first time!

[@seanhanratty9494]

I was just looking at the top artists in terms of album sales and they are no where near the top groups. I was amazed to see that since they’ve been so influential to metal. Everyone I know had all their albums. Such awesome music and so different and no one bought it like they should have? I feel like in a bubble. How could they not have sold over 100 million albums. I dont think they passed 50 million. WTF. They definitely have their place as rock royalty though and are far from over looked.

[@mikephillips8810]

Brad "This song is in slow motion". All of the Sabbath fans...just wait a little longer... Great reaction guys, a genuine classic song and that word is overused, not for this one. Really enjoying your reactions and warming to Brad's considered style, honest thoughts on what he feels which is what we want. Lex never disappoints, always some fantastic statement from deep within her imagination!

[@nathansavage4128]

The trance is the tritone, which was "banned" in the medieval era for being evil, or said to summon the devil. The lyrics are about bassist Geezer Butler seeing a black figure above an occult book given to him by Ozzy.

[@mikephillips8810]

Apparently from all the stuff I've read, it wasn't actually banned, was just known as being associated with the devil. Still, the musical effect is there!

[@footnotedrummer]

@@mikephillips8810 ... Adam Neely has a good video on this.

[@bove2k918]

Diabolus in musica

[@waltk420]

Those 3 chords devils trio it was called was banned in classical music because the Catholic church deemed it as evil

[@Silenceeify]

It was never banned.

[@phins6004]

That "trance" you feel is the minor key that the song is written. The key if E Minor does a trick inside a person's head. It activates a primal place deep down inside! Lots of rock songs are written in a minor key

[@bobbybobbatunday9959]

Since modern chord structure was written down by Ba"h and his contemporaries, that particular chord has been known as the devil,'s triad. Specifically in that key, but it can have a similar effect in other ones.

[@tonysimmons5729]

Or as the blokes meant for it to be, based in the blues.

[@innosanto]

It's more than that. You know how many songs in minor key?

[@PHILLY214]

The real reason is this song being in a tritone just as it's main influence

[@ZEPnALE]

It's a versatile key, but also kind of consistent. "For Your Love" by the Yardbirds, and "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers are both in Em. They remind me of a Mr. Miyagi line from Karate Kid: "Different, but same."

[@Alewifes_Husband]

The mental images Lex comes up with are simply astounding sometimes. Just like, wow I can't believe anyone thought of that! But it's still almost always appropriate!

[@elbruces]

She's got a creative mind, she really should get into some kind of art.

[@scottsager440]

And that outfit! 😮

[@paulsharkey6673]

This was definitely the beginning of heavy metal. Black Sabbath was amazing.

[@twisted2291]

Black Sabbath was a Boris Karloff film. That is where the band got their name and inspiration for the song. The guitar player Tony Iommi lost two of his finger tips in a accident at work before him and Burt Ward (drummer) put this band together.

[@If6turnsouttobe9]

Bill.... Burt Ward was Robin, Batman's sidekick.

[@Cadinho93]

You guys should react to… Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave 🎸🤘

[@Mr05Chuck]

My fave

[@joepaskowski9091]

Oh yea…that song genuinely fucked my mind up first time I heard it. The whispering at the end is just plain creepy

[@metalmark1214]

Must definitely, great recommendation.

[@jester3xt720]

I'd like to see Lex's reaction to Fairies Wear Boots...those drums..damn....

[@aichinagoya3486]

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath too.

[@Bless-cs9ct]

The British always make the best music

[@An0nymous_L0gic]

the most underrated song they ever put out. i wish more people knew this.

[@thevulgarone4]

Black Sabbath was gotten from the Movie Black Sabbath starring Christopher Lee. Black Sabbath created heavy metal. Years later Christopher Lee started his own heavy metal band and claimed the band Black Sabbath inspired him to do so. Homage for a homage.

[@jon-pauldupont5746]

This was based on the Mars section of Holst’s planet suite. The album is by many considered to be the beginning of metal

[@tonysimmons5729]

Good observation about Holst but if this isn’t the seminal moment in the history of Metal, what was?

[@Grobut81]

@@tonysimmons5729 That's a matter of much debate, and i've seen people make many good arguments for this band/song or the other. Thing is, this all came about at the tail end of Hippy music, and a lot of bands at this time were nolnger writing about peace and love, but about bad acid trips and the like, so a lot of this music was taking on a darker and heavier tone than before. So where do you draw the line? How heavy must the first heavy song be, before we deem it heavy enough to be the first? Not so cut and dried, which is why people still debate it to this day. This, however, was the song that tipped the scales for the media, this is where they said "Ok, we can't call this Rock music anymore, we have to come up with a new term for this", and that term was Metal.

[@tonysimmons5729]

@@Grobut81 I understand that. Point taken but this track has all the elements of what a Metal song should be. Sabbath didn’t copy anyone or actually give a shit about what others were doing. As Geezer said, “when we recorded the first record, we just wanted to print enough copies of it for each of us to take one home to mom and dad and say, look I made a record!” It was the music but so much more. It was not just dark but scary. It was by design, made to scare people. Ozzy said they wanted something the opposite of flower power music. It’s the guitar sound. It’s an excellent rhythm section based in jazz and the blues. It’s a loud and clear vocalist singing of fear and the unspeakable as an art form. Others had shades of what Metal would be. IronB, Steppw, Zep, purple, Hendrix, Cream, and some pretty obscure bands like Coven where on the back of their first release, band members are seen throwing horns🤘. They were all missing something though and heavy was just part of what they did. The guys in Sabbath grew up playing in bombed out buildings from WW2. They went to schools that were next to Metal founderies and the shards of metal probably was being inhaled into their lungs. It was an essence. A presence. A statement. Sabbath was really a loud blues band in those days but they had the lyrical content and imagery to create a new genre. Pretty much every track on their first four records would eventually spawn a new sub-genre of Metal. They were the real deal.

[@tonysimmons5729]

@@Grobut81 oh and just an aside, I feel like Hendrix tune PURPLE HAZE is really the first tune that could be called Metal but the term wasn’t connected to Jimi or the track.

[@Grobut81]

@@tonysimmons5729 You're not alone in pointing the finger at Hendrix, other popular picks are The Beatles, Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly and many more. I've seen people debate this topic many times, and i have seen many good arguments made for a lot of different songs and bands. Personally, i think it was simply a natural evolution, build upon the work of many pioneers who all had some part to play.

[@andythrush3341]

"By passing all my defenses" is what music does. If you go to a symphony orchestra it'll take you away too. Not a huge fan of the song, but some great riffs in it. There are a whole lot of songs I've listened to over the years that I couldn't understand first time and it took me several times to understand. If you close your eyes and let the music roll over you first time you listen, at least you can allow the musical presentation to move you. Some songs lyrics are overt and others covert.

[@russellmorgan5611]

Iommi said, we used to go to the pictures to watch horror movies and thought, if you can make movies to scare people, why can't you make music to scare people. The rest......

[@1936DodgeBrothers]

Finally someone explained why they created music like this. Hopefully other people read your message and stop saying that they were Satan worshipers and look at their music as a scary story.

[@drServitis]

OUR MAIN COUPLE IS LOOKING MAJOR FREEKY IN THIS VIDEO!!! Lovin' it! But Lex's eyes are gonna give me nightmares tonight, instead of my usual sweet dreams about her!

[@m.ericwatson968]

The Tritone, "Diabolus in Musica" aka "The Devil's Interval" in Western music theory

[@PHILLY214]

First comment I seen point it out! Good shit!

[@gj8683]

Never thought I'd see you two reacting to this one. Love Lex's impression of Ozzy's singing toward the end. It's "chill" in its own way, I guess. The guitarist, Tony Iommi, had accidentally sliced off the tips of his fingers on his left hand on his last day at a metal working plant and had to figure out how to keep playing, so he tuned the guitar down so the strings were looser, and he made wax tips to cover the ends of his fingers. That's part of what makes that guitar sound.

[@dukeemzworth3005]

"Black Sabbath" is a song by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, written in 1969 and released on their self titled debut album. The main riff of "Black Sabbath", one of the most famous examples of harmonic progressions with the tritone, was created when bassist Geezer Butler began playing a fragment of "Mars" from Gustav Holst's The Planets suite. Inspired, guitarist Tony Iommi returned the next day with the famously dark tritone.

[@chrisserran3524]

One of my goals in life is to release a song that makes Lex start dancing and swaying and they say Ooooooohh. That would be awesome. If Brad got into it as well, that would be icing on the cake.

[@NightKingJ]

Such an "evil" sounding riff. Love it 🤘🏼

[@Tat2Dragons]

For the piece of music that inspired that riff listen to The Planets: Mars, the bringer of War by Gustav Holst. Geezer Butler mentioned this in a fairly recent interview.

[@gregvergara7596]

Brad, "this song's trancin' me". Black Sabbath, "mission accomplished, MWOOOHAHAHAHA!"

[@Abraham0031]

The live version of this song ,when you hear Ozzy smiling/laughing as the Satan is awesome

[@jhamler1]

I envy Brad and Lex hearing this song for the first time, thinking: "WTF?" I also envy people back in 1969 who heard this song for the first time and must've thunk to themselves: "WTF?" Unfortunately, I'm old but not old enough. My first introduction to "heavy metal" was Motley Crue. Nothing against The Crue, I'm just saying...

[@JohnVanRuiten]

Yeah, that was me. First song I heard of theirs, cranked to the max. Today, give me some Jesus.

[@TrisTT-qe4em]

I’m with ya, Me and cousins, parents make up, leather belts and straps with spiked bracelets and collars air playing our fathers electric guitars and basses, we other the music blasting.. we’d play the whole album, drive our parents crazy..

[@mopar546]

the only Motley Crew album i would consider as heavy metal would be Shout at the Devil. One of the reasons i love reaction videos is for the reminder of how awesome it felt the first time i heard it.

[@BenLapke]

Yeah, especially since the album came out in 1970.

[@korfrag6865]

@@BenLapke Black Sabbath performed the song live before they released the album.

[@skyeditor1740]

Lex looks like she should be in a movie with those blue eyes. Too pretty!

[@trinitraveller2592]

You both look so awesome. Congrats Brad the trance you were feeling was the music transporting you to Ozzy's world of rock. Black Sabbath rules 🤘

[@lonbecker113]

The story I've heard is that the bass player, Geezer Butler, had a nightmare about a figure in black looking down on him while he slept. He told Ozzy about it, and Ozzy wrote the lyrics to the song. They showed them to the guitarist Tony Iommi who said that their music wouldn't fit lyrics like that. And he created heavy metal music to fit the lyrics. Their audience loved the song when they played it, so they wrote more songs like this. And so we get the first real heavy metal song. Interesting you just reacted to "Born to be Wild" an older song that refers to "Heavy metal thunder" an expression that I think comes from the beat poet William Burroughs. So at the time people were looking for something to call heavy metal music. And it wound up being applied to a number of bands that don't seem like heavy metal music today (like Grand Funk Railroad). But this is where today's heavy metal starts. Also note that far from worshipping the devil, here and in Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast the singer is afraid of the devil. In Black Sabbath in particular the devil plays a very Christian role of punishing the guilty. In the early Ozzy Black Sabbath, the singer is generally overwhelmed by forces that seem out of his control (like the war pigs, the government, the church) and he gets some solace from the idea that the devil will punish them in the end.

[@michaelledford4751]

Sorry bro but Ozzy didn't write lyrics ,his entire time in Sabbath Geezer Butler wrote all lyrics,not until Ronnie James Dio replaced Ozzy did anybody but Geezer write lyrics.

[@vicenteraira]

@@michaelledford4751 Yes, Ozzy can barely write his own name. 😂

[@CharlesEMurphy]

@@michaelledford4751 It's generally ackowledged that Ozzy wrote "The Writ" from Sabotage. It's to their former manager Patrick Meehan, who was suing the band and Ozzy truly despised.

[@Nightbreed82]

Geezer didn't have a nightmare about the black figure, he claimed it actually happened because he was studying Black Magic and the Occult at the time (note: studying out of curiosity, he was not a Satanist). I've heard Ozzy say it was a dream of Geezer's and I've also heard Ozzy claim that he himself dreamt it. I don't think Ozzy intends to misrepresent the truth, but he sometimes gets details about the early days wrong, for obvious reasons.

[@ryanedwards4512]

I heard George Harrison wrote this song while he was sitting in Eric Claptons garden...I'm sorry that was Fearless who he later sold to Pink Floyd..No,that was Gilmore and Waters.

[@bobdelp2023]

AND ON THE ALBUM ( BLACK SABBATH ) THE WIZARD JUST HAPPENS TO BE AFTER THIS! :) THEN N.I.B., THEN THE WARNING :) YOU SHOULD FOLLOW THE ALBUM CONCEPT GUYS!

[@revjim123]

This song is the metal vibe, scary, dark, dramatic. It evolved from this, but Sabbath were going for a horror movie type feeling. That’s where they also got the name. The band was called Earth, and they were a blues band. They were good, but England at that time was full of blues bands. They went to the movies one night to see a horror movie called Black Sabbath and were inspired. They took the horror theme, the sound of their environment (they were all from Birmingham, a city full of steel factories) and along with Tony Iommi’s recent injury where he cut off the fingertips of his hand while working at one of those factories which caused him to change the way he played guitar and you got metal

[@innosanto]

Yes the horror movie of music. In contemporary since in classical it was also before, there are classical pieces with horror

[@kevinsteadman7215]

Birmingham wasn't a city full of steel works far from it that was Sheffield it was known as the city with a thousand trade's

[@ianmarshall9144]

@@kevinsteadman7215 the heart of Birmingham was a grey miserable place , once you start to move to the outskirts , which were once rural villages before Birmingham came into existence it got a bit better , Birmingham screwdriver ( Hammer )

[@1968fordman]

The GOAT's of heavy metal! Long live Black Sabbath!🤘

[@czmax7652]

Glad you got to listen to that song one of my favorites in the 60's. You have to listen to Grand Funk Railroad so many great songs. you'll love that Rock.

[@philpennington826]

LOL Glad you like Sabbath but your memory's a tiny bit fuzzy. You didn't like this song in the 60s. This album was released in 1970. 😏

[@danieltiener944]

Yea not really in the 60s but the song was still written in 1969 and preformed before the first album was released on February 13 1970 .

[@czmax7652]

@@philpennington826 your petty Pennington

[@WolfFX13]

The music to this was used by Ice-T to open his 1988 'Iceberg/ Freedom of Speech' album. The track is called "Shut Up Be Happy" and features vocals from Dead Kennedy's front man Jello Biafra. WELL worth a listen!!!

[@asaprabbit8305]

Cypress hill black Sunday uses sample of the album through the entirety of the album 🙂

[@oldmanghost219]

Back in the day I am remember listening to Black Sabbath on the way to the beach. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"

[@murdoch691]

The birth of metal you've gotta appreciate the role that Sabbath played in the movement of metal they where and are still are the godfathers of metal fantastic choice

[@trollbane66]

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Children of the Grave, Snowblind - Sabbath has so many

[@wezacker6482]

You just listed my 3 favorites. You, Good Sir, obviously have excellent taste!

[@raymondrocha797]

This song is actually about the bassist Geezer Butler witnessing a demon or even the devil in his house. And it scared the shit out if him! And they made a scary song out of it. Brad and Lex, love your meteoritic rize to reaction superstardom! BLAST OFF!!

[@idorion4191]

While Sabbath may have influenced the sound that became heavy metal, it was Steppenwolf that termed the phrase "Heavy metal thunder......", He was describing the sound of a Harley Davidson engine. Which ironically had its pistons set on a 72' angle. That divides 360 into 5. That's how you draw a pentagram ;) Hail Satan lol

[@theguardowl]

Black Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe is an absolute must!!!!!

[@armadillotoe]

When this album came out nobody had ever heard anything like this before. What is going on? Black Saboth doing Black Sabbath. When the song speeds up, I see bat wings.

[@vicprovost2561]

It had a shocking, profound effect on all of us in my orbit in 1970 and all our parents hated it, one of my friends father broke it over his knee and threw us out for listening to it. Music did not play it safe in those days, they made music to last forever.

[@SoulsborneKnights77]

Black Sabbath is THE Very First Metal Band 🤘🤘🤘

[@johnwiesner6534]

No doubt. And this was the very first song to usher in the era. You can't beat it being the first song of the first album. The first time I heard this, within a week after it came out, I was picked up by my head, whipped sawed, thrown to the floor and the last chord was the boot to the brain. Did I forget to mention that I was under the influence but it wasn't alcohol. Have a good day.

[@satortenet]

Brad, it's the repetitive tritone riff that trances us. Fun fact: That tritone progression is known as "Diabolus in Musica" in music theory.

[@markigangl3376]

Black Sabbath got their band name base on the Vincent Price movie Black Sabbath.

[@michaelpryor8015]

Black Sabbath weren’t devil worshiping at all. It’s just so ironic how the created a whole music genre that some people didn’t like.

[@furiogiunta7886]

Are you being serious Mike?

[@rick5908]

In fact when ozzy was asked were the band name came from and what it means his response was what does the Beatles mean? They just thought it sounded cool

[@aulduronsmith5577]

The name came from a movie

[@spyretto]

Tonny Iommi has said they were not even metal so go figure. For me it's like heavy pop Paranoid definitely is.

[@ECxTheMaster]

@@spyretto dark blues! lol

[@cheenu711]

This band just created the a genre that literally changed everything. There wouldn't be the any grunge, nu metal, modern metal and prog without them. Even Eddie said he was inspired by Tony's sound. Tony wrote some of the heaviest riffs known to mankind back in the day.

[@dblyth5098]

Fun fact. The three note Guitar arrangement (tritone) was banned in the Middle Ages, because it was thought to summon the Devil.😳😳😳

[@Tonysmithmusic]

the genesis code of heavy metal. in musical term the riff uses the tritone, which was nicknamed the devils interval.

[@mickdarcy3063]

A lot of people thought Sabbath was pro satan, pro evil, truly they had one of the most Christian messages. "if you do it you go to Hell" is the theme of many of their songs from their career

[@faithcat7675]

After Forever

[@mickdarcy3063]

@@faithcat7675 I will go back and listen to it again!

[@mickdarcy3063]

What I appreciate about Sabbath as moral content is that they go after ideological hypocrisy, mostly but not solely through a Christian lens. I am a humanist and appreciate that what their stand seems to be is; they are against really bad people trying to take advantage of most other people, dividing them from one another and ruining them for the pleasure of spite, under the guise of a moral or legal authority. No valid creed, religion, philosophy or practice promotes bad behavior. A mass of individuals practice bad behavior. Perhaps I project too much, and yes, it is more complex than that, apologies.

[@jamesredman1263]

If you look at what Ozzy wore during this period, you're more likely to see Christian symbols than otherwise. Later when Dio popularized the sign of the horns (symbolically a sign of power over something else), he explained this was a sign that his Christian Grandmother made whenever she was going out of the house. My understanding of that is it would have been a projection of protection, i.e. claiming power over all evil. So, Black Sabbath remained a voice calling out the evil in the world, and small minded people continued to assume THEY were evil because they dared to do that.

[@jeremymiller7932]

Black Sabbath is a rabbit hole you cannot escape from, but it will be one you will not regret!

[@briandeadmarsh7538]

Sabbath's very first song on their very first album which debuted on February Friday the 13th 1970. Groundbreaking!

[@josetrejo1801]

LISTENING TO THIS AT 12 YEARS OLD BACK IN 1970 53 YEARS AGO BEING THE FIRST TO EXPERIENCE METAL WAS A LIFE CHANGING JOURNEY. I SAW THEM FOR THE 1ST OF 4 TIMES IN HOUSTON TEXAS in 1972

[@davidmeir9348]

You have to listen to the 1970 paris live version of War Pigs. Since you're at it, listen to Children of the Grave from their Master of the Universe album Supernaut from their Black Sabbath Vol. $ (great riff and drums in it) and my favorite Black Sabbath song, Symptom of the universe, a precursor to Thrash metal.

[@eyespyyourspy1328]

Brad and Lex my peeps! This is (arguably) the first Metal song. When you take the lyrical content paired with the way they tuned their instruments. It can be considered as the first time True Metal was made.

[@donkfail1]

My take on most of their lyrics: "Oh, no! Watch out! Satan is gonna get you if you're not careful!" They mostly use christian symbols and expressions to sing about how you should stay away from bad stuff. Especially their first album where this is from, so I use to call Black Sabbath a christian rock band.

[@davidvasquez8658]

There are quite a few lyrics saying God is the only way.Master of Reality has quite a few.Geezer writes them,Ozzy gives them life. You got the right idea brother.

[@andychisarick6879]

Love the intro, the way Lex said "so creepy" an INSTANT before the music kicked in & the REAL Creepy-ness set in...

[@johngardner4096]

The slow tempo is inexorable... something is going is to happen, and there's no stopping it, and maybe you can outrun it... but don't bet on it. Also,I love how fearless the two of you are. This seems new to you, and you experience it, eyes open and facing forward. Finally, I would recommend a similar precursor to death metal - a band called "Bloodrock", playing a song titled "DOA"

[@mojobag01]

I loved how both of you immediately got into Bill's rhythm.

[@sweett8351]

This band is all in COSTUME as part of their theatrics and music. Not to mention scary! If you’re going for Halloween theme later, then you’ve have to check out Ghost BC? The music is amazing! Here’s their song Ritual: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJ2Vd3h-p8SMsMk. ENJOY, and Happy Halloween!! 👻🎃☠️ 😈 I WONT LET YOU DOWN! 🤘🏻

[@ronaldmorgan7632]

Spinal Tap was the parody for Black Sabbath. So funny.

[@SeeJayPlayGames]

@@ronaldmorgan7632 I thought Spinal Tap was more of a parody of Judas Priest than Black Sabbath, but OK.

[@blizzardofodds4220]

Great reaction to this song. A fun fact you should know is Geezer Butler the base player came up with the riff for this song from listening to an orchestra album called "The Planets" written in 1910 by Gustov Holst and he was trying to play that arrangement on his base and that's how that song came about. The Planets orchestra arrangement was also a major influence on John Williams when he wrote the Star Wars theme song. If you listen to that arrangement some would say some parts of the Star Wars them song is a direct steal from The Planets arrangement. Who would have thought this piece of music from 1910 would have influenced so many artists in totally opposite Genre's of music.

[@richardworton4597]

Black Sabbath are awesome story tellers with just a touch 👌 of metal.

[@1970paulsmith]

First song off their first album, welcome to the birth of heavy metal 🤘🏻

[@spyretto]

Brad likes stuff with less notes because the music he's used to has less notes in it, after all modern music is getting more and more simplistic and uses less and less chords and that is even more the case with rap and hip hop. To be fair to him most of this older music requires a 2nd or 3rd listen to get familiarized with the melody and the style. At least you need to listen to it a few times again to be sure whether you like it or simply respect it for what it is. Lex on the other is pretty quick to pick up the vibe and get immersed in the song's atmosphere unless it's something with so many stylistic chances and tempos in it where she can't really sway to it and that is confusing her ( see Opeth ).

[@inphanta]

I’m sure you didn’t mean to sound as condescending as this reads…

[@Prosch23]

Brad: "I need to pay attention because this song is doing something." Exactly what Sabbath wanted from their listeners!!

[@pauljansen1137]

Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin...the holy trinity of Metal!!!

[@charleslatora5750]

Yes.

[@johnlundy6665]

And all three British bands

[@spitxfire99]

*Proto-metal

[@sooner9971]

Black Sabbath is one of my favorite bands ever and this is my favorite song by them.

[@cincity076]

I would credit "Helter Skelter" by The Beatles as the origin of metal music. It was the very first rock song with a harder feel to it

[@jamesredman1263]

Around the seven minute mark plus here, I hear some riffs that sound a lot like guitar runs in Helter Skelter and I think even "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

[@kapohimura8721]

Then you better watch Metal Evolution documentary

[@cincity076]

Any documentary on this subject would be based on someone's opinion. Helter Skelter from The Beatles is my personal opinion as one laying some roots in Heavy Metal. If you noticed I said "I would credit" that song. The history tab of Wikipedia on "Heavy Metal" also mentions Helter Skelter, although among many others. So I'm not alone in my opinion.

[@kapohimura8721]

@@cincity076 correct but that documentary is awesome very informative and unbiased, since it was made by a metalhead, and they go deep in the origin of metal music, even starting from before helter skelter, but one thing is a song with a harder feel, and the there is Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath, the whole album was the birth of metal

[@cincity076]

@@kapohimura8721 I guess we have a difference of opinion on the definition of "birth." By your own explanation of the documentary, they trace the history back even before Helter Skelter...but yet you call Black Sabbath as the birth?

[@chriscoote2690]

This song was the birth of heavy metal. You need to do Fairies wear Boots by Sabbath…unbelievably funky…you will love it.

[@alyssaheath4335]

you guys should react to symptoms of the universe - black sabbath love you guys😀

[@michazmic1]

Incredible! “I really gotta pay attention, because it’s doing something!” Exactly how I feel with most Black Sabbath

[@oldmanghost219]

I love that "What's going on?" - "Music!" Yeah, I mostly pay more attention to the music and often don't know the lyrics. But it is a good question, because sometimes we get the wrong impression like when the stalker song 'Every Breath You Take" was being played at weddings. It was years before I really listened to that one.

[@jacquelinemarkunas2458]

It’s one of my favorite Sabbath songs. It’s like watching a scary movie in your head. I love the feeling of being chased when the tempo picks up. SUCH a classic!!!

[@audiopain]

Black Sabbath” is still powerful now; as iconic as the opening of ‘'Anarchy in the UK'’, ‘'Whole Lotta Love'’ or even ‘'A Love Supreme'’. God knows what it must have sounded like to a generation of lank haired teenagers back in 1970. As the band bite down on Tony Iommi’s monstrous riff it’s immediately clear that Sabbath were taking heavy rock in a direction that owed little to its blues roots (in fact, the riff was based around the interval of a tritone, known commonly as the ‘diabolus in musica’ due to its supposedly devilish qualities). This wasn’t good time music.

[@johnlundy6665]

I'm 70, I was a long haired teenager back then, and I can assure you, it was awesome. Thing is, we knew it was good, but we didn't know how good, we kinda took it for granted. We didn't know it was a passing epoch and figured it would just keep rolling along and evolving. Unfortunately, music has been rolling downhill ever since. It's heartwarming to see younger people rediscovering this timeless gold ✌️💖🙏

[@ernestortiz4555]

As a former long haired, and current rock fan I absolutely loved this whole album. I believe this song was written about a nightmare Geezer Butler had that really freaked him out. For a look into Butlers religious beliefs you should listen to After Forever, you will definitely be pleasantly surprised.

[@ianmarsden1130]

Best reaction channel bar none. The difference between your reactions is wonderful. BTW the song was written about a nightmare that the Bassist Geezer Butler had.

[@seanbarker4610]

This was the first really Heavy rock song! This was the late 60's so years ahead of its time.

[@angelone1839]

What came first BS or the movie The Exorcist?

[@If6turnsouttobe9]

@@angelone1839 Sabbath did

[@seanbarker4610]

@@angelone1839 the album was released in1968

[@johnbemis1245]

This song is so cool! Thanks for playing.

[@SDMF20]

Not only is this the birth of Metal, it's the birth of Doom Metal as well. Basically every Doom band in the world acknowledges this.

[@TheColdrush22]

Awesome. Also, “the one with Ozzy on harmonica“ is the song right after this (The Wizard”). Love your instincts.

[@efakter1]

This is the very first song Ozzy ever wrote. Classic dark metal sound Such a great song. Creepy as hell but it was perfect for Halloween

[@RKSidd]

You mean Geezer Butler, right? Ozzy never wrote any lyrics for Sabbath 😉

[@CraftyKiwiLures]

Love the hair Lex, reminds me of Storm from X-Men, great song, Black Sabbath were intrigued how people would line up at a movie theatre to watch a movie that scared the shit out of them, and they thought wow wouldn't it be amazing to write songs that scared people, and here we have Black Sabbath with the rain and thunder and dramatic build up to keep you in suspense. The masters were at play with this album 🤘👌👍

[@JC-es5un]

You guys should check out “Over the Mountain”, from when Ozzy went solo. It’s a song about astral projection. 🔥

[@dannyespitia6804]

And for the first time.....Brad is experiencing the way music is supposed to be experienced!! He is turning into Lex! 😂

[@nortons7040]

That's not only heavy metal, that's doom metal!

[@TomvdVeen]

maybe? the origin of doom-metal aswell ? song came out in the '70 i think

[@nortons7040]

@@TomvdVeen sure it is

[@asaprabbit8305]

Agree, definitely doom mett

[@laudanum669]

I remember listening to this song back in the 70's as a kid (11-12) just getting into Metal it scared the hell out of me.

[@tylerdavis9957]

Yall should have done this reaction on Halloween night. It has a dark wicked vibe to it. I grew up to all of ozzy's music growing up. My dad was an ozzy head.. still is. Lol

[@E4drht]

Tony was a huge influence on me. I use to be able play along with him through the whole album. ‘Evil woman’ is a fun song to play.

[@johnlundy6665]

First track on the first absolute classic album. If God listens to music, He/She listens to Sabbath. Next try Children of the grave with lyrics. I think God whispered them into Ozzy's ear 👂

[@nonserviam751]

" . . . God, or whatever it is" - Georg Chistoph Lichtenberg.

[@toddjoseph1tj]

Song still Kicks ass still no matter how many times I hear it! remember being a teen tripping and listening too this.

[@JC-es5un]

From what I’ve heard, this uses the “devil’s triad”; off the top of my head, I can’t recall the intervals of the notes, but in medieval Europe, the church forbid its use because it was thought to be satanic.

[@dannymcgovern40]

Symptom of the Universe uses it too

[@SeeJayPlayGames]

You're thinking of the tritone; three whole steps or six half steps apart. In the context of this song, it is G and Db. A very dissonant interval, but it is a common misconception that the church forbade its use.

[@If6turnsouttobe9]

Devil's triad is 2 notes that are 3 whole steps apart...edit oop, I see I was late...

[@If6turnsouttobe9]

@@SeeJayPlayGames huh...I was trying to hear it without any instrument with me, I was thinking A and D#..... guess my ear's off.

[@JC-es5un]

@@SeeJayPlayGames Gotcha, thanks for the clarification 🙂

[@kev.dkev.d8712]

I love the way Lex let's the music posses her , Brad is so right it does trance you out