I'm "Paranoid" on this one. Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne absolutely has my attention!

[@TheCharismaticVoice]

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[@EbonyPope]

The buzzing sound is an octavia. It splits the signal of the guitar and transposes it one octave up or down depending on what sound you want to achieve. It sounds really crazy.

[@Dylan_Lanckman]

@@EbonyPope ​​a harmonic in stereo with a slight delay, and a different distortion on each channel.

[@anargyrosntotas5217]

Elizabeth, you haven't analyse Slayer yet why? You should try :"Angel of death", "Raining blood or "Dead skin mask" for example..

[@ingobordewick6480]

Don't know if you know them, but on another channel "GinxReacts" we did a reaction to "Fields Of The Nephilim" and Ginx said, that she would really like to hear your opinion on the voice of the vocalist Carl McCoy. The track we did is "From The Fire" kzbin.info/www/bejne/opameol3hcZmnKs

[@YouLoseSir]

@@EbonyPope plus its fuzz instead of distortion. Tony also had a habit of not quite doubling a solo or having two similar solos playing at the same time

[@audiophileman7047]

Tony Iommi, "the riff master" suffered a workplace injury where the tips of his fingers were cut off on his fretting hand. He almost gave up on playing his guitar until he heard about Django Reinhardt's injury in a fire that caused him to relearn how to play guitar with just three fingers for fretting. Tony wears prosthetic pieces on the tips of his fingers. His ear and timing are terrific as demonstrated on this song. 😻 Thank you for reviewing one of metal's greatest songs! Your insights are always marvelous. 👍👍👍

[@ilionreactor1079]

Tony also invented drop tuning, which loosens up the strings, making it easier for him.

[@mostlyharmless1918]

Elizabeth, this is the innovation you're hearing in that discordant guitar solo.

[@nucleargrizzly1776]

Rather than feeling sorry for himself and giving up Iomi tuned down a step and created Heavy Metal.

[@scottmcley5111]

Dude really is something else, isn't he!? No shade to Ozzy, but Iommi is the real treasure in Sabbath.

[@Imurai]

Step 1: an Englishman has a workplace mishap Step 2: ??? Step 3: music has been transformed forever

[@UncleD153]

Ozzy, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward. From poverty in Birmingham to one of the greatest bands ever!! What a crew!!

[@jezcuffy]

@ozzymandius666it’s actually in Birmingham on Broad Steet.

[@deantodd8103]

Well they did sell their souls for rock and roll. 🤣

[@TwistedThor187]

Geezer Butler never gets enough credit for his bass playing.

[@genenoud9048]

No kidding. You do t see many cover bands doing these songs

[@misterwirez7731]

He doesn't and he wrote most of the lyrics too. Paranoid included.

[@jongoffinet8511]

Bill Ward is underrated also.

[@buzzbomb67]

And Bill Ward’s brilliant drumming! People say Bonham is better… I disagree.

[@beatmet2355]

They’re basically (no pun intended lol) a jazz band and geezer is a jazz bassist. I wouldn’t be surprised if Paul Chambers or Ron Carter influenced him. I saw that Jaco P. and Jack Bruce were influences, so there you go.

[@joehutchisson3130]

The birth of heavy metal I can barely understand him talking, but when he sings, it's crystal clear

[@xyz-yf2kr]

Lol

[@inspectre27]

I just figured out why i like this channel so much. It's not really that you apply your knowledge of music theory and vocal science to music that may have never had that treatment, though that is really cool, it's more that you apply fresh ears to things i've heard so many times that i no longer hear them. You give me back treasures i didn't know i had lost.

[@dennypayne]

YES! like the comment about not finding the beat during the intro. I know the opening riff so well now that I don't get the disorienting feeling she's describing anymore. Same with Judas Priest "Victim of Changes" where the triplet riff becomes a 4/4 riff and the downbeat comes in at a totally confusing place - until you know it's coming and then you don't get that "WTF?" anymore. Treasures I didn't know I had lost is the perfect way to describe this.

[@johne2404]

Good observation. I think this is the reason all sorts of reaction channels are appealing. Check out Lost in Vegas too for this same feeling. A couple of hip-hop heads who are discovering rock and metal for the first time. Their channel's been going for a number of years now, so they are getting to be veterans of the genre, but always more to explore and I get this same feeling from their content as well.

[@karowolkenschaufler7659]

like the doctor taking on a companion bebcause the universe has become their back yard, but with fresh eyes there is new wonder and awe. and I have noticed that I listen differently to music I don't know to as well. I notice more details now.

[@eightiefiv3]

agree !! 🎉

[@edwardmunoz7853]

She's awesome 🤘

[@jannjordan3787]

The man when he is talking you can't understand him with his mumbling British accent, but then he starts singing and it's like he has clear and perfect pronunciation. That always trips me out.

[@floydkingi4364]

Saw them back in 2016, being totally convinced we were going to get ripped off with Ozzy sounding like a dementia patient on vocals. Decided to take my chances anyway, the show was brilliant, Ozzy sounded 💯 like Ozzy!

[@vurttv6415]

That's just a Birmingham accent.

[@metalmark1214]

A popular Black Sabbath song that was meant to be a filler song for the album. War Pigs was originally the album title and changed to Paranoid. Geezer Butler told Guitar World magazine, March 2004, "The song 'Paranoid' was written as an afterthought. We basically needed a 3-minute filler for the album, and Tony came up with the riff. I quickly did the lyrics, and Ozzy was reading them as he was singing."

[@SylviusTheMad]

Geezer even admits the lyrics don't make any sense. He didn't really know what paranoia was, and conflated it with depression.

[@cabobs2000]

He is basically just reading the lyrics isn't he.

[@niclasvestman]

@metalmark1214 I heard the same story, and for me it is the reason to why Ozzy seems to often slightly lagg behind in the phrasing/rhythm, or at least being a bit off, besides the syncopation. But at the same time, it is what makes it so awesome. Perfect imperfections. And the added delay/echo on Ozzy's voice further messes with the perception of his timing. 😎🤘 Basically learning the lyrics on the spot while recording in a few takes, would for most of us naturally lead to being slightly behind. Not sure if that applies to Ozzy as well since he is such an amazing singer.... 🤷

[@durangodave]

Love Hurts (Nazareth) was also a filler they did on a moments notice and like Paranoid was not envisioned to be so very popular. 😁

[@janandersson9411]

@@durangodaveWell… Love hurts is an older song that Nazareth made a cover of. Was it the Everly Brothers? Not sure, but Gram Parsons recorded it with Emmylou Harris prior to Nazareth.

[@TonyHavenMusic]

An Ozzy interview on this channel would be absolutely incredible, he always gets asked about drugs and regrets and legal issues, I’d love to hear him just talk about his passion for singing his entire life

[@scottmcley5111]

*With subtitles

[@grilledspaghetti]

Oh hell yes.

[@deanb61]

I'm a brummie, and I can't understand a work he says :)

[@roichir7699]

@@scottmcley5111 And subtitles for the subtitles.

[@brendantoungate8287]

I don't know how much he'd have to say; he was never particularly technical in his approach to music. Honestly, Tony Iommi would be the more interesting interview, discussing all of the different singers in Sabbath and how he worked with them (Ozzy, Dio, Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, etc.).

[@Damien.Young46]

Best thing about this video.. is Ozzys smile.. you can see he loves it.. it's what he was meant to do ..long live Ozzy Osbourne

[@davidgessin-mccully3919]

When Ozzy was debating on whether he’d perform anymore he credits Post Malone as being his inspiration to continue and on the collab live video for Take What You Want you can see that smile just beaming from Ozzy’s face it was great to see again.

[@grilledspaghetti]

Right after singing "I am frowning all the time" they cut to him smiling that big grin. Sorry if weird, but typical Ozzy.

[@scottstevens7639]

That buzzing sound during the guitar solo sounds a lot like a blown amp speaker to my ears…

[@tsmartin]

He's grinning probably because he knows he is lip syncing to the studio track and going along with the joke.

[@Damien.Young46]

@@tsmartin yea that must be why he always smiles during his concerts too

[@jona7504]

My beautiful partner, whilst I was suffering from depression, would say to me when I was going through it, go and listen to your music. Take some time out and just listen your music, and later I realized that if I hadn't been listening to music I would get very low. So she would send me off by myself to just binge on my favorite songs and I would feel better. Often times before I realized I was in a funk, and it would lift me out of it. A powerful realization that helped me get out of the depths of depression

[@Cadinho93]

"We recorded the whole thing (the album) in about 2 or 3 days, live in the studio. The song "Paranoid" was written as an afterthought. We basically needed a 3 minute filler for the album and Tony came up with the riff. I quickly did the lyrics and Ozzy was reading them as he was singing." -Geezer Butler (bass) Without a doubt one of the greatest rock songs ever written, especially since it was completely spontaneous.

[@LN-Lifer]

Yeah but as a cynic I rarely believe these stories Every band has a similar story

[@time3947]

Hey Elizabeth, Tim the guitar player here with some more insights for you. The effect you are hearing on the guitar solo is called a 'ring modulator'. What it is doing is taking the original guitar solo audio signal and creating a carrier wave to go with it. This creates the dissonant effect. Then it is multiplying these signal to play them against each other and, depending upon how the effect 's controls are set' it is causing some signals to be cancelled out, thus creating this fuzzy chaos. The second signal sounds like it is set an octave lower than the original guitar signal. Hope that helps, Cheers, Tim

[@ggreig]

The only thing that could be added here, for people who've been exposed to it, is that the Dalek voice effect is achieved using a ring modulator.

[@modernmedeamedia]

Correct. The ring modulator was used on Ozzy’s Iron Man vocals too. Iommi always said he didn’t care for the effect in the solo.

And this is very much how grunge was influenced. The musical idea is to create as much dissonance as possible with the ugliest chord combinations, then resolve them.

[@edwardmunoz7853]

Idk what you said but it sounds fkn cool 🤘

[@davidg4288]

I was looking for this comment. It's ring modulation, as you said. In the radio world it's called single or double sideband modulation. It's still used by amateur radio operators and CB hobbyists. Incorrectly tuned single sideband destroys the harmonic structure of music such that notes and harmonics are no longer multiples of one another rendering music completely unintelligible but still leaving the spoken word understandable. Ring modulation can be applied to an electronic instrument using a "stomp box" designed for the purpose, just like a fuzz box (distortion generator) or wah pedal (variable bandpass filter). Analog ring modulators were available 50 years ago, but they were expensive. Synthesizers could of course generate the effect internally. Used gently ring modulation could produce a beautiful haunting tremolo, used in the extreme they produce jarring dissonant noise. Acoustic instruments mostly produce even multiple overtones except for things like bells and gongs.

[@gregbrayman]

Ozzy has an amazing voice. It’s so unique it sounds like no one else

[@buddhamack1491]

Yep. Doesn't have to be the most technically great voice but no one else could sing his songs and sound as good. I like when singers utilize their unique sound instead of trying to sound like everyone else.

[@shanester1832]

It's piercing & high pitched yet full bodied and smooth. The perfect tone to cut through the band's downtuned leviathon sound. There is nobody that sounds like he does. His ability to find a vocal melody to interweave with, what's actually quite unusual music, is top tier.

[@its1ofthosedays562]

Agreed. Him and Lemmy will never be duplicated. Their voices are/were (RIP Lemmy) so unique.

[@phillsmith9255]

Ozzy's voice matches the music perfectly, it's like hand in glove.

[@GrimlyFandango]

my mother suffers fromn dementia, her short term memory is only minutes, but i can play most songs from the 60s and she will know every word and sing along, so yes i believe music is great for mental health

[@TimelessjewelbyDebra]

My husband is the same way

[@Wolfsblood1138]

My father had alzheimers. He didn't know who anyone around him was, including family but he could sing the songs he sang in church choir on pitch. Music is magic. ❤ Music is life. ❤

[@Gary-zt9cp]

In the Bob Newhart episode, on NCIS, Bob's character suffered from this. I won't spoil it, but a great watch.

[@buddhamack1491]

Yes it definitely is. It's a recognized therapy now for people with Alzheimer's, dementia and some other things to do with the brain. Does it help her memory if you speak with her after she has listened to the music? There's a number of documentaries on YT showing them using music therapy to help people, it's amazing how well it works

[@krispypriest5116]

NICE!!!! Music is magical!!! Hope your Mom is doing good (and everyone else in the thread).

[@v2gbob]

Black Sabbath was light years ahead of most bands of the era. And, unsurprisingly, their music holds up well today.

[@EbonyPope]

The buzzing sound is an octavia. It splits the signal of the guitar and transposes it one octave up or down depending on what sound you want to achieve. It sounds really crazy.

[@louismarina7225]

Sounds like it is also heavily ring modulated

[@booneh]

@@louismarina7225 That’s an artifact of analog octave effects. The more complex your sound wave is (like when you bend notes), the more harmonics are being generated, causing intermodulation that leads to sidebanding, which is what ring modulation is also doing.

[@andychisarick6879]

An octavia- is that what's sounding kind of like razor blades? There's a Zappa song I can't remember the title, but Dweezil Zappa, in an interview for his Zappa does Zappa album, talks about Frank playing a song & it really DID sound like razor blades. I mean a hundred times more than here, so I wonder if Zappa used an octavia too. Don't suppose you know WHAT the heck I'm talking about...I gotta go find that song. Picture, uh, w/ your ears, Frank Zappa jamming w/ a razor blade instead of a pick. Anyway thanks for the insight, if I can find that song I'll let you know, I'm sure you'd love it

[@kostaskritsilas2681]

I have always thought this was a fuzz effect. Considering that this is from 1970, were Octavia’s even out? I know fuzz boxes were (like the famous Dallas Arbiter Fuzz face).

[@danshepard5083]

@@kostaskritsilas2681 Based on a pedal created for Hendrix (He called the Octavia) The Octavia came out mid 1970s, after Hendrix's death. That's pretty tight timing for Black Sabbath to have it in the Studio in time to record Paranoid (Released August 1970) using it.

[@MrUnsolvedMystery]

The birth of metal!Hard to believe this song is almost 55 years old since it’s release

[@ryancampbell2192]

I always loved that right after the line "people think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time..." he immediately starts smiling 😂

[@TooMuchBSToo]

He's like "shit shit gotta look normal"

[@theodosios2615]

For years I thought he was saying "because I am from another time."

[@robmitchell3039]

I think a lot of metal fans (of course metal didn't really exist, but their music was definitely different from everything else out there, and they drew different fans than other bands) can kinda relate to being thought weird, or crazy, or not smiking enough. And I think Ozzy has always been aware of that.

[@HunterVR58]

I like what you said about how much music means to us, and our reactions to hearing it. I've always felt that way, and listening to music is still one of the most important things in life to me. (I'm 66 now). My wife died in 2008, I think it was a month or two where I often sat in stunned silence, and didn't even listen music. Then one day I just started playing it again, and I try to play it every day. I listen to it louder than anyone around me can stand, so that limits me, but I still do what I can.

[@Doom1491]

The first 4 songs of the Paranoid Album are the best Intro to a Metal Album ever

[@brianstack183]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@hannahstevenson27]

Led zeppelin 1 has the best first track of any album ever. And yes they’re labelled metal and blues And it’s correct

[@pleaseshutup7053]

@@hannahstevenson27no

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

I agree!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@C4L3D0N]

And the last four tracks are the best way to end a metal album.

[@philipoconnell6413]

I think you have wrecked me for any other analysis out there. Your in-depth detailed explanation of vocals and joyful discovery of great music is unmatched.

[@antivanti]

I love that because they didn't really know anything about recording an album they basically just went in, played the songs live in the studio and that was it. It gives it a really organic energy sort of like a really good live album can have

[@lamer6767]

this song helped so many brains I don't have any figures but just speaking as a metalhead, black sabbath has saved lives

[@OLDSCHOOLROGUE]

Without a doubt! 😊😊😊🥰🥰🥰

[@Out_of_My_Head]

Bill Ward is an underrated drummer. His drumming really helped frame the songs in subtle ways.

[@xyz-yf2kr]

Bill to Sabbath is like Bill to Yes. The Bills are just excellent.

[@815scorpius7]

"Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry" always reminded me of someone being bullied. Also, people thought he said "I tell you to end your life I wish I could but it's too late" but he says "enjoy life"

[@debbylou5729]

Really? I don’t get that at all. It sounds like someone wanting to connect but others find what he says is funny…..not taking him seriously

[@brycehadley9017]

Ozzy was asked in court why he wrote the lyrics "I tell you to end your life, I wish I could, but it too late". Once he realized what song they meant he explained it was "I tell you to ENJOY life, I wish I could..." They also misheard "occupy my brain" as "blow my brain" in accusing him of promoting suicide.

[@metalmark1214]

Tony Iommi is properly named "riff master"

[@szeleddie]

RIFF GOD!!!

[@donnaallen4925]

OMG The passion I see in your eyes and face is how I felt listening to this music over the years .....each time. BRAVO

[@donnysarian]

Elizabeth, you are amazing! I've been listening to this album since the day it was released and your analysis bring new insights that I've never thought of before. And, that's what's so great about your natural aptitude for analysis. I always look forward to hearing your take on every new video you post and I want to thank you. ❣

[@silverjaw138]

Ozzy doesn’t get enough credit for his actual singing ability. It’s raw, unique, powerful and like she said, his pitch is always excellent. Legend

[@lucky7-1-1]

OMG one of my favorite songs by Sabbath and off of my favorite album by him . I have to say my favorite song off that album is ferries wear boots . Love that song . But I know you are gonna love paranoid Elizabeth ❣️ . Rock and roll forever girl 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️

[@alexandrorocca7142]

I never really paid attention to the lyrics, but now I realize this song is about mental health. The music may be aggressive, but the same lyrics could easily fit a country song. So many people were prejudiced against hard rock or metal just because of the band names or imagery, but most of the songs are actually insightful and still relevant.

[@drlukewhite]

I think I'd like to hear the Country version!

[@trespire]

If Bach were allive today, he would be in a Heavy Metal band.

[@CosmicPhilosopher]

@@trespire Absolutely. I can also see Beethoven doing the same.

[@CosmicPhilosopher]

I can understand not liking heavy metal because the sound just doesn't work for you, but I do get upset when someone just derides it as "meaningless sound." There is a ton of metal about deep topics like life, war, death, religion, and the search for meaning.

[@elemar5]

@@drlukewhite Hayseed Dixie do a version of it. It's on youtube.

[@photobob1961]

I love seeing a young Ozzy. Younger people just know him from the Osbournes, he was a pioneer.

[@YouLoseSir]

those "younger people" are in their 30s and 40s, lol. Gen Z doesn't know what MTV is and are certainly not watching episodes of the Osbournes XD

[@seanj3667]

“That’s not Ozzy, it’s Ozzy’s son.” -Butthead, circa 1993

[@jazziered142]

​@@YouLoseSir When you're 60, 70, people in their thirties and '40s are younger people. 🤷‍♀️

[@YouLoseSir]

@@jazziered142 my point is that The Osbournes was a generational thing of a unique time period, and that "younger people" encompasses more than just that generation who "know Ozzy from the Osbournes"

[@jacovichstabs841]

Love how Ozzy's voice sits clear on top of the guitars. It's mixed brilliantly!

[@erpece]

Nerd alert: The buzzing sound in the right channel during the guitar solo is a ring modulator. The original guitar signal is mixed with a sine wave produced by the modulator resulting in a weird, constantly changing effect where the two frequencies seem to battle. For this song, a Fuzz distortion pedal was used before going into the ring modulator...

[@GrayNeko]

Black Sabbath is to heavy metal what HP Lovecraft was to modern horror. They got there first and did it better than at least 95 percent of those that followed them. Every time some kid tries to tell me how simple their music is, I always say the same thing. "Trying playing RIGHT!" 'Paranoid' will absolutely rip the lungs out of most rhythm sections. Tony Iommi probably didn't invent the double tracked guitar, but he used it in a way no-one else ever had. There's a solo in one ear, and an opposing solo in the other. Absolute genius, made all the more fascinating by the fact that they were making it all up as they went. ^_^ !m! Cheers!

[@modernmedeamedia]

So glad you’re doing the dive into Sabbath. Such an amazing band. The solo sound is a ring modulator effect that the producer Roger Bain added. Iommi apparently never liked it. Bain used it on Ozzy’s vocals as well on a different song. Some other great Sabbath songs to check out - the Writ, snowblind, fairies wear boots, children of the grave, symptom of the universe , and of course sabbath bloody sabbath. 🖤

[@mattneil4211]

Great job on the riffs, the emotional processing center, the voice, and syncopated structure. I have heard this song thousands of times and never noticed that. You are the best.

[@Rick-yk1pp]

It really warms my heart to watch your journey of discovery of the music I have loved my whole life while at the same time giving me a whole new appreciation of it.

[@brheinfeldt]

Well said! I completely agree!

[@garyjamnicki9218]

Elizabeth, I’m almost 70 years old and I’m still rocked by Ozzi but I’m even more excited seeing your exuberance and out right joy in you reacting to one of the greatest masters of rock . I love your expressions that I catch when you’re rocking and bouncing to the beat. You go Opera Girl , you go !

[@Wolfsblood1138]

So many of these lyrics hit home for me for most of my life. Things are getting better, but the "Happiness I cannot feel, and love to me is so unreal. As you hear these words, telling you of my fate. I tell you to enjoy life, i wish i could but it's too late" still plague me. The driving riff, the syncopated vocals, the detuned "harmony" buzz during the solo all sonically create the feel of paranoia. The amazing thing is that this song almost didn't happen. They needed another song to fill out their album, and so Tony started noodling around with a riff that he'd been using at sound checks. The band joined in, and they asked Bill to come up with some lyrics. And much like Smoke on the Water an epic was born from a song the band initially didn't think much of.

[@darkcritter076]

The reason why our brains light up when we listen to music is because we get a dopamine hit along with the vibrations of all the instruments and vocals. Our bodies love vibrations of all kinds of frequencies! Love the video Elizabeth!

[@johndrake2147]

Imagine you're there in 1970 hearing Bridge over Troubled water, the Carpenters, Neil Diamond, and then this comes on with Ozzy singing about how he had to leave his girlfriend because he's insane (which ended up being true later on with Sharonnnnn!). It must have been mind blowing

[@ChrisLegner-qp1yh]

Well said. As a youngster, I was a little bit scared of them. Which of course made me curious to hear more of them.

[@sneakerset]

Oct. 10, 1969 - King Crimson releases "In the Court of the Crimson King".

[@misterwirez7731]

I was a child, but remember my dad and his buddy listening to this album, when it was brand new. He was about 25 in 1970.. He grew up listening to Sinatra at my grandparents house.. and I grew up listening to Sabbath!! Thank you Dad and Ozzy

[@VielFart]

@@sneakerset And ... ?

[@ThePolecat1955]

It was. And still is after all these years!

[@GoDrex]

I've been listening to this song for almost 45 years and it still sounds so good to me. Black Sabbath for life. 🤘

[@starchitin]

I didn't discover Black Sabbath until my late teens, almost 30 years after this was recorded. Between the guitars and Ozzy's voice, I had this song going on a loop for almost an hour the first time I heard it.... I just couldn't get enough of it.

[@bokononbokomaru8156]

Ozzy's is voice is unique & fits the music perfectly.

[@andyschnell58]

This song brings me back to Junior High School. Had a battle of the bands in 1971 where 3 bands played Black Sabbath and one played Grateful Dead.

[@misterwirez7731]

I've had so many different copies of this LP. I've bought OG vinyl, 8 track, cassette, CD, and back to vinyl.. It is that great and important to have, for me. It never gets old.

[@waynebenedict5785]

Man, I just feel older now, as I was a kid when this first came out, 54 years old, wow! Was just listening to "The Road To Nowhere" from later Ozzy, really cool! Ozzy's voice is iconic, for sure!

[@Gulliva73]

I cannot believe that you are first listening to this song. I listened to it in the womb and was born with it.

[@imfrcd]

I saw them live in a 3,500 seat auditorium... way back in 1971.

[@gruu]

wow... I'm so envious

[@seanj3667]

I saw Ozzy in the Orpheum Theater in Boston, 2,700 capacity, on the No More Teas tour. I think that was his abs Zakk’s peak.

[@nealamesbury7953]

Must have been great !

[@97GibsonsgOhyeah]

I adore you, and your exuberance for music! This song was the anthem for my bandmates when I was a teenager. By 1984 they were both gone because of suicide. My heart has been broken ever since. Two of the most phenomenal rock musicians I had ever heard, much less, having the blessing of working with. They thought I was awesome, but I KNEW they were!

[@JoMoRising13]

Greatest song ever.

[@Tinus-pi3il]

Finally. I always wondered what makes me listen tot this song over and over again. It's not his voice, it's not the riffs. The syncopated singing is what sets it apart. Thank you.

[@robarment7133]

The way Ozzy sings The Thrill of It All on Black Sabbath’s Sabotage album might remind you of one of the late great grunge singers. I think The Thrill of It All is his greatest vocal performance.

[@Patrick-857]

This channel makes me listen to these songs with new ears. This sing has been with me for more than half my life, so I take it for granted a bit. Today I was struck by just how tight this band was. Their timing and rhythm is stunning. I think everyone recognises them for inventing metal as we know it today, but I think their musicianship gets overlooked too often. These guys sound deceptively simple, which may be why. They weren't flashy, but they had serious groove.

[@andreahirschmann685]

I am not a vocal nerd but simply know that Black Sabbath and Ozzy's singing always make me feel good and give me energy😊

[@jamesrichardson1]

15 in 1970 dropping Acid and listening to Ozzy and Black Sabbath what a ride. It didn’t get much better.

[@Kakyrock666]

This is Good👍Thanks Elizabeth🌹

[@keith6179]

Greastest metal/rock singer ever! The band is incredible! So, underappreciated. It's just incredible. The first 7 albums with Ozzy transcended Music. Thank you so much, Elizabeth, for being open-minded. I know you're a Dio fan, but I will take Ozzy every time.

[@geob3963]

This is your brain on Black Sabbath.

[@kevinbrown1893]

This is your brain on Black Sabbath and fried eggs. Any questions?

[@iaincrawford8004]

​@@kevinbrown1893Yeah, can I have more, please?

[@rodhester2166]

54 years old and still hits as hard as anything out there. .The guitar sound makes me almost smell the metal of the strings if that makes any sense.

[@energ8t]

I’m so glad I made the effort to see Sabbath in 97. Truly legendary band. Before the show, my friends and I bought a 79 Lincoln for $200 for Halloween, glued a tape deck to the dashboard that only played Sabbath and turned the interior lights to red. Painted black flames on the hood over the pea green color and added a skull over the hood ornament.

[@louf7178]

You are an excellent analyst. You identify and describe things very well.

[@user-scott-pearce]

Awesome to see your finally getting to this song

[@lassevaltanen7436]

It is amazing that after decades I found something new about this song. Thank you, I just appreciate professionalism so much!!

[@LordEriolTolkien]

And thus a music genre is born

[@metalmark1214]

The Grandfathers of Metal

[@hevytimes]

You can take it even further too. A lot of subgenres can be seen in songs on this album. IE; thrash here, Pigs death metal, Iron Man could be argued for Power, etc.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@hevytimes Iron Man would be more Death Metal sounding imo.

[@Brettwbeyer14]

​@@hevytimes i think of war pigs as doom metal

[@michaelleahey2759]

I would go as far as to say that the first 6 albums have had influence on every sub-genre of metal. You can listen to every song on all 6 and say, this is the birth of_______

[@tomasjohansson448]

Before this video i just knew it was a great song, now i know WHY this is a great song! Thanks Elisabeth!!

[@BigDaddyAlan]

This is a pretty short cut, but it's one of my favorite Sabbath songs. Ozzy just lays it out there: clear, concise and in your face.

[@alejandrojuarez796]

LOVED THEY WAY YOU REACTED TO A MASTERPIECE OF HUMANITY!!!

[@leonardofelippine9781]

I cannot wait to see her reaction to No More Tears

[@robertking55]

Thanks!

[@djwaco2623]

I saw them in concert when they were touring the songs on this album ( Black Sabbath- Parinoid, the album), and others. I was 13, it was at the Denver Colosseum, which held 10,000 fans. It was such a blast! In that same year and venue, I also saw Led Zeppelin for their III album, Santana for “Abraxas”, and Ten Years After- A Space in Time. Back then it was amazing fun! Now, I realize what an epic concert run that was, and how fortunate I am to have seen all that! Please consider reacting to “I’d Love to Change the World”, by Ten Years After, or any song from their “A Space in Time” album. Thanks! 😎

[@barrytdrake]

Wow, you just made me realize i've been listening to Sabbath for 50 years! Thank you!

[@HiFiListener]

A funny thing is, when this title came out, it was banned from some radio stations, because it was too hard (and the bands name). One or two years ago, it was used for a car commercial that was broadcasted every day. How times change.

[@vernonbrazle1070]

Yeah, you could have knocked me over with a feather when I heard Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades” behind a Kia commercial……

[@oskar16]

Thank you for analyzing this song. It has great meaning to me, not only because of everything you've mentioned, but also because it was the first song we played when we formed a band with my high school friends. Such great memories, and how differently I experienced that song back then.

[@johnathansaegal3156]

What really blows me away is this song (1970) was Ozzy only 14 years before I saw him in concert, yet that concert was 40 years ago. Dang, I've gotten old. I don't feel it, but looking at the numbers it has been half a century plus.

[@davepetrusma5517]

Yet another great song that made up the soundtrack of my youth! Still sounds great today! Bill and Geezer really keep this kicking along!

[@justice4all772]

This song was written at the last moment to fill in time on the album

[@brucedickinson12]

no really

[@stephenm8725]

oddly, yes if I recall correctly. One of the last songs on the album and man, that's crazy

[@jamesaldrich9754]

Thank you for talking about the lyrics "the meaning of the song".I just listened to 3 reactions in a row and not one mentioned the meaning of the song,"the Lyrics" like they never even heard them.The music speaks for itself,but this group carried a message and that was what all the music was about in the mid sixties to 70,s because it was revolution music, the sound spoke of this and most importantly so did the lyrics.

[@ericfielding2540]

Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi have their bass and guitar lines incredibly well interweaved on this song, so the syncopated vocal line by Ozzie stands out even more.

[@dabhidhm4093]

HOW IS THIS SONG SO GOOD. I've heard it a thousand times, it's still electrifying! That guitar - SAVAGE!

[@blackmage471]

12:30 I found an article on Ultimate Classic Rock. It suggests the effect being used during the guitar solo was a "ring modulation" effect. It was also used on Ozzy's voice for Iron Man. This is probably the off-tune buzzing sound you're hearing.

[@meowenstein]

Ring modulators FTW!

[@zackkullis5555]

I LOVE your giddiness and excitement with music. It’s absolutely contagious and pure.

[@michaelhartman738]

Look Elizabeth , this is the original Black Sabbath 👍😎

[@MarkBenefield-iq2pm]

Your enthusiasm is contagious about music, and I think I love it ❤❤❤

[@energ8t]

That “buzz” you hear is simply black magic 😂 It’s the power of metal

[@justingamble3876]

Thank you so much Elizabeth. To those old enough, there was a world before and then a new one after "Paranoid".

[@keithrussell6766]

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

[@Patrick-857]

Yep. Josh Homme is a truly unique artist.

[@loklokoppa9255]

So glad you analyzed this song. One of a very few songs I truly don’t mind a stop and replay over and over again. ❤

[@JoMoRising13]

I always get caught up in the sound of the last sentence. Famously people thought Ozzy said, "I tell you to end your life..." When he is actually saying, "enjoy life..."

[@tubasaur]

I thought that until right now. Wow. Makes way more sense, too.

[@Skeletron7]

I never thought that

[@JoMoRising13]

@@tubasaur Yeah, "end your life" but in the next part, "but it's too late." Wouldn't make much literal sense.

[@keithdean9149]

Was that during the time people were blaming Ozzy for kids committing suicide?

[@JoMoRising13]

@@keithdean9149 Could be, although I remember that being more from the 80's, 10 years after this song came out.

[@MarkBenefield-iq2pm]

"Across the pond" reminds me of how much we're more in tune with each other 💗!!!

[@shanebracken8431]

a cool old song to cover would be "into the mystic - Van Morrison" if you ever got the chance, beautiful song that can pull a tear

[@iainmcclure416]

Good call. Van's voice at its best!

[@shanebracken6751]

@@iainmcclure416 Yeah for sure, and this one highlights it well i reckon

[@LovelyFish-wg1dq]

Van the Man. Yes, unique voice, delivery, style. Pain in the arse, though.

[@EveryBodyHz]

Thank you for your service! (In promoting the benefits that music can have on the human body AND experience!) Keep rockin! 13:13 yep, that's really putting the ⚡ZZZ⚡ZZZ⚡in the "Fuzz" guitar sound!

[@davidsthubbins176]

So happy that we’re finally getting some Ozzy-era Sabbath!

[@Broccoli_Highkicks]

She already did War Pigs and Black Sabbath.

[@djwaco2623]

The Ozzie Sabbath is the only Sabbath for me. I know some of the later versions made some great music, but without Ozzie, it just wasn’t the same. 😎

[@davidsthubbins176]

@@Broccoli_Highkicks I did see the Black Sabbath reaction and I totally forgot! 😅 I don’t remember War Pigs though.

[@davidsthubbins176]

@@djwaco2623I couldn’t agree more. I even have a hard time listening to anything from the final tour because Bill wasn’t there. There’s just something special about the music created by those four working class punks who grew up together in post-WW2 Birmingham.

[@Fulschermd]

I love Ozzy’s voice.. so distinct.

[@solojohno1]

I've never heard anyone say they don't like Ozzy's voice. Iconic is what it is.

[@mikecoughlin4128]

Agreed. The only common comment about Ozzy vocals that o know of is “how come he sings so clearly and talks so unintelligibly?”

[@jerrycunningham1820]

Ronnie said Ozzy couldn't sing. RIP RJD, love them both.

[@nmaddog4689]

⁠​⁠@@mikecoughlin4128That's an interesting comment. I've heard people say he talks that way because of the drugs and my response has always been he talks that way because he's from Birmingham. Birmingham is not that far from Liverpool, but they're different, yet they have a similar drawl to them.

[@fullmatthew]

I've heard people say it -- but they are wrong. Lol.

[@topgunvideos774]

@@jerrycunningham1820coming from a guy who couldn’t even come close to matching ozzys success. I love Ronnie but he was always bitching honestly

[@jeffdempsey6478]

Love his voice😊

[@phantomf4747]

Syncopated rhythms are indeed jarring but when used in a musical style like Rush they have more of a unique and theatrical effect. Neil Peart was a master at this.

[@olddog330]

To me, that and the use of the octavia are prosody for the unsettled state of mind the verses describe.

[@phantomf4747]

@@olddog330 Good point!👍