THIS CHANGED MY MIND! 😩 | Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots Reaction/Review

[@NPK476]

I'm envious of you getting to hear Black Sabbath for the first time. That's something I'll never get to do again.

[@Ozarks420]

I tell people the same thing about The Hobbit and Lotr.

[@JosephComstock]

Its the entire appeal to Reaction videos from my perspective as a consumer of them. Its like bringing an cool album to a friends house or making mix tapes for them was when I was coming up many years ago.

[@estoy1001]

"'Cause smokin' and trippin' is all that you do- yeaaaaahhhh!" ...which segues nicely into the first song on the next album...

[@tony69em]

Huh huh hhug.... Bumpd da... Bum da da.... 😋

[@nooceluap7760]

Nice, I never made the segue association - it fits though.

[@rudrasingh5394]

Coughs aggressively

[@OlettaLiano]

Glad you like Sabbath. I've been rocking out to them since 1972, and even though they're retired now, they are still one of my top 10 bands of all time.

[@adamthirdbourne324]

Congrats on discovering Black Sabbath. To put things into perspective, Consider this... Black Sabbath is credited for birthing a whole new genre- Heavy Metal!

[@ricksloop1075]

More Sabbath- “Hand of Doom”

[@barrycohen311]

Hell yeah Brutha!

[@brucedickinson12]

A national acrobat

[@randycomerford2038]

Love that fucking song, so damn heavy.

[@michaelcalvert7363]

Cant argue with them two of my faves.I will throw in The Warning it may finish you off bro!

[@joshe.1062]

As far as I'm concerned, "Hand Of Doom", is the first White Rap song. 😂 Such great sample material too, if you want to cut it up. Lol.

[@patrickholt2270]

They were calling skinheads fairies, which is an old way of calling them gay. In this period it would have been a huge musical conflict, because the skinheads were into 1960s reggae, and would have hated what Black Sabbath were playing, and would have thought they looked like hippies. Skins vs hippies was the next youth culture war after mods vs rockers. But of course Black Sabbath weren't middle class hippies, they were hard working class blokes who could fight.

[@megalomania9447]

I saw an interview of him referencing to that and that the fairies would jump them when ever they would come across them.

[@hellscornalien8286]

"The lyrics were inspired by an incident after a Sabbath concert in 1970. The band was attacked by a bunch of Skinheads after the show, injuring Tony Iommi and forcing them to cancel their next performance." Taken from Song Facts.

[@markyates1116]

Skin heads were into reggae? Forreal? That's hilarious

[@patrickholt2270]

@@markyates1116 All true. The look developed on London housing estates where white kids and and the kids of West Indian immigrants were next door neighbours and friends, and all listening to Jamaican Reggae. The buzzcuts, boots and trousers rolled up to above the ankle came from Jamaican Rudeboys. Other stuff like Fred Perry shirts, Harrington and bomber jackets, and 18 hole cherry red Doc Martens boots came from expensive fashion shops at the time.

[@roberttaylor7064]

@@markyates1116 These are U.K. Skinheads...so. there's that 😎

[@Watching4Fun_]

The song is about the skin heads back in the 70's that wore combat boots. He is calling them fairies (slang word for gay) because they called him one for having long hair. The dwarf comes in because after seeing the skin heads and dropping acid(LSD) he did start to see the "fairies dancing with dwarves".

[@karlwilli1316]

Yes, that seems to be the story, he was a was a hairy and walking home got picked on by some skinheads with their Dr Martens

[@nodaysback1]

@@karlwilli1316 I think Ozzy and Gzr got chased by a bunch of them and Geez might hav got stomped a little bit loll.. I'v read so many things and seen so many of their interviews, I can't remember all the stories anymore. Setting Ward on fire just for drunken bar fun are some of the better ones.. lolll

[@tessasilberbauer6219]

But the subtext is that skinheads were neoNazis and being called a fairy in the streets was either being told you were going to be beaten to death, or an invitation to any police/thug around to beat you to death. "Be gay do crime" was literal then, and hate crimes were ignored. This was a reaction to violence.

[@greekpapi]

Their first 5 albums plus the 2 they did with Ronnie James Dio singing were just phenomenal....

[@michaelkeudel8770]

There are 4 with Dio, 9 with Ozzy, 1 with Ian Gillan, 1 with Glenn Hughes, and 5 with Tony Martin. Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die were mediocre, the rest are killer.

[@mattharvey968]

Planet Caravan will give you a different vibe from Black Sabbath!🔥🔥🔥

[@paulbyrne6532]

I grew up with this band lucky to see them with Ozzy on their last tour with him

[@TheOneAndOnlyFloridaMan]

Hey man if you want another Sabbath song with some heavy riffs you should check out Sweet Leaf or Snowblind. Keep up the good work!

[@gregthornton4209]

trippin' to their first three albums is a memory they can NEVER take away...

[@stephenclark3774]

I've been a Black Sabbath follower since 1969 and glad to see you reacting this song and to the fathers of heavy metal. Welcome to the Sabbath family as you'll never go back once you start to listen.

[@danielandersson7485]

Great reaction, do "Into The Void" next, it's a must!

[@darrinwebber4077]

....You actually listen to the songs and do not constantly interrupt. I appreciate this. It allows me to watch you face for clues whether you are enjoying the music or not. I hate the people that constantly interrupt... It tells me they like to hear themselves talk. Its about them...not the music. Thank you. Subscription earned

[@watchbizmatik]

Thanks for the sub

[@watchbizmatik]

Sometimes its best to interupted so the video doesnt get blocked.

[@darrinwebber4077]

I know some interruption is required. I'm referring to those that stop it every 10-15 seconds with..."Hold on! Hold on!...blah blah blah...". There are a number of these reviewers out there. Very irritating. I gave them a chance. Same as I gave you a chance. You're polite and listen to significant portions of songs before pausing. If I want to listen to the songs... I play them myself. But... I want to know a reviewer is actually listening to the songs...and not just listening to themselves talking.

[@watchbizmatik]

I definitely understand, thank you and I do really enjoy music so it means alot to hear that.

[@82ndairproud]

Bill Ward, him and Bonzo started all this shit! Thank God!!!

[@robertooyendyk3628]

1970s Birmingham. One of the prominent gangs were the Skinheads who shaved their heads bald and wore heavy boots instead of shoes. One of the nicnames applied to them was "fairies", hence the songs title, Fairies Wear Boots.

[@barrytravis5955]

“Sign Of The Southern Cross” from “The Mob Rules” album. The southern cross is a constellation.

[@nelsonsmith6963]

That shit ain't Sabbath

[@EdGonzalez1970]

This band is the grandfather's of heavy metal. They were the first heavy metal band ever. They took the blues, jazz, funk and simply set them to heavier electronic instrumentation. Ozzie's voice was used as a fourth instrument in the band. The bass player Geezer Butler and lead guitarist Tony iomi are considered two of the best to ever play their instruments. Bill Ward was the most underrated drummer in music. To put it simply everything that has ever been done with heavy metal, was done by Black Sabbath first. You should try and listen to a song called warning off of their first album. It's one of the most underrated songs they ever did.

[@beawsbiz]

I think it is fair to mention Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin also, as “Grandfathers of Rock”

[@rickybutler2826]

Steppenwolf came up with phrase "Heavy Metal " and the rest is history

[@dave-ish8098]

Before they were the metal band "Black Sabbath" they were known as "Earth" and they played mostly blues. Ozzy does the harmonica intro for "The Wizard" which is pretty neat.

[@patches6309]

That bass & drum line in this song is something from out of this world. All Hail the Grandfathers of Metal, Ozzy still Rules them all!

[@michellewheatley2007]

Black Sabbath never gets old

[@donaldgreen9292]

The guitarist Tony Iommi plays with a couple prosthetic fingers

[@roberttaylor7064]

Rock came from Blues..almost all the Early Rockers grew up listening and playing Blues.. Blues based Rock..Like Muddy Waters Said~ The Blues had a Baby...and they called it Rock n Roll~✌

[@mikeg.4211]

You should seriously check out Into the Void. This is when they really got heavy metal started for real.

[@xirknight]

Bill Ward on the Drums could swing.

[@TheMichaelseymour]

might not have had quite the chops of paice and bonham .....but like ringo , he wrote brilliant parts ..and yep , certainly swang hard .

[@alexharvey452]

This man gets this music!

[@sharonhutton3805]

One of my favourites

[@jefferyfoster2774]

"Snowblind" has the best groove and the transitions will blow your mind. The lyrics are about his experiences with cocaine

[@elleryray4754]

You nailed it. Sabbath was very conscious of the times. I lived those times. Vietnam war. political upheaval to name a few things.

[@johnsmathers190]

In England, back in the 60's they referred to Gay's as fairies like tinker bell. After the war alot of people were wearing army boots.

[@howieshaw8422]

It’s about skinheads

[@dennisjohnson2772]

They began as a Blues band,Earth,but the field was saturated in late 60's.

[@Prone2Thrill]

Ozzy's voice is one of a kind and Rock N Roll badassery! SWEET LEAF is a must. #pakalolo - Sabbath bloody Sabbath is tasty! Also to watch Ozzy and them do a "REHEARSAL" of the Wizard is WICKED - Ozzy still has it on the HARMONICA too, nobody lost a step in that video. Children of the grave / newer stuff "God is dead" or "end of the beginning" - so many! ENJOYING this rabbit hole.

[@didierchapelot5671]

My faves (and I'm a Sabbath fan for decades) are Supernaut (a stunning one), Children of the Grave (their most iconic) and Symptoms of the universe (birth of thrash metal)

[@micknordstrom2591]

Excellent... and I love your glasses, I have the exact same !

[@b.c4066]

This one is them living up to the rumors, wrote about an lsd trip geezer Butler had once.

[@jamesvomsaal3814]

Fantastic transitions

[@richardsellers8556]

You have to check out the song Symptom Of The Universe. The song inspired a whole group of thrash metal bands like Metallica. It's my favorite Sabbath song. Got to see them perform it at the Long Beach arena California 1978. Right in the fourth row. It was very loud. It might explain why I don't have any children. PS the last part of the song will blow your mind. It's not what you expect.

[@victorflint]

The bass is incredible!

[@mora1948]

The wizard !

[@marvinc9994]

Great fun - English pub-rock style !

[@chuckgraf8141]

You should do Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath. It's my favorite tune of theirs.

[@derekneville8175]

Basically a anti prejudice song. Those in fear wear boots to kick down those they fear the most.

[@balucious]

Great vid, got my sub anyway!

[@theonenamedhaze]

i remember taking LSD at highschool and wrote these lyrics as a "short story" for an English exam 😂😂 needless to say i failed but the comments written under my grade was funny asf

[@hughiehendrixx4811]

Mahn...awesome reaction!. Please do 'Warning' & 'Wicked World' next. Stay blessed brudda ❤🙏🏽

[@robbyb1237]

BLACK SABBATH OFF THE 1st album BLACK SABBATH by BLACK SABBATH

[@bernardatkinson3623]

Black Sabbath --- into the viod

[@charliecochran3035]

What I read is that the lyrics were inspired by the combat boot wearing skin heads they could see from the stage. It obviously goes off in some goofy directions with the smoking and tripping, but I guess that's how the song got started. NIB, Sweet Leaf, Hand of Doom, Paranoid, anything from Paranoid...Basically anything from their first few albums is awesome, and much of it after that is too. Ozzy with his own band featuring Randy Rhodes on guitar had some bombs too. Start with Crazy Train.

[@dickcaraniun1.1969]

Black Sabbath thats all that needs to be said ...........😮😮😮😮

[@iommiozzy5745]

Sabbath best band ever

[@scottcolman9757]

Sweet leaf

[@ge-20express75]

Black Sabbath is the British/Doom metal version of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Not afraid of controversial issues.

[@kikivon3501]

Give “after forever” a try. It Bill Wards reaction to Black Sabbath being called a satanic band. Yes, they do explore some darker subject matter, war, madness, drug addiction etc etc…. But they are not satanic

[@BudhagRizzo]

Bro be smokin' too much of dat yang-yang and he be seein' fairies wit' boots an' shit!

[@watchbizmatik]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mybrainhurts1856]

Not sure how deep this one is 😊 but it's always been a favorite!!❤❤❤❤

[@dianesaienni5466]

listen one night I woke up to see 3 2 inch bears dancing on my bureau. That's when I quit taking Ambian! Seriously happened

[@Vadershake]

Black Sabbath - Supernaugt

[@The13thblade]

Anything Opeth. They loved Sabbath

[@glenmarechal7957]

Warms my heart to see people your age taking a look into our time. Don't try this at home. Imagine 2 hits of acid 24 cold beer fine smoke good friends in a forest at night. Super loud stereo🥰🥰🥰 oh i miss those days wouldnt recommend you do this today.

[@lynette.]

Bliss. Its the beginning because they started it because of their love of horror movies.

[@vincentpeake]

Respect.

[@watchbizmatik]

🙌🏿

[@stevecoscia]

Good video. Watching your reaction is fun. I was 16 when this album came out - I bought it right away. Your insight is keen regarding this album's era being at the start of Heavy Metal. Black Sabbath's first two album's contained subtle jazz influences and Fairies Wear Boots is a good example. The opening crescendo builds to a melodic guitar solo that includes 6th tone riffing, similar to jazz. The drum breaks and subsequent shuffle also demonstrate jazz influences. This tune's saving grace are the meaningless and dumb lyrics, and that's exactly what rock-n-roll should be. Rock is not for the intellectual elites - it's for 16 years olds who just want to turn it up and sing along.

[@kaeteaux]

If you enjoy this for the music, try Sleep’s Dragonaut. Don’t even worry about the lyrics. Just let the music take you.

[@albinoslug678]

"Warning" from Sabbath's debut album. Please!

[@brianphillips2440]

The Wizard!

[@markyates1116]

Hand of doom, or symptom of the universe

[@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv]

YO BM, THE BLUE'S HAD A BABY, AND THEY CALLED THE LITTLE BABY ROCK & ROLL.

[@mikeconti4360]

Into The Void

[@robertmckinnon7245]

This song about when ozzy and geezer were loaded on drink or drugs..they both saw a fairy with boots..

[@harish71]

Snowblind on volume 3 !

[@camronbay1]

Behind the wall of sleep.

[@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv]

YO BM, check out one of Ozzy;s solo albums, DIARY OF A MADMAN, pick a song.

[@dannytapp7259]

Ozzy and a friend were smoking and they thought they saw fairies walking around 🤷‍♂️

[@howieshaw8422]

No it’s not mods it’s skinheads

[@mattvl73]

so i went to the doctor see what he could give me. he said son, son youve gone too far. cause smokin and trippin is all that you do. yeeeaahhhhh!!!!

[@PaulAshlin]

They we're singing about skin-heads

[@timmurphy3977]

Do some RUSH and you will blow this piece up.

[@victorsalazar7166]

😎👍😁🤟🎼☠️🖤🍻 Smile. \m/ ' [-_-] ' \m/....Bye... Bottoms up and cheers...Stay loud, stay proud, stay heavy. Take care, be strong and stay safe ....... Heavy effective weekend everyone cheers.....

[@lloydbraun6026]

Ozzie never took his own advice.

[@billwicketvogel1787]

Symptom of the universe ...... nuff said

[@godbluffvdgg]

The Writ is killer too! : )

[@billwicketvogel1787]

@@godbluffvdgg you are correct . The Writ is another incredible song !

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@billwicketvogel1787 Sab head since 75...Saw them on the Never Say Die tour...No two Sab songs are the same, in any fashion..The only consistency is Ozzy...That's why I love that band so much..

[@davidsafford1423]

Black Sabbath got a bad rap from people who didn't or wouldn't listen

[@tbilly6201]

Love this song! Sweet leaf is great also.

[@IBENOUTMYMIND]

Still smoking to that song every now and then

[@jamesmyrick9083]

'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' might have their ultimate, most savage breakdown.

[@lumikarhu7340]

Fuck yeah! Snowblind, too, as a runner-up

[@CoinsandBullion]

Can't forget about wheels of confusion! The ending is just pure ⚡🧨⚡

[@91GT347]

NIB, Black Sabbath(the song), Children of the grave, After forever, hand of doom, god is dead, into the void, planet caravan, symptom of the universe, warning, can be added to the list too. The Wizard can't be forgotten either.lol Just to make it simple. Pick a song....any song. It's good. Lol

[@ricksloop1075]

Or one that might really change your view of Black Sabbath “After Forever”.

[@lumikarhu7340]

Yeah! Also, “Lord of This World.” Dio-era “Heaven and Hell” and “Country Girl” would be cool, too

[@ballsmckinley2443]

@@lumikarhu7340 Have you heard the Heaven and Hell demo that dropped a couple of weeks ago? Featuring Geoff Nichols on bass, an early jam session/heavier version of Heaven and Hell, "On and on" Here on YT.

[@lumikarhu7340]

@@ballsmckinley2443 No, I hadn’t - listening right now! Thanks, dude!!🤘This dirty and heavy demo is sick. Man, Ronnie’s voice is always soooo good, too

[@ballsmckinley2443]

@@lumikarhu7340 🔥👊

[@lawrencesantana7253]

Stryper did a cover of After forever. They didnt change anything of the song, they just rocked it out. Its awesome. If you havent heard that version, check it out.

[@ericprater1970]

I would suggest their very first album self-titled Black Sabbath the song Black Sabbath that's where metal originated

[@jamesmyrick9083]

If you're about the guitar, you need to explore more Sabbath. The bands first six albums are loaded with badass songs.

[@willisfritz4562]

“Into the void “that’s a song for you

[@kerryknight228]

Check out “Warning”, it’s one of their best.

[@briankoonts4073]

Right on. Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation cover that has become a Sabbath classic. Their version is the high water mark for sure.

[@camronbay1]

Absolutely it is so powerful.

[@smmusicplus96]

"...'cause smokin' and trippin' is all that you do. YEeEaaHhhhhh!"

[@bgumm9122]

A very deep rabbit hole is Black Sabbath!

[@lawrencesantana7253]

Its not a rabbit hole. Its a never ending tunnel.

[@Mike-kv5pl]

INTO THE VOID. BEHIND THE WALL OF SLEEP. SNOW BLIND. HAND OF DOOM. A NATIONAL ACROBAT.

[@DrBoneright]

Perfect reaction, perfect video. Just AUDIO. Music is not VISUAL. Pick videos with no distractions. If there are only "visual" videos, close your eyes and stare with your ears. Our senses distract from each other. It's about the music, not the video. Good work!!

[@jeffsheffer9269]

yes hand of doom

[@abysmalguitar2722]

Definitely hand of doom

[@topherthered]

It's amazing the guitar work Tony Iommi with the tips of his fingers chopped off.

[@janstan8407]

The bass is DEADLY in this song!! His groove is just SO DAMN COOL!!

[@jameslemmons9737]

Yes yes Geezer butler is the shit!!! Haha haha 🖤🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🖤

[@janstan8407]

@@jameslemmons9737 You are probably already familiar, but check out "The Real Me" by The Who. Probably the best rock/bass song recorded ever. (my opinion).

[@trewan1519]

The song " Supernaut"

[@paulhudson563]

I remember buying this when it fist came out, 1970. Got it home and it just blew my mind. So heavy!!

[@raymondparks4734]

Paranoid was one of my first albums.

[@lumikarhu7340]

Stoked on all the Sabbath you’re doing, dude!

[@me109aa]

Willis Fritz 40 minutes ago “Into the void “that’s a song for you Dude you will LOVE this song.