Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath | REACTION

[@greypossum1]

Try to imagine what this sounded like to first-time listeners in 1970. We were still getting used to Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. The woman pictured is model Louisa Livingstone who now makes electronic music under the name Indreba. Because she was only 5 feet tall, it made the trees, etc around her look larger. The setting is a 15th-century water mill in Oxfordshire called Mapledurham.

[@erikahlander3489]

And the photographer used IR-sensitive colour slides film, which was one of the few ways to manipulate colour in those days. The cover of Frank Zappa's album "Hot rats" (1969) uses the same technic.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath on Black Sabbath. It's a trifecta, perfection as expected.

[@mikenastasi8927]

In 1970, when Black Sabbath released this, it was the year after Woodstock and a lot of hippie music, and songs of love, etc. In 1970, Deep Purple released their 4th album, Led Zeppelin released their 3rd album. It's nearly a decade after the British invasion of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, etc. Then the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, etc in mid to late 60's. So this was drastically different.

[@yearginclarke]

Out of all those bands you mentioned, only The Doors have any kind of precedent to the dark style of Black Sabbath. Not in a guitar-heavy way, but just a general sense of deep and "heavy" subject matter. Two different styles for damn sure, but I believe the Doors were the first rock band that I know of to utilize dark music and lyrics quite the way they did. Zeppelin and Cream pioneered a heavier style of guitar that was new at that time, but they weren't dark and dangerous in the same way that The Doors were. In particular, "The End", there's nothing from before that quite compares to that. Of course they had that psychedelic aspect to their music also.

[@somersetcace1]

My older brother of 5 years, stated getting into them when he was about 13, so I would have been 8. That's when I first heard this and it scared me half to death. Funny how Bill Ward ended up becoming one of my main influences and reasons I started playing drums.

[@nancymjohnson]

Bill Ward is a great influence!! He’s incredible!

[@lisaparsons4124]

I can relate my older brother Barry played black Sabbath iron man when I was 6, back in 1972,still haven't forgotten it.Barry passed away in 2019,was63

[@brandonsimmons1695]

I played this for my kid and she ran and hid. I was almost proud as a father

[@philshorten3221]

Those 3 notes, the "Devils Interval" 3 whole steps apart, simply couldn't be more perfect for this song!

[@Nissardpertugiu]

Iommi was still tuned in E at that time. Not C#

[@billygugen8104]

In music its called the devils triad. It was forbidden to be played at certain times and places .

[@billygugen8104]

@A Hogammer Yes. Im aware aware of that.

[@billygugen8104]

@A Hogammer Whatever it is or what you want to call it , it sounds awsome.

[@joenorris5648]

​@@billygugen8104Tritone

[@holdenheller4205]

Ahhh best song

[@derekdamms7380]

i come from their hometown in (birmingham england). you have (birmingham alabama). they were one of my favorite bands

[@BattleMatt]

That mill on the cover is still there. It's not far from me in Oxfordshire.

[@stephaniegeer1691]

My favorite Black Sabbath song EVER!!😃thank you so much!this song is absolutely pure fire🔥

[@nancymartineau-bauman8770]

Love Black Sabbath~ Saw them when I was 15. Awesome concert. Great start to your Halloween month!! Glad you had a great vacation, welcome back~

[@realscience948]

Second song ever written by the band…I do believe! The holy grail of songs in the world of what is to be heavy metal!

[@cbn6635]

You are right... 'Wicked World' being the first...

[@salsonny]

The Devil's Tri Tone, the 3 notes that were banned from playing in medieval England , thought to conjure the devil when played

[@joebarrera9741]

Yes BLACK SABBATH...

[@andrewknight4746]

Welcome back. Nice choice to start the marathon 👻

[@kennelson6055]

Stoked you guys hit my suggestion.

[@di3zel]

best debut track ever haha

[@carlospacas5476]

My favorite black sabbath song! I play it all year long!

[@juliemanarin4127]

Lol!! "I'm not standing around" too funny!!

[@markhaus2830]

Don't forget Octoberfest Beer.....LOL! Love Black Sabbath!

[@nadronnocojr]

Great reaction guys. Really. I liked your thoughts thanks for sharing , and showing s9me others some great tunes

[@juliemanarin4127]

Saw them back in the day...Great show!

[@lucypoopies]

14:00 - Metal in general wasn't really a genre in 1970, much less Doom metal. It's been said countless times in the past by many that Black Sabbath basically invented the Metal genre.

[@collinnicholasns]

When hearing this song you have to remember that up until this point it was bands like the Beatles and the rolling stones and doowop groups. When this song came out in 1970 it was like nothing anyone had heard before.

[@korfrag6865]

Not entirely true. Led Zeppelin had released two albums before Black Sabbath

[@Milius47]

Also, there was Blue Cheer....

[@jerrycrookz1703]

One of my favorite songs of all times :)

[@psa110]

I was 20 when this came out. It was one of my favorite albums of the time. Listening now (have not heard it in decades) does not now meet with my same enthusiasm as then.

[@joebarrera9741]

Its cool that iommi played this in tri tones on guitar ..alot people don't know that WAGNER was already writing Classical music in tri tones and HITLER used this in his Regime

[@ragnarmyhr7238]

My first feeling of Black sabbath was when my older brother played the start of Sweet Leaf. After bedtime when it was dark in our bedroom. Try it today.

[@wesleyparra5055]

And for good part (If not all part) of metal fans, this is where heavy metal born

[@MrDeadstu]

100% agree with Nick, Black Sabbath is the best. The "scary" lady on the cover was Louisa Livingstone.

[@genarogilormino2139]

The greatest rhythm section in all of rock n roll, ever all time, only Zeppelin comes a distant second ❤❤❤

[@genarogilormino2139]

Sabbath and Zeppelin were blues bands that turned up the heaviness, until it blues rock on super soldier serum lmao😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@vicprovost2561]

Going back to the very beginning of this ironic band and one of many of their songs that would be appropriate for the Halloween season. The song and album freaked us out when it came out, we bought it because of rumours on college radio and wanted it as soon as we saw that cover. We were in shock after listening to the whole thing, the suite including A Bit of Finger/Sleeping Village/Warning is an unreal audio experience as Tony Iommi cuts loose and announces himself to Planet Earth. There first 3 albums drove all our parents nuts, I saw a friend's father break this album over his knee, screaming at us we were listening to the devil's music. LOL! We were right and they were wrong, this music will be listened to forever! A fan for 52 years, seen them 13 times including 8 with the original band, 3 times with Dio, and once each with Ian Gillian and Glenn Hughes. As Jimi Hendrix once said, I've Been Experienced. Enjoy. 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎶

[@user-li4rv1vf5q]

Ozzy! Iconic legend

[@JoseCespedes67jana]

In absolute awe and you are paralyzed

[@brianthieme9969]

Nobody did the "Soul in Torment" voice better than Ozzy...

[@lisaparsons4124]

Black Sabbath a awesome group,I remember Ozzy Osbourne in 1972, when I was 6, singing iron man song.And the song black Sabbath can make you realize,it's not good to deal with the devil.

[@ronmurray7524]

Checkout another one by them.. Sweet Leaf or Fairies wear Boots..

[@arnoldcox9128]

This had to scare some grandmas back in the day

[@henriquemaio2358]

Sou português.... tenho muito respeito pelo trabalho desta banda... Sabbath.... grande banda..... grande som

[@metaphoria3]

Tbh the end of She’s so Heavy by the Beatles is the first Doom metal thing ever written if you’ve never heard it you should

[@tommarks3726]

Love this. So macabre.

[@brucemarshall9521]

Appropriate for Halloween. Gives me the willies. 😳

[@kimchristianson9134]

You would love Hand Of Doom. Give it a try

[@johnvasilopoulos1503]

Yr spot on with yr comments guys 👍

[@donjerue558]

NIB and The Wizard should be next off this album to react to

[@jhamler1]

Yep. There's something intriguing about supernatural evil. As white people, we've always loved to indulge in vampires, witches, and demonic possession. Black Sabbath were one of the first bands to capitalize on our delusional fears. But... Screamin' Jay Hawkins (a black voodoo man, by the way) might've been the first dude to incorporate horror with his pop music. For Halloween's sake you gotta check out Alice Cooper, Arthur Brown, and Slayer. Cheers, fellas! Or should I say, BOO!

[@RedRuffinsore]

"Paranoid" has one of the greatest "hooks" in any song...ever.

[@aleindria42]

If y'all like this you should check out Type O Negative's version, where it's sung from the point of view of Satan. It's a neat cover/twist on it.

[@spazimdam]

Alright! You guys doing the original doom rock song, the one that started it all. What could be better on a Friday evening? In October? When it's dark? And no one can hear you...

[@ronrimsite6948]

The album cover references Barbara Steele in the movie "Black Sabbath" where the band actually got their name.

[@thorstenbachmann5301]

But have a Look at the film "The innocent" with Deborah Kerr. There is a scene at the lake with Ms. Jessel, who looks like the B.S. cover

[@johnord684]

The song that created metal as we know it imo

[@michaeldudek7831]

I'm going to keep persisting in my request for 'Timothy' by One Hit Wonders The Buoys circa 1971 for your Halloween Marathon. It is the perfect Halloween song. "Timothy.....Timothy.....Where on Earth did you Go?..... Timothy,Timothy.....God Why don't I Know?!..... CHILLS

[@timwhitnell7145]

I've never been big into Sabbath so despite now being 60 years old I don't think I've ever heard this song before. That said, it is not very melodic but it is atmospheric. It would be a great tune to listen to late at night in the dark with headphones especially perhaps after partaking in some 'goodies', for those so inclined.

[@56JKL]

I would actually seek this out lol. Fucking fire song

[@89floresflores]

you can feel the alcohol from ozzy's voice.

[@heyskipj]

Y'all make it seem like this is like a "Monster Mash" novelty song😄! Never seen Black Sabbath myself, but judging from when I've heard it performed live, the crowd goes ApeNuts during this song.

[@tommymaier3017]

as a kid Black Sabbath the movie scared the sheet outa me~!

[@JoseCespedes67jana]

Before there was Eddie... Tony had infused his own riffs.... Iommi

[@davidviteris]

a song that fits the theme to a t, and that'll give you many things to talk about: Mercyful Fate - The Oath (1985) cheers

[@mikeflatt1321]

Geezer Butler came up with the lyrics after a hallucination/dream.

[@jgsrhythm100]

For a Halloweem Marathon more Alice Cooper is mandatory !! "Billion Dollar Babies" !! (72) Alice just as influential as Sabbath Ozzt and Alice good friends!

[@toddboyle1716]

Fastway - Trick or Treat!

[@Lizard-of-Oz]

The ending chromatic bass part gives the song a lot of doom definition along with that "your fate its been drowned guitar ending, with the vibrato effect" This song is very evil, I can't even find the words.

[@m.a.sperry3424]

A perfect song for Halloween. Not that familiar with Black Sabbath, but find Ozzie such an interesting character. I don't know if you've done any Muse, but they have a new song that fits theme. It's called "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween". I think you'll like it.

[@tmznt]

Sorry, 2nd for me on this album. I wold vote “Wasp/Behind the Wall of Sleep Basically N.I.B” medley as my #1. Sad that Ozzy has Parkinson’s now.

[@vicprovost2561]

The medley on the 2nd side is also mind blowing, man, how do you come out with this right away? Led Zeppelin had the hard rock equivalent the previous year but Sabbath owned 1970. Nice way for me to start high school.

[@dgator3599]

Love for ya'll to listen to Black Sabbath's "LADY EVIL" featuring Ronnie James Dio as lead singer (off the album Heaven and Hell) for an additional Sabbath song for Halloween Month!! Thanks for the reaction and welcome home from vacay! Bring home any good souvenirs? Your friends from northeast Florida

[@ejohnson3837]

Released on friday the 13th.

[@erikahlander3489]

May I suggest "Come to the sabbat" with the UK group Black Widow released in March 1970(!) and "Fire" with The crazy world of Arthur Brown from 1968. There were no "videos" in those days, but Arthur Brown's strange show (rather Art preformace) is preserved on KZbin. Check it! Both inspired later Black metal and artists like (the group, later the front man) Alice Cooper. Alice Cooper also predates Black Sabbath! (and strange enough Alice Cooper is not from UK!)

[@thegorn68]

Think about how HEAVY and DOOMY this sounds for its time. It came out in 1970 but they were playing music like this in 1969 while the rest of the musical counter culture was singing protest songs and making love, not war, these guys were creating a new genre

[@Grandmastergav86]

The Beatles actually made the first Doom Metal song "I Want You".

[@billtroxell2148]

Ozzy voice is just so good on this song and you guys could do Enter Sandman by Liliac, it fits the Halloween them and what a great time to see and hear these kids for the first time. Shout out from the 606

[@crazydale1000]

You gotta do LOCK UP THE WOLVES by Dio. It has a line in it that goes there's no back door to Heaven just a front door to Hell. A great Halloween song.

[@davehess1019]

the song is about a dream that Ozzy had a long time ago that scared the crap out of him

[@anthonyv1719]

Waiting for you to do BLACK SABBATH with RONNIE JAMES DIO - totally different sound - hits like NEON KNIGHTS, DIE YOUNG, all great!

[@Huddle_House56]

And on this day, Satan said let there be metal!

[@murdoch691]

I'm 58 when I first heard this I was on mind expanding drugs and I loved it maybe that's why I'm now in a secure facility 😜I'm not really this band was my childhood my mum threatened to evict me at the age of 11 if I didn't stop I was self sufficient at 12 👍

[@happilyeggs4627]

The chords are known as 2the devil's progression", and they were banned by the Catholic church back in the 15th century because of their evil intonations. Todays audience is pretty sophisticated, less likely to be frightened by the music. back in the late sixties audiences were much mor naive and innocent. Geezer Butler, the bassist tells a story of how they used to lock the doors at their gigs, as soon as the show started. Not to stop people sneaking in, to stop terrified audiences doing a runner.

[@helmutvogel901]

I can't remember what it's called, but that is the beat that was banned by the church for so long, considered to be 'the Devil's beat'. So, of course, Black Sabbath used it.

[@21Piloteer]

The Devil's interval or the Devil's tri-tone.

[@kathyedleman633]

Try " A National Acrobat " :)

[@larrybailey517]

I hope you guys are going to do Maiden's Number Of The Beast for Halloween.

[@KirkLangford-nf8bs]

And remember Black Sabbath is against Satan and pro God ✝️

[@brandonsimmons1695]

This song separated the men from boys when it came out

[@jeffreyletourneau299]

Sweet Jesus...

[@alantattersall3190]

Picture the time. City business men were wearing pin stripe suits and bowler hats hurrying to the office with the Financial Times tucked under their arms, big old Jaguar cars mingled with red double decker buses and bicycles on the busy streets heading home to their semi detached suburban homes when out of the footpath grating from the basement ..........came this.

[@johngoodison3160]

Try the hand of doom

[@jamesvomsaal3814]

Nothing but AssesAnd Elbows

[@koestenbraumstar1843]

Never been a big Sabbath fan due to the darn dirge sound that's so monotonous on and on and on in ALL their music, although there's a great part in this tune....you can hear a chicken running headlong straight into a cowbell at one point...😐

[@21Piloteer]

Okay goof.

[@paulmillette3643]

AROUND THE BEND,BEWARE........................

[@Eskay1206]

It is a soundscape of horror

[@CharlesTRose]

Metal Church - Metal Church - Metal Church would be a good follow up to Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath