Musician Reacts to Black Sabbath 'Lonely is the Word'

[@CopyWhoTV]

Wow. You're hearing Dio and you don't know who Dio is. Welcome to Dio. Greatest metal vocalist ever ever ever and ever.

[@jamie4993]

The first two Dio albums with Black Sabbath ("Heaven and Hell" and "Mob Rules") are essential listening for any fan of rock music.

[@jalkabre5904]

I would also add "Dehumanizer" and "The Devil You Know" (By Heaven & Hell - still BS)

[@SuperMario2401]

​@@jalkabre5904Dehumanizer is soooooo underrated! Top BS album

[@larrym5120]

​@@SuperMario2401Especially if you include the alternate versions of Letters From Earth and Bad Blood.

[@iaov]

My favorite Sabbath song. It makes me weep every time I hear it.

[@wudchuck]

My first concert, nov 8, 1980. Didn't realize Ozzy was gone and hadn't heard this album yet. I was blown away! Children of the sea became my favorite song and this has always been my personal favorite guitar solo (solos).

[@matthewstephans2466]

That singer would be Ronnie James dio and don't ever forget that. You should check him out. probably one of the greatest rock singers ever to grace the stage.

[@PurpleDracos]

Bill Ward came from a jazz background while, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler were blues guys.

[@jeffersoncosgrove1910]

That Frozen 2 motif is also present in Stairway to Heaven. :D

[@laudanum669]

A couple of reasons that Tony Iommi has a distinctive sound is lost the tips of his middle and ring finger in a factory accident. This led him to having to use lighter gauge strings, Banjo strings at the beginning because light gauge guitar strings weren't available at the time. He plays a few different guitars but his long time go-to guitar is a Gibson SG nick named "The Old Boy".

[@willforbes6373]

Check out the "sloppiness" of Iommi on "Heart like a wheel" from his Seventh Star album. Drool worthy riffs from the metal master.

[@niiru4336]

Bill Ward was from the same area as John Bonham and they knew each other well.

[@danburch2989]

For a debut album for dio with Black Sabbath…. Nailed it … start to finish…

[@jalkabre5904]

Ronnie James Dio left the band Rainbow (another fantastic band and one of my favorites -"Stargazer" is a must reaction) and joined Black Sabbath. Ronnie rejuvenated the band and made some awesome songs like this one and "Heaven & Hell", "Sign of the Southern Cross", "Children of the Sea", "Voodoo", "I" and so many more. Dig deep into the Dio era of Black Sabbath and jump over to Rainbow as well ("Stargazer", "Man on the Silver Mountain", "Temple of the King", "Catch the Rainbow", "Kill the King", "Gates of Babylon" and a bunch more.

[@paulohtobias]

His "solo" work with the band Dio is also worth listening. Holy Diver is a fantastic album.

[@mikekeeler6362]

That's Bill Ward that plays on the Heaven and Hell album

[@michaelwanklin3580]

Hi Bud - It was with a fair deal of trepidation that the Sabbath fans awaited this album after our man Ozzy had been booted. But for me Ronnie James Dio actually revived the band and also allowed Ozzy to progress after realizing his letting down of the BS. I love virtually all the Sabbath and Ozzy albums but this one in particular is a great credit to Ronnie stepping into the breach. God rest his soul.

[@laudanum669]

Not only did Dio save BS from extinction he breathed new life into the band. Sadly Sharron Osborne insisted Dio not be included in BS induction into The R&R Hall of Shame.

[@Slippindisc]

The part that starts at 6:48 (about 2:30 in the actual song) makes my brain feel like a gum ball machine getting tipped over and all the balls going everywhere. And the drums during the solo are straight POWER

[@brendantoungate8287]

Is this the first time you've heard Ronnie James Dio sing? If so, congratulations; you've got a *ton* of amazing music ahead of you from Black Sabbath/Heaven & Hell, Rainbow, and his own band Dio. Rainbow: Man on the Silver Mountain, Tarot Woman, Stargazer, Kill The King, Gates of Babylon, Long Live Rock n' Roll Black Sabbath/Heaven & Hell: Neon Knights, Children of the Sea, Heaven & Hell, Die Young, The Sign of the Southern Cross, Falling Off the Edge of the World, I, Bible Black Dio: Holy Diver, Don't Talk to Strangers, Rainbow in the Dark, The Last in Line, Egypt, All the Fools Sailed Away And that's not everything; tons more good stuff there. I'm happy that you've been introduced.

[@russpendergraft5057]

This is a really great song! If you look up LONELY IS THE WORD COVER. on KZbin there's a guy who plays both guitars in this song, and he does an absolutely stunning note for note rendition of Toni Iommi guitar work!!! I've watched it more times then I can remember! Well worth the listen !!! Thanks much for this reaction! 🤘

[@elitezenkai9435]

You dont know who DIO is??? Hes the man who made the metal horns 🤘. Hes regarded as the best metal singer, and is referred to as the rock god by both Bruce Dickinson and Rob Halford. Hope you review more of his stuff. Hes the reason i got into metal.

[@agdtec]

The 2 unsung heroes of Black Sabbath are Geezer Butler on bass and Bill Ward on drums.

[@MrGunhunt]

listen to “I” from the 1992 dehumanizer album (sabbath)

[@mojobag01]

You need to drop to E flat to get the drone working on the main riff. John Bonham was Bill's close friend and best man at Tony Iommi's wedding. They are from the same town.

[@hemlock399]

Beautifully bluesy, soulful metal from one of the Grand Masters of that genre. Love it! Thanks for posting! On another subject, I'm looking forward to you resuming your Jinjer journey. I see you haven't reacted to Home Back yet. It's a very powerful song, I highly recommend it. The OMV greatly compliments the music,& I definitely recommend following along with the lyrics while reacting. Their 2021 Hellfest live performance of that song is amazing, & would make an ideal 2nd feature in a double feature reaction. Cheers! 🤘

[@mikeg.4211]

Well done! I thought you'd appreciate this piece of virtuosity from the master! This was the great Ronnie James Dio (formerly of Rainbow, who sang Stargazer), with Bill Ward drumming.

[@JohnBrown-on4hw]

All hail,3 of the greatest composers to ever grace the rock world Gezzer Bill,Tony

[@thomaso6763]

That sound are his prosthetic fingertips, he plays with a disability ala machine shop accident.

[@TerryVogelaar]

Glad you discovered the greatest metal singer of all time: Ronnie James Dio. BTW, the Frozen motif can also be heard at the end of the instrumental bit in Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven.

[@iwanagung005]

This song is even better when performed live with drummer Vinny Appice in Radio City Hall (2007). I really love this Lonely Of The Word. Toni Iommy solo and the sincronic between Geezer Butler bass and Vinnie Appice drum. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5WUgIuuZrGIg6s This is Black Sabbath best formation. • Ronnie James Dio (Best Vocalist with Rob Halford of Judast Priest). • Toni Iommy (One of the best guitarist) • Geezer Butler (Best Bassist In The World with Klauz Peter Mazzio of Eloy). • Vinny Appice (Drummer). • Geoff Nichols (Keyboard, as additional player). Greeting from Indonesia 🇮🇩

[@jumalishahanan3373]

The late Ronnie James Dio voice

[@matthewstephans2466]

Wow and you never heard of randy Rhoads either. You ain't kidding not only do you get to hear this metal fresh for the first time. You haven't even delve into the good stuff yet. Lucky you! You must do diary of a madman. And you need to do heaven and hell by sabbath

[@mora1948]

Gotta do sabbaths ozzy era i know theres much u haven’t heard im expecting u to know war pigs but if u haven’t I recommend it and if u have then i recommend the deeper cuts of sabbath with ozzy

[@motley22crue]

This whole album is a masterpiece. Funny you mention Jack Black.... he makes an appearance at the beginning of Dio's video for "Push" from 2002 kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3eun4JvltWna6s and Tenacious D have a song called "Dio". kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKPSmniuZaZlntE You should do "Classic Album Reactions" lol.

[@B0110-x3d]

Gotta do the song Heaven and Hell from the same album. One of the best hard rock songs ever made!

[@Slippindisc]

I love it, but I think this one is better. And up until recently I did not give this song enough credit. Children of the Sea is another 🔥 tune off this album.

[@gavinsmith9016]

Well, if you haven't heard Ronnie James Dio before then I won't mock you. I will envy you because if you follow up on this you will discover the early Rainbow albums, Dio albums and the remainder of the DIO Black Sabbath albums, especially The Mob Rules (1981) - note they did a great live album (Live at Radio City) and studio album as Heaven and Hell rather than Black sabbath. I was lucky enough to grow up through this time period. This album was released in 1980. This was a fantastic year for rock and metal albums: Heaven & Hell, Back in Black (AC/DC), Blizzard of OZ (Ozzy with Randy Rhoads), British Steel (Judas Priest), Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden), Permanent Waves (Rush), Wheels of Steel and Strong Arm of The Law (Both Saxon) and Ace of Spades (Motorhead). I may have missed some. If you like this song you should listen to all of those.

[@buccanero]

That my friend is the one and only Ronnie James Dio! 🤘

[@djfrank68]

You probably know this but I'm pretty sure the song is played in Amin but guitar and bass are tuned down a 1/2 step.

[@Greg-om2hb]

The “Frozen” lick sounds a lot like Jimmy Page.

[@jeffersoncosgrove1910]

Dio!!!! Woohoo.

[@mikekeeler6362]

That's only one guitar player Tony Iommi

[@nellybod8742]

Damn you need to do your homework Mr Potter. Firstly this is your first listen to a classic album Like Heaven and Hell. Then believing Ronnie Janes Dio sounds like Jack Black. Wow🤨

[@jeffersoncosgrove1910]

Hehe, yes. More like Jack Black does a Dio imitation. Oh well, we'll educate him in 70s rock yet.

[@nellybod8742]

@@jeffersoncosgrove1910 I need to remember, Wave is thirty years my junior. But it's difficult sometimes🙄

[@hemlock399]

😆

[@swissystan]

Whaaaaaat? You don’t recognise Dio?! This, for me, is one of the best rock songs ever, sung by the greatest himself, an absolutely beautiful piece of metal…..one of my absolute favourite Sabbath songs

[@alanstamper4345]

I like the Dio era, but original Sabbath is still tops for me. Wave, you should take a listen to “The Wizard” to get feel of what Bill Ward was really capable of.

[@stuartenright-dr4pv]

Ronnie James Dio is the singer

[@ricklivingston966]

frozen 2?

[@davidkelly9096]

Drummer was Vinnie Appice

[@louty20]

Regard yourself as duly mocked now listen on

[@mikekeeler6362]

Ronnie James Dio

[@dicodec]

I never tried to listen to this album because I am not a fan of Dio. But this sounds ok

[@willforbes6373]

You sir must have crap taste to dislike the voice of Dio

[@brendantoungate8287]

That blows my mind, not gonna lie. Curious as to which singers you do enjoy.

[@mikekeeler6362]

That's Bill Ward that plays on the Heaven and Hell album

[@mikekeeler6362]

Ronnie James Dio