For me, it's the bell, thunder and rain at the beginning of black Sabbath. Not saying the siren isn't fkn awesome, but i get the chills for the Black Sabbath song.
Its the air raid siren , that's what makes it so harrowing and hair raising, the song is about evil politicians and dictators making War. Black Sabbath created some awesome music that they had nothing to reach from really, there was no one like them before, but the lyrics as well, written mainly from Geezer Butler, some very heavy thinking from young people back in the day, the incomparable percussion of Bill Ward, the incomparable bass playing of Geezer Butler and already mentioned Tony Iommi, and that unique vocals of Ozzy of course. The only thing the tempo is a little too quick in this live version, I think the song really speaks better when it's slowed down just a bit, could go a bit quicker than the studio version but in my opinion this live version is a little too jacked up, but what do I know look at the crowd haha so Electric
1997 Nissan Pavilion - The actual reunion show. The field crowd was ripping up the wet sod and tossing it into the pavilion seating. It was pandemonium. Amazing time.
i saw them at milton keynes england 98 supported by pantera, slayer, fear factory, foo fighters, soulfly, and ozzy doing a solo set immediately before sabbath. ozzy is a fucking legend
That’s why bands like Pantera and Gojira are so good, they’ve really blended that groove element into their music, some real evolution of grooving heavy music!!
Agreed! Bill Ward really has got the jazzy and bluesy swing - and that adds an extra element to Sabbaths sound. No discredit to the other drummers Sabbath have had such as Vinnie Appice and Tommy Clufetos - great drummers but that little swing thing Bill has they dont.
What a band. They’ve meant so much to me over the years it’s crazy. Tony and Geezer are unequivocal geniuses, and Ozzy and Bill are no slouches either. But far more important is how the band is greater than the sum of their parts. They are storytellers with sound.
Man, you got it. I'm 62 years old and when I first heard this in the very early 1970's the same words where going through my head, this is epic, it's it! the start, middle and future of it all musically.
It’s great to see someone who teaches music hearing/seeing the music their talking about be nearly speechless during a performance. Black Sabbath isn’t just a band or music, it’s an experience to be witnessed and appreciated.
Epic indeed. It's difficult to nail Tony's sound on that Em riff. Takes a knack from playing it a hundred times. Tony is an epic riff creator. Huge fuc#ing tone and addictive riffs and memes. This song changed my life too. My neighborhood clan called ourselves the War Pigs and would jam this tune for hours in my parents garage. Keg party and all that. 1979/1980 thereabouts.
You should react to the performance to when they were very young and they slaughter it ! The video is called war pigs live in Paris 1970. Just in case you haven’t seen it I would love to see your reaction and definitely recommend it !
Really the whole Paris '70 show is fucking incredible, and worth an active listen. None of that background music nonsense, really watching and listening
Great video. Your smiling as you explain and play the techniques that Sabbath use made me smile so thank you. Iommi's riffs are still epic, 50 years on. Geezer's bass lines just motor whilst shaking your insides and as for Bill Ward, we'll, the hammer of the God's. Did I forget Ozzie? Simply a true rock legend.
completely agree with you about bill ward. his absence is the reason i didn't go to final tour show in my town. i fell in love with sabbath's music around age 10 or 11, An older kid in my neighborhood was a guitarist and had a band that played in his basement. wasn't allowed down there but I used to hang around his house and listen to them practice Black Sabbath songs like Electric Funeral, Paranoid, War Pigs and Iron Man. Since 76 up to Ozzy's Blizzard of Oz I loved all their music but then stopped listening to them for over 20 years then revisited their albums. I understand now why I liked and still like their music so much. there is something so special about the 4 of them together that's impossible to replicate. For that reason I refrained from attending the last tour because Bill Ward wasn't there, it's just not Black Sabbath without him.
I heard them live too and i totally agree. I never heard a guitar sound more intense then Tony Iommi´s. Theres something uniquely powerfull about his style. I describe it as a claw reaching out from the speakers directly gripping you by your intestines.
"The Beacon the calling card" and the song was 30 years old when you saw them. I saw them 1978 front row Charleston Civic Center. Transformative. Timeless they are.
Well if I wasn't already feeling nostalgic enough today as it is, this was 25 minutes of Black Sabbath reaction vid clearly worth every second of watching. It brought me back to my first time hearing their first album in the early 70's. I wanted to jump out of my skin trying to describe to everyone who'd never heard them how they MUST listen and how much their music affected me. This band still moves me and motivates my days in ways that I could go on an on, but I'll just stop here. I'll only say this.... with 100% certainty that I will till the day I die forever be a fan of the greatest band that ever lived! Thanks so much for your vid. I truly enjoyed it!!
You can see how much you just love this stuff. Minutes went by when you were just locked in and smiling.....probably remembering your younger years of seeing them live but also recognizing their talent and togetherness. As you said, EPIC STUFF.
New to this channel, but love how Mike gets sincerely amped up..sometimes even emotional (I see those eyes) lol..its how I feel too! Loved his Mike Love looper reaction video, too:)
I was at that show. The guy driving decided it was time to leave. I’ll never forget pulling out of the parking lot and hearing the beginning of War Pigs. To this day I never let him live this down.
Dude, DUDE! LOVE to see folks so ENJOY music. This is what it's ALL ABOUT!!! Been a music lover FOREVER. Absolutely tone deaf. Hs music teacher was one of the original members of KISS. He asked me to try out for hs rock band. After a couple bottles of Wild Irish Rose with the drummer I went to the try out to sing Old Time Rock n Roll and Whitesnakes Here I Go Again. Well I'd used a live Seager album my parents had and the band played it in a different key, I didn't even notice. Lol and even though the teacher wanted my stage presents, he couldn't stand to listen to me outta key. But even though I can't hear what you all can, I LOVE GREAT MUSIC and am easily moved by greatness
@Michael Palmisano I believe that was Ozzfest 1997. The crowd on the lawn lost their collective mind during Pantera’s set and tore up the sod. By the time the rain came, all the grass that would have helped soak it up was ripped up & thrown around the whole pavilion… hence the overflowing water & mud. Amazing show to be at as a teenager getting into metal & guitar. Glad we have that shared experience. 🤘🏻
Im totally into it! Seeing your face, that you love Sabbath as much as I do is something I totally love about being at a concert and sharing a bond with people around me. Awesome
I was 13 years old and into pop music really hard a friend of mine called me and said you got to listen to this. So he brought it over War Pigs who changed my life forever. I have never heard anything like that at the time. I'm 63 years old and I still crank Maiden priest Ozzy Black Sabbath Slayer with devil horns in the air brother. I love your Channel and more importantly how much you love music
Tone, Tone, Tone is everything. We can get it, it's a whole new ballgame if we can play it. Not so easy. Sabbath had an incredible rhythm maybe one of the best in the Heavy Rock, period. You can listen to other bands play the same song, it is missing something. That depth, feel, and thick sound.
I'm so happy you pointed out the value of his touch. He is known for his sound and riffs but in my humble opinion his lead style just as good. He has a certain way of playing leads and he phrase simple blues licks to sounds completely different than they usually sound.
Dude, obviously you’re an EXTREMELY talented Musician and a Great Teacher. Your reaction and respect and fandom for Black Sabbath, have made me a fan of you! I’m glad Rick was wrong and it stayed up, Thank you SO much for recognizing Bill Ward was an unbelievable drummer & was SO important to the Sabbath sound but yet he’s so underrated! If you don’t get what Michael said, then you just don’t get it, period! Awesome breakdown bro, awesome, I just subscribed to your channel 👍
Hi, just ran across your vids in my recommendeds.. you can always tells when someone truly loves and enjoys what they're watching/reacting to. Your smile goes right to your eyes and your entire face and body are projecting absolute joy. I feel the same way about AC/DC. Thank you for your insight and great attitude!
We had to sneak to listen to the 1st album...it literally changed music and scared the shit out of us....Sabbath will never get the credit they deserve....fricking one of the top 5 rock bands ever...ever
Coincidentally been flogging the guts out of Sabbath's early catalogue during the lockdown - strangely comforting . To me, the music hasn't aged (though I have). The goosebump inducing moments on different tracks still kick-in. Magic stuff. Finally, great vid on your behalf.Onya !!.
I just wanted to thank you for this video. I love your genuine joy and love for Black Sabbath. I grew up listening to them with my dad, and sharing music in general with each other was our thing. I lost him to suicide in 2018, and Black Sabbath's music has become a refuge for me since his death. This music is like an emotional, religious experience for me as well every time I hear it. It's nice to see someone appreciate this as much (or probably even more) than I do. This video was my comfort today when I was struggling with missing him. So, thank you.
i had your same experience, Tampa 2013, pouring rain, thunder and lightning... then the siren and geezers bass... the closing song was "Children of the grave", THE WHOLE Ampitheatre was bouncing... like the whole floor was bouncing... EPIC
you gotta check out Soft Machine’s “Hazard Profile Part 1” and “Land of the Bag Snake.” Allan Holdsworth - proof that shredding and blues melody aren’t mutually exclusive
I like hearing someone else express what I also felt about the influence they had. I was about 13 years old when this came out and I still love this music.`
I don't feel this old but my first love was the day my best friend's big sister put their Dad's headphones on me and placed the needle on Black Sabbath. The debut album from 1970. As others have said it was life changing. 1974 Black Sabbath is coming to the Hampton Coliseum, my hometown. Will I be able to get tickets and will my Mom let me go? My friends and I got tickets and all the Mom's got together and put the most senior friend, probably 17, in charge. The excitement waiting for the date was excruciating. The day arrived, we had prepared ourselves with the required recreational goods. What I remember most was the volume. The loudest show I have ever heard. My ears rang for two days and I couldn't sleep for one. Ozzy had on a white leather vest with full body length fringe that made him look like an angel when he lifted his arms up showing double peace signs. My personal disappointment was how little they played from the first album. Duh they were promoting the current album which I think was Black Sabbath 4. Absolutely amazing even after all these years. My collection includes a signed photo of Geezer Butler. I loved that bass guitar. Never to be repeated and that night was awesome.
The delight at seeing this guy and the love he shows for the band is really priceless. I saw sabbath at a small venue in the UK early 70's - a time when you could easily slip backstage and chat to Iommi and Ozzy which we did. Walking home singing our heads off, a black limo slows down, the window comes down and the Ozzy wave appeared - you could not buy that evening ....
I saw Sabbath for the first time during their reunion tour and I remember that Geezer was playing the bass SO hard that I had the feeling that my pants were flapping around my legs. I got so choked up seeing their greatness live for the first time.
Went to Ozzfest I think 2003 or 2005 the one with Iron Maiden. I can remember how great Sabbath sounded live. Ozzy throwing buckets of water on the crowd and scratching himself lol. It was Epic. Tony Iommi was legendary
That music changed my life, sharp as a razor, its like a slugehammer hitting yoh in the chest. I think Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is their peak, the lyrics, the vocals and music is just incredible.
Thanks Michael-that was fun! I was lucky enough to see them on their farewell tour. Right in front of Tony. Still awesome! Good points about Bill Ward. You can hear his jazz influence on the first couple albums.
Never enough respect for Bill Ward. Thank you for paying him his respect 🖤 I purposely did not see Sabbath in Toronto a few years back as it was missing Bill Ward. In hindsight, I probably should have😑
In very early June 1970, I was in the U.S. Navy, serving on a Destroyer. The Ship's store was small so it was impossible to sell albums which would have taken up too much space. So only cassettes were sold. I asked the Storekeeper to see the rock cassettes. As I was going through them, I noticed this cover with what looked like a witch with the usual green face, in a garden full of dead trees and dead flowers, with a large home made of stone in the background. The name of the group was Black Sabbath. I said, what the hell, I'll give it a try. Well, when I placed the cassette into the cassette player and hit Play, let me tell you, I was immediately "Blown Away," and at the same time became an instant Black Sabbath fan. The guitar playing by Tommie Iommi, Geezer on Bass, Bill Ward on Drums, and of course OZZY. I had every Sabbath cassette, then bought albums when I was discharge from the Navy in 1973. I had every album up until Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.
Like many thousands of concert goers, like myself, just too bloody high to remember those things. Hell, we couldn't even remember where we parked our cars. Still the best days and times of my life.
New subscriber here- I WAS AT THIS SHOW I was like 15/16 at this concert in VA and Sabbath were already literally GODS to me- as I’m writing this I just heard YOU WENT TO THE VA ONE TOO FUCK YEAH!!! Their sound was absolutely incredible and to this day I have NEVER heard a band sound better. The rain and weather sounds like you are talking about sounds like 2005- tornado warning, rain and everything- anyways. Cheers from the DMV!
I think we all keep going back to this channel because how INTO it you are. I always learn something and your passion is infectious, dude! Doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to play the song or stop and start we come back because we like ya! That’s me opinion anyway. I get the goosebumps with you, I get the laughs! It’s a lot of fun
My first rock concert was Black Sabbath, the Paranoid tour. I think they played some charts from the 1st album but hey I was 14...ish at the time. opening act was Sweathog, hallelujah was their hit. Geezer had 12 Marshal cabinets on his side of Bill and Iommi had 13 on his side. Everybody wore black. Ozzy was and is Ozzy. Tony and his great big silver cross, never moved, as if glued to his mark. While Geezer never stopped moving. But my attention was on Mr. Ward that night. As a very young drummer, or so I thought, I was stunned having never seen or heard anything like Him at the time. Remember too that the band was young, second album young.
Dude you're describing Ozzfest in Camden in like 97 the same thing happens to me and my buddies raining pouring down tool was another headliner . I can remember the mosh pit being on a hill and everybody was falling down it we were so muddy bombed out of our minds but having such fun same thing with me I can't remember the exact year my buddy Carlo rented a van we all piled in drovel from Philly got there at noon Ozzy didn't come on till like 10 LOL Thanks for the Memories
Metal is simple yet destructively beautiful. Your experience at Nissan reminds me of my first ever concert. My favorite band growing up was Avenged Sevenfold and seeing Synyster Gates literally had me in a state of awe.
Synsyter is a monster too! I've saw them twice and both times I came away extremely impressed...he didn't skimp on any of the solos to The Stage, Beast and the Harlot, or M.I.A.
1978 in my Fathers Ford Fairlane with my buddy Lee playing my dad's 8 track tape of Black Sabbath Paranoid over and over dripping sweat for hours still fresh in my brain. Changed my life. Was my first memory of music. Still holds its own today!
Sabs show was on august 14th, 1999 in Virgnia. i was at the STONER HANDS OF DOOM FEST in Manassas the same day & the same storm hit with the Tornado warning.
Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. They defined hard rock music and set up the fundamentals for metal and rock ever since. So great to se you doing an analysis of this song Michael. Players and listeners alike can learn so much from the beautiful simplicity yet incredible power of these genre defining groups. There are no comfy ballads in hard rock but there were never intended to be. The music is angry and loud. The lyric in this song especially is cutting and absolutely on the mark. Hard rock isn't for everybody. That's OK. But these guys are masterful musicians in their own right. So are Purple and Zep. Listen. Thank you Michael for such an honest open examination. Its great music in its own right.
So true about Bill Ward! One of the most under rated drummers of ALL TIME! Thank you for the delightful read on this classic! Sabbbath changed so many lives (and ears!)
Sabbath. Best riffs ever. Great to see someone that really gets Iommi and the band , I was lucky to have seen them good few years ago. I had goosebumps throughout the gig. Was amazing,what a sound. I share your passion man. Great playing by the way , you really make it look easy. 👏👏👍🇬🇧
It was the Black Sabbath Reunion in 1999.... I remember....it was big when it happen..... Black Sabbath Reunion... Theres a live 2CD about this reunion show with two new songs...
Saw Ozzy 5 times and 2 of which was with Randy Roads. He was the master of commanding a crowd when he was on his game! Saw Black Sabbath when Dio was singing with them!
