MORE than a half-century has passed passed since this album's release. There was hard and heavy rock BEFORE this, (Hendrix, Led Zep, etc.), but these guys are arguably the first actual "Heavy Metal". Bands like Tool were greatly inspired by Sabbath, and they will tell you that. I'm in my 60's, and I still LOVE this...
Black Sabbath inspired me to learn guitar but I think a lot of the attraction was the rhythms . Drums seemed too hard / loud (where do you practice). Anyway now I produce EDM music so do the whole thing myself. But Sabbath definitely kicked it all off for me
"You introduced me to my mind And left me wanting you and your kind"- This is a love song to WEED, bro...NO other band sounded like this at the time. True pioneers. That is the GREAT Bill Ward on drums- AND OZZY at his best....
Well it’s one of the most iconic bands in history. They are the forefathers of heavy-metal. Ozzy Osbourne the icon singing. Bill Ward rates in the top tier of drummers of all time. Tony Iommi was the rift God on guitar. And geezer Butler on that deep funky baseline. There was hardly anybody doing it like this back in the 60s and 70s. Deep purple and a couple other bands but this was as hard as it got and it’s sweetleaf bro it’s about weed! The band is heavily based in blues and jazz. One of the most popular bands in the world.
The cough at the beginning was Tony Iommi, guitar, taking too big a hit in the studio while the tape was rolling. Fucking legends!!! War Pigs live in Paris will blow you away. Bill Ward absolutely destroys his drum kit during this. Not literally - it did survive, but needed a few days in ICU to recover!!! YOU WILL LOVE IT, MUGS!!!
That drummer is Bill Ward, one of the greatest. Check out "Symptoms of the universe" with Black Sabbath if you want to hear him *really* beating the skins.
Garage Band is definitely an appropriate reaction. The first 2 Black Sabbath albums were each recorded in about 2 days, and the songs were recorded “live” in the studio with some overdubs added. Sweet Leaf is from their 3rd album (Master Of Reality) which was recorded in 2 weeks. They felt that they had spent too much time recording this album. They preferred to just go in and play the songs, and then go back out on the road. I think this give the music on their first few albums that “garage band” feel. Anyway, this album is the first where the guitar and bass were tuned down 1 1/2 steps on some of the songs ("Children of the Grave", "Lord of This World", and "Into the Void"), giving the music a “heavier” feel and making this a landmark album.
The drums sound live because they are. Back then a recording studio ran on tape and microphones, no computers, only analog circuitry. Each tape became a track that would get merged into the final print, but there was a hard limit on how many tracks could be on one reel of tape. So, micing up a drum kit the way we do now would take up every track available in the 60s, so the rest of the instruments couldn't record at all.
Also when I was a youngster in late 60's and early 70s I remember "straight" meaning about a person who did not use drugs. I dont remember 'straight' used for sexual orientation but that's been a long time ago so memory may be faulty. Like man, because, I may have not been straight.
it's cool (and trippy) to check out people's reactions to this stuff I listened to 40 years ago...how did they never hear this? it was at every fucking kegger I went to in high school..and it was all over the radio back in the day
He wrote a love song to his new found love “Weed” ❤️🔥🎸 the opening cough was after a big hit of love ❤️ remember…… back in 1971 society thought Black Sabbath were Devil worshippers and Satanic ! Taboo singing about Cannabis 😂🤣🔥🎸❤️
U gotta start from thier debut and do thier first 6 albums throughout those album’s you hear them progress and experience different things every album almost sounds like a different band and that what makes sabbath more legendary then the regular person knows. You’ll be blown away i swear youll love it as a hip hop head to such an enjoyable band to listen to for the first time and i want to bless u with that ;)
I discovered tool in my mid 30s, but grew up on black sabbath and ozzy. Black sabbath pretty much invented heavy metal, stoner metal, and a few other genera. They have some more upbeat and intricate songs, but this one is intended to be chill.
Straight people 55 years ago would be slang for uptight, straight laced, square. I was born in the late 70's. So even coming of age in the 90's, I would refer to my parents as straight laced. The song begins with a dude coughing. No Sabbath, no Tool. They're pretty much the root of heavy. There were others but no one did it better. Sweetleaf isn't necessarily the best example but it's the truth.
Black Sabbath started in high school.. in that time there was the first of scary movies.. Ozzy said Lets try to make scary music! This led to deep chord progressions, and sweet leaf shows their flavour the least... Listen to paranoid, war pigs, fairies wear boots.. It's inarguably the origin of metal ❤
Sabbath, formed in late 1960's. with subject matter almost exclusively centered around mental illness/drug addiction, nuclear holocaust and demonic possession, was a direct affront to the popular hippie, peace and love music of that era. In my opinion it was a more honest, artistic reflection of reality.
You are one dense dude, my man. Did you not hear OZZY sing 'You got to fire the Sweetleaf' or 'Try it out, I love you Sweetleaf' ? I knew what it was about in 7th grade 1980. 😀😀
It's all about context. This was written 20 years before TOOL's first EP. At the time the lyrics were shockingly blunt and obvious. But it's completely understandable that you'd miss it in the current world's context. And of course the vocals here are the legend himself, Ozzy Osborne. TOOL is Pink Floyd for the new millennium. 🤘🧙♂️🤘 Rich the Ancient Metal Beast
Black Sabbath created heavy metal unintentionally and also a couple of sub genres or offshoots of heavy metal like doom metal (slow, heavy, percussive lyrics involving religion and the occult) and with this song stoner metal which is pretty self explanatory lol.
They are the godfathers of metal. But I'd suggest something more like War Pigs or Crazy Train as better songs. My favorite would be The Wizard but it's also a bit "garage bandish" itself
Hey Mugs, a thought that occured to me after I wrote my previous comment is to get you to react to Opeth just to see how ready you are to appreciate other modern metal bands who push the envelope, They've been around almost as long as Tool and again, there is nothing like Opeth. Condsider 'Ghost Of Perdition' (Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre - it seems to not get blocked). Let's see how you you cope ;) ;)
All about weed. Sometimes these guys would have a tune in their head and just make up some nonsense lyrics about something...something that just fits the tune like a glove.
when he says straight people don't know what your about , meaning the are straight none intoxicating, never tried weed so they don't know what it is like to be high on weed, they put you down and shut you out, they are make it seem evil
This is from a different time bro. Compared to Tool it is so unsophisticated, but at the time, this was rebellious and new and different too. Sabbath were the godfathers of what made Tool possible. You've been spoiled by having Tool as a reference point compared to rock and metal of the '70s and it will be hard for you to appreciate this older material unless you dedicate a lot of time to it. What Tool do has contributed to a host of great metal that came after them (but Tool remain a law unto themselves, there's nothing else like them apart from some poor and obvious copycats). As genre though, modern Metal is very diverse and underappreciated by folks outside of its curve. I'm 60 and followed it all and I'm a fan of all eras. I suggest you stick with Tool for now, unless your patreons are screaming for something else. It'll all add to your musical (and metal) induction.
he´s singing to mary jane, THE sweet leaf
MORE than a half-century has passed passed since this album's release. There was hard and heavy rock BEFORE this, (Hendrix, Led Zep, etc.), but these guys are arguably the first actual "Heavy Metal". Bands like Tool were greatly inspired by Sabbath, and they will tell you that. I'm in my 60's, and I still LOVE this...
Black Sabbath inspired me to learn guitar but I think a lot of the attraction was the rhythms . Drums seemed too hard / loud (where do you practice). Anyway now I produce EDM music so do the whole thing myself. But Sabbath definitely kicked it all off for me
"You introduced me to my mind
And left me wanting you and your kind"- This is a love song to WEED, bro...NO other band sounded like this at the time. True pioneers. That is the GREAT Bill Ward on drums- AND OZZY at his best....
I have bill ward before john Bonham
I always look to see if someone mentions that fact. Cheers
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they put 4 of the best albums out in 2 years.amazing.
They are the roots of so many bands, it's incredible.
Well it’s one of the most iconic bands in history. They are the forefathers of heavy-metal. Ozzy Osbourne the icon singing. Bill Ward rates in the top tier of drummers of all time. Tony Iommi was the rift God on guitar. And geezer Butler on that deep funky baseline. There was hardly anybody doing it like this back in the 60s and 70s. Deep purple and a couple other bands but this was as hard as it got and it’s sweetleaf bro it’s about weed! The band is heavily based in blues and jazz. One of the most popular bands in the world.
One of my favs! I am 56 and always listen to these guys!
The cough at the beginning was Tony Iommi, guitar, taking too big a hit in the studio while the tape was rolling. Fucking legends!!!
War Pigs live in Paris will blow you away. Bill Ward absolutely destroys his drum kit during this. Not literally - it did survive, but needed a few days in ICU to recover!!! YOU WILL LOVE IT, MUGS!!!
Hand of Doom... War Pigs.... Children of the Grave.... so many great songs
That drummer is Bill Ward, one of the greatest. Check out "Symptoms of the universe" with Black Sabbath if you want to hear him *really* beating the skins.
This was in the 70s .. weed was looked down upon back in them days.. so this was a bold song to do
Garage Band is definitely an appropriate reaction. The first 2 Black Sabbath albums were each recorded in about 2 days, and the songs were recorded “live” in the studio with some overdubs added. Sweet Leaf is from their 3rd album (Master Of Reality) which was recorded in 2 weeks. They felt that they had spent too much time recording this album. They preferred to just go in and play the songs, and then go back out on the road. I think this give the music on their first few albums that “garage band” feel.
Anyway, this album is the first where the guitar and bass were tuned down 1 1/2 steps on some of the songs ("Children of the Grave", "Lord of This World", and "Into the Void"), giving the music a “heavier” feel and making this a landmark album.
Check out Fairies Wear Boots, my favorite Black Sabbath song, super funky
The drums sound live because they are. Back then a recording studio ran on tape and microphones, no computers, only analog circuitry. Each tape became a track that would get merged into the final print, but there was a hard limit on how many tracks could be on one reel of tape. So, micing up a drum kit the way we do now would take up every track available in the 60s, so the rest of the instruments couldn't record at all.
👍 Old school!!! 🖖❤
weed sweet leaf the coughing at the start was after hitting that bong
Also when I was a youngster in late 60's and early 70s I remember "straight" meaning about a person who did not use drugs. I dont remember 'straight' used for sexual orientation but that's been a long time ago so memory may be faulty. Like man, because, I may have not been straight.
Sweet Leaf is officially off the schedule one list today! Only took 53 years!
Lucky you!
it's cool (and trippy) to check out people's reactions to this stuff I listened to 40 years ago...how did they never hear this? it was at every fucking kegger I went to in high school..and it was all over the radio back in the day
You HAVE to listen to Fairies Wear Boots! Quite a few twists on that song and the musicianship is crazy good! Love the channel 🔥
I love the kind bud!!!! Kind Means the best you've seen Of the sweet leaf
He wrote a love song to his new found love “Weed” ❤️🔥🎸 the opening cough was after a big hit of love ❤️ remember…… back in 1971 society thought Black Sabbath were Devil worshippers and Satanic ! Taboo singing about Cannabis 😂🤣🔥🎸❤️
Things way different in the 70s. Black Sabbath godfathers of heavy metal
50 years ago, "straight" meant someone who didn't smoke weed.
later on, the word was mostly used the other way
U gotta start from thier debut and do thier first 6 albums throughout those album’s you hear them progress and experience different things every album almost sounds like a different band and that what makes sabbath more legendary then the regular person knows. You’ll be blown away i swear youll love it as a hip hop head to such an enjoyable band to listen to for the first time and i want to bless u with that ;)
You have to do WAR PIGS by them youll love it !! (Not the music video tho as its too distracting from the instrumentation) just do some lyric video
Ozzyyyyyy
It’s a love song to WEED
Sweet leaf = marijuana. Cough at the beginning.
I just caught that
@@MugnifyRTS I replied too soon. Should have waited until end of reaction.
There would be no tool if there was no black sabbath.
I discovered tool in my mid 30s, but grew up on black sabbath and ozzy. Black sabbath pretty much invented heavy metal, stoner metal, and a few other genera. They have some more upbeat and intricate songs, but this one is intended to be chill.
Bruuuh was obvilious on this one haha
Look for Electric Funeral Black sabbath one of the videos has the concert conversation in between the song changes
Who's he singing to? The song's title is Sweet Leaf. What leaf is sweet to most musicians? Yea, pot. He's in love with his weed, of course. 😁😄🤣
Straight people 55 years ago would be slang for uptight, straight laced, square. I was born in the late 70's. So even coming of age in the 90's, I would refer to my parents as straight laced.
The song begins with a dude coughing.
No Sabbath, no Tool. They're pretty much the root of heavy. There were others but no one did it better. Sweetleaf isn't necessarily the best example but it's the truth.
Black Sabbath started in high school.. in that time there was the first of scary movies.. Ozzy said Lets try to make scary music! This led to deep chord progressions, and sweet leaf shows their flavour the least...
Listen to paranoid, war pigs, fairies wear boots..
It's inarguably the origin of metal ❤
And then there’s their self-titled track.
*”Black Sabbath”*
Side Note - Rick Reuben sampled the guitar riff for the Beastie Boys "Rhymin & Stealin"
Sabbath, formed in late 1960's. with subject matter almost exclusively centered around mental illness/drug addiction, nuclear holocaust and demonic possession, was a direct affront to the popular hippie, peace and love music of that era. In my opinion it was a more honest, artistic reflection of reality.
Nice, my friend. Nice.
That's Bill Ward on the drums.
You are one dense dude, my man. Did you not hear OZZY sing 'You got to fire the Sweetleaf' or 'Try it out, I love you Sweetleaf' ? I knew what it was about in 7th grade 1980. 😀😀
It's all about context. This was written 20 years before TOOL's first EP. At the time the lyrics were shockingly blunt and obvious. But it's completely understandable that you'd miss it in the current world's context.
And of course the vocals here are the legend himself, Ozzy Osborne.
TOOL is Pink Floyd for the new millennium.
🤘🧙♂️🤘
Rich the Ancient Metal Beast
u had to be there.i was.it's a straight promotion of mary jane from tavistock in London.
War pigs live 1970 that’s the drummer
Black Sabbath 1968-eternity🤘
Black Sabbath created heavy metal unintentionally and also a couple of sub genres or offshoots of heavy metal like doom metal (slow, heavy, percussive lyrics involving religion and the occult) and with this song stoner metal which is pretty self explanatory lol.
I love the way everybody reacts to the cough. If you want to hear another intro to a rock song you may find amusing try "Meadows" by Joe Walsh.
This song ozzy talking how much he love that ganja
Sweet Leaf = Marijuana
I grew up with Sabbath so I love it. But I agree Tool made it difficult to find new music that captures me the same.
the best zaza song ever hahahah
A love song to marijuana. Straight in those days meant square or not hip.
They are the godfathers of metal. But I'd suggest something more like War Pigs or Crazy Train as better songs. My favorite would be The Wizard but it's also a bit "garage bandish" itself
Crazy Train is Ozzy solo, but yes it's a good one.
C'mon now. The song started off with a cough. It's called "Sweet Leaf." Figure it out.
Now do planet caravan.
Hey Mugs, a thought that occured to me after I wrote my previous comment is to get you to react to Opeth just to see how ready you are to appreciate other modern metal bands who push the envelope, They've been around almost as long as Tool and again, there is nothing like Opeth. Condsider 'Ghost Of Perdition' (Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre - it seems to not get blocked). Let's see how you you cope ;) ;)
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70s dude, people were not completely insane yet.
Ozzy is a God
Sweetleaf= Weed Bro Weed!
"war pigs"
Love song to weed hence the coughing at the beginning
Classic stoners anthem
Bill Ward rat salad
Straight people as in straight edge people
It’s about Ganja
All about weed. Sometimes these guys would have a tune in their head and just make up some nonsense lyrics about something...something that just fits the tune like a glove.
what is this wheel thing?? 🤣🤣
when he says straight people don't know what your about , meaning the are straight none intoxicating, never tried weed so they don't know what it is like to be high on weed, they put you down and shut you out, they are make it seem evil
Ozzy isn't homosexual.
This is from a different time bro. Compared to Tool it is so unsophisticated, but at the time, this was rebellious and new and different too. Sabbath were the godfathers of what made Tool possible. You've been spoiled by having Tool as a reference point compared to rock and metal of the '70s and it will be hard for you to appreciate this older material unless you dedicate a lot of time to it. What Tool do has contributed to a host of great metal that came after them (but Tool remain a law unto themselves, there's nothing else like them apart from some poor and obvious copycats). As genre though, modern Metal is very diverse and underappreciated by folks outside of its curve. I'm 60 and followed it all and I'm a fan of all eras. I suggest you stick with Tool for now, unless your patreons are screaming for something else. It'll all add to your musical (and metal) induction.
Sweet Leaf... marijuana!
my pop's used to call it sweet leaf...
Ahaha man ofc he's talking about weed
Sweet leaf = marijuana. That's who he's singing to.
Grunge wasn't even a thing back then.
Weed
there was no such thing as grunge at that time
so many better BS songs then this. but still a good one.
Youre very slow bro😂
You really couldn't tell it was about pot?
I didn't want to believe it just by the song titlw