@Gerry Berry I've never heard this song in a different time, as you say. Its It's amazing that I've heard this for 20 years THE WRONG WAY and it was still doom af.
One thing many people forget is that Black Sabbath was invited to Woodstock, while the Doors were considered to be to "dark". There was always an element of hope and/or redemption to Sabbath's music.
I remember when I was a teenager bagging on my Dad's music. Mainly listened to Metallica, Slayer etc. 80s metal mainly and he said Sabbath created Metal I laughed then he showed me this song and a few others. Shut me right up and blew my mind been a Sabbath fan ever since A few years back Me, my dad and my son (who is also a fan) all went to the 13 tour. 3 generations of Sabbath fans at the same concert, will always be one of my best memories.
Excellent story. A+ This is rock. Nothing comes close. Forefathers of dark era. Only Ozzy. Driver of the chariot,,, delivery of the body, that killed the disco era. OZZY! Creator of Stoner Rock. Master. (Well the vocal part....)
@@WryTrvr I agree with you 100%. It is. I mean, I don't think I have ever heard this song in its entirety, including of course the gorgeous and sublime closing section where it seems to become a whole 'nother song, before. Having heard it now, I can't help but wish it would gone on forever. The rest of the song truly pales in comparison to the last two minutes, and I do wish that they had done it separately. Either way, though, just an utterly lovely, fascinating segment. The perfect closer.
Best past of this song👌 I first heard this on SKATE game and when this part start I instantly check what's the song, start it from beginning and could not belive it't the same song ❤️
Rolling Stone reviewed their first album, calling it “like Cream, but worse”, and saying that “the people” didn’t want heavy rock, but more acoustic, sensitive singer/songwriters like James Taylor. You don’t even need to add anything at the end of an anecdote like that. You just let it stand, and it serves as its own punchline.
This song represents everything great about Black Sabbath. They could go from banging your head against the wall with a heavy electric riff and loud drums to lulling you to sleep with soft acoustic music.
The Iommi riff. The wanton drum fills. The driving Geezer bass. And The soaring ethereal voice of Ozzy flying over it all. And the lyrics are just insane. And then it changes halfway through into some hippie bossa nova tune. But it totally works! I don't know how they come up with this stuff, but I'm sure glad they did.
"how do they come up with this stuff??.." >> SHEER TALENT.. and DRUGS!!!... LOTS OF IT.. and good quality - People in bands still do drugs.. But they don't use in a creative, writing method.. Its mostly self destructive these days
I agree. It`s brilliant. Lightyears ahead of it's time. Why does it work? They didn't have a blueprint like Metallica for example. They did what the fuck they wanted. What thrash bands don't have, though, is the subtelty of Sabbath. They will never master that. These were the masters of the universe.
+RZAJW HAHAHAAA Fuck Yeah somebody that understands! This is hands down one of my Top 3 Black Sabbath songs EVER! \m/ Perfect 1970's Muscle Car Music also!
Mark Choma you realize there’s only so much deviation you can have from rock while retaining its roots and originality before it becomes something no longer representative of rock, right?
+Svil Buscus In all honesty I agree with you. But the last time I said that on RUclips, somebody got offended and started this huge argument with me. Not that it matters much, I just wanted to avoid the trouble.
1978 im 14 and a big kiss fan. im sitting with a friend in a 8ft by 8 ft room with a big stereo. my friend put this song on and cranked it to 10. the opening riffs blew my mind instanly! in my opinion Tony is the best guitarist ever! Then Bill came in with those amazing drums rolls and i thought holy SHIT can this get any better? then Ozzy started singing in a voice that was the most incrediable i had ever heard. i was from that moment on, one of the biggest Sabbath fan ever! i've been lucky enough to have seen them live twice and if they come around i would go again. thank you Tony, Geezer, Bill, and Ozzy for putting on amazing mind blowing shows and producing the best music EVER!
peter hall I'm 55 and the 1st time I heard Sabbath was when I was 12. Most of the metal nowadays doesn't do it for me. Too angry and not as musical in my opinion. I think thst's cool you like these guys.
Phillip hanna I thinks it's because you grew up in a different generation and you are probably much younger that me. I like heavy rock, but there's more to it than super aggressive brutal anger in the songs. I like more hard rock like UFO, Michael Schenker Group, older Scorpions and Van Halen just to name a few.
+David Surf To be fair, metal isn't just the angrier brutal stuff. A lot of it is very close to Hard Rock sensibilities with a lot of emphasis on melody, feel, and atmosphere in both the instrumentation, and the sung vocals.
back when in 1976 i was in grade 4..we had a nun for a teacher..she asked the class to bring a record from home that we listened to and liked...while l all the other kids had Bee Gees and ABBA and Shawn Cassidy...i brought Sabotage..she played mine.. for about two seconds after Symptom of the Universe started and hauled that needle off and made me go sit in the corner..huge fan since
@@DCScott-wo7cq it's just metal when black sabbath did it , it progressed from 1975 to become heavy metal by judas and iron maiden and then venom set the new thrash metal genre with their album welcome to hell.
@@iqm4574 It was not only "just metal". In fact Black Sabbath created the first subgenre of Metal. Its Doom Metal. And yeah, Doom Metal IS older than Heavy Metal.
Black Sabbath made the first 6 legendary albums in a row, and to this day these songs are timeless, totally timeless gems, impossible for me to think about a better Metal band, or even Rock band, i don't know but i think they are the best
Geezer is a monster! My favorito bassist. Ozzy has legendary vocals. Iommi is a fucking riff composer. Bill, as Iommi said: "He's not a drummer, He's a percussionist.". Black Sabbath, the best band of History.
Black sabbath should make valentines day cards that say "All i have to give you is a love that never dies the symptom of the universe is written in your eyes"
I’m listening to a Sabbath playlist, and I started out saying, “I’ll just listen till I reach a song I don’t like, then I gotta go” Song 22. Still here
This is believing in metal. The verse, the spirit of being oneself. The art of living in a world alone. The acceptance of a different sunset. Love this band ☠️🤘
gfinetti Yeah I've always thought that too, I've heard him reference them in older Megadeth interviews. The man is the biggest fucking liar in the industry so who knows.
They wrote this 20 years after "Rock Around the Clock" and the 'birth' of Rock and Roll. It's been 42 years since this came out. I think it's safe to say this was visionary in a way nothing now is.
Take me through the centuries to supersonic years Electrifying enemy is drowning in his tears All I have to give you is a love that never dies The symptom of the universe is written in your eyes Yeah Mother Goose is calling me back to her silver womb Father of creation takes me from my stolen tomb Seventh night the unicorn is waiting in the skies A symptom of the universe, a love that never dies Yeah Take my hand, my child of love come step inside my tears Swim the magic ocean I've been crying all these years When our love will ride away into eternal skies A symptom of the universe, a love that never dies Yeah Oh my child of love's creation, come and step inside my dreams In your eyes I see no sadness, you are all that loving means Take my hand and we'll go riding through the sunshine from above We'll find happiness together in the summer skies of love
ozzy can sing but not in time wich gave us this sound......... his band mates have said if you sing in time you cant sing to black sabbath ...thanx aadolf......
Agree with you,but when most of people talk about pioneers of metal,how could they leave deep purple in the conversation,deep purple in rock is probably the first metal album alongside black Sabbath
Agreed, I do enjoy how they peppered that in there especially when, I imagine, people were questionable about the music Sabbath was mauling and doing absurdly well and they just did a tip of the cap at 4:15 to simply say we can do that nonsense but we want to be heavier and better and I LOVE SABBATH
If someone asked you why Sabbath is THE ABSOLUTE BEST, you shouldn't need to show them their amazing early discography. This single song should be more than enough.
Oh, you young'uns, brought up with Motorhead and Metallica. You have no idea what it was like to hear this album, freshly pressed in the middle of the disco era.
1975...before thrash...before everything started....and I heard this was "only" an album filler....shut up. Bill...That drumming..you had to be all sweat after this one... Ozzy...your voice...OMG.. Tony...your riffs...Man you're mean. Geezer....tumbling bas and what did you think when you wrote this lyrics? What ever...I love you guys.
The acoustic breakdown at the end is one of the sickest things in rock history. And it does not get diminished with time. In fact it probably makes a more important statement musically today than when it came out.
@@jromh8813 they weren't into politics, but they sure were into hippie love & sex & drugs & bullshit. But you know as time passed by AND "metal"became a dark tough guys thing. But BS were pretty colorful in the 70s hippie as fuck
Wow I’m 62 and haven’t heard this in a very long time and as soon as I heard it I realized I knew every word so I must’ve listened to the album over and over❤️
I like the way they just transition into a completely different style. Today's music is so much more conservative and boring by comparison where a band will stick with one style. It's brilliant because it's purely about the music, not about pleasing a scene or a bunch of journalists.
+Svil Buscus Agreed. Star is real speedy.... Sabbath didn't have the speed thing goin at all... They had the heavy, weighty thing goin on... There are Sabbath elements in Thrash and Speed Metal though...
+Anthony Taylor Love the drums on this track. He sounds just a hair shy of losing control. Wanton drumming! And that Iommi riff! Perfection. This is the Black Sabbath that I treasure and miss. Rock on
+Anthony Taylor Bill Ward is one incredible drummer, listen to the wizard. You can't beat a jazz trained drummer. His drumming is of the charts on this track.
Today I decided to do a 12 minute guided meditation video on RUclips. The meditation was by Eckhart Tolle who is one of my favorite spiritual teachers. I felt totally blissed out after meditating. Anyway, I thought my cell phone would turn off after the meditation video was over. However, my RUclips account was set to auto play and went right to the next video on my playlist. That video was Symptom of the Universe. Glorious, just absolutely glorious.
Way......Way......ahead of anything............and such mood swings............Bill Ward is an octopus on drums............riffs aplenty!........got to play the whole album this album is like one long song of life's experiences! Odd as it may sound. Tull had a lot of mood swings too! Had to play the whole album. Pink Floyd too. Got to check out Earth(early Sabbath). Blue Swede shoes! Elvis! Ozzy! Changed the words up. Better!
+Thythyd Dicky Dick Mainly people who are ignorant about a lot of metal. I'm not trying to dis them, you can't know everything, but even metal fans say it and it gets on my nerves because he is so simplistic it's boring.
Well, he "was" a great drummer. But, it doesn't mean that Lars is the best. I'm a Metallica fan, but srsly, I never considered him as the best drummer in the world. Btw, in the 80s, he isn't really simplistic. But, yeah, everything has changed XD.
Still punches the guts after 45 years, especially if don't start too late is played played as the intro as it should be. The classical guitar towards the end is genius pure genius.
It pains me to say so, but I think Bill Ward was probably a better drummer than Bonzo. He just had a bigger toolkit. Bonzo basically did one thing - sit in the pocket and bash the shit out of his drums. Bill Ward was much more creative.
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One of the heaviest metal songs of all times ends with "We'll find happiness together in the summer skies of love"
@Gerry Berry I've never heard this song in a different time, as you say. Its It's amazing that I've heard this for 20 years THE WRONG WAY and it was still doom af.
Its natural. Baby booms after wars.
What a f@ck is going on in 1,55- 2.10 what @ fcking guy play that riffs 200 years front of today fingerless fcking genius guy
Listen to the last lines of Rime of the Ancient Mariner or Revalations by Iron Maiden....
One thing many people forget is that Black Sabbath was invited to Woodstock, while the Doors were considered to be to "dark".
There was always an element of hope and/or redemption to Sabbath's music.
I remember when I was a teenager bagging on my Dad's music. Mainly listened to Metallica, Slayer etc. 80s metal mainly and he said Sabbath created Metal I laughed then he showed me this song and a few others. Shut me right up and blew my mind been a Sabbath fan ever since A few years back Me, my dad and my son (who is also a fan) all went to the 13 tour. 3 generations of Sabbath fans at the same concert, will always be one of my best memories.
The moral to your story is......listen to your father.
@@paulcargill8129 ,....and with a certain amount of good luck ! :-)
Excellent story. A+ This is rock. Nothing comes close. Forefathers of dark era. Only Ozzy. Driver of the chariot,,, delivery of the body, that killed the disco era. OZZY! Creator of Stoner Rock. Master. (Well the vocal part....)
Legendary. Wish I could at least see them once.
Zepplin created hard rock, Black Sabbath created heavy metal & Pink Floyd created music, in my humble opinion
I love the acoustic section at 4:15. They were a very versatile band, not just metal. You can hear folk and jazz in this section.
I kinda wish that was it’s own song. The rest of this song is ok. But that part is perfect
It proves how amazingly talented they were.
Agreed, but I think I detect just the slightest hint of Funk in it, too. Regardless, though, that section is absolutely stunning and stellar.
@@WryTrvr I agree with you 100%. It is. I mean, I don't think I have ever heard this song in its entirety, including of course the gorgeous and sublime closing section where it seems to become a whole 'nother song, before. Having heard it now, I can't help but wish it would gone on forever. The rest of the song truly pales in comparison to the last two minutes, and I do wish that they had done it separately. Either way, though, just an utterly lovely, fascinating segment. The perfect closer.
Best past of this song👌 I first heard this on SKATE game and when this part start I instantly check what's the song, start it from beginning and could not belive it't the same song ❤️
The fact that this still sounds so heavy implies that it must have terrified people back in the day.
Critics were angry at how loud and menacing it was, and declared it garbage. No one remembers the critics' names.
Rolling Stone reviewed their first album, calling it “like Cream, but worse”, and saying that “the people” didn’t want heavy rock, but more acoustic, sensitive singer/songwriters like James Taylor.
You don’t even need to add anything at the end of an anecdote like that. You just let it stand, and it serves as its own punchline.
@@melissamoorehouse2805 In fairness - James Taylor truly rocks. 🤔🙂😜😂
I was thinking exactly the same. Nothing had sounded like this...
@@andreasandreas2315 exactly
At 67 I'm still loving Sabbath. I remember when every album come out.
Band was so ahead of its time its hard to comprehend it sometimes....these 4 men were all masters of their craft....Fuking Sabbath Forever!!!!!!!
unfortunately not forever
who knew this scruffy longhair babiss could play AND sing the end of this song to me in my youth! who knew!
Will Holbert he did terance gezzer butler was the best
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Fuck yeah Baby Milo
Tony Iommi, unquestionably the most influential guitarist for all of Heavy Metal.
best f all time dude !
James Vinson detuned banjo strings work wonders.
Kk downing?
Agreed~
HE FUCKIN CREATED THE GENRE
This song represents everything great about Black Sabbath. They could go from banging your head against the wall with a heavy electric riff and loud drums to lulling you to sleep with soft acoustic music.
Only Sabbath can go from the heaviest track ever to a beautiful accoustic ending.
,.....a n d THE GREAT U R I A H H E E P !!! :-)
True dat
Hundreds of bands do it but okay boomer
Truth
@@NutsTesticles Cool story zoomer
One of the most underrated Black Sabbath song and yet I think its the best.
The Iommi riff. The wanton drum fills. The driving Geezer bass. And The soaring ethereal voice of Ozzy flying over it all. And the lyrics are just insane. And then it changes halfway through into some hippie bossa nova tune. But it totally works! I don't know how they come up with this stuff, but I'm sure glad they did.
Per Lofgren YES ... The earliest example of pure thrash,followed by Hippy swing!!Wow!
👌
"how do they come up with this stuff??.." >> SHEER TALENT.. and DRUGS!!!... LOTS OF IT.. and good quality - People in bands still do drugs.. But they don't use in a creative, writing method.. Its mostly self destructive these days
Couldn't have said it better my brutha.. YES!!
I agree. It`s brilliant. Lightyears ahead of it's time. Why does it work? They didn't have a blueprint like Metallica for example. They did what the fuck they wanted. What thrash bands don't have, though, is the subtelty of Sabbath. They will never master that. These were the masters of the universe.
Black Sabbath was so incredible that they're beyond words
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Is*
+Sunshine A force of nature.
Impeccable sound vibrations to rock the the soul
+TheSunnyD That's so true, cant undestand how anyone can make this incredible music
+TheSunnyD AYE
That riff can destroy mountains
I totally agree BOOM gone.
the best metal riff of all time..... totally untouchable \,,/
R Kline supernaut makes me dizzy :D
I kind of like Killing Yourself to Live riffs or The Nile Song by Pink Floyd (1969). This song too - just sayin'.
+RZAJW HAHAHAAA Fuck Yeah somebody that understands! This is hands down one of my Top 3 Black Sabbath songs EVER!
\m/
Perfect 1970's Muscle Car Music also!
Bands have been trying to sound like Sabbath for half a century now. It's called metal.
Most doom and stoner rock bands are Sabbath clones. At least they're keeping the faith. New rock bands are becoming an endangered species.
Many can try, but no will be able to. I think Sabbath is quintessential Heavy Metal
metal is what happened when the kids of the eighties took the heavy rock of the 60s & 70s and said: let's speed it up a bit.
Agreed.
Mark Choma you realize there’s only so much deviation you can have from rock while retaining its roots and originality before it becomes something no longer representative of rock, right?
One of the best Sabbath songs ever. Ahead of its time, and it'll remain as a timeless classic.
This song has the greatest Ozzy vocal performance ever recorded
The final part of Megalomania is even better.
He seems like Robert Plant in the acoustic part
Alongside nib and mr Crowley
MY GOD Ozzy's vocals are incredible on this song!!! Soooo powerful!!
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Kristopher Perez sweat leaf or sabbath bloody sabbath have great vocals in my opinion
Kristopher Perez no i meant the song sabbath bloody sabbath not the album
Kristopher Perez oh never mind thought you were talking about a different song
Ozzy deserves all the props he gets for his vocal stylings and the rest of the band are clearly one of the best and most important bands of all time
Black Sabbath was one of the pioneers of metal
+Jared Ison Black Sabbath is the first metal band and first pioneer of metal
+Svil Buscus In all honesty I agree with you. But the last time I said that on RUclips, somebody got offended and started this huge argument with me. Not that it matters much, I just wanted to avoid the trouble.
I can´t imagine my life without Sabbath
Neither do I
Javier Agudelo
All metal bands can't live without Black Sabbath
Huge respect with Dio but Sabbath's prime was with Ozzy and Ozzy is the best singer for Sabbath and one of the best all time in my opinion 🤘
Long live ozzy osbourne!!
1978 im 14 and a big kiss fan. im sitting with a friend in a 8ft by 8 ft room with a big stereo. my friend put this song on and cranked it to 10. the opening riffs blew my mind instanly! in my opinion Tony is the best guitarist ever! Then Bill came in with those amazing drums rolls and i thought holy SHIT can this get any better? then Ozzy started singing in a voice that was the most incrediable i had ever heard. i was from that moment on, one of the biggest Sabbath fan ever! i've been lucky enough to have seen them live twice and if they come around i would go again. thank you Tony, Geezer, Bill, and Ozzy for putting on amazing mind blowing shows and producing the best music EVER!
peter hall I'm 55 and the 1st time I heard Sabbath was when I was 12. Most of the metal nowadays doesn't do it for me. Too angry and not as musical in my opinion. I think thst's cool you like these guys.
peter hall ya man edgy!!! CRANKED IT TO 10!!!! CRANKED TO 10!!!! SWAG!
Phillip hanna I thinks it's because you grew up in a different generation and you are probably much younger that me. I like heavy rock, but there's more to it than super aggressive brutal anger in the songs. I like more hard rock like UFO, Michael Schenker Group, older Scorpions and Van Halen just to name a few.
+David Surf
To be fair, metal isn't just the angrier brutal stuff. A lot of it is very close to Hard Rock sensibilities with a lot of emphasis on melody, feel, and atmosphere in both the instrumentation, and the sung vocals.
+Bond Summers Lamb of God
Ozz vocals rock! He was the perfect singer for Sabbath....Divine intervention!
back when in 1976 i was in grade 4..we had a nun for a teacher..she asked the class to bring a record from home that we listened to and liked...while l all the other kids had Bee Gees and ABBA and Shawn Cassidy...i brought Sabotage..she played mine.. for about two seconds after Symptom of the Universe started and hauled that needle off and made me go sit in the corner..huge fan since
***** she actually did get through Hole in the Sky..but then...lol
Maybe she was hoping it was the Master of Reality album and was all bummed out?
never thought of it that way...hmm.
Stupid ignorant narrow minded teacher.
Must be the tritones lol
THEY CREATED THRASH METAL
CAN'T BELIEVE HOW HUGE THIS BAND HAS BEEN
The term is heavy metal, has been ever since they invented it.
@@DCScott-wo7cq it's just metal when black sabbath did it , it progressed from 1975 to become heavy metal by judas and iron maiden and then venom set the new thrash metal genre with their album welcome to hell.
@Buster Ellsworth punk was already a thing in the late 70's
a trash metal love song
@@iqm4574 It was not only "just metal". In fact Black Sabbath created the first subgenre of Metal. Its Doom Metal. And yeah, Doom Metal IS older than Heavy Metal.
Black Sabbath made the first 6 legendary albums in a row, and to this day these songs are timeless, totally timeless gems, impossible for me to think about a better Metal band, or even Rock band, i don't know but i think they are the best
Geezer is a monster! My favorito bassist. Ozzy has legendary vocals. Iommi is a fucking riff composer. Bill, as Iommi said: "He's not a drummer, He's a percussionist.". Black Sabbath, the best band of History.
Black Sabbath the finest export the UK has produced
+steven featherstone Them and Led Zep for sure. And the McLaren F1
+steven featherstone *ahem* Mötorhead
Queerien lannister Naturally. Goes without saying. \m/
ap2pat Yes Led Zep, McLaren F1 cool. We've not done bad for a little dot on the map. \m/
*ahem* Iron maiden and saxon
Black sabbath should make valentines day cards that say "All i have to give you is a love that never dies the symptom of the universe is written in your eyes"
I would love that, what a great idea dude 🤗
@@tanngrisnir69 Copyright is the only hold up, otherwise im sure there are people who want it.
That's a great idea ❤
I’m listening to a Sabbath playlist, and I started out saying, “I’ll just listen till I reach a song I don’t like, then I gotta go” Song 22. Still here
You sir have good taste in music
I hide myself inside the shadows of shame...🙈
@@Adam-yo3bt well...look at his picture ;o)
What a song. Goes from heavy as hell to a chilled blues/funk thing at the end so seamlessly.
This is believing in metal. The verse, the spirit of being oneself. The art of living in a world alone. The acceptance of a different sunset.
Love this band ☠️🤘
MELHOR E MAIOR BANDA DO UNIVERSO. OBRIGADO BLACK SABBATH POR ME FAZER FELIZ EM 50 ANOS. VALEU..........
Black sabbath doing thrash before thrash even existing
Mustaine was probably influenced by them besides Motorhead, leading him to make thrash
Mustaine said he never really listened to them until Megadeth was already big. Which is very surprising.
surprising or a lie!
gfinetti Yeah I've always thought that too, I've heard him reference them in older Megadeth interviews. The man is the biggest fucking liar in the industry so who knows.
the very seed right here ..
What a genius! This Music is from 1975! Unbelievable… So powerfull, so emotional. The guitar at 3:40 cuts me in pieces.
They wrote this 20 years after "Rock Around the Clock" and the 'birth' of Rock and Roll. It's been 42 years since this came out. I think it's safe to say this was visionary in a way nothing now is.
The band's 1st six albums were that -- there's more influence on heavy metal in those six than any other band that's considered an influential talent.
Pioneers. The Great Sabbath
bullshit music evolve all the time.
bill ward is a beast on the drums
This music is timeless...
Ozzy rules !
Mallika Chauhan 54321boom0secloveit
Agree
M A L L I K A !,; you are sooo right - a n d soooooo beautiful ! O:-)
One of Ozzys greatest vocal performances IMO
26, and I can happily say I saw them live. One time with dio, one time with Ozzy.
Man I'm pretty bumbed I couldn't see Dio live. I hope the experience was unforgettable for you!
These guys were practically the Beatles of heavy metal
Yep!!
when the beatles came out they where "heavy metal" of their time
@David Osterberg exactly what I came here to say.
better than the beatles lmao
Very true
Take me through the centuries to supersonic years
Electrifying enemy is drowning in his tears
All I have to give you is a love that never dies
The symptom of the universe is written in your eyes
Yeah
Mother Goose is calling me back to her silver womb
Father of creation takes me from my stolen tomb
Seventh night the unicorn is waiting in the skies
A symptom of the universe, a love that never dies
Yeah
Take my hand, my child of love come step inside my tears
Swim the magic ocean I've been crying all these years
When our love will ride away into eternal skies
A symptom of the universe, a love that never dies
Yeah
Oh my child of love's creation, come and step inside my dreams
In your eyes I see no sadness, you are all that loving means
Take my hand and we'll go riding through the sunshine from above
We'll find happiness together in the summer skies of love
Dylan Genc is it moon not goose
A real Poet Mr John 'Geezer' Butler is.
Thank you, friend ! :-)
Mother Moon
tony, geezer and bill look like versions of each other lmao
Yep.Ozzy sure stuck out like a sore thumb didn't he?😂😂
Left guy:Geezer
Two in the middle guys:Geezer and Geezer
Right guy:Ozzy
Lmfao!😂😂
@@curtissmith7297 haha
@@クリフブース Geezer was amazing. To be able to play the bass and the drums at the same time the way he did....amazing!
When people say Ozzy can't sing, I tell them listen to Symptom of the Universe.
what do you expect with age?i seen him on you tube recent concerts.grow up
hope goldman
What are you talking about, I was defending Ozzy. I know Ozzy's still good, but he really was a good singer in the 70's..
simply say them "fuck off!"
+DarthVader OfEvil we tell them politely, but firmly to "fuckoff"
ozzy can sing but not in time wich gave us this sound......... his band mates have said if you sing in time you cant sing to black sabbath ...thanx aadolf......
Even today after so many years feel like listening to black Sabbath again and again. Long live black sabbath for many many years to come.
You can hear the influence they had on bands like Megadeth Slayer and Metallica back Sabbath are real pioneers of heavy metal
I mean who doesn't love Back Sabbath! 😁
Agree with you,but when most of people talk about pioneers of metal,how could they leave deep purple in the conversation,deep purple in rock is probably the first metal album alongside black Sabbath
Don’t forget AIC
Awesome song, love the change at 4:15. Brilliant.
Agreed, I do enjoy how they peppered that in there especially when, I imagine, people were questionable about the music Sabbath was mauling and doing absurdly well and they just did a tip of the cap at 4:15 to simply say we can do that nonsense but we want to be heavier and better and I LOVE SABBATH
the pure definition of heavy metal!
This song is so damn metal. Probably the best metal riff I've ever heard
If someone asked you why Sabbath is THE ABSOLUTE BEST, you shouldn't need to show them their amazing early discography. This single song should be more than enough.
Can you imagine how the first humans who heard this live felt? It must've been life changing.
They were on fire. The holy fire of Heavy Metal. And the lyrics are like a journey into a new beautiful world.
Every fucking instrument was phenomenal in this song! All the Sabbath members were really showcased!
Oh, you young'uns, brought up with Motorhead and Metallica. You have no idea what it was like to hear this album, freshly pressed in the middle of the disco era.
Paul Casey lol I grew up on a day to remember and bring me the horizon
Ohh i can.just.imagine lol
I grew up on stoner doom, I'm 19
Paul Casey found the gatekeeper
I think Metalica and motorhead should be classifiedas heavy punk. Black Sabbath and the likes are true metal
1975...before thrash...before everything started....and I heard this was "only" an album filler....shut up.
Bill...That drumming..you had to be all sweat after this one...
Ozzy...your voice...OMG..
Tony...your riffs...Man you're mean.
Geezer....tumbling bas and what did you think when you wrote this lyrics?
What ever...I love you guys.
The acoustic breakdown at the end is one of the sickest things in rock history. And it does not get diminished with time. In fact it probably makes a more important statement musically today than when it came out.
The drumming is just amazing, as is the rest of it really.
After listening to it countless times, I just realized now the chill part starts at 4:20
haha definitely not a coincidence :P
The term 420 was used more in the 80s in California, pure coincidence. This song is older than the term
Eric O'Connell ahead of their time lol
Vincent Bettenfeld Except it actually starts at 4:15, but nice try.
4:14 but nice try
That tone is absolutely SUPERB!!
Black Sabbath is one of my fave bands ever but how the fuck have I never heard this before .This is amazing.
That whole "Sabotage" album is like this. Listen and enjoy, sir!
One of my favourite Sabbath songs, still rocks after all these years !!
This was like nuclear bomb in the 70's.
Y E A H ! , ; IT R E A L L Y WAS ! ! ! :-)
In the 70s, we expected nuclear bombs. This was our reaction.
Imagine the first 3 albums. So dark and ominous
BLAST
One of the greatest Riff's created by Tony Iommi
thrash beginning, hippie ending
how can be more awesome?
Yeah, for second I thought Crosby Stills and Nash were playing
@Riff Raff I thought they hated hippies though? Wanting peace doesn't make you a hippy
@@jromh8813 they weren't into politics, but they sure were into hippie love & sex & drugs & bullshit. But you know as time passed by AND "metal"became a dark tough guys thing. But BS were pretty colorful in the 70s hippie as fuck
Sounds like Led Zeppelin III
@@jesusofnazareth6254 but ozzy was and still a huge fan of the beatles, specially a huge fan of john lennon which was 100% a true hippie
This is a classic black sabbath song that i never get tired of listening too
I think Ozzy delivered the best, most intense vocal performances of his career on this album, and on this track in particular.
I'm usually not a huge fan of Ozzy's voice, but he was really good in the first part of the song, and fucking fantastic in the second part.
+Jazz1992 one of their best albums
Ozzy is not for you.
You have shitty taste then if you usually don't like Ozzy.
Everytime I hear this song I cry my heart out and feel cleansed afterwards.
Holy Shit, this is thrash metal!!!!
This and Planet Caravan are the two best Black Sabbath songs for me
Wheels of confusion
Wow I’m 62 and haven’t heard this in a very long time and as soon as I heard it I realized I knew every word so I must’ve listened to the album over and over❤️
The Symptom of the Universe is written in your eyes.
It's My name
@Thomas Gabriel ,....it can only be seen by r e a l LOVERS ! ! O:-)
The ending is just so fucking amazing... Gets me every time
It originates from the live jam they used to do call "Sometimes I'm Happy". Check it out. I wish they had recorded it as it's own song.
It is like a caress after a beat up
Some parts sounds like zappa
I like the way they just transition into a completely different style. Today's music is so much more conservative and boring by comparison where a band will stick with one style. It's brilliant because it's purely about the music, not about pleasing a scene or a bunch of journalists.
MEEEEEEEE, TOOOOO !XX! O:-)
definately the first thrash metal song , ever THE MIGHTY SABBATH IS GODLY ...
+Whyte Groovin Stone Cold Crazy is also one of the firsts.
+Whyte Groovin So true I was just thinking the same thing, they were truly ahead of their time !
+Whyte Groovin True... But wot about HIGHWAY STAR?.....
+MetalheadYA Highway Star is more of a speed metal song (There is a fine line between Thrash and Speed Metal)
+Svil Buscus Agreed. Star is real speedy.... Sabbath didn't have the speed thing goin at all... They had the heavy, weighty thing goin on... There are Sabbath elements in Thrash and Speed Metal though...
Loudwire just reported that this got voted as the greatest guitar riff of all time.
Do you approve this, Lord Jesus?
Especially in the Winter, Sabbath brings back that same ol’ feeling of Hardcore Youth & Freedom- All year ‘round Sabbath takes me back!
Huge, Huge, Huge, influence in my life!!!
Black Sabbath gods of metal!!!
De nuevo los increíbles BLACK SABBTH nos alucinan y nos hacen levitar , wooooooow
Dya not think Bill Ward just flies on this track?
SUPERB!!
He is a big a reason for this songs badassedness as Ozzy's awesome vocals .
+Anthony Taylor he is a top drummer man. from the fucking start
+Anthony Taylor Love the drums on this track. He sounds just a hair shy of losing control. Wanton drumming! And that Iommi riff! Perfection. This is the Black Sabbath that I treasure and miss. Rock on
+Anthony Taylor god does he ever...too bad he's not on "The End" tour...
+Anthony Taylor Bill Ward is one incredible drummer, listen to the wizard. You can't beat a jazz trained drummer. His drumming is of the charts on this track.
Amazing that Ozzys voice survived the recordings of Sabbath bloody sabbath and Symptom of the universe
Today I decided to do a 12 minute guided meditation video on RUclips. The meditation was by Eckhart Tolle who is one of my favorite spiritual teachers. I felt totally blissed out after meditating. Anyway, I thought my cell phone would turn off after the meditation video was over. However, my RUclips account was set to auto play and went right to the next video on my playlist. That video was Symptom of the Universe. Glorious, just absolutely glorious.
Pure bliss!!!
Way......Way......ahead of anything............and such mood swings............Bill Ward is an octopus on drums............riffs aplenty!........got to play the whole album this album is like one long song of life's experiences! Odd as it may sound. Tull had a lot of mood swings too! Had to play the whole album. Pink Floyd too. Got to check out Earth(early Sabbath). Blue Swede shoes! Elvis! Ozzy! Changed the words up. Better!
Now I know where James Hetfield got his Yeaahhhs from...
Yeaaaaahhh :D
Oh Lord yea!
Hetfield still need more practice...
James Yeahtfield
hetfield is a wus compared to Ozzy in his 20s
My favorite album of all time. Don't get better than this....
I'm 62, and this song is incredible God bless you all
One of the greatest piece of music of Black Sabbath. A must ! ❤️
The acoustic is some of the best I've ever heard in my life!
bill ward is a monster.
It's kinda sad that Lars Ulrich is sometimes considered the best drummer because he plays for Metallica. Lars pales in comparison to Bill Ward.
Coaster, are u serious?
Who said that Lars is the best drummer?
Even many Metallica fan doesn't say that..
+Thythyd Dicky Dick Mainly people who are ignorant about a lot of metal. I'm not trying to dis them, you can't know everything, but even metal fans say it and it gets on my nerves because he is so simplistic it's boring.
Well, he "was" a great drummer. But, it doesn't mean that Lars is the best.
I'm a Metallica fan, but srsly, I never considered him as the best drummer in the world.
Btw, in the 80s, he isn't really simplistic. But, yeah, everything has changed XD.
It has, also I suppose he was pretty good in hid heyday. Still doesn't compare to many.
Ozzy's vocals on this record are fantastic. Not an average "scream".
Still punches the guts after 45 years, especially if don't start too late is played played as the intro as it should be.
The classical guitar towards the end is genius pure genius.
You know, when you create thrash metal, but you also gonna J A Z Z
So ahead of their time...amazing
Geezer Butler walks into studio and says, "Hey you guys down for some speedballs?"
And Ozzy screamed, "YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHH"
Hahaha! :D
That is too good to not be true
*does speedball, continues to headbang*
" COME ON"
Late Night Guitar Adventures always ozzy
I remember Ozzy once saying in an interview that you can't have lovey dovey lyrics set to metal music. This song suggests otherwise.
Another one bites the dust! 😁
this is so heavy for the 70's,thrash metal is this
I love how this song starts out crushing it, metal all day, then eventually winds down to a funky acoustic campfire song.
I cannot imagine this was played in 1975...
A lot of bands from the 60's and 70's always blow my mind with how heavy they were. Seriously old bands were the best!
It's mad to think when the beetles were writing there music. Ozzy was there writing this
Then you weren't there is was epic
thats what i thought of the song black sabbath off the first album i mean my duuuuude
@@conortaylor550 The "Beatles" broke up 5 years before Geezer Butler wrote this.
definately the best band ever which did everything for the first time ;)
Bill ward just knows when to turn them drums on and when to just take a back seat and just keep time. For me him and bonzo top two
Chris Williams yes and Lee Kerslake also
It pains me to say so, but I think Bill Ward was probably a better drummer than Bonzo. He just had a bigger toolkit. Bonzo basically did one thing - sit in the pocket and bash the shit out of his drums. Bill Ward was much more creative.
The BEST representation of a Sabbath Song, PERIOD!
We’re sabbath fans 👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘rock on sabbath 🎸🎸🎸