Classical Composer Reacts to Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath) | The Daily Doug (Episode 423)
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2022
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In this episode of #thedailydoug, I'm listening to Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath. This song is the title track from their 1980 album that also marked the debut of Ronnie James Dio as lead singer. I found the song to have a great vibe and riff...and an astute humanist statement about 'heaven and hell' from lyricist RJD. I hope you enjoy!
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"The world is full of Kings and Queens, who blind your eyes and steal your dreams" - Ronnie James Dio.
One of the most iconic lyrics in all of rock music.
Didn't RJD once say that was his favorite line he ever wrote?
@@kurttrzeciak8326 Yes, he sure did. :)
I saw that written on a bathroom wall once, no joke
That is pure dio and one of my favourite shower simgalongs
Greatest lyrical passage ever in metal
“They say that life's a carousel
Spinning fast, you've got to ride it well
The world is full of kings and queens
Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams
It's Heaven and Hell, oh well
And they'll tell you black is really white
The moon is just the sun at night
And when you walk in golden halls
You get to keep the gold that falls
It's Heaven and Hell, oh no”
Sounds likeTrickle Down Economics. Capitalism is a cannibalistic pyramid scheme
We are certainly being told black is white, the moon is a sun at night, up is down, right is wrong, etc., etc., a lot lately.
@@TrevRockOne I've heard back in the sixties
Wundrin' if a million people read those lyrics, how many would agree w/Composer?
@@robertakerman3570 I don't need to agree with it to appreciate it.
As a huge Black Sabbath fan, I believe Heaven and Hell is their best, most complete album. Just phenomenal
In fact is Real. So where do you want to go or spend your eternity after death??
@@Truthjustice23 lol
Amen, Heaven and Hell is one of the very best metal albums ever
Its a Masterpiece album..
Ozzy was best
Die Young on this same album is incredible… has amazing energy to it.
One of my favorites!
The whole album is incredible. I LOVE The Ozzy era Sabbath albums, but H&H and The Mob Rules are just a completely different animal. So majestic, without losing any of the heaviness.
It’s my favorite off this masterpiece of an album
Another lyrical masterpiece.
@@thewal1ofsleep Dehumanizer, Sign of the southern cross is epic as well.
In Italian "Dio" means "God." And indeed Ronnie was a real singer god
Kono Dio da!!!!
In Portuguese it's DEUS, just like in Latin. Just felt like saying.
Dio backwards is Oid. Which I in keep on 3 chains in a metal cage in my garage. Vicious creature really, good ol' "Oid" has only escaped, like 8 times,...so... you know.
Dio = God
Black Sabbath = A day of rest to honor Satan
They come together to make an album called Heaven & Hell that's an all-encompassing masterpiece.
The symbology is quite powerful.
@@brendantoungate8287 Black Sabbath = an old Bava horror movie, with Boris Karloff, who was definitely not a metalhead, altho he started with rivets in his! Jus sayin
One of the best mixed metal albums ever! No instrument was buried in the mix. You can single out the bass, drums, guitar, or vocals on every track. Amazing!!
I’ve never even thought about it, but you are so right. Even on a crappy system you can still hear it all.
Indeed! Whether the sound is huge or small, noisy or demure, the clarity has to be there, above all.
Agreed👍...the album has so much depth,clarity&"punch"to it...one of my all time favorites that I'll never grow tired of...bought it the day it was released&still love it&listen to it regularly
Martin Birch was a master. No coincidence that this song reminded Doug of Iron Maiden: Birch produced the '80s Maiden records too (along with Deep Purple - Machine Head and Rainbow - Rising).
An underrated genius of hard rock and metal.
I don't comment much as I'm usually late to the party. What I love most about this channel is having loved heavy metal for the last 35 years and the genre generally being looked down upon, and here we have a trained musician analysing some of my favourite tunes. I love it when sometimes a chord change takes you by surprise (Opeth Harvest is one of my faves), but you see the craft and musicianship within.
Totally agree
Also couldn't agree more. At 54 years old & being a proud life-long metalhead - I graduated high school in 1985, talk about a great era for metal! - I have constantly been in awe at the sheer disdain, disrespect & flat-out ignorance that has been directed towards heavy music as long as I have been alive. Dumb statements that it's just a bunch of noise, it takes no talent to play, the people involved, be it artists or fans are uneducated, dregs of society... and yet I'm reading the lyrics and thinking "um... are you aware that this Iron Maiden song is based on the classic poem by Samuel Taylor Coloridge "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" from 1798?!" And, as I also started playing guitar in 1987, I can attest that it is waaay easier to play the same old recycled 12-bar blues for the 9 jillionth time than it is to play "Disciples of the Watch" by Testament! A song, by the way, based on the book "Children of the Corn" by Stephen King. Sure, you've got your "Nothin' but a Good Time" by Poison types of songs, then there is Deep Purple's "Child in Time" which refers to the horrors of the Vietnam conflict(as does Black Sabbath's "War Pigs"). It's high time hard rock & heavy metal were given a fair shake based on their actual substance, not preconceived notions.
@@TonyHookedonVanlife agree 100%. Then toss in progressive metal and symphonic metal and I'm sure most of the popular "musicians", and certainly the critics, wouldn't stand a chance of writing and/or playing at that level of musicianship.
@@TonyHookedonVanlife That was like reading my biography!! Don’t you miss the constant bombardment of fantastic new music with such talent and songs? I love that a lot of my favourite bands from that era are still recording and touring as senior citizens. Saw Iron Maiden before Covid and they were amazing to say the least.
@@tralph40 totally! I am planning on seeing Judas Priest w/ Queensryche in Tucson, AZ in November. I was supposed to see Black Sabbath in Boston when they reunited with Ronnie James Dio as "Heaven & Hell", but I got sick & couldn't go... then Ronnie passed away. 😢
Oh hell we miss you Ronnie! The greatest smallest singer ever. RIP
And that cover is so dope!
Glenn Danzig in his " prime " is a close 2nd before he blew his vocal chords .
I've always said that classical music and heavy metal have more in common than most people think. I've been listening to both for decades.
Me toooooooo
Totalmente de acuerdo.Como aficionada a la música clásica,he descubierto que,el heavy metal,me produce las mismas sensaciones de plenitud y belleza.Será la música que inspira al alma en ambos casos?en mi opinión,así lo creo.Sobre todo si alguien es tan carismático como Ronnie Dio.
Everybody with ears can hear it, it‘s not really a secret.
That's why 40 years later classic metal is still very popular as it's timeless . It's lyrics are not about current trends or pop culture so the music never becomes dated . Blended with incredible musicians this style of metal will still be listened to in 200 years from now much like classical music while a band like KORN for example will not be relevant in just 30 years from now ..
Rewrite metal backwards, then play it. It's classical.
Saw Black Sabbath back in ‘08 when they toured with Judas Priest. Dio had some of the most powerful vocals I’ve ever heard. My wife was 7 months pregnant with my son when we went, and to this day he loves Dio. I like to think the concert left an impression on him even when he was in the womb lol
Reminds you of Maiden, in part, because this album was produced by Maiden's long-time producer, Martin Birch (pre-Maiden). No way does this album turn out as good as it did without Martin's involvement.
There are also elements of Rainbow in there. Iommis guitar tech at the time was DAWK, who had been working with Blackmore before. Martin Burch had also worked with Rainbow before.
For me, it's mostly the galloping bass which is pretty typical of both Geezer and Steve (even more so). And Martin Birch was good at getting it fairly upfront in the mix.
@@sex6cult9revolution it s good because of Tony Bill and Geezer.Their song writing is in a different level.Offcourse not at the level of Ozzy era because crazy transitions and Ozzy originality is not there
@@user-jt6qy8bn8l Yeah. I'm sure everyone here digs those guys. But the discussion was about Doug's comment that it sounds a bit like Maiden.
@@robertritchie2860 imagine - Rising - then H&H - the Mob Rules - then The no of the beast. Best producer there was.
As much as I love Ozzy, I can't deny the fact that Dio takes Black Sabbath to a whole new level.
I think the same. Ozzy's song are my favorite, but man Dio changed Sabbath's sound for good....
Geezer's bass always flawless.
Imaculate timing, I'm studying this number now on bass but I always lose the tightness somewhere, masterpiece ❤❤❤
Geezer Butler is one of the elder god kings of the metal bass guitar, up there with Cliff Burton and Steve Harris.
Those 3; and I liked Frank Bello's playing too, who was influenced By Geddy as well as Geezer and Steve.. All use finger technique and rarely pick; just an observation :)
These are facts, my dude.
He is the father of those two
My favorite Black Sabbath song. This song is so powerful.
Pure musical brilliance .. and that voice ..
One of my favorite songs, Love the lyrics. Dio considered this song as well as the album the work he was most proud of. He thought it was his best.
Ronnie once said that out of all the albums he's recorded throughout his career, he was most proud of Sabbath's "Heaven and Hell."
Tony's riff is very simple but incredibly powerful and evil sounding .
R.I.P RJD ... the True GOD of Rock ,
Love the fact you choose the Studio Version ... Alot of reviewers just grab LIVE recordings although been good sometimes miss what the band where aiming for in the Recording ! ...
A dude in one of my high school English classes tried to pass off the “They say that life’s a carousel…” section as his own poem. He wasn’t happy when I called him out on it. 😂
There was a fella in my art class who copied the album cover wholesale and passed it off as his original
@@terrypollard4657 there was a kid who sang the whole album at the school talent show, lets say he got pretty angry when I called him out on it lol
Someone in my English class senior year tried to pass off Aerosmith's "Kings and Queens" as their own. The teacher didn't recognize the lyrics per say, but she knew the student didn't come up with the words themselves
One of the stoner kids in my Junior English class copped Metallica's Escape word for word. Even be so lazy as to repeat the chorus "Lifes for my own to live my own way" exactly like they do in the song. It was so obvious that he had just copied a song. The teacher thought it was amazing. I almost spoke up, but I liked the kid and I'm very against snitching.
@@Roger8176 Against snitching more than plagiarism? Lol some people 😂
"The world is full of Kings and Queens, who blind your eyes and steal your dreams" is my high school yearbook caption.
This song is incredible.
Someone I think who doesn't always get the recognition they deserve is Geezer Butler on bass. I've had the pleasure of seeing him at work from reasonably close up and he's absolutely dancing up and down that fretboard, but making it look like the easiest thing in the world. No flash, no fuss, just laying down the rhythm to Tony to solo all over. This track is a great showcase for that.
Even though RJD passes away in 2010 I still miss him. Saw him 7 times, 4 as Dio and 3 as Heaven and Hell. Was fortunate to see his final performance at the House Of Blues in Atlantic City on August 28, 2009. I almost didn't go. He still sounded amazing even though he was sick with cancer, he just hadn't been diagnosed yet. Dio always seemed to be having the time of his life when he was on stage, never saw a bad show from him.
Saw him on the Strange Highways tour at a festival during (arguably) the lean years of his career... Most of the crowd left after Motorhead played and there was only maybe a few hundred people there at the most. I was able to get up there REALLY close to the stage. DIO came out and played like he was at Castle Donnington in front of 100,000 people. It was truly an amazing experience and a testament to his love for his fans, AND something I'll never ever forget. He was one of a kind and I miss him so much! 💔 🤘
True fan - hails! 🤘
@@ScottyKirk1 Strange Highways and Angry Machines are some of his best albums to me
Best Sabbath album ever - Ronnie nailed every track!!! It's fecking awesome!! Not a bad track on the entire album!!!!!!!!!!!
Top 5 Sabbath songs easily. This song is iconic.
This whole album is a masterpiece. IMO it still hold up and is fantastic from start to finish. There are no throw-aways there.
"You get to keep the gold that falls" I never knew that lyric since the original album sleeve omitted that last part in the lyrics, and my friends and I could never quite make out that line. Now I know!
It is like no one writes or composes music like like this anymore....that's why it stands the time of being iconic.
Now you're talking.... a masterpiece, it's well worth checking out the whole album its gold... thanks for you're awesome analyses Doug.
I went to see Black Sabbath on this tour in Leeds, it was brilliant. They blinded my eyes and stole my dreams
Dio had one of the most magical voices of all time. I miss that guy
Symptom of the Universe by Black Sabbath is a good listen whenever you loop back to them
I think the way Dio sings the line "I can tell" at 3:38 sounds absolutely incredible. He took the bonus points from reduced height and used them to max out voice, charisma and personality. Good choice, Ronnie!
Their Live from 1980 is historically significant moment for metal, Dio establishes the famous hand gesture 🤘🏼as love for rock
Great reaction, Doug! This whole album has been a favorite of mine for over 35 years. It really is a special album that has a lot of magic. It is my favorite Black Sabbath album, both musically and lyrically.
🤘🏼RJD🤘🏼
This is my album of albums and there is just something that goes so deep musically. No one is writing albums of this calibre anymore. RJD is at his best here with Tony Iommi and brings out the best I have heard him play also. Fantastic!
If only I could hear this song again for the 1st time. It totally floored me nearly 40 yrs ago when I first heard it. I really envy you right now.
Greater song Doug The version on Live Evil is great as well, Lonely is the Word is also a brilliant song and why Iommi is a genius.
This is Ronnie's favorite song that he wrote. He said when he got asked in an interview.
During an open online interview years ago someone asked Ronnie who the dancer is in the lyrics “but nobody bleeds for the dancer/you’ve got to bleed for the dancer” This was his answer
”The dancer is the free spirit unfettered by chains and not confined by four walls. No one seems to care much for those they can’t control.”
Always wondered about that - thanks!
Brilliant! Dio is one of the most intelligent person ever...
Wow! Thank you for sharing this.... I've wondered what he meant by that for years...
It doesn't need more solos. It's absolutely perfect as it has ben presented.
This was such a great concert series for Black Sabbath when they played this live.
Thank you for the awesome reaction, Doug!
If you read this, might I nominate the whole album for a Masterpiece Friday? The album as a whole is incredible: Neon Knights, Children of the Sea, Die Young, and Lonely is the Word are all classic songs along with Heaven & Hell, and Lady Evil, Wishing Well, and Walk Away are all fun in their own way.
Great job Doug....as usual. I was fortunate enough to have met Dio back in the early 80's and he actually took the time to talk with me at length before one of his shows in Connecticut. At one point, Dio lived in Connecticut with his wife. He was a "real person and gentleman" and didn't let his stardom precede him.
When I was 12 a friend of mine moved from Scotland and introduced me to this album and Mob Rules and it got me into metal. I still try to listen to them as much as possible. Such powerful albums!
Dio was so good vocally 😊I saw him in the early 80s Queensryche were back up another great vocalist Geoff Tate.
Geoff idolized Ronnie. He pays great tribute to him in his shows. Geoff does a great Neon Nights cover..
That had to be the greatest tour in history!
Mind's being blown 40 years later by the masters of metal.
This was the first album I bought when I was a teen in the early 80s. It still blows me away every time I hear it. Incredible talent.
Sign of the Southern Cross from Sabbath’s Mob Rules is probably Ronnie’s best vocal performance of all time. You should do that one next.
A superb album. Not a weak song on it. 👌🤘
Love Dio and Black Sabbath. This is probably my all time favorite song.
This is one of my favourite Sabbath albums, an absolute classic.
When this was released originally this was the last song on the 1st side...the final soft guitar was the perfect ending to the 1st side.
Missed this on vacation. My favorite Sabbath song and probably my favorite metal song and top 10 songs overall. The bass, the riff, the lead, the vocals, the lyrics wow even now.
RJD - one of the greatest frontmen in rock. Love this tune, love this album.
Listen to the whole album it is awesome
I love his🥰Song Rainbow in the Dark❤️❤️❤️
New to your channel and I love how you let the song play instead of pausing it. Great video
one of my favorites of theirs
It is a masterpiece of an album. Wise words there, amazing music. The whole album is a must listen to be frank
My favorite album. And one the most favorite songs ever
Geezer's bass lines are some of the most legendary in metal history. He can tell a story.
The bass line was written by Geoff Nicholls. Geezer just played it.
This song and this album was my introduction to Black Sabbath, as an impressionable 11 year old I was absolutely blown away! Then went into the back catalogue with We Sold Our Souls For Rock and Roll. Have been a die hard fan ever since. My first concert was a few years later with Ian Gillian on vocals for the Born Again Tour.🤘🤘
It’s very nice to see a trained musician like you analyze and enjoy music that we love. Ronnie James Dio was one the greatest singers of all time. Iommi, Butler and Dio were an amazing team 🤘😎
Outstanding analysis of this classic song. Thanks bro!
Thank you for your kind words and tuning in!
Thank you Dougie!
I totally enjoy your channel and analysis. I love that you describe the theoretical concepts...you've got a fantastic ear!
"And they'll tell you black is really white...the moon is just the sun at night...and when you walk through golden halls, you get to keep the gold that falls it's Heaven and Hell"
You are not just a classical composer, you are a true philosopher also. Thank you for all the videos over the past couple of years.
One of my top 5 all time favorite songs.
This has become one of my favorite songs of all time. The music, lyrics, the performances- it's all there. Thank you for giving it a listen.
I love learning from you as you listen to rock/metal. Please never stop.
My favorite Black Sabbath tune.....just a fantastic piece of music. Glad ya loved it Doug.
My favorite song from this album, which is universally acknowledged as one of the best metal albums ever recorded.
Great song off a great album. I look forward to more!
I like that you comment whilst the tune plays instead of constantly pausing. Thumbs up
I love this song. I remastered it and brought the dB up for the acoustic piece at the end. I remember putting that record on in 1980 and thinking yeah Ronnie, that will do nicely.
Im so impressed that you after 3 seconds or so you notes that their tuned down a half step! You certainly knows your stuff…🤘
One of my favorite hard rock albums of all time. Pure genius all the way through!
Give “don’t talk to strangers” a listen!! Off holy diver, badass song
That whole album is dope
Last in line!
Baby don’t you talk
When Ronnie joined Sabbath the first song Ronnie Wrote with them was "Children of the Sea" but you need to see the '83 live version....it's great!.
1983...wasn't Ian Gillian with them then?
My parents who listen to gospel, country and western music bought THIS album for me for the FIRST vinyl album in my music collection when I was just 15 years old!!! I was literally STUNNED listening to this song over and over and over again!!
BUT the most powerful part of the song....the whole song too me, has always been the sedate and subtle ending of the song!! HERE with all its power chords, deafening drugs, bass changes and Ronnie's laser like voice, that ending is the hardest to listen to, without sitting there wondering "What path do I walk?"!!!!! I think because the "pretty melody" at the end, you are just leave like "enchanted" and thinking profoundly about both Heaven And Hell is my point!!!!
love the analogy of the fading end(?)...spot on Doug. You should check out Sign of the Southern Cross, or Falling Off the Edge of the World!
I love how Falling Off The Edge Of The World starts out slow, then the bass drops, and then the storm begins!
Music scholar and perfect ear appreciating metal is so satisfying, kudos
This song is in my top 10 of Black Sabbath songs, with Children Of The Sea as my No.1 favourite. The Heaven And Hell album is my favourite of the Black Sabbath albums also.
I see no reason why you couldn't also react to a live version of this song also, as the middle section is different, and Ronnie makes sure the crowd interact with him, which is a good thing.
This album is eternal. As music, it is a work of art that has endured the test of time. Dio wrote the lyrics, which freed up Geezer Butler from having to do it, and gave Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler room to expand musically. Probably my favorite album of all time. Dio is and always will be the voice I measure all others to. Thanks for doing this Doug....you ROCK!!!
About freaking time Doug!! 😅🤘
Thanks for the fine review, Doug, of Heaven and Hell! The song is a metal masterpiece! IMO at times, it seemed that Tony Iommi and Ronnie were born to make great music together! I find it interesting to note that two men of Italian descent, Tony Iommi from England and Ronald “Dio” Padavona from America, joined together to create some great music! You might have missed the mark on the most poignant lyric, however, of that song being, “The world is full of kings and queens, blind your eyes and steal your dreams. It’s heaven and hell!” That lyric has been printed on t-shirts among several other things. I had the pleasure of attending two Sabbath concerts with Dio on vocals. I have been a long-time Sabbath fan going all the way back to the Ozzy years, but Ronnie’s vocals, especially on this song, was spell binding live! He is one of my absolutely favorite singers, RIP.🤘🏻🤘🏻Cheers!
I love Iommi's work on this track and album, we got to meet Dio and Iommi at Newcastle City Hall post gig when they toured, there was about a dozen fans who had held on in hope long after the gig when Ronnie suddenly appeared at the stage door and said "Come on in guys," I got Ronnie to sign the inside lining of my bike jacket.
The world is full of Kings and Queens, who blind your eyes and steal your dreams is the best Lyric ever written. Just a few Words, but a great Impact.
Great reaction! This song has some excellent poetry! The lyrics to this song has the key to living, just like Stairway To Heaven.
Well, this was great reaction. Worthy of the song, that is somehow so much bigger than one would expect.
Brilliant reaction, sir. Your understanding and appreciation of this song has been refreshing.
Ronnie has just such an incredible and powerful voice, fantastic to listen to. You should check out Computer God from the Dehumanizer album, really great song. Great riffs, drums and of course, GREAT VOCALS. RIP RONNIE, won't be another like you
Masterpiece! I especially like the outro and the extended live version.
I own a cassette tape from 1984 titled "White Hot - Masters of Metal". This song is on there along with tracks by Slade, Zebra, Triumph, etc. and I absolutely wore it out. I was 10 years old. The '80s were magical.
Preach brother! The first song I ever sang live w/ a band was Dio’s Last in Line and it made me appreciate Ronnie from a vocal standpoint but also a lyrical standpoint. Took music theory, harmony & ear training, sight singing in college and was educated in various forms of music but I always find that music like this is what gets me going. Digging the channel! Thank you!
I thought you were reacting to Vangelis' 1975 "Heaven and Hell", a huge masterpiece of the twentieth century which, as a classical composer, I am sure will blow your mind. I hope you can make it soon.
oh i remember that album. A section was used as theme to carl sagans cosmos if i remember right
Great stuff as always Doug... RJD was just so good... so many great eras of Sabbath, but this is definitely a favorite.
You should check out "Lonely Is The Word" from this album.
Thank you so much for this one, and YES please listen to the live versions😊🤘🤘