let's not, wrong video...this IS NOT THE OFFICIAL video, it distracts also from the lyrics, and it is plain stupid, has got NOTHING to do with the song...
Some other great Black Sabbath songs to listen to....snowblind....the wizard. Black Sabbath also had a different singer after Ozzy by the name of Ronnie James Dio, a couple from that Black Sabbath...Heaven and Hell..... Children of the Sea.
He did. Very jazz style player actually. When folks are talkin' about Sabb, they rarely talk about Bill or eveb Geezer . Checkout the Paris concert, where the rhythm sicktion is as it's best.
67 here...I remember listening to this song when I was a youngster and crying. My brother got drafted during the Vietnam war and it went straight to my heart.
@@dkmiller8420 As a drummer I see both sides here. Those of us who know and who appreciate drummers, will never underrate Bill Ward. Yet, Bill -- along with dozens of great drummers like Phil Ehart, Steve Upton, Floyd Sneed, Danny Seraphine and others -- is rarely included in "best of" lists. There you will find the usual, like Charlie Watts (meh), Neil Peart, etc. Bill should always be on these lists. Since he is not, we can say he is "underrated".
@@boomer3150 I can see the point you are trying to make but when someone says, someone is underrated we have to look at the big picture. People very rarely know the name of drummers in bands. Only base players and keyboard has less recognition. If you are not the front man or woman you don't get the love. Think of Janice. She had phenomenal backing, but nobody knows their names, they were just Big Brother and the Holding Company. So, we have to go to those in the know to know who is underrated or who is not and there are no drummers or drum fans alive who do not know and appreciate Bill Ward.
I was about 16 when I started listening to Black Sabbath. My Dad nearly went out of his mind thinking I was going down the wrong road and possibly into Satanism. Nope. I was an A student and never got in trouble, but I listened to this song over and over again because I agreed with the lyrics and the instrumentals and Ozzie's voice were perfect for the message. Janet
A similar tale for me ... except my father sat down and listened to "War Pigs" ... never said a word about Sabbath from then on until about thirty years later he showed me *his* copy of Paranoid in his album collection
I'm an old metalhead. Started seriously listening to music as a teen in the mid-70s. Black Sabbath was and will always remain number one for me. It gives me great joy to see new fans for this music forming before my eyes. Thanks for the video.
I'm 64 and did this song at a karaoke event at a bar about two months ago. The bar patrons were young 20's to 30's and they liked my version because they sang along and after I finished, they told me I did a great job. Several days ago I posted a karaoke video of this song and have over 350+ views. Got into this song when I was 13, so..
Love the way you guys comment without interrupting the tune. I grew up listening to this stuff and it still works! Love seeing younger men felling it like I did over 50 years ago. You got a new subscriber! Great shot, keep it up.
You should know that all the guys in this band were children during the last days of WWII. Living in Birmingham England they were living in a war zone, and Ozzy talked about the kids playing king of the hill in bomb craters. So this is a song screamed from the heart of a child given no choices. Awesome truth.
4 working class guys from Birmingham England gave birth to heavy metal. To this day they’re unmatched in heaviness and groove. Heavy metal wouldn’t sound the same without them. They were all barely 22 years old in this song.
the guitarist was a machinist who sustained serious injury to his fingers and in order to play guitar as his fingers were sensitive had to lower the tension on the strings which helped produce this sound of heavy bass
AT the age of 13, in 1971, I hadn't heard any Black Sabbath songs, because the AM radio station in my town only played top 40. But, my older brother, who was a drummer in a rock band, went on tour, and he brought me his entire record collection to safe guard while he was away. One afternoon, I was searching through the hundreds of albums and saw this one, and placed it on the turntable, and placed the needle on the groove. This was the first song. I don't believe that I listened to another song on the album. I just kept lifting the needle up at the end of this and starting it over again. Over and over. I knew there were protest songs. The war was going full strength. I worried that my brother would be drafted. This song effected me at the time when adult issues were becoming known to me. All of the music of that time was resonating in all of us.
13 years old at 1971, geez my man, coming from a man born in 1987, you cannot imagine how jealous i am of your generation, our lives are shit compared to gone days, life has become way too complicated and individualised.
@@MrShadowofthewind A lot of truth has always been prevalent in metal, that's why you won't hear it on the radio/tv............dismissed as satanic and the sheeple don't let their children near it!! Lol. Sadly this song is as relevant today as it was fifty odd years ago.
You absolutely must see the incredible live version in Paris in 1970. It's a react classic. 114 / 5 000 Bill Ward the drummer is incredible on this live. Even better than on the album. And Ozzy is crazy (as always)
Oh come on. Why say that and for what reason?? Apparently, if called a official video now? Someone affiliated with Black Sabbath approved? You view the ORIGINAL VIDEO which is GERMAN-MADE I believe by a University? AS IT IS CALLED THIS - "Motherland "| Kurzfilm (2009) - The link to it.... ruclips.net/video/mpk7xgCXmOY/видео.html I just knew you were lusting to know so bad.....
I started listening to Black Sabbeth when I was 14 yrs old in 1975 and still listen to them today at age 62. I have been to 3 of their concerts and always blew me away. They are one of the best live bands of all time, in my top 5 bands. Some other great Black Sabbeth songs are: "Black Sabbath" "Fairies Wear Boots" "Paranoid" "Children of the Grave" Snowblind" Some great solo Ozzy songs: which are fantastic: Mama I'm Coming Home, Crazy Train, Mr.Crowley
Started in 1980 and I'm also still listening. I seen them about 9 times with Ozzy and Dio their both different but there's something special when ozzy is with them. Peace out
You’ll never find another band like Sabbath. Definitely one of the innovators of heavy-metal. If not the innovator. There are some other good ones deep purple and a few other ones that were really hard really early on. You can imagine what people thought when the stuff came out in 1970. No one had ever heard anything like it. Parents wouldn’t let their kids listen to it. They thought it was all devil music. A lot of people still do lol it’s actually mostly the opposite they talk about how drugs are bad God is good and war and big government are bad. Sounds like they are spot on to me. The riff is so hard in this song and Bill Ward beat the drums like they owe him money. The baseline all through it is so deep. Ozzie‘s vocals are perfect in this. I grew up on it and it has never gotten old. It’s always been a jam and it’s always going to be. Sabbath is different
They were a rock band with a jazz drummer who could hit hard. They also had the greatest riff machine in the history of guitar music, a bassist who both wrote the lyrics and played a bass like a maestro guitarist, and a singer who used his voice to portray the pain and horror of the modern world. Top shelf rock and roll with a twist of darkness that still hits hard today. Nice reaction gentlemen. May I recommend either Hand of Doom or Under the sun for your next dip into the Black Sabbath pond.
I don't have to imagine, I was 15 in 1970. My world changed the day I heard their first song, Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath. You will like Hand Of Doom.
Wizard and NIB are on the long list of Sabbath masterpieces. Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath", Paranoid, Sweet Leaf ... What a band!!! If someone tells me Sabbath was best band ever, I may not agree. But I cannot either disagree.
At first I thought you said harmonic riff. I thought, wait Tony Iommi played the guitar on that, the guy was amazing. Sorry. I heard Ozzy learned to play harmonica.
Before "Heavy Metal" became the universally accepted term for this kind of music, bands like Sabbath were variously described as "Downer Rock" and "Atomic Blues". I personally feel that "Atomic Blues" describes the style perfectly. Great reaction, gentlemen.
The Black Sabbath boys grew up in Birmingham - as did my maternal grandmother - which was bombed repeatedly by the Luftwaffe. The scars remained for years. This is the inspiration for War Pigs.
@@5thPhoenix The air raid effects at the beginning are an indication. My GP's first met in an air raid shelter. I remember my GM telling me about watching the incendiary bombs falling.
@@paullynn8205 Yes, that was the inspiration, but Ozzy himself had said he had memories of living in the bombed out neighborhood. He often said that war accomplishes nothing except creating money for the rich, and bomb craters for children to play in.
This is 1970 - you have to imagine after 1969's summer of love that this exploded in everyone's consciousness. 54 years later and still amazing and able to move folks of nominal intelligence.
Did you see the walking interview with Ozzy, and he was showing them around his old neighborhood, and pointing out where the bomb craters used to be? He joked about the fact that they had no indoor plumbing. He talked with love about how hard his parents worked. He started joking about the bomb craters, but for like two minutes he got really emotional about this is what war really is! It's waged by rich people, and fought by poor people, and always accomplishes bomb craters that little children play king of the hill in! He wasn't Ozzy in that moment, he was Dad.
"Could you imagine hearing this in 1970 and what you would have thought" Don't have to imagine it - yes, mind blown. I was a geeky14 year old who was into bubble gum pop music; the only radio I ever heard was Top 40 and country. Then my family relocated and we became neighbors with some long-haired, guitar-playing rock n roller, who eventually was the best man at my wedding. He introduced me to this and the rest of rock and roll (although Jimi Hendrix "Are You Experienced" was actually the 1st album he played for me). Then I was a geeky 14 year old who was no longer into pop music. Great reaction. Love that you all love it so much on first listen as well.
As a life long Black Sabbath fan, I would recommend "Hand of Doom" for your next reaction. If you are not in the know, it is a deep-cut, to any Sabbath fan, it's one of their best. Peace guys.
When I was stationed in Germany (1970-71) in the Army....this song was played all the time. Thanks for bringing back part of my youth... I guess I'll go spark up a doobie....
Y’all should listen to some of Ozzy’s other songs like Mama I’m coming home, Crazy Train, No more tears, and Dreamer just to name a few. But great reaction keep them coming.
The song is still relevant today: Putin. The drums, bass and guitar are so...fire. The video is irrelevant. In 1970 this was just so over-the-top different and new. If you get a chance listen to Sweet Leaf. It's about weed. Man, Ozzy was only 22 back then. Dude has some longevity. By the way, Iron Man is like the worst Sabbath song.
So glad you guys did the studio version and got the lyrics and meaning of the song. NOW YOU MUST SEE THIS LIVE IN PARIS, 1970!! Olli loved the drums...you can watch Bill Ward go crazy on his small kit. He beats the hell out of them!! Faster tempo! Ozzy goes absolutely nuts. Geezer Butler slamming the bass and riff master Tony Iommi shredding the guitar. MUST SEE FELLAS!!
Ugh...this video that has NOTHING to do with Sabbath. For whatever reason, it's become the go-to vid for reactions. It's distracting, irrelevant, and just plain bad.
What was War Pigs originally called? The original title of "War Pigs" was "Walpurgis", dealing with the witches' sabbath. "Walpurgis is sort of like Christmas for Satanists. And to me, war was the big Satan", said bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler.
1970 LIVE VERSION WILL TOTALLY BLOW YOU AWAY, ONE OF THE BEST LIVE PERFORMANCES EVER PREFORMED. ALONG WITH GRAND FUNK, INSIDE LOOKING OUT. SANTANA, SOUL SACRIFICE. LED ZEPPLIN, YOU SHUCK ME ALL NIGHT LONG. ANOTHER BS SONG… LOL ANY BS IS A MASTERPIECE. BUT TRY SWEET LEAF. ROCK ON 👊🖖
If you watch the 1970 Concert in Paris you'll hear a different version of this song, same music different lyrics, you will see the band as they were...before they became famous. You'll also be able to watch Bill Ward. And know that during intermission a couple roadies came out to nail his drum set to the stage. PS If you do watch it, take a close look at Bills drumsticks.
War Pigs is my favorite song from Black Sabbath. Irritates my wife but I have been known to pull off the road in the car when this song comes on. If you are not familiar with it I would also suggest listening to Masters of War. Two of my all time favorite anti war songs.
I have listened to black sabbath since seventy five or six They have some great musi. CI would like you guys to listen to. Their album sabotage and play that song hole in the sky❤
TO ME, this is THE greatest metal song EVER...if someone asked me "What IS heavy metal?" THIS is the song I'd play for them. It's the epitome of what metal is all about
I'm leaning more towards hard rock,than heavy metal. But it would be the grandfather of the heavy metal generation, probably starting with JUDAS PRIEST. But that's just kinda how I look at it. Then the real Heavy Metal starts with bands like METALLICA. Speed metal and thrash metal along with the Satanist groups I don't really consider Heavy metal,more of a branch genre type, ya know. I moved to L.A. in the late 80's for about 10 yrs. and the hair bands kinda fu&$#@ things up for awhile till hard rock and metal broke the bonds and got rock music mostly back in line. It was definitely an interesting time to be in California and alive... mostly alive!! lol😝🤤🫠
You understand this stupid video was made half a century after the song first came out, yes? No one ever saw this video in the 70s. They didn't have videos in the 70s. We used to just stare at the album covers and our bongs.
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let's not, wrong video...this IS NOT THE OFFICIAL video, it distracts also from the lyrics, and it is plain stupid, has got NOTHING to do with the song...
Bill Ward was beating the hell out of those drums like they owed him child support.
Dude, you made me laugh so loud I woke my dog up - but you're exactly right, what a frikking beast.
@@dbradx I'm not a dude but glad I made you laugh. These days we need a lot more laughs.
Dude deserves to be talked about more than he is.
Some other great Black Sabbath songs to listen to....snowblind....the wizard. Black Sabbath also had a different singer after Ozzy by the name of Ronnie James Dio, a couple from that Black Sabbath...Heaven and Hell..... Children of the Sea.
He did. Very jazz style player actually. When folks are talkin' about Sabb, they rarely talk about Bill or eveb Geezer . Checkout the Paris concert, where the rhythm sicktion is as it's best.
I am 70 +. This song applies today. I grew up during the protests. I participated in the war. This song applies now.
I'm 73 and still rocking
You are 100 percent!
These guys don't even connect it to the Vietnam war.
67 here...I remember listening to this song when I was a youngster and crying. My brother got drafted during the Vietnam war and it went straight to my heart.
@@summergivens242 The draft. I watched my school mates before me drafted and returned in boxes
This is NOT a Black Sabbath Video. It is a German short film called "Mother Land." A RUclips channel Meshed them together. 🤙🏼
Thanks I have just mentioned this. Because so many seem to think this was the original music Video From 1970!
Yeah I don't think it fits the song at all.
@@SirBoycie I don't think it does either... it also distracts from the lyrics
Yep
Yeah as a War Pigs video it sucks!
"Hand of Doom" "Into the Void" and "Fairies Wear Boots" are just a few more of the many great Black Sabbath songs.
All great tunes... but don't forget Children of the Grave!
Yes sir. And would love to hear them react to some of the Dio stuff as well like Heaven and Hell Mob Rules ( I ) off Dehumanizer etc...😔
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Fairies Ware boots is a graitesong
Can't spell
Bill Ward is so under rated. One of the best drummers of all time.
Really?
Underrated by whom? He's always been in the top 10 rock/metal drummers.
Underwhat now? It's Bill Ward...nobody has ever underrated Bill Ward.
@@dkmiller8420 As a drummer I see both sides here. Those of us who know and who appreciate drummers, will never underrate Bill Ward. Yet, Bill -- along with dozens of great drummers like Phil Ehart, Steve Upton, Floyd Sneed, Danny Seraphine and others -- is rarely included in "best of" lists. There you will find the usual, like Charlie Watts (meh), Neil Peart, etc. Bill should always be on these lists. Since he is not, we can say he is "underrated".
@@boomer3150 I can see the point you are trying to make but when someone says, someone is underrated we have to look at the big picture. People very rarely know the name of drummers in bands. Only base players and keyboard has less recognition. If you are not the front man or woman you don't get the love. Think of Janice. She had phenomenal backing, but nobody knows their names, they were just Big Brother and the Holding Company. So, we have to go to those in the know to know who is underrated or who is not and there are no drummers or drum fans alive who do not know and appreciate Bill Ward.
The birth of heavy metal. This was it. Black Sabbath members are the Godfathers of metal.
By today's standards, they would be the godfathers of doom metal with a lot of their songs.
Sabbath, Motorhead and Priest. The Godfathers of Metal
Undisputed founders of Heavy Metal in 1970. Everyone else came after them.
At this time, this was the heaviest album ever
The original metal gods \m/
I was about 16 when I started listening to Black Sabbath. My Dad nearly went out of his mind thinking I was going down the wrong road and possibly into Satanism. Nope. I was an A student and never got in trouble, but I listened to this song over and over again because I agreed with the lyrics and the instrumentals and Ozzie's voice were perfect for the message. Janet
69 now and guess I have been a little fucked up going on 53 yrs now. Oh, well...life goes on.
I grew up listening to Sabbath because of my father😂
@@johnnyb6067 Me too. He died young. Every time I hear Sabbath (not only), I remember him.
A similar tale for me ... except my father sat down and listened to "War Pigs" ... never said a word about Sabbath from then on until about thirty years later he showed me *his* copy of Paranoid in his album collection
I had this album...my mom was sure I was going to hell
This anti-war song is relevant as hell right now! Live Paris version is worth checkin out too.
It is always going to be where there is war not just now
Bill Ward on drums on beast mode!
I'm an old metalhead. Started seriously listening to music as a teen in the mid-70s. Black Sabbath was and will always remain number one for me. It gives me great joy to see new fans for this music forming before my eyes. Thanks for the video.
54 year old Hard Rock/metalhead here,Black Sabbath is Freaking Amazing! Love Ozzy's vocals during this era.Bill Ward killed it as always!! Legendary.
I'm 64 and did this song at a karaoke event at a bar about two months ago. The bar patrons were young 20's to 30's and they liked my version because they sang along and after I finished, they told me I did a great job. Several days ago I posted a karaoke video of this song and have over 350+ views. Got into this song when I was 13, so..
Oops, 345 views.
I am the same
Love the way you guys comment without interrupting the tune. I grew up listening to this stuff and it still works! Love seeing younger men felling it like I did over 50 years ago. You got a new subscriber! Great shot, keep it up.
Please check out the live version 1970 Paris.
dudes, this!
Yesssss, they should listen to the studio audio at least once more and then see how good they are live!
Everyone says the same thing about that version: Bill Ward on those drums. And they’re right.
First concert i ever went to in 1972 in Va Beach!
War Pigs.... Paris 1970 is a must see reaction, Bill Ward on drums!
Amazing Show
I couldn’t agree more! The Paris 1970 live performance is phenomenal!!
Absolutely. He reminds me of Animal from the muppets playing drums! lol
@@tbone2071 Animal from the muppets is directly inspired by Bill Ward !
@@jean-christophelebachelet5926 That would be good, but he was actually based on Keith Moon from The Who.
You should know that all the guys in this band were children during the last days of WWII. Living in Birmingham England they were living in a war zone, and Ozzy talked about the kids playing king of the hill in bomb craters. So this is a song screamed from the heart of a child given no choices. Awesome truth.
Hmm Ozzy was Born in 1948 the War ended in 45?
The WarII results & effects went on in American film💁🏼♀️
4 working class guys from Birmingham England gave birth to heavy metal. To this day they’re unmatched in heaviness and groove. Heavy metal wouldn’t sound the same without them. They were all barely 22 years old in this song.
the guitarist was a machinist who sustained serious injury to his fingers and in order to play guitar as his fingers were sensitive had to lower the tension on the strings which helped produce this sound of heavy bass
You can see their blues influence. They loved US southern blues rock music
This is one of the best anti-war songs ever written. Incredible performance. I saw Black Sabbath when I was 15, such an incredible show!!
AT the age of 13, in 1971, I hadn't heard any Black Sabbath songs, because the AM radio station in my town only played top 40. But, my older brother, who was a drummer in a rock band, went on tour, and he brought me his entire record collection to safe guard while he was away. One afternoon, I was searching through the hundreds of albums and saw this one, and placed it on the turntable, and placed the needle on the groove. This was the first song. I don't believe that I listened to another song on the album. I just kept lifting the needle up at the end of this and starting it over again. Over and over. I knew there were protest songs. The war was going full strength. I worried that my brother would be drafted. This song effected me at the time when adult issues were becoming known to me. All of the music of that time was resonating in all of us.
13 years old at 1971, geez my man, coming from a man born in 1987, you cannot imagine how jealous i am of your generation, our lives are shit compared to gone days, life has become way too complicated and individualised.
@@MrShadowofthewind A lot of truth has always been prevalent in metal, that's why you won't hear it on the radio/tv............dismissed as satanic and the sheeple don't let their children near it!! Lol. Sadly this song is as relevant today as it was fifty odd years ago.
Agree about doing the live version from 1970. If you enjoy this it's a must. It would be fun to see you compare.
You absolutely must see the incredible live version in Paris in 1970. It's a react classic.
114 / 5 000
Bill Ward the drummer is incredible on this live. Even better than on the album. And Ozzy is crazy (as always)
Planet Caravan is one you should consider. It shows the diversity of the band. Thanks Guys
Ozzy didn't write the lyrics the bassist Geezer Butler did.
I wuz amazed 2 learn dat.
Ozzy, sang da lyricz, wit da conviction, of sumbody dat felt every lyric/like he penned da lyricz, himself.
Next should be hand of doom!!!!! YOU FELLAS GONNA LOVE IT!
They need to do that one for sure.
Black Sabbath, the fore runners of Heavy Metal music
The architects, not the forerunners.
THE VIDEO IS GARBAGE THE MUSIC IS THE REAL THING NO ONE EVER SAW THIS AND THIS SONG WAS LEGENDARY WITH NO DAMN SCREEN JUNK
Oh come on. Why say that and for what reason?? Apparently, if called a official video now? Someone affiliated with Black Sabbath approved? You view the ORIGINAL VIDEO which is GERMAN-MADE I believe by a University? AS IT IS CALLED THIS - "Motherland "| Kurzfilm (2009) - The link to it....
ruclips.net/video/mpk7xgCXmOY/видео.html
I just knew you were lusting to know so bad.....
Yes, Bill Ward is one of my fav. Drummers. Those English blokes really cranked out the best bands. God bless em’.
I started listening to Black Sabbeth when I was 14 yrs old in 1975 and still listen to them today at age 62. I have been to 3 of their concerts and always blew me away. They are one of the best live bands of all time, in my top 5 bands. Some other great Black Sabbeth songs are:
"Black Sabbath"
"Fairies Wear Boots"
"Paranoid"
"Children of the Grave"
Snowblind"
Some great solo Ozzy songs: which are fantastic: Mama I'm Coming Home, Crazy Train, Mr.Crowley
Started in 1980 and I'm also still listening. I seen them about 9 times with Ozzy and Dio their both different but there's something special when ozzy is with them. Peace out
Who's "Black Sabbeth"?
"Mr. Crowley" has arguably the greatest guitar solo ever. Randy just totally lapped the field with that one.
You’ll never find another band like Sabbath. Definitely one of the innovators of heavy-metal. If not the innovator. There are some other good ones deep purple and a few other ones that were really hard really early on. You can imagine what people thought when the stuff came out in 1970. No one had ever heard anything like it. Parents wouldn’t let their kids listen to it. They thought it was all devil music. A lot of people still do lol it’s actually mostly the opposite they talk about how drugs are bad God is good and war and big government are bad. Sounds like they are spot on to me. The riff is so hard in this song and Bill Ward beat the drums like they owe him money. The baseline all through it is so deep. Ozzie‘s vocals are perfect in this. I grew up on it and it has never gotten old. It’s always been a jam and it’s always going to be. Sabbath is different
It’s speaking about what’s happening around the world today timeless classic
This song hits different, it touches something pop culture tends to shy away from. Universal truth, war is fought by the poor but waged by the rich.
They were a rock band with a jazz drummer who could hit hard. They also had the greatest riff machine in the history of guitar music, a bassist who both wrote the lyrics and played a bass like a maestro guitarist, and a singer who used his voice to portray the pain and horror of the modern world. Top shelf rock and roll with a twist of darkness that still hits hard today. Nice reaction gentlemen. May I recommend either Hand of Doom or Under the sun for your next dip into the Black Sabbath pond.
Black Sabbath = GOAT
The majority of their catalog is pure fire 🔥🔥🔥
I was in High school when this dropped. We couldn't put the bong away.
Ahhh,yes,the bong... 😎
A bong rattler, for sure.
I don't have to imagine, I was 15 in 1970. My world changed the day I heard their first song, Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath. You will like Hand Of Doom.
The Wizard is another fantastic Black Sabbath song featuring Ozzy playing an insane harmonica riff.
Wizard and NIB are on the long list of Sabbath masterpieces. Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath", Paranoid, Sweet Leaf ... What a band!!! If someone tells me Sabbath was best band ever, I may not agree. But I cannot either disagree.
At first I thought you said harmonic riff. I thought, wait Tony Iommi played the guitar on that, the guy was amazing. Sorry. I heard Ozzy learned to play harmonica.
It's crazy how the lyrics of this song could have been written today
One of the best live bands of all time.
thanks
I seen them in 74,75 and 78. Greatest concert ever. No one could tough Sabbath.
Before "Heavy Metal" became the universally accepted term for this kind of music, bands like Sabbath were variously described as "Downer Rock" and "Atomic Blues". I personally feel that "Atomic Blues" describes the style perfectly.
Great reaction, gentlemen.
Do the live version from 1970 - The video you watched has nothing to do with Sabbath. It was a fan made video
You gotta do the 1970 live early version in paris. It's faster and raw, but Bill Ward (drummer) is an absolute monster on the drums 👍
This is going to be a good one. I listened to Hand Of Doom the other day and thought of suggesting it.
Hand of Doom is great! The funky drum intro leads into an awesome song!
"Children of the Grave" (1971) The drummer seriously cooks!
Nobody in history could touch the best of Sabbath. Nobody.
Rush is in that same realm but in a slightly different pocket. But I love Sabbath. Wholly.
Only Zeppelin. They are the two pillars before the doors of the Rock god's abode.
The Black Sabbath boys grew up in Birmingham - as did my maternal grandmother - which was bombed repeatedly by the Luftwaffe. The scars remained for years. This is the inspiration for War Pigs.
@@5thPhoenix The air raid effects at the beginning are an indication. My GP's first met in an air raid shelter. I remember my GM telling me about watching the incendiary bombs falling.
There was no Good reason for Churchill to drag England into WW2. None.
@@spookytoothable1911 the inspiration for war pigs was the vietnam war. geezer butler tells the story in many interviews.
@@paullynn8205 Yes, that was the inspiration, but Ozzy himself had said he had memories of living in the bombed out neighborhood. He often said that war accomplishes nothing except creating money for the rich, and bomb craters for children to play in.
Possibly, the Greatest Metal song ever written.
The LIVE version of this song is killer too... the drummer goes crazy!
The name is Mr. Bill Ward
Black Sabbath is best listened to through a fully cranked stereo system with the largest speakers you can find.
Bill Ward absolutely assaulted his drum kit. Watch the live version and his kit is bouncing. 🤘
Epic is the word.
I had this album in 1976. I was 10 years old.
Tony Iommi found a guitar sound put it in a chokehold and called it Black Sabbath
This is 1970 - you have to imagine after 1969's summer of love that this exploded in everyone's consciousness. 54 years later and still amazing and able to move folks of nominal intelligence.
54 year old song that still gives me goosebumps! Greatest protest song....EVER!
54 Years and just as relevant today, maybe even more so, as ever.
Very sad.
Yup... I love ppl getting introduced to Sabbath. I SUBBED! HIT HAND OF DOOM....
The drummer ( Bill Ward ) COOKED !!!
Ozzy Osbourne is a fucking metal God. The man's voice in this song is universally chilling.
War Pigs is played over the speakers before all Arkansas Razorbacks football home games. It is awesome to hear in that environment.
Thank you young fellas for taking time to not not just listen but to Hear this one. Respect from Hamilton Ontario Canada.
watch this live in Paris 1970 if you really want to see the greatest drummer of all time.
More people need to see & understand this song. How prophetic! Written in the 70's and look where we are today.
My best friend in college said he first heard this laying on his bunk in boot camp, preparing to go to Viet Nam. I can't even imagine.
Bill Ward really goes off on the live version from Paris 1970, an absolute must reaction.
yip first listen i had to this thing i was blown away indeed. 1969 this came out can you believe. ahead of its time musicianship is top of the world.
Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler wrote the lyrics to War Pigs, and most other Black Sabbath tunes.
Bill Ward always had a sort of jazz style of drumming.
You really want see Sabbath..... Go see WAR Pigs done live in Paris 1970 ! Bill Ward the drummer kills it!!
Black Sabbath symptom of the universe is THE perfect song it is a must do
Ozzy said once that this song was protest to Vietnam war and all wars. Masterpiece!
Did you see the walking interview with Ozzy, and he was showing them around his old neighborhood, and pointing out where the bomb craters used to be? He joked about the fact that they had no indoor plumbing. He talked with love about how hard his parents worked. He started joking about the bomb craters, but for like two minutes he got really emotional about this is what war really is! It's waged by rich people, and fought by poor people, and always accomplishes bomb craters that little children play king of the hill in! He wasn't Ozzy in that moment, he was Dad.
"Could you imagine hearing this in 1970 and what you would have thought"
Don't have to imagine it - yes, mind blown. I was a geeky14 year old who was into bubble gum pop music; the only radio I ever heard was Top 40 and country. Then my family relocated and we became neighbors with some long-haired, guitar-playing rock n roller, who eventually was the best man at my wedding. He introduced me to this and the rest of rock and roll (although Jimi Hendrix "Are You Experienced" was actually the 1st album he played for me). Then I was a geeky 14 year old who was no longer into pop music.
Great reaction. Love that you all love it so much on first listen as well.
F-ing bubbles Sharon, I'm the Prince of F-ing Darkness I can't have bubbles 😊
This song is a timeless CLASSIC. Glad you liked it. 💥💥💥🤘😎
My first concert.. Ozzy & Black Sabbath in Dallas Texas 1976, I was 17
As a life long Black Sabbath fan, I would recommend "Hand of Doom" for your next reaction.
If you are not in the know, it is a deep-cut, to any Sabbath fan, it's one of their best.
Peace guys.
When I was stationed in Germany (1970-71) in the Army....this song was played all the time. Thanks for bringing back part of my youth... I guess I'll go spark up a doobie....
I've been listening to this song for 45 years (I'm 60) and I still got goosebumps...again.
Indeed. I’m 65 and it’s the greatest protest song. Ever.
Y’all should listen to some of Ozzy’s other songs like Mama I’m coming home, Crazy Train, No more tears, and Dreamer just to name a few. But great reaction keep them coming.
Live version will blow you away
The song is still relevant today: Putin.
The drums, bass and guitar are so...fire. The video is irrelevant. In 1970 this was just so over-the-top different and new.
If you get a chance listen to Sweet Leaf. It's about weed.
Man, Ozzy was only 22 back then. Dude has some longevity. By the way, Iron Man is like the worst Sabbath song.
So glad you guys did the studio version and got the lyrics and meaning of the song. NOW YOU MUST SEE THIS LIVE IN PARIS, 1970!! Olli loved the drums...you can watch Bill Ward go crazy on his small kit. He beats the hell out of them!! Faster tempo! Ozzy goes absolutely nuts. Geezer Butler slamming the bass and riff master Tony Iommi shredding the guitar. MUST SEE FELLAS!!
This is power perfection and the lyrics are as relevant today as ever.
Ugh...this video that has NOTHING to do with Sabbath. For whatever reason, it's become the go-to vid for reactions. It's distracting, irrelevant, and just plain bad.
What was War Pigs originally called?
The original title of "War Pigs" was "Walpurgis", dealing with the witches' sabbath. "Walpurgis is sort of like Christmas for Satanists. And to me, war was the big Satan", said bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler.
Another great vid guys 👍 You gotta do Hand Of Doom..... It will blow your minds, I kid you not.
Oh, and Snowblind !
You should check out Charles Bradley's soulful cover of Black Sabbath - Changes
1970 LIVE VERSION WILL TOTALLY BLOW YOU AWAY, ONE OF THE BEST LIVE PERFORMANCES EVER PREFORMED. ALONG WITH GRAND FUNK, INSIDE LOOKING OUT. SANTANA, SOUL SACRIFICE. LED ZEPPLIN, YOU SHUCK ME ALL NIGHT LONG.
ANOTHER BS SONG… LOL ANY BS IS A MASTERPIECE. BUT TRY SWEET LEAF.
ROCK ON 👊🖖
If you watch the 1970 Concert in Paris you'll hear a different version of this song, same music different lyrics, you will see the band as they were...before they became famous.
You'll also be able to watch Bill Ward. And know that during intermission a couple roadies came out to nail his drum set to the stage.
PS If you do watch it, take a close look at Bills drumsticks.
The video has ZERO to do with the song. It's some German student project and someone put the music over it. The song is from 1970.
Thank you for the excellent video and reaction. The first six Sabbath albums are brilliant, so many amazing songs to pick from.
War Pigs is my favorite song from Black Sabbath. Irritates my wife but I have been known to pull off the road in the car when this song comes on. If you are not familiar with it I would also suggest listening to Masters of War. Two of my all time favorite anti war songs.
Why do people suggest fan made videos. It's a distraction. Just reacting to the audio much better..
Anything off of their first 4 albums is absolute fire! Try hand of doom next. Or start with black sabbath off of black sabbath first song first album
I have listened to black sabbath since seventy five or six
They have some great musi. CI would like you guys to listen to. Their album sabotage and play that song hole in the sky❤
Bill beat that kit like a rented mule!!!
Check out ‘Neon Knights’, Black Sabbath different singer, same band 🤘
TO ME, this is THE greatest metal song EVER...if someone asked me "What IS heavy metal?" THIS is the song I'd play for them. It's the epitome of what metal is all about
Literally. This is absolutely the quintessential metal song in metal history. It's so damn good.
This could easily be a Jimi Hendrix track though.
I agree… and still powerful in its message
I'm leaning more towards hard rock,than heavy metal. But it would be the grandfather of the heavy metal generation, probably starting with JUDAS PRIEST. But that's just kinda how I look at it. Then the real Heavy Metal starts with bands like METALLICA. Speed metal and thrash metal along with the Satanist groups I don't really consider Heavy metal,more of a branch genre type, ya know. I moved to L.A. in the late 80's for about 10 yrs. and the hair bands kinda fu&$#@ things up for awhile till hard rock and metal broke the bonds and got rock music mostly back in line. It was definitely an interesting time to be in California and alive... mostly alive!! lol😝🤤🫠
I'm not picking someone else's best song. I personally agree that this is what heavy metal is
Leave this video….the politics aren’t right. Go to the Live in Paris vid and watch and listen to that one. As always, thanks for the share guys!!!
This is a bad distraction! This video has NOTHING to do with Black Sabbath 😔
You understand this stupid video was made half a century after the song first came out, yes? No one ever saw this video in the 70s. They didn't have videos in the 70s. We used to just stare at the album covers and our bongs.
My favorite Black Sabbath song, and it's even more relevant today, or maybe just more obvious.