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sandinyourshoes . the rating was done by a bunch of mindless fucking morons( music critics, etc). who know nothing about Sabbath. never say die is a monumental, epic, album which is in my opinion is better than heaven and hell, which is also brilliant
@@laurencelevene4333, well, I can agree that there are many mindless fucks who float around cyberspace and around our communities. This sax is something I could take or leave, but I still enjoyed the "Die" album. It is the best one for many fans of the Sab.
Agree 10000000 %. I love this record too, even though the guys in the band pretty much disown it....there's a few so, so songs in there, but I give it a solid B
Tony, Geezer and Bill should have totally done a three-piece Jazz/Rock side project continuing off of these two tracks. Could have done them in between Sabbath albums
Always loved this “jazzy big band metal crossover”. Here’s a short fusion-style drum cover of mine: enjoy! ✌🏻🤩 ruclips.net/user/shortszKK8_O5fsH8?feature=share
George Hahn Yep, how does he do it! Alternative band "The Fall" frontman died early this year, I think he was 60..... amazing as he was permanently drunk, i think he was far worst than any mentioned here!
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Great tunes from a brutally panned album. These songs, along with the title track, Johnny Blade, Juniors Eyes, Shock Wave, and Air Dance make for a collection of songs that expanded upon the experimental blueprint of Technical Ecstasy and honed it into the most diverse album Sabbath ever recorded. Sure , I could live without the cheesy Hard Road and twinkly Over to You , but otherwise a more solid, consistent effort than Technical Ecstasy.
This was actually the very first Black Sabbath album I happened to stumble upon. I guess I was lucky, because I still think it's one of their better. To me it feels like it has hints of "progressive metal", and progressive/power metal is the stuff I prefer nowadays... Don't know if this album shaped my future taste, or if this album just was an early match to the taste I already had, waiting for music that didn't exist yet. :P
Breakout and Swinging the Chain do blend together quite nicely, and the irony of an instrumental giving way to the Bill Ward lead vocal on the final track of the final Ozzy era Sabbath album isn't lost on me. This two song coda was actually a musical clue as to which member was on their way out of the original Sabbath lineup
I didn't know Bill Ward sang this. So this is his second song ( along with "It's Alright" from Sabbath Bloddy Sabbath). And I thought I knew all Sabbath trivia! Thanks for the info.
@@johnrobinson8368 "Solitude" is Ozzy. I know it doesn't sound like him, but trust me, it is. It's literally the only song he has ever sang completely in a low register.
Breakout sounds like it would be a great intro for an American cop show, Swinging the Chain is a Sabbath gem as is this whole album , special mention for IOMMI'S awesome solo on Johnny Blade, he makes that that guitar fucken howl & moan🕇👊🕇
@@bobthebear1246, it just seems so out of place with these lads. I mean... Come on! Who expected it? Ozzy had been itching to leave. It is hard to believe that Dio stepped in to save the day when it was likely most needed. If not, then this would have been the end.
I have been a fan of Black Sabbath since 1971 and am now 61. I was finally blessed to see them in November 1978 on the 'NEVER SAY DIE' tour, with Van Halen opening. The only years that I lost interest was when Ozzy was let go. To me NOBODY could fill his spot, and it took the four of them to be BLACK SABBATH. The odd thing was, Ozzy proved what he was capable of, without the other three.
I dig, but fans have to stop being so controlling (I was the same, so I understand our faults)... finally. I turned down a free black and blue ticket in Milwaukee which turned into a riot, I never turned down a free ticket again (not because I want to be in a riot but because I was an arrogant fan, never again) So I saw Mob Rules and Diary of a Madman and was branded with amazement,,,, still I agree, Sabbath get back together!!
Their replacement singer supposedly wrote most of this Melody...He must've been starstruck with Children of the Grave on these verses. Love the breakdown towards the end, with Nib singing like a veteran!! Such a Great overlooked Album
ya on this one, but Ozzy had left and was replaced by Dave Walker for a short bit, He was said to have written material for this album, and when ozzy came back He refused to sing any of it, so they got Bill to sing this one
I love love LOVE this song and Bill's singing of it. But I would die a happy man if I could hear Ozzy sing it once. If he ever did please link it to me.
yes ozzy disliking the jazz is why bil sings the other one. ozzy confirms this in his autobio ("i am ozzy"). also says the jazzmen used on this drank like fish.
Cheetah,,. Really?? How do you define a decade of genius by pushing one incident? "So what" is what I learned, fans always live in the moment something is recorded, much like movies, but people live on with changing lives, like us all. But I do understand that it would be great to pull out a moment in time when we want,,,, oh, wait, we can!! Awesome
Bill Ward sounds a bit like Jeff Lynne of ELO during that same era. Song starts-out well-enough, but kind-of loses its way after the guitar solo and becomes a bit of an unfocused mess. I do love"Breakout" though. That has a great jazzy groove to it, and it's definitely not what we would have ever expected of the Sabs.
Ok, so at 4:35 it sounds like they're trying to do something musically stupid. Then, that wailing at 5:02. Let's all fact it - this is their worst song. They were hitting the rock that night.
underated ?? possibly two of sabs weakest tracks! breakout is dull plodding jazz rock that goes absolutely nowhere and swinging the chain is a rowdy disjointed shambles sounding unfinished and demo like with its shaky howling vocal....how anyone can rate these tracks alongside the bands earlier catalogue is beyond me.
You hear plodding aimless jazz, I hear a decent groove; it would have made a great theme tune back then. Swinging The Chain is a great improvised jam; loads of energy.
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I think Bill Ward is a very underrated vocalist. This song is a definite change of pace,yet it still sounds pretty good 37 years later.
Best sax solo as well. Out of any other song.
His solo albums, if you can find them, are incredible- especially the vocals.
@@scottroland1272 yes Ozzy hate it the sax
Always loved this “jazzy big band metal crossover”. Here’s a short fusion-style drum cover of mine: enjoy! ✌🏻🤩
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Great song!!!!!!! This entire album is SO underrated.
And, how about Bill Ward??? What a voice!!!
Who did the rating?
sandinyourshoes . the rating was done by a bunch of mindless fucking morons( music critics, etc). who know nothing about Sabbath. never say die is a monumental, epic, album which is in my opinion is better than heaven and hell, which is also brilliant
@@laurencelevene4333, well, I can agree that there are many mindless fucks who float around cyberspace and around our communities. This sax is something I could take or leave, but I still enjoyed the "Die" album. It is the best one for many fans of the Sab.
Agree 10000000 %. I love this record too, even though the guys in the band pretty much disown it....there's a few so, so songs in there, but I give it a solid B
there cant be black sabbath without bill ward!
+jarred allemand there isn't. take one member out of a band
and it simply isn't the same band (of souls) anymore. logic.
Tony, Geezer and Bill should have totally done a three-piece Jazz/Rock side project continuing off of these two tracks.
Could have done them in between Sabbath albums
Always loved this “jazzy big band metal crossover”. Here’s a short fusion-style drum cover of mine: enjoy! ✌🏻🤩
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Happy 70th birthday to Bill Ward
George Hahn
As I type this, and thinking back to the 70s, I am pleasantly surprised they're all still alive!
misterjohn john especially Ozzy
George Hahn
Yep!
Who's next?
Ozzy has to top contender!
Iggy Pop seriously abused his body, maybe him.
My minds blank now Lemmy has gone!
misterjohn john don’t forget Keith Richards lol
George Hahn
Yep, how does he do it!
Alternative band "The Fall" frontman died early this year, I think he was 60..... amazing as he was permanently drunk, i think he was far worst than any mentioned here!
A timeless and meaningful creation for Sabbath. Bill Ward is a great contribution as a singer.
I wish there were one or two Bill vocals on every Sabbath album, like Entwistle in the WHO, Bill's vocals are so underrated.
Bill's snare rolls are bang on the money
These two songs kick ass just like the other Sabbath songs. Enough said.
I'm not a jazz fan but really love the sound of it hear
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Love that killer sax with Bills killer drum work Very underrated album along with Technical Ectasy ☺️☺️☺️☺️
Always loved this “jazzy big band metal crossover”. Here’s a short fusion-style drum cover of mine: enjoy! ✌🏻🤩
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The sax on this track is a throwback to Sabbath's beginnings as The Earth Blues Band when they had a saxophonist (and a rhythm guitarist).
Such a nice breath of fresh air.
Tremendous album!
Great tunes from a brutally panned album. These songs, along with the title track, Johnny Blade, Juniors Eyes, Shock Wave, and Air Dance make for a collection of songs that expanded upon the experimental blueprint of Technical Ecstasy and honed it into the most diverse album Sabbath ever recorded. Sure , I could live without the cheesy Hard Road and twinkly Over to You , but otherwise a more solid, consistent effort than Technical Ecstasy.
I Love this album. definitely progressive.
This will forever remain in my song rotation on YT. Can’t do my homework without listening to this!
Ward sounds like Cornell.
Good music!
Who is Cornell?
@@boomer1579 I think he meant to say Chris Cornell.
This was actually the very first Black Sabbath album I happened to stumble upon. I guess I was lucky, because I still think it's one of their better.
To me it feels like it has hints of "progressive metal", and progressive/power metal is the stuff I prefer nowadays...
Don't know if this album shaped my future taste, or if this album just was an early match to the taste I already had, waiting for music that didn't exist yet. :P
ziiofswe It was "Technical Ecstasy" for me.
ziiofswe just lucky you found the best
This is my fav BS album, i have had this on vinyl, cassette and cd
Your favorite?? Are you actually serious?? if I may ask, WHY???
It's my fave Sabbath LP. Totally heavy still but far more adventurous and forward thinking heavy music than is given credit for.
i got this as a christmas present in h.s.- good to hear again
Ozzy said he heard it and said he wasn't in a funking jazz.band and walked out.
Sounds great, in hindsight, it should have been a movie soundtack
idgaf, I loved NSD, especially these last two tracks. Fight me.
+OfficialJab This is my favorite Black Sabbath album.
Breakout and Swinging the Chain do blend together quite nicely, and the irony of an instrumental giving way to the Bill Ward lead vocal on the final track of the final Ozzy era Sabbath album isn't lost on me. This two song coda was actually a musical clue as to which member was on their way out of the original Sabbath lineup
I didn't know Bill Ward sang this. So this is his second song ( along with "It's Alright" from Sabbath Bloddy Sabbath). And I thought I knew all Sabbath trivia! Thanks for the info.
+stluciestrength it's alright is from technical ecstacy.
"It' Alright" is on Technical Ecstasy
Rumour has it that Dave Walker wrote these songs while he was in the band in 1977 and when Ozzy came back he refused to sing them
Solitude anyone?
@@johnrobinson8368 "Solitude" is Ozzy. I know it doesn't sound like him, but trust me, it is. It's literally the only song he has ever sang completely in a low register.
nevr say DIE; anthem for all ages! the entire album rox! Even the lyrics are good to read & know!
Breakout sounds like it would be a great intro for an American cop show, Swinging the Chain is a Sabbath gem as is this whole album , special mention for IOMMI'S awesome solo on Johnny Blade, he makes that that guitar fucken howl & moan🕇👊🕇
I Love this brass attack! Metal Song!!!
Tremendous song!
They would have made a fine trio.
Top 2 best musics of Black Sabbath
Many long-time Sab fans were probably in horror when they heard the sax.
Oh, I'm sure of it, like WTF is that? 😆 LOL
@@bobthebear1246, it just seems so out of place with these lads. I mean... Come on! Who expected it? Ozzy had been itching to leave. It is hard to believe that Dio stepped in to save the day when it was likely most needed. If not, then this would have been the end.
@@valuecalc You're right. As much as I love this, this would have been the end of Sabbath if RJD hadn't came along and saved the day.
@@randallbrooks5787, imagine if somehow the Wizard of Oz had done "Heaven and Hell."
@Michael Black , the Wizard of Oz was always filled with surprises...
Happy 70th birthday, Ozzy Osbourne! 🎂
@Shallex hero's don't die, just....
Well, I don't know, Ozzy is still the greatest rocker and still rocks!
I have been a fan of Black Sabbath since 1971 and am now 61. I was finally blessed to see them in November 1978 on the 'NEVER SAY DIE' tour, with Van Halen opening. The only years that I lost interest was when Ozzy was let go. To me NOBODY could fill his spot, and it took the four of them to be BLACK SABBATH. The odd thing was, Ozzy proved what he was capable of, without the other three.
I dig, but fans have to stop being so controlling (I was the same, so I understand our faults)... finally.
I turned down a free black and blue ticket in Milwaukee which turned into a riot, I never turned down a free ticket again (not because I want to be in a riot but because I was an arrogant fan, never again)
So I saw Mob Rules and Diary of a Madman and was branded with amazement,,,, still I agree, Sabbath get back together!!
fucking awesome :)
Sabbath! Sabbath!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Their replacement singer supposedly wrote most of this Melody...He must've been starstruck with Children of the Grave on these verses. Love the breakdown towards the end, with Nib singing like a veteran!! Such a Great overlooked Album
The singer was Bill Ward
NIB was Bill Ward, Ozzy, I'd read somewhere, gave him that nickname
It was Geezer, after Bill's stupid beard at the time that looked like a pen nib.
ya on this one, but Ozzy had left and was replaced by Dave Walker for a short bit, He was said to have written material for this album, and when ozzy came back He refused to sing any of it, so they got Bill to sing this one
Fongolitus-do you know if ozzy played harmonica though?
Bill should have sang more tracks on all their albums.great Fucking voice
awesome sound😄
Break out could have been perfect as a soundtrack for telefilm of the 70's in america.
I love love LOVE this song and Bill's singing of it. But I would die a happy man if I could hear Ozzy sing it once. If he ever did please link it to me.
No way Ozzy could sing this song, Bill owns it.
... I Love You ...
And people keep talking that BS had not the diversity of others😄And STC is the last song of Ozzy era what a brilliant way to end an era
I wonder if this is one of the ones Dave Walker wrote but ozzy refused to sing it
Officially that is the reason why Ozzy refused to sing on it, and why most of the songs in the album were lyrically heavily modified...
If it works it works and it works here
The fade-out lasts longer on the vinyl & cassette.
Rocks
El mejor tema dd black sabbath
Kicks fucking ass at 2:42...
Heavy
yes ozzy disliking the jazz is why bil sings the other one. ozzy confirms this in his autobio ("i am ozzy"). also says the jazzmen used on this drank like fish.
Rusty Kuntz Well he saying that had a narrow window to get the track done, b/c they were off their arses by noon or something.
Cheetah,,. Really??
How do you define a decade of genius by pushing one incident?
"So what" is what I learned, fans always live in the moment something is recorded, much like movies, but people live on with changing lives, like us all.
But I do understand that it would be great to pull out a moment in time when we want,,,, oh, wait, we can!!
Awesome
bill ward actually sounds like ozzy from the days of earth
Some say not a great Sabbath album, well I disagree, but this so-called crap is still better than 99.99% of today's garbage.
So- ozzy plays thee harmonica-like!!?!!
No, Jon Elstar Played it.
Bill Ward sounds a bit like Jeff Lynne of ELO during that same era. Song starts-out well-enough, but kind-of loses its way after the guitar solo and becomes a bit of an unfocused mess. I do love"Breakout" though. That has a great jazzy groove to it, and it's definitely not what we would have ever expected of the Sabs.
Bill Ward sounding like Jeff Lynne would make sense.....they're both from Birmingham....same accent and all that
Needed more cowbell
:D
Seeing things cannot make you understand society
Ironic Ozzie didn't want to sing it since he was a jazz singer.
Metal and jazz are like oil and water. They don't mix well.
Hey they tried something different didn't they? 😐
@Shallex I agree.
I despise the saxophone. Will always love Sabbath though.
The horns make it a different band, not that it don't sound good..but c'mon.
Ok, so at 4:35 it sounds like they're trying to do something musically stupid. Then, that wailing at 5:02. Let's all fact it - this is their worst song. They were hitting the rock that night.
Each to their own but I'd have to disagree. One man's poison and all that
similar to segars voice manly
Strange song
underated ?? possibly two of sabs weakest tracks! breakout is dull plodding jazz rock that goes absolutely nowhere and swinging the chain is a rowdy disjointed shambles sounding unfinished and demo like with its shaky howling vocal....how anyone can
rate these tracks alongside the bands earlier catalogue is beyond me.
But?????
You just did, and very detailed also.
Bravo, too bad it wasn't positive, but maybe bad reviews are better detailed than good ones?
You hear plodding aimless jazz, I hear a decent groove; it would have made a great theme tune back then. Swinging The Chain is a great improvised jam; loads of energy.
2:35