Agree

Hmmmm... maybe... I like A National Acrobat best myself.

Nope. I love SBS but their first two albums are completely stellar to me, on another level.

I'd argue for The Devil You Know, myself. It's the darkest, heaviest, most intense Sabbath has ever been.

It’s my favourite album of all time

Isn't the song about... "conception"? Spiral architect is the swimmer.

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Absolutely astonishing that their 'lesser' songs as you so eloquently put it are vastly better than the popular songs. Give me this, A national acrobat, You won't change me, Juniors eyes etc any day over Paranoid, Iron Man and the lot.

The acoustic outro in Symptom of the Universe is the perfect example of that.

One of the lesser known songs would've been a Tony Martin track. The Ozzy tracks are all very well known.

@@Grandmastergav86 i love the whole headless cross album and i’m bummed its not on Spotify

Please could you do, "Killing yourself to live" from the same album.

Geezer blew Ozzy's mind with these lyrics. I think i remember Ozzy saying that Geezer recited these lyrics to Ozzy over the telephone. Extreme "literary" talent. Ozzy was flabbergasted..

@@nodaysback8390 Yeah I think Geezer mowed the lyrics into the lawn and rang ozzy, I think ozzy;s words were " what the fuck is that?"

@@sergiozammel8261he must of had a big lawn?! 😂

and a lot of patience@@Eleventhearlofmars

In my opinion Geezer deserves the literature Nobel price more than Bob Dylan did ...

Same

You have a very good taste man.

We do a cover of the track Sabbath Bloody Sabbath in my band, in a medley with Wrath Child (Maiden) & Hellbent for Leather (Priest)

'Killing Yourself to Live' is my favorite, although I like them all

Wow ! Different than most Sabbath songs. But, I like it.

Yeah, he needs to listen to sabbath bloody sabbath for sure!

I always maintain Black Sabbath is as much heavy jazz as heavy rock. The jazz influences are all over the records. Fairies Wear Boots, the entire song is almost jazz with a bluesy twist and added gain and intensity. And Bill Ward is always swinging. The guitar solos too. If you play them clean it sounds like blues jazz fusion.

Then there's that little bit of rumba in the middle of Supernaut (SabIV)!

Yes

Who knows..maybe if they had more love songs or 9 minutes blues songs with Ozzy moaning and pretends orgasm they would sold like the others but at least in Ozzy era they did not gave a shit..offcourse they wanted to sell LPs but they did it in their own way..the hard way..and most people dont like to hear truths..

You forgot to mention that the pretty boys in Zeppelin were an awesome band .

@@StickyBud9395 he just said that LZ had it easy..Page was for years in business,he worked at sessions with great musicians before LZ and when they started they had the money and the connections to be famous in short time.Also their songs were more easy to become popular,they talked about women and sex almost all of them in first 2 LPs

@@user-it1ju6br7p I am not putting Sabbath down , I am a huge Sabbath fan , they would be in my top 4 bands anytime . You make a relevant point my friend , and I take it on board .

Yeah SBS the best Sabbath album.

Agreed. SBS is my favorite Ozzy Era album.

Totally agree, I think perhaps the title track then "National Acrobat" would be my follow up choices. SBS has been my fav Sabbath album since I discovered it soon after Heaven n' Hell in the early 80's.

@@donaldwrissler9059 I assumed he listened to SBS already...if not, for sure. The whole album is a masterpiece. I've been lucky enough to have heard this album soon after its release and its been on my playlist since then. The sound of the title track and National Acrobat in the 70s was mind boggling, it was so radical it's hard for younger generations to really know how pioneering Sabbath were, since they've been inundated with Metal bands, all following along on the Sabbath Thunder Road. No one sounded like Sabbath in the 70s...no one! Totally unique.

@@donaldwrissler9059 A National Acrobat might be my all time favorite Sabbath song. An absolute masterpiece.

The Writ would also be awesome!

same

people always underestimate Tony's impact on guitar. The focus is always on lead, Hendrix, EVH etc. Bu the reality is that about 50% of guitarists don't play lead, and every single one of them that plays heavy, from Technical Death Metal to bloody Nickleback owes it to Tony.

I caught .

@@dylanadams1455 totallly true!

Iommi is ONE of the most influential. I think its a stretch to say he was "the most influential of the 20th Century". That discounts, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Eddie Van Halen, just to name a few.

@@stevenielsen5217 It doesn't discount them at all. Essentially every heavy guitar player (VanHalen included) is either directly, or indirectly influenced by the things that Iommi laid the foundation for

fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES

Amen

Praise be

Oh yeahhh!!!!!

It's been said that the spiral is dna struture...architect is god...geezer is spiritual...tripping and writing lyrics...lol

They already did... hand of doom on second album

​@@thomassullivan1676 Correct this song is not about drugs but love. The conception part anyway. The architect is the swimmer. :)

"Black Sabbath started experimenting quite a lot at that time" - and not just with music... :P

Point in fact, Wakeman contributed enough that he’s listed as a member of the band in the album liner notes. He’s the only person who’s ever been credited as being in the band along with all the original members

Wakeman refused payment from the band, he just wanted a beer

Fluff rules!

Spiral Architect is my favourite Sabbath track.I just love the way it is structured...neo classical almost.The playing by is fantastic and it is prog in nature

My first was Paranoid.

I'm 60 and grew up with vol 4 ...... best album of theirs

@@nowtospot I think Vol4 is their weakest Ozzy album with first.

Just listened to the whole Sabotage album again the other day, and I heartily concur.

Megalomania is one of my favourites.

@@78vinyl97 damn! I genuinely thought I was the only one who felt that 😂😂😂 megalomania is absolutely brilliant

1 of their best albums . All thru high school machine head burn sabbath bloody sabbath I wore out

Iommi said the opening was a Geezer composition.

@@andrewbrash6274 very interesting, but the master of riffs have played it perfectly. Thank U.

I almost got upset that you called this a bullshit reaction, until I realized....

@@chrisr9641 🙏 l made the change. 😁

I got yelled at once for saying Sabbath is musically very interesting.

You hit the nail on the head brother. Perfect break down of the lyrics.

According to Geezer, it's about life's experiences added to a person's DNA to create a unique individual. We're all unique, and constantly adding our own life experiences.

Nah that title belongs to "Born again".

Air dance...this guy Doug would like

I did the same in the 70s. Cheers from the biggest Sab fan...

sorry friend but you are the 2nd biggest sabbath fan🙂

SABOTAGE ‼️ Hard Rocks Holy Grail ‼️

I noticed Never say Die is I chord II major IV Then i , b6 , b7 Key of A parallel keys A major , A minor It can also be ii7 iii7 V7 in the verse

@@johnmcminn9455 Hi, yes it is simplistic but the solo at the end is enjoyable!

2 of my fave BS albums, also. Always thought of them as a matched pair! Doesn’t get any better!

_Megalomania, The Writ, Thrill of it All, Symptom of the Universe,_ all fantastic stuff. {:-:-:}

Add my vote for these two albums. Sabotage is a heavier but fantastic album, and SBS really demonstrates the actual musical talents of the guys.

Hole in the Sky!

@@neosmith8933 Yes, _Hole in the Sky_ is another great track, but not quite as good as the four I mentioned. The only "weak" tracks are _Supertsar_ and _Am I Going Insane,_ and they are still good. {:-:-:}

Indeed. I would say Bill is a jazz drummer.

Iommi cut his teeth with jazz. Then blues and the rest, as you know, METAL!!

Yep, that’s the problem . ...has there ever been a pseudo -metal band as bad as Rush ?

I like Air Dance a lot too. Great song with Tony's guitar work at its best.

Agreed. Love that song. Some elements of Tony's background in Jazz.

Laughable-- HM fans could care less about Zappa and what “ music critics” said about Sabbath ...it’s amazing the kind of misinformation out there from people who didn’t live thru the time

@@jayedwards1205 I'm 66 years old love Zappa and Sabbath! The term heavy metal was irrelevant as long as it was good music. Cheers

My absolute FAVORITE Sabbath tune, hands down. That riff is legendary.

Good choice! I loved Country Girl from that era also

@@aakar88 It was an album I didn't care for at first but Mob Rules grew on me and now I would say it was one of their best. I don't get caught in the "Only Ozzy years were true Sabbath" nonsense. I listen to all their stuff and like it or don't like it on individual merits... Ronnie James Dio stuff was really something, and as much as I think Dehumanizer is a pile of dog turd the track "I" is worthy of any Sabbath album. Fell in love with a Country Girl... That is a magic song!! Falling Off The Edge Of The World is my favourite from that album.

@@john-dalemccallum1195 Yes, agree all 3 songs we discussed were true classics. Saw them twice with Dio (Black and Blue tour) awesome, when Geezer breaks into the Heaven and Hell riff.....

@@aakar88 Seen them once with Dio, I think they were calling themselves Heaven & Hell at the time. Was great. Geezer and Heaven & Hell... epic!! Only thing I have missed with Sabbath is seeing Bill Ward live... hopefully they do get something back together so I can see the main man.

This album is a masterpiece!

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is by far the best BS album. As for Marillion I would love to hear a reaction to Out of This World, especially a live version

Aproved..

This is interesting.

i dont see the similarity

Roy Buchanan - Pete's Blue

By the late 80's Ozzy's voice had better control and tone. But in the 70's he did sometimes sound a bit shrill and warbly.

I disagree with that 🐂 💩

He's a fantastic blues singer. First album you hear that a lot. Ozzy is a great singer. And later on. Shot in the Dark? His control over his vibrato and how natural it is... he's got opera singer levels of thundering vibrato in that song and as a classically trained singer I can tell you not many truly master a good vibrato. It happens naturally when you sing with proper technique. Very rare in pop and rock singer, they have that flabby wobbling forced vibrato while they wobble their jaws and strain their voice. Ozzy? Totally relaxed, excellent technique blasting away. I'll never understand why people say he's not a good singer. Ridiculous. Bad singers say that. Seriously almost no one in pop or rock has good vibrato and ypu get that by using proper technique. It just happens when you do it right and it's much more powerful and very steady in pitch and timing. And that's why he can still sing. He didn't strain and ruin his voice like say Ian Gillan or Robert Plant who both could barely sing by the time the 80s or 90s came along. But he is always relaxed, throat open and well formed to produce a strong sound, good breathing technique etc... I could go on but from a technical standpoint Ozzy is not a good singer he's a fantastic singer. The song Black Sabbath showcases his blues singing very well. Wish he did that more often and not always the high voice.

I agree, though Sabotage is a close second for me!

Sabotage would be my top choice.. then SBS.. but thats just my opinion. Its Black Sabbath.. its all solid gold.

Sabbath bloody sabbath and praronoid

This and sabotage for me, are perfection. So weird , so original

For me also.