My guitar tutor once said "Toni Iommi has wrote every riff you're going to think of, and that's ok". Great video. I got chills listening to this.

When it comes to the start of a musical journey, the siren of War Pigs is about as good as it gets

"Every little thing he plays is a riff" best description of Tony Iommi

I love how much this guy loves Black Sabbath

Who knew Bradley Cooper was so good at teaching music. Fantastic.

Iommi will put more solid riffs in one song than some bands do in their entire careers

Even a 50 string guitar cannot match the heaviness of Tony Iommi's SG

Men i got chillz just listening the story without hearing the actual show. Your love for music is inspiring

Sabbath swings. Bill Ward had jazz roots. Heavy music with a groove. Can’t be beat.

But imagine being told theres a Tornado WARNING....then to hear the War Pigs SIREN? Spooky AF!

To this day Geezer’s bass is the single loudest thing I have ever heard in my life. First time I saw them with Ozzy they opened with the trio of War Pigs, Into the Void, & Under the Sun… nothing comes close to how mindblowingly heavy that was

1997 Nissan Pavilion - The actual reunion show. The field crowd was ripping up the wet sod and tossing it into the pavilion seating. It was pandemonium. Amazing time.

What a band. They’ve meant so much to me over the years it’s crazy. Tony and Geezer are unequivocal geniuses, and Ozzy and Bill are no slouches either. But far more important is how the band is greater than the sum of their parts. They are storytellers with sound.

Geezer + Bill : the absolute reference rythmic section. Cannot get any better.

Bill Ward is in my top 5 all time. Bill in his prime was like a freight train, unstoppable. Even here just powerhouse!

Tony Iommi is the Vito Corleone of Heavy Metal - period!

Black Sabbath was one of the only trios that I have ever heard that doesn't lose any power from the guitarist goes to play leads. So many other bands get instantly thinner in sound but that never happened with Black Sabbath. Tribute to Geezer, Bill and how Tony plays and that massive, brain crushing power he has.

He has such a good touch and he’s missing the tips on his two middle fingers! Absolutely phenomenal. There will never be another Toni Iommi.

Man, you got it. I'm 62 years old and when I first heard this in the very early 1970's the same words where going through my head, this is epic, it's it! the start, middle and future of it all musically.

Man, I'm with you. I saw Black Sabbath in 1971 on their 'Paranoid' tour. I've never been the same since. In a good way. This is one of the greatest songs in rock history. And this is one of the best reaction videos I've seen.

Always amazed how calm Tony plays, and then you see Geezer totally rockin out.

When I was in the military, I would occasionally blast War Pigs at full volume while driving past the General’s HQ. Fun times.

Epic indeed. It's difficult to nail Tony's sound on that Em riff. Takes a knack from playing it a hundred times. Tony is an epic riff creator. Huge fuc#ing tone and addictive riffs and memes. This song changed my life too. My neighborhood clan called ourselves the War Pigs and would jam this tune for hours in my parents garage. Keg party and all that. 1979/1980 thereabouts.

i love that its Bill Ward playing Drums. i feel it bro i feel it!!!!!

I saw them on Nova Rock 2014. A line-up so packed it puts a lot of festivals to shame. Seen a lot of great bands, and just on Sunday afternoon/evening i went directly from Off Spring to Soungarden to Black Sabbath. Lot of great music throughout the weekend, but boy did Black Sabbath show everyone how it's done. It almost seemed like everyone else were a local band :D Just a whole other level. I was in tears of pure joy and the power i recived. I doubt i will ever see a performance so epic again. Truly one of the gereatest bends tro ever do it!

You should react to the performance to when they were very young and they slaughter it ! The video is called war pigs live in Paris 1970. Just in case you haven’t seen it I would love to see your reaction and definitely recommend it !

Geezer’s bass tone is so awesome!

This is a great video. Your excitement matches mine, and you smile the entire time as you watch the video. You have that true appreciation for Sabbath that makes one feel like a kid, no matter their age. I still get chills when I hear live Sabbath, and I’ve been listening since 1970. As a grown man, I cried the first time I saw them live from the front row in 1975. No words can describe that sound, and I’ve never heard a recording that accurately recreates that devastating blast from the amps and sound system. Nobody can touch what they did 52 years on, nor will they in the future. Those four guys created something unique and lasting. Only God himself could lead them to develop those incredible sounds and songs with the power they managed to harness. Thank you for posting this sweet, inspiring video!

It’s great to see someone who teaches music hearing/seeing the music their talking about be nearly speechless during a performance. Black Sabbath isn’t just a band or music, it’s an experience to be witnessed and appreciated.

I was at that show. The guy driving decided it was time to leave. I’ll never forget pulling out of the parking lot and hearing the beginning of War Pigs. To this day I never let him live this down.

Dude, I love your enthusiasm for Sabbath. I love me some Sabbath too. Each time I saw them live, it was like a religious experience. Just tremendous!

Is it just me or does he seem to like Sabbath a little bit? 🤔 I completely understand!!

Its amazing how it seems that Ozzy just got 40 years younger when hes on the stage.

I heard them live too and i totally agree. I never heard a guitar sound more intense then Tony Iommi´s. Theres something uniquely powerfull about his style. I describe it as a claw reaching out from the speakers directly gripping you by your intestines.

Dude, I was second rough at that concert. And totally remember the entire scene play out. They were telling the crowd to leave because of the tornado warning and remember the entire place was completely wet and muddy. I've been playing guitar since I was 4 years old, and now 51. Black Sabbath is definitely one of my all time influencing bands for sure. I believe it was the first reunion concert since they broke up.. And also I to went to every Ozz Fests until they stopped in 2007.. Love the axx btw

completely agree with you about bill ward. his absence is the reason i didn't go to final tour show in my town. i fell in love with sabbath's music around age 10 or 11, An older kid in my neighborhood was a guitarist and had a band that played in his basement. wasn't allowed down there but I used to hang around his house and listen to them practice Black Sabbath songs like Electric Funeral, Paranoid, War Pigs and Iron Man. Since 76 up to Ozzy's Blizzard of Oz I loved all their music but then stopped listening to them for over 20 years then revisited their albums. I understand now why I liked and still like their music so much. there is something so special about the 4 of them together that's impossible to replicate. For that reason I refrained from attending the last tour because Bill Ward wasn't there, it's just not Black Sabbath without him.

It's awesome to see folks that know the technical music part explain Black Sabbath. My favorite band, always will be. Junior's Eyes is my favorite jam to air drum along to!

Seen them in 72 bro like going to church they were part of the holy trinity back then Sabbath Zeppelin and Purple!!

Michael I love how you review and bring out the most important aspects of every piece of a performance. Thank you! Awesome!

Love the excitement and pure joy come from you, you can tell you love it, and a stellar guitar player, very nice

Insane how you pick these things up by ear! Truely inspiring! Picked my guitar up 1.5 years ago and still enjoying every minute of it! Hope to be able to do such things aswell one day! Thanks a bunch!

Thank you so much for this video my brother this family has had such an impact on me even when I watch the video it brings me to tears in Goosebumps over my entire body. It's like when the siren comes on in your in the crowd this feeling that goes through your body is an absolute addiction and you get to leave this god-awful place for a short. Period in the journey it takes you on is just Indescribable in words I just appreciate the fact that somebody else has tried to illustrate that in a video just like the concert you have also given me goosebumps sir thank you

Love your reviews!! Black Sabbath did it for me back in the early 1970's after I went to their concert in November 1974 at the Horden pavilion here in Sydney Australia...and....the support band was someone we had never heard of before....AC/DC....they opened with some kid dressed for school with a red SG reaching up to his Marshall stack and started playing She's Got Balls!! Then came the Sabbath...they just blew the house down. I am 64 and still playing their songs!

"The Beacon the calling card" and the song was 30 years old when you saw them. I saw them 1978 front row Charleston Civic Center. Transformative. Timeless they are.

That song definitely blew everyone away when it came out... Still does today! Epic

Great video. Your smiling as you explain and play the techniques that Sabbath use made me smile so thank you. Iommi's riffs are still epic, 50 years on. Geezer's bass lines just motor whilst shaking your insides and as for Bill Ward, we'll, the hammer of the God's. Did I forget Ozzie? Simply a true rock legend.

I've watched a lot of your videos over the last few weeks .. and i've never seen you so freaking happy and giddy over a review... I can tell how much you LOVE this song.. it's cool to watch.

Love your reaction to this... I know the feeling of remembering the experience! Thank you for sharing that dude!

It was 1974 for me when I first heard sabbath, they immediately became my favorite band and still are.

Not only is this one of Black Sabbaths greatest songs, it's one of the greatest songs in rock n roll history...

Im totally into it! Seeing your face, that you love Sabbath as much as I do is something I totally love about being at a concert and sharing a bond with people around me. Awesome

You can see how much you just love this stuff. Minutes went by when you were just locked in and smiling.....probably remembering your younger years of seeing them live but also recognizing their talent and togetherness. As you said, EPIC STUFF.

New to this channel, but love how Mike gets sincerely amped up..sometimes even emotional (I see those eyes) lol..its how I feel too! Loved his Mike Love looper reaction video, too:)

i always knew i wasn’t the only one who felt this way about war pigs!! this is the song that got me into rock and roll and metal i would not be where i am musically today if it weren’t for this song

Sabbath has an amazing catalog of great rock and roll. It truly is unbelievable. Incredible band!

Hi, just ran across your vids in my recommendeds.. you can always tells when someone truly loves and enjoys what they're watching/reacting to. Your smile goes right to your eyes and your entire face and body are projecting absolute joy. I feel the same way about AC/DC. Thank you for your insight and great attitude!

Huge fan of black sabbath from South Africa. 21 yrs old. Wish I could see them live 💔 that fkn siren!

Black Sabbath!!! When I put Paranoid on my turn table I played side one three times before flipping to side two......that same day I first played the Montrose (Rock the Nation, Bad motor scooter...) - the best day of discovering new music life!!!!

Dude, is amazing to see the fun you´re having! Black Sabbath is contagious!!!!

LOVE IT with you totally getting it!!!!!!! Black Sabbath is like thunder LIVE..........carry on my friend

Well if I wasn't already feeling nostalgic enough today as it is, this was 25 minutes of Black Sabbath reaction vid clearly worth every second of watching. It brought me back to my first time hearing their first album in the early 70's. I wanted to jump out of my skin trying to describe to everyone who'd never heard them how they MUST listen and how much their music affected me. This band still moves me and motivates my days in ways that I could go on an on, but I'll just stop here. I'll only say this.... with 100% certainty that I will till the day I die forever be a fan of the greatest band that ever lived! Thanks so much for your vid. I truly enjoyed it!!

I saw Sabbath live in Duisburg, W Germany, in 1971. Amazing gig which went smoothly. At the end the crown suddenly went crazy and wrecked the place! In all an amazing memory.

Great story Mike!Black Sabbath changed my life too!They are my favorite band!

Such a great story about that show! Loving this channel! Black Sabbath at Ozzfest 2004 is right up there with my favorite concerts. Best Metal band of all time.

You've given me a whole new appreciation for the song🎸

That sound like ozzfest 2000 at Nissan I was there also I remember getting knocked out in the pit during pantera's set and woke up covered head to toe in mud

I like hearing someone else express what I also felt about the influence they had. I was about 13 years old when this came out and I still love this music.`

Your enthusiasm for music is tangible and inspiring,thankyou,you make me want to play again.

Tone, Tone, Tone is everything. We can get it, it's a whole new ballgame if we can play it. Not so easy. Sabbath had an incredible rhythm maybe one of the best in the Heavy Rock, period. You can listen to other bands play the same song, it is missing something. That depth, feel, and thick sound.

saw the Technical Ecstasy tour: 1976 Crapitol Centre Landover Md tickets were 11 bux at the most. pretty sure it was general admission.i was 16 and saw them a bunch around this time

awesome! Black Sabbath are literally phenomenal. I saw them live in London and just wow! They are so amazing live. Like somehow loose and yet so very tight. The sound is unparalleled, it's like magic. It really signs, it really hits you, it is really perfectly put together. Totally amazing musicians and performers. They are like a gold standard for heavy, really nothing touches them. It sounds simple but it is masterclass to pull of what they do and they make it look so easy. Effortless. Legends.

I love your enthusiasm! I totally understand! So simple, yet so effective at melting your face off! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

War Pigs is to Black Sabbath as Locomotive Breath is to Jethro Tull. Both masterpieces.

2000 OZZFEST HARTFORD CONNECTICUT I SAW THIS TOUR AS WELL AS MANY YOU MENTIONED..IM A NEW SUB AND A DRUMMER BUT ALSO NODDLE ON THE AXE AND WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE A METAL HEADN . ROCK ON HOPE UR WEATHERING THE APOCALYPSE BROTHER 🤘

Hey Michael, I was in the 10th grade when Black Sabbath One came out. I first listened to it ,on headphones, in a strobe light room filled with posters....having my first psychedelic experience. Love your content.

What great fun to watch this reaction, and to this great song - I respect your enthusiasm, appreciation and analysis. Thanks!

Half the fun of watching your videos is watching your face when things get smokin’ Love your channel!

Not even an Ozzy fan but as a guitar guy i geek out big time on just how authentic of a reaction we get from Michael...its infectious...

I just wanted to thank you for this video. I love your genuine joy and love for Black Sabbath. I grew up listening to them with my dad, and sharing music in general with each other was our thing. I lost him to suicide in 2018, and Black Sabbath's music has become a refuge for me since his death. This music is like an emotional, religious experience for me as well every time I hear it. It's nice to see someone appreciate this as much (or probably even more) than I do. This video was my comfort today when I was struggling with missing him. So, thank you.

I thoroughly enjoyed this, and probably mostly because I so closely resonate with you, your sentiment, the way you feel about the band and their music. Black Sabbath was also the biggest and most impactful music experience in my life. I'm not sure how old I was, but it was around the high school years - 17, 18, 19. I have not seen anyone give such an honorable and detailed review of this epic band and music as you have here. And I really appreciate the fact that you have made the effort to do so. I had that feeling-like-crying thing going on as I watched you reacting to the concert video. That's how fired up I feel listening to this music. I'm 60 now and I haven't backed off one iota from how I felt during those first times I heard this huge, monster sound. Thank you for taking me back on the ride!

His guitar face is always like he's questioning his life choices

This my dude is 2005 donnington Park England, I was right at the front for this entire show and it was epic.

Just love your passion for the music Michael, awesome mate

just found this one . I think this is the most happy i have seen you on any of your videos , killer track .

I learned how to play guitar with 3 bands, and THIS is one of them

Dude, obviously you’re an EXTREMELY talented Musician and a Great Teacher. Your reaction and respect and fandom for Black Sabbath, have made me a fan of you! I’m glad Rick was wrong and it stayed up, Thank you SO much for recognizing Bill Ward was an unbelievable drummer & was SO important to the Sabbath sound but yet he’s so underrated! If you don’t get what Michael said, then you just don’t get it, period! Awesome breakdown bro, awesome, I just subscribed to your channel 👍

Listening to you tell that story, and knowing black sabbath. I can really feel the energy you must have felt. And the way you tell it makes me feel like, pouring rain, thunder and lightning, and the risk of dying from a tornado is the perfect setting to see black sabbath

Great story! and epic song, Love your reaction to a song you love. Rock on Michael!

We had to sneak to listen to the 1st album...it literally changed music and scared the shit out of us....Sabbath will never get the credit they deserve....fricking one of the top 5 rock bands ever...ever

I was smiling and laughing the whole time because I was watching your reaction and how absolutely hard you're nerding out about this song. I feel that. I was 13 watching Rise Against play Audience of One at Red Rocks Amphitheater (best damn concert venue in the world, if you ask me) to the thunder and lightening crashing behind them over Denver: it's transformative.

love your enthusiasm and love for Black Sabbath .

Made me remember how much I love this song

Glad you mention geezer butler, one of the best bassists for me.

Geezers bass is criminally underrated. Vastly. Monster of bass

Thanks Michael-that was fun! I was lucky enough to see them on their farewell tour. Right in front of Tony. Still awesome! Good points about Bill Ward. You can hear his jazz influence on the first couple albums.

You talk wonderfully well about both music and what it means to you. Always a huge pleasure. I saw the mighty Sabbath many times. Both with Ozzy and Dio. Like AC/DC (who I also saw with Scott and Johnson) they were simply incredible each and every time. The last time I saw them was on that Reunion tour in London. True story: I cried during ‘Into the Void’. I was that damn happy and stirred up. Those guys. That’s actual genius right there.

I saw Sabbath for the first time during their reunion tour and I remember that Geezer was playing the bass SO hard that I had the feeling that my pants were flapping around my legs. I got so choked up seeing their greatness live for the first time.

Randy Rhoads was it for me. That tone on Flying High Again just became ingrained in my mind. That solo is just a thing of beauty.

The power of this song will remain the same for ever.If there is a song that can decribes what is rock music about i cant think any better one

You clearly demonstrated the emotional power of music - great fun.