Absolutely the godfathers of metal. When I was 12 or 13 my brother got sick of hearing me blast the Beach Boys record and grabbed it and broke my record on his knee. He told me if I wanted to be one of the cool kids I'd have to start listening to rock n' roll. He slapped the PARANOID album into my hands and I've been hooked on Metal ever since. True story...

Song was written in 30 min during a smoke break due to record company rules they needed one more song, explains the short length as well. Just wait - Toni Iommi has endless great riffs to share!

Music id all down to personal taste but "Fairies Wear Boots" is well worth a shout!

This is one of their mild songs made just for airplay. Just wait till you dig deep into their catalog. Being that they are the Godfathers of heavy metal you will really appreciate them

Just because you’re from somewhere, doesn’t mean you have to know everything or have experienced something. You aren’t a clone. Glad you are expanding your knowledge and horizons 🤛😎👍

Insanely iconic and a masterpiece! I can't believe it's 54 years old. I still listen to it from time to time. I was born in the 70's.

Me and my friends did some heavy partying to this album in early 80's

In your War Pigs video I left a guide about Sabbath and who they are and how to listen to their discography, you won't regret it. and one day you could visit the Sabbath memorial in Birmingham

My top three favorite bands of all time; Led Zeppelin , Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath. I saw them all in concert many times back in the 70's 🤟🎶

This song written by the bassist Geezer Butler is about the feelings he would have when coming off being stoned and is why the song is called paranoid

If artists wanted their song to get airplay on the radio, it had to be around 3 minutes long.

When I was 7 years old I couldn’t believe want to see them you never forget them

Grand Funk Railroad has a brilliant song of the same name, different song. Any of us who were schoolkids in the early parts of the Cold War can identify closely with the lead-in and the sound effects at the end.

🇬🇧 Back in the 60s & 70s, songs were only allotted two minutes airtime on the radio. So not many songs lasted much longer than that.

That riff is so sick

A shorty but goody. I love to spin the vinyl 45 of this at festivals, usually after Hawkwind's "Silver Machine"

Songs were shorter back in the day because the record companies were trying to keep them within a certain length for radio. You also had physical considerations like fitting the song on a 45RPM single for juke boxes, and fitting entire albums on 33 1/3 RPM vinyl. You should have seen how much Queen had to fight to make Bohemian Rhapsody, and that was in 1975.

My most favourite song ever. Love it. I live in Birmingham - the place where Black Sabbath were formed and I truly feel this city. I come from Silesia - southern part of Poland - which is heavy industrial region as well. That’s why I feel and appreciate that kind of heavy stuff.

Top 5 all time Sabbath song...at least...still hear it on the radio to this day in my area!

"Be kind, rewind" -MollyBoyTV (2023)

I'm so late to this reaction to Paranoid but it's just such a good song and Ozzy loved music so much like the air he breathed you can see him smiling through most of his songs you gotta check out Iron man it's soooo good War pigs one of my faves you heard I gotta find what you did on Ozzy but Rock on 🎵🎸🏃🏃🥳🎶🎵🎸❣️

PLEASEE do more Black Sabbath:) ! Anything off vol 4 is fantastic

This is Black Sabbath at their most basic. They expanded musically from about 1973- 1976, then they sort of self imploded due to drugs. I like this song a lot but it's to Black Sabbath what I Want To Hold Your hand is to The Beatles. Raw and catchy.

This is the 70s👊🤘

When death calls Black Sabbath with Tony Martin out front or Nightwing I'm the only one you will here this from you will love it I 💕 Tony Martin era sabbath

“HAND OF DOOM” is a must!!!!!

Classics!!!!

Just some nerdy notes from a collector an also BIG fan of B S : B S debut 1970 Black Sabbath ..... We also have an american rock band called Coven : Coven was the first to do occult lyrics, witchcraft and so on and even named the master himself as Satan ... Coven "Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls" 1969. 1. track called "Black Sabbath". Bass player was called Oz Osbourne .... Cheers in maid from Denmark :)

We were all so young! I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s and it was an exciting time for music lovers!! Concert tickets were cheap and live performances are always so much more fun 😎👵🏼💜☮️

God said "Let there be Metal" and sent Sabbath forth to inspire the believers

More Sabbath please! Children of the Grave!

These guys literally invented "Heavy Metal"

You should checkout their debut album Black Sabbath and the song Black Sabbath...awesome! And N.I.B....also Awesome

Lot of the songs of 60,s and 70,s and before were 3 min. or less to fit on a 45 rpm record.... Nice content

The pioneers of heavy metal . I can relate to this song and it came out way before I was born .

All of that background is called psychedelia. This was 1970, the era of psychedelic music art and fashion. And what you're witnessing with Black Sabbath is literally the birth of metal rock. These guys were the pioneers. Can't believe you haven't heard this. The song is iconic in the states. Another iconic song is an Ozzy Osbourne solo song... "Crazy Train". Check it out! 👍👍

Fairies Wear Boots! That should be the next one, and also Sweet Leaf! I promise you’ll dig ‘em both!!

Watch black sabbath paranoid live at Birmingham 2012 absolute classic

Black Sabbath❤

El gran Ozzy ❤...yo tontamente sugiriendo Paranoid...y lo habías hecho hace meses!! Bueno, como excusa, puedo decirte que, tal vez estóy senil 😅...a los casi 70 años, no siempre reviso todo....es que, normalmente voy por bandas y ahora empiezo a ver reacciones a Black Sabbath. Un abrazo!!!

There are a lot of good, well known, Black Sabbath songs. But my recommendation will be ‘Megalomania’. Epic song!

This is the start of heavy music, 1970!

May I suggest following Ozzy into his solo career after Black Sabbath...Randy Rhodes era will blow you away. Cheers!

love this band....glad to see another of our generation checkin out classic rock...enjoy the ride mate....peace

love the guitar

Start from the beginning - Black Sabbath the band - black sabbath the album and Black sabbath the song - Play it all the way through then go on to the next - Not A dud in the first 6 albums

I was born in 1970 but it took me several years to discover Black Sabbath. I think I first heard them around 1980. Amazing performance considering none of the guitars are plugged in lol.

Dunno if ppl told you bout bout this is considered one of first Hard Rock songs ever. Is is the base for punk, hardcore, metal, hardrock etc

Many, many good Black Sabbath songs. The original heavy metal band. One of my favorites is "Sweet Leaf" off the Master of Reality album. Another is N.I.B. off their first album.

The song Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath is a must listen. Peace!

You should listen to the first album. Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath. If you please tell us where the house on the cover is because it still exists. It’s somewhere in England. Thx. Like how you’re throwing back to my day. My favourite band!!!!

I recommend listening to "Nightmare" by Avenged Sevenfold. It's my personal favourite song from them.

Boy is going into a deep rabbit hole now ! Black Sabbath are the Godfathers of Metal hands down ,Bill Ward is a beast on the drums 🤘

It’s bitchen seeing the torch passed to a new generation. I was around as a youngster listening to these great Heavy Metal bands . There were more great bands later as well. Try Corrosion of Conformity: Albatross!

I first heard this song in the early 90s when I was like 15. Back then I already thought it was ancient. To think about that now, more than 30 years later....damn i'm old 😅

I wonder how many misheard the line "enjoy your life" as "end your life", as I did till I saw this reaction. 😮 No google back then for lyrics!

Fairies in Boots , is a must listen . Paranoid was one of the first albums I bought with money I earned a paper route when i was a kid .

Nice! You know "Ozzy" in an instant. Have you listened in on, "N.I.B" Satan himself in that tune. Anyways these are "The Godfathers Of Rock" Super fab reaction. Peace On Ya

So glad you have done this one as this song was the song which first got me into heavy metal! It was released in 1970 but it was in the early 80s when I heard it for the first time. I was a teenager and after hearing it on an old Black Sabbath Greatest Hits album while at a mates house I was hooked. The song Black Sabbath from their self titled debut album is also amazing. Also NIB, Sabbath bloody Sabbath and Fairies wear boots. The original Changes is also good - I mean the original Black Sabbath song not the remake Ozzy did with with his daughter. Have you heard any Motorhead? Lemmy was a lyrical genius his song lyrics were poetry. Surely you've heard Ace of Spades by Motorhead, if not thats a good place to start. Brotherhood of Man God was never on your side One more fucking time I dont believe a word I aint no nice guy (duet with Ozzy) Love me forever No voices in the sky Dont let daddy kiss me 1916 These are all my particular favourites. Also take a look at Judas Priest who have been round since the early 70s - Rob Halford has an amazing vocal range. IMO the bsst albums are British Steel, Screaming for Vengence & Painkiller (which was the album I first became aware of them) I also adore their concept album Nostradamus which isssss REALLY different. But they are still going and very recently releassd a new album.

I still have my ticket for seeing Black Sabbath for the first time on 24 January 1972 at Birmingham Town Hall. I just came across it again the other day when sorting out some drawers. If bands produced songs hoping to get them in the singles charts, they had to be no more than 3 minutes long to get radio play, and TV play on Top of the Pops. Led Zeppelin didn't care about getting into the singles charts which is why they didn't produce 'singles', never in the UK, though their record company, issued a few of their longer songs as singles in the USA. LZ relied on album sales and concert income.

Paranoid album was originaly ment to be tittled war pigs and had about 3minutes to fill on the album so the producer wrote paranoid in about 5 minutes they recorded it then album was tittle was changed from war pigs to paranoid due to the veitnam war at the time

Music in the 70's had all kinds of lengths across a number of genres, as does every decade.

fun fact last song written, they needed one more song ob the album so the other guys went out for lunch according to Tony Iommi the guitarist ....Tony sad and came up with the riff

Countless Sabbath classics for your pleasure. Killing Yourself To Live is a banger!😊

It’s pretty amazing that all the original members of the band are still alive, despite that rock ‘n roll lifestyle.

This was released in 1970, it was still hard to get songs over 3 minutes long or so onto the mainstream rock radio stations, and radio airplay back then could make or break your album sales, since that was almost the only vehicle available to widely promote your music. In fact, Iron Man from this album was one of the first songs to successfully break that rule to any great extent.

Black Sabbath introduced Heavy Metal. Your young..wish I were😔 Very interesting to see someone hear awesome rock n roll tunes for their first time. I'm 51yrs old & don't remember my first time..feels like these tunes have always been in my life..WHICH THEY HAVE! I'm a woman believe or not. I'm a major Pink Floyd fan, Supertramp fan, Aldo Nova fan, Alan Parsons fan, Headpins fan, Iron Butterfly fan, ZZ Top fan, Boston fan (sooo should check Boston out!) Led Zepplin (of course) fan, REO Speed wagon fan, Triumph fan, Rush fan, Foreigner fan, Steve Miller fan, John Fogerty fan, Foghat fan, The Police & Sting fan, Genesis fan, Eagles fan, Styx fan, ELO fan, Journey fan, Scorpions❤ fan😊, Jethro Tull fan, CCR fan, Bob Segar fan...on n on it goes!!..soooooooo many great bands to enjoy & love!!!🔴❤🔴❤🔴❤🔴❤🔴❤🔴❤🔴❤🔴❤🔴🤗

HAVE BEEN WITH SABBATH FROM THE BEGINNING, FOR THE FIRST SIX ALBUMS THERE ARE NO BAD SONGS…. BUT I WILL SUGGEST… WICKED WORLD, FROM THIER FIRST ALBUM … BLACK SABBATH. N IF YOU WANT TO SWITCH IT UP A BIT…. OZZY HAS HIS SOLO ALBUMS NO MORE TEARS, SONGS .. MAMA IM COMIN HOME N NO MORE TEARS…. ALBUM OZZMOSIS, SONGS…PERRY MASON N SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE … ROCK ON MAN… 👊🖖

"This background.... I don't know what that is" Good. It's working.

Hey man -,have a look at Mark Knopfler from dire straits, telegraph road ,live at Saville 2015. They have heaps of cool songs . Plenty of guitar stuff.

Neon knights is another classic 👌

The spinning images are used to give a psychedelic effect.

I remember putting the 7 inch single on the turntable and watching the vertigo label spinning round until I felt sick and dizzy. Try "Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath. It got them banned from the BBC because it was deemed to be satanic. However, one DJ Alan Freeman alias "Fluff" defied the BBC and still played their stuff. They wrote a surprisingly soft and beautiful instrumental piece called "Fluff" in recognition of his loyalty. Keep it up lad.

you need to check out "Yes" live

Check out Slayer's "Angel of Death" or "War Ensemble"

Great reaction, just as a bit of extra info for ya, Black Sabbath are all Villa fans

Toni Iomy hate this solo, because this efect, the producer used the same efect in ozzy's voice in the begining of song 'Iron Man'

Do all of Black Sabbath’s albums including master of reality, vol. 4, sabbath bloody sabbath, and sabotage

Rewatching these marvellous boys to balance out the fact that I can’t listen to The Scorpions whistling

Snowblind is a good one

Just do” Hand of Doom” and “The Wizard “ and sit back and enjoy

Toni Iommi on guitar is a genius. Try Planet Caravan or Its Alright for something surprisingly different from them. Awesome band. Also the Heaven and Hell album is worth a go with their 2nd singer, Ronnie James Dio

Songs were shorter so radio stations could get more airplay per hour. Longer songs tended to be taboo back then until Prog Rock came along and started kicking out 20 minute long epics that barely made the radio except for special radio programs like The King Biscuit Flower Hour that focused a whole show on one band and many of their hidden gems.

Megadeth does an excellent cover of this song

Toni Iommi said once in an interview " We're aren't a heavy metal band. I don't even know where that term came from or who invented it ? We're just a rock n roll band".

Gotta do Into the Void by Black Sabbath. One of the best guitar openings of all time

Check out Iron Man by Black Sabbath.

Anything off the paranoid album is a great start

You should check out Fairies Wear Boots by Black Sabbath, it’s so incredibly epic

Black Sabbath 1968-eternity🤘

Thought you'd remember from Guitar Hero 3 mate! Maybe you didn't play all the Songs or you probably played it as a young kid heh, it's been ages ago though😌 enjoying these reactions, keep it up

HEY BRUMMIE, IM A BRUMMIE TOO. THE LEAD GUITARISTS NAME IS (TONY IOMMI) A BIT OF INFO. LOL

Black Sabbath were great in 1970s. Sad they did not produce more.

Nice

The God father of metal! If you listen to the song Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath that song had to literally scare the shit out of people! And the second part of the song is truly the first real metal ever! I wish I could send you videos there's a live reunion video with Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath on it, it's hard to explain when the band and the song have the same title, the song is brutal! I hope you don't mind me telling you the songs that I really enjoy, one more thing I like the way you keep it real that's why you're reactions are so good keep it up brother

Brummie boy, go way into Sabbath and Ozzy with Randy Rhoads,! You've got a cool channel,do your city proud. (Do crazy train!)

At this point, I think you should react to Slayer- Seasons in the Abyss. Nice warm up before the rest of their discography haha

the guitarist is missing three fingertips he lost when he worked in a mill...he melted plastic and made tips which he still uses

Keep the sabbath coming. Check the list I dropped on the War Pigs reaction.

Ah now we are down the Black Sabbath rabbit hole 👍😁