Rookie Wrote A “FILLER” Song to Finish Album…Ended Up TAKING Metal to the Masses

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Rookie Wrote A “FILLER” Song to Finish Album…Ended Up TAKING Metal to the Masses | Professor of Rock

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When today’s legendary band came out, they were unlike anything anyone had ever heard back in… Black Sabbath! Their music was hardcore and at first, they almost called themselves a three-word title that started with Polka, thankfully they saw a horror movie around that time and took its much cooler title as their name.. Their first record was destroyed by the critics but out of nowhere fans bought a million copies of it and they readied their sophomore record. Needing only 3 more minutes of music to finish it, the band created a track that inadvertently affected the future of rock & roll. Paranoid would change everything. It was the unfolding of a heavy metal anthem was it inspired by dark mysticism or the highs and lows of drug indulgence….find out next on Professor of Rock.
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“Paranoid,”… the frenetic charging anthem by the trailblazing British band Black Sabbath, is one of the most influential songs that ushered in the heavy metal movement, and arguably, the track that birthed the sub-genre of Thrash Metal.
Guitarist Tony Iommi & drummer Bill Ward played together in a defunct band named Mythology. The pair wanted to form a heavy blues rock band, and enlisted vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, and bassist Geezer Butler who were refugees from the group Rare Breed.
The first name they came up with for the new band was Polka Tulk Blues (tulk rhymes with sulk) Thankfully, that moniker did not stick, and they eventually decided on Black Sabbath, after witnessing a crowded matinee screening of the Boris Karloff movie of the same name. The group landed a small advance from Vertigo Records and recorded their self-titled debut album the same day they got the money.
Black Sabbath, the album, was released in early 1970- featuring the lead single “Evil Woman."The critics HATED Black Sabbath’s debut record, but the record-buying public LOVED it. The heavy blues-influenced arrangements and dark, provocative lyrics attracted an immediate following for Sabbath around the world.
After defying critics, and selling over a million units with their introductory record, expectations were significantly higher for the band’s sophomore offering: Much of the material for the 2nd LP was written during the same period that songs were recorded for Black Sabbath’s debut, including a track originally titled “The Paranoid."
“The Paranoid" was recorded in less than 3 days- with the band performing live in the studio. The band dropped “the” and changed the title of the song to “Paranoid,” not because of an intended lyrical hook. The fact is, the word “paranoid” is never used in the song. “Paranoid” was named for its dark messaging- the nexus to the sorcery of Black Sabbath. The band wanted to name the second album War Pigs- referring to the title of one of the most popular cuts on the record, but the label felt the title was “too offensive” and convinced the band to go with Paranoid.

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@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Poll: What is your pick for the GREATEST Metal album ever?

@Sweet--Richard.4981 11 ай бұрын

Sonic Temple

@RBS_ 11 ай бұрын

...mmmm.....although "Hysteria" was mainstream, methinks 1991's "The Black Album" (Metallica) bridged the gap of critical & commercial acclaim...let's go with that.... ; )

@BillGraper 11 ай бұрын

If you want to call it metal, I'll say "Hysteria" by Def Leppard.

@SPak-rt2gb 11 ай бұрын

Rainbow Rising

@BillGraper 11 ай бұрын

@@RBS_ I was thinking about the SAME TWO ALBUMS! 😂 You beat me by 9 seconds, and I left the Metallica album out... although it is amazing.

@meredithinserra4670 11 ай бұрын

In 1973 my older cousin played Black Sabbath Vol 4 for me. It was the first real rock music I had ever heard. I was a 12 year old teenybopper listening to bubble gum music. Hearing Black Sabbath for the first time changed my life! Bubble gum music was no longer sufficient. I have been a rock fan ever since. That same year I got my first guitar and became a professional musician. I went to college for music with guitar as my principal instrument. Thank you, Cousin Joel, in Bennettsville, SC!!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Cousin Joel is awesome! 🤘

@spottss 11 ай бұрын

Wow that’s amazing ! I got indoctrinated to sabbath in 1977 though my best friend!

@fairieswearboots3556 11 ай бұрын

@@spottsssame, i was a '77 convert also.

@mr.logicpants2835 11 ай бұрын

Ozzy leaving Sabbath was the best thing that happened to rock. We got not only Ozzy material from that but also Black Sabbath with Dio!

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Right you are!

@throbbinwoodofcoxley6830 11 ай бұрын

Serious question: am I the only person that loves Ozzy, Dio, and Sabbath…but not the Dio years of Sabbath? Is something wrong with me? Lol.

@johndodson3020 11 ай бұрын

@throbbinwoodofcoxley6830 I don't mind the Dio/Sabbath years. I still put The Mob Rules on blast, it's not a bad album. Besides if the title track was good enough for Heavy Metal(movie '81 or '82) it's good enough for me

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

I have to agree!

@guystephens2881 9 ай бұрын

@@throbbinwoodofcoxley6830 same here ,dio with rainbow was fine . nobody talks about sabbath years with dio . ozzy was so pissed he used to bring a midget out onstage to troll him.

@philiplangerman7375 11 ай бұрын

Hey Adam, I'm 62 and grew up in a great time in music the 70s and 80s. I love your channel and relate to many things you and your viewers say. Keep up the good work!

@blazerhawkdarren68 11 ай бұрын

I gave him a shout out on my channel and I said that he needs at LEAST one million subscribers.

@primalartifice 11 ай бұрын

I'm 61 years old, and have learned a lot about some great music that I didn't relate to from the 80s and 90s, mostly the pop and electro-pop stuff. I also of course learn much about the bands I grew up loving in the 70s, like Steely Dan or David Bowie, from the Prof Of Rock

@RexHrothgar1 11 ай бұрын

Man, I started reading this and thought to myself “62, well you old fart”. Then I realized that I’m only a year younger than you. Wtf?! How’d that happen? Anyway, ditto on all aspects!…….lol

@debbie4503 11 ай бұрын

@@RexHrothgar1 Yes 61 here too! 😂

@mojoneko8303 11 ай бұрын

70 and still rocking and riding my Harley. 🙂

@LucasFerreira-rp8dv 11 ай бұрын

I came to know Sabbath through a greatest hits album when I was 18-19 and it changed my life forever. Here I am now, at 39, watching this video. Sabbath is unique, the atmospheric sound they were able to create back then with basically no technology, no choirs, no orchestra, etc; is outstanding. Bands need all they can get to replicate that these days. I'll probably listen to Sabbath till the day I die.

@emremokoko 9 ай бұрын

They were even low-tech for their time. They had no use for studio electronics.

@paulvaccarelli8635 11 ай бұрын

In 1972 when I was 17 yrs old, I was in a Black Sabbath tribute band before tribute bands were a thing. Our lead guitarist had a Gibson SG that added to the authentic sound. One of the best years of my life.

@ericdietz2944 10 ай бұрын

my first concert in a bar , i was 17 my brother was 14. of course we played paranoid!!! hell yeah

@richarddecker9515 9 ай бұрын

I remember 1972 as a pot party, and worrying about going to Vietnam after my next birthday, thankfully they ended the draft

@tjclarke4604 11 ай бұрын

When I was touring, we did a lot of covers, and Paranoid was one of the songs we saved for the end of the 3rd set. It packed the floor, everyone was just givin' er, just rockin' out like hell and headbanging. It gave myself and my other guitar player an opportunity to just be crazy, we were wireless, so we ran around the stage trading off dueling solos, we shot totally from the hip, just free form solos, and we'd just nod at each other when we wanted to shift roles. Then we'd give the nod to just do the final 2 bars together in unison, it was pretty cool, and it was really fun. I think it was fun for both the band, and the fans. It's one of those songs that everyone likes, and it is also so versatile when you want to play it live. It's just fun, and simple. I love it still to this day. Rock on folks!

@flagguy30 11 ай бұрын

I remember calling a radio station to ask for some heavy metal song, don't recall which, and being told "we don't play devil music here!". Love it.

@adrianguggisberg3656 11 ай бұрын

Bloody Taliban taking over your country is scary.

@georgemorley1029 9 ай бұрын

Was it “Hello, I am the devil” by “Satan and the Devils”?

@flagguy30 9 ай бұрын

@@georgemorley1029 Motley Crue Shout at the Devil

@dad4ever-c90 11 ай бұрын

Black Sabbath and Ozzy music has always put me in a good mood. Consequently, I play it often. Long ago, not realizing how much little kids pick up, my 4-year old son BELTED out, "Finished with my woman..." He sang it with such passion too! Now I make sure my grandkids get a healthy dose of metal, while trying to avoid obscenities.

@MaryAnnNytowl 11 ай бұрын

Thats grandparenting correctly! 🤘🏼😂 🤘🏼

@LambentLark 11 ай бұрын

Don't worry about obscenities. Children love them. Besides would you not introduce a child to the Stones because they can't get no satisfaction? Or that they have Sympathy for the devil? All things have good and bad. Rock and roll can helps teach that. How else will they know to, keep away from run around sue. Or becoming her. Besides watching kids embarrass their parents is what I missed most during the lockdown.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

No kidding, that melody is one of the most essential in all of rock. I learned it when I was 12!

@georgemorley1029 9 ай бұрын

The obscenity would be not letting them hear Black Sabbath.

@Xsploor 11 ай бұрын

Black Sabbath is such a breakthrough band, with their unique and heavy sound. I love them. I've gone to Sabbath concerts both with Ozzy and with Dio, and I've seen Ozzy solo countless times. I remember once working in an office over the weekend to catch up on some work, and since no one else was there I cranked up the Sabbath hits album, We Sold Our Soul for Rock n' Roll. Another co-worker came in and I told him about how Sabbath had a lot of blues influences. He thought I was crazy, and thought Sabbath was loud noise. I just felt sorry for him that his musical taste were so limited. Long live Black Sabbath!!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

He needs to realize they are so much more than that!

@steelandtree3133 11 ай бұрын

And according to Bill Ward, Sabbath's music is also jazz based.

@shuruff904 11 ай бұрын

I own that album, first pressing (and Blizzard first pressing...RIP Randy Rhodes...)

@guystephens2881 9 ай бұрын

ozzy is a blues vocalist.

@daryls212 11 ай бұрын

Black Sabbath was a musical staple with the circle of friends I had in junior high. Lots of memories hanging out in a friend's basement, whose parents didn't seem to mind us cranking up the volume. I could only have wished mine were that cool. The band was never the same without Ozzy, and his signature vocals. I bought most of his solo albums, and even the later reunion record, 13, when it came out. And it always surprised me later, as I grew up, that you could understand his lyrics so clearly when he sang, but you could barely comprehend what the hell he was saying when he talked. 🤷‍♂😂🤣

@billkrebs4227 11 ай бұрын

Ozzy was Black Sabbath but Dio was great with Sabbath (Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules, Dehumanizer awesome albums). Dio and Iommi both stated they should have never called themselves Black Sabbath but Heaven and Hell because Ozzy was Sabbath.

@netgnostic1627 11 ай бұрын

Ozzy has been diagnosed with Parkinson's. So it seems like his speech might have been the first aspect of it.

@williamdozier5190 10 ай бұрын

Drugs take a toll

@hugejohnson5011 9 ай бұрын

@@netgnostic1627 I wouldn't argue that Parkinson's disease can affect one's speech, but Ozzy has been fairly incomprehensible while speaking, for 50 years at least.

@DC8091 11 ай бұрын

No one can say enough about Sabbath. They started &/or perfected damn near everything great about music today.

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Amen!

@lucasglowacki4683 11 ай бұрын

Way ahead of their time…so glad I got to see them live on their reunion tour!👌🏼

@lucasglowacki4683 11 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRockby the way, love the DK shirt Professor!! 😜

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

No doubt about it.

@DC8091 11 ай бұрын

@@marktait2371 you’re damn right 🍻. Also, there has to be something with a left handed guitarist missing finger tips that lead to the revolutionary riffs and tones he came up with, (& of course Ozzy loving his job at a slaughter house when he was a teenager probably helped the direction as well 🤣🤣🤣)

@peterstone4547 11 ай бұрын

Mate your show really helped me get through Covid. What a score it was to not only come across your channel but to be educated and re-educated about so many classics of a fantastic era. Just please keep doing what you do. Thank you.

@TheArcofinfinity 11 ай бұрын

Once I heard a cassette tape of VOL4 back in 81, I was hooked. I couldn't get enough. Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. They are the giants of rock music.

@lawrencefine5020 11 ай бұрын

The brilliance of Paranoid is it's simplicity. It's one of those songs I never get tired of hearing. Not one Black Sabbath album sounds like the next. They are the kings of Heavy Metal And Tony Iommi is THE riff master. Fun stuff.

@-yeme- 11 ай бұрын

Sabbath are one of my favourite bands. There's a good argument to be made that their debut is the single most influential album of all time, spawning entire genres and subgenres. Rob Zombie once said "Every cool riff has already been written by Black Sabbath. You're either playing it faster or slower or backwards, but they wrote it first." Also, Ozzy and Tony get all the attention but Sabbath's rhythm section is one of the finest in rock history. Bill Ward is a fantastic drummer, consistently inventive, you can listen to long Sabbath tracks and he will hardly repeat a fill. He generated such power and variety from a small kit, and his funk and jazz background really shines through and is a big part of why Sabbath sound so distinctive within the rock canon. The Ward/Butler grooves overlaid by Iommi's heavy precision make for a unique blend. That being said Ive always felt that Paranoid is one of their weaker tracks, lacking the depth, and melodic and rhythmic nuance, that was such a hallmark of early Sabbath. Also I never knew that they picked Evil Woman as the first single from the debut lol. You'd think The Wizard or NIB would have been a better choice.

@nole8923 11 ай бұрын

Of all time? I doubt that. But their music did transcend generations. That in and of itself speaks volumes.

@brandonjohnson191 11 ай бұрын

@@nole8923 Name another...

@darrenpellichino2923 11 ай бұрын

Sabbath is defenately misunderstood as most people assume they are heavy metal and thrash. I guess because of the popularity of those songs but if you dive into any sabbath album you will find trippy love ballads, psychadelic materpieces and quiet heartbreak songs one of my favorites is solitude. The dark sadness of that songs somehow fill me up with joy and happieness, very odd. They are way way more than just a metal band and for me they are the best rock group of all time.

@diabolikmitchell2960 11 ай бұрын

I can't think of another metal band that wrote a song as heavy as 'Into the Void', and also wrote a heart wrenching ballad like 'Changes.' That's just one example of the contrasting styles within their catalog, there are others, but I don't think this has ever been equaled to such a degree in the genre.

@the_exegete 9 ай бұрын

@@brandonjohnson191 Only other possibilities that come to mind are Pet Sounds or Nico.

@wishingb5859 11 ай бұрын

Saw them in concert. Black Sabbath, Ozzie’s Crazy Train tour, AC/DC Back in Black tour. I am closer to a hippie than a headbanger but I appreciate great riffs and powerful lyrics and amazing musicians no matter what genre.

@bradfowler5610 11 ай бұрын

When I listen to Black Sabbath so do my neighbors.

@FortessofShred Ай бұрын

Once, they threw a brick through my window just so they could hear it better.

@chiefline7084 Ай бұрын

When I listen to Sabbath so does my neighbors wife in my bed

@christopherkahn6522 11 ай бұрын

I'm glad you mentioned the Mob Rules. Tony Iomi's guitar work on that album inspired me to play electric guitar in my early teens. It still amazes me today. RIP R.J. Dio.

@padmakshkhandelwal1832 11 ай бұрын

What any human would not do to once in their life write a riff like Paranoid! Two and half minutes of metal perfection. This song changed my life for listening to heavier music and guitar music. It's a top 3 favorite song of all time for me and one of the best headbang songs ever. Tony Iommi is the untouchable RIFF LORD of rock, metal, and music. The only who competes with him at that is Jimmy Page and none else. Ozzy is so perfect for Sabbath, Geezer had awesome lyrics on top of being one of the greatest bassists ever. One of the best rhythm sections ever in a band with the jazzy tom drumming of Ward. I can't sing enough praises of this incredible band and song.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Tony is so underrated as a guitarist. They all brought something amazing to the Sabbath table.

@lucasglowacki4683 11 ай бұрын

Paranoid was so ahead of its time! Just amazing…so glad I got to see Sabbath live on their reunion tour!

@travismiles5885 11 ай бұрын

My favorite Sabbath album is Sabotage. Totally underrated.

@davesaenz3732 11 ай бұрын

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath too

@user-wr5jw1ki5x 11 ай бұрын

I had that album on cassette and wore it out

@JoriDiculous 11 ай бұрын

Heaviest album ever made. Black Sabbath invented Heavy Metal, Sabotage was their Magnum opus

@murdock8068 11 ай бұрын

Its ACDCs Powerage..

@murdock8068 11 ай бұрын

@@JoriDiculousHole in the sky and symptom of the universe were thrash before thrash no doubt.

@IronSikh44 11 ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to see Black Sabbath live in 2013. It was an unbelievable experience. Ozzy was helped by 30 thousand fans whenever his voice faltered. Geezer and Tony were in fine form. What a night!

@paulvaccarelli8635 11 ай бұрын

I saw them live in 1971. In their prime. Awesome.

@johndavis5190 11 ай бұрын

I'll never forget the first time I heard the song Black Sabbath.... I was like 6 years old, and it scared the ever-loving bejesus outta me😳...... And from that moment on I was hooked 🤘

@janag9737 11 ай бұрын

I am so grateful for growing up with this group. Their music just spoke to my generation. I still stream their music over many of the newer bands.

@Subatomic_Glue 11 ай бұрын

Master of Reality is Sabbath's best album imo. Criminally underrated, and heavy as hell. You should just do a whole episode on that album, it's so damn good.

@bigbearlogic6414 11 ай бұрын

💯 percent agree 👍born in 65, loved The Sabs since 12 years old

@M0RGAT0RY 11 ай бұрын

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is my favorite..."A National Acrobat " turned into Fade to Black

@BigBri550 11 ай бұрын

Masters of Reality is a classic.

@Samsgarden 11 ай бұрын

It’s underrated?

@williamdozier5190 11 ай бұрын

Sweet leaf was the song

@michaelward5302 11 ай бұрын

With this afterthought of a song, they inadvertently changed music forever and inspired many major bands that came after them. They accidentally stepped in it in the best way. Long live the legend.🤘🤟

@DarkFlamage 11 ай бұрын

In the summer of 1966 I was 9 years old. That means I was just the right age to appreciate all the great new albums that were coming out in '68, '69, '70, I was right there experiencing it! I can hardly describe my feelings of excitement as I walked downtown to discover the latest releases. The store was called Shultz's Five & Dime. I practically lived there, poring over all the 45's & albums on their racks. I mean, yes, it is fun to discover new (to you) songs on KZfaq, but not quite the same as being a kid, holding a brand new, sealed in plastic, wrapped album in your hands for the very first time. I studied/read every word, on them as if they were some kind of lost egyptian scroll or something!!! haha I bet the Professor can relate!

@dantierney3301 11 ай бұрын

@DarkFlamage I can relate! Opening up a Pink Floyd record and finding stickers and a poster was like Christmas!

@baron_von_brunk 11 ай бұрын

Sabbath with Ozzy and Ward was my very first concert in 1999 when I was 14 going on 15. The opening acts were Drain STH and Godsmack - Hershey, PA. What a time to be alive.

@jeremywheeler8902 11 ай бұрын

Saw them at that Ozzfest as well. Was surprised Adam didn’t mention that tour

@throbbinwoodofcoxley6830 11 ай бұрын

@@jeremywheeler8902yep I saw them at Ozzfest in 2005 (iirc, could’ve been ‘04).

@johndodson3020 11 ай бұрын

Drain STH. I haven't thought of them in years. Gonna have to pull out the cd I bought of them what 20yrs ago or so

@Tom-qx3oq 11 ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@johndodson3020I worked for their record/distribution company in the 90’s and it’s been a long time since I heard anyone say the name Drain STH. That was one of those projects that we thought was good, but not many other people did. I might just have to pull my copy out and give it a listen today. Thanks for the memory.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Sounds like a fun show.

@kirkcruz3764 11 ай бұрын

I’m repeatedly blown away by how early some of my favorite music was written & released. Sabbath was a mainstay growing up, especially in (1980’s) junior high & high school. I forgot it was written & released in 1970, the year after I was born Thanks for another awesome video!

@russward2612 11 ай бұрын

My first concert was Black Sabbath on the Born Again tour. My second was Ozzy Osbourne on the Bark at the Moon tour. Both bands performed Paranoid. Those nights changed the course of my life.

@duromusabc 11 ай бұрын

Paranoid is their masterpiece album - Iron Man , Paranoid, War Pigs and Planet Caravan - just an awesome album

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Amen! Thanks for watching. Did you ever catch them live?

@throbbinwoodofcoxley6830 11 ай бұрын

Planet caravan so underrated.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

All metal staples!

@staceykelly4211 11 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRockI had tickets for the Rock Superbowl in Orlando March 20, 1982, my senior year. Obviously, tragedy struck. I didn't even attend the show. I think Pat Travers played instead.

@grandwazoo1696 11 ай бұрын

Yup, all the radio tracks.

@Xisha42 11 ай бұрын

I bought Black Sabbath Paranoid when the album came out. I love Paranoid even to this day. Every time I listen to Paranoid I can still hear my mom yelling upstairs to TURN THAT SH** DOWN!!!! Thank you for taking me back.

@michaelrue1400 11 ай бұрын

I think it was early 90s when I finally got around to buying the Paranoid CD. My mom was afraid to listen to Black Sabbath just because of the name, but when I played it she liked it better than she thought she would.

@glennsinner5986 11 ай бұрын

My Sabbath story occurred in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was the Black and Blue tour with BOC. BOC absolutely rocked their set whipping the crowd into a frenzy! Sabbath came out and was killing it. Sometime in the second or third song somebody threw a pint bottle at the stage. Hit Geezer in the head, they stopped the show and walked off. After what seemed an eternity, someone walked on stage and admonished the audience for throwing stuff at the stage, the show was over! It caused a riot in the Milwaukee Arena which turned into mayhem! Look it up, it would be a great story!

@johnytwotimes4072 11 ай бұрын

No one hates great British Rock more than British Rock critics 😂 Sabbath, Zeppelin , Pink Floyd etc... One cannot overstate the importance of this song, album, and band!🔥💀🔥

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Without the British Invasion we wouldn’t even have all this interesting music!

@michaelrue1400 11 ай бұрын

Of course, the job of a critic is to be critical, but since most critics were old fuddy-duddies with no appreciation for this kind of music, they spoke out against it.

@ostrich67 11 ай бұрын

And their lickspittles at Rolling Stone.

@DANTHETUBEMAN 11 ай бұрын

they sed jimmy pages new band was sed it would go over like a led zeppelin 😅😂

@theakh4238 11 ай бұрын

Deep Purple, Judas Priest (essentially invented the term "metal" due to the British Steele album), ...

@jegoeders 11 ай бұрын

The first concert I ever attended was Black Sabbath's Reunion Tour in Dallas, Jan 24 1999. Went with my dad who was a huge fan back in the 1970s. Got to see them again during the The End Tour in Minneapolis, Jan 25 2016, almost 17 years to the day. Paranoid has always been my favorite Sabbath song. Would love to see Ozzy and the guys perform live one more time.

@8to5oncleveland27 11 ай бұрын

I was at that Dallas concert. Pantera opened up. Awesome show.

@iamchuckdub 11 ай бұрын

When I think of the OG Sabbath it makes me want to cry. They're literally everything. I'm so thankful.

@treystone1993 11 ай бұрын

Ozzy was gifted with a strangeness that helped to give him an interesting vocal style and sound that is unmistakable. Along with that amazing voice came an ear that kept his tone weirdly in key all the while bordering right on edge of breakup. Throw in Geezers depth of lyrical story telling and finally pair that with the amazing and unique guitar talent possessed by Iommi and that granted us access to the holy grail of metal. We are not worthy 🤘🤘🤘🤘

@dragonmaster613 11 ай бұрын

I was fortunate enough to have been raised by a father that was a avid Sabbath fan and a guitarist, he taught me how to play guitar with those songs, even how Iommi got his iconic sound (Drop D tuning all the strings). R.I.P dad.

@davidmc1489 11 ай бұрын

Dads are great.....miss em when they go.

@RexApplegate 8 ай бұрын

I saw the end tour. It was most excellent. Very few bands will ever sound that good at that age. 5 years later the song A National Acrobat helped me trigger what you might call a spiritual awakening. It is an incredibly profound song.

@walkergamble4504 11 ай бұрын

My first time hearing Black Sabbath was when I was 12 and one of my older cousins had left his Sold our soul for rock and roll tape at my house. I listened to it so many times over the next week that I’m sure it was almost wore out by the time he got it back. I have been a fan ever since

@RebekahSue 11 ай бұрын

The narrative with this undeniably influential song is pure poetry. Amazing writing.

@btchhopperou812 11 ай бұрын

Hey Adam, been a minute since I've commented, just wanted to say I'm still around- every day, watching POR. Love Sabbath... Took my oldest to Ozzfest in 05', he was 4 at the time. We had 'working passes' that were gifted to us, so he got a REAL treat! Ended up with a pick from Duff McKagen and later, while in the pit with him on my shoulders(where he spent 90% of that day unless backstage), he ended up with Ozzies shirt when he took it off and flung it in our direction after pointing him out and saying 'check out the little dude'. We also got the opportunity to meet Chad and the rest of the guys from Mudvayne... A great time for my son and I. Thanks for a great Friday episode, peace to all ✌️

@brianclark3079 11 ай бұрын

Thanks very much for all your content Professor. I'm old at 63 and love it all.

@bitchen204 11 ай бұрын

Hi Professor, it would mean a lot to me if when you get to the Dio years, you spend some time on the songs 'Children of the Sea', 'Wishing Well', 'Mob Rules' and 'Neon Nights'. Totally appreciate the window you give us into the music!! Thank you, Tim 🎸🎶🤙

@uslawman1983 11 ай бұрын

As a teen in the 70's I was inspired to play bass after hearing Geezer's bass playing on the Paranoid and Master of Reality albums. And I'm still playing the bass today. I've seen Sabbath in concert several times, with Ozzy and with Dio. They're one of my all-time favorite rock bands and always will be.

@Outlander34 9 ай бұрын

It was the summer of 1980 when my teenaged neighbour introduced me to Black Sabbath and basic heavy metal. I was 13 and I was at first just mesmerized by the album cover and then just blown away by the music. Wow, the was a memory dragged out of the old file drawers. Thank you for your channel it's awesome and please keep the good times rolling.

@Lodgerizer 11 ай бұрын

Loved this! I discovered Ozzy and Sabbath separately since I was born in '73. When I discovered Sabbath Tony Martin was the frontman and people don't talk about those albums anymore, it's all about Dio and Ozzy. "Anno Mundi (The Vision)", "Odin's Court⁄Valhalla", "When Death Calls" with Brian May doing the guitar solo, etc. All brilliant, but those albums are largely forgotten nowadays.

@mvunit3 11 ай бұрын

Dio, Ian Gillan and Tony Martin made me a fan of Sabbath, but the deeper cuts with Ozzy are fantastic as well.

@loveagainstgods5116 11 ай бұрын

They were supposed to be Tony’s solo records but the record label would only release it if it were titled a sabbath albums

@mvunit3 11 ай бұрын

@@loveagainstgods5116 I believe you are thinking of the album "The Seventh Star" with Glenn Hughes singing. _It was originally written, recorded, and intended to be the first solo album by Iommi. Because of the pressures from Warner Bros. Records and the prompting of band manager Don Arden, the record was billed as Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi._ - Wiki

@Greg-io1ip 11 ай бұрын

Paranoid was definitely the first Sabbath song that snapped my neck around. They only get better to my ears every listen.

@babygerald4645 11 ай бұрын

Sabbath was so far away from where I was musically in my teen years, to the eternal gratitude of my parents, I'm sure. Sabbath and Iron Maiden were definitely dangerous territory-- family intervention sort of music. I owe a friend for helping me expand my palette into classic metal in the '00s after college and this was the album he used to do it. I've since added the quadrophonic DVD version of this album to my growing collection of what I feel are almost necessary 'desert island' albums and it is majestic. In fact, I'm gonna put it on now right to celebrate how epic it truly is. Have a great holiday weekend, Adam and everyone here in the comments at POR. Hope it rocks out wherever you spend it!

@spottss 11 ай бұрын

Similarly I had this experience with a friend in high school turning me on the Sabbath mainly and others but mostly Sabbath. The 1st alb may have been master of reality or sabotage! Prior I was a Beatles and wings diehard. I’m forever grateful for his input for expanding my musical taste. This was in the mid 1970s whilst sabbath was still making music with original lineup! Yours was in the 2000s! Nice to see the traditions carrying on.

@davesaenz3732 11 ай бұрын

I played Sabbath's, Children of The Grave, just before Ozzy starts singing. I asked my ex, "What genre is this? She said, Heavy Metal. Then I asked what year was it recorded. She said early 2000's, I said, which year? She said 2010. I said you're off by 40 years!!! Thats how far ahead these guys were. 🎸. Timeless.

@OldGrumpyDude 11 ай бұрын

What's always upset me was the fact that Dio wasn't inducted into tbe R&R HOF with Sabbath. Ronnie gave the band new life in the 80's and probably the two best albums ever, "Heaven & Hell" and "The Mob Rules."

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

I agree.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Yes, because the RRHOF’s decisions make zero sense.

@Bustahbrown 11 ай бұрын

I’d have to agree with you, “heaven and hell” is probably one of the top 5 of all time metal master pieces, at least from my perspective and I’ve lived and rocked from doors, who, Zeppelin, to the fall of the hair bands. Truth be told, Ozzy sucked.

@pbcfisher3206 11 ай бұрын

Cause Dio was unbearable. Simply put.

@user-wr5jw1ki5x 11 ай бұрын

I think the Rock & Roll HOF is a joke. There are so many bands out there that should be in there and vice-versa.

@jockbeems4798 11 ай бұрын

I remember when my oldest brother came home yelling "Guys, you gotta hear this!" and played the LP black sabbath. We were amazed to say the least. The louder it was the more we liked it.

@Lardfist0 11 ай бұрын

I Love BLACK SABBATH! You failed to mention when all the original members got together in the year 2000 for Ozz Fest. I will never forget it. One of the greatest nights of my life ❤

@theoriginalsurferbob 11 ай бұрын

I saw them all together in Ozzfest 2005.

@badbiker666 11 ай бұрын

Adam, at 15:13, you say, "The hands of Iommi gave us the raging sound of Heavy Metal." It is interesting to note that hands of Iommi include prosthetic finger tips. He got the ends of two fingers on his right hand cut off in a sheet metal cutting machine when he was 17. Those were his fretboard fingers because he plays left handed. He found he couldn't play on the stumps, so he melted down a plastic bottle and made his own prosthetic tips. This accident is the reason Black Sabbath sounds like it does.

@t.b.a.r.r.o. 11 ай бұрын

Black Sabbath One of the best album covers every. It represents the music perfectly.

@Sweet--Richard.4981 11 ай бұрын

When I listen to Ozzy's voice I hear a plaintive wail.

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Great comment. Love how you stated it. What's your top Sabbath track>?

@Sweet--Richard.4981 11 ай бұрын

Symptom of the Universe

@Loiyaboy 11 ай бұрын

"Plaintive wail". Perfect. I've felt that for decades but could never reduce it to words. Great job.

@darthtater4655 11 ай бұрын

Ozzy is the GOAT

@davearonow65 11 ай бұрын

Show us on the doll where Ozzy touched you

@rowerskeeprowing 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this! Huge Sabbath fan here. Growing up, my dad listened to country and my mom listed to Motown, both of which I enjoy. My older brother however soon started getting ACDC, Van Halen and KISS records. But when he started bringing home mixtapes of hard rock and metal, that was it for me. I remember having one tape where Iron Man was actually cut off too early. To this day, when I hear it, I'm expecting the song to end at the same spot. I'm old now, but still crank Sabbath until the speakers blow.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Rock on 🤘

@terryrice3177 10 ай бұрын

When my older half brother was seventeen, he moved in with us for the first time in his life. He brought with him four eight track tapes -- Deep Purple's Machine Head and Burn, and Black Sabbath's Master of Reality and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. It was my first introduction to heavy metal. I was five and a half years younger and the 'oldest' of us kids at the time aside from my brother, Bob. Prior to his influence, my rock exposure didn't get much harder than Jim Croce's I Got a Name or Don McLean's American Pie. Those eight tracks and a set of headphones got me hooked on metal! Next he brought his vinyl collection starting with Alice Cooper's School's Out, followed by Joe Walsh, Smoker You Drink the Player You Get, Steppenwolf 16 Greatest Hits, Black Sabbath, Paranoid and Moody Blues, Nights in White Satin among others. I'll never forget these classics! I memorized every word. The first album I bought with the first five bucks I ever earned was Welcome to My Nightmare when it first appeared on the shelves. I had to borrow the change to make up the sales tax. I was blown away! Later, my younger brother and I made it a point to collect Black Sabbath and Deep Purple albums, and between the three of us we had every one of their LPs. Except, for some reason we never bought Deep Purple's Stormbringer album, but my next door neighbor had a copy...what an obsession! My vinyl collection in the late eighties was extremely large. Sold most all of them at the pawn shop one day in 1988 when we ran out of beer, for fifty bucks, the idea being we could get them back easier if it wasn't so much money...I miss them 😢...My brother passed away about eleven years ago when he was fifty five. I've already outlived him by six years. His influence on me changed everything. I would be such a different person today...

@burtronomaniac 11 ай бұрын

I was blessed with being able to see Ozzie live several times , thank god I was born in the generation that was able to see so many greats live , l just missed the likes of Janis and Jimmie , but I am so glad to see vanhalens first tour , def leopard , rush who I saw in a roller skating rink , and so many others

@stephenmiller2337 11 ай бұрын

Some other great "filler" tracks include: New World Man by Rush Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple Lucky Man by ELP You've got another thing coming by Judas Priest. Just goes to show that great musicians can just click and make magic happen at the drop of a hat

@tmr626 11 ай бұрын

Many people are unaware of Deep Purple's first '68 smash hit song "Hush."

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Smoke on the Water surprises me.

@MathiasEggimann 11 ай бұрын

@@tmr626Hush was written by Joe South for Billy Joe Royal in 1967. On the same album was the song Rose Garden also written by Joe South I have a much older co-worker who loves Lynn Anderson and we talked about Rose Garden. He never new the information i gave him. I had listening to Billy Joe Royal and Joe South in the past

@AxGryndr 11 ай бұрын

I think these reason these filler tracks are so good is because artists are being given the liberty to write and perform. These songs were written with the freedom from judgement and pressure. In some ways, these are better representations of the artists as creators then the albums they appear on.

@zeusapollo8688 11 ай бұрын

Just a song before I go by Graham Nash...written in ten minutes at an airport on a bet

@skeezix8156 11 ай бұрын

I swear there are so many stories like this. I wish more artists would take the “let’s just get this last song over with” for every album. It works

@jeffkruth2226 11 ай бұрын

I was 13 in 1970 when I bought this album with money from my newspaper route. Never looked back. Love it to this day. I am 67 now.

@metairieman55 11 ай бұрын

Black Sabbath was my first live concert! My hearing should return shortly . . . and that was 50 some years ago . . . I first heard their title song in a music shop with an audiophile system. I rushed out the door because I thought it was pouring outside. Been a fan ever since.

@MyName-pl7zn 11 ай бұрын

I don't think you can overstate the influence this song and Black Sabbath had on music. If you love heavy metal the Paranoid album is a staple. I don't think there is a better place to point to than Sabbath's first 2 albums and this song as the birth of the heaviest of metal. Crazy that it was a filler. Great episode professor!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Paranoid is a classic.

@teekay_1 11 ай бұрын

I remember when this first came out... people were calling it "devil music", so naturally as kids in 7th grade, we listened to it. It was pretty hardcore, and we liked that it was forbidden. By today's standards, it seems pretty tame, but the only thing like it at the time was Iron Butterfly, but Ozzy's voice set it apart.

@BarryBear58 10 ай бұрын

Love your reviews You're the best rock reviewer I have watched. Paranoid one of my favorite albums growing up. And far as your poll this is probably my favorite heavy metal album of all time. Please keep up the reviews and thank you so much for sharing them with us

@vincentkosik403 4 ай бұрын

And the best eye glasses Zena

@davidhinkson8856 11 ай бұрын

This song has one of those riffs that stays in your head for life. When I first heard it as a child I didn't understand a single word in it, just loved the music. Thanks for the breakdown of this song - the lyrics are pretty deep and it's interesting that the word "Paranoid" isn't actually used in it. I do remember Black Sabbath being called a devil worshipping group primarily because of their name.

@montanawardog 11 ай бұрын

Got tickets back in '81 to go to what I thought was a "Black and Blue" concert (Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult) and when we got there found out it was "only" a Black Sabbath concert. Unbelievably, the only one I ever got to see and it had that micro-demon Ronny James Dio fronting the band. A very memorable metal evening.

@venomdust1 11 ай бұрын

I always remember Ozzy being interviewed in the 80’s about satanism in his and Black Sabbath music. He said “ I don’t get it Vincent Price plays a bad guy in a lot of horror movies and no one accuses him of being a satanist “ Side note Paranoid is the fist song most kids my age learned when picking up the guitar.

@susanmurray7654 11 ай бұрын

I loved Vincent Price!

@mechanic6682 11 ай бұрын

Especially on songs for Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden.

@jeakir4943 11 ай бұрын

You actually read the lyrics, they're almost devout Anglicans and Catholics.. and the 'dark' stuff was oh%(*% moments straying from christianity in their eyes..

@markfetherman6593 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Prof, Paranoid is one of the seminal albums of my life.

@juancarlospizarro912 3 ай бұрын

Hi, greetings from Costa Rica. Saw this video last night and thank you very much. Never heard from ARS before and I've been working hearing them today. It is just awesome.

@keruetz 11 ай бұрын

On April 12th of '78, I saw Van Halen open for Black Sabbath in Austin, Texas. Van Halen was one of the best bands going at the time and Black Sabbath was in decline and Ozzy was on his way out. Sabbath basically got booed off the stage. Wish I could have seen them 5 years earlier. Paranoid is one of my favorite all time albums.

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. What did VH open with?

@keruetz 11 ай бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock I'm not sure I remember right. I remember "On Fire" and "I'm the One" but not the order. I remember a Michael Anthony bass solo that led directly into "Running With The Devil". Then towards the end of the main show, Eddie's solo ending with Eruption which led into "You Really Got Me". They basically played the entire first album (out of order) and then a couple of songs for the encore that I didn't know.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

What happened that derailed the plans?

@JohnRotonto-ql9ds 11 ай бұрын

Black Sabbath are the godfathers of heavy metal. They're one of those bands that are often imitated never duplicated. A four star line up with Ozzy, Tony, Geezer, and Bill that layed the foundation of the music we now know as Heavy Metal.If there was no Sabbath,there would be no Metallica, Megadeth, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden etc. It all starts and ends with Black Sabbath. There never was nor never will be another band like Black Sabbath. Thank you POR for this look back on the greatest Metal band that ever graced the planet, Black Sabbath!!! 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 11 ай бұрын

Greatest metal band, I agree!

@danieldwyer5139 11 ай бұрын

Well said

@Joker-df9yl 11 ай бұрын

Mom worked at a FM station in Boston in the early 70's, from 69 to 73, I think,. Station was always on in the car and house. Got to listen to album cuts from Sabbath, Floyd, Led, Cream, Deep Purple and many more. Mom told me I was "head banging before anybody knew what it was. Mom never once had anything bad to say about her mates from Birmingham and mom was deeply Christian lady. Mom would rock with me whenever we would ride somewhere together. Lost mom in June of this year. Bless mom and the boys from Birmingham.

@abstractdream001 11 ай бұрын

1980. Study Hall. Some hapless fool either forgot, or less likely purposefully left their cassette copy of We Sold our Souls For Rock And Roll on a desk. I was the first on the scene. It us a pivotal moment in a boy's life. From that moment, my eyes were opened to the power of real metal and it's rich, historic grasp on the psyche of American youth. God bless metal, God bless Black Sabbath!

@johnperkins6432 11 ай бұрын

The first album i ever bought was the self titled album. We call it the witch ablum. I was instantly hooked! I've seen them.several times thru the years with Ozzy and Dio. The last time was the tour for the 2013 album. I was just blown away at how good they sounded and how energetic they were after all those years.

@gregwasserman2635 11 ай бұрын

"Paranoid" is such a great album. It is timeless, to use a cliché, and its sound was way ahead of its time. I play this album all the time, "cover to cover". My favorite Sabbath album is probably "Master of Reality", mainly because the bass is so heavy. My favorite Sabbath song, "Into the Void", is off this album. The bass is so heavy on this tune that you can't upload it, you can only download it. It is so heavy that it has its own gravitational pull. And to be honest, I don't really trust anyone who doesn't own (or at one time owned) the first 6 Sabbath albums and "Heaven and Hell" and Zep's studio albums.

@davesaenz3732 11 ай бұрын

Children of the Grave best song in Master of Reality. But I like 3 others

@Reardonsteel236 11 ай бұрын

The Professor..... Love you man..... really appreciate your channel....

@haljalykakik2384 11 ай бұрын

Back when I was in my early teens in the early 1980s, a friend and I borrowed this record from another kid at school. We both knew who Ozzy was but this was the first Sabbath record we ever heard. We took it to my friend's house for a listen (and to dub cassettes for ourselves, too). My friend's mom was VERY religious, so we had to smuggle the record into the house and down into the family room, which is where the record player/stereo was. We dropped the needle onto the first track on side one ("War Pigs") and set the volume fairly low. Out comes Ozzy singing "Generals gathered in their masses/just like witches at black masses". My friend couldn't turn down the record fast enough! Thankfully, his mom didn't hear it, and we were able to record it to a cassette. Once we had the cassette, we took his boombox outside and walked around our suburban neighborhood, blaring it for all the world to hear. Good times.

@constipatedinsincity4424 11 ай бұрын

Back in the Saddle Again Naturally!

@ProfessorofRock 11 ай бұрын

There it is!

@grahamnash9794 11 ай бұрын

Everything Sabbath did was beyond influential, close to life changing. But it was the Dio years that utterly transformed the wat I listen to, and hear the band. Ronnie was a pure monster of rock. Still miss him every day. We're so close to losing Ozzy, it's painful to even think about it.

@MissHappiness36 11 ай бұрын

Growing up, Black Sabbath was never played on the radio in our town. Never even heard of them until I was in high school, along with AC/DC, and Deo. Still, in the 80’s our stations didn’t play heavy metal. Now, on the downhill side of my 50’s, I’m actually enjoying Ozzy. Heck, my son likes Black Sabbath.

@mikemcgown6362 11 ай бұрын

Your story about your dad's Sabbath 8-track made me laugh. That's how I got my Paranoid 8-track. My friend's mom found a copy in the dad's collection and threw it in the trash. I saw it there and rescued it for myself. Later on in life I got to go to see Black Sabbath in concert. That was after the split up with Ozzy which I also got to see in concert. Those early to mid '80s were great for concerts! I still have that 8-track by the way. And also have a vintage console stereo setup with 8-track player and turn table for playing all my valued vinyl and 8-track sweeties. Funny how something so obsolete can bring that warm feeling back.

@constipatedinsincity4424 11 ай бұрын

Still the second best singer for this band!Ronnie James Dio reigns

@Sweet--Richard.4981 11 ай бұрын

💩 💩

@jk-76 11 ай бұрын

He was the worst human being.

@Terk131 11 ай бұрын

Both were great in their own right.

@Terk131 11 ай бұрын

@@jk-76Which one ?

@constipatedinsincity4424 11 ай бұрын

@@jk-76 I have seen worse. But not lately

@joeyank2451 11 ай бұрын

This Old Man Absolutely LOVES Black Sabbath

@DeidreL9 11 ай бұрын

You’re not old, you’re wise😉

@joeyank2451 11 ай бұрын

@@DeidreL9 Thank You

@T10elC 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful history. I was 13 years old when I bought the Black Sabbath Paranoid album (I cleaned horse corrals and dog runs in those days to earn money to buy albums). Sabbath's sound was so cool. I've been a fan ever since.

@TheUffeess 11 ай бұрын

That's how it was. My brother had all the new records and when he was gone I would sneak in to his room and listen. This was different. When "Iron Man" started, my whole world changed. No music has affected me like this. When the needle came to "Paranoid," it was almost a release. Thanks for another great video and greetings from Sweden!

@glenostick3979 10 ай бұрын

I am 66 years old and I still listen to Black Sabbeth and solo Ozzy. I am thinking the care homes of the UK will be playing some fantasic music in about 15 years time. It is true what some people say that us boomers got all the best music.

@mysteryc07 11 ай бұрын

120 minutes! My daughter loved it as well, but it came on way past her bedtime. So, I taped it but waited to watch it with her. Loved Matt Penfield, and discovered THE BEST music :-) We both fell in love with Tom Waits when he ran the In The Neighborhood video.

@pappawmiked2162 11 ай бұрын

Ozzy andSabbathjust hitona primal level, unlike anything else. Theywill forever bethe beginning and epitome of heavy metal.Great episode professor!

@blueblazer201 11 ай бұрын

Back during high school, my buddy had an 8-track player in his car and brought the Paranoid tape. I brought the album since I had a Hi-Fi (still have it... the album that is). In any case we were at his house and there was an 8-track player with their sound system. War Pigs was just coming to end when his mother was passing by as the music speed ramps up. She's thinking the tape was being 'eaten' up by player and trying to figure what to do!!! I told her 'Don't worry Mrs. W... that's how the song ends'. She looked at me and asked "What are you kids listening to these days?" I replied "It's certainly not Frank Sinatra music! (I believe I actually said It's not "Ol' Blue Eyes", my mom's favorite singer.)

@RobertL_0563 Ай бұрын

@professorofrock - Sorry this comes 10 months after this episode's release but thanks for doing this piece on Sabbath and Paranoid. Very cool! Tony Iommi is iconic on guitar and Bill Ward gave Bonzo of LZ a run for the money. I actually learned to play bass listening to Geezer Butler's riffs. And Ozzy is just... Ozzy!

@v8valiant68 11 ай бұрын

where i grew up as a youngster in the 80s, i was in my teens, our town had a local radio station, and my town is known for holding the country music awards, a small town in New Zealand, Gore, well our radio station played Black Sabbath, i don't ever remember hearing other stations playing Sabbath at that time, one of me mates is a hardcore metal fan, he got me into Black Sabbath. what i like about Sabbath, is how they go from metal to classical to rock n roll and blues all in one song, just brilliant,

@wayneporter9405 9 ай бұрын

You talk about growing up in a small town in Idaho. I was 9 years old and we were living in Council, Idaho the first time I heard Black Sabbath's debut (it was new at the time). My older brother had gotten a copy and was playing it when my mom got home from work. She walked in and heard the Devil's triad being played at high volume, snatched the record of the turntable and flung it across the room breaking it against the back of the fireplace. I have been a Black Sabbath fan ever since.

@psprog 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for mentioning Mythology - my dad was the lead singer in that band back in the day. They played blues covers in the north of England, no metal back then ;-)

@DavidMoore-bl7gb Ай бұрын

my favorite channel! keep up the great work Adam

@williammennell7371 11 ай бұрын

I saw Black Sabbath in Detroit following a band called The Woolys that basically got laughed off stage. The curtain closed, and the next act was announced Black Sabbath. Most of us thought that was going to be another bad band. The curtain opened to a wall of Marshall’s and they started with Paranoid. Needless to say, we all sat there stunned. When they ended the song, the place went nuts! We loved them. Later, when I started college my new roommate was listening to the Four Seasons. When it was my turn, I put on Black Sabbath. I am pretty sure it changed his life, I never heard him play the Four Seasons again.

@jaderanderson 10 ай бұрын

Paranoid being on Rock and Roll racing game shaped my music taste forever, the combination of an amazing track with the action on the race was just too much. Thank you Paranoid for making me a metalhead.

@joebeard8614 11 ай бұрын

When I was in high school I hated making up composition writing. So, I wrote down the lyrics to Paranoid, War Pigs, and Iron Man. The teacher call my parents and they sent me to a psychiatric analyst. I never told the truth about where the writings came from.