Wasn’t prepared for this. Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe | REACTION

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[kslit]

Bill's drumming , as usual, is insane

[ziggy]

a song I've listenened to literally thousands of times, and not grown tired of. Don't forget props to Geezer, as lyricist and epic bass throughout, including that incredible "heartbeat" during the two breaks in the heavy section.

[Johnnywr]

Love Sabbath's early-mid 70s stuff. It's the underlying heavy 'funkiness' that pushes their music along and is in loads of their 70s songs. Drummer Bill Ward and Bassist Geezer Butler are such an underrated rhythm section. So much more than just heavy metal pioneering.

[lawrencefine]

This is stank face heavy for 1975.
NOTHING sounded this heavy back then.
My favorite Black Sabbath album.

[mojobag]

Bill Ward is just for musicians. And we love him.

[brucedickinson]

Hole in the sky off same album is another banger

[duncanwright]

Black Sabbath are the GOATS of heavy rock

[kevinfarr]

When I was a young teenager, the term we used for Black Sabbath was Heavy Rock.
The establishment and our parents hated them, we loved them.
When I finally saw them for the first time live on the Never Say Die tour in 1978, they opened with Symptom of the Universe.
Geezer said it's a song about love.

[mikeg.]

Well done, Mark! I enjoyed this a lot! This song is a great example of the enormous influence the music writer and lead guitarist Tony (NOT Tommy) iommi (eye-OWE-me) had on bands after him in which the members weren't even born yet. This song is 50 years old, from 1975, and as you noticed right away, his influence is still going strong on too many bands to count. In the picture on the album cover, iommi is the one sitting down; the drummer, Bill Ward, is standing to his right and is wearing his wife's red tights; Geezer Butler, the bass player and lyricist is standing to iommi's left, holding an umbrella; and Ozzy (John) Osbourne is standing to the far right in a robe. As Geezer Butler said about iommi, “During our first meeting, Tony Iommi was a great jazz guitarist, his capabilities cover all styles – Black Sabbath has even narrowed his horizons.” And, "Songwriting with Tony is incredible - with him not to talk about it, everyone knows what will happen. Tony can play riffs endlessly, even sometimes it is necessary to stop him.”

[jacksprat]

Hi Mark, obviously you enjoyed that one and it's the first time yt has thrown one of your uploads in my direction. I'll have a look through your other uploads the morn, but you've piqued my interest with some interesting connections so I've subbed. (Would've anyway, as a fellow Scot).

[johngoodison]

This is the original, traditional heavy metal

[hughgordon]

We used to play this song in the band I played with. Great.

[Sprenklefish]

My fave Sabbath tune besides Planet Caravan. This song has everything! Metal Tony, Jazz acoustic Tony, Ozzy singing a love song like his fucking life depended on it, Geezer's incredible lyrics and the MVP, Bill Ward, putting everything he ever had into this song, the funky ass jazz acoustic breakdown at the end that only they could pull off. Truly amazing cut.

Now, react to The LA's only album!!!

[PeterMcCracken-ng]

Good work Mark. British through and through, and the fathers of Metal. They still sound so effin good today. Cheers.

[beauzer]

I never thought I'd see Gary Oldman reviewing a Sabbath song. Good job Gary.

[duncanwright]

They used to open with this track amazing live great memories

[ErisianThreeFourteen]

Don't think I've ever even heard this particular version. I mean, heard it 314 times at least. 😏 But I think they were re-recordings or lives. This version was thicc~ very nice!
Thanks Michael for the suggestion, and Mark for the reaction~

[NoLegalPlunder]

As awesome as their music is, their lyrics put them into another dimension. It’s brain tickling stuff.

[rohmarts]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr William Thomas Ward on drums ...

[ArtieFufkinPolymerRecords]

Great reaction Mark, nice link to Coheed (Good Apollo is masterpiece album) and the mighty Gomez (Bring It On and Liquid Skin are masterpieces also), good call. Ozzy never gets the credit his vocals deserve and my piss boils when folk say that he can't sing - try anything from Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and this album, Sabotage, and see how that goes. Bill is one of my favourite drummers ever, beautiful swing-jazz inflections all over the place and one of the best rhythm sections of all time too, Geezer is another jazz influenced genius, his playing beggars belief at times. Megalomania is another from this album that leaves you open-mouthed at the creativity and crazy transitions plus there are more awesome riffs in the song than a lot of bands manage in a career.