Classical Composer Reacts to Black Sabbath's Debut Album (side 1) | The Daily Doug (Episode 449)

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In this #masterpiecefriday episode of #thedailydoug, I'm concluding this Metal Week by going back to the beginning with Black Sabbath's debut album. I literally googled 'what is the first heavy metal album', and this is where I landed. I haven't heard these songs before recording this, and I enjoyed this look back to the emergence of this genre of music. I hope you enjoy!

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[adambell]

Bill Ward does not get enough credit when “greatest” drummers talk comes up. He is such a solid drummer

[RobertJohnson-bjlk]

3:12 - 🤘Starting your album with the “doom and gloom” sounds of a rain storm and the church bell announcing someone’s death is the most classically metal thing ever. 🤘🤘

[memomariscal]

Bill Ward & Geezer Butler absolutely fantastic and underrated rhythm section.

[narfbach]

3:15 - Black Sabbath
10:55 - The Wizard
16:01 - Behind The Wall Of Sleep
21:00 - N.I.B

[SylviusTheMad]

This whole album is basically the band playing in front of Bill going HAM on the drums, laying down incredible jazz drum solos for the whole song.

[TippiGordon]

Ozzy: "Oh no please god help me!"

Doug: "Nice!"

Also Doug: "I mean, not nice for the person hoping that god can help him, but..."

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[None_More_Metal]

The band has stated that when they first debuted the song Black Sabbath live as their last song, the audience at the club went nuts and insisted the band play the song again. They ended up doing it 3 times, the crowd loved it so much. I mean, it was completely new. Nobody had ever heard anything like it before.

[Ninang]

Ozzy reached the subject while discussing the matter of perfectionism in rock music. He said:

"Steve Vai once said to me: 'You know Black Sabbath’s first album is out of tune?'

"I said: 'You know what, Steve? It still sells! So what the fuck do you want?' Rock music is not supposed to sound perfect. If you want to hear perfect, go and watch a fucking symphony orchestra."

[NoLegalPlunder]

I love how cerebral Geezer is. His interesting lyrics were such a critical element to their sound.

[larrygallaway]

From time I first heard it, "Behind The Wall Of Sleep" shook me up and threw me around. It is an often overlooked gem and is absolutely my favorite track on this transcendent album.

[timwirasnik]

And by the way, let's give Ozzy some credit here, the man is blowin a serious mouth harp on the Wizard!

[jimbliss]

I was introduced to this album when I was about 7. Can still hear my mom yelling at me: "TURN IT DOWN!!" Never thought I'd be revisiting it 50 years later, still getting goose bumps from "The Wizard." Timeless!

[akisaki]

Tony's playing comes from his boss at the factory where he had the accident, introducing Tony to Django Reinhardt, who had a fire damaged fretting hand, and gave Tony the courage to continue playing.

[paulgmarriott]

"I can only imagine what this would've been like back in the day... to hear something like this, completely new and out front... like, what am I listening to?" I don't have to imagine, Doug. As a fifteen-year-old native of Sabbath's home town, Birmingham — into the likes of Zeppelin, Hendrix, Tull, and Purple at the time — in September 1969, I had the thrill of going to their first local gig under their new name of Black Sabbath (changed from Earth). Saw them a couple more times before they cut this debut album the following February. (I still have my early pressing.) So, yes, Doug, I can vouch for your sentiment. I'd never heard anything so portentous. Ozzy & Co. turned hard-rock's 'Heavy' knob up to eleven... and then some... forever.

[interstellardave]

Such a classic album. Imagine if Tony had never had that accident… or if the accident had discouraged him from playing guitar. He’d have kept his fingertips, but what the world would have lost is incalculable! It just goes to show there’s a reason for all things that happen, and bad things can lead to good, if we keep our minds open to the possibilities.

[sagitt]

"Black Sabbath" (1970): The early beginnings of metal rock, when it was still influenced by the sound and melodic line of psychedelic rock. Timeless! Thank you, Master Helvering.

[lisaparsons]

Black Sabbath a awesome group, I remember when I was 6 in 1972.My brother Barry Parsons played then.Barry passed away in 2019 July 19.He was63💐

[jostelleman]

This first Black Sabbath album was my first album i buy as a 16 year old from the money from a half year work (starded age 15), now i am 69 and still playing this album 1 or 2 times a week for 52 years now, and i still love this music. I am happy that you loved to listened Doug!! Greeting from the Netherlands Jos the old metal lover.

[olastokken]

The bass amp is a Lanley guitar tube amp into a 4x12 cab with one broken speaker. That combo created the distorted bass sound, which all of us hard rock and metal bass players love❤️🤘😊

[kylelewis]

N.I.B is so Iconic. One of the best lyrical arrangements and killer work by all three musicians.