@@brendamilloy2557 I was on Washburn University rowing crew back in the early '80s other bigger college crews referred to us as "the hayseeds from Kansas" so we adopted bib overalls a shock of wheat and a seed cap up till race time then would wipe them out of the water and take their jerseys good laughs 🙂
One of the greatest metal songs ever written and Billy definitely does it justice... However, it's so sad how the core meaning of the song still holds true to this day, even after it has been decades since its inception... Politicians = War Pigs
The shame of it is that he is a better cover artist. Billy lacks severely in the song writing department. Amazing guitarist, fantastic voice…..just not so good at writing his own songs. I cannot think of a cover song that he has played and did not kill it. I would not pay $5 for one of his albums.
The song is called walpurgis and is about satanic worshippers. Sabbath would play the original version often live. The record label talked them into changing the lyrics to appeal to the hippies, lol. Not that you were ever worshipping the devil or anything like that, but it's kind of funny.
YES MA'AM !!! I WAS TOLD THEY PLAYED DEVIL MUSIC TOO AS A YOUNG TEEN. I LOVE THEM SO VERY MUCH AMONGST MANY OTHERS PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE EVIL. IGNORANCE
As a man raised in bluegrass in the Kentucky mountains with a last name of Osborne and also a die hard rocker and super huge Ozzy/Black Sabbath fan, I bow my head to you Billy Strings. You've made an old man very very happy.
I've seen Billy enough times to know that "WTF did I just witness" feeling that everyone in the audience had when this song ended. I wish I could have been there for this one.
He’s amazing, I’ve been listening to him for quite some time now and am going to see him for the first time in Long Island NY next week. My wife is a metal head and I’ve been trying to send her songs but after watching his shows on here you never know what you’re going to get at a show. I hope he plays this one!!
I'm shocked at the number of people singing along. Who would have guessed that a bluegrass based crowd would know the lyrics to Black Sabbath anything? Kudos to them.
@@donaldengel4128 Ashville is just down I-40 from Nashville, TN . . . we probably get some of the best music - consistently - anywhere. It's "Music City" not "Country City."
This kid is amazing (sorry, I’m 68) He is all over the map Does EVERYTHING Bluegrass, Blues. Metal, Rock from the Dead to Hendrix and everything in between! Keep on Rocking! Just Excellent!!!
What crazy dream have I walked into? Please don't wake me up just yet. Billy Strings and the Band of Merry Men playing War Pigs. My life has gone full circle.
I find it hilarious that it’s the “anti-war” left that’s pushing nuclear war. If I die in a nuclear holocaust, which is likely given my proximity to NYC, I’ll die knowing it was the boomer “hippy” leftists that destroyed the planet.
I've just had a moment...what a gift. He may play the Blue Grass but he can jam the Black Sabbath...if there could be a better topper it would have been Ozzy appearing in his white Cape!!! As a side note how about all the people in the Audience who know the tune. Rock and Roll Lives on and on and on....
Billy is a genius guitarist. Can turn his hand to different styles and still outshred most of his peers and fellow musicians. So highly underrated as a singer songwriter to.
He hit Planet Caravan in Cary, NC this year. I lost my shit to that. I don't think many folks around recognize this kind of genius nowadays. Billy is an artist that finds good music to translate. Once you hear a bluegrass rendition of a Black Sabbath song... good luck thinking straight. BS playing BS is just the shit.
The single greatest opening song ever written. I’ve seen Sabbath open with this song and other bands cover it who used it to open as well. It has such a great intro. Then it’s of course the template for heavy rock the rest of the way.
@@donkey3187 Well, I'm not sure what you mean by awkward, he is neither clumsy, unskilled or ungraceful onstage and when it comes to charisma, he sure appears to have a small amount of that in interviews and in crowd interactions but charisma itself is something many famous musicians lack in large amounts anyways. For some reason I don't think you have ever watched or listened to to much Billy. I'm saying this as a person who is not even a huge fan of him or the genre, I just appreciate the talent and to the point of my orig comment, the covers he did were great..
@@donkey3187 Goofy is a word I would use for Billy, especially when he is playing solo's, thats for sure. I may have misunderstood what you were trying to say the first time but I think I got ya this time around.
Michigan kid rockin' a Middle Earth/blue grass inspired version of one of a British band's biggest hits, south of the mason-dixon line. Come on, we can all get along better than we currently do if something like that can happen.
YOU CAN SEE ME ON THE BIG SCREEN AT 6:19 !!!! HOW FREAKING COOL?!?!?!!? definitely the most epic concert ive ever been to(second time ive seen billy) and i walked away with a setlist!
I was nervously anticipating cringing before he started to sing, but then he totally nailed young Ozzy. Very impressed with the talent and an instant fan!
No idea who Billy Strings is but this came up on my feed. INCREDIBLE! Nailed it. So glad I clicked. This Sabbath song is so relevant to our times. Ukraine is a pawn. Down with the establishment. Down with the War Pigs.
I'm so glad I've lived long enough to see Billy Strings and his Bluegrass band dressed as Tolkien characters shredding War Pigs. Life is good.
Classic!
Awesomely epic!!
Great comment! …. Me Too!!!!!
Wizard walks by
"Let me see your fucking hands".
Ozzy
I don't care what anyone says, if you don't like Black Sabbath, there's something wrong with you. Love this guy!
I just hate them for rhyming masses with masses.
😂
I would guess most people would go to a Billy Strings concert to hear some Blue Grass tunes, yet here they are singing back the words to War Pigs!
their parents played Sabbath when they were little and the lyrics are embedded in their sub conscious
I was a metal head before I was a grass head
That's because war for the sake of feeding the war machine is always gonna be goal of the War Pigs.
Bluegrass fans aren't all hayseed, we got some metal burning in us as well! 🔥
@@brendamilloy2557 I was on Washburn University rowing crew back in the early '80s other bigger college crews referred to us as "the hayseeds from Kansas" so we adopted bib overalls a shock of wheat and a seed cap up till race time then would wipe them out of the water and take their jerseys good laughs 🙂
This song stands the test of time.......like all Sabbath.
My favorite anti war song ever. He f'ed the lyrics a little, but the man is still fantastic
If that were true then ALL Sabbath would be on digital music services and it's not. 4 of the 7 albums without Dio or Ozzy aren't on Spotify
Planet caravan is the song of eternity!!
One of the great banjo fiddle tunes of all time !
Exactly what I was thinking in 1970 while I kicked back with a joint listening to it for the first time.
don't forget a mandolin
Gotta "steve"n'seagull Thunderstruck
CZcams
Yes I thought what unique instruments to chose for war pigs. And yet it works.
Bela Fleck plays all sorts of music on the Banjo.
Whoever recorded this deserves an award
Thank you
Seriously Amazing!
Playing exactly like Tony Iommi and singing exactly like Ozzy at the same time. Impressive.
One of the greatest metal songs ever written and Billy definitely does it justice... However, it's so sad how the core meaning of the song still holds true to this day, even after it has been decades since its inception... Politicians = War Pigs
Nuclear War Pigs
indubitably .. Lets hope our time lives past November .
You ain't wrong on any counts.👊
100% correct evaluation.
4 years without war under Trump.
Came for the bluegrass...stayed for the Sabbath.
As good as his guitar playing is we gotta give credit that his vocals are 100% on point.
Well it's not exactly hard to do better than the original, Ozzy never has and never will be able to sing worth two shits
But yes he did well
Maybe he should finish Ozzy's No More Tours!🤣
@@victorkreig6089 It is really hard to sound like Ralph Stanley and he can do that too.
@@victorkreig6089 your nuts! Ozzy is a great singer.
The shame of it is that he is a better cover artist. Billy lacks severely in the song writing department. Amazing guitarist, fantastic voice…..just not so good at writing his own songs. I cannot think of a cover song that he has played and did not kill it. I would not pay $5 for one of his albums.
From someone who was alive when that song came out and told she was worshiping the devil for listening to it, God bless you young bloods. 🥰👏👏👏
The song is called walpurgis and is about satanic worshippers. Sabbath would play the original version often live. The record label talked them into changing the lyrics to appeal to the hippies, lol. Not that you were ever worshipping the devil or anything like that, but it's kind of funny.
@@jimbodice2672 I did not know this. I always took the song as anti evil.
@@gunsnwater2668 The devil worshippers get banished to hell. It's not pro-evil either. I mean they got what they asked for.
@@jimbodice2672
I was going to call BS.
Crow tastes awful.
YES MA'AM !!! I WAS TOLD THEY PLAYED DEVIL MUSIC TOO AS A YOUNG TEEN. I LOVE THEM SO VERY MUCH AMONGST MANY OTHERS PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE EVIL. IGNORANCE
As a man raised in bluegrass in the Kentucky mountains with a last name of Osborne and also a die hard rocker and super huge Ozzy/Black Sabbath fan, I bow my head to you Billy Strings. You've made an old man very very happy.
I've seen Billy enough times to know that "WTF did I just witness" feeling that everyone in the audience had when this song ended. I wish I could have been there for this one.
Can confirm I still have that feeling…
He’s amazing, I’ve been listening to him for quite some time now and am going to see him for the first time in Long Island NY next week. My wife is a metal head and I’ve been trying to send her songs but after watching his shows on here you never know what you’re going to get at a show. I hope he plays this one!!
I'm shocked at the number of people singing along. Who would have guessed that a bluegrass based crowd would know the lyrics to Black Sabbath anything? Kudos to them.
I swear my face melted off.
@@donaldengel4128 Ashville is just down I-40 from Nashville, TN . . . we probably get some of the best music - consistently - anywhere. It's "Music City" not "Country City."
Bro he killed the vocals!! Amazing cover!!
This kid is amazing (sorry, I’m 68)
He is all over the map
Does EVERYTHING
Bluegrass, Blues. Metal, Rock from the Dead to Hendrix and everything in between!
Keep on Rocking!
Just Excellent!!!
dont be sorry, you're the best.
Ahh yes! A little Sabbath with Gandalf and a banjo! Love it! :)
Billy’s come a long way since dust in a baggie!! Freaking AWESOME!
Half a century and they're still paying homage to this song. Beautiful.
That was tight. Very tastefully done.
What crazy dream have I walked into? Please don't wake me up just yet. Billy Strings and the Band of Merry Men playing War Pigs. My life has gone full circle.
From amazing Dead covers with Billy and the kids to absolutely crushing Sabbath. The dude is just incredible.
eeeeeeehhhh, not!
@@rabarebra not what?
@@mjeh1 incredible
@@rabarebra ok, troll.
"Satan laughing spreads his wings". That line always sends shivers down my spine. Great performance!
Amazing song that stood the test of time and more relevant than ever
I find it hilarious that it’s the “anti-war” left that’s pushing nuclear war. If I die in a nuclear holocaust, which is likely given my proximity to NYC, I’ll die knowing it was the boomer “hippy” leftists that destroyed the planet.
Should be the Democrats and RINOs anthem…. They seem to enjoy feeding the war machine $$$
Dude, that was amazing. Old 70s and 80s metalhead stoner here. One of the best covers of this song I have ever heard, hands down.
I have to agree 👍 💯 %
One of my favorite Renaissance period songs.
I have never heard any guitarist recreate this song so accurately, even Tommy himself!
It was full of small mistakes and who is tommy? You mean tony?
@@daves_not_here_mannn Tommy Iommi! 🤣🤣 Good performance though!
@@congoose100 yea it was!
Only one Word to be said here........
AWESOME!!!
OZZY!
Dummy :)
Clicked, thought it would suck, listened to it all. It was good.
I've just had a moment...what a gift. He may play the Blue Grass but he can jam the Black Sabbath...if there could be a better topper it would have been Ozzy appearing in his white Cape!!! As a side note how about all the people in the Audience who know the tune. Rock and Roll Lives on and on and on....
"You Can't Kill Rock and Roll, It's Here To Stay."
I was already a huge fan, but damn. First, he nailed it. Second, the crowd nailed it too!!!
This means so much to me that Billie would pick this song from my generation and pass it to his and do it so much justice...well done!
who?
This is surreal, on so many, many levels. Peace and love Billy.
I would watch a Billy Strings Sabbath cover band ANY DAY OF THE WEEK
just when You think you seen Billy do it all He pull's this One out of the bag WOW that was great
Woah! I saw Black Sabbath do this back in the day and am amazed at Billy and Company's rendition.
Billy is a genius guitarist. Can turn his hand to different styles and still outshred most of his peers and fellow musicians. So highly underrated as a singer songwriter to.
He hit Planet Caravan in Cary, NC this year. I lost my shit to that. I don't think many folks around recognize this kind of genius nowadays. Billy is an artist that finds good music to translate. Once you hear a bluegrass rendition of a Black Sabbath song... good luck thinking straight. BS playing BS is just the shit.
It sucks that people get caught up in labeling genres. There's two kinds of music. That which sucks and that which doesn't.
The single greatest opening song ever written. I’ve seen Sabbath open with this song and other bands cover it who used it to open as well. It has such a great intro. Then it’s of course the template for heavy rock the rest of the way.
My vote would go to Whiskey River, but War Pigs is definitely in my top 5 of openers.
Heck yeah! People don’t realize, Billy was a metal/ speed metal guy before he was a bluegrass guy. This is back to his own roots😈
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@@BiiirdMusic damn😢
This was phenomenal, Billy truly is a modern day guitar god 🎸
Gandalf and Bilbo rocking War Pigs! What could be better?
Thanks for sharing.
Ozzy.
Nailed the banjo, fiddle, mando part! 😂
This guy plays all the greatest music! Just when think you’ve seen Billy play everything, he always surprises me with another!,
His dad must be super impressed with the son he brought up. Good job.
So cool that Sabbath has stood the test of time, back in the 70’s the critic’s hated Sabbath and they never got any radio time, I love it!
What is even going on. Billy is just doing it all and I'm here for it. Lol
Is there anything the man can't do? Such a pleasure to be alive & kicking while he inhabits this planet!
What a great live show this was. He did amazing covers.
@@donkey3187 Well, I'm not sure what you mean by awkward, he is neither clumsy, unskilled or ungraceful onstage and when it comes to charisma, he sure appears to have a small amount of that in interviews and in crowd interactions but charisma itself is something many famous musicians lack in large amounts anyways.
For some reason I don't think you have ever watched or listened to to much Billy. I'm saying this as a person who is not even a huge fan of him or the genre, I just appreciate the talent and to the point of my orig comment, the covers he did were great..
@@viracocha03 the way he moves in this clip are awkward and goofy is what Im saying
@@donkey3187 Goofy is a word I would use for Billy, especially when he is playing solo's, thats for sure.
I may have misunderstood what you were trying to say the first time but I think I got ya this time around.
@Viracocha don’t engage with this energy, billy is one of the most comfortable entertainers with his axe shredding face every town he tears down 🔥🔥🔥
So glad to see and hear young people picking up the flame and keeping great music alive for years to come.
Man this is really great shit would have big money to see this
Michigan kid rockin' a Middle Earth/blue grass inspired version of one of a British band's biggest hits, south of the mason-dixon line. Come on, we can all get along better than we currently do if something like that can happen.
We really can, people need to get off the internet, unless you're watching this and buying tickets next tour😎
Scored tickets for last night...so glad I got to see these guys perform...the crowds energy was awesome..bravo billy and crew.
He has come a long way from "Dust In A Baggie". Awesome!
The playing on that song is way above this.
YOU CAN SEE ME ON THE BIG SCREEN AT 6:19 !!!! HOW FREAKING COOL?!?!?!!? definitely the most epic concert ive ever been to(second time ive seen billy) and i walked away with a setlist!
Ozzy is probably smiling a big smile of approval. And I must say he Def did it justice
Probably one of the greatest songs ever written imho. It just keeps showing itself over and over again to be true. Timeless classic.
This is GREAT!!!! What a killer cover choice especially for Halloween!!
This has nothing to do with Halloween don't you hear the lyrics
Omg, this isn’t about Halloween
@@evalolacookie I googled halloween songs and this came up WTF
One of great traditional bluegrass songs baby!
it will go down in history 😃
Billy has the voice and the chops to be a real rock n roll force. Imagine if he went down that path!
telling my self that
Well..he did already and then went bluegrass. It makes sense.
Billy can play and sing anything…..true talent.
Grateful i got to be there for those
shows ! The Energy in that place
was Popin
They Killed Everything
The Knights in White Satine was
Beautiful !
Never heard of them, but they did a great job! Well done.
Dude is one of the sickest bluegrass players out there right now. I say that as a metal/punk rock fan. Love this kid. Check his other stuff out.
I was nervously anticipating cringing before he started to sing, but then he totally nailed young Ozzy. Very impressed with the talent and an instant fan!
This is the BEST thing in the universe! Wow! Nicely done!
No idea who Billy Strings is but this came up on my feed. INCREDIBLE! Nailed it. So glad I clicked. This Sabbath song is so relevant to our times. Ukraine is a pawn. Down with the establishment. Down with the War Pigs.
How much confidence does it take, To step up and absolutely Crush This?!
Way To Step-up B I L L Y ! 😎👌
Nice to see bands earning their living with live gigs again. Thank you team Billy.
Oh man!!! Wish I was there!!! Amazing!!! ❤
Man, Billy and the guys can play anything. Damn!
For such a time as this!
For a "kid" who mostly plays bluegrass this guy rocks the house , best War Pigs cover or Black Sabbath cover I have heard !
This is what a real entertainer looks like!
insane how good they did at this
The second I heard this it would have blown my mind
He is just an awesome musician!!!!! Special
Anyone remember that skinny kid playing his guitar in a basement years ago. Now look what happened. Now Billy Strings belongs to the world.
I watched this on Nugs and I just can't get enough! Absolutely love watching Gandalf rocking down with that electric bass!
Same! 💙💙
Les Claypool ?
Great stuff.
@@RevGreen Nope, Royal Masat!
Never heard of this guy But WTF!! 🤘🤘🤘 This is friggin JAMMIN man.. LOOK AT THIS fuckin guy command that stage WOW!!
Well you just discovered a prodigy!! Congrats! And he's a blue grass god
never underestimate the talent of a true musician 😎 unlimited
Makes my heart warm to know people that went to a country/blue grass show sing all together to Sabbath War Pigs. Hope for the next generation?
Awesome. Absolutely killed it.
Wowwwww..this cat can DAMN SURE PLAY THE EVER LIVING HELL OUTTA OF A GUITAR !!!! SALUTE TO YOU BILLY !!!! ROCK ON BRO.......
Not sure how this showed up in my feed but they did a great rendition of that classic.
One of the greatest anti banker songs ever.
Aayyyy the ending got all over my energy going. Thanks for the video.
Long live Black Sabbath 🖤
Billy Strings you are the man 360° Of Badass💯💪
Pretty amazing that a large portion of his audience knew the words to War Pigs.
Great cover, the instramentals
and the vocals are great "BMFS"very fitting TIMES for a classic political song two thumbs up......
Outstanding job🤙
Wow that is the first time since the Canadian trucker convoy that a video made me smile in my feed first thing in the morning.
The GOAT
Wow, that brought a big smile to my face!! The band goes old school.
Fabulous! That dude even sounds like Ozzy. Love the outfits. Thanks for this🙏🤘🧝🧙
Absolutely the BEST ending of War Pigs I have ever heard.
Coolest thing I’ve seen in a while!
As a old fan of Black Sabbath and new fan of Billy Strings 🤙🏻come to Oklahoma give us a show 🤙🏻
This is another great cover by Billy.
OK, this is my first time ever hearing or seeing Billing Strings, and this is fucking amazing!
Love billy, this is one of the best covers I’ve ever seen by far!
I’m so sad I missed that concert now 😂😂😂❤️ I freaking love Black Sabbath lol
Great job Billie string's you actually did it justice. But faith no more also did it justice. Iconic Toni iommi .