BLACK SABBATH - The Story Behind "Planet Caravan"
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- Black Sabbath tell the story behind the song "Planet Caravan" including the demo track with different lyrics.
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I always wanted a whole album like Planet Caravan.
That’s what great bands do, just show you a glimpse of what genres they could be great at
Man.
.thatd be awsome
@@kiwiingenuity6666 totally
Try solitude
@@kiwiingenuity6666
Great song/Album
"We liked that, it was nice and relaxing... Good to get stoned to..."
Well put.
Weed and Sabbath is the best medicine for my soul.
Lol, fucking Geezer, that dudes a character.
Geezer's pretty cool for a vegan.
😊😊😊
mrsleep0000 He's also one of the best bass players of all time. Cliff Burton was a big fan of Geezer
Probably one of the most peaceful songs from one of the hardest bands ever. It just proves their versatility and incredible genius.
czcams.com/video/iu9PN5n4f1A/video.html Bill Ward Brutally Honest Interview
Hell ya brother !!!
Why did Metallica got hated when they did that ( Fade to black, the Unforgiven, Nothing else matters) ? Metal bands can make other songs than just heavy and creepy stuff. Here's the proof : Planet Caravan !
@@tristanribeiro7903 Seems everyone loves those tracks nowadays
For my Final in my “60’s in America” class I took for an elective, I compared Simon and Garfunkel with Black Sabbath. I cited several lyrics by S&G that, though melodically and beautifully delivered, were actually sad and borderline sociopathic; playing “I Am A Rock” as an example. Then, several lyrics by the much maligned Black Sabbath, that were actually totally about peace and love, but delivered in an aggressive and boisterous manner; playing “Children of the Grave” as an example. Got an A+.
I love theyre all talking about the song then ozzy’s contribution is “toni’s got no fingers”
hahahaha
Lmafo
4:24
Ozzy was a friggin mess for a few years.
Keith Johnson a few!?
Black sabbath, so much more than iron man and war pigs.
right, there's this hidden gem called Paranoid… ;-)
Has no one ever heard wheels of confusion or a national acrobat or fuckjng megalomania !!!!!
Matthew Prater or symptom of the universe
Elliot Rodger or spiral architect
Air Dance
Fucking love Geezer; "so it was about floating through space, with your loved one, instead of taking her down the pub and having some chips or whatever" 2:48
RJ Harwood You are right on the money there. Beautiful song too
Geezer has cool uncle energy
Thanks for this. Brought me to tears. Im never gonna see this song the same again 🤘
Floating in the clouds, more less. Such a sedative song
What's wrong with taking your gal to the Winchester?
The bassline to this song is underrated, its such a nice good flowing bassline
And that tone is just perfect
For sure. Smooth as butter
czcams.com/video/iu9PN5n4f1A/video.html Bill Ward Brutally Honest Interview
Nothing to this song is underrated
@@Sean_thompson_bassI’ve wanted a tone like Geezer ever since I became a Sabbath fan. I’m currently saving for a new (Squier) P bass and will dedicate lots of time to try to get that super smooth tone
"He cut the end of his fingers off hanfsjfjglsfh..."
-Prince of Darkness
Lmfao!😂
well spoken ozzy
Hey, don't you talk shit about the Oz-Man.
Lol
Thank you so much for that... I think I have never laughed so hard and long my entire life... literally... yes I know what that word means
Thank you!
One of the most instantly atmospheric and mind arresting songs ever.
hungfao check out Steve hillage, the green album. It was produced by Pink Floyd drummer nick mason and it’s a lot of synth, synth guitar, and guitar. Hillage is a master, blending minimalism and rock, truly a electronic wizard of music with his brand of progressive rock with intellect and soul. And some of most virtuosic English guitar of all time!
hungfao well put....instantly atmospheric ❤️👍🏼
I would like this but it's sitting at 420 so I have to let it be
“Mind arresting”, fabulous phrase in the best context.
Cool way of putting it.
I love Tony Iommi. He should be more talked about in the realms of the Page, Hendrix, Gilmour, Beck...etc etc. His body of work literally gave birth to an entire metal genre.
10000%!
I'll admit that he's not the most technical guitar player ever, but tell me his playing's not cool. There's a reason that Tony and Ozz are the guys people talk about in the creation of metal.
@@harrisontownsend910 Nah, Iommi's plenty technical. By the time he got to Dehumanizer, he was quite a capable shredder. Few other guitarists can do what his fingers do. Frightening trill speed. His lead playing is blistering fast, and yet he possesses the experience to use his ability sparingly and tastefully.
Blah blah blah Just say its a Masterpiece
Beck?!
This is the only and last song I want to hear when I'm dying, I want to become one with the universe and leave the world with this masterpiece playing on my journey.
Yep my fav Sabbath song!
Once the light beings show up you won't care what's playing in the background. Shit you wont even hear it
I want the theme song to Team America playing at my funeral.
I loved what you said, me, too
I’ve told my family this is to be played at my funeral. This and Into the Mystic by Van Morrison
I've always said that about Ozzy. His ability to write a vocal melody is astonishing. Some of the most hooky and memorable melodies.
Ozzy had supernatural ability to do this, one of the most blessed bands of all time.
Geezer wrote the majority of the Sabbath lyrics. Ozzy wrote very little.
@@christopherbost5387 Yeah, Ozzy would sing melodies, and Geezer would put these great lyrics on them. Incredible team work.
It's always crazy to me when people go, well ozzy just comes up with the melodies, he doesn't write the lyrics or music. He ONLY comes up with the melodies. You mean the part of the song that you hum, whistle, sing along too. The part of the song that catches your ear and makes you want to pay attention to the lyrics? Yea, that part.
@@barneyrubble8255 how's Bette and bamm bammdoing?
Oh yeah is Joe Rock head still breathing?
Tony iommi: Plays most badass riff ever “...whatever it was”
tripp as if nothing happened 😂
Beautiful song
Its a solo not a riff
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*solo
So hard to believe this is Ozzy's voice... wow
why? have you not heard solitude?
barfyman362 Solitude is bill ward
Black magic No, it's Ozzy.
why the hell do people think its bill? so odd
have you herd Kal black sing that song
“Whatever ever it was” shows the difference between knowing how to play a song and knowing how to play the guitar. He doesn’t have to play it the way it was recorded if he’s in the right key and following the pacing of his bassist and drummer. Can’t wait to see live music again.
I've never seen him play the same solo more than once. I think other than the paranoid solo that is.
Paranoid - the most complete album in human history. It's like drawing a perfect circle in one move.
‘Master Of Reality’ is a full package, no fillers, the quality of the compositions is in a whole other level, just as sprawling as ‘Paranoid’, but better.
My favourite Black Sabbath album. I discovered Black Sabbath and metal in general with Iron Man and Paranoid.
tony iommi is a genius
Great story about how he lost his fingers. You would think that for a guitarist that would be a death sentence. Real inspiration.
Praise Iommi
As is Dave mustaine
@@edgerider6698 Dave who?
The riff-master
I love Planet Caravan.
Derpy Dude real talk, if someone doesn't love planet caravan they're probably a robot.
Derpy Dude Everybody loves Planet Caravan.
+Epic_Paolo117 sup brah
SilverEevee ... Same here trippy asf I say ...black Sabbath 4-Life
Movies
This one, ORCHID AND SOLITUDE my fav songs of all times OMFG
Thanks for the song recommendations, I really liked these two songs.
Also changes on vol. 4 is a good song where the talent of the band comes through
Omg me too!
Orchid goes hard. Embryo is a fun little riff too
Orchid and Solitude are also mind blowing. Very athmosperhic and instrumental such as Planet Caravan.
Everytime I'm stress I just listen to this calm, warm, and beautiful song
czcams.com/video/iu9PN5n4f1A/video.html Bill Ward Brutally Honest Interview
Shut that fork up you bloody wanka wanna be rocker. You are a poser
Ozzy's voice is filtered through a Leslie speaker in this song.
Pádraig Exactly !
Yes did it in the song And You and I. Pink Floyd also almost did it to the vocals for Echoes. (The ultimately only fed the piano through the Leslie.
@mspider12 As he said, they are called Leslie Speaker. It's actually not a rotating speaker, but rather there's a rotating baffle chamber in front of the speaker (which is usually mounted upside down, projecting the sound downward to the rotating chamber)
Melanie L. Epic info 🧪
Melanie L. No , it isnt. The speaker is stationary , but the horn rotates using a motor with variable speed. It spins in a circle ( horizontal) creating the doppler effect.
Great song to get stoned and relax!, my favorite sabbath tune.
great song to get stoned and ride a horse at night
+Bart Nixon haha
Aguirre Cosmico yes it is 😎
im tripping so bad with this man
life is beautiful dont die
1:19 This interview proves Ozzys talents as a creater of vocal lines and melodies. A very important part of the music. Ozzy and Geezer came up with great songs together.
The more I learn about Black Sabbath, the more I appreciate just how awesome they were as a band... 5 decades of listening to the greatest Hardrock/Metal band ever!
I feel compelled to correct you, the greatest band period regardless of genre.
The entire Paranoid album is awesome! Every song is strong. I love Planet Caravan
Fax
Plannet caravan is one of those songs that only a few people know. Most people only know the mainstream songs and some do know some the underrated stuff but this song is special. It just is always super satisfying to listen to. - and yes I’m very stoned writing this
CatAttack 6471 you MUST be fuckin stoned if you think only a “few people know”.....I’m aware of what you’re IMPLYING, but you should really clarify it more....FUCKIN POSERS that know NOTHING about Black Sabbath and run around wearing Master Of Reality shirts....THEY don’t know this song. Then they hang that sabbath shirt up conveniently next to their “super awesome” Misfits and Iron Maiden shirts....thennnn turn around and put on a goddam Gucci fanny pack and a supreme headband....
Another one is hand of doom.
Solitude my g
@@Deathcatclub Best post I've read in a long time :D
The Whole Album Is Just 🌋
It warms my heart that someone showed Tony he could still go for it after his accident.
Django is a pretty damn obscure genius too.
I feel fear, happiness, sadness, hope, despair, appreciation, regret .....when I hear this song. So many emotions for such a beautiful piece of music
I've seen loads of rock and metal bands, but I genuinely think Tony Iommi is the best guitarist I've ever seen. The guy is class.
Indeed he's a league of his own
Dynamics. He can play using loud and soft, and expression, or at least he used to be able to. Most metal players have no idea of this.
Tony Iommi is a gentleman. It’d be a privilege to learn anything from him.
@Steve Giles kirk who?
Steve Giles Hammett*
He's not a gentleman he's a prickly bastard.
Tell that to Lita Ford. Apparently, he physically abused her when they were married. Not very gentlemanly to me....
@@martyschriver Key word is apparently, obviously there's no knowing but you can't go off assumptions
One of Sabbaths greatest songs. Pure ear candy. Its to bad it gets no air play. Great origin story.
1:45 "the moon, like a big red bun." Lyrics of this level of genius......
Those were the guide vocal lyrics, not the definitive ones you brainiac, that's what Ozzy came up with in the spot while jamming...
@@danielvargas1364 .....I like the 1st lyrics , .....it was like a brand new song to me !
.....it was genius ! Hehehmm !
@@danielvargas1364 BIG RED BUN
When I was a kid in late 70s I had every album there was! They introduced me to my mind!
oooh I love you Sweet Leaf!
rednecklowlife oh no, EVERY one? I’m so sorry you had to deal with Dio and whatever other trash singers they tried to replace Ozzy with.....sabbath is ONLY sabbath with Tony, Bill, Geezer and Ozzy and that’s that
And left me wanting you and your kind 🌿🌿🌿
Cori G Ozzy is my favorite singer of Black Sabbath and to me he is irreplaceable, but to say that Dio is a “trash” singer is hilarious even if you didn’t like his music.
@@Deathcatclub Dio was an amazing singer
2020: Lose the tops of your fingers in an industrial accident...sue the company for millions of compensation and win.
1969: Lose the tops of your fingers in an industrial accident...the Manager gives you a Django Reinhardt LP and says you can still play your guitar so not to worry.
Actually I believe he lost his fingertips in 1966, he was 18 at the time
@@timolson2047 yep, I've read his autobiography, it was '66.
SirBoycie I’d rather take the millions
@@brendanmccabe8373 He probably made more from his career as a musician.
1960s: Lose tips of fingers in a metal shop accident...invent heavy metal and become leader of a legendary monster band.
Tony doesn't often get the credit he deserves as a soloist. There's some really interesting lines hidden under those rubbery finger tips.
Ozzy wrote the lyrics. That is also Ozzy singing those lines.
But i agree Tony is a legend.
I’ll never forget the first time I heard this song. I was probably 12 or 13 and my friends older brother was blasting it on his stereo. It was instant magic!! That was at least 40 years ago now. Music is one of our most important aspects of being human.
A perfect band. No one else comes even close. Guitars, bass drums and vocals were always spot on and each song unique. Still fresh.
Best psychedelic song ever written
Spiritual.
Interesting fact: that animation of the solar system forming is from a 1976 NASA film titled: "Mercury: Exploration of a Planet". Parts of the animation were also used in other NASA films from the 1970s.
Thankyou.I was going to ask about that.
i will never get tired of hearing the story about tony not wanting to play guitar any more then being inspired by django reinhardt. to think that moment formed part of the path to black sabbath, just incredible
"... whatever it was." haha I lost it.
AstralProjector * Haha same here. It shows that sometimes these gifted musicians don't even know what they are doing and what they are about to create: a masterpiece!
AstralProjector * I'm with you. Humble guy
also...i don't think they ever played the song after recording it
Does anyone know for sure?
He has so many solos to remember in his mind... He's bound to forget a bit here and there, especially from an uncommon song like Planet Caravan
I'm sure he hasn't played it in a very long time.
How wonder how many times Tony has told the story about his fingers...
probably 500 times since the year 2000. Probably 2,000+ times in a lifetime.
romanpoet22004 that the created of heavy blue rock !!! Without that accident we have some crappy band like want be Metallica.
romanpoet22004 without the cut of his finger we would not have the famous Black Sabbath riffs !! ?
I think Tony tells this story just because that's like the only thing interviewers are interested in. In every interview I've seen, the main thing the interviewer asks him is how he lost his finger tips and what inspired him to keep playing.
And anyways, we will never know what we would have had, had Tony never lost his finger tips. This is how things happened to be. Peace!
It’s the same thing with Ozzy biting off the bats head. They just don’t like talking about it but they are too “humble” to not talk about it
My friends tell me that I am very happy and they ask me why and I tell them
I listen to the best band ever, I love Black Sabbath
I must say I also love panteras version of Planet Caravan. Ozzy is and will always be a legend.
I’m 35 now I first heard this song 5 years ago and i actually cried at how beautiful this song was. Still gives me chills every time I hear it. I believe it a perfect song.
We Sail through endless skies Stars shine like eyes The Black night sighs
To this day they are the best to ever do it, in my opinion. My all time favourite band. Can you imagine, they are all so young sitting around writing this incredible music, and here we are, watching this on CZcams all this time after, and still getting mind blown by listening to them... stoned.
"Good to get stoned to"
A wise man speaking right here
I still remember that time i got stoned and heared this at the same time, the experience was almost surreal
Sons of Birmingham
May your music live forever...
...and so Tony gave two fingers to the factory and a star was born.
That too on his last day
Masterpiece
No words to describe this gem
Calm quiet and relaxing ...hope the riff loops to infinity
Quite simply one of the greatest songs ever written and recorded.The sound of that song is absolutely breathtaking. It was this song that showed me that Black Sabbath was the real deal!
Two firsts for me: seeing Tony playing acoustic and getting up close view of the prosthetic right hand fingertips. Loved the Django Rheinhardt connection--how he became a model for Tony. You just can't stay in the pity party--not saying he ever was.
Ramon Cranert yea I read his book, knew about his fingers, and seen him play, but never that close up.
Just realized, he only had to build calluses on two fingers.. 🤘
Im convinced the accident and the prosthetics (he made his own out of melted down plastic bottles) had a huge effect on his unique tone. I've heard hundreds of ppl play the Iron Man riff and they never sound like Iommi
I used to listen to this song on repeat while I went to sleep as a kid. it's probably what got me to pick up the acoustic guitar and experiment with sound shaping in different room of the house for the reverb effect, since I couldn't afford real equipment. some good times :)
Mr Iommi Mr Butler Mr Ward You guys were there for me for a lifetime of highs and lows the good and the bad. Thru it all. Never let me down man. Ty Sabbath. RIP Ronnie.
Not an ozzy guy huh
Brilliant song...the album is a masterpiece 🎸🤘🏻🇬🇧
Ozzy had quite the falsetto back then.
M Kefer :
Really? You think so?
That sure looks like a real head of hair to me. I never would have guessed.
Ru K A "Falsetto" is a kind of voice register, not a wig lol
DeanRazor "falsetto hair" say it fast. Get it?
So what if ozzy wore high heels? What the man did is his own private time is nobody's business😁
Not so sure it's falsetto dewd ;) even the high note (E) is mostly hit with full head voice imo, maybe in rare cases, he did use falsetto, but not sure. There are even 2 versions of the song, so I'm talking about both vocal performances together.
Tony is the best guitarist ever. Who ever has lived. Who lives. Who ever will live. Seriously this man is a legend!
No, Bill Nelson is all of those things.
Nope.
Well, he is not the best, but he is the Riff Master.
Matt Retro dimebag is like hold my beer.
He's not you know....even he doesn't think so...
easily one of the greatest songs ever written. means something inexplicable to me
A young man has a terrible work place accident.
A manager who cares, lets him know that a person in the past went throught a similar thing.
A fantastical lyricist.
A poetical bass player and drummer.
I was a kid in the late 80s/ early 90s and this track and others blew me away.
Black Sabbath thank you from a working class kid from the South Wales Valleys.
I get goose bumps from this song. So many trips.
*PLEASE REUNITE! saw your last gig in the UK and definitely need more of you, WE ARE TRULY MISSING YOU ALREADY BLOODY SABBATH!*
Ozzy is SOOO good at making vocal melodies, he really doesn't get enough praise for that
So truly cool to hear the old schoolers NOT ripping on each other, but being so generous. Geezer is being WAY too humble- all the old heads know he wrote lyrics that struck 15 year old boys (back in the day) as sheerest PROPHECY. Wouldn't trade the memories for anything.
I never get tired of this song
Absolutely masterpiece
One of my fave songs by Sabbath. I totally love Iommi's riffs at the end. Absolutely brilliant!
Greatest band ever. I remember the first time I heard their music...changed my whole existence...just opened my mind. Looked at rainy days differently too.
Watched this video, halfway, grabbed my acoustic, started playing what he was playing. That riff , seems like it is unending, just like the galaxies they traveled through in the song. Simple yet Magical enough to travel light years!
I can’t adequately express how much love and gratitude I feel, as a musician and as a human being, for the four original members of Black Sabbath. To me, they are soul music. Literally! Thanks Tony, Geezer, Bill, and Ozzy!
That's great insight into what was behind the song when they recorded it, that has always been my favorite Sabbath song when Volume 4 came out in 1972, just for the jazzy guitar and drifting spacey melody. And then they mention Django and Joe Pass, two of my favorite Jazz guitarists and I didn't know all these years that Tony was influenced by both guitarists, makes sense. I love all the heavy guitar Sabbath songs but thank you Tony for changing up the tempo and being completely diverse but simple. Cheers!
Joe Garchar this song is from the album Paranoid
Joe Garchar you are confusing this with Laguna sunrise I think. this wasn't on vol 4
The mood this song brings is indescribable it's so beautiful..the genius of sabbath once again..Tony the master riff writer ozzy has a natural ear for melody and an incredible lyricist and ofcourse Geezer doing these insane bass lines obviously Bill holding it all together..much more the power chords this band is!
Incredible song. Unmatched talent. Best of the best.
The best band ever....since the most relaxing till the heaviest riffs!
SABBATH4LIFE!!
Planet Caravan is a huge trip....beyond the borders!
Currently reading Tony Iommi's autobiography. A great read. I can thoroughly recommend it to anyone. Also this is probably my favourite Black Sabbath song. Instantly fell in love with it first time I heard it.
It is a good read. I finished it in like 2 days
There are songs I'm grateful for coming across in my lifetime and Planet Caravan is one of them. It will always hold special place in my heart and inspired me as a musician.
The greatest Black Sabbath song! This song is out of this world. I never get enough of it.
💜 One of the best songs of Black Sabbath❣⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The best band of all time. the backbone of rock without a doubt!
This is a FABULOUS SONG. One of the best ever written! I can not stop listening to this song. It brings me so much relaxation. Thank God someone thought of making a 5 hour video with a repetition of this great song! I listen to it as a meditation before going to sleep! This sound is even the start of Grunge, years before it was on in the 90's! BRAVO Black Sabbath. True to rock, the pionner of all genre of rock. THANK YOU!
Awesome tune...its got a feel like no other.....shows how versatile they are.
This song makes me so sad reminds me of my father and how much I miss him.
Same man, lost him in September to bone cancer. Man loved his sabbath
amazing black Sabbaths greatest song
What an all time great band....so iconic and original and so many classic songs 🙂
I've always enjoyed this song but have grown to appreciate it even more over the decades. What an innovative band Sabbath were!
I think Pantera do a very credible and haunting version of this song . .
Chris Ellis dimes solos gets me man especially when it fades away with the music
Chris Ellis no.
No
Pantera does the absolute best Sabbath covers. Planet Caravan is one of their best. Electric funeral, Hole in the sky.. these guys probably haven't even heard them.
Yeah, Dime's solo is fucking phenomenal there.
I could sit and listen to every story of every song from the Ozzy years
Rosita
This song takes me back to the 70's more than any other. It just feels like warm summer nights listening to the radio and thinking about the universe.
What a great team ! Geezer and Tony are unstoppable when they are together . I cant even imagine the music world without them .
This song and "Solitude" and there is another one I can't think of, are MAGICAL
Changes?
alexs0t0 yeah probably changes
Laguna Sunrise is beautiful
Zeitgeist
@@haydenr5128 zeigesit is basically planet caravan pt 2 but shittier
Uno de los mejores guitarristas de todos los tiempos y la banda mas metalera de todos los tiempos
My favorite sabbath song it’s amazing from start to finish the 4 came together in perfect harmony on this one
One of my favorite Sabbath songs and a great one! Perfect for that time! Kick back, smoke a joint with the headphones on and enjoy!
No puedo evitar expresar que me salen lágrimas al no haber podido participar en esta época como un joven más aspirante a hacer su banda, fuese o no famosa, esto como lo vivieron no lo podría vivir ni similar ahora.
I still play this on the jukebox wherever I go well cuz I'm usually stoned and it's a great listen.
Such a great song. Black Sabbath are truly one of a kind band, full of talent and originality. Love you Sabbath 🏴🇬🇧🎶🎸🎤🤘
Literally the Sabbath song I listened the most this year. Also spent most of this year high, so I guess this makes sense.
I love Sabbath,way ahead of their time
I'm glad Iommi had such a good, caring factory manager. We're all lucky he did.
I love this song and play my Bass along to and With this song . Even my Mom loved this song . It's Beautiful .
One of favourite songs of all time.