Shades of Black Sabbath - 13 Live Event Review

AMAZING! I could just leave it at that, but I won't.

OH MY GOTH! I feel like I am five again, and hearing Black Sabbath for the first time! The documentary starts with Sabbath playing some of my all time favorites, namely, "The Wizard", "Into the Void", "War Pigs", and "N.I.B." I must say Ozzy sounds better than he has in years, and he remembers the words now! He often made up new ones live in the old days! Tony and Geezer...phenomenal, as always! Tommy Clufetos actually reminded me a bit of Sabotage era Bill Ward for some reason...the pig tails, maybe?

Brad Wilk; however, was the big surprise. He really got the feel of Wards style on the new album. I don't think anyone expected that! Rick Rubin is to be thanked for that, I suppose, putting everyone in the right "mood" for it by making them listen to the first album, and trying to channel that feeling. Thank you, Rick! As I have said previously in my blog, I've been a fan since I was five, and it means a lot!

I really liked what Rubin said about metal bands that are influenced by Black Sabbath taking "Shades of Black Sabbath" and incorporating it into their own music. I think that is VERY true! I have several shades of Sabbath myself! It was amazing watching them in the studio. I swear I feel five years old right now! 

The new videos are amazing! The interviews were as well. It is nice to see that Geezer still writes the lyrics to go with Tonys riffs. Your words have always had a profound effect on me, geez! Ozzy sounds like his old self...the guy I fell in love with on the first album, and not the over processed stuff of his later career. The whole 13 album has the raw emotion that floored me when I was a little girl. I am so glad to hear that! 

Ronnie James Dio is still my favorite singer of all time, but Ozzy was the first to catch my attention as a child. As deeply as I miss Ronnie, and loved the Dio/Sabbath years, and the band Heaven and Hell, it was the only logical thing to do in his painful absence. 

Thank you Black Sabbath, it is about time everyone else in the world (13 is #1 in 50 countries according to the broadcast!) noticed what I noticed back in 1970 as a mere baby!  Thank you, Rick Rubin, for being instrumental in bringing back the raw Sabbath sound that hooked me back then! 
Thank you, from your fellow Sabbath fan, Laurie Tysinger...from the bottom of my little Blackly Shaded heart! 

I LOVE YOU, BLACK SABBATH! I always have, and I always will!

Source : Sabbath 13 live event
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8kCC2uvGY

If you didn't catch it live, you MUST WATCH IT NOW!!!!