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Title: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: gunsmith on June 18, 2011, 12:01:42 AM

"I like smoke and lightning, heavy metal thunder"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UWRypqz5-o&feature=fvwrel

but this guy is head banging, so innocently, last century.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz_6jagv_D4

Some say MC5 kick out the jams was the first heavy metal, but I think they were the first punks.

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: gunsmith on June 18, 2011, 12:16:36 AM

& why are the lyrics for this song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4cx1pk0P3o&feature=fvst
different now than when this vid was first out?
I like the original 1970 version better but I can not figure out what he is saying...I'm probably to old to unnerstan now.

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: Perd Hapley on June 18, 2011, 12:26:17 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54GNI2K3-ec

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: gunsmith on June 18, 2011, 12:35:27 AM

Quote from: The artist formerly known as fistful on June 18, 2011, 12:26:17 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54GNI2K3-ec

two thumbs up! steel driving is definitely metal!

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: Bogie on June 18, 2011, 02:56:03 AM

In the Garden of Eden...

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: Harold Tuttle on June 18, 2011, 09:13:53 AM

yep

1968 Iron Butterfly

1972 Machine head by Deep Purple

1975 Motorhead

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: Lee on June 18, 2011, 09:30:20 AM

Ozzy and Black Sabbath has to be one of the first to mainstream REAL heavy metal...something that was totally unlike previous rock....yet hit the big time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MII3ns2KTBc

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: Tuco on June 18, 2011, 09:56:26 PM

My Jr High school art teacher is in the crowd (standing near the edge of the stage) on the cover of the MC5 live album recorded at the Grande Ballroom
See him right between the C and the 5, dark hair and a beard.

(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2Fd%2Fdc%2FMC5_-_Kick_Out_the_Jams.jpg&hash=c9ca90155c85bafc5eb167b92d0fcb75ceee44cc)

October, 1968

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: Ron on June 18, 2011, 10:11:20 PM

Not heavy metal but some serious guitar shredding going on in this 1970 clip of Chicago. Yes that Chicago.

While the audio is almost non existent for the first minute twenty seconds and isn't that good afterward, it is well worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBIO5RdAhZg

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: gunsmith on June 18, 2011, 10:27:52 PM

Quote from: Ron on June 18, 2011, 10:11:20 PM

Not heavy metal but some serious guitar shredding going on in this 1970 clip of Chicago. Yes that Chicago.

While the audio is almost non existent for the first minute twenty seconds and isn't that good afterward, it is well worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBIO5RdAhZg

25 or 6 to 4, I remember that song, they were an ok band then but turned into complete crud by the 80's

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on June 18, 2011, 10:38:50 PM

I don't remember. I started rebeling against my mothers ethnic, folk, blues, and classical when I got my first radio and started listining to the rock station. I was like 5.
 :angel:

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: gunsmith on June 18, 2011, 10:55:52 PM

Quote from: bluestarlizzard on June 18, 2011, 10:38:50 PM

I don't remember. I started rebeling against my mothers ethnic, folk, blues, and classical when I got my first radio and started listining to the rock station. I was like 5.
 :angel:

Jenny said when she was just 5 yrs old there was nothing happening at all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2duFNff_ArY&feature=related

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on June 18, 2011, 10:59:28 PM

Quote from: gunsmith on June 18, 2011, 10:55:52 PM

Jenny said when she was just 5 yrs old there was nothing happening at all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2duFNff_ArY&feature=related

:laugh:

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: Bogie on June 19, 2011, 12:12:39 AM

I've got a DVD that has a Chicago Transit Authority vid from that time period - "I'm a Man" -WITHOUT- a horn section.
 
I dunno if the Warhol banannaband really counts all that much, altho I do sort of like 'em...
 
Alice Cooper?

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: Balog on June 19, 2011, 01:11:47 AM

I'm gonna go with early Sabbath.

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: SADShooter on June 19, 2011, 12:52:36 PM

Ready the slings and arrows, I'm going to argue that metal was born, or at least the seeds of the template sewn, in 1967 with the release of Disraeli Gears, from the original power trio, Cream. Sunshine of your Love or Tales of Brave Ulysses, take your pick. Driving rhythm section, fiery guitar, aggressive vocals, its all there.

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: gunsmith on June 19, 2011, 04:11:39 PM

Quote from: SADShooter on June 19, 2011, 12:52:36 PM

Ready the slings and arrows, I'm going to argue that metal was born, or at least the seeds of the template sewn, in 1967 with the release of Disraeli Gears, from the original power trio, Cream. Sunshine of your Love or Tales of Brave Ulysses, take your pick. Driving rhythm section, fiery guitar, aggressive vocals, its all there.

ooooh, good point!

btw folks, I wasn't trying to say velvet underground was metal, just commenting on BSL's post

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: Lee on June 19, 2011, 04:31:12 PM

This thread brings back a lot of memories.  I did a presentation in English class on Born to be Wild.  I had a 125 Yamaha after all...  it was a goofy exercise doing a 1970's version of multimedia....or unimedia is more like it.  We made our own overheads using printed media and  clear cabinet liner material (I think).  But Black Sabbath was something dark and evil, reserved for evenings behind the closed bedroom door, out of the parents earshot...or so I thought.   

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: never_retreat on June 19, 2011, 08:18:02 PM

Even though I was not born quite yet.
My vote is either with Black Sabith or Motor Head.
I don't know who was older.

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: roo_ster on June 19, 2011, 11:54:48 PM

Quote from: Balog on June 19, 2011, 01:11:47 AM

I'm gonna go with early Sabbath.

Me, too, for the Something Truly Different aspect.  But, I can also make an argument for Led Zeppelin, as they were a few months/maybe a year ahead of Sabbath and Zep has all the metal bits.

I still wonder what sort of WTF looks Sabbath got at its first few gigs.  Their garb shouts, "Brit Art Rock," but they sound like a freight train.

First (original lineup) Sabbath song I ever heard, on I-40 going from Little Rock to Ft Smith:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akt3awj_Ah8

Besides, Iommi has lost two of the fingertips on his right hand and replaced them with thimbles.  [robert_johnson]Obviously, he has sold his soul to the Devil in return for his guitar talent[/robert_johnson]

Steppenwolf, Cream, Iron Butterfly, and a few others were definitely contributors, but transitional IMO.

Quote from: The artist formerly known as fistful on June 18, 2011, 12:26:17 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54GNI2K3-ec

Whoa, Nelly!

Quote from: Ron on June 18, 2011, 10:11:20 PM

Not heavy metal but some serious guitar shredding going on in this 1970 clip of Chicago. Yes that Chicago.

While the audio is almost non existent for the first minute twenty seconds and isn't that good afterward, it is well worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBIO5RdAhZg

Dude give up nothing to the axemen who followed and would likely whip all but the very best.

Take out the horns & maybe synth & no question, that would be metal.

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: Harold Tuttle on June 20, 2011, 11:07:33 AM

devil music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGPhpvqtOc

Screamin Jay Hawkins 1958

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: richyoung on June 21, 2011, 12:16:48 PM

Quote from: gunsmith on June 18, 2011, 12:01:42 AM

"I like smoke and lightning, heavy metal thunder"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UWRypqz5-o&feature=fvwrel

but this guy is head banging, so innocently, last century.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz_6jagv_D4

Some say MC5 kick out the jams was the first heavy metal, but I think they were the first punks.

Probably either the Kink's "You Really Got Me", or the Beatle's "Helter Skelter"....

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: Fitz on June 21, 2011, 12:34:26 PM

Helter Skelter.

Title: Re: so, I was thinking...what was the first ever heavy metal song?
Post by: HankB on June 21, 2011, 02:37:41 PM

First Heavy Metal?

Spike Jones The Blacksmith Song circa 1942 . . .  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctEJ-rCkm3c

The Anvil Chorus from Verdi's Il Trovatore . . . circa 1853 . . .     heavy metal comes in around 1:19 in this version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tjL29fLcc0&feature=related  (Like one of the comments, how can you not like music that has real hammers in it?)

Or, if you don't appreciate traditional treatment . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r1knpIlcV8&feature=related

(Modern heavy metal sounds a bit different . . . )