Black Sabbath the End of the End

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Since I've got to

this building today,

I've been happy,

I've been cheerful,

my emotions are

flying all over the place.

It's weird.

Let's see what happens.

It's going to be

pretty strange, I think.

I don't know

how I feel really.

It's going to be very sad,

and it's going to be

joyful as well

in the same time.

I don't really know

what to expect.

Got butterflies

in me stomach.

Feel like I'm

being sentenced

to death or something.

Like something terrible

is about to happen.

It'll be a

feeling of knowing

we're not going

to be playing

these songs again.

It's our last show ever.

We have to

leave the audience

with the best show

that they're ever

going to see

from Sabbath.

This is definitely it.

One of the proudest thing

I have in my heart

is the fact that

Black Sabbath wasn't

a band that was created

by some big mogul guy.

It was four of us,

let's have a go,

we have a dream,

and it came true beyond

our wildest expectations.

We're Black Sabbath.

It just seemed

right to start off

with Black Sabbath.

Louder!

It immediately

puts you there, I mean...

The fans, you know,

they love that song, so...

What is this

That stands before me?

Figure in black

Which points at me

Turn around quick

And start to run

Find out I'm the chosen one

Oh, no

Big black shape

With eyes of fire

Telling people

Their desire

Satan's sitting there

he's smiling

Watches those flames

Get higher and higher

Oh, no, no

please God help me

What happened when you

first played Black Sabbath?

It was at

The Pokey Hole

in Lichfield.

This place called

The Pokey Hole Club.

I'd just written

Black Sabbath that

morning at rehearsal.

Tony comes up

with that all-time

classic wonderful riff...

And he's like, "Oh, yeah."

You know instinctively

when you're onto a good one.

We did the usual

12-bar blues set.

We sort of just put

that new song in

that we'd just done.

When we put it in,

the whole place

went mental.

Is it the end, my friend?

Come on!

Satan's coming

'round the bend

People running

'cause they're scared

The people better go

and beware

No, no, please, no

Let me see those hands!

Come on!

Thank you!

Let me see it!

Let me see

those hands, come on!

God bless you all.

How you doing?

Well, this is

the final show

for Black Sabbath.

We hope

you've enjoyed us

over the years.

I guess you have

or you wouldn't have

come out tonight.

I gotta tell you

something, man,

what a journey

we've all had

up here, man.

It's f***ing amazing!

We started in 1968,

and it's now 2017.

I don't f***ing believe

that sh*t, man.

Black Sabbath,

from day one, has

always been my life,

and I've, you know

lived every aspect of it.

I kind of remember

playing The Crown pub,

and I'm thinking,

"Well, this is good

for a couple of years.

"Drink a few beers,

and have a jam."

And that was the beginning of

the most incredible adventure

I could ever think of.

It's kind of being

put in a barrel,

and rolled down

the biggest mountain ever,

and you come out,

and you're like,

49 years later,

it's mind-blowing.

We didn't think it'd last

more than three

or four years back then,

never mind

nearly 50 years.

You know, even our own

families thought that

we were just wasting our time.

We've always done that,

I remember, since day one,

we were up

against a big challenge

and so on to push

our music through.

-Right.

-And it's been that way

all the way along

the line, you know.

It took us seven auditions

to get a record deal.

One of the guys

told us to go away,

learn to play

our instruments,

and write proper songs.

And that was like...

It was like, "Thanks,"

you know...

And it took us, like,

ten years to get into

the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Because people, you know,

didn't really want

to recognise us

as what we are.

Talking about

the Rock and Roll

Hall of Fame, I'd go,

"Don't f***ing put me in,

I don't give a f***."

Because it's the fans

that matter to me.

They buy the records,

they buy the stuff.

Here's a song called

Fairies Wear Boots.

Come on!

Everybody, let's go, come on!

Goin' home, late last night

Suddenly I got a fright

Yeah, I looked

through a window and

surprised what I saw

Fairy wear boots

and dancin' with a dwarf

All right!

Yeah, fairies wear boots

and you gotta believe me

Yeah I saw it, I saw it,

I tell you no lies

Yeah, fairies wear boots

and you gotta believe me

I saw it, I saw it

with my own two eyes

Let's go!

I love you!

The tour

has been brilliant,

the whole tour.

I mean, all these countries

we've played...

How many gigs

do you think you've done?

A lot.

Over 12.

Well, the 13th tour,

before...

that was going

to be the last tour

that we'd do,

but then,

only few months after,

we thought,

let's just do

a proper final tour.

Come on!

Finishing off in Birmingham,

it was fantastic.

It was just that thing

where we started,

and that's where

it should finish.

I don't know whether

I've got a brilliant accent

or not, I mean, really,

but as soon as I cross

that border I'm Brummie

again, it just comes out...

- I mean...

- All right?

This is our home,

where we were all born.

So, that makes it

special for us.

Every Saturday, I could hear

the Villa roar of the crowd

until I was old enough

to go down and see 'em.

So, what's more important?

Sabbath or the Villa?

Villa, of course.

It's just in

your blood, isn't it?

Birmingham have

really got behind

Black Sabbath in

the last few years,

you know,

with the home of metal

dedicated to us,

and the stars on

the pavement to us.

You know, things like that.

We know he's got his tram.

-You've got a tram?

-Yeah, there's, like, a sign,

it's about that big,

on this massive tram,

and I was like,"That's nice."

The girl who lives

in my house

sells my room

for 450 quid a night,

if you want to

stay in the room.

Must be a tiny room

in the f***ing house,

not bigger than my garden.

That's where he stays

when he goes to Birmingham.

I want to see

everybody! Come on!

Thank you!

How you doing?

Here's a song called

Under The Sun.

Thank you!

Well, I don't want no

Jesus freak to tell me

what it's all about

No black magician

telling me

to get my soul out

Don't believe in violence

I don't even believe in peace

I've opened the door

and my mind

has been released

The songs we're playing

for this tour have been

basically the classic songs.

You know, this is

the classic line-up,

so we're doing

the classic songs.

Though,

what we can do

is go on and play

what we think

that they want to hear,

and, I mean,

after all these years,

I think we know

our audience, you know?

There's always

going to be

people saying,

"Why didn't you play this?"

or "Why didn't you play that?"

And "Why are you

still playing

Iron Man and stuff?"

But if you

don't play Iron Man,

you can forget it.

You have to,

'cause otherwise,

people will feel cheated.

And here goes

everything now, come on.

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