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Since Black Sabbath never again reached the heights of their mid-'70s glory days, there's a brief sense of letdown during volume 2, especially when the videos venture dangerously close to "hair band" territory. But throughout, the group has kept its perspective, even developing a sense of humor usually buried by its notoriously dark music. --Kevin Filipski
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1992 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Bmg Distribution (VI |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Widescreen, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Music Video - Pop/Rock |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 060768832794 |
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Customer Reviews of The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 2: 1978-1992
Short, uneven, and sometimes a little embarrassing... First off, I'm a HUGE Sabbath fan, and admittedly more so of the early Ozzy stuff, so I could be biased in that regard. However, I still feel this DVD could have been much better. Starts off strong with great Dio fronted performances. Some stuff from "Mob Rules" would have been nice. We get literally a two second clip of "Zero the Hero" (which I think is a great song). And then we get POWER BALLADS! Like the entire, cheese covered, glossy MTV videos. If you're into the late 80's Sabbath sound, this might not be so bad. Then the DVD ends with the "Dehumanizer" reunion album/tour with Dio. Would it have killed them to include the entire "T.V. Crimes" video? The main portion of this DVD is less than 45 minutes long (there are some extra interview type segments elsewhere in the menu). It seems as though all the good stuff (i.e. performances) are either clipped or interrupted. Black Sabbath may not have been in top form for a good portion of the 80's, but again, this DVD could have been a lot better.
I Agree that it Could Have Been Done Better...
...but it's still not bad. I bought THE BLACK SABBATH STORY, VOL. 2 at the same time as VOL. 1, and I did think right away that it was kind of weird that the 50-minute VOL. 2 sported 12 songs, while the 60-minute VOL. 1 had 10. Well, it is unfotunately true that most of the videos shown on VOL. 2 are truncated, which is too bad because most of these songs are very good.
You know, every time people counted out Black Sabbath, they always came back with good material, no matter who sung for them. Hey, there were millions who thought that the Sabs were done when Ozzy left the band in 1978. But they came roaring right back with Ronnie James Dio in 1980, and put out two studio albums and their first-ever live album in the early 80's. Then Dio left in an acrimonious split, and former Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan took over for one album which, unfortunately, was poorly received. Then the whole David Donato misfire occurred (a male model with no previous professional singing experience, he was basically brought in for looks and nothing else, till he was fired by the band after three weeks due to his arrogance), after which Black Sabbath officially broke up, for the very first time in history. For the very first time, it seemed right to count out Black Sabbath for good. However, a very interesting thing happened: Tony Iommi wanted to do a solo album, which upset Warner Brothers, who didn't want to give up the Black Sabbath ghost as much as Black Sabbath itself! When Tony assembled a band that included former Ozzy bassist Bob Daisley and former Trapeze & Deep Purple bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes on lead vocals, Warner got cold feet and demanded that the finished product be released under the moniker "Black Sabbath Featuring Tony Iommi," rather than just under Iommi's own name. The result was the terrific SEVENTH STAR, which produced Black Sabbath's first Top 50 hit since "Paranoid," a great power ballad called "No Stranger To Love." Unfortunately, Glenn Hughes, who sang his heart out on the album, had fallen into cocaine addiction, and didn't last the tour. After briefly hooking up with up & coming New York-bred metallist Ray Gillen to finish out the tour, Black Sabbath got a dependable, and also virtually unknown, singer by the name of Tony "The Cat" Martin, who lasted for three albums from 1987-1991, till the Sabs reunited with Dio for the excellent album DEHUMANIZER (1992).
This is the basic rundown of the many turns & twists in the career of the ever-adapting Black Sabbath from 1978 to 1992. it is fascinating; unfortunately, this video is so short that it has no time to dwell on any particular part of it. The result feels very rushed. However, it is still worthy to add it to your Black Sabbath video collection, as long as you don't spent too much money on it (Try Amazon Marketplace, or E-Bay). It does provide some very good interviews with some of the band members, such as Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Cozy Powell and Ian Gillan. I particularly liked Gillan's segment the best; as much of a vocal legend as this man is, he makes no bones about the fact that he didn't really fit in well as a Black Sabbath singer, even going so far as to say, "I was probably the worst Black Sabbath singer ever," with a laugh. I can't agree with that; however, I can sure appreciate the unselfish sentiment represented by the statement. He does acknowledge that there were some very strong songs on BORN AGAIN (1983); unfortunately, we only hear brief snippets of the two best songs, "Trashed" and "Zero The Hero," from this much-unfairly maligned album. We also get not enough of the videos for the great Dio songs like "Die Young" as well as "T.V. Crimes" and "I" from the 1992 reunion.
Sure, it's not the best Black Sabbath video, and it was obviously done to cash-in on the Dio reunion in that year. But for us die-hard Black Sabbath fans, it's worth it!
RECOMMENDED FOR BLACK SABBATH FANS ONLY
What Is UP With This !!!!!
Let me start this review by saying that I am a ---BIG---!!!! Black Sabbath fan and that this review is NOT a knock on the QUALITY OF THE MUSIC or the CONTENT of the video's. What it is is a KNOCK AT THE PEOPLE WHO EDITED AND COMPILED THIS JOKE OF A DVD!!!!!!!. What is up with all the CUT and HACK footage, this is A VERY UNWATCHABLE video.The interview segments are interesting, but WHY aren't the VIDEO'S SHOWN in thier FULL LENGTH.I have seen many of these video's on MTV and other places IN THIER FULL LENGTH, so WHY NOT ON THIS DVD!!!!!!!. This is a DVD that I bought, watched once, and then traded in at the used CD store. I should feel guilty trading it in, becouse someone else will buy it and probably be severly dissapointed like I was. SAVE YOUR MONEY PEOPLE, don't flush it down the toilet like me and MANY other people have.