Twinkling, tripped-out psychedelia, that betrayed Tony Iommi’s jazz influences. Rick Wakeman charged Sabbath a ‘fee’ of two pints of Director’s bitter for his incandescent piano playing. This bluesy paean to Geezer’s then-girlfriend had its lyrical origins in Ozzy repeating porno dialogue, to his bandmate’s amusement. Out of their heads they may have been, but the interplay between Iommi, Butler and a brilliantly dextrous Bill Ward is pure joy. 4 telegraphs Sabbath’s experimental mind-set. Inspired by a magazine headline, Black Sabbath's 2013 comeback found Ozzy musing upon the existence of a higher power in the wake of terrorist atrocities committed in the name of religion. It’s also the last one out on the record – an honorary spot, as everybody into vinyl knows.” - Mikael Åkerfeldt, Opeth “It’s a beautiful piece of music, mostly based around Ozzy’s voice, Iommi’s acoustic guitar and Will Malone’s string arrangements. ‘ There’s no escaping the power of Satan’, sang Tony Martin, making a convincing case for Sabbath entering the 90s as a band reborn. The title track from Sabbath’s 14th album Headless Cross, and their finest since Heaven And Hell. For the closing track of Technical Ecstasy, inspiration came from the prostitutes on the streets of Miami, resulting in a ‘tribute’ to the healing properties of ‘take away women for sale’. “I got a song out of it at least,” a more chilled Ozzy reflected later.īy 1976 Black Sabbath were in search of direction. Besides, it's mostly about the Benjamins these days so why alienate half your customers over some song you wrote 40 years ago if their willing to go through all the work to reconcile it with their deluded world view.Ozzy’s acerbic open letter to former manager Patrick Meehan (‘ Are you Satan, are you man?’), venting the singer’s fury at the legal “bullshit”. Seems very obvious to me what the song means, though I imagine if you asked the authors what it means, they would think your stupid and feed you a line of BS. I think Bog blast refers to a wish that the Bogs of Ireland rise against the inhabitants Ireland being a nation filled with bogs and Christians.Ĭhristianity causes people to live their life in pursuit of an afterlife. God knows that your dog knows more about life than you. It's inescapable, even after having shed the delusion glasses, the world around you is filled with people who make decisions based upon Christianity and their unreason effects your life.
Some people figure it out when it is simply too late. Upon recognizing Christianity as a pack of lies one realizes all of the poor decisions they have made in life as a result of it and sometimes the results are pretty severe, ie as in many years of life wasted. Love thy enemy, turn the other cheek, pay 10% of your income to the Church, the list goes on and on. Not referring to the sheep who actually believe, referring to those knowledgeable of Christianity who know that it is a pack of lies yet continue to propagate it because they benefit from it.Ĭhristianity is considered by many to cripple a person in the sense that obeying the bible is a distinctive disadvantage in life. When you start asking why people choose to keep perpetuating what they know cannot be true you get excuses and lies. Once questioned Christianity is finished it falls apart and is revealed Pretty obvious, Don't question religion, check your brain at the door. Something had to shake ones world view in order to get them to question their beliefs as unpleasant as it may have been. Refers to how Christianity distorts ones world view by causing people to attribute false meanings to what they observe in the world around them. "You've seen life through distorted eyes" The area the atrocity occurred in is in fact known locally as the Bogside. Incidentally the otherwise incongruous term "Bog Blast" is the voice of the People of Derry who suffered. They were well informed but railroaded by Warner Brothers, I believe, into playing their stance down on political grounds. Sabbath spoke up against the lies from the start and should take credit for their principles. The lies took nearly forty years to be addressed when Cameron finally apologised on behalf of the British Government. Specifically, the truth is the death of innocents, the distorted eyes are the media, "But you don't want to know" nails the apathy of those who side-lined open warfare euphemistically as someone else's "Troubles". "War Pigs" identifies the band as anti- militaristic and this song evokes the horror of military force turned against our own people. Geezer Butler is of Irish descent and understood the intensity of discrimination being played out before him. General CommentThe song was written in response to the widely understood miscarriage of justice following the Bloody Sunday Massacre. They just tell you that you're on your ownĪnd you don't care if you don't see again
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