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Formed 1967, Birmingham, England Mixing equal parts of bone-crushing volume, catatonic tempos, and ominous pronouncements of gloom and doom delivered in Ozzy Osbourne’s keening voice, Black Sabbath was the heavy-metal king of the Seventies. Despised by rock critics and ignored by radio programmers, the group sold over eight million albums before Osbourne departed for a solo career in 1979 [see entry]. The four original members, schoolmates from a working-class district of industrial Birmingham, first joined forces as Polka Tulk, a blues band. They quickly changed their name to Earth, then, in 1969, to Black Sabbath; the name came from the title of a song written by bassist Geezer Butler, a fan of occult novelist Dennis Wheatley. The quartet’s eponymously titl More... (Submit New Black Sabbath Lyrics) (Submit New Black Sabbath Lyrics) Review about Black Sabbath lyrics are correct | Reviewer: greg ------ About the song THE WRIT performed by Black Sabbath some other lyrics on the search page are inaccurate this one i feels right with song it's important to get the words right to understand the context of the song really an artist can right something sometimes and all i can do is sit back or feel it and just be in-spired not aspired i feel it in there, u know.... good song Facts about Black Sabbath & the song | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song PARANOID performed by Black Sabbath This song is used in 2 music based video games: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for the Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, Playstation 2, and Playstation 3, and also in the video game Rock Band for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. This song is heard briefly during the film We Are Marshall. This is about a man who is paranoid. The driving guitar and bass create a nervous energy to go along with Ozzy's lyrics. This was used as the title to the second Sabbath album. The band wanted to call it "War Pigs," after another song on the album, but the record company made them use this instead because it was less offensive. The album cover was a literal interpretation of a "War Pig" - it showed a pig with a sword and shield. The word "Paranoid" is never mentioned in the lyrics. "The Wizard," a song from their first album, was used as the B-side of the single. Black Sabbath waited 2 years before releasing another single, "Iron Man." They did not want to become a "Singles Band," with kids coming to their shows just to hear their hits. This also ensured that fans would buy the albums. In England, this was re-released in 1980 to capitalize on the success of Black Sabbath: Live At Last, which was released earlier that year. The album was taken from a Sabbath concert in 1975 with the original band members. Black Sabbath played this in their set at Live Aid in 1985. Megadeth covered this on the 1994 Black Sabbath tribute album Nativity In Black. This was the first Black Sabbath single. It came out 6 months after their first album. Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler (from Guitar World magazine, March 2004): "A lot of the Paranoid album was written around the time of our first album, Black Sabbath. We recorded the whole thing in about 2 or 3 days, live in the studio. The Song 'Paranoid' was written as an afterthought. We basically needed a 3 minute filler for the album, and Tony came up with the riff. I quickly did the lyrics, and Ozzy was reading them as he was singing." And about Black Sabbath, In 2005, they were finally voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They were overlooked 7 times, prompting Osbourne to ask that the band be taken off the list, feeling it was a sham because fans don't vote for the inductees. The band used to rehearse across from a movie theater. They got the idea to make scary music after seeing how much people enjoyed horror movies. There is a 1964 Boris Karloff movie called Black Sabbath. Iommi joined Jethro Tull for 2 weeks in 1968. He appeared with Tull on The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus special, but did not play on any albums. According to music historian William Ruhlmann, they originally called their jazz-blues band Polka Tulk, later renaming themselves Earth, and they played extensively in Europe. In early 1969, they decided to change their name again when they found that they were being mistaken for another group called Earth. Butler had written a song that took its title from a novel by occult writer Dennis Wheatley, Black Sabbath, and the group adopted it as their new name. Butler wrote most of the song lyrics. Ozzy did very little writing until he left the band. One of the candidates to replace Ozzy when he left in 1978 was Michael Bolotin, who would later change his name to Michael Bolton and sing soft rock. They went with Dio instead. They were one of the first bands to be considered "Heavy Metal." The phrase was introduced by the 1968 Steppenwolf song "Born To Be Wild." Osbourne's solo work did much better than the Black Sabbath material after he left. Iommi used to date Lita Ford. Ozzy did a duet with her in 1989 - "Close My Eyes Forever." Osbourne and Dio hate each other. One of Ozzy's tours featured a dwarf who Ozzy would call "Ronnie," referring to the vertically-challenged Ronnie James Dio. Ozzy: "Sabbath were a hippy band. We were into peace." Ozzy: "The only black magic Sabbath ever got into was a box of chocolates." Prior to the group truly coming together, Iommi worked in an industrial factory. On his last day on the job, his hand became caught in a piece of equipment, severing the tips of his fingers on his right (fretting) hand. Losing the tips of the fingers on your hand is a debilitating accident for a guitarist, but Iommi found a unique way to soldier on. After battling depression over the accident for quite some time, he was visited by a friend from the factory, who brought along some Django Reinhardt records. Reinhardt was a jazz guitarist from the mid-20th century who had a disability - a couple of his fingers were fused together. When Iommi heard Reinhardt play (and after receiving a pep talk from his friend) he decided that he could overcome his misfortune. He tried various ways to cover and/or extend his fingertips, to dull the pain he now had when trying to play and to make the tips themselves move more easily over the strings. What he finally came up with was taking a plastic detergent bottle, melting it, and applying the stuff to his fingertips. Miraculously, it worked! After taking care to form the new tips to snugly fit his fingers, and experimenting with various bonding agents to secure them, Iommi found that he could play again with minimal pain. All original members were from Aston, which is a suburb of Birmingham. They all lived in a one mile radius from each other. Dio helped popularize the "Rock Hand Symbol" of the two middle fingers and thumb in to the palm of the hand and the pinky and index finger out as a symbol to "Rock On." He got it from his Grandmother because she used it towards what she believed to be evil people. Could you read all that & not loose your place?Facts found on Songfacts.com even after forever there is ozzy | Reviewer: mab ------ About the song AFTER FOREVER performed by Black Sabbath its hard to say why oz and the boys would do a song like this.its satire. they heard that and sang it back the way it sounded to them.look at children of the grave and war pigs.if thats not enough check out the version of war pigs on ozzman cometh. EAT A DICK | Reviewer: latch ------ About the song AFTER FOREVER performed by Black Sabbath Why is is the song bad because it is pro-god? Ozzy is expressing his beliefs freely and if he and the rest of Sabbath wants to believe in god let them! I myself am not a religious man, but I don't get butthurt when I hear a good band that is notoriously (and falsely I might add) known for being anti-god. And I find the song to be very catchy, so if you don't like it then DON'T LISTEN TO IT. you have to admit... | Reviewer: mwa hahaha ------ About the song IRON MAN performed by Black Sabbath Black Sabbath lyrics, taken entirely at face value, without any knowledge of the time, the sound, or the people, suck. Completely. Most of the time, anyway. (this would be an exception, as would Heaven & Hell and some others) Look at the lyrics to Paranoid. Seriously. However, when you combine these lyrics and that Ozzy-wail and the sound and the aesthetic of the band itself, Black Sabbath is f*cking incredible. Metal itself is just one of those things that you either love or hate totally and have no respect for. I love it. Some people...do not. (Also: I am not a 12 year old. Thank you.) Fun song | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song ROCK 'N' ROLL DOCTOR performed by Black Sabbath I've seen a lot of people call Rock N'Roll Doctor the worst Sabbath song of any era, but I disagree. RNRD is amazingly catchy, moreso than Sabbath's other short songs like Paranoid and Tomorrow's Dream. The lyrics are laughable and take a few listens to get used to, but it's all good. Fun song. The worst of them all | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song AFTER FOREVER performed by Black Sabbath This is the worst Sabbath song ever from any incarnation of the band. Not only is the music itself terrible, but the pro-God stuff is sickening. Sabbath had great material before this song, and even greater material after this song, but After Forever will always be a blemish on Black Sabbath's face. johnny you're an idiot! | Reviewer: Andrew L. ------ About the song MEGALOMANIA performed by Black Sabbath This song is about drug induced madness and addiction.(Probably cocaine) A popular theme with Ozzy. I find something new every time I listen. Some of the most cerebral rock and roll ever produced. Not really satanic but they'll take the publicity. You think Ozzy is a shuffling old fool? Go see his show and you just might be surprised. These are the elder statesmen of hard rock and metal. Pioneers and innovators. Sabotage is the heaviest of the first phase and some damn good rock tunes by any measure. Greek review | Reviewer: Support ------ About the song PARANOID performed by Black Sabbath With this song heavy metal music came to the surface!! fucking awesome!! I'm from Greece and I have to inform you that we sing it all day long! Lol :) do you know that Ozzy may sign a GREEK guitarist for his band? His name is Gus G. I'm really proud!!! The song is ΚΟΡΥΦΑΙΟ! The best of the best! Ozzie the Believer?! | Reviewer: CW ------ About the song AFTER FOREVER performed by Black Sabbath This song still rocks after all these years! I did a double-take back then, and it's still hard to believe that our boy Ozzie was preaching to us. It's not what we sought him out for, but it can't be denied that he was very clear with his message, which I firmly believe. That said, this album is one of two must-haves for any 70's rock fan! The other, of course is PARANOID. Now go ye, therefore, and Rock Out! SABBATH GOOOOODS OF METAL | Reviewer: johnny ------ About the song MEGALOMANIA performed by Black Sabbath to be honest i bought this album just for symptom of the universe n' the first time i heard the complete album i hated it, but some moths after i heard it again n' FUCK! i realized it's one of sabbaths greatest works... but, what about the meaning of the song??? it's about love... about a relationship in wich the one who sings was fucking obsessed with the other one, but their relationship was way to painful for the singing one, but as he it's so obsessed/in love with the other one he just can't get away from it although it tries... until one day he finally gets free from it... i remember once when ozzy said that if you're making heavy metal not only the music has to be havy, also the lyrics, n' it doesn't matter if it's a lve song, you have to get love to that pito of heaviness.... this song is the perfect example Ahead of their, even past their prime this f*&@king shred and says it all | Reviewer: MrMajestik ------ About the song ETERNAL IDOL performed by Black Sabbath It is too bad that Sabbath does not get the credit they do, especially albums with Tony Martin, this is just one great example of craziest, creepiest, and driving rifts from "The Man" aka Mr. Iommi. The haunting vocals from T.M., are understandable to the older generation with lyrics so ominous, scary, and true to life that I really don't want to hear them. Amazing tune! Legendary song. | Reviewer: Mr. Premium ------ About the song WAR PIGS performed by Black Sabbath War Pigs is absolutely legendary, but I can't see how anyone listening to this and reading the lyrics could possibly think War Pigs is about praising satan! Only the biggest of dribbling cretins could possibly come up with such ideas, it's very obviously an anti-war song. The song "Black Sabbath" could be misread as satanic, but not this! Just as a Song ... | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song IRON MAN performed by Black Sabbath Ignoring what the song is about, Iron Man is amazing simply as a song. I have loved it from the first time I heard it ... and I have to admit that it now makes me geek out a little ... you know, after they used it in Iron Man. Yay Stan Lee! Feed your head. | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song PLANET CARAVAN performed by Black Sabbath (Music to, "After Forever" playing in you mind's ear) On a cool clear night lit by a bright and greeting moon. Take a little toke, put your earphones on and leave your room. Play this song and go for a walk, you can't go wrong. As you stroll along look up at the sky, this song and a bit of weed will free your head as we pass on by the crimson eye of great god Mars. stupid 70's | Reviewer: ya mum ------ About the song WAR PIGS performed by Black Sabbath i dont think half of the earths population actually GOT what ozzy meant in these lyrics most (not all) lyrics back then were straight up...therefore making people think he was singing DIRECTLY about satan and worshipping him haha Great song! | Reviewer: JRod ------ About the song WAR PIGS performed by Black Sabbath Awesome song, definately Black Sabbath at their finest. Although, I think jjj's comment about how another revolt is coming is a load of bull sh*t. There are so signs that there will be a revolt any time soon. I love this song but... | Reviewer: stem ------ About the song HARD ROAD performed by Black Sabbath Rename the song title please it is called "A Hard Road" not simply "Hard Road". Can someone please change it!? Or at least delete it and remake it with the PROPER title. Come on, you strive for accurate lyrics but refuse to label it properly? coolness | Reviewer: vicky ------ About the song PARANOID performed by Black Sabbath paranoid is one of the coolestest rock songs inhole wide world. the video for the song is just awesome! both the song and the video want to make you get high. its just high in coolness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! awesome song... | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song IRON MAN performed by Black Sabbath This is the first Black Sabbath song I've ever heard and I loved it. That dwaiaboutit person probably never even heard this song before. So his opinion doesn't even count. Black Sabbath is one of the greatest bands I've ever heard. You could review the artist/band Black Sabbath in Biography page You could review Black Sabbath album by visiting Albums page and selecting an album You could review Black Sabbath song by clicking the song which you like  Download "Black Sabbath" Music | |
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