Hearing Black Sabbath For the First Time
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- čas přidán 7. 03. 2023
- Today your resident Irish Girl is excited to dive into the world of rock with Black Sabbath's iconic song "Paranoid".
I had heard of Black Sabbath before, but I had never listened to their music until now. I decided to start with their official video for "Paranoid", which has been a fan favorite for years.
From the first few notes, I was intrigued. The guitar riffs were electrifying, and Ozzy Osbourne's vocals were... unlike anything I had ever heard before. The energy and intensity of the song just kept building, and I found myself headbanging along with the music.
As I listened to "Paranoid", I couldn't help but think about another classic Black Sabbath track - "War Pigs". Both songs share a similar heavy and ominous feel, and the lyrics are equally thought-provoking. It's clear that Black Sabbath was a band that wasn't afraid to tackle serious issues and create music that made a statement.
Overall, I was intrigued by "Paranoid" and will explore more of Black Sabbath's discography. I hope you enjoyed watching my reaction, and be sure to let me know your favorite Black Sabbath songs in the comments below!
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"He's so cute!"...until he starts biting the head off of a bat. 🦇
😂
Wasn’t it a dove in reality? Ozzy was given a dove to give to the record company as a peace offering. Instead, he bit the head off. Legend, turned it into a bat to make a better story.
Whaat?!
@@TR4200 the dove he did on purpose while meeting with record executives. The bat was an accident after someone threw it on stage and he thought it was fake.
No it was a real bat. Ozzy thought it was rubber, until he bit it
I don't think you've really heard Black Sabbath until you've heard "War Pigs". It's got everything they're best at all in one song.
I was thinking the very same thing, lol. She's got to listen to War pigs, that would be an education indeed! As long as the young lady not just listens, but feels and understands War pigs :)
I am big fan of Master of Reality - Children of the Grave
No black sabbath without planet caravan, solitude and symptom of the universe.
you haven't heard Black Sabbath until you own Headless Cross on cd, vinyl, and cassette
Planet Caravan.
Still holds up as a freaking jam like 50 years later. Cant say that about too many tunes
In 50 more years no one will remember any of the trash that has come out in the last ten years. 60s - 90s will always be the best.
If you are looking for an Irish band from this era you might check Thin Lizzy. They were formed in Dublin in 1969. I would say their best known song is "The Boys Are Back in Town" from 1976.
Absolutely. Personal fave of theirs is Jailbreak. Definitely worth a listen
Geezer was burning dirt in his day and it was illegal. Paranoia goes away with the illegality and bud today is very different.
Heck YA!! Phil Lynott was feaken awesome!!!!!
If you want to listen to the best, Rory Gallagher was Irish and amazing!
@@timnewman1172 Irish Tour 74, a simply amazing live album.
At the time, their music was the heaviest around. Black Sabbath knocked down barriers for other, heavier music
I think Vanilla Fudge was in the beginning. They were not heavy metal, but they were quite different and arguably harder than most of the music scene then.
This is a "Beatclub" episode from 1968 czcams.com/video/NCwzCQcjC0M/video.html
Compare these tame songs with Vanilla Fudge from 1967 czcams.com/video/NCwzCQcjC0M/video.html
Let's say Black Sabbath kiss AC DC Rush all bands that have been around 50 years install jam except for rush because of Neil Peart but they were still one of the greats let's not add Lynyrd Skynyrd to the list people a rolling around for a couple years and everybody died in the plane crash and there was one left and they never did nothing after
Black Sabbath literally wrote that song in 15 minutes because they had a little time left over at their recording session
I thought of that when she mentioned the basic lyrics. And yeah, the whole song, not just the lyrics, it was written and recorded that quick
In fact, the studio version is the first time Ozzy saw the lyrics himself. Just read them off the paper they handed him.
IIRC it was written as a throw away track to fill the end of the album. The band didnt think much of the song, but the studio execs loved it, as it was simple, short and had a catchy groove. Perfect for radio play. In fact, the Studio had the album name changed from War Pigs to Paranoid because of the marketability of the song, and Paranoid was less politically charged than War Pigs
No wonder it's the worst song of the album.
@@Gunderson105 I don't understand how they could have called Paranoid less politically charged it's still about the war and a soldier with ptsd getting treated like shit.
This was during the birth of the heavy metal genre in 1969 and 1970. Black Sabbath, along with Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, were among the pioneers of the form, so it doesn't seem quite as heavy now over 50 years later. Another of the early heavy metal bands (some say they were the first) was Blue Cheer, whose most famous record was a cover of the old Eddie Cochran song "Summertime Blues."
Great insight! Thanks 😊
Imagine you are a parent who has a kid listening to The Carpenters or Osmonds while driving them to school. But one day you hear this blasting out of their room.
@@christopherconard2831 Have you heard "Wild Horses" by the Osmonds? If you haven't, you should. Completely different sound than the "bubble gum pop" most people associate to them.
@@DianeJennings This is a good start. But they have better earlier songs. Do War Pigs, Iron Man, Fairies Wear Boots, and The Wizard just to name a few. Sweat Leaf and Snow Blind are also worth a listen & reaction as well.
My dad graduated high school in 1969 and was into Sabbath, Zeppelin and early Chicago. When they first hit, nobody heard anything like it before. I was born in '72 and will be 51 this coming May. When I was very little, he exposed me to a bunch of different music and always kept an open mind to this very day. I've been spinning Drum & Bass for 23 years and when my dad comes over and hears the stuff I play, he's blown away by how loud, funky and at times brutal it can be. When he really likes something he hears, he'll come up to me on the turntables and show me a video clip on his phone of the Peanuts characters dancing. :)
Glad to see Ozzie having so much fun! You can tell the entire band was just jamming! That opening riff just kills! Great choice!
It is a SUPER opening
@@DianeJennings I would advise War Pigs the live version czcams.com/video/K3b6SGoN6dA/video.html as in this one. Much more haunting vocals, better vocals IMO and Ozzy in good form.
Or better yet, try Mr. Crowley from his first Solo Album Blizzard of Ozz, a fantastic album and this live version may not be Ozzy in the best voice but still fitting for a song about Aleister Crowley, but look and listen to his guitar player, who died just a few years later in a light aircraft crash while being flown by Ozzy's tour bus driver in the US, His name was Randy Rhoads. czcams.com/video/G3LvhdFEOqs/video.html
Iommi is still the riff master.
It's Ozzy, not Ozzie.
Saw them in concert in 1975. My ears were ringing for days. Awesome night even though Ozzy was pretty much wasted.
There aren't many things in life that I love more than Sabbath. One of my fondest memories is getting to see them perform at Ozzfest 99.
Hell yeah! I saw them in Nashville, totally surprised me when all of them were there. Sadly they came on after Rob Zombie and the crowd was wiped out.
Me too, in Hartford CT. 8th row, had ringing in the ears for days, worth the extra buzz, LOL!
I saw them at Ozzfest that year, too, in Bristow, VA. One of the best live shows I ever saw.
I too saw them at Ozzfest that year. Was stoked they played “Dirty Woman”
Saw them at Ozzfest '97 at Giants Stadium. It was awesome 'cause Ozzy did two sets, solo and with BS. He handled it like a BOSS!
The early 70s was before my time but Black Sabbath was considered heavy metal back then. It made me feel old when I found out that my taste of music is considered “Classic Rock” because I like metal bands similar to Black Sabbath from that era 😆
No such thing as old. Just experienced 😊
If you like heavy rock
Check out these Japanese Bands
Iron Bunny Twenty Three
X Japan Rusty Nail ( You may have heard them before, they did the soundtrack to the movie Saw IV)
Band Maid Non Fiction Days
Lovebites Holy War live Zepp Tokyo
Versailles Aristocrats Symphony live Holy Grail
Unlucky Morpheus Knight of Sword
Same here, I am 56, not sure how old you are but best music ever in the 70s
Such a classic !
Even in 2023, this song is still "blasted" over the speakers at many USA university sporting events.
( It does get the fans energized )
Tony Iommi (I oh me ) wrote this riff as a filler for the Paranoid album while the other guys left the studio for lunch. The record company wanted another song for the record. Tony is the ultimate riff master!
Instead of sandwich, you could use ' the devils lettuce!'.
In 1970 - '71 this was heavy. Real heavy.
True about his name but Tony Lomy definitely sounds better
Oopsie
That Tony Loamy, he’s great for gardening. 😉
Thus the album cover - The album was due to be released as "War Pigs", and the cover shoot had already been done . . .
Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s was the greatest time for music. The experimentation all those great bands did was by far the best.
Aahhh...the tunes of my adolescence! This takes me back to being 12-16, late 80s-early 90s. I think my first few albums that I bought were BS, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, and Metallica. Keep rocking out Diane!
btw - War Pigs is one of my favorites by Sabbath, and the video is an 80s storytelling masterclass.
War pigs?! Great name
War Pigs is definitely one of, if not my favorite, Black Sabbath song. It is also on the same album "Paranoid"
@@DianeJennings War Pigs was supposed to be the title of their second album but the record company said it was too controversial, being that it was an anti-Veitnam War protest song especially. So the album was instead titled Paranoid. Interestingly the cover art wasn't changed, as evidenced by the guy in a pig costume swinging a sword around.
For the time this was heavy especially when you consider what 70’s pop music was like. It Amazes me that there are masses of people who never heard this before!?
If we were all wired to enjoy the same thing, we would be just another brick in the wall.....😶
Saw Sabbath on their 'The End' tour in Birmingham (England). It was their penultimate ever performance and they were truly amazing.
That album is one of their best, you also need to listen to Iron Man, Fairies Wear Boots, Electric Funeral, and War Pigs, they are all classics and some great old songs. War Pigs is one of my favorites.
The birth of Metal 🤘🤘
"Paranoid" should be the anthem of every man worldwide at some point in his life.
You would have to listen to "Symptom of the Universe", "Megalomania", "The Writ" or "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" to fully experience Black Sabbath. And then listen to "Who are you" or "Spiral Architect" to get a grasp of how much the band also was into Progressive Rock back then.
totally agree. Sabotage is a masterpiece
I concur!
sabotage is sabbaths best (i only consider the first 6 releases)
Britian had a lot of bands make it big in the US in the 60 s and 70 s . So glad you like this one .
😊
In the U.S we refer it as the British Invasion and they are all awesome 👍
"Final destination has been after him for awhile", made me laugh out loud.
🎉🎉🎉
I think the ol’ Reaper has just been too starstruck to actually approach him. Almost gets up the courage, and then thinks “No, no. I can’t! What would I even say? Wanna play chess or something?”
Omg, so did I! I had to pause it and then of course, back it up to hear her say that AGAIN! Final Destination...🤣
When a young man this was one of my road trip songs. A collection of music I had for driving cross country at high speeds. Out in the West at that time you could cruise along at 120 mph (200 kph) with no worries for hours. And we did, listening to this kind of music.
the good old days bring them back
Black Sabbath was captivating live. And I'm serious.
This band was definitely inspirational to others who came after they basically created the metal genre
Love your reactions. They're great. I listened to all you girls, and I love you all. Great shout out to all you... Best to Everyone.
Diane, the most accurate thing you said is, "She's perfect" ... and she IS !!! I am stoked to see you go down this road. Play this song a few times and I think it will grow on you a lot more.
Paranoid is one of those songs everyone has probably heard but might not know the name or the band behind it.
Another great video! These guys are great! A big fan! The first time I saw them was on the Mob Rules Tour! Ozzy had gone solo and Ronnie James Dio was the lead singer! Loving these reaction videos! With you kind of introducing yourself to great classic rock artists! Keep up the great work my dear!
Rock on!
@@DianeJennings You bet ya!!
You picked my favorite of their songs! Great video.
Every garage cover band in the 80's did this song (including mine). It rocked. It still rocks.
Diane takes the channel in a heavy metal direction
And ED saw no mistakes, it was sheer perfection
I found one thing very intriguing about the reaction
That, to young Ozzy’s hair, Diane had an attraction
Nope ED phoned this one in . . . maybe she had smoked a sandwich 😉
I'm glad I got to see him in the early 90's it remains one of my favorite concerts! Check out War Pigs and Iron Man, killer!
Love😅your reaction! Keep ‘em coming. Thanks for not stopping the music like so many other people who react to music do.
The greatest heavy metal rock band of all time. Thanks for your reaction.
Well, just Bark At The Full Moon, Irish Rocker Girl! What a blast to watch & listen to you groovin' to the music I grew up with and still listen to daily. All the bands you've done so far (except KISS) are indeed all British. The Beatles were the first of what is known in the US as the "British Invasion" late 60's. Looking forward to continuing your musical adventures. Rock On, Diane!
🤟🤘🤙☘🎼🎵🎶🎸🎤😎
Oh that makes sense! 😂
The Beatles hit the US in '64. Followed by the Stones, Cream, Zeppelin, the Who, and too many more to name. I still remember watching the ED Sullivan Show that night. That was the beginning of a change for me musically. It was a great time to grow up. Fantastic music.
Speaking of Barking at the moon
Do Ozzie Osborne Bark at the Moon
That was from his solo career
This song took like five minutes to write (and in the studio) as they needed another song for the album.
That's real music young lady.
You enjoying Sabbath and that bass riff priceless 👍
One of the first records I bought, on vinyl no less, a couple of other tracks on the album that is popular are Iron Man and War Pigs. If you are looking for a popular American band from the era, a suggestion would be the Eagles - Hotel California. A Canadian band that is very popular is Rush, their track Tom Sawyer is very good.
I did the Eagles. It’s been blocked… maybe it’ll clear
I second the Rush - Tom Sawyer suggestion! Spirit of Radio is another great one.
@@DianeJennings Don't bet on it. Eagles are notorious for blocking videos of their music.
I'm loving your music reviews. Can't wait for more. Have you done Deep Purple? You should do Highway Star by them.
Happy 210K Diane!
Good music; crazy times!
This is fantastic! As a lover of great rock music, seeing you experience these classic bands and songs has been a lot of fun! You definitely need to do some Led Zeppelin. I would recommend doing an entire album listen. Led Zeppelin IV (also known as ZOSO) is not only one of the greatest albums ever made, but every single song is a banger and representative of a turning point in Led Zeppelin's musical history, much like Rubber Soul was for The Beatles. It has some of the best rocking songs Zeppelin was known for, but also samples of their Tolkien-inspired fantasy music, blues-inspired songs, and finally their first true piece of anthemic music in Stairway to Heaven.
"Black dog"!!
My older brother bought the first two Black Sabbath albums, "Paranoid" and "Master of Reality" and let me listen to them as I pleased...which was more than he did. I would say the American equivalent at that time were Iron Butterfly and Steppenwolf...but the American groups did not carry the heavy driving tone as well. Those were great years for music on either side of pond.
An "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" review would cause Editor Diane's head to explode.
That's actually the second and third albums. The first one is simply self titled.
@@kenwheeler3637 My bad. You are correct...why it only seems like 50 years ago. 😁😁😁
The first album they released was Black Sabbath. They made an album before that, very bluesy that was never released. It used to be on YT, but can't find it anymore.
the first Head Banging music, so different, so new, so fantastically wonderful
Thanks for reacting to it Diane!
Loving these reactions so much!! Just a suggestion, try Rush, Tom Sawyer. Canadian group with only three members....amazing musicians. I think you might like them. Thanks!
Great suggestion!
Very good call. Most talented band ever.
Even though Tom Sawyer is their most well known song, I'd go with The Spirit of Radio first.
That is a great song too!! You can't go wrong with Rush.
Fun fact: you will be banned from entering Canada if you don't know who Geddy Lee is and can't name 3 RUSH songs .
If there is 1 song that signals the birth of metal , its this song.
Not many people realize this fact about the Paranoid vinyl LP. or CD From the first needle groove on the album through to the other side2 and ending..it is ALL in 4/4 time including the breaks between the songs. Check it out.. and. .you are welcome ...for the rock trivia. I am 73 and found this out when the album came out in abut 1970.
Black Sabbath is my favorite band, and Bill Ward can beat the hell out of those drums. Iron Man is probably their most famous song and you've probably heard it. Also the Simpsons character was playing Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple, maybe another song that you can check out.
Sounds good!
Ozzy told a story on a talk show when he got out of rehab and spent the first night back at home, he walked down into the kitchen, stark naked, to get a drink of water, looked out the window, saw a snake in the back garden so grabbed a golf club and chased the snake away (still naked) all while his next door neighbour was stood there staring at him 🤣🤣 x
Pat Boone was the neighborhood?
I really enjoy these music reactions
These guys were the definition of ROCK! Music holds up 50 years later!!!
Hey, Diane, Tony's last name isn't Lommi, It's Iommi (pronounced:Eye-Owe-Mee)
Us Sabbath fans are well aware of how meme-worthy Ozzy is.
I do miss music videos being primarily band focused. Great vid Diane. Hugs n love =D
You're on a roll with that good music lately. Hope you're enjoying it 😄
My suggestion for you would be Master of Puppets by Metallica, an anti-drug song.
Black Sabbath's impact is felt everywhere, in different genres and scenes. You can see their influences in music everywhere from Northern England to Indonesia. They were one of the best artists of their day.
I just fell in LOVE
I remember buying the album. I was probably a junior or senior in high school. The whole family went to Kansas City shopping and I ditched the parents... bought it... went back to the car and put it under the car... when we all got back to the car to leave... at the last second I opened the door... grabbed the album and got away with it. Ya. Dad was one of those people. My little brothers didn't rat me out.
Two things. It's Tony EYE-omi, it's an I not an L. And yeah, all the greats seemed to start in England. If your interested, look up the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. And for another video look up Iron Maiden. Any song, but Fear of the Dark and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son are great places (and albums) to start!
Most rock music regardless of tone and pacing are wholesome and deal with the struggles of life, the pain of love, and how to be strong for others.
When I was a kid, this was wake up music. My sister would play it to wake me up for school in the morning. Did the trick. The Osbournes had a reality TV show about 20 years ago.
Never gets old.
Ozzy Osbourne is treasured in United States of America as a living legend. He is love by most feared by some respect by all.
Ozzy!
Great job Diane and Chewie
I love it!
Imagine coming from the Sixties with all the peace and love songs and then they play this. Your world would be rocked, in a good way
I saw Black Sabbath in concert in 1976. AMAZING!! Later Saw Ozzy 3 different times in concert.
Awesome song
Great reaction as usual, can you imagine the impact this would have had in 1970? Everyone was at the end of the Beatles era and free love hippy culture, and then Black Sabbath comes along and says welcome to the 70s.
Great song !
Good pick these guys are the GOATS of heavy metal I grew up listening to them in the early 70s
Tonni said in an interview " We don't consider ourselves a heavy metal band . I don't know where that came from ? " We're just a rock n roll band ".
When Sabbath put out the song "Symptom of the Universe" Metal was born. Been a fan since the early 70's.
Mojave Desert camping ,road tripping music! Yowza, This brought me back several decades...
I first heard sabbath as a little boy , it was their 1st album and it scared the shit out of me , sabbath wanted to play deep dark heavy metal, the were one of the pioneers of the genre, Tony iomis distinctive guitar sound came from a workplace accident, a machine cut off the tips of his fingers from his picking hand, he became so depressed because he loved playing guitar, he found a way using thicker looser strings, heavy metal fans loved the dark brooding sound , sabbath is one of my favorite bands , great video Diane , rome new york
Happy Weird Wednesday.I really love this video.
"Final destination has been after him for a while now, but He's still Rock'in" .. OMG that had me in Hysterics 🤣
I've not listened to too much of Black Sabbath. I barely knew that Ozzy was the lead vocal. I do really enjoy the beat of this song and I like how the lyrics are pretty clear and understandable. Keep rockin' Diane and Chewie 🤘
Rock ooooon!
Ozzy was good in Sabbath, but Dio was much better. RIP RJD 🤘🤘🤘
This came out when I 15 years old and my friends and I were crazy about it.
Not sure if you read these, Diane, but I just adore watching you react to these classics. You are no-doubt being inundated with suggestions, so I'll add a background 60hz buzz to the cacophony with two bands. YES (the band) -- Such a rich discography but here are three (skipping their long classics like and going for more recognizable hits) with a note: Roundabout (classic 70's approachable Yes), I've Seen All Good People (early, very recognizable and sing-along-able), and Owner of a Lonely Heart (my day, their only #1, and an absolute pop classic). Next, Rush (the band) -- From the obscure to the most recognizable, it's impossible sometimes to believe three people made all that great sound live. Rush will start arguments though -- among their fans who are partisan for one period or style. I'd suggest my personal favorite first, La Villa Strangiato (instrumental, haunting, genius), then The Spirit of Radio (their 1980 departure from prog rock), and finally one you have certainly been exposed to, Tom Sawyer (prophetic coverage of the creeping control of health-and-safety over everything). Listen to 2112 if you can, but it may be too long to cover.
Diane doing the McCartney style sideways head shake is cute as a button. 😁
i'm a big Sabbath fan and i like that you let it play through unlike other reviewers that stop every 30 seconds to comment
P S listen to the whole album..it is a classic
It's really something to be proud of when ED says that you were perfect. 🤩
Thanks Jennings
Saw Black Sabbath in concert way back in the day. :)).
the "Prince of Darkness" when he a young lad. Ozzy has made so much great music it's incomprehensible. I got to see him live only once, but he was great. It happened to be the only time I got to see Alice and Chains with Layne Staley too. Layne had a cast on his leg, a fan through a joint on stage at the end of the show and Layne lit it up, smoked it while he sang the encore then wheeled of the stage, but he stood up only to sing. It That was fantastic!
Tony Iommi (lead guitar) is missing a couple finger tips from a workplace accident. He made prosthetic tips for himself with wax and leather so he could play the cords.
GoofMan He also tuned down to make it easier to bend notes. Some people use light gauge strings.
The fathers of heavy metal
Tony Iommi, pronounced (eye oh me), cut off the tips of two of his fingers on his right hand in a work accident. He created prosthetics for them so he could play. he had to loosen the strings because the tips of his fingers were still sensitive even with the tips on but it created a special sound from the guitar.
Tony Iommi (pronounced "Eye - yo - me") on guitar, Ozzy Osbourne on vocals, Geezer Butler on bass, and Bill Ward on drums... the original Black Sabbath... They first got together in the local rock scene in Birmingham, UK in 1968... Ozzy Osbourne had dropped out of school and had recently been in jail for burglary as a teenager... He saw The Beatles on TV and decided that he wanted to be a singer; Ozzy's dad went into debt to buy him a P.A. system to perform w/ bands.
Tony Iommi went to the same school as Ozzy (he used to bully him often) ... but he picked up a guitar and wanted to play rock n' roll... A factory accident severed his right hand's fingertips (Iommi is left-handed) and he thought it would be over, but was inspired by a disabled blues guitarist named Django Reinhardt to play guitar again... Using melted plastic as prosthetics for his missing fingertips, Iommi switched to lighter banjo strings, so he could play proficiently... he created his own sound as a result.
One day, he and drummer Bill Ward were looking through a music store's ads, and there was one by Ozzy... Iommi didn't think it was his former schoolmate, but it was when they looked him up... Ozzy introduced Iommi and Ward to Geezer Butler, who switched from guitar to bass.
Around 1969, the band was called Earth, and they saw an old horror movie titled 'Black Sabbath' playing in a theater across the street where they rehearsed, and Ozzy wondered why people paid money to get scared by horror movies... He suggested making 'scary music'... Iommi was open to the idea and wrote what would be a dark original song and Geezer wrote lyrics about a nightmare he had one night... they called the song 'Black Sabbath' after the movie... Earth would play cover songs at gigs, but one night, they played 'Black Sabbath' and the whole bar erupted... The band soon changed their name to Black Sabbath and were signed in late 1969 to record their first album.
Released in 1970, the first Black Sabbath album was a heavy, dark & depressing record, but sounded like nothing out there at the time... The album sold well in the UK and brought Black Sabbath to N. America that year... They recorded a 2nd album 'War pigs' in 1970, and 'Paranoid' was a filler song that the band wrote and recorded quickly... Sabbath's record label changed the album title to 'Paranoid' and pushed the single... The 'Paranoid' album went to #1 in the UK and sold 1 million copies in the US at the time... That was how Black Sabbath had arrived and shaped heavy metal music w/ their first 8 records until 1978.
If you’ll dig a bit more into Black Sabbath, you’ll be aware that Geezer Butler wrote some amazing lyrics.
Check this one out;
Revolution in their minds, the children start to march
Against the world in which they have to live
And all the hate that's in their hearts
They're tired of being pushed around
And told just what to do
They'll fight the world until they've won
And love comes flowing through, yeah
Children of tomorrow live in the tears that fall today
Will the sun rise up tomorrow bring in peace in any way?
Must the world live in the shadow of atomic fear?
Can they win the fight for peace or will they disappear? Yeah
So, you children of the world
Listen to what I say
If you want a better place to live in
Spread the word today
Show the world that love is still alive, you must be brave
Or you children of today are children of the grave, yeah
This song was writen cause the studio needed a few more minutes of song time, ozzy didn't see the lyrics til he recorded it, it was writen in like 15 minutes
Talking about music. I 100 percent confident that she knows. More about Musicals than i do.
Paranoid is one of the greatest rock-'n'-roll intros!