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Rating: The review I am about to write will not be easy for me because I have to review a band like Black Sabbath, a group I consider the true founder of heavy metal along with the Judas Priest. Since I also listen to doom metal and bands like Cathedral, Candlemass, Pentagram, and doom-death like early Katatonia and early Paradise Lost, for me, it is an immensely important band that has significantly influenced the history of music. I believe it's impossible to list all the bands that have been influenced by Sabbath.
The CD I am about to review is a bootleg of the concert held in Paris during the late 1970 tour after the release of "Black Sabbath" and "Paranoid." The bootleg, despite having low-level production, takes us directly into the atmosphere of concerts from those fantastic years with the very young Sabbath, and in my opinion, in one of the best moments of their career that at the time had just started.
The CD opens with the Sabbath's ''hit'' and their most famous song ever, Paranoid, which the band delivers in a slightly sped-up version. After some brief improvisation with Butler's bass, we move on to the next song, Hand of Doom, slow and destructive like the genre that perhaps took its name from this fantastic song. Then, after this song, Ward hits the snare drum, Ozzy yells at the audience, and the riffs of Iron Man start, taking us directly to the fight between a robot and a man in an apocalyptic atmosphere.... Some arpeggios lead us directly to the dark atmosphere of Black Sabbath, where the band's sound almost approaches dirty and evil blues. With the crowd going wild, we arrive at N.I.B., which, after the dirty blues before, takes us to heavy metal. Unfortunately, it's only an interlude before returning to the dirty blues mixed with hard'n'heavy of Behind the Wall of Sleep. We then move on to a Black Sabbath gem, War Pigs, which after a quiet start, Ward's drums take us directly to a protest song against the Vietnam War, accompanied by Iommi's riffs and Ward's drumming as if possessed. Unfortunately, the CD concludes with Fairies Wear Boots, where it tells the tale of the beatings taken by Ozzy and company from skinheads, with a mid-tempo, and the concert comes to an end.
Before I close my review, I would like to thank everyone who has critiqued my reviews and opened discussions with me, and I wish more discussions could open on this site. I also thank the editors who have always published my reviews, even though some were truly horribly written....
Thank you all, and I look forward to the next review...
Oh, I almost forgot... for those who don't know...
Ozzy Osbourne - vocals
Tony Iommi - guitar
Geezer Butler - bass
Bill Ward - drums
Tracklist and Lyrics
02 Paranoid (00:00)
Finished with my woman
'Cause she couldn't help me with my mind
People think I'm insane
Because I am frowning all the time
All day long I think of things
But nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind
If I don't find something to pacify
Can you help me
Occupy my brain?
Oh yeah
I need someone to show me
The things in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness
I must be blind
Make a joke and I will sigh
And you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel
And love to me is so unreal
And so as you hear these words
Telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life
I wish I could but it's too late
04 Iron Man (00:00)
Has he lost his mind
Can he see or is he blind
Can he walk at all
Or if he moves will he fall
Is he alive or dead
Has he thoughts within his head
We'll just pass him there
Why should we even care
He was turned to steel
In the great magnetic field
When he traveled time
For the future of mankind
Nobody wants him
He just stares at the world
Planning his vengeance
That he will soon unfurl
Now the time is here
For Iron Man to spread fear
Vengeance from the grave
Kills the people he once saved
Nobody wants him
They just turn their heads
Nobody helps him
Now he has his revenge
Heavy boots of lead
Fills his victims full of dread
Running as fast as they can
Iron Man lives again!
05 Black Sabbath (00:00)
What is this that stands before me
Figure in black which points at me
Turn 'round 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 sitting there, he's smiling
Watches those flame get higher and higher
Oh, God--please help me
Oh, no--no
Child cries out for its mother
Mother screaming in the fire
Satan points at me again
Opens the door to push me in
Oh, no
Oh, God
Is it the end my friend
Satan's coming 'round the bend
People running 'cause they're scared
You people better go and beware
No, no
Please, God--no
06 N.I.B. (00:00)
Some people say my love cannot be true
Please believe me, my love, and I'll show you
I will give you those things you thought unreal
The sun, the moon, the stars all bear my seal
Oh yeah!
Follow me now and you will not regret
Leaving the life you led before we met
You are the first to have this love of mine
Forever with me 'till the end of time
Your love for me has just got to be real
Before you know the way I'm going to feel
I'm going to feel
I'm going to feel
Oh yeah!
Now I have you with me, under my power
Our love grows stronger now with every hour
Look into my eyes, you will see who I am
My name is Lucifer, please take my hand
Oh yeah!
Follow me now and you will not regret
Leaving the life you led before we met
You are the first to have this love of mine
Forever with me 'till the end of time
Your love for me has just got to be real
Before you know the way I'm going to feel
I'm going to feel
I'm going to feel
Oh yeah!
Now I have you with me, under my power
Our love grows stronger now with every hour
Look into my eyes, you will see who I am
My name is Lucifer, please take my hand
08 War Pigs (00:00)
Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh Lord yeah!
Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight
They leave their role to the poor
Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'till their judgment day comes
Now in darkness world stops turning
Ashes where their bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgment God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing spreads his wings
Oh Lord yeah!
09 Fairies Wear Boots (00:00)
Goin' home late last night
Suddenly I got a fright
Yeah I looked through a window
and surprise, what I saw
A fairy with boots tried dancin' with a dwarf
All right now!
Yeah fairies wear boots and you gotta believe me
Yeah I saw her, I saw, and I tell you no lies
Yeah fairies wear boots and you gotta believe me
I saw her, I saw her with my own two eyes
All right now!
Yeah fairies wear boots and you gotta believe me
Yeah I saw her, I saw her, I tell you no lies
Yeah fairies wear boots and you gotta believe me
I saw her, I saw her with my own two eyes
All right now!
So I went to the doc' to see what he could give me
He said son, son, you've gone too far
'Cause smokin' and trippin' is all that you do
Yeah!
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