To be honest, this is better than most of the so called Christian bands of today. So many have sold out. Toby Mac, Lecrae, Andy Mineo, skillet... The list goes on and on. To think Black Sabbath is bringing people to Christ, blows my mind! Props to Sabbath! I've been a fan since I was 5 years old. I have major respect for these guys, who I believe are the inventors of metal! Rock on!
When I was a teen, I was overwhelmingly attracted to sabbaths riffs and sound in general. Their lyrics led me to the Judeo-Christian prophecies. Then, I had awakened to Christ Jesus, and I've been on a life mission ever since. The Lord used this band's lyrics to transform me into a Christian warrior. I'm forevermore greatful. GOD bless🕆
Jay Hope Same here. Planted the seed in fertile soil. Never looked back. I am forever grateful to those four guys. Oh, and for the music too. There will never be another band like Sabbath. Larry Norman was another controversial figure, but the Lord used him mightly to accomplish His purpose and Will.
@@honesty1234, yes sir I absolutely understand and I think I know what you're hinting at. Lucifer is/was amongst the greatest of "musicians", so then we should be wise to discern and consider the heart and essence of each song/notes/ lyrics/ musical piece... Very easy to fall victim and no one is an exception.
For all the Satanic accusations they faced, this is widely considered to be the first Christian Metal song ever recorded. Ozzy actually warned about staying away from the devil. Every time Satan comes up in an Ozzy song Ozzy is trying to deny Satan or get away from him!
My brother sang this song in church. The pastor loved it until he found out it was a Black Sabbath tune. He wouldn’t let my brother sing in the church again. Sabbath was never a satanic band.
Most of their lyrics are like this. Thought provoking. Not satanic. Check out the song "Lord of This World" off of the same album. Ozzy is singing from the point of view of the devil but telling you the truth of your soul. Incredible music. One of my all time favorite bands. And their name was inspired by an old time horror movie. Not Satan.
Sabbath is great. And just to clarify OZZY didmt.write a word.it was Geezer The bassist. Sabbath was pinned as Satanists.but in fact They were very upset at this The lyrics do ask theological questions and deal with the dark side but are always warning us of the dangers. If anything Sabbath is very pro Christian. They questioned it Yes But always leaned towards,God and the goodness Even their most recent somg God Is Dead? Is a question. Not am answer. And at the end The.author does not believe God is dead. Pastor. Thank you for listening to this great poetic music
Sure Ozzy is devout... until it comes to respect & money then all bets are off. Just ask Jake E Lee, Lee Kerslake & Bob Daisley. While Sharon is behind most of the despicable things they've done, Ozzy is not blind to what's been done and has knowingly sat by and watched it happen and in some cases helped to keep things from going public. They've kept one step ahead of the hound but that's about to end.... It's not going to be pretty either.
No one said he wasn’t flawed. But Jake recently said he was fired because he wasn’t bringing much to the table and that he would like to jam with Ozzy again. This was back in 2014. Couldn’t have been that bad.
Flawed?!?! Not paying people what you said you'd pay them for years, having bass and drum tracks completely wiped and re-recorded by other musicians on remastered albums are more than just flaws. Cursing is a flaw. What he and Sharon have done is immoral, unethical and criminal and I believe we only know a small fraction of whats occurred. I see you talk about Jake's situation but you didn't say anything about Bob & Lee. Why is that?
Lol. Jake wrote the Bark at the Moon record and had to sign away his rights to it. Now Ozzy wrote all the songs and Jake got no credit. Sharon completely screwed him and she threatened to just get another guitarist so then Jake couldn't get fame or touring money. So he sucked it up and stayed. On Ultimate Sin he was able to maintain his credits. But the damage was done. Ozzy was a complete loon then and the business side of the Osbournes had really rubbed Jake the wrong way.
Sabbath fans always knew. This was an interesting song written by the esteemed, legendary, thrice great Terrence Michael Butler AKA 'Geezer', eloquent both with lyrical bass licks and poetic prose. He wrote the majority of lyrics in the OG era from their eponymous first album in 1970 to their 8th studio album 'Never Say Die' in 1978, after which Ozzy was fired and that era ended. During that time he wrote timeless lyrics that are amazingly prescient about man's quest for meaning both within & without, above & below, with occult and science-fiction themes, with the meanings usually pretty obvious, but some taking a bit of reflection to work out. His songs were wicked, heavy, witty and amusing. This element voiced through Ozzy's distinct melodic flair, Tony's recognizable riffs and the hands-down best rhythm section in all of rock & metal Sabbath was an elemental force. As a unit they were much more than the sum of parts. Bills drumming with this pounding beats, creative fills and jazz-influenced feel paired with Geezer do everything except playing your standard 8th notes or doubling the guitar, he played creative, greasy, funky & nasty basslines weaving in and through, up and around the guitar riff, kundalini basslines. And Sabbath had a deep groove. They created something distinct and attractive that has been kept alive by generations of musicians still gaining insight & inspiration from their music while these guys are all in their 70s now. They have always been amazing!! I've been aware pf the message of this song since about 1983 when I was 13. There is some context to it but basically Geezer came from a working class Irish Catholic family. Since their first album the band, the album and the song scared the crap out of people with the themes and imagery of the Hammer horror movies of the 60's. The name of the band came from one such movie from 1963. Once they were popular & touring they had to deal with all kindsa weirdos approaching them to be involved in witch covens, dark brotherhoods, and even Anton Le Vey saying things publicly about them along with occult & Satan stuff. By this third album after a couple years, Geezer was sick of this shit and wanted to explicitly layout his stance to reassure himself & his family. So it was intentional. And I'm sure sincere. However, espousing and praising a belief system isn't the same as being devout. Geezer seems like a good guy, a good Grandpa and I have no reason to question his morals, religious beliefs. He's the only one who could say whether this is accurate & true 40+ years later. I was a teenager in the 80's during the 'Satanic Panic' and some people I shared this song with were definitely surprised. But none of the hardcore, zealot christians I knew believed they were 'true' Christians'. I personally found it super ironic that the so-called 'good'guys' were in such a frenzy of judgement & fear that they wouldn't stop and think and judge based on sentiments expressed in this song, but were much like crazed conspiracy theorists always having a 'they know that we know that they know we know' type of mental gymnastic routine that allowed them to persist in fabricating wild narratives and maintain how 'evil' Black Sabbath was.
My dad was a baptist minister and in my teens in the late 70’s I had my dad read the lyrics to this entire album. With the exception of sweet leaf which speaks of smoking marijuana and solitude my dad only had a few negative things to say. After forever he said the lyrics were wrong where Ozzy sings “ it was people like you that crucified Christ”. My dad said it should have been “ it was people like us that crucified Christ” because we are all sinners and Jesus died for all of us. Into the void my dad interpreted as it spoke of a planetary heaven when he believed heaven is in the spiritual realm
Richard Poynor I dont interpret it as a PLANETARY HEAVEN. Reason is it doesn't fit the rest of their theme of life after death and being accountable, which is prevalent and obvious throughout the rest of the albums lyrics... But that is pretty significant that your dad gave time to anylize it
Mark Garno you have to admit however how my dad could get that impression with the lyrics “rocket engines burning fuel so fast” . It is pretty easy to interpret into the void as a group of people searching for a planetary heaven
@@Rtitus141 ABSOLUTELY but the lyrics that you just quoted are intended to mean...that here we are sending rockets into outer space, and we cant even get it together hear on Earth?
I've known how great black sabbath has been since late 70's. Poeple don't realise how great this band was. Just need to listen to the lyrics of every song. Might open some eyes
Exactly. Also the song Black Sabbath is warning of evil. Lord Of This World also. But so many people doesn't understand this. It is needed to read the lyrics of the songs.
The bass player Geezer Butler wrote most of the lyrics for the band and many of them are quite brilliant indeed. You guys will be surprised some more if you keep checking out more of their songs and lyrics I assure you. Another band of interest might be Tool, the lyrics to the songs "Lateralus", "Parabol/Parabola" and "Right in Two" are for example very interesting.
The first time I heard Sabbath was when I was ten years old. It was after Christmas of '73 when I got my first stereo record player.I listened to their album Paranoid and I was instantly hooked. I love Sabbath because of songs like After Forever. Their music is Metal, they are the originators of the genre, but has elements of Blues, Jazz, and Swing. Yes, Swing! Lol. They are simply one of the best Rock bands of all time, because of Geezer's song writing and Tony's ability to create endless Riffs.
If you're surprised by the lyrical content of Sabbath's songs, then it sounds like you judged the music and the band prematurely. Many more metal bands than you'd think "reach across the aisle," so to speak. For instance, the oft-misunderstood "The Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden is actually about stumbling upon a satanic ritual, being horrified by it, and crying out that it must be stopped, and the authorities must be informed. Unfortunately, simple-minded people stop at reading the title of the song, and misjudge it accordingly.
DickTruth explaining why Ozzy was blamed for a kid committing suicide because of a song named Suicide Solution. Their prejudism towards him even blinded them of the obvious title.
@@fahq5043 It's a song about his battle with alcoholism. I was the kids age or younger and had to explain to my parents and I didn't really understand alcoholism yet. I didn't even drink yet.
@@johncampbell756 thats pretty obvious considerimg the lyrics "suicide is slow with liquor" I was just commenting on how they not only did npt pay attn to lyrics but even overlooked the song title
The whole "Satan worshipping" issue was a marketing ploy by their record company and then manager. In interviews, the members have said that if you believe in God, then you must believe there is a Devil. Sabbath just explored and wrote/ sang about both sides. The devil worship is a myth. However, the marketing strategy worked but came with a lot of baggage. Remember, the bible also contains some horrifying stories, passages and imagery. Thanks for the video. - from an open minded non religious person.
TAMPABAY53 I remember the first day of school in 1972, I was in 6th grade and I was sitting next to a friend I knew from Peanut league football and we had talked about the Paranoid album in the past. The first thing he says to me when we had a moment in between lessons was he had bought the Master of Reality album over the summer and he thought it was great! I got it later and agreed!
@@keithj6251 We had a record player in art class in 8th grade in 1970's. We often listened to Master of reality during class. My art teacher did not make me complete the assignments that everyone else had to do. he let me spend the whole year working on large pastel paintings of castles floating in the sky on mountains that I use to draw. I am a professional artist now.
So glad my parents raised me to appreciate good music. I had a black Sabbath cassette tape that my dad gave me and I wore that thing out. Then when he got a computer that could burn CDs he would sit down with me and my sisters and help us make our own. He's always had a wide selection to pick from
Sabbath has never been Anti-Christianity. Most of their music is about the darker sides of life; loss, pain, suffering, tragedy, drugs/alcohol, addiction, war and many other such things. They even wear crosses to keep Bad Actors away from their shows. Even though Geezer was a hippy they had more criticisms of the counter culture than associations (Listen to Children of the Grave). It's not like they're a religious group or anything, but they're not anti-Christianity either.
I saw the title and had to watch it even if I probably disagree with him on a lot of issues. It’s nice to see someone like that open to things like this.
Hey it's the 75 year old grandma again, I believe there are different levels or stages of being a believer in Jesus Christ as your savior. I was raised Catholic and always believed in Jesus as my savior, so I believe I was saved from childhood, but I don't believe I was born again, until just before my 50th birthday when I said the sinners prayer with Billy Graham and had a baptisim of the Holy Spirit right there in my living room, until that time I struggled with addictions, and emotional problems, The difference is this, before I always believed in God, but thought of Him as someone out there in Heaven that I could not reach, but after the experience, I had at home that night, I woke up the next day a different person, God was no longer someone I could not reach, I could feel Him with me, He became so very real to me like never before, my life centered around Him. Since that time I have had many supernatural experiences, with God, As a worship dancer I have had angles dance with me, I have seen the Lord, and I have seen Him as the lion of Judah, To really know God is to experience Him. Keep up the good work you guys. I pray for you every day.
I agree with you and you hit the nail on the head about being born again. The way it is presented to become born again turns many people off. Myself included. I felt the same way you did, raised Catholic and always loved God. But there is a point in life when we believers have an experience, that is so profound and moving that we are filled with the spirit and with joy. You really cant explain it....It just happens, and you DO feel born again! Its between you and God. Not about evangelists preaching Born Again over and over. When it happens to you, you will know it. And Carla I had so many problems of my own, such anger, and needing to be right about everything. And when you have something really awful happen, maybe it is the sin of pride. And one needed to be humbled. Oh boy was I humbled. But I am now grateful, yes greatful because it was like God smacking me in the head and saying...be happy, I want you to be HAPPY. Not sad and full of anger and resentment. LET IT GO! Why are you getting stuck in stuff that is long past and forgotten? Thank you Carla, I am 58 and still learning.
To see your expression as a Pastor was more than thrilling to myself. Because I am save by the blood of Christ Jesus* and I have listened to a few of Sabbaths LP,s. I just happen to own this one and a couple others. You I must say, judged them before you even heard the song. I read your face. As well as the other mans face. This just goes to prove, that some, not all pastors are judgmental. God* Bless in the name of Christ Jesus*. [ AMEN ]
Important Sabbath facts: Their name is not satanic. It came from a 1963 Horror film called Black Sabbath. They were struggling to find a new name and identity for the band, while practicing across from a movie theater. One band member comments about the line on the street and how people will pay good money to be scared. They decided to write music that sounded like a horror movie and it changed the direction of the band forever. Early on, Geezer Butler, the bassist lyricist and Ozzy were into reading occult books, which was a common fad in the late 60s. Ozzy gave Geezer a book, which Geezzer kept by his bed. One night, Geezzer had a terrible vision of the devil, which Ozzy docemented (yes, he wrote that one) in the song, Black Sabbath. When Geezer came out of his vision, the book was gone. This experience officially ended Geezer and Ozzy's flirtation with satanism and the occult. They NEVER returned to practicing occultism even though some of their songs explore subjects that include God and the devil. Ozzy has said that Sabbath was basically a typical peace, love, sex drugs and Rock n Roll hippies band. They were not Satanist. Close examination of their lyrics will confirm this. Tony Iommi's said their interest in the occult was limited to watching horror films. But fans thought the band was into the occult. Tony told a funny story of witches in black cloaks, sitting outside heir hotel room with candles, chanting. They had to step over them. So, they blew out the witches candles and sang Happy birthday to them, which pissed them off. Ha ha! Final fact: The song NIB does not mean Nativity In Black. This is a myth which Sabbath would later parody by allowing two Black Sabbath tribute albums to be produced featuring other artist playing Black Sabbath songs. Being big Beatles fans, I think Sabbath, much like the Beatles, enjoyed perpetuating myths about themselves. The song NIB is actually named after Geezzer Butler's beard, which was pointy and shaped like a fountain pen nib. The band nicknamed him Nibby. The lyrics of NIB are not about worshipping Satan. The song is a "What if" fantasy. It's based on the idea of Satan falling in love with a mortal human, like the Gods of Greek Mythology, when they fell in love with humans and created demi-gods like Heracles and Achilles. What if Satan fell in love? Could it change him? How would it change him? The song is basically a creative writing exercise. It's not about worshipping Satan. When seen from this prospective, we can see what a great creative thinker and lyricist that Butler was. His words could be very thought provoking at times. The man was certainly no slouch as a writer. So, bear all this in mind, when you analyze Sabbath's lyrics. Many of them are pro God, pro peace band love and occasionally pro-drugs but also sometimes very ant-drugs. They were sort of like, "Don't do this at home kiddies. We are professionals". Ha ha!
This is really cool, a Pastors reaction to Metal music. I was brought up a little metalhead since I was 3 and when I was 5, my Mom took me to the Record Store and I got Black Sabbath Paranoid. I was brought up in an ungodly home. I was born into the Kingdom of God on February 14th, 2014. I just subscribed to your channel. Thanks. This should be very interesting. If you haven't already done Pantera -Domination, live in Moscow, please do it.
I'm a believer and and I also listen to Black Sabbath. Been listening to them from they first came out. I always "Remember the Sabbath." Read Ozzy's book. And I NEVER cared what my youth pastor or church pastor or whoever had to say.
@@justsaynoNWO geezer (writer) states it was a story based on an experiance he had with an old occullt book someone gave him. The night he brought it home, he woke up seeing the dark figure in his bedroom....he got rid of the book next day! Lol!
I grew up going to a Christian grade school but then went to a public high school and made many friends who were atheists. I made it very clear that even though I've loved rock/metal since a 6yo kid, I've always loved n still love God/Jesus. I never judged them n they never judged me and I'm friends with most of them to this day at 45yo. (some of my best friends) this has always been one of my favorite Sabbath songs and my favorite lyrics to any rock/metal song.
Me I grew up on Sabbath! my friend went to Catholic school, so we got a kick out of people thinking it was evil! revelations 2/9 and 3/9 and John 8/44 Will show you who's unholy, but perceived as holy! ROCK ON!!!
Your genuine surprise and appreciation, as well as the internal giggle I got thinking about a group of people in Bible study listening to Black Sabbath, made this video very worthwhile.
I’m not a Christian, nor am I an atheist or any other religious faith follower, but the lyrics here are powerful none the less. What ever message you get from what ever higher power you believe in it obviously has meaning to you, keep believing in what you will, do no harm to others and live free.
Ozzy wrote very few of the songs for Black Sabbath. This song, as is with most Black Sabbath songs, was penned by Terrence "Geezer" Butler. Geezer considered becoming a priest at one point in his life
finally!!!!!!!! been watching reaction vids of songs and artists i grew up with. i enjoy the fact that folks can still appreciate the stuff i liked such a long time ago. kinda refreshing. anywho, as i have been "liking" vids, i started to wonder if my likes really mattered? i mean, it's one thing to like a video with 99 likes and give them 100. same with 900 and making it 901 or 999. but vids with 1k, 2.5k or similar, my like never added to the total. well, just now...... i liked you with 1.1k and propelled you to 1.2k ! my one like finally made a difference. the lord works in mysterious ways. thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm not from Greenville Michigan hahha. Common misconception due to the imagery and the genre of music Ozzy and the members on Black Sabbath are HIGHLY religious. Most of their music revovles around religion and social issues.
They are not "HIGHLY RELIGIOUS". Bill and Tony are regular blokes. Geezer is a fan of mystical/new age realms and Ozzy just tries to stay out of Sharon's way!
What a great concept: a Christian pastor digging into Sabbath's lyrics. Awesome! Christianity to me is obviously bollocks - but this is cool stuff... a constructive use of time
Religion is still controlled by those that murdered Christ, the majority of Christians don't even know or use HIS real name...Which isn't jesus, that name was given him by man just 500 years ago. HIS name is YESHUA.
Ha! You pegged me man. Hey great question. I'm down with most of what Christ was purported to have said. But those positive, human, non-devine messages almost certainly emerged from our common humanity and did not originate with the figure of Christ (if he existed at all). You could call me a secular follower of Christ and a follower of the subset of his messages worth following. Cheers Man! Love the Sabbath!
Archaeology supports at least the time period and civilization of the time of Christ at least roughly as it pertains to the Bible. Religion has spilled many gallons of blood and is perpetuated by some bad people (and some good), but I've always felt Atheists were a bit lazy and closed minded.Humanity has pondered the meaning of existence since it has existed. There is nothing wrong with that when done peacefully.
Adam LaTour Well, let’s be honest.... that’s was purposeful. Negative attention is attention. Their name alone (which was Geezer Butler’s idea) immediately peaked curiosity.
Mercyful Fate have good name and are Satanists! People need to stop judging a book based on the cover. Ozzy Osbourne is member of Church of England and King Diamond is member of Church of Satan, that's the difference!
This is a great spin on reaction videos, something that was already great. Sabbath was always about love and true feelings. It was just disguised in horror imagery. BTW Geezer Butler was the lyricist of this and most Sabbath songs. Ozzy was the lyricist of the song Black Sabbath, Sabbaths very first and scariest song, as a warning to Geezer of his interest in the occult in which, supposedly he saw an unexplained shadowy figure, watching him at the foot at his bed. Also it was Ozzys uncle or father that made those huge crosses they'd wear because he was Christian. Sabbath was a great and interesting band that was for the good of the world.
geezer butler, the bassist, who wrote like 90 percent of the lyrics, was raised devout catholic. as a kid, he even wanted to be a priest when he grew up. there are a lot of sabbath songs with christian themes, particularly on the first three albums. all four members of sabbath were married when they started out and they were apparently anti-drug up to paranoid as far as i know (see "hand of doom"). of course, by the time vol. 4 came out they were very into cocaine and all the rest (see "snowblind", "supernaut" et al)...
I remember my friends father saw the cover to Black Sabbath's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. He was yelling at us because he said it was satanic. When he finished his rant and asked us if we agreed with this satanic record I asked him to look at the back of the album cover. If you have never seen it, look it up.
I went to a Christian High School in the late seventies. I knew about this song since I was 11 years old. Sabbath has so many songs condoning Christ. This is one of the best in my opinion. My Favorite Sabbath Album. Surprise. I put my Crazy teacher down with this song. He was a fanatic Christian. Which I am a Christian and I heard a hundred sermons on how evil Rock was back in the seventies.
I listen to Black Sabbath my whole life and they are a good band to listen to if you need spiritual help. Listen to lyrics to many of there songs. They are warning you about evil.
I highly recommend looking into Black Sabbath The Illustrated Lyrics by Joe Bongiorno. He's writing a book for each of the first 8 Sabbath albums. So far the first two volumes are published. The volume for Master of Reality is due next! Joe opens the first volume with a Bible verse! And it's truly fitting. The Theology throughout their first albums is astounding and very deep and rich, but sometimes it takes a lot of work and research like what Joe has done to pull out and do it justice. I interviewed Joe for each of the first volumes. You can find the interviews on my channel by searching Sabbath or by going to my blog page which is my name and searching Sabbath. You won't regret listening to those two interviews if you want to know the theology behind Sabbath's first two albums. Pastor Andy said that "After Forever" is like an evangelism song... these two books are like evangelism books for anyone who is into Sabbath! And it's a wake up call for the Christian who is a legalist or pious in a dangerously bad way.
Being a very big Sabbath fan and guitar player inspired by Tony Iommi I wish I could have the oppurtunity to interview Tony on philosophical ideas and what his world vision is. Knowing that the mainstream media is corrupt, bought and enforced by luceferians it has me wonder if Black Sabbath had to go down that path to get their mainstream success. With Led Zeppelin they were obviously occultists and the Beatles as well but I have mixed feelings with Sabbath. Geezer Butler did dive into the occult back in the 60's and the others kind of mingled along with his practices but I can't say how deep they went down the rabbit hole. As per Tony Iommi one night he was woken up late and saw a dark figure appear at the end of his bed and it scared the living crap out of him. I think Geezer had a similar encounter as well. When on their first tour to the United States the band was welcomed but not affiliated in any way by the Church of Satan and Anton Lavey held a parade for them in Los Angeles. They were stalked by occultists and just very strange things in their early days. Supposedly after the night of the dark figure appearance, it had shook them so much that they stopped mingling with the occult and this was probably 1969ish. So was Sabbath an occult inspired band? I don't know. Did the mainstream media try to portray them as a satanic band? Yes. The band members i don't think went as far as selling their souls. I do however think that Ozzy did so later in his solo career and Rhandy Rhoads may have been his sacrifice.
Someone may have already made note of the fact that two other Christian bands have recorded this song. 1) Deliverance~ "What a Joke" album 2) Stryper~ "Fallen" album
Lots of people (and even fans) did not realize the band used to sing about love and God in positive terms. Most times it was hidden behind the heaviest and darkest music of its day- and it WAS amazing music.
I was 19 when I heard After Forever for the very first time in 1976 and I was surprised to hear Ozzy sound like a preacher, after hearing lyrics such as "My name is Lucifer please take my hand" in the song NIB, which gave me the impression that they were Satan worshipers. They're all Catholic, but I just hope they all will accept Christ as their Lord and Savior before leaving this life.
The lyrics (all of them) are written by Geezer Butler, the bassist. Combined with Ozzy and his voice they did an amazing job. If you listen to Black Sabbath their songs are war protest songs, the touched on depression, and a lot of spirituality. The real issue is the American and British censors that never listened to the music. Effectively this is the first 'christian metal' song. I do not follow christian metal nor do I care to. But, Black Sabbath, Rush, Slipknot etc. are heavily underrated for their themes and need to be given proper due.
I'm glad. Someone gets it. I've been a metal head since 1988. Ya I was 4. Anyways everyone always said I was a devil worshipper that listened to Satanic music. No I'm a Jew that loves the artistic side of what alot of people consider the modern equivalent to classical music. Heavy fuckin' Metal!
Like another commenter here said, I have seen them multiple times myself, mostly earlier years and Ozzy always said God Bless You we love you at the end of the show. But still God is one of those man made things that will never be proved anyway so....
I just found out about this song, a couple days ago, but just really listened to it, a bit ago. I watched the music video to it. You guys should really check this one out. The last line makes it fit for ya'll, but the rest is powerful for anyone. It's "Fear", by Blue October.
It is truly amazing what you people don't know about the lyrics in Black Sabbath songs, there is a lot of truth in them if you bother to read or hear the lyrics. Many were very intense and made true statements. Some that come to mind are War Pigs, Killing yourself to live and many others. These guys were awesome sounding as well. I started listening to them when I was 10, when my brother was selling 4-track tapes (that's right 4-track) at the swap meets in L.A. in 1970. If you want some more meaning in music, listen to "The Animals" Eric Burden was an awesome writer! Sky Pilot, San Franciscan nights, It's my life, White Houses and tons more. The younger people are just missing out on the "Great Stuff"
I’m not a Christian. I’m a Jew. Since the day I heard this I always found it to be spiritual and validating for those that believe in the One. The ones in my youth that were the most vicious, mean and evil to me were the so called faithful Christian’s.
Us of the OG age tried and tried to tell people Black Sabbath was NOT evil but had positive messages in their songs, but many people couldn't get past their name and wouldn't listen........we thought.....oh, well, we tried
That is a fantastic song, I saw Black Sabbath twice last year on “ The End” tour and they played that song, I saw them in Tacoma WA at the Tacoma Dome and in Vancouver WA at the local Amphitheater. I would like to see your reaction to Slayer’s Disciple, and a few other Slayer’s songs, Im seeing them live in 2 weeks in Vancouver WA.
Black Sabbath has always been a band that makes you think... Many of the lyrics are great, and although the music has that 'darker' sound, that can often be associated with the evil side of humanity, it can also raise the important questions in the minds of their audience. I don't think anyone would put Black Sabbath on Christian radio, or in the pulpit, however, they have always seemed to understand there is good, and evil, (God & Satan), and promote a path toward the good.
