Monday, October 10, 2005

This day in music history.

October 10, 1970, Black Sabbath had their first No.1 album with their second release 'Paranoid'. The album is now widely regarded as one of the classic Heavy Metal albums of all time. This album gave to the world the songs 'Paranoid', 'War Pigs' and 'Iron Man'.
The band Named themselves after a 1930’s Boris Karlof movie called Black Sabbath. Despised by rock critics and ignored by radio programmers, the group sold over eight million albums before Ozzy Osbourne departed for a solo career in 1979. Black Sabbath is and was the heavy-metal king.
War Pigs by Black Sabbath
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 that role to the poor,
yeah.
Time will tell on their power minds,
making war just for fun.
Treating people just like pawns in chess,
wait till their judgement day comes,
yeah.
Now in darkness world stops turning
ashes where the bodies burning.
No more War Pigs have the power,
Hand of God has struck the hour.
Day of judgement, God is calling,
on their knees the war pigs crawling
Begging mercies for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings
Oh lord, yeah!