Sometimes I think there should be a "Technical Ecstasy" vs. "Presence" poll and then I get on with my life.― Darin, Friday, November 18, 2011 10:03 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark
― Darin, Friday, November 18, 2011 10:03 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark
There's already been a thread about this, I think! I think more people favoured 'Presence'...
― Turrican, Friday, 18 November 2011 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
This dude's a fan of Technical Ecstasy - http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/151385-black-magic-15-essential-original-lineup-black-sabbath-songs/
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 18 November 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
results are in
― Bee OK, Monday, 2 January 2012 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
correct results
― La Lechera, Monday, 2 January 2012 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
i can't believe that "Iron Man" only got one vote
― Bee OK, Monday, 2 January 2012 03:49 (twelve years ago) link
i always forget how iron man is also a time traveller
― j., Thursday, 7 May 2015 20:46 (eight years ago) link
war pig toms
― j., Wednesday, 4 November 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link
Its turn to turn 50 in a couple of days:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/16/black-sabbath-paranoid-at-50-potent-anthems-of-working-class-strife
― hey, trust the fungus! (pomenitul), Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
CLASSIC ALBUMS: BLACK SABBATH — PARANOID (2010)
― mark s, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 20:19 (one year ago) link
the moment when geezer explains he was getting into the occult and then hears how this sounds and (panicking) blurts "not satan!"
― mark s, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 20:20 (one year ago) link
they are so strikingly lucid and centred in this, explaining what they were about in 1970
maybe it's just easier with so much hindsight, or were they always like this in interview and the press was just so out of step with them that the lucidity didn't travel
(tho actually ozzy is the least on it in some ways here so maybe the problem was that as singer he also got to be the main mouthpiece back in the day)
― mark s, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 21:22 (one year ago) link
When you catch him in the right mood, Ozzy is surprisingly intelligent and lucid and has some real insights to offer. People usually go into interviews with him expecting a shambling party oaf, though, so that's what he gives them. But I've seen him in quiet moments backstage and he's a really nice old guy.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 7 September 2022 21:42 (one year ago) link
maybe as it's a "making of" doc -- and ozzy's not really the primary riff creator or wordsmith? -- he kind of pulls back into a jokey goodball mode a bit in this context: in the end tony is a muso and can talk about that when necessary but geezer and bill are p sharp abt the politics of the times, and absolutely clear abt what they thought
obviously geezer was also reading up on the occult non-stop lol and plus he comes across as fairly shy?
― mark s, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 21:49 (one year ago) link
geezer: "sometimes ozzy just says a single word, and i think that's good! and go away and write a whole song round it"
― mark s, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 21:54 (one year ago) link
OTM on Bill Ward and Geezer Butler. On the other hand, Tony Iommi always seems kind of dull, like he doesn't have anything to say if it doesn't involve guitars and recording studios etc, he reminds me of Jeff Lynne!
― Buckfast At Tiffany's (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 September 2022 22:39 (one year ago) link