Posted on 11/10/2020 8:10:12 PM PST by Mariner
Old guys and hating on mildly controversial new music, is there a more predictable combination?
Black Sabbath’s founding bassist, Geezer Butler, apparently doesn’t care for Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” and called it “disgusting” in an interview with Kerrang! magazine.
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FYI: Most Black Sabbath lyrics that deal with the questions of good and evil, or God directly, always have God and good triumph at the end. And Satan vanquished.
For those unfamiliar with their work due to stylistic aversion.
“War Pigs”
Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerer 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
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, 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 Judgment, God is calling
On their knees the war pigs crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings...
Oh Lord, yeah!
My favorite Black Sabbath song is the one about Joe Biden:
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?
Iron Man
Lucifer is the protagonist of this track. Geezer Butler, who wrote this lyrics, explained in the 1992 documentary “The Black Sabbath Story: Volume One”, “The song was about the devil falling in love and totally changing, becoming a good person.”
Due to this group’s preoccupation with Satan, I always stayed away from buying any of their work. But to each his own.
I think the closest I ever got to this brand of rock was enjoying
“Smoke On The Water” by Deep Purple.
I used to jam Sabbath while cruising in my Burt Reynolds Trans Am with the T-tops off and the Sun shining.
(Ironman, Fairies Wear Boots, NIB, Sweet Leaf, etc.)
Good times...
Geezer is right. I love his lyrics on Sabotage (1975) the best
I was told the US troops in Vietnam were not allowed to listened “ War Pigs “
We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn’t have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the groundSmoke on the water, a fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
Related
They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids out the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the raceSmoke on the water, a fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
We ended up at the Grand Hotel
It was empty, cold and bare
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights, a few old beds
We made a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know, I know we’ll never forgetSmoke on the water, a fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
What in the hell was that?
I had no idea...
“War Pigs” always reminds me of John McCain.
WAP is an acronym, for the vulgar refrain of the song: Wet @ss @ussy.
And there it is!
Despite the foolishness of calling a female a stallion, I don’t mind Megan - she can put together some catchy songs. But I agree with the old guy - Cardi B is, quite frankly, disgusting.
Vast majority of their lyrics are not about Satan, and the ones that are are always in the bad sense, even in the discarded lyrics to “Walpurgis” (which was reworked into “War Pigs”). They got the band name from an old Boris Karloff movie, BTW.
Early 1980s “metal” bands such as Venom and Slayer openly praise the god of this world, by contrast, and their lyrics are quite vile.
And there you are, your most honorable Leeness...
I wouldn’t call it that much of an irony. The lyrics to WAP (which explicitly refer to the pudenda) are quite disgusting.
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