Posted on 05/27/2022 9:04:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Considering Black Sabbath are largely responsible for inventing heavy metal as we know it, Butler’s remarks are intriguing. In his estimation, the label “heavy metal” was used in a slightly derogatory context in early 1970s and Black Sabbath got “stuck with it.”
“When we were on tour in America — I think it was the second tour in the [United] States — I read this review, and the guy said, ‘This isn’t music; it sounds like a bunch of heavy metal being smashed together.'” Geezer recalled in a new interview with Eddie Trunk. “Somehow that got over to England, and from then on it was like the sarcastic thing they used to apply to us — ‘this isn’t music, it’s a load of heavy metal being smashed together.’ And for some reason we got stuck with it.”
Others have credited Steppenwolf’s classic “Born to Be Wild” for coining the term in its opening verses: “I like smoke and lightnin’ / Heavy metal thunder.” Whatever the case, as a genre tag, heavy metal apparently had some growing pains before it became legitimately colloquial.
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witness poobaH
Wife always said that it sounded like ‘a truck full of squealing hogs backing into a pile of garbage cans.’
Metallica never really sounded like music to me, just a crescendo of things crashing together. I know what you’re going to say, so don’t bother. To each his own.
I don’t think it sounds as good as things crashing together. That would sound much better.
Incredibly, according to Wikipedia:
In 2010 Poobah signed a deal with the Ripple Music label.[14] The first album “Let Me In” was remixed by Tony Reed (Stone Axe / Mos Generator)[15] and reissued as CD and double album on vinyl with previously unreleased bonus material from 1972-73. The album received good reviews and high recognition. The Rolling Stone magazine e.g. added “Let Me In” to the “Top Ten Albums Of The Year”.[16] The Goldmine music collector magazine named the album “Reissue Pick Of The Year” and Poobah “One of the world’s most collectable psych rock bands”.[17] The Goldmine magazine also featured an interview with Poobah in April 2021.[18][19] London’s Shindig! magazine wrote a positive review of “Let Me in” in its 2018 summer issue.[20] Poobah tracks are played in several company productions. The Hollywood movie “Between Us” uses the title “Frustration” from the album Steamroller in 2016.[20] In 2017 “Enjoy What You Have” from the LP “Let Me In” is used in the TV series Graves with Nick Nolte and introduced the band to a larger audience. The 2018 Hollywood film Josie with Sophie Turner uses the title “Enjoy What You Have” from the album “Let Me In”. The film Youngstown: Still Standing uses five titles by Poobah.[20] In 2020 Dave Wyndorf of Monster Magnet released a cover version of Poobah’s “Mr. Destroyer” on his album “A Better Dystopia”.[21][22][23][24] Poobah produced the CD “Blue” 2018 and “Evolver)Revlove” in 2020. The release of another album on CD and LP has been announced.
/laughs in Don Felder
Beats the heck out of Country. Especially today’s country.
I liked Sabbath back in the day. Modern metal with Cookie Monster vocals cracks me up. I can’t listen to that.
Not my favorite ban/genre, but War Pigs especially is a stunningly great rock song.
Country/western was good when I was a kid. Ever since it’s been pretty much an urban cowboy thing. I grew up in the 70’s but my music preferences, except for classical, were fixed more or less by 80’s music you saw on MTV at the time. They don’t make that anymore. Today’s rap/pop is uninspired and can be done without.
Agree w/that. The 80s saw some great music.
Metallica is one of my all time favs.
old country was pretty cool. Especially outlaw.
The Cars, Van Halen w/ Roth, Crue....
IMO, most of the album “Paranoid” is excellent, even though in general I’m not a big Black Sabbath fan. In fact, the title track might be the 2nd weakest tune of the album, and it’s not really a weak effort...
The original CD release is, to use your word, a stunning recording from an audio standpoint, too. Perhaps partially because it is a relatively simple uncluttered mix, but well engineered, the clarity and punch / dynamics are terrific. Some of those drum rolls are just to die for, on a good audio system. A few years ago I was checking out some new-to-me computer speakers and played “Fairies Wear Boots” (album version) off You Tube. I was not impressed. But, then I popped in my old CD. BIG difference for the better. Over-compressed music (as on the CD) would not reveal a difference like that.
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