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The Ballad of Richard Iommi

This is the ballad of Richard Iommi. Richard was a typical suburban teenager. He lived with his parents and spent most of his time hanging out with his friends, listening to records and smoking dope in his room in the basement. There was only one difference between Richard and a typical suburban teenager—he was totally obsessed with Tony Iommi. For those of you who don't know, Tony Iommi is the guitarist in the rock 'n' roll group Black Sabbath. Richard idolized him.

CHORUS:
He believed, he believed, he believed he was the son of Tony
He changed his name, he changed his name, he changed his name to Iommi

But Richard's devotion to Tony Iommi didn't end there. Not only did he change his last name, but he began buying vintage musical equipment circa 1969. His goal was to obtain the same make and model of guitars and amplifiers that his idol had used. He even got a 72-piece drum kit* just like Bill Ward's. Richard and his best friend would go down to the basement, get really wasted, and set up all the equipment like a shrine. They talked about the day that they would form their band. Richard, of course, would be the guitarist.—CHORUS

One day Richard and his best friend were down in the basement. Richard was cutting pictures of Tony Iommi out of old Creem magazines and pasting them in a huge collage on his wall. His friend was playing with the tuner on Richard's stereo when suddenly they both heard something that would change their lives. Lee Aaron was coming to their town. For those of you who don't know, Lee Aaron is the very talented and lovely Canadian rock singer who's also known as the Metal Queen. Richard and his friend loved Lee Aaron second only to Tony Iommi. Richard knew he had to somehow meet Lee Aaron and tell her the secret of his lineage.

He believed, he believed, he believed he was the son of Tony
He went to see, he went to see, he went to see the Metal Queen

On the day of the show, Richard was so excited he could barely move. In the afternoon he went down to the concert hall early in hopes of catching a glimpse of her. Suddenly, there she was. Everything in the world faded away, and before he knew it he was telling her about the double-neck guitar, the 72-piece drum kit, and why he changed his name. The Metal Queen listened, and in a single sentence brought his entire world crashing down!

"Like, why don't you sell that shit and get a life?"

He believed, he believed, he believed he was the son of Tony
The Metal Queen, the Metal Queen, the Metal Queen smashed his dreams—CHORUS
 

I prefer the Hellsongs version, but you gotta respect the original.

AWESOME! The freak flags are flying!

Volume up.

Great song for teenage angst. For the 17-year-old male in us all!

Thanks Bill!  This is a bit of a palette cleanser after hearing the sitar laden Iron Man by Opium Jukebox.

I'll never complain about any song RP plays on this forum because RP is the finest of all radio stations I've yet listened to. And Paranoid just sounds so much better on your favorite radio station.
There was nothing quite like the sound Sabbath introduced at the time, or before. Hats-off to Black Sabbath - this song never gets old.

Sorry RP - a new low.

I was about to post this on Opium Jukebox's version of Iron Man, but here it is;



Please don't play Paranoid or Iron Man, they're the only two songs most people know about Sabbath. Let's play Johnny Blade or Solitude or After Forever or any other song for that matter! Let's let people know how great Sabbath were!

cranked it to:

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Now that's more like it! Whoooooooo!

Sounds great on clear vinyl also!

Again, yet another reason that I love RP.   Beck had me crying 3 songs ago, now Ozzy and crew have me dancing!!

Perfect way to end this day.. stuck at the office until 5:30, no one else here.

 johnjconn wrote: 
Oh, because the US doesn't have any embarrassing artists anywhere...

It is the guitar riff, not the reality TV show people! 8

 On_The_Beach wrote: 


I know exactly what you mean...  this is a great classic song...  love it...
 

Should be required listening for every middle class teenage boy.

Oh, feck off Ozzy and go eat a bat's head. Overplayed, clichéd, and more full of sh1t than a septic tank. Bring back the Bhangra covers.

And yeah, work sucks the big one and I'm in a bad mood

 On_The_Beach wrote: 
"Even paranoids have enemies."
—Henry Kissinger

 romeotuma wrote: 
I'm only paranoid because everyone's out to get me.

Paranoid people are out to get me...  I know it...

love this song...

 

Excellent way to follow up that Opium Jukebox weirdness.

Why doesn't he slur and babble on this song.
It can use a couple of F bombs too? 

Ozzy is an embarrassment to all artist everywhere. 
I'm glad he's British and not an American

i'd love to hear more of this "halloween" music throughout the year! 

 Eveland wrote: 

And that's relevant to his talent as a recording artist because....? 

Bulls..t.