![]() Paranoid () [ larger cover art ] |
We sail through endless skies
Stars shine like eyes
The black night sighs
The moon in silver dreams
Falls down in beams
Light of the night
The Earth a purple blaze
Of sapphire haze
In orbit always
While down below the trees
Bathed in cool breeze
Silver starlight
Breaks dawn from night
And so we pass on by
The crimson eye
Of great god Mars
As we travel the universe
| khat (York, South Carolina) | Posted: May 01, 2013 - 04:07 Bought this album when it came out... Thanks for the refresher. |
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Feb 27, 2013 - 14:03 tripping thru the summer country with avalon and my caravan |
| kojiroh (Istanbul, Turkey) | Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 05:16 Holy mother of god, am I hearing right? Thanks for playing this masterpiece! |
| BobLoblaw (Bytown) | Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 05:15 It doesn't get much better than this. |
| FuryQuaker (Denmark) | Posted: Aug 23, 2012 - 04:38 It's a good song. Prefers the Pantera version though. The lyrics by Anselmo are clearer and not as spaced out as Ozzy's. |
| Bozo (Steeler Penguin Pirate land) | Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 07:29 Dorm room: towel under the door: very smokey: listening to Planet Caravan: hypnotic: fast forward to watching Ozzie stumble around in the only reality show ever worth watching. Strange days, indeed |
| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: May 20, 2012 - 12:15 Black Who? |
| rabaak | Posted: Apr 18, 2012 - 18:45 I liked Paranoid a lot when I was in high school. Listened to it a lot and I'm amazed this song was on it. I don't remember it at all. |
| socalhol (Seattle) | Posted: Apr 18, 2012 - 18:45 neuticle wrote: aaaah, washes away that Natalie Merchant from earlier... |
| stockvc (Between Heaven and Hell) | Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 07:36 We sail through endless skies stars shine like eyes the black night sighs The moon in silver trees falls down in tears light of the night The earth, a purple blaze of sapphire haze in orbit always While down below the trees |
| ckcotton (Adding snarky comments since 2007) | Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 07:35 Never would have guessed who this was..... |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 07:34 DaveInVA wrote: My favorite Black Sabbath tune Mine too. I always wondered why they did not do more stuff like this. |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 07:34 AGAMEMNON wrote: Hey guys, I'm pretty sure Black Sabbath "Paranoid" came out in 1969. I graduated from High School in 1969 and it was one of my favorite albums. The U.S. release of "Paranoid" was held up until January 1971, because the first album was still on the charts (at least in the U.K.). The band was only formed in 1969. |
| Stingray (NWO reloaded) | Posted: Jan 14, 2012 - 13:15 WOOOOW! |
| rebeccagrad (Tucson, AZ) | Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 13:00 For those of you surprised by this track, I highly recommend you check out Black Sabbath (the 1st album) and listen to Paranoid straight through. There is truly something special about these albums and the breadth of sound and style they convey, while still being distinctly Sabbath. |
| RedTopFireBelow (Jersey shore, USA) | Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 12:52 THAT was Black Sabbath? Who knew????? |
| acolt (Pittsburgh, PA) | Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 12:52 Sorry, wait, that was SABBATH? |
| Beez | Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 12:51 Love it. |
| ick (...out of the primordial ooze) | Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 17:17 Ozzie...Is that you Ozzie? |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 17:17 RP is the only radio station in the world that would play this deeeeeeeep cut |
| AGAMEMNON (Djibouti, Horn of Africa) | Posted: Jul 09, 2011 - 08:53 Hey guys, I'm pretty sure Black Sabbath "Paranoid" came out in 1969. I graduated from High School in 1969 and it was one of my favorite albums. |
| woodchuk (Lunar Lagrange point L1) | Posted: Jul 09, 2011 - 08:45 So unbelievably mellow and heavy all at once.. A bit more of Black Sabbath's lesser-played tunes please! 9 |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 17:12 aaaah, washes away that Natalie Merchant from earlier... |
| KOLFanSince2002 (Enfield, CT) | Posted: Apr 05, 2011 - 11:23 Sabbath...one of the most underrated RnB bands ever...Sabbra Cadabbra is truly epic. Amazing band...:))) |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Apr 05, 2011 - 11:22 scrubbrush wrote: i don't know how Bill comes up with transitions like Regina Spektor to Black Sabbath, but i love it +1 |
| jonahboo (in a corner) | Posted: Apr 05, 2011 - 11:21 the only band Better than Led Zeppelin ![]() |
| Stranglersfan (Revelstoke, B.C.) | Posted: Nov 30, 2010 - 17:49 Nice track..............too bad Ozzies music turned to gibberish crap as he aged |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: Nov 30, 2010 - 17:48 blotto wrote: 30 years later and not near as mind altered, and it still sounds pretty good. Hah! (At least now we know the voice was supposed to sound that way!) Never really occurred to me before how cheesy the cover photo/art is. |
| Orange73 | Posted: Oct 30, 2010 - 01:58 I love this song! From italy |
| Orange73 | Posted: Oct 30, 2010 - 01:57 I love this song! From italy |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Sep 28, 2010 - 10:03 Prefer the cover by Pantera, but nevertheless a great song! |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Sep 28, 2010 - 10:02 Sabbath Rocks!!!!!! |
| Gergonomic (Arriving somewhere, but not here) | Posted: Aug 27, 2010 - 10:13 Perfect song to chill to while wrapping up the work week |
| blotto (here, at the moment) | Posted: Aug 27, 2010 - 10:12 30 years later and not near as mind altered, and it still sounds pretty good. |
| ziakut (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Aug 27, 2010 - 10:12 I like it...suprised that it's Black Sabbath. |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Aug 27, 2010 - 10:12 Had ABSOLUTELY no clue that SABBATH was that good! Song sounds to me as being from 2010! JUST AMAZING! EDIT: I try to imagine how many million more albums they could have sold - had the COVER not been so ridiculously STUPID!!! |
| rickhoran (Eastern PA) | Posted: Aug 27, 2010 - 10:11 mcklein18 wrote: More Sabbath!!! yes, probably one of the most boring songs i have heard. i was just actually telling SO that when i bought this vinyl in 1972 i would pick up the "needle" and move it to the next song "iron man". i always skipped this song since i first bought the record and still do. |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Aug 27, 2010 - 10:11 My favorite Black Sabbath tune |
| scrubbrush | Posted: Aug 27, 2010 - 10:10 i don't know how Bill comes up with transitions like Regina Spektor to Black Sabbath, but i love it |
| mcklein18 | Posted: Jul 26, 2010 - 09:57 More Sabbath!!! |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Jul 26, 2010 - 09:56 I would have sworn this was Robyn Trower, it sounds just like 'Bridge of Sighs'. Not a bad thing. |
| 4merdj (donde el viento se devuelve) | Posted: Jul 26, 2010 - 09:55 Another one in my time capsule ... have forgotten how good these guys were! |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 15:54 Xeric wrote: If Sabbath COULD do this, how come they never DID? Is it just me, or is this comment some kind of existential black hole? |
| Bosami (Deep in the heart of nowhere) | Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 12:48 Wow - this takes me back. Superb. |
| spaceman (Vienna, Austria) | Posted: May 23, 2010 - 17:04 Xeric wrote: If Sabbath COULD do this, how come they never DID? They did. "Solitude" from their next album, "Master of Reality", is similar in style. I like the rest too, not just the quiet pieces; even the later ones with Dio... RIP Ronnie :( |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: May 23, 2010 - 16:59 Have album - dont know song! SHAME ON ME! |
| Xeric (Montana) | Posted: May 23, 2010 - 16:58 If Sabbath COULD do this, how come they never DID? |
| slimvincent | Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 23:29 truly godlike |
| jeftaloz | Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 19:17 STILL ALIVE AND KICKING HA HA HA COUGH COUGH COUGH EYE EYE EYE |
| potatomutant (Hanging on a curtain) | Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 19:17 This is on a rrrreally great compilation CD called "LateNightTales: Air". The whole LateNightTales set is extremolutely fantasterrific and would be well appreciated by RP listeners. |



