C/D - Black Sabbath's "A Bit of Finger/Sleep Villiage/Warning"

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It kinda drags a bit, but there's about a dozen cool licks in that song... Still, I can't resist hering Tony Iommi solo for 8 minutes, ya know?

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 18:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd say it's classic. On paper it's a horrible idea; Iommi really isn't the guy that can solo for that long without being annoying, is he? I guess he is, because I always sit through that song with a slight nod on my face and smiling head.
Sure beats Rat Salad anyways!

― Øystein Holm-Olsen (Øystein H-O), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 19:12 (twenty-two years ago)

The 'turn your body to a corpse' bit reminds me of Wang Chung's "Dance Hall Days"!

― dave q, Tuesday, 5 August 2003 19:26 (twenty-two years ago)

..which is on "Behind the Wall of Sleep" obv., sorry. I love "Warning"

― dave q, Tuesday, 5 August 2003 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

On the UK album it's just "Sleeping Village/Warning" and on the US album it's "A Bit of Finger/Sleeping Village/Warning" What's up with that?! I think the "Bit of Finger" part just refers to the opening acoustic bit with the Jew's Harp (best use of Jew's Harp in a heavy metal song ever?)(at least I think that's what it is!!). And does the "Bit of Finger" refer to Iommi's legendary truncated digits?! Creepy.

Anyway, yeah, "Warning". wow. Love the way the feedback from "Sleeping Village" rings out before Ward and Butler - all beautifully fuzzed out - come in. The sinister innuendo behind "My feelings were a little bit too strong" .. and the way Ozzy delivers it .. unsettling. Also, that bit at the end of unaccompanied part of the guitar solo - where Iommi's tremoloed guitar sound is pure evil - used to frighten me when as a lad I'd listen to We Sold Our Soul For Rock & Roll (my first Sab rec) on headphones before bed.

Who's heard the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation's original?

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Who's heard the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation's original?

What-what-now??
This is news to me!

― Øystein Holm-Olsen (Øystein H-O), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 20:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, they wrote it and first recorded it as a single for Blue Horizon (Mike Vernon's British blues label) in 1967. It was their only release for the label before the went on to make their full-lengths for, um, whoever they recorded the full-lengths for. It's obviously much shorter than Sabbath's take (about 3 and half minutes). I like Sabbath's better.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Has anyone heard Crow's original version of "Evil Woman"?

I've wondered what that one sounded like.

― earlnash, Tuesday, 5 August 2003 21:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, it basically sucks. I have the record that's on, but I could never get into those guys. They were kind of a "horn band". Anyway, Spooky Tooth totally did the best song ever titled "Evil Woman".

I ripped a copy of the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation version of "Warning" if anyone wants to hear it.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 22:20 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah i'd like to hear that but i don't have the facilities for listening to digitally stored sound. i got that crow single, it's ok, like mr d says a horn band which isn't a genre i care for but that's...y'know...allright. no sabbath but. that spooky tooth song is the same one the troggs did right? the troggs did it better.

― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 02:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Behind the Wall of SLeep may actually be my favorite song on that album... Or at least right up there w/ NIB... god what a fantastic album...

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 02:33 (twenty-two years ago)

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