the BLACK SABBATH Epics poll

BTW, if the mod wants to re-title this to be more streamlined like the other ALL CAPS epics polls, please be my guest.

My first ever thread and no love. sniffle.

AS THE WAR MACHINE KEEPTS TURNING
O LORD YEAH!

durndurndurn-a dern dern derrn derrn durn-a

and then I can't remember what happens & my mind just switches to the solo from "Court of he Crimson King."

That's when Bill Ward starts rolling furiously...

"Megalomania" is more epic--I think?--so that gets my vote, but I sure do love me some "War Pigs," and "The Writ," too. And what about "Wheels of Confusion"? Grrrrr!

Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of deaths 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 judgement day comes, yeah!

Now in darkness, world stops turning
As the war machine keeps burning
No more war pigs of the power
Hand of God has sturck the hour
Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings
All right now!

I kick total ass at this on Guitar Hero. Fear my G-Hero SKILLZ.

How could it be anything apart from "War Pigs"? Be serious.

It's the only one that's been overplayed, so that works against it significantly.

Anyway, I voted for "The Writ", but I (like Ozzy) Love Them All.

The inarguable fact that "War Pigs" is overplayed isn't the song's fault.

Does that mean you like Tool too? I might be able to like them if I felt like I could stand to ever hear them again...

Was never really a fan.

I mean, I never want to hear fuckin' "Stairway to Heaven" again either, but that doesn't render it a shit song.

I agree with you about both songs. But I still would not put "War Pigs" on the stereo at my house unless it was some sort of academic illustration.

So my vote goes to the epic song I'd most like to rock out to.

fair enough

It's "War Pigs" for me with "Wheels of Confusion" a close 2nd. I can't actually imagine a point where I didn't enjoy hearing "War Pigs" - it's well known, but as far as "overplayed" goes, it's hardly "Stairway." (Which I also still enjoy though, I may have a stronger stomach for endless repetition than other people.)

fucken ilm won't let me post the same post twice in order to maek funny repetition joke, I have been denied my rightful lulz

It's impossible for a song as awesome as War Pigs to be overplayed. Wheels of Confusion is so mind-bending it's hard to describe. Close third: Sign of the Southern Cross.

Dio was kinda my first Sabbath singer so I don't care and I'm voting for "Heaven and Hell".

Next time just make a minor punctuation change, J0hn!

I vote for "Tomorrow's Dream/The Straightener". (The inclusion of hidden-title sub-songs like "Luke's Wall" clearly renders the songs epic-er.)

"Megalomania" for me please. Oooh what a nutty ass song (and album).

For me it's really all about the song "Black Sabbath" (which is as epic as any piece of music from Beethoven to present). But it's in the 6 minute range and if I opened that floodgate, we'd have a third of their Ozzy-era catalog on this list.

It was fun to see it distilled this far. We lost Master of Reality entirely. No "Into the Void"!

Anyway, I knew everyone had an opinion. And as for "War Pigs", I'm not sick of it. I just don't want to play it on purpose. I still crank up the radio when it comes on. It's lost some freshness, but not power.

someone start a FAITH NO MORE Epic(s) poll

Someone did.

"War Pigs" for me.

How many of the "War Pigs" voters own Sabotage and beyond?

i'm voting "sign of the southern cross" just so someone does

I own everything up through Mob Rules, for whatever that's worth.

And Mob Rules fucking...er.....RULES!

I like Born Again better than any of the Dio records. But I own them all they way up through Forbidden and I even like "Psychoman". So don't blame me.

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nate I will rep for fuckin' never say die so don't even start, but I still voted war pigs

1) war pigz alltime respeck blood diamonds etc
2) megalomania
3) zero the her0

Sounds legit to me John.

:)

Off topic, but deciding to listen to "Stairway to Heaven" as a Brit-folk tune rather than rawk anthem opened new doors on the song for me. If anyone's really that tired of "War Pigs," just pretend it's freak folk or something.

Lonely is the Word

Nice post about Mob Rules Alex. Ever heard the version on the Live at Hammersmith cd Rhino put out earlier this year? It rocks about as hard as anything I've ever heard. Simply unbelievable.

Must check that out! Cheers, Bill.

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Can't say I'm surprised but I still wouldn't rate "War Pigs" as being significantly more epic than any other track on this list. They are all equally fantastic to me.

Clearly, more people need to hear Sabotage.

The live version of "Megalomania" on Past Lives is really cool too. Supposedly one of the only live versions of that songs that exists... (thought that could be marketing hype)

Ozzy blows it at the end of that version. Really bad, I think his voice goes out. The band is searing though.

(I've heard Sabotage and unfortunately I don't much like either epic. Hole In The Sky & Symptom of the Universe yes, but otherwise don't really care for it. I didn't vote in this poll but probably would have gone for War Pigs anyway. Sorry)

"Ozzy blows it at the end of that version.

But, but, Ozzy ALWAYS blows it!