tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post240687735005027313..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Black Sabbath: Technical EcstasyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-84745354711930154422020-05-01T06:03:24.716+03:002020-05-01T06:03:24.716+03:00Biggest problem of this album for me is the produc...Biggest problem of this album for me is the production. You listen to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage and it has that nice hard metal crunch to it. Here, Tony makes his guitar tone standard and it mostly sound generic. He did this in the live 1976-78 shows too and I have no clue why. Drugs probably? You Won't Change Me and Dirty Women are definitely the best songs of the album. You Won't Change Me for the dark mood and Dirty Women were that GLORIOUS bridge!Brandon Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166203333516393313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-74050800355854911132014-10-24T15:08:30.218+04:002014-10-24T15:08:30.218+04:00I think it's great. Technical Ecstasy and Nev...I think it's great. Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die are the ones I still play. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-32615837614479537002014-08-02T01:26:43.621+04:002014-08-02T01:26:43.621+04:00He's not saying that the NWBHM influenced Tony...He's not saying that the NWBHM influenced Tony. He's saying how does it compare to it, as he only mentions it in the last paragraph. He's comparing them to the heavy rock 'n' roll of AC/DC, Kiss and Judas Priest. As for the improbability of their influence on Sabbath, they could very easily have met them on tour from 1974-1976 and heard their kind of sound. Musicians are inspired by more than just the major albums and singles. Some of Pete Townshend's more psychedelic/instrumental tracks ("Relax", "In the Hall of the Mountain King", "Sodding About") were heavily influenced by live shows Pink Floyd did before <b>Piper</b> was even released.<br /><br />As for the Status Quo comment, bands like the Quo or Humble Pie, Foghat or Canned Heat or whatever, were all boogie bands from the beginning (or in the case of Humble Pie, weren't as good when they were going for a wall-of-sound-ish psych-hard-rock sound), and at their best. Sabbath were a great riff-based band, so opting for boogie is like abandoning one of their best skills, used in their formative years, their heavy years <i>and</i> their artsy years.Mr. Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06431440474437762706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-75739291763313606232014-08-01T20:49:55.669+04:002014-08-01T20:49:55.669+04:00I always thought that it works if you put commas a...I always thought that it works if you put commas around I know: "Nobody, I know, will ever take my rock'n'roll away from me". As in he knows that nobody will ever take rock'n'roll away from him.Juha-Matti Järvinennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-91757055392788945332014-08-01T14:00:18.679+04:002014-08-01T14:00:18.679+04:00"Tony paid close attention to popular taste, ..."Tony paid close attention to popular taste, and consciously wanted to shift the sound in the direction of the new wave of heavy bands"<br />Only if he could foresee the future - the New Wave of (British) Heavy Metal had not arrived yet. Let there be Rock is from 1977, while Whole lotta Rosie only became a hit a year later. Kiss was in danger of losing their contract at the end of 1975; Alive! was their breakthrough, but only in the USA. I doubt if that one inspired Iommi. Judas Priest and Motorhead were completely unknown yet.<br />Besides Alive! the big hits of 1976 were Boston's debut, Agents of Fortune (in the USA only) and Blue for You (in Europe only). None of them (not even Kiss) belong to the New Wave of (British) Heavy Metal.<br /><br />"Why bother coming up with a classic riff, anyway, if all you wanna do is boogie?"<br />You do realize that this summarizes about 90% of Status Quo's output?MNbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-2278044852412632042014-08-01T09:45:55.018+04:002014-08-01T09:45:55.018+04:00I agree with almost anything Georgi says except: I...I agree with almost anything Georgi says except: I believe All Moving Parts and Rock'n'Roll Doctor are great rockers! I belong to the club that believes all first 7 albums of the group are masterpieces!<br />Welcome to the club!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-10938012853005536852014-08-01T08:38:40.078+04:002014-08-01T08:38:40.078+04:00Definitely a pile of trash that won't be saved...Definitely a pile of trash that won't be saved by any context reconsideration. You won't change me and It's alright are the only decent songs here. Otherwise... no reason to put this in the player when there's so much good music around. The 80's Sabbath it's another affair and should be judged in itw own terms without any reference to the hypothetical legacy (what is the true Sabbath legacy anyways? most people talk about heavy doomy stuff, but is this really the legacy when the majority of their catalogue it's NOT that?). Legacy it's a hypotetical concept which even the band themselves got into hence releasing Heaven and Hell and 13. <br /><br />But you're right, Sabbath experimented more than people usually acknowledge them to have done and that's the missing link between the albums - good or bad. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-68745915559199852502014-08-01T07:59:18.173+04:002014-08-01T07:59:18.173+04:00Nope. This is cut-out bin material. Saw them on to...Nope. This is cut-out bin material. Saw them on tour in November 1976. The band members didn't even look at each other. Ward was tanked.purpleriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360442101841748872noreply@blogger.com