I like some christian songs. I especially like Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and Mozart’s Requiem. Mozart, by the way, was an atheist. I love christmas songs from Silent Night to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, but I believe in Jesus as much as I believe in Rudolph and Santa. That is, not at all.
I’m sure all your affiliate marketing links are a nifty source of income. Why market them on a site of primarily atheists and agnostics? Wouldn’t you make more money marketing them on Christian websites? Or is that market kind of flooded and pointless…
I’m sure all your affiliate marketing links are a nifty source of income. Why market them on a site of primarily atheists and agnostics? Wouldn’t you make more money marketing them on Christian websites? Or is that market kind of flooded and pointless…
The OP is on the cusp of being simply spam. Assuming that Parture is for real, I’ve simply removed the links and mention in the title.
Contrary to what most people think, Black Sabbath’s music is generally pro-religion. A large percentage of their songs deal with the conundrums of life, theism, and Death. Many of their songs deal with people coming to grip with the harsh realities of life through religion.
One of my favorite lines is….“have you ever thought about your soul and can it be saved,
or perhaps you feel that when you are dead you just stay in your grave,
well I’ve seen the truth, and I’ve seen the light and I’m changing my ways….”
The music is all Heavy Rock, and I find it appealing for it’s heavy forthright contemplation of theism, atheism, and the Darker side of life in general.
Their theistic overtones are nicely matched by a realistic sense of what Satan would truly embody if he were real. These lyrical themes can be found in songs of theirs such as “War Pigs”, “Wicked World”, and “N.I.B.” to name just a few.
Black Sabbath will go down in history for their pioneering style. They were one of the first bands ever to address Harsh realities of life, and put them in a forthright, Literate, and highly charged, in your face expose of what “Evil” really is.
I could never connect with BS or with Bloodrock either. More of a Doors kind of guy myself and of course Jefferson Airplane. On the quasi-theistic train I liked Seatrain.
I could never connect with BS or with Bloodrock either. More of a Doors kind of guy myself and of course Jefferson Airplane. On the quasi-theistic train I liked Seatrain.
Never listened to Bloodrock. I have every last JA album, plus all the Kanter/Slick stuff. I have all the Doors too, plus Bootlegs.
I remember thinking Black Sabbath was a bunch of hooey too. That was before I actually gave them a try. If you like Led Zeppelin, then Black Sabbath certainly falls under that category. I’m talking about there first 6 albums. After that…enhh.
Never got to see them in concert, but Black Sabbath has always been one of my favorite bands.
I was intrigued to learn (from a documentary-like video they released) that while all the members ‘partied’ significantly, they kicked Ozzie out because he partied too much! (IIRC, this move was the catalyst that helped them all get cleaned up.)
Never got to see them in concert, but Black Sabbath has always been one of my favorite bands.
I was intrigued to learn (from a documentary-like video they released) that while all the members ‘partied’ significantly, they kicked Ozzie out because he partied too much! (IIRC, this move was the catalyst that helped them all get cleaned up.)
Take care,
Derek
Nice. I’m not too into the post Ozzy stuff. Did you see that Rolling Stones Movie.”..something Circus something or other”.
It’s 1968-69. Beggars Banquet Debut, plus other guest bands. Tony Iommi is playing with Jethro Tull. Wielding the Black SG.
Great stuff.
