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Jozef
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Topic: Mellow Sabbath Posted: November 30 2009 at 00:30 |
I was wondering what everyone's favorite mellower Black Sabbath song was. These songs stood out to me to me the most as being the most representative of their more subdued side.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 00:35 |
Planet Caravan is top 5 Sabbath for me.
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 12:42 |
"Stonehenge" for me.
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Dean
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 12:58 |
Planet Caravan (Panteater version)
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Any Colour You Like
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 13:19 |
Fluff, one of my favourite Sabbath songs.
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 13:42 |
Planet Caravan. Out there man ! Doesn't even sound like the Sabs. Sounds like Ozzy took too much valium. Sensual. Lofty. Atmospheric. Love Iommi's jazzy guitar. A have sex song.
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Tarquin Underspoon
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 22:24 |
Sign of the Southern Cross? Really?...... Subdued? That thing rocks hard.
Another vote for Planet Caravan. Despite the awful Pantera cover. Hey, at least it's better than their version of Hole in the Sky.....
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Posted: December 01 2009 at 02:05 |
Yet another for Planet Caravan - fits in well when I play chill sets at clubs too
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Posted: December 01 2009 at 08:01 |
Surprised no votes for Laguna Sunrise - beautiful track, sends shivers..
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Posted: December 01 2009 at 14:36 |
Have to say "Planet Caravan", but all the first 6 on your list, except "Changes", are really really fantastic! AND YOU FORGOT "SHE'S GONE"!
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Posted: December 01 2009 at 15:00 |
Orchid
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Posted: December 02 2009 at 16:11 |
^^^^ That one's really beautiful! Makes me think of a forest in springtime
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The Quiet One
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Posted: December 02 2009 at 16:22 |
Planet Caravan is one exceptional song!
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Posted: December 03 2009 at 08:28 |
Yep, Planet Caravan, my only complaint is that it's too short......
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Posted: December 03 2009 at 23:16 |
NO VOTE...... can't decide between Laguna Sunrise and Changes.
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Posted: December 06 2009 at 05:39 |
Definitely the awesomely trippy, sci-fi-hippie Planet Caravan, with Solitiude second ... I did once spend a depressing period being consoled by Bill Ward's lead vocals on It's Alright though!
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Posted: December 27 2009 at 15:32 |
Tarquin Underspoon wrote:
Sign of the Southern Cross? Really?...... Subdued? That thing rocks hard.
Another vote for Planet Caravan. Despite the awful Pantera cover. Hey, at least it's better than their version of Hole in the Sky..... |
Agreed 100%. I absolutely LOVE "The Sign...", which is one of the best things the Sabs have ever done, but to call it mellow is stretching things more than a little bit. Anyway, though I don't know if it would qualify as mellow, I'd like to mention another very unconventional Sabs piece - "Supertzar" from Sabotage.
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Posted: December 27 2009 at 16:29 |
Perhaps not highly mellow, but one of my most played Sabbath songs ever is called "In Memory". From an album I personally think is a tad too underrated ;-)
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Posted: December 27 2009 at 17:57 |
Gonna have to go with Planet Caravan myself. One of my favorite early Sabbath songs. Although I recently purchased the three-CD version of Paranoid with an early Planet Caravan lyric and "it was dreadful".
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FusionKing
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Posted: December 28 2009 at 22:33 |
'Planet Caravan' is psychedelic bliss. However, in my mind Sabbath can do no wrong anyway so really, they're all good. Was anybody else surprised that Bill Ward was getting a chance to sing on 'It's Alright'?
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