Stuck In My Head 11.12.2015 - The Mob Rules

Oh, how this seems appropriate this week....and the great Ronnie James Dio at his finest.


The Mob Rules
by Black Sabbath (Heaven & Hell)

Close the city and tell the people that something's coming to call
Death and darkness are rushing forward to take a bite from the wall, oh

You've nothing to say
They're breaking away
If you listen to fools...
The Mob Rules
The Mob Rules

Kill the spirit and you'll be blinded, the end is always the same
Play with fire, you burn your fingers and lose your hold of the flame, oh

It's over, it's done
The end is begun
If you listen to fools...
The Mob Rules

You've nothing to say
Oh, They're breaking away
If you listen to fools...

Break the circle and stop the movement, the wheel is thrown to the ground
Just remember it might start rolling and take you right back around

You're all fools!
The Mob Rules!

In Tribute to Geezer Butler

From the Bass Player Live! 2013 event, hosted by Bass Player Magazine. This year was a tribute to Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler.

Guitar - Zakk Wylde (ex - Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society)
Bass - Jason Newstead (ex - Metallica, ex - Flotsam and Jetsam, Newstead)
Drums - Charlie Benante (Anthrax)
Vocals - Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour)

Pretty awesome cover, IMHO.

Stuck in My Head: Loner

Loner
by Black Sabbath

He's just a loner
He never says hello
A friend to no-one
He's got no place to go
He don't look happy
He looks through fertile eyes
He ain't got nothing
No-one to sympathise, alright now!

He hides himself away
His secrets not revealed
As life just passes by
He keeps himself concealed
A solitary man, an enigmatic child
A riddle never solved
A prisoner exiled, alright now!

I wonder if the loner cannot simulate
A lifeless lived alone plays devil's advocate, come on now!

Has he ever tried to be happy?
Reach out from inside
Someone on who he can depend
It's getting too late to recover
He won't stand a chance
And into his own hell he'll descend
Don't descend!
Don't descend!
Don't descend!
Don't descend!

No understanding of things he already knows
He has to live his life and just let out and go, alright yeah!
Communication's an impossibility
He's his own best friend, but he's his own worst enemy
The secrets of his past life deep inside his head
I wonder if he'll be happy when he's dead, come on yeah!

The Frankenstein Playlist: Track Sixteen

Oh, how cliche this one is...but I felt appropriate for Opening night.

Are our Debts settled? Are our wrongs righted?

Iron Man
by Black Sabbath


I am Iron Man!
Has he lost his mind?
Can he see or is he blind?
Can he walk at all
Or if he moves will he fall?

Is he alive or dead?
Has he thoughts within his head
We'll just pass him there
Why should we even care?

He was turned to steel
In the great magnetic field
When he travelled time
For the future of mankind

Nobody wants him
He just stares at the world
Planning his vengeance
That he will soon unfold

Now the time is here
For Iron Man to spread fear
Vengeance from the grave
Kills the people he once saved

Nobody wants him
They just turn their heads
Nobody helps him
Now he has his revenge

Heavy boots of lead
Fills his victims full of dread
Running as fast as they can
Iron Man lives again!

The Final Playlist:

• 1- The Creature Lives by Mastodon
• 2- My Father's House by Bruce Springsteen
• 3- Cold Water by Tom Waits
• 4- The Apparition by Iron Maiden
• 5- Rusty Cage by Johnny Cash 
• 6- Ride the Lightning by Metallica
• 7- Witch Hunt by Rush 
• 8- Black the Sky by King's X 
• 9- No Quarter by Led Zeppelin
• 10- The Flame by Cheap Trick 
• 11- Devils and Dust by Bruce Springsteen
• 12- Dead and Bloated by Stone Temple Pilots 
• 13- I Don't Believe in Love by Queensryche 
• 14- She Talks to Angels by The Black Crowes
• 15- Adam Raised a Cain by Bruce Springsteen
• 16- Iron Man by Black Sabbath

Stuck in My Head 11.14.2011

Supernaut
by Black Sabbath

I want to reach out
And touch the sky
I want to touch the sun
But I don't need to die

I'm gonna climb up
On the mountains of the moon
And find a distant man
A waving his spoon

I've crossed the ocean, turned everything
I found the crossing near a golden rainbow's end
I've been through magic and defied reality
I've lived a thousand years and it never bothered me

Got no religion
Don't need no friends
Got all I want
And I don't need to pretend

Don't try to reach me
'Cause I'd tear up your mind
I've seen the future
And I've left it behind

Stuck In My Head 10.5.2011

I
by Black Sabbath

I am anger
Under pressure
Locked in cages
A prisoner
The first to escape

I am wiccan
I am legion
Strength in numbers
A lie
The number is one

Chorus:
I - I - I
Everything that I see is for me

Yes, I am giant
I'm a monster
Breaking windows
In houses
Buildings of glass
Rebel rebel
Holy outlaw
Ride together
Don't try it
The power's in one

Chorus:
I - I - I
I am standing alone
But I can rock you
I - I - I

On the edge of the blade
But the knife can't cut the hero down

I am virgin
I'm a whore
Giving nothing
The taker
The maker of war
I'll smash your face in
But with a smile
All together
You'll never
Be stronger than me

Chorus:
I - I - I
Right here on my own
But I still rock you
I - I - I
Don't follow behind
Just leave me on the outside

I - I - I
I am standing alone
But I can shock you
I - I - I
On the edge of the blade
But no one makes the hero bleed
( No, no , no )

I am hunger
Feed my head
All together
You'll never
Never make the hero bleed
( No, no, no )