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Black Sabbath — Paranoid
Album: Paranoid
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8.2

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Released: 1971
Length: 2:47
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Finished with my woman
'Cause she couldn't help me with my mind
People think I'm insane
Because I am frowning all the time

All day long I think of things
But nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind
If I don't find something to pacify

Can you help me occupy my brain?
Oh yeah

I need someone to show me
The things in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness
I must be blind

Make a joke and I will sigh
And you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel
And love to me is so unreal

And so as you hear these words
Telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life
I wish I could but it's too late
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 uksminas wrote:



damnit, which movie is this from? (getting old...)
Posted 2 months ago by Stipe72    [ Reply ]
 pegger wrote:

I had to raise the rating for this great song from 9 to 10. It was just too tempting to combine Godlike with Black Sabbath.




I just did the same: 9 to 10.
Posted 2 months ago by msbolton    [ Reply ]
 ipestell wrote:

The only thing wrong with this track, is it doesn't go on for long enough.




Yes!
Posted 2 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Absolute creme de la creme of the original heavy metal artists. Still one of the greatest songs of all time. Pleasantly surprised to hear it on RP - keep rocking! 
Posted 3 months ago by libertinesupreme    [ Reply ]
 OZZZZYYYYYY 
Posted 3 months ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]
ozzyyyyyyyyy!!
Posted 5 months ago by myk    [ Reply ]
Tonight I finally looked at the lyrics for this song and got the biggest shock I've had in a while. 

For my entire life I heard the last stanza as

"And so, as you hear these words
Telling you now, of my state
I tell you to end your life
I wish I could but it's too late"

And now I find he's actually sing  "enjoy life", not "end your life"

Suddenly this song is much more wholesome...
(I give it a 9)



Posted 8 months ago by John42    [ Reply ]
That BASS!!!
Posted 10 months ago by keenevision    [ Reply ]
 pegger wrote:

I had to raise the rating for this great song from 9 to 10. It was just too tempting to combine Godlike with Black Sabbath.




YES!!  Too funny!   LOL!  
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 Flying_Donut wrote:

Can I ask for "Planet Caravan"? Is that too much to hope for?



It's on the RP playlist...
Posted 1 year ago by alain.brault    [ Reply ]
I had to raise the rating for this great song from 9 to 10. It was just too tempting to combine Godlike with Black Sabbath.
Posted 1 year ago by pegger    [ Reply ]
Brings back memories of stoned teen aged boys yelling, "OZZIE!" or "SABBATH!", hahaha. What you lookin at me?
Posted 1 year ago by dgeagon    [ Reply ]
What a blast from the past! I may not have heard this since my short-lived Black Sabbath period in junior highschool. Doesn't sound too bad actually, after all these years.
Posted 1 year ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
 Flying_Donut wrote:

Can I ask for "Planet Caravan"? Is that too much to hope for?




It's in the playlist, I've heard it before, favorite Sabbath song 
Posted 1 year ago by robmerkeldesigns    [ Reply ]
Bill  - what has gotten into you....I'm suddenly blasted to 1972....Zep, Purple, Sabbath...black lights, incense, and the sound of gurgling water...oh my.
Posted 2 years ago by rmoore007    [ Reply ]
Everyone has one good song in them
Posted 2 years ago by Greyerwrit    [ Reply ]
Can I ask for "Planet Caravan"? Is that too much to hope for?
Posted 2 years ago by Flying_Donut    [ Reply ]
 ipestell wrote:

The only thing wrong with this track, is it doesn't go on for long enough.




well, not really. The cover is crap :-)
Posted 2 years ago by nmb    [ Reply ]
Iconic!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 newbolddrive wrote:

Funny, this seems so tame now...



not Sweet Leaf
Posted 2 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Sabbath! Not Safe For Work. Crank it up!!!!!!
Posted 2 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
I saw them at The Sunshine Inn in Asbury Park, NJ in 1971, Their 1st album had had just been released. I was 6 feet from the stage! Great show!!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 newbolddrive wrote:

Funny, this seems so tame now...




It's true.  What was hard back then is just full electric blues/rock now.   I still love at 50+ years old like me.
Posted 2 years ago by bdwhitepm    [ Reply ]
Funny, this seems so tame now...
Posted 2 years ago by newbolddrive    [ Reply ]
50 years old and still frickin’ awesome 😎
Posted 2 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
 roadie wrote:

PSD'd from Time after Time by Cindy Lauper to this.  Reward or punishment?  



The two songs are almost identical when you think about it...
Posted 2 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
have been told that headbangin´is not appropriate for  the CEO.... think I should change the questions for future interviews
Posted 2 years ago by nmb    [ Reply ]
What an influential and underrated  band (at least in the beginning). Master of Reality is my favorite album. Slow and heavy riffs. And I love the unexpected tempo changes in some songs. Into the void is just brilliant imo. Great sound as well. I read that Tony Iommy downtuned his guitar to make it easier and less painful for him to play. He had an accident which severed the tips of two fingers. This downtuning contributed to the heavy and dark sound. 
Posted 3 years ago by oHelvetos    [ Reply ]
 ipestell wrote:
The only thing wrong with this track, is it doesn't go on for long enough.
 

Actually the excess reverb in the voice too, IMHO
Posted 3 years ago by DunstanBurke    [ Reply ]
gray 8 track that had to be spliced more than a few times
Posted 3 years ago by njtjt    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by uksminas    [ Reply ]
 roadie wrote:
PSD'd from Time after Time by Cindy Lauper to this.  Reward or punishment?  
 

Well, you did say "different." I'm going with "Reward."
Posted 3 years ago by acolt    [ Reply ]
This was my first introduction to hard rock and I never looked back. A groundbreaker with grit, nuance and menace. Hail Lord Ozzy!
Posted 3 years ago by tazmondpembroke    [ Reply ]
The best band ever!

Did I just said it?

Yes.

Yes, I did.
Posted 3 years ago by panzersfreeware    [ Reply ]
Many thanks to Bill for including Sabbath in the playlist 
   

Long Live Radio Paradise!
Posted 3 years ago by CowboyJJ    [ Reply ]
'Our song' - my wife's lasting memory is of me shortly after we met at at Uni holding my deck in my hands while looking at the home-made (Sinclair) amp in the plinth to see where the smoke was coming from - at full volume. Kef Kit 3's bass units pulsing with the warp in the record...
Posted 3 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
second day in a row is not possible listen to RP.Songs stops every 5 seconds.On cell phone is the same.Shame
Posted 3 years ago by uksminas    [ Reply ]
 neptunejeff wrote:
Initially critics hated this  band ,but now recognize them  
as  influential as the Beatles in rock music history!
 
 
Lol, never heard those two bands in the same sentence before! And while it would be hard to deny their influence, it's a bit harder to say they were as influential as the beatles. But regardless... rock on!
Posted 3 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
Looks like this only gets played once a year or so. I guess I hit the lottery.  Thanks RP.
Posted 4 years ago by Nkoenig    [ Reply ]
Initially critics hated this  band ,but now recognize them  
as  influential as the Beatles in rock music history!
 
Posted 4 years ago by neptunejeff    [ Reply ]
Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill.
Rejoice!!
Posted 4 years ago by tomperth1    [ Reply ]
+1 for my son-in-law's sake (who happens to be in County Jail for another 8+ days and likely a bit Paranoid) as he's been getting me to acknowledge Ozzy/BS's creative work, and I agree....call this a 9....Long Live RP!!
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Hear the bass. 

Hear the fingers squeak on guitar strings. 

This is what ya call RnR.  
Posted 4 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
The only thing wrong with this track, is it doesn't go on for long enough.
Posted 4 years ago by ipestell    [ Reply ]
 roadie wrote:
PSD'd from Time after Time by Cindy Lauper to this.  Reward or punishment?  
 
Neither.  You just got a different genre.  It's not rocket science or a conspiracy.  Variety is why we love this channel.
Posted 4 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Remembering the good old days when we played Rock'n'Roll Racing on Sega with my father
Posted 5 years ago by nickmetalx3317    [ Reply ]
I don't detect a lot about paranoia in the lyrics.  The "I" sounds like a classic misanthrope, however. 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
This feels like it should be every 16-year-old boy's idea of the perfect rock song.
Posted 5 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by JckTorance    [ Reply ]
PSD'd from Time after Time by Cindy Lauper to this.  Reward or punishment?  
Posted 6 years ago by roadie    [ Reply ]
PSD'd from too-mellow Suzanne Vega. WHOA! 
Gimme an 8 for the sheer fun of head banging rock the fuck out of me. This is a first for me here on RP! Where have you been, Ozzy and Iommi??? Where's Iron Man, too? 


Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Guitarist}{#Drummer}{#Bananajam}
Posted 6 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
A good song to land on from PSD.

Stefan_Lutz wrote:

Wow is Bill on holiday?

Hey maybe Rebecca sneaked this one in?  {#Cheesygrin}
Posted 7 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
yes yes and more yes
Posted 7 years ago by dubberdan    [ Reply ]
 Stefan_Lutz wrote:
Wow is Bill on holiday? Thank you so much all Sabbath fans try to not miss this tour to support "The End" and the last record they made called "13" it's worth owning. Again thank you, usually we get Laguna Sunrise, what's next " The Writ"?
 
I'm holding out for "Spiral Architect"!  ; )
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
More Black Sabbath, please!
Posted 7 years ago by pankman    [ Reply ]
Wow is Bill on holiday? Thank you so much all Sabbath fans try to not miss this tour to support "The End" and the last record they made called "13" it's worth owning. Again thank you, usually we get Laguna Sunrise, what's next " The Writ"?
Posted 7 years ago by Stefan_Lutz    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:

Very "subtle", Bill....

 

Still, the song itself is nothing but a 10



 
WHERE IS OUR TEUTONIC CAPSLOCK HERO!?!?!?!
Posted 7 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
ha ha! What a great surprise to hear Black Sabbath on RP! I came running to turn it up...
Posted 7 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
2nd album I ever bought - right after Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.  {#Drummer}
Posted 7 years ago by KeithT    [ Reply ]
Wow, never thought I'd hear this on RP. Greatest heavy metal song. Ever.  {#Bananajam}
Posted 7 years ago by publiceric    [ Reply ]
Where's my  Bong!    

{#Drummer}
Posted 7 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Changes and Laguna Sunrise would also be awesome, more mellow Sabbath additions to the RP playlist.
Posted 8 years ago by randyblew    [ Reply ]
Hey Bill,

Must have seen my comment to a Dave Matthews song last week

"What a shame. Have to listen to DM yet Black Sabbath Paranoid with a rating of 7.9 has not been heard since Oct 2014.

just saying.. "

 
Posted 8 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
Went to the Sabbath show in Chicago last Friday 1/22 - still rocking{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 8 years ago by fungus6507    [ Reply ]
Got my first speeding ticket listening to this song in 1983 - where has the time gone??
Posted 8 years ago by Timbo080    [ Reply ]
How come this only gets played about every 2 years?
Posted 8 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
{#Wall} Head banging!  Now I'm showing YOUR age! 
Posted 8 years ago by ChillBabe    [ Reply ]
This is why i love RP. I might hear Ray Charles, Mozart or Sabbath.
Posted 8 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
Listen to the finger squeek on the bass strings...Freakin cool. 
Posted 8 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Always a treat to hear some heavy s*#t on RP...sometimes you need to clean out the system.
Posted 8 years ago by black321    [ Reply ]
Splendid.
Posted 8 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
WTF?!?!?! Sabbath on RP? Bloody magnificent. Please this more often, even if it is Paranoid or sodding Iron Man.
Posted 9 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
Checkout the Furnaceface Richard Iommi ballad

The Ballad of Richard Iommi

This is the ballad of Richard Iommi. Richard was a typical suburban teenager. He lived with his parents and spent most of his time hanging out with his friends, listening to records and smoking dope in his room in the basement. There was only one difference between Richard and a typical suburban teenager—he was totally obsessed with Tony Iommi. For those of you who don't know, Tony Iommi is the guitarist in the rock 'n' roll group Black Sabbath. Richard idolized him.

CHORUS:
He believed, he believed, he believed he was the son of Tony
He changed his name, he changed his name, he changed his name to Iommi

But Richard's devotion to Tony Iommi didn't end there. Not only did he change his last name, but he began buying vintage musical equipment circa 1969. His goal was to obtain the same make and model of guitars and amplifiers that his idol had used. He even got a 72-piece drum kit* just like Bill Ward's. Richard and his best friend would go down to the basement, get really wasted, and set up all the equipment like a shrine. They talked about the day that they would form their band. Richard, of course, would be the guitarist.—CHORUS

One day Richard and his best friend were down in the basement. Richard was cutting pictures of Tony Iommi out of old Creem magazines and pasting them in a huge collage on his wall. His friend was playing with the tuner on Richard's stereo when suddenly they both heard something that would change their lives. Lee Aaron was coming to their town. For those of you who don't know, Lee Aaron is the very talented and lovely Canadian rock singer who's also known as the Metal Queen. Richard and his friend loved Lee Aaron second only to Tony Iommi. Richard knew he had to somehow meet Lee Aaron and tell her the secret of his lineage.

He believed, he believed, he believed he was the son of Tony
He went to see, he went to see, he went to see the Metal Queen

On the day of the show, Richard was so excited he could barely move. In the afternoon he went down to the concert hall early in hopes of catching a glimpse of her. Suddenly, there she was. Everything in the world faded away, and before he knew it he was telling her about the double-neck guitar, the 72-piece drum kit, and why he changed his name. The Metal Queen listened, and in a single sentence brought his entire world crashing down!

"Like, why don't you sell that shit and get a life?"

He believed, he believed, he believed he was the son of Tony
The Metal Queen, the Metal Queen, the Metal Queen smashed his dreams—CHORUS
 
Posted 11 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
Need 'War Pigs'.
Posted 11 years ago by DeeCee1109    [ Reply ]
I prefer the Hellsongs version, but you gotta respect the original.
Posted 11 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
AWESOME! The freak flags are flying!
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Volume up.
Posted 11 years ago by oppositelock    [ Reply ]
Great song for teenage angst. For the 17-year-old male in us all!
Posted 11 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill!  This is a bit of a palette cleanser after hearing the sitar laden Iron Man by Opium Jukebox.
Posted 11 years ago by Siljanus    [ Reply ]

Very "subtle", Bill....

 

Still, the song itself is nothing but a 10


Posted 11 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
I'll never complain about any song RP plays on this forum because RP is the finest of all radio stations I've yet listened to. And Paranoid just sounds so much better on your favorite radio station.
There was nothing quite like the sound Sabbath introduced at the time, or before. Hats-off to Black Sabbath - this song never gets old.
Posted 12 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
Sorry RP - a new low.
Posted 12 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
I was about to post this on Opium Jukebox's version of Iron Man, but here it is;

Oh god...
Sabbath is always fine, but this, I cannot take :(


Please don't play Paranoid or Iron Man, they're the only two songs most people know about Sabbath. Let's play Johnny Blade or Solitude or After Forever or any other song for that matter! Let's let people know how great Sabbath were!

Posted 12 years ago by kojiroh    [ Reply ]
cranked it to:

       11  {#Music}  11

Posted 12 years ago by GeneP59    [ Reply ]
Now that's more like it! Whoooooooo!
Posted 12 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]


Sounds great on clear vinyl also!
Posted 12 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Again, yet another reason that I love RP.   Beck had me crying 3 songs ago, now Ozzy and crew have me dancing!!{#Bananajam}
Posted 12 years ago by robbeek    [ Reply ]
Perfect way to end this day.. stuck at the office until 5:30, no one else here.
Posted 12 years ago by missyanneb    [ Reply ]
 johnjconn wrote:
Why doesn't he slur and babble on this song.
It can use a couple of F bombs too? 

Ozzy is an embarrassment to all artist everywhere. 
I'm glad he's British and not an American
 
Oh, because the US doesn't have any embarrassing artists anywhere...

Posted 12 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
It is the guitar riff, not the reality TV show people! 8
Posted 12 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Should be required listening for every middle class teenage boy.
Posted 12 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
Oh, feck off Ozzy and go eat a bat's head. Overplayed, clichéd, and more full of sh1t than a septic tank. Bring back the Bhangra covers.

And yeah, work sucks the big one and I'm in a bad mood {#Arghhh}
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

I'm only paranoid because everyone's out to get me.

 
"Even paranoids have enemies."
—Henry Kissinger

Posted 12 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:
Paranoid people are out to get me...  I know it...
 
I'm only paranoid because everyone's out to get me.

Posted 12 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Excellent way to follow up that Opium Jukebox weirdness.
Posted 12 years ago by mrdak    [ Reply ]
i'd love to hear more of this "halloween" music throughout the year! 
Posted 13 years ago by Kregg    [ Reply ]
 Eveland wrote:
Ozzie is grotesque and a crackpot
 

And that's relevant to his talent as a recording artist because....?  {#Rolleyes}


Posted 13 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
Bulls..t.
Posted 13 years ago by zokivujas    [ Reply ]

Metallica w. Ozzy Osbourne - Paranoid, Live(2009)   

Live Rock Roll Hall of Fame New York October 30, 2009.
Posted 13 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 iam_overlord wrote:
This'll clean the dust out of your ears.
 
True.....My wife would find this offensive.

Posted 13 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Hey I think my church choir was singing this song last Sunday? {#Stupid}
Posted 13 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]
My Lord, and I thought I had only halucinated that this song was real...........hehehe
Posted 13 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
 LowPhreak wrote:
How about "Fairies Wear Boots" or "Sweet Leaf" next time, Bill? 
 
Agreed. Paranoid is the most (over)played song by these guys. Any of their other tunes would be preferable.

Posted 13 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
This'll clean the dust out of your ears.
Posted 13 years ago by iam_overlord    [ Reply ]
Mmmmmmmmmmute. This has no place (for me) on RP. Babbling idiot. The whole family's completely f^%$#&*.
Posted 13 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
Over the years I've gotten pretty good at playing this on air guitar.
Posted 13 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]

the Master at Work by ~michalisk

The official God of Heavy Metal while delivering the riffs this year in Rockwave Festival. I was at a not-so-close but nice distance from the stage, just to keep you informed. Black Sabbath is my all-time favourite band still :D


Posted 13 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
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Posted 13 years ago by zjustme    [ Reply ]
 papaman wrote:

Oh Ozzie, we've come so far!
 

Tossup as to which is the human in this picture....
Posted 13 years ago by bytheway    [ Reply ]
 Eveland wrote:
Ozzie is grotesque and a crackpot
 
So?

Posted 13 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
Most played song in summer 1970 !  (by me)
              {#Bananajam}
Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]

Oh Ozzie, we've come so far!
Posted 14 years ago by papaman    [ Reply ]
Ozzie is grotesque and a crackpot
Posted 14 years ago by Eveland    [ Reply ]
Awesome!!!
Posted 14 years ago by jshafer    [ Reply ]
I'd have gone with Electric Funeral, but this is a good one too.
Posted 14 years ago by mnmrosen    [ Reply ]
YEAH,   GO FOR IT BILL!!!
Posted 14 years ago by musickat    [ Reply ]
 LowPhreak wrote:
How about "Fairies Wear Boots" or "Sweet Leaf" next time, Bill? 
 
Or really anything from this album, which is a classic.

Posted 14 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
 jools wrote:
Wow - straight back to 1971 and a school disco - doing what we called "The Greaser" - where you stand in lines facing each other, hands on hips and shake your head in, out and side to side... Fred from Nottingham will remember this too, I'm sure....

Poor old Ozzie.... 
 
Ian from Harlow remembers this too!

But we called it 'The Dive'

Memories . . . 
Posted 14 years ago by ianmoff    [ Reply ]
 rowgal wrote:
Exactly why I listen to RP - an unexpected song pops up here and there.  {#Clap}
 Agreed. Not always one that's pleasing to the ear. But that IS why we listen here. I'll just -mute- and be back in a couple of minutes, however. 


Posted 14 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]