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Old 06-28-2012, 03:37 PM   #11 (permalink)
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this is basically debating which is better SIngles or album tracks .... :P

of course album tracks are more obscure because simply people cant hear them unless they click on the track which takes alot of effort LOL


Whatever it is you think we're talking about... you've got it wrong. Your response bears little to zero relevance to the thread or the Black Sabbath sub-conversation.

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Don't know if I would have chosen God's Away On Business if not for this unique video, but there it is. Other great contenders (w/ videos) are Chocolate Jesus, of course, I Don't Wanna Grow Up, etc. and I'm sure someone else will have a different selection, but there it is.l
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Old 06-28-2012, 03:41 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Whatever it is you think we're talking about... you've got it wrong. Your response bears little to zero relevance to the thread or the Black Sabbath sub-conversation.

Well im flippin the script the question was pick a song to best describe that band

well of course most people natural inpulse will be to not choose a single but a album track just to look cool and say heyyy i know all about this band :P
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Old 06-28-2012, 03:47 PM   #13 (permalink)
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well of course most people natural inpulse will be to not choose a single but a album track just to look cool and say heyyy i know all about this band :P
Why would someone want to post about a band they don't know about?
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Old 06-28-2012, 04:26 PM   #14 (permalink)
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I've chosen Popscene for Blur on some occasions, and it's worked wonders. Sometimes I use the Peel Acres performance.





This clip also has Song 2 played at a very intense level.

When you live in an area where all anyone knows is "Song 2" and they still call it Whoo Hoo, it's only logical to play something that nails it down right before moving into the rest of their wonderful world.

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Old 06-28-2012, 04:34 PM   #15 (permalink)
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i agree with you again Urban....Hand Of Doom is a perfect intro to Sabbath

Dood....although i love Blue Collar Tweekers personally i would go with this


not only does this song express a perfect song structure...everytime i hear it i think of Loony Tunes characters dressed in SS gestapo uniforms marching while hitting each other over the head with giant "acme" mallets

a few of my own

Black Flag
Spoiler for Rise Above:

lyrically fucking perfect....and this is one of the few Black Flag songs that actually has the feel of the old Black Flag while also having the insane guitar antics of later Black Flag

Skinny Puppy
Spoiler for Assimilate:

again lyrically killing....this also has the scarier side of the band, the political side, and the groovy dance side...and the lyrics....genius
"agony profusely stains
the inner thinking of the brain
accusations clanking chains
experiments with the groans of pain
all prefer no one blames
the terror in an animal's screams
in cages our future -
the answers insane
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Current 93
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and it would have to be this version....the live one from As The World Disappears....again with the lyrics....this a perfect example of David's uncanny ability to use words.....this is also a great example of Current 93's ability to slowly build intensity within their songs....very mild but by the end you almost don't know what happened
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I could have also chosen She's Got Claws or maybe We Take Mystery to Bed, but this the one.
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MINISTRY


and it HAS to be this live version....100 times better than the album version.....i love the Bill/Martin duel drum and this is just so damn intense....
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Got this as a 7" back in '86, and proved to be the Cocteau Twins' song for me.
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Old 06-28-2012, 08:32 PM   #19 (permalink)
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From stunningly beautiful to the outright powerful...



I bought The Bad Seed EP on a day when my car broke down album 80 Miles away from home...at least with some help I finally got home, played it, and knew that this would be a song to introduce others to. The BP had many just as powerful songs, but this one seriously hit it strong from the powerful Bass line to Nick's evil singing and screaming.
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From what's arguably their best album (some say Talk About the Weather), this is the stomper that starts up Side Two. Brutal, with a slightly catchy feeling and the Bass that was the mark of their best, this summed up the appeal of this much-underrated band.
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