It struck me today that Black Sabbath's Under The Sun could be my favorite song of all time. Tomorrow it might be some other song, but that's not important right now.
You can spend your whole life trying to write a heavier riff, but it can't be done. Go on, try it. For your sake I hope you succeed. But you won't.
It also happens to have lyrics I want to have tattooed on my forehead, as well as a gong at 3:51 - the epitome of badassery. Badassness, badassitude.
I don't want no Jesus freak
to tell me what it's all about
No black magician
telling me to cut my soul out
Don't believe in violence
I don't even believe in me
I've opened the door
and my mind has been released
I don't want no preacher
telling me about the god in the sky
No I don't want no one
to tell me where I'm gonna go when I die
I want to live my life
I don't want people telling me what to do
I just believe in myself
'cause no one else is true
Every day just comes and goes
Life is one big overdose
People try to ruin me
And I can't seem to eliminate them
People riding their real pace
Keep on running their rat race
The ante is risen once a week
In their world of make-believe
So believe what I tell you
it's the only way to fight in the end
Just believe what I tell you
you shouldn't have to pretend
So don't let those empty people
Try and interfere with your mind
Go and live your life
and leave them all behind
(mp3) Black Sabbath - Under the sun
Available on Vol. 4 (1972)
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