just a little music trivia...
2006-09-01 17:02:12 · 11 answers · asked by veitedl 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
An old movie with Boris Karloff & Bela Lugosi
2006-09-01 17:03:28 · answer #1 · answered by heargodlaugh 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Black Sabbath first album had a song called Black Sabbath.
The song is about a person that is kidnapped and sacrificed or something scary like that. It's rather anti-Satanic, but kind of mind bending like drugs.
2006-09-01 17:04:45 · answer #2 · answered by The Bible (gives Hope) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They saw a Boris Karloff movie and thought it would be cool to write scary songs. I think the name of the movie is Black Sabbath
2006-09-01 17:04:35 · answer #3 · answered by buttercupz743 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Black Sabbath is a religious reference.
2006-09-01 17:40:28 · answer #4 · answered by Celebrity girl 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
BLACK SABBATH - from a 1960's cheap horror movie starring Boris Karloff , suggesting a holy day of witchcraft.
2006-09-01 17:09:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
1960s
Black Sabbath formed in Birmingham, England in 1968 under the name Polka Tulk Blues Band (soon shortened to "Polka Tulk"), and later Earth, playing blues rock and hard rock.
Black Sabbath has a unique sound that emerged from diverse influences. Iommi was greatly influenced both by Hank Marvin's playing on Cliff Richard and the Shadows' heavy-guitar based recordings and by jazz guitar, particularly that of Django Reinhardt.[3] Ward has also expressed a fondness for jazz music, especially drummers like Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa.[4] Geezer Butler cites bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce of British blues band Cream as a major influence on him: “He was the first player I ever saw who bent the strings and played the bass as a totally independent instrument”.[5] Early incarnations of Black Sabbath merged elements of blues, jazz, and rock and paid their dues playing cover versions of songs by heavy rock acts including Jimi Hendrix, Blue Cheer, and the previously mentioned Cream. Osbourne says he was deeply influenced by The Beatles and his favourite album of all time is Revolver.[6]
Earth moved in a darker direction when their bassist, Geezer Butler, a fan of the black magic novels of Dennis Wheatley, wrote an occult-themed song titled "Black Sabbath" (the song name was apparently inspired by a 1963 Mario Bava film). (In their reunion concert film, the band stated that the song is based on an experience Butler had one night when he saw a black object at the end of his bed and noticed the next day that an occult book Osbourne had given him was missing). When the band found themselves being confused with another local band called Earth, they adopted the song title as their new name.
The group found its signature sound almost by accident. When the group was rehearsing in a studio which was situated opposite a cinema showing a horror movie, Osbourne recalls that Tony Iommi said to the rest of the band, "Innit it weird man that people pay money to see a movie that scares the **** out of them?" [7]. The band began to purposely write dark, ominous songs in an attempt to be music's answer to horror films.
2006-09-01 17:08:47 · answer #6 · answered by CluelessOne 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the song name was inspired by a 1963 Mario Bava film
2006-09-01 17:07:08 · answer #7 · answered by rostajparker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drawing names out of a hat
2006-09-01 17:03:48 · answer #8 · answered by The Fifth Contender 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sabbath is also "shabbat" which is the jewish ritual on fridays and i dont know about the black
2006-09-01 17:08:43 · answer #9 · answered by blarg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From Ozzie!
2006-09-01 17:03:35 · answer #10 · answered by el 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋