2007-09-19 13:47:41 · 7 answers · asked by Stony 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
*this song*
2007-09-19 13:48:17 · update #1
To go out on a limb here but Black Sabbath just may have been the first Christian rock band! At least in the early years ... Really!
The song you bring up "War Pigs" deals with politicians and world leaders and how they are destroying the world with wars. In the first part, they paint a picture of these leaders as being the true evils of this world, referring to them as “Sorcerers of death’s construction” and comparing them to “witches at black masses”. It is in the second part of the song that he admonishes them, telling them to “wait ‘till their judgment day comes, yeah!” Finally, in the last verse Ozzy gets religious:
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgment, God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings
So the bad guys lose and get to spend an eternity in Hell with Satan, whom the Sabbath guys doesn’t seem to be worshipping in this one. See? Christian rock.
2007-09-19 14:13:22 · answer #1 · answered by thundercatt9 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ozzy Osbourne was the lead singer for Black Sabbath, the first heavy metal band, from 1968 - 1979. Then he became a heavy metal solo artist, which he still is. And somewhere along the years he starred in reality TV and created the Ozzfest. Also, he bit the head off of a dove once and later ate the head off of a bat at a concert.
2016-05-18 23:16:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black Sabbaths War Pigs ,Has two versions,On Ozzy's album
The Oz Man cometh totally different lyrics.I would not say spiritual I would say judgmental.
2007-09-19 14:00:52 · answer #3 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
War pigs was sung by Ozzy Ozbourne, but was by Black Sabbath. Spiritual? No. I see it as hippi speech.
2007-09-19 13:58:21 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Niceguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, havent heard that one in awhile...the main part of the song is complaining about the corrupt politicians sending the poor masses to their deaths while they sit comfy and cozy. The last verse though, that certainly does have spiritual overtones....
2007-09-19 14:18:00 · answer #5 · answered by prismcat38 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eh... I can't say so. I mean I like the song and its message, but... myeh.
2007-09-19 14:19:17 · answer #6 · answered by xx. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems more political to me.
2007-09-19 13:53:25 · answer #7 · answered by dddbbb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋