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Old 05-07-2013, 06:24 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Fluffy Kittens View Post
Just a load of cliches over a shit melody.
Kind of ironic as they created the cliches in the first place!

The middle section is killer and let's not forget that for anyone under 35 that's your grandfather banging out that sound and how cool would that be?

Put into context though there are two main problems with the track, Bill Ward is missing. The guy somehow played his drum tracks behind the main riff and not along with it and his drum sound is definitely missing. The drum track is far too clean. Ward's snare sound almost sounded like a bass drum at times and that heavy thud is sorely missed. However, a band that is well over 40 years old making a decent stab of it is something to be commended and if they deviated massively from their sound there would be a lot more fans crying sell out or hating them for trying something new so they they are oddly in a lose lose situation.

I would still rather hear this than the latest Rolling Stones album and it's OK for them to churn out 6th hand Blues riffs and demand £250 for a ticket when they play live.

Bring back Bill Ward and simplify the production and Sabbath can still knock your socks off (I Hope!)
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