In this one book I read about Black Sabbath, at the time Geezer Butler recorded Plastic Planet with Burton C. Bell on vocals, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward had both departed from the Tony Martin line up of Black Sabbath, swearing that they would never play in Black Sabbath again unless Ozzy was there on vocals.
Now don't get me wrong, I have equal respect for all line ups of Black Sabbath, whether it be Ozzy, Dio, Ian Gillan, Ray Gillen, Tony Martin and well you know what im talking about and all that.
But I do understand how Geezer was feeling himself, and when I read the book on Black Sabbath, and the part where Geezer explained why he had Burton C. Bell sing the lyrics to Giving Up The Ghost.
Geezer explained that without all 4 original members in Black Sabbath, the purpose and meaning of Black Sabbath was dead and gone, hence the line:
You can't admit that you're wrong
The spirit is dead and gone
You don't bother me
You are history
A legend in our own mind
Left all your friends behind
No one seems to care
And satan is not there
There's nothing left to boast
Time to give up the ghost
As you can see, the lyrics are Geezer's feelings on when the original Black Sabbath was no more.
In this one book I read about Black Sabbath, at the time Geezer Butler recorded Plastic Planet with Burton C. Bell on vocals, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward had both departed from the Tony Martin line up of Black Sabbath, swearing that they would never play in Black Sabbath again unless Ozzy was there on vocals.
Now don't get me wrong, I have equal respect for all line ups of Black Sabbath, whether it be Ozzy, Dio, Ian Gillan, Ray Gillen, Tony Martin and well you know what im talking about and all that.
But I do understand how Geezer was feeling himself, and when I read the book on Black Sabbath, and the part where Geezer explained why he had Burton C. Bell sing the lyrics to Giving Up The Ghost.
Geezer explained that without all 4 original members in Black Sabbath, the purpose and meaning of Black Sabbath was dead and gone, hence the line:
You can't admit that you're wrong The spirit is dead and gone You don't bother me You are history A legend in our own mind Left all your friends behind No one seems to care And satan is not there There's nothing left to boast Time to give up the ghost
As you can see, the lyrics are Geezer's feelings on when the original Black Sabbath was no more.