From the extremely heavy Black Sabbath Vol 4 album release of 1972, this track is laden with fairly ambiguous and nonsensical lyrics, very much of a generalistic nature. Probably born as a child of drug-inducement, it seems to tell the familiar story of rising up above the mundane world and soaring away to a better place and future, whilst decrying the world being left behind.
found the video so heavy,almost unwatchable ,the swastika came from India,painted on houses...a sign of good luck,and to keep any bad away.but it is drawn differently.the music,big energy,sometimes its needed...
I'll go for just plain silly. I think the connection is supposed to be that Hitler's followers thought they would be rising up above the mundane world and soaring away to a better place and future. How wrong can you be? Personally, the vid is a mere trivial diversion - what matters to me on My Jam comes through the ears. There's no political message anywhere.
@leejohnson Fair enough and I agree the music comes first. I often don't know whether the video is part of the official promotion of the song, or uploaded by some individual. I have been known not to select certain jams because of their crap videos!
@obadiah99 My personal criteria? I'm so determined to get the best stereo sound that I'll take almost any old visuals! Even a solitary album cover sat there for four minutes doing nothing! That visual is just some documentary footage chopped together (and repeated several times when they ran out of stuff) to fulfil their own particularly twisted vision of what it's about. As I say above, it's pretty well about nothing at all - except maybe the 'chemicals' which inspired it!!
@obadiah99, @leejohnson, a useful debate, hopefully the end result is TIMJ eventually evolves to the point where all of our jams - !. are available 2. have quality audio 3. come with video choices or at least have a photo of the album cover....there's more but I'll settle for that...
18 Comments (since 9 May 2013)
leejohnson
From the extremely heavy Black Sabbath Vol 4 album release of 1972, this track is laden with fairly ambiguous and nonsensical lyrics, very much of a generalistic nature. Probably born as a child of drug-inducement, it seems to tell the familiar story of rising up above the mundane world and soaring away to a better place and future, whilst decrying the world being left behind.
leejohnson
But I'll let you be the judge of that (http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/47795/). As for the album, it made No. 8 in the UK and No. 100 in the USA, but is not everyone's "cup of tea" (though it is my personal favourite from that album). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sabbath_Vol._4#.22Supernaut.22
Thrashbrowns
One of my favorite Tony Iommi riffs. Really dig the way it swings.
hsmagnet
sabbath's version of light pop. they could still do no wrong at this point for me
lynn200
found the video so heavy,almost unwatchable ,the swastika came from India,painted on houses...a sign of good luck,and to keep any bad away.but it is drawn differently.the music,big energy,sometimes its needed...
mlong3rdfl
vol. 4 is my favorite Sabbath record.....the creativity was really flowing....
kemiladashdot
Can't stand that Hitler! Sorry but that's the way I feel.
obadiah99
I can't see a connection between the lyrics and the Nazi stuff, in which case the video is either gratuitously offensive or just plain silly
leejohnson
I'll go for just plain silly. I think the connection is supposed to be that Hitler's followers thought they would be rising up above the mundane world and soaring away to a better place and future. How wrong can you be? Personally, the vid is a mere trivial diversion - what matters to me on My Jam comes through the ears. There's no political message anywhere.
obadiah99
@leejohnson Fair enough and I agree the music comes first. I often don't know whether the video is part of the official promotion of the song, or uploaded by some individual. I have been known not to select certain jams because of their crap videos!
leejohnson
@obadiah99 My personal criteria? I'm so determined to get the best stereo sound that I'll take almost any old visuals! Even a solitary album cover sat there for four minutes doing nothing! That visual is just some documentary footage chopped together (and repeated several times when they ran out of stuff) to fulfil their own particularly twisted vision of what it's about. As I say above, it's pretty well about nothing at all - except maybe the 'chemicals' which inspired it!!
obadiah99
@leejohnson The motionless album cover is fine by me!
dgwise
@obadiah99, @leejohnson, a useful debate, hopefully the end result is TIMJ eventually evolves to the point where all of our jams - !. are available 2. have quality audio 3. come with video choices or at least have a photo of the album cover....there's more but I'll settle for that...
stereoGrover
What a riff!
tijuana_brass
A great riff. Oddly I felt this compelling urge to annex Austria and invade Poland.
simonp
My favourite Sabbath track from my favourite Sabbath album. Hell, it's my favourite metal track from my favourite metal album. Full stop.
lynn200
@tijuana_brass you sure lightened things up:)) history...
kemiladashdot
Funny @tijuana_brass