I was only 12 when this song first came out. It's just one of the many songs that I first heard on WFIL Radio right here in Philadelphia. Forty-two years later, I still love this song.
I think we need to keep in mind this was recorded in 1969 before Black Sabbath and Metallica or Led Zeppelin,some pioneering shtuff,man.I can only imagine what kind of music was put there at that time ?
ELO does not sound jazzy. If anything this sounds like a mixture of Chicago and Sugarloaf! The smoking reference was a metaphor for "you are out of your mind"!
@rickyon go listen to evil woman or 10538 Overture by elo, which sounds like chicago who you mentioned, and nope not out of my mind just stating what i can hear
Oh shut up, the song's great. Amen Corner had horns and trumpets and yet people loved 'em. Beatles and Kinks too, and they didn't become Jazz bands for it. Black Sabbath's cover version is awesome, but this one's not behind it.
Insolent bored fools who've nothing to do but to post stupid coments on the net without any real arguments to back them up...
The brass was the idea of the record company. When I heard this song in 1972 there were no horns on it. The record company thought that they could sell more records with the horns. Oh, by the way,Rock can have horns and even with the horns this is still a rock song and not jazz.
You must be a youngster. 1st of all, this does not "blow big time". If it did then why did Sabbath cover it? 2nd, Ozzy Osbourne is never going to be on anyone's best vocalist list. 3rd, what's up with dissing something that is legitimate and obviously good just because you like a different version better? Can't they both be good? Is your musical taste the only one that is valid? I think not. Why not just listen to the Sabbath version and stop leaving comments here?
yes this song was awesome when it first come out and was played on the radio a lot.yes i wonder what happened to CROW?they still around?yes the music was awesome with the horn section and sounded a little like CHICAGO! the radio these days are not playing no good stuff no more! yes if CROW would have recorded this song DIGITALLYor DOLDY RECORDING the song would sound even better!
im an old dude and a sabbath fan since 1970,and i know they did this song on their first album but still remember that it was a (cover)song , just could not remember the origional group (crow) until the wife kicked in and found it here.
in FACT the sabbath's version of evil woman was impoosed by their manager,...some people say that you can hear Ozzy jarring his teeth in this song to show his anger
thats why they never play evil woman in the live concerts
Crow was pretty big here in MN. They have a couple of artifacts displayed in the Minnesota Music Cafe. Honestly I first heard the Black Sabbath version because Black Sabbath are my favorite band, but for me to find out that Crow had written it and that they were based in MN is pretty cool.
Actually the record label forced Sabbath to record this song as their first single. But I do believe they liked the song to begin with. All of the versions (this and Sabbath's 2 versions are all equally fantastic:) )
@eruptionmat This version is a lot better I think, even though Sabbath is my favorite band. Hearing that though maybe sabbath didnt put much effort into it.
I first heard this when I was a kid. I was running happy on all cylinders and playing on my soundtrack were songs like this. Thanks for the upload and the trip back. Take it easy.--Kirk
Dave Wagner is my second cousin. (my moms cousin, so second cousin, right?) just met him like a year ago at a show he played with my uncle (moms bro) look up mike Waggoner and the bops, same family, different spelling don't know why. Song "baby, baby" is the easiest orig to find by them.
@tHECOMINGRACE I knew your cousin, and the Wiegland brothers and Kink the keyboard player. I actually knew them when they were called South 40 (after the famous bikers highway in Minnesota). And those guys were all hard core bikers, and had some pretty cool bikes. Their old band house was the second house from the end on 22nd and Lyndale Avenue South. Now it is almost like a parking lot both the houses on the corner have been demolished.
Im a huge, if not the hugest sabbath fan, i love ozzy, dio and all the randoms. But I must say, i like crows original best. Sabbath covered it because they loved it, no need to put them down for it.
@lapsiquisarcaica1 Lol shut up, ELO doesn't sing the same song. It's their own original with the same name, idiot. I think all three songs are fucking great.
@lapsiquisarcaica1 How the hell did ELO come up in this comment forum?! No need to discuss ELO here (though they are ONE of my favorite rock bands from the '70s and not only did they do a song called "Evil Woman," Jeff Lynne also hails from Birmingham just like the Sabs). ELO was a great band for what THEY did, but that's a whole 'nother kettle of fish!
Plus this is the original created by this group. Originality and creativity counts for a lot because without it there would not have been the cover. The fact that they chose to cover the song says more as well don't you think?
@rickyon Well, I bought the 45rpm back in 69 when I was nine. Yeah, Sabbath chose a great song, but nowhere as good as the original. Sabbath chose great covers, but they never did them justice, IMO. From what I understand, Crow didn't like having the horns added to this song!
Good taste in music from an early age. I was 11 when I 1st saw these guys in 1969. I remember hearing this song only without the horns! I was surprised when I heard it many years later with the horns. I prefer it w/o just as you correctly stated that the band didn't like it either. Back then unless you were mega-stars you did what the record company wanted.
@rickyon Yes, when I picked up the import version of the first Sab LP many years ago I had very high hopes. But Crow's version (with or without horns) is the superior version. But, very good choice to cover this song considering Sabbath's image at that point in time.
@DjRoGGenAndDjJELLY kay sooooo if you really are a DJ you should know that the cover of Evil Woman that Mike Posner did is an original Spooky Tooth song!
I was not quoting a source, I was just responding to the fact that they covered the song. If they hated it why did they cover it? I've heard 3 different stories about why they covered this song. I don't care why, I just love the group and the song!
Doesn't matter if the rest of the members of Black Sabbath hated Crow if Ozzy Osborne says fuckin go ahead with the song then the group will do it or Black Sabbath will not continue.
That's funny because if you read the comments by luxhey you would think that they hated this band! It doesn't matter to me. I just love this song and this band!
Crow may have originally hated the horns, but they evidently grew to like them well enough to request horns the night I saw them in Rochester NY circa 1970. The opening act was a band from Syracuse named Jam Factory. Their trumpet and sax player joined Crow on stage for Evil Woman. What a show!
My very 1st concert was circa 1970 at the Baltimore Civic Center. The opener was The Jam Factory. Next was Crow (which stole the show by the way) without the horns. The headliners were Iron Butterfly. Bands did what their record company told them to do in that position back in those days. Once they got big then they could thumb their noses.
Evil Woman was originally recorded without the horns. The producer added the horns later to latch onto the "Chicago" sound that was hot at the time. Crow hated the final version but had no say so over the record label.
I know what your talking about because back when it was 1st released there was 2 versions played on the radio. I was only aware of the version without the horns and didn't hear this version until I got this "Classics" CD. I like it just fine but I prefer the version sans horns. I wish someone would post that version.
Thanks for posting I thought I was the only one who remembered. It is how I tell whether a music site is any good if they have this group. The other check is the Book of the Dead by Pierre Henri.
Interesting sound. I was never aware of the Sabbath's cover, but this band comes across as a heavier Blood Sweat & Tears with the horn section added. It's always nice to hear music from this era without having to hunt down a webcast station.
actually sabbath did put this on their first album. but only on the ones sold in the UK, they eventually included it on the remastered US version but i can't find it!
This version is aimed a bit more at the charts but accualy sounds a bit more deep purpleish huh? Which had a much fuller sound because of keyboards i guess , power trios were in more (or in sound) FM , wich i dont remember sabbath getting much if any AM play, where deep purple did,
According to the liner notes in the new Deluxe Edition, they did not like this song but their arms were twisted into doing it by management so they could be ahead of the single once it was released in the UK. And I agree with some others: Sabbath's version is much more enjoyable.
@rickyon I have been looking for a link and i cant find one, but i can write you the exact words. I know it because i've read I Am Ozzy, and in there it says: "Anyway, Tony Hall said he thought we were "a great little blues band", but that we needed a debut single - even though bands like ours rarely put out singles in those days. He played us this song called "Evil Woman" by an American group called Crow, and asked if we wanted to cover it. He could tell we weren't that into the To Be Contiued
@rickyon Contiued. idea, so he suggested we coulde make the guitars heavier. We still didn't really want to do it, but Tony offered to pay for some time at Trident Studios in Soho, so we thoguht, Fuck it, why not?"... so maybe not directly tricked but at least they didn't want to do it... I dont know if this is proof enough for you but i can also tell you the page and chapter: C. 3 - The Witch and the Nazi. P. 89 Lines 1-8 ;)
I believe you. Thanks for responding in a civilized manner. Most Sabbath/Ozzy fans would counter with personal attacks and name calling. Your explanation sounds perfectly logical.
@luxhey Where is your sources and have you personally talked to Ozzy Osborne yourself to ask him if he hated Dave Wagner? If not then shut the fuck up!
I can't say for sure but since it was written by Dave Wagner (Vocals) and the Wegand brothers I would assume that the vocalist Wagner wrote the lyrics. Black Sabbath did a cover of this song and it was actually BS's 1st single release. Of course it was a little bit more sinister. I think you can find it on you-tube!
That makes sense, thanks. Yeah, I've had the Sabbath version for years. The new Sanctuary remaster includes a previously unreleased version with horns, which I don't think anyone knew existed. Another great cover of the song is by Ike and Tina Turner, called "Evil Man"!
I was only 12 when this song first came out. It's just one of the many songs that I first heard on WFIL Radio right here in Philadelphia. Forty-two years later, I still love this song.
nanlisa 4 days ago
Great !!!!!!
radiovalvulado 4 days ago
Great song no matter who sings it, this band, Black Sabbath, Tina Turner, all of them are great.
timmy841212 2 weeks ago
Great song.
rwz23 2 weeks ago
When I first heard that the sabbath version was a cover, I thought this version would suck, I was sadly mistaken. This kicks serious ass
Icantbeforever 3 weeks ago
Classic song. The Sabbath version also kicks serious ass!
Stretchmeister 1 month ago
did not know that it was a cover by sabbath, but it worked
ozzmanzig 1 month ago
crow had great bass lines in each song. That`s why they rule!
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chitucoolass 2 months ago
I think we need to keep in mind this was recorded in 1969 before Black Sabbath and Metallica or Led Zeppelin,some pioneering shtuff,man.I can only imagine what kind of music was put there at that time ?
raymarti3 2 months ago
great music.. just great!!!! XD
toroctavio007 2 months ago
My friends grandpa played guitar for this band.
arcticfox1010 3 months ago
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@arcticfox1010 Are you talking about Dick?!
crowtheband 2 months ago
These guys were the prototype 'one-hit wonder'. That's not a put-down, either; better to have one hit than none!
MrDan708 3 months ago
these dudes kick ass.
MLGxSLasH 3 months ago
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sirronald69 4 months ago
i love the black sabbath cover and this
GamerMovieMaker7 4 months ago
Strange...but very good ! Like it !
Thanks for the post !
Gothlord100 4 months ago
You're welcome! Listen to Cottage Cheese and Slow Down by this band.
rickyon 4 months ago 2
the sabbath version is much better, this version sounds like an elo number
rockstix 5 months ago
ELO? What have you been smoking?
rickyon 5 months ago
@rickyon well with all the jazzy shit in it makes it soundf like elo, plus i dont smoke, never have
rockstix 5 months ago
ELO does not sound jazzy. If anything this sounds like a mixture of Chicago and Sugarloaf! The smoking reference was a metaphor for "you are out of your mind"!
rickyon 5 months ago
@rickyon go listen to evil woman or 10538 Overture by elo, which sounds like chicago who you mentioned, and nope not out of my mind just stating what i can hear
rockstix 5 months ago
I know ELO and they have a style and a sound and this ain't it! You are stating what you hear but it is not what most of the rest of us hear.
rickyon 5 months ago
@rickyon & a littlle Burton Cummings & a little Three Dog Night, + a pinch of Ides of March.
tjfreak 4 months ago
Oh shut up, the song's great. Amen Corner had horns and trumpets and yet people loved 'em. Beatles and Kinks too, and they didn't become Jazz bands for it. Black Sabbath's cover version is awesome, but this one's not behind it.
Insolent bored fools who've nothing to do but to post stupid coments on the net without any real arguments to back them up...
HippyTesla 5 months ago
This was the heaviest rock song on AM radio at the time. And The Raspberries "Go All The Way".
Flingadingding 5 months ago
The trumpets are totaly unnecessary and ruin the whole song! This is rock, not jazz!
briantravelman 5 months ago
The brass was the idea of the record company. When I heard this song in 1972 there were no horns on it. The record company thought that they could sell more records with the horns. Oh, by the way,Rock can have horns and even with the horns this is still a rock song and not jazz.
rickyon 5 months ago
@rickyon
It's don't matter! The Sabbath version still kicks this versions ass!!!!
briantravelman 5 months ago
You just proved HippyTesla's point!
rickyon 5 months ago
Dude, this version blows big time! It's nothing compared to Sabbath! The Sabbath version KICKS ASS, especialy with Ozzy on vocals!!!!
I'm gonna go listen to the Sabbath version now!
briantravelman 5 months ago
You must be a youngster. 1st of all, this does not "blow big time". If it did then why did Sabbath cover it? 2nd, Ozzy Osbourne is never going to be on anyone's best vocalist list. 3rd, what's up with dissing something that is legitimate and obviously good just because you like a different version better? Can't they both be good? Is your musical taste the only one that is valid? I think not. Why not just listen to the Sabbath version and stop leaving comments here?
rickyon 5 months ago
Where the hell do you think Sabbath got the sound from?
larryc4ny 5 months ago in playlist larryc4ny's Favorited Videos
Exactly!
rickyon 5 months ago
This was like the Nickelback of today and Sabbath was like System Of A Down or somethin
Frikzter 5 months ago
@Frikzter Comparing Sabbath to a shitty Nu-Metal band that should only be made fun of constantly for being so bad?
That's a paddlin'
ThazuaBlackarrow 5 months ago
@ThazuaBlackarrow Shamefully yes! I am! My apologies, the gods of Rock pardon me of my sin.
Frikzter 5 months ago
The horns make it sound a little too american-evening-show-ish. And the singer sounds like a pastor gone rock
Frikzter 5 months ago
Suck's balls stacked next to sabbath. Period.
jeanette170 5 months ago
You have the right to your opinion however wrong it may be!
rickyon 5 months ago
I heard a cover of this but it was called "Evil Man" with a female vocalist. I wish I knew who did it, it was a fabulous cover rock/funk cover.
TheForgottenFlesh 5 months ago
@TheForgottenFlesh Ike & Tina Turner, from the "Come Together" LP.
Alpo83 5 months ago
@TheForgottenFlesh
LOL dude! That's funny as hell!
briantravelman 5 months ago
yes this song was awesome when it first come out and was played on the radio a lot.yes i wonder what happened to CROW?they still around?yes the music was awesome with the horn section and sounded a little like CHICAGO! the radio these days are not playing no good stuff no more! yes if CROW would have recorded this song DIGITALLYor DOLDY RECORDING the song would sound even better!
hairyhothornylover1 6 months ago 2
im an old dude and a sabbath fan since 1970,and i know they did this song on their first album but still remember that it was a (cover)song , just could not remember the origional group (crow) until the wife kicked in and found it here.
good thing i kept her for all these year's lol
guyclark1958 6 months ago
in FACT the sabbath's version of evil woman was impoosed by their manager,...some people say that you can hear Ozzy jarring his teeth in this song to show his anger
thats why they never play evil woman in the live concerts
cheaprum 6 months ago
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cheaprum 6 months ago
Best
version
EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ANDROLOMA 7 months ago
Crow was pretty big here in MN. They have a couple of artifacts displayed in the Minnesota Music Cafe. Honestly I first heard the Black Sabbath version because Black Sabbath are my favorite band, but for me to find out that Crow had written it and that they were based in MN is pretty cool.
DoomMetalSludge 8 months ago
Sabbath's version is already exciting, this original version is inspiring. Great song!!
OROCHITHEO 8 months ago
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Black sabbath is my favorite band but this version is better than their cover.
BLACKSABBATH0HM 8 months ago
great song. great power melody. anyone who does not like this song should go back to their 90's radio station
mmusicmann 8 months ago
Actually the record label forced Sabbath to record this song as their first single. But I do believe they liked the song to begin with. All of the versions (this and Sabbath's 2 versions are all equally fantastic:) )
eruptionmat 9 months ago
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@eruptionmat This version is a lot better I think, even though Sabbath is my favorite band. Hearing that though maybe sabbath didnt put much effort into it.
BLACKSABBATH0HM 8 months ago
I first heard this when I was a kid. I was running happy on all cylinders and playing on my soundtrack were songs like this. Thanks for the upload and the trip back. Take it easy.--Kirk
raybradhausen 9 months ago
You're welcome Kirk.
rickyon 9 months ago 2
Dave Wagner is my second cousin. (my moms cousin, so second cousin, right?) just met him like a year ago at a show he played with my uncle (moms bro) look up mike Waggoner and the bops, same family, different spelling don't know why. Song "baby, baby" is the easiest orig to find by them.
tHECOMINGRACE 9 months ago
@tHECOMINGRACE very cool.
mmusicmann 8 months ago
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bloderme 8 months ago
@tHECOMINGRACE I knew your cousin, and the Wiegland brothers and Kink the keyboard player. I actually knew them when they were called South 40 (after the famous bikers highway in Minnesota). And those guys were all hard core bikers, and had some pretty cool bikes. Their old band house was the second house from the end on 22nd and Lyndale Avenue South. Now it is almost like a parking lot both the houses on the corner have been demolished.
bloderme 8 months ago
the sabbath version sounds like it sampled just the horns
coltrainification 10 months ago
2 people dislike this classic. Probably 2 evil women. Great song, thanks for the post.
Planktontwo 10 months ago 16
You're welcome.
rickyon 10 months ago
@Planktontwo lol...They were probably thinking it was E.L.O....lol
tegrimm 5 months ago
@tegrimm LOL probably true. Though I like the ELO version too.
Planktontwo 5 months ago
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ELO's Evil Woman is a completely different song.
briantravelman 5 months ago
I saw Crow in 1970 in Rapid City SD I wish I could get that album on digital...
AcebassII 10 months ago
Go to their website, crowtheband.
rickyon 10 months ago
@rickyon thanks. I have been looking for this for so long. This brings back some really good memories.
AcebassII 10 months ago
Sabbath rules!...Still rules!
MrUtil666 11 months ago
Im a huge, if not the hugest sabbath fan, i love ozzy, dio and all the randoms. But I must say, i like crows original best. Sabbath covered it because they loved it, no need to put them down for it.
jibberishass 11 months ago
@jibberishass It's A compliment to crow
gravano2 7 months ago
I've only just descovered that Sabs covered this. That was fun, now I'm off to find The Warning!
craigwithington 11 months ago
damn, both version have sick bass
BassDude50000 11 months ago
Black sabbath and Crow rules.....ELO SUCK!!
lapsiquisarcaica1 11 months ago
@lapsiquisarcaica1 Lol shut up, ELO doesn't sing the same song. It's their own original with the same name, idiot. I think all three songs are fucking great.
pjautuvas 11 months ago
@pjautuvas suck my dick!!! motherfucker!!! i know ELO and is a pure shit
lapsiquisarcaica1 11 months ago
@lapsiquisarcaica1 okay, big boy. You do realise it's not the same song though, right?
pjautuvas 11 months ago
@lapsiquisarcaica1 How the hell did ELO come up in this comment forum?! No need to discuss ELO here (though they are ONE of my favorite rock bands from the '70s and not only did they do a song called "Evil Woman," Jeff Lynne also hails from Birmingham just like the Sabs). ELO was a great band for what THEY did, but that's a whole 'nother kettle of fish!
MattHatter 8 months ago
I dedicate this to my mom...haha xD
94puppyeyez 1 year ago
One of my first 45's back in 1969. I also liked their song Cottage Cheese.
mtzimm 1 year ago
I've posted that here as well as Gone,Gone,Gone and Slow Down.
rickyon 1 year ago
i love the bass.
TheOnlyAttrition 1 year ago
both versions are badass.
TheOnlyAttrition 1 year ago
Before there was Billie Jean, there was this Evil Woman and no one sang it better than Crow. An all-time classic!
lmt61251 1 year ago
The Sabbath version is lame. This one has the fire and energy.
mothra1000 1 year ago
Plus this is the original created by this group. Originality and creativity counts for a lot because without it there would not have been the cover. The fact that they chose to cover the song says more as well don't you think?
rickyon 1 year ago
@rickyon Well, I bought the 45rpm back in 69 when I was nine. Yeah, Sabbath chose a great song, but nowhere as good as the original. Sabbath chose great covers, but they never did them justice, IMO. From what I understand, Crow didn't like having the horns added to this song!
mothra1000 1 year ago
Good taste in music from an early age. I was 11 when I 1st saw these guys in 1969. I remember hearing this song only without the horns! I was surprised when I heard it many years later with the horns. I prefer it w/o just as you correctly stated that the band didn't like it either. Back then unless you were mega-stars you did what the record company wanted.
rickyon 1 year ago
@mothra1000 covers? as in plural??
muttville1 1 year ago
@rickyon Yes, when I picked up the import version of the first Sab LP many years ago I had very high hopes. But Crow's version (with or without horns) is the superior version. But, very good choice to cover this song considering Sabbath's image at that point in time.
mothra1000 1 year ago
@mothra1000 troll!
bookworm1138 1 year ago
@bookworm1138 Why am I a troll? I've given kudos to both bands.
mothra1000 1 year ago
I was only 12 when this song came out. It was one of the many songs that I first heard on WFIL Radio here in Philadelphia.
nanlisa 1 year ago
The original is best. I like Sabbath, but this version is much better. The Sab version is dull and lifeless.
mothra1000 1 year ago
Sabbath's 1st Hit in the UK
SuperIntuitive1 1 year ago
The Sabbath's version sounds Better ! Ozzy rocks even if this song is also cool
rockyouaxel 1 year ago
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rockyouaxel 1 year ago
Like that jazz-rock sound, with brass; sounds a little like BS&T, Chicago.
Lotsa bird bands then - Byrds, Yardbirds, Crow, whats the deal?
FractAlkemist 1 year ago
Times were simpler then and so much better!
rickyon 1 year ago
MIKE POSNERS VERSION IS WAY BETTER
DjRoGGenAndDjJELLY 1 year ago
Apples and Oranges dude. You're retarded!
rickyon 1 year ago 3
@rickyon haha of course its better :D
DjRoGGenAndDjJELLY 1 year ago
@DjRoGGenAndDjJELLY kay sooooo if you really are a DJ you should know that the cover of Evil Woman that Mike Posner did is an original Spooky Tooth song!
lence12 1 year ago
@DjRoGGenAndDjJELLY Evil WOman by ELO 1976
lence12 1 year ago
I was not quoting a source, I was just responding to the fact that they covered the song. If they hated it why did they cover it? I've heard 3 different stories about why they covered this song. I don't care why, I just love the group and the song!
rickyon 1 year ago
Doesn't matter if the rest of the members of Black Sabbath hated Crow if Ozzy Osborne says fuckin go ahead with the song then the group will do it or Black Sabbath will not continue.
BBQFanNo1 1 year ago
Ozzy said this guy on Crow was the most awesome voice he ever heard. He still say's it today.
BBQFanNo1 1 year ago
That's funny because if you read the comments by luxhey you would think that they hated this band! It doesn't matter to me. I just love this song and this band!
rickyon 1 year ago
man, black sabbath really didn't change much except substituting some instruments. it sounds almost the same. this guy has a better voice though.
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One thing about all the Heavy Metal and Classic Rock Music in it's early days. The Bass and Drums seems to sound way better
BBQFanNo1 1 year ago
Crow may have originally hated the horns, but they evidently grew to like them well enough to request horns the night I saw them in Rochester NY circa 1970. The opening act was a band from Syracuse named Jam Factory. Their trumpet and sax player joined Crow on stage for Evil Woman. What a show!
sagittoo 1 year ago
My very 1st concert was circa 1970 at the Baltimore Civic Center. The opener was The Jam Factory. Next was Crow (which stole the show by the way) without the horns. The headliners were Iron Butterfly. Bands did what their record company told them to do in that position back in those days. Once they got big then they could thumb their noses.
rickyon 1 year ago
WOW thank god Black Sabbath covered this and made it listenable.
torrentANONYMOUScodc 1 year ago
LOL! Great song tho innit. The horns screw it up. Make it sound like a James Bond theme :o)
key2kingdom 1 year ago
@key2kingdom yeah Crow's version would have been much better without the horns coz that guy's voice is amazing.
torrentANONYMOUScodc 1 year ago
sabbath version is way better
briantravelman 1 year ago
Evil Woman was originally recorded without the horns. The producer added the horns later to latch onto the "Chicago" sound that was hot at the time. Crow hated the final version but had no say so over the record label.
1427newton 1 year ago
I know what your talking about because back when it was 1st released there was 2 versions played on the radio. I was only aware of the version without the horns and didn't hear this version until I got this "Classics" CD. I like it just fine but I prefer the version sans horns. I wish someone would post that version.
rickyon 1 year ago
@rickyon kinda like super seshions with al kooper
joealanouf 1 year ago
its a tie b/w sabbath and crow cuz sabbath's was a heavy sound and crow's version has a jazz sound
LongLiveOzzyOsbourne 1 year ago
Thanks for posting I thought I was the only one who remembered. It is how I tell whether a music site is any good if they have this group. The other check is the Book of the Dead by Pierre Henri.
dts3204 1 year ago
You're welcome.
rickyon 1 year ago
Interesting sound. I was never aware of the Sabbath's cover, but this band comes across as a heavier Blood Sweat & Tears with the horn section added. It's always nice to hear music from this era without having to hunt down a webcast station.
YusakuJon3 1 year ago
but Sabbath copied
juca117 1 year ago
actually sabbath did put this on their first album. but only on the ones sold in the UK, they eventually included it on the remastered US version but i can't find it!
Ben0itZ 1 year ago
But , the crow on the front this IS TRAILIN ! HOW FUCKIN COOL IS THAT, uh oh chill out .. Straighten the fuck up ,,.
Tomcaatt 1 year ago
This version is aimed a bit more at the charts but accualy sounds a bit more deep purpleish huh? Which had a much fuller sound because of keyboards i guess , power trios were in more (or in sound) FM , wich i dont remember sabbath getting much if any AM play, where deep purple did,
Tomcaatt 1 year ago
According to the liner notes in the new Deluxe Edition, they did not like this song but their arms were twisted into doing it by management so they could be ahead of the single once it was released in the UK. And I agree with some others: Sabbath's version is much more enjoyable.
gregorybrian 1 year ago 2
very nice song!
sammyramone1234 1 year ago
this sucks Sabbath did 10 times better
gi8809 1 year ago
Sabbath liked it so much the did a cover!
rickyon 1 year ago 21
@rickyon agreed its not that bad xD but i do like sabbaths version more haha
davidmumma66 1 year ago
@rickyon im srry to say this but Sabbath hated it, or at least they didn't like it, they got tricked into doing it because of the producer...
luxhey 1 year ago
Give me a link to this info and I will believe it. Until then I have to doubt what you say.
rickyon 1 year ago
@rickyon I have been looking for a link and i cant find one, but i can write you the exact words. I know it because i've read I Am Ozzy, and in there it says: "Anyway, Tony Hall said he thought we were "a great little blues band", but that we needed a debut single - even though bands like ours rarely put out singles in those days. He played us this song called "Evil Woman" by an American group called Crow, and asked if we wanted to cover it. He could tell we weren't that into the To Be Contiued
luxhey 1 year ago
@rickyon Contiued. idea, so he suggested we coulde make the guitars heavier. We still didn't really want to do it, but Tony offered to pay for some time at Trident Studios in Soho, so we thoguht, Fuck it, why not?"... so maybe not directly tricked but at least they didn't want to do it... I dont know if this is proof enough for you but i can also tell you the page and chapter: C. 3 - The Witch and the Nazi. P. 89 Lines 1-8 ;)
luxhey 1 year ago
I believe you. Thanks for responding in a civilized manner. Most Sabbath/Ozzy fans would counter with personal attacks and name calling. Your explanation sounds perfectly logical.
rickyon 1 year ago
@luxhey Where is your sources and have you personally talked to Ozzy Osborne yourself to ask him if he hated Dave Wagner? If not then shut the fuck up!
BBQFanNo1 1 year ago
@rickyon No, Tony Hall insisted they'd record it.
SirRunk 1 year ago
@rickyon yup
pompei1968 6 months ago
@gi8809 and yesterdays children's version is rawer and better than the sabbath version.. youtube it!
mrtwig80 1 year ago
now that's ridiculous.
ranran19701 1 year ago
The b side is Gonna Leave a Mark
PIROLETTEgtb111 1 year ago
cool man...whats the orig b side to this Crow classic?
DsveysNavy 1 year ago
I don't know. I had the album and wore it out and then bought the CD which is the cover on this video.
rickyon 1 year ago
Cottage Cheese
ranran19701 1 year ago
cool man....just found Warning original by Ansley Dunbars Retaliation also.....now Im curious...whats the orig b side to this?
DsveysNavy 1 year ago
1,000 extra points for originality this was the innovation
667onestepahead 1 year ago
I heard this not too long ago on the syndicated "Blues Deluxe" radio show. How cool that they even had it in their library!
tripjet999 1 year ago
Whichever version you prefer, it's a badass bass line.
scriltist 1 year ago
First time I hear this original version, quite surprised also!
Sabbath didn't actually choose to cover it, they got a proposal they first refused, then accepted as a first proper studio experience.
malewhoreslag 1 year ago
First time I've heard this version...........awesome
Celtman 1 year ago
The singer sounds exactly like Jim Rutledge of Bloodrock!!
hdxstunts1 1 year ago
Nice. I like the sound. I'll check out the band after hearing this. Btw, I like both versions. Sabath's version has its charms too.
bockebg 1 year ago
Very cool, thanx for posting.
rmaxinmass 1 year ago
You're welcome.
rickyon 1 year ago
@rickyon
Thanks for uploading this original version of "Evil Woman".
Great stuff of the 60s
Flyingdoctor1000 1 year ago
Awesome the orginally song of evil woman i was reading i am ozzy book and i didnt know that was the orginal song for evil woman
LongLiveOzzyOsbourne 2 years ago
Rickyon, which member of Crow wrote the lyrics for this song?
thesithempire 2 years ago
I can't say for sure but since it was written by Dave Wagner (Vocals) and the Wegand brothers I would assume that the vocalist Wagner wrote the lyrics. Black Sabbath did a cover of this song and it was actually BS's 1st single release. Of course it was a little bit more sinister. I think you can find it on you-tube!
rickyon 2 years ago
That makes sense, thanks. Yeah, I've had the Sabbath version for years. The new Sanctuary remaster includes a previously unreleased version with horns, which I don't think anyone knew existed. Another great cover of the song is by Ike and Tina Turner, called "Evil Man"!
thesithempire 2 years ago
I always liked the horns in this song but that's probably because I'm an old fart
BobbyORiley 2 years ago
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The Fucking horns fucking ruin it.
TIMOTHYSAARINEN 2 years ago
what was the other sabbath cover?
ureadmymind 2 years ago
The song "Warning" was written and recorded by Aynsley Dunbars' Retaliation.
rickyon 2 years ago
@ureadmymind same song done by Crow. Released on the European Release of Black Sabbath(in 1974) now it's on the Deluxe Edition of "BS"
andy5421 1 year ago
I like every song they ever recorded. fantastic stuff that I still listen to often.
fyrestuff 2 years ago
A killer band, back in the day with outstanding, crazy front man. High energy live performance!
jettbugg 2 years ago
Every song Crow recorded had their unique sound all over it. Dave wagner has always been my favorite vocalist of all time.
fyrestuff 2 years ago