Black Sabbath - Paranoid (Sydney 1980)

I put this song up as a rebuttal for all those people that think Dio never sang the Ozzy songs well and that the band was not "Sabbath" anymore after Ozzy left. NOT TRUE!!! This recording of "Paranoid" done at Sydney in 1980 exhibits a heaviness and conviction that is astounding. I hope all you Sabbath fans (and I don't mean you Ozzy fanboys) enjoy this piece of music history.

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Music

Tags:

• Black
• Sabbath
• Dio
• Tony
• Iommi
• Paranoid
• Sydney
• 1980
• Burning
• the
• Cross
• Heavy
• Metal

[falleninheaven]

Ozzy is a very good writer, but Dio is a very good singer and better than Ozzy

[blacksabfan]

Ozzy never wrote shit. Maybe 5 songs in his entire career...maybe...

[chrsvor25]

love i never heard dio swear he doesnt seem like the swearing type wow

[blacksabfan]

He also throws down an F-bomb in the '92 version of Heaven and Hell during the "Little White Sheep" section. I posted that on here as well.

[stashproductions]

yea i heard that he went crazy in that song about the angel and hell and all that

[blacksabfan]

You mean the "little white shape" segment...he does that in every live version.

That said, I think Dio was pissed during this concert, because Fred Nile dissed Sabbath in the press, calling them baby-killers, satanists, and a bunch of other BS. Sabbath did a 15+ min. version of Heaven and Hell(name dropping Fred Nile) during the Sydney show and Dio actually had the roadcrew make a wooden cross that would ignite on fire on his cue. He got the whole crowd into it. It was his way of "revenge".

[blacksabfan]

To clarify further, Fred Nile was (and still is) a right-wing conservative in Australia. Think an Australian Pat Robertson.

[MetallicKOmusic]

nice version, Dio was great and so was Ozzy.

[gamepro011]

Irony. They burned a cross during the live show, then Dio said "God bless you all" at the end of the show. And Dio didn't believe in God. Oh well, it's still kick-ass in every sense of the word.

R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio \m/

[youtru193]

i prefer ozzy

[mofowiththegun]

I think sabbath is trying to keep dio singing ozzy songs a secret because honestly dio is awesome. His self titled band, the dio ages of sabbath, but he just can't sing ozzy songs. It makes me want to rip my ears off and burn them, and not in that order. He just puts too much swing in his vocals for it... I'm sorry but dio just can't sing ozzy songs.

[misfit496]

Reply to Blacksabbathisgod:

Your forgetting about Ray Gillen, Tony Martin, Rob Halford, David Donato, Glenn Hughes and Dave Walker. (Sorry if I missed anyone.)

[misfit496]

This is great, but I PERSONALLY like Ray Gillen and Ian Gillan in Black Sabbath.

Their voices are just so powerful.

[google1256]

Its good, But I never never knew Dio Did some of the Ozzy year songs. Pretty gusto if only ozzy did some of the Dio era songs that would be pretty cool.

[stashproductions]

damn thats crazy!!!