This song was written to disturb the priest... For real... They rented a place to record near a church and the priest kept coming by to ask them to keep the noise down... So this is their present to him... Lol
This song has Ian Gillan on vocals. He was the lead vocals with "Deep Purple" made this album with Sabbath in 1983 one and only. Ozzy was not involved. This song is a true story. It's about Sabbath when they were rehearsing and recording the Born Again album. A local vicar came over to complain about the noise they were making.
I thought I recognized Ian Gillan's voice. He's the lead singer of Deep Purple. It was the only Sabbath album featuring Ian and it was also the last Black Sabbath album for nine years to feature original bassist Geezer Butler and the last to feature original drummer Bill Ward, though Ward did record a studio track with the band fifteen years later on their 1998 live album Reunion.
The title track "Born Again" from this album is really haunting and showcases Mr Ian Gillan's vocals. Zero the Hero and Trashed are also good rockers. This is not the song O would've went to as an introductory to this album though.
Black Sabbath was my first real concert to go to when I was 13 yr old in 1970. There was this "funny smell" everywhere.....hmmmm.... wonder what that would have been?? LOL
lolll... This record was not recieved very well by some people when it came out. But, it has aged well, like a fine tequila ;) Many have discovered or rediscovered it and have recognized the handful of kick ass gems these four Dudes created for this record. I don't compare this with any of Black sabbath's records, becs I don't see this band as sabbath.. there's only one, it's the original band.. I called this band Born Again. This was the first concert I ever went to.. we sat 7th row on Iommi's side and they Blew Us Away! To this day, I've never seen a show that was remotely as *LOUD.* Apparently, they were able to fit the Stone Henge stage props into the Nassau Coliseum. They were pretty huge from what I can remember.. The story behind "Disturbing The Priest" is actually that they were practicing late at night at the studio where they recorded the record.. a place called The Manor, a converted mansion. The Manor was just up the road from the local church, where the priest also lived. He was kept awake by the music coming from the studio, so he went and rang the bell. The band was surprised when they opened the door as the priest explained that he cant sleep and their music was too loud. Tony and Gillan were surprised becs it was supposed to be a sound proofed room, but they noticed that a window had been left open behind a curtain. They were very apologetic and told the vicar that it would not happen again. When they said goodnight and closed the door, Ian Gillan said, pun unintended, we didn't know we were disturbing the priest! And they laughed at the phrasing of it. Then Gillan embelished the idea and wrote the lyrics. Edit: The album cover was not the band's idea.. Tony said the owner of the label or someone like that did it. It's actually a picture that had been used on an album cover in the past, but was changed a little for this cover. Everyone in the band thought it was terrible when they saw it.
Wowzers. Who sent ya that. That caught me off guard... Good ol 1983... Wowzers.. Many memories... Yes. Dark... But ya should a saw the politics and news on TV... Ol 1983....
Born Again Review by Eduardo Rivadavia The idea sure looked good on paper, but when former Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan joined Black Sabbath for 1983's dreadful Born Again album, the grim reality was that Gillan's bluesy vocal style and oftentimes humorous lyrics were completely incompatible with the lords of doom and gloom. Widely deemed the band's creative nadir (although a few later efforts like Cross Purposes and Forbidden give it a run for its money), Born Again also featured one of the worst album covers ever (it's been voted!), and the subsequent world tour was so troubled and tragicomic that the band's Stonehenge stage set wound up serving as inspiration for the ultimate rock & roll spoof movie, This Is Spinal Tap, when it was discovered to be too large to fit inside most venues! Born Again's equally atrocious "production" leaves one with the distinct impression that, in a misguided attempt to record the heaviest album ever, Black Sabbath came away with the muddiest instead. Among the smoking ruins that pass for its songs, one might find it possible to appreciate Gillan's trademarked double entendres on "Disturbing the Priest," pick out a decent melody within the messy title track, and get down to some mercifully straightforward headbanging with "Digital Bitch" and the album's lone classic, "Trashed." But the remaining detritus, composed of embarrassing numbers like "Zero the Hero," "Hot Line," and "Keep It Warm" and pointless sound effect interludes "Stonehenge" and "The Dark," is simply beyond painful. By comparison, even the barely-recognizable-as-Sabbath material found on 1986's belated comeback, Seventh Star -- originally planned as a Tony Iommi solo effort, to be fair -- sounds pretty damn good. But by then, Black Sabbath's greatly anticipated association with Ian Gillan had gone down as one of heavy metal's all-time greatest disappointments, and nearly killed the genre's founding fathers in the process.
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This song was written to disturb the priest... For real... They rented a place to record near a church and the priest kept coming by to ask them to keep the noise down... So this is their present to him... Lol
Zero the Hero from this same album 🙌
This song has Ian Gillan on vocals. He was the lead vocals with "Deep Purple" made this album with Sabbath in 1983 one and only. Ozzy was not involved. This song is a true story. It's about Sabbath when they were rehearsing and recording the Born Again album. A local vicar came over to complain about the noise they were making.
A deep dive for sure! What a wild song!!!
Thanks!
Gotta love the bass line..... Bill Ward and Geezer Butler were an awesome duo. I love Tony's riffs on this album too. Gillan's vocals were awesome.
I thought I recognized Ian Gillan's voice. He's the lead singer of Deep Purple. It was the only Sabbath album featuring Ian and it was also the last Black Sabbath album for nine years to feature original bassist Geezer Butler and the last to feature original drummer Bill Ward, though Ward did record a studio track with the band fifteen years later on their 1998 live album Reunion.
Bollocks
Oh my word! Such a great track and album. Thank you for reaction. Not seen many reactors do this tune. Tasty. 😊
Never say die album is insane
Black and Blue. A one of a kind album. One of my favorites.
The title track "Born Again" from this album is really haunting and showcases Mr Ian Gillan's vocals.
Zero the Hero and Trashed are also good rockers.
This is not the song O would've went to as an introductory to this album though.
Checkout "Close to the Edge" by YES.
Black Sabbath was my first real concert to go to when I was 13 yr old in 1970. There was this "funny smell" everywhere.....hmmmm.... wonder what that would have been?? LOL
My favourite song that has “Ian Gillian’” in it is definitely “Born Again”
You took it well. When the lid of hell was slightly lifted:)
lolll... This record was not recieved very well by some people when it came out. But, it has aged well, like a fine tequila ;) Many have discovered or rediscovered it and have recognized the handful of kick ass gems these four Dudes created for this record. I don't compare this with any of Black sabbath's records, becs I don't see this band as sabbath.. there's only one, it's the original band.. I called this band Born Again.
This was the first concert I ever went to.. we sat 7th row on Iommi's side and they Blew Us Away! To this day, I've never seen a show that was remotely as *LOUD.*
Apparently, they were able to fit the Stone Henge stage props into the Nassau Coliseum. They were pretty huge from what I can remember..
The story behind "Disturbing The Priest" is actually that they were practicing late at night at the studio where they recorded the record.. a place called The Manor, a converted mansion. The Manor was just up the road from the local church, where the priest also lived. He was kept awake by the music coming from the studio, so he went and rang the bell. The band was surprised when they opened the door as the priest explained that he cant sleep and their music was too loud. Tony and Gillan were surprised becs it was supposed to be a sound proofed room, but they noticed that a window had been left open behind a curtain. They were very apologetic and told the vicar that it would not happen again. When they said goodnight and closed the door, Ian Gillan said, pun unintended, we didn't know we were disturbing the priest! And they laughed at the phrasing of it. Then Gillan embelished the idea and wrote the lyrics.
Edit:
The album cover was not the band's idea.. Tony said the owner of the label or someone like that did it. It's actually a picture that had been used on an album cover in the past, but was changed a little for this cover. Everyone in the band thought it was terrible when they saw it.
Great slice of Heavy Metal.
Hands down, ian gillans most epic work, ever.
Para mim essa música é a obra prima do Black Sabbath, essa música é dissonante, demoníaca e tem um dos melhores vocais de todos os tempos.
Underrated album, I prefer all of the non-Ozzy Sabbath albums tbh I love the Dio, Glenn Hughes and Tony Martin albums most.
Great track...!!!
This is COOLto see Ian Gillan from DEEP PURPLE...Sing With SABBATH 1983 Great Album
Wowzers. Who sent ya that. That caught me off guard... Good ol 1983... Wowzers.. Many memories... Yes. Dark... But ya should a saw the politics and news on TV... Ol 1983....
That's the best vocal in the world
dont worry about biting bats we are Disturbing the Priest
geezer butler holding it down
3 Sabbath’s & a Purple that’ll do for me.
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From this album, try Digital Bitch or Nero the Hero. Mucho betta.
Blacka Sabbath é uma das melhores bandas de heavy metal do mundo, e sempre tiveram essa pegada macabra e satânica.Um abraço do Brasil , irmão.
"CRAZY", you want crazy.... off the "Blizzard Of Ozz' album....Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy Train"
Born Again Review by Eduardo Rivadavia
The idea sure looked good on paper, but when former Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan joined Black Sabbath for 1983's dreadful Born Again album, the grim reality was that Gillan's bluesy vocal style and oftentimes humorous lyrics were completely incompatible with the lords of doom and gloom. Widely deemed the band's creative nadir (although a few later efforts like Cross Purposes and Forbidden give it a run for its money), Born Again also featured one of the worst album covers ever (it's been voted!), and the subsequent world tour was so troubled and tragicomic that the band's Stonehenge stage set wound up serving as inspiration for the ultimate rock & roll spoof movie, This Is Spinal Tap, when it was discovered to be too large to fit inside most venues! Born Again's equally atrocious "production" leaves one with the distinct impression that, in a misguided attempt to record the heaviest album ever, Black Sabbath came away with the muddiest instead. Among the smoking ruins that pass for its songs, one might find it possible to appreciate Gillan's trademarked double entendres on "Disturbing the Priest," pick out a decent melody within the messy title track, and get down to some mercifully straightforward headbanging with "Digital Bitch" and the album's lone classic, "Trashed." But the remaining detritus, composed of embarrassing numbers like "Zero the Hero," "Hot Line," and "Keep It Warm" and pointless sound effect interludes "Stonehenge" and "The Dark," is simply beyond painful. By comparison, even the barely-recognizable-as-Sabbath material found on 1986's belated comeback, Seventh Star -- originally planned as a Tony Iommi solo effort, to be fair -- sounds pretty damn good. But by then, Black Sabbath's greatly anticipated association with Ian Gillan had gone down as one of heavy metal's all-time greatest disappointments, and nearly killed the genre's founding fathers in the process.
Black Sabbath has some excellent songs, but this is definitely NOT one of them. This singer doesn't fit them either.
This song rules and so does the album.
One of the heaviest Sabbath tracks. Ian Gillan delivers some of his best vocals on this album.
Do you know what what you say man that's the greatest vocal in the world. Ozzy can't approch to Ian Gilan anymore with his voice.