I have never had such luck to met him in personal..... his songs are something I am not able to express in words to me, I believe he was as what you wrote..... thanks for sharing your experience.... it is just a good confirmation of my entire life beliefs....
From reading other comments of people who claim to have met him they all say how nice and real he is and remembering people the second time he sees them. He is a true god and remembers those who the music matters most to 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
@@radimkurtin7128 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Jeremiah 17:9. You need to be true to the heart of God. Only He can save you...Dio was looking to seed you. He worked for the heart of darkness. Turn to the light of the world, Jesus Christ.
This is definitely in the Top 10 Black Sabbath's songs of all-time. Great lyrics, one of the best Tony Iommi's riffs, killer solo, Geezer top as always, and Vinnie Apice smashing the drums like no other... It has everything a metal song needs!
I was lucky enough to meet Ronnie outside the Hammersmith Odeon. It was an amazing experience. Happy to sign all our Autographs and speak to us. His music still inspires me all these years later. He was at his peak on the Mob Rules Album. This song is just amazing. Ronnie Dio RIP.
I must have listened to this track a thousand times but when I listen closely to the flow of this piece and its individual parts, It takes my breath away. This is a musical masterpiece. Astonishing!
I listened to Sign of the Southern Cross with headphones on at full blast in Australia at the top of a 300 foot cliff at Canarvon Gorge while looking at the Southern Cross in the night sky. What an amazing experience...\m/
Exactly! Those two songs are the reason I can't put the one above the other among those two Incredible albums. Heaven and Hell maybe is stronger as a whole, but Southern Cross and Falling off are such personal favourites to me that I can't really decide! There are also other killer songs like mob rules and over and over....
I love Sabbath dearly with Ozzy, with Dio, Gillan, Hughes and Tony Martin. This song sends shivers down my spine every time that intro kicks in I'm taken back to the time I first heard it circa 1994. The sign of the southern cross has the same effect on me. Sabbath is just one of those bands. Dio one of those singers, and the alignment of planets bestowed history with this masterpiece. It's timeless and I've learnt it's pointless trying to have others hear it as you do to the point of a saddened nostalgia and yearning. Enjoy!
💯 What an epic performance. I saw them with Ronnie James Dio on this tour and Heaven and Hell... Absolutely epic! The conviction in his voice throughout the verses sounds as though he's really been there. So powerful. I've never been able to listen to the song just once, it's always at least three or four times in a row... Man what a voice 👍👍💥
I think about closing the door And lately I think of it more I'm living well out of my time I feel like I'm losing my mind I should be at the table round A servant of the crown The keeper of the sign To sparkle and to shine Never, no never again! Listen to me and believe what I say if you can Never, this is the end You know I've seen the faces of doom and I'm only a man Help me, tell me I'm sane I feel a change in the earth, in the wind and the rain Save me, take me away You know I've seen some creatures from hell and I've heard what they say! I've got to be strong Oh, I'm falling off the edge of the world Think you're safe, but you're wrong! We are falling off the edge of the world! Look out! there's danger! no where to run! It seems like desperate measures but sometimes it has to be done Over, it's over at last There's a message inside as we build a new life from the past We're falling off the edge of the world! Yes, the edge of the world! It's the end of the world!
The earth is surrounded by ice, a literal world cup. Anyone who believes NASA is a fool. There is no space program. It's all been a grand illusion with a hidden agenda. Nazi scientists developed cloning, cross hybridizing & gene splicing technologies. They have created earth & sea Monsters. Archaeologists unearthed Nephilim Giant bones then scientists cloned them & isolated the Giantism gene. They have created any earth or sea Monster they've shown us in Hollywood movies. Before they "Unleash the Beast" they will take away your guns which is why they are staging so many fake mass shootings with bad crisis actors who can't cry on cue. The truth is stranger than fiction. The Rothschilds own the worldwide central banking cartel including the Federal Reserve banks. Bush, Obama & Trump-et have purposely inflated the national debt so in the near future the IMF will declare the US dollar insolvent which means worldwide chaos, Martial Law & WW3 as planned. WW3 is meant to kill off billions. The parasite elite want to "Keep humanity under 500 million in perpetual balance with nature " so they intend to kill off over 7 billion people. Climate change is a sham. All weather & geo disasters are HAARP engineered, technology your tax dollars paid for! According to FBI chief Ted Gunderson the US government has built approx 1000 FEMA death camps equipped with XL plastic rinse & re-use coffins & guillotines. Revelation 20:4 explains the guillotines. Revelation 9:11 explains 9-11-2001. Everything is hidden in plain view if you're able to connect the dots.
People that say Dio wasn't good for Sabbath are ones that can't imagine listening to them without Ozzy on vocals. Dio proved Sabbath could live on and still make great music without Ozzy there. Some people can't stomach change.
A N T H O N Y I O M M I ! : A MUSICIAN FROM A FAR OFF MUSIC-GALAXY !! O:-) THANX SOOO MUCH FOR BEING BORN AND PLEASING US EARTHLINGS WITH YOUR OUTSTANDING MUSIC-SKILLS ! PLEASE, DON'T EVER LEAVE US ! BERNIE/GERMANY :-)
To start, I absolutely loved the imagery you chose for this video. Fit the song perfectly. It's one of my favorite Dio-era Sabbath tracks. I love how it goes from that sweet, gentle opener, into that crushingly heavy, doomy riff that sounds like Godzilla stomping through Tokyo, to the blisteringly frenetic remainder of the song. Such an awesome track.
omg i cant believe its already been 5 years since the late great Ronnie James Dio passed away i remember it like it was yesterday..heres one of my favorite songs he did with Sabbath,i got the great joy and priveledge to see him play it With Heaven and Hell on his last tour in 09 with my Uncle CHarlie and Tony,a memory i will always hold dear we all love you and miss you Ronnie!! brings a tear to my eye RIP!!
This to me is their last masterpiece album. A legendary band with so many what-ifs in their history. As much as I love the first two Sabbath/Ronnie albums and the two Ozzy/ Randy albums, it's always been a what if for me. I was never a fan of the constant personnel changes and turmoil that occurred in the 80's. I thought it hurt the quality of the music, the image and the mystique. I've always imagined what if Ozzy had never been fired and brought his Blizzard Of Oz ideas to the next album with Sabbath. As much as I respect what Randy did, he's no Tony Iommi. Would Ronnie have taken his Heaven and Hell/Mob Rules ideas to a much earlier version of Dio? I've never heard Ronnie do any of his solo stuff with the Heaven and Hell lineup or do any Sabbath stuff with Dio and I've never heard Ozzy/Sabbath do any Blizzard of Oz stuff together as far as I know. It would be extremely interesting to hear what these sound like in their different forms. But nevertheless I am forever grateful for Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules, Blizzard of Oz, Diary Of A Madman, Holy Diver, The Last In Line and Sacred Heart.
Great comment, but regardless it's Dio's greatest vocal performance and the best sounding Sabbath guitar sound of all, the rig Tony was using on this album is just phenomenal sounding, plus the production. My fave Sabbath album is Sabotage btw.
jamesdeansghost55 That's alot of what ifs? Without Ozzy going solo we wouldn't have got to know the awesomeness of Randy. It's rock and roll, the future isn't written.🤘
This may be one of the most heavyweight progressive groovy attacks ever, the sheer labour work on drums and avalanche bassline make me all exhausted when its over.... *damn here comes a tear*
I loved the ozzy line up beat but dio did a hell of a job with Sabbath. Iomi is the metal riff king . And one of the most underrated bass players in the world. The original line up was indisputably the best . Just had space and the time changes were awsome. Incredible musicians awsome band.
Lately i started to appreciate Ronnie not only as a vocalist but as a lyricist - his lyrics are really good! Not only on this song. So archetypical and out-of-tale-like. I Think they're greatly overlooked.
All 3 albums of Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio singing were outstanding. He brought imagery into their lyrics, a more powerful and commanding voice and a wider range of lyrical content. However, when Black Sabbath recorded and release their album under their new name of Heaven And Hell, they lost their magic!
Lyrics Falling off the edge of the world I think about closing the door And lately I think of it more I'm living well out of my time I feel like I'm losing my mind I should be at the table round A servant of the crown The keeper of the sign To sparkle and to shine Never, no, never again Listen to me and believe what I say if you can Never, this is the end You know I've seen the faces of doom and I'm only a man Help me, tell me I'm sane I feel a change in the earth, in the wind and the rain Save me, oh take me away You know I've seen some visions from hell and I've heard what they say I've got to be strong Oh, I'm falling off the edge of the world Think you're safe but you're wrong We are falling off the edge of the world Look out, there's danger, nowhere to run It seems like desperate measures but sometimes it's got to be done Over, it's over at last And the message inside as we build a new life from the past We're falling off the edge of the world Yes, the edge of the world It's the end of the world
Do you know what I love about this track..... Its alive and so are all the band members. It gives me heart . Love Geezer on this. Must play it every day. Sleep well Ronnie.
WHAT BRILLANT RECORDING dio is so wonderful it was perfect for the time.i was 18 and a sabbath fan since i was 13 and was blown away with dio's work. it's still wonderful so much soul the writing and forethought. beautiful album.
I think R.J.D was on to something in this song. When he mentions "closing the door", I think he ment closing the door between the physical realm (where we live) & the spiritual realm (where the "faces of doom", & the "creatures of hell", are). When he says "it feels like I'm losing my mind", its because the things from the SPIRITUAL REALM are messing with him & on top of that no one in this MODERN TIME would believe things like this could happen. People will just call you CRAZY or laugh at you. So I think long story the veil will be lifted one day. "THINK YOUR SAFE BUT YOUR WRONG! WE ARE FALLING OF THE EDGE OF WORLD!!",
I'm not the government bro. Free speech means you can express when someone is being an emo teat. My interpretation is that a rock star is writing a song. I love the song, but I also know pop I know it's not pop but I mean popular, is a business. Dion isn't like spilling his heart or anything.
So good. This album is so underrated and particularly this track. Heaven & Hell and Mob Rules are IMHO so good albums and so pioneering in heavy metal, that I cannot understand how people do not rate these top ten. So many other classics in the genre, even Maiden, Metallica, Priest are not in the same league. Not even Sabbath with Ozzy or Ozzy solo comes near. Dio IS metal!
Unfortunately it's fully true, the coming of the new wave of british heavy metal early 80's, was erasing classic hard bands and specially masterpieces like this period of Black Sabbath (Heaven & Hell, Mob Rules) ... A shame !! And yes, Dio IS Metal \m/
When I met Dio 30 yrs ago he looked in my eyes and said I see it in ur eyes stay true to ur heart and stay away from fake people. I'll never forget it
I have never had such luck to met him in personal..... his songs are something I am not able to express in words to me, I believe he was as what you wrote..... thanks for sharing your experience.... it is just a good confirmation of my entire life beliefs....
From reading other comments of people who claim to have met him they all say how nice and real he is and remembering people the second time he sees them. He is a true god and remembers those who the music matters most to 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Highly prized wisdom
@@radimkurtin7128 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Jeremiah 17:9. You need to be true to the heart of God. Only He can save you...Dio was looking to seed you. He worked for the heart of darkness. Turn to the light of the world, Jesus Christ.
Awesome 😎
Holy shit, when Iommi drops that riff at 2:10. Gets me every fucking time....god I love this song.
+koolaidman007 because you understand the emotion of the song...well done man, not many get it.
+koolaidman007 Gives me a rock hard-on
+koolaidman007 I have the same feeling...
+Yvan SEMENIC Same guys, this song sends chills down my back
+Retro Yep, amazing Sabbath tune... Still very very relevant after all these years... A rock monument!
This is definitely in the Top 10 Black Sabbath's songs of all-time. Great lyrics, one of the best Tony Iommi's riffs, killer solo, Geezer top as always, and Vinnie Apice smashing the drums like no other... It has everything a metal song needs!
Totalmente de acuerdo!!
Not to mention the mind-fucking vocals...
@@thirtyfoursevenzeroSo freaking awesome. So powerful.
One of the most criminally overlooked songs in metal history. Fantastic and powerful.
I was lucky enough to meet Ronnie outside the Hammersmith Odeon. It was an amazing experience. Happy to sign all our Autographs and speak to us. His music still inspires me all these years later. He was at his peak on the Mob Rules Album. This song is just amazing. Ronnie Dio RIP.
I must have listened to this track a thousand times but when I listen closely to the flow of this piece and its individual parts, It takes my breath away.
This is a musical masterpiece. Astonishing!
So effing good, eh? Don't get much better than RJD and BS just having a good time. Astonishing is being liberal.👍
AAA AAA well said ! Unbeatable rock song
One of the best riffs ever.
Greatest riffs, Greatest Song ever recorded in Heavy Metal History!
Iommi's solo on this song is amazing.
Tony is the most underappreciated soloist in the whole HM history
His solos throughout the album are amazing
Most assuredly
The guitar on this album is simply awesome. FACT!
Those thrills are killer....
Heaven & Hell was great but I like Mob Rules even more! I'm in the minority but this is fantastic, especially this song & "...Southern Cross".
I listened to Sign of the Southern Cross with headphones on at full blast in Australia at the top of a 300 foot cliff at Canarvon Gorge while looking at the Southern Cross in the night sky. What an amazing experience...\m/
@@Triton63 need to put that on the bucket list
For sure man! It's a lot heavier! This is the greatest track that Dio ever sang in my opinion!
Mob rules is better than heaven and hell and Dehuminizer is great also it is so underrated
Exactly! Those two songs are the reason I can't put the one above the other among those two Incredible albums. Heaven and Hell maybe is stronger as a whole, but Southern Cross and Falling off are such personal favourites to me that I can't really decide! There are also other killer songs like mob rules and over and over....
Henry Rollins said: "quite possibly the best two metal albums ever produced"
Heaven and Hell
Mob Rules
I've always been a DIO guy with Sabbath. And I love Ozzy solo, but the full sound of DIO sabbath is just killer.
He was RIGHT. Nailed it. The 2 best dio sabbath albums ever hands down. The mob rules. And heaven and hell
Both heavy metal masterpieces
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i think so to
Both albums produced by the great Martin Birch..!!!! R.I.P.
forgetting "Dehumanizer"???????
"I've seen the faces of doom and I'm only a man" = Mind blown
So easily??? LOL... Ok, I get it....
I think he was trying to "write gothic" a lot of the time, but many of the lyrics were actually very profound.
I like how in this video it is accompanied by an image from the video game Doom! 🤘😈
Bad trip
I love Sabbath dearly with Ozzy, with Dio, Gillan, Hughes and Tony Martin. This song sends shivers down my spine every time that intro kicks in I'm taken back to the time I first heard it circa 1994. The sign of the southern cross has the same effect on me. Sabbath is just one of those bands. Dio one of those singers, and the alignment of planets bestowed history with this masterpiece. It's timeless and I've learnt it's pointless trying to have others hear it as you do to the point of a saddened nostalgia and yearning. Enjoy!
Ruy Barreto glen hughes, tony fartin? Really?
Ruy Barreto , I know what you mean, I have been listening to Sabbath/Dio since around 1978
@@peterwierzbic7218 Those singers are not bad.
really me only with ozzy and dio
I have to say your last few lines (after "bands") got away from you and make no sense whatsoever!
Two best songs Dio ever sung.
1. Falling off the edge of the world.
2. Die Young.
My EXACT sentiment.
Absolutely man! Perfect comment.
mister smith disagree
i feel you man
Whole album is a Masterpiece but this one is definitely my Fav from the Album, Mob Rules its right there next to it!
DIO is one of the best songwriters heavy metal and rock will ever see.
One of the most underrated albums ever.
Joey Aguilera I dunno, I've always rated it quite highly myself
duo is bro
Dennis the menace You mean, THE, best, right?
Dennis the menace i think geezer wrote the lyrics
💯 What an epic performance. I saw them with Ronnie James Dio on this tour and Heaven and Hell... Absolutely epic! The conviction in his voice throughout the verses sounds as though he's really been there. So powerful. I've never been able to listen to the song just once, it's always at least three or four times in a row... Man what a voice 👍👍💥
My favorite Sabbath/Dio song. The guitar solo is a monster!!! Tony Iommi IS the hardest rocking guitar player of all time!!!
Dio, Iommi, Geezer and Vinny at their best. Sonic fury.
Geezer Butler
Tony Iommi..Vinnie Appice..Ronnie..Geezer Butler. Where is Vivian Campbell?
@@alisonannallyallen1437 he wasn't in Sabbath lol
pity about the silly burning skeleton .....with a fender,,,not an sg
Yes, as good as "Heaven and Hell" was, this album is better thanks to Vinnie's amazingly powerful drumming.
An absolute Masterpiece ✝️🤟
The beginning of this song gives me rainbow vibes.
This song seems even more relevant today. Sabbath & Dio have written a lot of music that will never die. R.I.P. RJD
Ahead of their time and perhaps a warning to future generations
This entire song kicks ass so hard.
I think about closing the door
And lately I think of it more
I'm living well out of my time
I feel like I'm losing my mind
I should be at the table round
A servant of the crown
The keeper of the sign
To sparkle and to shine
Never, no never again!
Listen to me and believe what I say if you can
Never, this is the end
You know I've seen the faces of doom and I'm only a man
Help me, tell me I'm sane
I feel a change in the earth, in the wind and the rain
Save me, take me away
You know I've seen some creatures from hell and I've heard what they say!
I've got to be strong
Oh, I'm falling off the edge of the world
Think you're safe, but you're wrong!
We are falling off the edge of the world!
Look out! there's danger! no where to run!
It seems like desperate measures but sometimes it has to be done
Over, it's over at last
There's a message inside as we build a new life from the past
We're falling off the edge of the world!
Yes, the edge of the world!
It's the end of the world!
Look out for danger!
Know when to run!
Seems like desperate measures but sometimes it's got to be done!
and do not forget the other one ............ DO NOT LIVE FOR PLEASEURE.... MAKE LIFE YOUR TREASURE.... Gods of music
2022
@ jonnie Zell, MASSIVE TRUTH DROP ALERT.
Timeless song. Timeless Riff. The masters.
heaviest riff I've heard...gives me chills
You said it!!! Effing good, eh?
@@SyedPriom You heard The Devil That You Know album?
The earth is surrounded by ice, a literal world cup. Anyone who believes NASA is a fool. There is no space program. It's all been a grand illusion with a hidden agenda. Nazi scientists developed cloning, cross hybridizing & gene splicing technologies. They have created earth & sea Monsters. Archaeologists unearthed Nephilim Giant bones then scientists cloned them & isolated the Giantism gene. They have created any earth or sea Monster they've shown us in Hollywood movies. Before they "Unleash the Beast" they will take away your guns which is why they are staging so many fake mass shootings with bad crisis actors who can't cry on cue. The truth is stranger than fiction. The Rothschilds own the worldwide central banking cartel including the Federal Reserve banks. Bush, Obama & Trump-et have purposely inflated the national debt so in the near future the IMF will declare the US dollar insolvent which means worldwide chaos, Martial Law & WW3 as planned. WW3 is meant to kill off billions. The parasite elite want to "Keep humanity under 500 million in perpetual balance with nature " so they intend to kill off over 7 billion people. Climate change is a sham. All weather & geo disasters are HAARP engineered, technology your tax dollars paid for! According to FBI chief Ted Gunderson the US government has built approx 1000 FEMA death camps equipped with XL plastic rinse & re-use coffins & guillotines. Revelation 20:4 explains the guillotines. Revelation 9:11 explains 9-11-2001. Everything is hidden in plain view if you're able to connect the dots.
@@LordGandor3 That's a lot of dots. lol
R.i.p Dio..you are missed..rest well warrior.
A life well lived, a poet philosopher soothsayer.
There are people who say Dio wasn't good for Black Sabbath... Can you believe it? That's crazy!! He was so good!
Like big time good. This guy was fucking amazing. The metal God
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he was definitely the best for Sabbath
sabbath wasnt good enough for dio
Dio was the best voice of the world hard/heavy
People that say Dio wasn't good for Sabbath are ones that can't imagine listening to them without Ozzy on vocals. Dio proved Sabbath could live on and still make great music without Ozzy there. Some people can't stomach change.
This one and Sign of the Southern Cross - Iommi and Dio at their prime.
Over and over as well. That fucking guitar solo combined with Dio's killer voice is otherworldly
Tony Iommi the riff master
A N T H O N Y I O M M I ! : A MUSICIAN FROM A FAR OFF MUSIC-GALAXY !! O:-) THANX SOOO MUCH FOR BEING BORN AND PLEASING US EARTHLINGS WITH YOUR OUTSTANDING MUSIC-SKILLS ! PLEASE, DON'T EVER LEAVE US ! BERNIE/GERMANY :-)
6 years ago today. Still miss you Ronnie 🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿
+George Hahn Me too :(
Total power singer.. He will sorely be missed. R.I.P DIO
He's not dead he's Al Jardine. He lied.
Can't believe it's been 6 whole years. It feels like yesterday...
George Hahn 7 years
Ronnie James Dio what a killer voice
kylebuschfan100 Best voice in metal ever!
@@troyaustin6909, You listen Kipelov? This is Russian heavy metal
Troy Austin no debate RJD = the king of metal.
Far as I'm concerned... Sounds like Dio has been there and is telling us what he saw 💯💥
Fantasic!! Over and over is another great song from this album..
Black Sabbath with Ronnie was the original heavy metal band, particularly this album "The Mob Rules."
The riff master!!
When I hear this I hear the true power of Sabbath
I love Iommi's evil riffs, but I don't want to think about how he has never run out of them and how is that?
Try Fused with Iommi and Hughes. 2005. Unbelievably powerful and doomy riffs.
But fortunate he found som new ones in 2013
Iommi is kind a metal guitarrist in a hard/doom rock band
Dio Sabbath is where it's at for me.
if you love this, don't talk to strangers
Greg McCullough And don't be naked in the rain.
This is where I was twelve. This is where the great diversity of music opened up. This is where I was hungry to learn music. Thank You RJD!!!
God bless Ronnie, RIP, but Tony kicks total ass on this album.
RonnieJames and black sabbath! absolute beauty and madness! Love this song!
Awesome riff, crazy drums and the voice can only be Dio!💙❤💚💛💜
Best METAL song in THE WORLD !!!
I can't believe there are thumbs down on this song...wtf is wrong with people..🤘
Trolls dude.
They want to be shut down.
I like how there songs start out mello and kick in heavy.
Pure genius at every corner.... But I can't believe how the bass is such a MASTERPIECE (ain't a bassist haha)
The way Tony plays with effects, time and spacing is amazing. Not to forget his instantly recognisable thrills.....
This MAY be the greatest song ever written. MAY be. Definitely one of them, if not number 1. Thank you, RJD :-)
Amazing voice and lyrics. Dio will be missed forever.
To start, I absolutely loved the imagery you chose for this video. Fit the song perfectly. It's one of my favorite Dio-era Sabbath tracks. I love how it goes from that sweet, gentle opener, into that crushingly heavy, doomy riff that sounds like Godzilla stomping through Tokyo, to the blisteringly frenetic remainder of the song. Such an awesome track.
Me sinto confortável em dizer - Melhor banda de todos os tempos !
This man comes around once in a thousand years
SHEER BRILLIANCE! You just can't match it.
2020 YEAH!!! we all falling off the edge of the world.....
Yep, The end.
Wow.. That's harsh
All of sudden, this song lyrics made sense on CORONAVIRUS!
Drive you insane, run away run away GO !!!
F U C K commies
omg i cant believe its already been 5 years since the late great Ronnie James Dio passed away i remember it like it was yesterday..heres one of my favorite songs he did with Sabbath,i got the great joy and priveledge to see him play it With Heaven and Hell on his last tour in 09 with my Uncle CHarlie and Tony,a memory i will always hold dear we all love you and miss you Ronnie!! brings a tear to my eye RIP!!
How was Mob Rules and songs like this not considered legendary. My goodness gracious!
This to me is their last masterpiece album. A legendary band with so many what-ifs in their history. As much as I love the first two Sabbath/Ronnie albums and the two Ozzy/ Randy albums, it's always been a what if for me. I was never a fan of the constant personnel changes and turmoil that occurred in the 80's. I thought it hurt the quality of the music, the image and the mystique. I've always imagined what if Ozzy had never been fired and brought his Blizzard Of Oz ideas to the next album with Sabbath. As much as I respect what Randy did, he's no Tony Iommi. Would Ronnie have taken his Heaven and Hell/Mob Rules ideas to a much earlier version of Dio? I've never heard Ronnie do any of his solo stuff with the Heaven and Hell lineup or do any Sabbath stuff with Dio and I've never heard Ozzy/Sabbath do any Blizzard of Oz stuff together as far as I know. It would be extremely interesting to hear what these sound like in their different forms. But nevertheless I am forever grateful for Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules, Blizzard of Oz, Diary Of A Madman, Holy Diver, The Last In Line and Sacred Heart.
Great comment, but regardless it's Dio's greatest vocal performance and the best sounding Sabbath guitar sound of all, the rig Tony was using on this album is just phenomenal sounding, plus the production. My fave Sabbath album is Sabotage btw.
Le Chatelier fprever!
jamesdeansghost55 Headless Cross was a masterpiece
Randy was no Tony Iommi.Come on man.
jamesdeansghost55 That's alot of what ifs? Without Ozzy going solo we wouldn't have got to know the awesomeness of Randy. It's rock and roll, the future isn't written.🤘
This may be one of the most heavyweight progressive groovy attacks ever, the sheer labour work on drums and avalanche bassline make me all exhausted when its over.... *damn here comes a tear*
Ronnie James Dio is surely the best rock vocalist-and right there you stop...
Absolutely.
Klaus Meine also
* metal vocalist
the whole band is majestic here
Untouchable...
One of my all time favorite artists I never get tired of this mans music such meaningful and deep songs touch my very soul
Facts, Dana 🤘
This great SONG is so badass. Like perfect. Great guitar work to. Love this jam. This whole album kicks ass
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Agreed👍 Mob Rules was the 1st album i ever bought aged 8✊✊✊✊✊
No onr talking about that intro, it's beautiful
I loved the ozzy line up beat but dio did a hell of a job with Sabbath. Iomi is the metal riff king . And one of the most underrated bass players in the world. The original line up was indisputably the best .
Just had space and the time changes were awsome. Incredible musicians awsome band.
We were Blessed with Dio’s voice, and the epicness of Black Sabbath.
Perfect,super,Duper!τέλειο, αριστούργημα!
O Dio είναι, δεν είναι έκπληξη το ότι το τραγούδι γ*μάει
God Bless All who played on that Beautiful Album 🏆
Already 7 years...legend never dies! \m/
This music is a mind blower of all time
I loved the Dio years. I was so sad when he passed. Still am
we all miss the little great man!
Beautiful intro,ronnie was a brilliant singer and song writer...This lineup was pure greatness and a true insparation to so many..
Falling off the edge of the world and sign of the southern cross TOTALLY KICK ASS
Lately i started to appreciate Ronnie not only as a vocalist but as a lyricist - his lyrics are really good! Not only on this song. So archetypical and out-of-tale-like. I Think they're greatly overlooked.
Dio best heavy metal voice.. killer tune
Such a ridiculously incredible piece of work by the reigning Metal Kings, the true pioneers of the genre.
All 3 albums of Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio singing were outstanding. He brought imagery into their lyrics, a more powerful and commanding voice and a wider range of lyrical content. However, when Black Sabbath recorded and release their album under their new name of Heaven And Hell, they lost their magic!
Pure Powerhouse!! Remember hearing this for the first time way back in 86. I was hooked on the lyrics, power and the sound. The band was so tight.
Just awesome!!! Iommi is the greatest guitar player ever!!
After all these years this song keeps getting better and better each time I listed to it.
I made eye contact with DIO at a concert and tears came out. There's no crying in metal
This was a Great iteration of Sabbath and I thank the Universe I was there to see , hear and feel it.
One of the best effin songs of all time!!!
Best Dio/Sabbath era song … IMHO !! Masterpiece. Period.
Lyrics
Falling off the edge of the world
I think about closing the door
And lately I think of it more
I'm living well out of my time
I feel like I'm losing my mind
I should be at the table round
A servant of the crown
The keeper of the sign
To sparkle and to shine
Never, no, never again
Listen to me and believe what I say if you can
Never, this is the end
You know I've seen the faces of doom and I'm only a man
Help me, tell me I'm sane
I feel a change in the earth, in the wind and the rain
Save me, oh take me away
You know I've seen some visions from hell and I've heard what they say
I've got to be strong
Oh, I'm falling off the edge of the world
Think you're safe but you're wrong
We are falling off the edge of the world
Look out, there's danger, nowhere to run
It seems like desperate measures but sometimes it's got to be done
Over, it's over at last
And the message inside as we build a new life from the past
We're falling off the edge of the world
Yes, the edge of the world
It's the end of the world
This is one of the greatest Sabbath songs ever. It just rips your face off and kicks it through the uprights!
My favorite song on the album.
Do you know what I love about this track..... Its alive and so are all the band members. It gives me heart . Love Geezer on this. Must play it every day. Sleep well Ronnie.
live evil was truly my epic sabbath album
one of the best //black//sabbath//songs, with one of my favorite voices of heavy metal DIO
RIP Geoff Nicholls
One of Tony's best mates for decades & Sabbath's unsung touring keyboard player.
greatest sabbath song ever nothing more to be said
This is music !!! Thank you.
WHAT BRILLANT RECORDING dio is so wonderful it was perfect for the time.i was 18 and a sabbath fan since i was 13 and was blown away with dio's work. it's still wonderful so much soul the writing and forethought. beautiful album.
Mob rules, sinistro men! Que álbum! Isso sim é metal! 😃😎
Dio, o melhor
Voodoo has a killer riff too.
2 great albums
What a voice.
Still makes the hair stand up on my arms
One of the greatest songs ever recorded!! Amazing video too. Well done, cjowett1!
This is basically a top 10 metal song and I don't care who disagrees
I think R.J.D was on to something in this song. When he mentions "closing the door", I think he ment closing the door between the physical realm (where we live) & the spiritual realm (where the "faces of doom", & the "creatures of hell", are). When he says "it feels like I'm losing my mind", its because the things from the SPIRITUAL REALM are messing with him & on top of that no one in this MODERN TIME would believe things like this could happen. People will just call you CRAZY or laugh at you. So I think long story the veil will be lifted one day. "THINK YOUR SAFE BUT YOUR WRONG! WE ARE FALLING OF THE EDGE OF WORLD!!",
Oh God shut up
Its called freedom of speech bro. Whats you interpretation of this song
I'm not the government bro. Free speech means you can express when someone is being an emo teat. My interpretation is that a rock star is writing a song. I love the song, but I also know pop I know it's not pop but I mean popular, is a business. Dion isn't like spilling his heart or anything.
Smartphone keyboard. Dio
hegemoni66 Thanx. I had an experience a while back that was kinda like this song. It sux when no one believes you.
Dio was a God who left us wanting more......RIP Ronnie James......He will be forever missed and remembered.........
God I love this song!!!!!
Poetry...music intelligent...simplicity...just perfect
So good. This album is so underrated and particularly this track. Heaven & Hell and Mob Rules are IMHO so good albums and so pioneering in heavy metal, that I cannot understand how people do not rate these top ten. So many other classics in the genre, even Maiden, Metallica, Priest are not in the same league. Not even Sabbath with Ozzy or Ozzy solo comes near. Dio IS metal!
Agree!
Unfortunately it's fully true, the coming of the new wave of british heavy metal early 80's, was erasing classic hard bands and specially masterpieces like this period of Black Sabbath (Heaven & Hell, Mob Rules) ... A shame !!
And yes, Dio IS Metal \m/
In 1986 I received this on cassette...loved it ever since