“Paranoid” (1970) The title track for the band’s second album was famously written in about half an hour, when they realized they didn’t have enough songs — it went on to become a Top 5 single in the U.K., broke the band in the United States, and became one of the most-covered rock songs of all time, especially due to its driving rhythm and basic but indelible riff. The song, a seething cry against the barbarity of mechanized war and warlords, was the original title track of the album, but the record label grew uneasy about the ramifications and changed it to “Paranoid” (without telling the band). “Snowblind” / “Supernaut” (1972) A one-two punch from the band’s fourth album — the first to be recorded in Los Angeles, and, as the first track suggests, under the strong influence of the white powder that would cast a long shadow over the band’s following years.
Author: Jem Aswad
Published at: 2025-07-22 21:37:43
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