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had recently ended in the United Kingdom but with the Vietnam War still ongoing, many young men feared they'd be conscripted to fight in it. "That's what started this whole rebellion thing about not going to war for anybody", said Butler. "I was dreading being called up", the lyricist recalled.
294:, about how these rich politicians and rich people start all the wars for their benefit and get all the poor people to die for them", vocalist Osbourne has stated that the group "knew nothing about Vietnam. It's just an anti-war song." The song's 309:'s first memory of performing the song was at The Beat Club in Switzerland in 1968. The band was required to play multiple sets every night and had little material in their repertoire at that point, so they would perform lengthy 194: 374:
wrote, "What is memorable is the way Osbourne evokes not merely war's cost but its seductive appeal. Part of what made Black Sabbath seem new was a disinclination to uplifting, or hopeful, or self-righteous."
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to pick up his guitar in time for his solo. In more recent times, when performing a live rendition of Arabella, the Arctic Monkeys often end the live performance of the song with a tease of the songs riff.
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song ever." The magazine also included the song on their list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Solos" and ranked it in 56th place. Steve Huey of
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Prior to its official release, the band often altered the lyrics significantly when performing it live. An example of this can be found on
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has called the song an "ugly, antiwar classic now considered one of Sabbath's top two or three most enduring compositions".
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Rock – Das Gesamtwerk der größten Rock-Acts im Check: alle Alben, alle Songs. Ein eclipsed-Buch
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ranked the song number four on their list of the 20 greatest Black Sabbath songs, and in 2021,
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approved of the song and Ozzy Osbourne described it as "the best cover of 'War Pigs' ever".
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as their run-out/tunnel walk music. The song is also part of the regular repertoire of the
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ranked the song number five on their list of the 100 greatest heavy metal songs.
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ranked the song number one on their list of the 40 greatest Black Sabbath songs.
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on 26 April 1970. While Butler has said that "War Pigs" is "totally against the
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The song is notable for its publication in the American folk music magazine
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Black Sabbath in 1970. From left to right: Butler, Iommi, Ward, Osbourne.
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has said that "War Pigs" originated from one of those jam sessions.
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was one of the 40 songs featured in the Music Monday series of the
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Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath
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Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978
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and the speeding up of the song's end were done by producer
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Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978
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The song's iconic guitar riff largely inspired that of
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Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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Rock - Das Gesamtwerk der größten Rock-Acts im Check
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Index

War Pigs (song)
War pigs
Song
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
Genre
Heavy metal
stoner rock
Label
Vertigo
Songwriter(s)
Tony Iommi
Ozzy Osbourne
Geezer Butler
Bill Ward
Producer(s)
Rodger Bain
file
help
protest song
heavy metal
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
"Walpurgis"
Geezer Butler
national service
Ozzy Osbourne
The Ozzman Cometh
BBC Radio 1
Vietnam War

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