Classic Albums: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2010 · 55 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 555 VOTES · DIR. Matthew Longfellow
Overview
The story of how the classic album "Paranoid" was made, with stories from band members to those who were influenced by its content, form and vitality. Paranoid is the second studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath. Released in September 1970, it was the band's only LP to top the UK Albums Chart until the release of 13 in 2013. Paranoid contains several of the band's signature songs, including "Iron Man", "War Pigs" and the title track, which was the band's only Top 20 hit, reaching number 4 in the UK charts. It is often regarded as one of the most quintessential and influential albums in heavy metal history.
Dialogue Timeline — 688 lines
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00:00:28 The first record to turn me on was She Loves You.
00:02:51 we knew we had something special. But we hadn't got a direction.
00:04:17 we had a package which made sense.
00:06:10 You know, I was playing drums to the words.
00:08:03 Tony's... He's already off the edge of the world, somewhere.
00:09:59 We'd done... To us, that was it.
00:11:27 99% of it was from the gut.
00:13:01 It was more like writing heavy rock musical pieces.
00:15:44 trying to get the working class to fight their wars for them.
00:19:00 I'd done this...
00:21:17 Political stuff. So, that's what inspired me.
00:23:16 on a dime.
00:25:31 So Bill just started joining in on the little congas he had.
00:29:00 show what his roots were.
00:31:35 Electric Funeral is a track that really has that sense of...
00:34:12 and we might write a completely different song in the meantime
00:36:30 Nobody ever gave us a good review, nobody ever gave the album a good review.
00:38:52 who came home having seen stuff that no person should see or do.
00:41:23 I don't know... But I've said to people I must learn to play an instrument
00:44:37 That's what Ozzy's lyrics were though, he'd think like of a thing
00:46:39 ''We're James Taylor, that's where we're going.''
00:48:57 Ozzy's singing the final melody
00:52:16 History is always written by the winners.
195:00:06 there was paranoia about being nuked.
Cast & Characters
Phil Alexander
Self - Editor-in-chief (Mojo, Kerrang!)
Tom Allom
Self - Engineer
Geoff Barton
Self - Editor at large (Classic Rock)
Geezer Butler
Self
Tony Iommi
Self
Ozzy Osbourne
Self
Chris Phipps
Self - Music historian
Henry Rollins
Self - Musician
Henry Rollins
Author
Steven Rosen
Self - Author
Steven Rosen
Journalist
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed688
Dialogue density12.5 lines / min
First line00:00:28
Final line195:00:06
Production Record
DirectorMatthew Longfellow
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes555