1) War Pigs. Even without paying any attention to the lyrics, the music is just wonderful. Cake has done a remake that people either love or hate, either way I fell that War Pigs also applies to our war in Iraq.-Amanda Wabash,IN; N.i. This song was inspired by war stories the band heard at an American Air Force base where they performed at a show during their European tour. War Pigs" is a song by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their 1970 album Paranoid. It is generally understood that the song is a protest against the Vietnam War; however, when the band played "War Pigs" live in the mid-1970s, scenes from World War II were projected for audiences. The new album was initially set to be named War Pigs after the song "War Pigs", which was critical of the Vietnam War; however, Warner changed the title of the album to Paranoid. The album art, however, is a literal interpretation of a "War Pig," showing a pig … This was the title track to the second Sabbath album. 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. Even without paying any attention to the lyrics, the music is just wonderful. The band returned to the studio in June 1970, just four months after Black Sabbath was released. Third track on … They do a really good job, I … from Baltimore, Md This has always been my favorite Black Sabbath song. Candlemass open the song Black Sabbath Medley with 1:30 of this song on the album Ancient Dreams. So despite the original meaning which is simply an interpretation of what the ritual looks like, I will stick to the updated interpretation of the song titled War Pigs. It’s ironic that Black Sabbath were often painted as misanthropic harbingers of destruction and misery, when in fact there was a hypermoralist, humanist core to many of Geezer Butler’s early lyrics. The band wanted to call the album "War Pigs," after another song on the set, but the record company made them use "Paranoid" instead because it was less offensive. The Sign of the Southern Cross. Paranoid is the second studio album by the 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. from Baltimore, Md This has always been my favorite Black Sabbath song. A friend of mine burnt me a "Best Of" cd-r of a band called "Goverment Mule", the last song on the cd is a live cover of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs". 2 in Finnish as 'Matka universumiin'. "War Pigs" was ranked the best Black Sabbath song by Rock - Das Gesamtwerk der größten Rock-Acts im Check. Cake has done a remake that people either love or hate, either way I fell that War Pigs also applies to our war in Iraq.-Amanda Wabash,IN; N.i. The real key to this album, however, is the band's ability to avoid the most common pitfall of live recordings: speeding up the songs. [14] The song is notable for its publication in the American folk music magazine Broadside , which normally did not feature rock songs.