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Music Appreciation

Swede

(38,437 posts) Fri Dec 9, 2022, 08:56 PM Dec 2022

Black Sabbath - Hard Road

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Black Sabbath - Hard Road (Original Post) Swede Dec 2022 OP

Not my favorite Black Sabbath song, but thanks for posting. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2022 #1

Tony's Guitar Sounds Really Different Here ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #2

Yeah, Tony has so many different guitar sounds... Planet Caravan is one of my faves few have heard. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2022 #3

Mostly Texturally ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #4

Interesting fun fact... thanks!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2022 #5

InAbLuEsTaTe

(25,509 posts)

1. Not my favorite Black Sabbath song, but thanks for posting.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Fri Dec 9, 2022, 10:47 PM

Dec 2022

ProfessorGAC

(75,888 posts)

2. Tony's Guitar Sounds Really Different Here

Reply to InAbLuEsTaTe (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 10, 2022, 12:25 PM

Dec 2022

It has a much less dark character. Reminds me a the guitar sounds of the glitter rock bands (except for The Sweet).
This song is from the late 70s, so they may have been experimenting some.
If you're a Sabbath fan, make sure you track down "The End Of The End". It's a rock doc about them with inserts of their last ever show in Birmingham England. It's terrific!

InAbLuEsTaTe

(25,509 posts)

3. Yeah, Tony has so many different guitar sounds... Planet Caravan is one of my faves few have heard.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 10, 2022, 06:20 PM

Dec 2022

ProfessorGAC

(75,888 posts)

4. Mostly Texturally

Reply to InAbLuEsTaTe (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 10, 2022, 06:30 PM

Dec 2022

The sound driving the song has long been the Tony Iommi sound. SG through a Laney.
Fun fact about that: when they first toured the States, Laney only made amps for the UK market.
Once they got here, they had to find an amp expert to convert their amps to 110V, because they couldn't plug them in as they were! They only worked on 220.

InAbLuEsTaTe

(25,509 posts)

5. Interesting fun fact... thanks!!

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 10, 2022, 06:44 PM

Dec 2022

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