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Headless Cross Anniversary
Its sad that the anniversaries are being missed. This is the 20th year of Headless Cross and it aught to be marked by something, Trying to re release a re mastered version to mark the album. If you have any thoughts let me know. -
Who put the devil in Santa plus lyrics
Y'know,..... I love Christmas. Which is a kind of strange thing concidering i dont believe there's a Christ. I get a lot out of it as a celebration... and as a message of hope and peace... which is ALSO wierd cause i just wrote a Christmas song that says NONE of it works!!!!
Man!!! sometimes i worry about my head!!!!!
Its ALSO a worry that i wrote a damn Christmas song!!!!!!
Now why would anyone want to do that????? Especially a Black Sabbath Singer.....
Dont know that either... however.. I did.. and i'm gonna put it up for download shortly because .... well..... just because....
Its Also wierd because its UNPLUGGED!!!!! Completely.... I'm beginning to wonder if i am too!!!!
Well my friends soon you will be able to decide if i am or not !!!!!!
Hopefully you wont think badly of me, but as i get older i'm beginning to think there are just SOME things ya gotta do before you die....!!!
Who put the devil in Santa
Who gives a damn about Christmas?
I imagine its fewer than you think,
It's built on a promise of a man called Jesus
No ones seen and doesn't seem to exist.
So instead we have old Father Christmas
Who's gettin on for a thousand years old.
And it seems his only existence
Is working once a year in the dark and the cold
oO HOo oo oO Oo
The Dark seems to stretch out forever
And the cold soon gets to your bones
You'd think he'd get tired of materialistic junk
He has to sneak into peoples homes.
While the people of the war torn desert
Get nothing but wishes at best
It seems Saint Nicholas only gets time to take
Riches and dreams to the west
Winter and snow, where did it go,
Don't feel like Christmas no more,
Everything's changed, nothing's the same,
Instead of good will we have War.
Who put the devil in Santa, why does he hide in the night?
The same letters spell Satan,
And children can see through the lies
Its no wonder Christmas aint white
We are the children of Christmas
Believers and keepers of faith,
Every year we send you a message of peace
But the world throws it back in our face
Who is this Father Christmas?
That everyone is singing about
We loved Santa, if only we hadn't found out
Winter and snow, where did it go,
Don't feel like Christmas no more,
Everything's changed, nothing's the same,
Instead of good will we have War.
Who put the devil in Santa, why does he not see the pain?
The same letters spell Satan,
And children can see its a game
That's why Christmas will never be the same.
How does this crazy old man deliver?
A billion gifts in one night
And what if the world wasn't quite so divided
And snow was black and not white
Don't think it would make any difference
There's a kid making wishes tonight.
Who put the devil in Santa, Why does he never die?
There's so much darkness around us
The good things are harder to find
But the spirit of Christmas survives
Words and music by Tony Martin 2008
TM
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Fear of the darkness
I remember the first day i joined Sabbath.... It scared me to death!!!!! So absolutely fuckin amazed that i was being even concidered, mixed with the abject fear that I just didnt think i was gona be good enough. And that stayed with me for a few years. The band was so monumental.. even in my own youth.. i never quite got around the fact that i was going to be IN the band that i had admired for some years. I'm not sure how it can be explained in physical terms but at times I froze!!! And there was no need to. Sometimes your HEAD can get in the way of your being... It was such an intense time that i missed some of the enjoyment of being there because i was desperately trying to be a part of this huge demanding Laviathan.... exept you know what..... it was just a bunch of guys playing rock music.... and now that kills me cause if i'd just been able to relax a little more..... i think we'd have gone further with it. But I managed to get my mind into the music and did make a mark with that. And i'm very proud to have been a part of it....... mostly....!!!
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grozoeil A reedition with a live bonus DVD would be awesome. Keep up the good work Tony (could we hope you work with Tony Iommi again at some point?)
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10 of 44MoreJust a note to ya Tony, I hope you are doing well. The 20th anneversary should be marked with you doing a tour with Sabbath and coming to the states. Personally I liked your voice the best with Sabbath. As well as Ronnie, I wait for the day when you bless them again with that awesome voice of yours. XOXOXOXOX
100% behind this idea. A truly AWESOME cd.
The idea of re-issuing the album is focking right and it depends mostly on the record label business. And who owns the Headless now? The Eternal Idol was last reissued in 2004 by Sanctuary, luckily the copies are still available. But the Headless cd's are the rarest breed ever, non of it in russian stores for instance, as it wasn't re-released. A big slip. Hopefully Tony's and our request will be heard.
Hey,
It should come in a nice digi Pack remastered including a limited bonus CD with the songs performed live.
Cheers,
Alex
this album will be a special one for me forever, as i discovered BS with this one. Not the best from the Tony Martin era (I prefer Cross Purposes or Eternal Idol), but a good one though and a very dark and gloomy atmosphere.
Seen you Cols Oh. and you missed alot of lyrics, on record you can do it but live, you should have done more of the music you made with sabbath you even opened up with a dio song,your a great singer maybe you had a bad night
PLEASE RE-Release Headless Cross, TYR, Cross purposes and Forbidden. cant find those albums ANYWHERE for a decent price!!!!!
it would be fantastic, it's one of my favourite albums!!!
20 years later, I still listen to that album and I love it's dark sound. I would love to have it remastered along with bonus tracks, demos etc. Maybe even a dvd. I know there was a 60 minute recording from Moscow. That would kick major metal ass. See what you can do Tony.
Headless Cross is Far too Good to be Ignored!