13 • Black Sabbath • A GRIM appraisal
Preamble:- Previously, I said about a come-back that went ahead without Jon Anderson that "if you can't pick a sucker in the listener within 20 minutes of a YES journey that isn't up to par, chances are, the sucker is you." Musically, 13 retains its 'Anderson' element, but still, it is mystifying as to why the thing is at #1 on the Billboard. The only plausible explanation could be that Sabbath witch-heads were awaiting the bat-eating prodigal to return to the father; and finally, it did! 8-foot tall burning wicker by Spencer Jenkins - shot by Jonathan Knowles End of the Beginning ∆ Refreshed in the sensibility of a New World Order beta, yet remains in the sentiment of the old decadency sword, Iron Man. ∆ God Is Dead? ∆ At the turn of the last century, thick in the belief of a Darwinian monkey god, Friedrich Nietzsche comfortably proclaimed that 'God is dead'. Hitler picked up on it and, with moolah from Ro...