Black Sabbath has been so influential in the development of heavy metal rock music as to be a defining force in the style. The group took the blues-rock sound of late ’60s acts like Cream, Blue Cheer, and Vanilla Fudge to its logical conclusion, slowing the tempo, accentuating the bass, and emphasizing screaming guitar solos and howled vocals full of lyrics expressing mental anguish and macabre fantasies. If their predecessors clearly came out of an electrified blues tradition, Black Sabbath took that tradition in a new direction, and in so doing helped give birth to a musical style that continued to attract millions of fans decades later. ________________________________________ Whatcha gonna do? Times caught up with you Now you wait your turn You know theres no return Take your written rules You join the other fools Turn to something new Now its killing you First it was the bomb Vietnam napalm Disillusioning You push the needle in From life you escape Realitys that way Colours in your mind Satisfy your time Oh you, you know you must be blind To do something like this To take the sleep that you dont know Youre giving death a kiss, oh, little fool now Your mind is full of pleasure Your bodys looking ill To you its shallow leisure So drop the acid pill, Dont stop to think now Youre having a good time baby But that wont last Your minds all full of things Youre living too fast Go out enjoy yourself Dont bottle it in You need someone to help you To stick the needle in, yeah …