BLACK SABBATH • Born Again Unmixed CD

Zero the Hero Accept the fact that you're second rate, life is easy for you It's all served up on a gold plated plate And we don't even have to talk to you Your face is normal, that's the way you're bred And that's the way you're going to stay Your head is firmly nailed to your TV channel But someone else's finger's on the control panel What you gonna be, what you gonna be brother Zero the Hero Don't you wanna be, don't you wanna be brother Zero the Hero When you gonna be, when you gonna be brother Zero the Hero Impossibility impissibolity mother Really a Hero You sit there watch it all burn down It's easy and breezy for you You play your life to a different sound No edge no edge you got no knife have you Your life is a six-lane highway to nowhere You're going so fast you're never ever gonna get down there Where the heroes sit by the river With a magic in their music as they eat raw liver What you gonna be, what you gonna be brother Zero the Hero Don't you wanna be, don't you wanna be brother Zero the Hero When you gonna be, when you gonna be brother Zero the Hero Impossibility impissibolity mother Really a Hero You stand there captain we all look, you really are mediocre You are the champion in the Acme form book But I think you're just a joker Your facedown life ain't so much of a pity But the luv-a-duckin' way you're walkin' around the city With your balls and your head full of nothing It's easy for you sucker but you really need stuffing What you gonna be, what you gonna be brother Zero the Hero Don't you wanna be, don't you wanna be brother Zero the Hero When you gonna be, when you gonna be brother Zero the Hero Impossibility impissibolity mother Really a Hero Digital Bitch She wears her leather just to satisfy She really throws it around There ain't one thing she can't afford to buy She's the richest bitch in town Her big fat daddy was a money machine He made a fortune from computers She's got more money than I've ever seen But she's a greedy emotional looter Keep away from the digital bitch Keep away from the digital bitch Keep away from the digital bitch She's so rich, the digital bitch She's got five rollers and a fine estate A big house up on the hill She throws parties just to celebrate Her life is just one enormous thrill She buys poor people just to have around She has a trophy for each lover The bitch is rich but baby pound for pound She's got a lot more to discover Maybe she could please me if I saw beneath her veil But she's just an imitation woman up for sale She got so famous that she's on TV She's got a professional smile But I switch over 'cos she ain't for me She disturbs me all the while She looks so happy but she's got it wrong She's always going faster She sings her life to such a different song She needs a loving and dominant master * There are music videos for Trashed and Zero the Hero. * Bill Ward recorded the album, but did not tour. Bill was replaced on tour by Bev Bevan of ELO fame. * This album has never been formally released on CD in the USA. * There are rumours of anywhere between 1 and 6 tracks recorded for this album but not used. Two titles are "The Fallen" & "Death Warmed Up". * On tour, Sabbath played Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water", and on a few gigs, the Shadows' "Apache". * The Stonehenge stage was the direct inspiration for the Stonehenge gag in the movie "This is Spinal Tap". * There's a fan site dedicated to the Born Again album and tour. You can check it out here. * The song Trashed was re-recorded by Ian Gillan for his 2005 solo album "Gillan's Inn" which is to commemorate his 40th anniversary as a recording artist. More info on Gillan's Inn is available here. * The song "Keep it Warm" was dedicated to Ian Gillan's then girlfriend Bron, who he married in 1984. * Ian Gillan had this to say about the Born Again sessions late in 2003 on his site. "Some months ago I got this Sound Audigy gismo box to transfer anything analogue to digital. so I sat down with about 600 old cassettes and spent a couple of days sorting them out. Good news and bad news...I found loads of stuff that I'd completely forgotten about; demos, out-takes, rough mixes, writing sessions, interviews and all kinds of interesting material from the last twenty years or so; all of it in good shape. One of the priceless items I discovered was the monitor mix of Born Again, the very tape that I have referred to from time to time. All the songs were listed (the entire album) and hand written on the insert, Manor Studios etc. Imagine my disappointment when I found only three songs, Trashed, Digital Bitch and one other (I forget now, it's been a while and I've not been home for six weeks) on the cassette. Anyway I have a whole load of gems to sieve through one day for a potential release, and who knows, maybe that cassette was in the wrong box and the real one will turn up. I still have more to check. Just one other thing, I must have been misquoted (now there's a thing). I do not recall any extra tracks with vocals. I think there were some instrumental ideas left over from the Born Again session, and possibly (although I can't remember) some rough vocals which should have been (but may not have been) erased. Anyway as far as I'm concerned what it is, is what it is; a very special album. Cheers, ig" http://www.mediafire.com/?anngz1yt0no