Black Sabbath - The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

1994 Cross Purposes
Tony Iommi
Geezer Butler
Tony Martin
Bobby Rondinelli
Geoff Nicholls (R.I.P.)

[@adamortiz5846]

Anyone else excited to see these albums re released officially?

[@Nativityin6lack]

I sure am!

[@pierre_gaston]

Yes! HD remaster!

[@batphink2655]

Me ,I was not that up on Tony Martin era but have been binge watching everything I can find for the last 2 months it is SO good and probably the most mature Sabbath have ever sounded love it!

[@SuperLuckao]

Tony Martin really had sabbath on their toes. Out of this realm powerful. MAGIC

[@juanmanuelapat5160]

I was 16 when this record came out, and now I'm 42. I feel young again with every riff. Tony Martin did a great job, and I hated him for not being Ozzy. Thank God now I see things diffrently

[@zkombroz1]

Now am 44 am still hearing this stuff, i always loved T.Martins voice.

[@danielseemann1081]

God bless the wisdom that comes with age.

[@marcelbr815]

I was 15, about the same age, and I remember getting this cd at the local record shop, and I'd listen to this song all the time, but the Ozzy comparison was inevitable back then.

[@krzysztofsmyl7633]

Hehe i was older than You but proud from You maybe in past time You we learn so much morę hehe Cheers🤟🍺🍻🍺🍻🍺🙏😜

[@johnstrychalski915]

Tony Martin is a "Metal-God" 🤘

[@Grandmastergav86]

Agreed

[@SuperLuckao]

Except this is not metal and thank God. This is the far superipr cladsic hard rock. Metal has next to no melody. TM era is very melodic.thw BEST, classiest and the most sophisticated. This sound takes a lot of skill.

[@douglas2902]

I bought this CD when it came out and it was very underrated. Masterpiece all the same

[@Roadking26]

I own every black sabbath album. Even the bootleg with Ray Gillan doing some eternal idol songs. Tony martingale got screwed, and didn't get the credit he deserved. I have respect for all of the Sabbath singers, and like others have mentioned, Tony lost some cred with how Tony Martin was treated. Cross Purposes is a great album.

[@spottss]

Martin was always a hired hand! No garantee given.

[@esvensena8001]

The last time I watched this video was in 2005.

[@metaldog1]

THANK YOU TONY!!! You've made me a much happier man with all your work. 🤘😎🤘 metaldog

[@MrAdriancooke]

One of my all-time favourite songs

[@wwemagazine]

Best song on Cross Purposes imho

[@danielseemann1081]

Treasure! By far, my favored Sabbath song with Martin.

[@federicoperriconi827]

Very good song. Rondinelli is a solid drummer

[@Roadking26]

Tony came in and re-recorded the internal idol. Then he kept Sabbath aflot for a good number of years, then was tossed aside without getting the credit he deserved. I have played guitar about 43 years, and Iommi is one of my handful of guitar hero's, but he How lost a little kred on that move.

[@jean-philipperameau4220]

Yeah, but Sharon deserves a lot of the blame too. At the very least, Iommi should tour with Martin and reperform those songs live again.

[@gonzacarranza2342]

benditos sean esos momentos escuchando este temazo como otros tantos de Black Sabbath con un amigo a los 16 años (hoy casi 23). Cada vez que escucho esta canción me trae paz y muchas fuerzas, lástima que la era Tony Martin siga estando oscura o infravalorada para muchos fans, tal como el disco Cross Purposes. Aguante Sabbath!!

[@zeevbiryukov8742]

Beast of a song

[@mrcpchtogether3096]

Killer track

[@daviddavies3637]

As it's the internet, I have no idea if you're making a sick joke or if you don't know what it's about. The song's about a nurse that was found guilty of murdering four babies in her care. Another one has just been sentenced to a whole life sentence for killing 7 and attempting to kill several others. When you read the lyrics, it makes perfect sense.

[@SimenSebastian]

@@daviddavies3637Wow that’s what it is about! Thanks. It does make sense. I think the comment «Killer track» was just a coinsidence. He too probably didn’t know

[@christophergordon7433]

Never seen this before. Good video.

[@zebunightrider]

Geoff Nicholls on description please.

[@batphink2655]

Exactly since he became a chief writer/arranger with Tony Iommi!

[@donsmore]

Awesome song! Sabbath rules 🤘

[@Vixinaful]

Its the haand that rocks the cradle, and the hand that kills kills the life!

[@daviddavies3637]

The oath you take is sacred To save not steal a life ... the song's about a nurse that killed 4 babies in her care in a hospital in the UK. Powerful, but quite chilling, lyrics once you know what the song's about. Another one's just been convicted of killing 7, 30 years later.

[@genesiskeglar6372]

Without looking it up, I think this is the singer from The Eternal Idol album, right?

[@fear5735]

Yes. Tony Martin was the Black Sabbath front man from his debut in 1987 (Eternal Idol) till 1995 (Forbidden) His Sabath albums were The Eternal Idol 1987 Headless Cross 1989 TYR 1990 Cross Purposes 1994 Forbidden 1995

[@nightvideos1979]

Headless Cross. Fantastic album. Forbbiden. Horrible album.

[@genesiskeglar6372]

Jader Cool man, I will check it out. Thanks

[@zkombroz1]

@@fear5735 Really he never was fired while Dio came back for Dehumanizer 1992.

[@rolandogallardo4490]

@@nightvideos1979 ...its not horrible at all...has greats songs...Kiss of death...Get a grip

[@narkisszosz.]

Best song by Martin imo.

[@GrecianPrince]

Beverly Allitt

[@grantfyfe7421]

yep the angel of death is who this song is about !

[@ADDISON857]

Alright a wonderfully Performance TONY🔥Excellent, our voice, Sabbaths Songs are great and long💥but You can’t singing ALL SONGS under Singer: Ronnie, Ray, Glenn( OZZY🙈No‼️it’s a clown)🤡I’m 15 years..Sabbaths -Ozzy 1968 creating the band... with very change Musiciens, Singers🤷‍♀️today Era 2021, I’m 68 years, and Listen TONY, RONNIE, RAY, GLENN🔥My favorites Singers🥰all Day’s 🙏loving You, Tony💋good LIFE been continued 🤷‍♀️KISS💋RESPECT TONY🙏❤️

[@AerikVon]

🖤

[@lawerncedkhar2321]

Cross purposes

[@lindendpw8312]

Awesome song but didn't get promoted much probably because they were on I.R.S. records

[@vielmaleo1970]

This is OBVIOUSLY from my u-matic tape. You must've got it from a guy in NY.

[@ronaldothomejunior3702]

1:25 when Martin sings "When the Hand that Rocks the Cradle", I always thought... I've listened this before. And I suddenly remember of David Koresh song: "There's a Mad Man Livin in Waco"... It is impression or Black Sabbath get inspired by Koresh song?!

[@channelsucksthischannelsuc1871]

Maybe the tone

[@ikill4klondikebars]

This song came out in 1994, based off the events of the early 90's about a nurse killing babies. The song you're talking about came out in 2017.

[@aaronmcmahon7462]

Whilst this song was inspired by the murders committed by Beverley Allitt in 1991, Koresh and the Branch Davidians did inspire the lyrics for "Psychophobia", from this same Sabbath line up.

[@SFtheGreat]

Does anyone know if this was also available in PAL?

[@Dave_Cymru]

You should find the PAL version on their official website.

[@SFtheGreat]

@@Dave_Cymru Have you seen their official website?

[@aldov316]

was this used in the movie by the same name?

[@jackko21]

Sadly know it came out 2 years before the song

[@terryanthony5323]

Great song, great album. Terrible video.

[@monovenaros]

Too polished for Sabbath

[@SuperLuckao]

No. A very good sound for the 80s and 90s. I got thoroughly sick of the duo dramatic sound. This is just right. for its classic rock. Dio was theatre. Can't listen to him anymore.

[@calzabbath]

A watered down Dio as a frontman, which is a lot to say. This is hard AOR, no more. As a 52 year old guy who grew up with the original Sabbath and Ozzy as a soundtrack (saw them all live), this is well below standards no matter how well intentioned this Martin was. After Ozzy’s departure Iommi really kept the Sabbath name alive but at a tremendous cost, the only worthy record of the 1983-1997 period being Born Again (and the only one Ozzy himself praised). Glad (almost) they all came to terms in the end so they could wave goodbye in a decent way.

[@narkisszosz.]

Ian Gillan killed it, Hot Line is a masterpiece song which only Gillan can sing...

[@calzabbath]

@The Caped Critique you had to compare with the supposedly worst of the Ozzy era to make your statement, and that says it all. And Technical Ecstasy is a pretty good album anyway, not “prog” at all (you might have not heard real prog). Martin can’t hold a candle even to Dio, whom I profoundly dislike but respect for his personality and some solo work. I’m sure in your 5 best list you’ve got some other crap like Eternal Idol or something and downplay Sabotage 🤣 What a dork

[@ikill4klondikebars]

@@calzabbath Everything after Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is trash when it comes to Ozzy. Born Again a better album than any of the Martin era stuff? LOL. Born again was mixed so badly, Iommi had to re-release it decades later. The lyrics are fucking stupid. But that's Gillan for you. His lyrics ruined what might have otherwise been amazing songs (like Zero the Hero). Even Gillan wasn't fond of the album, or his time in Sabbath and couldn't wait to get back to Deep Purple. Heaven and Hell, Dehumanizer, and Mob Rules blow away half the Ozzy catalog, which, when it comes to mainstream - is basically summed up by the Paranoid album and nothing more.

[@garrymorgan2341]

Well now you’ve made this post I will immediately stop liking the Tony Martin era

[@garrymorgan2341]

And cos you’ve said Ozzy only likes Born Again, then I must also only like Born Again, cos I’m incapable of thinking for myself.

[@markcobeen941]

Everything after Mob Rules is absolute GARBAGE

[@juhpaa]

Why come to tell that here? I enjoy this

[@SuperLuckao]

Why r u listening then?. Genuine question

[@spottss]

I skipped over the Martin era. Enough great material outside of this to listen to. What I’ve heard of this lineup sounds very bland.

[@juhpaa]

I wouldn't and didn't skip this.

[@SuperLuckao]

Probably because u want metal. This is classic hard rock that has melody..unlike metal.