Black Sabbath - Zero The Hero (Official Audio)

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► LYRICS
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 brother - Zero the hero
Don't you want to be brother - Zero the hero
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
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 freedom 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
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#blacksabbath #rock #rocknroll

[@KanoKnife]

That riff is so heavy. This had to be played on tours.

[@BrettWMcCoy]

It was! I saw the Born Again tour in 1983

[@TreatzTMA]

@@BrettWMcCoyme too. Great LOUD show!!

[@tuco666]

@@BrettWMcCoy Same! DU campus in Denver

[@CalebePriester]

Which one of them?

[@TreatzTMA]

@@CalebePriester Ottawa Civic Centre, late October’83

[@thedinkster5772]

Tony’s guitar solo is absolutely wicked here! That screeching sounds like it’s coming straight from hell and almost makes the guitar sound like it’s begging for mercy

[@bptmbptm]

I think this solo sounds too low. This record deserves the same process that Tony did with Forbidden

[@CalebePriester]

I never understood the mindset behind this solo. It doesn't sound major (after all this is Sabbath) nor a regular minor scale. It's fucking weird. This is not a scale I have played because if I had I would notice its sonority and it would not sound strange. This must be some sort of post modern mindset, and yes, it does sound evil. Like, he starts the solo with a bend. Ok, this is very common. Like, most solos start with a bend. Nothing strange so far, but the notes that he bends to sound strange, sounds out of place, but sounds cool. It's like the guitar is screaming in pain. Yes, it makes a lot of sense with what you have said about the guitar begging for mercy lol I think he's playing "bad" notes on purpose to give this evil vibe. The notes doesn't sound pretty, sounds evil and mean, the intervals he's playing are hellish. I don't know the exact notes because I never tried playing this solo, but I think he used a lot of minor intervals and like tritones.

[@jmmb92]

@@CalebePriester that's the vibe of the solo, you got it right. he is probably doing some diminished stuff.

[@mikekeeler6362]

​@@bptmbptmit came straight from my backyard

[@nikolaosRt]

​@jmmb92 if I have no idea about this song I would believe someone plays saxophone!It s insane stuff this solo

[@PWRobinson1976]

Tony is testing our patience 😅 Yes!!! We need this Remix!!!

[@mikekeeler6362]

No remixes in 5 years

[@PWRobinson1976]

@@mikekeeler6362 You think so? 🤔 Do you have a source or is it gut feeling? The last remixes came quite quickly one after the other ... Why should Born Again be the odd man Out? 🤔

[@johnnywomack548]

They're working on the remix.

[@PWRobinson1976]

@@johnnywomack548 Thanks! Yeah, that's what I heard, too. Are you looking forward to it? I wanna know what it sounds like and so yeah, I so much want this Remix but a part of me actually likes that underground evil sound on the original. Makes it sound like a musical "snuff Film" 😏

[@mikekeeler6362]

@@johnnywomack548 I just wanted hey Tony Iommi solo album

[@roguebear0014]

Oh please for a proper release of this album re-mixed!! C'mon Tony!

[@johnnywomack548]

They're working on that.

[@jasonowens2089]

I heard the masters got burned up in a fire where they was being stored. Heard that on Eddie Trunks radio show

[@markmcgibbon2101]

@@jasonowens2089the masters were unexpectedly found.

[@kylewinward8847]

Is this a remaster? It sounds more clearer than any version I have heard.

[@markmcgibbon2101]

@@kylewinward8847 it’s the 2011 remaster. Tony has recently located the original tapes and an actual remix is on the cards. I love this album anyway but I’d like to hear how Tony envisioned it.

[@pranavphx]

Never realised Slash just stole the riff and it became Paradise City

[@johnnywomack548]

Yep.

[@marvinshenk]

All the greats steal from Tony.

[@nathancarson8769]

Except Iommi got it from Ravel's Bolero. But yeah.

[@marvinshenk]

@@nathancarson8769 Did Ravel play a downtuned Gibson SG through an amp with leather on his fingers?

[@michaelforest3332]

​@@nathancarson8769 🤣

[@markbirchette8740]

I haven't quit listening to Born Again since it's original release.

[@matthughesrocks]

Me too

[@BlindArthurBlake]

The whole album is a banger. I don't understand why it gets slagged off so often, I think it's awesome

[@matthughesrocks]

@@BlindArthurBlake Nobody ever noticed or even cared before the internet made it a thing to complain about, kind of of like the lack of bass in And Justice For All.

[@viejodelentes6079]

Beast of an album. 🤘

[@rft2001]

@@matthughesrocks The album sold well. It made the top 40 in the US and was a major hit in the UK, going all the way up to #4. The problem was that after that initial success, Ian left and people forgot about it. Also, it was just too heavy for radio. Even metal stations refrained from playing it much as it didn't fit in with the pop metal and hair metal of the day.

[@calzabbath]

I'm a 54 y.o. die hard Sabbath fan. Born Again is for me among their three best albums, full of a surreal, eerie and dark atmosphere that equates the spirit of SBS and Sabotage. It's a real pity the Gillan incarnation of the band didn't have the chance of further development. I have felt that maybe some echoes of it are in The Devil You Know, as if the trend had been cut off for more than 20 years and had resurfaced in an ailing, dispirited Ronnie Dio.

[@evertoncostapt]

Remember the time when I was teenage in early 90's and I bought this LP and had to hide from my mom because the cover ...haha "Zero the Hero" and "Disturbing the Priest" are two of greatest Black Sabbath´s songs in my opinion, two forgotten classics.

[@classicsound85]

One of the best Sabbath's song. Dark, creepy and hypnotic.

[@Thebigislandreporter]

This is Sabbath's Heaviest Non Ozzy Song ever - Ian Killed it and with all due heavy-ness. Sabbath at it's best since Vol 4

[@guytalbot9427]

Disturbing the Priest is way heavier. I ❤ the whole album.

[@chris10isleyen]

Ian Gillan kicked ass in Sabbath I don’t care what anyone says. One of my all time favorite heavy metal songs.

[@BlindArthurBlake]

Agree

[@johnny2demax]

Gillian haha

[@chris10isleyen]

@@johnny2demaxfixed it lol

[@CHUY-DRZ400s]

GILLAN , Dio. only

[@themainmanify]

i agree

[@goregrinder4820]

Kicked ass then, kicks ass now.

[@maxben565]

Too bad they only did one album with Gilllan.

[@johnnywomack548]

The guys in Deep Purple were offered a ton of money to get back together. The put out some great records when they reformed the band.

[@guytalbot9427]

Tony and Ian did a solo album "Who Cares " it effin Rocks

[@richardhincemon]

​@@guytalbot9427That album is for the Earthquake victims to raise money in Armenia for a new music school.

[@MACBoricua]

I thin Ian is next to Dio, best vocals after Ozzy, so I agree, I think this album which I got on day 1 without reserves, was undermined by most, cause no one talks about Gillian as part of history of Sabbath…. Ok, more music with synthesizers, but WTH, still have the genius of Tommy Iommi and his classic and powerful chords!

[@guytalbot9427]

@@richardhincemon I did not know that. Thank You 😊 I hope that it helped those kids✌️❤️🇨🇦

[@zubrycky]

IMHO, NOBODY sung the song Black Sabbath better and more diabolically than Ian Gillan.

[@TreatzTMA]

Yeah he killed it. Would’ve liked to see where this experiment went

[@chris10isleyen]

Bro what I’m saying!! And in interviews he openly states he was the worst singer Black Sabbath ever had, and I disagree

[@Vorticy135]

​@chris10isleyen I can understand why. He had vocal issues at the time and really struggled on Dio songs like Heaven and Hell. He could hit the highs, but his middle range was destroyed.

[@calzabbath]

Ozzy said once that Born Again was the best the band had done without him, and that he liked it a lot.

[@hillshaveeyes8833]

Crushing riffage from Lord Iommi AND The greatest electric guitar solo ever recorded.

[@richdisilvio4591]

Is there a more ominous heavy riff than this? I doubt it. Simply masterful.

[@221b-l3t]

There's a few on this album, I wouldn't want to rank them.

[@jimmiethompson3637]

One of the best Sabbath songs!

[@blueeyes6816]

What a riff ???? What a rhythm section ? What a Band ? The last 40 years, this album, plays a LOT...... to the maximum sound !!! Thank you so very much Ian. To me, your best performance...Though I'm in true love with first release, i can't wait for the REMIX....

[@ernger531]

One of their best songs, very heavy

[@RANDALL-j5j]

By far the heaviest track on this album.

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

One of the most important riffs in the history of metal. This song gave the start to many genres that came afterwards. Absolute masterpiece. 🤘👹🤘

[@zachary1966]

Bought the vinyl 1983, Finnish pressing, still in shelf😎👆

[@juresaiyan]

😍

[@alexantonio8546]

Waiting for the Remix

[@JeffRW78]

What do you think you are listening to here then?

[@JohnnyTheMechanic]

@@JeffRW78 I think it's the 2011 remastered version

[@JeffRW78]

​@@JohnnyTheMechanicoh, I didn't know about that one

[@viejodelentes6079]

Also try the first remaster done in the 90s, I think it's better balanced compared to the most recent one.

[@norman9291]

Do you seriously think a remix is going to make this song sound that much better than it already does? I think this sounds fine the way it is. If Ian Gillian never said anything about the mix when it first came out noone would even bring it up

[@gustavoherrera925]

Heaviest riff on Earth 💥🌎

[@igoralencar2494]

This is the best song of the album!! So obscure, dark, heavy, moody with these riffs like stone, brutal! And Gillan is also great in it!!

[@brianherringmarshall]

Its that Hitler in the vidéo ?

[@brianherringmarshall]

Eat more liver

[@brianherringmarshall]

Im.zero the héro i love Black Sabbath Tony give me so much to learn il still learning

[@MichelJay]

My favorite track from "Born again"... verse riff stolen by Gun's n' roses to write "Paradise city".

[@Grandmastergav86]

Thank you, I've heard so many GNR fans (who I assume have hearing damage from listening to that bilge) claim otherwise!

[@INaNBillington]

Also stolen by Danzig for "Her Black Wings," but at least he admits it.

[@gilianchauvel1997]

Black Sabbath + Depp Purple = Deep Sabbath and Black Purple ! 😈🎸😎

[@pbrecipe2443]

oh i remember that band black purple! they good (i am not a robot) -sent from robot phone

[@markgrant9064]

...and some convolution involving Johnny Depp?

[@stacynelsenvasquez4969]

LOVE this!! True story: I got this immediately when it came out. I was a teen in the great 80s (55 now😮). I had a dream back then, with this song in it, but it sounded even heavier (if you can imagine such a thing) everything was RED, the color of the demon baby on the cover. Apparently I took a visit to hell. I was put in a jail cell, surrounded by red, and I could even feel the heat! Trippy! I was not on any drugs lol.. Ive never forgotten that dream.

[@rft2001]

I had an insane dream inspired by the album as well about possession. I was floating above my bed like Regan in The Exorcist then flopped down and started having what felt like seizures. I woke up with my fingers in a half-way pulled out electric plug and realized that I was getting shocked. Two weeks later, I woke up in the middle of the night and the cover of the album was flashing on my tv. I thought that I'd gone to Hell. It turned out that the station that I had on when I fell asleep had the 700 Club on in the middle of the night and they were doing an expose on the evils of the album.

[@TreatzTMA]

Still remember the first time hearing this live (before album release) as a 15 year old. Just CRUSHING!! Especially that chorus. Still holds up as essential Sabbath

[@BlackWhitecure]

This Is My Favorite Sabbath Song Since I Was A Child.

[@sunriseland-iw8nl]

Funny, but I also liked listening to this particular song almost ignoring the rest of the album when I was a child. The wicked and mystic synths and a wonderful solo gave me creeps then. And once I got extremely scared when listening to this track I saw a flying winged shadow on the periphery of my sight. When I turned my head, there was nothing there and (if my memory doesn't deceive me) right after that I heard a loud knock at my door. Don't know what that was.

[@dado7861]

Fav song from the album

[@BigArnieNumeroUno]

Monster riffage from the Riffmeister!

[@Axiom9_Band]

My favorite track of the album. We need a re-mix of this great album.

[@HeidiLandRover]

Possibly my all time fave Sabbath track.

[@youtoobe169]

Me too!

[@chris10isleyen]

It’s so damn heavy.

[@erickandsuzanne]

Great White sharks hum this song to themselves while hunting.

[@survive323]

I believe it!

[@vicprovost2561]

Spot On!

[@CalebePriester]

Fast as a shark sounds more like it.

[@MichaelMudd-hl3bf]

😂 best comment ever!!

[@Pete-e1m]

🤣🤣🤣

[@raymarti3]

One of my favorite songs from Born Again!

[@1965kid]

Mine is digital bitch!

[@allegrotalentmusic1994]

Next Re- Release Boxset🤗🤘🏻😎

[@tonymaio3134]

The greatest metal album of all time.

[@youtoobe169]

Probably my favorite Black Sabbath song and album

[@janandd1]

My fave track on this album...also one Tony's very best riffs !

[@ilyalead4blade897]

these riffs are awesome

[@LateCambrian]

This should have been the song on the record in The Lords of Salem.

[@blindmikeguard]

One of my all time favourite Sabbath tunes....so heavy!!!

[@stavivanackerson6563]

Gonna be a kick ass box set!!!!....

[@НаташаМонахова-з4з]

real black sabbath👍👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@n.e.e.n.official6639]

Black Sabbath is Tony Iommi.

[@НаташаМонахова-з4з]

@@n.e.e.n.official6639 👍

[@yurivogensen5438]

Love Born Again!

[@vicprovost2561]

Saw this tour in the 3rd row, dead center, in the Worcester Centrum, utterly kicked butt. Gillian was great for this material and did a respectful job with their classic songs. Just a great show and a young Bon Jovi opened the show with a surprisingly good opening set before anyone knew who they were. Sabbath rules no matter who is singing, all eras of Sabbath's are worth a listen as every single one of them has Tony Iommi on jt! 🎸

[@chris10isleyen]

I have a bootleg CD of that show, and his take on “Black Sabbath” is probably my favorite version of the song. He doesn’t get enough credit. He did a really great job with them.

[@johnny2demax]

Who is Gillian?

[@vicprovost2561]

@@johnny2demax Deep Purple ring a bell?

[@danielmateos2377]

Love this album

[@rmmancham9137]

Great track, this album is a gem. I didn’t fully appreciate it until recently.

[@viejodelentes6079]

This album inspired so many extreme metal bands that I think we wouldn't have the extreme genres without it.

[@Grandmastergav86]

yeah but Venom were starting out around this time too and they were just as influential to extreme metal bands tbh.

[@RunningManBusted]

My second favorite song on this album. My favorite for me is 'Hotline'!

[@josephfrezza5822]

This sounds better than the original version! And louder, too!

[@ElderDragonBrasil]

This is the original version

[@amostlyreasonableguy]

@@ElderDragonBrasilit’s the 2004 remaster. It says so in the link in the description. So it is louder for sure then when originally released.

[@ronny-2112]

Love that evil guitar riffs 🤘😈💀🔥🍺

[@jgrey8959]

The anthem of my darkest rage. I imagined many an act of terrible vengeance with this.

[@221b-l3t]

Smoke a joint and grab a guitar, revenge only makes things worse.

[@matthughesrocks]

Sounds clean! I never get tired of this.

[@StephenHennessy-Stone-ee5fy]

One of the heaviest albums of 1983 this remix sounds brilliant I can't wait for the super deluxe edition

[@patriotpizzaman]

This remaster is from 2011's 2CD Deluxe Edition. Fingers crossed that this is a hint that the remix is under way!

[@StephenHennessy-Stone-ee5fy]

@@patriotpizzaman I hope so

[@CHUY-DRZ400s]

Gillan is also waiting.

[@YouTube-tied]

This song is my lullaby...

[@aidanlynn]

Tony’s best guitar solo imo.

[@thekivster]

Some really cool legato stuff. He sounds different from his 70s solos.

[@TailedFeature]

Hello aidan.

[@richardhincemon]

Lonely is the Word best solo but a lot of great ones 😊

[@aidanlynn]

@@TailedFeature Hello tailed 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@netoguitar2112]

The point of this videos is to compare when Iommi put out the Remix!

[@ALIAN18]

Zero the hero riff is heavy

[@MoniqueWillits]

This whole album is a masterpiece and they should make it into a theatrical on stage show I’m not kidding it’s like a story. Ian Gillian has such a special talent as for the rest of the band . I’m great full that he was able to do this work with Black Sabbath not only did he kill it with deep purple his talent isn’t sequester to just that band but his potential to be super versatile and powerful

[@MichaelRowe-cv3oq]

The production (sic) on this album makes Venom's albums sound like they were produced by George Martin

[@TheChadTI]

😂

[@paulnosul5820]

🤘🤘....four horns up!

[@JohnnyTheMechanic]

My favourite Sabbath song !!

[@MetalAsylumNJ]

Waiting for that Born Again remix!!

[@ericpavon8593]

Esta canción tiene uno de los mejores solos de historia, gracias por todo Tony Iommi 🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@massapower]

Finally Re-Mastered Properly.... Thank you PAESANO IOMMI !! 😁👍

[@helderchevall3165]

Classical in South America 🤘🏻🇧🇷

[@StaleAHaverstadlkken]

Greatest song with Gillan🤟

[@robbyd9847]

I remember buying this album at a kmart in 85, in San Jose, California...best but of my life

[@CHUY-DRZ400s]

Same in Detroit

[@robertg4355]

I bought mine in Greenville Ms Ozzy is the Man. But I loved this Album.

[@Pete-e1m]

S A B B A T H !!!!!!!!!!!

[@markmcgibbon2101]

One of Iommis greatest riffs. Gillan leaned into this album soooo hard. The vocal acrobatics were insane. I’d love to hear a Tony remix. The album is an underrated classic 😘

[@petarvalchev3897]

Classic song....Born again is amazing but needs remix as Forbidden

[@alxf66]

Absolutely. I'm addicted to Forbidden now. Born Again is gonna pop when remixed.

[@Vorticy135]

It is getting remixed. Give it a year or 2 until release.

[@mafmaf6417]

Great album. I remember when this came out. My Mom frecked out when I brought it home because of the cover.

[@panagiotiskaroutas6859]

Amazing song! astonishing 🎸 work!

[@donalking5460]

1 of the greatest riffs ever.

[@EuNaoSei.111]

I’m obsessed with this song!!!!

[@markorendas1423]

Cant wait till the un muffled version comes out... this is early birthday time for me.... thanks Tony.

[@davidtedds116]

One of the great things about this song is that the riff... just... keeps...coming... at... you!!!!!

[@yakfishin4912]

My fav sabbath album after sabbath bloody sabbath.

[@manuscrusader]

The best one from the album

[@fba75]

SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

[@rocketrod1444]

Haunting Masterpiece . Gillan at the top of his game .☠

[@hankcarter2112]

Yeah, his voice goes great with Sabbath. Love it !

[@dirtypirate79]

I love this album. I was just gonna listen to Trashed, but here I am, 5 songs in with goosebumps.

[@simonmaidens]

Una delle mie canzoni preferite di sempre è meravigliosa ❤❤❤🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@kevin172]

i'd like to hear the continuation of the final solo in mixed version. The song's getting darker and darker. Really one of the best sabbath musics

[@BrettWMcCoy]

The main riff from "Paradise City" was supposedly inspired by the riff from this song

[@Vorticy135]

Supposedly? Slash said it was a rip off.

[@CalebePriester]

Dude, a lot of riffs were inspired by that riff.

[@konowd]

One of Sabbath’s best deep cuts

[@cyberneon1]

🔥 SABBATH 1983 🔥

[@hellwarznewz]

thank you for this Mr Tony .....THIS IS THE BEST SABBATH of all SABBATH

[@freemansrockpot1720]

Yeah, this Rocks...!. period....

[@randybutternubs1209]

This and Disturbing the Priest are the songs I most look forward to hearing remixed 🤘🤘🤘

[@pinedjem6841]

Love this song, great Riff ❤

[@krysvanceofficial]

Sounds actually perfect to me, no need for a remix.

[@badmattam]

That riff and solo visited us from the pits of hell 💀

[@carlosdeleon1052]

Aww yeah, morning coffee and listening to this on max volume in my cans. Honestly, I can't think of a better song to lose what's left of my hearing!

[@jesterzcourt1522]

Slash did an interview years ago saying this is where Paradise City came from,he just took zero the hero and sped it up

[@cristhianlobo6400]

Que casualidad que hace 4 días atrás vi al vocalista de esta canción me refiero al señor Ian Gillan junto con DEEP PURPLE en el Barcelona rock fest

[@marcin2x4]

Are we getting Born Again remix? :D