Changes (Black Sabbath Song)
"Changes" is a song by Black Sabbath. It first appeared on Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 which was released in 1972. It is a ballad about relationship loss, inspired mainly by Bill Ward's ongoing divorce at the time. The song was quite different from Black Sabbath's previous songs, given that this one was characterized by a melodic and downbeat soft rock vibe in sharp contrast to the hard guitar-driven sound the band had become famous for creating. More to the point, there are no drums or guitars on the track; the song is played solely with piano, bass and background mellotron accompanying Ozzy`s double tracked vocal.
Black Sabbath played this song live only twice, the first time in 1973 at The Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival, and a second time more than twenty years later in 1995 with Tony Martin on vocals. It was also played by Ozzy Osbourne on his Live & Loud album as a show closer with Zakk Wylde on piano and Mike Inez on bass.
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“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.”
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