Bassist and main lyricist of Black Sabbath recalls an episode in childhood that made him eliminate curses from his vocabulary
Letters as “War Pigs”, “Black Sabbath” and “Nib “which mention directly Satan and Lucifer, Geezer ButlerIronically, there is the shame of never talking bad words. At least since learning a lesson still in childhood, in Birminghamin England.
According to the bassist and main lyricist of the Black SabbathSuch learning came through his father. A lesson from which he never forgot.
He recalled the episode in an interview from 2021 to the podcast On the Rags (via Blabberouth):
“When I was a child, my parents were very, very strict Irish Catholics. There were seven children at home. None of us were allowed to curse. So when I left home, I was the worst speaker on the street. And one day I was cursing everyone with all those bad words and all, and someone complained about my language, and the police came to my home. Cursement. And he said to me, ‘It makes you look very, very ignorant, because only dumb people curse because they can’t think of a suitable word to say. “
Geezer concludes with the moral of the story:
“It was in my head. And when I was going to curse, I thought of a different word. And that expanded my vocabulary.”
Geezer Butler and the letters of Black Sabbath
Fascinated by the universe of science fiction, the bassist developed a taste for reading and became the main lyricist of the Black Sabbath. At first, references to the devil and his derivations were recurring in his lyrics, as he told the magazine Foolish (via Classic Rock):
“I totally believed in the devil. I started reading books from Aleister Crowley and Dennis Wheatleyespecially The Devil Rides Outwhich should be a warning tale, but it seemed like a manual on how to be Satanist. I had cross -headed crosses and Satan posters through all the walls, which were painted black, and my father almost had a heart attack. He went out to knock out everything. “
Over time, however, Geezer abandoned the theme, at least explicitly. He told the reason in a matter signed by Paul Branniganfrom the Classic Rock.
The bassist stated:
“I was interested in Satanism and things started to go wrong, so quickly gave up on black magic. Black SabbathIn the end, it was a warning against black magic and Satanism. “
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