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All Moving Parts (Stand Still)Black Sabbath

Released: September 25, 1976

Songwriter: Geezer Butler Tony Iommi Ozzy Osbourne Bill Ward

Producer: Black Sabbath

[Verse 1]
Super animation, turning on a nation
And they're saying all moving parts stand still
Since he was elected, adrenalin injected
Hear him saying all moving parts should kill
Just like the hero he's got them all on the run
Yes, he’s won

[Verse 2]
Since he passed the motion
They're building in the ocean
And he's saying all men should all be free
What a combination, peace and radiation
And he's saying free men should fight for me
Just like his momma, he seems to get his pleasure from pain
And the rain, ain’t that strange? Very strange

[Bridge]
I like choking toys
You've got to see me before you meet the boys
Teacher's burnt the school
He’s had enough of sticking to the rules, alright!
People stop and see
He's got to be more decadent than me
Just to pass the time
He gets his kicks from licking off the wine

[Verse 3]
Pretty silly ladies
All Cynthia's and Sadie's
Call him up and he takes their numbers down
Says he is a woman
I should have seen it coming
And she's saying she's married to a clown
Just like a lady, she'll keep you guessing through the night
Not tonight, well I might, oh alright

Black Sabbath

From their start as a heavy blues-rock band called Earth in 1968, Black Sabbath survived over four decades with a total of 19 studio albums and numerous hits, but only “Paranoid” reached the top 10 UK Singles Chart, putting together one of the greatest rock bands of all time and setting the standards for music in their genre.

Virtually every single heavy metal band has cited the early Black Sabbath albums as a major musical influence and Black Sabbath have at least played some part in laying the foundations for most of heavy metal’s sub-genres, including thrash metal (“Symptom of the Universe” and “Into the Void”), doom metal (“Black Sabbath”) and stoner metal (“Sweet Leaf”). The band also explored many rock sub-genres, including hard rock (“Paranoid”), blues rock (“N.I.B.”), psychedelic rock (“Planet Caravan”) and, of course, the traditional heavy metal, being one of the precursors of this genre.

They were ranked by MTV as the “Greatest Metal Band” of all time and placed second in VH1’s “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock” list. Rolling Stone magazine ranked them number 85 in their “100 Greatest Artists of All Time.” They have sold over 70 million records worldwide. Black Sabbath were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. They have also won two Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance.

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