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Opium Jukebox — Iron Man
Album: Bhangra Bloody Bhangra: A Tribute to Black Sabbath
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Released: 2011
Length: 5:24
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I knew that one (1) was there for a reason.  This should be played at Ozzie's final
send off .
Posted 12 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
 dwlangham wrote:
This sounds just like Sabbath's "Iron Man" done with a sitar (or something). Surely I'm not hearing it right. Thank God this song isn't stuck in my head.
 
I was this close to shooting myself.
Posted 12 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
 pcicatar wrote:
You know what - This still beats Natalie Merchant!
 
You meant it beats Floyd, right?
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
"Some Opium left in the box, Juke?"

Naa, sorry, Iron Man!"
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
This sounds just like Sabbath's "Iron Man" done with a sitar (or something). Surely I'm not hearing it right. Thank God this song isn't stuck in my head.
Posted 12 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
What a hoot! Next up Disco Dvorak!
Posted 12 years ago by DeeCee1109    [ Reply ]
Hahaha, first time I heard it, I hated it. Damned thing is growing on me! (Still no more than a 4 though eh, don't want to get too silly)
Posted 12 years ago by robh    [ Reply ]
You know what - This still beats Natalie Merchant!
Posted 12 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
Geeze, now I've heard it all.
Posted 12 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
OK,anyone wanna trade me a sitar for my Les Paul ? {#Ask}
Posted 12 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]

       {#Eek}
             {#Lol} 
                  {#Roflol}
Posted 12 years ago by GeneP59    [ Reply ]
If there is not already, there should be an automatic trigger programmed into this web site that permanently deletes a song from the archive when it goes below the mendoza line of 5.0.  Come on guys, almost there!
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Yeah! More Sabbath!
Posted 12 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
It's one metric crap-ton better than hearing Ozzy and those lyrics.
 
 have you no heavy metals?
Posted 12 years ago by Red_Dragon    [ Reply ]
Not recognising  the original, for me, this version doesn't suck, it doesn't blow, it doesn't stink, it doesn't - oh sod it, I quite like it.
Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Seriously, have you no sense of humor?  This is wonderfully awful!  Thanks RP!!
Posted 12 years ago by robbeek    [ Reply ]
Time to turn RP off
Posted 12 years ago by mikerobinson    [ Reply ]
 netskink wrote:
I pulled this tune up on youtube and I asked my colleague if he had heard it.  He hadn't, so I pulled up the original.  I played that and he did not know it either.  So, I showed him the youtube video and it said Ironman. 

He replied, "Oh yeah, I've heard that.  Its from the movie, right?."

I winced, "Yeah, the movie." 
 
Clearly, YOU have failed to properly mentor your colleague. Get cracking!

Posted 12 years ago by RussNelson    [ Reply ]
 lshinkawa wrote:
Why?
 
Why not? I find most all covers intrinsically interesting, even if they try to be an exact copy of the original.

Posted 12 years ago by RussNelson    [ Reply ]
Why?
Posted 12 years ago by lshinkawa    [ Reply ]
I think the song works with sitar and the other instruments they're using.  But I have to forget about the original to open my mind to appreciate this version.  Try it!
Posted 13 years ago by sillyjeff    [ Reply ]
is this is a joke?
Posted 13 years ago by philinnz    [ Reply ]
This really blows.  Blasphemy.  Out of curiousity I listened to some of their other tribute songs, they are even worse.  Bet Ozzy worked up a few good slurred 4 letter words over this.
Posted 13 years ago by yodasan_magoo    [ Reply ]
I pulled this tune up on youtube and I asked my colleague if he had heard it.  He hadn't, so I pulled up the original.  I played that and he did not know it either.  So, I showed him the youtube video and it said Ironman. 

He replied, "Oh yeah, I've heard that.  Its from the movie, right?."

I winced, "Yeah, the movie." 
Posted 13 years ago by netskink    [ Reply ]
 whtahtefcuk wrote:
REALLY!?
 
 
Ayuuuh.........ReAlly....!!


Posted 13 years ago by Centabor    [ Reply ]
Excellent.
Posted 13 years ago by netskink    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
It's one metric crap-ton better than hearing Ozzy and those lyrics.
 
Naming is calling, Scott. Looks you've invoked the angry leaden-metal gods. (Note for posterity: Bill followed this with Black Sabbath's "Paranoid.")

Posted 13 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 blueskymind wrote:
groovy and black sabbath.  two great tastes that taste great together...but one step away from muzak?
 
 
i'd totally shop in a store cool enough to use this as one of their muzak tracks.....


Posted 13 years ago by nook    [ Reply ]
Oh. My. God.
Seriously?
Posted 13 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
I'd love to hear more Bhangra on RP, but not this mélange. I don't think you can Bhangrafy HM, and anyway I've never been a fan of BS. Nice try, but no coconut.

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Took me a minute... then the lightbulb of recognition went on suddenly.  My initial reaction was "cool", but as it goes on I am no longer convinced.  Perhaps they should have taken even more liberty (if that is possible), sections where I no longer recognized it at all, then drifting back to the familiar melody.  A for effort, but only a solid 6 on the old 1-10.
Posted 13 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
It's one metric crap-ton better than hearing Ozzy and those lyrics.
Posted 13 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 LikesEarCandy wrote:
WTF? I had this in the background doing work and suddenly I go... Wait! I know that riff! It made me laugh.
 
Same response here :)  Not sure I'm into it or not...
Posted 13 years ago by BrokenArrow    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:
Bluegrass version next, please.
 
Ooohh.....I'd like to hear that!
Posted 13 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
Not a tribute in my mind, more like a car crash.
Posted 13 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
REALLY!?
 
Posted 13 years ago by whtahtefcuk    [ Reply ]
Can you imagine this as the big dance number in a Bollywood movie.  Ah, sublime.

Posted 13 years ago by anotherlistener    [ Reply ]
groovy and black sabbath.  two great tastes that taste great together...but one step away from muzak?
 
Posted 13 years ago by blueskymind    [ Reply ]
Bluegrass version next, please.
Posted 13 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
No....
Posted 13 years ago by Beez    [ Reply ]
Some songs translate well to different genres, and some... uh... don't.
Posted 13 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
No, seriously?  C'mon.  Really? No way.  It's a joke, right?  I mean, it's just - it's - it's whatthehell??
Posted 13 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
 cayenne wrote:
Black Sabbath meets Lebanese Blonde.
 
I'm sure they did. . . on a number of levels.

Anyway. Love this track but I think they missed adding some cowbell.

Oh, and tips hat to MJdub for the upload.

Posted 13 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Nope
Posted 13 years ago by budgual    [ Reply ]
Bill's, Bill's, Bill's, Bill's, Bill's
8118 Spring Valley

Posted 13 years ago by ShockwaveRider    [ Reply ]
Not sure I love it or hate it... it was cool at first, but I it never picked up...
Posted 13 years ago by ajudd    [ Reply ]
Indian husband stopped in mid-cleaning tracks, looked up, and said, "What?!?!"
Posted 13 years ago by agnes    [ Reply ]
Black Sabbath meets Lebanese Blonde.
Posted 13 years ago by cayenne    [ Reply ]
Can't stand this song. Blech.
Posted 13 years ago by xenarocks    [ Reply ]
I prefer covers that are significantly different than the original.  I would say this qualifies in that respect. . . .and then some.  Cool.
Posted 13 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Rhythm sections rocks this song for me.
Posted 13 years ago by donnyballgame    [ Reply ]
Can't stop laughing
Posted 13 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
WTF? I had this in the background doing work and suddenly I go... Wait! I know that riff! It made me laugh.
Posted 13 years ago by LikesEarCandy    [ Reply ]
BAD-BAD-BAD!
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
{#Crashcomp}


Posted 13 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
PLEASE Bill...play the Cardigan's cover of Iron Man sometime... {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
love it 8!
Posted 13 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
 I am SANTA CLAUSE!!!!!!! 
(bring him cookies and beer, he'll be back to your house first next year . . .) 
Posted 13 years ago by JiffyPark    [ Reply ]
too funny
Posted 13 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Surprisingly —- it works.
Posted 13 years ago by chasech5    [ Reply ]
Groovy Baby!
Cool Cat
Posted 13 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
Not quite the primal energy of the original, but an interesting cover nonetheless.

Posted 13 years ago by anotherlistener    [ Reply ]
I like this!
Posted 13 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
Is this a joke?  If so it a bad one.
Posted 13 years ago by whtahtefcuk    [ Reply ]
Why? {#Stupid}
Posted 13 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]
{#Lol}
Posted 13 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
My first upload to be added!  I'm glad you guys get a kick out of it.  To be completely honest, I'm not a huge fan of this album; I only really like 3 or 4 songs on it and it does get a bit old sometimes.  However, it is definitely not bad, and is actually quite interesting, as there are a plethora of artists who have incorporated Indian styles and instruments into electronic music, but I'm not aware of anyone else who has done it covering Black Sabbath! ({#Motor} + {#Meditate} = ? ) FYI this came out in 2002.
     I was browsing through some of the Electronica stuff in my library, wondering if I had anything that I should upload to RP.  I thought, "You know, this is just out there enough, I think the people at RP will get a kick out of it".  And what do you know, it bypassed the LRC straight onto the playlist!
     This is probably the most accessible song on the album, probably because the original is so familiar, even to Sabbath-haters.  I also uploaded their version of "War Pigs" which is having a go at the LRC — I don't have my fingers crossed but figured I might as well upload another song from the album.
     Sadly the hard copy is long gone, and I don't know what I was thinking when I ripped this way back when but these two songs are 192k and the rest are in like 96k or something like that {#Frustrated}   So that's it from me.  Too bad because the cover of N.I.B. is pretty good too.
This band did another album that was a tribute to the Sex Pistols ("Never Mind the Bhangra...").

Posted 13 years ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
I like it. Remakes, they're ok, like the remake of "Don't Cha Wish Your Girlfriend Was Hot Like Me" remake by an unknown Mariachi Band in the movie "No Strings Attached" with Kutcher and Portman. Ok, yeah, I know the Pussycat Dolls is not on this station, thank you RP for not playing crap like that, but when you heard this Mariachi Band strolling down the street and you didn't recognize the ture right away, but then it hits you, and then you say, Cool, that sounds great played by a Mariachi Band, much better than the Pussycat Dolls, not to mention the weirdness. Bring it on Jose Alfredo Jimenez.
Posted 13 years ago by Kokoloco53    [ Reply ]
sort of sucks
Posted 13 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
OK, heard it once. I'm good.
Posted 13 years ago by blackdogsailing    [ Reply ]
I couldn't believe this was a Black Sabbath song being performed with sitars. Suddenly, gravity has taken a turn for the weird and I'm sitting upside-down.

As soon as I regain my balance, I'ma belly-dance to this song.
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
That moment of revelation.

WHAT?

This is Iron Man!

Hah!

I like the Hellsongs folksy Sabbath cover more though!  This is more like a one-off novelty play, right?
Posted 13 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Great band name, and the bridge in the song made laugh. Interesting novelty song, but not sure of it's staying power, but what the heck, nice one, Bill!
Posted 13 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
Uh...no.
Posted 13 years ago by planetclare    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:
...so wacky!..
 
So wacky that it actually works!

Posted 13 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
This fills all the emptiness inside me. Kinda like an Alien endoparasite. I feel squiggly.
Posted 13 years ago by modemhead    [ Reply ]
This is great.
Posted 13 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
Ok, if it wasn't Iron Man would it be good?  I'm undecided, I'm giving it a '5' until I hear it again.
Posted 13 years ago by RickyBobby    [ Reply ]
Could not place the song until I came here. Interesting take.

Posted 13 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
...so wacky!..
Posted 13 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Wow.
Posted 13 years ago by jsjacob    [ Reply ]
LOL! Awesome!
Posted 13 years ago by debobasu    [ Reply ]
No way!
 Ha!

Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]