5 & 5

[Typhon]

Please list your top 5 favorite Black Sabbath songs, followed by your top 5 near-misses.  I put forth this request for 2 main reasons:

1) I have to change my top 5 favorite list now that one of Sabbath's newer tunes has been time tested.

2) I don't believe this list has been compiled yet, at The Community.

I included a top 5 near-misses request, because I love so many Black Sabbath songs that I hate to leave out of the top 5.  But please restrict each list to 5.  After the great majority has participated, I will release some statistical results which should be interesting.  Thanks. 

[Typhon]

My top 5 favorites list in a chronological order.  The band's most recent song on this list is the change I mentioned above.  I feel it is just a fantastic tune.

The Wizard
Wheels Of Confusion
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Heaven And Hell
Season Of The Dead

My top 5 near-misses.  It was more difficult for me to determine this list than the first one.  It is also in a chronological order.

War Pigs
Into The Void
Supernaut
Symptom Of The Universe
Over To You

[Thelemech]

My top five
Looking For Today
The Writ
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Sweet Leaf
Shockwave

near misses
The Wizard
Killing Yourself To Live
Spiral Architect
Supernaut
Lord Of This World

[Charger]

Oh boy...

I'm gonna have to think about this for a while...

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Like Charger, I think this will need some consideration... I will come up with an answer... but long ago I realised that when I've said Sabbath song "ABC" is a top 10 Sabbath song and then listed all of those I would have a good 20 songs... I may have to split my answer into Ozzy, Dio and Others!!

[Charger]

Okay....this is NOT an easy task...and on some other day the listing might look different..part from the first 3 I think...


Top 5

1. Megalomania
2. The Sign Of The Southern Cross
3. Heaven And Hell
4. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
5. Lonely Is The Word



Almost on the list (or on some other day ON the list)

1. Computer God
2. N.I.B.
3. Lord Of This World
4. Falling Off The Edge Of The World
5. Follow The Tears


I Witness almost made the list as well, but Follow The Tears is so epic it had to be on the list.


As you can see my list is bit short on what you'd call greatest hits...I was thinking about where to place War Pigs but honestly that song as great as it is has suffered a massive inflation over the years...

EDIT:
In order to follow the very strict () rules I've made the lists 5 and 5 now...no splits.

[Typhon]

Like Charger, I think this will need some consideration... I will come up with an answer... but long ago I realised that when I've said Sabbath song "ABC" is a top 10 Sabbath song and then listed all of those I would have a good 20 songs... I may have to split my answer into Ozzy, Dio and Others!!

I hear you, and I know it is difficult, but try not to split eras.

[Typhon]

Okay....this is NOT an easy task...and on some other day the listing might look different..part from the first 3 I think...

Top 5

1. Megalomania
2. The Sign Of The Southern Cross
3. Heaven And Hell
4. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath / Symptom Of the Universe
5. Lonely Is The Word

I had to cheat a bit there cause SBS and SOTU are so close...so close.

This would mean that "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath / Symptom Of the Universe" would be both 4 and 5, and "Lonely Is The Word" would be forced into the near-misses.  Then you would have to remove one of your other near-misses. 

I know it is tough and, like you said, it could change week to week.  But this is just a "fun" experiment and nothing is set in stone.

[Charger]

This would mean that "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath / Symptom Of the Universe" would be both 4 and 5, and "Lonely Is The Word" would be forced into the near-misses.  Then you would have to remove one of your other near-misses. 

I know it is tough and, like you said, it could change week to week.  But this is just a "fun" experiment and nothing is set in stone.

But I cannot drop Lonely Is The Word from the top 5...because it is a top 5 song for sure...

Oh man...This is fun...but it is HARD! I might return to this in a bit....But it would mean either SBS or SOTU would be out though.

[AnnoMundi]

Top 5

Heaven And Hell
Falling Off The Edge Of The World
Die Young
Neon Knights
The Sign Of The Southern Cross

Near Misses

Voodoo
Over and Over
The Mob Rules
I
Bible Black

[BOGBLAST]

^^^^ Wow, no Ozzy era at all?   I gotta think some more and look at all the song titles and try to make a decision. This will be tough.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Ok, as Charger says this might be completely different tomorrow, but today it is:

Top 5
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Symptom of the Universe
Too Late
When Death Calls
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle

Next 5
Fairies Wear Boots
Air Dance
Spiral Architect
Over & Over
Computer God

No room in thi list for the 13 other songs I might at some time have said were top 10 songs!

[Zzzptm]

OK, Keeping to Typhon's tight rules, because he will not suffer tomfoolery in his house!

TOP 5

Falling Off the Edge of the World
Spiral Architect
Die Young
Megalomania
Lost Forever

OOOH SO CLOSE

I Witness
Lonely Is the Word
Looking for Today
I
The Thrill of It All

^ Those are my tracks. If I was allowed only 10 Sabbath songs to burn to a CD, all others deleted, never to be heard again by my ears, those would be my 10 songs. Would I want 11? Or 20? Or 80? Sure. But if it was just 10, I'd make them these 10.

[AnnoMundi]

^^^^ Wow, no Ozzy era at all?   I gotta think some more and look at all the song titles and try to make a decision. This will be tough.

I mostly listen to the Dio era, I like Ozzy, but those are my main Sabbath songs, my top ten.

[BOGBLAST]

Well, I couldn't make it out of the Ozzy era because of the multitude of great songs. So my list is as follows in no particular order:

1. Hand of Doom
2. Into the Void
3. Symptom of the Universe
4. Megalomania
5. Johnny Blade

Honorable Mentions:

6. Warning
7. Lord of this World
8. The Straightener
9. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
10. Snowblind