“War Pigs” by Black Sabbath is a song against war

The wife of Ozzy OsbourneSharon, has published a video message on social media in which he replies to advanced criticisms a “War Pigs”song of Black Sabbathaccused by some of encouraging the war.

In her clip Mrs. Osbourne, however, attributes the song to her husband without mentioning as the main author, the bassist of the British band Geezer Butler. This is said to be from Sharon Osbourne: “You are sending me messages to my husband’s song,” War Pigs “, who wrote with Black Sabbath. People say this song is a war song. It is a pacifist song. All the fans of the Black Sabbath know it. But others, in their mind, see” War Pigs “as a glorification of the war. It is not!”.

Sharon continued saying again: “Now, again, look a little more deeply. I don’t have to justify it: I know the truth. It is a song against the war. Search on Google, go to artificial intelligence, write” Black Sabbath War Pigs “and read what it says, because it’s all there. You were really fast to attack me, giving me a husband because my husband has sang a song entitled “War Pigs”, which was written during the Vietnam War, and was a song against the war. “

In his sword defense he deals with the song, as mentioned above, Sharon forgot to remember that the main author of the song is
Geezer Butler
. The creative process involved all four members of
Black Sabbath
:
Tony Iommi
,
Ozzy Osbourne
,
Geezer Butler
And
Bill Ward
. But it was Butler who played the main role for the text and therefore the development of the political theme of the song.
Butler
With the song he wanted to represent the strong powers that manipulated the poorest class to push it to fight.