“the most timeless subject in metal: Not having a girlfriend”
I wrote a list feature, because list features are the best. It’s the top 10 Black Sabbath songs, conveniently tying in with their Australian tour.
According to Sabbath bassist and lyricist Geezer Butler, ‘Fairies Wear Boots’ was intended to be an insult to skinheads. But guitarist Tony Iommi has a more compelling theory: It comes from Ozzy and Butler getting so high that they saw fairies, who were wearing boots. Sabbath doing a song about fairies still rocks harder than a dozen other bands doing songs about Satan, though.
