For My Sunday Song #391, we are kicking off a whole new 10 song set and this time around, Mike Ladano from Grab A Stack of Rock will be picking the songs. And he has a great theme and this one is Japanese Bonus Tracks. It is those songs that were recorded during the album’s recording, but didn’t make the main album around the world, but made it to the Japanese edition as a bonus track. The more, expensive sought after Japanese Edition. If it has a Japanese bonus track, Mike is going to buy it. The first song up is from Black Sabbath’s 1995 album ‘Forbidden’ and is called “Loser Gets It All”.
The music is written by Black Sabbath and the lyrics are by, then singer, Tony Martin. The song seems to be about the fact there is never a good time to lose as there are always people watching you and judging you waiting for you to fail. And when you do, they will all see it and say something. There are a lot of gambling references in the opening verse about winning, then the rest of the song is about losing.
I will admit that I didn’t (and haven’t) listened to this era of Sabbath so this song is very new to me. I do like Tony Martin’s vocals so I can get behind this one. The song is a solid rocker, it short and sweet. But I like it a lot. I read somewhere that Tony Iommi loves this song and it is one of his favorites to perform which is cool…so why didn’t it make the album and was it relegated to a bonus track??? The guitar playing is great, I mean it is Tony Iommi so why wouldn’t it be. I found Mike’s review of the Forbidden album and he hated that album, but stated that this song was the best song on the album. Crazy!!
Give the song a listen and let me know what you think. Did you listen to Black Sabbath in the 90’s? I want to thank Mike for picking these tracks and you should go check out his website – Mike Ladano and his YouTube page for Grab A Stack A Rock. You will enjoy it all!! Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all have a Happy Sunday!
“Loser Gets It All”
[Japan Bonus Track]
It’s a loaded dice, that you throw this time,
If you turn the Ace, it’ll turn out fine,
When you spin the wheel, and you get your call,
South of the line, well the loser gets it all.
One too many days, one too many nights,
You cried too many tears, had too many fights,
And you know it’s a bad time, Bad time to lose.
Every face you see, has the staring eyes
Every passing glance, makes you realize
And you know it’s a bad time, Bad time to lose.
God knows there’s no good time.
Too many days, and too many nights,
You cried too many tears, had too many fights,
And you know it’s a bad time, Bad time to lose,
Yeah, yeah, Bad time to lose,
Bad time to lose, Bad time to lose.
Written by Tony Martin & Black Sabbath
2 Loud 2 Old Music 
I ignored Black Sabbath in the 90s, like almost everyone else, but now I love albums from the Tony Martin era nearly as much as the Ozzy and Dio ones. ‘Forbidden’ maybe not so much, lol, but this is indeed a cool song.
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Thanks Saby!!
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Glad you liked the song, John – off to a good start!
The fun of this for me is two-fold:
1) getting to read John’s reactions to some songs I genuinely love
2) re-experiencing the list, because I cannot remember most of what I sent you!
Looking forward to the next 9 weeks buddy!
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This one was good, I was surprised I liked it. I hope you enjoy my take on all these songs you picked.
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Well, some of them I am pretty sure I know you like them already (no spoilers!) and I look forward to you hearing the balance of them. I very much enjoyed this and would love to do it again.
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Well, we won’t be doing it again for a little while. After you, I have one more set and then I am going to pick songs again as it will have been a year once the next ones done.
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Love the Venn Diagram / Japan flag to kick off the post, brilliant!
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Ha! Venn Diagram!! Too funny!
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Wow, really good song, thank you for sharing it. And I too had no idea of it’s existence. Also don’t know much, if any, of the Tony Martin era of Sabbath. But as usual Mr Iommi’s guitar tone & attitude, damn; the man is amazing.
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Thanks Bubba!!
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Glad you liked it. I was surprised that i liked it too as I hadn’t listened to this era of Sabbath.
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I was totally tuned out on Sabbath around this time and only vaguely recall this album being no good at all. But that song is pretty solid.
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Thank you BigBadBurch!!
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I think most people did around this time. It is a strong song though.
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Much like you John, I’ve never checked out the Tony Martin of Sabbath. I’ve always focused on the Ozzy/Dio eras as they’re more readily available. The later albums don’t pop up in the wild as much. But, I judge both you & Mike’s judgments, so I’m curious to check out this song!
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The song is great. I don’t remember the album. I’d need to give it a listen to see what I think.
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When do I get to give you an eclectic ten?
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It will be awhile, sorry. I have all I’m doing as it will be a year since I picked a song when these are done and I’m ready to get back to picking.
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Ah, you dirty son of a bitch! Just kidding. Hey, do you watch the Pat Finnerty YouTube channel? He had a guy named John Snow ask a question the other day.
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LOL!! Sorry. I have not watched any Pat shows on Youtube. So wasn’t me. But I might need to flag his site as some of them look interesting.
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He’s pretty funny. The latest Jason Aldean video was gold. He rips that song hard. Kravitz Bowl was awesome too.
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This song sounds great
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