There’s no other band like Black Sabbath. "I think Black Sabbath pretty much defined what heavy Rock was and would be. (laughs) He was really a gentleman he was actually quite amicable about listening to it and giving his thoughts to it.” I had the bass drum part in the middle worked out, but when we were trying to mix it, I asked Mick Fleetwood to give me his ears and listen to that bass drum because I got really tied up with it in terms of, 'Is it sonically okay?' 'It is too loud, or does it need an extra dB or minus a dB?' I remember asking Mick if he could listen to it. I like the outcome I thought, ‘Well, that sounds really good.’ I like what Tony did in the huge guitar solo. In hindsight, the whole thing felt a little bit awkward for me. But eventually, I stepped up to the post and did the best I could in singing the song. I felt really uncomfortable with the idea of me singing on a Sabbath album it didn’t feel right. At the time, I think it was he who suggested I sing it as well, which I felt really uncomfortable with. I think it might have been Ozzy, but I’m not sure. But the idea came up I don’t know who suggested it. 'It’s Alright' would be the part of me that likes to write the softer songs. I have that in me as well I do like to write soft melodies and things like that. It’s kind of like some of the softer songs that I write, ‘Light Up The Candles’ or other things that I've written over the years. I felt really, really nervous about it because it was something that’s private to me. I think at the time, we were one or two short, so ‘It’s Alright’ came up as an idea to put on the album. The guys in the band really liked it they, ‘Oh, that’s a great song, Bill,’ and that’s as far as it went. I'd play it every once in a while when we were in the studio, or I’d sing it if we were in the car. At the time, I might have had aspirations of maybe one day making a solo album, which is what I think everybody goes through in a Rock ‘n’ Roll band (laughs) But we were just writing as individuals as well as collectively as a band that jammed together…We were all growing as musicians, and this had been around for a long time. I never dreamed for one second that it would end up on a Black Sabbath record. I never thought any more of it I just liked the song, and we recorded it. “Way before Technical Ecstasy, I had a song called ‘It’s Alright.’ I first recorded it at Field Farm way back in the early '70s, a lot of other stuff as well that I’ve still got lying around somewhere. They become more laid back or they need to breathe in longer or rest longer.” It sometimes reminds me of a band that’s been working so hard and they become a little tired – which happens to a lot of people. I think there was some unique playing on some of the tracks. I wasn’t aware of any grumblings that we’d gone too far left or right and we weren’t the same band that we used to be. But at the time, it all seemed to fit perfectly okay. Looking at it now, I can see where it may have had some influence on the musical ending of that album… There are definitely departure points that I think were quite quite risqué.
That could have easily reflected, in part, the way some of this music came about. It’s like, ‘What’s going to show up, and how is it going to be?’ In hindsight and just thinking about Florida and the way it was, it was pretty laid back. It’s always been something that actually shows up whenever we get together.
As far as I know, we’ve never been a band that’s gone, ‘Oh, let’s do this.’ We didn’t design it and then go in and play it. “I think it was something that happened as the process moved along.
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