That's Not in the Song Trivia Quiz

Answer: For You Blue

This song was written by George Harrison for his wife at the time.

Answer: N.I.B.

N.I.B. thought for many years to mean "Nativity In Black" was actually named after Bill Ward. His nickname was Nibby (as in the top of a pen) because his beard came to a point. Pen nibs are used in caligraphy.

Answer: Black Dog

This song has nothing to do with the color of an animal. It just so happened that no title for this song could be thought of, so they dedicated it to a stray black dog wandering through the studio.

Answer: Sympathy for the Devil

This song written by Mick and Keith was inspired by a novel written by Mikhail Bulgakov called "The Master and Margarita".

Answer: Paranoid

Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler (from Guitar World magazine, March 2004): "A lot of the 'Paranoid' album was written around the time of our first album, 'Black Sabbath'. We recorded the whole thing in about two or three days, live in the studio. The song 'Paranoid' was written as an afterthought. We basically needed a three minute filler for the album, and Tony came up with the riff. I quickly did the lyrics, and Ozzy was reading them as he was singing." (thanks, Tim - Miramichi, Canada)

Answer: The Immigrant Song

One of the lyrics is "Valhalla I am coming." It refers to Norse Mythology. Valhalla is a hall in Asgard where the souls of fallen warriors are taken by the "Valkyries," which are spirits of war who carry up heroes who have been slain. Only heroes are taken to Valhalla, where they will wait for their certain doom. (thanks, Mike - Chicago, IL)

Answer: Flight Of Icarus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"The song is loosely based on the ancient Greek myth of Icarus who was imprisoned with his father Daedalus in the Labyrinth on Crete. So the pair fabricated wings for themselves from feathers and wax. Unfortunately Icarus, not heeding the advice of his father, flew too close to the sun, melting the wax that held the feathers together and thus fell to his death in the sea.
Vocalist Bruce Dickinson admits that he had modified the original tale to make it an allegory of teenage rebellion against adult authority (which caused the death of Icarus in this case)."

Answer: Logical Song

This is a quote from vocalist/bassist Roger Hogson on this particular song...
"You can't preach to people, but you can stimulate their thoughts, and I think that this song does do that. I hate to use the word 'message,' but the thought here is that throughout childhood you are told so many things, and yet you are never told who you really are; you are not told anything about your real self. Very rarely, anyway. We are taught how to function outwardly, but not told who we are inwardly, and no one explains it to us." This song is on the album "Breakfast in America" released on November 30, 1978.

Answer: Black Sabbath

The title came from a 1964 Borrs Karloff movie.
This was the first song on the first Black Sabbath album. The album cost $1200 to make and took about eight hours to record.

Answer: After Forever

Quite a different picture of the band is painted in such songs as "After Forever" (with the lyric, "God is the only way to love") and Osbourne's frequent flashing of the peace sign during Black Sabbath concerts.
(This info taken from "rockhall.com")