Talk:Fairies Wear Boots

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Was he high at the time of writing the song or the assault? 74.99.6.194 20:05, 25 March 2007 (UTC) I thought the story about the assault was not true at all...there was none. It is simply a song about his hallucinations. 74.214.101.227 11:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

30 minutes
I haven't been able to find this alleged 30 minute version anywhere. I've listened to "The Ozzman Cometh" and the version on there is just under 7 minutes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.108.201.30 (talk) 07:41, 27 November 2007 (UTC) Same with me. I don't think that the version on the Ozzman Cometh was from Peel's show however. It is listed as a "demo version" from "Ozzy's basement tapes" I believe. Perhaps the Peel, 30 min, version exists somewhere else. 74.214.101.227 11:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

The version on The Ozzman Cometh is not a demo. It's from John Peel's Sunday Show, recorded February 6, 1970 and aired on April 26th of that year. The Osbourne's cleaned it up. If there is a 30 minute version of the song -- which I've never heard (there were extended versions of "Warning," "Wicked World," and "War Pigs") -- it would've been played during their residencies at the Star Club in Hamburg.

Song Meaning
The article says that Geezer saw homosexuals (because "fairies" right now links to an article on homosexuals), but the lyrics claim that "fairies dance with dwarfs" so it clearly seems to be about the mythical creatures. Then the quote goes on to say it had nothing to do with skinheads; which seems to suggest that while high, Geezer saw mythical fairies, not gay people. None of this makes any sense to me. EDIT: Also the skinhead theory should be explained, since a lot of Sabbath fans since to believe it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.82.113.190 (talk) 18:44, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Flotsam & Jetsam version
I don't think the year for the Flotsam cover is correct. It lists 2008, but they had actually released the cover around the time that Drift came out in 1995. We had played it doing college radio. I think it was included on one of the promotional releases for one of the Drift singles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.174.5.42 (talk) 02:13, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Songs is about drugs
"Smoking and tripping is all that you do" makes it quite clear in the lyrics that this song is about drugs. - 2602:306:C478:5C90:6876:309C:B965:4A45 (talk) 00:56, 16 July 2017 (UTC)