Favourite Ozzy album/song

[ABlairican Pie]

It was the crummy fall of 1976, I was in 8th grade, and I hated junior high. Everyone was a bunch of stuck up punks who picked on me. I found my strength in Black Sabbath and Ozzy. He told it like it was. The soundtrack to my life in 1976/77:

Paranoid: It reflected my fear of people, like I was going crazy. It was good to have a song that I could relate to.

Iron Man: Vengeance from the grave--YEAAHHH!!! That was what Iron Man was capable of, all right. The greatest song of all time. It was kind of a reversal of the fear of Paranoid, where you were a person TO BE FEARED.

After Forever: This was several years yet before I heard Christian music, but it was great to hear Ozzy and Co. sing a song of hope, that God would deal with the badness in this world.
Many people thought the song was bogus, but I think it was entirely consistent with Black Sabbath's moral message.

Lord of This World: This was a song that I directed to all the self-righteous "soshes" who thought they were so much better than anyone else--I later directed it at self-righteous "Christians" who
acted cold and cruel to people who were different.

Wicked World: This song really told it like it was, a world full of drudgery and pain. Great guitar solo.

Killing Yourself to Live: "Take a look around you, what do you see? Pain, suffering and misery. It's not the way that the world was meant, it's a pity you don't understand..." In that first part of the song, you can FEEL the pain in the guitars--before it kicks in with crazy tempo changes. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" album was a very underrated album, but it's one of their best.

Am I Going Insane? (Radio): Not a heavy song, but I remember how I asked that question myself so many times those days.

Crazy Train: Not only was Randy Rhoads amazing on guitar, but the lyrics finally hit me in 1987--"Maybe it's not too late, to learn how to love, and forget how to hate." It was a revelation after so many years of dealing with the intolerance of churches over Ozzy's music.

Flying High Again: More insane guitar on here. Ozzy's DEFINITELY cookoo for Cocoa Puffs here.

Over the Mountain: See above.

Believer: "You've got to believe in yourself, or no one will believe in you." My theme song.

Rock & Roll Rebel: Ozzy's theme to 1984 (the book and the year).

Crazy Babies: A total trip.

[ABlairican Pie]

How does this thread end up in the "The Osbournes" board when it's strictly a musical question?

Btw, Bruce Dickinson is right, reality shows DO blow Tender Chunks.

Up the Irons, people!!

[Rich3]

"Paranoid" by Black Sabbath is probably his best original album. It contained Paranoid, Iron Man, War Pigs, Planet Caravan, Faeries Wear Boots.

"We Sold Our Souls For Rock n Roll" by Black Sabbath is a great collection. Sweet Leaf was another good song that wasn't on the "Paranoid" album.

[mrbig]

Originally Posted by Mossopp

I know that hardly any of you actually listen to Ozzy's music, but for those of you that do, what is your favorite Ozzy album or song?
After much deliberation I would have to say that 'Ultimate Sin' is probably my favourite album. I couldn't choose one favourite song though so I narrowed it down to a short list -

Thank God For The Bomb
Shot In The Dark
Never Know Why
No Bone Movies
Perry Mason
Goodbye To Romance
See You On The Other Side
Mama I'm Coming Home
Mr Crowley
You're No Different
Ultimate Sin
Lightening Strikes
Centre of Eternity
Crazy Train
Secret Loser
Suicide Solution

Ok, maybe my list isn't that short!

Boy that is a tough question. Depending on whether your talking Black Sabbath or his solo career. I love it all mind you. If it is Black Sabbath I think It would be any of his live concert bootlegs and if you wanted to narrow it down to a couple songs right off the top of my head I would have to say NIB (for that wicked bass solo Geezer puts in at the beginning then riffing it through. the 2nd choice would be War pigs, then Sabbath bloody sabbath, Black sabbath. Now Solo career would have to be Believer. I am teaching myself how to play this on the bass. :-D Then some of the newer stuff. I probably have almost every bootleg out there of ozzy and black sabbath.. :-D

[ABlairican Pie]

Once again, it gets really sad when Ozzy gets reduced to t.v. star than being a musical figure that was the mouth of metal at its earliest incarnation.

Ozzy was great, but his being co-opted by the public at large has made his music and persona lame at best. Of course the stuff he did with Randy Rhoads and some with Jake E. Lee will always rule.

[ABlairican Pie]

Originally Posted by Rich3

"Paranoid" by Black Sabbath is probably his best original album. It contained Paranoid, Iron Man, War Pigs, Planet Caravan, Faeries Wear Boots.

"We Sold Our Souls For Rock n Roll" by Black Sabbath is a great collection. Sweet Leaf was another good song that wasn't on the "Paranoid" album.

Black Sabbath's first six albums were classics:

Black Sabbath (1970)
Paranoid (1970)
Master Of Reality (1971)
Black Sabbath Vol. 4 (1972)
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1974)
Sabotage (1975)

Their next two albums were more slick, polished albums more akin to Boston than their previous sludgy, doomy sound: 1976's "Technical Ecstasy" and 1978's "Never Say Die". Ozzy was in such bad shape with his alcohol and drug abuse, and the latter album was so disappointing that it hastened his departure/firing from the band. The band toured that fall with Van Halen as the opening act, which blew away Sabbath each night. With Ozzy out of the picture, the band nearly thought about breaking up when they decided to take in Ronnie James Dio as their new vocalist and lyricist. Their first two with Dio were phenomenal, and had a distinctly different sound: 1980's
"Heaven And Hell" and "Mob Rules" from 1981. Dio has rejoined the band this year under the moniker Heaven And Hell, and are currently touring.

[catlover79]

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