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Ozzy Osbourne music discussion

Started by Don Gately, January 10, 2025, 11:37:01 AM

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#15 January 10, 2025, 06:10:24 PM
The ultimate sin is my favourite Izzy solo album.

Jake E Lee Ozzy > Rhodes Ozzy
#16 January 10, 2025, 06:18:47 PM
Same here, first one I heard and also nearly got banished from the house for having a laminated poster of it on the wall as a kid, well, a close up of Ozzy's serpent tongued face.
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#17 January 10, 2025, 06:33:00 PM
Jake once said "the only difference between me and Randy Rhoads is that I can play all of his solos but he can't play mine"
#18 January 10, 2025, 07:49:22 PM
Not a classic by any stretch. but Down to Earth is a half decent late-=career album. Realistically it's just a BLS album with Ozzy singing, but there's a few satisfying riffs and leads on there. Though it did have that one terrible ballad-y single that I forget the name of...

But yeah, first two are by far the best. You can hear where Dimebag lifted a lot of his tricks from on Diary of a Madman.
#19 January 11, 2025, 10:13:36 AM Last Edit: January 11, 2025, 12:37:57 PM by Sworntothecans
Quote from: Mooncat on January 10, 2025, 07:49:22 PMBut yeah, first two are by far the best. You can hear where Dimebag lifted a lot of his tricks from on Diary of a Madman.

There's a few traces of Rhodes bits in some of the really early Dime stuff, but he lifted way more off Warren DeMartini Martini & George Lynch.


#20 January 11, 2025, 02:07:46 PM
Another vote for The ULTIMATE SIN album #1, Bark at the Moon #2.
#21 January 11, 2025, 03:05:41 PM
First two are superb, and two of my favourite albums ever. Such a great band. I like lots of what followed, but the consistency was never as strong.
#22 January 11, 2025, 03:34:59 PM
Everything up to No More Tears is great, in my opinion. Gets fair patchy after that.
#23 January 11, 2025, 03:47:05 PM
Quote from: leatherface on January 11, 2025, 02:07:46 PMAnother vote for The ULTIMATE SIN album #1

I'll always have a soft spot for that one due to the Boris Vallejo cover art.

I think No Rest For The Wicked is probably the top one for me at the moment.
#24 January 11, 2025, 08:55:41 PM
Tribute was the first Ozzy album I heard, then Blizzard and Diary. Seeing Miracle Man on Super channel with Zakk(who reminded me of John Sykies at the time) and then buying Wicked in HMV and Ozzy on the Moscow Peace festival was a huge impact on me as a teen. I skipped over the Jake years at first but I managed to pick up the albums and appreciate them as much as the others. I met Ozzy twice once back stage and once in a private signing room. Me Ozzy and two others which was a bit mental.
No more tears was okay but at the time I was getting into heavier sounds . He's had a few good songs after 92 but a lot of fillers.it will be a sad day when he goes for a hop.
#25 January 13, 2025, 11:31:07 AM
I remember when Ultimate Sin came out in 86, Smash Hits featured his tour in Japan mad stuff Ted he was really almost mainstream for a while.
#26 January 13, 2025, 12:25:08 PM
Quote from: Don Gately on January 13, 2025, 11:31:07 AMI remember when Ultimate Sin came out in 86, Smash Hits featured his tour in Japan mad stuff Ted he was really almost mainstream for a while.

I vaguely recall there was a poster too as one of the cousins had it.

#27 January 13, 2025, 01:37:15 PM
Almost? He's been mainstream for about 40 years.
#28 January 13, 2025, 06:50:53 PM
Quote from: The Great Cull on January 10, 2025, 06:33:00 PMJake once said "the only difference between me and Randy Rhoads is that I can play all of his solos but he can't play mine"

Not sure I'd agree that's the only difference  :laugh:

I like Jake E. Lee, and he's right that he's more technical than Randy, but I'd take Randy Rhoads any day. He just has that 'it' thing to his playing. Incredible solos.
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