Randy Rhoads' taste in his note selections, his phrasing, his use of dynamics, legato and staccato notes, using different scales over chords, and how he communicates emotions, and even his personality, in his playing are some of the reasons I still love his playing (and writing). I started playing guitar in 1986 and he was a huge influence then and still is today.
I think what makes the first two albums very special and something that Ozzy has never captured since is that the musicians we are listening to thought they were in a band and were writing songs as part of a band and you can feel and hear the magic unlike the revolving door musicians that have come after
Indeed. And Blizzard Of Ozz was a BAND. It was never meant to be Ozzy Osbourne (except in Ozzy's mind, of course). They would have succeeded just as well, who knows. I bet they would have done more stellar albums than Ozzy did later on.
Because Bob and Lee wanted what they were owed and promised. And Sharon wanted it all. The only reason she kept Randy around was she didn't want the secret getting out.
because together they had power & would eventually overthrow the boss's ....Sharon led oz like a blind donkey...oz wanted back on top...sharon wanted control , power & a man...they're both to blame.
I love this. That band was excellent. Bob's lyrics were excellent. Randy was phenomenal. Amazing to hear it without vocals. Somebody commented - I don't miss Ozzy. Haha.....
It's not so much about Ozzy it was what Sharon did !!! Discrediting Lee and Bob after all their Hard Work !!! They were The MUSICAL TALENT and Randy Too !!! NO MUSIC NO OZZY !!!
Lou Dog, Sharon & her dad we’re con artists. Taking from everyone they could. May they rest in Hell. I can’t blame Ozzy. He was a blind fool/sheep following the shepherd.
Thats what it should sound like ,no rs or ta ,just the original band minus ozxy on vocals and btw,like another rumor put out there,Frankie Bannilli stated he thought up the drum part,not true ,how could he make up.the drum part when it was written out with these 3 so the guy is smoking crack but kudos to this audio!
Lee plays that same drum fill going out of the 2nd intro break in Crazy Train into the 3rd Verse and also Flying High Again after the first chorus. I doubt he stole it.
Ozzy was damn lucky to have these masterful musicians. I firmly believe anyone could have sang on those 2 albums and they would have been iconic. Without them Ozzy would be in the "Where are they now?" category.
Have you ever heard other people try to sing this? It's a disaster. This was made for Ozzy's voice, love him or hate him, it was his baby and he made it happen. Yes he had help, but he was a part of it too.
Uuuummmm, no. Ozzy's voice is unique. Other singer would've failed. Ozzy also created the melodies, even if he didn't write or compose pretty much anything
The video’s creator says above, that these versions without Ozzy, have been recreated, and or, oddly synced back up from studio album tracks, featuring Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake. Sadly we don’t yet get to experience the real demo tracks, from Bob Daisley’s Holy Grail rehearsal tapes, that were recorded when the Blizzard of Ozz was rehearsing at that English farm house, where they worked Lee Kerslake into the material, while getting tight, as a band, just before they hit the studio and recorded the revolutionary Blizzard of Ozz album...8)
@@jodichristensen9536 , this particular edition is the notorious edition put out by Sharon whereby she replaced Daisley & Kerslake tracks with Robert Trujillo & Mike Bordin respectively. She did this to get past the lawsuits they brought on themselves. That's why everything sounds "off". Everything was back to normal with the Blizzard/Diary 30th anniversary box set.
are you alleging this is the re-recorded version? it's not...the drum and bass are in sync here. on the re-recorded they are off as they played to Randy's lead not knowing how it was produced
Randy's playing on this is behind the beat. He's not on time here. It's always bugged me how off time he is on this. Randy is my favorite player of all time, but on this song the main rhythm is just not in time.
I love being able to hear this without the vocals. You can hear all the instruments more clearly. The bridge comes and Randy plays the chords one note/string at a time rather than strum them. Sounds so beautiful and melodic. Can hear Bob's bass and Lee's drums much clearer as well.
Black Sabbath made Ozzy what he is now. Back then I would have bought Ozzy and the Muppets if they made an album. But you're correct..these first two solo albums are the best thing that came out of the Sabbath break up imo. I saw Randy twice, unfortunately Daisley and Kerslake were replaced before the start of the first US tour.
Wrong! One thing Ozzy haters don't realize is Sharon may have taken the spotlight off Bob and taken a lot away from him but it was Ozzy's band and her job was to get him back on top after his departure from Sabbath. It is sad the way the industry eats people and spits them out. No one suffered from this more than Jimi Hendrix. Bob's case is nothing new as Bon Scot said "It's a long way to the top. Here is bob Randy and Lee without Ozzy. I hate to be the odd man out here but without Ozzy, it wouldn't have gone anywhere. Ozzy was in Demand, many Sabbath fans thought it was all over for Sabbath and Ozzy after he left. I will say DIO did a good job in helping Sabbath stay on top (IMO) I don't mean to offend anyone but if I do get over it.
This was not ozzys band.... Lee said he the the others would not do blizzard of oz band project unless it was a 4 ways split in the profits.... Lee was unsure Ozzy Osbourne could handle the vocals because of the drug problem he had....black Sabbath just kicked Ozzy out because of a bad drug habit....problem was the contract was a verbal agreement and not set to paperwork yet... Sharon and her dad stepped in and took the reins away from the rest after the first album came out and blew up in sales...the rest is history....
U got that right I seen randy do it in Norman Oklahoma I was 14 ,1981? 55 now greatness WOW I've listened to that song more than Ozzy never gets old luv it🤘
Oh for sure! The song itself is my all time rock favorite!! The solo is as incredible and special as Randy was! Ozzy’s best group of artists/musicians ever! Rhoads, Kerslake & Daisley.
Thrash metal owes its soul to Randy Rhodes, which few blokes acknowledge. Kirk Hammett was definitely listening to and copping Randy's riffs on this album.
Fuck yes he was ! In case some people havent noticed listen to this guitar tone. It was groundbreaking. I defy you to find it anywhere else before diary of a madman. I defy you to not find it a few years after its release
Ozzy was not a writer( he never wrote any material or lyrics, swallow that!!) All these guys wrote the material backed him up and ended with the short end of the stick!
Hating on Ozzy, how edgy! Dio fanboy? Look man, they all needed each other for the band to succeed. Ozzy had the vocal melodies and iconic voice that people recognized from Black Sabbath. Lee, Bob and Randy brought their talents and great musicianship. I can't imagine those two first albums without Ozzy singing in them.
This tune hits so damn hard. Bob Daisley doesn't get enough credit for his contributions to song writing, lyrics and putting a lot of the in the arangements together. So much so that Ozzy and Sharron ended up begging him to come back after realizing Ozzy really can't write
Lee Thank you very much!! You are a great drummer. Changed my world instantly when i heard you play the track 'i dont know'. Over the mountain blew my mind! Rest in Peace!
i can understand why people say the music sounds better without Ozzy, the Blizzard of ozz band one of the greatest ever, only horrible management did not allow them to get a long time together
So amazing Ozzy wrote, played all the instruments , and all the lyrics to all his solo albums!!!... Haha!... please put Sharon in Jail for insane greed!!!!
It’s actually damn near impossible to do. Kind of like when you mix paint and then you want to take out certain colors. This sounds like a studio version with the vocals muted. You would need a perfect acapella of Ozzy and you could use phase to cancel them out but it wouldn’t be perfect and you’d still hear some vocals.
I saw the Blizzard of Oz tour with Randyit was amazing. It was Ozzies first tour without Sabbath I’m not lying when I say there were only 1500 people there everyone was in there seats spread out all over stabler arena in Bethlehem pa when Ozzy cam on he said everyone get the fuck up front so we all did. I hade tickets to seethe Diary of a madman tour at the same place and I couldn’t believe it when my friend called me and told me Randy was dead. The concert was right around April fools day and we all thought itwas a joke, no joke we got there this time it was sold out and Brad Gillis I think was on guitar. I could be wrong about that part I guess I have to check who the first one to play ig Randy’s spot after his death.
