Randy, Bob Daisley, and Lee Kerslake....those guys were genius.....Randy was new but they taught him the English way of building a proper record....Those guys were world class musicians and Randy soaked it all up and did some genius work on those two albums.....One of the great losses in rock and roll history.....
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle absolutely, perfectly put, if you separate the music from the lyrics, the lyrics are exactly how you would think a mentally disturbed person would think, the next time you listen to the song focus on the lyrics, they are genius.
@@davehess1019 All of Bob's lyrics are genius, because a lot of people do not know that once Randy died, and Bob came back Ozzy would throw out song titles that were stupid onto themselves like Bark at the Moon and Thank God For the Bomb and Bob would have to write lyrics around those concepts, and he did an amazing job, Big difference between coming up with your own song theme and title versus someone dictating what a song will be called and having to work backwards. Bob wrote about his mental health issues as a yute, he does have depersonalization syndrome.
44 years later and the first lead break on Mr Crowley still gives me chills! Randy was so far ahead of his time! He inspired a whole generation of guitarists who came after him. I know that the term greatest is subjective...but Randy is the GOAT IMO!
Dude! My thoughts EXACTLY! If I had $10 for every time I've posted very similar thoughts on YT for years...I'd be able to buy a sweet axe. Randy is the GOAT to my ears and in my heart and I've been ALL about guitar and guitarists for more than 4 decades. And THAT solo has been giving me goosebumps since 1981! Check out my tiny YT channel if you are curious. 🤘🎸
You cant kill R&R the guitar work is PHENOMINAL . Nobody can replicate or duplicate his feedback or vive, nuances. The song is so good, that it just gets better as the song is fading out
Whomever started that premature fade out on the "Tonight" solo has a special place in Hell reserved for them. What a travesty he robbed Randy of (inarguably)one of his best solos. And we his fans have suffered for it too.
Respect Nick for playing OZZY with Randy. I was born in 70....this record, I bought it the year it came out...and the rest is history. I cut my teeth on this shit. I wrote a little note inside my Diary record the day Randy died. Still have the record.
HA! This comment makes me feel so old! ........thanks for that😁. This world was certainly robbed of Rhoads' talent. Thank God we have SOMETHING recorded to prove he was here. Randy is probably jammin' with Neil Peart and Clif Burton right now (with various "guest" singers, I'm sure).
Blizzard and Diary are indeed music masterpieces and they are utterly unique. They are more than just music to me. They are part of me, infused with my soul. The classical mixed with rock and metal, the compositions, arrangements, notes, melodies, everything. These albums are perfect to me, there isn't a single song on either album I don't love. The mixing, production, etc. is great, especially when you consider it was the early 80's. All of this is quite incredible but even more so is that 4 musicians of this caliber, each one a master of their instrument, Ozzy, and others all worked together to create this. It's mind-boggling to me that it exists and I can't think of anything else in the World that a small group of humans have created that is more beautiful.
The Mr Crowley solos are just gorgeous! And i about lost it the first time i heard what Randy did with them live... which, for me, was the Mr Crowley live picture disc. Also, Randy triple tracked all of his solos in the studio, giving it that fat, rich sound.
I could write a book on how I feel about Randy and his work. But I'll share a quick story I read: When Randy was recording the solos for Mr. Crowley, Ozzy came in and said "everything you're playing is crap! Just play what you're feeling and stop overthinking it". (I'm paraphrasing). But, Randy went back and played what you heard, and the rest is history. Randy is my absolute favorite guitarist ever! RIP
Ozzy did allegedly challenge Randy on that solo, I think talked about it with John Stix. But Ozzy also told Max Norman to cut Randy off on double and triple tracking due to budget. And Randy overruled him, and when Ozzy heard the final recording...he realized Randy was write. Randy and bob produced that first album really.
Absolutely! & S.A.T.O. was such an overly complex, uptempo Metal & almost Jazz-Fusion song, that its the one song from Randy’s 2 albums that Ozzy & Randy, had never even attempted to play live…😮
@derangedhermit2879 they only played 3 songs from Diary, S.A.T.o is one of 5 songs they never attempted to play live, however the band rehearsed the whole album at soundcheck
As a bassist I found great value in these albums as a very fun and satisfying way to practice, keeping the 'chops' up, fingers limber and callouses firm. Like an exercise, put on a side - play thru, take a small break and do the other side. There was just so much good music. Cutting the cord after Revelation was very Lobotomic*. I always hear the next song - every time. I've never had a mental carpet pulled out from underneath me - the feeling is hilarious. Steal Away - The Night!
Diary of a Madman was on constant rotation when it came out. I bought the cassette and The record. Still love that album as much today as i did as a teenager in highschool. That record blew my mind!!!
Both albums are Masterpieces. Randy was and still is my guitar hero. I remember when Diary came out and I heard Flying High Again. That tone was so awesome. I’ve been playing guitar ever since.
@@mindcontrol67He grew up in non-English speaking countries, so he would be exposed to different things. In my case, I never heard any solo Ozzy until the 90s because the rock stations in my city didn't start playing him until then.
I was in 9th grade and it was the Friday of spring break starting. March 19th was the day the music died. The whole school was crushed. By June Ozzy picked up Brad Gillis and continued the tour. I was 15 when I saw Diary of a Madmen tour! Kevin11
Mr. Crowley got a lot of attention when the album came out, deservedly so, but Revelation is really good too. Best thing about RR was that he was his own; didn't sound like anyone else.
One additional note Nick...you MUST hear the song that precedes Diary - called S.A.T.O...as if Randy wasn't off the chain enough with Madman, he's almost moreso on SATO!!
The difference between tabiture and “guitar pro” etc versus classically trained, practiced and implementation of studied music theory is so obvious. Modern musicians are a dying breed. I 100% agree. 80-81 was an incredible year for album releases
1980 ,81,82 .... Heaven, Blizzard,Diary Mob Rules, British Steel,Point of Entry , Iron Maiden, Killers, Number, Screaming for Vengeance Back in Black ....Life was good
Reminder these albums were recorded as Blizzard of ozz not Ozzy solo, the label pulled a fast one on the band, and once mAchat signed Ozzy to CBS and not the rest of the band, it allowed Sharon to fire Lee and then Bob. No one really talks about the production work Randy and Bob did on the first album, Max was the sound engineer, but Randy got the sound he wanted, and offset his equipment with double and triple tracking
Actually, Randy was one of those kids that began playing at age 7. There’s a RUclips video of him playing the Blues at age 15. I believe he could of recorded on a blues album and it would have been recognized as a monster playing.
Music is mostly subjective, but if you can't appreciate the genius of Diary of a madman, you're wrong. Tonight is a beautifully crafted song, should have been a single, the scratch solo on that song is fantastic as it fades out. Diary of a madman is the greatest album ever written. Two masterpieces by the band Blizzard of ozz
Yea bro, Uli Jon Roth shreds! Randy will forevermore be my favorite guitarist, but i like a few others too. Frank Marino, SRV, Michael Schenker. Lots of good ones... These two solo albums were so damn exciting and fresh when they first came out. Randy was a phenomenal player, Ozzy had struck gold! I was a 16 year old guitar junkie. And i grabbed my ticket for the Diary Tour as soon as it was available. Then one day it was done. Gone. I lost control of my emotions and wept that day.
Great reaction Nick! You've must made my Friday with this fantastic collection of songs!! I was only 2 when Blizzard came out, didn't 'discover' Ozzy/Sabbath until my teens - but when I did - as a musician myself, I immediately saw the genius in Randy Rhoads' (RIP) playing! You could hear the classical influences, and his technical ability was off the charts! It indeed was a supreme talent taken way too soon. Both Diary and Revelation are in my Top 5 (Diary being #1) of my list of Ozzy's best songs! As a fan of Yngwie as well - I'm sure Randy was an influence (whether he'd admit it or not! LOL) Cheers!
what a great song, to me that is one of the most beautiful sounding intros in metal and rock history. I bet he would have liked to do that on acoustic guitar. That is a scratch solo on the outro, no time for overdubs
That look on your face 25:17 when Randy lets loose on Revelation is why I love watching musicians react. Check out Tribe of Gypsies' - Oh Well (Fleetwood Mack Latin/Metal Cover) to hear some seriously sick guitar. It might be right up your alley Nick!
Thank so much for this Nick. Ozzy and Randy helped me through some of those tricky teenage years with these two masterpiece albums. For me, what separates Randy from the shredders of the time was his gorgeous, melodic phrasing, but most of all, his feel. That feel and tone of his, just cuts through the soul. These two solos from Diary show his maturity, where every note is so powerful and expressive. I also love those beautiful squeaks the production is picking up on his acoustic. What a stunning player he was.
This one was right up my alley- thanks Nick T. for the requests. Blizzard of Ozz is an all time Top 10 album for me, Mr. Crowley a Top 10 all time song as well. Check out Randy Rhoads' prior work with Quiet Riot if you get the chance. Nick (the host)- I really enjoyed you going down the lists of hard rock/heavy metal albums that were released in 1980 and 1981, would say that it was a trip down memory lane for me, but a lot of those artists and albums you mentioned I still listen to today. One of the bands you mentioned, Riot, is a criminally underrated hard rock band out of New Jersey, another I'd suggest you look into if you ever have the time and/or interest ("Swords and Tequila").
and Bob Daisley's lyrics and help......Lee Kerslake also came up with a lot of the melodies, Ozzy was passed out during the recording of the album when the band was rehearsing, He thought the Diary melody was too complicated for him.
Mr crowley is a really big fucking song man l think people from metal world dont really get how deep this song echoes in melodys of later music.... maybe is just my perspective
One thing with Randy is that he rolls his tone to pure treble. Anyone playing that has a lot of bass in their tone sounds weird playing Randy's parts. I was always convinced both Blizzard and Diary came out in 1981. They did, in the US. Blizzard came out atound six months earlier in the UK in 1980.
@@johncampbell756 that's what i do corroborate stuff on this all time great band. DIary was being recorded as BOO came out in the U.S. People never really talk about Bob and Randy produced the first album
@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Somehow, I never noticed that the whole band produced the album. (Most likely mainly Bob and Randy.) I have a very specific memory of BoO. It was probably the fall of 1981, and we were on the bus going to or from Jr High (7th grade). I had a Walkman, and a couple of people had boom boxes. For the only time in memory, we all had the same cassette and we ended up syncing up our cassettes and blasting them together. I can't remember if it was Suicide Solution or Mr. Crowley. Possibly both. The bus ride was long enough.
@@johncampbell756 it was Bob and Randy. What is Ozzy producing he is not a musician, he did not record his own vocals and do stuff to them. At least everyone was exposed to greatness on that bus ride.
🌴🇬🇺its trulyheart warming watching u dive head first into one of music’s guitar gods. What sucks is this was went Ozzy was hitting full stride. n then🙏🏽wat could Have been
No, that is the worst live show for Randy, they edited it too much. Listen to the original unedited version under Bat Head's Soup, or the Cleveland show on youtube., May 11, 1981 But really the Montreal show July 1981 for King Biscuit is better, the Milwaukee show on DOAM tour... so many better shows., Tribute does not capture what Randy did live.
@@NicknLex recommend Bat Head's Soup which is the unedited Tribute show...but search for his bootlegs on youtube, amazing player changing songs every night
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle I'll check them out. I do think Randy's magic is captured quite well but I see your point. I doubt Ozzy will sound as good as on the Tribute album. Cheers though.
@@hesch-tag so that is the issue, Ozzy sounds bad on tribute his raw vocals work much better with the music because of good and loud the band was. I think Tribute is not a good indication, they completely hacked up his spotlight solo, which never made sense to edit his solo when the album is a tribute to him
Well, didn't he start the _Religion_ "Rosicrucian"? And Satanists and Agnostic/Atheist folks took to heart Crowley's "Law"; "Do as thou wilt". - Note, not bringing this up as an argument, I just remember these elements of some of his beliefs. So no disrespect intended for you.
@@mvunit3 Rosicrucian's were not a religion, they were an organization. He was a founding member of the Order of the Golden Dawn which became the Rosicrucian's eventually. Again, it had nothing to do with Satan, or christianity whatsoever.
Your mom had the Thoth deck. Aleister Crowley. (Not his birth name -- he was blending masculine and feminine, Alice and Alexander, iirc). Really pronounced Cro - ley. Which is annoying of Ozzy. I love Randy's playing, but mostly just wait out the other parts of the song, lol.
The funny thing about these albums is Randy felt rushed, like he didn't have the time to develop his ideas. Just imagine these albums if he had, or the music he wiould have made when he was guiding it on his own after Ozzy.
its actually my fourth. As a kid I only spoke German and Italian. When I was 14 my family moved to Mexico so I learned Spanish and then finally English.
@NicknLex Ah. First time here. That's why I was intrigued. I heard a mixture of accents all together and was like, "wtf am I hearing?" You speak very uniquely. I like it. Keep on keeping on, friend.
Crowley was not satanic to my knowledge it’s just that Christian dominated society is going to call anything that isn’t their brand of spiritualism as demonic Not that I’m a fan I don’t know much else he could have been a bad guy lol
VERY happy you have got around to these Classics in Heavy Metal history! Thank you Eric, and the _shoutout_ Nick! "Diary of a Madman" with its gorgeous intro by Randy, and the RIFFS is what made me do the deeper dive into all the underground Metal that was coming out at the time. From a "Progger" to Metalhead in circa 1981/83, and both being my prime listening/collecting for the next decade. Eddie Van Halen changed and inspired soo many guitarists to be, and those that became great in their genres. But Randy took a bit of that, but made it, not only Heavy . . . but DARKER. And the "Classical" in him that pre-dates Yngwie by 2 years when he joined Alcatrazz. I think this (Randy) was a HUGE influence a few years after the birth of The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) and where it would go for bands around the world. It was a big surprise to see Dream Theater for the "Train of Thought Tour" when they opened for Yes on their 35th Anniversary, and they did an instrumental version of "Machine Messiah". But later in their set, they started to play something familiar, and since I was alone for the show, I whispered to myself; "Is that Diary of a Madman???" Which it was, and they put up the image of the album cover on a screen, but instead of Ozzy, it was "Mike Portnoy" as the Madman😛. They did a fantastic job covering it too! Note: Bassist "Bob Daisly" is one of the sketched faces on the cover of "Long Live Rock 'n Roll" by Rainbow. These tracks bring me back to hanging with my friend Don, going to "Guitar Row" on Hollywood Blvd. to look at guitars and buy parts for the Amps he would take apart and Hot Rod. And all the bands we'd discover, and it was the start of my LP collection. - Thanks again Eric! \m/ Note: I only sent you the 1st 2 Ozzy Albums 😉.
Sons of Apollo did a great job of covering a really tough song, I mean Ozzy only performed it live with Joe Holmes ..... Metallica struggled with it, but Kirk called it a brilliant composition a testament to the genius of Randy Rhoads. The first two albums are BATM and Ultimate Sin, this video is on 2 songs from each of the Blizzard of ozz albums.
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Diary of a Madman is a Masterpiece, one of the greatest albums and songs ever written and performed
Absolutely 💯%
Randy, Bob Daisley, and Lee Kerslake....those guys were genius.....Randy was new but they taught him the English way of building a proper record....Those guys were world class musicians and Randy soaked it all up and did some genius work on those two albums.....One of the great losses in rock and roll history.....
I call it Diary of a Masterpiece
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle absolutely, perfectly put, if you separate the music from the lyrics, the lyrics are exactly how you would think a mentally disturbed person would think, the next time you listen to the song focus on the lyrics, they are genius.
@@davehess1019 All of Bob's lyrics are genius, because a lot of people do not know that once Randy died, and Bob came back Ozzy would throw out song titles that were stupid onto themselves like Bark at the Moon and Thank God For the Bomb and Bob would have to write lyrics around those concepts, and he did an amazing job,
Big difference between coming up with your own song theme and title versus someone dictating what a song will be called and having to work backwards.
Bob wrote about his mental health issues as a yute, he does have depersonalization syndrome.
Randy was a true virtuoso!! By far my favorite guitarist of all time!!!
Such an amazing player🤟
he is an all time A-leaguer
44 years later and the first lead break on Mr Crowley still gives me chills!
Randy was so far ahead of his time!
He inspired a whole generation of guitarists who came after him.
I know that the term greatest is subjective...but Randy is the GOAT IMO!
one of the greatest to ever do it
Dude! My thoughts EXACTLY! If I had $10 for every time I've posted very similar thoughts on YT for years...I'd be able to buy a sweet axe. Randy is the GOAT to my ears and in my heart and I've been ALL about guitar and guitarists for more than 4 decades. And THAT solo has been giving me goosebumps since 1981! Check out my tiny YT channel if you are curious. 🤘🎸
You cant kill R&R the guitar work is PHENOMINAL . Nobody can replicate or duplicate his feedback or vive, nuances. The song is so good, that it just gets better as the song is fading out
I love that 1 minute 6 second fadeout solo on Tonight
A scratch solo in One take
Whomever started that premature fade out on the "Tonight" solo has a special place in Hell reserved for them. What a travesty he robbed Randy of (inarguably)one of his best solos. And we his fans have suffered for it too.
Respect Nick for playing OZZY with Randy. I was born in 70....this record, I bought it the year it came out...and the rest is history. I cut my teeth on this shit. I wrote a little note inside my Diary record the day Randy died. Still have the record.
How did you react when you heard the news?
I saw Ozzie and Sabbath in 1980. I’ll never forget seeing Randy most of all.. a real presence on stage.
The opposite of the statue Tony Iommi was..Randy so effervescent and energetic
Randy would have been 67 In this year of our lord 2024... God Bless
HA! This comment makes me feel so old! ........thanks for that😁.
This world was certainly robbed of Rhoads' talent. Thank God we have SOMETHING recorded to prove he was here.
Randy is probably jammin' with Neil Peart and Clif Burton right now (with various "guest" singers, I'm sure).
Blizzard and Diary are indeed music masterpieces and they are utterly unique. They are more than just music to me. They are part of me, infused with my soul. The classical mixed with rock and metal, the compositions, arrangements, notes, melodies, everything. These albums are perfect to me, there isn't a single song on either album I don't love. The mixing, production, etc. is great, especially when you consider it was the early 80's. All of this is quite incredible but even more so is that 4 musicians of this caliber, each one a master of their instrument, Ozzy, and others all worked together to create this. It's mind-boggling to me that it exists and I can't think of anything else in the World that a small group of humans have created that is more beautiful.
The Mr Crowley solos are just gorgeous! And i about lost it the first time i heard what Randy did with them live... which, for me, was the Mr Crowley live picture disc.
Also, Randy triple tracked all of his solos in the studio, giving it that fat, rich sound.
I could write a book on how I feel about Randy and his work. But I'll share a quick story I read:
When Randy was recording the solos for Mr. Crowley, Ozzy came in and said "everything you're playing is crap! Just play what you're feeling and stop overthinking it". (I'm paraphrasing). But, Randy went back and played what you heard, and the rest is history. Randy is my absolute favorite guitarist ever! RIP
Ozzy did allegedly challenge Randy on that solo, I think talked about it with John Stix. But Ozzy also told Max Norman to cut Randy off on double and triple tracking due to budget. And Randy overruled him, and when Ozzy heard the final recording...he realized Randy was write.
Randy and bob produced that first album really.
I think I remember Ozzy saying, just be the best Randy Rhoads you can be. Of course, i could be mistaken. He was the best ever imo!
1980 was quite possibly the greatest year in Heavy Metal.
Rush - Permanent Waves / Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden / UFO - No Place To Run/ Oh Yeah, I almost forgot... Motorhead!!
@@leddygee1896 and Judas Priest "British Steel"!
A little album called Back In Black too!
My favorite song with Randy is SATO. He plays every verse differently and his constantly adding bad ass flourishes in the verses.
some guy just did a video breakdown of that solo and how genius it is...
Absolutely! & S.A.T.O. was such an overly complex, uptempo Metal & almost Jazz-Fusion song, that its the one song from Randy’s 2 albums that Ozzy & Randy, had never even attempted to play live…😮
@derangedhermit2879 they only played 3 songs from Diary, S.A.T.o is one of 5 songs they never attempted to play live, however the band rehearsed the whole album at soundcheck
As a bassist I found great value in these albums as a very fun and satisfying way to practice, keeping the 'chops' up, fingers limber and callouses firm. Like an exercise, put on a side - play thru, take a small break and do the other side. There was just so much good music.
Cutting the cord after Revelation was very Lobotomic*. I always hear the next song - every time. I've never had a mental carpet pulled out from underneath me - the feeling is hilarious. Steal Away - The Night!
Diary is such a great mood piece... Randy's tone just at that edge of losing control in a feedback loop, gives it such crunch... Love it
That opening salvo of chords from Randy before Ozzy vocally lets loose at the beginning of Diary Of A Madman... Holy Mother.
Diary of a Madman was on constant rotation when it came out. I bought the cassette and The record. Still love that album as much today as i did as a teenager in highschool. That record blew my mind!!!
It's timeless music
I've listened to these tracks hundreds, maybe thousands of times. There's always some small intricate detail that I notice every time.
thank God you did not choose the re-recorded versions in 2002, a complete disgrace by the Osbournes to take bob and lee off.
Both albums are Masterpieces. Randy was and still is my guitar hero. I remember when Diary came out and I heard Flying High Again. That tone was so awesome. I’ve been playing guitar ever since.
Diary of a masterpiece....
He is the guy who shaped music and guitar after Ed. Game changer
You need to listen to I Don't Know, the opening track from Blizzard of Ozz. Great tune!
I Don't believe "First time reaction" I think he has heard all these songs before,Who is a music lover and has never heard this.
@@mindcontrol67He grew up in non-English speaking countries, so he would be exposed to different things. In my case, I never heard any solo Ozzy until the 90s because the rock stations in my city didn't start playing him until then.
I was in 9th grade and it was the Friday of spring break starting. March 19th was the day the music died. The whole school was crushed. By June Ozzy picked up Brad Gillis and continued the tour. I was 15 when I saw Diary of a Madmen tour!
Kevin11
Randy died the day before my 13th birthday.
Worst birthday ever 😭
He used Bernie Tormé to replace Randy
@@duncanwright6106 I saw OZZY 90 days after Randy died and Brad Gilles was his guitarist
@@duncanwright6106 only for a couple of shows.
Yeah Bernie flew out to help Ozzy and did a few shows before Brad took over. It’s a shame Bernie gets forgotten he was a great guitarist
Mr. Crowley got a lot of attention when the album came out, deservedly so, but Revelation is really good too. Best thing about RR was that he was his own; didn't sound like anyone else.
One additional note Nick...you MUST hear the song that precedes Diary - called S.A.T.O...as if Randy wasn't off the chain enough with Madman, he's almost moreso on SATO!!
some guy just did a video of that song to breakdown Randy's solo and he thought it was genius
The difference between tabiture and “guitar pro” etc versus classically trained, practiced and implementation of studied music theory is so obvious. Modern musicians are a dying breed.
I 100% agree. 80-81 was an incredible year for album releases
1980 ,81,82 .... Heaven, Blizzard,Diary Mob Rules, British Steel,Point of Entry , Iron Maiden, Killers, Number, Screaming for Vengeance Back in Black ....Life was good
Reminder these albums were recorded as Blizzard of ozz not Ozzy solo, the label pulled a fast one on the band, and once mAchat signed Ozzy to CBS and not the rest of the band, it allowed Sharon to fire Lee and then Bob.
No one really talks about the production work Randy and Bob did on the first album, Max was the sound engineer, but Randy got the sound he wanted, and offset his equipment with double and triple tracking
Randy had such a wide and beautiful vibrato!
Btw...the outro solo on Tonight is my all-time favorite!
scratch solo...
Actually, Randy was one of those kids that began playing at age 7. There’s a RUclips video of him playing the Blues at age 15. I believe he could of recorded on a blues album and it would have been recognized as a monster playing.
Love a bit of Randy brilliant guitarist great live
all time A leaguer
Nice!! Diary of a Madman is my favorite Ozzy song!!!
Diary of a madman rules. \m/
He could seriously shred, so talented
he could do it all, that third album was going to be a new level
Bob Daisley wrote the lyrics for DOAM from personal experience. The unusual meter of the song is intended to be unsettling/disturbing.
Bob has depersonalization syndrome
🌴🇬🇺 im stink-facing rite along w u🔥👏🔥diary solo will just melt ur face
Music is mostly subjective, but if you can't appreciate the genius of Diary of a madman, you're wrong.
Tonight is a beautifully crafted song, should have been a single, the scratch solo on that song is fantastic as it fades out.
Diary of a madman is the greatest album ever written.
Two masterpieces by the band Blizzard of ozz
Yea bro, Uli Jon Roth shreds! Randy will forevermore be my favorite guitarist, but i like a few others too. Frank Marino, SRV, Michael Schenker. Lots of good ones...
These two solo albums were so damn exciting and fresh when they first came out. Randy was a phenomenal player, Ozzy had struck gold! I was a 16 year old guitar junkie. And i grabbed my ticket for the Diary Tour as soon as it was available. Then one day it was done. Gone. I lost control of my emotions and wept that day.
2 albums with randy rhoads and 2 albums with jake e lee is the very very very very best of ozzy osbourne albums.
Great reaction Nick! You've must made my Friday with this fantastic collection of songs!!
I was only 2 when Blizzard came out, didn't 'discover' Ozzy/Sabbath until my teens - but when I did - as a musician myself, I immediately saw the genius in Randy Rhoads' (RIP) playing! You could hear the classical influences, and his technical ability was off the charts! It indeed was a supreme talent taken way too soon.
Both Diary and Revelation are in my Top 5 (Diary being #1) of my list of Ozzy's best songs!
As a fan of Yngwie as well - I'm sure Randy was an influence (whether he'd admit it or not! LOL)
Cheers!
Listen to you can't kill rock and roll. The outro is phenomenal
what a great song, to me that is one of the most beautiful sounding intros in metal and rock history. I bet he would have liked to do that on acoustic guitar.
That is a scratch solo on the outro, no time for overdubs
Great songs selected, I grew up listening to Ozzy, this brings back memories of my bad boy teenage days.
That look on your face 25:17 when Randy lets loose on Revelation is why I love watching musicians react. Check out Tribe of Gypsies' - Oh Well (Fleetwood Mack Latin/Metal Cover) to hear some seriously sick guitar. It might be right up your alley Nick!
Thank you for your suggestion and support! :)
Great Rhodes selections 😁
Thank so much for this Nick. Ozzy and Randy helped me through some of those tricky teenage years with these two masterpiece albums.
For me, what separates Randy from the shredders of the time was his gorgeous, melodic phrasing, but most of all, his feel. That feel and tone of his, just cuts through the soul. These two solos from Diary show his maturity, where every note is so powerful and expressive. I also love those beautiful squeaks the production is picking up on his acoustic. What a stunning player he was.
This one was right up my alley- thanks Nick T. for the requests. Blizzard of Ozz is an all time Top 10 album for me, Mr. Crowley a Top 10 all time song as well. Check out Randy Rhoads' prior work with Quiet Riot if you get the chance. Nick (the host)- I really enjoyed you going down the lists of hard rock/heavy metal albums that were released in 1980 and 1981, would say that it was a trip down memory lane for me, but a lot of those artists and albums you mentioned I still listen to today. One of the bands you mentioned, Riot, is a criminally underrated hard rock band out of New Jersey, another I'd suggest you look into if you ever have the time and/or interest ("Swords and Tequila").
R.i.p. great Ozzie guitarist
Hey, Whitesnake, in the still of the night nicked the build up i Dairy, the riff etc. Love Randy
Ozzy was my favourite artist in my teens - and Diary of a Madman is amongst his very best, largely thanks to Randy Rhoads amazing guitar work.
and Bob Daisley's lyrics and help......Lee Kerslake also came up with a lot of the melodies, Ozzy was passed out during the recording of the album when the band was rehearsing, He thought the Diary melody was too complicated for him.
Keep turning it up until the fadeout is gone.
Mr crowley is a really big fucking song man l think people from metal world dont really get how deep this song echoes in melodys of later music.... maybe is just my perspective
One thing with Randy is that he rolls his tone to pure treble. Anyone playing that has a lot of bass in their tone sounds weird playing Randy's parts.
I was always convinced both Blizzard and Diary came out in 1981. They did, in the US. Blizzard came out atound six months earlier in the UK in 1980.
BOO came out in 1980 in the U.K. In the U.S, they both came out same year.
@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle I did say that, but thank you for the back up on the info.
@@johncampbell756 that's what i do corroborate stuff on this all time great band.
DIary was being recorded as BOO came out in the U.S. People never really talk about Bob and Randy produced the first album
@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Somehow, I never noticed that the whole band produced the album. (Most likely mainly Bob and Randy.) I have a very specific memory of BoO. It was probably the fall of 1981, and we were on the bus going to or from Jr High (7th grade). I had a Walkman, and a couple of people had boom boxes. For the only time in memory, we all had the same cassette and we ended up syncing up our cassettes and blasting them together. I can't remember if it was Suicide Solution or Mr. Crowley. Possibly both. The bus ride was long enough.
@@johncampbell756 it was Bob and Randy. What is Ozzy producing he is not a musician, he did not record his own vocals and do stuff to them.
At least everyone was exposed to greatness on that bus ride.
March 19th 1982 the music died for me, I was done with Ozzy, all the guitar players afterwards did their best but Randy was the man!
❤
Scorpions- The Sails of Charon intro alone is just absolutely required listening. For humans.
3 out of 4 of the songs are my favorite Ozzy. woohoo
these songs are by Blizzard of ozz
🌴🇬🇺its trulyheart warming watching u dive head first into one of music’s guitar gods.
What sucks is this was went Ozzy was hitting full stride. n then🙏🏽wat could Have been
great guitar player! nick the reaction from southern empire? i be waiting!
Ozzy and Randy was the greatest musicians in that time
…..and thank you Eric.
You should listen to the Tribute (to Randy Rhoads) album. It has such better sound than the studio albums. Especially Randy is phenomenal
Is that the live album?
No, that is the worst live show for Randy, they edited it too much. Listen to the original unedited version under Bat Head's Soup, or the Cleveland show on youtube., May 11, 1981
But really the Montreal show July 1981 for King Biscuit is better, the Milwaukee show on DOAM tour...
so many better shows., Tribute does not capture what Randy did live.
@@NicknLex recommend Bat Head's Soup which is the unedited Tribute show...but search for his bootlegs on youtube, amazing player changing songs every night
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle I'll check them out. I do think Randy's magic is captured quite well but I see your point. I doubt Ozzy will sound as good as on the Tribute album. Cheers though.
@@hesch-tag so that is the issue, Ozzy sounds bad on tribute his raw vocals work much better with the music because of good and loud the band was.
I think Tribute is not a good indication, they completely hacked up his spotlight solo, which never made sense to edit his solo when the album is a tribute to him
Crowley wasn't Satanic. He was considered a "sorcerer" and alchemist, but it has nothing to do with religion.
Well, didn't he start the _Religion_ "Rosicrucian"? And Satanists and Agnostic/Atheist folks took to heart Crowley's "Law"; "Do as thou wilt".
- Note, not bringing this up as an argument, I just remember these elements of some of his beliefs. So no disrespect intended for you.
@@mvunit3 Rosicrucian's were not a religion, they were an organization. He was a founding member of the Order of the Golden Dawn which became the Rosicrucian's eventually. Again, it had nothing to do with Satan, or christianity whatsoever.
🌴🇬🇺u gota new sub👍🏽
Your mom had the Thoth deck. Aleister Crowley. (Not his birth name -- he was blending masculine and feminine, Alice and Alexander, iirc). Really pronounced Cro - ley. Which is annoying of Ozzy. I love Randy's playing, but mostly just wait out the other parts of the song, lol.
The funny thing about these albums is Randy felt rushed, like he didn't have the time to develop his ideas. Just imagine these albums if he had, or the music he wiould have made when he was guiding it on his own after Ozzy.
ozmosis was his next best after these two. like a resurrection for ozzy with zak doing his stuff
No, the Jake albums are better than Ozzmosis
Ozzy started his decline with Zakk the writing got a little softer.
Alistair Crowley
Is English your second language? I mean no disrespect. Just curious.
its actually my fourth. As a kid I only spoke German and Italian. When I was 14 my family moved to Mexico so I learned Spanish and then finally English.
@NicknLex Ah. First time here. That's why I was intrigued. I heard a mixture of accents all together and was like, "wtf am I hearing?"
You speak very uniquely. I like it. Keep on keeping on, friend.
Thanks!! Hope you enjoyed the video.
@NicknLex Loved it.
Besides 10:32
Cheesy 🧀
Randy a classical musician, play it on electric guitar
Randy prefered classical.
Evil is real Nick. Grins.
Crowley was not satanic to my knowledge it’s just that Christian dominated society is going to call anything that isn’t their brand of spiritualism as demonic
Not that I’m a fan I don’t know much else he could have been a bad guy lol
living in a box, must be a new thing ....lol you have all that guitar stuff and you don't know OZZY or Randy come on man !
First.
Out of respect for Randy, please spell his name correctly.
Relax
Done! 🤟
VERY happy you have got around to these Classics in Heavy Metal history! Thank you Eric, and the _shoutout_ Nick!
"Diary of a Madman" with its gorgeous intro by Randy, and the RIFFS is what made me do the deeper dive into all the underground Metal that was coming out at the time. From a "Progger" to Metalhead in circa 1981/83, and both being my prime listening/collecting for the next decade.
Eddie Van Halen changed and inspired soo many guitarists to be, and those that became great in their genres. But Randy took a bit of that, but made it, not only Heavy . . . but DARKER. And the "Classical" in him that pre-dates Yngwie by 2 years when he joined Alcatrazz. I think this (Randy) was a HUGE influence a few years after the birth of The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) and where it would go for bands around the world.
It was a big surprise to see Dream Theater for the "Train of Thought Tour" when they opened for Yes on their 35th Anniversary, and they did an instrumental version of "Machine Messiah". But later in their set, they started to play something familiar, and since I was alone for the show, I whispered to myself; "Is that Diary of a Madman???" Which it was, and they put up the image of the album cover on a screen, but instead of Ozzy, it was "Mike Portnoy" as the Madman😛. They did a fantastic job covering it too!
Note: Bassist "Bob Daisly" is one of the sketched faces on the cover of "Long Live Rock 'n Roll" by Rainbow.
These tracks bring me back to hanging with my friend Don, going to "Guitar Row" on Hollywood Blvd. to look at guitars and buy parts for the Amps he would take apart and Hot Rod. And all the bands we'd discover, and it was the start of my LP collection.
- Thanks again Eric! \m/
Note: I only sent you the 1st 2 Ozzy Albums 😉.
Sons of Apollo did a great job of covering a really tough song, I mean Ozzy only performed it live with Joe Holmes .....
Metallica struggled with it, but Kirk called it a brilliant composition a testament to the genius of Randy Rhoads.
The first two albums are BATM and Ultimate Sin, this video is on 2 songs from each of the Blizzard of ozz albums.