I get a little misty eyed, sometimes, realizing that this is the last song on the last studio record that Randy ever played on... and it was absolutely epic! He was a shooting star! I can't even begin to imagine what Randy's next record would've sounded like!
I got to see Randy in concert a month before he died. He’s the reason I took up classical guitar lessons. It tore me up when I hear the tragic news. (S.A.T.O. - Sharon Arden Thelma Osbourne. Some say it as, Sail Across The Ocean) And yes, the rest of the album is epic. Just when you thought Blizzard of Oz was epic, along comes Diary, even more epic. These by far are Ozzy’s best masterpieces with huge thanks to the Late Great Randy Rhoads and of course, Bob Daisley on Bass and Lee Kerslake on drums. This line up was when all the planets and stars in space aligned. Then tragedy struck. R.I. P. Randy. And later, losing Lee Kerslake R.I.P.
Happy New Year. Thanks for your excellent reaction. This is my favorite Ozzy solo track. What a brilliant band he had in place, with Ozzy providing one of his greatest vocal performances.
This song makes my heart ache for what might have been. I know for sure it's helped keep me sane. Bob Daisley wrote the lyrics around his own issues with mental health, and you can hear Randy's potential clearly shining through. This song more than any other convinced me to learn guitar
I was 10yrs old when this album came out. My uncle bought it for me, but I had to sneak it into the house in a Conway Twitty album sleeve so my mom didnt freak out....anyway...This is when Ozzy was still considered an absolute madman and menace to society. This song felt so believable to me. It freaked me out, but I absolutely loved it. Still listening to it now, 40+ yrs later with my kids. Edit: If you want to check out an odd, but great one from Ozzy, listen to "So Tired" off Bark at the Moon. Its so damn good.
Randy was a master on the acoustic in classical and the electric..he knew how to combine them to make them masterpieces...A LEGEND !! imagine what he could've put together through the years..great reaction
I was fortunate enough to see Ozzy's Diary of a Madman tour on February 5, 1982 (I still have the ticket stub) just 6 weeks before Randy died. Randy was just mesmerizing to watch. What an amazing player. I was 15 years old at the time, and that show remains my etched on my memory. Diary is my favorite Ozzy album. That whole era was just incredible. The music still gets me excited!
I've seen a couple thousand live music performances so far in this life. Seeing Randy, Rudy, Tommy and Ozzy play this song live on this tour (just a few months before Randy was killed) will always remain one of the most memorable. That outro for Diary filled the 17,000 seat arena and swirled around the entire hall, then climbed into my head. That was 1981 and it's still swirling around up there. Since then I've seen Ozzy live more times than I can remember. The only thing close to that event, was seeing him a year later at the US Festival with a crowd of over 400,000 people. By the time he got half way through Revelation Mother Earth, he had tears streaming down his face. He was overcome with the concept of playing before that many people, just a few short years after his career was by all accounts over. Randy was special and I'm incredibly fortunate to have seen him play at that time.
While Over the Mountain is what made me buy the album back in 82 , I grew to love every song . But what stands out to me some 40+ years later is the lead work on You cant kill rock n roll. Randys guitar the tonel, the notes, the bends, the sounds, the nuances sounds like his guitar is csreaming for help at times, to this day i picture him standing there with his foot one some incredible wah pedal,sure dont sound like a crybaby, sound like literally a wah from hell , & its so good. The periodic high frequency feedback,almost like a mic feedback. ..... Anywy yeh whole album is awesome but for me You cant kill rock n roll really makesa me feel someething & its mainly due to Randys tone & playing. Just accents teh song & takles it to much higher places.
I bought this album day 1. Totally blew me away. I had tickets to see Ozzy with Randy in Columbus, Ohio. I woke up one morning and my Dad handed me the newspaper and he said "You need to see this." Rock Star Dies in Plane Crash. Still brings me to tears even now. Such a loss. RIP Randy.
This song is a masterpiece composed by the late great legendary Randy Rhoads. Ozzy had very little to do if anything with this album except for sang the Lyrics that were written by Bob Daisley. And vocal melodies were provided by Lee Kerslake.. Ozzy diddnt even know what to think of this when he heard it. Because of the lyrics and time signature changes he diddnt understand. And it has to be explained to him. This was composed and recorded in about 2 weeks because of the push of jet records . Randy felt rushed and wished he had more time and wasn't really happy with the end product. Long live the legacy of Randy Rhoads who will be inspiring generations forever with his greatness.
@JohnSlopReacts your very welcome. I just always try to set the record straight so credit goes where it should. Not to cut down Ozzy. He has a very distinct voice and is a legendary frontman. But the only reason he has the status he does today is because of the talent that he has surrounded himself with over the years. After fired from Sabbath he was a washed up addict. And had very little chances of resurrecting his career because he diddnt have any say or Input with Sabbath, couldn't play an instrument, and really diddnt know how music worked besides singing lyrics written by others. If it wasn't for Dana strum and Randys mom Delores finally persuading Randy to go audition.( Randy diddnt want to because he had 60 students a week and was in Quiet Riot that was his baby that he started at 16) ozzy wouldn't be what we know today. And he knows it. That's why at his recent RRHOF induction for his solo Career he said "if I had never met a guy by the name of Randy Rhoads, I don't think I would be sitting here right now" . - Ozzy Osbourne. I was so happy to see Randy was inducted 3 years before ozzy under the musical excellence catagory. I was surprised that they really got it right. But there was pressure from other musicians to make it happen.
This song is truly a masterpiece. The band was at their peak. I Ozzys vocal were phenomenal. Randy’s guitars, starting with the continual changes in time signatures set the stage for the songs theme. Then moving from haunting to moments of clarity, and anger, frustration. This is just one of the massive reasons Randy is still so influential for guitar players. Even over 40 years after his death. He literally put out these two albums in less than a year with Ozzy. And poof he was gone. I’m glad younger generations are able to see the freaking master musicianship of this album and song
I was 15 when this came out. It was a life changing event then and still is to this day. Ozzy is a force in the world of Metal. I would suggest watching his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The intro by Jack Black sums it up really well. The only thing better than being there in "81" is seeing today "Kids" loving it like we did in a distant yesterday's. Rock will always be a thing...
After all these years..(I remember the day this came out) I NEVER got tired of this song and album..!!! It still gives me chills to hear such an amazing track.
This whole album means so much to me. It was the very first album i bought with my first paycheck from my very first real job at 15. It helped me work through losing my infant brother and being sent to live with my grandparents. A year later, I moved back home and dad and stepmom divorced.
A lot of folks think S.A.T.O. stands for Sail Across the Ocean, which would make sense with the lyrics. It was actually a working title that stuck. It was the intials of the two women at the studio. Sharon Arden, Thelma Osbourne.
we grew up with this album. Imagine getting this album in 83 after it became popular on the rock stations. while in the state hospital as a 12-year-old.
Thank you for the respect of my generations music. My personal opinion, the best rock ‘n’ roll music that ever came out and I was one of the privileged enjoy every minute of it.
I was 14 years old listening to this while locked up in a boys home for troubled kids in a town of 2,000 people & smoking hash another kid stole from his father. The combination of my unreal enviroment & great music like this was like living a dream/nightmare.
Jon you know music bud, 0zzy in my opinion not only is his voice unique its the band he has as well that makes him look sound even better He always had the best guitarits , best drummers, and basist. Can you imagine if guns n roses with ozzy as lead singer it would probably be badass cause there really good as well.
Imagine being a senior in high school when the album came out. My vinyl copy of this album is very worn. It's indeed an epic album and this particular track is the pinnacle. I've found no songs that can follow it, regardless of artist or era. But I think the request to play both songs was intended to mean together, in order. Together, in order, S.A.T.O. is like two volleyball players, the first tipping it in the air, then the second one spiking it. S.A.T.O. leaves you wanting, and and Diary provides a response to which there is no counter. You have to listen to them together in sequence to get the full (and likely intended) effect.
I was one of the fortunate who saw Ozzy live with Randy, and I didn't even know how epic that would be. Imagine the music Randy would have made had he lived to a ripe old age.
This album takes me back to a teenager, trippin' with my big bro and our good buddy. We would blast the album on a big sound system and trip. We had a little garage band and we would "try" to play the songs....we were really melting at that point. We must of sounded horrible 😂. Great times. Kids don't ever do drugs. EVER. but listening to that album trippin' will send you into a different dimension 🫠. Black Sabbath/Dio "Mop Rules" is another good one🤯
Ppl can say what they want about Ozzy.. he's been apart of creating some of the best music ever made..im so glad i was 18 rocking to these powerhouse songs ..i recommend following ozzy and the insane musicians he's employed 👍🔥 enjoy
Ozzy had little to do with the composition and recording of this song. Randy, Bob and Lee were the principal writers of the music. Lee wrote the lyrics. The three of them were given carte blanche in the studio. Ozzy only came in when it was time to record vocals. When Ozzy first heard the arrangement, he had no idea how to put a vocal line to it and remarked, "Who do you think I am? Frank Zappa?"
An amazing tune that scared the hell out of me in concert... back when the album toured with Gillis. It just occurred to me that this is a perfect bookend to the original Black Sabbath opening song. In 68 a scared, stoned young hippie with a figure in black pointing at him is now - 12 years later - doomed.
The one who wrote the lyrics for this one wasn't Ozzy actually but Bob Daisley who had a bout with mental issues when he was 16 years old. By the time this song was released, Bob was 30. So this song talks about Bob and him thinking be was losing his mind. Also hence the odd time signature in the song making the listener question what he/she's hearing thinking that there's something wrong here, something isn't as it should be and this was done deliberately with the recording the song.
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Imagine being 18 back in 1982 when that came out it was cranked up in every high school parking lot across the nation
Regarding the time signature, the verse is in 7/4, and the chorus in 6/8. This is hands down my favorite Ozzy song. Indeed, it is a metal masterpiece.
My fav. As well.
Rip Randy!!!
hey i was gonna say that lol
I get a little misty eyed, sometimes, realizing that this is the last song on the last studio record that Randy ever played on... and it was absolutely epic!
He was a shooting star!
I can't even begin to imagine what Randy's next record would've sounded like!
Same here. The ending of this song is just so... final. The End.
Miss you Randy!
This whole album but especially this song is an absolute masterpiece
Ozzys, first few albums were UNBELIEVABLE. Blizzard of OZ, Speak of the Devil, Diary of a Madman, The Tribute album.......each one was fantastic.
This song was not meant to be listened to, it was meant to be felt and experienced.
I got to see Randy in concert a month before he died. He’s the reason I took up classical guitar lessons. It tore me up when I hear the tragic news. (S.A.T.O. - Sharon Arden Thelma Osbourne. Some say it as, Sail Across The Ocean)
And yes, the rest of the album is epic. Just when you thought Blizzard of Oz was epic, along comes Diary, even more epic. These by far are Ozzy’s best masterpieces with huge thanks to the Late Great Randy Rhoads and of course, Bob Daisley on Bass and Lee Kerslake on drums. This line up was when all the planets and stars in space aligned. Then tragedy struck. R.I. P. Randy. And later, losing Lee Kerslake R.I.P.
I got to see Ozzy on this tour a few weeks before Randy died.
Legendary is right!!!
RANDY IS A LEGEND !!! STILL MY NUMBER ONE GUY SINCE THE EARLY 80'S. I'M 53 AND BEEN PLAYING SINCE I HEARD HIM BACK THEN ....CHEERS !
The entire album is just Incredible.
Happy New Year. Thanks for your excellent reaction. This is my favorite Ozzy solo track. What a brilliant band he had in place, with Ozzy providing one of his greatest vocal performances.
Hey Happy New Year to you as well!
Multiple songs within a song > Diary of a Madman
You are correct. Greatest Classic Metal track of all time, IMO
Reactors need to deep dive Ozzy more. "You can't kill rock n roll" is a great one to do. Same album
Sarebbe da recensire tutto l' album, è un capolavoro assoluto!
Yes, that intro alone for that one is brilliant. Randy Rhoads so creative.
Believer awesome riff
Yeah agreed, Bark at the moon album with Jackie Lee was an underrated album
This song makes my heart ache for what might have been. I know for sure it's helped keep me sane. Bob Daisley wrote the lyrics around his own issues with mental health, and you can hear Randy's potential clearly shining through. This song more than any other convinced me to learn guitar
Same!
One of my favorite albums.
I was 10yrs old when this album came out. My uncle bought it for me, but I had to sneak it into the house in a Conway Twitty album sleeve so my mom didnt freak out....anyway...This is when Ozzy was still considered an absolute madman and menace to society. This song felt so believable to me. It freaked me out, but I absolutely loved it. Still listening to it now, 40+ yrs later with my kids.
Edit: If you want to check out an odd, but great one from Ozzy, listen to "So Tired" off Bark at the Moon. Its so damn good.
Another song I highly recommend is "Tonight." The song itself is a great song, but Randy's exit solo is epic. You should check it out.
I absolutely wore this album out !! One of the best metal albums of all time!!!
Randy changed my life. Excellent reaction. Subscribed.
Randy was a master on the acoustic in classical and the electric..he knew how to combine them to make them masterpieces...A LEGEND !! imagine what he could've put together through the years..great reaction
I was fortunate enough to see Ozzy's Diary of a Madman tour on February 5, 1982 (I still have the ticket stub) just 6 weeks before Randy died. Randy was just mesmerizing to watch. What an amazing player. I was 15 years old at the time, and that show remains my etched on my memory. Diary is my favorite Ozzy album. That whole era was just incredible. The music still gets me excited!
Such a classic...I was 11yrs old when I got this cassette for my birthday. Changed my life...🤘
I've seen a couple thousand live music performances so far in this life. Seeing Randy, Rudy, Tommy and Ozzy play this song live on this tour (just a few months before Randy was killed) will always remain one of the most memorable. That outro for Diary filled the 17,000 seat arena and swirled around the entire hall, then climbed into my head. That was 1981 and it's still swirling around up there.
Since then I've seen Ozzy live more times than I can remember. The only thing close to that event, was seeing him a year later at the US Festival with a crowd of over 400,000 people. By the time he got half way through Revelation Mother Earth, he had tears streaming down his face. He was overcome with the concept of playing before that many people, just a few short years after his career was by all accounts over.
Randy was special and I'm incredibly fortunate to have seen him play at that time.
While Over the Mountain is what made me buy the album back in 82 , I grew to love every song . But what stands out to me some 40+ years later is the lead work on You cant kill rock n roll. Randys guitar the tonel, the notes, the bends, the sounds, the nuances sounds like his guitar is csreaming for help at times, to this day i picture him standing there with his foot one some incredible wah pedal,sure dont sound like a crybaby, sound like literally a wah from hell , & its so good. The periodic high frequency feedback,almost like a mic feedback. ..... Anywy yeh whole album is awesome but for me You cant kill rock n roll really makesa me feel someething & its mainly due to Randys tone & playing. Just accents teh song & takles it to much higher places.
THIS reaction is the Best I've ever watched, Your commentary was on point and just phenomenal. Thank You for making an old woman's day🌹
Great song! Great reaction! Memories of just getting my license and blasting this as loud as we could!🤘🎸🤘
Absolutely the correct face for the entire song. Especially the solo!
Metal heads aren’t so weird after all lol, thanks for redeeming RR
A CLASSIC!!!! This whole album is LEGENDARY!!! "Flying High Again", "Over the Mountain", "You Can't Kill Rock n Roll", all of them really lol
Randy was just getting started, RIP Randy Rhoads your surely missed...
The correct reaction ever..you were speechless ❤
I bought this album day 1. Totally blew me away. I had tickets to see Ozzy with Randy in Columbus, Ohio. I woke up one morning and my Dad handed me the newspaper and he said "You need to see this." Rock Star Dies in Plane Crash. Still brings me to tears even now. Such a loss. RIP Randy.
Randy was a true diamond among stones. Over the Mountain was amazing, his work here was simply astonishing
Before he died he was wanting to do more classical music
Bro. Welcome to my era. God bless ya brother. You're a good dude. Love from Texas.
I feel good that people will still be listening to this stuff after we are gone and I think you will also.
For the intro, Randy double tracked it by using nylon strings for one and steel strings for the other.
Your reaction right after the end reminded me of me the first time I heard this in 1981. I was 16. Bravo!! 😊
Imagine hearing it for the first time when it was new and no one knew.
This was my first concert in 1982. I’ll never forget it!
A masterpiece.
The intro was based on Leo Brouwer's Simple Etude #6.
Beautiful how musicians keep all genres alive. Thanks for the info!
This song is pure genius and brilliant.
This song is a masterpiece composed by the late great legendary Randy Rhoads. Ozzy had very little to do if anything with this album except for sang the Lyrics
that were written by Bob Daisley. And vocal melodies were provided by Lee Kerslake.. Ozzy diddnt even know what to think of this when he heard it. Because of the lyrics and time signature changes he diddnt understand. And it has to be explained to him. This was composed and recorded in about 2 weeks because of the push of jet records . Randy felt rushed and wished he had more time and wasn't really happy with the end product. Long live the legacy of Randy Rhoads who will be inspiring generations forever with his greatness.
Haha Ozzy's a trooper. Would love to be a fly on the wall while he attempts to grasp the song. Thanks for the info!
@JohnSlopReacts your very welcome. I just always try to set the record straight so credit goes where it should. Not to cut down Ozzy. He has a very distinct voice and is a legendary frontman. But the only reason he has the status he does today is because of the talent that he has surrounded himself with over the years. After fired from Sabbath he was a washed up addict. And had very little chances of resurrecting his career because he diddnt have any say or Input with Sabbath, couldn't play an instrument, and really diddnt know how music worked besides singing lyrics written by others. If it wasn't for Dana strum and Randys mom Delores finally persuading Randy to go audition.( Randy diddnt want to because he had 60 students a week and was in Quiet Riot that was his baby that he started at 16) ozzy wouldn't be what we know today. And he knows it. That's why at his recent RRHOF induction for his solo Career he said "if I had never met a guy by the name of Randy Rhoads, I don't think I would be sitting here right now" . - Ozzy Osbourne. I was so happy to see Randy was inducted 3 years before ozzy under the musical excellence catagory. I was surprised that they really got it right. But there was pressure from other musicians to make it happen.
When Ozzy first heard what they were working on, he said something like, " Who do you think i am, Frank Zappa!?"
@PolkadotRhoads I have heard that. 😂
Another song that ozzy got credit for and didnt have Anything to do with writing. This was written by Bob Daisley
This song is truly a masterpiece. The band was at their peak. I
Ozzys vocal were phenomenal. Randy’s guitars, starting with the continual changes in time signatures set the stage for the songs theme. Then moving from haunting to moments of clarity, and anger, frustration.
This is just one of the massive reasons Randy is still so influential for guitar players. Even over 40 years after his death. He literally put out these two albums in less than a year with Ozzy. And poof he was gone.
I’m glad younger generations are able to see the freaking master musicianship of this album and song
This is his best album RIP Randy Rhoades
I was 15 when this came out. It was a life changing event then and still is to this day. Ozzy is a force in the world of Metal. I would suggest watching his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The intro by Jack Black sums it up really well. The only thing better than being there in "81" is seeing today "Kids" loving it like we did in a distant yesterday's.
Rock will always be a thing...
Used to fall asleep to this album in 1986 with headphones on my Fisher stereo when I was in 7th grade. Awesome!
After all these years..(I remember the day this came out) I NEVER got tired of this song and album..!!! It still gives me chills to hear such an amazing track.
This whole album means so much to me. It was the very first album i bought with my first paycheck from my very first real job at 15. It helped me work through losing my infant brother and being sent to live with my grandparents. A year later, I moved back home and dad and stepmom divorced.
S.A.T.O. sail across the ocean 🤘🔥🤘as an old man this song gets me so emotional.. some of the best music ever made..will be around forever 👍
"That was the most epic outro ever" I tend to agree. Check out also Revelation/Mother Earth from his first
A lot of folks think S.A.T.O. stands for Sail Across the Ocean, which would make sense with the lyrics. It was actually a working title that stuck. It was the intials of the two women at the studio. Sharon Arden, Thelma Osbourne.
It's N.A.T.O., only with more Satan
I've always known it as Sail Away To Oz.
Interesting
I had read at the time the album came out that it was Saturday Night At The Opera…but who knows, it’s a killer track. 💔
Bob daisley tells about it in his book
Yes you are completely right
this is one of the best metal songs
That album you would put it on and listen to every song . One after the other . Best of times for music. Especially compared to now
S.A.T.O. from the same album are phenomenal. Guitar, bass and drums are over the top
we grew up with this album. Imagine getting this album in 83 after it became popular on the rock stations. while in the state hospital as a 12-year-old.
I agree It is my all time favorite song Grew up on this album
Thank you for the respect of my generations music. My personal opinion, the best rock ‘n’ roll music that ever came out and I was one of the privileged enjoy every minute of it.
I was 14 years old listening to this while locked up in a boys home for troubled kids in a town of 2,000 people & smoking hash another kid stole from his father. The combination of my unreal enviroment & great music like this was like living a dream/nightmare.
2:34 always fun to see someone get their first taste of Randy. Welcome to the club, bro.
Enjoyed your reaction / analysis 😊
This is a masterpiece..end ..jesus i never get sick of hearing this..this wont be your last time hearing this my friend
I saw Ozzy twice with Randy.
🎸🎼🎶🎵🔥
Jon you know music bud, 0zzy in my opinion not only is his voice unique its the band he has as well that makes him look sound even better
He always had the best guitarits , best drummers, and basist.
Can you imagine if guns n roses with ozzy as lead singer it would probably be badass cause there really good as well.
Killer album! Blizzard of Ozz is great too!
Imagine being a senior in high school when the album came out. My vinyl copy of this album is very worn. It's indeed an epic album and this particular track is the pinnacle. I've found no songs that can follow it, regardless of artist or era. But I think the request to play both songs was intended to mean together, in order. Together, in order, S.A.T.O. is like two volleyball players, the first tipping it in the air, then the second one spiking it. S.A.T.O. leaves you wanting, and and Diary provides a response to which there is no counter. You have to listen to them together in sequence to get the full (and likely intended) effect.
I was one of the fortunate who saw Ozzy live with Randy, and I didn't even know how epic that would be. Imagine the music Randy would have made had he lived to a ripe old age.
This album takes me back to a teenager, trippin' with my big bro and our good buddy. We would blast the album on a big sound system and trip. We had a little garage band and we would "try" to play the songs....we were really melting at that point. We must of sounded horrible 😂. Great times.
Kids don't ever do drugs. EVER.
but listening to that album trippin' will send you into a different dimension 🫠. Black Sabbath/Dio "Mop Rules" is another good one🤯
My all-time favorite album and all-time favorite song.
This is all Daisley and Rhoads…
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I was in junior high when this came out. I believe it is his best album ever. Start to finish.
I still remember when I bought this when it came out, unfortunately when ozzy got to my area Randy had already passed. Legendary album 🤘
I was with ozzy from black sabbath till now this song still sends chills up my spine
It blew my mind back when it was released.
The crowning ächievement of this particular line up.
I’ve been listening to this song since it first came out. It’s still my all time favorite Ozzy or Black Sabbath song!
One of Randy's best songs. Believer is another favorite of mine from this album.
the song is about his battle with mental health
Bob right? He wrote this song about himself.
By far my favorite Ozzy track. I am a huge fan of almost all of it but this one is special.😎
Ppl can say what they want about Ozzy.. he's been apart of creating some of the best music ever made..im so glad i was 18 rocking to these powerhouse songs ..i recommend following ozzy and the insane musicians he's employed 👍🔥 enjoy
🌴🇬🇺 EXCELLENT ANALOGY 👍🔥🌋🔥 Welcome to the never again duplicated metal masterpiece duo of Ozzy n Randy
this song made me realize that ozzy is a musical genius.
the rest of life , maybe not so much. But music? The man is freaken awesome.
The first album Blizzard of Oz. Lee Kerslake played the drums basically straight forward. On Dairy of a Madman. He really cuts loose.
For sure! Nothing can top this epic masterpiece. This entire album is the best.
Yes…it’s all that epic.
...now I wait for "Over the Mountain"
His first two albums are my favorite. I also like no more tears with ZACH.
I forgot how good this was
I forgot about Lee Kerslake being in the group. He played with Uriah Heep for many years..
Diary of a Madman is literally my favorite Ozzy song. Ever.
Diary of a Madman is a classic epic album no doubt about it.
the lyrics are as menacing as the music of a mad man losing control Perfectly done.
This record is in my Top 10 of all time. Diary is one of those once in a lifetime tracks. It's on lots of famous metal players top lists.
Ozzy had little to do with the composition and recording of this song. Randy, Bob and Lee were the principal writers of the music. Lee wrote the lyrics. The three of them were given carte blanche in the studio. Ozzy only came in when it was time to record vocals. When Ozzy first heard the arrangement, he had no idea how to put a vocal line to it and remarked, "Who do you think I am? Frank Zappa?"
Correct. Except that Bob Daisley wrote the Lyrics. Lee wrote the vocal melody.
@@seanentrikin9263 Thanks for the clarification!
An amazing tune that scared the hell out of me in concert... back when the album toured with Gillis.
It just occurred to me that this is a perfect bookend to the original Black Sabbath opening song.
In 68 a scared, stoned young hippie with a figure in black pointing at him is now - 12 years later - doomed.
The one who wrote the lyrics for this one wasn't Ozzy actually but Bob Daisley who had a bout with mental issues when he was 16 years old. By the time this song was released, Bob was 30. So this song talks about Bob and him thinking be was losing his mind. Also hence the odd time signature in the song making the listener question what he/she's hearing thinking that there's something wrong here, something isn't as it should be and this was done deliberately with the recording the song.
Ozzy's best solo album.
It's a 5 out of 5.
You should play it in Gaza
@@dingdangdong-t1q Gaza is gone. You-know -who destroyed it.
One of Ozzys' best album's.
The time signature in the verse is 7/4 and prechorus is 3/4. 4/4 in the bridge before the solo.
If you play go look at the music.