My mother loved classical music. When I was in my early teens and playing the "Paranoid" album - War Pigs in particular, she came over and told me that she liked his voice. She said when he sings, he sounds like he's crying - she could hear the emotion. I think there's some truth to that - he has a very unique mournful quality to his voice.
That's cool your ma picked up on that, I've always thought the same. Especially Live in Paris 1970, in particular NIB his vocal expressions are absolutely captivating. When he sings the chorus/bridge part, just wow...
"I think? 🤔", MOST of us DO/DID...Lol ESPECIALLY us old skewlers of the whole 80s, EARLY 90s era OZZY daze.... Indeed, indeed....I never knew HOW MUCH Sharon WAS? TRULY involved IN, the WHOLE "OZZY OSBOURNE SHOW" etc. that is, up until I read former OZZY bassist Rudy Sarzo's book "Off the Rails", not too drastically long after it's debut.... THAT BOOK, and another one called "The OZZY OSBOURNE BAND" ARE? ESSENTIAL "OZZY BAND" READING material! 🤌 ESPECIALLY? For fans of the great Randy Rhoads!.... But yeah, to be brutally honest? It WAS, quite the eye opener for myself, personally to actually "see", just, HOW MUCH Sharon WAS truly, behind soooo MANY of Ozzy's overall antics/STAGE SHOWS and, on n on...... TRULY eye opening! 👀, indeed ........😎🤘🔥🤘
I agree with you Ralph. Man i hope one day they release some concert footage of Blizzard of Ozz live with Ozzy, Bob, Randy and Lee. 🤘 that would be freaking incredible! Also Love UFO The wild, the Willing and the Innocent Rules
OZZY was not successful because of the band !! He was successful because HIS VOICE AND THE SONGS THAN THE BAND MEMBERS WHO HELP CREATE THAT SOUND !! THOSE SONGS AND THE NAME OZZY WILL LIVE FOREVER !! PLUS THE IMAGE OF HIS RECORD COVERS !!
Really? Why didn't you support their other work then? They do ish without Ozzy. Not even Iommi who is top 5. He sold 100 million albums based on his guitarists? Malmsteen would be bigger then the Beatles if guitar work is all that mattered in music.
Is he Dio... No. Is Dio Ozzy? No Did Ozzy get alot of help? Yup Everyone gets alot of help. Is Ozzy a Shitbag? Maybe. Is Sharon the Devil... Absolutely. I bet that's his problem.
Umm, if I'm not mistaken, every great vocalist has great musicians around them. All of them Plant- Page, DLR- EVH, I could on and on here. Ozzy has the most unique sounding voice in all of Rock/ Metal. Even if it's a song I've never heard, I only need to hear one or two lyrics and I know it's Ozzy. He's also a danm fine song writing as well. Show me one great singer who doesn't have a great band behind him/her.
Ozzy is a great and unique singer. Perfect melodies. Iconic timbre. He's not an American Idol singer and none of the greatest vocalists in rock have ever had that bland cookie cutter style. It's about character. Ozzy is the X factor in his success. It doesn’t matter who is in his band, he always sells records.
I kind of agree. Ozzy isn't even my favorite Black Sabbath singer. In my humble opinion, Gillan improved on Iron Man and Supernaut when Ian sang those songs. Sabbath got popular because of Iommi's brilliant compositions and songwriting. And I'm not saying all vocalists need to have insane vocal range. But they need to have a unique sound when they sing. Ozzy was blessed to have always been surrounded by great musicians.
@slimgingermusic6151 yeah,that's shitty...although $haron handled the money aspect (along with basically everything else)...one would think Ozzy would've grew a pair and demanded his band members to be paid more...maybe that's why she always let him get fubar...
Neil has a point, but not one that's not already widely believed (that Ozzy's voice, while unique, isn't technically competent). But rock isn't about technical competence; it's about character, bringing something original to the table. And in that respect - as well as Ozzy's ability to write vocal melodies, etc. - Ozzy is a talent. I agree with you there, Ralph. Neil's point about Ozzy surrounding himself with top-shelf musicians is ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! I always considered Ozzy's greatest talent is his ability to see talent and make the most of it, giving musicians a platform to showcase their talents. Bottom line: is Ozzy's voice technical fantastic? No, but it does't need to be. Is he Dio? No, but he's a unique talent that we should enjoy unto itself.
I am kind of surprised at the idea Ozzy cant sing....I have always loved his voice within the genre. while I am sure he has used some studio trickery to boost his voice, theres only so much they can do to mask someone who truly cant sing. say you dont like his voice as in the timbre and tone, but he sings great whether it be metal or ballads.
It's hard to give a short answer to this. No doubt Ozzy always had talent as a performer, but yes his voice may not be everyone's taste. He had a great band in Black Sabbath but he was a PART of that greatness. After he got kicked out I think it became a team effort. We can call it Team Ozzy: Sharon with her connections & influence with her Dad, to get him up out of the hotel in LA where he was drunk & depressed with pizza boxes everywhere. To Dana Strum, later bassist for Slaughter to tell him about Randy Rhoads & set up the rehearsal. And for keeping Ozzy awake during the rehearsal to hear Randy coming through that amp! To Bob Daisley for writing those wonderful lyrics & Randy writing that music & playing it so exquisitely. After this yeah we know Sharon crushed anyone & everything in her path ruthlessly! But after the terrible tragedy of Randy's death, Brad Gillis stepped up as well as best he could. To Jake E. Lee being so awesome! And if we hadn't have gotten Jake, we would've had George Lynch before we got Zakk Wylde. Not to mention Rudy Sarzo & Tommy Aldridge when Sharon crushed Bob & Lee Kerslake! So YES Ozzy's OZZY!! And he's always been awesome, and today is his Birthday! So Happy Birthday, Ozzy!! But he has had an awesome team around him too including Sabbath. So it's Team Ozzy! GO TEAM!
When people make greatest metal singers lists, you don’t usually see Ozzy on them. Don’t get me wrong I love Ozzy. In high school I sang for a band, I had no problem being able to sing old Sabbath and Ozzy songs, but it was difficult to sing Priest and Maiden.
Ozzy has a uniquely eerie bluesy soulful golden voice, the young Ozzy 100% nailed his vocals accurately live in Paris in 1970. Kevin Dubrow of Quiet Riot never broke through with Randy Rhoads, yet those 3 rare Quiet Riot reunion show bootlegs from 5-29-80 and 5-30-80 when a leveled up Randy Rhoads came home on break, after the Blizzard of Ozz album was recorded, lit the spark that eventually pushed Kevin over the top…Randy Rhoads fans should check out ruclips.net/video/XVhcuO13tAU/видео.htmlsi=YuYquqar4lzO6hTp🎸🤟🏼
And yet always the most successful. Talent is subjective. Skill isn't. Joe Holmes Should have sold more albums then Ozzy if he was more talented. Ozzy wouldn't be able to replicate success over and over again with different musicians if he wasn't the X factor in his success.
Ozzy has conflicting, heart, soul, love.. all our emotions and he delivers in a way only he can. Hes the best in my opinion.. real.. I hate sabbath but ozzy solo always spoke to me... in many ways
The success of any band is the sum of its parts, not just any single person. Any solo artist has a band behind them. It takes everyone. 🤘🤘 Ozzy does rule!
Ozzy is a good singer with a unique and unmistakable voice. Nobody else sounds like Ozzy and that’s why other ppl singing Sabbath Ozzy era songs or his solo stuff completely fail covering them. Have your opinion but I think the man has done a lot for rock and metal music,we all owe him respect.
i heard iommi (i think -or maybe osbourne himself ) say that he was sick of ozzy just following the riff with his vocal melody But yeh , does take a LOT of creativity and even musicality to invent a melody that is counterpoint to the riff .
Randy is has been my greatest idol and influence since Blizzard came out and I got to see Randy on the Diary tour. I love Ozzy's voice. He made it unique by the sound of his voice. I mean David Lee Roth wasn't the best singer but still one of the best. Lee and Bob did come up with some of the vocal melodies they gave Ozzy on Blizzard and Diary but still Ozzy delivered it.
He is totally correct! Look, I LOVE Ozzy, but lets face it, he cant sing, he really cant. His voice made Sabbath sound even more ominous. If you listen to first album as great as it is, he is FLAT on alot of the tracks. Geezer wrote all the great Sabbath stuff, Daisley wrote all the Blizzard stuff. I have always maintained that Ozzy was the luckiest motherfucker in rock history. I am not saying he doesnt have talent, he just as the man said was surrounded by very talented people.
He absolutely can and no vocal coach would ever agree with that statement. Having a unique timbre doesn't make you a bad singer. His technique even improved as he progressed through his career. You can judge him based on the first album of his career bud. Also there was no vocal processing and they made the album in a day. His vocal melodies alone made many of the songs iconic. Bad singers don't come up with great vocal melodies. No one can listen to sabatoge and call that bad singing. If he is lucky then obviously the people he's worked with would be successful without him. None of them have come close. Micheal Jackson surrounded himself with great musicians and producers but you would never use that as a slight on his career. You're just repeating what others have said.
@@mr.brenman2132 I agree with much of what you. Ozzy had a unique voice and wrote great melodic vocal lines. He had good vocal range but lacked technique and control. I think when people are arguing whether Ozzy was good or not, they’re confusing the two separate aspects of singing… Technical and emotional/ creative. Ozzy was poor technical singer but he was a great emotional/ creative singer, which is more important. I love Ozzy voice and melodic vocal melodies.
I have no use for Ozzy as a vocalist or as a performer. He is a druggie who soils himself. If Ozzy auditioned for your band, sans the famous brand, you would pass on him.
@ You’re right. When I heard Dio perform Ozzys songs on the Live Evil album it just didn’t sound as good because early Sabbath has a different feel than the songs on Heaven and Hell/Mob Rules.
I used to take vocal lessons and would still struggle to sing stuff from sabbath bloody sabbath and sabatage and even Diary. People who say Ozzy couldn't sing or wasn't technically great have no idea how hard it is to sing in his vocal range. I'm just glad im not one if those people that doesn't like his voice cause it sure has brought me alot of enjoyment
Regardless of whether or not Ozzy's talented or not...He's still a scumbag for how awful he treated people...Jake was just one of many people Ozzy and Sharon screwed over...I used to love Ozzy, but I've lost interest in him and his music...I can't get past their scumbaggy business practices.
I don't know the girl, nor who's hiding behind the orchestral bells (Lee Kerslake?). The guy standing with the white bass (Gibson SG Standard, 30" scale) is Bob Daisley.
Maybe NOT "the GREATEST singer" on paper etc. and WHEN he was/is "off" etc? He DOES sound fairly atrocious BUT YEAH MAN, WHEN the Ozz IS/WAS "ON"? 🤨....And IN the groove, backed UP by some of the BEST HARD ROCKING MUSICIANS ON THE PLANET?....It pretty much, speaks for it ALL, ITSELF! (IF ya ask me myself and I).... NTM? "TRY FINDING" someone ELSE TO DO OZZY VOCALS in the actual "LIVE context" as well.😏.. Just to see/hear "HOW easy/OR NON impressive" Ozzy's vocal capabilities ARE/WERE! 😏 (I think "some of this," IS QUITE APPARENT/CONFIRMED, by JUST a couple of the industry's "TOP singers" just TRYING to COVER OZZY'S stuff on the more recent RnR hall of Shame induction ceremony! 😵💫) The guy's voice IS?...."METAL".... HEAVY frickin METAL!.....And YEAH! WHO IS Neil Carter anyways? 🤨 ..I mean, "I GET", Thin Lizzy HAD/HAS "it's share of followers/fans" as well TOO, but seriously? Ask ME IF I EVER WAS "a fan" of THEIR "ROCK MUSIC?" of the 70s, per say?....... NOT really 😕...Nor DO I "comprehend"either , HOW BIG some of "THEIR fanbase" IS , EITHER! So, yeah! Again? The chyt DOES cut, BOTH ways......ROCK the funk ON. 🤘🔥🤘
He may not be a technical great singer, but his voice is very distinctive, you know it’s Ozzy the moment you hear his voice. The guy is talented. And he has surrounded himself with great musicians. This guy can have his own opinion and that’s fine, but I think he’s wrong. Also Ozzy has always been a fun showman to watch. I love Ozzy
I used to kinda feel this way too but over the years i have grown to respect ozzys talent. Of course he has had killer axemen from top to bottom holy shit they're all so badass. But you can say he can't sing, until you try to sing his material. It's hard as shit! And oh man did you guys see them at the rnr hall of fame singing his songs? Omg it was bad. Gave me even more respect for what he has done in his career. I admit I don't really know shit about singing. Im a guitar player. But don't make the same mistake i did and underestimate the prince of darkness.
The lyrics are half of a song concerning royalties. The melody is half of the music. If someone writes both lyrics and melody, he/she owns 75% of the song. I don't know how much of the lyrics did Ozzy write, he's supposed to be dyslexic or something but writing the melody which is half the music to world wide timeless songs puts him in the mega talented group of musicians for me. I'm very surprised when people consider him talentless and even more that coming from someone inside the music business. As you said, if someone doesn't like his voice is a whole different thing
Somebody sounds butthurt that somebody basically just told you the truth about Ozzy. He doesn't have a great voice,his stage presence is goofy. He is talented, but not talented enough to do anything without all the talent that he had around him his whole career. So don't cry, it's okay, you'll get over it, and tomorrow is a new day lol
That's completely false. Ozzy is a great singer. Excellent and unique timbre. His technique improved over time. His vocal melodies are genius and enhance every song they are apart of. His stage movements might have been quirky in his dotage but in his prime he was one of the best. He's a star because he has the it factor. Sharon knew that from the beginning. There have been a lot of great musicians that have written a lot of great songs. Why weren't they as popular as Ozzy? Ozzy didn't make top 40 music either. No one he has every worked with has ever been as successful without him. Everything he's ever done has been successful regardless of the musicians. It's plug and play. You could literally apply your logic to Michael Jackson but you never would. It's a ridiculous statement.
@mr.brenman2132 look yeah he did cause the average person likes cartoon characters half the people who know of him think he's that doppy dad on the Osbornes he was surrounded by musicians and songwriters if he didn't act like a bafoon he would have never gotten anywhere
The most false thing ever said. Something you would never apply to any other musician or singer. No vocal coach would ever call him a bad singer. His melodies are genius and made the legendary songs he's been apart of even more iconic. If he had nothing to do with his success then the musicians he has worked with would have had equal or more success without him. None of them have. None of them have Cone close. Not even Tony Iommi.
No..with a CAPITAL N.......Ozzy had some pipes,definitely...even with the cheesy lyrics n songs on Bark at the Moon...,he still sang them lyrics great....definitely a professional....Crowley, Tonight,am i goin insane radio,im mean Flyin high again..listen to that,his vocals the way he pronounce the words n tells it make ya feel like ur flying high...lol..im writing this while im listening to you say the same thing..lol...but anways,yeah Ozzy can sing,no doubt a bout it....✌️
Definitely like Ozzy's voice/singing most in the 70's and his first couple of solo albums. After that, I'm just not a huge fan. Example, I'll take his voice any day on a song like Sabbath's Dirty Women over that duet he did with Lita Ford
Ozzy was never a Pavarotti type if you’re talking voice, like an Eric Adams. But what he had was the most unique voice. You’ve never heard another vocalist and mistook him for Ozzy.
Listen to old shows and you will discover Ozzy was actually a good singer until around Never Say Die era, he went downhill from there imo. His party lifestyle damaged his voice, and he was never the same vocalist to me.
Ozzy may not be as good of a singer as Dio or Serj Tankian but, his voice is still amazing & he's one of my all-time favorite singers. Maybe if UFO had Ozzy as their singer, they'd be more than just a footnote in heavy metal history.
So many great rock vocalist couldn't hold a proper note like a real singer to save their lives. Ozzy and DLR I would put somewhere toward the top of that non-singer vocal stylist heap. Ronnie Dio was a real singer. See the difference? A singer vs. A vocal stylist. Who's the clown hittin' all the proper notes? That ain't rock-n-roll man! Oh, it's just Graham Bonnet. Meh...Gimmie Ozzy and the like anyday.
You either get Ozzy or you don't. He's the lunatic who escaped the asylum, and found himself somehow in front of a microphone in a rock band. That's all you need to know. Don't try and overthink it. He can sing music box inspired melodies over thunderous guitar riffs, and weave a kind of magic and madness that blend effortlessly together in song. Can he sing YES!
Just cause Ozzy doesn't sound like Freddie, doesn't mean he wasn't a good singer! I saw him with Sabbath on 3 tours, saw him with Randy on the Diary tour, and lastly with Jake at the US Festival! He kicked ass every time! The only thing wrong with Ozzy is Sharon! This guy should zip it.
What he's saying is true, but misses the larger point. On the one hand, Ozzy had a ton of musicians that were the true creative juices of the band. Ozzy doesn't write. BUT, Ozzy as a front man is up there with Plant, DLR, etc. Maybe not now, but back in the day Ozzy had the most unique voice in heavy metal. You know it's him the first line of the song. He entertained like Alice Cooper or KISS in showmanship with the his outfits, his stage antics, and the way he interacted with the audience. I don't agree with the way Ozzy treated so many of his bandmates, but his talent can't be denied. Just because he didn't write, doesn't mean he wasn't important. Jack Nicholson didn't write his parts, but his acting can't be denied.
@ Yes, although Bob wrote the lyrics and is criminally disrespected by the Ozzy camp, Randy worked very well with Ozzy as Ozzy would provide many of the melodies.
I do like ozzys voice but he got lucky having great songwriters. Most of his albums weren’t that great. First 2 10 out of 10. I don’t think he wrote music for black sabbath did he?
🤷♂️well it’s true. He surrounds himself with talented players that write songs and Ozzy takes the credit. He’s been very lucky that he had great song writers and musicians.
That moma I am cominhg home song is the worst piece of**** song and my most hated track ever!!!!!! complete sell out garbage that belonged on a country and western album. The Only song Ozzy ever sang that sounded like a professional behind the Mic was Sabbra Caddabra.
I love Ozzy. But he's not a great singer. Neither is Bob Dylan, Neil Young Kris Kristofferson and Vince MEAL 🤪. But all are popular and successful!! All these guys have talent. And I don't like Dylan or Young !!
You're right. He's an excellent singer with unique timbre and great vocal melodies. Imagine comparing Ozzy to Bob Dylan 🤦♂️. Neil Young is also a great singer. I guess you think the only great singers are on American idol.
Yeah sabbath bloody sabbath. Sonofabitch is he singing his ASS off on that song. fucking slayed me the first time i heard it on 8 track and it still does to this day.
Ozzy has the most unique singing voice ever in my opinion. No one sounds like Ozzy or even close to him. Musicians like Don Airey, Jake E Lee, Tony Iommi and even Bob Daisley have all said that Ozzy wrote all the melidies and that it came easily to him. That is definitely a talent.
I love Ozzy always have Along with millions of other people around the world For over 50 years As a matter of fact most of my actual house pets have literally sat in front of the television set to watch Ozzy Osbourne on TV I wouldn't be here to actually write this Without Ozzy helping me through life so far 😀 My advice for anybody that doesn't like Ozzy Is to possibly set up a gynecological appointment Because if you don't like Ozzy You've obviously got some sort of serious vagina problem 😀 Another good one Ralph As usual Thanks dude
I know it’s all subjective, but if you take his vocals on Sabotage… I don’t believe there’s another vocalist could ever lend that distinctive presence to the songs on that album. Have also heard Halford singing with Sabbath and the Ozzy numbers were not as good… and that’s coming from me as a huge Priest fan. Plus if he was that bad, Bob Daisley wouldn’t have played with him, would he? Lol
He's never been accused of being a great singer. He's a totally unique singer. Plus he's nuts. A legend.
My mother loved classical music. When I was in my early teens and playing the "Paranoid" album - War Pigs in particular, she came over and told me that she liked his voice. She said when he sings, he sounds like he's crying - she could hear the emotion. I think there's some truth to that - he has a very unique mournful quality to his voice.
That's cool your ma picked up on that, I've always thought the same. Especially Live in Paris 1970, in particular NIB his vocal expressions are absolutely captivating. When he sings the chorus/bridge part, just wow...
While i agree Ozzy isn't technically a good singer. I'd say that the sound of his voice is unique and recognizable.
@@NobleBruv I couldn't agree more his high end satanic tone sounded great on the airwaves
Ozzy's main talent is stealing publishing.
That is Sharon, she learned from her father.
@@EDDIETRUJILLO-q8p Ozzy was complicit...He knew what was happening...He's just as much of a scumbag as Sharon.
@@EDDIETRUJILLO-q8p But Ozzy let's her do it. You know guys have talked to Ozzy about it.
I totally agree with Neil Carter.
I liked Ozzy better before I knew who Sharon was.
I could not agree with you more. Everything I loved about Sabbath happened pre Sharon
"I think? 🤔", MOST of us DO/DID...Lol ESPECIALLY us old skewlers of the whole 80s, EARLY 90s era OZZY daze.... Indeed, indeed....I never knew HOW MUCH Sharon WAS? TRULY involved IN, the WHOLE "OZZY OSBOURNE SHOW" etc. that is, up until I read former OZZY bassist Rudy Sarzo's book "Off the Rails", not too drastically long after it's debut.... THAT BOOK, and another one called "The OZZY OSBOURNE BAND" ARE? ESSENTIAL "OZZY BAND" READING material! 🤌 ESPECIALLY? For fans of the great Randy Rhoads!.... But yeah, to be brutally honest? It WAS, quite the eye opener for myself, personally to actually "see", just, HOW MUCH Sharon WAS truly, behind soooo MANY of Ozzy's overall antics/STAGE SHOWS and, on n on...... TRULY eye opening! 👀, indeed ........😎🤘🔥🤘
Pretty much, I never thought he was that great. Jake E Lee on the other hand, now that’s a fuckin talent!!!
I agree with you Ralph. Man i hope one day they release some concert footage of Blizzard of Ozz live with Ozzy, Bob, Randy and Lee. 🤘 that would be freaking incredible! Also Love UFO The wild, the Willing and the Innocent Rules
I saw The Blizzard Of Oz in 1981 with Randy. I was front row and I loved it!!! Motorhead was the opener
I saw that show in Chicago. Top 5 all time concert for me.
OZZY was not successful because of the band !! He was successful because HIS VOICE AND THE SONGS THAN THE BAND MEMBERS WHO HELP CREATE THAT SOUND !! THOSE SONGS AND THE NAME OZZY WILL LIVE FOREVER !! PLUS THE IMAGE OF HIS RECORD COVERS !!
RIP Randy
saw the first two blizzard concerts. the fans in Cleveland were going crazy.
Most Ozzy fans are actually fans of his guitarists. I know i am.
Really? Why didn't you support their other work then? They do ish without Ozzy. Not even Iommi who is top 5. He sold 100 million albums based on his guitarists? Malmsteen would be bigger then the Beatles if guitar work is all that mattered in music.
Is he Dio... No. Is Dio Ozzy? No
Did Ozzy get alot of help? Yup Everyone gets alot of help.
Is Ozzy a Shitbag? Maybe.
Is Sharon the Devil... Absolutely. I bet that's his problem.
I'm gonna beg to differ with ya on that....not saying there isnt,but,Fans of Ozzy cover a huge vast spectrum of genre...✌️
Yep
My main influence on guitar has been Randy Rhoads. So many people love the guitarists he had. So you definitely aren’t wrong
I agree with you, you're a pretty wise man Mr Viera!!
Umm, if I'm not mistaken, every great vocalist has great musicians around them. All of them
Plant- Page, DLR- EVH, I could on and on here. Ozzy has the most unique sounding voice in all of Rock/ Metal. Even if it's a song I've never heard, I only need to hear one or two lyrics and I know it's Ozzy. He's also a danm fine song writing as well. Show me one great singer who doesn't have a great band behind him/her.
@@briandarazs6620 well not if you go back to the 50s and 60s... Lol
How hard is that, you can hear his voice. I could guess David Coverdale, Ian Gillan, Bruce Dickinson etc. etc. in 2 seconds, it's not hard...
😂😂 your missing the point. Yup, there's always one that thinks he's smarter than the rest. @2hi2dye
Those vocalists you mention are generic at best. @@2hi2dye
@@2hi2dye can't do it with the computer altered hacks of today
Ozzy is a great and unique singer. Perfect melodies. Iconic timbre. He's not an American Idol singer and none of the greatest vocalists in rock have ever had that bland cookie cutter style. It's about character. Ozzy is the X factor in his success. It doesn’t matter who is in his band, he always sells records.
Spot on brutha!!!
"Long ago I wandered through my mind."
I kind of agree. Ozzy isn't even my favorite Black Sabbath singer. In my humble opinion, Gillan improved on Iron Man and Supernaut when Ian sang those songs. Sabbath got popular because of Iommi's brilliant compositions and songwriting. And I'm not saying all vocalists need to have insane vocal range. But they need to have a unique sound when they sing. Ozzy was blessed to have always been surrounded by great musicians.
Mostly everyone knows those guys from being in Ozzy. Great musicians but totally agree with you Ralph.
Another great show!!!
I really like Ozzy's voice, he's the guy who put a particular singing style on the map. The man is a legend and I love his work. Thanks Doc.
Truth bomb
Ozzy is a clown
Pay the musicians who write your songs.
Randy made $100 a week till he died.😢
@slimgingermusic6151 yeah,that's shitty...although $haron handled the money aspect (along with basically everything else)...one would think Ozzy would've grew a pair and demanded his band members to be paid more...maybe that's why she always let him get fubar...
Like Most... He probably has a problem with Sharon.
Neil has a point, but not one that's not already widely believed (that Ozzy's voice, while unique, isn't technically competent). But rock isn't about technical competence; it's about character, bringing something original to the table. And in that respect - as well as Ozzy's ability to write vocal melodies, etc. - Ozzy is a talent. I agree with you there, Ralph. Neil's point about Ozzy surrounding himself with top-shelf musicians is ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! I always considered Ozzy's greatest talent is his ability to see talent and make the most of it, giving musicians a platform to showcase their talents. Bottom line: is Ozzy's voice technical fantastic? No, but it does't need to be. Is he Dio? No, but he's a unique talent that we should enjoy unto itself.
Black Sabbath live in Paris 1970 is prime Ozzy! The best “live Ozzy” ever ❤
I am kind of surprised at the idea Ozzy cant sing....I have always loved his voice within the genre. while I am sure he has used some studio trickery to boost his voice, theres only so much they can do to mask someone who truly cant sing. say you dont like his voice as in the timbre and tone, but he sings great whether it be metal or ballads.
It's hard to give a short answer to this. No doubt Ozzy always had talent as a performer, but yes his voice may not be everyone's taste. He had a great band in Black Sabbath but he was a PART of that greatness. After he got kicked out I think it became a team effort. We can call it Team Ozzy: Sharon with her connections & influence with her Dad, to get him up out of the hotel in LA where he was drunk & depressed with pizza boxes everywhere. To Dana Strum, later bassist for Slaughter to tell him about Randy Rhoads & set up the rehearsal. And for keeping Ozzy awake during the rehearsal to hear Randy coming through that amp! To Bob Daisley for writing those wonderful lyrics & Randy writing that music & playing it so exquisitely.
After this yeah we know Sharon crushed anyone & everything in her path ruthlessly! But after the terrible tragedy of Randy's death, Brad Gillis stepped up as well as best he could. To Jake E. Lee being so awesome! And if we hadn't have gotten Jake, we would've had George Lynch before we got Zakk Wylde. Not to mention Rudy Sarzo & Tommy Aldridge when Sharon crushed Bob & Lee Kerslake! So YES Ozzy's OZZY!! And he's always been awesome, and today is his Birthday! So Happy Birthday, Ozzy!! But he has had an awesome team around him too including Sabbath. So it's Team Ozzy! GO TEAM!
When people make greatest metal singers lists, you don’t usually see Ozzy on them. Don’t get me wrong I love Ozzy. In high school I sang for a band, I had no problem being able to sing old Sabbath and Ozzy songs, but it was difficult to sing Priest and Maiden.
Ozzy has a uniquely eerie bluesy soulful golden voice, the young Ozzy 100% nailed his vocals accurately live in Paris in 1970. Kevin Dubrow of Quiet Riot never broke through with Randy Rhoads, yet those 3 rare Quiet Riot reunion show bootlegs from 5-29-80 and 5-30-80 when a leveled up Randy Rhoads came home on break, after the Blizzard of Ozz album was recorded, lit the spark that eventually pushed Kevin over the top…Randy Rhoads fans should check out ruclips.net/video/XVhcuO13tAU/видео.htmlsi=YuYquqar4lzO6hTp🎸🤟🏼
Ozzy is talented, yes, but I still think it's fair to say that he's always been the least talented member of his bands
And yet always the most successful. Talent is subjective. Skill isn't. Joe Holmes Should have sold more albums then Ozzy if he was more talented. Ozzy wouldn't be able to replicate success over and over again with different musicians if he wasn't the X factor in his success.
@@mr.brenman2132 correct, many good players out there in the local bands that can play , but Ozzy has social magnetism
@@Cueya Correct 👍
Awesome video
Thanks!
Ozzy has conflicting, heart, soul, love.. all our emotions and he delivers in a way only he can. Hes the best in my opinion.. real.. I hate sabbath but ozzy solo always spoke to me... in many ways
OZZY is a Bad Man he's a very Bad Man...
2:43 Awesome pic!
Ozzy said himself in an old interview as he mimmicks "I'll do it my way" that he's a rock n roll singer, not Frank Sinatra...
The success of any band is the sum of its parts, not just any single person. Any solo artist has a band behind them. It takes everyone. 🤘🤘 Ozzy does rule!
Vocal melody is super important. Ozzy provided that in spades!🤘
Ozzy is a good singer with a unique and unmistakable voice. Nobody else sounds like Ozzy and that’s why other ppl singing Sabbath Ozzy era songs or his solo stuff completely fail covering them. Have your opinion but I think the man has done a lot for rock and metal music,we all owe him respect.
i heard iommi (i think -or maybe osbourne himself ) say that he was sick of ozzy just following the riff with his vocal melody
But yeh , does take a LOT of creativity and even musicality to invent a melody that is counterpoint to the riff .
Randy is has been my greatest idol and influence since Blizzard came out and I got to see Randy on the Diary tour. I love Ozzy's voice. He made it unique by the sound of his voice. I mean David Lee Roth wasn't the best singer but still one of the best. Lee and Bob did come up with some of the vocal melodies they gave Ozzy on Blizzard and Diary but still Ozzy delivered it.
He is totally correct! Look, I LOVE Ozzy, but lets face it, he cant sing, he really cant. His voice made Sabbath sound even more ominous. If you listen to first album as great as it is, he is FLAT on alot of the tracks. Geezer wrote all the great Sabbath stuff, Daisley wrote all the Blizzard stuff. I have always maintained that Ozzy was the luckiest motherfucker in rock history. I am not saying he doesnt have talent, he just as the man said was surrounded by very talented people.
Yep, exactly 👍🏻
He absolutely can and no vocal coach would ever agree with that statement. Having a unique timbre doesn't make you a bad singer. His technique even improved as he progressed through his career. You can judge him based on the first album of his career bud. Also there was no vocal processing and they made the album in a day. His vocal melodies alone made many of the songs iconic. Bad singers don't come up with great vocal melodies. No one can listen to sabatoge and call that bad singing. If he is lucky then obviously the people he's worked with would be successful without him. None of them have come close. Micheal Jackson surrounded himself with great musicians and producers but you would never use that as a slight on his career. You're just repeating what others have said.
@@Scottocaster6668Nope. Completely false.
@@mr.brenman2132 I agree with much of what you. Ozzy had a unique voice and wrote great melodic vocal lines. He had good vocal range but lacked technique and control. I think when people are arguing whether Ozzy was good or not, they’re confusing the two separate aspects of singing… Technical and emotional/ creative. Ozzy was poor technical singer but he was a great emotional/ creative singer, which is more important. I love Ozzy voice and melodic vocal melodies.
I have no use for Ozzy as a vocalist or as a performer. He is a druggie who soils himself.
If Ozzy auditioned for your band, sans the famous brand, you would pass on him.
He is no Dio but Ozzy is a pretty good singer.
Yes, he’s no Dio… but Dio was no Ozzy either. The Ozzy era NEVER sounded right when performed by Dio.
@ You’re right. When I heard Dio perform Ozzys songs on the Live Evil album it just didn’t sound as good because early Sabbath has a different feel than the songs on Heaven and Hell/Mob Rules.
Listen to ‘Killing yourself to Live’ from Sabbath and tell me Ozzy isn’t awesome!
cool take bro.
yeah my favourite sabbath song is The Writ
I used to take vocal lessons and would still struggle to sing stuff from sabbath bloody sabbath and sabatage and even Diary. People who say Ozzy couldn't sing or wasn't technically great have no idea how hard it is to sing in his vocal range. I'm just glad im not one if those people that doesn't like his voice cause it sure has brought me alot of enjoyment
He doesn't Have to be a Good singer .......He's OZZY ...........
Regardless of whether or not Ozzy's talented or not...He's still a scumbag for how awful he treated people...Jake was just one of many people Ozzy and Sharon screwed over...I used to love Ozzy, but I've lost interest in him and his music...I can't get past their scumbaggy business practices.
Ozzie's biggest talent is surrounding himself by the best musicians and songwriters money can buy
Sure, I guess there's a valid argument about Ozzy's vocals, but sometimes it's more than vocal talent to me.
Ozzy killed a bunch of cats therefore I refuse to contribute to him at all
Stay heavy 🤟🤟🤟
Listen to King Diamond his black cat Magic is alive !!! 🤟🤟🤟
Easily the most agreeable comment here
UFO didn't need a saxophone. Thankfully he didn't bring it out when I saw UFO on their Last Orders tour in late 1999 and early 2000 right before COVID
Is that Eddie Van Halen and Valerie in a pic with Randy Rhoads? 6:00
I don't know the girl, nor who's hiding behind the orchestral bells (Lee Kerslake?). The guy standing with the white bass (Gibson SG Standard, 30" scale) is Bob Daisley.
He's got a nice tone to his voice.
O Z Z Y 🦇
agreed!! and it's a testament to Ozzie's enduring talent that all these cats lotted in to make his solo career happen when push came to shuv
Even Blackmore said he very well might have the best voice in Rock.
Maybe NOT "the GREATEST singer" on paper etc. and WHEN he was/is "off" etc? He DOES sound fairly atrocious BUT YEAH MAN, WHEN the Ozz IS/WAS "ON"? 🤨....And IN the groove, backed UP by some of the BEST HARD ROCKING MUSICIANS ON THE PLANET?....It pretty much, speaks for it ALL, ITSELF! (IF ya ask me myself and I).... NTM? "TRY FINDING" someone ELSE TO DO OZZY VOCALS in the actual "LIVE context" as well.😏.. Just to see/hear "HOW easy/OR NON impressive" Ozzy's vocal capabilities ARE/WERE! 😏 (I think "some of this," IS QUITE APPARENT/CONFIRMED, by JUST a couple of the industry's "TOP singers" just TRYING to COVER OZZY'S stuff on the more recent RnR hall of Shame induction ceremony! 😵💫) The guy's voice IS?...."METAL".... HEAVY frickin METAL!.....And YEAH! WHO IS Neil Carter anyways? 🤨 ..I mean, "I GET", Thin Lizzy HAD/HAS "it's share of followers/fans" as well TOO, but seriously? Ask ME IF I EVER WAS "a fan" of THEIR "ROCK MUSIC?" of the 70s, per say?....... NOT really 😕...Nor DO I "comprehend"either , HOW BIG some of "THEIR fanbase" IS , EITHER! So, yeah! Again? The chyt DOES cut, BOTH ways......ROCK the funk ON. 🤘🔥🤘
One thing Neil carter and many others will say is the fact that Ozzy is a helluva alot easier to get along with than Phil mogg
He may not be a technical great singer, but his voice is very distinctive, you know it’s Ozzy the moment you hear his voice. The guy is talented. And he has surrounded himself with great musicians. This guy can have his own opinion and that’s fine, but I think he’s wrong. Also Ozzy has always been a fun showman to watch. I love Ozzy
Ozzy knows how to work the audience
Ozzy sucks more than Sammy Belcher!
I used to kinda feel this way too but over the years i have grown to respect ozzys talent. Of course he has had killer axemen from top to bottom holy shit they're all so badass. But you can say he can't sing, until you try to sing his material. It's hard as shit! And oh man did you guys see them at the rnr hall of fame singing his songs? Omg it was bad. Gave me even more respect for what he has done in his career. I admit I don't really know shit about singing. Im a guitar player. But don't make the same mistake i did and underestimate the prince of darkness.
Hard to imagine someone so into rock and roll that cant feel Ozzy properly.. who knows
Lets be honest its the guitarists that make ozzys music shine. Ozzy is funny, a good frontman.... but his band and writers that pushes him
The lyrics are half of a song concerning royalties. The melody is half of the music. If someone writes both lyrics and melody, he/she owns 75% of the song. I don't know how much of the lyrics did Ozzy write, he's supposed to be dyslexic or something but writing the melody which is half the music to world wide timeless songs puts him in the mega talented group of musicians for me. I'm very surprised when people consider him talentless and even more that coming from someone inside the music business. As you said, if someone doesn't like his voice is a whole different thing
Somebody sounds butthurt that somebody basically just told you the truth about Ozzy. He doesn't have a great voice,his stage presence is goofy. He is talented, but not talented enough to do anything without all the talent that he had around him his whole career. So don't cry, it's okay, you'll get over it, and tomorrow is a new day lol
That's completely false. Ozzy is a great singer. Excellent and unique timbre. His technique improved over time. His vocal melodies are genius and enhance every song they are apart of. His stage movements might have been quirky in his dotage but in his prime he was one of the best. He's a star because he has the it factor. Sharon knew that from the beginning. There have been a lot of great musicians that have written a lot of great songs. Why weren't they as popular as Ozzy? Ozzy didn't make top 40 music either. No one he has every worked with has ever been as successful without him. Everything he's ever done has been successful regardless of the musicians. It's plug and play. You could literally apply your logic to Michael Jackson but you never would. It's a ridiculous statement.
Never liked him the luckiest S O B in the world
@@AdrianJeffreys-fj2fv Somehow he lucked out for 40 years....right.
@mr.brenman2132 look yeah he did cause the average person likes cartoon characters half the people who know of him think he's that doppy dad on the Osbornes he was surrounded by musicians and songwriters if he didn't act like a bafoon he would have never gotten anywhere
Ozzy's best is when he was with black sabbath .
The most correct thing ever said
The most false thing ever said. Something you would never apply to any other musician or singer. No vocal coach would ever call him a bad singer. His melodies are genius and made the legendary songs he's been apart of even more iconic. If he had nothing to do with his success then the musicians he has worked with would have had equal or more success without him. None of them have. None of them have Cone close. Not even Tony Iommi.
No..with a CAPITAL N.......Ozzy had some pipes,definitely...even with the cheesy lyrics n songs on Bark at the Moon...,he still sang them lyrics great....definitely a professional....Crowley, Tonight,am i goin insane radio,im mean Flyin high again..listen to that,his vocals the way he pronounce the words n tells it make ya feel like ur flying high...lol..im writing this while im listening to you say the same thing..lol...but anways,yeah Ozzy can sing,no doubt a bout it....✌️
Definitely like Ozzy's voice/singing most in the 70's and his first couple of solo albums. After that, I'm just not a huge fan. Example, I'll take his voice any day on a song like Sabbath's Dirty Women over that duet he did with Lita Ford
that's bc Ozzy does suck (IMO)
Your opinion sucks.
Ozzy was never a Pavarotti type if you’re talking voice, like an Eric Adams. But what he had was the most unique voice. You’ve never heard another vocalist and mistook him for Ozzy.
Is ozzy pavorati? No, but he IS the prince of darkness and was a godfather of metal...good enough for me
Uhhh....This dude is no Schenker or Chapman!
Ozzy’s solo stuff is hokey and cringey as all hell. That thumbnail of him holding the big cross with a cape on and Farah Fawcett hair case in point.
A I Ozzy was hilarious
It all depends on the drugs.
Ozzy was the weakest link in Sabbath. He was a character but musically he is nothing great.
not a great singer....but he has a great voice for the type of music his band plays.
Listen to old shows and you will discover Ozzy was actually a good singer until around Never Say Die era, he went downhill from there imo. His party lifestyle damaged his voice, and he was never the same vocalist to me.
Ozzy has a cool depressing voice and it works for some songs, yea Alice cooper better singer but yea Ozzy's still cool
Ozzy may not be as good of a singer as Dio or Serj Tankian but, his voice is still amazing & he's one of my all-time favorite singers. Maybe if UFO had Ozzy as their singer, they'd be more than just a footnote in heavy metal history.
So many great rock vocalist couldn't hold a proper note like a real singer to save their lives. Ozzy and DLR I would put somewhere toward the top of that non-singer vocal stylist heap. Ronnie Dio was a real singer. See the difference? A singer vs. A vocal stylist. Who's the clown hittin' all the proper notes? That ain't rock-n-roll man! Oh, it's just Graham Bonnet. Meh...Gimmie Ozzy and the like anyday.
You either get Ozzy or you don't. He's the lunatic who escaped the asylum, and found himself somehow in front of a microphone in a rock band. That's all you need to know. Don't try and overthink it. He can sing music box inspired melodies over thunderous guitar riffs, and weave a kind of magic and madness that blend effortlessly together in song. Can he sing YES!
That is on point.. well said..🤘
Bullshit. Ozzy’s a good singer, and one of the most recognizable voices in Metal.
Just cause Ozzy doesn't sound like Freddie, doesn't mean he wasn't a good singer! I saw him with Sabbath on 3 tours, saw him with Randy on the Diary tour, and lastly with Jake at the US Festival! He kicked ass every time! The only thing wrong with Ozzy is Sharon!
This guy should zip it.
Who is this guy? Never heard of him. Lol.
What he's saying is true, but misses the larger point. On the one hand, Ozzy had a ton of musicians that were the true creative juices of the band. Ozzy doesn't write. BUT, Ozzy as a front man is up there with Plant, DLR, etc. Maybe not now, but back in the day Ozzy had the most unique voice in heavy metal. You know it's him the first line of the song. He entertained like Alice Cooper or KISS in showmanship with the his outfits, his stage antics, and the way he interacted with the audience.
I don't agree with the way Ozzy treated so many of his bandmates, but his talent can't be denied. Just because he didn't write, doesn't mean he wasn't important. Jack Nicholson didn't write his parts, but his acting can't be denied.
Randy Rhoads didn't make it with Quiet Riot. Let that sink in!
The songs they wrote when he was in quiet riot sucked
That's all you need to know. OZZY RULES!
Randy needed Bob Daisley.
@ Yes, although Bob wrote the lyrics and is criminally disrespected by the Ozzy camp, Randy worked very well with Ozzy as Ozzy would provide many of the melodies.
I do like ozzys voice but he got lucky having great songwriters. Most of his albums weren’t that great. First 2 10 out of 10. I don’t think he wrote music for black sabbath did he?
Ozzy has always sucked.
Yeah, that's why he sold 100 million albums playing metal 🤦♂️
@mr.brenman2132 So?
🤷♂️well it’s true. He surrounds himself with talented players that write songs and Ozzy takes the credit. He’s been very lucky that he had great song writers and musicians.
That moma I am cominhg home song is the worst piece of**** song and my most hated track ever!!!!!! complete sell out garbage that belonged on a country and western album. The Only song Ozzy ever sang that sounded like a professional behind the Mic was Sabbra Caddabra.
I love Ozzy. But he's not a great singer. Neither is Bob Dylan, Neil Young Kris Kristofferson and Vince MEAL 🤪. But all are popular and successful!!
All these guys have talent. And I don't like Dylan or Young !!
You're right. He's an excellent singer with unique timbre and great vocal melodies. Imagine comparing Ozzy to Bob Dylan 🤦♂️. Neil Young is also a great singer. I guess you think the only great singers are on American idol.
Yeah sabbath bloody sabbath. Sonofabitch is he singing his ASS off on that song. fucking slayed me the first time i heard it on 8 track and it still does to this day.
Ozzy has the most unique singing voice ever in my opinion. No one sounds like Ozzy or even close to him. Musicians like Don Airey, Jake E Lee, Tony Iommi and even Bob Daisley have all said that Ozzy wrote all the melidies and that it came easily to him. That is definitely a talent.
I love Ozzy always have
Along with millions of other people around the world
For over 50 years
As a matter of fact most of my actual house pets have literally sat in front of the television set to watch Ozzy Osbourne on TV
I wouldn't be here to actually write this
Without Ozzy helping me through life so far 😀
My advice for anybody that doesn't like Ozzy
Is to possibly set up a gynecological appointment
Because if you don't like Ozzy
You've obviously got some sort of serious vagina problem 😀
Another good one Ralph
As usual
Thanks dude
I love ozzy voice it made black sabbrth black sabbeth he is very talented he played homonica what legenda.izz rules
I know it’s all subjective, but if you take his vocals on Sabotage… I don’t believe there’s another vocalist could ever lend that distinctive presence to the songs on that album. Have also heard Halford singing with Sabbath and the Ozzy numbers were not as good… and that’s coming from me as a huge Priest fan.
Plus if he was that bad, Bob Daisley wouldn’t have played with him, would he? Lol