Everything he plays in children of the grave is the best rock guitar playing in any song ever and that solo is mean, nasty, melodic, beautiful and every other emotion you can think of. The guy died in 1982 and there has been a multitude of amazing players that we have all heard and think are great. Yet what Randy played and how he played it has us all listening like we are hearing it for the first time. I’ve often thought about what it is about his playing that consumes me, the best I’ve come up with is, while there are some truly unbelievably brilliant guitar players around, it feels like when Randy put his guitar on he became the guitar, they were indistinguishable from each other, no thinking involved, his guitar felt what he felt and outrageous levels of shit hot just fell out of them. You really do need to evoke the unbelievable to understand how he did what he did.
@@thomastaylor6102 What's interesting is that Randy absolutely despised playing the Sabbath songs and this is documented. How unbelievable is it that a song he didn't like playing is where Randy really shone through everything? Still blows my mind and I first heard Tribute in 87 when it was released.
Randy possessed his guitar. His guitar possessed Randy. Together they became intricate, unparalleled pure artistry. Anyone can shred. What Randy does in Children of the Grave is beyond where anyone has ever performed since. So many motions and impossible licks in this song. Nothing else comes close. Chills 40 years later.
scary part...Randys just "winging it'...and doing it LIVE!!...... he didnt really care for the Sabbath material. When you take someone elses song and do this??. Sorry, Rhoads was the greatest to ever do it.
I could not agree more. The way he played Children of the Grave is insane. No words I can say do justice the way he played that song. Legendary from the first to last note. The best guitar player I ever heard that's for sure.
Whenever I listen to Randy’s version of children of the grave, I go on an emotional roller coaster. Very melodic and colorful playing, plus those pinch harmonics just give it such a punchy feel that isn’t there in sabbath’s version. One of his best solos along with Mother Earth and Mr. Crowley
Damn this world for taking him away so soon and after more than 40 years still so missed by so many still touching hearts RANDY RHOADES you are missed so much
6:53 Top ten solo of all time right here folks. Randy must have known this night was going to be on the KPFH because he definitely brought the special sauce. And to a Sabbath song no less!
Randy was not so fond of Sabbath repertoire I guess because Iommi's power chord riffs weren't really a challenge musically to him. But when he played Sabbath songs, he took them to a supersonic level.
I highly doubt that's true. If anything, Rhoads was a heavy metal guitar player and like all metal guitarists, he paid a certain amount of homage to Iommi and Sabbath for kicking the doors open. He was simply playing these songs in his style which was very different than Iommi's style. EVH idolized Iommi. That doesn't mean he was going to adopt his style and start playing Iron Man at Van Halen shows. Randy was a force on guitar and anything he played was going to be played in his style. It would be the same if he was playing Whole Lotta Love or Jumping Jack Flash.
@@kevinbillingsley8256 that's even farther from the truth.....he didn't like metal as much as you think...he would rather have been home teaching classical. Guitar...it wasn't paying the bills like metal In the 80s was
@@jeffpatton6358 He was playing in Quiet Riot before Ozzy, touring the LA metal scene in a nobody band. At that time, they made absolutely nothing. Some bands paid the Whiskey and other clubs to play there for the exposure. Loving it is the only reason you would ever suffer through that.
@@jeffpatton6358 He didn't teach classical guitar. He didn't even start taking classical lessons until he was touring with Ozzy. He only taught guitar for money. He wanted to make it. That's why he ditched his own band to go with Ozzy. Here's an interview with his brother and sister. They explain all this. ruclips.net/video/UrVxLh0XVLQ/видео.html
I know Iommi wrote this, but Randy just shines so brightly here that the song is better than it ever could have been played by Tony. This performance shows us just what an amazing musician Randy was. I can't even imagine what he would be doing now if he'd never stepped onto that plane.
I bought this album new of course because of Ozzy. But Randy Rhodes brought so much energy into every song. Totally blew my mind! And it was LIVE! What a great freakin album! RIP Randy.
no one can replace a prodigy like Randy. He would have been even better given more time, he lived to play. Glad we got to experience his extreme talent. His solo work, is so intense and deep it brings a tear to your eyes.
That's what's so messed up. Imagine how much BETTER he'd be today. He might be considered the GOAT by most people for all we know! I think he definitely had that potential and it's a shame he was taken so young.
God was like-- "I'm sorry, but you mere mortals don't deserve the guitar genius of Randy Rhodes.. So i will take him back to my kingdom, where his entire life was conceived and where he can be welcomed and appreciated without criticism and prejudice.. "
What's amazing is that Randy had a subtle chorus effect on his guitar throughout this show and this effect was nearly stripped out for the Tribute album. Kind of a slap in the face as Randy used this effect quite a lot. The effect is there in the Tribute version just way more subtle than what he actually had probably due to Ozzy doubling his vocal's after the fact among other production editing.
I don’t care what anybody says, but Randy was the GREATEST guitar player to of ever walked on this planet! Period. He died when I was 13. And I still listen to him almost every day. he was just a kid at 25 when he left us. I just couldn’t fathom what he’d be like today now in 2022. Just 3 words, Beyond breath taking!!!!!
Whether he was the greatest is always subjective, but he is not a wrong answer to the queston as to whom is the greatest of all time, simply a brilliant player. in the last couple of days I have listened to the isolated guitar tracks on youtube and you miss so much when the other guys are playing. He was doing a lot of little things, such a melodic player. Of course there is that 1978 guitar lesson someone just posted of him
People (including Randy) like to say he didn't love playing the Sabbath songs but this solo begs otherwise. I dissected the part at 7:11 note for note on guitar and you don't just whip out a riff like that. No way - that was melodic riffing that took time to put together before ever playing live.
Randy was not so fond of Sabbath repertoire I guess because Iommi's power chord riffs weren't really a challenge musically to him. But when he played Sabbath songs, he took them to a supersonic level.
RR's tone is so unique. I can't really describe it it's kinda like he's carving with the guitar idk. Has to be a top 5-10 GOAT rock guitarist easily. I have him 2nd but I'm really biased :D
Its not just the tone bro...every song in his hands were different...not comparing versions and all guitar players that has played with Ozzy...but Randy had something unique, its more than tone, technique, feeling equipment what ever....its the soul you know...not possible to explain or compare to any guitar player, even those dead or alive...
I thought I read somewhere that Randy did not even really try to learn the Sabbath songs, he gave them a listen and figured them out and but added and changed stuff
I love how he played that solo from children of the grave. He was on another level there. That's the guitar solo for the song. Sorry Tony, props for you but... shrug... it'd Randy.
I hear Randy play thse Sabbath and songs and I wonder at what point, Tony does the right and sign over all songwriting and performance royalties to Randy's estate.
Wish Randy would have recorded more Tony Iommi's riffs. I can only imagine Fairies Wear Boots and Symptom of the Universe. 🎸. Heck Van Halen played them all.
Can someone shed done light on this for me, I've listened to about 6 live recordings of Randy playing this song now, they are all over RUclips. Every version I've heard besides this one, from the tribute album , he s basically just playing as fast as he can and it just doesn't have any of the melody that this version has. Did he know this was gonna be recorded and thought it out a little more?
Tommy Aldridge and randy had the most incredible chemistry together ! I really think Aldridge is very underlooked because of how great randy was but damnnn he could make any half decent guitar player sound good !!!
Well in Randy one of the greatest to ever do it, and as Tommy has said Randy made him better forcing him to raise his game as he played on the notes and would change stuff up
@@dcpatters0 this is one of the shows used, of course they touched up Ozzy's vocals.....but this was not the best show to choose from I have heard countless others, August 7th 1981.....he destroys Flying high again
Is this bat heads soup? Sure sounds like it because of the tape cuts in it. Randy was ahead of his time, and this bootleg is THE ULTIMATE RANDY SHOW CAPTURED. Wish there was a dozen shows like this, so far none have surfaced.
This solo of Children of The Grave is my favorite of the Randy. Once I suffered a motorcycle accident while listening to it, hehe!
lol really? hahaha
Everything he plays in children of the grave is the best rock guitar playing in any song ever and that solo is mean, nasty, melodic, beautiful and every other emotion you can think of. The guy died in 1982 and there has been a multitude of amazing players that we have all heard and think are great. Yet what Randy played and how he played it has us all listening like we are hearing it for the first time. I’ve often thought about what it is about his playing that consumes me, the best I’ve come up with is, while there are some truly unbelievably brilliant guitar players around, it feels like when Randy put his guitar on he became the guitar, they were indistinguishable from each other, no thinking involved, his guitar felt what he felt and outrageous levels of shit hot just fell out of them. You really do need to evoke the unbelievable to understand how he did what he did.
Its my favorite along with Mr crawly and revelation mother earth
@@thomastaylor6102 What's interesting is that Randy absolutely despised playing the Sabbath songs and this is documented. How unbelievable is it that a song he didn't like playing is where Randy really shone through everything? Still blows my mind and I first heard Tribute in 87 when it was released.
Randy possessed his guitar. His guitar possessed Randy. Together they became intricate, unparalleled pure artistry. Anyone can shred. What Randy does in Children of the Grave is beyond where anyone has ever performed since. So many motions and impossible licks in this song. Nothing else comes close. Chills 40 years later.
scary part...Randys just "winging it'...and doing it LIVE!!...... he didnt really care for the Sabbath material. When you take someone elses song and do this??. Sorry, Rhoads was the greatest to ever do it.
It's sad Randy Rhodes is not here to listen to his music or perform his songs. He's not here to play the guitar 😭😭😭
I could not agree more. The way he played Children of the Grave is insane. No words I can say do justice the way he played that song. Legendary from the first to last note. The best guitar player I ever heard that's for sure.
@@philnorman5912 but this is nowhere near his best version it got better on the Diary tour, he was changing it up still.
Whenever I listen to Randy’s version of children of the grave, I go on an emotional roller coaster. Very melodic and colorful playing, plus those pinch harmonics just give it such a punchy feel that isn’t there in sabbath’s version. One of his best solos along with Mother Earth and Mr. Crowley
It's sad he's not here to listen to his music or perform his songs or play the guitar 😭😭😭
Damn this world for taking him away so soon and after more than 40 years still so missed by so many still touching hearts
RANDY RHOADES you are missed so much
Goddamn this solo... like he was from another planet!!! Awesome!!!!
Even better than the original Iommi solo. RIP Rhandy.
This is honestly the coolest version of Iron Man I've ever heard. Randy fucking blows my mind.
The best guitarist ever
Public Hall Downtown Cleveland ! I was there ! Motorhead opened up with Fast Eddie ! Epic
I didn't realize Motorhead opened, what a concert.
6:53 Top ten solo of all time right here folks. Randy must have known this night was going to be on the KPFH because he definitely brought the special sauce. And to a Sabbath song no less!
Randy was not so fond of Sabbath repertoire I guess because Iommi's power chord riffs weren't really a challenge musically to him. But when he played Sabbath songs, he took them to a supersonic level.
I highly doubt that's true. If anything, Rhoads was a heavy metal guitar player and like all metal guitarists, he paid a certain amount of homage to Iommi and Sabbath for kicking the doors open. He was simply playing these songs in his style which was very different than Iommi's style. EVH idolized Iommi. That doesn't mean he was going to adopt his style and start playing Iron Man at Van Halen shows. Randy was a force on guitar and anything he played was going to be played in his style. It would be the same if he was playing Whole Lotta Love or Jumping Jack Flash.
@@kevinbillingsley8256 that's even farther from the truth.....he didn't like metal as much as you think...he would rather have been home teaching classical. Guitar...it wasn't paying the bills like metal In the 80s was
@@jeffpatton6358 He was playing in Quiet Riot before Ozzy, touring the LA metal scene in a nobody band. At that time, they made absolutely nothing. Some bands paid the Whiskey and other clubs to play there for the exposure. Loving it is the only reason you would ever suffer through that.
And for the record, he formed Quiet Riot. Metal was clearly his genre.
@@jeffpatton6358 He didn't teach classical guitar. He didn't even start taking classical lessons until he was touring with Ozzy. He only taught guitar for money. He wanted to make it. That's why he ditched his own band to go with Ozzy. Here's an interview with his brother and sister. They explain all this.
ruclips.net/video/UrVxLh0XVLQ/видео.html
I know Iommi wrote this, but Randy just shines so brightly here that the song is better than it ever could have been played by Tony. This performance shows us just what an amazing musician Randy was. I can't even imagine what he would be doing now if he'd never stepped onto that plane.
Not better just different. Randy is sick though. Iommi is dark, I love it
Don't forget Tony had metal finger tips
Audio quality is the BEST I’ve heard of Ozzy & RR live. ****ing awesome
Yeah, I'll take this any day over the Tribute album production.
Randy is .. and always will be a guitar God 🎸
WE LOVE YOU, MASTER OZZY!!! WE'RE NUMBER 1... RANDY, YOU'RE ETERNAL!!! 🇧🇷🦇✌😝
6:15 fill still is so amazing. Randy was truly amazing
He bends a string as hard as it could be bent without breaking 🤣 fucking love Randyb
5:37 is possibly the heaviest live Guitar tone known to mankind. It fucking rules, and then he adds those harmonics. Masterful.
I bought this album new of course because of Ozzy. But Randy Rhodes brought so much energy into every song. Totally blew my mind! And it was LIVE! What a great freakin album! RIP Randy.
I had the pleasure of being in attendance that evening in Cleveland. It was my first concert. I feel blessed to have been able to see Randy live.
8 more years for me to be born when he played
38 years later and I still listen to this performance
Randy is a beast!
RR’s soloing at the end of this song is a guitar clinic for the uninitiated.
those harmonics, jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez. kick ass. Hopefully he is now reunited with his mother. Dee
Only Randy could make a good thing even better! Bravo sweet soul in heaven.
I was at the May 9 '81 in Dayton OH just 2 days before this
Everytime i hear this i get chills and i was there
this is exactly the same song that appears on the live tribute album
no one can replace a prodigy like Randy. He would have been even better given more time, he lived to play. Glad we got to experience his extreme talent. His solo work, is so intense and deep it brings a tear to your eyes.
That's what's so messed up. Imagine how much BETTER he'd be today. He might be considered the GOAT by most people for all we know! I think he definitely had that potential and it's a shame he was taken so young.
LONG LIVE RANDY RHOADS!
Très beau souvenir 🤩
Damn! Rhoads just f__king kills it!!! Absolutely phenomenal!
El mejor solo improvisado de la historia del heavy metal y fue por el unico randy rhoads sentimiento puro y amor a la musica. Randy x siempre.
Hace 32 años q escucho este solo y siempre se me caen lagrimas.
que grande randy....ese solo es un pedazo de historia para el rock
best version ever
God was like-- "I'm sorry, but you mere mortals don't deserve the guitar genius of Randy Rhodes.. So i will take him back to my kingdom, where his entire life was conceived and where he can be welcomed and appreciated without criticism and prejudice.. "
Rhoads*
Rhythmista same with jimmy hendrix and metallicas bassists
Rhythmista ko M😃
He kills it!! Long live Randy!
Thank you for posting this masterpiece.
cuerollen say that agai
Randyはカバー曲でもすぐに自分のカッコイイ曲にしてしまう。Iron Manカッコよすぎる🎸
The licks at 7:48 to 7:54 are amazing!
Finalmente achei o show do álbum tribute😍
The children of the grave sounds a lot like the track used on tribute, wonder if it is?
What's amazing is that Randy had a subtle chorus effect on his guitar throughout this show and this effect was nearly stripped out for the Tribute album. Kind of a slap in the face as Randy used this effect quite a lot. The effect is there in the Tribute version just way more subtle than what he actually had probably due to Ozzy doubling his vocal's after the fact among other production editing.
I was at this show
The fukin guy plays something different every verse, every chorus, he adds something. even the feed backs perfect.
He was a wizard
2:22 DAMN that part throws me into nirvana
Amazing to hear randy playing that low E string
Randy Rhoads, never forgotten.
never forgotten never emulated....
I don’t care what anybody says, but Randy was the GREATEST guitar player to of ever walked on this planet! Period. He died when I was 13. And I still listen to him almost every day. he was just a kid at 25 when he left us. I just couldn’t fathom what he’d be like today now in 2022. Just 3 words,
Beyond breath taking!!!!!
Whether he was the greatest is always subjective, but he is not a wrong answer to the queston as to whom is the greatest of all time, simply a brilliant player. in the last couple of days I have listened to the isolated guitar tracks on youtube and you miss so much when the other guys are playing. He was doing a lot of little things, such a melodic player.
Of course there is that 1978 guitar lesson someone just posted of him
The guy was just unfuckinbelievable.
people love the two albums, but really the songs are better live the way he plays and changed them
I think the only song that doesn't sound better live is Crazy Train.@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle
amo vc ozzi
MELHOR PERFORMANCE DO OZZY
Randy didn't like playing Sabbath songs, he was never a fan, but fuck he made those songs his own!!! I hope he made Tony Iommie proud.
People (including Randy) like to say he didn't love playing the Sabbath songs but this solo begs otherwise. I dissected the part at 7:11 note for note on guitar and you don't just whip out a riff like that. No way - that was melodic riffing that took time to put together before ever playing live.
Randy was not so fond of Sabbath repertoire I guess because Iommi's power chord riffs weren't really a challenge musically to him. But when he played Sabbath songs, he took them to a supersonic level.
Monster solo! And the squeals!
My favorite sabbath song (iron man) being played by my favorite guitarist
I wish if there was a video tape for the same
Randy era foda kkkķkkk tocava muito
This distortion......JESUS!!!!
2:03 DAMN!!
So cool randy
The Greatest Rock Guitarist Ever. Planet Earth forever changed. Desperate immitators futility ever since. Rip Randy Rhoads.
NO
This legend wasn't showing his true potential in Quiet Riot but the Prince of Darkness seen it I love and will always love Randy Rhodes
Randy was, is and always will be F**kin God Head
RR's tone is so unique. I can't really describe it it's kinda like he's carving with the guitar idk. Has to be a top 5-10 GOAT rock guitarist easily. I have him 2nd but I'm really biased :D
he's number 1
he is number one the greatest ever
Its not just the tone bro...every song in his hands were different...not comparing versions and all guitar players that has played with Ozzy...but Randy had something unique, its more than tone, technique, feeling equipment what ever....its the soul you know...not possible to explain or compare to any guitar player, even those dead or alive...
His guitar sound is definitely influenced by Mick Ronson.... but where as Ronson was more Blues based, Randy was a classical guitar player.
@@viniciusallil4065 Ozzys music was never near as good after Randy passed in my opinion.
Randy helped Ozzy become a legend!
I thought I read somewhere that Randy did not even really try to learn the Sabbath songs, he gave them a listen and figured them out and but added and changed stuff
just a note Paul Gilbert does a solo tribute of this song on an album called bathead soup look it up and super blown
eu escuto ozzi desde criaca isso er son
I love how he played that solo from children of the grave. He was on another level there. That's the guitar solo for the song. Sorry Tony, props for you but... shrug... it'd Randy.
randy was just fucking awesome. christ.
I hear Randy play thse Sabbath and songs and I wonder at what point, Tony does the right and sign over all songwriting and performance royalties to Randy's estate.
Randy Rhoads RIP
WTF when were this videos unprivated?? I remember wathing those back in 2014!
¡¡TOTAL!!
Thunder Randy Castillo lightning Randy Rhoads.
That solo....... fuck me.
The mith, and the legend
Wish Randy would have recorded more Tony Iommi's riffs. I can only imagine Fairies Wear Boots and Symptom of the Universe. 🎸. Heck Van Halen played them all.
The destroyers take everything and everyone great from us!
Can someone shed done light on this for me, I've listened to about 6 live recordings of Randy playing this song now, they are all over RUclips. Every version I've heard besides this one, from the tribute album , he s basically just playing as fast as he can and it just doesn't have any of the melody that this version has. Did he know this was gonna be recorded and thought it out a little more?
Tommy Aldridge and randy had the most incredible chemistry together ! I really think Aldridge is very underlooked because of how great randy was but damnnn he could make any half decent guitar player sound good !!!
Well in Randy one of the greatest to ever do it, and as Tommy has said Randy made him better forcing him to raise his game as he played on the notes and would change stuff up
Anyone know what guitar Randy used live when he played this song?
this is a fkn guitar clinic....
Den bästa
5:28 sounds like Tommy Aldridge looses a stick lol
Version off tribute?
yes this is the show they used, one of the worst ones
This is the same live record that is on the tribute album
You're right, at first it.sounded incredibly similar but is the same.
@@dcpatters0 this is one of the shows used, of course they touched up Ozzy's vocals.....but this was not the best show to choose from I have heard countless others, August 7th 1981.....he destroys Flying high again
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle is that on RUclips?
Is this bat heads soup? Sure sounds like it because of the tape cuts in it. Randy was ahead of his time, and this bootleg is THE ULTIMATE RANDY SHOW CAPTURED. Wish there was a dozen shows like this, so far none have surfaced.
I was wondering either...as far as I know the bats head soup bootleg didn't include the sabbath stuff
This is part of the KBFH recording. Sounds a bit remastered.
biodot88 this is not king biscuit, solos are completely different
the others or were otherw blocckedd/. were there others blocked?
great ozzy, listen the voice strong clear, no like in the reunion of bs, seems a sampler.
Where do I get a copy off this
RIP…
5:37
Speak of the Devil was supposed to be Randy... Fuck!! Imagine War pigs or the wizard!! Damn shame
I would give anything to hear Randy play Symptom of the Universe!
F yea !!! Mer Fers
Tribute!
was this a radio broadcast?
This is the version that ended up on the Tribute album. Correct?
this is correct slightly edited, this is the show mostly used
ok. are 20 year more.
Solo de iron man?
777
Is it a Tribute version ?
Flavio Kersting Well, it was the name of the concert. so i think so...But still, This is best version of Ironman, P.S, Rock on bruh! \m/
Same spoken words by Ozzy as in Tribute. Well, a tiny bit is cut at the beginning in the album though. So, I will say: YES.
I think it must be since Ozzy says the same things to the audience. It does sound a little different though could be the way it was edited I guess?
I swear they cut in the "You guys are shit stand up! Or put your hands in the air cmon!" Because he didn't scream yeah like he did on other videos
this was used for the Tribute album
so is that all?
Randy played this song like it was beginning level for him, but it is actually Tony Iommi's song 😂
^^^ not counting Tribute album