Much credit needs to be given to Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake for their collective contributions to those first two records. Especially Bob, who wrote almost all of the lyrics and helped with the arrangements of those songs.
Indeed, Ozzy was a mess and most of the songs were composed by Lee and Bob with Randy layering over it with guitar parts. How Ozzy could somehow pull it all together and sing anything meaningful is still a mystery.
Ozzy is the epitome of rock n roll + his work with Randy Rhodes coupled with his haunting vocals and lyrics are the echo of pain,addiction,and the strength to arise from the flames of hell with bloody knuckles,a hail Mary,+blood shot eyes I love OZZY he is the prince of darkness and gospel of sorrow+a wounded soul...Stephen Crowder
I remember my older metal head brother playing this album 24/7 down in the basement rec room of our house! He woke the household up several times in the early morning by blasting the beginning of Crazy Train as loud as he could. Good times! Love Ozzy, and miss my brother. RIP, Randy Rhoades, and my brother Matt.
I’d miss him too, he had killer taste in music. I fell in love with Sabbath, then Blue Oyster Cult. Ozzy’s new band, at the time, broke my brain and it still hasn’t recovered.
I remember this. I was only about 3 miles away from where this happened. My son is named after one of my good friends who’s dad owned the air strip. Surprisingly the bus was not damaged all that bad. The shop I worked at did the repairs on it. This truly was a sad day in history.
Randy Rhodes Guitar Solo is Epic in Crazy Train. And who would not recognize the song after the opening bar. As soon as you hear that thrumming bass beat, then Randy blasts onto the scene with his forever iconic guitar riff is unforgettable! R.I.P. Randy you are forever a Rock God.
I was 14 when Ozzie came out with the Tribute live album in 1987. First time I ever listened to Randy Rhodes. That inspired me to actually play guitar. In my opinion the greatest guitar player and musician. Totally made a huge impact in my life.
Randy's guitar sound was electrifying and with Bob and Lee laying down a tight rhythm section to propel Ozzy's voice to new levels. Those first 2 albums are still in my top 5 as a teenager. I still crack a beer and turn up the volume as a 51 year old.🤘
RIP Randy🖤 Crazy Train is one of my favourite Ozzy/Rhodes songs. We used to listen to it non-stop when we cruised. Ozzy had another, uncanny talent for surrounding himself with immense talent.
Randy is one of my all time favourite guitarists. We all know what a classic Crazy Train is because of him but my favourite is Tonight. That outro is just amazing. Gone too soon!
Randy Rhoads changed my life. As with many teenagers I was searching for meaning in life. I had been playing guitar for a few years when Blizzard of Oz was released. I had guitar heroes before, but when I heard Randy's guitar work I was so amazed and motivated that I totally devoted myself to becoming the best musician I could be. His passion for classical music, his technical skill on the guitar, his mastery of blues and rock licks, his ability to utilize effects pedals, his ability to truly utilize the Marshall amplifiers themselves all combined to create a truly original sound. He seemed to be pushing his instrument and equipment to the very edge of their capabilities. There are only a few times in my life that a song has come on the radio and just stopped me in my tracks, and Crazy Train is certainly one of the those songs. I stop what I am doing every time I hear the song. What an inspiration. To this day I still hold Randy above any of the other musicians that inspire me!
I was very lucky that I got to see Randy play live in Lexington, KY just one month before his untimely death. He was even more magical in person than on records. I'll never forget that night.
I saw them on that same tour in Wichita Kansas a few months before the crash. It seemed almost magical watching Randy play so well. We lost a rising star .
Great video, Professor. This story just hits me hard every time. Even though I only became aware of "Crazy Train" and Randy Rhoads after the plane crash, this story just gets me every time. So young, so heroic, so talented, consummate professional who never used drugs or alcohol - I don't think he even smoked - and died so young in an easily preventable manner. Randy is always flying high with the all-time greats. ✈️🎸🤘🏻
Ozzy owes much of his solo career success to bassist Bob Daisley. Bob wrote most of the lyrics, and much of the music, on Ozzy's first four solo albums with Randy Rhoads and Jake E. Lee. According to Don Airey, Bob took the young inexperienced Randy Rhoads under his wing and taught him about arranging rock songs, working in the recording studio, and living on the road. Randy preferred classical guitar over rock. Bob Daisley has had an exceptional career in the rock industry. It would be interesting to see him interviewed on this channel.
A few years ago my son was in his room listening to music. All of a sudden I hear Crazy Train blaring. I poke my head in and ask, "How do you know this?" He shrugged and I said "ok, carry on." My kids do have good taste in music.
I've owned several copies of the Randy Rhoads tribute album. Over the years, I bet I've owned 20 copies. I've had it on vinyl, 6 CD. In my eyes, Randy Rhoads is still the best guitar player ever
ditto. the solo in paranoid (although pretty short) was what blew me away. I even bought the tribute t shirt when it came out in 1987. it's the only rock n roll t shirt I still have. my parents donated all the others to thrift stores while I was away to college. I must of had the tribute shirt with me at college......thank God.
I never had the t-shirt, but I had a 4'x4' banner of the album cover photo on my wall! I ended up losing it when I moved years later. Crazy train was what did it for me. That summer, I bought a guitar just to learn how to play it. I still play it, but on acoustic. N everything I play n sing sounds like country music... lol. N I only play 1 actual country song! Whiskey River by Willie Nelson. N, that's the only 1 that doesn't sound country! Lol
Thank you, professor for doing a video on Randy Rhodes who a lot of us believe would have became the greatest guitarist of all time in rock and roll history if his Live had not been cut short.
Randy Rhoads is the most phenomenal guitarist I've come across. He was so utterly special. Without him, Ozzy would have faded into obscurity having been known as Sabbath's original lead vocalist.
Randy is my all time favourite. I cried when he passed. I follow his sister on social media and she releases pictures never seen before. They've been recreating his guitar foot pedal for a year to release for sale soon. They took it out of the vault, opened it up & the company inspected it thoroughly to recreate it. Ozzy & Sharon send a huge wreath to Randys grave every year. He was like a son to Ozzy.
To this day anytime Ozzy speaks of Randy Rhoads he gets emotional remembering him. He truly loved and still loves Randy. The Prince of Darkness really is just a big old softie. RIP Randy Rhoads
Ozzy had another song on that album that caused a media frenzy and controversy: the song Suicide Solution. Because the Blizzard of Ozz cassette was found in the pocket of a young guy who committed suicide in 1984, the media jumped to the conclusion that he listened to that song before taking his life and created the controversy saying it was about suicide. However, Ozzy said the song was a lament about Bon Scott's alcohol related death and an anti suicide song. Then in 2002, Bob Daisley said he had Ozzy himself in mind when penning the lyrics, because of Ozzy's demons.
This one still stings....Randy was a force, an impeccable student of the instrument. He never stopped trying to learn. He has inspired so many guitarists it is impossible to measure. There is another great guitarist that died way too young also, Criss Oliva of Savatage. He was another master of the frets. Miss them both, but their legacy will live on forever. RIP gentlemen.
Blizzard of Ozz is a great album front to back. Still holds up perfectly. Diary of a Madman is also amazing. Randy joined the pantheon of great guitarists after just two albums.
I ran into Ozzy in 2001 LITERALLY. He was doing an interview at a radio station in the same office building where I was working at the time. As I left my office, I came face-to-face with him and his entourage. A large crowd was waiting for him outside. He graciously stayed and signed autographs for everyone there. He was shockingly polite and soft-spoken. Most people I told about the encounter responded with, "who is he?" About a year later his TV show premiered and everyone knew him!
@@terrygracy8345 Yeah I'm having trouble swallowing that pill too. It's 2001, and none of OP's coworkers had heard of Ozzy? Neither of my parents liked Black Sabbath, but in '81, '82, they both knew of Ozzy and of his connection with Black Sabbath. They might not have been able to name one song, but they at least had that one tidbit of info nailed down.
I first heard this track in May of 1981, and it inspired me to dig in and learn to play what I heard. I learned every solo note-for- note from that album. This led to bands and stages for me, some of the best times of my life.
I was 20 years old when Blizzard came out and absolutely loved it, by far it was my favorite and being an aspiring guitar player Randy Rhoads inspired and amazed me and still does.
Time always vettes out the true hits. It’s hard to bury superhits with okay music. Randy dripped talent and was taken too soon. I wish Ozzy would sing his interviews, then we could understand him. Thanks Adam.
I guess you could say Randy saved Ozzie's career and his life. Today's as much of a crazy train as it was then, making this song still relevant. Thanks for showcasing this song. Have an excellent day.
Randy is the the reason I picked up my first guitar, after. hearing crazy train for the first time. He was so clear with his runs, and so technically perfect. And after I learned more about him and where he came from, and what he accomplished in his short time. In my opinion, he will always be the best. ❤
Randy was a musical genius for his time and paved the way for many other guitarists to make their mark on the heavy metal crazy train........ALL ABOARD!!!!!!!!
It has to be the awe-inspiring Randy Rhoads hooking up with Ozzy and making the best music he has made since leaving Black Sabbath. Blizzard of Oz in 80 the Diary of a Madman in 81 were both a couple of jaw-dropping records. God bless you, Randy. Rock on in the afterlife!
Randy Rhoads is my personal favorite guitarist and after my friends older brother returned from "The Great House of Guitars" with Blizzard of Ozz just after they performed here in Rochester, NY, he played "Crazy Train" on his turntable and I felt a bolt of electricity up my spine and the hairs on my arms and neck stood up at attention when Rhoads' guitar riff opened up. No artist or song has ever equalled that feeling before or since! His loss still hurts to this day. God Bless, Randy Rhoads!❤
So sad about Randy 😢. Gone too soon. At 25, he was really just getting started. You just can't help to wonder what he would have done if he had lived longer. RIP
Tribute is a Top 5 80's Rock Live record and a definitive Rhoads showcase to his brilliance. His influence propelled Grover Jackson and Charvel guitars - which in themselves became 80's icons. Without Randy's influence and that modern looking pointy headed, concord shaped guitars, what would the 80's metal scene been like?
Still my favorite Ozzy album and one of my favorite albums of all time. Randy's guitar and Ozzy's unique voice made this album a masterpiece as far as I'm concerned!
Just like he plummeted into obscurity after he died 😂, with all the talk of others saying they wrote the hits, they never did after Ozzy but Ozzy continued with many others and the hits kept coming. Which proves Ozzy is the one. He’s not just a singer.
@@carlwalker1623I agree! Look at the work Jake Lee and Zakk Wylde did with Ozzy for example. Ozzy would have been fine if Randy never played on the first 2 albums!!
The event that really revived this song, was a Superbowl commercial in 1998. As the truck they were trying to sell drove through the mud, they played about ten seconds of the opening guitar solo. Millions of people heard that song for the first time. After that it started to get played several times per game which meant more millions heard it every week.
So wild that this goes up as I have been nostalgia blasting DIARY OF A MADMAN…! Another total banger and the sequel to this album. I so remember when these albums were current, and these songs were everywhere. Dudes were trying to play the drums, play these guitar riffs, it was massive. Thank you once again professor, for another amazing retrospective.! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I don’t really pay much attention to the charts, I pay attention to what I like. Crazy Train is certainly a classic that has garnered much attention, deservedly so. When a reborn rising star ⭐️ crossed paths with a shooting star💫 that flashed before our eyes all to quickly. Rest In Peace Randy Rhodes. Damn I wish he had stayed out of that airplane. 🌹❤🌹 what work might have still lay before him. Alas not to be.
I still remember the first time I heard this song. It changed my life. I come from a musical family. I resisted learning to play, that is until I heard this song. I had been exposed to a lot of great music, including the mighty Van Halen, but something about the style of Rhoades spoke to me. I have been playing every since.
@drewdaskievige754 The only way I can explain it is that Eddie used a lot of tricks in his playing, which is great and very entertaining to hear . Rhoads had a more solid classic hard rock style. I was blessed to grow up when both of them were at the top of their game. What a great time to be young.
No doubt top 5 metal song of all time. 1st album I bought as a kid was Blizzard of Ozz. Imagine a world with RR and EVH going head to head for decades. Mind boggling! 🙌🏾
Wouldn't that have been something ? But it wouldn't have been with Ozzy .Randy had already made up his mind he was through with touring with Ozzy .He had already informed Ozz of his intentions of leaving the band to follow in his mother's footsteps by going to UCLA to get his Masters Degree in Classical Music and Therory and Ozzy practically had a meltdown right there and then calling Randy a in great full little sh*t and punched Rhoads right in the face .Tommy Aldridge witnessed this and had commented on the incident many times .this was just weeks before Randy's dead .they weren't talking to each other much at the end Ozzy and Sharon were pouting at Randy . regardless of all this Randy had a conversation with Oz in the tour bus after leaving a show in Knoxville Tn telling him he appreciated everything he and Sharon had done for him and his leaving wasn't anything personal against them it's cause he just wasn't happy with the Rock and Roll Lifestyle that went hand in hand with touring around the country everyday and told Ozzy he was worried that if Oz didn't quit his constant drinking and drug use he would end up killing himself .Ozzy didn't want to hear it and went to bed .this was that last words they every spoke to one another while traveling to Orlando for their Duel Headline Stadium Show with the group HEART at the Florida World Music Festival in the Tangerine Bowl football stadium. They never made it to that show as they stopped in Leesburg Florida (just 30 miles north of Orlando) to get their broken air conditioner fixed on the bus .a hour or so later Rhoads was dead .
Ozzy and randy are the all time greatest , my all time favorite singer and guitarist. I was 12 years old when I was listening to the radio when I heard the sad news of randy 😥
Randy Rhoads is one of my favourite guitar players. Like Eddie Van Halen, Randy grew up in a musical family and was taught Classical music. Randy's mother, also taught him piano and music theory. I'm going to guess that Randy could probably read music. Randy also took folk and classical guitar lessons at the music school his mother established. One thing that I loved about Randy, is he was always trying to learn more about guitar playing. I have read articles that Randy would often arrange to meet up with guitar teachers while on tour. As was noted in an earlier comment, I think that Randy was looking to pursue performing classical guitar professionally. - Love the PoR channel. 🎸😎
@ProfessorofRock Just wanted to say thank you for this show. I lost my boyfriend in January this year after a month long illness. Last night I was talking to the stars hoping he would hear me. Told him to gimme a sign and stuff. Then tonight I turn on your show. Ozzy and Randy Rhodes. Randy Rhodes was one of his favorite guitar players. My ring tone for my boyfriend? Yep. Crazy Train. We always connected with music, he would send me random songs throughout the day. I’ll take this as him sending this to me💜 Thanks POR. 💜 I needed this tonight. 💜
Love this information. I wasn't aware of the Dana Strum connection. I literally just saw Dana live with Slaughter July 8th at Belterra Casino. GREAT show from the front row. My Christmas one year was receiving ALL of Ozzy Osborne cassette tapes. Some of Ozzies lyrics will hit you right where you live. CHEERS
Every Ozzy guitarist was great but Randy is one of the greatest guitar players of all time. He helped Ozzy became more successful than his former band.
Forty plus years later, it is still one of the best concerts I have seen. I had to tell my parents I was spending the night at a friend's house because of the whole satanic panic nonsense 😂🤣 For being a little dude, Randy commanded the stage.
Randy's work has stood the test of time!!! He's still influencing guitarists today! I sure wish he lived. I would have loved to see what he would have accomp!ished.
If you are a sports fan in Atlanta, Georgia, "Crazy Train" has special Place in your heart, because it became the walk up music (played as a player came to bat) of Hall of Fame 3rd baseman Chipper Jones (Larry Wayne Jones) It would start with Ozzy's laugh and go through most of Randy's intro. More often than not crazy things were soon to follow' "Crazy Train" is really the only "Ozzy" tune I like, for the most part, well, "Iron Man" is in there somewhere. The loss of Randy Rhodes is like all rockers who go before their time. The meteoric rise and the sudden end. ;-)
I think everyone who listened to rock radio in 1980 knew Crazy Train was legendary out of the gate. It sounded as new and as evolutionary as Runnin with the Devil. On KISW in Seattle, Crazy Train was like Star Wars- once it hit it stayed on the radio every day for years and is still all over rock radio today
I remember listening to Ozzy’s first album and realizing how awesome it was, and the shock later when the news about Randy Rhodes dying hit the news. Sad day for music indeed
Randy was like a shooting star you see in the night. It’s beautiful, it’s epic and in a blink of an eye it’s gone. He was immensely talented and a true icon. We’re all blessed to have witnessed his talent.
Another great that never knew how good he was (Steve Gaines ) lived and played with the same humble attitude as Randy. In the world of egos both guys just lived to play. Such depth and emotion displayed by both I truly believe they would have showed up for no pay. Dedicated to the core . I heard Randy took lessons or tried to at every stop he made. Imagine giving that guy lessons ! Also read Steve would take his strat to the restroom. Humanity seeking perfection and both so young. It’s the major issue growing old is losing friends and heroes. Thanks for more great stuff Pro AR. Appreciate your passion as well . 21:49
Great episode and definitely a #1 in our hearts, it put Ozzy back on top. Ozzy is a rock icon and Randy is a guitar hero thanks in large part to this classic!
I love Ozzy!!! No one like him and that voice of his is gold. I'm so sorry for what happened to Randy Rhodes. He was such a talented fello. And grateful that Ozzy got a chance to showcase his incredible abilities with Randy.
I had read that Ozzy was never allowed at a lot of music festivals...because, Ozzy...so he started his own Ozzfest, which was cheaper than most festivals. A lot of people who didn't feel comfortable at other festivals felt ok at Ozzfest, and that Ozzy took time to meet as many people as he could. This alone makes me love the guy, even more than I had done before.
How would it be if Randy were still alive today. True legend, still crank Ozzy Randy Rhoades Tribute album. The solo on Suicide Solution still rips. RIP Randy
Tribute is my favorite Ozzy album. One of the things I'm thankful for about digital copies is that I won't wear out another copy on cassette. I had to replace 3 of them!
The world lost not one but two young musical giants that year (both in small plane crashes). Randy Rhoads in March 1982 (age 25) and Keith Green shortly thereafter in July 1982 (age 28). My favorite still to this day in their respective musical genres.
I was fortunate to see Randy kill it live in El Paso TX. just weeks before he was "murdered." Hearing him on record was one thing but seeing him live was another. I think his outro solo on "Tonight" is probably his finest moment which they faded out WAY too soon. Cruising the pecan orchards here in S NM. my buddy would always keep cranking the volume on that solo until you couldn't hear anything. I had just graduated from HS the year Diary came out and that album was our soundtrack for that summer. Such treasured memories from that whole Diary album.
Randy Rhoads inspired so many guitarists and even now continues to. He was a shooting star burning bright, soaring through the rock n roll world, then briefly vanishing into the night sky. Many have wished upon that shooting star. Many consider themselves lucky just to have seen it.
I was 10 years old when that album came out. One of my older sister's friends (HS age) played it for me and I was blown away! Fast forward 28 years, I was taking my kiddo to meet my wife at a hair salon so she could show him off. Walking, we were stopped at a RR crossing by several railroad maintenance vehicles on the tracks. The kiddo says "That's a crazy train Daddy". I said "you know there's a song called crazy train." He loves it! Working an OzzFest at Pine Knob in Michigan, Iron Maiden had just finished their set, Ozzy Osbourne walks past me saying something unintelligible but I did manage to hear the words "good job". 😁
The second solo on Mr Crowley, is my favourite solo of all time. It genuinely is an absolute tragedy Randy dying so young in such a stupid flying stunt. Utter waste of such talent. Always be missed. Crazy Train is a rock masterpiece.
I saw them on the Blizzard of Ozz tour in June 1981. Randy Rhoads really took the world by storm, the same as Eddie Van Halen did a few years prior. We were in shock when we heard the news.
Adam, I will eventually see all of your uploads, I swear I will (if I live that long) ! This one brings back TONS of memories, some very good and some very sad. Great job, as always......
RIP Randy Rhoads. There is no Ozzy solo career without Randy, Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake, Jake E. Lee, Zakk Wylde and Sharon Osbourne. Bob Daisley wrote all the lyrics for Ozzy’s first four solo albums. Bob Daisley, Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee and later Zakk Wylde wrote all the music at the height of Ozzy’s solo career. Sharon ran the business (and paid the lawyers to manage the lawsuits 🤔). Ozzy sang the songs, but the majority of the credit for Ozzy’s solo success goes to the people listed above. Geezer Butler wrote all the lyrics and Tonny Iommi wrote all the music in Black Sabbath. Without all these people, Ozzy would be in the “where are they now” category.
You can also say, without Ozzy, especially his acceptance of doing what he was told in the early sabbath days, that none of the peolle mentioned would of made a huge impact in the music business either. Maybe Sharron, being a daughter to a succesful manager could of found success. And Bob and Lee might of joined up with some one great, since they had industry experience. Randy's QUiet Riot wasn't that inspiring, so who knows how he is career in the music business would of tuned out. I doubt the guys in Sabbath would of had any real success without the stars being aligned and without Ozzys haunting vocals on the Balck Sabbath song. You can also say, without Sabbath being forced to make a quick 3min "hit like" song during the Parinoid album recording sessions, who knows how far they would of went. How sucess is brought on is always amazing. Shoot, if ozzy didn't put up a note at the local record store (or whatever place it was) saying ozzy zig needs a gig, probably metal as we know it, would be something entirely different.
Hey @Professor of Rock, love your content! I watched quite a few videos for the first time today! I think the way you edit the music seamlessly into your commentary is flawless and makes for an extremely enjoyable viewing experience where I always feel like I can understand what you're trying to communicate without having to pause and listen to the song itself! If you will permit a but if feed back, when trying to pick more videos to watch, I was finding that the thumbnail art and titles you choose for your videos tend to be rather difficult to decipher and not as simply enticing as I think is achievable. I think Rick Beato does a great job with his thumbnails as a good example of what I think you might be able to do! Again, Love your content, personality, and taste and I am continually impressed by your knowledge and insight. I'd love to see the thumbnails reflect the professionalism that you display in your videos as I think it might really help draw in the rock lovers you want to reach!
Was reading about Randy’s custom pedal board. The pedals were locked inside a big travel case with some external switches and knobs, plus a wah pedal and a volume pedal. Before a gig the roadies dropped it and it started malfunctioning. Several techs were unable to make heads or tails of it, so Randy and the guitar player from their opening band went to look. They opened it up and surprisingly found 6 very common (for the time) pedals (4 of them were from MXR, including a Distortion+). So they made a note of each one, and bought copies all six. But once they plugged them all in in the same order, it just didn’t sound like Randy’s tone, at all. Looking further inside the original pedals, the circuit boards were all “gooped” (sealed inside blocks of black epoxy resin). Randy and the other guitarist were at a total loss since removing that epoxy is really not a job for the timid. (Someone later pointed out that Randy also had an old tape echo behind his amp, so it was really 7 effects.) MXR recently got permission to study Randy’s pedalboard, rumor is they will be selling a Randy Rhodes signature Distortion+ soon.
I have to say something else about Randy, 1981 was the year I started guitar lessons and told the teacher I wanted to learn his style of playing and it was during one of my classes they announced over the radio about the accident that took his life. It's hard to believe that such a gifted player only made two studio albums and then left us in such a horrible way
The day Randy died my father told me we missed the bus on an incredible guitarist who died in an airplane crash. He then told me it was Ozzy's guitarist. I was not a Black Sabbath fan so I dismissed it immediately. My father said no no you don't get it... He then turned on the radio and immediately I was hearing over the mountain for the first time. Tears filled my eyes. I had no idea who Randy was but it affected me greatly all the same.
I too was fortunate to see randy play at the orphium theater in boston in 1981. This skinny little man came out with a polka-dot flying vee and blew me away. He was amazing!! RIP mr rhoads. Btw Def leppard was the opening act🥸
Crazy train is a great song, a classic, and it deserves its many placements within pop culture. It has truly stood the test of time and deserves to be as big as it has become. That being said, given what was popular in the early 80s on the top 40 charts, crazy train was ahead of its time to say the least. I’m just glad we were able to catch up to these great songs, remember them for what they are, and push them up the charts all these years later. To me, that makes it better.
750 million streams plus one! From me, just now. I absolutely loved Randy’s guitar solo from Crazy Train. It would always energize me, and I would jump on my bed with my crappy electric guitar along with it, pretending to be able to play it. Randy Rhoads was a great guitarist who rarely got his due because his body of work was cut short. I saw Ozzy live in Buffalo in January 1984 (the Bark at the Moon tour). Randy was gone by then, RIP.
Great segment. When Blizzard came out, I was doing a daily drive to and from my first real job. I jammed it often for my older Country co-riders in my car on my days to drive. That team was such a good fit everyone knew it was a new career moment for Ozzy. Randy too had a new following and amazing inspiration. It was just another chance of luck like so many in music, right time etc...
I had the opportunity to know Randy Rhodes. I met him in the mid-late 70s on the L.A. club scene. He played in his band Quiet Riot and I would sometimes set in with different bands. Randy was a wonderful person and human being. His guitar playing was an art form that puts him in the exclusive guitar club of the legendary Les Paul & Jimi Hendrix & Eddie Van Halen. Randy's death nearly destroyed me as a musician. But I have come to terms with his passing. R.I.P. my friend. Peace!!
I was there too and your synopsis is truly accurate. Many of us "Metal Heads" were big Randy Rhoads fans. I liked Quiet Riot's music but I wasn't all that fond of Kevin Dubrow's personality. He sang good though. As I remember we were all overjoyed when Randy got into Ozzy's band. The rest is musical history.
Blizzard of Ozz was the first record I bought new as a teenager.A extremely under rated album,EVERY song is awesome. I used to sing along with Ozzy on every song.There is not a bad song on the record.I still have that record today.In my opinion the record is the best solo LP recorded after leaving a big named band.I believe Ozzy took a big chance on it and he nailed it.
Even Ozzy's kids had horrible experiences with paranormal entities as youths. His eldest kids didn't appear on their show because they were still being attacked. Crew members of the show were often attacked also some were driven to self ending!
Great episode Professor! I am forever scarred by the memory of Randy Rhodes. My brother and I share January 1 as a birthday but he is three years older. On January 1, 1982 Ozzy played Phoenix Memorial Colliseum with Randy Rhodes as his lead guitarist. The previous Septemer, my brother and I made the trip to Phoenix with a friend to watch Van Halen. It was the first concert experience for both of us. However, I was not allowed to tag along to the Ozzy show on that January day, and I missed my only opportunity to watch Randy Rhodes. I still haven't forgiven my brother for that. As for the pole question, would the best solo career after leaving a band be Paul McCartney? Although Ringo had more success initially after the Beattles dissolved.
I remember getting this album in my sophomore year of high school. I played it daily and could not wait for diary of a madman to come out. The day that randy died i cant forget it either. I was in school and a kid came in saying randy died. That day is something i cant forget.
This is one of your best episodes i'm so happy you finally told the randy rhodes and ozzy osbourne story. Randi and ozzy were awesome together. It's so sad what happened to randi rhodes. Thank you for telling the randy rhodes and ozzy Osbourne story.
When Ozzy played in Cleveland, the crew could not unload and do sound checks without union members present. So Randy walked into the auditorium and clapoed his hands to hear the acoustics. He look at Rudy and said get ready for an amazing show tonight.
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Much credit needs to be given to Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake for their collective contributions to those first two records. Especially Bob, who wrote almost all of the lyrics and helped with the arrangements of those songs.
Amazing lyricist.
Bob is super underrated for his contributions. And a hell of a nice guy!
Indeed, Ozzy was a mess and most of the songs were composed by Lee and Bob with Randy layering over it with guitar parts. How Ozzy could somehow pull it all together and sing anything meaningful is still a mystery.
You are absolutely correct 👍
Ozzy is the epitome of rock n roll + his work with Randy Rhodes coupled with his haunting vocals and lyrics are the echo of pain,addiction,and the strength to arise from the flames of hell with bloody knuckles,a hail Mary,+blood shot eyes I love OZZY he is the prince of darkness and gospel of sorrow+a wounded soul...Stephen Crowder
I remember my older metal head brother playing this album 24/7 down in the basement rec room of our house! He woke the household up several times in the early morning by blasting the beginning of Crazy Train as loud as he could.
Good times! Love Ozzy, and miss my brother.
RIP, Randy Rhoades, and my brother Matt.
Thanks for sharing. Condolences. Peace to you Jenny!
It’s a perfect wake up song, for your brother’s kind of people at least.
My sister did that too but with AC/DC Back in Black!
I’d miss him too, he had killer taste in music. I fell in love with Sabbath, then Blue Oyster Cult. Ozzy’s new band, at the time, broke my brain and it still hasn’t recovered.
"Maybe it's not to late
To learn how to love and forget how to hate."
Good words for modern day.
So true. Great lyric.
The world NEEDS advice like this.
I remember this. I was only about 3 miles away from where this happened. My son is named after one of my good friends who’s dad owned the air strip. Surprisingly the bus was not damaged all that bad. The shop I worked at did the repairs on it. This truly was a sad day in history.
I met Ozzy, once. What a gracious and humble “English Gentleman.” I can die happy. It was an honor... And he didn't disappoint.
Randy Rhodes Guitar Solo is Epic in Crazy Train. And who would not recognize the song after the opening bar. As soon as you hear that thrumming bass beat, then Randy blasts onto the scene with his forever iconic guitar riff is unforgettable! R.I.P. Randy you are forever a Rock God.
I was 14 when Ozzie came out with the Tribute live album in 1987. First time I ever listened to Randy Rhodes. That inspired me to actually play guitar. In my opinion the greatest guitar player and musician. Totally made a huge impact in my life.
He made a huge impact in many lives.
Randy's guitar sound was electrifying and with Bob and Lee laying down a tight rhythm section to propel Ozzy's voice to new levels. Those first 2 albums are still in my top 5 as a teenager. I still crack a beer and turn up the volume as a 51 year old.🤘
I still get chills listening to his first two albums. I was a kid when they came out and love them. 55 here.
@@tufelhunden5795 the original vinyl is so much better than the re-recording Sharon had done so she didn't have to pay royalties to Daisly and Kershaw
RIP Randy🖤
Crazy Train is one of my favourite Ozzy/Rhodes songs. We used to listen to it non-stop when we cruised. Ozzy had another, uncanny talent for surrounding himself with immense talent.
Also loved Flying High Again and I Don't Know. And my wife's favorite, See You on the Other Side, was played at her funeral at her request.
Randy is one of my all time favourite guitarists. We all know what a classic Crazy Train is because of him but my favourite is Tonight. That outro is just amazing. Gone too soon!
Indeed. Imagine if we had him for another handful of years.
Randy Rhoads changed my life. As with many teenagers I was searching for meaning in life. I had been playing guitar for a few years when Blizzard of Oz was released. I had guitar heroes before, but when I heard Randy's guitar work I was so amazed and motivated that I totally devoted myself to becoming the best musician I could be. His passion for classical music, his technical skill on the guitar, his mastery of blues and rock licks, his ability to utilize effects pedals, his ability to truly utilize the Marshall amplifiers themselves all combined to create a truly original sound. He seemed to be pushing his instrument and equipment to the very edge of their capabilities. There are only a few times in my life that a song has come on the radio and just stopped me in my tracks, and Crazy Train is certainly one of the those songs. I stop what I am doing every time I hear the song. What an inspiration. To this day I still hold Randy above any of the other musicians that inspire me!
I was very lucky that I got to see Randy play live in Lexington, KY just one month before his untimely death. He was even more magical in person than on records. I'll never forget that night.
I saw them on that same tour in Wichita Kansas a few months before the crash. It seemed almost magical watching Randy play so well. We lost a rising star .
Great video, Professor. This story just hits me hard every time. Even though I only became aware of "Crazy Train" and Randy Rhoads after the plane crash, this story just gets me every time. So young, so heroic, so talented, consummate professional who never used drugs or alcohol - I don't think he even smoked - and died so young in an easily preventable manner. Randy is always flying high with the all-time greats. ✈️🎸🤘🏻
Randy definitely did not do drugs … he drank a little… he was a chain smoker though … I’ve been a fan since the day i heard him in 81-82
Ozzy owes much of his solo career success to bassist Bob Daisley. Bob wrote most of the lyrics, and much of the music, on Ozzy's first four solo albums with Randy Rhoads and Jake E. Lee. According to Don Airey, Bob took the young inexperienced Randy Rhoads under his wing and taught him about arranging rock songs, working in the recording studio, and living on the road. Randy preferred classical guitar over rock.
Bob Daisley has had an exceptional career in the rock industry. It would be interesting to see him interviewed on this channel.
#1Randy wasnt inexspinexperienced he was in quiet riot wrote songs like slick black Cadillac and others on there first album
A few years ago my son was in his room listening to music. All of a sudden I hear Crazy Train blaring. I poke my head in and ask, "How do you know this?" He shrugged and I said "ok, carry on." My kids do have good taste in music.
I've owned several copies of the Randy Rhoads tribute album. Over the years, I bet I've owned 20 copies. I've had it on vinyl, 6 CD. In my eyes, Randy Rhoads is still the best guitar player ever
He’s just that good.
ditto. the solo in paranoid (although pretty short) was what blew me away. I even bought the tribute t shirt when it came out in 1987. it's the only rock n roll t shirt I still have. my parents donated all the others to thrift stores while I was away to college. I must of had the tribute shirt with me at college......thank God.
I never had the t-shirt, but I had a 4'x4' banner of the album cover photo on my wall! I ended up losing it when I moved years later. Crazy train was what did it for me. That summer, I bought a guitar just to learn how to play it. I still play it, but on acoustic. N everything I play n sing sounds like country music... lol. N I only play 1 actual country song! Whiskey River by Willie Nelson. N, that's the only 1 that doesn't sound country! Lol
Add a few 8 tracks and we’d be about even.
Thank you, professor for doing a video on Randy Rhodes who a lot of us believe would have became the greatest guitarist of all time in rock and roll history if his Live had not been cut short.
Randy Rhoads is the most phenomenal guitarist I've come across. He was so utterly special. Without him, Ozzy would have faded into obscurity having been known as Sabbath's original lead vocalist.
Amen!
Amen
I agree! Randy rocked!
Randy was the best in only two albums
I saw Ozzy with Randy at the US Festival.
Although I honestly don’t remember them.
Something about that drug induced haze…
Randy is my all time favourite. I cried when he passed. I follow his sister on social media and she releases pictures never seen before. They've been recreating his guitar foot pedal for a year to release for sale soon. They took it out of the vault, opened it up & the company inspected it thoroughly to recreate it. Ozzy & Sharon send a huge wreath to Randys grave every year. He was like a son to Ozzy.
To this day anytime Ozzy speaks of Randy Rhoads he gets emotional remembering him. He truly loved and still loves Randy. The Prince of Darkness really is just a big old softie. RIP Randy Rhoads
I've noticed the same thing. So sad.
He’s still not over his tragic passing. Because Randy was a LEGEND.
Ozzy had another song on that album that caused a media frenzy and controversy: the song Suicide Solution. Because the Blizzard of Ozz cassette was found in the pocket of a young guy who committed suicide in 1984, the media jumped to the conclusion that he listened to that song before taking his life and created the controversy saying it was about suicide. However, Ozzy said the song was a lament about Bon Scott's alcohol related death and an anti suicide song. Then in 2002, Bob Daisley said he had Ozzy himself in mind when penning the lyrics, because of Ozzy's demons.
This one still stings....Randy was a force, an impeccable student of the instrument. He never stopped trying to learn. He has inspired so many guitarists it is impossible to measure. There is another great guitarist that died way too young also, Criss Oliva of Savatage. He was another master of the frets. Miss them both, but their legacy will live on forever. RIP gentlemen.
Blizzard of Ozz is a great album front to back. Still holds up perfectly. Diary of a Madman is also amazing. Randy joined the pantheon of great guitarists after just two albums.
I ran into Ozzy in 2001 LITERALLY. He was doing an interview at a radio station in the same office building where I was working at the time. As I left my office, I came face-to-face with him and his entourage. A large crowd was waiting for him outside. He graciously stayed and signed autographs for everyone there. He was shockingly polite and soft-spoken. Most people I told about the encounter responded with, "who is he?" About a year later his TV show premiered and everyone knew him!
Cool story. Were you a fan of the show?
@@ProfessorofRockwho the heck hasn’t heard of Ozzy Osborne before his tv show?? That seems insane
I now want to meet Ozzy. He’s definitely redeemed himself.
@@terrygracy8345
Yeah I'm having trouble swallowing that pill too. It's 2001, and none of OP's coworkers had heard of Ozzy? Neither of my parents liked Black Sabbath, but in '81, '82, they both knew of Ozzy and of his connection with Black Sabbath. They might not have been able to name one song, but they at least had that one tidbit of info nailed down.
I first heard this track in May of 1981, and it inspired me to dig in and learn to play what I heard. I learned every solo note-for- note from that album. This led to bands and stages for me, some of the best times of my life.
I was 20 years old when Blizzard came out and absolutely loved it, by far it was my favorite and being an aspiring guitar player Randy Rhoads inspired and amazed me and still does.
Time always vettes out the true hits. It’s hard to bury superhits with okay music. Randy dripped talent and was taken too soon. I wish Ozzy would sing his interviews, then we could understand him. Thanks Adam.
Crazy train was waaaaaayyyy ahead of it’s time
@@Noscrap909 very true proven by the fact it’s played today in all kinds of marketing campaigns. MLB batter announcements, etc.
I guess you could say Randy saved Ozzie's career and his life. Today's as much of a crazy train as it was then, making this song still relevant. Thanks for showcasing this song. Have an excellent day.
He really did. And So did Sharon. Thanks Jill!
Yes what with all the stuff going on in Washington. Crazy train for sure. Rock on Jill!
Randy is the the reason I picked up my first guitar, after. hearing crazy train for the first time. He was so clear with his runs, and so technically perfect. And after I learned more about him and where he came from, and what he accomplished in his short time. In my opinion, he will always be the best. ❤
One of the greatest guitarists of the rock era.
Randy was a musical genius for his time and paved the way for many other guitarists to make their mark on the heavy metal crazy train........ALL ABOARD!!!!!!!!
It has to be the awe-inspiring Randy Rhoads hooking up with Ozzy and making the best music he has made since leaving Black Sabbath.
Blizzard of Oz in 80 the Diary of a Madman in 81 were both a couple of jaw-dropping records. God bless you, Randy. Rock on in the afterlife!
Randy Rhoads is my personal favorite guitarist and after my friends older brother returned from "The Great House of Guitars" with Blizzard of Ozz just after they performed here in Rochester, NY, he played "Crazy Train" on his turntable and I felt a bolt of electricity up my spine and the hairs on my arms and neck stood up at attention when Rhoads' guitar riff opened up. No artist or song has ever equalled that feeling before or since!
His loss still hurts to this day. God Bless, Randy Rhoads!❤
So sad about Randy 😢. Gone too soon. At 25, he was really just getting started. You just can't help to wonder what he would have done if he had lived longer. RIP
I was 12 changed my life forever...
55 year old metalhead
Tribute is a Top 5 80's Rock Live record and a definitive Rhoads showcase to his brilliance. His influence propelled Grover Jackson and Charvel guitars - which in themselves became 80's icons. Without Randy's influence and that modern looking pointy headed, concord shaped guitars, what would the 80's metal scene been like?
It’s my youth, millions of others youth. What a time to live, to be alive. San Antonio was a great place at a great time. The 80s.
Still my favorite Ozzy album and one of my favorite albums of all time. Randy's guitar and Ozzy's unique voice made this album a masterpiece as far as I'm concerned!
Ozzy and Randy . My favorite Video from you . This really goes deep . 🎸
Randy Rhoads gave Ozzy's career an injection of life it needed. Without Randy, I suspect the Oz man would've plummeted into obscurity. RIP Mr. Rhoads.
For sure.
Just like he plummeted into obscurity after he died 😂, with all the talk of others saying they wrote the hits, they never did after Ozzy but Ozzy continued with many others and the hits kept coming. Which proves Ozzy is the one. He’s not just a singer.
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@@carlwalker1623I agree! Look at the work Jake Lee and Zakk Wylde did with Ozzy for example. Ozzy would have been fine if Randy never played on the first 2 albums!!
@@carlwalker1623actually Bob Daisley did most the lyrics and bass for Ozzy first 5 albums.
Randy was so inspirational as a guitarist. Phenomenal talent that re-invented hard rock with his guitar style (mix of jazz, classical, blues, etc).
The event that really revived this song, was a Superbowl commercial in 1998. As the truck they were trying to sell drove through the mud, they played about ten seconds of the opening guitar solo. Millions of people heard that song for the first time. After that it started to get played several times per game which meant more millions heard it every week.
So wild that this goes up as I have been nostalgia blasting DIARY OF A MADMAN…! Another total banger and the sequel to this album. I so remember when these albums were current, and these songs were everywhere. Dudes were trying to play the drums, play these guitar riffs, it was massive. Thank you once again professor, for another amazing retrospective.! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Randy Rhodes had the shortest career of any guitar god. His impact is still felt.
So glad that Ozzy straightened up and had an amazing career!!
Randy saved Ozzy from obscurity.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 What saved Ozzy was his borderline weird/scary talent for hiring guitar players, He's better at that than he is singing lol.
it would of been amazing to see what he would have came up with had he did 6 or 7 albums with ozzy.
I don’t really pay much attention to the charts, I pay attention to what I like.
Crazy Train is certainly a classic that has garnered much attention, deservedly so.
When a reborn rising star ⭐️ crossed paths with a shooting star💫 that flashed before our eyes all to quickly. Rest In Peace Randy Rhodes.
Damn I wish he had stayed out of that airplane.
🌹❤🌹 what work might have still lay before him. Alas not to be.
I still remember the first time I heard this song. It changed my life. I come from a musical family. I resisted learning to play, that is until I heard this song. I had been exposed to a lot of great music, including the mighty Van Halen, but something about the style of Rhoades spoke to me. I have been playing every since.
Yeah at that time i think Eddie VH was number #1 and Randy Rhodes would have been #2 on influential rock guitarists.
Awesome to hear that Jimmy! Rock on 🤘
@drewdaskievige754 The only way I can explain it is that Eddie used a lot of tricks in his playing, which is great and very entertaining to hear . Rhoads had a more solid classic hard rock style. I was blessed to grow up when both of them were at the top of their game. What a great time to be young.
@POR Thank you for Honoring Randy. Made my day.
No doubt top 5 metal song of all time. 1st album I bought as a kid was Blizzard of Ozz. Imagine a world with RR and EVH going head to head for decades. Mind boggling! 🙌🏾
Wouldn't that have been something ? But it wouldn't have been with Ozzy .Randy had already made up his mind he was through with touring with Ozzy .He had already informed Ozz of his intentions of leaving the band to follow in his mother's footsteps by going to UCLA to get his Masters Degree in Classical Music and Therory and Ozzy practically had a meltdown right there and then calling Randy a in great full little sh*t and punched Rhoads right in the face .Tommy Aldridge witnessed this and had commented on the incident many times .this was just weeks before Randy's dead .they weren't talking to each other much at the end Ozzy and Sharon were pouting at Randy . regardless of all this Randy had a conversation with Oz in the tour bus after leaving a show in Knoxville Tn telling him he appreciated everything he and Sharon had done for him and his leaving wasn't anything personal against them it's cause he just wasn't happy with the Rock and Roll Lifestyle that went hand in hand with touring around the country everyday and told Ozzy he was worried that if Oz didn't quit his constant drinking and drug use he would end up killing himself .Ozzy didn't want to hear it and went to bed .this was that last words they every spoke to one another while traveling to Orlando for their Duel Headline Stadium Show with the group HEART at the Florida World Music Festival in the Tangerine Bowl football stadium. They never made it to that show as they stopped in Leesburg Florida (just 30 miles north of Orlando) to get their broken air conditioner fixed on the bus .a hour or so later Rhoads was dead .
Ozzy and randy are the all time greatest , my all time favorite singer and guitarist. I was 12 years old when I was listening to the radio when I heard the sad news of randy 😥
Randy Rhoads is one of my favourite guitar players. Like Eddie Van Halen, Randy grew up in a musical family and was taught Classical music. Randy's mother, also taught him piano and music theory. I'm going to guess that Randy could probably read music. Randy also took folk and classical guitar lessons at the music school his mother established. One thing that I loved about Randy, is he was always trying to learn more about guitar playing. I have read articles that Randy would often arrange to meet up with guitar teachers while on tour. As was noted in an earlier comment, I think that Randy was looking to pursue performing classical guitar professionally. - Love the PoR channel. 🎸😎
@ProfessorofRock
Just wanted to say thank you for this show.
I lost my boyfriend in January this year after a month long illness.
Last night I was talking to the stars hoping he would hear me. Told him to gimme a sign and stuff.
Then tonight I turn on your show. Ozzy and Randy Rhodes. Randy Rhodes was one of his favorite guitar players. My ring tone for my boyfriend? Yep. Crazy Train. We always connected with music, he would send me random songs throughout the day. I’ll take this as him sending this to me💜
Thanks POR. 💜 I needed this tonight. 💜
Love this channel 🎸🎶🎶
Love this information.
I wasn't aware of the Dana Strum connection. I literally just saw Dana live with Slaughter July 8th at Belterra Casino. GREAT show from the front row. My Christmas one year was receiving ALL of Ozzy Osborne cassette tapes. Some of Ozzies lyrics will hit you right where you live.
CHEERS
Every Ozzy guitarist was great but Randy is one of the greatest guitar players of all time. He helped Ozzy became more successful than his former band.
Randy was phenomenal.
And he was so young when he died. We can only imagine what he may have created.
Randy Rhoades is still, to this day, on my wall... R.I.P.
Was fortunate enough to see Ozzy and Randy in Saint Louis in February 1982. A month later Randy was gone. Such a sad story 😢
Very sad. WOW! How was it? Tell us about it.
Forty plus years later, it is still one of the best concerts I have seen. I had to tell my parents I was spending the night at a friend's house because of the whole satanic panic nonsense 😂🤣
For being a little dude, Randy commanded the stage.
Wow, that’s tragic. One of his last shows.
Randy's work has stood the test of time!!! He's still influencing guitarists today! I sure wish he lived. I would have loved to see what he would have accomp!ished.
If you are a sports fan in Atlanta, Georgia, "Crazy Train" has special Place in your heart, because it became the walk up music (played as a player came to bat) of Hall of Fame 3rd baseman Chipper Jones (Larry Wayne Jones) It would start with Ozzy's laugh and go through most of Randy's intro. More often than not crazy things were soon to follow'
"Crazy Train" is really the only "Ozzy" tune I like, for the most part, well, "Iron Man" is in there somewhere.
The loss of Randy Rhodes is like all rockers who go before their time. The meteoric rise and the sudden end. ;-)
I think everyone who listened to rock radio in 1980 knew Crazy Train was legendary out of the gate. It sounded as new and as evolutionary as Runnin with the Devil. On KISW in Seattle, Crazy Train was like Star Wars- once it hit it stayed on the radio every day for years and is still all over rock radio today
I remember listening to Ozzy’s first album and realizing how awesome it was, and the shock later when the news about Randy Rhodes dying hit the news. Sad day for music indeed
Thanks for the great video. Brought back some forgotten memories from the early 80's.
Randy was like a shooting star you see in the night. It’s beautiful, it’s epic and in a blink of an eye it’s gone. He was immensely talented and a true icon. We’re all blessed to have witnessed his talent.
Another great that never knew how good he was (Steve Gaines ) lived and played with the same humble attitude as Randy. In the world of egos both guys just lived to play. Such depth and emotion displayed by both I truly believe they would have showed up for no pay. Dedicated to the core . I heard Randy took lessons or tried to at every stop he made. Imagine giving that guy lessons ! Also read Steve would take his strat to the restroom. Humanity seeking perfection and both so young. It’s the major issue growing old is losing friends and heroes. Thanks for more great stuff
Pro AR. Appreciate your passion as well . 21:49
Great episode and definitely a #1 in our hearts, it put Ozzy back on top. Ozzy is a rock icon and Randy is a guitar hero thanks in large part to this classic!
This was the song that put them over the top. Thanks My Name! Did you prefer Ozzie with Sabbath or solo?
He was successful thanks to Randy.
I love Ozzy!!! No one like him and that voice of his is gold. I'm so sorry for what happened to Randy Rhodes. He was such a talented fello. And grateful that Ozzy got a chance to showcase his incredible abilities with Randy.
I had read that Ozzy was never allowed at a lot of music festivals...because, Ozzy...so he started his own Ozzfest, which was cheaper than most festivals. A lot of people who didn't feel comfortable at other festivals felt ok at Ozzfest, and that Ozzy took time to meet as many people as he could. This alone makes me love the guy, even more than I had done before.
They went together like a bagel and cream cheese.
How would it be if Randy were still alive today. True legend, still crank Ozzy Randy Rhoades Tribute album. The solo on Suicide Solution still rips. RIP Randy
He’d of been the GOAT
So sad. Ugh.
RIght there with Eddie.
@@ProfessorofRock No, he would have surpassed Eddie by a country mile.
Tribute is my favorite Ozzy album. One of the things I'm thankful for about digital copies is that I won't wear out another copy on cassette. I had to replace 3 of them!
The world lost not one but two young musical giants that year (both in small plane crashes). Randy Rhoads in March 1982 (age 25) and Keith Green shortly thereafter in July 1982 (age 28). My favorite still to this day in their respective musical genres.
I was fortunate to see Randy kill it live in El Paso TX. just weeks before he was "murdered." Hearing him on record was one thing but seeing him live was another. I think his outro solo on "Tonight" is probably his finest moment which they faded out WAY too soon. Cruising the pecan orchards here in S NM. my buddy would always keep cranking the volume on that solo until you couldn't hear anything. I had just graduated from HS the year Diary came out and that album was our soundtrack for that summer. Such treasured memories from that whole Diary album.
He wasn't murdered . WTF you talking about?
@@spaceghost8995 Ask Rudy Sarzo.
@@stratman1021 I asked YOU.
Randy Rhoads inspired so many guitarists and even now continues to. He was a shooting star burning bright, soaring through the rock n roll world, then briefly vanishing into the night sky. Many have wished upon that shooting star. Many consider themselves lucky just to have seen it.
I was 10 years old when that album came out.
One of my older sister's friends (HS age) played it for me and I was blown away!
Fast forward 28 years, I was taking my kiddo to meet my wife at a hair salon so she could show him off. Walking, we were stopped at a RR crossing by several railroad maintenance vehicles on the tracks. The kiddo says "That's a crazy train Daddy". I said "you know there's a song called crazy train."
He loves it!
Working an OzzFest at Pine Knob in Michigan, Iron Maiden had just finished their set, Ozzy Osbourne walks past me saying something unintelligible but I did manage to hear the words "good job". 😁
What? That's awesome! thanks for sharing!
Cool stories! Rock on Craig!
Randy is the reason I picked up a guitar back in 84'. I was 11 and thats when I heard Randy for the first time. Been obsessed with guitars ever since.
The second solo on Mr Crowley, is my favourite solo of all time. It genuinely is an absolute tragedy Randy dying so young in such a stupid flying stunt. Utter waste of such talent. Always be missed. Crazy Train is a rock masterpiece.
Yeah! That closing guitar solo is 🔥. I also enjoy the closing solo from “Bark At The Moon” Jake E. Lee is very underrated.
@@cycobern You can hear just Jake E Lees guitar isolated on BATM
on yt...sounds awesome.
He could have given us more guitar madness over the rest of the decade!
I never tire of listening to Randy's isolated "Crazy Train" solo.
I saw them on the Blizzard of Ozz tour in June 1981.
Randy Rhoads really took the world by storm, the same as Eddie Van Halen did a few years prior.
We were in shock when we heard the news.
Devastating loss.
Adam, I will eventually see all of your uploads, I swear I will (if I live that long) !
This one brings back TONS of memories, some very good and some very sad.
Great job, as always......
RIP Randy Rhoads. There is no Ozzy solo career without Randy, Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake, Jake E. Lee, Zakk Wylde and Sharon Osbourne. Bob Daisley wrote all the lyrics for Ozzy’s first four solo albums. Bob Daisley, Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee and later Zakk Wylde wrote all the music at the height of Ozzy’s solo career. Sharon ran the business (and paid the lawyers to manage the lawsuits 🤔). Ozzy sang the songs, but the majority of the credit for Ozzy’s solo success goes to the people listed above. Geezer Butler wrote all the lyrics and Tonny Iommi wrote all the music in Black Sabbath. Without all these people, Ozzy would be in the “where are they now” category.
Saw Ozzy a few years ago with Zakk Wylde. Ozzy is an icon, but Zakk was phenomenal!
You can also say, without Ozzy, especially his acceptance of doing what he was told in the early sabbath days, that none of the peolle mentioned would of made a huge impact in the music business either. Maybe Sharron, being a daughter to a succesful manager could of found success. And Bob and Lee might of joined up with some one great, since they had industry experience. Randy's QUiet Riot wasn't that inspiring, so who knows how he is career in the music business would of tuned out. I doubt the guys in Sabbath would of had any real success without the stars being aligned and without Ozzys haunting vocals on the Balck Sabbath song. You can also say, without Sabbath being forced to make a quick 3min "hit like" song during the Parinoid album recording sessions, who knows how far they would of went. How sucess is brought on is always amazing. Shoot, if ozzy didn't put up a note at the local record store (or whatever place it was) saying ozzy zig needs a gig, probably metal as we know it, would be something entirely different.
Hey @Professor of Rock, love your content! I watched quite a few videos for the first time today! I think the way you edit the music seamlessly into your commentary is flawless and makes for an extremely enjoyable viewing experience where I always feel like I can understand what you're trying to communicate without having to pause and listen to the song itself! If you will permit a but if feed back, when trying to pick more videos to watch, I was finding that the thumbnail art and titles you choose for your videos tend to be rather difficult to decipher and not as simply enticing as I think is achievable. I think Rick Beato does a great job with his thumbnails as a good example of what I think you might be able to do! Again, Love your content, personality, and taste and I am continually impressed by your knowledge and insight. I'd love to see the thumbnails reflect the professionalism that you display in your videos as I think it might really help draw in the rock lovers you want to reach!
RANDY RHOADES the guitarist who brought us the best song crazy train along with the legend himself OZZY two legends R.I.P RANDY 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
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Indeed.
Was reading about Randy’s custom pedal board. The pedals were locked inside a big travel case with some external switches and knobs, plus a wah pedal and a volume pedal. Before a gig the roadies dropped it and it started malfunctioning. Several techs were unable to make heads or tails of it, so Randy and the guitar player from their opening band went to look. They opened it up and surprisingly found 6 very common (for the time) pedals (4 of them were from MXR, including a Distortion+). So they made a note of each one, and bought copies all six. But once they plugged them all in in the same order, it just didn’t sound like Randy’s tone, at all. Looking further inside the original pedals, the circuit boards were all “gooped” (sealed inside blocks of black epoxy resin). Randy and the other guitarist were at a total loss since removing that epoxy is really not a job for the timid. (Someone later pointed out that Randy also had an old tape echo behind his amp, so it was really 7 effects.)
MXR recently got permission to study Randy’s pedalboard, rumor is they will be selling a Randy Rhodes signature Distortion+ soon.
I have to say something else about Randy, 1981 was the year I started guitar lessons and told the teacher I wanted to learn his style of playing and it was during one of my classes they announced over the radio about the accident that took his life. It's hard to believe that such a gifted player only made two studio albums and then left us in such a horrible way
The day Randy died my father told me we missed the bus on an incredible guitarist who died in an airplane crash. He then told me it was Ozzy's guitarist. I was not a Black Sabbath fan so I dismissed it immediately. My father said no no you don't get it... He then turned on the radio and immediately I was hearing over the mountain for the first time. Tears filled my eyes. I had no idea who Randy was but it affected me greatly all the same.
I too was fortunate to see randy play at the orphium theater in boston in 1981. This skinny little man came out with a polka-dot flying vee and blew me away. He was amazing!! RIP mr rhoads. Btw Def leppard was the opening act🥸
Crazy train is a great song, a classic, and it deserves its many placements within pop culture. It has truly stood the test of time and deserves to be as big as it has become. That being said, given what was popular in the early 80s on the top 40 charts, crazy train was ahead of its time to say the least. I’m just glad we were able to catch up to these great songs, remember them for what they are, and push them up the charts all these years later. To me, that makes it better.
750 million streams plus one! From me, just now. I absolutely loved Randy’s guitar solo from Crazy Train. It would always energize me, and I would jump on my bed with my crappy electric guitar along with it, pretending to be able to play it. Randy Rhoads was a great guitarist who rarely got his due because his body of work was cut short. I saw Ozzy live in Buffalo in January 1984 (the Bark at the Moon tour). Randy was gone by then, RIP.
Ozzy, Randy! They rocked!
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Great segment. When Blizzard came out, I was doing a daily drive to and from my first real job. I jammed it often for my older Country co-riders in my car on my days to drive. That team was such a good fit everyone knew it was a new career moment for Ozzy. Randy too had a new following and amazing inspiration. It was just another chance of luck like so many in music, right time etc...
All aboard!!!!!!
This song contributed to the tinnitus I live with today.
I wouldn't change a thing.
"Sharon!"
Aww, you beat me to it!
SHARON!!!
SHARON!
I had the opportunity to know Randy Rhodes. I met him in the mid-late 70s on the L.A. club scene. He played in his band Quiet Riot and I would sometimes set in with different bands. Randy was a wonderful person and human being. His guitar playing was an art form that puts him in the exclusive guitar club of the legendary Les Paul & Jimi Hendrix & Eddie Van Halen. Randy's death nearly destroyed me as a musician. But I have come to terms with his passing. R.I.P. my friend. Peace!!
I was there too and your synopsis is truly accurate. Many of us "Metal Heads" were big Randy Rhoads fans. I liked Quiet Riot's music but I wasn't all that fond of Kevin Dubrow's personality. He sang good though. As I remember we were all overjoyed when Randy got into Ozzy's band. The rest is musical history.
Blizzard of Ozz was the first record I bought new as a teenager.A extremely under rated album,EVERY song is awesome. I used to sing along with Ozzy on every song.There is not a bad song on the record.I still have that record today.In my opinion the record is the best solo LP recorded after leaving a big named band.I believe Ozzy took a big chance on it and he nailed it.
I was in high school when Randy passed. 40+ plus years later I still miss him.
As much as I love Ozzy's first two solo outings with Randy Rhoads on guitar, my absolute favorite Ozzy album is _Bark at the Moon_ .
That’s mine too.
My mind is blown thinking about Blizzard of Oz being released in ‘80, it can’t be possible 🥺
Even Ozzy's kids had horrible experiences with paranormal entities as youths. His eldest kids didn't appear on their show because they were still being attacked. Crew members of the show were often attacked also some were driven to self ending!
Just horrible.
Great episode Professor! I am forever scarred by the memory of Randy Rhodes. My brother and I share January 1 as a birthday but he is three years older. On January 1, 1982 Ozzy played Phoenix Memorial Colliseum with Randy Rhodes as his lead guitarist. The previous Septemer, my brother and I made the trip to Phoenix with a friend to watch Van Halen. It was the first concert experience for both of us. However, I was not allowed to tag along to the Ozzy show on that January day, and I missed my only opportunity to watch Randy Rhodes. I still haven't forgiven my brother for that.
As for the pole question, would the best solo career after leaving a band be Paul McCartney? Although Ringo had more success initially after the Beattles dissolved.
I always learn something on this channel. Thx Professor. Love this song....now even more!
Rock on!
I remember getting this album in my sophomore year of high school. I played it daily and could not wait for diary of a madman to come out. The day that randy died i cant forget it either. I was in school and a kid came in saying randy died. That day is something i cant forget.
This is one of your best episodes i'm so happy you finally told the randy rhodes and ozzy osbourne story. Randi and ozzy were awesome together. It's so sad what happened to randi rhodes. Thank you for telling the randy rhodes and ozzy Osbourne story.
When Ozzy played in Cleveland, the crew could not unload and do sound checks without union members present. So Randy walked into the auditorium and clapoed his hands to hear the acoustics. He look at Rudy and said get ready for an amazing show tonight.