OAO Black Sabbath/Ozzy Thread

[Valeyard]

Holy shit. I rented that all the time. Thank you! That game had some awesome music.

 

[Fall of Epic]

Luckily that wasn't Sabbath's only appearance in the 16-bit era:

 

[Valeyard]

That's crazy. Total disconnect for me, having Sabbath in a video game (pre-Guitar Hero, etc).

I could put this somewhere else but it counts.

dotelboner.jgp

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1347359587524087811

 

[Fall of Epic]

I sure wish I entered that Bruce Dickinson contest.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Frank Zappa seems out of place on that cover. But then again, I feel like metal dudes always had an odd respect for him since he was such a weirdo. Ah, where have you gone, Agent of Oblivion?

 

[Valeyard]

Zappa could and did do everything. Everyone has a respect for Zappa. Even Lou Reed came around.

 

[Valeyard]

And also.

Edit: found a better version

 

[Fall of Epic]

I loved that cover as a teen. So silly and on point with 2000s Ozzy.

 

[Valeyard]

 

[Valeyard]

Finally got to listen to Ordinary Man in full. Best he's done in at least 20 years, but depressing as fuck. It's got the typical Ozzy stuff ("Straight To Hell," "Scary Little Green Men") but there's so much heavy introspective, honest stuff that it's hard to listen to. It seems like he's aware of how close the end is and it's a little jarring for me hearing him sound genuinely vulnerable. "Under The Graveyard" is the best thing he's done in god knows how long, and being back to back with "Ordinary Man" is the bleakest Ozzy I've ever heard.

The Post Malone shit is fun but way out of place on this album. Does fit the overall theme, I guess, but it just doesn't flow very well and being the last track is bullshit.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1359207367351615490

 

[Valeyard]

Ozzy credited as writing that while Lemmy wrote "Mama I'm Coming Home" is so cool. Until the last album I seriously don't think Ozzy ever knew how many songs he recorded were written about him.

Great video, too. Ozzy's sad at some realization, Lemmy's relieved and going to beat the shit out of someone.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Rivers Cuomo just revealed in an interview to promote the new Weezer album that he originally wrote "Hash Pipe" for Ozzy's Down to Earth but it got rejected.

I never thought of it ...damn...."Hash Pipe" WOULD probably work a solo Ozzy song IMO!

 

[Fall of Epic]

It probably would have taken the place of "Junkie" TBH.

 

[Valeyard]

That would've been interesting. I can see him doing it live in my head.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1407483509334188032

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

TONY IOMMI Says Original Tapes For BLACK SABBATH's 'Born Again' Album Have Been Found: 'I'm Thinking Of Remixing' It

Tony Iommi says that he is contemplating remixing BLACK SABBATH's "Born Again" album for future release. Issued in August 1983, "Born Again" was the only album SABBATH recorded with lead vocalist Ian Gillan, best known for his work with DEEP PURPLE. It was also the last of SABBATH's studio...

www.blabbermouth.net

Oh hell yeah

 

[Gary]

50 years young today.

 

[Gary]

Just popping in to say “Masters of Misery” is the best Sabbath tribute album. Cathedral, Sleep, Godflesh, Fudge Tunnel, Brutal Truth and more coverinng BS songs…it’s awesome

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6_qhP3eWX5PghcIu6jI_ZAR9U6FYOeUS

it’s also on Spotify

 

[Gary]

Revisited “Born Again” when I came home from work (by that, I mean after a shower, dinner and playing with the dog) and yeah, its still an underrated album. “Zero the Hero” and (especially) “Disturbing the Priest” are still great and I can’t imagine somebody not enjoying “Trashed” or “Digital Bitch”

 

[Valeyard]

At Last: Official Ozzy/Lemmy "Hellraiser" Duet Finally Released

Listen to a new version of the 1991 song "Hellraiser" as a duet between Ozzy Osbourne and Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister.

www.metalsucks.net

"Clearly, they just ported over Lemmy’s vocal tracks from the Motörhead version of the song — listen to them side-by-side, the delivery is identical — but this is still rad. No longer need we suffer through we awkward edits and amateur attempts to remix music so it doesn’t sound like two completely separate recordings fused together. This is consistently the Ozzy version of the song, only now half the vocals are by Lemmy."

I haven't listened to it yet but that just sounds really lame.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Zakk Wylde Now Confirmed to Play Guitar for Full Next Ozzy Osbourne Album

Ozzy's social media confirmed his full record involvement.

loudwire.com

Oh @Valeyard .

They’ll never stop the Ozzman. Have no fear, he’ll have music for years.

 

[Valeyard]

It sucks he just will never be able to tour with it.

Ozzy records will never really stop, like Tupac.

 

[Gary]

Bumped because I revisited "Mob Rules" last week and God damn that album rules. Also, since he was in Sabbath, would Dio (especially Rainbow, but also the Sabbath albums he did) count? Because I think it should.

Also, meant to post this two days ago, but here's the greatest photo ever taken

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1546917310585266177

 

[Incandenza]

At the stage in my life where I'm more likely to put on Dio-era Sabbath than Ozzy era....

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

When you listen to fools, the mob rules.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Just wait until you get with the odd trend of preferring the Tony Martin era, which is one of the weirdest hipster trends in metal.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I went through a well documented Ian Gillian/Glenn Hughes era phase. I get it.

Born Again has got to be the winner for "Best Comically Poorly Mixed Hard Rock/Metal Album" or at least tied with KISS Hotter Than Hell. It sounds so horrible that it almost becomes part of the charm.