I figured Ozzy might sing better than this...

[ELVIS]

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[Seshmeister]

Pretty typical Ozzy performance.

Can you imagine how long it must take to do the vocals on his albums these days?

At least we know he definitely isn't miming...

Jeez everytime I hear Zack play now his style irritates me just a little bit more than the last time...

[Mr Badguy]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
Jeez everytime I hear Zack play now his style irritates me just a little bit more than the last time...

What are all those stupid widdly fills about?

And that trebly tone?

I love that song on "Diary..." but that version is horrible.

[ELVIS]

Time for Ozzy to hang it up...

[Seshmeister]

Yeah I don't think I would go see him these days.

[Tiki-Tom]

Originally posted by ELVIS
Time for Ozzy to hang it up...

Ozzy's been long overdue for a final bow.
Sharon will see to it that he works himself right into the grave though. She will then prop up the corpse for a few more shows. Wait a minute, :confused: she's doing that right now...............Nevermind

[WACF]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
Yeah I don't think I would go see him these days.

I hear ya...BUT...I have never seen him live.
That clip is brutal.

Oct. 24th...Rob Zombie opening will be good...then I can say I have seen Ozzy.

[Antman]

I was expecting the Monkees tune.

[cMb]

Ozzy's voice was dreadful on Ozzfest this year.

I couldn't believe he announced a post-Ozzfest tour. I doubt he will be singing any better this time around.

[Seshmeister]

Ozzy's voice was dreadful in the mid 80s when I saw him but still worth seeing because of Jake E Lee. He improved quite a lot for a while in the early 90s but now his singing is shit again and with ZW playing it just doesn't do it for me.

[Terry]

Sounds like it is being played a semitone down from the recorded version, which was in E flat to begin with.

Wylde doesn't do much for me anymore. Hearing him playing RRs licks well was novel in the late 1980s/early 1990s, but those pinched harmonics are inserted all over every live tune to the point of overkill. Obviously the man can play a guitar, but wouldn't even put him in my top 50 of all time.

Even the crowd looks bored.

Ozzy's done the Sabbath reunion thing already (and, frankly, the Dio/Sabbath reunion is shitting all over the Ozzy/Sabbath one in terms of balls and awesomeness), and was Black Rain anything really that great? Not to these ears.

Upshot: can't come up with any great new material, sounds like shit live singing the oldies, every penny he makes goes to keeping his greedy wife in diamonds and pearls...she gets a nod for helping get Ozzy focused after Sabbath folded in '78, which contributed to him putting together a killer band who created two great solo albums (namely, his first two), which led to a much maligned but pretty good (IMO) post RR/Daisley/Kerslake live album, namely Speak Of The Devil, and a decent studio attempt after RR died (Bark At The Moon).

Outside of the odd track here and there, really haven't had much use for Osbourne post Bark At The Moon, so it matters not to me if he keeps going or not, but I'd feel pretty jipped if I had shelled out $50+ to hear him butcher Believer live like that.

'Ozzy Osbourne' has slowly morphed into a prescription drug addled corporation now; the dude needs a fucking TELEPROMPTER to cue him in on lyrics he's sung a million times over in the past. Has sadly everything to do with what 'rock' music has evolved into, but little to none of the spirit that made him worth remembering in the first place.

[Mr Badguy]

Who else is in his band now?

He goes through so many bassists and drummers that you probably couldn`t name them all.

[binnie]

Originally posted by Mr Badguy
Who else is in his band now?

He goes through so many bassists and drummers that you probably couldn`t name them all.

Drummer is still Mike Bordin 9must be the longest serving Ozzy drummer) and the bassist used to play with Rob Zombie, I can't remember his name.

[binnie]

Originally posted by Seshmeister

Jeez everytime I hear Zack play now his style irritates me just a little bit more than the last time...

Originally posted by Mr Badguy
What are all those stupid widdly fills about?

Yup, bang on.

I saw Ozzy at Wembley arena in June. He certianly sang better than that, not much better mind. But he was never about being an amazing singer, and he managed to get the crowd going nuts, and created a real pressence, a real sense of an event. He is still a good frontman, although he should definately be thinking about packing it all in whilst he still has some credibility left.

But for Zakk Wylde was the problem: now I'm a BIG zakk wylde fan, love BLS and Pride and Glory, as well as his early work with Ozzy, and I think he used to really, really smoke as a player. But now it's self parody. Every Ozzy song was packed with fills and way too many pinch-harmonics, he absolutley murdered Crazy Train and Mr. crowley by making them sound messy and too busy. Oh, and he played the same solo he's been playing since 1988. Shame really.

Funny watching him try and play the outro-solo on Bark at the Moon though, he really struggled and had to alter it - why has no-one since Jake been able to nail that?

But it was a good show nonetheless. If Zakk had toned it down a little, it would have been much more enjoyable.

[Terry]

Originally posted by binnie


Funny watching him try and play the outro-solo on Bark at the Moon though, he really struggled and had to alter it - why has no-one since Jake been able to nail that?

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That BATM outro has always fucking SMOKED.

Have the tab for it; once in a while I'll dig it out, plug in and give a go at it, but can never get it quite smooth enough.