Ozzy: I play fair with my bands

[sonrisa salvaje]

Yeah, everyone gets both now but its not Jake E Lee on guitar is it?

[78/84 guy]

Ozzy. It's over bud. Your voice is gone !! RETIRE PLEASE.

[Seshmeister]

Yeah, everyone gets both now but its not Jake E Lee on guitar is it?

Who else would it be???

[Golden AWe]

Who else would it be???

Desmond Child?

[kwame k]

Desmond Child?

Isn't it funny how Desmond sucks the life out of every band he writes for.

[jhale667]

I saw him with Randy in February of 1982 just one month before Randy died. Incredible band. I am blown away to be able to say I saw Randy that one time.

Me too...will have to check my ticket stub, but think it was 2/03 -and I still liken it to a religious experience. Definitely life-changing.

Isn't it funny how Desmond sucks the life out of every band he writes for.

More like sad...

[Coyote]

Isn't it funny how Desmond sucks the life out of every band he writes for.

It's called "guaranteed mainstream radio-hits"...

And he can have Bon Jovi.

[ELVIS]

This is a cool clip...

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[sonrisa salvaje]

Who else would it be???

For some reason i thought Ozzy and Sharon had remixed it with Zak's guitar on there to take Jake out of the royalty loop.

[lesfunk]

Isn't it funny how Desmond sucks the life out of every band he writes for.

He also sucks the Jizz out of every band he writes for... or at least tries to.

[Seshmeister]

For some reason i thought Ozzy and Sharon had remixed it with Zak's guitar on there to take Jake out of the royalty loop.

Not yet but they will if he ever comes looking for royalties.

I read somewhere he is destitute in Vegas...

[sonrisa salvaje]

Damn, i hate that for the guy. I always enjoyed his playing.

[Seshmeister]

Have you seen their rehearsal stuff on YouTube?

There is a whole set up there.

It's kind of sad to think that Jakes daughter there will be mid 20s now, is apparently estranged from her dad and of course Ray Gillan died of AIDS just a few years after this.

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[binnie]

Not yet but they will if he ever comes looking for royalties.

I read somewhere he is destitute in Vegas...

They'd have to find someone who can play the outro solo on 'Bark At The Moon' first. Zakk never even came close.

Thanks for the Badlands clip - God they were good.

[Seshmeister]

That's maybe too much, just call me sir or Sesh.

[binnie]

A few other names pop into my head......

[Seshmeister]

Like 'boring old fart'.

The first thing I thought when I saw that rehearsal video was that it would be too loud for the kids ears and that Jake shouldn't be smoking in an enclosed space beside her...

[ELVIS]

That sounds like Whitesnake with Jake on guitar...

[ELVIS]

[Seshmeister]

"So did you worry that you would be typecast as Carla Tortelli?"

[Terry]

They'd have to find someone who can play the outro solo on 'Bark At The Moon' first. Zakk never even came close.

Thanks for the Badlands clip - God they were good.

That really was a fantastic bit...probably one of the most effective things Jake did with Ozzy.

Seemed like it wouldn't be TOO tough to play, but it's a bitch to get it sounding precise and smooth.

[GAR]

Whenever I listen to the first two Ozzy records, it makes me think how sad it is to see the figure he's become....

- quit checkin out mens figures, fag!

[Seshmeister]

No it is very tough to play.

I think I was the first around here to point out that after nearly 20 years Zak still couldn't play it.

I'm surprised they didn't just put it on a fucking tape for him to mime to...

[FORD]

Here's the irony.... all the years both of those guys played with Sabbath, yet the only time they ever played the same show, neither one was in the band.

(US Festival of course.... you can tell by Ozzy's mullet.)

Of course it could have happened again in Santa Monica in 1992, but Dio pussied out of that one and they had to bring Halford in as (dare I say it) a "switch hitter"

[UK ROCKER]

I always thought that photo was shopped.

[ELVIS]

No, but it's a good candidate for caption this!

[bueno bob]

Here's the irony.... all the years both of those guys played with Sabbath, yet the only time they ever played the same show, neither one was in the band.

(US Festival of course.... you can tell by Ozzy's mullet.)

Of course it could have happened again in Santa Monica in 1992, but Dio pussied out of that one and they had to bring Halford in as (dare I say it) a "switch hitter"

Putting myself in Ronnie's shoes, I didn't really blame him at the time. Still don't...having the encore with Ozzy really put him in a position of second fiddle for that show, like "Here's the teaser...OK, here's the REAL Black Sabbath" (which, to be fair, it was...at that time).

But the thing remains, it would have been a hard show for anybody in his position to just smile and get through, especially when his contract was technically already up - I mean, why go through it if it wasn't necessary?

The years certainly proved who had the more talent and lasting power of the two, no doubt of that...Ronnie definitely had the last laugh there...

[UK ROCKER]

Here's the irony.... all the years both of those guys played with Sabbath, yet the only time they ever played the same show, neither one was in the band.

(US Festival of course.... you can tell by Ozzy's mullet.)

Are you sure Ford?

Sunday May 29th:
Quiet Riot [12:10 - 12:50 pm]
Motley Crue [1:20 - 2:20]
Ozzy Osbourne [2:50 -4pm]
Judas Priest [4:30 - 5:40]
Triumph [6:10 - 7:20]
Scorpions [7:55 - 9:10]
Van Halen [10 pm - midnight]

Plus Ozzy's hair in this vid seems a little bit shorter than the pic with Dio.

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[UK ROCKER]

If Ozzy & Ronnie had teamed up on stage it may have sounded like this...

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[FORD]

Shit.... I was sure Dio played the US Festival, and the background there looks a lot like the exterior shots I've seen from backstage at Glen Helen Regional Park that day.

Well if it's not from that show, then when the fuck DID they meet?

[chefcraig]

Shit.... I was sure Dio played the US Festival, and the background there looks a lot like the exterior shots I've seen from backstage at Glen Helen Regional Park that day.

Well if it's not from that show, then when the fuck DID they meet?

Dio and Osbourne's bands shared the bill in 1984 during the Last In Line Tour, playing a couple of festivals in Germany. Notice who else is on the bill.

[ELVIS]

I remember that...

[UK ROCKER]

Dio above Ozzy on the line up , now that surprises me.

[FORD]

Now that sounds like one HELL of a show! :eek:

[ELVIS]

I agree, but I remember flyers like that and Dio was NOT listed before Ozzy Osbourne...

At the time, my world revolved around Van Halen and Ozzy and I would have remembered such blasphemy...

[Terry]

Now that sounds like one HELL of a show! :eek:

Indeed.

Hell, to catch Gary Moore back then, circa Victims Of The Future, before he virtually gave up on rock for his blues revue stuff...

You got Ac/Dc, who probably turn in a great show regardless of whatever album is out, Van Halen with Roth, Accept touring on the heels of Balls To The Wall, Motley Crue before they became a bad joke a la Theater Of Pain, Dio touring for The Last In Line, Ozzy doing the Bark At The Moon stuff...

I would have stayed for the whole thing. Would have been drunk as a skunk by the end of it, though.

[ELVIS]

Hmmm...

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Bad sound, but whatever... It rocks!

[ELVIS]

That was great, but check this out!!!

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[ELVIS]

Wow, check out Ozzy on this...

I find it hard to even listen to the rest of the band compared to Ozzy...

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[Panamark]

Wow, check out Ozzy on this...

I find it hard to even listen to the rest of the band compared to Ozzy...

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One of my favourite ever sab songs (dunno why, I think its got that
"other worldly" thing happpening)
Great job live on this clip, except a few moments halfway.
But impressive for sure. In fact the band play it crap..
Ozzy delivers and the Sabs play it half assed...
Nice to see an example of this for a change