Therapist Reads the Diary of a Madman by Ozzy Osbourne

Therapist analyzes Diary of a Madman by Ozzy Osbourne to discuss the value in sharing your emotions. The song is a radical expression of vulnerability especially for it's time, but the goodness doesn't stop there. The true beauty of the song, is not the diary but the DECISION that Ozzy puts in his diary. "Dear Diary I'm here to stay."
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[@chrisgonzalez4414]

This song literally saved my life and saw me through dark times when nobody cared about what I was going through

[@JACKSHEENA]

The musical composition of this song written by Randy Rhoads is off the charts!!

[@pyrotarkus]

I met Randy in Feb of 81. I'm freaking lucky.

[@JACKSHEENA]

@@pyrotarkus Damn! you are lucky - I'm a guitarist and he is one of my heros

[@pyrotarkus]

@JACKSHEENA I also got high with Nirvana on the Nevermind tour. And then I got into the music biz... . My super power is luck. Randy was the nicest guy. Gave me a shirt and paid for my taxi ride home. I was 15.

[@Jude_196]

TOTALLY AGREE!!! RANDY was GENIUS!!!

[@Mr12161969]

This is the genius that was Randy! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🤘🏻😎🤘🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@cbn6635]

One of the best songs about mental illness ever made, and Randy's playing is out of this world.. 👌

[@no_onein2024]

I concur!!!! My 2nd favorite is Fade to Black by Metallica

[@cbn6635]

@@no_onein2024 Also amazing Indeed! 👍

[@masonyuzwa8717]

Ozzys been singing about the common plight of people even from his days of Sabbath!! Case in point Paranoid !! I'm sure you've heard others by him like mama I'm coming home,bark at the moon,changes or his biggest hit crazy train!! Love ozzys music !! 👊🤘👍

[@haroldcrown5541]

I would really love your take on the Ozzy song “suicide solution” it’s not what you think it is!

[@troy-x5k]

Wine is fine, but whiskey is quicker....

[@richardcomstock6360]

I was thinking the same thing

[@allengator1914]

@@troy-x5k Thought that you'd escape the reaper. You can't escape the master keeper.

[@edwardmunoz7853]

​@@allengator1914the reaper driving at full throttle 💯🔥🤘

[@Cadinho93]

Randy Rhoads intro guitar part was inspired by Leo Brouwer's "Etude #6" and it has become one of the greatest songs ever composed. Also, Ozzy Osbourne is one of the rare humans that you can understand better when he's singing versus when he's talking.

[@One_Proud_Papa]

Ozzy didn't write the lyrics for this. His bassist, Bob Daisley, wrote them when he was 16. He was 30 when they recorded the song.

[@joechurch7]

Props to Bob and Lee Kerslake

[@Godric_71]

George Santos wrote the lyrics

[@meb882]

Is that true? 16?

[@One_Proud_Papa]

@meb882 According to interviews he's done, yes.

[@SJ-ty5rw]

Bob Daisley wrote the majority of all the lyrics on the first 2 Ozzy albums . Sharon has always tried to make it appear that Ozzy wrote them . She also brought Bob back for Bark at the Moon to write lyrics again for Ozzy .

[@kikurass322]

Suicide Solution is about Ozzy's struggle with addiction, well worth the listen. Love your channel.

[@Watching4Fun_]

That's half true. The song was written by Bob Daisley. He says it was loosely based on the drug use by Ozzy but Ozzy says that when he recorded the song he was talking about Bon Scott drinking himself to death. Either way it's a great song by the best band in the world.

[@jeffjones6221]

The impeccable Randy Rhoads!

[@kardeef33317]

Randy Rhoads was a classical guitarist teacher, both parents taught classical guitar. Randy at every tour stop took guitar lessons. Randy's was with Quiet Riot when he joined Ozzy. My favorite guitarist. He was killed in a plane crash he didn't want to do by a pilot that was on drugs that hit ozzys tour bus trying to buzz it. Randy was one of the few that didn't do drugs back then.

[@robertrosenbaum2911]

Megadeth “sweating bullets” would be right up your alley

[@Loozinitizoffhismedz]

1000%

[@dansiltala1576]

Also “The right to go insane”

[@scottlaughlin9897]

This has always been my fav. Song by him. What a masterpiece!

[@Purple_Pain]

I saw Ozzy 13-times and not once did they play this live. One of my all-time favorite Ozzy songs!

[@neils123]

Excellent commentary! As far as music, mental health, and the 80s (my pre-teen and teenage years), it's important to keep in mind that heavy metal music has always touched on the darker elements of the the human experience. That's part of what metal is really all about, at least as much as distorted guitars. So yeah, there's plenty of examples of metal bands and musicians talking about mental health, depression, anger, frustration, suicidal ideation, etc. throughout the 80s and even going back to metal's roots in the 70s. As a lonely teenager who contemplated suicide myself, one of the songs that really got me through was "Nobody Hears" by (ironically enough) the band Suicidal Tendencies. That would also be worth a listen.

[@ianmcconehea316]

i am so glad you did this song. I am schizoaffective, dealt with hallucenations and SI my whole (since age 9), finally sought help and medication after getting sober, after coping with drugs and alchol for decades. This song always resonated with me, makes me cry now. Thank you for your breakdown.

[@dvaderwasframed]

Another Request Iron Maiden Hallowed Be Thy Name just saw them live in San Diego on Oct. 4th

[@craigpiper2905]

check out his song - Revelation "Mother Earth"

[@jaytaylor8589]

That off key lead solo is genius. It fits the lyrics perfectly. Thank God for Randy Rhoads. R.i.p. my brother.

[@michaelposteraro3811]

This Album came out when I was 6. Ozzy is what got me into Heavy Metal, and I have been here ever since. Having lost my father 3 years prior, I had no idea what I was feeling at the time. I was not old enough to really dive deep into my thoughts and understand what even happened. I did have rage as I put my arm through a window a few months after he died and almost lost my own life. But this song, and others from Ozzy spoke to me and I didn't even realize it until decades later. I had no idea the meaning of the lyrics, but this still allowed me to use music as an outlet, a way to cope with hard feelings, pain, etc. Thank you for this, I am eternally grateful! I wish Randy had lived a long life, imagine what other great music he could have created.....

[@SteveSmith-os5bs]

In 1987 I saw Ozzy in concert Germany at Monsters of Rock, he was amazing.

[@andydavis8437]

I would have loved to have seen Jake E Lee, That must have been amazing, I saw them in 1980

[@thunderspike1892]

There are a song on the same album called S.A.T.O. Also written by Bob Daisley. Phenomenal guitar solo and the rhythm section by Bob Daisley bass and Lee Kerslake drums are over the top

[@0ldSch00l13]

I don't think "I'm here to stay," is the uplifting message you took it as. I always took it to mean, "I'm here to stay in this state of madness and despair."

[@Flum666]

nah bro, she's right, here to stay means I'll be here when it's all over.

[@burnthetubs]

The madman consumed the sane one is always how I took it.

[@MisfitPhotographer]

Bassist Bob Daisley wrote the lyrics.

[@joechurch7]

Bob was a key part of those first two Ozzy albums. Lee Kerslake as well. As solid a rock rhythm section as you can get.

[@pyrotarkus]

Bob's career is just amazing.

[@Gregbaltzer]

@@joechurch7 According to Bob's book he eventually got fired for sticking up for Lee after Sharon told him they wanted to fire Lee. After that Randy kind of checked out and was planning on leaving after the tour. The whole band were disillusioned after the band name was changed from Blizzard of Oz to Ozzy Osbourne by Sharon and Ozzy.

[@oteroair]

Pink Floyd - The Wall... The Entire Album is about Mental Heath ,.. and theres a movie for it too .

[@williamreiser3118]

Great album

[@TrianglesAndCircles]

For me diary of a madman was so different for its time. I was 11 when it was released. I didn't understand then, but it made perfect sense a few years later at age 19 when PTSD claimed a portion of my consciousness. ❤

[@Kyle-nl3jq]

This song matches how much I feel these days dealing with crippling anxiety, depression, and PTSD. It makes me feel less alone because most of the time when I reach out to tell people how I’m coping or trying to cope they don’t listen or understand the pain because they haven’t went through it their selves so they just call me weak

[@markmosher7720]

This is his greatest song ever. This would sound amazing live with an orchestra.

[@jamesherter9481]

I've just sought out a therapist in conjunction with my psychiatric care. Wish this lady here was my therapist. So cool!!!😊

[@plaidtoaster]

The 80s had sooooo many mental health songs. This is my all time favorite song.

[@josephputz2964]

On the reality show "The Osbounes", I can remember Ozzy walking into the living room and finding that Jake's Bulldog had destroyed the sofa -- stuffing all over the room. I almost died laughing when Ozzy said calmly, "Oh my God. The dog demolished the fu#>ing couch." The Prince of Darkness. You gotta love him. 😁

[@RogerFlynt966]

some days the struggle is very real :( To all of you absolute warriors out there, keep fighting, you're worth it...

[@bornsonoran]

The reason I listened to Ozzy is because he did sing about mental health issues. I could identify with him. You couldn't talk to anyone about your mental health without being shunned or ignored. By Ozzy talking about such subjects it made me not feel like I was the only one.

[@svenlerouge78]

The little boy on the album cover is Ozzy's son Louis from his marriage to Thelma. The song S.A.T.O means " Sharon Arden Thelma Osbourne ". After Diary it's my favorite song on the album. ✌️😁

[@chrisingles102]

Never knew Bob Daisley wrote the lyrics. Wow. Thanks for the info. Most Sabbath lyrics were written by Geezer Butler so it kinda makes sense.

[@chad_holbrook]

I was a kid in the 80's. Non-metal heads at the time didn't really get it but a LOT of metal and punk (blues and ska, too) were on the this topic. A major reason that I love these songs, bands, and genres. From Bad Brains' "I against I" on society pitting us against each other and ourselves. Almost every Suicidal Tendencies tune. Metallica's early work. The Ramones "I want to be Sedated" may have been a joke song but the topic was still front and center. Dave Mustaine's lyrics in "Sweating Bullets" is from the early 90's but still. The 80's were full of spandex and aquanet but there were a LOT of bands taking on mental health (album by Iron Maiden) and other serious topics. Most of Ozzy's work hit on this. Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" (song 1970) was was actually about depression. Black Flag's "Nervous Breakdown" from 1979 is a punk's view into his own "Diary". So much of the heavy metal scene was about mental health. I'm really glad you're scratching the surface of the genre.

[@ChubbaWubba169]

OZZY is and was ALWAYS real as pain.

[@no_onein2024]

There's NO OTHER artist that helped ME in my teen years with MY mental health issues than OZZY!!!!!!! Ozzy has been singing about mental health since 1970 with Black Sabbath such as the song "Paranoid". Also from his solo 1988 "No Rest For the Wicked" album the song "Fire in the Sky" was SO relatable and poetic for me!!!!

[@hullbarrett]

Yea, *Fire in the Sky* is great. I love those spooky bridges before and after the guitar solo.

[@Ambush-r3v]

EVERY song Ozzy wrote and sang is this deep and breathtaking. It's a shame that you do not know more except the Reality show (wich one was the first).

[@chasemartin5373]

Ozzy didn’t do any writing. It was all Bob and Randy.

[@RubenRodriguez-qh2dx]

❤️❤️ I don’t know what you would make of this, but this album came out when I was 12 years old, I had already started listening to Black Sabbath, because my uncle would play it! Needless to say, I was fully invested!!🤘🏼🔥🤘🏼 for some reason, this album was something I must’ve listened to at least 100 times in a year!! Sometimes music heals you before any damage has even begun😁😁🔥❤️🔥

[@genegiusti6239]

"Solitude" by Black Sabbath with Ozzy on vocals. It is a person suffering from depression after a breakup. It is haunting....at times in my youth it spoke to my own feelings and pain when in a similar situation.

[@OzzyFan80]

The cool thing about Ozzy is whether he wrote the songs or not he was willing to sing and delve into the darkest parts of himself and vocalize it though his singing. Love Ozzy he has been my favorite artists and always will be and part of that is like most of us dealing with addictions to many things just not drugs and just trying to make it though everyday being as happy as we can.

[@MichaelValdez86]

Mental health was always talked about but the approach was to just live with it or get over it. I love your breakdowns!

[@gigsnsht]

You literally did paranoid by black Sabbath a few days ago! He's the singer!

[@PsyberDude69]

🤣

[@HocusPocusFocus69]

The lyrics, time changes and dissonance of the instrumentation really define the mood changes of someone with mental health issues.

[@willbeplayin]

There's a great A Perfect Circle cover/remix of this song combined with The Cure's Lovesong, called Diary of a Lovesong.

[@hollander528]

Absolutely love your channel. Watching your wonderful reactions as you discover new music as well as the innate ability you have to divine practical and therapeutic lessons from the lyrics of these songs has been a joy to watch. Keep going!!! The Tool reactions have been my favorite.

[@Watching4Fun_]

I have seen comments asking for 'Suicide Solution" and I have to agree. I think you could unpack a lot from that song. (unintentional suicide)

[@caveman3021]

Great reaction ! I am a huge Ozzy fan, and though he has a lot of big hits, this is one of the best, if not THE best of his songs. Another one you might find interesting from a mental health perspective. is Demon Alcohol from a later album called No Rest For the Wicked. His notorious experience with substance abuse really comes through😉

[@JohnPristas]

This music was revolutionary for its time, yet at the same time being attacked by religious groups for being satanistic and troubling for teens without even hearing the lyrics. How far we've come.

[@Art-By-Aly]

At that point in time Satanism was real big .

[@uoabigaillevey]

@@Art-By-Aly Still is.

[@Art-By-Aly]

@@uoabigaillevey I mean as in everybody was a satan asked if they were black or if they was just music or if they use slang that kind of thing.

[@uoabigaillevey]

@@Art-By-Aly Ahh hehe Yeah.. Iived through that (born 70) .. it was especially bad considering I was both into heavy metal **and** Dungeons and Dragons. LOL

[@Art-By-Aly]

@@uoabigaillevey yeah I wasn’t born til 79 . But I was blonde and blue eyes little thing in the 80s . I remember my mom being terrified.

[@dieselforwethepeoplenews6612]

I think it was cute when she said she never heard Ozzy song when Ozzy is the lead singer of Black Sabbath paranoid

[@gnd111]

Brilliant song, one of my all time favorites.

[@davidmills7046]

Amazing channel you have. Love the therapist angle to it all. Mad Season Wake up. Hard to believe that you have not done this one. It's a song like Nutshell but even more down the addiction hole. Pleading, begging for peace of mind. Tortured mentally, crazed by the need for a shut off switch. Anything to stop the ache. Just amazing.

[@SixkillerHenson]

As a musician from the 80s, this was an outstanding track that was held to a high standard of guitar playing. The late guitarist Randy Rhoads that wrote this piece, is held to a high esteem of technique and talent. It was a tragedy he lost his life during the tour for this album. Ozzy continued his tour, but with Brad Gillis of the band Night Ranger, with Ozzy's remaining line up. And they did Black Sabbath covers. Live performances of this tour were made into a live album called Speak of the Devil. Randy Rhoads was one of the most talented guitarists in history and the most beloved friend of Ozzy. Following that tour, Ozzy recruited Jake E Lee (ex Ratt guitarist) for the next 2 albums, Bark at the Moon and The Ultimate Sin. Following that, he recruited Zakk Wylde. It is believed that because of Ozzy losing Randy, it opened a door to newer opportunities that excelled Ozzy's career. Even though he was tormented by Randy's loss, he continued his work in music and is a legend to all who love metal music.

[@ramondias3037]

Thank you so much for listening to it ❤

[@madmaxmusic89]

Crazy Train or Patient no 9 more recently... and I Don't Wanna Stop or Scream, Let it Die. so so so many good songs. But most of all NO more Tears and I Want you!

[@oteroair]

Crazy Train !! #1

[@kevinjones5001]

Yeah, Crazy Train seems pretty on topic for this channel

[@mikek9297]

You have listened to Ozzy before... quite recently in "Paranoid" ;-)

[@shawnmcmurray2551]

I love the composition of this song. It is a great representation of the message. It has the low slow parts that resemble depression and the faster more up sound that resemble mania. Manic depression in sound along with lyrics.

[@PxNxWxGxW]

My fav song about the wars in my own head. Ty so much. ❤️

[@timothymatty9681]

I would love to see your analysis of In Harm's Way from Metal Church. A very sad commentary on child abuse. And some of the best metal vocals ever. RIP Mike Howe

[@remcohoman1011]

8:52 He has got the best Rock Photorapher alive... Ross Haflin

[@SkullCowboy333]

Have used this more than once as a meditation before a workout.

[@cuzza1972]

Metal music has always dabbled in the things most people consider taboo. Mental health has always been stigmatised in main stream mind thought , which is why metal has been unrecognised for the help they have given to so many of us that have and do have struggles

[@matthewplummer8798]

You should listen to the band Citizen Soldier. The lead singer Jake is a clinical therapist. He wrote his first song "Let it Burn" from a psychiatric hospital.

[@FritzMonday]

A masterpiece !

[@ryant3600]

Lyrics written by the bassist Bob Daisley, music by Randy Rhoads.. Those two i'm pretty sure wrote all the songs on those first two Ozzy albums

[@johnbelcher7955]

10 months ago I went through a full-on nervous breakdown and "Paranoid" resonated with me totally!!!!

[@srt8rocketship241]

Ozzy did a lot of punishment to himself and I believe it's a miracle that he is still among the living.

[@mknewlan67]

I have complex PTSD. From a violent childhood and music says things I can’t. Black Sabbath’s Born Again is kind of my theme song if people had one.

[@BluesJammer69]

You might want to listen to "Crazy Train" by Ozzy he was singing about this kind of stuff long ago!

[@michaelshawnbarrett4285]

I love Ozzy

[@masterroshi2779]

Do more Black Sabbath PLEASE!!!!!!

[@duncansolloway2497]

he sang the song PARANOID w/ BLACK SABBATH in 1970 although the lyrics were written by the bassist GEEZER BUTLER

[@ScottKroetz]

Taylor, you are the absolute best. LOVE your videos!!❤

[@azazel200011]

Ozzy have always been my number one singer of them all, until Liliac came along, those kids are something else. The musical brilliance until the late 90’s for Ozzy was unique. After the 2000’s his music took a turn that it wasn’t Ozzy’s style. Yet he really could sing. He was one of the first to incorporate opera with metal.

[@williammackinnon4738]

Yes it is every day.

[@HedgieEirulf]

I just watched your Korn - Daddy video and it reminded me of Dont Let Daddy Kiss Me from Motorhead. It is one I havent been able to finish listening to. It is such a powerful song and to hear the message come from such a gruff person like Lemmy is a very interesting experience.

[@EricPoteete]

That was really about Alister Crowley if I’m not mistaken

[@michaelmichael1001]

"Dear diary, I'm here to stay." That's not sane sane person in him who is speaking. It's the madman. Makes it even scarier, doesn't it?

[@uoabigaillevey]

Metal, in general, is so much deeper than jus the music. This is what the mainstream does not understand. While they are singing about swinging those hips... this is what was going on in the metal community. This is not to say that metal does not have it's vices, too.. but it is not even nearly always the case.

[@OhBeNice]

Bob Daisleys lyrics are fantastic

[@mattjohn4731]

I think "madness" is a tradition in rock lyrics. But this one is less cliche and more introspective.

[@christopherglock7239]

Over the mountain was about an actual acid trip experience. Guitar was freaking over the top great. Randy was definitely the best was 17 when he recorded this album died at 18 in plan crash. Ozzy was devastated, as a Godsend then just gone like a little brother. Sharron helped him through it.

[@vicprovost2561]

Ozzy was such a great frontman and unique vocalist, that entire album is an utter classic. Too bad he is remembered as the bumbling dad and rock star on the Osbournes, he truly was a pioneer of all heavy rock after 1970. From the same album, do Over the Mountain for more Ozzy greatness. Enjoy! 🔥🎵🎸🎤

[@seaneman6789]

Thank you,..

[@dconley1964]

Other Ozzy and Sabbath songs that tie to mental health (There are a lot of them): Hand of doom, Paranoid, Solitude, Juniors Eyes, Fairies Wear Boots, Megalomania, The Thrill Of It All, Changes, Lay Your World On Me, Crazy Train, Can You Hear Them?, Dreamer, Demon Alcohol, Under the Graveyard (Video), Denial, Ghost Behind My Eyes, Patient #9,

[@jimdunagan4180]

I think 82 or so....but you get to hear Randy on guitar and that's a good thing :)

[@andrewrobinson-morris1852]

You've got to have a look at Paranoid by Balck Sabbath. Not actually about paranoia as Ozzy didn't understand, but it is about mental health.

[@superfbomb9054]

I got a brain melting banger for you.. try the song "War Inside" by Mushroomhead

[@davidwestwater5900]

lots of folks just think bats and bonkers re Ozzy.......but him solo and with sabbath were way ahead of time!

[@yeti8it396]

It was abt the time this song hit the charts it spoke VOLUMES to me after just remembering the mental, sexual, and physical abuse my then brother and after remembering it has haunted my mind . I honestly wish it had stayed in the past for me. Just remembering while typing this tears are rolling down my face. When said bother .i literally shed tears over it MANY after he times after he.was shot and killed. but after remembering I ahte that he died because I now have no closure of telling him how much he F ed me up.

[@timwirasnik5878]

This track has always been a CLASSIC from the day This Album was released! Where you been?

[@cleitonbelitzki9965]

Same year and Ozzy's former band, Black Sabbath, Over and Over, with lyrics suffering from despair, frustration, allusions to depression and emotional defeat

[@williamreiser3118]

Song about me bi polar type 2 manic depression history suicide tendencies but since promised 17 years old son i wouldn't ever do that ive not thought about it

[@bigdaddydiesel5520]

You spelled the word "photography" the way Ozzy tries to talk! 😂 As an aside Randy Rhodes is just an amazing guitarist and Ozzy has always tackled topics ahead of his time, even if he didn't always write the lyrics, he chose the songs.

[@lawrencefine5020]

That guy who played the guitar was pretty good too.

[@bryanmedaris4278]

Some time I listen to songs like this to remind me my problems are real

[@chainlink78]

recently found this channel, loving the reacts and the thought on things. think this would be right up your alley for your love of music and the mental health Ekoh x Lø Spirit- GOOD THINGS Ekoh is criminally underrate as an artist

[@mikeg.4211]

You really should react to a lyric video of Black Sabbath's "Megalomania". Even the album cover is suggestive of someone living inside of them, and the vocals have two contrasting voices of Ozzy's singing. Lyrics by Geezer Butler, who wrote the lyrics for "Paranoid".

[@rararave648]

I would like to recommend, The Tempest by The Real McKensies. It has help change how I view my depression. Plus it has bagpipes, I like bagpipes.

[@Godric_71]

George Santos wrote the lyrics to this song while he was skydiving from the space shuttle.