Vocal ANALYSIS of Ozzy! The guitar solos and vocals in this have me stupefied!

[@smith8281]

The song Mr Crowley should be on your radar for Randy’s guitar solos

[@TheCharismaticVoice]

Yes! The moment I stepped out of my office from recording this, it was the first thing Kirk said. "Now you're ready to watch Ozzy stare at Randy for 2 minutes straight as Randy does solo after solo in Mr. Crowley." I am excited!

[@xtreme4stringbass]

@The Charismatic Voice I remember everyone in tears in high school when we heard the news that Randy had died.

[@metalmark1214]

I'd also suggest Over the Mountain and Flying High Again.

[@Flagg795]

God that Mr Crowley solo is the very definition of epic.

[@TheMillieBurton]

@@toeman89 That was Jake E Lee, But it is good

[@parkerking5521]

Elizabeth's reactions are the best. Also, no one has ever used "Ozzy" and "fairly healthy" in the same sentence before.

[@coachmikesfilmroom3111]

Thank you. You got a huge laugh out of me

[@dago87able]

XD

[@lizmalsam7528]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alineaparecidaferreira9051]

I wish I could like this comment more than once! lol!

[@tdbman2379]

Lmao!! Perfect

[@jasonlebeau1288]

If you ever heard Ozzy's speaking voice you'd understand just how amazing it is that he pronounces words so well while singing.

[@Chronologo]

It's an absolute pain watching him talk without subtitles lmao

[@joshuawest4410]

Need a reaction video of her watching him trying to have a conversation with someone. 😂

[@corrywhatever3516]

I've seen one interview with him when he was much younger where he was very intelligible. For whatever reason he had cut his hair and just seemed like a normal guy, and not this Rockstar persona. He was John Osborne, not "Ozzy!". I'm pretty sure the years of stereotypical Hardrock lifestyle has impacted his ability to communicate. I think he'd be completely lost without Sharon

[@strayling1]

There's a fine line between a Brummy accent and a speech impediment ...

[@silverjaw138]

@@strayling1 💯 A lot of ppl think he can’t speak, but he’s just from Birmingham!

[@ryankellypa]

Ozzy comes from very humble beginnings. He couldn't afford any lessons. His father spent a whole weeks wages to buy him a amp. Hes had problems but always been humble and good to the fans. Hes popped out to sign fans records against the wishes of his security. We love Ozzy no matter what. Working class hero!

[@XMorbidReignX]

He was the son of a man who worked day in and day out. He himself worked a shit job before Black Sabbath was a thing. He respects us because he knows what it's like. He knows we're working often like slaves to come and see him, he feels its a duty to at least pay us back for it. He might be stupid rich, but he never forgot what it was like to get his hands dirty.

[@Relyx]

@@XMorbidReignX similar story with Judas Priest. Working class lads growing up around the loud and dirty foundries and steel mills of the West Midlands, a few of them even working in said places. They know what it's like to grow up pretty poor, despite their dad working crazy hours in a factory to support the family. That's why we people of the West Midlands will always respect them.

[@justjeph6927]

Right! I wonder if him and John Lydon are mates?

[@zeframmann1641]

"Working class hero!" He did a fantastic cover of that song too.

[@arsxxmoriendi]

@@XMorbidReignX Can confirm. Saw him once on the Merry Mayhem tour in the early 00's. Motherfucker broke his leg hopping around, Zach played a VERY long guitar solo, and Ozzy just came right back out finished the set with a broken leg. Wasn't like some gnarly compound fracture but still...that's legit and I'll always remember.

[@timallen6035]

Yes, Randy was AMAZING, and it was a great loss to rock music with his passing. Edit: Healthy and Balanced are not words that are normally associated with Ozzy.

[@kensawicki7624]

The respect you give to Ozzy and Randy is outstanding

[@kraz007]

Randy is amazing

[@Jimarillion]

I just love seeing a clean cut lady enjoying the Ozzman. After a lifetime of being mocked for being an Ozzy fan it is refreshing.

[@FeralMoonWitch]

Listening to someone discovering Randy Rhodes and wondering "if this can even be played" when he solos - yep, he's still blowing everyone away 40 years later. Bless his memory.

[@ArmwrestlingEnjoyer]

I remember slash tried to play it live and it did not work out 😆

[@coltonweitman1341]

All great guitarists die young why idk but dude shreds and it's also cool to see a upity person enjoy good music!!!!

[@jakeannett6720]

⁠​⁠@@coltonweitman1341that’s what I’m sayin who can play it with as much feel as he did? It’s like how no one can play teen spirit the way Dave does. Thank god he’s still with us

[@green917]

Randy Rhodes was a 1 of a kind! There will never be anyone that plays guitar quite like he did ever again!

[@nomasterabovemenoslavebelo3628]

He/She actually isn't dead! Look on my page. I have photos of HER, alive and well and a pretty thorough explanation of the whole ridiculous but yet true scenario. Randy/Randi wanted to quit. Ozzy was a nightmare to deal with. He was like an out of control teenager who partied way too much. Rhoads was fed up, his band mates were also. I'm the biggest RR fan in the world. Yet I've come to the realization that I was fooled. He faked his death to live in anonymity. What better way to live anonymously than to live as a woman. The images are undisputable. Analyze his feature in the photos I display in the post.

[@DEPARTMENTOFREDUNDANCYDEPT]

Any time I feel like I need a smile, I will check out one of Elizabeth's reaction/analysis videos. She is a very rare, 100% positive, joyful experience on KZbin!

[@rebel200794]

I would highly recommend "Diary of a Madman", it really shows of Ozzy's character voice ability and Randy's classical training.

[@YouLoseSir]

Character - yes, vocal ability - not as much as SBS or Solitude, the latter for sure would throw Elizabeth for a loop

[@SylviusTheMad]

Diary also shows what amazing songwriters Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake were.

[@vick247xe]

That's what I said too

[@howiefelthersnatch3862]

My favorite Ozzy song.

[@Dmantag]

Tbh, I know it's Black Sabbath, but I think that Hole in the Sky or Sabbath Bloody Sabbath are better representations of Ozzy's vocal ability

[@RJTheBikeGuy]

Ozzy did four live videos with Randy Rhoads on a show called After Hours (shot in Rochester, NY in 1981). The songs are Crazy Train, Mr Crowley, I Don't Know, and Suicide Solution. They are on KZbin. Just search "Ozzy Osbourne After Hours". Please check these out. Randy Rhoads is amazing and these are some of the only live videos of Randy.

[@mikej9619]

All are magical...

[@stevenhousewright3878]

Dude I had no idea! Thanks for sharing that info!

[@rjbradlow]

Here's Crowley Live with good Rhoads coverage: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWSvp5uae6qCp9U

[@patrickharrington5753]

I have to look for this ty

[@m00n3r9]

Here's the unedited Crazy Train version - warts and all it's awesome! kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5qaaoicbZZqj6M

[@aronbaumel]

Randy was 24 when he recorded this. No one played like this before he did it. That solo is triple tracked. His career with Ozzy was less than 2 years… and here we are still astounded by his brilliance 40 years later.

[@psycojuggalo1642]

The song is only double tracked especially the solo that why it never sounds right on a single guitar

[@BruceEpper]

When multi-tracking guitar parts, the same notes are played but they tend to be ever so slightly out of sync with each other. This is what people are used to hearing. In this song in particular, Randy didn't play exactly the same notes for the left and right tracks (which apparently was not intentional). He even mentioned it in an interview. That is why it doesn't sound right on a single guitar.

[@kosjeyr]

Randy gave Eddie Van Halen a run for his money. If only that plane didn't take off...

[@andycowie2110]

Absolutely spot on Bruce, I remember reading one interview where Randy states this, 1 Centre solo track & a slightly different solo(s) on the left and right of the centre track. Get your headphones on people & have a good listen.

[@tonyrobertsguitar]

Exactly. A true originator of Neo- classical shred.

[@Eisenhower42]

I know I'm late to this party, but I have always thought "Crazy Train" is just a perfect rock song. The structure, the arrangement, the vibrance and energy of the galloping horse ride of the verses giving way to the killer hook, and of course, the virtuosic guitar solo. The song ends leaving you wanting more. Note perfect. Just a perfect hard rock song.

[@silvershelbygt500]

Been an Ozzy fan for 40 years. Randy's playing still gives me goosebumps to this day.

[@mrsmiles1179]

What does Zakk give yeah

[@justingoretoy1628]

@@mrsmiles1179 Pentatonic minors in various contexts.

[@christopherdavidson4382]

I was thinking something similar while watching this video a few minutes ago. I was thinking that I have been hearing this song for about 40 years now and his guitar work on this song is still just masterful. The song Diary Of A Madman might be his most impressive guitar work technically speaking but this song is just pure metal brilliance

[@wyattblackwood3927]

I know, imagine what he could have done if he would have lived longer.

[@andreausain9819]

Me too bro

[@LarenGreyUmphlett]

I've heard that solo thousands of times for four decades and it still gives me goosebumps.

[@ianhatesyou]

Same

[@sayjustwordstome]

damn right man

[@kevinkendall3122]

Same way with Flying high again 🎸

[@sbziel]

Ditto okay perhaps just 800 times--

[@metalmike570]

She had no idea it's about the Holocaust!

[@wernervanderwalt8541]

Randy was classically trained. He could comfortably jump between scales and his fast legato runs and hammer on technique put him on a league of his own. Ozzy was pretty much doped and drunk the whole time during this period. I'm amazed that he could sing clearly on this album. When Randy died, Ozzy almost quit. A sad day for heavy metal

[@johnamcclintock1]

He was an absolute master of the guitar and his knowledge and ability allowed him to do all sorts of things other guitarists, at the time, would have been scared to do. He was exactly what Ozzy needed to relaunch his career and is, in my opinion, the most influential guitarist, in rock/metal, there's ever been.

[@RKM8506]

The vid of Ozzy listening to Randy's "lost tapes" is one of the saddest things I've seen

[@clarkw9881]

I saw Ozzy in 1992 in Knoxville, Tennessee during his "No More Tours Tour". Between songs, Ozzy said "Knoxville always holds a special place in my heart because it was the last place I performed with my dear friend Randy Rhoads." Paraphrased. The crowd went wild!

[@crusheverything4449]

@@johnamcclintock1 - Obviously, Randy was phenomenal, but more influential than Eddie Van Halen? I highly doubt that! Every rock guitarist worth their salt learned tapping after Eddie came along and I still haven’t heard anyone do it better. More influential than Tony Iommi? I doubt that, too. The guy invented metal guitar (slightly less than) single-handedly! Perhaps “influential” isn’t really what you’re trying to say. Maybe you just like Randy more.

[@davidsidebottom7326]

Even to this Day clearly 1 of the best RIP Randy

[@mattwa33186]

Randy did arpeggios to warm up. He went to try out for Ozzy, started warming up, Ozzy stepped out. A minute later they told Randy that Ozzy had heard enough and they'd call him. Of course he got the job. A while back I watched the documentary about Randy and at the very end they had a clip of him playing arpeggios before a show. And I immediately understood why Ozzy didn't need to hear any more - he was just supernaturally good.

[@238839]

"That was brilliant"...truer words were never said and her facial expressions says it all...truly bought tears to my eyes...Randy Rhoads forever.

[@LadySpacePatrol]

RIP Randy Rhoads!

[@billpeet1976]

Sure, but....what would happen if she DIDN'T like Osbourne's vocals? What would happen to her channel if she were honest? Has she ever been critical, or does she just serve praise? For these reasons, I'm not sure we can trust her reactions. She wants to be liked by Ozzy's fans.

[@ferox965]

@@billpeet1976 Go have a nap.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@billpeet1976 why do people need to be critical, no one is coming to hear her rip one of their favorite artists. Her orgasmic reaction to Rhoads' playing is classic

[@dreadbull5039]

@@billpeet1976 Is it your life’s goal to suck the joy out of people? How about we give her the benefit of the doubt and assume she approaches all music with a sense of appreciation for the art form.

[@sirsancti5504]

The amazing thing for me is that Ozzy has great diction while singing, but only his wife understands Him, when He talks.

[@alsimons7925]

🤣😆

[@andrewwoods4907]

brummies can understand him just. he was born 5 minutes from where i live. he is my reference when americans ask me where i live. basic answer is you wont know but ozzy is from there

[@galadballcrusher8182]

It is not funny making jokes about a medical condition though, except maybe the fact he wondered himself why that was and thought is the drugs until an ex nurse told him he may have Parkins

[@boblouis972]

I saw sabbath live in 2015 on the end tour and when Ozzy addressed the crowd, not a fucking word got through, but as soon as he started singing his whole posture and energy shifted, and he proceeded to deliver one of the best performances I’ve seen to date, it was phenomenal

[@paulwatson2499]

Some people will never get the true meaning of this song just because it's ozzy. Deep deep meaning that holds true today.

[@PhilipAlexanderHassialis]

"That is brilliant". This is why Randy is STILL missed today, 40odd years after this has been relased. A legend in the truest sense, his imagination (not to mention his technique) was impeccable. He was taken from us too friggin' early.

[@evilfantasy69]

I almost choked up a few times watching Elizabeth discover Randy and Ozzy through this song and how much she appreciates the talent.

[@johndoe-so2ef]

I still remember that day. The chicks crying, everyone just dazed..... Early reports had Ozzy killed as well, stuck in my head forever

[@kevinrea7663]

Randy and Eddie set the bar in the 80s. Two of the greatest guitarists EVER!

[@SLINKEE6]

The moment you were validated with me is when you heard "Randy Rhodes" and you turned to the camera and said " That was Brilliant " dead pan. You said it all...bless you.

[@matthewmurphy1945]

Your reaction just after the solo is spot on”Brilliant” indeed. Randy was a renowned classical player that was leaving the rock scene to pursue a classical school of music. He was truly amazing.

[@pattyconley4096]

I just love her! How she reacts with pure joy or raw emotion at what she's hearing I just can't help but feel what she feels. Such a sweet, genuine lady!

[@lolahunter8851]

I am going to record a video and publish it on KZbin, having never heard the song before. Her facial expressions, eye movements, and comments are so corny and staged. Genuine?

[@jeffreyes6236]

She's the bomb!

[@ItsATM67]

I have just enough musical knowledge to be a danger to myself and others, and I love how she explains the technical aspects of the perfomances, plus her joy is infectious.

[@craiggodbey8561]

Like I did the first time I heard this song, I'd like to see her listen to ironman....

[@petepedersen6138]

Everyone needs to remember Randy was 22 years old during his writing and playing, think of the magic he would have done if he was still alive, THE BEST GUITARIST.

[@mattb5370]

Just 22. Ripped from life and music at the beginning of his prime.

[@evetsnitram8866]

He also double tracked his solos by hand.

[@nightstrike90]

Well that's kinda the point. He HAD to die so other guitar players after him could even remotely have a chance. If he were still alive, no one would ever want to pick up a guitar again because what would be the point? The GOAT would already be among you 😂

[@AMSRocker]

Mmmmm no. He was great but Eddie Van Halen was a god

[@brucerichards8848]

@@AMSRocker Mmmmm no. Eddie was great but Randy is unbeatable

[@jeremynewcastle]

If you want to hear more of Ozzy react to “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath. Do the album version. This of course highlights the musical genius of the whole band Black Sabbath. There is a long debate on who started heavy metal genre. The Black Sabbath camp and the Led Zeppelin camp! You decide!

[@duckrutt]

And it's on live evil so the comparison Elizabeth wants with Dio is right there.

[@SirPulga]

Do it, but Paris 1971 live version!

[@philipph3421]

Live from the end was impressive

[@MrKawika64]

Faith No More does a great cover of this

[@Edoweryo]

I think this non official video version, discover from our Tribals friends, gives it another light by current times kzbin.info/www/bejne/goK4iaiHa7-Xb9k

[@saintche3988]

Ma’am, you are a gem. Your love for music is infectious. Thank you for enjoying the music that we grew up with and love.

[@mikepoirier2492]

A tear came to my eye when you called the solo 'brilliant'...Yes everything he played was brilliant. Thank you.

[@kevinashleylewis]

Dude.... Me too. I thought I was weird for tearing up watching her react to the solo.

[@pickbass1]

"Could you even play this?" That is what made Randy Rhoads a legend even before his passing. He did play this live. Even though it is like running down stairs at top speed teetering on the verge of falling and totally wiping out, he maintained control throughout, even adding more interludes sometimes live. Another thing that made Randy unique was, rather than just running major or minor pentatonic scales, he would often play modal patterns that were not commonly used before he came on the scene.

[@ganjiblobflankis6581]

He did sometimes "Cheat" on the studio version and play it twice with very subtle differences like how Freddy Mercury often did vocals.

[@darleneblackwood1506]

randy played with Quiet Riot long before Ozzy....js

[@michaelmclaughlin6440]

Listen to Randys live version of Black Sabbaths Children of the Grave (Tribute lp) he completely hated playing another humans notes and boy he made that tune his OWN amazing.

[@heyjarrod]

@@ganjiblobflankis6581 Cheat?

[@heyjarrod]

@@darleneblackwood1506 Actually, he quit quiet riot to immediately join Ozzy. 👍🏻

[@Potts1966]

I'm amazed that a song I've loved and heard 1,000's of times gets a new fresh perspective when you analyse it. Thank you.

[@krotos2009]

You're picking up Randy's brilliance. The 'weird horror feels' were designed by Randy at Ozzys request to CREATE those feelings. It was all deliberate.

[@mr.cookey]

Damn, Randy was such a genius, it's terrible he went out that soon.

[@CarlMatarrese]

Dont forget, Randy AND Rudy the Bass player were QUIET RIOT before the moved over to OZZY for his solo albums until we lost Randy@@mr.cookey

[@Dvalarogg]

I believe the way he put it was: _"I don't want you to create the best solo of all time. I want you to create something that makes a kid want go buy a guitar and learn how to play."_

[@davidvest7170]

Each time she rewinds to the guitar lick in the third verse, she's visibly stunned anew. Each time I hear that lick, decades later, I'm still stunned! You have so much fun making these, and I have fun watching them, Thanks!

[@FinancialFreebo]

I'm literally in tears watching this appreciation for Randy. I love the hard, old school, rock and roll sounds on the electric guitar. Randy is one of my absolute heroes. This duet was one of the best in rock and roll history. Why is it that the best always die way too young? Such a shame. Imagine what all Randy would have accomplished with another 20 years. Its beyond imagination.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

he is an all time A leaguer and hall of famer

[@johnnagel3853]

I always end up in tears listening to Randy. There is no one better.

[@forddriver8827]

Angus Young may disagree!

[@FinancialFreebo]

@@forddriver8827 also one of the absolute best....

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@forddriver8827 with what? Angus worshipped at the Rhoads altar

[@linus5171]

”War pigs” live in Paris 1970 is Ozzy Osbourne singing for early Black Sabbath. His voice had very much power and tone in his early years

[@mattiazinfo]

Agreed. And something tells me there will be talk about the drumming of Mr. Ward on that video. Unequalled.

[@pillarhood471]

@@mattiazinfo darn right

[@TL50-r9f]

Randy Rhodes is the best guitarist I have ever heard .He Learned classical guitar around 4 to 5 years old. When Ozzy was looking for new guitarist before this album he heard Randy practicing for a bit and walked down stairs and told Randy your hired before any other guitarists were listened to.

[@johndev2212]

Ozzy was never a gifted technical singer, but he had his own style and you know him the minute you hear him. Ozzy knows a great guitarist when he hears them and he hit the jackpot with Randy Rhoads. Those 2 studio albums are incredible!

[@LightfingersKlepto]

but Ozzy does have a truly unique voice that is insane, and that can't be taught

[@Blackferret66]

@@LightfingersKlepto Agreed. If you really want to be a popular singer, having a distinctive voice is more valuable than having a technically perfect one. Then, you at least stand out, and your passion can carry you through.

[@chrisrussell2237]

Her face literally melted listening to Randy's solo. So fun to watch you discover his genius.

[@ruaboutasize14]

"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most." -Ozzy Osbourne

[@PatTheRipper-zb7oj]

Watching other people hear Randy’s songs for the first time takes me back to my childhood instantly I still dont know why his playing meant so much to me but it does Watching someone else have the same feelings makes me feel so good inside RIP Randy and Thank You

[@panayiotisk.7005]

I think this is what makes Randy so great, he wasn't just another minor pentatonic and blues scale shredder but he used to write riffs and songs in major scales affected by his classical training...this is only one reason among many others for why he is the best 🔥🎸

[@efthkon9142]

Hello nice name.😐.

[@Powerslave226]

The beauty of Randy's guitar playing is that his leads can be appreciated by guitar players, average folks, or classically trained musicians. Not many guitar players that played at his speed can hold that title. The fact that she listened to the entire solo 3 times and I'm sure nobody cared is a testament to that very notion. We miss you Randy

[@lauriea2971]

Randy I’d the Best guitarist in the world

[@reginaldsmithers3468]

It fills me with sadness that Randy Rhoads is, and has not been among the living for so long. I really know nothing, but I think Randy Rhoads was probably a super nice guy in addition to playing guitar magnificently. His track "Dee" I thought was a pretty darned nice exhibition of his more classical guitar skills. I listen to Segovia for my most inspirational classical but, as a young person, I always liked it when the metal bands I liked had some really mild extremely talented tracks. I think I used to play them for my parents to sort of placate them into not hating heavy metal.

[@metalmike570]

He's a legend - still admired by us all after all these years!!! He took Ozzy's career to a new level and more and more people appreciate Ozzy like never before. Ozzy deserves more awards then he has. I can't see him retiring but he's supposed to be now. I think he'll tour anyway!

[@metalmike570]

@@d.mcraze6296 It's burned into your memory forever; RIP Randy, SRV, EVH, Jimi, and Gary Moore just to name some.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

this is why he is in the Hall of fame, he changed the game....people who hate Ozzy can appreciate the music, I played Tonight for my wife, she loved the music, but hates Ozzy

[@kristynsdad]

During Randy's solo, Elizabeth's eyelids are fluttering in sync with the hammer ons. Awesome!!!

[@Hey_its_isaac]

Now she needs to hear crazy train live! It’s so much better than the recording in studio

[@dewyell6956]

She always looks like she's changing a stinky baby diaper.

[@ktvindicare]

@@dewyell6956 You know a guitar solo is good when it reflexively gives you a stank fance. It's a physical law of the universe.

[@rmonroe401]

Ozzy is amazing on crazy train and the message in the song could teach a lot of people about the realities of this world.

[@gregorymurray5121]

"Originally educated in classical guitar, Rhoads combined these early influences with heavy metal, helping to form a subgenre later known as neoclassical metal." Randy was just a beautiful guitarist.

[@georgetourlos5840]

Helping being the key word. Yes .. he helped. But there is someone who helped much earlier in my opinion and that someone is Mr.UliJonRoth. Not to take anything away from Randy at all. Seriously though, check him out. Original badass to bring that to the metal/rock world in the mid-early 70's. LOVE THEM BOTH. I hate when I hear people say it was Eddie Van Halen or Malmsteen.

[@CygnusVoyager]

@@georgetourlos5840 I’ve never heard anyone say Eddie helped form neoclassical metal

[@georgetourlos5840]

@@CygnusVoyager maybe I'm mistaken with shred guitar. I could be wrong 🤔. I'm at the pub and have had a few. Regardless, Uli was definitely one of the godfathers of bringing neoclassical guitar to the metal/rock world. And Shred guitar as well. I'm just sad that he never got the recognition. Especially for his solo 80's stuff from ELECTRIC SUN. If you haven't heard it before I highly recommend you check it out. The guitar work is out of this world. Especially for its time. Cheers mate 🍻 😁 It will blow your mind 🤯

[@SIXSTRING63]

@@georgetourlos5840 Uli and Blackmore were doing the neoclassical thing 10 years before Randy. Yngwie was also doing it in Sweden before he was known in the States before Randy. Not slighting Randy but I hear more a straight up rock player than a neoclassical player. Alan Holdsworth, McLaughlin, DiMeola………..were all shredding fusion long before and bands like Wishbone Ash were doing the prog/neoclassical thing early on too along with Steve Hackett and Steve Howe.

[@ronnewton2576]

So cool to see her expressions when Randy is playing. Makes my day. RIP Randy you are missed.

[@brobidart]

Elizabeth, your reactions are sincerely authentic, it’s so fun to watch and absolutely priceless! I’m loving how after Randy finishes his solo you can’t help but to say, “epic”!!!

[@brobidart]

This guy does a fantastic job! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWWwZolvbKind5Y

[@brobidart]

…and guitar hero!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnmWhJx_bLOBbc0

[@sirsir9665]

The greatest thing about Ozzy he's a really good guy in person and he is huge into stage performance and general lives for it.

[@scottamacker4481]

To this day Randy is still my favorite guitarist. Hard to believe this Saturday - 3/19/2022 - will mark 40 years since his passing. I still remember that day.

[@scothays4354]

I mourn this day every year. I still have the newspaper article.

[@agenth2155]

As a True Metal Head ,. being a teenager in the 70's. I love how you appreciate our music. We have/had always been told how bad our music is/was. It's refreshing to see someone appreciate it. Everyone has a preconceived notion about this music without listing to it. Thank you, I just love watching your face when you listen to the music.

[@rockinracer]

I agree, her joy, and true enthusiasm for the musicality of our jams is refreshing. Especially when a truly trained classical musician is doing the analysis, I have learned things just by her observations. Great stuff. Rush, Rolling Stones, Van Halen, SRV, Talking Heads, all amazing.

[@bennyandersen742]

Yes, never judge before you listen, i bought the "speak of the devil" live album with Ozzy, it had a terrible cover, but I love that album. It's quite interesting that I just "barely" bought it and could have missed it because of bad promotion work

[@scotttaylor6033]

Have to remember when we were growing up in the 70s our parents grew up in the Big Band era pre Elvis so the sound of metal / hard rock was something from another planet to them. Even Elvis was critical of the change in music especially when Led Zeppelin came onto the scene which imo paved the way for the metal / hard rock bands of the 70s and 80s

[@bennyandersen742]

@@scotttaylor6033 Yes , music changes all the time, but at some point it is just very difficult to come up with something new, seems like music is completely "saturated" and stagnant, the kind of great bands that dominated in the 60-80s don't exist anymore

[@scotttaylor6033]

@@bennyandersen742 Agreed but my comment was directed toward the original comment above about how bad some thought the music we listened to was. It was bad in most of our parents eyes because of how different it was to them. Looking back I realize we grew up in a great period in time of great music and musicianship that was off the charts. I recently listened to an interview with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush and Geddy said he read that something like 70% of young kids today listen to our generation of music 60s-80s. That's the entire Classic Rock generation. I think that sums up how bad the music is today.

[@bonestockrotorary]

The song, “war pigs,” would give you a much better lens, to view ozzy’s voice. The instrumental breaks and stripped vocals give a truly transparent perspective into his abilities. The man helped define GENERATIONS of rock and metal heads.

[@Nobody_Cares913]

yes!

[@jackrosariotrueblue]

My thoughts exactly

[@bendyrland7213]

Agreed, War Pigs gives a much better look into the band's playing and Ozzy's voice. No 80's studio production on the track. There is a clip from '70 in Paris that is stripped down and awesome. Im not sure that Elizabeth is ready for this type of sound yet. She will be eventually.

[@Jose2184]

Or The Wizard, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath really highlights Ozzy’s voice 🤘🏽

[@gregorskiff]

@@bendyrland7213 Yes the live Paris performance of War Pigs was one of the best.

[@michaelpelley2815]

Love watching your reactions. Such a joy of hearing something new. Makes me smile every time!

[@tskwerl]

The solo on Over the Mountain gives me goosebumps to this day. Randy was really something, wasn't he?

[@hinjurock70]

I love that solo.

[@APK-pn4qh]

Yeah it's a fantastic solo. But then all his solos were! 😎

[@tazyou11]

Love that song and the solo is great.

[@LionDesign]

Yes sir

[@noahschwartz3526]

my favorite RR solo!

[@timclark1324]

You can see Randy playing "Mr Crowley" live. It's a magnificent performance. Randy was clearly ahead of his time. One of the most influential guitarists of all time.

[@originaldrdoom]

She had no idea Randy was classically trained. It's awesome seeing people's reactions when they hear him for the first time.

[@ElfSixDave]

And she has no idea what the Brummie accent sounds like.

[@NoName-ql1wk]

He wasn't much of a classical player, and saying his is classically trained is slightly insulting to real classical players.

[@prprod]

@@NoName-ql1wk True, he was just starting to learn when he was with Quiet Riot and started incorporating it into Ozzy's music because he felt it fit there. That's a direct quote from Randy himself

[@pshycodragon7271]

His mother opened up a music school. He started classical guitar at age 7. He learned guitar from Scott Shelly and soon knew more about the guitar than his teacher. His mother also taught him piano and music theory. He didn't play it in quiet riot as they wanted more of a pop sound. Once he was in ozzy he started playing classically in rock.

[@NoName-ql1wk]

@@pshycodragon7271 Can't have been a very good school. Just saying.

[@DomGiglio]

hahahahaha....pretty F'in astonishing, isn't it?!? Omg to watch you on your first ever listen of this, just made my soul thrilled! I'm so glad you've found something you enjoy so much. Randy was, well...Randy. That's an enormous can all on its own. You know what though seriously...go get your ears on the entire Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman albums. They'll both melt your face! 😂😂😂😂 🤙

[@michaelbeahn5977]

Randy’s solo…..soaring. It was so damn soaring and crisp…..it was like a roller coaster ride.

[@dim9907]

Almost like a crazy train ride someone would say

[@michaelbeahn5977]

@@dim9907 You’re right. I went and made a metaphor when it was already made for us in the song. Lol

[@MonkeyJedi99]

The bass line is no stroll in the park either.

[@225supersix1977]

to do the solo you basically need to train your ring finger of the left hand with the index finger of the right hand, thanks to Mr. Van Halen

[@michaeltudyk8660]

To crazy train?

[@johnglenn9007]

I love her reactions. The fact that she can appreciate music she may not normally listen to is to be respected.

[@stevenbarlow4172]

After all these years I still tear up when I hear Randy's solos. I love it that he is still being discovered and appreciated.

[@StephenHayes-g4t]

Randy was one of the most dynamic, innovative and influential guitarists of his time. He inspired many of the best guitarists of the years that followed his untimely death. What a brilliant young musician he was. 🇦🇺👏👏👏🇦🇺

[@Patriot_Drone_Services]

When Ozzy went back to the studio 30 years after the release of this album they played the master of just Randy Rhodes guitar parts. Ozzy broke down and cried because he and Randy were very close. After he got himself back under control, he spoke of his and Randy’s friendship. He said at the end of that conversation, he said “I still love and miss my friend very much”. It was quite funny when you said that he used his voice in a “healthy” manner… the words Ozzy Osborne and healthy never collided in the same sentence… great reaction!

[@jprocker6368]

I remember once an interview with Ozzy talking of opening the guitar case for the first time years after. Seeing the polka dot Flying Vee and half a pack of cigarettes and breaking down talking about it.

[@gabeackermanackerman1084]

@@jprocker6368 Marlboro reds

[@Patriot_Drone_Services]

@@jprocker6368 yes sir, i remember that interview as well!.

[@grahamnunn8998]

Seeing your reaction to Randy's solo is wonderful. He double tracked the solo so clearly planned them meticulously. When this album came out it really shifted the goal posts for what was expected in a solo. This was only 1980 yet influenced pretty much the first half of the decade.

[@glennhecker4422]

Believe it or not, Randy TRIPLE-TRACKED some of those solos.

[@rednab2001]

Absolutely correct about Randy’s influence in that decade. I started singing in a metal/rock band right after high school graduation in 1982. It was very common to hear cover bands do this Ozzy song. I payed with several guitarist who could pull off the solo.

[@anomaliespodcast]

Watching Elizabeth react viscerally, and sometimes euphorically, to music we've all loved for decades makes me feel like I'm hearing the song for the first time too. Her technical expertise often has me saying, "Wow, so *that's* why I like that part so much!" Plus, I mean, let's face it...Elizabeth is just plain fun to look at.

[@metalmike570]

I saw something that she is expecting? Pretty sure they'll be another musician in the family.

[@kurtsnyder4752]

She's GORGEOUS!

[@brettbabaian304]

I hardly ever watch reaction videos but I watch a lot of hers because first, I like metal. Second she’s so smart. And third her physical reaction is so entertaining and great.

[@kurtsnyder4752]

@@brettbabaian304 Watch her Pick Of Destiny by Tenacious D. A Haw and a half. Another funny one is Julia Nilon's reaction to Jinjer's live recording studio session of "Pisces" and Angelina Jordan's I Put A Spell On You. Just realized they are both Gloriously Glamourous Gingers, Radiantly Ravishing Redheads!

[@philiplovelock6094]

I absolutely LOVE the way you embrace all types of music, vocalists and musicians. Your love of Randy and appreciation of vocalists like Ozzy, Rob Halford and Bruce Dickinson .. 👍❤

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

Today was the anniversary of Randy Rhoads' passing. RIP to a phenomenal player, who influenced an immense number of musicians. I've always loved the jauntiness of the verse parts. It was definitely intended as a headphone listen, you don't get effect panning so much nowadays like we did in the 70s and 80s.

[@evilcowboy]

props on the use of the word "jauntiness". Yeah it does have that feel, I am just surprised I saw that word used properly and so casually. I also agree with the panning being different, I can shed light on why that is because I actually write and do the mixing of music and getting pretty good at it. I learned that due to the way its mixed today it is less of an effect because now vocals are layered with the same vocal (exactly the same recorded at the same time (similar to double tracking a vocal like Ozzy does but you just don't put the second layer around 2 to 3 ms out of time to get that doubling effect they have on his voice, Rob Zombie also does the same. Its why the vocals are a bit unusual.)) with different EQ settings to introduce a mix of vocals where all the highs, lows and mids of a voice is actually heard because you add a parametric equalizer setting that focuses on bass, mid and treb of each layer, and they also added an extra layer. So you would have a main vocals track, and then do the wide stereo thing on the last 2 , panned 100% to the left and 100% to the right while leaving the 3rd layer center. It also helps when you listen on a surround sound system like the music is actually moving. MUSE is really good at that. So the way I do that is the first track is a center track playing both left and right, I use that as the bass and add a really thick bass EQ to it, then the next is mids and give it a mid boost (clapton idea, he just did it on guitar instead of vocals) and the last track is the treb and the EQ should be thin. To get it to pan the original way you have to pan all 3 layers exactly the same, it can be done but is also time consuming so its not done all the time and panning is less used because of that. But doing it that way gives more creative freedom, you can choose the intensity of the left to right panning based on the number of those layers you decide to pan left to right. The software I use has a time marker to allow me to do that and is how I do panning so it sounds exactly like it use to. I also liked it because it moved the music in a way to not loose interest. It was usually done to grab attention or to make a longer part of a song that repeats more than 2 bars less redundant. 2 bars is the cut off for me to start thinking about panning 6 bars repeating is always gonna get panning or some sort of effect to break up that redundancy. You have to have the music move to get a professional sound and to keep people interested, its why its referred to as "sound engineering", you need quite a bit of constructing knowledge to do it and is a long process. So not a lot of folks willing to go through that much trouble and generally the light panning effect you hear sometimes is because the person either liked the sound of it or they were too lazy to do it to all 3 tracks because it throws the mix most do first some people are too worried to do that for fear of needing to re-edit the original mix. When you do it in order of how it should be done thats not a problem. So it shows they added the effect last and didn't mix around the effect. Thats something you gradually learn. On top of that, the influence of the way Freddie Mercury sang also contributed to that, he used his whole voice and did a manual mix himself. That is why he could sing Opera, MUSE can and Meatloaf can also sing opera, its the same style. 1 voice, 1 instrument, never think of your voice as broken up in registers, if you don't cut up a guitar to play it then you don't cut up any other instrument to play it, including the voice. So now the style has caught on with also the movie about Queen coming out and people realizing he did something different. So you have more singers learning Freddie's style and that style he did was mixing his chest voice with head voice, very operatic way of singing and is proper singing. Sometimes you hear people refer to Freddie's style as it sounding almost like 2 voices just timed very well. Its timed well because its done at the same time. The reason, once you learn it, singing is pretty easy. You can hear how I mixed Muse's new song "Don't stand down" on my channel. You can hear in the vibrato of my voice is actually happening in a chest voice but you can hear the head voice and is noticeable because they do not oscillate at the same time like that. But it sounds really good for vocals. Its how you add power to a weak vocal style like a falsetto, push your chest into it while maintaining the falsetto pitch. All of them sing in a mixed voice and then mix in a manner to expand on the mixed voice. Its hard to do, but once you got then you got it. Took me 1 1/2 years of 5 days a week practice with 3 to 5 hours each day. At times I wanted to give up but just stuck with it, when I could get really close to that style I started putting up my covers on my channel for a record of how I sounded before VS now. Anyway, didn't mean to talk your ear off, I am very passionate about music and love it, so your comment just sparked that thought and ADHD did the rest lmfao.

[@cwize]

It’s been so long since I’ve witnessed someone hear Randy Rhoads for the first time. She’s basically freaking out the way I did getting that album the first day it was available in my town. Considering how different music and people’s music sensibilities are today, I’m greatly heartened seeing Elizabeth just stunned by the genius.

[@mrz80]

Rhoads' playing had on an effect on rock guitar like throwing a traffic flare into a pool of gasoline. He was only around for a little while, but he raised the bar like few guitarists before or since.

[@scoutbeavers7355]

First time I heard this I was 12 and had my handle bars on my bike leaning forward with my boom box bungee strapped to the handle bars and steered the bike with the boom box, I wore myself out listening and riding, I found myself wanting to go and pedal as fast as I could , the neighbors probably thought of was on drugs 🤣

[@cwize]

@@scoutbeavers7355 I’m not sure if that’s less, or more, dangerous than the urge to put the pedal to the metal when driving & listening to Ozzy and Randy! 🤣

[@scoutbeavers7355]

@@cwize I do that too, lol

[@Flymurd]

Eddie Van Halen's "Eruption" and Randy's "Crazy Train" solo set the template for practically everything that followed throughout the entire decade of the '80s. Most of us had never heard guitar playing like that before!

[@ryleighsunshine]

FUUUDGE I love reading comments from people who were there

[@eaytc6968]

Crazy Train CRUSHES Eruption! -Love Eruption. -Seriously. Crazy Train is BANANAS.

[@costanzafaust]

@@ryleighsunshine Another cool thing about that time was you would see the music videos on MTV (or the concert VHS tape) that showed bits of how they played this stuff on the guitar, it was impressive to watch and taught a lot of guitar tricks to the 'garage bands' of the era.

[@anthonyz5671]

@@eaytc6968 Meh.

[@anthonyz5671]

Agree. I'm a little more biased to EVH I was young to hear him when he first hit the scene. followed by RR. But that's just me. To me neither is clearly better than the other.

[@cmr7854]

You said it, Elizabeth... imagine the music Randy would have created if he hadn't died. He was arguably the greatest rock guitarist of his age. Classically trained. I was a teen-age boy in high school when he died, and a couple of my friends and I actually allowed ourselves to cry in front of each other. It was when my friend said, "He's never going to play anything for us ever again!" Thank you for honoring him on your channel. It is always a pleasure watching someone hear him for the first time.

[@angelicajoy1]

Randy's solo... 💥 Elizabeth's reaction: "That was BRILLIANT!" Yes, yes he was....He was a master at his craft.

[@awanshura]

I've heard these guitar riffs so many times I actually forgot how amazing they are. Seeing them basically have an ASMR effect on you helped me remember how genius they actually are.

[@WE.R.NOT.OK.W.U.TRMP_GTFO]

It gave me chills to hear her say Randy's solo was brilliant. He's my favorite guitarist of all time next to David Gilmour, and Dimebag. I think she's picking up on his classical training, and the epic use of pinch harmonics before pretty much anyone else was using them(afaik). You REALLY have an ear for greatness! "The sound at the end is a studio engineer saying "An Egg" through an oscillator. Ozzy had asked him what he had for breakfast that morning." - also, one of the reasons for the song name, was that Randy was really into trains, mix that with the song being about finding love in a world that's a bit insane, and you get Crazy Train ^^

[@hanniballecter4454]

How many guys here would think " she's the one" if their girl said "that was brilliant" with the same face after showing her any of your fave solos.

[@danhunt1278]

it was brilliant! imagine if he didn't get on that plane...

[@thomasking5472]

Earlier and most certainly epic users of pinch harmonics would be Billy Gibbons and Alex Lifeson.

[@WanBerry]

@Jey Lee , excuse me may i ask.. was wondering which song(with solos)you like the most about David Gilmour's guitar..? (yeah there too many in PFloyd.. okay give me few..) Thanks!

[@panayiotisk.7005]

Elizabeth appreciated Randy's playing and this matters a lot 🔥 he is my best to and the fact that he is my inspiration to keep getting better at Classical guitar even if I live 40 years after he passed, this is something only a legend can do 🔥

[@TimothyBatesonAuthor]

This song has been part of my playlist for years, and it's always so refreshing to hear people's takes on it. But it's really the reactions that make this video so fun to watch! --- Thank you for giving me yet another fresh perspective on this classic!

[@remedy-1879]

Randy Rhodes was a guitar virtuoso. He regularly hired classical tutors on tour and most of the time ended up teaching them new things. Dee is a beautiful look into his classical abilities

[@evilcowboy]

Randy unfortunately didn't live long enough to become an expert at it. I will agree he was a virtuoso at guitar, but also at song structuring. He wrote music very good and knew what would appeal. Dee is pretty much just a demo but the skill does shine through like you said. I wished we could have seen what Randy was going to do with all of that, he was truly gifted and I believe we would have gotten neoclassical a hell of a lot sooner if he had lived. He brought that more to mainstream. I think its why we know about people like Yngwie, Jason Becker, John Petrucci. He brought focus to a really unknown genre. RIP RANDY he was really one of the best people in music in his time. People seem to always just act like they first heard classical by listening to classical music. I am fairly honest and will 100% say, it was Randy's song "Dee" that sparked that interest in me and now I listen to classical a lot for ideas. First classical style song I had heard until figuring out the Doors "Severed Garden" has its melody of an anonymous classical song known only as "Adagio" which is what it is not its title. The story behind that piece is it was sitting in a bombed library in Germany during WWII, a soldier picked up the recording of it and just brought it back as a souvenir of the war. He saved one of the saddest adagios ever written. I write music so its invaluable to me when someone of Randy's caliber comes along and leaves that kind of mark. He literally influence other guitarist but also influenced an interest in classical when it was dying. Randy is why more people know about classical, Freddie Mercury did the same for introduction in to Operatic style singing to rock and later carried on by MUSE (Bellamy uses his own style but its clear its classical and Queen who influenced him the most, or at least thats what he said, even pointing out the connection of "I belong to you" use of the French language was due to an influence from French composer Chopin) Randy was great and that pilot had better thank his lucky stars he died in it too, if you can even call him that, he literally nine elevened that plane into Ozzy's house. How do you hit a big white mansion in a plane no bigger than a Cessna? The answer, you don't, no other pilot does. That dude had to be an idiot to wreck like that, worse decision involving a plane than even Jane Wicker, and her pilot nose dived into the ground while she was walking on a wing. They had to do the most unsafest stunt to manage to hit an object as big as the ground. Great pilot, must work for United. lol

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@evilcowboy It was not Qsbourne's mansion. They were on tour and in Florida. Randy grew up learning and teaching classical guitar. The family had a music studio where his mother taught for decades. In the summer of 1972 Randy would come over to the house where a friend of mine lived whose dad had a recording and audition facility set up in a large converted garage (egg crated walls, mixing boards, huge Vox amps) where Randy kept an electric guitar and would put on Black Sabbath tapes with the lead guitar track down as he would provide his interpretations of what should have been there. After an hour or so he had to get over to the family studio and give classical guitar lessons. When Randy would show up at house parties during my high school years, those who knew him would insist that he 'sit in' with the band and play lead guitar He was phenomenal as a guitarist and a very low key, shy, and mellow human. There was an open air bandstand at Woodley Park where people would show up for impromptu performances on weekends. I often saw Randy there, as well and later in the evenings on Van Nuys Boulevard (by 'Firestone') at cruise nights. Randy really liked the music of Black Sabbath, even when it was a bit passe' to the rest of us. At the Woodley Park sessions and at parties everyone wanted him to play Led Zeppelin and such (which he did very well) and he'd agree to if the band would then play several Sabbath songs with his leads. It must have been a dream come true for him to be signed with Ozzy. I've heard a very interesting tale of how that happened, but I don't know if it's true. I had intended to ask him but never had the chance.

[@krnr]

@@evilcowboy . The pilot was Ozzy's bus driver he was buzzing Ozzy's bus and on the second time around he hit the bus, in which Ozzy was sleeping, with the landing gear which cause him to crash into the home of the guy who owned the plane they were joydriding in, causing it to burn down. Ozzy could have been killed, too. The home owner offered his property to the band to stay on for a short time while they were on tour. He had a plane... and now you know the rest of the story.

[@APK-pn4qh]

Ooh Elizabeth at 13:15 I nearly burst into tears when you said "that was brilliant" and the look on your face.... to think this amazingly talented guitarist died so young still breaks my heart all these years later.

[@robbierebel8947]

I almost cried when she said that

[@dalesamuels8667]

i've heard this music so much over the past 45 or so years, to watch someone hear it for the first time and the reaction reminds me how awesome it really is! it's like hearing it for the first time again!

[@shovelchop81bikeralex52]

I've watched a number of your videos now, reacting to music I grew up with starting around 40 years ago and still love to this day (I've always been a metalhead) and find it fascinating how you react! You practically give music I've known for so long that I take for granted at times, a whole new lease on life to me!! 🤘🤘

[@grilledspaghetti]

If you like Randy, his solo on Revelation Mother Earth is untouchable and highly overlooked. It's also a slower number with clean guitar.

[@TheMillieBurton]

Best Ozzy song hands down!

[@GrampsD63]

My Fav!!

[@Wrighda]

Agree! His best Solo... Gives you chills every single time..

[@lazmartin1463]

Totally agree to me Revelation is their best composition.

[@grilledspaghetti]

@@lazmartin1463 Overall composition for me is Diary of a Madman, but cool Comp and drop dead amazing solo is Revelation.

[@Broccoli_Highkicks]

Ah, Ozzy. Not the greatest singer on paper, but certainly one of the most unique and instantly recognizable. And Randy, yeah, what a huge and indelible impact he made in such a short period of time...

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

*_"Ozzy. Not the greatest singer on paper"_* Nor by any other measure! He was a Vocal *Assassin!* But what he did WORKED! {:-:-:}

[@boki1693]

You know, I have found I am more attracted to unique voices than really good ones. Now of course if the voice is good and also unique that is the ultimate.

[@Dragon-Believer]

I think Suzuka Nakamoto of Babymetal sings a lot like Ozzy. Very unusual for a Japanese singer. They usually way overuse vibrato. This is live when she was only 16 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWOWaGV5arV9gq8

[@jimda4910]

Shania Twain, Kenny Rogers, Ozzy Osbourne. They are not singers they are "song stylists". How do I know Kenny Rogers said it about himself, Shania Twain said the same thing. Frank Sinatra claimed he was a song stylist and was quoted as saying Tony Bennett is the best singer.

[@hellawaits6544]

And comments like this one don't give Ozzy enough credit. He is a fantastically skilled vocalist, he just was never a traditional vocalist. But his OBJECTIVE SKILL shines once one gets past the fact that his tones are not traditional.

[@sordid_mind]

Elizabeth, you finally got to some Ozzy - nice! This is probably the most recognizable song with Randy Rhoads on guitar but the other two to listen to are Mr. Crowley & Diary of a Madman. Crowley will give you huge screenshot of Randy’s use of melody, especially in his solos…. It’s one of those songs guitar players learn just for the solos - easily in any one’s top 3 when it comes to guitar solos. Diary of a Madman, though, is something else - that’s where you really get to see Randy’s creativity from how he tracks his guitar parts to his use of jazz voicings in his playing. On top of that, you have the classical & operatic overtones which add much more depth to what is a masterpiece.

[@Marcus-l7q]

This was truly a super group. Tommy Aldridge, Rudy Sarzo, Randy Rhodes, and of course Ozzy! What a group of musicans. Great job Elizabeth. I love your videos!

[@bmrepass]

This was the 'warm up' to the classical masterpiece, "Diary of a Madman. " Randy was just about to career pivot into full-time classical music when he perished. Randy's last two 'art pieces' were a perfect blend of 'Classical Metal.'👻

[@jprocker6368]

Agreed

[@gungunggadung6792]

RIP Randy. We miss our genius.

[@johnnyfiveo]

Randy's double and triple tracking are bananas. he's literally playing over himself almost perfectly and each minor time he's outta sync, it just adds to the fullness of the sound. it's a win/win. thanks for this breakdown. edit : also, if you listen to the overall mix, especially after the solo, the vocals are mixed down to hear the scratchy guitar better.

[@APK-pn4qh]

👍👍Randy's tracking was amazing. Mind blowing to listen to on headphones.

[@whaleshark2625]

I absolutely loved this video explainer - kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5emqWmlacd0aqM

[@maximekitza2084]

Oh thank you for pointing that out! Didn’t noticed before that left ear and right ear are different tracks in the solo. That and Elizabeth’s everything deepened the experience!!

[@johnnyfiveo]

@@whaleshark2625 holy hell, that was an amazing breakdown, thanks for that

[@kendrikhawk7436]

I always thought it was funny, and awesome, that the greatest guitar solo ever, was at it's heart Randy Rhodes running his scales. Lol.

[@RauMichael]

The crazy thing about Ozzy is how nowadays he can’t even speak clearly anymore, but his singing is still absolutely great! His singing voice never left him

[@Dragon-Believer]

I think it's just that he's from Manchester. I can't understand a word they say.

[@ccgert]

I have hopes he will do one more tour

[@nielsdegroot9138]

I also saw a comment in the premiere chat to this effect. So strange, but very true. 😀

[@j.k.3697]

@@Dragon-Believer actually Birmingham, but the point still stands :D

[@BranikWolfe]

The speech center of the brain and the part of the brain that controls singing are separate. That's why they can use singing to teach people to talk again after damage to the speech part of the brain (which is some cool work). And why people who stutter can sing without stuttering like Mel Tillis.

[@markauty2242]

I absolutely love these reactions as I grew up with 80s Rock and Metal - to have someone take a serious look into the talent that we all hear and the sheep of the mainstreamer all decry. Thank You !

[@vangieloverful]

This song is so overplayed I often don't pay attention to it. To watch you get get so excited about the intricacies of this song and listen to it through your ears really reminds me how awesome this song really is! Thank you! 🤘

[@Miqlintock]

I've listened to preachers I've listened to fools I've watched all the dropouts Who make their own rules One person conditioned to rule and control The media sells it, and you live the role

[@jovetj]

Still not worthy of a "reality TV" series, though. 🙄

[@MrMikebiggs]

Yeah

[@zaarrd1699]

Same for me, I've been hearing it for 40 years, I saw Diary of a madman tour concert. Then I've seen Ozzy and Sabbath, Ozz fests I don't know how many times, over 10 times.

[@vangieloverful]

@@zaarrd1699 that's great! It's been only 30 years for me. 😘

[@insufferablethrashelitist9305]

Ozzy's duet with Lita Ford, close my eyes forever is both beautiful and haunting. See the video for his theatrical abilities, plus it's really cool and she plays lead guitar masterfully.

[@stevel9552]

Plus Lita is another female singer with a deeper voice, which we all know Elizabeth wants to hear more of.

[@insufferablethrashelitist9305]

@@stevel9552 that's a good point too.

[@andu1854]

Lita was in the Runaways with joan Jett, and I think the bass player of the Bangles also was in that band at some point as well

[@LPMojoGL]

Randy multi-tracked, often using dissonance that goes largely undetected in the casual listen, adding tension in a magical way. Legendary guitarist.

[@filthypappy3568]

Absolute fng legend

[@maceomaceo11]

Once you hear the layers, it takes all he did on those two albums into another stratosphere that really only Hendrix reached on electric guitar.

[@phred5]

That ultimate coolest thing about this song is the fact that it was recorded in the back of a van 💪🏼

[@richardrounds3244]

This song is noted for having one of the top five most recognizable guitar riffs in rock history.

[@fivestringplus1]

The Facebook page "Randy Rhoads Metal Army" posted this, and I love to see professionals react to Randy's playing. He was a genius. Not only could he play the solo, but he also doubled it and sometimes tripled, I think. Watching your eyes roll with the notes made my day! I look forward to watching some of your other analyses.

[@willythemailman3911]

Her video of Disturbed singing Sound of silence is awesome too

[@kell4055]

If you're going to take the time to get to "know" the Charismatic Voice, I'd suggest checking out her reaction to Pisces. It's a staple reaction, I know, but its particularly fascinating coming from such a talented vocalist.

[@robbob5302]

Usually during her reactions, Elizabeth focuses on the vocals. Sometimes it is the lyrics. Or the video. But it just occured to me, this is the first time I seen her focus all her attention, on the guitar riffs! Good job, Randy!

[@seanj3667]

Randy Rhodes. 'nuff said.

[@BrownPearlTV]

Wow. I love it!! So happy I got to see this. I first found your channel when you found Dio and was blown away to hear you describe "technically" what I have always "felt" when hearing him sing. You've done it again with OZZY! Thank you, thank you. :)

[@zeframmann1641]

There is no shortage, possibly even no limit to the number of Ozzy stories spoken of in the music industry, but my favorite one was related by radio personality Howard Stern when they went out to dinner with their respective wives. Ozzy, presumably sober, had come back from the bathroom complaining about how he heard "the ocean" in the bathroom. Stern related what Ozzy had said at the table, ""I'm hearin' the ocean an' I'm lookin' all over tryin' ta figure out where the ocean is. I'm climin' up on a toilets lookin' for the bloody ocean, an' I finally open the window an' I'm lookin' out the window for the f***in' ocean!" Stern, utterly baffled, finally excuses himself to use the bathroom himself, and within seconds found there was a speaker piping in relaxing ocean sounds for customers doing their business. The part that left him utterly confused though, was that the bathroom HAD NO WINDOW.

[@GodwynDi]

"Presumably sober." X to doubt.

[@faamecanic1970]

“That was brilliant, totally brilliant”. Welcome to Randy Rhoads. Classically trained and the first to meld heavy metal guitar and classical in one brilliant sound. Many consider him to be a virtuoso…and I agree. So sad we lost him just as he was coming into his own. A good slow song to check out with Randy and Ozzy would be Goodbye to Romance. A post Randy slow song is a beautiful duet with Lita Ford called “If I close my eyes forever”

[@mikekarena]

He did it great, but not the first. Ritchie and Uli were doing it earlier.

[@stanzaloan3454]

😆 Ozzy's hair in that video was something else lol

[@timpatrickhanna]

I always thought it was cool that he sought out classical guitar teachers at local universities when he was on tour. It says something about a person when he is at the top of his field and still willing to take lessons from anyone he can find.

[@chriswildhaber35]

I agree, and my favorite guitarist of all time is Eddy Van Halen. They came out the same time along with like George Lynch. Think George was a year younger. 3 🐐 🐐 🐐 s.

[@billkeithchannel]

Lita Ford still has an active KZbin channel putting up new content.

[@vikingrock4662]

Great reaction. It's cool to see someone with a completely different musical background hear this for the first time. To hear Ozzy when he was young you might want to listen to Black Sabbath's song "War Pigs". One of his best vocal performances.

[@yellow-harold8965]

Would be cool to see a comparison between his early years with Black Sabbath and some of his newer work either solo or some of the last stuff with Sabbath

[@mikek9297]

For me it's the entire first album... especially "The Warning". Bitchin drum solo is just a bonus edit:typo.

[@muralist1]

War Pigs, 1972 Paris is excellent

[@michaeld.1314]

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Those vocals are phenomenal 👍🏼

[@philgallagher1]

... or anything off the first two albums.

[@petersantospago1966]

Randy was a Master Craftsman.... He was able to express his beautiful humanity through that instrument like no one I've heard before or since. He brought everything together perfectly... His energy, his knowledge, timing, rhythm, symmetry... But especially his style... Beautiful, scintillating. He did so much in so short a time.... He was a beautiful soul who loved his mother dearly.... And he hated flying... It never does make any sense. ✌️ Randy.

[@richardhamilton6411]

"Over the Mountain" really shows off Randy's guitar chops - highly recommended. Loved your visceral reactions to some of Randy's guitar gymnastics, like his use of the guitar's whammy bar to bend specific phrases (i.e. at the beginning of his solo) and a couple of chromatic ascending scales in the 2nd and 3rd choruses. Your facial expressions to those made me lol. Great work.

[@vaekkriinhart4347]

Over the Mountain AND Flying High Again AND I Dont Know solos

[@richardhamilton6411]

@@vaekkriinhart4347 how could I forget THOSE? All great Ozzy/Randy collaborations. 👍

[@niteshades_promise]

i thought randy didnt use whammy bars? pretty sure he was all hardtail n thats why ozzy was blown away with his playing.🤔🍻

[@richardhamilton6411]

@@niteshades_promise Randy was not against the use of a whammy bar but was more about technique to use it all of the time as a performance crutch (I have a pic I wish I could post here that shows Randy sitting in a room playing a guitar next to his collection of Flying V model guitars and yes, one of them clearly has a whammy bar on it). There are numerous times in Crazy Train where Randy plays harmonics that bend down and back up again as well as the bend at the beginning of the solo that would have been quite easy with a whammy bar but difficult without one (one other possible way would be a "neck bend" where the right hand is pressed firmly against the upper part of the body by the neck and the left hand pushes the back of the neck forward to cause the strings to slacken slightly - but this is not likely in this song just due to the degree of bend heard in the recording).

[@richardhamilton6411]

@@niteshades_promise in other songs such as the aforementioned "Over the Mountain", a whammy bar is heavily used in that solo - the deep dives and pulls in that performance would have been impossible without one.

[@Keen_Eye]

It's never too late to be introduced to the greatness of Ozzy. He's been one of my favorites for over 20 years. Black Sabbath essentially created the Metal genre. Randy's guitar solos are actually double tracks with minor variations, which is why it never sounds quite right when someone tries to play it solo.

[@adamdarmstaedter1256]

I liked Ozzy's singing better when he fronted Black Sabbath. "Changes" from the album Vol. 4 and "Symptom of the Universe" from the album Sabotage are highlights, I think.

[@sithraider8652]

The change up within symptom of the universe, was Ozzy’s peak of vocal sound in my opinion. It’s so crazy, in that small amount of time, he sounds just a little bit, just a little like Robert Plant

[@JoriDiculous]

Pretty much yes. Sabotage is the (vocally) best Ozzy album in whole.

[@derangedband]

@@JoriDiculous i love megalomania and thrill of it all "oh yeaahhhhhhh!!!" His voice is incredible!

[@ScrotieJohnson]

Symptom of the universe shows ozzys range best.

[@derangedband]

@@nodaysback1 theres some interesting demos from the the Ozzmosis era where he pushed himself! "Dream for tomorrow" has some sabbath era high notes going on! ^_^

[@captainjohnmccalpin5161]

When I’ve had a tough day, all I have to do is watch one of your reviews to put a smile on my face…. Brilliant, joyful, and beautiful you are! Cheers!

[@SoonerDude61]

I love your reactions, it's almost like hearing it for the first time when I've been listening to Ozzy and Ronnie for decades. Thank you.

[@TheBaconWizard]

I must admit I always think of Ozzy as a legendary frontman more than a legendary vocalist, although his very distinctive voice and the distinctive production they always gave it were indeed one of THE sounds of metal for a long time.

[@vaekkriinhart4347]

there's something about watching/ listening to someone hearing something for the first time- especially, if they're skilled in areas related. I really enjoyed this

[@Sicarious]

As someone who grew up listening to Ozzy, songs like this become such a part of you that you know how amazing they are, but forget the joy of it. Watching your reactions and hearing the giddy excitement as you talk about how "brilliant" Randy's fretwork is really brings the joy back and I feel like a kid again listening to the Blizzard of Ozz cassette my brother recorded for me over and over.