Music Debate #90: Ozzy Osbourne

[Reed Rothchild | 9,523]

 

[docile tapeworm | 4,198]

sharon!

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

Easy 10. 

[Kguillemette | 1,544]

7/10. Sabbath>Ozzy solo. Ozzy solo is still really good, but never blew me away. 

[TDIRunner | 2,735]

I listened to him a lot when I was in grade school, but not so much now.  If I heard it on the radio, I would probably still enjoy some of that music, but it's not anything I usually choose to play today.  

[Andy_Bogomil | 815]

5 hours ago, Kguillemette said:

7/10. Sabbath>Ozzy solo. Ozzy solo is still really good, but never blew me away. 

Bingo

[mbd39 | 2,020]

7/10

The Randy Rhodes stuff is fantastic.

 

[JamesRobot | 5,800]

Musically, I'd rank him about a 7,  but gotta give him +1 for being a fucking madman.  +1 more for his Sabbath days.  He's far more entertaining than just his body of music.  Dude's the definition of rockstar.

[zombiemicrowave | 42]

8/10. Nothing will beat his Sabbath days. I like his earlier solo stuff as well. Big fan of "Secret Loser" when it was used for some 80's B movie. 

[Hammerfestus | 3,838]

9.  I kind of wanted to give him a 10 based on the fact that the man did a killer tune about Perry Mason.
He’s always surrounded himself with phenomenal musicians and it shows.  Awesome album after awesome album until what, No More Tears?  Which by the way has some of my favorite stuff.
 

BTW Cheers on picking the crackiest picture of him you could find

[Reed Rothchild | 9,523]

5 minutes ago, Hammerfestus said:

9.  I kind of wanted to give him a 10 based on the fact that the man did a killer tune about Perry Mason.
He’s always surrounded himself with phenomenal musicians and it shows.  Awesome album after awesome album until what, No More Tears?  Which by the way has some of my favorite stuff.
 

BTW Cheers on picking the crackiest picture of him you could find

Notice that I dropped Mastodon from the slate.  I figured we needed at least one name brand this month

[Gloves | 11,777]

I at least know who he is, but in general I've not listened to any of his music and so will abstain from voting. 

[Hammerfestus | 3,838]

7 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Notice that I dropped Mastodon from the slate.  I figured we needed at least one name brand this month

I did.  And solid replacement.  Well I wasn’t sure if it was that or the other that got replaced.  Glad if it had to be one of them it was Mastodon.  Never really got into them.  I remember Blood Mountain was super hyped up and I was totally underwhelmed.  Tried Leviathan too and same thing.  Never went back to them even though I’m sure if I gave it a chance I’d probably like it.  

[Brickman | 3,983]

9 for me. Amazing artist that has inspired so many with Black Sabbath and his solo stuff. Also he really knows how to pick great guitarists (RIP Randy Rhodes). He should probably get a 10, I don't know how he is still standing after the amount of drugs and crazy shit he has done haha. \m/

[LeatherRebel5150 | 1,056]

Just some newer stuff for variety sake

 

 

 

[themisfit138 | 523]

3/10 I like Randy Rhodes, Jake Lee and early Zack Wylde, but Ozzy’s voice it grating. Replace ozzy with a better front man and it would be a 7.

Edited November 19, 2020 by themisfit138

[tbone3969 | 304]

1 hour ago, themisfit138 said:

3/10 I like Randy Rhodes, Jake Lee and early Zack Wylde, but Ozzy’s voice it grating. Replace ozzy with a better front man and it would be a 7.

What, how dare you.  lol

Ozzy's voice is awesome and he made those guitarist who they are.  Rhodes was in Quiet Riot before Ozzy made him a star.  C'mon man.

[DefaultGen | 5,402]

It is hard to rate stuff I don’t really listen to. I put 7 based on first impressions of songs in the thread. I know a little more Black Sabbath.

[captmorgandrinker | 1,649]

On 11/18/2020 at 7:23 PM, Hammerfestus said:

I did.  And solid replacement.  Well I wasn’t sure if it was that or the other that got replaced.  Glad if it had to be one of them it was Mastodon.  Never really got into them.  I remember Blood Mountain was super hyped up and I was totally underwhelmed.  Tried Leviathan too and same thing.  Never went back to them even though I’m sure if I gave it a chance I’d probably like it.  

Linoleum Knife!

[SpoonMan Abrams X | 697]

Definitely an 8 out of 10

Been hearing the newer stuff a lot on the radio during work commutes recently and gotta say nearly made me put a 9, doods still got it.

[The Count | 527]

I don't know guys, he's overrated. 2/10.

[captmorgandrinker | 1,649]

I don't even remember what I put, but I added a point due to Ozzfest.    Met and discovered so many awesome bands from those over the years.

[Sumez | 2,950]

Never been into his music at all. Pretty much hate "metal" music as a default (even though I'm always open to good stuff of any genre).

But I saw a concert he played a few years ago. He was in better shape than I had expected, but the show was mostly carried by the bad-ass guitar player, who I think was someone famous too.

Being unfamiliar with most of the music, yet recognizing quite a few of the hits, I really did enjoy almost all of it. It was classic 70s style rock, and much tighter than the "brainless" heavy metal most fans kind of tend to make it out to seem like.
Not that I really believed that of course - Ozzy and Sabbath obviously earned their fame and reputation!

I don't think I'm familiar enough with the music to give it a fair rating, but I'll give him and his co-musicians the respect they deserve.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,523]

11 hours ago, Sumez said:

But I saw a concert he played a few years ago. He was in better shape than I had expected, but the show was mostly carried by the bad-ass guitar player, who I think was someone famous too.

 

[Jeevan | 8,910]

Voted an 8.

Not much to say.....What would the world be without Ozzy tho.......