"Mr. Crowley" from this same performance is the ultimate example of Ozzy from this Era. Ozzy's vocals and Randy's guitar wizardry are perfectly showcased.

You are witnessing one of the best guitarists ever in Randy Rhodes

Randy was one of the greatest losses ever. I had tickets to see him with Ozzy in 1982 , sadly he was killed 1 month prior. As a budding guitarist, this hit me hard. He is one of the greatest ever.

Randy Rhoads was so so freaking good as a musician guitarist song writer but he was best at being a kind & great human being

Diary of a Madman is the best song for Ozzy and Randy. You will truly appreciate the writing in every aspect. Classical, haunting, vocal/string effects, Gregorian chant, incredible transitions, and a beat that will leave you uncomfortable yet settled in the rhythm

if one looks at Ozzy's live performances, the time with Randy Rhoads is probably the most joyful and exciting, the guy loved him almost like a son (even today, every time he talks about Randy he is moved to tears) His career continued and he was always surrounded by great musicians, but I don't think his joy on stage with Randy was ever seen again.

The level of talent on that stage is fkn unreal!!!!

Randy was next level Imagine how he would sound now

I was able to see Randy and Ozzy live in 1981. I was 14. Amazing performance. Randy is the reason I started playing the guitar. He was so special. One of a kind.

Ozzy's singing voice cuts through everything, and is haunting. Perfectly suited to Black Sabbath, who in late 60's/early 70's invented metal with a doom-laden, occult aesthetic. Check out Sabbath's "War Pigs" for a good intro to that early phase.

From that same set, you should check out "Mr. Crowley." It's a fantastic song, and will let you experience the full power of Randy. Which you should. :)

‘Ozzy Osbourne - Randy Rhoads Tribute’ is a favourite go-to album. The outtake of Randy recording ‘Dee’ is like being right there in the studio.🥹

Always surrounded himself with legendary musicians.

Ozzy has always had great guitarists. Randy Rhoads is considered by many to be one of the all time greats, despite losing him in a plane crash at only 25 years old. Black Sabbath formed in 1968. This is Ozzy's solo band, formed after Sabbath fired him in 1979.

Ah, the joys of videotape... it's too bad the sound is wonky but the fact that this managed to survive at all is a minor miracle. That technique you are talking about Randy doing is playing lead and rhythm simultaneously - something you can hear in many bands of that era who only have one guitarist. They played several songs in this performance and they are all absolute fire - sadly, there's actually very little footage of Randy playing live so this is some of the best ever recorded.

I'm convinced Tommy is an alien. He looks the same today. He's been in every band there ever was. He will live forever. He is immortal.

"You cant kill rock & roll" and "Diary of a Madman" showcases the best of Ozzy & Randy imo

Randy was killed when I was in high school - tremendous loss to the rock-n-roll community! One of the absolute best!

Literally anything with Randy is gold. Mr Crowley as others have mentioned of course, Crazy Train, Goodbye to Romance, but I put Diary of a Madman at the top of the list just for the musical journey into the feeling of madness. There’s also later stuff like Bark at the Moon, Mama I’m Coming Home & of course don’t forget Close My Eyes Forever with Lita Ford.

I watched another reaction to Ozzy, and the reactor said, ".... and Ozzy's voice sounds healthy.... " to which someone replied, "i think that's the first time the words Ozzy and healthy have ever appeared in the same sentence!" Thanks for the reaction. Have a great day.

We lost Randy so young...on his way to greatness.

Black Sabbath Paris 1970 doing War Pigs. It's the best. Please don't miss it. You will get to hear young Ozzy's voice.

I like the way that Ozzy acts out his songs in a personal way. He becomes the character.

You can never mistake Ozzy for someone else, he has a unique voice! Still love to see you getting happily surprised that you enjoy soo many different genres of music and singing. You are on a journey and I appreciate you for it!

Great reaction! Ozzy is a genius vocal precisionist. He's about 1 in 4 billion ✨💯⚡

The very first live act I saw as a teenager was Ozzy Ozbourne, back in the 1980s. I was absolutely star struck while waiting for him to come on stage and had no idea what to expect from this God level figure. After a brief pause, he just sauntered onto the stage with a grin and said "Hi!" It was so down to earth and captivating. He then proceeded to blow us away with the music. His personality is so genuine and likeable and not at all encumbered with the ego that many less talented singers carry around. A really decent bloke with an amazing voice.

This line up was great - Rudy, Tommy, and Randy!

When lookin at Ozzy's songs from his latter years; you might keep in mind of his serious accidents he had. In the years 2003 and 2015 Ozzy suffered from ATV crashes. Ozzy had injuries including: back, neck. shoulder, and spinal injuries. If I'm not mistaken, Broken ribs that gave him a punctured lung.

Bark at the moon, diary of a madman from Ozzy solo, black Sabbath with Ozzy, iron man, sweet leaf... Absolute classics

I love the way Randy manhandles his Les Paul, shaking the living shyt out of the neck and digging in with his pick. It was clearly his favorite guitar because he knew he could throw it around like that and it would do exactly what he wanted it to do. 22 years old and chops like that....he was a MFer for sure; my favorite player of all time (followed by a nose by Mathias Jabs). And no comment on the After Hours video is complete without a reference to Randy's perfect hairdo and high heel shoes.

Ozzy’s pipes are like a droning bagpipe. I love his voice.

One of my fav. Ozzy tunes. Google his reemergence....Synchronicity for sure with Sharon and Randy Rhodes lifting him from a substance stupor to write an amazing catalogue. Randy was one of the three guitar wizards to emerge from the LA, Sunset Strip scene...the others were King Edward Van Halen, and George Lynch of Dokken. I'm awake now! Great observations!

It's really fun to see Ozzy happy. After Randy's passing Ozzy always had this melancholy to his persona. This takes me back to the Blizzard of Oz Tour... they were great live.

Randy was an incredible player his time studying classical guitar and music as well as teaching guitar at his mothers music school layed foundation for his style,Diary of a madman is on of my favorites by them

This was the first heavy metal from the 1968 & 1970s they had their own sound Ozzy Osborn, Tony Iommi, and Geezer Butler!!!

Great review. Ozzy could always sing better than he can speak. Reminds me a lot of a country western singer named Mel Tillis, who sang beautifully, but stuttered when he spoke. It is fascinating how the brain works.

Randy was the KING of guitar!

Diary of a Madman on album Diary of a Madman is amazing. So many songs to choose from honestly. Mr Crowley is another amazing tune.

Great reaction! Ozzy recorded 8 albums in the 70s with the biggest band in the history of Rock and Heavy Metal: Black Sabbath. After this, he began his successful solo career in the early 80s with two masterful albums: Blizzard of Ozz (1980) and Diary of a Madman (1981), both with the phenomenal guitarist, the genius Randy Rhoads. Ozzy's voice: unique, impressive timbre, a living legend...Immortal...

I would have loved to have seen a reaction to Crazy Train from the same 1981 performance, just to hear you talk about what happens when your voice doesn't hit the notes you are seeking, which happens to Ozzy in this performance right before the guitar solo. Plus that solo is one of the great rock solos in history.

Great pick. Anything from his first two albums with Randy Rhoads. I recommend Diary of a Madman, it’s very classically influenced, and starts out slow and builds.

I was blessed to have experienced this tour in 1981. What a great show!

(2:38) You mentioned you "love the thrill of him pointing at the guitar" yes absolutely. For many of us back then this was the very first time hearing Randy and I Don't Know being the first song on Blizzard it got most musicians attention. Ozzy knew Randy was going to rewrite/reimagine guitar work from that point on. It is fantastic seeing a younger person, especially a female, enjoying Ozzy's and Randy's music with that same excitement we had 40+ years ago. While I understand you are more focused on the vocals there was always so much going on in their music whether it was the studio or touring lineups. Having seen Ozzy a few times I can assure you as good as he sounds here, by the end of the evening he just couldn't hang on to that "nasally chest" type of delivery. IMO - Blizzard and Diary albums are masterpieces and I am lucky enough to have been 16 /17 years old at the time. 👍

You mentioned how solid the time was. This was recorded completely live, early in the morning with no click track, no backing tracks. Randy Rhoads wrote the song and if he hadn’t been killed at a young age, may have been the greatest guitarist ever. Tommy Aldridge on drums and Sarzo were incredible.

Great reaction check out Crazy train from the same set.Its so good they used the live track in the official video.His next best live album is called Speak of the Devil wich features Ozzy's band playing his songs and some Black Sabbath songs as well.

Thanks for giving Randy Rhoads props for for his contribution, RIP Randy, I can't even imagine how metal would have been different if he was still around today.

Randy was instrumental to Ozzy's resurrection after Black Sabbath! He was such a powerhouse on the guitar, everyone in the band including Ozzy stepped it up to create this wonderful noise. Mr. Crowley from the same performance please. We cannot forget the other two members. Rudy Sarzo and Tommy Aldridge. Both have had amazing careers and went on to play in Whitesnake though out Whitesnake's late '80"s era dominance. In several interviews, Tommy remarked on how Randy always pushed him to play with more intensity, and he was very appreciative of it. He had a lot of respect for Randy. At 72 years old, Tommy still beats the skins like they owe him money.

Ozzy was such a phenomenan. He had this incredible charism which shone through his (let's face it) dire stage performance. His fans just loved him.

The band was called Blizzard of ozz, this is the MK II version with a different rhythm section: Rudy Sarzo and Tommy Aldridge. But i love that you listed in Randy Rhoads. The opening is fantastic esoecially over ear phones

No auto tune or filters. The raw talent of all of them is incredible.

Ozzy's voice is one of a kind. Pops and cracks included, but hey that's a live performance.

Ozzy always looks like a kid in a candy store when he is performing he was born to be on stage 😊

Randy was amazing!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Thanks for this, I'm an old guy that plays music because of Ozzy / Black Sabbath (among others), I was a fan of Ozzy as his first solo album came out. I have NEVER seen the reality show and find insult in how he was portrayed. I'd suggest you have a listen to any of the Black Sabbath "Live in Paris" videos. Ozzy (Tony and Bill) were just 22 years old, Geezer was 21... they had just released their second album. For a specific one to try that spotlights his pitch control while standing in front of massive stacks of guitar & bass with one of the hardest hitting drummers of the era, check out "BLACK SABBATH - "N.I.B." (Live Video)" from the official Black Sabbath channel.

Pure music, no fancy software back in the day. Love Ozzy Osbourne..... my dog is called OZZY after Ozzy Osbourne...and yes my dog is mad. Great vid like always.

Def Mr. Crowley, same set and War Pigs live in Paris. Brilliant seeing you get into them but it’s weird hearing someone say teens, and realize I saw them 50 years ago in my teens. Wonderful analysis.

You have got to listen to the whole album, you won't regret it!

Any of the after hours version of mr Crowley , crazy train and suicide solution are just magical . Ozzy had a new lease on life when Randy Rhoads was playing guitar next to him .

Randy Rhoads was a bad ass guitarist. I seen him live before he was killed. What a talent. I'd love to see you do The Flame By Cheap Trick.

I think Beth is slowly becoming something of a fan of the guitar. She has good taste in rock guitarists, that is for sure. As others have suggested, "Mr. Crowley", which is also from this footage and contains an incredible guitar solo, and "Diary of a Madman", which for me personally, has never been surpassed in terms of composition in the metal genre.

Love this song. I believe Ozzy was pointing to Rudy on bass. He's to Ozzy's right.

Hi Bethany, greetings from Ireland, love your channel, if you want to explore Ozzy the next track has to be Mr Crowley from the same performance. This particular guitarist Randy Rhoads is a god in the rock world and although this is not your area special attention should always be paid to Randy and Mr Crowley was possibly his highlight of his unfortunately short career😀

Killer of giants from the «Ultimate Sin» album is a friggin epic song! «Shot in the Dark» as well🤩🤩🤘🏻👍🏻

I dont think Ozzy was pointing at Randy, as he usually stood to his left. Great stuff from Randy as usual, he's one of Rock/Metal's greatest guitarist. RIP Randy

I remember reading an interview with Randy Rhoads were he talked musically about the turnaround(the slower middle section) the guitar 🎸 was mimicking the vocals and it suggested to OZZY the title of the next record: Diary of a Madman. In other words OZZY said Randy’s guitar suggested…OZZY…It’s a Diary…it’s a Diary…it’s the Diary of a Madman…OZZY…It’s a Diary…it’s a Diary…it’s the Diary of a Madman…OZZY…It’s a Diary…it’s a Diary…it’s the Diary of a Madman…

You're listening to one of the greatest guitarists - EVER! That version of Ozzy was the GOAT. The world lost a true superstar when we lost Randy.

Mr Crowley from this same live studio performance shows a ton of Ozzy's vocals and personality, as well as some of Randy Rhoads' best playing. The songs, "Diary of a Madman" and "You Can't Kill Rock n Roll", are great examples of composition and range. There is a lot of great live footage of Salt Lake City 1984, with Jake E. Lee on guitar. One of Ozzy's greatest strengths has always been having a good eye for what is happening in the world of rock music and being able to adapt to it to stay not only relevant but a perpetual leader. There are tons of great songs from all of Ozzy's eras.

It’s so cool to have you describe what we have taken for granted over the decades, that Ozzy was an amazing and naturally gifted singer!

Randy wrote all of this. You can just listen to the song and hear him shine in all his glory the whole way through.

I love Ozzy and was fortunate enough to have seen him tour with Randy Rhoads it’s not that Ozzy has an incredible voice it’s that there’s no one else that sounds like him he’s one of kind ..

Growing up in Knoxville I was fortunate to see Randy’s last concert the night before he was tragically killed. The stage was a mock up of a medieval castle with Randy and Rudy starting out in turrets on either side of the stage. I was totally captivated by Randy’s guitar work so the only thing I remember about Ozzy was he kept saying “I love you people” over and over. Funny how you never realize you just watched a moment in rock history until it’s too late.

Ozzy left Sabbath in 1979. Randy Rhoads was recruited from the L.A. area band Quiet Riot, and Ozzy formed Blizzard of Ozz, using well-known musicians who'd played in Uriah Heep and Rainbow. Eventually that band had a stable lineup and recorded two albums, this song appearing on the first, a self-titled disc. While on tour for the second album, Randy was lost in a tragic accident flying in a private, small aircraft while on a short break during the tour.

Randy Rhoads is still my guitar hero. R.I.P. dear Randy. You are sorely missed. 🎸

If you want more Ozzy, listen to the Black Sabbath live in Paris performance, 1970. He, and the whole band, are absolutely killing it. The high notes are a bit muted in the surviving recordings, but it's still worth the listen. If you want more Randy Rhoads, listen to Revelation Mother Earth. Good live recordings of that are even more scarce, so I'd recommend the studio recording.

Ozzy’s voice is my most favorite ever.

I've been sitting here watching you, and yer smile is so beautiful and precious. It's just a joy to see. Good job too on the vocal-thing....hehehe. Take care.

Randy Rhoda’s was a classically trained guitarist, and taught guitar as well. I like ozzy solo (especially the randy Rhoda’s era), but I also like Black Sabbath (especially when they were more bluesy… notably their self titled first album. The whole album is solid… not one bad song on it… and none of it like the Black Sabbath most people expect.

Other vocal coaches reacting to Mr. Crowley spent more time raving about Randy's guitar playing than discussing Ozzy's vocals. Mr. Crowley, from this same 1981 show should be next on your list.

This era is great but if you want to hear Ozzy’s best vocal performance check out ‘The Writ’ by Black Sabbath on the album ‘Sabotage’

This was rehearsal footage . To hear Ozzy LIVE in an outstanding recording , please find the album “Speak Of The Devil”. Also to hear him in his perfection , listen to Black Sabbath debut album just called Black Sabbath , has women in black in front of windmill on cover. To me , the best debut album by any rock band of all-time !

He's not the most expressive singer, but I think his vocal talent shines through the most when he was with Sabbath. The song Black Sabbath is an unbeatable vocal performance. Plus if you want to start at the beginning, that's the first song from the first album.

You just witnessed a God among men!!! Randy Rhodes was the greatest guitarist to ever live!! In just the short 27years he was here he undoubtedly was the best. Only wish he could have been apart of our lives longer RIP my brother ❤. It was said that Ozzy used ALOT of vocal effects and really wasn’t that great of a vocalist but more of a showman. ✌🏼❤️🎸

I still have my very first 2 albums I bought as a teenager. Diary of a madman and Blizzard of Oz! And, I was blessed to have seen both concert tours! And, enjoyed one of them on my first acid trip. And, I still have both ticket stubs! Frickin amazing!

I def recommend going to the beginning when he was with Black Sabbath. One of the best and most reacted to songs from them is live in Paris 1970. The song is called War Pigs. The whole show is great! Just be ready cuz Ozzy seems a bit shy and reserved but still sings great. 😉

Love all Ozzy, especially with Randy. Been listening since 1985. First album I ever bought was this one. My brother and sister called me a devil worshipper.😂😂😂😂

Diary of a Madman is a great one. Randy Rhoads goes neoclassical on the guitar work for it and ozzy is great.

I would recommend the song Diary of a Madman. A total classic.

Ozzy is my favorite Hard Rock/Metal vocalist.

Ozzy sings without any vibrato, right? Don´t think I ever heard one... He is to the point, hitting it! 🙂

Just wanted to say that you may be the prettiest reactor ever. I love your content and react style

So the first Black Sabbath album came out in 1970 and this the first solo album September of 1980. Love Sabbath including with Dio. This performance you notice is a intimate one. He was pretty nervous go live at first being unsure of what to expect as a fan base. You can see he is really hugging that mic stand but it didn't take long for him to fill the arenas and light it up making Arena Rock History. Peace 🕊️

First off... I love your reactions.. I always thought it would be cool to see a reaction channel that takes a song... and focuses on it. So listen to the original recording.. then a live version from the year it was released... then maybe (especially in ozzys case) maybe the same song 20 years later... break down the difference between then and now.. the little things he might do to embellish or get him through a hard vocal for him... I think it could be a cool idea and honestly because you really are kind of new to this music... it's a neat way to discover.. Either way I'm always watching. You have this wonderful almost childlike wonder in your eyes when you're absorbing music... it's quite beautiful.

never getting to hear everything else in Randy's head is one of the greatest music tragedies.

I highly recommend Versailles the song Destiny the Lovers. The singer has the most amazing voice. They are a Japanese Visual Kei Melodic Symphonic Power Metal band. I know that you have checked out a couple Japanese bands. But as a vocal coach, I think you will enjoy it.

My Ozzy reaction suggestion: "Flying High Again". If you want an Ozzy song that you almost surely have heard before even though you may not realize it, do with "Crazy Train". It is played at so many professional sporting events when there is a break in the action. If you want to go back earlier in his career to when he was with the band Black Sabbath, "Iron Man" would be a good choice.

I'm 42 and started listening to Ozzy in about the 5th grade, it's best to start in his sabbath years. His solo stuff is excellent....check out "no more tears" or "over the mountain" but everything he did with sabbath was extremely good. Check out "wicked world" and of course "paranoid" 🤘

i cannot wait to watch you venture into the ozzy wormhole. please continue.

This whole broadcast was the apex of live rock guitar-Randy just kills it.

Note Randy Rhoads was a music teacher. And when he joined with Ozzy, Randy taught Ozzy how to sing properly. So when you notice how he is singing in a classical manner, that was how Randy taught him. Ozzy said that he never was trained how to sing properly until Randy showed him.

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