Music is mostly subjective, but if you do not appreciate this song, you're wrong

Guys, let's not forget bassist Bob Daisley, he is the main lyricist of Ozzy's first five albums

This album is flawless. Although Randy was never one to be very repetitive with his playing, I've always wished he would have made the intro to this song longer because it's one of the best I've ever heard. His abilities were beyond amazing. There are great guitarists who have come before and after him, but I feel nobody's ever done what he did. He didn't waste a song with any boring fillers;. everything seemed to have a specific purpose to enhance the musical story. What a shame we only got two albums of his brilliance.

The solo is not of this dimension. Still gives me the chills listening to it today after 40 something years.

Anyone here 2024

This is Ozzy's Stairway To Heaven

I'm 70 and I'm still rocking to this in 2024.

"A sickened mind and spirit...the mirror tells me lies." That line is pure gold.

Screaming at the window Watch me die another day Hopeless situation Endless price I have to pay Sanity now it's beyond me There's no choice Diary of a madman Walk the line again today Entries of confusion Dear diary, I'm here to stay Manic depression befriends me Hear his voice Sanity now it's beyond me There's no choice A sickened mind and spirit The mirror tells me lies Could I mistake myself for someone Who lives behind my eyes? Will he escape my soul Or will he live in me? Is he trying to get out Or trying to enter me? Voices in the darkness Scream away my mental health Can I ask a question To help me save me from myself? Enemies fill up the pages Are they me? Monday 'til Sunday in stages Set me free, oh

Still the best ending to any Ozzy song and hands down the best ending to any album in history in my opinion. Talk about going out on a high note!

The interlude at 2:30 never fails to give me chills. In my opinion, the best and most melodic thing ever played on a guitar

My old mate was a massive Ozzy fan, travelled everywhere to see him but sadly he is no longer with us, passed away nearly 10 years ago - absolute masterpiece. R.I.P A.E.

40+ years later. It's just simply astounding the mark Randy Rhoads made with just 2 albums.

I love the build up at the end of this song. Randy Rhoads, you will never be forgotten.

God Randy was a brilliant composer.Just imagine what that man could of accomplished musically if that tragedy never happened

I was 11 in 81. My older brother brought this album home. I had been learning Sabbath on the guitar since i was 7. When i heard Randy for the first time, it absolutely blew my young mind. He inspired me to learn the guitar like the masters, and i did. Ive played for over 45 years and Randy always makes me smile.

One of the most beautifully orchestrated songs to date. Gives me chills every single time. Sheer genius!

If you don’t love this song I just can’t imagine us getting along.

one thing Oz has always done is surround himself with amazing guitar players, Iommi, Rhoads, Wylde, Jake Lee, just unreal talent.

Can you imagine Randy Rhodes and Cliff Burton in the same band? The masterpieces they would write!

I get very emotional when I listen to this. It feels like Randy is here. “Blizzard of Ozz” & “Diary of A Madman” are true Metal classics. It’s hard to imagine that “Diary” was released 40 years ago. I was 8 years old when it was released. I never had the opportunity to meet Randy, and it makes me very sad as well as angry that I’ll never get that chance. I know he’s looking down on us assuring us that he’s okay and safe. Randy I absolutely love what you gave us, even though you were only for a short time. Your talents transcends in all of us. Thank you for giving us your heart as well as your amazing writing and playing. We love and miss you everyday.

Even if you are not a professional musicist or an expert, you can clearly see this song has something special going on. Pure talent from beginning to end. Randy Rhoads makes all the other famous guitarrists looks like amateurs.

The choir and orchestra touch just put this song in another dimension. Just pure genius.

Love this song. The part from 2:30 to 4:00 really touches my soul, what a masterpiece. Randy was a genius, long live Ozzy

Has to be maybe the best Ozzy song, possibly one of the greatest rocks sonds EVER

Daisley is such a fantastic Bass player, as well as writer and lyricist!

2:20 this riff is way ahead of its time. for the most part you didn't hear bands playing with tonality like this until 90s post-rock, math rock, etc

Randy Was Awesome And Fantastic. RIP RANDY.

One of the greatest rock songs ever thank you Ozzy

What a masterpiece. My favourite song and album of Ozzy Osbourne. R.I.P. Randy Rhoads.

I was 16 years old, still to this I feel every part can put on headphones and get lost in the music. Thank you ozzy and sharon for something so timeless that at 57 years old I can remember listening to this and feel my youth every time. Love you guys, Michael Brown

this gotta be one of the greatest intros of all time!

Based on the 1963 Vincent Price horror film, DOAM is a compositional masterpiece. Haunting melodies, melancholic/classical strings arrangement, eerie violins, and harmonized blood-curdling chanting outro 🧛‍♂️🧛‍♀️🦇

this song is woven together so perfectly. Everyone involved in the composition of this tune deserve kudos to the highest degree. EVERY time I hear it I'm reminded how GREAT Ozzy's band was at the time and how we will most likely never hear anything like it ever again. Honestly, nothing after this album held a candle to those first 2 albums. Both of em masterpieces in old school metal. The 2 biggest reasons I still have loads of respect for Ozzy to this day.

Haven't heard this song in so many years that I had forgotten how good it was

53 yrs old and have always and still do love Ozzy

A masterpiece. With Lee Kerslake, Randy, Ozzy and Bob. I love this album.

2 words...Pure masterpiece

This was a magical piece of work, lyrically, vocally and musically, and still sounds fresh today. Some songs just refuse to die and fade away.

Randy's mom was a musician that ran a school to teach. He started at a age way before he could do anything except say no, or mom.

Randy was the magic here......RIP

This song feels like a masterpiece Broadway play that takes your on this journey through all the ups and downs like a masterpiece.

Can you imagine if Randy had lived and He and Ozzy performing this live with an Orchestra!!!!

I'm a bass player by trade, but I got ahold of a guitar magazine that had a whole spread on Randy, and a bunch of his riffs, and the transcript for this song. What an awesome song! Learning to play this song on guitar was like taking a little journey in Randy Rhoads' mind. Just an awesome collection of awesome riffs.

Songwriter Randy Rhoads, Ozzy Osbourne, Lee Kerslake, Bob Daisley aka the original Blizzard of Ozz

So many good comments, yet no one talks about the depression and problems the person is facing. This song is a masterpiece yet the lyrics are beyond that. The music is unique to Randy and Ozzy and those that work on this beautiful song.. 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵

The Greatest classical metal song of All-Time!

Love you Ozzy and god bless Randy

Randy said I don't have time to learn other people's songs.this is a masterpiece you made dude.

My older brother played this LP when it came out. I thought he was evil and going to the devil. I was afraid. I love the opening to this!

This may be my favorite Ozzy song. Erie, mournful vocals, with masterful lyrics by Daisley, and the soulful playing of Randy- it's one of the best heavy metal songs of all time. One section is in 9/5- how crazy is that?

05:25 This is like the worlds first taste of symphonic metal.

I find this song perfect. Right from those sombre opening acoustic guitar notes. It's a funereal, evil progression. Absolutely one of my favourite Ozzy songs. Epic close to this historic album. 🤘🦇🤘

An album for history, an immortal guitarist RANDY RHOADS, a living legend OZZY, since I listened this in 1981, I understand why rock exist! This is THE ALBUM! Long live Ozzy, long live You all!! 🖤🖤🖤🖤

40 years old today, this album is. This was one of the main introductions of rock/metal in my life. I was around 12 when it was released. I remember looking at the album cover just mesmerized. It was, to this kid, spooky, mysterious and plain awesome. To put things in perspective, Ozzy was, around this time (1981-'82), hugely popular among my middle-school peers. Kids wearing Ozzy shirts in MIDDLE SCHOOL! I dare anyone to find Kida that age to be into metal like that. My kids aren't. Its just different times now. Glad I was there to experience it. I remember hearing on the radio about the plane crash that killed Randy. It was tragic, and still is to this day. DOAM is the zenith of Ozzy's career to me. Theres not a weak track on it and the production is great- many steps above the amazing BOO. The band was firing on all cylinders and it shows on this record. Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake were very important to the success of Ozzy's career at this time, and you can hear how things worked in Daisley's book 'For Fact's Sake'.. Many thanks to this album, it made a difference in my life- and still does.

This song by Ozzy has it all: melody, darkness, condensed power ... It takes you through the darkest, wettest and coldest embers of the soul and at the end you hit the edge of the mountain of purgatory!

As good as it gets. Best (solo) Ozzy track ever, IMO. Brilliant conclusion to a brilliant album. Within 9 months, this album, “Blackout”, “The Number Of The Beast”, and “Screaming For Vengeance” were all released. Incredible.

Diary Of A Madman... Indeed... Those where the days. R.R. & O.O .

After 40 yrs still give me chills. What a masterpiece.

LONG LIVE OZZY OSBOURNE!! RANDY RHOADS FOREVER!!

Ozzy Is Truly A Legendary Figure In The Heavy Metal Biz. Such A Killer Performer. Love Ozzy. May He Live With All Of Us In Song...Forever!!!

This is one of THE best albums. Its definitely Ozzy and Randys best. Wonder how far Randy could have taken it...our utter loss.

Every time the whole "Sanity now is beyond me" part happens, I get a chill that starts at the top of my head and travels right down my body...NO other song has EVER done that to me... weird...the power of music!!!...

Of course all us Ozzy lovers is here in 2024 and will be till Die ! God Bless Ozzy Osborne !

I saw Randy play with Ozzy 13 days before he passed. March 6th 1982 in Birmingham Alabama. Never forget it less than 2 weeks later I was heartbroken. I was just a senior in high school.

If Mr.Randy was alive today, I'm pretty sure he would not only still Rock but would also play Spanish guitar with symphony orchestras. Ala Andres Segovia. ❤️

Listening to this gives me the same goosebumps when I first heard it at age 6. 40 years later, still gives me goosebumps. RIP Randy, you were taken too soon.

The quiet breakdown in the middle is Randy in a nutshell and I tear up every time I listen to it.

One of my top ten favourite songs of all time. It's a fucking masterpiece, it really is. The whole album is incredible and then you get this amazing song towering above the rest at the very end of the album. Superb stuff.

This is my favorite Ozzy song from my favorite Ozzy album. The whole song gives me chills especially the ending.

LA Guns played this as warm up song before coming on stage in Mar 2024. It was so loud and so awesome. Randy sounded so good! “A sickened mind and spirit The mirror tells me lies Could I mistake myself for someone Who lives behind my eyes? Will he escape my soul Or will he live in me? Is he trying to get out Or trying to enter me?”

Randy, was, sent, from, HEAVEN, ,CRICKETS...

that interlude - so haunting, dreamy, and beautiful. Love you Randy!

This song is absolutely f....g out of a world.. Incredible.. Randy you'll still live.. Real music from a real genius.. R. I. P. ❤️😢 You miss so much 🎸🥇

I can still remember buying this album at my local K Mart!

Randy's Neoclassical style really shines on this one. R.I.P. Randy.

I Grew up With Sabbath// Ozzy / and Randy Rhoads[ RIP]🙏👍👍🤘🤘💯

とにかく完璧な仕上がりの壮大な曲です。誰にも真似できない。

Around 4:12 where it begins the step down to one of the darkest badass riffs in all of rock and roll history into Randy's lead I think is the crowning jewel of all their work.

2:30 dedication my daddy. Best riff ever...2023

Listening to Randy Rhoads' guitar work on this song is akin to listening to the greatest classical composers of all time such as Beethoven or Bach as he wove his classically trained style into a metal sound that no other guitarist could ever emulate, in my opinion. His chords and song structure were unlike anything of its kind in metal music at that point in time. While there have been many a talented guitarist after him, there was only one RR! I've loved Ozzy's music ever since he was in Black Sabbath and his first 2 solo albums are two of the finest metal records ever recorded. I'm 54 years old now and every time I listen to either album I'm brought back to my youth of long hair and headbanging. I did read some negative comments in here about Ozzy and while everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I choose to celebrate this incredible music and not dwell on supposed character flaws that certain individuals may have. Why not just listen to the damn music and just enjoy it for what it is and not delve into the drama of what happened or didn't happen 40 DAMN years ago?! Music in my opinion is meant to be enjoyed, not just pick it apart! Just sayin!

2:30 best acoustic guitar riff of all time

I was there , and grew up with crazy world of Arthur Brown and Ozzy Osbourne.... believe me I seen things that most people will never , but I have also seen the light.

One of the best songs ever. It’s goes so many places. RR was a genius, pure and simple.

Such a wicked riff , drums combo .. great song

After all these years, now it makes bloody sense!!

Randy's masterpiece.

This record was a lot darker than Blizzard and this song is one of the darkest on this record. We can get just a glimpse of Randy's love of classical music/guitar. The clean parts are just top notch.

The highest level of musicianship and excellence standards

Beautifully Haunting RIP Randy

I literally just turned 50 Like a few minutes ago First song I pulled up to enjoy was this one. God Bless Randall William Rhoads.

M a s t e r p i e c e .... Randy Roads was in another level... R.I.P.

I LOVE OZZY.HIS VOICE .

Nobody better than Randy.

Rip Randy Rhodes 🎸🤘🤘 3-19-82-3-19-24 wow its been 43 years since his passing 😢 i just turned 15! Ill never forget that horrible day! Rip brother 💯🎸🤘🤘🤘 you are missed everyday 💯❤️❤️❤️🎸🤘🤘🤘

Fun fact : The boy pictured on the album cover is Ozzy's first born - Louis Osbourne (from Ozzy's first marriage to Thelma)

My first live show. May 20 1982 Hartford. 15 years old and I would love to relive that night. It was only 2 months after Randy died and you could feel the loss that the band was feeling.

I'm 52 and still listening to this, I wish I knew how to play guitar 🎸..

The climax before the solo gets me every time. Not sure what it is. The music itself tells a story. Blizzard and Diary are the two greatest metal albums of all time.

Somewhere there must be a street called Randy Rd.