Cost: $0.92US
Song Count: 9
Back in the late 70's, the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, left (got fired) from the seminal metal band, Black Sabbath. Well, Ozzy floundered a bit on what to do. He initially started himself a solo band and tried to go it alone. This fizzled. Then Sharon, who was then Ozzy's girlfriend, introduced him to guitar virtuoso Randy Rhoads. So, Ozzy put together another band for a solo effort and churned out the Blizzard of Ozz.
Back in my earlier musical years, this album was the fucking shit. It's what my mother didn't want me to listen to. It's what every TV preacher said was going to lead our nation's youth down a path of devil worship. It's what the president wanted us to say NO to. Well, I love this album and I do not worship Satan or do drugs (any more). I'm normal. I'm responsible. Ozzy did not corrupt me. He just led me to ROCK!
Bless Sharon for bringing Ozzy back from the brink and helping him kick start his solo career. If not for her, the Prince of Darkness would have been found dead in a Chelsea gutter in the early 80's. So, thank you Sharon!
Here goes the track list and notes.
1. I Don't Know
2. Crazy Train - This is probably the song that Ozzy is most known for. Thirty plus years later and it is still on heavy rotation on rock and classic rock stations. It's an awesome tune and the listener really gets to experience how good Rhoads actually was on this track.
3. Goodbye to Romance
4. Dee
5. Suicide Solution - Ok. Ozzy got a LOT of flack for this track. The US government just had to intervene and said that this song was responsible for kids offing themselves. Bullshit. I'm not a big fan of the song but I respect the fact that it has the right to exist on a record. If a kid is going to kill him/herself, then Suicide Solution will not push them over the edge. But, it was a big deal back in the day.
6. Mr. Crowley - This is my favorite song on the album. I seriously could listen to it fifty times in a row and never grow tired of the song. Just a super-well-done tune.
7. No Bone Movies
8. Revelation (Mother Earth) - Like this track a bunch, too.
9. Steal Away (The Night)
Finding this disc in the super-scratched bin really brightened my day. I only had Blizzard of Ozz on tape back when I was a heavy listener. That tape has been both rendered obsolete by current technology and lost.
Remember tapes? Do ya? Waiting with your finger poised above the "record" button just waiting for your song to come on? Then getting a DJ talking over the first thirty seconds of "Hot For Teacher"...fucking DJ's. But, I digress.
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