Blizzard of Oz
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Topic: Blizzard of Oz
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Blizzard of Oz
Date Posted: November 05 2019 at 11:55
I'm a great BELIEVER in the power of music because I'm a ROCK & ROLL REBEL at heart and a real music JUNKIE. The great philosopher Ozzy Osbourne once said YOU CAN'T KILL ROCK & ROLL. He also said, "I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that's OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots." - but that's another story.  While it's certainly true that YOU CAN'T KILL ROCK & ROLL, it seems our precious freedom is under threat again. It's enough to make you BARK AT THE MOON in frustration, because we're heading on the CRAZY TRAIN towards the new U.K Age Verification Law being resurrected again in January 2020 after a six-month postponement from July this year. The COUNTDOWN'S BEGUN and we're quickly RUNNING OUT OF TIME before we fall through the TRAP DOOR of government censorship when our interfering nanny-state government plans to STEAL AWAY our personal liberties again. I'm not being PARANOID, because if anyone in the U.K. is reading this, I'm sure YOU'RE NO DIFFERENT to me in wanting this stupid new law scrapped. Our new prime minister Boris Johnson is an IRON MAN of FEARLESS determination, and I'll take a SHOT IN THE DARK that not only will Boris sort out the whole Brexit fiasco - of which there's NO EASY WAY OUT - he'll also see sense and scrap the impending U.K. Age Verification Law before it's too late. I DON'T KNOW for sure if Boris will do the right thing, but I know there'll be some CHANGES made and Boris is a man of the people who believes in BREAKING ALL THE RULES. If he does scrap the new law and pushes through Brexit, he'll be my HERO and I'll be FLYING HIGH AGAIN. If the new U.K. Age Verification Law IS enacted, then that will be the government equivalent of a SUICIDE SOLUTION and the the U.K. government will be the SECRET LOSER in the end. YOU KNOW, I'd just like to say I NEVER KNOW WHY I didn't join ProgArchives earlier, when I'd been a visitor here TIME AFTER TIME, but it was a case of NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T, when I was only here fleetingly without ever deciding to join. Whatever happens now though, I'm NOT GOING AWAY and I JUST WANT YOU to know that I'm NEVER going to leave here and join Rate Your Music or any other music site, because that would be the ROAD TO NOWHERE. Leaving here would be THE ULTIMATE SIN and I want my good friends to know I'll always be HERE FOR YOU and I have no DESIRE to be anywhere else. I can promise I'll be here TOMORROW and until the CENTRE OF ETERNITY, whenever that may be. Although I've said GOODBYE TO ROMANCE several times in the past and been OVER THE MOUNTAIN of love and down the other side again, it's ProgArchives that GETS ME THROUGH the day now. I feel really ALIVE here and I've had NO MORE TEARS since joining this warm and friendly site. ProgArchives has been a real REVELATION to me and I've had a wonderful time here THAT I NEVER HAD before. They say LIGHTNING STRIKES only once in the same place and it certainly struck for me on that amazing day back on September 15th when I took the momentous decision to join this wonderful music community. I DON'T WANNA STOP enjoying the music, because I WANT IT MORE than ever now, having sampled some of the marvellous musical box of delights on offer here. I'm a DREAMER and I know LIFE WON'T WAIT forever, so I'll make the most of my time here while it lasts. Well, that's enough of my ramblings for TONIGHT, which might sound like the DIARY OF A MADMAN sometimes. It's TIME for me to SLOW DOWN now as I'm SO TIRED as I sit here WAITING FOR DARKNESS to descend. I began this blog with a quote from Ozzy Osbourne and I'll end it with another one, which Ozzy always repeats at the end of every concert - "Thank You. Good Night. I LOVE YOU ALL" All song titles in HIGHLIGHTS by Ozzy Osbourne |
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: November 07 2019 at 22:09
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Nicely done! ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 11 2019 at 06:05
Thanks! You saved this blog from disappearing without trace like a Blizzard of Oz.
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cstack3 wrote:Posted By: FloydianPinkRose
Date Posted: November 11 2019 at 14:31
| Well, well, well, here we are again, Psychedelic Paul. Reading another of your egg-cellent song blogs. The bat may have gotten an Ozzy shot but I'm always ready to get a Paul shot. A shot of fun and excitement while reading one of your wonderful song blogs. The way you spin a mysterious yarn about the albums and artists we love. Especially this one about the Great Ozzy Osborne. But, what's this? The age law is back on the table? What's the UK government trying to do? Come on, Borris, get it done! I'm a REAL MUSIC JUNKIE when it comes to Paul's song blogs. I'm FLYING HIGH AGAIN when I read his song blogs and IM NOT GOING AWAY either, I'm coming back for more! I JUST WANT YOU Paul. The ULTIMATE SIN would be if you quit writing these terrific song blogs, and going to another music site. Please, don't go! When I read your writings, I FEEL ALIVE and I DONT WANNA STOP reading. In fact, since I've read so many of his song blogs, I can say wholeheartedly, "I LOVE YOU ALL," and you too, Paul. Keep em' coming. I'm your #1 fan. Sincerely, FloydianPinkRose |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 11 2019 at 16:00
You're so sweet.  Thank You for joining me on the CRAZY TRAIN that is Prog Archives. By the way, I hope you don't think I'm being PARANOID, but did you ever see what happened to Clint Eastwood when he met his #1 fan in "Play Misty For Me"?  Don't worry, I'm NEVER going to commit THE ULTIMATE SIN by leaving Prog Archives. |
Posted By: EdgarSilv3ira
Date Posted: November 11 2019 at 16:56
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Thanks for writing this  ------------- http://omanifestounderground.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 11 2019 at 17:23
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 09 2020 at 08:28
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Three official videos from Ozzy's debut "Blizzard of Oz" (1980) album. 1. Crazy Train 2. Suicide Solution - That's the kind of song title that could get an artist into a lot of trouble. 3. Mr Crowley |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 09 2020 at 13:08
It did during the rock lyrics Red Scare of the '80s. Ironically the song is about Bon Scott's tragic death. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 09 2020 at 13:35
I read that a teenager committed suicide after allegedly listening to Suicide Solution and his parents filed a lawsuit against Ozzy Osbourne and CBS Records.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: July 09 2020 at 14:20
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yeah ... the Priest kiddie suicide lawsuit was even more headline grabbing... but adults know... Ozzy was on point there man... wine is fine but whiskey is quicker. Take a bottle and drown your sorrows f**king A man... now if prog lyricists could cut the high class high brow crap and get to the heart of life and the hell on earth nature of life.. they might not be the laughing stocks they often were. Hell even the musical death march that was Epping Forest might have have redeemed if it had been about getting your heart ripped out by a satanic insatiable redhead with a killer body but a love of tossing pots and pans at you when either you get home from work early or get home late prog might have had some real appeal to those not living in mama's basement .. or some ivory tower. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 09 2020 at 14:33
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I seem to remember you could only hear a coded reference to suicide in the Judas Priest record if you played it backwards.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: July 09 2020 at 14:39
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yeah. that was it...Better by you.. Better than Me. Some dope smoking teenagers blew their heads off with shotguns or some sh*t like that.... and their parents blamed the Priest for it... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 09 2020 at 15:13
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With the Sabbath song Paranoid, there’s a line he sings - “ I tell you to enjoy life, I wish I could but it’s too late “..... Some blighters with skewed hearing alledgely thought Ozzy was saying ‘end your’ life instead of ‘enjoy’ life. Sounds plausible eh Slayer copped sh*t and lawsuits for their lyrics. It’s not the artists fault that some feeble-minded drug fiends do stupid sh*t. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 09 2020 at 15:32
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It's a miracle that Ozzy is still with us, even if he's not always "with it" |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 09 2020 at 15:38
Wisdom from the Anthony Bourdain ~ sorry, Howard Stern ~ of prog . ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 09 2020 at 15:42
Don't know about that, but there is a backward message on The Wall which simply says "Congratulations, you've found the secret message". How boring is that. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 09 2020 at 15:46
Well, at least Pink Floyd won't get sued for that boring backward message.
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 09 2020 at 16:13
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I wasn’t even a teenager yet when this came out, but it was considered very cool and edgy at the time. Like the mind of album you might hide from your parents. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 09 2020 at 16:49
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: July 09 2020 at 17:11
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so am I the only one who does not know what to do in this thread? ok...
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 00:08
In case you hadn't already guessed, this thread is a tribute to the music of Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath, and I'll have some more Ozzy Osbourne videos coming up for you soon.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 01:11
so if it's a Black Sabbath thread, can I post videos with Tony Martin on vocals? or Ronnie James Dio? Or Glenn Hughes?  Ozzy solo and Sabbath are two different beasts, I would never put them in the same thread. To me, Ozzy is not even an essential member, although I admit the 70s is my favorite period of the band. The heart and soul of BS has always been Tony Iommi.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 01:56
Of course you can. You're more than welcome to post Black Sabbath videos here featuring Ronnie James Dio, Tony Martin or Glenn Hughes on vocals.  It's all Black Sabbath related and as you already know, I don't mind a bit of "off-topic-ness" anyway.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 02:08
If I made an Ozzy thread, I'd stick to his solo albums/career. I'd be trolling if I put videos with the other vocalists of Black Sabbath. BS deserves its own thread. Anyway, as for Ozzy, I like his work up until No More Tears (1991). What came after, I find bland, mediocre, unappealing (to me).
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 02:19
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You wouldn't be "trolling" if you posted Black Sabbath videos here, because I've already said it's okay to go ahead and do that. On the other hand. if Black Sabbath deserves it's own thread, then there's no reason why you couldn't post a Black Sabbath thread of your own. By the way, I agree with what you said about No More Tears.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 02:27
I didn't say anything specifically about No More Tears, just that I like it. I don't like and listen to what he did after 1991. Of course it's trolling if I post videos with BS without Ozzy here, in this thread that is, I was only kidding. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 02:42
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"Suicide Solution" is about drinking alcohol until it kills you. Solution as in "liquid", with the double entendre of "problem solved". The latter of which, everyone ran with because moral blame is easier than digesting art! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 03:28
| ^ Jeff Hanneman anyone ?? |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 03:32
what about him?
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 05:21
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 05:26
What I actually meant was, I agree with you about not wanting to listen to anything that came after Ozzy's No More Tears album.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 05:27
To be honest, I've never heard of Jeff Hanneman before.
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 05:47
f**k, not one of my posts go by without a f**king corrextion ......... f**king ipod...... |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 05:54
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Hey, guess what? Doug McAuliffe's Black Sabbath thread from February has just risen from the grave.
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 05:56
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 06:27
Yes, I'm a huge fan of Black Sabbath, but definitely not a fan of Slayer, or any other Thrash Metal bands.
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 07:19
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 07:36
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Thanks anyway, but Anthrax really aren't my cup of tea.
I'll stick with Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath. By the way, I like the Ronnie James Dio and Tony Martin era of Black Sabbath (that Cristi mentioned) just as much as the classic Ozzy era. Thankfully, the Ian Gillan "Born Again" era of Black Sabbath was short-lived.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 08:26
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Never heard that whole album until about 3 years ago (Crazy Train of course was all over the radio and tv). The 25 year old kid who was an optician in my office loaded it on my computer cause he knew old Doctor Doug liked rock. Decent album....I had been out of touch with Ozzie and Sabbath for many years ...last Sabbath I bought was Sabotage . Thought Mr Crowley was interesting since in the late 70's and 80's spent some time reading about western occult traditions. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 09:21
I remember my very first visit to the opticians at the age of six when the optometrist thought I was winding her up because I couldn't even see the first letter on the display due to a nasty bout of measles which permanently damaged my eyesight.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 11 2020 at 01:09
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The two singles from the "Diary of a Madman" (1981) album..... 1. Over the Mountain 2. Flying High Again |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 12 2020 at 02:59
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Speak of the Devil Tour 1982 |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 13:47
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Two official videos from the "Bark at the Moon" (1983) album. 1. Bark at the Moon 2. So Tired |
Posted By: Jaketejas
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 19:12
| Revelation has one of the greatest guitar solos in the history of the world! |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 14 2020 at 00:16
And here it is..... |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 14 2020 at 03:36
| I’ve loved Sabbath since the late-80’s. Ozzy solo, well, I only have Bark at the Moon. Very good album for sure. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 15 2020 at 15:26
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Three official videos from "The Ultimate Sin" (1986) album. 1. The Ultimate Sin 2. Lightning Strikes 3. Shot in the Dark |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 20 2020 at 01:22
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Two official videos from the "No Rest for the Wicked" (1988) album. 1. Miracle Man 2. Crazy Babies |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 21 2020 at 01:31
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Four official videos from the "No More Tears" (1991) album. 1. Mr Tinkertrain 2. No More Tears 3. I Don't Want to Change the World (Live) 4. Road to Nowhere |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 16 2024 at 14:42
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God Bless Ozzy Osbourne - On the road and off his trolley in a revealing documentary, it's the Prince of Darkness himself, although his wife Sharon is even scarier. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 20 2024 at 02:18
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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Rock Family Trees Documentary |