Ozzy о Битлз

я как то читал интервью Оззи, где он говорил, что на него больше всего повлияли альбомы револьвер
, сержант, и руббер соул

Трудно представить,что кто-то сможет спеть Сатанинскую самбу лучше Мика.А вот Миссиссипская Королева в исполнении представителей двух самых "тёмных" групп начала 70-х может оказаться очень интересной.Хорошо бы ещё и басист не подвёл.

Читал в каком-то интервью Оззи его рассуждения по поводу выбора профессии. Точно, разумеется, не помню, но примерный смысл был такой: Мой папа был слесарем, и я тоже стал слесарем, а потом услышал Битлз и решил стать битлом...

OZZY OSBOURNE: Box Set Track Listing Revealed - Oct. 21, 2004

The complete track listing has been revealed for the upcoming OZZY OSBOURNE box set, which has apparently been re-titled "The Prince of Darkness", according to IGN.com.

The 52-song set, due on February 8, chronicles Ozzy's career via his biggest hits and most memorable collaborations, but the clincher is that the fourth disc of the collection features 10 newly recorded versions of his favorite songs by other artists. This means that Ozzy fans can here the madman's very own renditions of classics by the ROLLING STONES, MOUNTAIN, MOTT THE HOOPLE, KING CRIMSON, and others.

"The Prince of Darkness" box set will be packaged in a weathered, collectable gothic book with new images of Ozzy taken by famed British photographer/artist Sam Taylor Wood. It will be packaged with a 60-page booklet that contains a complete career overview and rare Ozzy photos.

The first two discs in the set will encompass re-mastered versions of Ozzy's most popular solo smash hits. The third disc (which is entitled "Oddities and Duets") is comprised of some of Ozzy's most unusual collaborations. And the special fourth disc (called "Under Covers") is comprised of newly recorded covers as only Ozzy can deliver.

"The Prince Of Darkness" track listing:

CD 1:

01. I Don't Know (live)
02. Mr. Crowley
03. Crazy Train
04. Goodbye To Romance (live)
05. Suicide Solution (live)
06. Over The Mountain
07. Flying High Again (live)
08. You Can't Kill Rock And Roll
09. Diary Of A Madman
10. Bark At The Moon (live b-side)
11. Spiders (b-side)
12. Rock And Roll Rebel
13. You're No Different
14. Dee

CD 2:

01. Ultimate Sin (live)
02. Never Know Why (live)
03. Thank God For The Bomb (live)
04. Crazy Babies
05. Breaking All The Rules
06. I Don't Want To Change The World (demo)
07. Mama, I'm Coming Home (demo)
08. Desire (demo)
09. No More Tears (single version)
10. Won't Be Coming Home (demo)
11. Perry Mason (live from Ozzfest live album)
12. See You On The Other Side (demo)
13. Walk On Water (demo)
14. Gets Me Through (live)
15. Bang Bang (original demo for "Facing Hell")
16. Dreamer

CD 3 - Oddities and Duets:

01. Iron Man (Ozzy With THERAPY?)
02. N.I.B. (Ozzy with PRIMUS)
03. Purple Haze (Ozzy with Zakk Wylde, Randy Castillo & Geezer Butler)
04. Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Ozzy with TYPE O NEGATIVE)
05. Shake Your Head (Let's Go To Bed) (Ozzy with WAS NOT WAS)
06. Born To Be Wild (Ozzy with Miss Piggy)
07. Nowhere To Run (Vapor Trail) (Ozzy with CRYSTAL METHOD, DMX, 'Ol Dirty Bastard & Fuzzbuble)
08. Led Clones (Ozzy with Gary Moore)
09. For Heavens Sake (Ozzy with Tony Iommi & WU-TANG CLAN)
10. I Ain't No Nice Guy (Ozzy With MOTÖRHEAD)
11. Therapy (Ozzy With INFECTIOUS GROOVES)
12. Stayin' Alive (Ozzy With Dweezil Zappa)

CD 4 - Under Covers:

01. Good Times (ERIC BURDON)
02. 21st Century Schizoid Man (KING CRIMSON)
03. In My Life (THE BEATLES)
04. Mississippi Queen (MOUNTAIN)
05. For What It's Worth (BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD)
06. Fire (ARTHUR BROWN)
07. Hi Ho Silver Lining (JEFF BECK GROUP)
08. All The Young Dudes (MOTT THE HOOPLE)
09. Sympathy For The Devil (ROLLING STONES)
10. Changes - Duet with Kelly Osbourne (BLACK SABBATH)

"Миррор" сообщила, что Оззи был замечен в съемках клипа к песне "In My Life", которая выйдет синглом перед рождеством, сидя на скамеечке в лондонском Баттерси-парке в компании злобного вида бульдожки. Может быть это была Келли? Или Джек? И почему бы вообще ему не записать тогда "Hey Bulldog"?

Пол и Озз на шоу Говарда Стерна 18.10.01

Вот, в одной его биографии прочитала.

"Когда я окончил школу, я хотел стать водопроводчиком. Когда же я услышал Битлз, я захотел стать Битлом".
Оззи Осборн.

В четвертый диск на коробке внесены поправки. Удалена Hi Ho Silver Lining и добавлена Working Class Hero Леннона!

01. 21st Century Schizoid Man (KING CRIMSON)
02. Mississippi Queen (MOUNTAIN)
03. All The Young Dudes (MOTT THE HOOPLE)
04. In My Life (THE BEATLES)
05. Fire (ARTHUR BROWN)
06. For What It's Worth (BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD)
07. Sympathy For The Devil (ROLLING STONES)
08. Working Class Hero (JOHN LENNON) (replaces original "Hi Ho Silver Lining")
09. Good Times (ERIC BURDON)
10. Changes - Duet with Kelly Osbourne (BLACK SABBATH)

___Поклонники группы Black Sabbath, уставшие от постоянно-неопределенного статуса коллектива, начали собирать подписи под петицией с требованием… уволить из состава команды Оззи Осборна.

Петиция адресована его коллегам — Тони Айомми, Джизеру Батлеру и Биллу Уорду.
Фэны обвиняют Оззи в том, что он слишком мало времени уделяет Black Sabbath, особенно в последние годы. Они уверены, что если бы не помеха в лице Оззи, то Black Sabbath уже давно могли бы выпустить свой новый альбом. А для его записи Осборну вполне можно подыскать равноценную замену.
Кроме того, обижены авторы петиции и на СМИ, которые, по их мнению, слишком много внимания уделяют разнообразным не-музыкальным деяниям Оззи, что стимулирует его изобретать все новые и новые способы устраивать себе личный пиар, окончательно забыв о группе____

Да, петиция эта здесь http://www.petitiononline.com/FireOzzy/petition.html
Но, после этого было опубликовано послание от чувака, который придумал эту шнягу. Он сказал, что это всего лишь шутка.
Вообще, нынче на Западе петиции в моде по любому поводу. Например, из самых чуднЫх - это свежая петиция отлучить продюсера Боба Рока от Металлики по той причине, что он якобы не дает группе развиваться.

<Оззи решил высказать свое мнение в опросе, призванном выявить "100 самых лучших песен всех времен".
Вот за какие песни Ozzy отдал свои голос:
1. A Day In The Life - The Beatles
2. Imagine - John Lennon
3. Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney & Wings
4. Money - Pink Floyd
5. Mississippi Queen - Mountain
6. Hey Jude - The Beatles
7. Yesterday - The Beatles
8. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - The Animals
9. Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin
10. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John Ю

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У человека очень хороший вкус :)))

Он просто супер, отличный, остроумный дядька, да и выпить не дурак! Уважаю и частенько слушаю. Очень жду бокс-сет, хотя все это уже давно есть, кроме материала 4-го диска. Надеюсь что там сюрпризы гарантированы и в этой теме разговоров еще будет!

Textpert***
"5. Mississippi Queen - Mountain "
Вот это особенно порадовало:-).Может,когда-нибудь эту группу оценят по достоинству.Кстати,лучший гитарист из работавших с Оззи после БС,Рэнди Роадс,говорил,что Лэсли Вест оказал на него наибольшее влияние.

OZZY OSBOURNE: 'Mississippi Queen' Audio Sample Posted Online

An audio clip of OZZY OSBOURNE's cover of MOUNTAIN's "Mississippi Queen" has been posted online at this location (Real Audio).

Ozzy's version of "Mississippi Queen" is included on Osbourne's forthcoming "Prince of Darkness" four-CD box set, due on March 22. The first two discs in the set will encompass re-mastered versions of Ozzy's most popular solo smash hits. The third disc (which is entitled "Oddities and Duets") is comprised of some of Ozzy's most unusual collaborations. And the special fourth disc (called "Under Covers") is comprised of newly recorded covers as only Ozzy can deliver.

The "Prince of Darkness" box set will be packaged in a weathered, collectable gothic book with new images of Ozzy taken by famed British photographer/artist Sam Taylor Wood. It will be come with a 60-page booklet that contains a complete career overview and rare Ozzy photos.

In related news, Leslie West was interviewed in January, and he had the following to say about the track: "Two months ago, I recorded 'Mississippi Queen' with Ozzy for his new box set, He sang and I played guitar. It sounds like me playing with BLACK SABBATH. We sounded great. I think it might be on Ozzy's box set. The title at the time was 'Songs I Wish I Wrote'. It really came out great. In fact, we (MOUNTAIN) started (playing) it like that now — a little bit different than MOUNTAIN's version. I like his version better. Now, I play it like I played it with Ozzy. It's a little heavier and darker."

http://www.ozzyhead.com/news.htm

OZZY OSBOURNE Talks About Recording Covers For 'Prince Of Darkness' Box Set - Mar. 19, 2005

OZZY OSBOURNE recently spoke to Metal Edge magazine about his upcoming four-disc box set, "Prince of Darkness". An excerpt from the interview follows:

Metal Edge: The box set is obviously a career retrospective, but how long has the cover album been in the making?

Ozzy Osbourne: "Over the years, I've always wanted to do an album of other people's stuff, like some [John] Lennon. I've always wanted to do 'Whiter Shade of Pale', but I didn't do it, because everybody who does a cover album, the first track is always 'Whiter Shade of Pale'. I've had a long list, and Sharon comes up to me on the Ozzfest last year and tells me that Sony's putting together a box set of rarities and live recordings — stuff with Dweezil Zappa, the BEE GEES, WAS NOT WAS, 'Born to be Wild' with Miss Piggy, stuff like that — and she says, 'Why don't you do an album of cover songs?' I didn't know what it was going to sound like, but it's something different instead of another version of 'I Don't Know' done underwater in fuckin' Paris in '78! I must be the only artist with six or seven solo records, and eighty fuckin' spin-offs of the best of, in different running orders, in Chinese, whatever."

Metal Edge: "The Ozzman Cometh" and he cometh again and again and again…

Ozzy Osbourne: "And when is he going to stop comething? [Laughs] We promise you this is the last cometh! It hasn't been me, though. So I built a studio in the back of the house and I said to Sharon, 'Let me just have a go at doing the covers. If it turns into a pile of shit, nothing ventured, nothing gained.' A friend of mine, Mark Hudson, who I've known for many years and wrote some of 'Ozzmosis' with, produced it. We originally did like eight or ten songs, and they said, 'Fuckin' A, this is great, keep on going!' So we're going to do an album on the box set, then another album called 'Ozzy Undercover' or something. So there's 14 or 15 for that album, and eight or 10 for the box set. I've got to confess, it's come out a lot better than I ever expected it to. It's got balls. It's got meat."

Metal Edge: Who played on them with you?

Ozzy Osbourne: "Mark Hudson, Leslie West did 'Mississippi Queen', Jerry Cantrell, Ian Hunter did 'All the Young Dudes', and a bunch of musicians and arrangers. I was doing it on the road. We had portable ProTools and a 32-track. This album has been all over the world! I was doing it down in Florida, on tour, where they were nailing up the fucking hotel because of Hurricane Charlie, and I'm singing with a big gold bowl of Red Bulls to keep me going. It was one of those albums that started, and it just got better as we went along. If it was up to me, I'd have kept going. I wasn't going to sing 'Good Times' by THE ANIMALS — [singing] 'I remember all the good times' — but Sharon thought it kind of summed up my life, so I did it for her. I did JEFF BECK's 'Hi Ho Silver Lining'. I thought, if it's good enough for JEFF BECK, it's good enough for me,' but once I started doing it, I thought, 'Who the fuck wrote these lyrics?' [Laughing] 'Flies are in your pea soup, baby, and they're looking at me.' That's really an earth-shattering lyric! I mean, when I started out, we used to talk to each other and go, 'Hey man, how you doing?' Then we went from 'man' to 'dude,' and I thought, 'Who the fuck thought of 'dude'?' And I thought it must have been DAVID BOWIE in 'All the Young Dudes', and I recorded that… But then when I recorded 'Mississippi Queen', there was a line that went, 'While the rest of those dudes…' And I'm going, 'I must have really been fucking stoned, because I'd never heard 'dude' before!' [Laughing] And I did 'Fire' by ARTHUR BROWN, 'Working Class Hero' on an acoustic guitar without a big production, just a few 'oohs' and 'aahs' in the background. I did 'Rocky Mountain Way' by JOE WALSH, which is fabulous, and 'Woman' by JOHN LENNON, which is fucking beautiful… it's so much fun, because the songs have already been established, and I just fuck with them and rearrange them. I've heard cover albums before where they fuck with the songs to the point where the only thing that sounds like 'Jingle Bells' is the fucking title! It wasn't like that, but they're still me. It was some of the easiest work I ever did. So that was that…"

Новое видео Оззи на песню "In My Life" и нек-рые старые клипы см. на http://music.yahoo.com/promos/ozzyosbourne/

Если вам на фиг не нужна вся коробка, то диск с каверами выйдет отдельно в июне или "где-то летом". Трэклист пока точно не известен, но Великий и Ужасный записал еще "Hi Ho Silver Lining" (JEFF BECK), "Rocky Mountain Way" (JOE WALSH) and "Woman" (JOHN LENNON).

OZZY OSBOURNE: Another Unreleased Cover Song To Look Forward To? - Apr. 6, 2005

In a recent Metal Edge interview, Ozzy Osbourne revealed that he has recorded a cover of "Go Now" by the MOODY BLUES. Ozzy says, "It came out great." The song may be considered for inclusion on the separate release of Disc 4 ("Under Covers") of Ozzy's recently issued box set, "Prince of Darkness", which is due in June or later this summer via Sony. Ozzy has also recorded the following covers which have not yet been released: "Hi Ho Silver Lining" (JEFF BECK), "Rocky Mountain Way" (JOE WALSH) and "Woman" (JOHN LENNON). Additionally, there has been no sign of the Asian tunami benefit single, "Tears In Heaven", which features a guest appearance by Osbourne. In a recent interview, Ozzy said it won't be out for another six weeks. Other artists lending their voices to the song include Gwen Stefani (NO DOUBT), Pink, VELVET REVOLVER, Steven Tyler (AEROSMITH), Elton John, Rod Stewart and Kelly Osbourne. Sales of "Tears In Heaven" will benefit the Disasters Emergency Committee's Tsunami Earthquake Appeal.

Ozzy Osbourne "In My Life"!
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