The Greatest Non Hits
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The Greatest Non Hits
Ozzy Osbourne: Diary of a Madman
The haunting final notes of "Diary of a Madman" still echo through metal history four decades after its release. Ozzy Osbourne's second solo album wasn't just eight tracks of heavy metal – it was a musical testament that would forever be shadowed by tragedy.
We dive deep into this 1981 masterpiece that captured lightning in a bottle: the supernatural collaboration between Ozzy and guitar prodigy Randy Rhoads. The album stands as both triumphant achievement and poignant farewell, with Rhoads' death in a plane crash just months after its release leaving fans forever wondering what might have been. His classical-influenced solos on tracks like "Flying High Again" and "Over the Mountain" revolutionized metal guitar playing, setting standards guitarists still aspire to today.
Beyond the radio hits lies a treasure trove of overlooked gems. The orchestral complexity of the title track reveals Ozzy's artistic ambitions extending far beyond his shock-rock persona. "Little Dolls" transforms from gritty rocker to something more melodically complex. "Tonight" showcases Randy's versatility with one of his most expansive solos – a bittersweet reminder of a talent taken too soon.
The album's creation wasn't without drama – bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake's contributions were later erased from reissues amid royalty disputes. Meanwhile, Sharon Osbourne was beginning to take control of Ozzy's career, a partnership that would reshape metal's commercial landscape for decades.
Whether you're a lifelong metalhead or discovering Ozzy beyond "Crazy Train," join us for an album that balances technical brilliance with raw emotion, inspired by horror films and exploring the nature of madness itself. Share your favorite overlooked track from this classic album in the comments below – we might feature your pick in an upcoming episode!
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Speaker 2:All right, thank you for listening to the Greatest Non-Hits. I'm Chris, and playing his rendition of Flying High Again is my co-host, tim, and the subject matter of today's podcast episode is the album Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Madman. First of all, rest in peace, ozzy. My sympathies and my heart goes out to the fans who lost a legendary. Legendary doesn't do it in justice. All of society knew who Ozzy Osbourne was, all cultures. He was a showman. He was starting off at an early age, 19, lead singer of Black Sabbath. I mean, can you imagine? You look back on what he accomplished? It's incredible.
Speaker 2:This album is from October 1981, second studio album as a solo artist, and leading up to this album there's just a ton of drama around him, as there kind of always was with Ozzy. Like I said, a true entertainer in every sense of the word. On this album, crazy Train had come out. The album before from Blizzard of Oz, pretty sure, yeah. And then this one has Flying High Again Over the Mountain. Those are the two big hits I would say. Tonight came out as a single. I don't remember it being a big one. So um, uh, you can't kill rock and rolls. On this one too, I would say fine, high again over the mountain Can't kill rock and roll. Three hits, um, everything else.
Speaker 2:We're going to leave open for the non hits. So we're as we always do. We're going to leave open for the non-hits. So, as we always do, we're going to listen to all the songs, we're going to yuck it up, we're going to play clips, we're going to have a good time and at the very end, we're going to rank the three top non-hits that we feel are overlooked. And there's some good ones here. There's actually only eight songs on this album, so there's gonna be a few to to choose from. All the songs are great and the best thing about this album, I for my opinion, is um, the guitar playing the guitar solos. Um, ozzy's got a killer voice. Uh, the drummers you know former Uriah Heep drummer. What's the guy's name? Again, lee Kurtz Lake.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and Randy Rhodes, guitar player extraordinaire, died tragically after this album came out in August 8th of 1982. I'm familiar with like the back story of it. They were on tour and, yes, they had like two trips and I don't know they were. The draw is the the. Oh yeah, you can look this up online. It was the, the bus driver who had formerly had a commercial um, a flying license, and so he took the plane, I guess uh unauthorized, and was doing some stunts and cleared Uh, I guess they were driving like they're flying low over the bus and he flew too low and wing hit, uh hit the bus and he flew too low and wing hit hit the bus, the. It crashed shortly after tragic story. But yeah, we lost a great guitar player and Randy Rhodes that you know, shortly after this was made. So you're going to listen to some epic guitar playing and we can only imagine what would have come if he hadn't died in that accident and what the trajectory of Ozzy Osbourne's career would have been Coming off of.
Speaker 2:Another topic, though, another controversy of this album was how the bass player, what's his name? Daisley and Kerslake, lee Kerslake, bob Daisley. Bob Daisley was the bass player who did all the bass playing on the album, but they were replaced like most or shortly, or once it was done. Most or shortly or once it was done. He and nick or lee curse lake, the drummer, uh, were replaced, uh by a couple other people, I think not don airy, he did. I don't know there was this whole change over. We'll get to it later, but basically I think uh, it was around also this time that Sharon Osbourne became the manager of the band. So I guess Don Arden is Sharon Osbourne's dad. He was the label executive and Sharon was his daughter. The son was involved in the business.
Speaker 2:I think Management of Ozzy went from the sun to Sharon and uh, and I was kind of like it's similar to like Janine from a spinal tap, you know, I think that was sort of the, the, the Baxter or the, the. That story of Janine in spinal tap I think may have been uh inspired by the whole Sharon takeover. Who later I ended up uh, getting edgy with some of the other band members, and that was when they were, you know, replaced, um, so anyway, um, so there was this also guy, don Airy, keyboardist on the album. It was actually a guy named Johnny cook who, um, actually recorded the keyboard parts on it. But anyway, don Airy, up to that point, was a member of Rainbow at the time and touring with them.
Speaker 2:So anyway, there's great musicians like, and Curse Lake does a hell of a job on the drums and even like his replacement I think it was uh aldridge, um, anyway, yeah, tommy aldridge uh. And rudy sarzo uh replaced uh, bob daisley, so on on base. But tommy aldridge, you know, gives him all the credit in the world. I'm just reading for wikipedia. Yeah, so anyway for Wikipedia.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so anyway, Wikipedia, Wikipedia all right.
Speaker 2:So I'm thinking, I'm thinking Tim is gonna come, he's going to join us in a moment. You know, now I remember this album. This is like in 12th, you know, when you're in like seventh grade and this is. You know, everybody's like oh gee, your Ozzy, your diary of a madman. You know, it's like the, the Ozzy fans were diehard and uh, yeah, they still are. We still my old classmates. Shout out to Murph he's disappointed. He was on another podcast with us earlier. I think it was U2 War. Yeah, shout out to Murph my condolences. I think it was the first concert that he went to 1984, something like that. They were touring with what's his name? Motley Crue. The whole Snorting Ants thing, I think, was from that tour on Ozzy's end. But anyway, tim is with us. Tim, how you doing bud?
Speaker 4:Excellente.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yes, what was your? Yeah, what's your? Do you what was? Your uh yeah, what's your? I brought my rosary, I brought my rosary with me.
Speaker 4:Yes, Uh yeah. I mean, ozzy was always, you know, an outlet of you know, just uh, how should I put this?
Speaker 3:I don't know it just just good male testosterone, you know yeah it would also like a fascination with darkness.
Speaker 4:You know it's like heaven and hell, you know like all these diaries of madman, it's about uh you know evil, you know embracing the other end, right, and the dark world.
Speaker 2:I hate to believe, though, that he went to some nasty place, man, because he seems like a good guy.
Speaker 4:You never know.
Speaker 2:He turned himself into like a philanthropist. You know, At the very end he got up, performed for the crowd and he did it for charity. You know, yeah, so it. You know it's it's a far place from what he's singing about, but you know he was. He's being real.
Speaker 4:It's very authentic yeah, in the current world, right now nightmare continues yeah, and then he had, yeah, he had a show, yeah, what he had a.
Speaker 1:Good evening, ozzy. Hello there, right.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, check out all his stuff on YouTube. It's good stuff.
Speaker 3:So anyway, oh man.
Speaker 2:Are we ready to go? You have any you?
Speaker 4:don't think so we have more to talk about. Okay, yeah, this is. You know, this is ozzy here what are we missing? I don't know. I don't know.
Speaker 2:Let me see what do you think there's over the mountain?
Speaker 4:over the mountain is number one. Yeah, should we, just, should, just dive right in. What do we? Do let's do it All right. All right, here we go. We're getting busted. We're just getting so busted. Why is that you get busted? I love Ozzy, yeah. I love Randy Rose too Crazy Train. I meanzy, yeah, I love Randy Rhoads too Crazy Train. I mean, this is Crazy Train-esque. Yes, it is that guitar, Very deep, it's hard. There he goes.
Speaker 2:He's drumming too Cursely, because it's just all over the place, wow, wow. And when I noticed the airline ticket, I put two and two together.
Speaker 4:It's only a dream. Yeah, this is great.
Speaker 5:What is this? Where am I man?
Speaker 2:I miss Oz. Happy dreams, Ozzy.
Speaker 4:Yeah, you're a star.
Speaker 5:I'm for Clint Pepper.
Speaker 6:Clinton.
Speaker 4:Oh man, it's free. Whoa this part.
Speaker 1:It's spice, that shit.
Speaker 4:Ups and downs here, overs and unders.
Speaker 6:Yeah, just saying let it out, give it some air. Man Play with it. Well isn't?
Speaker 2:that special? Yes, it is. Yeah, the way the drums and the guitar at that end are Like a triplet Vast amounts of marijuana.
Speaker 4:Magic carpet ride.
Speaker 6:Fishing silver inlaid clouds and watch out with that other crowd you're running with.
Speaker 4:Don't think I haven't noticed. Don't sign the paper. All right, whatever you do, you can hang out with whoever you want.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you can go to the Aerosmith concert yeah.
Speaker 4:Simple lines intertwining Turn it.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, Got to end on a strong note oh, come on, sharon, I'm fucking Ozzy Osbourne, the prince of fucking darkness.
Speaker 2:That's right, all right, yeah, so we're off. That was a good one, okay. This next one is Flying High Again. Oh, tim's favorite song on the album.
Speaker 1:Oh, oh, oh, you know what?
Speaker 4:I'm talking about that's a good lyric, man.
Speaker 5:Yeah, it is Mama, mama, mommy Hi.
Speaker 4:Hi Stewie, what's going on?
Speaker 1:Mom, mommy.
Speaker 6:Hi, hi, and watch out with that other crowd you're running with oh.
Speaker 2:You know what I'm talking about.
Speaker 4:Swallowing colors. Am I a crazy guy? Yeah, that's such a funny line, yeah.
Speaker 2:It's titillating at multiple levels.
Speaker 5:Is it flying?
Speaker 3:somewhere.
Speaker 2:It titillates with multiple senses.
Speaker 1:How much more black could this be? And the answer is none, none more black.
Speaker 4:You see, the black and red is white. Also, you have like like really big eyes.
Speaker 1:Simple lines intertwining.
Speaker 4:Oh, this is like opera-esque, like Mozart.
Speaker 2:Yeah, this part, oh my gosh, see, this is the chords slapping. Think about what he would come up with in subsequent albums if he hadn't died in this thing. It's just so senseless. I know Rock and roll.
Speaker 5:Isn't that?
Speaker 6:special. Rock and roll Isn't that special.
Speaker 3:Oh, oh, oh.
Speaker 4:I love that part. What about?
Speaker 5:mommy, mom, mommy, mommy, mommy. I'm a man.
Speaker 6:I'm a man. I'm a man now boy.
Speaker 2:Oh, Personally I think they're it's.
Speaker 1:Spice Age shit.
Speaker 5:I can run.
Speaker 2:Alright, Asp. Ha ha ha.
Speaker 4:Should we have a little little moment of zen here?
Speaker 6:Okay, yeah.
Speaker 5:All that shit is fucking bullshit.
Speaker 2:Was that a palate cleanser you wanted?
Speaker 4:Yeah, do another one. I mean, that's all I have, really Okay, uh best leave it unsolved yeah just best leave it all right okay, we're doing.
Speaker 2:You can't kill rock and roll. This is, this is a hit to me deeper and deeper way down. I'm up with the lies, alright, how many times can they?
Speaker 4:fill us with those lies. Ozzy wants the lies to stop. How many?
Speaker 5:times can they fill me with lies and I listen again.
Speaker 2:It's just a nightmare. For ten years it does.
Speaker 5:It's too much. Are you crying? What's reason? Today, are you crying? What's that? Are you crying? Am I crying? No, I'm not crying Even what they're talking about. What the fuck is he talking about? What empty hands can I take? Leave me alone to watch the promises come alive.
Speaker 3:I am fire.
Speaker 4:Light up those lighters, let's go. Okay, I love this. I do too. It's got an open feel to it and it's right off the bat. The pull offs, the sort of like tempo changes. It's right off the bat, the pull-offs, the sort of like Tempo changes. It's. The harmonics are very well done.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I agree.
Speaker 5:This is a hit. Yeah.
Speaker 4:For me it's a find, I would say.
Speaker 2:You know this is yeah, but it's a cut above the other songs. Okay, wow, Maybe not Flying High Again and Over the Bound.
Speaker 4:They start really strong with this album. I think is what you're saying.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, of course, but I mean this gets a lot of this album. I think is what you're saying. Oh yeah, of course, but I mean this gets a lot of airplay, I think, or at least in some circumstances, maybe Back in the day it's on rotation.
Speaker 6:Maybe not yeah.
Speaker 4:And the riff goes with Ozzy's intonation as well, which is cool it is. It's not strange, maybe it is.
Speaker 6:Isn't that special.
Speaker 2:Here comes just another, yeah, and here comes just another.
Speaker 3:Yeah, whoa.
Speaker 1:The spikes don't shoot.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's just smooth.
Speaker 4:Play with it, just let it out.
Speaker 5:Yeah, even the rhymes that they give me In times of confession, ain't true. Our song is obvious, although they're not for us Meaning you too. The things they will do and the things they will say when they don't really understand Fear of rejection. I need their protection.
Speaker 2:I'm making a stand, Fear of rejection. I need their protection. I'm making a stand. I don't even want to talk about you and I can't imagine protection and making a stand Deeper and deeper Way down Cause. Rock and roll is my religion and my love. It's like I don't want to ruin it. This is such a good song I know it is you can hear rock and roll here it stands. I feel like it's been dying.
Speaker 3:Is rock and roll dead.
Speaker 2:Well, I mean for the future. I think a lot of people still listen to this, you know, even, like you know, later generations, but there aren't very many popular rock bands that are contemporary like right now, maybe aside from Greta Van Fleet, but maybe they haven't come out with anything in a second. I don't know. From my hometown, by the way, you know my morning jacket gets metal.
Speaker 4:You know, you know, sometimes, yeah, incantation, yeah there's, yeah, there's other derivatives, I know derivatives I mean, but not not classic. Yeah, everything is this gets metal sometimes yeah, some jams yeah, my morning jacket um five finger death punch, I don't know.
Speaker 2:I don't know me either. That's a thing, no there's really not.
Speaker 4:Can we get the rock and roll numbers up, please? Where are the garage rock bands? What's going on? Close the app and get in the garage, that's right. An alleyway, who knows? Okay, it's not rock and roll unless you get the cops called it, that's right, you know, all right, this is believer.
Speaker 2:It's that bass line. This would actually be a good tour to go to Before Randy Rhoades died. Some of those shows must have been incredible With him just shredding it High energy.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:This one is called the Believers.
Speaker 5:That was his intro in the Ozzy Osbourne Randy Rhoads live 81. 81.
Speaker 4:He does have a good voice too. I mean like yeah, it's distinct. Mean like yeah, it's distinct, it's his Sure, his own.
Speaker 2:He's just got a way of His voice like blending in the right way to this kind of music. It just goes really well.
Speaker 4:I'm doing some weird effects in the background here, some editing we that have yet to may not have met us.
Speaker 5:I'm doing some weird effects in the background here Some editing. Who's the producer here?
Speaker 2:Max and Norman.
Speaker 5:Shout out to.
Speaker 2:Max yeah, they have a Max Norman. Shout out to Max. Yeah, they have the voice, the double voice. It's like an overdub.
Speaker 4:Right Like Ozzy harmonizing with himself Some truck effects in the background. I don't know what's going on.
Speaker 1:That's a way to fight the traps.
Speaker 4:You know what it costs to dress the band in animals, sharon, alright, you, it's your fucking wife. You manage the band. I'm done, I quit.
Speaker 2:I think mine would look better in doubly. It's a little harsh. I love Sharon, though Shout out to Sharon?
Speaker 1:Don't think so, Tommy. Who's the BSC?
Speaker 4:You. He doesn't believe that he drank those beers.
Speaker 2:Well, you were talking about this earlier. It's a mystery.
Speaker 4:Shout out to Ozzy.
Speaker 2:Well, he's got room beers. Shout out to room beers. Yeah, Shout out to everybody out there who's got bedroom beers whether you've got beers in your bedroom.
Speaker 1:I want to be in my room and taking my beers away from my room. How much more black could this be? The answer is none. None more black this could be More black.
Speaker 5:This could be more black. I ain't no deceiver.
Speaker 4:A Birmingham boy saying ain't, yeah, I love it Destiny planned out, shout out to Birmingham.
Speaker 2:I got me planned out.
Speaker 5:Regulation of the world.
Speaker 2:I guess if Ozzy was from Annapolis, oh my God.
Speaker 4:We'd just be like do the dead bird, I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one.
Speaker 3:I'm the one. I'm the one.
Speaker 6:I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one.
Speaker 4:I'm the one. Iucy Jack, you're a naughty one.
Speaker 2:Saucy.
Speaker 4:Jack, jack can always help them use the television, you know? Alright, all right.
Speaker 1:If you get busted, I'll fucking bust your ass, okay, all right.
Speaker 4:It takes it so Believer we're putting I like it. Yeah, I like it. It's got a good vibe to it. Yeah, I like it, it might. It's close, it's up there, this is.
Speaker 1:Little Dolls Work it, work it, baby Work it.
Speaker 5:Work it, own it.
Speaker 1:Yes, you can handle this. First is here somewhere.
Speaker 2:Put your hands together for the lovely Jasmine. This is like a little doll strip club song.
Speaker 4:A little bit, especially if the strip club's name was Little Dolls. Strip club song A little bit, yeah, especially if the strip club's name was Little Dolls. Oh yeah, they would play this every day. Yeah, shout out Probably like 10, 30. Yeah.
Speaker 2:Shout out to the Dow House in Tampa. I can't remember if that was on I, if that was on Lois or West Shore, anyway.
Speaker 1:Nightmare continued.
Speaker 4:Okay, more drugs. Oh, shout out to the Bronners, yeah, yeah, yeah. Shout out to those Wikipedia writers out there. That's right. Shout out to those ham enthusiasts. It's a mystery.
Speaker 1:It is Best leave it. It's not uns, it is Best leave it unsolved.
Speaker 5:Really, that's the way to fight the traps Good call.
Speaker 1:I am fire Whoa.
Speaker 2:Okay, guys, let's kick it down Deeper and deeper.
Speaker 3:Way down. You broke the rule. You've been removed. I need to die with you Way down, killer Hugh, I love this.
Speaker 5:This is like I wanted you, but was the end to come again?
Speaker 4:The whole reason to be Killer who I love this.
Speaker 2:This is like the lyrics are pretty, you know intricate. They used to put more effort into it, Ripping and screaming. The pain just won't go. He'll show you no mercy. Your image is in his hands. There's a lot of religious symbolism or undertones, References, Right.
Speaker 4:That's an ozypedia.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, I'm sure there's all kinds of stuff. We've only scratched the surface on this, yeah this is about booty dolls and black magic.
Speaker 6:Isn't that special.
Speaker 4:Oh yes, pins and needles prick the skin of a little doll Like a Right. It's a booty doll, yeah, like a booty doll.
Speaker 2:Oh, I thought it was a drug. I mean it could be a double meaning though Drug reference, I don't know. No, maybe not. Maybe it's just only about the dial, that's it.
Speaker 1:Best leave it. It's not unsolved really.
Speaker 4:It's a bit deeper.
Speaker 2:Way down.
Speaker 4:It turns into not a stripper song. Yes, yeah, it goes from stripper to like Like a yacht rock. Like a yacht rock. Yeah, it's like a pop song it does yeah.
Speaker 5:Who do we black magic?
Speaker 2:Yeah, that was all over the place yeah, but uh take us on a take us to a happy place, yeah, but uh pick us on a pick us to a happy place. That's good.
Speaker 3:All right.
Speaker 4:All right, very 80s.
Speaker 2:Yes, we regressed, you know we went, oh gosh.
Speaker 4:What does Ozopedia say about this? Well, this is called Tonight and it would be interesting to hear what Ozzapedia has to say. Shout out to Daisley Kerslake, it's like a woodwind Tributes. Yeah, Not much on this one.
Speaker 2:Yeah, this sounds like 1981. Right, what year was this? I thought it was 86. No, no, no, this is 1981. It's 81. Oh, yeah, yeah. Second album, blizzard of Oz, I think, came out first, and then that had a crazy train of it, and then there was this one right after that.
Speaker 5:Oh, oh, that was a nice little, very 80s yeah.
Speaker 2:Shout out to Don Harry or Cook. No, it was. Was it Brian Cook? This is Johnny Cook. He's such a good guitar player. Yeah, all of his little vignettes or whatever, I mean all these semi-solos yeah, he never disappoints. He always does something different at will. Very versatile in the genre of metal yeah, you just wonder what would have happened he was young In the genre of metal. Yeah, you just wonder what would have happened he was young. If you were living to this day, you'd have probably a whole different body of work.
Speaker 4:Ozzy said about Randy. If I had to say which one of the guitarists I'd rather work with, it was him. He was the most musically trained, he could write and could read, he could play taught at his mother's school and he would work with me, as opposed to having to work on top of what I put down interesting.
Speaker 2:yeah, yeah, we picked the right album. I was saying Blizzard of Oz. Tim was like I like Flying High again, let's do that. I was like yeah.
Speaker 4:I think Flying High again, you know, fits a different purpose now these past, you know, just flying high in the ether in the next round.
Speaker 2:I don't know. I think I'm going to start getting into Ozzy again. I'm just going to start like comparing, just to listen to Blizzard of Oz and this one, just to see how his guitar playing evolves, like the one versus the other. Crazy Train was great, that whole solo there. Maybe he's a little bit more refined, I think, on the sound.
Speaker 4:It's just taking it to 11.
Speaker 5:Oh yeah, Out at the top.
Speaker 2:Out the top. Now I'm starting to hear some good bass playing too.
Speaker 4:I'm taking it up there. Whoa, that's cool. I love when they yeah.
Speaker 3:Whoa.
Speaker 4:That's good stuff.
Speaker 2:Keep going and going, and going yeah, well, we can move it along. What do we got left? We got sato, I think is next. Yeah, I mean, yeah, the guitar playing is still good.
Speaker 2:They phase out of that, like after he's this is like a jam yeah, like right in the middle of a jam, it just kind of fades out. Yeah, so anyway, all right, moving on, all right, s-a-t-o. That's an acronym Sharon, not Arden, and Thelma Ozzie, something like that. That's the acronym Sharon and her old boyfriend Ozzy, and his first wife. First letters are their names.
Speaker 4:Sharon Arden, Belmont, Osby. Okay, Arden is Sharon's maiden name. She's the daughter of record mogul.
Speaker 2:Don Arden yeah, it's her dad. Yeah, her dad is like the record guy. Yeah, he's the record guy.
Speaker 6:What yeah? No way, oh yeah.
Speaker 2:That's how they met. You know, he was like a total mess. I mean, if you read his backstory she was kind of like after he was dumped by Black Sabbath, you know, he went to a dark place. She kind of thought he was a teddy bear and took him under her wing, kind of a thing. So she was like a good Jeanine. I think it's interesting. She was a hard-nosed business person.
Speaker 5:I'm a shop vlogger.
Speaker 3:You got to have some way to fight the traps.
Speaker 2:How are you feeling about this song? Oh wouldn't you.
Speaker 6:It's a little harsh. Yeah, it is a little harsh.
Speaker 4:I just yeah, I like it. I like it's high energy. I guess In theory, yeah, I like it. I like it's higher energy. I just In theory. But the executions Tonight it's good, it's just.
Speaker 2:That's something I find. I put my return to it.
Speaker 4:I know Sato what, but they're playing a lot of notes.
Speaker 2:I kind of like this.
Speaker 5:Finally, the bass player is ripping it too.
Speaker 3:It's riptastic Qualifier. It's getting too fast. Call the fire department here.
Speaker 2:It's getting too fast. I'll get you a bal ballad concert for you after this All the brighter than the sunlight.
Speaker 5:Sail away, see the day Going on a new horizon. Hold in sight shining bright, Brighter than the sun that's rising.
Speaker 4:Three thousand sails of light are straining in the wind. This wind is high, and so am I.
Speaker 2:Vow cement of marijuana oh, come on, sean, wow, okay, wow, okay, okay, yeah, you know what? I want to give that song a chance at that ending.
Speaker 4:It's a little much.
Speaker 2:It is a little much, okay, this is the last.
Speaker 4:This is the title track.
Speaker 2:This is it Simple lines, simple, lines, simple lines intertwining. Very beautiful, very beautiful.
Speaker 1:I wonder what this is called well, this piece is called I Lick my Love Punk yeah, but seriously, this is Diary of a Madman.
Speaker 2:This is like the last one.
Speaker 3:I'm a chavraga.
Speaker 5:Yeah, I like playing like a haphazardly kind of painting mood Hopeless. Situation.
Speaker 2:Endless price I have to pay, telling me, telling me, oh, I'm a madman. Yeah, before we forget, I think there's Diary of a Madman, is a Vincent Price kind of a thing.
Speaker 5:Diary Diaries Of a madman Walk the line.
Speaker 2:Again and again. Yeah. 1963 horror film starring Vincent Price as Simon Cordier, A magistrate who becomes possessed by a malevolent entity Known as the Gloria Orla. Isn't that special? Possessed by a malevolent?
Speaker 6:entity known as the Horia Orla. Isn't that special.
Speaker 5:Sounds good.
Speaker 4:Oh yeah.
Speaker 2:So Cordier reads his diary after his death, revealing his descent into madness, the Horla, an invisible entity, takes control of him, compelling him to commit the attack. So as he struggles against, the nature of evil.
Speaker 4:Yeah, it's exploring the nature of evil here.
Speaker 2:The influence of the Horla, he becomes increasingly paranoid and isolated, fearing for his life and sanity. That's like Ozzy in a nutshell, jesus. That's tripped out. Yeah, so, like the film noted for its exploration of psychological horror, particularly the fear of losing control of everyone's mind and actions. Mirror. Will he escape my soul or will he live in me? Is he trying to get to me? This is an interesting bad story.
Speaker 5:Or trying to get to me.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's sort of like a song about the demons within us, kind of a thing You're your own worst enemy A little violin here.
Speaker 5:I wonder who's playing.
Speaker 4:It's very ominous.
Speaker 2:Lewis Clark oh yeah, lewis Clark string out. Oh yeah, lewis Clark string arrangements on Diary of a Bad man. We never got to the fact that there's like a 2002 reissue where Robert Trujillo, from like the current Metallica bassist, plays the bass part for the reissue, and then Mike Gordon on drums. I guess there was a thing over royalties. Curse Lake and Daisley sued and got royalties, so maybe they did a remix to take their playing off of it or something.
Speaker 5:Oh, sounds petty, take him, set me free.
Speaker 6:Oh, oh, and watch out with that other crowd you're running with.
Speaker 5:What is this?
Speaker 2:Where am I man? Yeah, they have like singers. Wow, this is cool. They're all kinds of rumors about him worshiping Satan and all that stuff, so I think that was playing to that. But anyway, that was a good ending I like how they wrapped that up, so we're getting into the top three. You want to start? Let's go with your number three um, I'm gonna go.
Speaker 4:Little dolls number three good choice. You know it pulled it off at the end. It really had some, you know yeah that was the one Threat work and weird most classical themes to it. At the end, A lot of these solos even have classical elements to them.
Speaker 2:Yeah, exactly yeah, so that's a good choice. Yeah, that was the one that has it goes from strip club to like regular yacht rock Strip club, to yacht rock kind of a song.
Speaker 4:It made you feel good at the end. Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2:You didn't feel as dirty. You feel like you've become more voodoo-y.
Speaker 4:Yeah, exactly, you've got the do of the voodoo all over you. Gotta shake it loose, exactly.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm gonna say, believer is my number three okay yeah, do, do, do, do that was the yeah that's the best opening of a song okay, so uh, yeah it's my number three, all right uh, I did like tonight honestly.
Speaker 4:So number two tonight, good tune, it's wonderfully done and it did jam and he could keep going and going the roads. For that road the guitar solo could just keep going on that one yeah, that was a good guitar solo, I agree.
Speaker 2:Um, uh, mine is gonna be little dolls, you know, I'd say there we go yeah, it was a great. Uh, yeah, just the. I like the way it ended too. It it ended strong to quite strong. But I like the beginning too. It was like dirty, it was in your face. It would just get you going and, you know, brings you back to the day where girls had their hair teased and that whole thing.
Speaker 4:Tease. Well, not to tease you anymore, my number one is Diary of a man. All right, yeah, um, just overall, you know, under the first three, obviously, I think it's really is the fourth strongest song on the album. I do too. Yeah, it might. It might be better than Over the Mountain.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 4:Kill Rock and Roll was amazing.
Speaker 2:Over the Mountain has that really good guitar solo If that hadn't been in there, I would agree with you.
Speaker 4:Well, yeah, it's all there.
Speaker 2:But you make a good point though.
Speaker 4:I like the novel reference and the literature, the literature that's right nod right, so that's why and it's my number one as well.
Speaker 2:Um, for all those reasons and I'll just tack on another one, I will say it's like the strings, the, the choir at the end, that strong ending, that whole thing. That seemed kind of cool. There was, uh, something different oh, oh yeah, and the song evolved over time and ended strong, ended the album.
Speaker 3:Very strong.
Speaker 2:Yeah, very strong to quite strong, all right, and another strong podcast.
Speaker 4:Yes, be here for the people. Be a do-gooder out there Like Ozzy yeah yeah, one moreoder out there like Ozzy yeah yeah, One more shout-out to Ozzy.
Speaker 2:We loved him and. God rest his soul.
Speaker 4:All right, there's no guy.
Speaker 2:I don't know. I didn't say that Exactly For the believers, All right later. Bye.
