The Greatest Non Hits
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The Greatest Non Hits
Ozzy Osbourne: Diary of a Madman
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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!
Introduction to Ozzy and His Legacy
Speaker 1Be the biggest lunatic that you've ever met in your life, guys, but I'm here for you, guys. I'm here for people. I'm here for enjoyment. I'm here for giving people my life, my soul, my everything.
Speaker 2All 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 2This 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 2We'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 2Yeah, 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 2Another 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 2I 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 2So 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 1Yeah, so anyway, Wikipedia, Wikipedia all right.
Deep Dive into "Over the Mountain"
Speaker 2So 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 4Excellente.
Speaker 2Yeah, 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 4Yes, Uh yeah. I mean, ozzy was always, you know, an outlet of you know, just uh, how should I put this?
Speaker 3I don't know it just just good male testosterone, you know yeah it would also like a fascination with darkness.
Speaker 4You 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 2I hate to believe, though, that he went to some nasty place, man, because he seems like a good guy.
Speaker 4You never know.
Speaker 2He 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 4It'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 1Good evening, ozzy. Hello there, right.
Speaker 4Yeah.
Speaker 2Yeah, check out all his stuff on YouTube. It's good stuff.
Speaker 3So anyway, oh man.
Speaker 2Are we ready to go? You have any you?
Speaker 4don'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 2Let me see what do you think there's over the mountain?
Speaker 4over 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 2He'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 4It's only a dream. Yeah, this is great.
Speaker 5What is this? Where am I man?
Speaker 2I miss Oz. Happy dreams, Ozzy.
Speaker 4Yeah, you're a star.
Speaker 5I'm for Clint Pepper.
Speaker 6Clinton.
Speaker 4Oh man, it's free. Whoa this part.
Speaker 1It's spice, that shit.
Speaker 4Ups and downs here, overs and unders.
Speaker 6Yeah, just saying let it out, give it some air. Man Play with it. Well isn't?
Speaker 2that special? Yes, it is. Yeah, the way the drums and the guitar at that end are Like a triplet Vast amounts of marijuana.
Speaker 4Magic carpet ride.
Speaker 6Fishing silver inlaid clouds and watch out with that other crowd you're running with.
Speaker 4Don'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 2Yeah, you can go to the Aerosmith concert yeah.
Speaker 4Simple lines intertwining Turn it.
Speaker 1Oh yeah, Got to end on a strong note oh, come on, sharon, I'm fucking Ozzy Osbourne, the prince of fucking darkness.
"Flying High Again" Analysis
Speaker 2That'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 1Oh, oh, oh, you know what?
Speaker 4I'm talking about that's a good lyric, man.
Speaker 5Yeah, it is Mama, mama, mommy Hi.
Speaker 4Hi Stewie, what's going on?
Speaker 1Mom, mommy.
Speaker 6Hi, hi, and watch out with that other crowd you're running with oh.
Speaker 2You know what I'm talking about.
Speaker 4Swallowing colors. Am I a crazy guy? Yeah, that's such a funny line, yeah.
Speaker 2It's titillating at multiple levels.
Speaker 5Is it flying?
Speaker 3somewhere.
Speaker 2It titillates with multiple senses.
Speaker 1How much more black could this be? And the answer is none, none more black.
Speaker 4You see, the black and red is white. Also, you have like like really big eyes.
Speaker 1Simple lines intertwining.
Speaker 4Oh, this is like opera-esque, like Mozart.
Speaker 2Yeah, 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 5Isn't that?
Speaker 6special. Rock and roll Isn't that special.
Speaker 3Oh, oh, oh.
Speaker 4I love that part. What about?
Speaker 5mommy, mom, mommy, mommy, mommy. I'm a man.
Speaker 6I'm a man. I'm a man now boy.
Speaker 2Oh, Personally I think they're it's.
Speaker 1Spice Age shit.
Speaker 5I can run.
Speaker 2Alright, Asp. Ha ha ha.
Speaker 4Should we have a little little moment of zen here?
Speaker 6Okay, yeah.
Speaker 5All that shit is fucking bullshit.
Speaker 2Was that a palate cleanser you wanted?
Speaker 4Yeah, 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.
"You Can't Kill Rock and Roll"
Speaker 2You 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 4fill us with those lies. Ozzy wants the lies to stop. How many?
Speaker 5times can they fill me with lies and I listen again.
Speaker 2It's just a nightmare. For ten years it does.
Speaker 5It'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 3I am fire.
Speaker 4Light 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 2Yeah, I agree.
Speaker 5This is a hit. Yeah.
Speaker 4For me it's a find, I would say.
Speaker 2You 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 4They start really strong with this album. I think is what you're saying.
Speaker 2Oh 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 6Maybe not yeah.
Speaker 4And the riff goes with Ozzy's intonation as well, which is cool it is. It's not strange, maybe it is.
Speaker 6Isn't that special.
Speaker 2Here comes just another, yeah, and here comes just another.
Speaker 3Yeah, whoa.
Speaker 1The spikes don't shoot.
Speaker 2Yeah, that's just smooth.
Speaker 4Play with it, just let it out.
Speaker 5Yeah, 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 2I'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 3Is rock and roll dead.
Speaker 2Well, 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 4You 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 2I don't know me either. That's a thing, no there's really not.
Speaker 4Can 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 2It'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 3Yeah.
Speaker 2This one is called the Believers.
Speaker 5That was his intro in the Ozzy Osbourne Randy Rhoads live 81. 81.
Speaker 4He 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 2He'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 4I'm doing some weird effects in the background here, some editing we that have yet to may not have met us.
Speaker 5I'm doing some weird effects in the background here Some editing. Who's the producer here?
Speaker 2Max and Norman.
Speaker 5Shout out to.
Speaker 2Max yeah, they have a Max Norman. Shout out to Max. Yeah, they have the voice, the double voice. It's like an overdub.
Speaker 4Right Like Ozzy harmonizing with himself Some truck effects in the background. I don't know what's going on.
Speaker 1That's a way to fight the traps.
Speaker 4You 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 2I think mine would look better in doubly. It's a little harsh. I love Sharon, though Shout out to Sharon?
Speaker 1Don't think so, Tommy. Who's the BSC?
Speaker 4You. He doesn't believe that he drank those beers.
Speaker 2Well, you were talking about this earlier. It's a mystery.
Speaker 4Shout out to Ozzy.
Speaker 2Well, 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 1I 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 5This could be more black. I ain't no deceiver.
Speaker 4A Birmingham boy saying ain't, yeah, I love it Destiny planned out, shout out to Birmingham.
Speaker 2I got me planned out.
Speaker 5Regulation of the world.
Speaker 2I guess if Ozzy was from Annapolis, oh my God.
Speaker 4We'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 3I'm the one. I'm the one.
Speaker 6I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one, I'm the one.
Speaker 4I'm the one. Iucy Jack, you're a naughty one.
Speaker 2Saucy.
Speaker 4Jack, jack can always help them use the television, you know? Alright, all right.
Speaker 1If you get busted, I'll fucking bust your ass, okay, all right.
Speaker 4It 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 1Little Dolls Work it, work it, baby Work it.
"Little Dolls" and Its Dual Nature
Speaker 5Work it, own it.
Speaker 1Yes, you can handle this. First is here somewhere.
Speaker 2Put your hands together for the lovely Jasmine. This is like a little doll strip club song.
Speaker 4A 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 2Shout 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 1Nightmare continued.
Speaker 4Okay, 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 1It is Best leave it. It's not uns, it is Best leave it unsolved.
Speaker 5Really, that's the way to fight the traps Good call.
Speaker 1I am fire Whoa.
Speaker 2Okay, guys, let's kick it down Deeper and deeper.
Speaker 3Way down. You broke the rule. You've been removed. I need to die with you Way down, killer Hugh, I love this.
Speaker 5This is like I wanted you, but was the end to come again?
Speaker 4The whole reason to be Killer who I love this.
Speaker 2This 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 4That's an ozypedia.
Speaker 2Oh 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 6Isn't that special.
Speaker 4Oh 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 2Oh, 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 1Best leave it. It's not unsolved really.
Speaker 4It's a bit deeper.
Speaker 2Way down.
Speaker 4It 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 5Who do we black magic?
Speaker 2Yeah, 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.
"Tonight" and Randy Rhodes' Guitar Work
Speaker 3All right.
Speaker 4All right, very 80s.
Speaker 2Yes, we regressed, you know we went, oh gosh.
Speaker 4What 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 2Yeah, 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 5Oh, oh, that was a nice little, very 80s yeah.
Speaker 2Shout 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 4Ozzy 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 2yeah, 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 4I 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 2I 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 4It's just taking it to 11.
Speaker 5Oh yeah, Out at the top.
Speaker 2Out the top. Now I'm starting to hear some good bass playing too.
Speaker 4I'm taking it up there. Whoa, that's cool. I love when they yeah.
Speaker 3Whoa.
Speaker 4That's good stuff.
Speaker 2Keep 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.
"S.A.T.O." and Band Drama
Speaker 2They 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 4Sharon Arden, Belmont, Osby. Okay, Arden is Sharon's maiden name. She's the daughter of record mogul.
Speaker 2Don Arden yeah, it's her dad. Yeah, her dad is like the record guy. Yeah, he's the record guy.
Speaker 6What yeah? No way, oh yeah.
Speaker 2That'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 5I'm a shop vlogger.
Speaker 3You got to have some way to fight the traps.
Speaker 2How are you feeling about this song? Oh wouldn't you.
Speaker 6It's a little harsh. Yeah, it is a little harsh.
Speaker 4I 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 2That's something I find. I put my return to it.
Speaker 4I know Sato what, but they're playing a lot of notes.
Speaker 2I kind of like this.
Speaker 5Finally, the bass player is ripping it too.
Speaker 3It's riptastic Qualifier. It's getting too fast. Call the fire department here.
Speaker 2It's getting too fast. I'll get you a bal ballad concert for you after this All the brighter than the sunlight.
Speaker 5Sail away, see the day Going on a new horizon. Hold in sight shining bright, Brighter than the sun that's rising.
Speaker 4Three thousand sails of light are straining in the wind. This wind is high, and so am I.
Speaker 2Vow 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 4It's a little much.
Speaker 2It is a little much, okay, this is the last.
Speaker 4This is the title track.
"Diary of a Madman" and Final Rankings
Speaker 2This is it Simple lines, simple, lines, simple lines intertwining. Very beautiful, very beautiful.
Speaker 1I 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 2This is like the last one.
Speaker 3I'm a chavraga.
Speaker 5Yeah, I like playing like a haphazardly kind of painting mood Hopeless. Situation.
Speaker 2Endless 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 5Diary Diaries Of a madman Walk the line.
Speaker 2Again 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 6entity known as the Horia Orla. Isn't that special.
Speaker 5Sounds good.
Speaker 4Oh yeah.
Speaker 2So 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 4Yeah, it's exploring the nature of evil here.
Speaker 2The 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 5Or trying to get to me.
Speaker 2Yeah, 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 5I wonder who's playing.
Speaker 4It's very ominous.
Speaker 2Lewis 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 5Oh, sounds petty, take him, set me free.
Speaker 6Oh, oh, and watch out with that other crowd you're running with.
Speaker 5What is this?
Speaker 2Where 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 4Little 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 2Yeah, 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 4It made you feel good at the end. Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2You didn't feel as dirty. You feel like you've become more voodoo-y.
Speaker 4Yeah, exactly, you've got the do of the voodoo all over you. Gotta shake it loose, exactly.
Speaker 2Yeah, 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 4So 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 2Um, 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 4Tease. 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 2Yeah.
Speaker 4Kill Rock and Roll was amazing.
Speaker 2Over the Mountain has that really good guitar solo If that hadn't been in there, I would agree with you.
Speaker 4Well, yeah, it's all there.
Speaker 2But you make a good point though.
Speaker 4I 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 2Um, 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 3Very strong.
Speaker 2Yeah, very strong to quite strong, all right, and another strong podcast.
Speaker 4Yes, 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 2We loved him and. God rest his soul.
Speaker 4All right, there's no guy.
Speaker 2I don't know. I didn't say that Exactly For the believers, All right later. Bye.
