In search of my Rock Time 6 – Ozzy Osbourne



Mr. Crowley, what went down in your head
(Oh) Mr. Crowley, did you talk to the dead
Your lifestyle to me seems so tragic
With the thrill of it all
You fooled all the people with magic
(Yeah)You waited on Satan's call

當你聆聽 2002 年 Ozzy Osbourne 演唱（Mr. Crowley）的時候，會不會讓你有一種：「廉頗老矣，尚能飯否？」的感動，讓你想起辛棄疾的〈永遇樂〉––
「千古江山，英雄無覓、孫仲謀處。舞榭歌臺，風流總被、雨打風吹去…想當年，金戈鐵馬，氣吞萬里如虎…」？

Ozzy Osbourne 在離開 Black Sabbath 之後，自組了 Blizzard of Ozz 並在 1980年發行了同名專輯，專輯裡頭的這首（Mr. Crowley）後來也成為 guitar solo 的名曲，可惜的是當時的吉他手 Randy Rhoads 就在一場飛機意外中身故

話說 Mr. Crowley 確有其人， ”The song was inspired by books about Aleister Crowley which Ozzy Osbourne had read and a deck of tarot cards that were found in the studio.” (wikipedia)

或者我們應該同時也來回味一下 Ozzy Osbourne ”想當年”的英姿吧！




參考資料：
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is a British singer-songwriter, whose career has spanned four decades.
He rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-platinum solo career between the early 1980s and mid 1990s which revolutionized the heavy metal genre. As a result he is known as the "Godfather of Heavy Metal" and because of some of his material, the "Prince of Darkness." In the early 2000s, his career expanded to a new medium when he became a star in his own reality show, The Osbournes, alongside wife/manager Sharon and two of their three children, Kelly and Jack. In August 2008, Osbourne stated in USA Today that he intends to retire from his music career after two more albums. Osbourne is ranked 8th on Hit Parader's list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Vocalists of all time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Crowley
"Mr Crowley" is a 1980 heavy metal song performed by Ozzy Osbourne, released on the album Blizzard of Ozz, Osbourne's first solo effort following his firing from Black Sabbath.

The second guitar solo in "Mr Crowley", played by Rhoads, is ranked number 28 on Guitar World Magazine's poll of the "100 greatest guitar solos" and number 34 on Planet Rock's list of the 50 greatest guitar solos, and is also ranked #1 Greatest Metal Guitar solo on http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/best_metal-guitar-solos.html.


官方網站
http://www.ozzy.com