To me, Randy Rhodes was the greatest guitarist ever. I know that's subjective, but I could only imagined where his music would have gone if he lived. His influence lives on though. RIP Randy!!!! Probably my favorite Ozzy song.

@tgranny3547

3 жыл бұрын

Yes great guitar

@CoasterCoat

3 жыл бұрын

Agree. This song alone proves he had the ability to become the greatest. Ive never heard anything like it

@emersonbegay7550

3 жыл бұрын

I Agree He Is My Favorite Guitarist Of All Time!!!! REST IN PEACE MR. RANDY RHOADS!!!!

@gamexsimmonds3581

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe the one with the most untapped potential But idk if I can give him the title of greatest ever based on what we heard from him during his shirt time Two Ozzy Records and some Quiet Riot stuff Randy is great though

@truthfinder4973

3 жыл бұрын

mine to his the reason my started to play guitar my mouth drop then and in 2020 steel do 100,s year from now so will they when it comes to randy rip Randy Rhoads

RIP Randy Rhoads. You and your mad guitar skills were taken from us too soon. Thanks for the reaction! Might want to give Ozzy's Over the Mountain a try. The guitar solos in that are just plain sick!

Ah, Randy Rhoads. Wow, he was phenomenal and we lost him WAY too soon. I was in high school when he passed.

@anthonymichel4660

3 жыл бұрын

Ditto, my first true mourning over a musician that passed away . Being a guitarist myself it particularly hard. There where groups of us all over the school field with our boom boxes krankin this album and diary of a madman dare I say ( Flying Hi Again). The best decade ever for the diversity of music and guitar gods.

@jamesharper3933

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was in the 11th grade when he died. Sad.

My sweet sweet dear K.S.O., The song Mr. Crowley (the "O" is long as in code) is about Aleister Crowley, an English occultist and ceremonial magician who founded the religious movement called Thelema. He wrote books dealing in the occult and also poetry. He considered himself as a prophet to guide his follower to the Aeon of Horus. He was criticized for his beliefs and kicked out of Italy. He also dabbled in drugs and bisexuality. There are biographies written about him and that is how Ozzy was inspired to write the lyrics after reading one of the biographies and seeing a deck tarot cards on a table in the recording studio when he started recording song for Ozzy's first solo album, "Blizzard of Ozz." This was the second single from the album. The first being Crazy Train. Randy Rhodes is the guitarist and was classically trained. He was still in his late teens when he was part of Ozzy's backup band. As you witnessed, he was a phenomenal musician. I believe the lyric, "get on your white horse" is about Aleister Crowley saw himself. I hope this clears things up a bit for you. Ozzy was raised Episcopalian, so he believed in God, though he was heavily into drugs at the time. His wife Sharon helped him get clean and also became a born again Christian. Ozzy is still recording after over 50 years being in the business. He hasn't softened either. Well, God Bless and have a wonderful evening.

@lia1063

3 жыл бұрын

Bob Daisley wrote those first 2 Ozzy albums Randy Rhoads played with Quiet Riot and was 23 when he came to Ozzy.

@seanentrikin9263

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Ozzy didn’t write any of those lyrics. Bob Daisley wrote them all. And Bob/Randy wrote all the music.

RIP Randy Rhoads. Great heavy metal guitar player! 🎸💕🎼✌️

Ozzy Osbourne was the lead singer of the heavy-metal band Black Sabbath during the 1970s.

@SylviusTheMad

3 жыл бұрын

@Rob Maynard Is again, perhaps (there were many excellent Sabbath albums with different singers), but it doesn't sound like Ozzy is singing much of anything these days.

Randy Rhodes went to my rival high school Burbank H.S. along with Tim Burton. My school was John Burroughs, where Ron Howard & Rene Russo went. Of course there were quite a few more celebrities that went to both of those high schools.

@pedrocardenas7827

3 жыл бұрын

Rhoads.

Randy Rhodes was a BEAST on guitar, R.I.P. And the prince of darkness has always been awesome.

RIP Randy Rhodes

@CoasterCoat

3 жыл бұрын

Rhoads

@timh1237

3 жыл бұрын

Voldemortadella my mistake sorry 🤘

Last night, I heard Ozzy and his friend talking about this song as Blizzard of Ozz celebrates its 40 years Anniversary on his channel on Sirius/XM, "Ozzy's Boneyard. It is about hour of them talking about this song and others from this iconic album in which it is his 1st solo since leaving Black Sabbath. Today, he still mourns and missed his friend, Randy Rhoads. Randy was in the plane with the pilot in Florida in the city of Leesburg. Others including Ozzy were in their tour bus near the local airport. Plane was flying around in the area. Bus was in the area for repairing air conditioner. They decided to buzzed the bus wake up the drummer. Third and final buzz, plane clipped the top of the bus causing plane to crash. All three including Randy, pilot and makeup artist, Rachel Youngblood were killed instantly. Randy was studying classical guitar as you can it in his solos.

Thank you for reacting to this! Randy Rhoads was the GOAT IMO!

Mr Randy Rhodes on guitar, RIP.

When I use to travel for work and it would get close to time to go home I would listen to his Mama I'm Coming Home.

My guy named his first son (prior marriage) Randy, after Randy Rhodes- he himself is a musician and had his own band, along with his brother, back in the day- he doesn’t have a lot of free time to play any more- ☹️. he plays a few instruments, acoustic and electric guitar, however bass was his main jam! 😛 love it! 💛✌️✨

Congrats! You just watched the best guitarist that ever was!

I've seen people on KZread lose their damn minds while reacting to those guitar solos 😆

"CRAZY BABIES" "CRAZY BABIES" "CRAZY BABIES" "CRAZY BABIES" "CRAZY BABIES"

My 2nd fave guitarist,Randy Rhoads...Behind only SRV! He died just months after this performance at only 25!

No solo Ozzy if Randy hadn't been there...just amazing stuff...such a loss.

RIP Randy Rhoads

You might wanna look into Mr. Crawley... 😶

@paulinoaz

3 жыл бұрын

Who is that?

@a.lproductions4086

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulinoaz the song is about Alistair Crawley

@paulinoaz

3 жыл бұрын

@@a.lproductions4086 Yes I know, it was a a sarcastic remark because of the way the OP spelt it before but they have corrected it now so now not so funny :|

@a.lproductions4086

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulinoaz oh sorry

I knew that Jimmy Page was obsessed with Crowley to the point that he bought Crowley's former home, Boleskine House by Loch Ness in Scotland, in 1971, but i also found out these fun facts about Crowley's legacy and influence in Wikipedia : He was included as one of the figures on the cover art of The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. His motto of "Do What Thou Wilt" was inscribed on the vinyl of Led Zeppelin's album Led Zeppelin III (1970). David Bowie makes a reference to Crowley in the lyrics of his song "Quicksand" (1971). It has been suggested that the lyrics of Bowie's Let's Dance (1983) may substantially paraphrase Crowley's 1923 poem "Lyric of Love to Leah", Go figure

And they barely show him off in this video....that's a crime....he is the song.

Love Ozzy! You should do more!

Look him up and I think you will understand more of the references en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley

@Glaaki13

3 жыл бұрын

Yes he was a weirdo

Thanks to who ever requested this! Awesome reaction btw!

Love the music to a lot of Ozzy's songs, when they have the riffs like this!! Also love Perry Mason

You just witnessed one of the greatest guitarists in history. Randy Rhoads was probably the most technically proficient player ever. His speed and accuracy are unmatched to this day. People like argue who was better: Randy Rhoads or Eddie Van Halen. Well, thats like arguing about is a Mercedes Benz better than a Ferrari. Both are excellent and both have very different style from each other. Fun Fact: Randy's polka dot Flying V guitar in this video is the only one in existence. Guitar companies frequently make copies of famous guitarist guitars, called a Signature edition. There are signature edition guitars from Jimi Hendrix to Dimebag Darrell. NO ONE has ever made a copy of Randy's polka dot V. It was custom made for him and out of respect no company will ever copy it. There are many many V shaped guitars out there but the polka dot V with creme colored pickups, pearl Bow-Tie inlays, and a Floyd Rose bridge will never be made.

"Diary of a Madman"!!!!! that's a great song that describes the battle of a person's inner thoughts of is he good or bad

RIP RANDY RHOADS RR

It's about Aleister Crowley, a famous occultist

Alistair Crowley was a mystic, a cultist from England.

@SincerelyK.S.O.

3 жыл бұрын

ooohhhh

@1971powerslave

3 жыл бұрын

He was a lot more than that. He was quite the eccentric individual. His goal in life was to destroy God, and all sign of him.

Excellent!

saw blizzard of Ozzy both nights at the Hammersmith odeon 20 and 21 September 1980

No more tears - ozzy

He was one hell of a man but a badass too, Crowley

Nice reaction Rasputia.

The line, "Won't you ride my white horse," is a drug reference. Crowley was a known user of opium. Aleister Crowley would sometimes sign books and autographs, "Polemically Yours, Aleister Crowley," which inspired Bob Daisley to wrote the line "was it polemically sent?" which appears near the end of the song. "Polemically" means generating controversy. Crowley was a powerful occultists, a all around naughty man

@shawnlusby1538

3 жыл бұрын

Beyond naughty. He was downright evil! He was a satanist and had a voracious sexual appetite that extended into pedophilia. I do love the musicianship of this song, especially Randy Rhodes killer 🎸 guitar solos and the general moody, gothic feel of the song but I do not any veneration of Aleister Crowley

@shawnlusby1538

3 жыл бұрын

Do not support. Sorry typo

@ttrob93

3 жыл бұрын

@@shawnlusby1538 oh I agree totally, but I really didn't feel like going into all he was into. The man was very deranged and sick. I promise I've read lots about him and some of his own writing.... Very disturbing to say the least.

Apart from all the misconceptions and straight-out ignorance on the subject of Aleister Crowley displayed in this comment section: awesome song. ;)

The GREAT Randy Rhodes

"Mr Crowley" was a real person..........an occultist, philosopher and, many believed, a practicioner of the dark arts........btw, the opening synth sounds like the organ in "A Clockwork Orange" film soundtrack.......thank you Beethoven.......

Rhoads. It's Rhoads, people. K.S.O., here's the wikipedia on Aleister Crowley: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley I've heard it said that Ozzy heard about Jimmy Page buying one of Crowley's houses. The whole "devil worship/black magic" trope was fashionable if you wanted to raise eyebrows. So Ozzy jumped on the Crowley thing with this song. Randy Rhoads is the guitar player, a one of a kind legend, who was killed in a plane crash not long after the filming of this video.

🤟🏻RANDY RHOAD’S🤟🏻!!!

Ozzy! ♥️♥️🎼🎶🎵😊

Over the Mountain is a good one

R.I.P Randy Rhodes. I know that I might get flack for this, but had Randy lived Eddie Van Halen couldn't and wouldn't have been able to even come close.

@gilmejias6299

2 жыл бұрын

Right on Brother!

HEY:CAN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE OUTFITS THEY LOOK LIKE THE METAL SUPERFRIENDS . I GREW UP LISTENING TO THIS MUSIC.ITS HILARIOUS HOW LOW BUDGE THOSE OUTFITS LOOK 👀 NOW!!!! JUST SAYING.

Aleister Crowley riding the white horse could also mean heroin. It was prescribed to Crowley since he was a child for asthma. He kicked it twice but because there was no relief for asthma it’s all he had. People like to point out his addiction as a character flaw not a necessity…

You can't kill rock and roll, tonight, dreamer, see you on the other side

I agree with others here, about looking into Sr. Aleister Crowley and his part involving the Occult of the Golden Dawn and Thelemic Order "OTO".

Hi, Miss KSO, another great Ozzy song to react to is Under the Graveyard, which is from the new album Ordinary Man, amazing song!!, 😀😀

just one of ozzy#s best rock songs p,s, flying high again by ozzy is a good one

still upsetting to this day what happened to Randy. What a completely bizarre catastrophe. One of the greats already when he died at age 25. Awful. Thank you for the reaction, and a great video to have watched. Your interpretation was very astute considering you don't know about the subject. Aliester Crowley is perhaps one of the most scandalous and blasphemous figures in modern history. The reference to 'white horse' is about heroine. He was an opium addict, among other things. A renowned spriritulist, philosopher, mountaineer, provocateur. He spent his wedding night in the great pyramid of Giza. Called himself 'the Great Liar', 'Mega Therion', etc. He really messed with English society, but was also interested in taking the Masonic teachings and simplifying them so that the more common person could understand them. A truly strange and mystifying individual. His book 'The Book of Lies' and others are very challenging and confounding. You could study him for years. I have off and on for 30 years and he is still enigmatic. Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden wrote and produced a movie about him called "Chemical Wedding', Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin was interested in him, and many others. Ozzy was far from alone in that.

One of the worst days in music history was the day Randy Rhoads was taken from us. It's akin to Bach dying mid career.

Crowley sounds like towely Cow-Lee with an R in the cow Crowley 😀

🌻🐝💛🍯

really nice song CHANGES black sabbath we fortunate enough to see black sabbath ozzy couple year's ago.

lol a fundamentalist once used this song to show that Ozzy was satanic -but the song makes fun of Aleister Crowley

@Glaaki13

3 жыл бұрын

Aleister Crowley started a magic cult back in the start of the 1900s

@Glaaki13

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielbruns7055 Well he did not listen to the lyrics but back then they tried everything to make rock and metal evil

@ttrob93

3 жыл бұрын

Al Gore's wife Tipper was the main force behind that.

@Glaaki13

3 жыл бұрын

@@ttrob93 true she was a weird one is it the filthy 15? with metal bands and prince and others

I think your pretty close in your analysis. Crowley, which you pronounced right, was a practioner of dark magic and arts. Horse, in this instance was a drug reference, namely heroin, which Crowley used. This and Crazy Train were Ozzy's first big hits after he left Sabbath. If you haven't checked out Sabbath, it's definitely worth a listen. A majority of metal and rock bands over the past 50 years basically cite them as inspiration.

Randy and Brian May are in my opinion the only two guitarists who...I don't even know how to explain what i mean lol its like they could play their guitars on a rock setting in a classical orchestra and not sound out of place.

Aleister Crowley fixed his divine path. Towards the end of his life he realized to use Magick in a positive way.

@Trainwheel_Time

Жыл бұрын

You mean he realized to change the type of Bullsh!t he pushed.

Que ele esteja em um lugar lindo, tocando aos anjos e quem sabe a algumas diabinhas😏🧛🏻

One of the founding pillars of modern metal, God Save the Prince of Darkness!!

Rip Randy Rhodes

Read up on Aleister Crowley.

Do a search up for aleister Crowley he was an occultist and fairly bizarre kind of guy Freemason type stuff. All the Beatles are Freemasons too you can see the symbolism on all of their albums even solo Paul McCartney albums his real name is William Campbell. Who studied and had direct contact with aleister Crowley

It goes randy, hindrix and then Stevie Ray von IMO

Omg one of my favorite songs. Thank you! No no please don't be a reactor that shuts the video down with the picture saying pause. Stop it and talk. Please? The reactors are doing that are losing people constantly. Because it's annoying. We'd rather hear you talk about the song than seeing it blocked out. Honey you do a great job, I'm not criticizing you. But I hate to see this go sideways like it has for others

And that's Randy....possibly the greatest guitarist of my age.....and they hardly show him...he drives that song and he's always off screen...meh..good pick though.

Why don't you react to a couple of London bands guaranteed to cheer you up, we love them over here, chas and dave doing London girls, no pleasing you and madness doing cardiac arrest or drip fed Fred or any other of their hits

Can you please react to Peter Gabriel song called Darkness Live performance 2003 please

White horse = Death

@victorlaguna9003

2 жыл бұрын

All this time I thought it was Cocaine.

war pig's applies today

Ole Alistair Crowley… he was a weirdo.

You know you could react and not pause the video

@SincerelyK.S.O.

2 жыл бұрын

Really? I didn't know that! lol

I read an article that Mr Crowley was one of Ozzy's school teachers. He was a mean teacher, so he wrote a song about an evil man and just picked Mr Crowley to call him. Lol Ozzy mentality is off the rails! 💕🎼✌️🎸

This version seems way too slow .-.

Sorry but pausing in the middle of a solo I can't abide

stop butchering his name fer krissake. Randy Rhoads.

Those pauses are so rude. Not necessary to pause so many times but if you have to just do it yourself. If you pause once it's enough that youtube are unlikely to pull the video. They have their own totally unpredictable criteria anyway. Unsubscribed/

This song is about Alistair Crowley. Great composition, terrible subject.