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RIP Ozzy

Man, I just heard. I guess after that killer performance he was ready to let go and hopefully went a happy man.
So glad we got that concert. I'll never forget when he sang Mama I'm Coming Home - wasn't a dry eye in the stadium.

Damn Parkinson's.....
 
I’m not sure I can rewatch that last rendition of Mama I’m Coming Home again. That song already has a particular place in my heart from being used in some memorials made after my unit came back from Afghan.

What I CAN watch, time and time again, is those guys in Paris, circa 1970. Bill Ward is actively trying to destroy his drums for the entire hour:

 
Hodgo said:
I’m not sure I can rewatch that last rendition of Mama I’m Coming Home again. That song already has a particular place in my heart from being used in some memorials made after my unit came back from Afghan.

What I CAN watch, time and time again, is those guys in Paris, circa 1970. Bill Ward is actively trying to destroy his drums for the entire hour:

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WOW ! I don't think I've ever seen that one. Forwarding it home to watch on the 'HI-FI' tonight.
 
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Very sad, he was looking pretty OK at the recent show. RIP!!

I got my very first stadium rock experience taking in Sabbath in Seattle (1976 technical ecstasy tour). I don't remember there being any opener, just the four of them for three hours in a very smoky Seattle Centre. Well, four of them plus half a dozen roadies trying to crack Ozzy up by repeatedly high-kicking next to the stage in a can can line...
 
Got the album when it first came out. We had just gotten AM/FM and discovered Black Sabbath, Zeppelin, and others. Big change from AM! I like watching the reaction videos on YouTube where these kids discover War Pigs.
 
This is the third time I’ve ever felt genuine grief over a celebrity I didn’t know personally falling off this mortal coil.

The other two were Robin Williams and Alex Trebek.

I guess Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds too, but that was more over the nature of how that happened.
 
One of the pathfinders, up there with Chuck Berry, the Ramones, Bob Dylan ... he was one of the musicians who showed you the way. I'm so sad. I'll play something for him tonight, real loud, so he can hear me.
 
Hodgo said:
I’m not sure I can rewatch that last rendition of Mama I’m Coming Home again. That song already has a particular place in my heart from being used in some memorials made after my unit came back from Afghan.

What I CAN watch, time and time again, is those guys in Paris, circa 1970. Bill Ward is actively trying to destroy his drums for the entire hour:

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Man, so glad you posted this. Watched the whole thing last night cranked up.
The Audio is surprisingly good, and since it's 1970 it's all from my favorite 2 Sabbath albums !!
 
Hagwood said:
Man, so glad you posted this. Watched the whole thing last night cranked up.
The Audio is surprisingly good, and since it's 1970 it's all from my favorite 2 Sabbath albums !!
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Funnily enough Master of Reality is my favorite and I still think this is one of the greatest performances of theirs caught on film. Glad you enjoyed it!
 
Hodgo said:
Funnily enough Master of Reality is my favorite and I still think this is one of the greatest performances of theirs caught on film. Glad you enjoyed it!
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And you're definitely right about Ward, Bonham has nothing on him........ :D
 
Hagwood said:
And you're definitely right about Ward, Bonham has nothing on him........ :D
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They’re cut from the same cloth - both grew up on the Jazz greats like Rich, Krupa, Blakey, and Jones. Both managed to sneak shuffles and swing into heavy riff driven rock, both beat the shells into submission every show. Two of the greatest to do it, but Ward never seems to have gotten that same level of recognition.

To be fair - Zep I track 1 - Good Times Bad Times - is as about as explosive of a drum statement as you can make. I can only imagine how many drummers put that record on in 1968 and felt like throwing in the towel 30 seconds in when those nasty kick triplets occur.

The story goes that Carmine Appice of Vanilla Fudge had done something similar with two bass drums, and when Zeppelin toured with them Bonham told him he learned that from listening to Appice… Appice said I never did it with one foot!
 
Hodgo said:
I’m not sure I can rewatch that last rendition of Mama I’m Coming Home again. That song already has a particular place in my heart from being used in some memorials made after my unit came back from Afghan.

What I CAN watch, time and time again, is those guys in Paris, circa 1970. Bill Ward is actively trying to destroy his drums for the entire hour:

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Hodgo, thank you for your service.
 
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