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OpenG
I will go see Ozzie in July here in Portland at the Moda Center. For me his vocals are still amazing and his band is always top notch.
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OpenG
It still is showing up on the site . I looked today maybe site not updated and it is canceled?
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OpenG
Thanks that sucks the venue is 1/2 mile from my house. I guess I will wait and see maybe PJ this year, not seeing the stones closet show in CA. My wife tried to get BC tickets for the show in Portland for just Rich and Chris and got shut out the small venue all tickets were got by scalpers and they went from 50 to 300.
Yeah, I thought so. California Breed was very promising...too bad it fell apart after one album, although Hughes and Bonham usually have so many projects going that it was bound to be a side project.Quote
keefriffhard4life
for those wondering the producer, co-songwriter and main guitar player on this album is Andrew watt who was in the band California breed with glenn hughes and Jason Bonham
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SomeGuy
Got it in the mail only today. Having followed Ozzy's solo career from the very start, my first impression is that it isn't his worst, and not his best album either. This means that I think it is pretty good, effectively.
Having heard the g*dawful last two songs online beforehand, I was fearing the worst, like that horrible Black Rain record of his, where the guitars sound like someone is vacuumcleaning in the next room or so. Luckily there's only a couple of songs sounding like this (Tom Morello's contributions?), the rest sounds properly cranky and heavy (albeit moderately so, compared to most of his albums).
Funny, about that autotune remark: the only song that features this device very audibly, is the last one, and then only mr. Malone's vocals, not so much Ozzy's.
Yeah, I'd say it's used very extensively throughout the album. Auto-Tune is not always super obvious depending on whether it's being used to pitch-correct or as a vocal effect.Quote
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SomeGuy
Got it in the mail only today. Having followed Ozzy's solo career from the very start, my first impression is that it isn't his worst, and not his best album either. This means that I think it is pretty good, effectively.
Having heard the g*dawful last two songs online beforehand, I was fearing the worst, like that horrible Black Rain record of his, where the guitars sound like someone is vacuumcleaning in the next room or so. Luckily there's only a couple of songs sounding like this (Tom Morello's contributions?), the rest sounds properly cranky and heavy (albeit moderately so, compared to most of his albums).
Funny, about that autotune remark: the only song that features this device very audibly, is the last one, and then only mr. Malone's vocals, not so much Ozzy's.
Not true.
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keefriff99Yeah, I'd say it's used very extensively throughout the album. Auto-Tune is not always super obvious depending on whether it's being used to pitch-correct or as a vocal effect.Quote
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SomeGuy
Got it in the mail only today. Having followed Ozzy's solo career from the very start, my first impression is that it isn't his worst, and not his best album either. This means that I think it is pretty good, effectively.
Having heard the g*dawful last two songs online beforehand, I was fearing the worst, like that horrible Black Rain record of his, where the guitars sound like someone is vacuumcleaning in the next room or so. Luckily there's only a couple of songs sounding like this (Tom Morello's contributions?), the rest sounds properly cranky and heavy (albeit moderately so, compared to most of his albums).
Funny, about that autotune remark: the only song that features this device very audibly, is the last one, and then only mr. Malone's vocals, not so much Ozzy's.
Not true.
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keefriff99Yeah, I thought so. California Breed was very promising...too bad it fell apart after one album, although Hughes and Bonham usually have so many projects going that it was bound to be a side project.Quote
keefriffhard4life
for those wondering the producer, co-songwriter and main guitar player on this album is Andrew watt who was in the band California breed with glenn hughes and Jason Bonham
I quite like Ordinary Man. Watt is one hell of a guitarist. He came up with some nice crunchy, Iommi-like riffs, and McKagan and Smith are a badass rhythm section.
Ozzy sounds surprisingly clear, although some of his singing is slurred pretty badly. I'm sure a lot of studio trickery was used to get his vocals in tune, but that's nothing new for him.
As far as the two Post Malone songs...I think Take What You Want is actually pretty damn catchy pop track. Not a huge fan of It's A Raid.
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keefriff99Yeah, I'd say it's used very extensively throughout the album. Auto-Tune is not always super obvious depending on whether it's being used to pitch-correct or as a vocal effect.Quote
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SomeGuy
Got it in the mail only today. Having followed Ozzy's solo career from the very start, my first impression is that it isn't his worst, and not his best album either. This means that I think it is pretty good, effectively.
Having heard the g*dawful last two songs online beforehand, I was fearing the worst, like that horrible Black Rain record of his, where the guitars sound like someone is vacuumcleaning in the next room or so. Luckily there's only a couple of songs sounding like this (Tom Morello's contributions?), the rest sounds properly cranky and heavy (albeit moderately so, compared to most of his albums).
Funny, about that autotune remark: the only song that features this device very audibly, is the last one, and then only mr. Malone's vocals, not so much Ozzy's.
Not true.
Indeed.
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panthercougar
I am a longtime Ozzy fan and gave a few available songs a listen. There might be something good in there, but the amount of effects used on the vocals makes it unlistenable for me.
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panthercougar
I am a longtime Ozzy fan and gave a few available songs a listen. There might be something good in there, but the amount of effects used on the vocals makes it unlistenable for me.
did you feel the same about the album ozzmosis? "I just want you" and "ghost behind my eyes" just for starters have some notes that are digitally pitched to a really high to the point it sounds like a robotic computer voice