Black Sabbath were my favourite band when I turned 13 in 1979. By the time I heard Oz's first album, I'd spent a couple of months at summer camp getting high with a Yugoslavian kid called Milosh who had convinced me that Jethro Tull was the band. "Ey, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is sheeet. Minstrel In The Gallery my friend." The spell was broken. Never Say Die revealed itself to be a terrible record when I put it next to Aqualung and I wasn't in a receptive mood when a buddy played Blizzard for me. I've never been to New Hampshire but I can tick the other boxes. I'll listen to this one today. Thanks for the post!
I'm a big Tull fan, but Milosh got to you at a vulnerable time for Sabbath. Never Say Die was a terrible album when you put it next to anything. Never mind JT's signature record. The first two Ozzy solo albums are dynamite. Doesn't sound like Sabbath, but still just as heavy and doom-y. Hope you had a chance to listen to Diary this week. Then you can visit New Hampshire like a native.
Allow me to expand on the golf cart conversation between Mitch and me.
Scene: As CJ searches for his golf ball in a nearby thicket, "Flying High Again" begins playing over Mitch's Bluetooth speaker.
CJ: You've gotta know this one, right?
Mitch: Nope.
CJ: Did you go to summer camp in the 1980s?
Mitch: Yes, but...
CJ: Have you ever been to an amusement park?
Mitch: Of course, but...
CJ: Have you ever been to New Hampshire?
Mitch nods silently.
CJ: Then you know this one.
“This is an Ozzy album? I thought this was the Canobie Lake Park soundtrack.”
Randy Rhoads is worthy of enshrinement, regardless of what one thinks of Ozzy's silliness . . .
Black Sabbath were my favourite band when I turned 13 in 1979. By the time I heard Oz's first album, I'd spent a couple of months at summer camp getting high with a Yugoslavian kid called Milosh who had convinced me that Jethro Tull was the band. "Ey, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is sheeet. Minstrel In The Gallery my friend." The spell was broken. Never Say Die revealed itself to be a terrible record when I put it next to Aqualung and I wasn't in a receptive mood when a buddy played Blizzard for me. I've never been to New Hampshire but I can tick the other boxes. I'll listen to this one today. Thanks for the post!
I'm a big Tull fan, but Milosh got to you at a vulnerable time for Sabbath. Never Say Die was a terrible album when you put it next to anything. Never mind JT's signature record. The first two Ozzy solo albums are dynamite. Doesn't sound like Sabbath, but still just as heavy and doom-y. Hope you had a chance to listen to Diary this week. Then you can visit New Hampshire like a native.