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What it the all-time WORST Ozzy song?

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Excluding anything from Under Cover and the other disc in the box set that has all the bullshit on it (the song with Miss Piggy, etc).

So I guess we'll limit it to songs on his regular studio LP's. Or if you got a hard-on for "You Looking at Me Looking at You," throw it on the pile.

Because I don't think he's quite like Motley or GN'R where there's a shit-ton of duds. You might have to dig a little, find a deep cut. Throw "Zombie Stomp" under the bus.

I predict "So Tired" and "Dreamer" will get a lot of shit but maybe we'll see a dark horse.

My pick:

Okay, I love The Ultimate Sin, it's my third favorite Ozzy album (guess what the top 2 are), but I'm going to hand it to...

"THANK GOD FOR THE BOMB."

As much as I was blown away by the line "Today was tomorrow yesterday" when I was 8, I can't get behind "Thank God for the booooooooooooomb" x4.

No wait, it's "Ghost Behind My Eyes." I'm always bitching and moaning about that one.

I'm curious to see if anyone's got one from Black Rain or Scream, two albums I'm not sure anyone has heard, least of all Ozzy.
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So Tired.

No Bone Movies.
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SeniorGrande wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:46 amNo Bone Movies.
Ooooh, great pick. For sure the worst Randy-era song; I think that might be something everyone agrees on.
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Chip Z'Hoy wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:34 am
I'm curious to see if anyone's got one from Black Rain or Scream, two albums I'm not sure anyone has heard, least of all Ozzy.
Those two are VH3 bad. Does anyone like them? To nsme one song: Here For You is a ballad that makes Dreamer sound like Stairway to Heaven
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The worst album cut and the worst B-side.

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Love_Industry wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 10:20 am
Chip Z'Hoy wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:34 am
I'm curious to see if anyone's got one from Black Rain or Scream, two albums I'm not sure anyone has heard, least of all Ozzy.
Those two are VH3 bad. Does anyone like them? To nsme one song: Here For You is a ballad that makes Dreamer sound like Stairway to Heaven
FWIW, my kids all loved "I Don't Wanna Stop" when they were little.
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I'm not going to bother with anything after Ozzmosis because I never bought or listened to that shit more than hearing the occasional awful single.

Ozzy has a great ear for melody and hooks - his ability to polish a turd into a decent song is second to none.

I guess I vote for Zombie Stomp - musically it's not bad, but the "hey hey do the zombie stomp" thing is one of the stupidest choruses I've ever heard. And it's SIX MINUTES. Party with the Animals also off NMT is really shitty too.
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"So Tired" gets my vote.
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Yeah, I'll go with the crowd and say "No Bone Movies".

I've listened to Black Rain, but I don't remember anything about it other than I Don't Wanna Stop and also thinking 11 Silver was a solid deep cut. Never listened to Scream other than the title track, and same for the last two albums, which I'm not sure should count anyway, since they're basically Andrew Watt albums with Ozzy vocals pasted in.

If we weren't discounting Under Cover, my gut reaction was Mississippi Queen.
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Chip Z'Hoy wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:34 am

Okay, I love The Ultimate Sin, it's my third favorite Ozzy album (guess what the top 2 are), but I'm going to hand it to...

"THANK GOD FOR THE BOMB."

As much as I was blown away by the line "Today was tomorrow yesterday" when I was 8, I can't get behind "Thank God for the booooooooooooomb" x4.

No wait, it's "Ghost Behind My Eyes." I'm always bitching and moaning about that one.
I like both of those.

Dreamer is horrible. So Tired is horrible. No Bone Movies is glaringly bad compared to the company it keeps.
I hate Shot in the Dark, but that's more that I dont want Ozzy to be a pussy.
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Chip Z'Hoy wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:49 am
SeniorGrande wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:46 amNo Bone Movies.
Ooooh, great pick. For sure the worst Randy-era song; I think that might be something everyone agrees on.
I'm gonna add Little Dolls...but I might be confusing it with Frehley's Comet's "Dolls". I don't want to take the chance of getting either one, or both, of them stuck in my head.
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SeniorGrande wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 12:39 pm
Chip Z'Hoy wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:49 am
SeniorGrande wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:46 amNo Bone Movies.
Ooooh, great pick. For sure the worst Randy-era song; I think that might be something everyone agrees on.
I'm gonna add Little Dolls...but I might be confusing it with Frehley's Comet's "Dolls". I don't want to take the chance of getting either one, or both, of them stuck in my head.
Yeah, I always disliked Little Dolls. Probably even more than No Bone Movies.
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FreddyFender wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 10:37 am I'm not going to bother with anything after Ozzmosis because I never bought or listened to that shit more than hearing the occasional awful single.

Bob Daisley has a great ear for melody and hooks - his ability to polish a turd into a decent song is second to none.

I guess I vote for Zombie Stomp - musically it's not bad, but the "hey hey do the zombie stomp" thing is one of the stupidest choruses I've ever heard. And it's SIX MINUTES. Party with the Animals also off NMT is really shitty too.
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Chip Z'Hoy wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:49 am
SeniorGrande wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:46 amNo Bone Movies.
Ooooh, great pick. For sure the worst Randy-era song; I think that might be something everyone agrees on.
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I don't care enough to listen to the last few albums enough to say if the worse song is on there. I barely remember them.

But I'd go with "So Tired". The song and video are cringe. Hard to believe that and Bark at the Moon were the videos from the album.
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SeniorGrande wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 9:46 am So Tired.

No Bone Movies.
These may be 'the worst' song on their perspective albums, but far from near the bottom with all the terrible songs he put out after...
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I just want you
Dreamer
Zombie Stomp
Mama im comin home is shit too (at least to me) even though people like it and its unfortunately the song hes most associated with. It also helped kill his image at that point. A kinder, gentler, emotional ozzy was not a good look.
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Straight To Hell
"I'll make you scream, I'll make you defecate”

Just awful
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BernieTaupson wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 6:24 pm Something off Down to Earth or the next album, whatever the fuck that was. Had Trapdoor on it which was okay.

What’s that stupid song about I’m not the antichrist or the something something?

Man, you guys say Ozzmosis is a bad record. It’s Sgt Pepper compared to the next two albums.
I was kind of over Ozzy by the time the one after Ozzmosis came out. But it did have some good stuff on it. Facing hell, No Easy Way Out, That I never had, Junkie... Sorta by the numbers, but not a disaster.
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Goodbye to Romance.

Ruins an otherwise perfect album...
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You're high. GTR has an all-time great Rhoads solo (as featured on the star licks cassette) so makes the cut for that alone.
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Zabooka wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 2:02 pm I don't care enough to listen to the last few albums enough to say if the worse song is on there. I barely remember them.

But I'd go with "So Tired". The song and video are cringe. Hard to believe that and Bark at the Moon were the videos from the album.
Yeah So Tired gets the vote. 1st chink in the armor.
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Tattooed Dancer. The "dance for me, bitch!" line sounds so forced - and un Ozzy-like. Embarrassing to play in public, that's for sure.
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I need a deep dive to truly answer this question

Off the top of my head a lot of the tunes you guys are picking are NOT on the list

Zombie Stomp has a cool groove, I like it. Not a deal breaker if there is a slight cringe when he says it??

Same thing with No Bone Movies, and a lot of the other ones mentioned. They're not the best, but they're not the worst. amiright??
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Fletch wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 5:56 pm Straight To Hell
"I'll make you scream, I'll make you defecate”

Just awful
Yeah. This one makes the list. I can't believe I forgot it.

"Gets Me Through" is up there for me. It seemed to start the Ozzy trend where the first single was about how he's Ozzy and he's still around. Also the riff is fockin' stock to my ears.
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So Tired is amazing you heathens.
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I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion or popular opinion but I fucking hate Close My Eyes Forever.
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No Bone Movies is killer ... So Tired is kind of a dud but compared to the later album stuff its still decent. I think one of Ozzys most underrated songs is Tonight.
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aznsquirt wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:47 pm I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion or popular opinion but I fucking hate Close Your Eyes Forever.
I concur.
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I actually like "So Tired". It's just "Goodbye to Romance" redux, but still far from the Ozz-man's worst.
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