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Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 1321
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 9:26 pm: | 
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Sabbath is great either way, but I have NEVER been able to settle this debate to my satisfaction.
Any thoughts? |
extuscan
Citizen
Username: Extuscan
Post Number: 637
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 10:02 pm: |
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Ozzy had better songs to sing. I am a HUGE Ozzy/Sabbath fan and I just never could get into Ronnie
-John |
Charles De Mar
Citizen
Username: Charles_demar
Post Number: 274
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 8:53 am: |
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Holy Diver, Ozzy by a landslide. |
Eats Shoots & Leaves
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 3159
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 1:47 pm: |
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Neither--they both suck. Three cords and a scream of pain, that is about it.
(Wait for me to put on a raincoat before I get pelted with decapitated chickens by all the Ozzie fans) |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 1507
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 2:00 pm: |
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Get a double raincoat, Eats, because I am totally with you on this. |
Tom N
Citizen
Username: Tjn
Post Number: 95
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 11:48 pm: |
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Pelted with chickens by Ozzie fans? Which Ozzie? Davis, Smith, or Nelson perhaps?
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Stephanie N.
Citizen
Username: Stephanie_n
Post Number: 3
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 9:19 am: |
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I have a feeling some would consider this sacrilege, but I always preferred Dio-era Sabbeth much much more than Ozzy-era Sabbeth. I don't know how much of this has to do with the fact that I musically came of age at the ripe age of twelve, when I found my older brother's cassette tape of Heaven & Hell on a family trip and ended up listening to it over and over.
I was a big Dio fan during my first two years of high school, but Sacred Heart seemed a little too cheesy for my taste (or was I just getting older?), and I lost interest.
Now how about Rainbow singers - Dio or Joe Lynn Turner? |
Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 2668
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 9:46 am: |
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Turner by a long shot. Dio's sound never seemed to fit with the band, IMNSHO. |
blackcat
Citizen
Username: Blackcat
Post Number: 523
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 11:06 am: |
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What about Graham Bonnet in Rainbow? One of my favorite vocalists. |
jet
Citizen
Username: Jet
Post Number: 1064
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 11:22 am: |
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The rumor mill always had Ozzy getting a little vocal help from the board. |
Charles De Mar
Citizen
Username: Charles_demar
Post Number: 275
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 11:50 am: |
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It's no rumor. It's a fact. Ever notice that he sings into 2 mics? 1 normal, 1 "Flange" effect.
He still rules. |
Stephanie N.
Citizen
Username: Stephanie_n
Post Number: 4
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 12:56 pm: |
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I think Rainbow was at their most popular when Turner was with the band so I can see how someone would identify with that lineup the most. I think Dio formed Rainbow with Blackmore back in the mid or late 70s - I really liked Long Live Rock & Roll (although its been around 20 years since I listened to it, and had to look it up on Amazon-I couldn't rememvber the name of the album)
I can't remember anything with Bonnet, at all, though! I do have a vague memory, if I am in fact remembering this correctly, of seeing that line up on some late night music show back in the mid-80s. |
Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 1331
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 1:26 pm: |
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I love Ozzy, but the answer for me is always "Dio". I agree what you guys say about Rainbow, though... still, Dio is the man.
Stephanie, if you've never seen the Dio videos please PL me and I'll make arrangements for you to get a copy... they are great!
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blackcat
Citizen
Username: Blackcat
Post Number: 525
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 2:07 pm: |
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I think the Grahm Bonnet-era songs are "Since You've Been Gone" and "All Night Long".
As for Black Sabbath I have to vote Dio only for the fact that he didn't have all of that studio enhancement on his voice. Ah, Dio the metal midget |
dawny
Citizen
Username: Day
Post Number: 51
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 2:14 pm: |
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Geez, I can't believe this debate is even happening; seems sacrilegious to anyone who's a Sabbath fan. It's like asking if Van Halen was better w/ David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar.
I think the early Sabbath stuff holds up to anything in the "heavy metal" genre (including Zeppelin, and I'm a huge Zeppelin fan). In fact, I daresay that Sabbath can stake more of a claim as being the "heavy metal" originators than Zeppelin. When Ozzy left (got booted?), it all sounded like pedestrian arena rock to me (as did VH post-Roth) -- competant but hardly transcendent.
I haven't been a fan of what Ozzy has done post-Sabbath, but I think for those first four years (I think he joined Iommi and the guys to form Sabbath when he was just 17) they were phenomenal.
I'm going to go listen to Fairies Wear Boots now.
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blackcat
Citizen
Username: Blackcat
Post Number: 526
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 2:23 pm: |
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Now if we want to start the Van Halen/Van Hagar debate.... |
Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 1332
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 3:49 pm: |
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That's a very tough call - I liked Sammy Hagar before he joined up, but I have to say... there's only one real Van Halen in my book.
To be honest, I don't really have a book - but I will always prefer the original Van Halen. |
Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 2679
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 3:50 pm: |
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If you think of Van Halen and Van Hagar as different bands, it's much easier to like both. |
Wendyn
Supporter
Username: Wendyn
Post Number: 2864
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 3:51 pm: |
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Except when I try to listen to DRo (as he has named himself) on "freeFM". What a nut. |
Scully
Citizen
Username: Scully
Post Number: 254
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 4:03 pm: |
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Ozzy, and DLR Van Halen! |
Charles De Mar
Citizen
Username: Charles_demar
Post Number: 276
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 4:09 pm: |
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Hagar did a good job while in VH, But Diamond Dave takes the cake. |
Buzzsaw
Citizen
Username: Buzzsaw
Post Number: 4262
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 4:46 pm: |
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I don't know what was with that third guy that VH got to sing. |
Gregor Samsa
Citizen
Username: Oldsctls67
Post Number: 475
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 4:55 pm: |
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Outside of the MTV hits, Rainbow was never that popular here. My European travels as a young man garnered me an extensive Rainbow LP collection. They were for my money definitely an underrated band, especially in the early (Dio) years. |
Charles De Mar
Citizen
Username: Charles_demar
Post Number: 277
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006 - 5:12 pm: |
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The dude from Extreme was the 3rd Lead singer. What were they thinking? |
jet
Citizen
Username: Jet
Post Number: 1067
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 12:25 pm: |
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I think Diamond Dave is history on 92.3. Wasn't on this AM. as for the Sammy vs Dave , no contest I think DD is one of the great front men of all time , as for Sammy ,Warner Bros presents spent a lot time blaring from the GSstage1's Craig 8-track while pealing out of HS. |
Matt Foley
Citizen
Username: Mattfoley
Post Number: 613
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 31, 2006 - 1:46 pm: |
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What the hell is a holy diver anyway? "Down so long in the midnight sea?" |
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