Ozzfest 2007
This past Friday was the 14th year of Ozzfest. How many years have I been there? Well, 14! I pride myself on that. This year's Ozzfest was a bit of a throw back to yesteryear. In the early years there was always a core group of us that would go. Then the years passed and life changed and the last couple years it was only my wife and I. Hell, in '05 I went solo. That's how much I love this shit. This year saw the return of two original members of the group and I can only hope that sites and sounds won them over, again. There was also a new member. My friends niece, who is a week away from her 18th birthday came along. Looking back, at my first Ozzfest I was 18. I really enjoyed Ozzfest this year for many reasons, and I hope next year brings more of the same.
Now onto the music. As you may or may not know Ozzfest was free this year. The sponsers picked up the bill. As a result, no "big" bands played really other than Ozzy. My apologizes to those people that may think that Lamb of God, Static-X or Hatebreed are big bands. They are good, but they are not say Godsmack, System of a Down, Disturbed, etc. I could start with the obvious but I wish to let my thoughts be know about a band called Lordi right now.
Lordi. What the fuck are you all about? Your music sucks. Your stage act sucks. What the fuck are you doing on the main stage? Lordi is a band from Finland. They dress up like monsters and play shitty music. There was a point in the show when the "singer" said he wanted to see everybody moving. Moving? Dude, no one even stood up to see you. I looked down front and I kid you not, I saw 3 people moving. My 14 year opinion on Lordi playing Ozzfest again? FUCKING NEVER.
Since there was really only one reason why I was at Ozzfest (musically anyway) I might as well get down to it. Ozzy, Ozzy, Ozzy. Ozzy just kicks ass. The opening to his show was a bit of a throw back to the old days. In earlier years Ozzy's shows would start with him in short parodies of main stream media events ranging from movies, music videos, or simple interviews. Hell he even released a video of these some years ago called Ozzy goes to Hollywood. With the start of the show feeling so classic, I was indeed ready. So after the parodies and a kick ass intro, Ozzy comes onto stage. The first thing he says is "Aren't you fuckers tired of Ozzfest yet?" The answer to that would be no.
Although his performance started out slowly with him struggling through his first two songs, it picked up thereafter. The show was mostly classics with only two new songs being played from his new album. He played 12 songs that I can recall.
Bark at the Moon (struggled)
Not going away (struggled, but the band kicked ass)
Mama I'm coming home (a classic that I enjoyed very much with my "sissypants")
I'm here for you (not one of my favorite live performances)
Mr. Crowley (very nice)
I don't know (I love this song live)
Crazy Train (Crazy, but that's how it goes...)
I don't want to change the world (always a good song live)
Road to nowhere (kicked ass on this)
Paranoid (always, the last song)
Warpigs (very nice)
Suicide Solution (very fucking nice)
I have no complaints, and I look forward to seeing his old ass again next year. I've read that next year he'll be playing with Sabbath again. Always a treat.
I asked the question, would you rather Ozzfest be free and only have Ozzy there or would you rather pay and have a couple other big acts. I would rather pay. Ozzfest is an all day event and if I'm going to be there, I would like there to be some good filler before Ozzy takes the stage.
It's almost 4am, I'm going back to bed!
Later.
I love you Julie!
Now onto the music. As you may or may not know Ozzfest was free this year. The sponsers picked up the bill. As a result, no "big" bands played really other than Ozzy. My apologizes to those people that may think that Lamb of God, Static-X or Hatebreed are big bands. They are good, but they are not say Godsmack, System of a Down, Disturbed, etc. I could start with the obvious but I wish to let my thoughts be know about a band called Lordi right now.
Lordi. What the fuck are you all about? Your music sucks. Your stage act sucks. What the fuck are you doing on the main stage? Lordi is a band from Finland. They dress up like monsters and play shitty music. There was a point in the show when the "singer" said he wanted to see everybody moving. Moving? Dude, no one even stood up to see you. I looked down front and I kid you not, I saw 3 people moving. My 14 year opinion on Lordi playing Ozzfest again? FUCKING NEVER.
Since there was really only one reason why I was at Ozzfest (musically anyway) I might as well get down to it. Ozzy, Ozzy, Ozzy. Ozzy just kicks ass. The opening to his show was a bit of a throw back to the old days. In earlier years Ozzy's shows would start with him in short parodies of main stream media events ranging from movies, music videos, or simple interviews. Hell he even released a video of these some years ago called Ozzy goes to Hollywood. With the start of the show feeling so classic, I was indeed ready. So after the parodies and a kick ass intro, Ozzy comes onto stage. The first thing he says is "Aren't you fuckers tired of Ozzfest yet?" The answer to that would be no.
Although his performance started out slowly with him struggling through his first two songs, it picked up thereafter. The show was mostly classics with only two new songs being played from his new album. He played 12 songs that I can recall.
Bark at the Moon (struggled)
Not going away (struggled, but the band kicked ass)
Mama I'm coming home (a classic that I enjoyed very much with my "sissypants")
I'm here for you (not one of my favorite live performances)
Mr. Crowley (very nice)
I don't know (I love this song live)
Crazy Train (Crazy, but that's how it goes...)
I don't want to change the world (always a good song live)
Road to nowhere (kicked ass on this)
Paranoid (always, the last song)
Warpigs (very nice)
Suicide Solution (very fucking nice)
I have no complaints, and I look forward to seeing his old ass again next year. I've read that next year he'll be playing with Sabbath again. Always a treat.
I asked the question, would you rather Ozzfest be free and only have Ozzy there or would you rather pay and have a couple other big acts. I would rather pay. Ozzfest is an all day event and if I'm going to be there, I would like there to be some good filler before Ozzy takes the stage.
It's almost 4am, I'm going back to bed!
Later.
I love you Julie!
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