I was fortunate enough to see Ozzy in 1982 (the famous bat concert in Des Moines) and Randy was amazing. I'd seen Eddie Van Halen a handful of times before this and thought he was the greatest guitar player of his generation. Seeing Randy Rhoads live made me reconsider. Tragically we will never know
It's not a love song to Alistair Crowley - it's Ozzy's way of rebuking evil. "I think your life was tragic" "I want to understand". He's asking why he had to be that way. Ozzy is a Christian.
he may have ben at the time, but time did tell that he seemed to be the opposite.. i do agree this song was made as a rebuke though the way it plays.. but then the music industry took hold of ozzy biting heads off birds and such.. idk if that was before or after
People will say anyone's a Christian while numerous of their songs talk about Satan or whatever. I'll say this, I've studied deep into the occult and magick . It takes one to know one when you see it, what he is now I can't prove anything. But as far as a Christian? Not how it is . Lmao. First time seeing someone call him a Christian.
Ha. People in the occult know, yes it was. All of them checked out and dabbled with his stuff. Beatles, Jimmy Page, Marilyn Manson and almost all the rock stars did in some way. I know Ozzy did. I didn't say he was a Satanist but he checked into all of that. As in dabble in magic. Another one that popped in my mind, David Bowie. All got into Thelema at one point . I don't think he's praising Crowley but I also don't think it was anti Crowley . He played a huge part in rock n roll .
@@DaxtonKnightno they didn't. You just bought all the housewife scare tactics. They leaned into the image because they knew it would give them publicity. Having played ouija once doesn't make you anything but curious.😂
@@JokerInk-CustomBuildsthat’s very true , but when you go so far to purchase the Boleskine house you obviously have developed a personal interest into the occult yourself🤣despite what you started repping it for
Crowley was just a Troll. He literally created an entire religion to piss off society. Some of his stuff is interesting from a philosophical point of view. But this song isn’t pro him in any way. I think Ozzy wrote this after he found Jesus.
Yes. Crowley was not a Satanist, he was a Demonologist - the difference is rather important. Satanists (the ones who aren't either playacting, or using the name for what is actually an atheist philosophy of self-centrism (Hello, Anton LaVey)) _worship_ a figure they believe holds power over the Earth, in the hope of favours. Demonologists seek to _command_ demons to do their bidding, compelling and constraining them in the name of God and/or Christ, and with (often rather minor) bribes and threats. You can't be a demonologist without first accepting some form of Jewish, Christian and/or Muslim theology. Note I do not assert that any of what these people believe is objectively true, but what goes on in their heads determines how they interpret the world, and how they therefore choose to behave. The same is true of everyone, of course.
My statement is regarding Ozzy being satanic or celebrating someone who is/was. It is a song about Aleister Crowley, being curious about what was going on in his head.
C'mon, you guys. It was written to sell records. Ozzy's not stupid. And he's a Christian. You all take yourselves awfully seriously. 😅 Just enjoy the song.
This is a commentary on Crowley’s life. When Ozzy says “Won’t you ride my white horse” he’s saying wont you switch to the side of righteousness since in Revelation 19 Jesus is depicted as riding a white horse. “It’s symbolic of course” Ozzy then clarifies. Reading and dissecting lyrics are important to UNDERSTAND the real meaning.
I thought he would catch onto that but he didn’t, I’m a follower of Jesus Christ myself and listen to this music all my life and I have no problem telling people who my savior is
@@Blackjack701AD In this case, it was just Crowley (christened Edward Alexander) himself spelling an adopted (Scottish) name (normally Alistair) particularly weirdly because weird was his schtick.
I don’t think Ozzy is praising Crowley in the song. The lyrics “what went on in your head?” “You’re lifestyle to me seemed so tragic “ “Did you think you were pure?” But there are true references about Mr Crowley, they did scatter his afterbirth ?? And he would sign off letters “Polemically yours” polemically being an aggressive attack on someone or their beliefs. Ozzy believes in Jesus and always wore a crucifix. Probably needed to, singing about a man that wrote about the red fella who lives in that hot place !
No Dude, 1 verse is Ozzy questioning Crowley’s sanity. He also presents him as someone who was a magic-based fraudster. 2 verse is as Ozzy putting forth that Aleister was not as impressive as he may have thought himself to be. 3 verse that Aleister Crowley is someone whom Ozzy does not look up to as an idol, role model or anything even remotely like that, Ozzy is implying something like fate ultimately having caught up him, and accordingly compensating him for all of his misdeeds, and that Aleister enjoyed using opium, Ozzy wasn't into that. 4 as someone who doesn’t understand the doctrine of Aleister Crowley, is questioning where exactly his teachings come from. Ozzy suggest that it came from some type of contentious source. This went on a lot in the 70s and 80s, people saying Oz was a satanist, if you listen to the words of his songs, it's the exact opposite
You wrong bro, You missed it, he is calling out Crowley and the occult, He read the book and called it horse shit. This song is his response to the book. Ozzy is actually a Devout Cristian, He just plays a dark one for the memes Other than that AMAZING Reaction!
Thank you! BP gets it wrong so many times. I hate when he says in some of his reactions that he’s not judging when he puts his focus on people been gay or not or whatever else he says but always ends it with “I’m not judging “. If you weren’t judging you wouldn’t even mention it or give it any importance.
Randy Rhodes was Ozzy’s original solo guitarist who also a in the band Quiet Riot. Randy, like Stevie Ray Vaughn and others, died in a plane crash. Sad, because he was one of the great ones and still had years left to play.
@@justinhephner2117 @aaroncote6750 wasn't saying RR & SRV died together in the same crash. He was saying LIKE many other great artists, they died in an aviation crash.... Just like Ricky Nelson, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, John Denver, Aaliyah & so many more
He is rebuking evil not embracing it..Ozzy is Christian 😊 Dreamer is a different vibe from him and worthy of a reaction. Great reaction and Peace out 🙏 ☮️ ✌️
Love Momma I'm coming Home...one of my faves! Gotta say I never heard Mr Crowley. Of course I was born in 73 and didn't start hearing about Ozzy until the 80s. My mom was a Steve Perry fan, sister was a Duran Duran fan...so really not a lot of hard rock exposure until my teen years
*If you really listen to Ozzy's songs (and Black Sabbath) for that matter, the majority of the songs are about love, uniting people, anti-war, learning to be tolerable and get along with each other, etc... The whole satanic BS related to Ozzy and pretty much all Metal music drives me f'king crazy! Yes, Mr.Crowley was a satanic guy but Ozzy isn't singing praises to him. Ozzy read a book by him and the song is his questions after reading it. He's calling Crowley out on his beliefs and questioning why he became the way he did. Listen to the lyrics! He's not saying "Hail Satan". He's saying "what went wrong in your life and your head to make you go in this f'ked up direction."*
Wow!! I was waiting for this reaction because to me this is the greatest guitar performance ever! And you can’t understand Ozzy is NOT worshipping satan or agreeing with Crowley! Ozzy is merely inquiring about this dudes life, what happened and why he was how he was!! Wow I pay for your paid content because you literally have really been on point on about every pre 80s song! But man , you sure disappointed me on this one! Greatest rock guitar song ever!! But you couldnt appreciated cause you thought Ozzy was worshipping the devil! 😢 oh well!
Totally agree with you. This guy is pretty thick in his head sometimes, and not very knowledgeable. I many times when I read stories about people committing crimes or doing horrible things I always wonder what happened to them to be the way they are and do what they do. Izzy is doing exactly the same in this song. Not much of a good reactor if you don’t pay attention and get stuck in your own ideas. Like you said , oh well
Rip Randy Rhoads best guitarist to ever do it. His classical background brought so much to his playing. This and diary of a madman are my 2 favorite ozzy songs
Im here like " i have religious trauma little bro, but are you understanding what you read?" Sorry BP but ozzy fan for years and adored randy rhodes. Oz is calling it out not condoning it.💜
But that's exactly what's dangerous when any Christians believe that everything is negative energy. For me, strict believers are often negatively loaded because they don't allow other opinions. I'm an atheist myself, I've never been even remotely religious, I grew up with metal. I discovered this song when I was 12 and loved it because I liked the tragic guitar solo so much, a masterpiece, unsurpassed to this day, I always didn't care what was being sung anyway. I usually didn't care much about the lyrics, I just care about the music most of the time. But satanism is more sympathetic to me. I love black metal. When I visited my cousin in the USA, she kept talking about the evil black clothing, about negative energy, and even invited a Christian rock musician, who was very nice by the way, but I thought, what's all that about? Are these people really that into it? that you think that as an atheist etc. you have negative energy? seriously?
Oh and I was absolutely lucky enough to get my law firms tickets to see the Black Sabbath reunion tour with Ozzy and it was the best ever!!! He was almost 70 and jumping around and the voice was still incredibly perfect!
Bob Daisley, the lyricist, isn't in this video. Daisley explained that he wrote the song in a way that questioned Crowley's actions. Tell me about “Mr. Crowley.” > That was Ozzy’s title, and it was obviously about Aleister Crowley. Because he was a satanist and into dark stuff and all that, I didn’t want to make a negative song. I wanted to make it a little bit like talking to Mr. Crowley and going, “What the f--k were you thinking? What were you doing? What went on in your head?” He used to sign his autograph “Polemically Aleister Crowley.” “Polemic” just means “controversial.” That’s why, at the end, I wrote, “polemically sent.”
12:17 "What am I missing here?" The truth in the lyrics, the legendary live guitar solos, (yes 2 famous solos in 1 song) . No evil fallen angel anywhere to be found
An absolute all-star lineup behind Ozzy. Randy (RIP) was a virtuoso (he also played on Crazy Train), Rudy Sarza on bass, and Tommy Aldridge behind the drums. The latter two are still out there killing in.
There’s so many good Ozzy songs! I suggest Over the Mountain, Bark at the Moon, or No More Tears. Another song that comes to mind is Mama I’m Coming Home. It’s a bit softer than the others mentioned but it’s just as good
Ozzy is my favorite artist of all time, and Sabbath my favorite band of all time, but Sabbath and Solo are two different things I don't compare them. Different genres even, Sabbath is really a heavy blues band at its heart
Tommy Lee of Motley Crue did the whole upside down drum thing back in the early 90s. Another tour, he took his whole drum set up in the air and out over the crowd.
One more listen and you will realize It’s kinda a dis track against Crowley. Asking him like WTF were you thinking, invoking demons? Saying “did you think you were pure” enough to not be affected by the demons? Did you think you control them like King Solomon? The “I wanna know what you meant?” could be about what was said on Crowley’s death bed. That he had it wrong? But didn’t say what.
Randy Rhoads is the reason why I learned to play guitar in the early 80s. I was 13 years old when he died in 1982. I wonder what would have been if he was still with us? You have to check out Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Madman. Randy's classical guitar work is amazing
Jimmy Page was into Aleister Crowley and gave one of his books to a roadie who toured with Led Zeppelin. That roadie went on to tour for Ozzy. Teh roadie showed the bood to Ozzy. Ozzy didn't really know much about Aleister Crowley and if you ever read anything he wrote it's very cryptic. Hence the line, "I want to know what you meant". He was actually an extremely impressive person who had a lot of questionable beliefs. The line "won't you ride my white horse" refers to Crowley's heroin addiction.
check out the ozzmosis album, they are less intense ozzy, more emotion.. kind of a lead into the heavy stuff.. ghost behind my eyes, see you on the other side, perry mason, and I just want you are some quality tracks imo
What a line-up...Tommy Adlridge on Drums, Rudy Sarzo on Bass and the late guitar GOAT Randy Rhoads whit his iconic polka dots Gibson Flying V. But i do too prefer Black Sabbath over Ozzy solo career, especially the Ronnie J. Dio era.
Ozzy famously has done enough drugs to kill a medium sized country. Saying that he was a Christian at the height of his drug use when he wrote this song is as much of a strech as you can make. At one point, Ozzy was so messed up on stage, a bat hit him in the face and he bit the head off of it, not knowing it was a living animal. But hey, we can all be Christian in hindsight.
@@johnthomas1422You point your finger. We have ALL fallen short. It's only the grace of God that saves us. Jesus is the only path. There's a lot of people gonna make it that YOU would have thought unworthy, and you need to worry about yourself, not OZZY or anyone else. I'm not one to point fingers, because I know I don't deserve anything like Heaven. I'm a dirty sinner, and if I get there it ain't nothing I did.
I like ozzys new stuff and old stuff, solo or not, hes one of my faves, his newer song patient number 9 is one of my fave songs from him, awesome reaction haus, happy holidays everyone
This is a great song!!! He is questioning crowley. They all wore crosses to keep the evil away from them. Randy Rhodes is the fantastic guitarist... the best...
Absolutely denouncing Crowleys work and findings. This is probably Rhodes'most proficient, iconic and melodic guitar work ever. I love Ozzy... he is very much a God fearing man and always has been. I will say that Sabbath were my band growing up. But I always loved Ozzys vocals. I am a Dio guy at heart. But it's 1a and 1b for me
My favorite Ozzy song! Definitely not Satanic, occult or glorying Crowley. Just a story about his life and questioning why was he like that. I prefer Ozzy solo over Black Sabbath any day 🤘🏽🔥
To me it’s basically Tomato toe-mato! He’s amazing and the voice and on another note he is a crazy history buff and knows everything about UK and US history!!! Just a crazy talented guy and crazy intelligent!
I never saw Black Sabbath. But had the unique honor of being front and center for an Ozzy Concert a year or two before he launched his reality show. It was an incredible experience.
Ozzy is not a satanist. This is not a song praising Alister Crowley. It’s more of a song questioning him as to why he was into dark shit, calling it all a bunch of bullsh*t (u fooled all the people with magic) and offering him the white horse, symbolic of the christian way out of the evil he’s into. anyway, r.i.p Randy. Got to see this band live and cherish the memory.
Aleistar Crowley was such a fascinating figure. The cliff notes version is that he was a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (a mystical society formed by a group of Freemasons, based heavily on the Order of the Rose Cross), but later formed a splinter group, the Ordo Templii Orientis (aka. Thelema) which leaned more into "dark" magick, though not Satanism per se, but because Crowley LOVED media attention so much, he played up his own evil reputation, even going so far as to invent his own form of numerology specifically designed to make himself come up in the system as the Beast of Revelations. For all his eccentricities, he was indirectly an inspiration to other occultists including L. Ron Hubbard (founder of Scientology), Gerald Gardener (founder of Wicca), and Anton LaVay (founder of The Church of Satan). Of course, most of the demonic and occult imagery around heavy metal artists was just aesthetic. Ironically, with all the "Satanic Panic" around heavy metal, one of the few hit songs from an actual Satanic band was just a peace-loving hippie song ("One Tin Soldier" by Coven).
As others said, Ozzy wasn’t pro Crowley. Ironically, Jimmy Page was really into it and bought Crowley’s house. The Boleskine House. Legend has it that Crowley opened a door there. And all owners of the home have undergone some terrible tragedies.
I'm glad you read the comments, and I hope you do for this one, so you can realize you had the meaning of the song wrong and can go back and re-listen and appreciate it.
Just cuz Ozzy doesn't say "Crowley you are a bad man," doesn't mean he's in favor of him. Ozzy is taking a critical eye of the man's life and asking him what he really believed, and talking about how tragic his lifestyle was and offering for him to come to the side of Christianity ("won't you ride my white horse"). Wanted to know what he meant and how much was a lie vs true beliefs, being inquisitive, and being curious about the man aren't endorsements. Haven't you ever wondered what it must be like inside the minds of evil men?
Ozzy left the band Black Sabbath in 1980. This is from his first solo album after leaving Black Sabbath. "Mr. Crowley" is a song about English occultist Aleister Crowley. Written by Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Randy Rhoads and bass guitarist/lyricist Bob Daisley. It was released on Osbourne's debut solo album Blizzard of Ozz in September 1980 in the United Kingdom. A live version was released as a UK single in November 1980. In North America, the studio version was released as a single in 1981.
Ozzy, in an interview once said that he didn't understand where some people could think he was a Devil worshiper. He mentioned how the great actor Vincent Price, who starred in many shocking, even disturbing (for their time), absolutely classic horror films in the 50's to at least the 70's, and probably later that that. He did voice over work for a couple of very famous musicians like Alice Cooper (Black Widow), and "The King of Poo" himself, Michael Jackson (Thiller). Anyway, Ozzy said that nobody thought that nobody believed that Vincent Price was a terrible, horrible, evil person like the characters that he played in films and on television. Mr.Price was even a Gourmet Ched. And yet Ozzy is known as "The Prince of Darkness. Black Sabbath got their name from an old Boris Karloff film of the same name. Ozzy has stated on many occasions that he is a Christian. His first guitarist post Sabbath was the phenomenally talented Randy Rhoads, who is seen on this video..Randy was a really, really nice person who, unfortunately died in a plane crash in Florida on March 19, 1982. He was only 25.I was in the 9th grade at a brand new school. Got the news when I got home from school that day. For me, it was what I think Don McLean was feeling when he penned 'American Pie". But I digress. I play guitar, since my big brother got me one for my 8th birthday. But when I bought "Blizzard of Ozz" in either late 1980 early 1981,it was around Christmas, it changed changed my life. I became the kid in "Juke Box Hero", playing until my fingers were bleeding. Quite often I would fall asleep with my guitar. I bet that I spent the better part of 7 months learning "Crazy Train" Every guitar player has a hero, mine was Randy Rhoads. Most of the guys who played were into Jimmy Page, Angus Young, and of course, Edward Van Halen, but not me. I loved this little skinny white guys playing, it really spoke to me. Randy's Magnum Opus though, was "Diary of a Madman". To my ears, it's a billion+ out of 10. You should check that song out, for sure!!! I always wonder about those guitar heroes that were taken from us, far too early, where would their talent level be today. Before arthritis all but took my guitar away from me, I could play stuff from cats like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and of course, my own Patron Saint, Randy. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Randy Rhoads a year or two ago as a contributor, and when Ozzy was inducted as a solo performer, In Ozzy's acceptance speech, Ozzy took the time to thank Randy and his wife Sharon. I was quite moved on by his words about Randy, saying that without Randy Rhoads, he didn't think that his career path would have worked out. Come to think of it, I don't think that Ozzy even mentioned any other guitarist by name... and he has had at least 3 all-time great guitar heroes in his solo band? As for "Mr. Crowley", I don't think that the song is celebrating Alistair Crowley, I think that Ozzy is telling a cautionary tale of playing with things that you don't understand can possibly end tragically. The man Crowley, was a kook, and ultimately, a charlatan. Kinda like most of the satanic possession/exorcism films, don't mess with Ouija boards, etc.
Ozzy didn't like Crowley in fact Ozzy is a devout Christian. The song came about because he came across an occult book and tarot card deck in studio. Crowley was a topic of discussion at the time. So he and the legendary Randy Rhodes wrote the song. Occult imagery was popular from the 1960's through the 1990's because of the popularity of Gothic imagery and stories like Conan the Barbarian. Want cool images Google Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, and Frank Frazetta who were popular artists of the time.
People who don't listen to Black Sabbath because they think they're Satanists are like people who don't watch Breaking Bad because they think it glorifies drug use. Both couldn't be further from the truth.
This isn't a love song. It's very much like "angel of death" by slayer. It's just the story, it's a wondering how did they get to where they went. It is not praising Mr Crowley.
I am a very proud Catholic and have listened to Ozzy since I was in grade school. Randy Rhoads on guitar was phenomenal! I personally think he was the greatest of all time, and I think of you listen to more solo Ozzy you’ll see how amazing his career is. I do like it better than Sabbath, but still love the old school Sabbath stuff
Your take is INSANE!!! Ozzy is a devout Christian. This IS NOT glorifying Crowly at all!! WHAT ARE YOU HEARING??? You sound like an UNINFORMED Mother about this music. Satan DOES NOT live in music, movies, or games..., he lives IN YOUR HEART!
Ozzy put an incredible band together. Randy made history with the 2 Ozzy albums before he passed. Both Ozzy and Sabbath kickstarted the 80s with a new definition of heavy metal.
That song was inspired by Aleister Crowley's book Diary of a Drug Fiend that Osbourne had read, and a deck of tarot cards found in the studio as recording of the album was commencing. Crowley was an English occultist and ceremonial magician who had founded the Thelemite religion in the early 20th century.
What always gets me is Randy... When you hear the album version, it sounds like he played it faster and it was slowed down in production... Then you see him play it live... You can see his mastery first hand... You can see his classical influences in living color.
Rest in Peace Randy Rhoads - the greatest guitarist who was taken from us way too early at 27 years old in a stupid, senseless accident. The future of him with Ozzy would have been simply amazing! Read up on Randy and his background, then listen to Diary of a Madman (the album and the single) to really appreciate his mastery!
R.I.P. to Randy Rhoads taken way too soon
Might have been the greatest if not taking from the world to early
And in such a moronic way. Just makes the tragedy that much worse.
@@williamjester7088 He very well might have been.
What are you all talking about? He WAS the greatest!
I can listen to his solo's on repeat.
That guitarist is the LEGENDARY Randy Rhoads, One of the GREATEST of all time.
I was fortunate enough to see Ozzy in 1982 (the famous bat concert in Des Moines) and Randy was amazing. I'd seen Eddie Van Halen a handful of times before this and thought he was the greatest guitar player of his generation. Seeing Randy Rhoads live made me reconsider. Tragically we will never know
Absolutely Randy rhoads rocked sad ending to an amazing life
Agreed! Completely in the rock/metal guitar GOAT conversation along with Eddie and Dimebag. Randy was a game changer 💯%
@GravelBone367 absolutely can't argue with that 😊
It's not a love song to Alistair Crowley - it's Ozzy's way of rebuking evil. "I think your life was tragic" "I want to understand". He's asking why he had to be that way.
Ozzy is a Christian.
Yeah, I’m not buying it. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and that duck has flashed some questionable hand gestures.
His name is spelled Aleister Crowley.
he may have ben at the time, but time did tell that he seemed to be the opposite.. i do agree this song was made as a rebuke though the way it plays.. but then the music industry took hold of ozzy biting heads off birds and such.. idk if that was before or after
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Oooo... hand gestures How spooky.😅
People will say anyone's a Christian while numerous of their songs talk about Satan or whatever. I'll say this, I've studied deep into the occult and magick . It takes one to know one when you see it, what he is now I can't prove anything. But as far as a Christian? Not how it is . Lmao. First time seeing someone call him a Christian.
This was definitely not a song in favor of Crowley
Ha. People in the occult know, yes it was. All of them checked out and dabbled with his stuff. Beatles, Jimmy Page, Marilyn Manson and almost all the rock stars did in some way. I know Ozzy did. I didn't say he was a Satanist but he checked into all of that. As in dabble in magic. Another one that popped in my mind, David Bowie. All got into Thelema at one point . I don't think he's praising Crowley but I also don't think it was anti Crowley . He played a huge part in rock n roll .
@@DaxtonKnightno they didn't. You just bought all the housewife scare tactics.
They leaned into the image because they knew it would give them publicity.
Having played ouija once doesn't make you anything but curious.😂
@@JokerInk-CustomBuildsthat’s very true , but when you go so far to purchase the Boleskine house you obviously have developed a personal interest into the occult yourself🤣despite what you started repping it for
Crowley was just a Troll. He literally created an entire religion to piss off society. Some of his stuff is interesting from a philosophical point of view. But this song isn’t pro him in any way. I think Ozzy wrote this after he found Jesus.
@@bertalach 🤣
This is not a satanic song. I guess if you are always looking for satanic stuff, you will find it everywhere.
It is both hillaripus and tiresome when he does that... His mom gave him a real trauma teaching him all that nonsense...
It’s not not satanic though
Yes. Crowley was not a Satanist, he was a Demonologist - the difference is rather important.
Satanists (the ones who aren't either playacting, or using the name for what is actually an atheist philosophy of self-centrism (Hello, Anton LaVey)) _worship_ a figure they believe holds power over the Earth, in the hope of favours.
Demonologists seek to _command_ demons to do their bidding, compelling and constraining them in the name of God and/or Christ, and with (often rather minor) bribes and threats. You can't be a demonologist without first accepting some form of Jewish, Christian and/or Muslim theology.
Note I do not assert that any of what these people believe is objectively true, but what goes on in their heads determines how they interpret the world, and how they therefore choose to behave. The same is true of everyone, of course.
My statement is regarding Ozzy being satanic or celebrating someone who is/was. It is a song about Aleister Crowley, being curious about what was going on in his head.
C'mon, you guys. It was written to sell records. Ozzy's not stupid. And he's a Christian. You all take yourselves awfully seriously. 😅 Just enjoy the song.
R.I.P. Randy Rhodes
This is a commentary on Crowley’s life. When Ozzy says “Won’t you ride my white horse” he’s saying wont you switch to the side of righteousness since in Revelation 19 Jesus is depicted as riding a white horse. “It’s symbolic of course” Ozzy then clarifies. Reading and dissecting lyrics are important to UNDERSTAND the real meaning.
Thank you.
@@therosabella67 I thought it was ride Ozzy's "Horse" lol
riding the white horse is slang for using heroin, Crowley was a massive heroin addict.
He is talking shit about and to Allister Crowley! It's not a love song, it is a song calling him out!
It's Aleister Crowley.
@@allengator1914 he's english, they spell things weirdly (like armour)
Yep. Yep.😅
I thought he would catch onto that but he didn’t, I’m a follower of Jesus Christ myself and listen to this music all my life and I have no problem telling people who my savior is
@@Blackjack701AD In this case, it was just Crowley (christened Edward Alexander) himself spelling an adopted (Scottish) name (normally Alistair) particularly weirdly because weird was his schtick.
I don’t think Ozzy is praising Crowley in the song. The lyrics “what went on in your head?”
“You’re lifestyle to me seemed so tragic “
“Did you think you were pure?”
But there are true references about Mr Crowley, they did scatter his afterbirth ??
And he would sign off letters “Polemically yours” polemically being an aggressive attack on someone or their beliefs.
Ozzy believes in Jesus and always wore a crucifix.
Probably needed to, singing about a man that wrote about the red fella who lives in that hot place !
No Dude, 1 verse is Ozzy questioning Crowley’s sanity. He also presents him as someone who was a magic-based fraudster.
2 verse is as Ozzy putting forth that Aleister was not as impressive as he may have thought himself to be.
3 verse that Aleister Crowley is someone whom Ozzy does not look up to as an idol, role model or anything even remotely like that, Ozzy is implying something like fate ultimately having caught up him, and accordingly compensating him for all of his misdeeds, and that Aleister enjoyed using opium, Ozzy wasn't into that.
4 as someone who doesn’t understand the doctrine of Aleister Crowley, is questioning where exactly his teachings come from. Ozzy suggest that it came from some type of contentious source.
This went on a lot in the 70s and 80s, people saying Oz was a satanist, if you listen to the words of his songs, it's the exact opposite
well said!
You wrong bro, You missed it, he is calling out Crowley and the occult, He read the book and called it horse shit. This song is his response to the book. Ozzy is actually a Devout Cristian, He just plays a dark one for the memes Other than that AMAZING Reaction!
Definitely not satanic
Pay attention people
Thank you! BP gets it wrong so many times. I hate when he says in some of his reactions that he’s not judging when he puts his focus on people been gay or not or whatever else he says but always ends it with “I’m not judging “. If you weren’t judging you wouldn’t even mention it or give it any importance.
Have you seen what they’ve done to him lately? It’s f..k up
This is a very compelling argument. Hey everyone!!! We should all trust @rica-d4k over our own ears!!!
@@therosabella67 does he even READ his comments??????
Randy Rhodes was Ozzy’s original solo guitarist who also a in the band Quiet Riot. Randy, like Stevie Ray Vaughn and others, died in a plane crash. Sad, because he was one of the great ones and still had years left to play.
SRV died in a helicopter almost 10 years after Randy, in 1990, Randy died in a plane crash in 82.
@@justinhephner2117 @aaroncote6750 wasn't saying RR & SRV died together in the same crash. He was saying LIKE many other great artists, they died in an aviation crash.... Just like Ricky Nelson, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, John Denver, Aaliyah & so many more
Randy Rhodes was my favorite guitar player growing up I was so sad when I heard of the crash
How? How on Earth could you read those lyrics and say it’s a love song to Crowley? 😬😅
He is rebuking evil not embracing it..Ozzy is Christian 😊 Dreamer is a different vibe from him and worthy of a reaction. Great reaction and Peace out 🙏 ☮️ ✌️
Ozzy solos Momma I coming home, Bark at the moon, shot on the dark, no more tears, ordinary man
Great choices. I'd add Dreamer, I don't want to stop, All my life, and Ozzy and Kelly singing changes.
Love Momma I'm coming Home...one of my faves! Gotta say I never heard Mr Crowley. Of course I was born in 73 and didn't start hearing about Ozzy until the 80s. My mom was a Steve Perry fan, sister was a Duran Duran fan...so really not a lot of hard rock exposure until my teen years
War pigs
"I refuse to allow dark energy into my life." Except for rap, nomsayin?
Check out Illuminati Congo, or for instance Killah Priest, to see the spiritual potential of rap
Yeah listening to rap about shooting rivals, slinging drugs, banging "hoes" etc is all okay apparently.
*If you really listen to Ozzy's songs (and Black Sabbath) for that matter, the majority of the songs are about love, uniting people, anti-war, learning to be tolerable and get along with each other, etc... The whole satanic BS related to Ozzy and pretty much all Metal music drives me f'king crazy! Yes, Mr.Crowley was a satanic guy but Ozzy isn't singing praises to him. Ozzy read a book by him and the song is his questions after reading it. He's calling Crowley out on his beliefs and questioning why he became the way he did. Listen to the lyrics! He's not saying "Hail Satan". He's saying "what went wrong in your life and your head to make you go in this f'ked up direction."*
I tell people all the time he's actually a peaceful guy😂
"What am i missing? "..... you missed everything
Wow!! I was waiting for this reaction because to me this is the greatest guitar performance ever! And you can’t understand Ozzy is NOT worshipping satan or agreeing with Crowley! Ozzy is merely inquiring about this dudes life, what happened and why he was how he was!! Wow I pay for your paid content because you literally have really been on point on about every pre 80s song! But man , you sure disappointed me on this one! Greatest rock guitar song ever!! But you couldnt appreciated cause you thought Ozzy was worshipping the devil! 😢 oh well!
Totally agree with you. This guy is pretty thick in his head sometimes, and not very knowledgeable. I many times when I read stories about people committing crimes or doing horrible things I always wonder what happened to them to be the way they are and do what they do. Izzy is doing exactly the same in this song. Not much of a good reactor if you don’t pay attention and get stuck in your own ideas. Like you said , oh well
Ozzy and Randy-such greatness. Randy was one of the best taken too soon-has forever been missed!!
14:12 Tommy Lee was drumming while doing end over end and barrel rolls before Slipknot was formed.
Thank you! I was trying to think of who did it in the 80s/90s
@@anne-marieturner6762 it was on their Girls Girls Girls tour in '87. I was 14 and that was my first real concert. GNR opened for them.
Oi aye yes!
Rip Randy Rhoads best guitarist to ever do it. His classical background brought so much to his playing. This and diary of a madman are my 2 favorite ozzy songs
Diary is awesome. My fav. Not many songs raise the hair on my arms anymore but this one still does.
Either him or CC Deville....:))
The song is a character study, of Crowly, not a cheer song, but a view with warning intent.
It is funny when BP be sounding like my grandma... -"No grandma, i am not going to hell and no, thats not what the song is about..."😂😂😂
Im here like " i have religious trauma little bro, but are you understanding what you read?" Sorry BP but ozzy fan for years and adored randy rhodes. Oz is calling it out not condoning it.💜
But that's exactly what's dangerous when any Christians believe that everything is negative energy. For me, strict believers are often negatively loaded because they don't allow other opinions. I'm an atheist myself, I've never been even remotely religious, I grew up with metal. I discovered this song when I was 12 and loved it because I liked the tragic guitar solo so much, a masterpiece, unsurpassed to this day, I always didn't care what was being sung anyway. I usually didn't care much about the lyrics, I just care about the music most of the time. But satanism is more sympathetic to me. I love black metal. When I visited my cousin in the USA, she kept talking about the evil black clothing, about negative energy, and even invited a Christian rock musician, who was very nice by the way, but I thought, what's all that about? Are these people really that into it? that you think that as an atheist etc. you have negative energy? seriously?
George W. Bush said to Ozzy at the Banquet..... "MOM LOVES YOUR STUFF" ........!!!!!
Barbara was his daughter
@@SFBay69 Barbara was his Mother.
@@marshajanulis6092 You misunderstood. Barbara was Crowley's daughter.
Oh and I was absolutely lucky enough to get my law firms tickets to see the Black Sabbath reunion tour with Ozzy and it was the best ever!!! He was almost 70 and jumping around and the voice was still incredibly perfect!
Bob Daisley, the lyricist, isn't in this video. Daisley explained that he wrote the song in a way that questioned Crowley's actions.
Tell me about “Mr. Crowley.”
> That was Ozzy’s title, and it was obviously about Aleister Crowley. Because he was a satanist and into dark stuff and all that, I didn’t want to make a negative song. I wanted to make it a little bit like talking to Mr. Crowley and going, “What the f--k were you thinking? What were you doing? What went on in your head?” He used to sign his autograph “Polemically Aleister Crowley.” “Polemic” just means “controversial.” That’s why, at the end, I wrote, “polemically sent.”
Both these guitar solo’s were on the top 10 solo’s of all time for guitar magazine for a long time.
Gotta check out Mama I'm coming home by Ozzy!!!!
Love that song!!! And Crazy Train
Dreamer too 😊
Lyrics by the Great Lemmy. Ozzy used to call Sharon Mama. He asked his good friend Lemmy for the lyrics.
Naw ozzy was makin a crowley diss track brah. Facts
12:17 "What am I missing here?" The truth in the lyrics, the legendary live guitar solos, (yes 2 famous solos in 1 song) . No evil fallen angel anywhere to be found
An absolute all-star lineup behind Ozzy. Randy (RIP) was a virtuoso (he also played on Crazy Train), Rudy Sarza on bass, and Tommy Aldridge behind the drums. The latter two are still out there killing in.
There’s so many good Ozzy songs! I suggest Over the Mountain, Bark at the Moon, or No More Tears. Another song that comes to mind is Mama I’m Coming Home. It’s a bit softer than the others mentioned but it’s just as good
Ozzy is my favorite artist of all time, and Sabbath my favorite band of all time, but Sabbath and Solo are two different things I don't compare them. Different genres even, Sabbath is really a heavy blues band at its heart
Tommy Lee of Motley Crue did the whole upside down drum thing back in the early 90s. Another tour, he took his whole drum set up in the air and out over the crowd.
I could sit and listen to Randy play all day
As clarified in his own lyrics on a later song: "I'm not the kind of person you think I am. I'm not the antichrist or the Ironman."
Love that song.
Love your channel!!! You missed the mark on this one
One more listen and you will realize It’s kinda a dis track against Crowley. Asking him like WTF were you thinking, invoking demons? Saying “did you think you were pure” enough to not be affected by the demons? Did you think you control them like King Solomon? The “I wanna know what you meant?” could be about what was said on Crowley’s death bed. That he had it wrong? But didn’t say what.
Just one more listen‽ I’m not really as optimistic as you are when it comes to this dude.
Yeah, I like him alit, but he ain’t gonna re-listen. 🤷♂️
Randy Rhoads is the reason why I learned to play guitar in the early 80s. I was 13 years old when he died in 1982. I wonder what would have been if he was still with us? You have to check out Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Madman. Randy's classical guitar work is amazing
Shading a child from the Truth is what we all do... being shielded as an adult is dangerous...he's exposing not worshipping.
Jimmy Page was into Aleister Crowley and gave one of his books to a roadie who toured with Led Zeppelin. That roadie went on to tour for Ozzy. Teh roadie showed the bood to Ozzy. Ozzy didn't really know much about Aleister Crowley and if you ever read anything he wrote it's very cryptic. Hence the line, "I want to know what you meant". He was actually an extremely impressive person who had a lot of questionable beliefs. The line "won't you ride my white horse" refers to Crowley's heroin addiction.
Never really listened to Ozzy or Black Sabbath... I liked that.. will listen to some more.... Thanx BP.
check out the ozzmosis album, they are less intense ozzy, more emotion.. kind of a lead into the heavy stuff.. ghost behind my eyes, see you on the other side, perry mason, and I just want you are some quality tracks imo
This song and the solos always drenches me in tears, RIP brother Randy Rhodes!!🙏
What a line-up...Tommy Adlridge on Drums, Rudy Sarzo on Bass and the late guitar GOAT Randy Rhoads whit his iconic polka dots Gibson Flying V. But i do too prefer Black Sabbath over Ozzy solo career, especially the Ronnie J. Dio era.
Heaven and Hell is one of my favorite songs by Sabbath I love NIB as well
Totally agree, Ozzy had literally a supergroup behind him in Tommy, Rudy, and Randy.
Not a lot of people give the rest of this line up credit. Tommy and Rudy kill on these albums
Ozzy was a force in concert!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I think both had great songs.
This is not a positive song to Crowley. Ozzy is Christian.
Ozzy famously has done enough drugs to kill a medium sized country. Saying that he was a Christian at the height of his drug use when he wrote this song is as much of a strech as you can make. At one point, Ozzy was so messed up on stage, a bat hit him in the face and he bit the head off of it, not knowing it was a living animal. But hey, we can all be Christian in hindsight.
BP it's kind of dumb because his prejudices
@@johnthomas1422Doing drugs disqualifies someone from being a Christian?
@@johnthomas1422You point your finger. We have ALL fallen short. It's only the grace of God that saves us. Jesus is the only path. There's a lot of people gonna make it that YOU would have thought unworthy, and you need to worry about yourself, not OZZY or anyone else. I'm not one to point fingers, because I know I don't deserve anything like Heaven. I'm a dirty sinner, and if I get there it ain't nothing I did.
@@johnthomas1422 Really? Some of the biggest criminals and hypocrites are Christians. 😂
I like ozzys new stuff and old stuff, solo or not, hes one of my faves, his newer song patient number 9 is one of my fave songs from him, awesome reaction haus, happy holidays everyone
Ordinary man by Ozzy and Elton John is a fricken must! Slash does the guitar solo as well.
Bro this is a fire reaction! Thanks!
It’s not a love song. I also think Ozzy is a Christian aha.
This is a great song!!! He is questioning crowley. They all wore crosses to keep the evil away from them. Randy Rhodes is the fantastic guitarist... the best...
Absolutely denouncing Crowleys work and findings.
This is probably Rhodes'most proficient, iconic and melodic guitar work ever.
I love Ozzy... he is very much a God fearing man and always has been. I will say that Sabbath were my band growing up. But I always loved Ozzys vocals.
I am a Dio guy at heart. But it's 1a and 1b for me
My favorite Ozzy song! Definitely not Satanic, occult or glorying Crowley. Just a story about his life and questioning why was he like that.
I prefer Ozzy solo over Black Sabbath any day 🤘🏽🔥
To me it’s basically Tomato toe-mato! He’s amazing and the voice and on another note he is a crazy history buff and knows everything about UK and US history!!! Just a crazy talented guy and crazy intelligent!
Yes please do over the mountain banger 💯
Hope you will react too Ozzys working class hero and mama I’m coming home, going through changes and Ozzy and Lita Ford close your eyes forever ❤️
When he reacted to both Ozzy/Black Sabbath & Lita Ford songs, I immediately thought of that duet. Sad, but such a jam.
I never saw Black Sabbath. But had the unique honor of being front and center for an Ozzy Concert a year or two before he launched his reality show. It was an incredible experience.
HIP HOP is so wholesome.
Lol
Right 😅😂
I love this version especially with Randy shredding on his signature polka dot V 🖤💫
Randy Rhoads excellent guitarist died in a plane crash not too long after this album Ozzy was devastated 😢 🤘🤘🤘💖
This was Ozzy wondering what Mr. Crowley's story was, not unlike you watching these videos to find out what these artist's are all about.
Ozzy is not a satanist. This is not a song praising Alister Crowley. It’s more of a song questioning him as to why he was into dark shit, calling it all a bunch of bullsh*t (u fooled all the people with magic) and offering him the white horse, symbolic of the christian way out of the evil he’s into. anyway, r.i.p Randy. Got to see this band live and cherish the memory.
"Ozzy is not a satanist" -- look up the lyrics for Patient Number 9.
Aleistar Crowley was such a fascinating figure. The cliff notes version is that he was a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (a mystical society formed by a group of Freemasons, based heavily on the Order of the Rose Cross), but later formed a splinter group, the Ordo Templii Orientis (aka. Thelema) which leaned more into "dark" magick, though not Satanism per se, but because Crowley LOVED media attention so much, he played up his own evil reputation, even going so far as to invent his own form of numerology specifically designed to make himself come up in the system as the Beast of Revelations. For all his eccentricities, he was indirectly an inspiration to other occultists including L. Ron Hubbard (founder of Scientology), Gerald Gardener (founder of Wicca), and Anton LaVay (founder of The Church of Satan).
Of course, most of the demonic and occult imagery around heavy metal artists was just aesthetic. Ironically, with all the "Satanic Panic" around heavy metal, one of the few hit songs from an actual Satanic band was just a peace-loving hippie song ("One Tin Soldier" by Coven).
You have to remember that Ozzy was a showman, not satanic.
As others said, Ozzy wasn’t pro Crowley. Ironically, Jimmy Page was really into it and bought Crowley’s house. The Boleskine House. Legend has it that Crowley opened a door there. And all owners of the home have undergone some terrible tragedies.
That is Randy Rhodes on guitar
I'm glad you read the comments, and I hope you do for this one, so you can realize you had the meaning of the song wrong and can go back and re-listen and appreciate it.
He's not sending a love song to Crowley..He's rebuking him!
Please listen to this again & read the lyrics Ozzys music is genius with the message
I always liked Perry Mason
The incomparable Randy Rhodes on that polka dot “flying V”. Definitely iconic. RIP to one of the greatest rock guitarists in the business. ✌🏼😎🇺🇸
Just cuz Ozzy doesn't say "Crowley you are a bad man," doesn't mean he's in favor of him. Ozzy is taking a critical eye of the man's life and asking him what he really believed, and talking about how tragic his lifestyle was and offering for him to come to the side of Christianity ("won't you ride my white horse"). Wanted to know what he meant and how much was a lie vs true beliefs, being inquisitive, and being curious about the man aren't endorsements.
Haven't you ever wondered what it must be like inside the minds of evil men?
Ozzy left the band Black Sabbath in 1980. This is from his first solo album after leaving Black Sabbath.
"Mr. Crowley" is a song about English occultist Aleister Crowley. Written by Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Randy Rhoads and bass guitarist/lyricist Bob Daisley. It was released on Osbourne's debut solo album Blizzard of Ozz in September 1980 in the United Kingdom. A live version was released as a UK single in November 1980. In North America, the studio version was released as a single in 1981.
The song questions Crowley and is really a diss track...Peace...
Ozzy, in an interview once said that he didn't understand where some people could think he was a Devil worshiper. He mentioned how the great actor Vincent Price, who starred in many shocking, even disturbing (for their time), absolutely classic horror films in the 50's to at least the 70's, and probably later that that. He did voice over work for a couple of very famous musicians like Alice Cooper (Black Widow), and "The King of Poo" himself, Michael Jackson (Thiller). Anyway, Ozzy said that nobody thought that nobody believed that Vincent Price was a terrible, horrible, evil person like the characters that he played in films and on television. Mr.Price was even a Gourmet Ched.
And yet Ozzy is known as "The Prince of Darkness. Black Sabbath got their name from an old Boris Karloff film of the same name.
Ozzy has stated on many occasions that he is a Christian. His first guitarist post Sabbath was the phenomenally talented Randy Rhoads, who is seen on this video..Randy was a really, really nice person who, unfortunately died in a plane crash in Florida on March 19, 1982. He was only 25.I was in the 9th grade at a brand new school. Got the news when I got home from school that day. For me, it was what I think Don McLean was feeling when he penned 'American Pie". But I digress.
I play guitar, since my big brother got me one for my 8th birthday. But when I bought "Blizzard of Ozz" in either late 1980 early 1981,it was around Christmas, it changed changed my life. I became the kid in "Juke Box Hero", playing until my fingers were bleeding. Quite often I would fall asleep with my guitar. I bet that I spent the better part of 7 months learning "Crazy Train" Every guitar player has a hero, mine was Randy Rhoads. Most of the guys who played were into Jimmy Page, Angus Young, and of course, Edward Van Halen, but not me. I loved this little skinny white guys playing, it really spoke to me. Randy's Magnum Opus though, was "Diary of a Madman". To my ears, it's a billion+ out of 10. You should check that song out, for sure!!! I always wonder about those guitar heroes that were taken from us, far too early, where would their talent level be today. Before arthritis all but took my guitar away from me, I could play stuff from cats like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and of course, my own Patron Saint, Randy. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Randy Rhoads a year or two ago as a contributor, and when Ozzy was inducted as a solo performer, In Ozzy's acceptance speech, Ozzy took the time to thank Randy and his wife Sharon. I was quite moved on by his words about Randy, saying that without Randy Rhoads, he didn't think that his career path would have worked out. Come to think of it, I don't think that Ozzy even mentioned any other guitarist by name... and he has had at least 3 all-time great guitar heroes in his solo band?
As for "Mr. Crowley", I don't think that the song is celebrating Alistair Crowley, I think that Ozzy is telling a cautionary tale of playing with things that you don't understand can possibly end tragically. The man Crowley, was a kook, and ultimately, a charlatan. Kinda like most of the satanic possession/exorcism films, don't mess with Ouija boards, etc.
Ozzy didn't like Crowley in fact Ozzy is a devout Christian. The song came about because he came across an occult book and tarot card deck in studio. Crowley was a topic of discussion at the time. So he and the legendary Randy Rhodes wrote the song. Occult imagery was popular from the 1960's through the 1990's because of the popularity of Gothic imagery and stories like Conan the Barbarian. Want cool images Google Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, and Frank Frazetta who were popular artists of the time.
You have every right to your opinion God bless you
People who don't listen to Black Sabbath because they think they're Satanists are like people who don't watch Breaking Bad because they think it glorifies drug use. Both couldn't be further from the truth.
Hit the nail on the head immediately 😂Love It
Mr Crowley and Harper Vally PTA on back to back days. LOL
He's not praising Crowley,asking him why he does what he dose
This isn't a love song. It's very much like "angel of death" by slayer. It's just the story, it's a wondering how did they get to where they went. It is not praising Mr Crowley.
I'm literally a catholic..... just stop. This is a great song....period.
I am a very proud Catholic and have listened to Ozzy since I was in grade school. Randy Rhoads on guitar was phenomenal! I personally think he was the greatest of all time, and I think of you listen to more solo Ozzy you’ll see how amazing his career is. I do like it better than Sabbath, but still love the old school Sabbath stuff
please do Ozzy ft Elton John Ordinary man with video
Killing with the Solo... Welcome to Randy Rhodes. RIP. We had two great guitarists. Eddie and Randy. I miss them both greatly.
Your take is INSANE!!! Ozzy is a devout Christian. This IS NOT glorifying Crowly at all!! WHAT ARE YOU HEARING??? You sound like an UNINFORMED Mother about this music. Satan DOES NOT live in music, movies, or games..., he lives IN YOUR HEART!
Satan isn't real. Everyone is capable of evil. They just need to be pushed by circumstance
Ozzy put an incredible band together. Randy made history with the 2 Ozzy albums before he passed. Both Ozzy and Sabbath kickstarted the 80s with a new definition of heavy metal.
You need to check out Motley Crue “Wild Side” to see Tommy Lee drum while spinning
That song was inspired by Aleister Crowley's book Diary of a Drug Fiend that Osbourne had read, and a deck of tarot cards found in the studio as recording of the album was commencing. Crowley was an English occultist and ceremonial magician who had founded the Thelemite religion in the early 20th century.
This first line up of great musicians are what helped Ozzy stay in the spotlight ! xx
Love Ozzie. Grew up with his music. Check out Ordinary Man from few years ago. Ozzie is a sweet loving man. He is the Prince of Darkness! Rock Legend!
In 1980 i was 17. Great times for great music. Will be 62 in a few days.. Wishing you and your beautiful family a loving Christmas. Ozzy solo 100%
What always gets me is Randy... When you hear the album version, it sounds like he played it faster and it was slowed down in production... Then you see him play it live... You can see his mastery first hand... You can see his classical influences in living color.
I always like Ozzy looking over and band mates, enjoying what they are doing. He becomes a fan in those moments.
Rest in Peace Randy Rhoads - the greatest guitarist who was taken from us way too early at 27 years old in a stupid, senseless accident. The future of him with Ozzy would have been simply amazing! Read up on Randy and his background, then listen to Diary of a Madman (the album and the single) to really appreciate his mastery!
This is by far the best Ozzy song ever!🤘