Songs Of My Life #17 - Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train - 1980

Songs Of My Life #17

After Black Sabbath there was Ozzy Osbourne.
This live version of "Crazy Train" came out on the Tribute album in early 1987. Our group at school had actually had it for about a year earlier. How? One of our group, Kearo, had been to Sydney to peruse the second hand record shops in early 1986, and came across a record in a plain white cover, with "Iron Maiden - LIVE" written on it in black texta. When he brought it home and put it on, he was obviously surprised to hear a voice that sounded a lot like Ozzy Osbourne on it and not Bruce Dickinson. Further listening found it to be Ozzy live with Randy Rhoads on guitar. Goldmine! You can imagine our laughter when the Tribute album was eventually announced and released, given we had all heard it a thousand times by that point.

This is still one of Ozzy's greatest songs. Sing along with it! I thought you were going to go wild tonight!