It comes down to combo of Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith in the rhythm section to give the song a live feel, which, when combined with Watt’s experiments, makes the song feel fresh yet not too far afield. Plus, Watt played guitar on the track, and even though he plays pretty standard rock & roll pentatonic spitfire licks in the solo, he uses guitar effects that also sound sort of robotic, giving the tune a postmodern feel for Ozzy. There has never been a turnaround in an Ozzy song before like the track’s “Don’t take care of me/Be scared of me” prechorus, which almost sounds caught between a tango and a Texas shuffle and yet still like a modern pop song - and somehow it fits. But it also sounds wholly new for Ozzy, who (unbelievably?) collaborated with Post Malone producer Andrew Watt on the track and subsequently tried a few new things in the process. The ornately gothic acoustic guitars recall his classic, morose songs “Diary of a Madman” and “Killer of Giants,” while the crushing heavy riffs toward the end of the song evokes the Sabbath swing. Then again, doom and gloom is what makes an Ozzy song great, and it’s what makes this one a keeper. The tune is a heartbreaking elegy for himself - “Death doesn’t answer when I cry for help,” he sings over stark acoustic guitar in the first verse - and the self-pity would make it too sad to listen to if it weren’t for prayers of hope like “I don’t wanna be my enemy” and “I ain’t livin’ this lie no more” jutting out of the shadows like bones in a catacomb. And now that he’s on his journey back, judging from his new single, “Under the Graveyard,” the Prince of Darkness does not sound pleased.
He has overcome a serious staph infection, and now he’s recovering from a fall that has forced him to postpone nearly two years of tour dates. The UK outlet now reports that all of Osbourne’s 2020 UK and European concert dates have been postponed.Over the past year or so, Ozzy Osbourne has been going through hell. Earlier this year, he also contracted a flu that escalated into pneumonia - and landed him in the ICU, so all 2019 gigs were rescheduled. I really hope people listen to it and enjoy it, because I put my heart and soul into this album.”Īlas, fans will have to wait a while longer see him perform live.īefore a fall in January that left him in need of surgery on his neck vertebrae, the star had previously postponed some tour dates after contracting a life-threatening staph infection in his right hand in October 2018. “I previously had said to Sharon I should be doing an album, but in the back of my mind I was going ‘I haven’t got the f - - king strength,’ ” Osbourne told NME. The recording was made in Los Angeles while Osbourne was recovering from a string of illnesses, Rolling Stone reported. “Ordinary Man” features something of a superband: Watt (Malone’s “Burning Man”) on guitars, Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) on drums and Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses) on bass. It’s only nine tracks but it was a catalyst to get me to where I am today.” I started recording a new album with Post Malone’s producer Andrew Watt. “He wanted me to sing on his song ‘Take What You Want,’ so I did and then one thing led to another.
Yes, the legendary King of Darkness had “never even heard of this kid,” he tells the UK rock outlet. “My first thing was ‘who the f - - k is Post Malone?!’ ” “It all started when Kelly comes in and says, ‘Do you want to work on a Post Malone song?’ ” Ozzy told NME. “Under the Graveyard” is t he first track from “Ordinary Man,” Osbourne’s first album since 2010’s “Scream,” which wife Sharon Osbourne, 67, confirmed on SiriusXM was due out in January. Its reflective lyrics include: “Under the graveyard, we’re all rotting bones - everything you are, can’t take it when you go, I ain’t living this lie no more. The new single is a dark, guitar-driven dirge that finds Osbourne, 70, pondering the end of life. Ozzy Osbourne isn’t going down easy - but he is facing his mortality.Īfter a string of high-profile illnesses, the Black Sabbath frontman-turned-solo-legend is back with “Under the Graveyard,” his first solo release in nearly a decade. Ozzy Osbourne moving back to England, doesn't want to 'die in crazy America' Ozzy Osbourne hopes to tour again amid health issues: 'It's where I belong' Surprise! Ozzy Osbourne and Charles III are actually chummy Sharon Osbourne: Woke people act like 'the rest of us' are 'the devil'
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