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Summary: ozzy is GOD
Review: OZZY RULES GOOD SET LIST GOOD SHOW GOOD CROWD FOR THE MOST PART ONE THING I NOTICE OZZY DIDN'T THROW WATER BUT WHO CARES VOICE SOUNDED GOOD FOTHE BEGINING LESS FULLER TOWARD THE END THOUGH BUT WHAT THE HELL HE IS WAS 54 I THINK AT THE TIME OF THE RECORDING OF THIS DVD AND WAS ON TOUR FOR LIKE 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO THAT SHOW IVE NEVER SEEN ANY OF THE EXTRAS JUST CONCERT ONE THING I THINK NO ONE CAN ARGUE WITH IS OZZY DEFINETLY KNOWS HOW TO PICK HIS GUITARIST ZAKK WYDLE IS THE MAN ON GIBSON LES PAUL OF HIS HE PLAYED VAN HALENS EROUPTION AND STAR SPANGLED BANNER ALTHOUGH I TOO COULD OF DID JUST FINE WITH OUT THE SPITTING I ALSO NOTICED OZZY READS THE LYRICS FROM A MONITOR I NOTICED THAT IN BLACK SABBATH THE LAST SUPPER AND IN CONCERT BUT IF THAT WAS ME UP THERE ON THE STAGE I WOULDN'T WANNA FORGET THE WORDS EITHER ALL IN ALL GOOD DVD GOOD SHOW GOOD SOLO MUST HAVE FOR ANY TRUE OZZY FAN
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Summary: The Real Ozbourne
Review: Ozzy rules no matter what he puts out. That said, thank god for Zakk Wylde, the only true metal guitarist left on the planet. This is ozzy's best band ever. While I liked the Randys (Rhoads and Castillio) RIP, for their rock hero stature, this band is the tightest of all. The sound of this DVD will melt your TV and surround sound!!! Hey, have a party for your neighborhood and turn up the volume to 10. Oh yeah, and then scream over the volume and relive the great days of 80's metal. Who needs ozzfest? My only complaint is that that the set list is essentially the same as live and loud. There a bunch of tunes that could have provided variety that were left out. Actually my main complaint is against who ever mixed the camera shots (obviously not a guitarist). Every time Zakk rips a speed metal solo, we get to see ozzy attempting jumping jacks or a close up of Zakks RIGHT hand. Hey wake up, show me the left hand and the right hand. Otherwise, buy this album. Ozzy can use the money.
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Summary: Another live ozzy Concert...
Review: Run of the mill live ozzy. Although better than live and loud, we've seen it, heard it all before.
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: Set the home theatre up , have a few beers , turn the lights off n' turn the music up . This Rocks...i was never an ozzy fan but this is brilliant , ive got motley crue dokken n' sammy hagar on dvd , but this is by far the best , the 5;1 mix is unbeleivable, the camaras angles are great , and what a great set , all it needed was miricle man n' perry mason to be perfect , but zak plays a bit of miricle man in his solo. Its worth every cent , im an ozzy fan forever , is there a better DVD?
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Summary: This thing just jams....
Review: The band is tight and Ozzy's vocals are still great. The concert footage is very good. For a Zakk Wylde freak like me, the cameras do an awesome job of capturing the fretwork. I really enjoy this DVD. I just wish Ozzy wouldn't cuss so much! This is waaaaay better than Live and Loud, which I was very disappointed in. The sound on Live and Loud is awesome, but you're watching a video, not a concert. I'm glad I only spent $6 on Live and Loud...
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Summary: This thing just jams....
Review: The band is tight and Ozzy's vocals are still great. The concert footage is very good. For a Zakk Wylde freak like me, the cameras do an awesome job of capturing the fretwork. I really enjoy this DVD. I just wish Ozzy wouldn't cuss so much! This is waaaaay better than Live and Loud, which I was very disappointed in. The sound on Live and Loud is awesome, but you're watching a video, not a concert. I'm glad I only spent $6 on Live and Loud...
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Summary: Why'd they do it in Japan??
Review: The budokan worked great for Cheap Trick, but unfortunately, it is terrible for ozzy. I am a huge ozzy fan, I own several bootlegs w/ Randy Rhoads(The god of guitar), saw ozzy w/ black sabbath in 2001, own The Black Sabbath last supper DVD, and have seen the early sabbath footage. This doesn't compare to any of them as far as a quality show. The sound is great, and so is the camara work, but the concert [stinks]. First of all the lighting and stage is very cheesy and minimal, not a whole lot of props going on, no video screen, just boring. Also this is not one of Ozzys best performances. Once you've seen the other DVDs and most of all, once you've seen him in concert you'll understand. He's just not very animated or energetic here, which is very uncharacteristic. He usually jumps, dances, and claps his hands, usually extremely fun to watch, but not here. I think this may be because the audience is just a bunch of very passive. Ozzy tends to give what he receives. The band is pretty good though, but Zakk is also uncharacteristically unanimated. When he solos, he just puts a foot on the monitor and stares at the neck the whole time. He used to be all over the place. His tone is also kind of annoying, very sterile and processed sounding. Not organic and full like Randy's. But his playing is very good. Don't buy this DVD, its an off night for ozzy, the crowd and stage is very boring. Buy the sabbath last supper or volume one DVDs, those are amazing. If he would of filmed it in the U.S. or England it would've been great, Ozzy works well with the roudy crowds, and the stages and lighting are very ornate and impressive. Bummer.
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Summary: The emporer decrees this fit to buy
Review: The emporer quite enjoyed this DVD. I was at the show where this was recorded so i can say it was great. He did songs like bark at the flying again, and Perry Crazytrain. It was jolly good fun. Buy it or you will be smited by my army!
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Summary: THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS IS BACK
Review: The Ozzy live in Budokan is another chapter in the master of metal's life. A new Line-up with Mike Bordin on Drums after the tragic death of Randy Castillo, and on Bass is Robert Trijillo.The atmosphere of the crowd is very somber and not that mad like weve seen the master of metal deliver. I would not have picked Budokan Hall Japan to record a live album but none the less some of the songs are hot. The Recording in my view is nothing short of appauling. The sound is very hazy, and the song Mama I'm comming home is played with an out of tune nasil sound. There is flashes of brilliance on this album high-lighting why ozzy osbourne has still got it. The old song Beliver, is back and it is great to see ozzy perform it again. The bass is very flat on this song, however ozzy sings it extremley well. Crazy Train is another song done extremley well, and showcases the reason why ozzy is the master of metal.Bark at the moon is also awsome and the crowd goes wild with this song. Although Ozzy does cover old and new tracks, there was no songs from no rest for the wickard or some of his absoulte classics such as Over the Mountain, or Crazy Babies, Perry Mason, I Just Want You, Shot in the Dark, Mirical Man, or even War Pigs, But not to be, and so the album sounds a little empty with the same old songs he performs with a few of his new ones thrown in. all in both the DVD and the CD are worth purchasing if your an ozzy fan like me. but don't be expecting anything fantatic as it doesn't deliver. Ian
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Summary: Great concert and awesome sound
Review: There are basically two types of reviews for this DVD on this site. In the first view, Ozzy the ageing rocker shows that it's time to hang up the microphone with a sub-par live vocal performance that fails to do justice to classic songs, is aided by an auto-cue so his addled brain doesn't have to remember the words, and shuffles about the stage as if it's his living room. The band is proficient but lacks emotional commitment to the music. In the second view, Ozzy the ageing rocker shows that he still has what it takes with a blistering performance given his age and physical history that never lets up from the Big Rock Show riff of 'I Don't Know' to 'Paranoid', complete with frog jumps, stage antics and the classic water throwing. The band is incredible with Mike Bordin (ex Faith No More) on drums and Robert Trujillo (ex Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves) on bass supporting Zakk Wylde as the bearded and chain-bedecked metal guitar god. In my view, the truth is closer to the second view. Anyone will concede that Ozzy is past is prime. You don't get studio vocals, but his performance is fine and is still enough to carry the show. The band really do sound incredible. The sound production is awesome, with a great mix, and better than, say, Megadeth or Sabbath's "The Last Supper". As this is perhaps Ozzy's last live DVD effort (it probably should be, sadly), Ozzy fans - and metal fans - should not miss out.
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