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Post by Terrapin Station on Feb 24, 2018 15:19:32 GMT
Versatility is one way to measure singing talent, but distinctiveness is another. Ozzy was/is much more distinctive and he fit the heaviness and darkness of Sabbath to a T. Could DLR sing Paranoid? Sure, if by "sing" we mean hitting the notes; but if we're meaning coming close to capturing the vibe of the original, I don't think so. DLR's "distinction" was that he was a showman who could turn anything into a party-time jam, and he could kinda mimic bluesy crooners when he wanted (ala Ice Cream Man). But I think there's far more singers out there that could do what DLR did as opposed to what Ozzy did. It's also worth noting that DLR's voice is pretty much shit now. I agree Ozzy is distinctive. So is that annoying friend with the nasally voice we all have. And every annoying nasally voiced friend that every single one of us has could have been successful with Sabbath. Very few could have done what DLR did with VH tho. The level he accomplished took lots of training and a hell of a lot of raw skill (I think?). All Ozzy did was show up and start singing a little off key with an absurdly talented and innovative Tony Iommi. Hell I could have done that. Where you're wrong is in assuming that anyone else would have sang the stuff that Ozzy sang just like Ozzy. For one, you're probably ignoring or you're not aware of all of the fine-grained nuances of phrasing, timbre etc. that aren't really notatable. No one can really play anything just like anyone else. There's always going to be some difference. It's fine if you don't like Ozzy, but DLR couldn't have sang with Sabbath just like Ozzy any more than Ozzy could have sang with VH just like DLR. |
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