Roy Wood = Ozzy

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I was listening to "Useless Information" by the Move this morning and it occurred to me that Roy Wood sounds a lot like Ozzy Osbourne.

― David Gates of Delirium, Thursday, 11 December 2003 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)

or viceaversa, innit..

― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Thursday, 11 December 2003 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Well Roy predates the Ozz. Both from Brummagem, maybe this is of some significance.

― The Spotlight Kid (kid), Thursday, 11 December 2003 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

That's right, Roy's voice was heard first. Anyway, they each sound like each other. Ozzy came to mind as the reference point because he's a little bit more famous.

― David Gates of Delirium, Thursday, 11 December 2003 18:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Captain Beefheart at times sounds exactly like Howling Wolf. The Captain could have done a "CB Does Howling Wolf" LP. Unfortunate.

― DaleK, Thursday, 25 December 2003 05:02 (twenty-two years ago)

This factor might be the one and only thing that gives me a problem with Roy. It's not that I dislike Ozzy—in fact, I quite like him—but rather that it sometimes takes me out of the experience — as if Ozzy were to be singing Penny Lane parodies.

That's actually kind of interesting, really.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 25 December 2003 08:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Ozzy would love to be singing Penny Lane parodies - that's the weird thing.

― Schwingung (Damian), Thursday, 25 December 2003 09:42 (twenty-two years ago)

eight years pass...

I was listening to "Useless Information" by the Move this morning and it occurred to me that Roy Wood sounds a lot like Ozzy Osbourne.

He might well do but "Useless Information" is sung by Carl Wayne... admittedly he sounds a bit like Roy Wood on this track (and ergo Ozzy?) Love that clip of the Move doing "Fire Brigade" on TOTP, Roy Wood looks great + the quick cuts to Carl Wayne's "Oohs" are more inventive than the usual camera work on TOTP at the time. Also I thought Ace Kefford had gone bonkers by "Fire Brigade" and had left the band but there he was, large as life and twice as mad.

― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:26 (fourteen years ago)

IF you are a fan of the "Shazam" era, you need to track down the 'live at the filmore' 2CD set that just came out. I got one, signed by Bev Bevan. Which is his real name, thanks wikip.

― Mark G, Friday, 23 March 2012 09:06 (fourteen years ago)

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