BallBuster II
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Ehhh what? Ozzy honestly only wrote 2-3 songs with Sabbath, "Changes", "Who Are You" and "Am I Going Insane". Tony wrote all the riffs and Geezer wrote all the lyrics. Ozzy's contributions for Black Sabbath were minimal at best. I have heard rumors that he helped Geezer write the lyrics for "Fairies Wear Boots" but considering that song is about a really bad trip Geezer had ( I don't think the myth about it being about the band being attacked by skinheads is true), I am going to continue believing that is Geezer's song and his song alone.Ozzy burned through most of his genius in Black Sabbath.
Ozzy's "genius" didn't become apparent until after Sabbath in his unworldly ability to find bonified guitar Gods to recruit to his band. Randy, Jake, Zakk, Gus. And considering Blizzard of Oz, Diary of a Madman, and No More Tears are some of the best metal albums ever released, it is fair to say his genius was only realized after he was kicked out of Sabbath, considering Sabbath flourished immensely under Dio (and some of the Martin era albums are really good even if they are different, plus Ian's album Born Again is just fucking amazing, we don't talk about the Glen Hughes album though). Hell even today Ozzy still puts out quality music. The Ordinary Man album is by far the worst thing he has ever done that wasn't "Under Cover" (though the title track with Elton John is killer), but Patient #9 is on another level of impressive.