Ozzy Osbourne (31,508 views)

[Henny Macc]

On a different note, where do you guys think his lows should start? I went with E3 for now because that's where the previous thread had his lows starting, but I'm somewhat skeptical to agree that his voice actually sounds low at that pitch.

[surferrosa]

I don't think I'm familiar enough with that stuff. Early on, he did go low sometimes (I'm sure some of that was just how he liked to emphasize his voice) and then he got higher. Then it got lower again, of course.

I'm thinking where it's already at, or Eb3.

[Henny Macc]

Yeah, I previously had his thread on TRP2 starting at E♭3, cause it sounds like he's getting kinda low on notes like this:


I'm having a hard time thinking of any E3s that actually sound low for him though. I thought for a second maybe the ones in "Tomorrow" would sound dark enough to work for that purpose, but even they sound pretty mid-rangey:


Platypus do you have any examples of low-sounding E3s by him that you'd like to share? Since you were the one who added that as a low note for him.

[Henny Macc]

Somebody in the comments section for one of Platypus' range videos claimed that there's a G5 somewhere in this:

Anybody happen to have any further knowledge on the exact location of this? I could check for it myself, but I kinda don't feel like notewatching an entire hour long concert just to look for one note if I don't have to.

[surferrosa]

New C#3 in Under the Sun on the take in the Super Deluxe version of Vol.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdel4WiQwTI&feature=youtu.be&t=2m25s

[Henny Macc]

Oh cool, I hadn't heard about that release yet. I'll have to give it a listen sometime soon.

[Henny Macc]

Hadn't gotten around to posting it here yet, but I found some possible backing D2s in this B-side track:

I've been a bit suspicious about whether to count them though. They sound a bit stronger and darker than I'd expect him to in that range, though the tone sounds believable as him I think. That leads me to suspect that they may be pitch-shifted though? I'll leave it open to discussion.

[surferrosa]

Here's a C#5 in "Black Sabbath": m.youtube.com/watch?v=B9psthEFmNA&feature=youtu.be&t=54m49s

There's a more shouted D5 at 53m37s (which may count ?), but I do think the C# is better.

[Henny Macc]

Nice find! I'd consider both notes countable, though the C♯5 is definitely the better of the two notes. Can also count some E3s from that performance while I'm at it - never heard them play it in that low of a key. Might be worth checking some of the other songs from that concert to see what other songs get low notes as a result of the tuning.

[SailorBlue]

First of all, pretty dope remix. Second of all, the mix highlights backing C♯5s from the original that aren't present in the thread.

[Henny Macc]

Yeah it's awesome, super glad they released it. The C♯5s actually are in the original as well, but I think the remix makes them a bit more audible yeah. Added them to the thread anyway.

[Zedd Squared]

Apr 2, 2021 1:38:50 GMT Henny Macc said:

Hadn't gotten around to posting it here yet, but I found some possible backing D2s in this B-side track:

I've been a bit suspicious about whether to count them though. They sound a bit stronger and darker than I'd expect him to in that range, though the tone sounds believable as him I think. That leads me to suspect that they may be pitch-shifted though? I'll leave it open to discussion.

These sound legit to me personally. They don't actually sound THAT dark and strong, more like a mixed fry tone that is lacking in resonance but has enough pitch to count.

[queenfan11]

Listening to "Hero" i'm pretty sure the C♯5s and E♭5s are Ozzy's voice. They sound a lot like him to me:

[namainohana]

expected A5 at least disappointed to be honest

[Henny Macc]

Sorry Ozzy couldn't live up to your standards :cry:

[namainohana]

didnt meant it that way sir. I did not notecheck his previous notes and thought he hit some A5 even B5s. Disappointed by my estimation and the way he hit those notes feel higher that's all.

[Henny Macc]

queenfan11 expressed interest in hearing the fifth octave notes off Ordinary Man (several backing notes in "All My Life", "Today Is the End", and "Under the Graveyard") over Discord, so I figured I'd share them here for the sake of discussion.

C5s here and on every chorus (0:48, 1:52, and I think at 3:00)

C♯5s:

C♯5s here. Btw, is anyone hearing 0:37 as anything low? I must've ignored it on first listen, but now I'm wondering if there might be anything worth paying attention to there.

As you can probably hear, they mostly sound pretty autotuned, but I'm not sure if it's to the point of being worth considering them questionable notes, because they don't sound 100% unnatural and robotic to me. My take is that there was undoubtedly some pitch correction applied to them, but they may have been close enough to the intended pitch to still be worth giving some credit to. He also gets up to some surprisingly strong lead vocals B4s in "Under the Graveyard" and "Goodbye" which sound pretty natural, so there's that to take into consideration too I suppose.

[Baronessa]

Dec 8, 2021 18:47:30 GMT Henny Macc said:

Btw, is anyone hearing 0:37 as anything low? I must've ignored it on first listen, but now I'm wondering if there might be anything worth paying attention to there.

Well, there's another, clearer one of those at 1:44, which is an F2. Sounds like they're the same passage just copied over.

[Henny Macc]

F2 sounds wayyyy too low to be right to my ear. I'm hearing maybe B♭2 at best, though that even that might be too nanonotey.

[Baronessa]

Damn, you think he'd squash B♭2 that hard? Man, help me out here then, which part of "you animal" are you hearing that on?

[Henny Macc]

"YOU ANI-" is all between F3 and G♭3 to my ears, and then the "-MAL" is a very brief B♭2 I guess.

[Baronessa]

Oh, I guess we're just hearing different octaves then. Although, on -MAL I hear it going up instead of down.

[queenfan11]

Found what might be a B4 in the demo version of "You're No Different", but i'm not sure if it's voice:

[Henny Macc]

Sounds like his voice to me.

[queenfan11]

C3s, D3s, and E3s in this...interesting rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" from Chicago 2003: