I dislike Ozzy the person. I also dislike the recent remastering jobs of 'Blizzard of Ozz', 'Diary of a Madman' and 'Bark at the Moon'. His singing voice also epitomises inadequacy. As for his composition abilities, well... On the other hand, he was adept at detecting musical talent - Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee and Zakk Wylde are all top-class guitarists. The rhythm section (varying over the years) is often decent, if occassionally unremarkable. Some of the lyrical matter of his solo stuff was interesting - it was occassionally banal or uninspired, but he is slightly underrated in this area due to his modern image. Unfortunately, my 'Ozzy' fix was more of a limited-range, short-term fling than a long-term love affair in the 'Guns N Roses' vein. Most of the Ozzy songs I've heard are decent, but not all ('Suicide Solution' is, IMO, a dull dirge of a song). I'll give him 3.
