![]() This song is a beautiful example of “compositional” guitar work. What the reporters should have done is compared the “Grunge” feel players to the guitar players they wanted to compare them too, instead of generalising because Randy Rhoads played with feel and melodicism. And they generally compared these grunge players to all of the guitar players in the 80’s. When Grunge came out, a lot of the reporters wrote articles that expressed how the Grunge players played with feel. I am sure if I Google it, I would be able to find the link. I also do recall reading that Lee Kerslake came up with the vocal melody for “Flying High Again”. The AC/DC style groove allows Randy to colour the spaces. ![]() It’s a masterpiece of Randy’s guitar style, combining Vivaldi inspired lines with tremolo bar dives, open string pull offs like in “The Lemon Song” from Led Zeppelin or like “Jeff’s Boogie” from Jeff Beck and combining it all with chromatics. “You don’t need a ticket to fly with me, I’m free, yeah”Īnd that solo. “Don’t need no astrology it’s inside of you and me” “Over the mountain, take me across the sky” It is infectious and did anyone pick up Daisley’s reference to songs from the past like “Ticket To Ride” from Beatles, “Magic Carpet Ride” from Steppenwolf and “Shooting Star” from Bad Company. The bridge is very Rush sounding, which is simple power chords played over a shimmering and ringing of the open E and B strings. This time however, pull offs and hammer-ons are added to the 16th note pulse.ĭid anyone pick up on the “Black Sabbath” riff used before the solo break? When it morphs into the instrumental interlude, the key moves to D#m and it’s a standard harmonic movement in baroque music. The main riff is inspired by “Children Of The Grave”. At a high level, the song is the evolution of RR covering Sabbath songs. The underrated drumming of Lee Kerslake kicks off the album, before Randy kicks in with the G#m pedal point riff. Those other 80s cassette dubbers will know how cool it was to dub. To top it off, it clocks in at 43 minutes which meant back in the 80’s I could dub it one side of a 45 cassette tape and the other side I could devote to the “Blizzard” album. And because of my addiction to the “Tribute” album, I was blown away by the depth of material on “Diary” that didn’t appear on the live album, like “Over The Mountain”, “SATO”, “You Can’t Kill Rock N Roll”, “Tonight” and the unbelievable title track. ![]() Like the “Blizzard” album before it, “Diary” is a listening experience from start to end. It’s hard to believe that “Diary Of A Madman” is 36 years old. Actually 70 percent of the music I listen to is pre 1995. Fast forward to today and all I play is old tunes. ![]()
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