This is the Rheostatics performing "Power Ballad to Ozzy Osbourne" on the Vickie Gabereau show in 2004. The song is on the 2067 record. Great guitar solo. Thanks to www.rheostaticslive.com for making this available.
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wish i'd known about this when it happened...anyone who doesn't get the beauty of that solo doesn't get the rheos. half of their appeal was in the missteps and the rawness of their shows. it was all part of the rheos aesthetic, they never once strived to be perfect, they strived to be real, and in so doing gained a new level of perfection.
hamskankeuropolis 6 months ago
This song suzshit.
willdewit1971 7 months ago
Yea that was really bad.......For a four piece band that was sad underground or not that was laughable lol
Robert51169 11 months ago
yeah he kinda screws up the solo, still crazy he's playing a tenor guitar though.
elanmak 2 years ago
I love all the "not their best song/album" comments. By definition, there's only one 'best,' so you could literally say that about every other song/album. Just going through every song that isn't the that one and saying "Yeah, not their best. Or that one. Or that one. Or that one. etc etc.
-I guess what I'm saying is - Not your best critique.
cactus337 2 years ago
Yeah it's not the best song on the album but it's still fucking sweet, 2067 was awesome
tunaleg 3 years ago
Lame song that they screwed up.
2067 was their last real album, and wasn't their best.
RIP Rheostatics.
iloveflapjacks 3 years ago
I dig noise rock, but wrong notes are wrong notes, vocally, guitar or otherwise & in all cases they materialized here and fucked up their critique.
ninkly 3 years ago
I meant to say instead of "hey"...that very fast & easy to do solo (but rarely and therefore to an extent: admirably done) contained quite a few sour notes & not obviously sour either & the same goes for the vocals with (although I like this band) is not on par with something Ozzy would ever accept, which kinda nullifies the critique to a good extent.
ninkly 3 years ago
hey
ninkly 3 years ago