Former drummer of Dream Theather and current member of Sons Of Apollo, Mike Portnoy, has shared a photo of Ozzy Osbourne’s newest album, ‘Ordinary Man,’ via his official Instagram account and shared his thoughts about this album.
For a while, The Prince of Darkness had been struggling with several diseases. In January 2020, he announced that he is diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease and saddened the whole world.
Despite being unhealthy, Ozzy was stubborn and wanted to release his new album. With the help of most of the community, including Slash, Elton John, and Duff Mckagan, he released ‘Ordinary Man’ on 21st February.
After five days, Mike Portnoy wanted to taste this album and he was so surprised with the result. He stated that this album is amazing to listen to and showed his respect to the musicians that joined Ozzy’s album. Additionally, Mike shared his goodwill with Ozzy and prayed for him to not leave us alone in this world.
Here is what Mike Portnoy wrote:
“In all honesty, I haven’t checked out a new @ozzyosbourne album in a long time… But I picked this up outta curiosity and I’m very pleasantly surprised!
Great to hear @chadsmithofficial @officialduffmckagan @slash @postmalone @eltonjohn & @thisiswatt contributions taking Ozzy to some new places…(actual Beatles-esque moments!)”
He continued:
“But damn… These lyrics… It’s pretty obvious where Ozzy’s head is these days…these are some seriously poignant introspective life reflections… Almost as if he’s saying goodbye and this is his swan song 😔
(On that note, my only complaint would be the sequencing as that ‘Holy For Tonight’ should’ve been the last thing on the album as it’s so incredibly climactic and the Posty songs should’ve been earlier…)”
Mike added:
“But in any case, serious kudos for a surprisingly great album 👏 And Ozzy, please get well and hopefully you’re not going anywhere any time soon! 🙏”
You can check his post below.
