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Ozric Tentacles — Bizarre Bazaar
Album: Strangeitude
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Released: 1991
Length: 4:00
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 Chongo1959 wrote:

Saw them live at a club called the Opera House. Black Grape opened up for them!




Cool!  You lucky duck, I wish I was there too!  How about some more info.  Good show?  Eh?
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Saw them live at a club called the Opera House. Black Grape opened up for them!
Posted 3 years ago by Chongo1959    [ Reply ]
 jtherieau wrote:
https://gph.is/2co3g86
 

Posted 3 years ago by Centabor    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:

Satrianiesque, huh?

As in Joe ... 

Posted 3 years ago by wsmithv    [ Reply ]
Cirque du Soleil music.  Not a judgement, just an observation.
Posted 3 years ago by brian15    [ Reply ]
Horrific to my ears, but I'll take my RP medicine as it delivers a hit far ore often than a miss.
Posted 4 years ago by Motolorax    [ Reply ]
7>8 because I'm in the mood.
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I f I win a dinner with 2 of my heroes.. I choose Bill from Radio Paradise and Ed Wynne from Ozric tentacles. {#Notworthy}
Posted 4 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
 jtherieau wrote:
https://gph.is/2co3g86
 Perfect

Posted 4 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
 nampelkafe wrote:
Too much of every f...g thing is not good...
LOL.  This my new definition of prog rock.... but sometimes it is good.  I kind of like Ozric. 

Posted 4 years ago by brian.gass77551    [ Reply ]
Today is Ed Wynne's birthday.
Thanks Bill.
Posted 4 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
Yeah, More Ozrics please Bill, they've got a huge back catalogue too.
Posted 4 years ago by Sam_Chucklestone    [ Reply ]
I thought this was Satriani
Posted 4 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Very good. Prog rock is not dead.
Posted 4 years ago by shampa1n    [ Reply ]
https://gph.is/2co3g86
Posted 4 years ago by jtherieau    [ Reply ]
Most Excellent.
Posted 4 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Wild
Posted 5 years ago by Atombender    [ Reply ]
Saw Ed Wynne and his band about ten days ago, as support act to Gong (they've been on tour together in the UK).  Nothing much has changed over the years, but then again - why should it?
Posted 5 years ago by JayHay-Char    [ Reply ]
Not heard this since about 1996. Bloomin' brilliant
Posted 5 years ago by be4con    [ Reply ]
That was brilliant
Posted 5 years ago by Beastie    [ Reply ]
this is just a celebration tune...  :D liked too much. excitingly good.
Posted 5 years ago by taklalaratar    [ Reply ]
Love me some Ozrics. Thanks for the pleasant surprise Bill!
Posted 5 years ago by sfuller    [ Reply ]
If u don't get it, practice moving
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Too much of every f...g thing is not good...
Posted 6 years ago by nampelkafe    [ Reply ]
Awsome!! Music is a jurney wich has no boudries! Negative comments have no meaning.

peace n love
Posted 6 years ago by Chrispy_one    [ Reply ]
Two Gong related bands in three tracks. That's what I call a friendly day. Thanks.
Posted 6 years ago by TotalHip    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
On the one hand, I am glad that OT is played here.

On the other, there is far too much technical noodling for my tastes.  Stop showing off and play music! 

 
I'm right there with you on that, westslope, although, knowing BillG has an affinity for playing these "oddities" once-in-a-while with purpose; in this case it leads into Seal's "Crazy" quite brilliantly.  I'm also happy w/ this track's name; Bizarre Bazaar...that's a pretty neat, if not an obvious, alliteration; keeping my 7 rating....Long Live RP!!

Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a demo track for a 90's Zoom rack, but quite a good demo indeed.
Posted 6 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
On the one hand, I am glad that OT is played here.

On the other, there is far too much technical noodling for my tastes.  Stop showing off and play music! 
Posted 6 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
I think this is another first for me here at RP. I love this and I hate it. Full on noise.  Largely in a good way, but I turned off my skepticism.  It's like Zappa and Stevie Vai on speed. I gotta go with a 6. 
Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 Bluesgrrl wrote:
Annoying. Tolerating it until I heard the guitar. Just because you know every note on your guitar doesnt mean you have to spew them on every solo or fill. {#Stop}

 
Prog is not a three chords thing you know...
Posted 6 years ago by Actuel    [ Reply ]
Great prog band !!
Posted 6 years ago by Actuel    [ Reply ]
Way too many notes.
Posted 6 years ago by Slam    [ Reply ]
OZRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIC!!!

{#Notworthy}

Even if this is not, by far, my fav' from them, still a big pleasure to have them right here.
Posted 6 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
 Sam_Chucklestone wrote:
Great track, a real fast journey through inner space. Love this band.

The first movement sounds like Steve Hillage post Gong.
 
I'm with you, Sam - great track. Full of drama and tension.
Posted 7 years ago by colt4x5    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}
Posted 7 years ago by musikluvr    [ Reply ]
One step further and I'll put my Hocus Pocus on you young feller.
Posted 8 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Atrocious.
Posted 8 years ago by Hoosfoos    [ Reply ]
Love the Ozrics! Great for zooming through hyperspace on a stationary bike. Come to think of it their slow stuff isn't bad either.
Posted 8 years ago by wgsu_1978    [ Reply ]
Seen these what a live show  now I must be getting old to hear such awesomeness on the radio{#Bananajam}
Posted 8 years ago by heeps    [ Reply ]
Wow,  the Sound of Sheiks on Speed double dosage! Geez! {#Drunk}
Posted 8 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
More fun than a barrelful of monkeys

Cartoon of monkeys in a barrel
Posted 10 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Annoying??
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Annoying. Tolerating it until I heard the guitar. Just because you know every note on your guitar doesnt mean you have to spew them on every solo or fill. {#Stop}
Posted 14 years ago by Bluesgrrl    [ Reply ]
Made me turn up the volume.
Posted 14 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 JimTC wrote:

Yep.
 
That's why I like it!

Perfection is the evil in 'good'. 
Posted 14 years ago by Albert1967    [ Reply ]
 superfido wrote:
too edgy and tense. Makes it annoying.
 
Yep.

Posted 14 years ago by JimTC    [ Reply ]
Great time signature on this one.
Posted 14 years ago by twitterpated    [ Reply ]
 TeleFrank wrote:
Sound a bit like an oriental version of "Infectious Grooves" (if anybody knows that crazy band) {#Roflol}
 
I LOVE That Band.

Posted 15 years ago by skyguy    [ Reply ]
it's nice.  competent but not particularly advancing as a guitar piece.  sure - Jeff Beck...  

comparing the opening structure of Led Boots to this song...  this is too safe and simple.

to me.

a 6, i guess
Posted 15 years ago by PrincessRue    [ Reply ]
I got a real 'DiMeola' hit off of this myself...{#Bananajam}
Posted 15 years ago by MtnSinger    [ Reply ]
 More_Cowbell wrote:
Reminds me of a Return to Forever album.  Nice
I agree...pulled out Romantic Warrior over the weekend & it still holds up.

 


Posted 15 years ago by Bobehler    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:
...very satrianiesque guitar...
 
Satrianiesque, huh?

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
...very satrianiesque guitar...
Posted 15 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
thanks for this on a monday morning at work -next!!! SPACE BETWEEN YOUR EARS PLEASE!!!!!!!!!
Posted 15 years ago by Pablo13    [ Reply ]
too edgy and tense. Makes it annoying.
Posted 15 years ago by superfido    [ Reply ]
This one definitely caught my ear.  Love guitar stuff like this.
Posted 15 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
Sound a bit like an oriental version of "Infectious Grooves" (if anybody knows that crazy band) {#Roflol}
Posted 15 years ago by TeleFrank    [ Reply ]
Sweet! First time I've heard Ozric on RP. Thanks Bill.
Posted 15 years ago by wildhaire    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of a Return to Forever album.  Nice


Posted 15 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
Bizarre and waaay coool!!
Posted 16 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]
I had a case of the Ozric Testacles once. Hurt like the dickens. Antibiotics cleared it right up though! {#Angel}
Posted 16 years ago by NeuroJoe    [ Reply ]
 prickelpit96 wrote:
This is fast music......I feel like I have to run somewhere now....
 

Down the hall and on the left.....{#Dance}
Posted 16 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
An excruciating row - dreadful. Drugs don't work!!!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by tiggers    [ Reply ]
...meesa likey!..
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Great transition from the clash!

Great album through and through. Although this band definitely jams out, they don't rub me the wrong way like, say...Phish.


Posted 16 years ago by baltimorelovejoy    [ Reply ]
What ever they having, I want some
Posted 16 years ago by worldwalker    [ Reply ]
This is a nuts as my day today!
Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Wakey man - just what I need on a grey, cold, wet dreary day in Geneva!
Posted 16 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
Nabla wrote:
Joe Satriani...?
Joe, yes, and the rest of the band is on SPEED!!!
Posted 16 years ago by jayvee2    [ Reply ]
OT's albums are best listened to in their entirety. They are rock-opera-like. Melodic moments, then frenzy, then back to mellow.... IMHO, this is the precursor to Porcupine Tree.... Tentacles ROCK!
Posted 16 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Joe Satriani...?
Posted 17 years ago by Nabla    [ Reply ]
Now your sure you have all your effects pedels on?
Posted 17 years ago by sonofpick    [ Reply ]
I like it but it errs a tad on the side of busy and intense. (I also like Jeff Beck.) Unfortunately, my earlier introduction to OT came on Morow.com where the intense, noisy, showy nature of most of the music eventually drove me away. Glad RP is playing it.
Posted 17 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
rangersfan wrote:
Joe Satriani.........Surfing with the Alien.
Far... but FAAAAAAAR from it, buddy!
Posted 17 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
OZRIC SUPER-MEGA-RUUUUUUUULES!!!!!! Bill... this is far not one of their best tracks! But WHAT A DEEP PLEASURE (near the orgasm... YEEEAH!) for me to listen to some of their precious stuff here!!! Bill, you're a chief!
Posted 17 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
Joe Satriani.........Surfing with the Alien.
Posted 17 years ago by rangersfan    [ Reply ]
Ya or Eric Johnsonsouthend wrote:
I smell Jeff Beck.
Posted 17 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Good stuff
Posted 17 years ago by o2bnsv    [ Reply ]
This is fast music......I feel like I have to run somewhere now....
Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
southend wrote:
I smell Jeff Beck.
That's what that smell is. My eyes are watering. And I like it!
Posted 17 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
I love these guys! Another great group I was introduced to on Radio Paradise. Thanks, Bill!
Posted 17 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
Monkey LIKE!
Posted 17 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
I was introduced to O.T. about 13 years ago when I was in middle school. Always glad to hear them being played on RP. They enter neat spaces with their jams.
Posted 17 years ago by tymborocko    [ Reply ]
I smell Jeff Beck.
Posted 17 years ago by southend    [ Reply ]
TheLoneIguana wrote:
"Tentacles. N-T. Big Difference." /I'll take 80's movie quotes for 200, Alex.
And to drink... Peru!
Posted 17 years ago by corndog4000    [ Reply ]
the_jake2 wrote:
When I first saw the name of this band, I thought it read Ostrich Testicles
"Tentacles. N-T. Big Difference." /I'll take 80's movie quotes for 200, Alex.
Posted 17 years ago by TheLoneIguana    [ Reply ]
daveesh wrote:
you can't do jazz oddysey for a festival crowd!
Posted 17 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Govi wrote:
Lame ersatz jazz fusion with no point.
Nope, just Space Rock, dude! And that ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuules!!!
Posted 17 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
the_jake2 wrote:
When I first saw the name of this band, I thought it read Ostrich Testicles
U like 'em rare or well done?
Posted 17 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
Yipes!
Posted 17 years ago by musikalia    [ Reply ]
Nice segue from Rock the Casbah :)
Posted 17 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
daveesh wrote:
you can't do jazz oddysey for a festival crowd!
Posted 17 years ago by BikeCoachDave    [ Reply ]
Sounds allot like Hidria Spacefolk https://www.hidriaspacefolk.st/ kicking Prog rock
Posted 17 years ago by biggeorge    [ Reply ]
I like the music. Teh album cover has gotta be one of the all time top ten worsts.
Posted 17 years ago by jadewahoo    [ Reply ]
buckskin wrote:
Maaaaaybeee just a WEEEEEE bit more than jazz/fusion? You oughta marry physicsgenius but please DO NOT procreate
More like amateurcreate
Posted 17 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Blecchh!
Posted 17 years ago by Johng    [ Reply ]
Every now and then I am in the mood for wanking. Guitar wanking, I mean. This is pretty cool.
Posted 17 years ago by goo    [ Reply ]
NeilBlanchard wrote:
Hello, I was fine with it until the dime-a-dozen guitar solo... Neil
I agree.
Posted 17 years ago by master_betty    [ Reply ]
Angloray wrote:
help! I'm trapped in my ex-boyfriend's car!
Well, he had good taste in music.....
Posted 17 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
Govi wrote:
Lame ersatz jazz fusion with no point.
Maaaaaybeee just a WEEEEEE bit more than jazz/fusion? You oughta marry physicsgenius but please DO NOT procreate
Posted 17 years ago by buckskin    [ Reply ]
you can't do jazz oddysey for a festival crowd!
Posted 18 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
Lame ersatz jazz fusion with no point.
Posted 18 years ago by Govi    [ Reply ]
Hello, I was fine with it until the dime-a-dozen guitar solo... Neil
Posted 18 years ago by NeilBlanchard    [ Reply ]
wow - this song is all over the place.sounds like a buncha tweakers
Posted 18 years ago by ndfan75    [ Reply ]
Angloray wrote:
help! I'm trapped in my ex-boyfriend's car!
Which, in my book, is reason enough for him being your ex.
Posted 18 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
Angloray wrote:
help! I'm trapped in my ex-boyfriend's car!
I could NOT have said it better myself..
Posted 18 years ago by rocteur    [ Reply ]
TreborG2 wrote:
March 24 - The Funk Box - Baltimore, MD
Cross Street - once it was the 8x10, then it was the Funk Box now it's the 8x10 again. We were upstairs with the tatoo crew.
Posted 18 years ago by Roach    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by cindydianne    [ Reply ]
I like the drums...
Posted 18 years ago by chinchita    [ Reply ]
Cue the Jethro Tull naysayers that say flute has no place in rock.
Posted 18 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
Love the beginning, but then it feels like a derailed train (phooey on the flute).
Posted 18 years ago by lkbooth71    [ Reply ]
sacarmic wrote:
Definitely has a Joe Satriani sound.......
I was just seeing if anyone had that thought besides me...
Posted 18 years ago by karen    [ Reply ]
help! I'm trapped in my ex-boyfriend's car!
Posted 19 years ago by Angloray    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by ryuujin23    [ Reply ]
website is www.ozrics.com some new tour dates are up (updated 25th Feb) and DC metro gets THREE opportunites.. Falls Church, Richmond, and Baltimore US Tour March 17 - Middle East - Cambridge, MA March 18 - Higher Ground - Burlington, VT March 19 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY March 20 - State Theatre - Fall Church, VA March 22 - Neighborhood Theatre - Charlotte, NC March 23 - Canal Club - Richmond, VA March 24 - The Funk Box - Baltimore, MD March 25 - Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH March 26 - The Abbey - Chicago, IL March 27 - Shank Hall - Milwaukee, WI March 29 - Harlow's Night Club - Sacramento, CA March 30 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA April 1 - Baja Prog Festival - Mexicali - Mexico Trying to see if the friend that got me hooked is going to go... he'd seen them before live and said they were awesome...
Posted 19 years ago by TreborG2    [ Reply ]
Definitely has a Joe Satriani sound.......
Posted 19 years ago by sacarmic    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
I was wondering when we'd hear from CORN JULIO!
Cornholio. 3. 2.
Posted 19 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
beelzebubba wrote:
THIS SONG KICKS ASS!
I was wondering when we'd hear from CORN JULIO!
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
I think this is probably good, but a little too jangly for at work and right before Christmas......I started typing about 100 wpm when this was on.
Posted 19 years ago by Beanie    [ Reply ]