Ozzy Osbourne, ‘Mr. Crowley’ vs. Rush, ‘Witch Hunt’?

[WildRanger]

Inspired by this poll on UltimateClassicRock: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ozzy-osbourne-rush-scary-song/
Rush surprisingly won there, but who would win here?

[Stadler]

I love Rush, I really like Witch Hunt, and Mr. Crowley isn't even top ten of the RANDY songs (well, it might be number 10), but I still picked Mr. Crowley and it wasn't a hard decision.

[TAC]

[Zydar]

I'll go with Ozzy here. I love Rush, but Witch Hunt is the only weak track on the otherwise glorious Moving Pictures for me.

[jjrock88]

Witch Hunt is the weakest track on Moving Pictures, but it’s still a perfect album regardless.

This would be fairly close but I’m still going with Rush

[The Walrus]

Magic 8 ball told me, "Is this a real fucking question? Mr. Crowley, stupid."

[jammindude]

Wow.  Not getting the lopsided results here.   Witch Hunt by miles for me.

[Peter Mc]

Is the question “which song is creepier?” If so it’s Mr Crowley by a mile. I always think Witch Hunt is quite a nice sounding song, melodically.

[425]

I really like Witch Hunt a lot, and don't at all see it as the weak link on Moving Pictures (if such a thing exists, it's Vital Signs). I've only heard Mr. Crowley a couple of times and it did not make a strong impression.

[Adami]

Mr. Crowley, no contest.

[Setlist Scotty]

Wow.  Not getting the lopsided results here.   Witch Hunt by miles for me.

So much this!

[NoseofNicko]

Witch Hunt is excellent, but gotta go with Mr. Crowley.

[Polarbear]

Wow.  Not getting the lopsided results here.   Witch Hunt by miles for me.

Yep, didn't need to think twice about this.

[wolfking]

Mr Crowley, easily.

[Bertielee]

Mr Crowley, easily.

[Indiscipline]

I find it difficult to compare two songs with nothing in common. I guess I like (and have spun) Mr Crowley more, but that's not a real comparison.

If - as the original point on the website - the discriminant is being "the scarier", the only scary thing between those tunes is Randy's work, so Mr Crowley again.

[pg1067]

Inspired by this poll on UltimateClassicRock: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ozzy-osbourne-rush-scary-song/
Rush surprisingly won there, but who would win here?

If the question -- as in the UCR poll -- is which song is scarier, the answer is "Crowley" (even though the voters on UCR picked "Witch Hunt").  Neither is a particularly great song, but I picked "Crowley" by a nose.

The voters on UCR also picked Alice Cooper's "Welcome to My Nightmare" as being scarier than "Black Sabbath," which is beyond ridiculous.  Did anyone not get shivers down his/her spine upon hearing "Black Sabbath"?  Of course, UCR didn't pick many truly "scary" songs (e.g., "People Are Strange" and "Werewolves of London").

[Stadler]

Scary?

Orgasmatron by Motorhead (first time I heard it was at night during a thunderstorm and the power went out midway through.  Scared the crap out of me).

Sober by Tool (well, the video; I had a nightmare about that video, only time that has ever happened.)

[TAC]

Orgasmatron by Motorhead

 

[pg1067]

Scary?

Orgasmatron by Motorhead (first time I heard it was at night during a thunderstorm and the power went out midway through.  Scared the crap out of me).

I can see that.

Lemmy probably could have made some decent money doing "books on tape" for horror books.

[a51502112]

Monsieur Crowley, big-time. Witch Hunt is a skipper for me.

[Lowdz]

I'll go with Ozzy here. I love Rush, but Witch Hunt is the only weak track on the otherwise glorious Moving Pictures for me.

And yet Vital Signs exists 😀

[Bertielee]

Scary?

Orgasmatron by Motorhead (first time I heard it was at night during a thunderstorm and the power went out midway through.  Scared the crap out of me).

Sober by Tool (well, the video; I had a nightmare about that video, only time that has ever happened.)

Or many a King Diamond song. Back in the days, when I still listened to KD, I avoided nighttime. Too creepy.

B.Lee