fark.com members' comments on the Ozzfest Incident

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IronDuke

Ancient Mariner
Many of you may know [a href=\'http://www.fark.com\' target=\'_blank\']FARK.com[/a], the kentucky-based uber-blog. It's one of the most influential sites on the internet, and has such a wide userbase that it can take down websites just by bandwidth consumption. Users of the site can comment on articles posted, and they usually devolve into a flame war withing 25 posts (qiote sad, really)

When maidenfans.com was down last week, Fark posted a link to a story on the Ozzfest Incident. Unlike most of the internet community, the comments on fark seem to come down heavily on the side of Sharon and even bash Maiden. I've provided a link below, but there's no sense in posting a rebuttal there since the topic is already considered 'dead' for Fark users, and will not be seen again.

[a href=\'http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1636512\' target=\'_blank\']Fark.com member comments on the Ozsfest Incident[/a]
 
[!--QuoteBegin-IronDuke+Sep 1 2005, 09:55 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(IronDuke @ Sep 1 2005, 09:55 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Unlike most of the internet community, the comments on fark seem to come down heavily on the side of Sharon and even bash Maiden.
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What? Where? I read the first 50 or so posts, and all but 2 or 3 people asserted that Maiden is better than Ozzy in concert these days. Many said Maiden has always been better. And I didn't see a single post supporting Sharon; most posts called her vulgar names instead.

Still, it was interesting to read because it's coming from a more neutral source. The comments here have been obviously biased towards Maiden because we were all already fans before Ozzfest. This thread contributes evidence that we're not just brainless fanboys; a more random sample of the population heartily agrees with us.
 
Here are quotes from the article the Duke posted which directly compare Maiden vs. Ozzy/Sabbath...

Having seen both Ozzy and Iron Maiden much closer to their primes (mid-80s), I will say that Maiden kicked ass over Ozzy in a live performance.

maiden has never jumped the shark like the Osbournes.

Ozzy has like 3 notable songs and Iron Maiden has about 2... Osbournes win.

I'm a big fan of Black Sabbath ... but even so I left three songs into Black Sabbath's set because I couldn't stand to see how badly Ozzy was performing ... Maiden on the other hand were superb.

ozzy is trash now ... maiden carried ozzfest

Having seen Ozzfest, Iron Maiden was on their game. Great show, top to bottom. Black Sabbath, at least the instrumentalists, was good, but Ozzy... His voice sounded bad

I still like Maiden, but they just ain't shiat compared to Randy Rhoads.

I've been a fan of Ozzy for much longer than I've been a fan of Maiden... but I've got to come down 500% on Maiden's side on this one.

While I usually find the Osbournes amusing, I have to side with Dickinson this time.

I'm not particularly fond of either band (though I'd take Maiden over Ozzy anyday)

Hey, I'll take Maiden over Ozzy "has done nothing of substance musically since Black Sabbath" Osborne, any day of the week.

i will be the next person to declare that maiden > ozzy

And I would choose Maiden over Ozzy millions of times if I had to....

I've seen them both (a few times)since the 80's. Maiden over Ozzy.

Ozzy is past it, Maiden still rock

You get the idea. A few people prefer Ozzy; most people prefer Maiden.
(Not to be taken as an insult against Ozzy, whose music I like. But there's a difference between good and great.)
 
Upon reading the thread for a second time, you might be right SMX. I guess the anti-Maiden comments were the ones I paid more attneton to the first time through!
 
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(Not to be taken as an insult against Ozzy, whose music I like. But there's a difference between good and great.)
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Nope, we must not let this incident make us lose respect for Ozzy. Taking all of Ozzys music, including his Sabbath years, into account, the difference between him and Maiden is between great and uber [!--emo&:P--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
Ozzy had nothing to do with the egging though, it isn't really fair he gets dragged into it.

Even if he did marry that bitch.
 
from the website:
"Seriously, Iron Maiden has to be the biggest idiots. You don't take shots at the people who thought enough of you to headline Ozzfest when you haven't done anything but suck since Powerslave."
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but i liked this one:
"From Iron Maiden's new album about Ozzy and Sharon, entitled "Moneyslaves"
1. Ozzy's High
2. 2 Minutes Past 15:00
3. Loser's Words (Big Whore-a)
4. Flash in the Pan
5. Cruelness (ref. Sharon putting Ozzy on tour)
6. Back in the Mansion
7. Moneyslaves
8. Whine of the Ancient Metalhead

/Hear the whine of an ancient metalhead, an old junkie way past his prime..."
 
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