Goodbye to Romance (song)
| "Goodbye to Romance" | |
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| Song by Ozzy Osbourne | |
| from the album Blizzard of Ozz | |
| Released | 12 September 1980 |
| Studio | Ridge Farm Studio, Rusper, England |
| Genre | Soft rock |
| Length | 5:35 |
| Label | Jet |
| Composer(s) | |
| Lyricist(s) | Bob Daisley |
| Producer(s) |
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"Goodbye to Romance" is a song written by Ozzy Osbourne, Bob Daisley and Randy Rhoads from Osbourne's 1980 album Blizzard of Ozz. A ballad,[1][2] the song has been characterized as influenced by the chord progressions of Pachelbel's Canon (or the Canon in D) by composer Johann Pachelbel.[3][4]
Background and lyrics
"Goodbye to Romance" was the first track written for Blizzard of Ozz,[5] and the first song that Osbourne and guitarist Randy Rhoads completed together.[6] Osbourne has said that the song was his way of saying farewell to his former band Black Sabbath.[7]
The lyrics of "Goodbye to Romance" express mourning over a love being lost.[8] Though the song's initial verses communicate the sorrow of the protagonist, the third verse onward sees the protagonist speaking of leaving their past behind, and looking optimistically towards their future.[9]
Composition and arrangement
Rhoads's chord progressions in "Goodbye to Romance" have been classified as an adaptation of the progressions found in
Heritage also writes that both Pachelbel's Canon and "Goodbye to Romance" use a progression of eight chords in D major, though the former "has a stronger sense of being in major key [...] whereas the tonality for 'Goodbye to Romance' is stylistically nuanced to reflect the melancholic qualities of a rock ballad."[12] The harmony of "Goodbye to Romance" features slight deviations from that of Pachelbel's Canon, including "modifying the I-V (D-A) chord change in bars 1 and 2 with an I-iii (D F#m) chord change in bars 1 and 2 of the verse", with the resulting effect, Heritage argues, better suits "the melancholic subtext of the accompanying lyrics."[2] The outro melody of "Goodbye to Romance" features a fanfare-style motif played using a synthesized trumpet.[2]
Live performances
During the
Personnel
- Ozzy Osbourne – vocals
- Randy Rhoads – lead guitar
- Bob Daisley – bass guitar
- Lee Kerslake – drums
References
- ISBN 978-1137456670.
- ^ a b c Heritage 2016, p. 57.
- ^ a b Walser 2014, p. 79.
- ^ a b Heritage 2016, p. 55.
- ^ Mills, Matt (8 February 2024). "Lawsuits, warfare and "bone movies": The stories behind every song on Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard Of Ozz". Metal Hammer. Future plc. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ISBN 978-1666915310.
- ^ "Thirty Years After the Blizzard" DVD interview.
- ^ Walser 2014, p. 148.
- ^ Heritage 2016, pp. 57–58.
- ^ Heritage 2016, pp. 55–56.
- ^ Heritage 2016, p. 56.
- ^ Heritage 2016, pp. 56–57.
- ISBN 978-0-446-56989-7.
- Newspapers.com.
Bibliography
- Heritage, Gareth (2016). "'It's Like a Mach Piece, Really': Critiquing the Neo-Classical Aesthetic of '80s Heavy Metal Music". In Brown, Andy R.; Spracklen, Karl; Kahn-Harris, Keith; Scott, Niall W.R. (eds.). Global Metal Music and Culture: Current Directions in Metal Studies. ISBN 978-1138822382.
- Walser, Robert (2014). Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music (2014 ed.). ISBN 978-0819575142.
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