THE OSMONDS - CRAZY HORSES

CRAZY HORSES

THE OSMONDS

SONGWRITERS: ALAN RALPH OSMOND; MERRILL DAVIS OSMOND & WAYNE OSMOND

COUNTRY:U. S. A.

ALBUM: CRAZY HORSES

LABEL: UNIVERSAL RECORDS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1972

 

       The Osmonds are a U.S. family musical group who reached the height of their fame in the early to mid-1970s. Currently consisting of a duo of original members Merrill Osmond and Jay Osmond, the group had its best-known configurations as a quartet(billed as the Osmond Brothers) and a quintet(as the Osmonds). The group has consisted of siblings who are all members of a family of musicians from Ogden, Utah and have been in the public eye since the 1960s.

    The Osmond Brothers began as a barbershop quartet consisting of brothers Alan, Wayne, Merrill and Jay. They were later joined by younger siblings Donny and Jimmy, both of whom enjoyed success as solo artists. With the addition of Donny, the group became known as the Osmonds; performing both as teen idols and as a rock band, their peak lasted from 1971 to 1975. Their only sister Marie, who rarely sang with her brothers at that time, launched a successful career in 1973, both as a solo artist and as Donny's duet partner. By 1976, the band was no longer producing hit singles; that year, they transitioned into television with Donny & Marie, a popular variety show that ran until 1979.

     Crazy Horses is the fourth studio album by the American singing group The Osmonds, released in 1972. It reached number 14 on the Billboard Top LPs chart on December 23, 1972. Two singles were released in support of the album, "Hold Her Tight" and "Crazy Horses", both of which reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on January 24, 1973.

       Building upon the band's previous album Phase III, Crazy Horses was primarily hard rock in nature. It was cited by author Chuck Eddy as #66 in The Five Hundred Best Heavy Metal Albums in the Universe. Merrill was the lead singer on most songs as he was the lead singer for the Osmonds. Jay was the lead on Crazy Horses with Alan, Wayne and Donny each taking a portions of the lead vocals on some of the songs.

There's a message floatin' in the air.

Crazy horses ridin' everywhere.

It's a warning, it's in every tongue.

Gotta stop them crazy horses on the run.

 

What a show, there they go smokin' up the sky, yeah.

Crazy horses all got riders, and they're you and I.

Crazy horses (repeat 3 times)

 

Never stop and they never die.

They just keep on puffin' how they multiply.

Crazy horses, will they never halt?

If they keep on movin' then it's all our fault.

What a show, there they go smokin' up the sky, yeah.

Crazy horses all got riders, and they're you and I.

Crazy horses (repeat 3 times)

 

So take a good look around,

See what they've done, what they've done –

They've done—

They've done—

They've done—

 

They've done.

Crazy horses.