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Topic History of: Ozzy Osbourne RIP 76 Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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hedda
Can't agree Rich. Rotten is a right wing bitch singing songs mocking the Queen while loving Margaret Thatcher.
And he joined in the absolute hogwash about Jimmy Savile completely re-writing his own history in one of the worst attempts to cash in on the drama.
Sid Vicious on the other hand was a real sweetie and a very nice person.
Was never a great fan of Osbourne's music but he always struck me as probably a nice friendly person.
Green Man
It's good that the locals want Birmingham Airport to be renamed after Ozzy, they did it with Liverpool, now named Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Is gaining traction. New Street should be named Crazy Train, the mechanical bull is named Ozzy.
However, I would like it if the Birmingham CC did something about their Walk of Fame stars; they are so grubby and they seem to be scattered at random places. No doubt a statue of Ozzy will be installed outside Villa Park.
Even the Slade star is grubby out in a dodgy part of the city centre and not with the others; then again, they were founded in Wolverhampton. Was Birmingham doing another "F.U." to Wolverhampton?
Rich
The first time I noticed Ozzy Osbourne was with his first sizable hit single Bark At The Moon in late 1983 as a 14 year old, maybe like many people my age. It's a great humorous video too, like many videos at that time they were sometimes as memorable as the songs. A few months later came So Tired in summer 1984 which I rather liked too. I've just listened and watched both for the first time in many years. But the only single I have ever bought of his was his father/daughter duet Changes, a pre-Christmas 2003 No1 which now sounds poignant and I always found surprisingly deeply moving.
Last night I was told a very well known singer around for decades had passed and tried to guess before they told me who it was, I ran off Cliff first, then Rod, Elton, and Jagger before being told Ozzy, which shocked me considering only last week I was reading about his triumphant farewell gig.
One thing I love about people such as Ozzy Osbourne, and Alice Cooper too, and even John Lydon, is that behind this big flamboyant and sometimes fierce image they cultivate they are just decent solid good people in the end underneath it all, and that makes them even greater still in my view.
Green Man
Wyot wrote: Black Sabbath wrote some original pioneering great music.
Music Iommi and lyrics Butler.
Then there was Ozzy.
I personally was no fan of his voice or solo stuff; but he was so enthusiastic on stage. Nice to hear JK that the sweet soul he seemed in interviews etc reflected the real man.
RIP Ozzy.
Great sentiments Wyot.
hedda
He always came across as good fun and a very nice person.