Ozzy, has left the building.....

[toobfreak]

Ozzy, has left the building.....Gone, but never forgotten.​

Frankly, I'm a little surprised. I recorded a cable TV show many years ago where Black Sabbath had reformed and gotten back together then to do what they thought might be their end together. One last concert. This was more than ten years ago.

At that time, Bill Ward was not even playing with them. Out of drumming due to health problems.
And Tony Iommi was in a bad way. He had been diagnosed with cancer was getting chemo fighting it and it looked rather grim.

Honestly, I never thought that Ozzy would be the first to go.

 

[Frankenstein]

im surprised he didnt die years ago.....i am also surprised keith richards is still breathing...

He isn't! It's a zombie

 

[lg325]

 

[bluzman61]

Sad news. I wasn't a big fan of his music, but I did like "Paranoid" and "War Pigs" he did with Black Sabbath. And I LOVE his solo songs "Crazy Train" and "Bark At The Moon". RIP, Ozzy.

 

[Freedomisneverfree]

I'm more of a Who, Traffic, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, kinda guy....but Ozzy was on his own plane of existence.

Me too. Each band offered a different sound. I remember when I was 13 and the radio played Pink Floyd all night, I wanted more!

 

[Freedomisneverfree]

RIP Ozzy....the irony of some of our MAGA conservatives listening to War Pigs--will remain as a final gift~

Ozzy Osbourne...after puberty he didn't draw a sober breath until old age~

I can only say I loved music when I was a teen that was black metal/heavy metal. I liked what I liked and followed what each band had to offer. I never followed the stereotype of what I "should" be listening to. Years later my (now) friend said she thought Black Sabbath was devil music. I never looked at it that and to this day, I still don't.

 

[Freedomisneverfree]

Oh! When I had MySpace my friend looked JUST like Ozzy. I used to tell him that all the time.

 

[westwall]

Me too. Each band offered a different sound. I remember when I was 13 and the radio played Pink Floyd all night, I wanted more!

I saw them live in London in 1967 or 68.

 

[shockedcanadian]

I remember being out with a friend and he had some dude with him who I had never met before or since. We sit around at the park shooting the breeze, I was probably 18 or 19, it's 1 am or so. The guy I didn't know was older, had tattoos, was fairly quiet.

Anyways, my friend says "hey, stick around Joe (or whatever his name was) will give you a lift". So we're headed home, I'm in the back seat and the guy plays some music I'd never heard before. My friend says, "check out this song and how perfectly Ozzy holds the notes". For the first time I heard the song War Pigs as it boomed out of his car system.

I didn't like it, it creeped me out and just sat there quietly as I was sitting in the back, this strange, older rocker dude driving. Obviously the song has that feeling of imminent destruction, the lyrics were quite direct and profound. T was quite happy to get home.

They aren't even a top 10 band for me but I've learned to at least appreciate their uniqueness and art, even if it's too heavy for me in general. That songs sound is perhaps the most unique of their band and I do watch peoples reactions on youtube from time to time. Ozzy and Sabbath certainly had a major influence on heavy metal and rock bands.

Todays generation are far less afraid of the rock music as I was, or maybe its because they are experiencing it while recording their own reaction. So many songs when I heard them even as a young man just scared me, and I'm not even talking about the heaviest stuff.

I wasn't into the dark arts as some were I guess. Now it's just another song.

 

[SeaMajor7]

 

[sparky]

~S~

 

[Hellbilly]

 

[egp320i]

Billboard in VA from a big fan

 

[BothWings]

My Brother who passed at 53 was a rocker, played in many local heavy metal bands. He got his start listening to Black Sabbath, and so then I did too. I was 4 years younger so I got my start listening to iconic bands early. He used to riff in his room listening to Black Sabbath and taught himself to play guitar, he was very good, and although I never heard him sing in public many say he sang just like ozzy. He was definitely my brothers idol. This is sad

I'm 54. I've been involved in music since 1984. Ive played in a few bands and at my highest pinnacle the band I was with opened for the J.Geils Band at a blues club. Today I mostly just play for myself. I have some pro equipment and play in my little space, make some recordings and experiment a bit. I flirted with a larger circle of rock music about 22 years ago. But I truly believe there's a chance I would not be alive today if I had. The road kills people. Ozzy didnt die on the road. But some of the shit he did likely contributed to his decline and I may have to concede to those demons eventually too, even if I did refuse to go on the road with them.

 

[egp320i]

If only......

 

[egp320i]

haha, everywhere is flooded with tributes and jokes

 

[shockedcanadian]

My dad used to crank out the album Masters of Reality when I was a kid. I always thought the song SweetLeaf was about a woman, lol.

My mom hated it when my dad played this, but they were both young parents and sometimes company would be over. My mom would play country music, motown, Bon Jovi, Madonna. My dad would play AC/DC and Black Sabbath.

Amazing how the world changes. I bet you my dad hasn't heard any of those albums in at least 30 years.

I have to say though, being objective now as a middle aged adult, the guitar playing on this album was not just thrashing, there was a groove behind it. Also, Ozzys lyrics were FAR more optimistic and full of light than people realize.

Take "After Forever (now listening decades later as a tribute to Ozzy)". He is talking about G-d and is being a critic of heathens really. As was posted above when quoting Crazy Train, all positivity about love and peace.

His lyrics and his personal life, a loyal, loving, protective husband and father, conflicted with his "Prince of Darkness" reputation, which is really overplayed but it paid him well and brought him so much more celebration than their band, who were viewed as outcasts; could ever have achieved otherwise.

 

[Ringo]

 

[Freedomisneverfree]

My friend did a nice piece about Ozzy

 

[Highlight]

Black Sabbath was a controversial band in early 70s.

Not to me.