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Ozzy Osbourne has died

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Re: Ozzy Osbourne has died

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Post by rglullis »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #64

I’m coming in from a position of ignorance here, so I was hoping the community would help me understand: the only thing I know about Ozzy is that he’s bitten the heads off of various animals, including doves and bats. That happened before I was even born. But, looking over the comments, no one seems to be talking about it. My question is, is it just not a big deal? If someone did that today, they’d be crucified in th…

> Ozzy fans, can you help me understand why few people seem to care?

Because this is at best an anecdote for someone who had such a troubled life with alcohol and drugs?

Because his music is so great and influenced so many other great artists that we know that he didn't do those things as a gimmick for attention?

Because I know we shouldn't be looking at rock stars as paragons of moral virtue?

Re: Ozzy Osbourne has died

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Post by FireBeyond »

thr0waway001 wrote: post #45
x0x0 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Keith Richards is alive. Hard to think of a more improbable thing.

Please implore your children and children’s children to leave a better world for Keith Richards.

Keith Richards actually died sometime in 1983, but the doctors forgot to tell him.

Re: Ozzy Osbourne has died

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Post by bitwize »

FireBeyond wrote: post #122
thr0waway001 wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please implore your children and children’s children to leave a better world for Keith Richards.

Keith Richards actually died sometime in 1983, but the doctors forgot to tell him.

Occasionally he spends a year dead for tax purposes.

Re: Ozzy Osbourne has died

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Post by fhdkweig »

Glyptodon wrote: post #90
sillysaurusx wrote: post #64

I’m coming in from a position of ignorance here, so I was hoping the community would help me understand: the only thing I know about Ozzy is that he’s bitten the heads off of various animals, including doves and bats. That happened before I was even born. But, looking over the comments, no one seems to be talking about it. My question is, is it just not a big deal? If someone did that today, they’d be crucified in th…

I don't think this fully explains, but the way society as a whole thinks about animals has changed an awful lot over the last 50 years. I also think that the boundaries of "polite society" and the law were different in scope. (Not justifying, but considering figures like Strom Thurmond had no problem remaining in office despite issues arguably more human adjacent it does not surprise me.)

Strom Thurmond was repeatedly reelected because of what he did, not despite it. His constituents really liked what he did.

Re: Ozzy Osbourne has died

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Post by Joeboy »

whycome wrote: post #82

A weird tech-related aspect to this for me. A few weeks ago I saw a viral video of his daughter saying that the final show really was his “funeral” and that he knew it would be his last show. I’m not a fan of his really so the video kinda passed me by, and I didn’t even realize it was AI generated. Upon his death now I’m struck by how accurate the video was. And, how it was emotionally very….accurate? I had internali…

This is tangential to your tangent, but in The Decline of Western Civilization Pt. II there's an interview during which he cheerfully and obliviously fails to competently make himself breakfast. I think that might've marked the start of his charming, bumbling, cuddly reality-TV star era. And that scene was at least partly faked in the edit by director Penelope Spheeris.

Re: Ozzy Osbourne has died

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Post by raverbashing »

nartho wrote: post #91
darth_avocado wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What’s amazing is that 75.8 is the life expectancy of men in the US and he managed to cross it with the lifestyle he had.

Well it's 78.8 in the UK

Well but he spent a good time living in the US so it kinda averages out

Re: Ozzy Osbourne has died

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Post by Lammy »

scoreandmore wrote: post #53

Funny growing up in the 70s and 80s watching the Moral Majority lose their collective shit over Black Sabbath. Satanic panic was real: I had to hide my records from my dad and only play them when he wasn’t home. I still prefer Dio but ozzy had more of an impact on culture. War Pigs is the most metal anti war song ever which is why the religious right hated it so much. Nothing to do with satanism, more about speaking…

I like how people were just responding to aesthetics despite After Forever being a song about how Jesus was way cool

Re: Ozzy Osbourne has died

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Post by vondur »

Saw him live back in 1986 at the Long Beach Arena with Metallica opening. And I think I saw Sabbath at on OzzFest with Slayer. He was a great frontman and certainly lived a full life. We should all be so fortunate.

Re: Ozzy Osbourne has died

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Post by vondur »

ocodia wrote: post #95

I’m a child of the early 80s and I consider myself fortunate to see the “original” Black Sabbath lineup at Ozzfest in Milton Keynes (2001). I was convinced I was witnessing his last gig not just because of his age but due to him tipping buckets of ice water over himself and the various electrical equipment on stage. What a gig though. What a showman. I’m surprised he lasted this long to be honest. RIP prince of darkn…

Ha, he was tripping over ice buckets at the Metallica shows back in 1986!
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