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Ozzy Osbourne 1948-2025 [Episode 306] · Booked On Rock with Eric Senich

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, an unexpected episode of Booked on Rock. It's
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  Speaker 1: not about rock and roll books this time, unfortunately, it's
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  Speaker 1: about the passing of Ozzy Osbourne. And I was gonna
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  Speaker 1: try to put something up last night, but I didn't
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  Speaker 1: have the time to do it. And as a fan,
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  Speaker 1: I do want to share what I think, but I
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  Speaker 1: want to find out what you guys think about it
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  Speaker 1: and share your stories, your Ozzie stories when you first
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  Speaker 1: discovered Ozzie and memories of listening to Ozzie, going to
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  Speaker 1: shows seeing him. So I'd like you to do that.
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  Speaker 1: If you're watching on YouTube or listening wherever you listen,
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  Speaker 1: comment on it. I want to give a shout out
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  Speaker 1: to Gene Simmons, who I just watched today a couple
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  Speaker 1: interviews that he did, and he was pretty good friends
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  Speaker 1: with Ozzie and Sharon knew them over the years and
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  Speaker 1: he was really cool. I mean, he really had some
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  Speaker 1: great things to say about Ozzie. Basically that Ozzie there's
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  Speaker 1: no nobody else like him. He was the real deal.
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  Speaker 1: Jean said he had no ego. I mean, he just
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  Speaker 1: didn't think he was anything special. Yet here the millions
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  Speaker 1: and millions of fans it worshiped him like he was,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he was the man. He was the god
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  Speaker 1: of metal, the Prince of darkness. And then to see
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  Speaker 1: him get up on stage two and a half weeks ago,
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  Speaker 1: he willed himself up on that stage for the farewell show,
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  Speaker 1: the Back to the Beginning concert, and Tony Iomi I
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  Speaker 1: just saw an interview with him and they're talking about
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  Speaker 1: the interviewer was asking Tony about Ozzie and what did
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  Speaker 1: he think of the performance, and he said he was
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  Speaker 1: He thought he was just great. But they didn't want
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  Speaker 1: to push him too hard with rehearsals. They didn't want
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  Speaker 1: to make him do more than he could do because
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  Speaker 1: of his physical condition. He really it's surprising to see
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  Speaker 1: how well he did that night, the energy that he had.
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  Speaker 1: It's like he wanted to jump out of the seat.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, Tony Iomi said he did want to get
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  Speaker 1: up and stand. If he could, he would have, but
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  Speaker 1: he did it because it's what he loved to do.
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  Speaker 1: But also he loved his fans. He just had a
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  Speaker 1: genuine love for his fans. It's amazing and I think
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  Speaker 1: that was important for him to do. And I think
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  Speaker 1: his body just finally gave out. Again, he willed himself
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  Speaker 1: to get up there on that stage and say goodbye
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  Speaker 1: to the fans. What a way to go out. But
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  Speaker 1: so sad that he is gone. And I was introduced
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  Speaker 1: to Ozzy probably when I was about seven or eight
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  Speaker 1: years old. My older brother was listening to Sabbath with
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  Speaker 1: his friends, and then my other older brother he had
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  Speaker 1: Ozzy's solo stuff. He had the cassettes, he had Diary
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  Speaker 1: of a Madman, and he had Blizzard of Oz. So
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  Speaker 1: I was introduced to Ozzi solo and of course listening
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  Speaker 1: to FM rock radio, Ozzie was everywhere Black Sabbath would
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  Speaker 1: be played. And then once you go beyond the songs
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  Speaker 1: that you hear on the radio, you realize what a
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  Speaker 1: body of work this guy had, from Sabbath to solo.
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  Speaker 1: It's absolutely bar none. It's legendary. The first Sabbath album
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  Speaker 1: is from front to back perfect. The albums that they
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  Speaker 1: did with him for the most part, right up until
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  Speaker 1: you get to the late seventies when things start to
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  Speaker 1: fall apart, but those first four albums are absolutely amazing.
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  Speaker 1: Gene Simmons in fact, said his favorite is the fourth
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  Speaker 1: album by Sabbath, and he says everybody should shut off
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  Speaker 1: their social media, put the phones down, turn off the TV,
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  Speaker 1: and listen to Sabbath, which is a great idea. I've
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  Speaker 1: been listening to Ozzie and Sabbath all day at work,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm in way to and from work, so I've
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  Speaker 1: been doing that and just in awe of the body
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  Speaker 1: of work. I think I first saw Ozzie probably on
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  Speaker 1: MTV the Bark at the Moon video and loved the song,
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  Speaker 1: and then from there it just was everything he came
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  Speaker 1: out with would be to be at least one or
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  Speaker 1: two kick ass songs, Like even the album that he
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  Speaker 1: wasn't really all that happy with, which is the one
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  Speaker 1: was shot in the dark on it and I'm drawing
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  Speaker 1: the blank all of a sudden on the the name
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  Speaker 1: of the album Ultimate Sin, Ultimate Sins, the one from
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  Speaker 1: eighty six. Then he came back with No Rest for
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  Speaker 1: the Wicked, which is the one that has crazy Babies
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  Speaker 1: on there, and Miracle Man, and then he came back
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  Speaker 1: in ninety one that was his big comeback album with
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  Speaker 1: No More Tears, and I distinctly remember in the fall
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  Speaker 1: of nineteen ninety one when that album came out, It
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  Speaker 1: was like September of ninety one and watching on MTV
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  Speaker 1: the video for No More Tears, and I live here
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  Speaker 1: in New England in the fall, it's just awesome. It's
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  Speaker 1: it's if you're I'm a huge horror fan and I
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  Speaker 1: love everything that's gothic. So in the fall of New
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  Speaker 1: England at night, it just there's the the air's crisp,
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  Speaker 1: the leaves rumbling on the ground, there's that feeling that
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  Speaker 1: Halloween's coming. Scary movies on TV all the time, and
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  Speaker 1: No More Tears came out, and I just it was
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  Speaker 1: perfect timing to have that album come out, and I
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  Speaker 1: just remember being blown away by that song No More Tears,
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  Speaker 1: and then my mom coming Home was on the radio.
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  Speaker 1: So I just distinctly remember that period. And that was
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  Speaker 1: when Ozzie said he was going to retire No More
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  Speaker 1: Tours tour that didn't last long, but then as you
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  Speaker 1: get throughout the nineties, he continued to put out these
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  Speaker 1: albums that there was always something that you'd get out
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  Speaker 1: of every album again, whether it was just a song
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  Speaker 1: or two songs or the whole album. But Ozma that
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  Speaker 1: had Perry Mason I Just Want You phenomenal song, but
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  Speaker 1: also see You on the Other Side, which was the
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  Speaker 1: first song I played this morning when I got in
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  Speaker 1: the car, see You on the Other Side, which I
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  Speaker 1: thought was just fitting. That was ninety that one came
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  Speaker 1: out ninety five Down to Earth two thousand and one
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  Speaker 1: that had Dreamer on there, the undercover album and five.
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  Speaker 1: But he continued with Black Rain and O seven and
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  Speaker 1: he had guitarists. He was with Zach Wild for a while,
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  Speaker 1: but then Zach was gone, comes back with Black Rain
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  Speaker 1: Screamed twenty ten. New guitarist was a gush G. I
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  Speaker 1: believe actually Zach is on Black Rain, so I think
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  Speaker 1: scream is the one that had Gus g on it. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So he just kept going and his legacy was already
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  Speaker 1: set in stone, but he just continued to work. And
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  Speaker 1: of course with the Osbourne's TV show In the Know
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  Speaker 1: the two thousands, I remember that because there was this
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  Speaker 1: audience of people that loved Ozzie and they didn't really
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  Speaker 1: know much about its music. And I was as as
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  Speaker 1: you know, if you watch this podcast or listen to it,
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  Speaker 1: music is everything to me. So I remind people like,
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  Speaker 1: this guy's an amazing musician. Let's not forget that. But
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  Speaker 1: he was so lovable. I think that was when the
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  Speaker 1: world just embraced him. They just loved Dozzie. You could
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  Speaker 1: not help but love Ozzie, And there was this wonderful
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  Speaker 1: chaotic existence that he had. He was just you couldn't
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  Speaker 1: help but love the guy. But then when he got
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  Speaker 1: on stage, it was like he was in the zone.
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  Speaker 1: He was in complete control, complete command. There was no chaos,
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  Speaker 1: it was just he had command over that audience. One
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  Speaker 1: of the best showmen ever and one of the great
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  Speaker 1: to me, one of the best voices. There was no
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  Speaker 1: better voice for Sabbath, no better and don't forget he
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  Speaker 1: wrote the lyrics, He helped write the melodies for these songs.
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  Speaker 1: The guy was a tremendous talent and just one of
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  Speaker 1: the nicest guys from all accounts. Again, Gene Simmons talking
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  Speaker 1: about I think Gene Simmons said, the first time they
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  Speaker 1: Kissing Sabbath toured in seventy four, and Gene already knew
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  Speaker 1: about Sabbath the first album was out. He was a fan.
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  Speaker 1: And as kiss is walking off stage and Ozzie and
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  Speaker 1: the band Sabbath are ready to go out, Gene is
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  Speaker 1: ready to approach Ozzie to introduce himself, and sure enough,
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  Speaker 1: Ozzie gets to him first, he goes, Hi, my name's Ozzie.
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  Speaker 1: Nice to meet you. It was just totally down to earth.
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  Speaker 1: That's my story. I'm gonna I'll never forget Ozzie. His
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  Speaker 1: music will live on forever, so I will continue. Ozzie's
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  Speaker 1: not going anywhere in terms of his music and the
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  Speaker 1: videos and everything that he did. But it's a sad day.
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  Speaker 1: Seventy six years old. Ozzie Osbourne, He's gone. Love to
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  Speaker 1: get you guys. Thoughts on this, So, if you're watching
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  Speaker 1: this on YouTube, comment when did you first discover Ozzy?
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  Speaker 1: What your favorite moments Ozzie moments, concerts, your favorite albums,
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  Speaker 1: if you got a favorite song. I think Shot in
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  Speaker 1: the Dark may be my favorite Ozzie song, but there's
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  Speaker 1: so many that I really can't keep count. But let
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  Speaker 1: me know what you think and rest in peace to Ozzie.
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  Speaker 1: And thoughts going out to Ozzie's family because this is
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  Speaker 1: a rough time for them, obviously, but the millions of
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  Speaker 1: fans around the world. Thoughts with you guys as well.
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  Speaker 1: Keep the music alive of Ozzie. See you guys,