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PODCAST: Episode 770 - RIP Ozzy Osbourne · Ghost Cult Magazine Podcast

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None. Again, I knew this day would
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come, but it's crasher is passing by Sin City Crasher. 79
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Debbie Easterwood, Del Play Matt.
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Camacho, you know again. We knew this day might come.
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But I just didn't think it would come this after.
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Just hard. To put it together, Volbeat
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rockers here. Lunch, man, it's here.
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You know it goes without saying, drop a comment.
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And feel free to feel. Free to drop a comment?
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Let's see. Let's see what's going on.
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Here one second, all right. Now we should.
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Have the sound. You guys good.
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Thanks, Debbie. Yeah, OK, technical problems.
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I need a new USB dongle. That's a problem for another
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day. Yeah, just bringing the news.
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About the sad passing of. Ozzy Osbourne I'm pretty
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devastated. I have some personal.
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Experiences to share about my time meeting Ozzy and
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interviewing him. The highlight of my entire.
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Career as a journalist. And just as a.
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Fan of heavy metal and. Yeah, this is.
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You know. Wildly unexpected there we.
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Go. That's a little better angle.
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Man element tattoo. Welcome, welcome.
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Good. To see you again.
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Sorry, it's for this. I wish it was.
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For anything else. Yeah, it's this is going to be a
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hard one. Again, I we.
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Knew this day would come. Just a lot faster than.
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Expected again, feel free to. Drop a comment Share your
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favorite Aussie songs, Black Sabbath songs, Aussie songs,
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Aussie moments. Just really.
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In shock, I mean again. We're going to lose all our
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heroes. This is the the.
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This is what it is. I I often talk about remembering
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one of my. Childhood memories as my mom.
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Spending a lot of time in the kitchen, it was like her hanging
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out spot. Where she had.
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Like the sort of Control Center for the whole.
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House. And.
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I remember her listening to. Her daily.
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Radio show and when somebody. Was announced that they passed.
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That she cared for. You know should be overcome.
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And a lot of people were sharing their grief.
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Obviously, this is just devastating.
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This is just. Devastating for Heavy.
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Metal Ozzy is, you know. An icon.
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An icon of. Music An icon of pop.
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Culture. And.
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Transcended rock and metal and. A lot of.
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People know who he. Is that would not.
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Work otherwise. Listen to our music.
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But I'm, you know, metal. Is like a a.
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Will take you in any. Condition at any time and.
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Yeah, this is a hard. One shout out to my partner,
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Omar. At Ghost Cult here, who put up
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the story first? This morning and I'm already
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dealing with some personal. Stuff I'm going to be.
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OK, but you know just. Trials and tribulations of life,
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thanks for being. Here, everybody, whoever.
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Is watching on TikTok. The best experience for this?
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Is always Facebook, YouTube, Twitch.
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And Instagram, but we're also. Hanging out on the tic so feel
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free to. Drop your comments here and.
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I'll try to answer them as best I.
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Can come get a tattoo with the king of.
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Darkness, you know, Maybe. Maybe just greeting some folks
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who are passing through. Thank you.
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We'll I made this. Little deck for the show.
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With this picture. Of Ozzy at Oz Fest.
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In 2017 I saw. Three of the final Ozzy.
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Tours and Ghost Cult covered like 3 of the last four Ozzy.
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Tour like festivals and tours. Piercing metal is here, my good
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friend. Ken, how are you, Sir?
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We just did a round. Table of our guests from.
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Across metal journalism. And A and a music.
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Artist to talk about the back to the.
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Beginning good, bad and different.
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Mostly good, you know. I am, yeah.
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I'm. I'm definitely dealing with my
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grief. I had a little.
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Cry earlier. We've got there's been tributes
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coming out. About Ozzy from Everybody I.
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Might read some, you know some. People just shared a photo.
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Others shared their memories and.
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I'm. Grateful at a time like.
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This. We all have each other at least.
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But yeah, it's tough. I think the best one I read.
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Obviously from, you know, this family put out a statement on
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Ozzy's channels and. Also Ozzy's publicist.
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Long time publicist Marcy Rondon of Schneider, Rondon Publicity.
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As long as a. Ghost Cult has been around.
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They've been his. Publicist, and probably long
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before. That and they used to do the.
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Pussy. Called the Oz Fest and Ozzy
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events and things. I think the best.
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One that I read. So far, obviously, Iommi wrote.
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Right as the news. Was breaking.
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I can't believe it. My dear friend Ozzy has passed.
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Away only two weeks after our show with Billa Hart Billa Park.
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It's such a heartbreaking. News that I can't really find.
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The words that won't even. Be another liking.
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Geezer Bill and myself. Have lost our brother.
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My thoughts go out to. Sharon.
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And all the Osbourne family. Rest in peace with some nice
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photos of them. Geezer posted a nice thing, I
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don't know if. Bill has posted yet?
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He probably has I. Mean you know it's.
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Got to be a shock. The timing of this?
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Is a shock. And we had, I don't like giving
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in the rumors and we don't do a lot of.
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Rumors here at Ghost. Cult we try to keep it grounded
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in reality for everybody that follows us and.
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You know lungs are. Feeling thinking of an Aussie
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tattoo. Nice.
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Hey and thank you such. A sad day indeed, Dustin.
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Sullivan and Eddie O have. Joint and Gee, so you know,
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just. Trying to get our brains.
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Around this like how did you know how did this?
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Happen so quickly. We had been hearing.
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From a very credible source in the spring.
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That he was in bad shape physically and there was some
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doubt that. He could even make it to the
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concert. But obviously he did.
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Everybody saw it. Around the world.
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And it was, you know, quite. The spectacle.
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I watched it that. Entire day with my girlfriend
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and. We continued to like watch.
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Clips of it all week and all. Weekend.
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Then we did our. Reviews here and our.
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Recaps and our round. Tables, yeah.
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Debbie Easterwood says I felt, I felt after the live show, he can
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go happy. He did.
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That was his. Dream, Ken.
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Also said this to me offline. Earlier that was like his last
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wish was to go out. And hear the crowd and.
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And perform. And he did.
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He definitely. Did he lived hard?
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He lived his life. At 100.
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Better than most people until he couldn't anymore.
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And I'm glad that he's not suffering.
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You know it's a a. Heartache and A and a hardship
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for your family to. Watch you, you know.
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Come apart. Basically as a human being.
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So it's really. Hard, but yeah, Ozzie, man.
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What a what a loss. And.
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Again, I definitely didn't think it would be so soon after.
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This farewell show. Just some minutiae out of the
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way, tomorrow night the Glacially Musical podcast.
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Which is my other podcast. We'll be doing a do some program
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routes. We'll be doing a live stream,
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also memorial for Ozzy and. Sabbath and talking about all
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our favorite. Things and breaking it down as
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our podcast likes to do. And I'll be back on Thursday
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with my weekly Rocket Metal. News show that you.
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Guys are all. Accustomed to seeing here.
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Was doing the thumbnail. Earlier, so we'll be back on.
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Thursday for sure. Maybe I'll.
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Sneak in one more. Live stream tomorrow.
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I had a bunch of live stream topics.
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But obviously this. Is going to dominate the news.
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For a while. The Death of.
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You know, just again, I know the word legend and icon are thrown
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around. Quite a bit, but.
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There's no question. That this applies to Ozzie.
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For all the various. Reasons and I think.
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We'll go in reverse order. You know.
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Obviously got his start with Black.
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Sabbath in 1960. 8 The band invented heavy.
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Metal, they have a lasting legacy that can't be fucked.
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With, I was strictly Ozzy. Huge Ozzy fan as a little kid
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and I often talk about. Hearing that.
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First base note of War Pigs. Is like a three or four year old
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just changing my whole life. You know, I don't.
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I understand that people. Prefer.
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Dio and he was a. Better technical singer than
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Ozzy, but Ozzy. Is responsible for so many
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things in the heavy metal. Medium just you know whether.
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He wrote the words or sang better or not, it doesn't
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matter. He was there at the.
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Beginning Black Sabbath wanted to.
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Scare people with their music. And they absolutely did.
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And that. Included Ozzy's voice and.
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You know, whatever you want to say about Ozzy not.
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Being a great musician, he sure had a great.
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Year for melody and he sure sang memorable songs that last
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forever. Mark Badger's here.
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Hey. Mark this one bleep.
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And hurts bro right here. Man, I'm so hurt it.
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Hurts a lot. I knew this was coming.
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We just did a. Show a live stream about a month
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ago about the worst. Depths in rock and metal.
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And at that time, you know, I said kind of dime bag and Lemmy
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or 1A and one. B for me and Ozzy is right
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there. This is probably going to be the
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hardest. One ever I.
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Just. You know, I, I don't think it,
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they didn't owe it to. Anybody to say he's really been
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off, but you could see. He was in pain and struggling
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and and even. Geezer was like I looked over to
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his eyes and I. Saw that like there was.
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More in him he wanted. To do more, he.
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Wanted to stand up. He wanted to jump around.
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And you just felt bad for him because you could tell his body
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would not. Cooperate you.
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Cried all day about Ozzy. Jessica, Nicole, I hear you.
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It's really. Hard, and I'm here for all of
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you. We're all going to get through
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this. We're going to.
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Grieve, you know we. Because of the social.
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Media error. We grieve publicly, right?
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So that's. Kind of the thing.
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We all grieve together now. Which is weird but also good.
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Because you can reach out to people.
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Around the world, thanks for. Following Jessica, I will follow
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you back when. We get off the stream.
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I follow. Everybody back that follows.
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Goes cold, so I'm very grateful. If you've got a legit profile.
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And you're just kind. Of a faceless nobody.
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Or if you were, you know, horrible, then I don't follow
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you. But most people are decent.
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And good. And metal.
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Heads, as I often say, you. Got to want to be.
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Here, nobody is a casual fan of this music.
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So, you know, we'll take it, like they say, back to the
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beginning. And of course, Ozzy here, seen
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at Oz. Fest, like I said.
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We covered Oz Fest meets. Not Fest.
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We covered Chicago open. Air was one of the last times I
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saw. Ozzy, we covered the new.
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Year's Eve Oz Fest in 20. 18 before Ozzy's health.
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Took another turn for the worse. Shout out to men loyal.
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Who? Covered that for us.
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And you know, we have Ozzy. The music and we have.
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Ozzy the person. Thank you.
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I don't know if I can listen to Mama.
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I'm coming home, you know, Jessica, even.
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Though that song is actually about.
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Sharon and Ozzy's guilt. About being.
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You know, hurtful to Sharon. That was always a very special.
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Song for me, my mother. Loved that song she thought it
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was. Beautiful.
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I love that. Song My mother's passing is
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still. Very hard for me.
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After, you know, 20. Jeez.
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Almost 30 years ago and it still hurts a lot.
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So you know it was only. Recently.
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Could I even hear that? Song or sing?
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It usually I host karaoke. On the weekends.
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I couldn't even sing it. Without crying.
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Just finally. Recently got through it enough
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where I can do it. Without like breaking.
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Down and you know I. Don't know.
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I've listened to Ozzy all day since.
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We got the news since I got up so.
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Just wild. For me, bad mark.
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Says for me the last. 20 years losing DO Lemmy and Ozzy has
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been really bad. It has been really bad.
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It was hard. Watching his last performance,
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it was hard. It was hard.
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It's going to be hard for a while.
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Just a couple of oh. Somebody's here in the comments.
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Hey, Zach is here. Hold on one second, I'll kill
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off the banner. For ghostcultman.com and Zach
14:38
Becks for being here. My introduction of Black.
14:41
Sabbies was a 19. 81 adult animated movie classic Heavy
14:43
Metal. And DO came first.
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Ozzy second. This was 96.
14:47
And then I did. It in reverse order when I was
14:48
11. Nice.
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Thank you for sharing. A lot of people discovered Heavy
14:53
Metal because of the movie. Heavy Metal and Heavy Metal
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magazine. It doesn't get better, Debbie.
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It doesn't. But you know, we also.
15:01
Have to persist and continue. Thank you for sharing everybody.
15:06
Red Rum is here. So yeah, just a couple of.
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Little housekeeping things, you know.
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We are not corporately backed. And even though we have some
15:14
advertising on our website, you can feel free to tip us if you
15:17
want. To somebody.
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I don't know, I feel. Like all creators do this.
15:21
And somebody dogged. Me the other day about.
15:26
Asking for money but like. You know we need to.
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Keep the lights on. That's how this goes.
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It's it's not. Because I I love.
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Doing this and I will. Always do this but.
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You know. It's it's like no different than
15:39
having a band to do a music. Website that's not corporately
15:42
backed. So it's kind of have being a DIY
15:45
band, it's all the same. Vibes I had when I.
15:47
Used to, you know, have a band and I.
15:52
Do have a band again for the first time in a long time, but
15:54
we'll see. Parks and Recs is here.
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Supplication Metal is here. Thank you for everybody for.
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Watching, I appreciate you. But if you want to throw us some
16:03
tips, cool. If not, that's OK too.
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So, you know, we just had the. Back to the beginning and so
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much Ozzy conversation and I don't know if.
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People have realized. This but according to.
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Billboard Paranoid is the number one rock.
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Song in the World. Right now, because a whole bunch
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of people have been streaming it, I don't.
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Think Black Sabbath is in the Billions Club at.
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All on streaming I know. Ozzy has got 800,000 on crazy
16:28
Train. I don't think Sabbath has.
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Maybe. Let's see.
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Yeah, one song. Yeah, Paranoid is in the
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billion. You know, one point. 378
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billion. So the next nearest closest song
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they have to that is. Iron Man with.
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Just under 600,000. Streams so.
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I'm sure it's got 2 billion if you count.
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All of YouTube and Spotify and all this crap.
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But you know. As.
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Great and important as they. Were they were never as
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mainstream or big as some of the.
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Other bands, and obviously they. Didn't make a lot of money in
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the 70s because their manager was.
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Sharon's dad, Don. Arden who robbed them.
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Of a lot of money and there's. Our cash.
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App if you want to. He's flying high again.
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Yeah, man. Ozzy if there's a Valhalla.
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Or something. Ozzy is there.
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So. You know.
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Again, we just had this. Black Sabbath concert, that was.
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Incredible Ozzy for. Ozzy and Sabbath all these.
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Incredible. Tributes, all this conversation
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globally, the conversation of metal and and Black Sabbath and
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Ozzy came to the. Forefront This was done for
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charity. That was the way to get
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everybody. I think kind of to get in and do
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it, which is lovely. And I did raise more money than
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any charity concert in history. That's Fire Aid Farm.
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Aid, Live Aid. Twice.
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Unbelievable. Like an unbelievable thing.
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They they did here, Ken. Is here and says the
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contributions from to medal from Ozzy are incalculable.
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Agreed. My friend, this loss hurts.
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Bad, but he's out of. Pain and rocking.
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With the greats who left the forum I love.
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Too many songs to line. Out.
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RIP, Ozzy. Thank you, Ken.
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I appreciate you. Everybody go give our friend Ken
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follow. On whatever, whatever device
18:19
you're on and this is over, Turbo is passed by and you is
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passed by. Cure Parkinson's, right?
18:26
Like, you know, I did around the time of the pandemic.
18:31
I worked for. A nursing home brand that.
18:35
Places people in very high. End luxurious senior living.
18:39
Communities. Right at the worst time during
18:42
the pandemic, when people. Were dying of COVID.
18:44
And things. And I got to work with.
18:47
As a marketer, I got to work with Joan.
18:50
London and her team because she's an advocate for dementia.
18:53
And Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, because her mother suffered from
18:56
those things. So there is a lot of.
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Research money, Debbie Going. Toward, you know, curing this,
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but you know. It's very.
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Cynical to say that, Ozzy. You know.
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Might have died anyway younger because of his constitution.
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And how much drugs and alcohol he did.
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But he's been pretty straight. For a very long time.
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I know that he. Had kind of a relapse.
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On pills and pain meds and things.
19:25
Because of all his various. Ailments.
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But yeah, you know, I think. It's very cynical to say that,
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Turbo. Says I have.
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This empty feeling. In my soul.
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Because a legend. Is past rest in that old word?
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Very nicely said, Turbo. I appreciate you.
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You know it is. It's going to be tough for a
19:47
while. It's going to hurt for a long
19:48
time. I'm going to be honest.
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But I guess I just did that thing on the worst deaths, this
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might be the worst. Even though he went out
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triumphantly, which is lovely. And again, that you know.
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Ever. A lot of people's final memory
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of Ozzy is a good. One you know.
20:04
Even though he was in that. Throne and he was squirming.
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And he couldn't move and he might have been in pain.
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He. Really.
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Powered through that performance, whatever you want
20:10
to say, he performed. And it was lovely and a fitting.
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Send off thanks everybody who's. Following and liking us.
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I will follow you back when. We get off this stream.
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I will stay on as long as people.
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Want me to? Or as long as people are hanging
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out and conversating again. Feel free to drop a.
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Comment wherever you're. Watching this from with your.
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Favorite. Aussie song moment Black
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Sabbath. Song both, one of each.
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Whatever you like, I always. Talk about my personal.
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Favorites for Sabbath is still. War Pigs and Lord of this World.
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The originals I talk often about.
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Being a very little little kid and.
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Hearing that first base note that base slide.
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From Of War Pigs. And having that change my whole
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life between Ozzy and Geezer. Pretty princesses.
20:56
RIP Ozzy. And a bunch of sad faces agreed.
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Agreed. You know a lot of people's final
21:04
memory of this. Is going to be Ozzy.
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And. Black Sabbath having this
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triumphant moment and all these bands.
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Paying. Tribute to them.
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The greatest band, Maybe one of the greatest concerts of all
21:11
time. We'll have to, you know, history
21:13
will tell if it is or not. I've aid just had.
21:16
It's the original Live Aid from 85.
21:18
Just past 40 years last. Weekend.
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And a lot of people. Thought that was the greatest
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concert of all time, which did feature a Black Sabbath.
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Reunion with Ozzie a led. Zeppelin reunion with Phil
21:28
Collins on drums and. Deep Purple.
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And many other bands too. Wild, wild shit, you know?
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Shout out. Ozzie.
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Has continued even when he couldn't.
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Make music the last. Five or six years that.
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He talked about on stage being light up.
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And I'll he continued to dominate pop.
21:49
Culture. And you know, I have to give
21:51
credit to Sharon. I pick on.
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Her an awful lot of. Times for some of.
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The things she's done. That are not favorable but she
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really you know helped build Ozzy, who grew up in.
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Abject poverty and Black Sabbath.
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And really made very little. Money in the 70s compared to all
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their other peers and put a. Lot of it up their nose when
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they did that money ghost. Pipe is here and Thomas.
22:11
Burns is here. You know she really.
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Built his brand. And built him into a.
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Thing that is really. You know it couldn't happen, You
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know, riches and wealth, whatever he had and enjoyed I'm.
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Glad he did, because he. Came up.
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With less than nothing a. Very tough childhood, Ozzy.
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A lot of people know. Ozzy mostly from Ozzy's Boneyard
22:32
on SiriusXM. And his.
22:35
Pop mini podcast. The Osbournes.
22:36
Podcast, we'll talk about the. Osbournes in a little.
22:38
Bit and his podcast. You know, with Billy Morrison
22:42
and the Super. Groups were phenomenal, of
22:45
course, black. Sabbath is the goat that's.
22:47
True, I think the Super groups were great except for Billy
22:50
Corgan. And.
22:51
Sammy Hagar was embarrassing. You cannot come up there and not
22:55
know flying high again. And just think you're.
22:58
Going to fake your way through it and.
22:59
Travis Barker also. Kind of turned me off with his.
23:02
Lack of attention to detail. But what are you going?
23:05
To do, I thought overall. The show was wonderful.
23:08
So serious every band has put out a.
23:11
Comment or a statement. Or a tweet, you can check it
23:13
out. A concept cafe is here.
23:16
We're just hitting here, remembering the life in.
23:18
The music of Ozzy. Osbournes I I assume it's.
23:21
Mike that runs the account. What's up, Mike, Thanks for
23:23
being here. Recent those called interviewee.
23:29
I know that there's a potentially an Ozzy album
23:32
that's. Done and ready to come.
23:34
Out and I don't know what the timetable was for that.
23:37
But. Ozzy's.
23:38
Most recent new music. Has been these remixes and re
23:42
imaginations of his work with Billy?
23:43
Morrison on Billy Morrison's album and.
23:48
There was just a single out. With them, absolutely.
23:52
Farewell, Turbo, Turbo says in my.
23:55
Opinion There's two concerts to. Stand out.
23:57
And Bob, Monsters Rock and 91 and Ozzie.
23:59
So All right, man, yeah, Monsters Rock 91 was probably.
24:02
A huge, huge concert. It's.
24:04
Kind of the changing of the guard, yeah.
24:14
I'm glad that there's some new music.
24:16
Recent music where Ozzie sounded.
24:17
Pretty good or whatever, you know, whatever.
24:19
They did to get him. To sound good.
24:22
From a couple of years. Ago again I do.
24:24
Believe there's a third Andrew. Watt album that has been worked
24:26
on. We'll see if that sees.
24:27
The light of day. You know he's had.
24:32
A bit of a career. Resurgence even when he
24:34
couldn't. Tour.
24:35
Anymore before the pandemic so. Again, I had seen Ozzy three
24:38
times and he was, you know. Pretty solid.
24:42
And. You know that you can.
24:43
Watch our other. Listen to our other.
24:46
Podcasts or watch our other. Videos where we speculated about
24:49
how much singing Ozzy. Actually did or not mark?
24:51
Anderson's here for. Madness is passed by Hello.
24:54
Hello resumed. Identity is passed by.
24:57
So, but he's had a bit of a career of surgeons 2.
25:01
Grammy winning. Albums Rock and Roll Hall.
25:03
Of fame is a solo. Artist I I don't really.
25:05
Care much about halls of fame's? We do have a Heavy Metal Hall of
25:08
Fame. Now, but I think it's.
25:10
Interesting to note that there's only a handful of people who
25:14
have been inducted more than. Once into the hall.
25:16
Of fame all. 4 Beatles as solo artists are in.
25:20
Stevie Nicks is in twice. Ozzy is, obviously.
25:25
One of them, and deservedly so, he absolutely deserved to get in
25:32
I. Had the Who's the other?
25:35
Person. Eric Clapton is in three times.
25:40
But kind of fuck Eric. Clapton and Clyde Mcfadder of
25:43
The Drifters. And also as a solo.
25:45
Artist. Which I think is hella
25:48
interesting. Right.
25:51
Super, super interesting. So you know, Ozzy is one of the.
25:53
Few people who have made. It that many times and obviously
25:59
we had his. The you know.
26:01
Sharon has done a masterful. Job marketing him.
26:03
Obviously there was a. Lot of Ozzy.
26:05
News and stuff surrounding the Back to the Beginning shows,
26:08
including Ozzy's DNA in cans of Liquid Death A Shameless.
26:14
Plug for our. Friends at Liquid Death and.
26:17
Going for like 400. And $50 a.
26:19
Can and maybe they can. Clone Ozzy and bring them.
26:23
Back. Or put his DNA into somebody
26:25
else. Ronnie Radke have fallen in.
26:32
Reverse doesn't have a brain. He'd be a good candidate.
26:34
To replace his. Brain his damaged brain with.
26:37
Aussies And then we get up like a whole new.
26:38
Aussie in a new body? Become fun.
26:41
All I seen him here today is his music and that's what he would.
26:43
Want he absolutely would want. He'd also.
26:45
Want us to all listen? To The Beatles, especially later
26:48
era Beatles, Abbey Road and White Album.
26:51
And stuff like that. He would let it be.
26:52
He'd. Love that in my life I loved you
26:57
all. Ozzie's cover, that is.
26:58
Wonderful, by the way, in case. You didn't know he has all
27:01
covers album? And you know the 2.
27:06
Grammys were, you know. Very nice and again Black
27:09
Paranoid is the number one song. In the world, I wonder.
27:11
If crazy, train. Or my mom coming home will
27:14
suddenly become a huge. Chart hit it.
27:17
Probably will a lot of. People are streaming.
27:19
That song that probably barely ever heard it.
27:21
Rockin, 78, says I. Saw him in the front row and
27:24
said in O5 with. Sabbath one of my favorite.
27:25
Shows ever. Word to the bird.
27:27
I got to see Ozzie with Sabbath 3.
27:29
Times once with Bill. Warden twice with Puffy Borden.
27:33
On drums, probably my favorite. One is Black Sabbath Pantera
27:38
Deftones in 1999. So it's Deftones on around the
27:43
fur. Not yet, White Pony.
27:45
Or just as. White Pony was coming out.
27:48
And. Pantera at the.
27:49
Top of Pantera's top. Right before reinventing the
27:52
Steel and Sabbath, and they were great, I was in the.
27:57
Brendan Byrne Arena AKA Where the Devil's Play.
28:00
Whatever it's called now, Continental Airlines Arena,
28:03
maybe there's a. Different name.
28:04
I don't know. Somebody help me that's.
28:05
From New York City. I have no idea.
28:09
Nucatron Deluxe is here. Genie B is.
28:12
Passing by. Thank you for being here
28:15
everybody. Yeah.
28:23
And then you know. Again, getting into.
28:25
The Rock Hall. And being inducted and having
28:27
all those people. Perform.
28:30
I'm a huge tool fan in Maynard who is you know, maybe the pre
28:33
eminent singer this generation said that you.
28:36
Know he was intimidated to. Do Ozzy songs and he was
28:39
actually concerned that he couldn't actually hit the notes.
28:42
Whatever you want to say about Ozzy, not.
28:43
Being a great singer. He had a great.
28:45
Year for melody he picked. Great people to collaborate
28:48
with. People like Randy Rhodes and
28:51
Jake E Lee believed. In him and Zach White.
28:53
Wrote stuff that he could perform and Ozzy.
28:56
Took chances and risks. Because his.
28:58
Ear He had a very good year for music, I think partially because
29:01
he was. Obsessed with The Beatles so he
29:03
always heard wild harmonies. And melodies and not these
29:06
typical things you hear in. Pop music.
29:08
That, I'm afraid to say, sucks. Most pop music is really like 3.
29:12
Or 4 notes total, you know, in whole songs.
29:16
And Ozzy would take risks and not just hit the octaves but try
29:19
adventurous things. That's why it was so hard for
29:21
people like. Axel and Maynard.
29:23
To sing those Ozzy and Black. Sabbath songs, You know he.
29:28
Really was underrated and I'm really glad that he lived.
29:31
Long enough to at least get. In the Hall of Fame and go have
29:33
that experience and sit on that. Throne and thank the.
29:36
Crowd and. To the back to the.
29:39
Beginning and you know, really. Interesting to see and have
29:43
everybody from around the world kind of, you know, pulling
29:46
together and and showing love because.
29:49
You know, we just don't. We just don't have a lot of it.
29:53
We never had enough of it, honestly.
29:54
And he didn't. I'm.
29:55
Glad he got to get it in. His lifetime and not later.
29:59
You know that. He didn't live to see it, you
30:02
know, So, yeah. What else?
30:08
What else? Let's.
30:09
Just do before we talk. About Oz Fest and The Osbournes.
30:13
I'm kind of going in. Reverse order or skipping
30:15
around? Let you know you know.
30:24
Ozzy put together Blizzard of Oz.
30:27
He had quit Black Sabbath briefly before.
30:29
Never say die and try to do a band called.
30:31
Blizzard of Oz. And he you know.
30:35
Put out his solo career and he literally had.
30:38
I love the. Ozzy behind the music tells the
30:40
story as Sharon says it was a nothing.
30:43
Record deal like it was the. Only label.
30:45
Of the majors, that would. Give him and give.
30:47
Him the cheapest deal possible. No actual real money, no.
30:51
Faith that he would have a hit record and the record.
30:54
Was such a huge hit when Blizzard.
30:55
Of Oz came out. Blizzard of Oz.
31:00
According to Wikipedia, which we.
31:02
Know not to. Fully trust it, but.
31:03
I believe this is true. Is one of the few.
31:05
Albums among the 100. Bestsellers of the 80s to have
31:07
achieved multi platinum status without the benefit of a Top 40.
31:10
Single and Bill Ward said. I Ozzy I.
31:15
Envied Ozzy's solo career. Remarked Bill Ward.
31:18
He seemed to. Be coming around whatever he had
31:20
gone. Through and he seemed to be on
31:22
his way again, making records, I.
31:23
Envied it because I. Wanted that and I was.
31:25
Bitter. I had a thoroughly miserable
31:27
time. So.
31:29
You know, and then, yeah. I think.
31:32
Blizzard of Oz went. Platinum in like. 6 to 8 weeks,
31:35
which is. Absolutely bananas It's not
31:38
done. It wasn't done back then.
31:43
So, you know, I'm really thrilled.
31:46
I do feel like Lee Curse Lake and Bob Daisley.
31:49
And Don Airy have been kind of written out.
31:51
Of. The.
31:52
Aussie story, which is sad and Randy, obviously rightfully so,
31:57
gets a. Lot of the attention but.
32:00
You know, there's so many great people that came through.
32:02
Ozzy's band. Tommy Aldridge.
32:04
And and. Rudy Sarzo and he had.
32:07
Wanted Gary Moore. But he wasn't available and.
32:12
Sometime Robert Sarzo. Almost got the guitar job.
32:16
Brad Gillis, who I've interviewed, was super
32:19
interesting to talk. To him about his experience with
32:21
Ozzy, you know, and then Jakey. Lee.
32:29
And you know Joe? Holmes is very underrated.
32:32
Of course, Randy Castillo. Mike Inez, Zach.
32:36
Wilde, Gus. GI.
32:39
Mean so many great guitar. Players have come through and.
32:44
Gotten to work with. Ozzy and then Geezer reunited
32:47
with Ozzy. At one point on his solo career.
32:49
In the 90s and then. Obviously Black Sabbath.
32:51
Came back a few times. Not just occasional one off.
32:53
Shows like 90. 2 and 80. 5 for Live Aid.
32:57
But then they reformed in in 97 I.
33:04
Absolutely went crazy. Going to Oz Fest 97, this is one
33:08
of my favorite things ever. And I mean, this is just an
33:10
unbelievable, phenomenal show. To be honest.
33:16
Ozzy with Black Sabbath. Doing full.
33:20
Sets, unfortunately, Bill Ward. Could not be there so.
33:27
It was Iommi and and Butler. Bill wasn't back yet.
33:32
Manson at the hype. Hype.
33:34
Hype of. Andy Kray, Superstar Pantera.
33:37
Phenomenal. Type O Negative.
33:42
Fear Factory Machine head Powerman 5000 and on the second
33:46
stage down set slow burn cold chamber drain STH.
33:51
Who I love vision of disorder and neurosis, which is.
33:53
Wild. What a.
33:55
Wild lineup that was, and it was a giant stadium in June of. 97
34:00
and the. Field was.
34:01
Hot as fuck it. Was like 100 and something
34:03
degrees. When I went.
34:04
To quite a few Hospice. 98992. 1000 then a few more. 2000 and
34:09
three, 2000 and four, 2005. Oz Fest was overwhelmingly
34:14
successful. And I believe it was the Battle
34:16
for Oz Fest show. That.
34:19
The popularity and a little. Bit of an.
34:21
Appearance from Ozzy and Sharon and then that.
34:23
Catapulted Ozzy to be to have the.
34:27
Osbournes and the Osbournes. Really, you know, Opened up.
34:30
Ozzy to an entire world of people and I know that people
34:33
were laughing at him and. Not so much with him which.
34:36
Does make me sad but like. You have to admit that.
34:40
Like being kind of like grass pretend evil motherfuckers that
34:44
suddenly have. Hundreds of millions of dollars
34:46
is hilariously funny. To see the things that.
34:49
They get into and the things that.
34:50
Annoyed them. People love the.
34:51
Osbournes if you didn't have the.
34:52
Osbournes. Arguably a lot of.
34:55
Things, you know, reality television, it's the best
34:57
reality. Television show, Probably ever.
35:03
It's beloved by people. Who don't know Ozzy's music
35:05
Which? Is crazy but incredible.
35:07
And it made him. Wealthy beyond belief, which is.
35:10
I'm. Again, thankful for he can't.
35:12
If you've ever been poor or lived through poverty, you.
35:15
Know that this is an incredible thing.
35:18
No pit photography is here. Rockin 78 just followed us.
35:22
Thank you Rockin 78. I'll follow you when we get.
35:24
Off here, Guy manisters here, Fruitless pursuit is here, so
35:30
you know. The Osbournes really opened
35:34
things up. For Ozzy, in a way.
35:36
That I think it, you know, it was really wonderful for him to
35:39
kind of crossover to pop culture.
35:41
Liquid Death. Advertisements.
35:43
I think I had an ad in here. I didn't make it into the.
35:45
Deck where he did a. They did an ad for.
35:49
Like he recreated the old memorex.
35:51
Is it live or is it memorex? Ad for PlayStation.
35:55
Right when it was VR goggles. Came out.
35:58
So. You know I.
36:00
Thought that was pretty great. You know he will live on in
36:03
other. Things Skepsis Recordings is
36:06
here. Yeah, I got.
36:12
I got you, Debbie. Randy Rhodes.
36:14
Real, real sad. Real sad.
36:17
Randy's passing. Toddling is also here.
36:21
You know, just just just full of.
36:24
Grief, just really sad. Ozzy was, you know.
36:27
All of our. Set.
36:29
You know he. Was all of our heroes.
36:31
He he really put. Metal.
36:33
On a pedestal that really can't be touched.
36:35
His contributions can't be measured.
36:37
As Ken said earlier. And yeah, not sure what's going
36:45
on. Outside, but anyway, you know.
36:48
That's kind of where I'm at. I don't want to be rambling on
36:50
here. There's.
36:50
Going to be more tributes. From those cult will be a
36:52
written post. Tonight, overnight.
36:54
Talking about his. Career by.
36:57
One of our writers, Gary from the UK, was.
36:59
Just there at the festival. You know this is tough.
37:04
And I really feel like this. Is the first of many, many of.
37:07
Ozzy's age of guys. That are going to maybe slip
37:11
away soon so if I always. Said go see your concerts.
37:14
Go. Now.
37:15
Because people are not going to see.
37:16
I always said I'll see. Dime bag down next time and then
37:19
he was killed. And I'll see Dio again.
37:21
I saw him, lucky to see him. And then he was gone.
37:24
So like, I'm glad Pantera came back.
37:25
The way it is, but like a lot of people never saw the originals.
37:29
Buy the concert tickets. Eat.
37:31
Dessert first. Life is very short, separate.
37:33
Savor it while you're. Here my my pledge.
37:35
To all of you is. Work on your happiness.
37:38
Music is a great relief. Art is a great relief.
37:42
Toys and memorabilia. Is a great escape movies.
37:45
Whatever your thing is that makes you happy.
37:47
But really, try to. Find that joy.
37:49
Because life is hard and. It's just going to get harder
37:52
and harder. As we lose our heroes.
37:55
And again, I'm Kefi from Ghost Cult thanks for hanging out with
37:58
us today. Feel free to check us out at.
38:00
Ghostcalledman.com for our full read, you know.
38:03
Story about Ozzy's life. And and more Ozzy.
38:06
And Black Sabbath stories to come and more.
38:10
Thanks for giving me this opportunity.
38:11
To be here and share. This with all of you, it's
38:13
certainly helped me a lot, all of you.
38:15
Being here for me, thank you very much.
38:18
And I will see you. Probably tomorrow again.
38:21
TuneIn to the Glacial. Musical port kest either at
38:23
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38:23
Glacial Musical at YouTube. And join us for that and.
38:27
I'll be back. With more stuff for you soon.
38:30
Rest in power, Ozzy. Thanks to everybody for
38:32
watching. And I'll see you soon, Peace.