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Subject: "Dreamer"
I'm definitely no fan of Ozzy Osbourne, but I've heard his latest song "Dreamer" on the radio. HOW HORRIBLE! An aging heavy-metallist trying to make a "beautiful ballad"? It doesn't work. First of all, he doesn't have the voice for it. And "I'm dreaming my life away"? Gee, how original. I haven't heard that line in a song since The Everly Brothers!It's time to give it up, Oz.
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Ozzy seems to be behind the times for someone who has "cool" band playing at his Ozzfest tour. :(
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# I can make you mine... taste your lips of wine... any time... night or day... only trouble is... gee whiz... I'm dreaming my life away #
Just thought I'd post that to annoy people.
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The problem is he's converted. He's no longer the madman he once was.
The thing too is that to new generations, he'll seem cool because they will probably not be too familiar with his classic work.
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As much as I love Ozzy, the truth is that he has become a bad parody of himself. He still thinks he's cool, when he just looks and sounds foolish.
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# I can make you mine... taste your lips of wine... any time... night or day... only trouble is... gee whiz... I'm dreaming my life away #
Just thought I'd post that to annoy people.
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No, I love it! My brother and I do it at karaoke (OK, now *that* oughta annoy someone! ;) )
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As much as I love Ozzy, the truth is that he has become a bad parody of himself. He still thinks he's cool, when he just looks and sounds foolish.
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a Boston station, WAAF was airing a phone interview with him, and in it, he's trying to do a station promo (one of those, "Hi this is Ozzy, and you're listening to WAAF" type of things).. he was clearly either losing his hearing, his mind, or was drunk/drugged out of his skull. If this was 1982, I'd think the later, but since he's supposed to be clean now, I don't think it was. It was rather sad really.. the only thing he's done recently that I liked, was a song for the Beavis and Butthead Do America movie..
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a Boston station, WAAF was airing a phone interview with him, and in it, he's trying to do a station promo (one of those, "Hi this is Ozzy, and you're listening to WAAF" type of things).. he was clearly either losing his hearing, his mind, or was drunk/drugged out of his skull. If this was 1982, I'd think the later, but since he's supposed to be clean now, I don't think it was. It was rather sad really.. the only thing he's done recently that I liked, was a song for the Beavis and Butthead Do America movie..
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Sadly he has fried his brain so much he sounds like he's completely wasted all the time.I saw him interviewed on T.V and he was incoherant.A bit like boxers when they get punchdrunk I guess.
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No, I love it! My brother and I do it at karaoke (OK, now *that* oughta annoy someone! ;) )
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Truth is, Chris and me used to sing that whenever we possibly could... I should know all the words to that song by now... Felice would kill me.
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Sadly he has fried his brain so much he sounds like he's completely wasted all the time.I saw him interviewed on T.V and he was incoherant.A bit like boxers when they get punchdrunk I guess.
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I completely agree! Sometimes, it's just time to retire, sorry. It's not like he'll be hurting for money if he does. I saw him on Conan O'Brian (sp?) one night, and he couldn't even remember the words to his own song. He looked like a total idiot the whole time. Maybe his wife should set up a room for him that makes him think he's still on stage?
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What? I actually like this song. What's wrong with it?
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As much as I love Ozzy, the truth is that he has become a bad parody of himself. He still thinks he's cool, when he just looks and sounds foolish.
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Looks being the keyword here!!!!!!!!! ::)
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# I can make you mine... taste your lips of wine... any time... night or day... only trouble is... gee whiz... I'm dreaming my life away #
Just thought I'd post that to annoy people.
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Gee thanks a pant load, Chet!
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Hey, I'm sorry. If it's any consolation, I thought that I was rather singing The Everly Brothers' version. I'll stop, don't worry.
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Gee thanks a pant load, Chet!
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I agree with SAgnatious(Sp?)
I kind of like it. And I think Hairspray is right. I am off the youger generations and I have no idea (well some idea) of all of his older stuff.
I like the song + the video.
I do think he should just stick to Ozzfest though.
Has anyone managed to get tickets to that ?????
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I don't nessecarily like Ozzy, but "The Osbournes" is hilarious ;D
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I don't think biting the head off a bat is funny at all. Or a dove? Or his children? And Satanism certainly isn't funny. It's an excuse for MTV to show who they latently worship. Sorry, Ozzy fans, but a good musician does not make a good person. ::)
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I don't nessecarily like Ozzy, but "The Osbournes" is hilarious ;D
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Sorry if I misled any of you, I'm not into satanism either or anything, I just think the show's kind of funny.. :-/ .. :-X
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i'm very familiar with ozzy's old stuff and although his newer stuff is not as 'hard' as his older stuff, i still like it. this may just be me, but it seems to me that he's taken a look at his life and realized that he's done some stupid sh*t and that maybe there's something better that he can do with his time. this is all theory, of course, but i like to try to see the good in things sometimes.
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I'm definitely no fan of Ozzy Osbourne, but I've heard his latest song "Dreamer" on the radio. HOW HORRIBLE! An aging heavy-metallist trying to make a "beautiful ballad"? It doesn't work. First of all, he doesn't have the voice for it. And "I'm dreaming my life away"? Gee, how original. I haven't heard that line in a song since The Everly Brothers!It's time to give it up, Oz.
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Find and listen to "Goodbye to Romance", Ozzy's tribute to Randy Rhoads, just to prove that an aging rocker can do a beautiful ballad.
Phil
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Find and listen to "Goodbye to Romance", Ozzy's tribute to Randy Rhoads, just to prove that an aging rocker can do a beautiful ballad.
Phil
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Excellent choice, Philbo!!!!!! I love that song too. As for his ballads, "So Tired" is a nice one as well.
I've watched "The Osbournes" a couple of times too, (I just can't keep up with when it's on around here, or I'd likely watch it more.) However, I totally agree with everyone noticing how out of it he seems most of the time. Hoped it wasn't just me that had noticed! LOL! I haven't seen any recent interviews with him, or heard his new song (though I heard on the radio he was saying the *F* word on Leno or something ??? ) but the show is proof enough to me that he's lost a few too many brain cells during his prime! Drinking, drugs, whatever has caused it. (Truthfully, though I haven't heard of it, to me he almost sounds like he's had a stroke sometimes) I like Ozzy, despite the fact that he has obviously made some stupid choices in the past.
And I don't believe that being fond of Ozzy Osbourne in any way means you're a satanist. :-/
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And I'm sorry if my post scared you at all. I haven't seen "The Osbournes" for me to form a opinion of the show. I was just going by Ozzy's post-Black Sabbath career.
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Sorry if I misled any of you, I'm not into satanism either or anything, I just think the show's kind of funny.. :-/ .. :-X
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Excellent choice, Philbo!!!!!! I love that song too.
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:-) We have it as one of our music on hold tunes here (along with November Rain/Dream On and a few others that escape me)... and so far we've only had good comments.
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I've watched "The Osbournes" a couple of times too, (I just can't keep up with when it's on around here, or I'd likely watch it more.)
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but the show is proof enough to me that he's lost a few too many brain cells during his prime!
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I've not seen "The Osbournes" at all, but I know what you mean about his general unconnectedness with the world around him
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And I don't believe that being fond of Ozzy Osbourne in any way means you're a satanist. :-/
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Absolutely - he never was, so why should we be? People take that kind of stuff much too seriously
Phil
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He only pretended he was. ;)
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Absolutely - he never was, so why should we be? People take that kind of stuff much too seriously
Phil
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I don't think biting the head off a bat is funny at all. Or a dove?
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What's the difference between biting heads off small animals and eating a nice, juicy steak? Or chicken? or ribs?
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The difference is I'm not eating these animals while they are still living. Both of the animals Ozzy bit were still alive. I wouldn't care if, say, Randy Johnson's pitch killed a dove, as long as I know it was accidental. Eating a nice juicy steak is okay as long as it's dead and cooked.
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What's the difference between biting heads off small animals and eating a nice, juicy steak? Or chicken? or ribs?
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The difference is I'm not eating these animals while they are still living. Both of the animals Ozzy bit were still alive.
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I've not heard the pigeon one, but to hear Ozzy tell the story about the bat: a fan threw it on stage during a concert - Ozzy caught it and thought it was a stuffed toy so he bit the top off it - only then realizing it was a live bat. Of such stuff are legends made: certainly the Black Sabbath publicity machine didn't want to dispel the "bites the head of live bats" illusion. It was only much later on that the persistent use of this one event as an exemplar of what heavy metal is got so overstated as to cause Ozzy to explain it in an interview.
Phil
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Ozzy is getting invited to the White House and hanging out with the President, so he's not as cool as he once was. I doubt any kids today who see that will think he's cool.
Remember that kids.....
When you see Marliyn Manson getting invited to the White House in 2010 and hanging out with the President, you'll know he's not cool anymore.
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I don't think Marilyn Manson is cool today.
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You're right, Manson is probably a little too 1997.
Ok, let's replace him with Eminem. Kids, when you see Eminem invited to the White House in 2009, 2010 or whenever, you'll know he's lost his hard edge.
Subject: Re: "Dreamer"
Quoting:I'm definitely no fan of Ozzy Osbourne, but I've heard his latest song "Dreamer" on the radio. HOW HORRIBLE! An aging heavy-metallist trying to make a "beautiful ballad"? It doesn't work. First of all, he doesn't have the voice for it. And "I'm dreaming my life away"? Gee, how original. I haven't heard that line in a song since The Everly Brothers!It's time to give it up, Oz. End Quote
I don't mind this song too much. :) Is till like his sound. but not enough to purchase his cd. :P
How is Zakk's Black Label Society's 1919 Eternal ?
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I think all the years of hard drinking and drugging have definitely impaired Ozzy. He mumbles so incoherently when he speaks that they need to have subtitles on The Osbournes so people can understand what the heck he is saying! :)
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Flipping thru the radio stations on the way home Friday, I finally heard this song. I probably wouldn't have cared much for it on it's own but this station had a version where they added sound bytes from "The Osbournes" which was hilarious!
"Bubbles?!? I'm the f****** Prince of Darkness!...."
;D