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Ozzy Osbourne, 'Ordinary Man' -- New Video
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 07:24AM
Here it is! The official title track video to Ozzy Osbourne's new album Ordinary Man. The video is a little unique for Ozzy, reflecting back over his life through photos. This is especially poignant in light of Ozzy's recently-made-public Parkinson's disease diagnosis.
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Reader Comments (18)
The Randy era without a doubt was his best work and I have not been a huge fan of the stuff without Zakk but this song/video hits a nerve. I really enjoyed the video and wish him the best with his battle with Parkinson's disease. I for one have enjoyed life more because of Ozzy!
This song has kind of a “roll the credits” feel. That’s ok.
Thank you Ozzy. Beyond a legend. A cultural icon for sure. Unfortunately only a few of us (fans who have truly heard & felt his very humble and real nature) can see the good and decent man behind the madness. I do.
There is a lot more to add of course (and I did a bit of that before) about the song: Ozzy-meets-Oasis-meets-The Beatles. Sure. He's tried that a few times. Even about the video. The rough cut away after the pan out that crops Bill a bit (I know, I know . . . I am a Ward fanboy). The 'White Diamonds' gauze-take on Ozzy and his career.
But I still give him this: his majesty and madness back in the day were unparalleled. Before we got a peek behind the curtain, this guy was it! Even the Ultimate Sin-era Ozzy, what with the Liza Minnelli outfits and hair like the lady going through the X-ray in _Total Recall_, I loved every minute of it. Even the sitting on lips while singing about no more tears. Great.
Humble roots, for sure. But Ozzy was/is no ordinary man, even if life and time have made us (and him) more acutely aware of his/our mortality.
Seriously, what is your problem? Did your friends at the Kentucky Waterfall Association not pick you to be president? Are all those reps you do at the box not helping you with your social life?
You have had so many opportunities to do well by your opinions, to do well by those posters here who humor, like, tolerate, or ignore you (some of us do all of those, depending on the post). But you always seem to circle back to the void: contributing to your jollies while providing nothing--and I mean nothing--that raises the level of discourse.
I get it. You are the interlocutor that you always wanted. The mirror that doesn't look back and grimace. But what the hell do you get out of all of this, besides the responses? Why pollute a good place with your stale take on being a Blabbermouth big-shot?
Here's an idea. Start your own site. Seriously, do it. Pay for it. Cultivate it. Swing as wide as you want. Then see who comes around to visit and post. I will wait. And I will never see it. You, as I, have no interest in that sort of thing. Thing is, you and I also have very different reasons for posting (most of the time). But we are also different on one other point: you want attention. And you get it. Me? I want to talk. That is a sissy thing. I get it. But I do. I want to talk. That means, I want to clarify, to correct, to chide, to apologize, to continue being on the level with other posters. You? If it doesn't fit your worldview, it has to be wrong.
Funny that you should traffic in slights and ad hominem jabs. It would be, to crib from your dope use of cool kid lingo, so LOL funny if it wasn't so blatantly sad and pathetic. There. I did that. I called you out, yet again, for being a troglodyte. You can jest all you want. And I can spar with you when I must. But the sadness you must feel when you don't get the response you want must be crushing. So I hope you liked this little spike in your super-toned arm. I fed your demon one more time. But I will never be as dope-sick as you are. Full stop.
This site has lost a lot of great posters. We have gained some too. You are the rubbish that the internet wind blows towards the edges of Allyson's site. And good people pick up that refuse, discard it, and move on. I hope and pray your meat-space life is better than the life you created here. And I am sure that my pity means nothing. Then again, the first step is to find a mirror that actually looks back at you. I hope you find that some day. Truly.
Thing is, this is also, sadly, such an obvious page from your laminated playbook: presented with an actual challenge to all your chest hair bravado, with a point-by-point take down of your insipid schoolboy taunts, you always do the same darn thing: you threaten people.
Granted, I used the word spar in my previous post. But I meant that in the verbal sense. I would actually enjoy meeting you. I have said it before, I like to think that you and I have more in common. But I also know that you and I deal with stress and diversity of opinions differently. I don't have your peacocking plumage. I actually have an idea of what I want to say before I say it. And, when wrong, I admit my ignorance and move on. Does it sting? Sure does. But I try to learn from my stupidity. I try to improve.
Nothing I said in my previous post was ignorant, Bkallday. Nothing. So, yes, I would say that to your face. And if that meant you decided to drag those knuckles of yours across my face, I guess I would have to accept that too. After all, punching (you remember that fight you challenged me to?) a person who disagrees with you exposes both side for what they are. And only one side in that battle ends up being a punk.
My comments stand. I would have no issue with talking to you, face to face, about our differences. Why would I? Differences of opinion are the fodder for so many great discussions.
Your comments wilt. And the mirror comment is so perfect given your response. Really. You helped me write it and then you helped me prove it. So, thank you. It is easy to serve you up a slice of the pie you want when your order never, ever, for any reason, changes.
You and I are nothing in this forum. We are just alter egos making comments. But, boy oh boy, you think you score points when you shoot yourself (again) in the foot? Boggles the mind. Really does. As you might say (and often do), LOL.
All that said, I hope you and those you love are doing well, Bkallday. I really do. I really truly mean that. I hope you wish the same for me and those I love, and for those who also post here.
Thing is, we don't get to pick our sparring partners on BBG! Allyson, in a sense, does. The fact that I care about people on this site is well known. I hope you feel the same, even if you insist on hiding behind this gauze of yours. I wish you the best. Stay healthy. Take care of those who matter to you and try to think of others too.
I've done my work. It speaks for itself. For almost two decades, I was forced to knock on people's doors and tell them to STFU, per government protocol. Now, I'll tell it to you. STFU. You have no fucking clue.
If I could only tell some of my family members the same thing without winding up in the doghouse.
Yeah, every one wants me to say it to him/her, but god forbid I say it to you.
And, I can say it to you, bk. I actually have. I used to run a forensic therapy group for domestic violent offenders. Some of their mentality reminds me of you. I would call mb! on the side and ask her, "How the fuck do I handle this one".
She got tired of my questions, so I'll say it...shut the fuck up, asshole. Trust me, you'll be in my treatment group. I'll never be in yours.
Like Him, I wish you well.
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Be well everyone! I have stuck a fork in this post in the most humane way possible. Best we move on, even if others won't, or can't, stop doing what they need to do.
Positive vibes to all of you,
Resident Big Brother (which makes no sense at all, but I will wear it with a smile)