RIP Ozzy

BUDFORCE said:
I'll beleive you.

It sok I tell people stuff on this forum and they dont believe me either, I find it quite funny because its just showing of how sheltered some peoples live are.
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I was a Michelin Apprentice and it was around 1976.
I'd come into work with a Black Sabbath t-shirt on and a year older apprentice asked me if I liked them (yes why do you think I'm wearing the t-shirt :))
He then said he babysits for Ozzy's son and obviously I call him out on it.
Ozzy lived in a village close to Gnosall, Stafford and my mate came from there so I said he needed to prove it.
I drove up to his house where we got on his motorbike and went to Ozzy's house where we were greeted by Thelma his wife and a baby Louis, Ozzy was not there :(
So I did it a second time a few weeks later but Ozzy still wasn't there but I was putting something in a bin when I saw a belt with an eagles head on it.
When Thelma came home I asked if I could have it and she said yes because it had ruined all Ozzy's clothes.
She also showed me his home studio full of gear and I asked if he played it, she confirmed he wasn't as good as the other three but he knew his way round guitar, bass, drums and piano.
I also asked her where he killed the chickens, a famous story at the time, and she said it was exaggerated, he did fire a gun but no chickens were harmed.
Anyway I wore this belt for years as a trophy and it ruined all my t-shirts, jumpers and backs of my guitars until my wife threw it out but I never met him but poo'd on the same toilet as him :)

Sorry it wasn't a "I met up with Black Sabbath in 1976 and jammed with them and they wanted me as a fifth member but I refused" story.
That was Led Zeppelin :)

Here's the belt :)

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That's my little sister with me, not my girlfriend.
 
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Had the pleasure of watching Black Sabbath way back in Dec 1999 when they played at the NEC, it was the culmination of a life long dream & they put on one hell oif a show, Ozzy was in great form & got the crowd fired up to the extent they were ripping the seat covers off & chucking them all over the place like bloody frisbees, they wound up with a big pile of the things on stage & Ozzy being Ozzy decided to wear one, pulled it right down to his shoulders, stuck his mic up in there is belting his heart out, it was epic!, he was a helluva front man & i'm so glad i got to see him back then. RIP Ozzy, thanks for the sound track to my life.
 
shifty_uk said:
His music was a bit before my time, seeing parts of the Osbourne's, I just thought he was a doped up, stuttering drunk, weird show. There’s clearly a lot I don’t know though, will need to do some reading/listening. I’ve no doubt he was a talented artist and showman in his heyday.
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This was 1970, one of the best anti-war song ever written and a performace that puts most modern bands to shame....in my opinion.

 
Amazed he lasted this long, given he's looked near-death for decades now.
RIP Ozzy, a true musical legend!
 
His coffin & procession just passed the Black Sabbath bridge/bench in Birmingham Broad Street. Massive turnout from the public to say goodbye to who was likely the most legendary and influential Brummie of our lives.
 
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Bluebozzy said:
His coffin & procession just passed the Black Sabbath bridge/bench in Birmingham Broad Street. Massive turnout from the public to say goodbye to who was likely the most legendary and influential Brummie of our lives.
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Some show they put on for him. May he rest in peace now. Closest thing I have seen for a state funeral that wasn't!
 
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Bluebozzy said:
His coffin & procession just passed the Black Sabbath bridge/bench in Birmingham Broad Street. Massive turnout from the public to say goodbye to who was likely the most legendary and influential Brummie of our lives.
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adam cool dude said:
Some show they put on for him. May he rest in peace now. Closest thing I have seen for a state funeral that wasn't!
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I live fairly local, easy to get into Birmingham. I considered it, but I knew it would be very busy - I didn't realise that busy!
 
Been very busy in Birmingham today, got off the train at New Street Station just after 9 and the place was crawling with police, the precession went the other side of the station so I didn't see it (mucho sadness as I would've liked to have) but the city centre has been rammed with loads of people who have clearly come for the funeral.

Talking to people who are from Birmingham they are all saying he's probably the most famous person from Birmingham ever
 
Lovely celebration - with brass band - new orleans style.
yep, can't think of any other world-wide stars who have had such a send off ( did Elvis e:Marilyn)
 
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Maundie said:
Talking to people who are from Birmingham they are all saying he's probably the most famous person from Birmingham ever
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A small selection from google.


Ozzy Osbourne
Birth year: 1948



Cat Deeley
Birth year: 1976



Jeff Lynne
Birth year: 1947



Kenny Baker
Birth year: 1934



Neville Chamberlain
Birth year: 1869



Alison Hammond
Birth year: 1975



Felicity Jones
Birth year: 1983



Helen George
Birth year: 1984



Julie Walters
Birth year: 1950


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Barbara Cartland
Birth year: 1901


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Carl Breeden


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Christine Lahti
Birth year: 1950


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Daniel Sturridge
Birth year: 1989


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Francis William Aston
Birth year: 1877


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George Cadbury
Birth year: 1839


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Granville Bantock
Birth year: 1868


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Joe Lycett
Birth year: 1988


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John Baskerville
Birth year: 1707


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John Oliver
Birth year: 1977


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JRR Tolkien
Birth year: 1892


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Michael Hyatt


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Rob Halford
Birth year: 1951


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Simon Bates




Jon Gittens

I'd argue Tolkien, Chamberlain and Cadbury were more 'famous' but Ozzy's definitely up there.
 
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