OFF: Geezer...Black Science

[John A Swartz]

>Gotta wonder how Ozzy's able to keep jerking
everyone off and getting away with it?  For sure he wants to do a
tour with Sab, and, considering how their fortunes have waned lately,
will jump at the chance.  Ozzy's sure blessed with incredible luck,
eh?  Sab needs him, Zakk needs him.  The guy's a total wanker who
can't even sing anymore, and everything he touches turns to gold.
BOC have to wait 10 years to make a record, and tBS are playing clubs
smaller than my living room.  It's a world gone mad...

Ozzy never really could sing... but I think he's kind of like a
"father figure" to the metal crowd these days - the guy that's been
there, done that, and still keeps going for whatever reason.  Either
that, or he's the clown prince of metal.  I don't know - but, hell,
if the guy wants to rock and roll, let him.  I've paid only cursory
attention to his career over the last 10 years, but if he wants to
keep it going in whatever form, what the hell.  I did buy his "Live
and Loud" double CD from a few years back.  Wasn't really impressed
with it - seems that Ozzy sort of turned into this "angry" dude since
he swore off the booze - every other word on the CD, when he wasn't
singing was "fuck".  Hey, I don't find that offensive - it just sounded
stupid (er, fucking stupid).

John