blakjeezis
08-22-2003, 09:54 AM
With the continued success of "The Osbornes", will Ozzy be remembered for his music as he should be, or will he be remembered as the doddering fool we see every week on MTV? My way around the question is this. The way I see it, there are two Ozzys. This wasn't a conscious decision, my mind has just separated him as if he is actually two completely different, unrelated people.
There's MTV Ozzy, wandering around his house, essentially helpless without his wife or other handlers to direct him. It's funny to watch, but sad if you take a moment to think about it. This is a formerly vital, lively man whose body and mind have been completely ravaged by years of drug use, drinking and mistreatment, not unlike Elvis. He is an object lesson to us all.
Then there is OZZY, rock god and a founding father of an entire genre of music. His work with Sabbath alone puts him in the Hall of Fame, but his solo career puts him in the Pantheon with the likes of Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and Little Richard. He stands shoulder to shoulder with them, not as the guy who bit the head off a dove and snorted a line of ants, but as an artist, musician, and showman of the highest caliber.
Undoubtedly, "The Osbornes" has brought Ozzy more fame than his music career ever did. This is a shame. There are people in the world, like my mother for example, who know Ozzy only as the shell she sees on TV. She never will, or would want to, know about Ozzy the musician. Do these people outnumber those of us who will remember Ozzy for what he really was? I hope not.
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There's MTV Ozzy, wandering around his house, essentially helpless without his wife or other handlers to direct him. It's funny to watch, but sad if you take a moment to think about it. This is a formerly vital, lively man whose body and mind have been completely ravaged by years of drug use, drinking and mistreatment, not unlike Elvis. He is an object lesson to us all.
Then there is OZZY, rock god and a founding father of an entire genre of music. His work with Sabbath alone puts him in the Hall of Fame, but his solo career puts him in the Pantheon with the likes of Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and Little Richard. He stands shoulder to shoulder with them, not as the guy who bit the head off a dove and snorted a line of ants, but as an artist, musician, and showman of the highest caliber.
Undoubtedly, "The Osbornes" has brought Ozzy more fame than his music career ever did. This is a shame. There are people in the world, like my mother for example, who know Ozzy only as the shell she sees on TV. She never will, or would want to, know about Ozzy the musician. Do these people outnumber those of us who will remember Ozzy for what he really was? I hope not.
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