Just saw the news. Holy cow: that’s the end of an era right there.
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Law of the Claw… Long live Ozzy
Mamma I’m coming home.
This one stings… grew up on him. Absolutely love Sabbath.
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What a phenominal performer.
My wife was comparing age/performances of guys like Ren & 21 pilots one night.
I put this on and said “heres my point of reference…”
Not bad for a 22 year old.
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Was fortunate enough to have seen Sabbath and solo Ozzy.
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Me too. Literally, grew up with it playing in the house when I was a little kid.
I’d run around singing the guitar of Iron Man like the old Bat Man television series theme song. “NA NA, NA NA, NA NA, NA NA- DA DA DAH!”.
Long before we were even aware of each other, I met my wife at Ozzfest.
Two younger scaredish looking girls in jeans shorts and bikini tops were standing tight behind me & my buddy & his wife and son. I noticed the bikinis!
Skip ahead to 2004, I’m in her apartment and see a picture of the 2 girls in bikini tops. So I asked her "Was that Ozzfest, 98? She goes “Yeah, how did you know?”
I tell her “You & your sister were standing right behind us the whole show!” 
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Edit: freudian slip, meant right instead of tight, but I’m leaving it.
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Black Sabbath was our preferred soundtrack for Magic: The Gathering card nights in the early '90’s.
That’s great… lifelong memory
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That’s a great story!
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Since the Sabbath thread earlier this year I’ve been listening my way through their albums and deep cuts.
Then I spent all day a couple weekends ago watching uploads from “Back to the Beginning.”
I feel like I got down with Sabbath just in the knick of time!
Its really cool that Ozzy was able to make it to that last performance.
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What a way to go out too
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Make a joke and I will sigh
And you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness, I cannot feel
And love, to me, is so unreal
And so, as you hear these words
Telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life
I wish I could, but it’s too late
Ozzy wrote a book containing his “Ask Dr. Ozzy” advice columns. The advice is amazingly good; he had at least three lifetimes worth of lived experience…
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Those are the wrong gates…
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Magic??
I bet it was always Dio fronted Sabbath, NERD!!!
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I thought so too, but it’s probably some Godly witness protection thing - Sharon’s never get to him there now. Besides, Lemmy was never a stickler for the rules.
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