Dropping Like Flies

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Guitarist George Kooymans from the band Golden Earring


radar love is just one of best
did not know they were dutch
formed in 1961 by Kooymans when he was 13

[hutch]

Thank you Charlie Daniels for cancelling your show that I won tickets to, allowing for Ozzy to instead be my first concert ever; Bark at the Moon Tour, April 5, 1983.

Nice!

[grateful tagle zuppi pizzaboli]

Amazing that all four guys are still alive. And I mean just in general actuary terms; they old.

that a man lives to 76 is a little above average, but not uncommon.

that a man like Ozzy lived to 76, given his life, is absolutely mind-blowing.

not that i want to jinx him but the crown is now firmly seated on keith richards' head.

78.6 is the male life expectancy for the UK.

Fair. But now that Ozzy’s gone, the average has dropped below 70

[hutch]

Just can’t believe he died only two weeks after his final show…makes you wonder….

By all accounts he sounded good, right?? Everyone who is anyone was there too. He met AXL for first time!

It’s nice that he raised $190 million for I think Parkinson’s which he had right

[sweetcell]

Just can’t believe he died only two weeks after his final show…makes you wonder….

By all accounts he sounded good, right??

eh not really.  subjectively, for a 76 year old former addict with advanced Parkinsons, yeah he sounded good.  but objectively, he sang like a 76 year old former addict with advanced Parkinsons.  he couldn't stand, his voice was shaky, and he was out of tune at times (worse offender was mama i'm coming home - yikes, and that's with zakk helping out on vocals). 

he performed about as good as i could have hoped for.  i didn't expect a stellar performance - this was a nostalgia set with a lot of leeway given.  still epic IMO.

[grateful tagle zuppi pizzaboli]

My introduction to Ozzy was probably on the news during Suicide Solution trial. Or a counselor at camp who looked like he ‘did drugs’ wearing an Ozzy t-shirt. 

Then I saw Ozzy with Black Sabbath on the Live Aid broadcast. One of the first acts. It was incredible.  I must have rewatched it on Betamax a hundred times. 

Kind of epitomized apparent contradictions of Ozzy.  Here he is singing about apocalypse and psychosis looking like a 1985 grandma who flew in from Boca to Westchester for her grandson’s Bar Mitzvah . . .but it’s just totally empowering and life-affirming . . .the Prince of Darkness backed by the heaviest of heavy bands . . .and it’s a sunny summer morning in Philly . . .but the vibe is somehow perfect.  Completely insane but completely in control. And the crowd totally won over. Nevermind they hadn’t played together in 6+ years and barely rehearsed and less than sober

https://youtu.be/rixsC0TioYE

leet

[Julian, Hyperpop SLUTFUCK]

Hulk Hogan, 71, cardiac arrest

[Julian, Hyperpop SLUTFUCK]

These do not personally align with my interests, but there are some people out there who just saw Ozzy and Hulk pass within 48 hours of each other and that's basically their entire childhood.

[kosmo vinyl]

Chuck Mangione

Guess you could say part of my childhood just died.. definitely had the “Feels So Good” album in the household

[Justin Tonation]

That was a quick 3. Or is it in 4s now?

[kosmo vinyl]

Ok technically not childhood

[Yada]

I wonder who did more drugs over their lifetime, ozzy or the hulk?

[Julian, Hyperpop SLUTFUCK]

I wonder who did more drugs over their lifetime, ozzy or the hulk?

Wait, we're not including Chuck Mangione in this? Sober people do not __just__ spontaneously pick up flugelhorns, bro.

[Julian, Hyperpop SLUTFUCK]

Guess you could say part of my childhood just died.. definitely had the “Feels So Good” album in the household

Honestly, if we're counting how many times my parents played his LPs on Sunday mornings, Chuck Mangione had a way bigger impact than Hulk Hogan + Ozzy for me personally.

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Guess you could say part of my childhood just died.. definitely had the “Feels So Good” album in the household

Honestly, if we're counting how many times my parents played his LPs on Sunday mornings, Chuck Mangione had a way bigger impact than Hulk Hogan + Ozzy for me personally.

interesting.  It was also an album that was in my parents collection of Billy Joel, Rod Stewart, Foreigner, Dan Hill, Christopher Cross and Jackson Brown
Felt like they were so sophisticated listening to jazz