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The political knowledge of Ozzy Osbourne

PoliticsThe political knowledge of Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne, one of the vital well-known rock frontmen of all time, died Tuesday aged 76.

The Black Sabbath singer was notorious for his on- and off-stage antics (he bit the pinnacle off a bat throughout a live performance and bit the heads off two doves throughout a gathering together with his file label).

His dying comes lower than three weeks after he reunited together with his authentic Black Sabbath bandmates for the primary time since 2005 at Again to the Starting, an all-star farewell live performance that includes a number of the greatest names in steel.

Osbourne’s fame meant he had encounters with many world leaders; in 1984 he launched a T-shirt emblazoned with “Ozzy for President.” Listed below are a few of his ideas on politics by means of the years.

Ozzy on Tony Blair…

“I’m not so comfy with politicians,” Osbourne wrote in his 2009 e book “I Am Ozzy” earlier than recounting an encounter with former U.Ok. Prime Minister Tony Blair at an awards present. He described Blair as “all proper, I suppose; very charming. However I couldn’t recover from the truth that our younger troopers have been dying out within the Center East and he might nonetheless discover the time to hold round with pop stars.”

Osbourne mentioned Blair, who performed in a band referred to as Ugly Rumours whereas a scholar at Oxford, informed him he “might by no means work out the chords” to Black Sabbath traditional Iron Man.

“I needed to say, ‘F**okay me, Tony, that’s a staggering piece of data, that’s. I imply, you’re at conflict with Afghanistan, persons are getting blown up in every single place, so who truthfully offers a f**okay that you could possibly by no means work out the chords to ‘Iron Man’?”

Ozzy on George W. Bush…

In what can solely be described as an odd reserving, Osbourne was invited to the White Home Correspondents’ Dinner in 2002. Then-U.S. president George W. Bush confirmed the assembled politicians and journalists a video by which his vice-president, Dick Cheney, pretended to urinate on the door to the Oval Workplace. This was an apparent nod to Osbourne, who in 1982 urinated on the Alamo Cenotaph, commemorating the Battle of the Alamo (Osbourne was banned from the town of San Antonio because of this, though the ban was later rescinded).

Osbourne informed the ShortList media outlet that he’d drunk three bottles of wine earlier than the occasion and described Bush as “a c**t.”

“I imply, nobody would come close to me as a result of I used to be off me f**king nuts. I’ve met him [Bush], I’ve met Invoice Clinton, I’ve met a great deal of them. However they’re very unusual individuals. Hillary Clinton was fantastic, a really good girl. George Bush, I by no means fairly bought his deal. The factor is, I don’t suppose he anticipated World Struggle 3 to start when he bought voted in, did he? It was a little bit of a shocker, a kick within the pants. He hadn’t been in workplace greater than 5 minutes and 9/11 went down.”

Ozzy on Donald Trump…

Osbourne is one in all an extended checklist of musicians to have complained about Trump’s utilizing their music. Trump used Osbourne’s solo hit “Loopy Prepare” in a social media put up following the 2020 Democratic debates.

“We’re sending discover to the Trump marketing campaign (or some other campaigns) that they’re forbidden from utilizing any of Ozzy Osbourne’s music in political advertisements or in any political campaigns,” Ozzy and spouse Sharon Osbourne wrote in a press release. “Ozzy’s music can’t be used for any means with out approvals.”

“Maybe he [Trump] ought to attain out to a few of his musician pals. Perhaps Kanye West, Child Rock or Ted Nugent will enable use of their music,” the assertion added, mocking artists who had proven vocal help for the president.

Ozzy on the political response to Covid…

Osbourne was vital of Trump’s response to Covid-19, telling Rolling Stone that the president was “appearing like a idiot” and saying on his Sirius XM radio present: “Whether or not you want the federal government or whether or not you don’t, no matter, Dr [Anthony] Fauci, all these virologist individuals, they [tell] us what we should always do: put on a masks, wash fingers, social distance.”

He added within the Rolling Stone interview: “If I used to be operating for president, I’d attempt to discover out a bit bit about politics. As a result of the f**king man you’ve bought in there now doesn’t know that a lot about it, I don’t assume.”

“It’s not like anybody may very well be a f**king coronary heart surgeon and simply go in with a scalpel. It’s a must to know what you’re f**king doing.”

Ozzy on all politicians…

“I don’t perceive politicians; all of them ought to type one massive enormous rock band and see how they play,” he mentioned on British TV present Good Morning Britain in 2020.

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