On top of the speaker cabinets a set of Osbournes dolls quivered as the music began at deafening volume \u2013 a mini-symphony with a massed choir singing of \u201cMother Russia\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m writing a rock opera about the life of Rasputin,\u201d Ozzy said.<\/p>\n
With his eyes obscured by the blue lenses of his round Lennon specs, it was impossible to tell if he was joking.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve dreamed of doing this for 20 years,\u201d he added, echoing Spinal Tap\u2019s long-held ambition of crafting a musical based on Jack The Ripper.<\/p>\n
Only when Ozzy began to sing along to his own guide vocals was it apparent that he was entirely serious.<\/p>\n
Rasputin, he claimed, would be a stage production, his role not as performer but as co-writer and arranger.<\/p>\n
One of the songs, Before The Dawn, was sung by daughter Aimee. Another featured balalaikas. At the very least, Ozzy was presenting a more rounded portrayal of Rasputin that did Boney M.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey called him The Mad Monk,\u201d Ozzy explained. \u201cOn one hand he was a holy man, and on the other he was having fucking orgies.\u201d<\/p>\n
Demonised by enemies within the Russian imperial court, Rasputin met a brutal end in 1916: drugged, poisoned, beaten and shot, he was finally drowned when thrown into the Neva river at Petrograd.<\/p>\n
Ozzy felt a certain kinship with his subject. \u201cHe became a scapegoat,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a perfect scenario for what Ozzy is about.\u201d<\/p>\n
He took a gulp of coffee from a mug the size of a soup bowl.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not Ozzy Lloyd-Webber,\u201d he reasoned. \u201cOne of the songs is like something from Fiddler On The Roof, but there\u2019s some heavy rock stuff too.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know in my soul that this is one of the greatest things I\u2019ve ever done in my life. And this is the first thing I\u2019ve done stone cold sober.<\/p>\n
\u201cI never thought I could do anything without a smoke of a joint or a glass of ale, and that\u2019s bollocks.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was in that very room that Ozzy had quit the booze. Not for the first time, but, he hoped, the last.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been on and off the drugs and alcohol so many times I feel like a fucking fiddler\u2019s elbow,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I can honestly say today that I\u2019m done.\u201d<\/p>\n
For an hour or more, Ozzy talked about various elements of his life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been known to do some pretty nutty shit,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt about it \u2013 I am fucking nuts. I\u2019m not becoming a mystical fucking guru, but if there is a God or a great creator, I believe they map your life out.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also talked about parenting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was a kid my mother and father never told me they loved me or that they were proud of me. So all I\u2019m doing is what I would have liked.\u201d<\/p>\n
OZZY OSBOURNE – “Mama, I’m Coming Home” (Official Video) – YouTube
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Watch On <\/a><\/p>\n Ozzy freely admitted to his various physical and mental disorders, among them ADHD, chronic dyslexia an an hereditary tremor compounded by Parkinsonian syndrome caused by years of cocaine abuse. The latter, he said, accounted for the shaky walk and stuttering speech.<\/p>\n He ended the conversation on a positive note.<\/p>\n \u201cI am blessed,” he smiled. \u201cIf you asked how much money I\u2019m worth, I honestly couldn\u2019t give you an answer. I do it for Sharon and kids, anyway.<\/p>\n \u201cThe overriding thing that comes across [on The Osbournes] is that we all love each other. Jack asked me, \u2018Dad, do you think people are laughing with you or at you?\u2019 I said, \u2018Son, as long as they\u2019re laughing I couldn\u2019t give a fuck!\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m in the entertainment business. If they\u2019re laughing at me, great \u2013 at least they\u2019re not crying.\u201d<\/p>\n Having been demonised for so many years \u2013 if not to the extent of his hero Rasputin \u2013 Ozzy viewed his recent audience with the Queen with bemusement.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Queen said to me, \u2018I hear you\u2019re quite the wild one.\u2019 I didn\u2019t know what to say.\u201d<\/p>\n With an echo of another hero, John Lennon<\/a>, he added: \u201cI\u2019m just Ozzy Osbourne<\/a> from Aston. A working class hero.\u201d<\/p>\n WORKING CLASS HERO. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) – John Lennon\/Plastic Ono Band (official music video HD) – YouTube
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