Posted on 04/28/2002 4:33:42 PM PDT by Starmaker
He was a Big Band leader....
you know, the 1952 equivalent of a Rock Star.
What I don't understand is why people insist on defining an entire decade by it's lamer sit-coms. If the 1950's was the "Leave it to Beaver" and "Ozzie and Harriet" decade, then the 1980's was the "Family Matters" and "Full House" decade. I guess the 90's was the "Step by Step" and "Boy meets World" decade. Please! How come no one ever refers to the 50's as the "Honeymooners" decade? Or the "I Love Lucy" decade? Could it be because those shows actually had some bite to them and don't fit a pre-conceived stereotype about an entire decade?
It's a show that you laugh at but should feel bad about it later.
Yeah, that mansion he's living in really bespeaks total failure. :)
If 20+ years of marriage and all the problems associated with the lifestyle of a rock star haven't 'run his family off' it ain't going to happen now.
Have you actually watched the show? They are 'different' but they are a loving, close family. Far from me to judge them.
Suicide Solution:
Wine is fine
But whiskey's quicker
suicide is slow with liquer
Take a bottle drain your sorrows
THEN IT FLOODS AWAY TOMMOROW!!
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Hmmm. How is that 'very pro-God'? Plagiarizing a few verses from the Bible for some other songs doesn't make him pro-God.
Your Higher Power may be God or Jesus Christ
It doesn't really matter much to me
Without each other there's just no hope for us.
I'm living in a dream, a fantasy...
There are a lot of others who are more familiar with his songs than I and have posted more lyrics, most of which are the antithesis of what his music has been portrayed.
Your Higher Power may be God or Jesus Christ
It doesn't really matter much to me
Without each other there's just no hope for us.
I'm living in a dream, a fantasy...
There are a lot of others who are more familiar with his songs than I and have posted more lyrics, most of which are the antithesis of what his music has been portrayed.
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So you've gone from his lyrics are 'pro-God' to suggesting he is not into 'satan worship'. Good. Again, as I said before, lifting a few words or Biblical concepts doesn't make him pro-God. I said nothing about his satanic activities, but you obviously know more about him than I do.
Tell me, if you had daughters would you be concerned if they ran around with a guy who acted like he does? Would you want your sons to emulate Ozzy? How about someone who wrote the following:
Mr. Tinkertrain (Ozzy Osbourne/Zakk Wylde/Randy Castillo)
Would you like some sweeties little girl?
Come a little closer
I'm gonna show you a brand new world tonight
I've got a palace full of fantasy
Ready made just for you and me
Once you're there I'm gonna take you for a ride
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Not exactly my vision of Mr. Right for my daughters, nor a model for my sons.
Yeah, I saw it once and I couldn't understand anything either.
He may be pro-religious and pro-war and all that but my take was that it was a huge anti-drug message.
As for standards in the '50s I remember one time a guy got arrested for using profanity. It was at my grandfather's service station and there was a women within earshot and cursing in front of a woman was illegal.
And a kid out of wedlock carried the ultimate stigma.
Things were different, at least where I grew up.
Oh, really? Bitten the head off of any Bats lately? Seriously flawed is more like it!
Have you? Neither has Ozzy.
Wine is fine but whiskey's quicker
Suicide is slow with liquor
Take a bottle and drown your sorrows
Then it floods away tomorrows
Evil thoughts and evil doings
Cold, alone you hang in ruins
Thought that you'd escape the reaper
You can't escape the Master Keeper
'Cause you feel like you're living a lie
Such a shame who's to blame and you're wondering why
Then you ask from your cask us there life after birth
What you sow can mean Hell on this earth
Now you live inside a bottle
The reaper's traveling at full throttle
It's catching you but you don't see
The reaper is you and the reaper is me
Breaking laws, knocking doors
But there's no one at home
Made your bed, rest your head
But you lie there and moan
Where to hide, Suicide is the only way out
Don't you know what it's really about
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