Posted on 09/28/2001 4:28:18 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
LOS ANGELES, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Hellraising rock star Ozzy Osbourne sought solace in a Manhattan church after witnessing the Sept. 11 attacks, while Alanis Morissette clung to her boyfriend all day in Los Angeles, according to the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine.
Grim rocker Lou Reed watched the World Trade Center towers burn from the roof of his Greenwich Village apartment, and girlfriend Laurie Anderson was one of the few artists to perform that night.
The magazine compiled a round-up of rock-star reactions to the tragedies, and found that many were defiantly trying to get back to business as usual.
``During times of war, my parents tried to carry on as normally as much as you can, with adjustments,'' said Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, who is preparing to release a solo album in November. ``You can't let terrorists completely change your lifestyle. They would love that. That's a victory.''
Reed is in the middle of recording an album, and nobody would stop him from getting it done or going out on tour.
``Making music, creating beautiful things. We have to be in love with the good and the beautiful,'' Reed said. ``If we are not, then you're in a nihilistic state.''
Others interrupted their daily lives to help out at Ground Zero, the magazine reported. Beastie Boy Adam Yauch delivered food and socks to volunteers at the scene.
Osbourne and his wife, Sharon, tearfully watched the carnage unfold from the roof of their midtown hotel, and then went to a church across the road to collect their thoughts.
Morissette, who was planning to fly on Sept. 11 to testify about artists rights in Washington D.C., instead spent the day clinging to her boyfriend -- ``completely blown away and in shock, speechless.''
She told the magazine she might release a song that could offer ``some minuscule, miniscule value in terms of comfort.''
While most artists canceled shows set for Sept. 11, Laurie Anderson went through with a sold-out performance in Chicago.
``They canceled all the baseball games, but I felt that was a different thing,'' she reasoned. ``Ballgames are about fun and celebration, as music is. But music is also about why we're here.'' REUTERS
BULLHOCKY ......
Just listen to his song "After Forever" (while he was with Sabbath), and tell me he isn't a Christian...
If you start going to church after a terrorist act, the terrorists win!!!
His wife is not your typical rock star wife who looks like a porn star either. She is just a really normal looking suburban housewife type.
I've heard him say that not bombing Iraq into complete surrender was a huge mistake.
Look at the lyrics:
Have you ever thought about your soul - can it be saved? Or perhaps you think that when you're dead you just stay in your grave Is God just a thought within your head or is he a part of you? Is Christ just a name that you read in a book when you were in school? When you think about death do you lose your breath or do you keep your cool? Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope - do you think he's a fool? Well I have seen the truth, yes I've seen the light and I've changed my ways And I'll be prepared when you're lonely and scared at the end of our days Could it be you're afraid of what your friends might say If they knew you believe in God above? They should realize before they criticize that God is the only way to love Is your mind so small that you have to fall In with the pack wherever they run Will you still sneer when death is near And say they may as well worship the sun? I think it was true it was people like you that crucified Christ I think it is sad the opinion you had was the only one voiced Will you be so sure when your day is near, say you don't believe? You had the chance but you turned it down, now you can't retrieve Perhaps you'll think before you say that God is dead and gone Open your eyes, just realize that he's the one The only one who can save you now from all this sin and hate Or will you still jeer at all you hear? Yes! I think it's too late.
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