LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 18, 2019…THIRTY ONE YEARS AGO (JULY 18,1988) A CALIFORNIA APPEALS COURT UPHELD A LOWER COURT’S DECISION TO DISMISS A CASE AGAINST OZZY OSBOURNE AND CBS RECORDS. IN 1984 A TEENAGER ALLEGEDLY KILLED HIMSELF AFTER LISTENING TO OZZY’S ‘SUICIDE SOLUTION’.
ACCORDING TO A POLICE REPORT, OZZY’S SOLO DEBUT ALBUM ‘BLIZZRD OF OZZ’ WAS FOUND ON THE VICTIM’S TURNTABLE, CUED TO SIDE ONE, WHICH CONCLUDES WITH THE TRACK ‘SUICIDE SOLUTION.’
A PHOTO FROM THE CRIME SCENE SHOWED THE YOUTH WAS STILL WEARING HIS HEADPHONES. THE FAMILY OF ANOTHER YOUNG MAN BROUGHT A SIMILAR LAWSUIT AGAINST OSBOURNE THAT SAME YEAR, ALLEDGING THAT SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES HIDDEN WITHIN ‘SUICIDE SOLUTION’ CAUSED THEIR SON TO KILL HIMSELF. THEIR CASE WAS ALSO UNSUCCESSFUL.
THIS MIGHT BE THE GREATEST LIVE VERSION OF ANY OZZY SONG. IT’S FROM A SHOW FROM 1980. CHECK OUT OZZY’S KIDS ON STAGE
photo thanks-superstar photographer Jim Sheehan https://www.facebook.com/jimmyosheehan/
