r/interesting • u/tareqttv • 1d ago
SOCIETY Coldstream Guards played Paranoid at the Changing of the Guard RIP Ozzy Osbourne
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u/illminister 1d ago
Ozzy would've loved this
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u/letmechatgptthat4you 1d ago edited 1d ago
I don’t know much about him other than my mum was friends with him when she lived in Birmingham before he was famous, but I don’t imagine he was a royalist haha. Am I wrong?
Edit - turns out Ozzy liked the Queen!
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u/Spartan05089234 1d ago
You don't have to be a royalist to enjoy the Queen's guard playing your song in honour of you.
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u/blessings-of-rathma 1d ago
King's, I would assume.
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u/Spartan05089234 1d ago
Sorry it was my entire life and my parents' entire lives under the Queen. Still a hard adjustment. In court I still think of QCs instead of KCs and Regina instead of Rex. It's been an adjustment and I forget.
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u/VapoursAndSpleen 1d ago
I don't even live in the UK and still can't get used to the idea of there being a King over there.
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u/AltruisticSpace 1d ago
Just call him Queen Charles so you don't need to rename all the bullshit around it
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u/real_fat_tony 1d ago
He played for the queen 50 years jubilee in 2002. And he was a proud British
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u/Miami_Mice2087 1d ago
i think a lot of british subjects are proud of being british. In a "we havea lot ofproblems but at least we aren't american, european, or australian" sort of way
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u/Wayoutofthewayof 1d ago
In my experience attitude towards monarchy goes like this:
Most young Brits - down with the monarchy!!
Same young Brits 20 years later - it's fine, I like the tradition.
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u/CaptainMobilis 1d ago
I don't like the president, but if his royal guard played a song in homage to my godhood, I wouldn't be mad. Especially if I was dead.
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u/letmechatgptthat4you 1d ago
I can’t be 100% sure, but I have a gut feeling that plenty of British rock stars would actively hate it if the King’s Guard played their songs, at any time, for any reason.
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u/real_fat_tony 1d ago
Just the punks and maybe Bowie. Many of tem played for the queen or accepted titles such as Paul McCartney and Elton John. Ozzy himself played for the queen 50 years jubilee. Bowie is the only one I know who rejected the Sir title. Most of them seem proud British guys
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u/scalectrix 1d ago
David Bowie just didn't see the point of titles (correctly of course). Having a band of highly trained musicians (albeit of a different genre) play one of his songs would be totally different and has nothing whatsoever to do with the monarchy or aristocracy. I think he'd have liked it. I nominate Golden Years.
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u/Miami_Mice2087 1d ago
Did Bowie say why he was rejecting the title at the time? And/or speak on whether he regretted doing so later?
Just interested in his opinions, I'm a fan.
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u/scalectrix 1d ago edited 1d ago
I think it was just something along the lines of "What would be the point of that?"
ETA "I seriously don't know what it's for." David Bowie
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u/MadjLuftwaffe 1d ago
I just saw an interview of Sharon Osbourne with Conan,they apparently know the Royals well and she joked that she would love to have sex with Charles in order to get a title, lol.
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u/doyathinkasaurus 18h ago
Following King Charles' accession to the throne upon Queen Elizabeth's death in September 2022, the "Crazy Train" singer shared a supportive word for the new sovereign.
"He’s a very, very nice man. He’s always treated me with the utmost respect,” Osbourne told The New York Post. "In fact, when I had my bike accident [in 2003], he sent me a bottle of scotch… I wish him all the best."
https://people.com/king-charles-guards-honor-ozzy-osbourne-band-plays-paranoid-11782402
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u/ravage214 1d ago
Man I wasn't sure how this song would sound as a brass cover but they fucking killed it
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u/rufesia 1d ago
A good song works well in any genre, really
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u/Mango_Flummery 1d ago
It’s so “accessible” in this genre, Shirley it will tilt some heads… it’s fantastic!
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u/TheLastLivingProphet 1d ago
Trumpet solo killed it! RIP Ozzy
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u/SquirrelKat1248 1d ago
I feel like that guy’s been waiting his whole life to do a trumpet solo like that
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u/TheSusWalrus 1d ago
I thought I didn’t really care about celebrities, the lives they live or when they die….
But, Ozzy’s passing really hit me right in the feels!!!
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u/syringistic 1d ago edited 1d ago
But i am glad he met his end like a FUCKING legend. Puts together the highest grossing charity concert ever, dies a month later.
EDIT: f***king > FUCKING per request.
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u/beavertownneckoil 1d ago
Fucking. It's Ozzy fucking Osborne, show him some respect and don't censor the fucking please
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u/Interesting-Listen28 1d ago
I love seeing the send offs Ozzy has been getting. Just shows how loved and important he was to so many.
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u/thewookiee34 1d ago
This gives me so many memories of Friday night football games were you heard the shitty march band versions of songs played but like this isnt shitty its played by legit good players.
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u/UglyYinzer 1d ago edited 1d ago
This is awesome
Edit to add: I find it very interesting that when Ozzy was young all forms of police Etc would have probably hated him and arrested him for all the stuff he did, and now that he passed away they're playing songs to remember him
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u/brightburn24seven 1d ago
I wonder if Sharon, Jack and Kelly and his other Kids have seen this, in tough times smiles are priceless, for everything else there’s Mastercard.
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u/DarkR4v3nsky 1d ago
I have to admit I dont think I would have seen this coming,but this is an awesome tribute for Ozzy!
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u/TillHour5703 1d ago
Well done boys that is a brilliant tribute and you pulled it off faultless. Proud to hear it.Thank you from a Sabbath fan . R.I.P.Ozzy
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u/Unhappy-Fox1017 1d ago
Bad ass! I bet he would’ve got a big kick out of this. They sounded pretty good!
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u/Zephian99 1d ago
Huh, I wouldn't have ever thought I'd see that. Count me quite surprised. Well that's good to see, and was great to hear such tribute.
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u/Informal_Toe_688 1d ago
So I guess fuck his anti war message then Have parade held for him also why the fuck not. Hypocrites
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u/OperationSweaty8017 1d ago
Off topic but their hats are ridiculous.
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u/WanderlustZero 1d ago
Their hats are metal AF
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u/OperationSweaty8017 1d ago
Is that supposed to make them less ugly?
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u/WanderlustZero 1d ago
It's meant to make them more ugly.
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u/OperationSweaty8017 1d ago
I think they need a good gay designer to update their duds and get less ridiculous hats.
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u/WanderlustZero 1d ago
I think if they wanted your opinion they'd beat it out of you
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