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Re: Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025)
End of an era.
We're going to see a LOT more icons pass in the next 5-10 years. It's frightening.
The 20th century is wrapping up. What will be left in it's place is going to be horrific because the 20th century icons were never replaced.
It was a bad week if you grew up in the 80s-90s. With Hulk Hogan , Ozzy Osbourne, and Malcolm Jamal Warner dying within days of one another .
It’s already happened in terms of “famous”21st century people who have died. They are just farts in the wind . It gets noted and you move on. They were famous but zero real impact in terms of culture. Fleeting success if you want a term to describe them.
Re: Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025)
End of an era.
We're going to see a LOT more icons pass in the next 5-10 years. It's frightening.
The 20th century is wrapping up. What will be left in it's place is going to be horrific because the 20th century icons were never replaced.
That’s quite a brilliant insight. They weren’t replaced.
You know when i checked out of pop culture musics wise? (For the most part)
It was 1996…there was a seismic shift in how things were done. It was the beof synchronized dancing and boy/girl groups. I was 14 and already knew it was over. GnR officially breaks up and slutty teen age girls were peddling jail bait. Then in 1997 a feminine straight men and gay guys were teaming up to also dance in synchronization. The singing was either lip synched or heavily enhanced my electronics. The appeal was in their matching outfits and cheesy dancing.
And from there…i slowly checked out. And i was only 14. I didn’t know it at the time…but it was a seismic shift in pop culture from which I’d never recovered.
Remember Maroon 5? A group of corporate executives focus grouped the shot out of them and created a ‘create a band’ mode like it was a video game.
Now? Pop culture in music is men singing in high falsetto voices whining and women mostly naked in thinly vailed stripper routines that oddly appeals mostly to other women.
I never thought the 80s culture would ever come back (at least not since becoming an adult) but it was still comforting to know that the culture was still alive in a small way. I’ll have nothing left in the way of connecting to mainstream culture soon.
In Chicago, we just lost Ryne Sandberg. Just make it stop even if only for a little bit.
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