Looking on, I did’nt expect all the Pomp and Pageantry around Ozzy’s funeral. I’ve never been much into his music or public persona, but apparently many others were.
One also has to remember that even though England has had a gigantic influence on popular music, going back to the ‘50’s, geographically, England is not all that big of a nation, compared to the USA.
So, what we often see (even now, after all the unwanted immigration) is a small country, a cluster of villages, now celebrating one of it’s Sons.
When viewed that way, it makes sense that the country would do it all up to collectively say Goodbye.
I believe The United States is 40 times larger in size than England.
Oh. It’s not Birmingham, Alabama.