Ozzy Osbourne Scores with 'Junkie'

REUTERS ^ | MAY 10 2002 | REUTERS--By Jill Feiwell

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - If there was any doubt that this is Ozzy Osbourne's year, it should be fading fast.

The latest accolade for the self-proclaimed "bleeping Prince of Darkness" and star of MTV's hit reality series "The Osbournes" is a Prism Award, bestowed for presenting an accurate depiction of drug, alcohol or tobacco addiction in his new song "Junkie." (In his early Black Sabbath days, Osbourne sang about the evils of drugs in "Sweet Leaf.")

The sixth edition of the kudos, held Thursday in Los Angeles, doled out 14 nods that met the aforementioned criteria. The ceremony, presented by the Entertainment Institutes of Health Industries Council, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse/National, was held at CBS Television City.

In the TV arena, nods went to the comedy "My Wife and Kids," the soap "All My Children," dramas "The Division" and "Third Watch" and the miniseries "Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows," among others.

Sweeping the feature film category was Ted Demme's drug drama "Blow." Penelope Cruz was on hand to pay tribute to the late director; his widow accepted the award on his behalf.

The Prisms added two categories this year: music recording or music video -- which went to Osbourne -- and the Prism Film Festival Award, which is bestowed upon films that have not yet been released but are playing the festival circuit. Grabbing the latter nod were the pictures "Acts of Worship" and "Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial."

Winners were selected out of 56 nominees and 236 submissions. The ceremony was taped for national syndication by Tribune Entertainment and is scheduled to air in August. A complete list of winners may be found at http://www.prismawards.com.

[Timesink]

I have a copy of Ozzy's acceptance speech:

Munhauhnhnnhh! I wanna undumuncheh f***** arbamhunuhmhuhanh! Sharon! Where's Sharon?

[Tony in Hawaii]

I think it was actually "Prince of Bleeping Darkness."

[StriperSniper]

(In his early Black Sabbath days, Osbourne sang about the evils of drugs in "Sweet Leaf.")

Huh? That's not the way I read it:

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"Sweet Leaf"


ALRIGHT NOW!!
Won't you listen?

When I first met you, didn't realize
I can't forget you, for your suprize
you introduced me, to my mind
And left me wanting, you and your kind

I love you, Oh you know it

My life was empty forever on a down
Until you took me, showed me around
My life is free now, my life is clear
I love you sweet leaf, though you can't hear

Come on now, try it out

Straight people don't know, what your about
They put you down and shut you out
you gave to me a new belief
and soon the world will love you sweet leaf

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Sounds like some good bud to me! ;-)

[rmlew]

I'm listening to Fairies Wear Boots (great song.) right now. There is no way he and Tommy, Geezer... were sober with this one.

[StriperSniper]

I don't think I've listened to any old Sabbath sober in years, by the time somebody pulls that out, we are well into the party!

[Uncle Meat]

That is weird.I just happen to be listening to Master of Reality while I'm reading this.I just heard Sweet Leaf and am now on After Forever.Coincidence or is Ozzy really sending me telepathic messages?I'm not joking about the Master of reality though.

[StriperSniper]

I'm listening to Matt Drudge on Lynn Samuels now on WABC NYC. He just took the first call, question - Should he sue O'Rielly?

[Uncle Meat]

He should sue the hell out of him...for what,I don't know.Uh...what's this have to do with Ozzy?

[StriperSniper]

Nothing, it just seems like I'm the only one who has been on this thread that was not listening to old Sabbath.

But the talk about Sweet Leaf did inspire me one way.......;-)

[StriperSniper]

He should sue the hell out of him...for what,I don't know.

Bill said that Matt was smoking crack and that the authorities should be notified and the only cure "is to kill Matt Drudge."

O'Rielly has lost his mind!

[Uncle Meat]

I just happened to grab Master of reality and threw it in the CD player when I stumbled on this thread.It's just strange to me how things work sometimes.

[Senator Pardek]

What you gonna do? Time's caught up with you
Now you wait your turn, you know there's no return
Take your written rules, you join the other fools
Turn to something new, now it's killing you

First it was the bomb, Vietnam napalm
Disillusioning, you push the needle in
From life you escape, reality's that way
Colours in your mind satisfy your time

Oh you, you know you must be blind
To do something like this
To take the sleep that you don't know
You're giving Death a kiss,
Oh, little fool now

Your mind is full of pleasure
Your body's looking ill
To you it's shallow leisure
So drop the acid pill, don't stop to think now

You're having a good time baby
But that won't last
Your mind's all full of things
You're living too fast
go out enjoy yourself
Don't bottle it in
You need someone to help you
To stick the needle in, yeah

Now you know the scene, your skin starts turning green
Your eyes no longer seeing life's reality
Push the needle in, face death's sickly grin
Holes are in your skin, caused by deadly pin

Head starts spinning 'round, you fall down to the ground
Feel your body heave, Death's hands starts to weave
It's too late to turn, you don't want to learn
Price of life you cry, now you're gonna die!

[jodorowsky]

Supernaut

I want to reach out and touch the sky
I want to touch the sun
But I don't need to fly
I'm gonna climb up every mountain of the moon
And find a distant man a-waving his spoon

I've crossed the ocean, turned every bend
I found the crossing near a golden rainbow's end
I've been through magic and through life's reality
I've lived a thousand years and it never bothered me

Got no religion, don't need no friends
Got all I want and I don't need to pretend
Don't try to reach me, 'cause I'd tear up your mind
I've seen the future and I've left it behind

[galt-jw]

well, what can you say about the osbournes? trailer parks get a bad rap.

[StriperSniper]

[DoughNut]

Ted Demme? Didn't he die of a cocaine overdose/complication while playing basketball this year?

Look Here.

Doughnut

[Tony in Hawaii]

SHARON!

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

I was listening to N.I.B. when i found the article