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Old Man Who Doesn’t Like Rap Song Somehow on Right Side of History (thehardtimes.net)
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LOS ANGELES — Legendary metal musician, and noted septuagenarian, Ozzy Osbourne broke new ground when he became the first old white man to complain about a rap song and actually be on the right side of history.

“This is the first time we’ve ever seen a person of Ozzy’s age, wealth status, and complexion complain about a rap song or artist and actually be correct. Especially when they say it in an all-caps Tweet,” said music scholar Aiden Lawrence

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[–] j_roby@slrpnk.net 159 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

Contrast this with his reaction to T-Pain's cover of War Pigs

Edit: link to T-Pain's live cover

Edit2: Alt Link

[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

It really is an awesome cover.

[–] GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Amusingly enough the Onion article mentions this.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

It's The Hard Times. They put out good stuff too 😉

[–] invertedspear@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago

Holy fuck, every member of that band truly understood the assignment. That guitarist and drummer though… that was amazing. Thank you for posting this, my day is better for having watched it.

[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 16 points 1 year ago

...damn. That was great.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

35-years ago, I never thought I would see a popular rapper and his band belt out such a faithful rendition. And a crowd of black people rolling with it! Wild times!

[–] Steve@startrek.website 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey you just cost me an hour

[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Worth. Every. Second.

[–] Nudding@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

That was sick, thanks.

[–] Omnificer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Nice, thanks for sharing the cover itself! It really is a delight

[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago

My favorite solo is always the "aight I'm just gonna leave you to it, bye" solo lmao