A look at some of Ozzy Osbourne's best music videos, reality show clips
'Paranoid'
Speaking of 'Paranoid,' it landed with an initial thud on the Billboard Hot 100, clanging in at 61. But the track in many ways emerged as the band's signature song, and for legions of fans, the official video shot in Belgium in 1970 was a frenetic journey through the mind of a gifted young artist operating without restraint.
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'Iron Man'
Ozzy famously croaked 'Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind?' on this seminal track from the group, also released on the 'Paranoid' album.
'Iron Man' would go on to shape the consciousness of disaffected youth from coast to coast during the 1970s, while later providing a soundtrack for future Gordon Geckos at frat parties in the 1980s, once the cut began to lose its some of its subversive edge.
Check out a shirtless Ozzy revisiting the song in a live rendition at a packed concert in 2019:
'The Osbournes' on MTV
In later years, the Ozz man (sort of) shed his transgressive rocker image for the role of a charmingly put-upon father in his long-running reality TV series 'The Osbournes.'
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The very first episode began with the family gathered in the living room trading F-bombs and tossing items at one another, in a scene not unfamiliar to many clans dealing with simmering resentments that suddenly surge to the fore.
It was cheeky. It was relatable. And like everything the man touched, it was difficult to look away, even for an instant.
Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.
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