Daily Boom 80's Throwback: Ozzy Osbourne 'Shot In The Dark'

"Out on the street, I'm stalking the night

I can hear my heavy breathing.

Paid for the kill but it doesn't seem right;

something there I can believe in .

Voices are calling from inside my head.

I can hear them, I can hear them,

vanishing memories of things that were said,

they can't try to hurt me now.

But a shot in the dark, one step away from you.

A shot in the dark, always creeping up on you"

I can remember being in high school and everyone loving Ozzy Osbourne. Black Sabbath seemed to be a group that all of my friends worshipped at the feet of and I simply just didn't get it. I couldn't exactly climb aboard the crazy train, until "Shot In The Dark" started playing on my local rock station. Yeah it was probably a little more pop-ish than most of Ozzy's stuff and maybe that's why it appealed to me. While 80% of me lived in headbanger heaven the other 20% was dancing their ass off to club hits.

Weird I know.

Even today, "Shot In The Dark" feels a bit different to me. Ozzy's hair is bigger, his clothes are a bit glitzier and he has this look on his face that tells me that in spite of the booze & the drugs, he knows exactly what he's doing. This song was intended to broaden his appeal so that his fan base would grow.

And it worked.

Check out "Shot In The Dark" below!

Happy Easter!

Daily Boom 80's Throwback: Ozzy Osbourne 'Shot In The Dark'

"Out on the street, I'm stalking the night,

I can hear my heavy breathing.

Paid for the kill but it doesn't seem right;

something there I can believe in .

Voices are calling from inside my head.

I can hear them, I can hear them,

vanishing memories of things that were said,

they can't try to hurt me now.

But a shot in the dark, one step away from you.

A shot in the dark, always creeping up on you"

I can remember being in high school and everyone loving Ozzy Osbourne. Black Sabbath seemed to be a group that all of my friends worshipped at the feet of and I simply just didn't get it. I couldn't exactly climb aboard the crazy train, until "Shot In The Dark" started playing on my local rock station. Yeah it was probably a little more pop-ish than most of Ozzy's stuff and maybe that's why it appealed to me. While 80% of me lived in headbanger heaven the other 20% was dancing their ass off to club hits.

Weird I know.

Even today, "Shot In The Dark" feels a bit different to me. Ozzy's hair is bigger, his clothes are a bit glitzier and he has this look on his face that tells me that in spite of the booze & the drugs, he knows exactly what he's doing. This song was intended to broaden his appeal so that his fan base would grow.

And it worked.

Check out "Shot In The Dark" below!

Daily Boom 80's Throwback: Ozzy Osbourne And Lita Ford - 'Close My Eyes Forever'

"Baby
I get so scared inside, and I don't really understand
Is it love that's on my mind, or is it fantasy?
Heaven
Is in the palm of my hand, and it's waiting here for you
What am I supposed to do with a childhood tragedy?
If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain unchanged?
If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain the same?
Sometimes
It's hard to hold on
So hard to hold on to my dreams
It isn't always what it seems"

So many fantastic power ballads came out of the 80's but very few of them were duets. I think that by the time Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford released "Close My Eyes Forever" in 1988, we were more than ready for it. It was about as lyrically desperate and suicidal as it gets. The fact that these two wrote and recorded it smack in the middle of a night of partying is hardly a surprise either. 

Supposedly Sharon Osbourne had left them together and Ozzy and Lita's creativity went through the roof after getting really high. They both had dropped their walls and the song just totally fell into place. It's funny because this was a real crossover song for them. Even if you weren't a fan of hair bands or hard rock, you still probably loved this song.

I think the best hard rock of the 80's ultimately ended up being the stuff that has never felt dated. "Close My Eyes Forever" is for sure one of those classics. Check out the video below. Do you think that this is Ozzy and Lita at their best?

Daily Boom 80's Throwback: Ozzy Osbourne And Lita Ford - 'Close My Eyes Forever'

"Baby
I get so scared inside, and I don't really understand
Is it love that's on my mind, or is it fantasy?
Heaven
Is in the palm of my hand, and it's waiting here for you
What am I supposed to do with a childhood tragedy?
If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain unchanged?
If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain the same?
Sometimes
It's hard to hold on
So hard to hold on to my dreams
It isn't always what it seems"

So many fantastic power ballads came out of the 80's but very few of them were duets. I think that by the time Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford released "Close My Eyes Forever" in 1988, we were more than ready for it. It was about as lyrically desperate and suicidal as it gets. The fact that these two wrote and recorded it smack in the middle of a night of partying is hardly a surprise either. 

Supposedly Sharon Osbourne had left them together and Ozzy and Lita's creativity went through the roof after getting really high. They both had dropped their walls and the song just totally fell into place. It's funny because this was a real crossover song for them. Even if you weren't a fan of hair bands or hard rock, you still probably loved this song.

I think the best hard rock of the 80's ultimately ended up being the stuff that has never felt dated. "Close My Eyes Forever" is for sure one of those classics. Check out the video below. Do you think that this is Ozzy and Lita at their best?

Daily Boom 80's Throwback: Ozzy Osbourne 'Shot In The Dark'

"Out on the street, I'm stalking the night,

I can hear my heavy breathing.

Paid for the kill but it doesn't seem right;

something there I can believe in .

Voices are calling from inside my head.

I can hear them, I can hear them,

vanishing memories of things that were said,

they can't try to hurt me now.

But a shot in the dark, one step away from you.

A shot in the dark, always creeping up on you"

I can remember being in high school and everyone loving Ozzy Osbourne. Black Sabbath seemed to be a group that all of my friends worshipped at the feet of and I simply just didn't get it. I couldn't exactly climb aboard the crazy train, until "Shot In The Dark" started playing on my local rock station. Yeah it was probably a little more pop-ish than most of Ozzy's stuff and maybe that's why it appealed to me. While 80% of me lived in headbanger heaven the other 20% was dancing their ass off to club hits.

Weird I know.

Even today, "Shot In The Dark" feels a bit different to me. Ozzy's hair is bigger, his clothes are a bit glitzier and he has this look on his face that tells me that in spite of the booze & the drugs, he knows exactly what he's doing. This song was intended to broaden his appeal so that his fan base would grow.

And it worked.

Check out "Shot In The Dark" below!

Happy Easter!