guitarist Kerry King has named his favourite song, and it’s one of The Prince Of Darkness’ lesser known tracks. Interviewed in , King names the singer’s best song as , from Osbourne’s 1991 solo album . King explains his choice by telling , “There’s such a history for Ozzy, starting with Black Sabbath.
I love some of the more abstract solo songs, though – the ones you might hear on radio, but not too often. I fucking love !” The guitarist continues: “It’s a weird fucking topic [paedophilia] for anybody, but for Ozzy especially, and that song is super-heavy. Every time I hear it on the radio it’s like, ‘YEAH! I’m glad they’re playing this instead of !’ Ha ha ha!” is the opening track of and was released as a promotional single in 1992.
However, the song has become a rarity since. According to setlist wiki , it’s been performed live by Osbourne just once, at a concert in October 1991. This may be due to its haunting lyrical content, written from the perspective of someone stalking and trying to seduce a young girl.
In a 1992 interview, Osbourne as being about a “pervert”, and said that its central character is a “parody” of US children’s TV personality Mr Rogers. Osbourne released his latest solo album, , in 2022 and retired from touring last year due to health issues. However, according to his wife/manager Sharon Osbourne, the vocalist wants to in his hometown of Birmingham, UK.
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