Puddles Pity Party, the sad clown renowned for his sorrowful covers of classic songs, has launched a video for a version of 's already sombre 1972 classic . "Oh hello," writes Puddles. "Here’s a Black Sabbath song written by Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi.
" "Ozzy!" he adds, before failing to add the rest of the credits, which include the words "Osbourne" and "Bill Ward". was originally released on Black Sabbath's album, where it unveiled a depth of emotion not even hinted at by the band's previous work. This daring vulnerability was compounded further by the release of a version by Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne in 2007.
And now Puddles Pity Parth has compounded that vulnerability further still. Fascinatingly, this is not the first time PPP has covered a song called . In 2021 he released a "re-weirdoed" version of the song of the same name.
Nor is the first time he's taken on Sabbath's catalogue: Last year he released a , while two years ago he released a heavy-hearted version of smooshed up with The Police's . Other songs starring in the Puddles Pity Party catalogue of gloom include a forlorn cover of , a , and a glum version of Puddles is currently on tour with , and will play a rare UK show next May at the Cambridge Theatre in London. For full dates, visit, the .
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