bmcskim December 13th, 2006 08:42AM  
The whole problem here is that Ozzy can, obviously, not string a sentence together (and BTW, I am a fan.) It was Bob Daisley who wrote these lyrics, and most of Ozzy's 80's lyrics. Then - what a shock - Bob left the band and all of a sudden Motorhead's Lemmy (a self-confessed alcoholic)is writing or cowriting lyrics. But back to Mr Crowley. Yes so called Satanist Alastaire Crowley. Yes he appeared on the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album cover. And yes, most song lyrics are very dangerous to be taken literally. Look at Suicide Solution. Some idiot did not know what the song was about (alcoholism) and killed himself. Now - tell me that classical music/opera is more wholesome. You can't, can you? Eg...Sweeney Todd, a barber slashes his customer's throats and stuffs their fucking gizzards into pies. So don't blame Ozzy, don't blame Bob, don't blame Rock N Roll (it's here to stay lol).

One final thing - as an artist, you create "art" to express yourself. So if someone has a problem, then it's all good that they express it thru art, not Murder or Suicide!

Take care,

anonymous March 13th, 2007 08:25AM  
Ozzy once said in an interview that at the time of the blizzard sessions there were Crowley cards laying about, and he began to become interested in knowing more about
this man. (Crowley).Bob Daisley did write all the lyrics
as did Gezzer Butler with Sabbath.Ozzy is a singer,and nothing more.....

anonymous September 20th, 2007 07:24PM  
I believe that "Mr.Crowley"
was about Aleister Crowely & cocaine
If you look up Aleister Crowely in wikipedia.org
it says that
"Crowley was a habitual drug user and also maintained a meticulous record of his drug-induced experiences with laudanum, opium, COCAINE, hashish, alcohol, ether, and heroin."
and maybe the whole "white horse" thing was about cocaine but some of the others had a point that maybe it had a little something to do with the "white horseman"
or he might've been comparing Aleister Crowely with the white horseman
I'm gonna do more research on this.
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anonymous October 4th, 2007 04:50PM  
The reference to the white horse is infact, not drugs.
The bible states (I am very athiest) "behold the pale horse, for the man who rides on him was death, and hell be followed with him."
Everyone viewed him as an anti-christ and a spawn of satan. This is not how it was at all.
He died an outcast, very lonely, and unable to believe in anything at all under the confusion.
"your lifestyle to me seemed so tragic, with the thrill of it all"

neil.damage.done@gmail.com

anonymous July 20th, 2009 02:26AM  
It's about Aleister Crowley (Spelling on first name probably not right. Ozzy was accused of being a satanist, although he was not, he decided to do a song about someone who was: Aleister Crowley. Throughout the song, Ozzy infused it with both subtle religious references, as well as demonic ones.

anonymous September 14th, 2009 10:27AM  
"Diary of a Madman-Ozzy Osbourne-The stories behind the songs" This book will tell you all you need to know about all his songs, no point speculating here^_^