Ozzy Osbourne: Mr. Crowley Meaning

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Mr. Crowley Lyrics

Mr. Crowley, what went on in your head
Mr. Crowley, did you talk with the dead
Your life style to me seemed so tragic
With the thrill of it all
You fooled all the people with magic
You waited on Satan's call
Mr. Charming, did you think you...

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   anonymous

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   Mar 14th 2006, 18:56 report

   
   

   This song is 100% about Aleister Crowley. That's it...

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Apr 22nd, 00:29 report

   
   

   "xxdiexalone"
   
   Just to make this part clear. 1. Page worked on the song for sometime, it's 12 parts. He played it for the guys out at Bron-y-Aur around a camp fire, Plant ran off to find a piece of paper to write lyrics down, and came out five minutes later with Stairway to heaven. Hense the song has no real mean, nothing backwards since Plants not the Crowley follower Jimmy was. The only Crowely refference was on Zepp iii where the first few copies had the saying "do as thou wilt and that shall be the whole of the law" was writing on the outside ring of the vinyl.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Feb 3rd, 00:10 report

   
   

   This song is about Aliester Crowley, obviously (I'm worry I spelled his name wrong.) The song "Black Sabbath" is about him as well, I'm pretty sure, and messing around with witchcraft/satanism. Interesting song...
   PS Black Sabbath is my favorite band.

   
   
   
   

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   Nov 12th 2012, 09:06 report

   
   

   People, White Horse is slang for cocaine. Plain and simple. Not the horseman of the apocalypse. It's not that complicated.

   
   
   
   

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   Aug 14th 2012, 11:36 report

   
   

   Guys, for me the interpretation is rather obviuos. You know that Mr. Crowley was a bisexual man, particpating in homo orgies, homo magic rituals and writing homo poetry. The "white horse" here stands for penis and this is a pretty good metaphore, because sounds enigmatic and as you see could be interpreted in many ways. The interpretation could be also helped by the fact, that this is the "horse" of the author - "my", so there is no way this to be cocaine or some horse of apocalypse. The second sentence continues the joke - it is clear that the author does not mean any real horse, and also the author shows he is just teasing Mr. Crowley, it is not a real question of course :)

   
   
   
   

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   Aug 10th 2012, 01:52 report

   
   

   When satanist worship the devil they continue the practice until they have a dream of a white horse running out of their hearts...during an interview with sting in a rolling stone article the interview er asked about the white horse on the cover of ten sumnors tales. He gave three reasons the final reason was it represented a darker chapter in stings life. Do what thou will...

   
   
   
   

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   Jul 23rd 2012, 03:12 report

   
   

   its simply about Aleister Crowley and his unique life, and Ozzy chronicled only bits and pieces of it, and the lyrics were co-written by Randy Rhoads NOT Bob Daisley! Albeit, the song is excellent, right from the opening keyboards which are haunting, to the shrilling guitar solos coupled with Ozzy lyrics and Bob Daisley's excellent bass-lines! Love this song, and Love Ozzy! Hate Crowley himself though, he was a murderer and an asshole!

   
   
   
   

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   Apr 1st 2012, 14:36 report

   
   

   Of course...
   
   In that case, I looked at the album and much to my surprise saw the tiny face of Bernard Shaw and Marx...Hmm...
   
   If you believe that music does not influence culture and that culture does not influence music, you are mistaken.
   
   In my "hood" which is a lower-middle class neighborhood, I can assure you that the gangsta culture is alive and well. Do these kids come from families of drug dealers? NO! They listen to the music that is popular and emulate or reflect or integrate it into their culture.
   
   Same goes for all other "genres" of teens who are the most affected by what they listen to.
   
   When your mama said, "don't listen to that crap" it was for a reason!
   
   The Sgt. Pepper album cover is a blatently clear indicator of WHO was influencing the youth at that time: Marx, Shaw, Crowley, Orwell, Huxley, Hindu guru's, Freud, Jung, and not to mention the only women were actresses and models, or provocative cartoons. If you think this did not have a profound influence on the kids of the day, you need to do more homework!

   
   
   
   

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   Apr 1st 2012, 14:21 report

   
   

   WOW!!! For someone to be so adamently against sensorship that they would participate in the blackout, I find it peculiar that my honest and honestly uneducated yet profoundly intuitive opinion would offend you so. I also did not know that you have effectively monopolized the entire "lyric" empire and consider yourself part of the "industry." That's funny. I can be as unabashedly arrogant as you if I so wish. You may "sensor" me all you want, but I know how to get under your skin...You may know how to cut me to the bone, but I writhe just beneathe the surface; pulsating through your veins...can you feel it?

   
   
   
   

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    Apr 1st 2012, 05:24 report

    
    

    It sounds like the last two people to comment were serious religous people. "White Horse" could mean a variety of things, such as one of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse, or a form of a drug. The only way to know for sure is to ask the writer, and ozzy himself. I do not think that it is symbolic of throwing in the towel at all. A white horse hasn't been symbolized as being a white flag before, to my current knowledge. The song is of course about Aleister Crowley, and wanting to know what went on in his head, and what he meant by everything written by him, such as the writing of what would probably mean "Yours with conspiracy" when Crowley sent a letter with the same phrase meaning just that to someone. "ptolemically yours" is the phrase I am looking for. and as well, the member of Led Zeplin, Jimmy Page, sent a copy of an occult book with that written in it to ozzy, and ozzy probably wanted to know what he meant.

    
    
    
    

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    Mar 10th 2012, 01:04 report

    
    

    Won't you ride my white horse" is posed as a question...asking that question is the equivalent to tossing in the towel, waving the white flag, giving up. Surrendering!! that's the Symbolism of it."it's Symbolic of course" asking him to give up his evil ways...

    
    
    
    

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    Jan 5th 2012, 11:48 report

    
    

    Research Alistar Crowley, and his influence in music, not to even mention writing the Satanic Bible,and the answer should be abundantly clear. If it is not then you must be of a very sub level intelligence, or high on Satanic drugs. Although there is always the mind control aspect that comes from listening to this type of music. Either way this world is in a state of severe ignorance, and people need to wake up,and show some caution with what they absorb.

    
    
    
    

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    Dec 24th 2011, 23:45 report

    
    

    This song is about the British occultist Aleister Crowley. As rumors go , 'Mr.Crowley' believed he was the reincarnation of another occultist. He was born 6 months away from the guy , and if I am correct I believe he was actually born 6 months , 6 days , and 6 hours away from the guy...6-6-6.
    Mr.Crowley also practiced 'sex magik' and wrote several books on it.
    The song is more about Crowley's addiction to drugs , specifically coccaine.

    
    
    
    

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    Sep 13th 2011, 23:18 report

    
    

    Ozzy doesn't even write his own lyrics, sillys. He's a performer, and performs songs that frighten and titilate, like an actor in a horror movie. Most of these lyrics are nonsensical, but evolve around phrases that elicit mystery and creepy-ness. Anything more is in your head.
    
    The white horse lyric is in reference to heroin. Crowley was a heroin addict, among other things (satan worshipping occultist).

    
    
    
    

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    Aug 24th 2011, 16:27 report

    
    

    I think it was a mix of things. Talking about a Satanist after being accused of Satanism, an obsession other artists had with Aleister Crowley, a reference to the White Horseman or cocaine, or even both at the same time. Perhaps that's why it said blatantly "it's symbolic, of course".
    The point is that I think Ozzie Osbourne had this song written because he was just as curious about the subject of Mr. Crowley as we are about the definite meaning of this song.

    
    
    
    

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    May 25th 2011, 01:46 report

    
    

    I feel this song is indeed about aleister crowley no lie there but on the other hand I feel ozzy is dissaproving crowley the words your" lifestyle to me seemed so tragic " I believe to be proof that ozzy did not agree with crowley although intrigued by crowley but I feel he did not agree. The Terrence made I hear that maidens call I feel is the Terrence to the bride of god. The words you fooled all the people with magic then you fell from this earth" I belive is also disagreeing with crowley. The list goes on but that's my two cents on the matter

    
    
    
    

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    Apr 18th 2011, 20:23 report

    
    

    I got this from Ozzy himself, he purchased Alestar Crowley's home from Jimmy Page. Ozzy stated that the family never went into alot of the rooms, being the house was too large for their needs. One day Ozzy decides to check out the home and some of the rooms he never even been in. In one of the rooms, there were blood stains in the floor tile and he hired a crew to clean it up. The crew said that it would damage the original flooring and was not a good idea. That he should just cover it up with a rug or furnature ect. Ozzy called Page and aked about the reason the floor had blood stains on it. Page claimed that the room was used by Crowely and his followers in a ritual and the blood just happened to be left on the floor. Supposedly one of the members of the ritual died during the act and there was an investigation, causing Crowley to come to America. They had no evidence Crowley was guilty of murder. Ozzy started to get into the history of Crowely and Page gave him much info and help with reading material. Page owned all the occult bookstores in Eng back then and was interested in the occult. Ozzy thought Crowley was a interesting character and wrote the song about him.

    
    
    
    

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    Apr 4th 2011, 11:32 report

    
    

    Don't try to figure this one out on your own. The lyrics can be interpreted, but don't go researching Aleister Crowley because it will suck you in, and you'll never know the secrets. You'll only know less than when you started. It just leaves you curious and hungry for more. Which is probably the reason Ozzy wrote this song... Although he says he doesn't remember writing it because, basically, he was fucked the shit up. :)

    
    
    
    

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    Apr 4th 2011, 11:06 report

    
    

    Actually, I just found something pretty useful!
    Mr. Crowley was an actual person, named Aleister Crowley.
    "and they scattered the afterbirth"
    refers to the fact that when Aleister was born, they actually did scatter his mother's afterbirth, because he was born with a birthmark that was considered a "bad omen".
    
    I'm assuming that since horse usually referes to heroin, the "won't you ride my WHITE horse" Ozzy refers to is opium, Aleister's drug of choice. [I'm not so sure about this one!]
    
    "i wanna know what you meant" refers to the fact that Crowley was a devout user of the Kabbalah in his writings and one could spend an eternity "decoding" them. [or this!]

    
    
    
    

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    Apr 4th 2011, 11:03 report

    
    

    I believe, after reading all the other interpretations, that the song was in fact about Aleister Crowley. I do not know if Ozzy did not write the song, nor does it matter. The white horse is probably symbolic of cocaine and maybe the "pale horse" that is stated in the Bible as well.
    The whole song is very easy to understand after you research Aleister Crowley. :) Look him up on wikipedia. :D
    
    AND...
    I honestly don't think that Stairway to Heaven backwards is actually satanic. I believe it is just the works of overactive imaginations...

    
    
    
    

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    Jan 18th 2011, 02:06 report

    
    

    Mr. Crowley is simply a song about what Ozzy thinks about Crowley, probably mostly from reading books about him, pushed to him by Plant or not.
    
    It's just his opinion on him in a song, his "tragic ways", "whats going on in his head".
    
    It's a song about never really understanding a persons mentality no matter how much you read about them, and wanting to do a line with them as a result.
    
    Ozzy probably believes the best way you can understand another person is by doing some coke with em.
    
    We've all been there, someone we meet seems far too crazy for our own mentality to handle, and we become semi-obsessed with understanding them.
    
    Sorry for pretty much anything, my keyboard is broken.
    
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