Good Night Sweet Prince (of Darkness)- The Life, Times, and Music of John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne

Good Night Sweet Prince (of Darkness)- The Life, Times, and Music of John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne

Author: Eric Schwartz November 17, 2025 Duration: 1:17:56
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Wherein Eric and John pay tribute to our beloved, dearly departed Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne.


Click on the links below for all the music listening/video breaks in this episode:


Listening Break #1: Earth "Blue Suede Shoes" (by Carl Perkins) early demo (1969)- ⁠https://youtu.be/IYxkYHqOjLY?si=YNkxQ-5fIrOehY31&t=576


Listening Break #2: "You Said It All (Live)" from Ozzy Osbourne Live EP (1980)- https://youtu.be/49GY60BkQB4?si=oW3JQvte6cyopvpF


Listening break #3: "Crazy Train (Live 1981)" from Tribute (1987)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq4x9Ek66es


Video break #1: "Bark at the Moon" from Bark at the Moon (1983)- ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LplPi2CxNHI


Video break #2: excerpt from Decline of the Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojQUYq21G-o


Listening break #4: "Patient Number 9" from Patient Number 9 (2022)- ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkiniZBRt3s


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Underscore credits:

“Crazy Train” arranged and performed by Eric Schwartz


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Free Rock Metal Music (For Videos) - "Cherry Metal" by Arthur Vyncke 🇧🇪BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music


Iron Man [8 Bit Tribute to Black Sabbath] - 8 Bit Universe8 Bit Universe


Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 8-BitMiles_Metal... 8-Bit Metal, Video Game and Film Covers


Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 8-bitOmnigrad


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Crazy Train (8 Bit Remix Cover Version) [Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne] - 8 Bit Universe8 Bit Universe


Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman 16-bit SNES version (no console limitation) werc85werc85


A Love Song (for Erin) by Eric Schwartz


Power Metal Themes - "Wedding March" (Mendelssohn)Serraphas3


Nostalgic Music [Copyright Free Music] - "Brahe" by Punch Deck 🌎BreakingCopyright — Royalty Free Music


[FREE] 80s Glam Metal x Glam Rock Type Beat "Fire Inside"LIVING PUFF


Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon (8-Bits)Rock Bit


Ozzy Osbourne - Shot In The Dark (8 bit)Chiptune Planet


Ozzy Osbourne - Suicide Solution (Live) 8 BitsCharly Navarrete


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Black Sabbath - War Pigs 8-bitOmnigrad


OZZY OSBOURNE - No More Tears 8 BITLeonardo Messina


Ozzy Osbourne - I Just Want You (8 bit)Chiptune Planet


Royalty Free Nu Metal Instrumental [ music no copyright ]The 8Floors



Take What You Want [8 Bit Tribute to Post Malone feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott]8 Bit Universe


8-BIT ARCADE - Ordinary Man (8-Bit Ozzy Osbourne & Elton John Emulation)8-Bit Arcade - Official


Piano ONLY Version - Changes (Black Sabbath)RemyRocks


Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9 - piano karaoke instrumental cover, lyricsHotMelody


Black Sabbath - Changes, Australia 1973RareSabbath






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