Black Sabbath主唱Ozzy Osbourne

Black Sabbath「黑色安息日」合唱團的吉他手Tony Iommi元月9日宣佈：他因早期淋巴瘤正在接受治療，該團也從洛杉磯前往倫敦與他一起工作。


Black Sabbath是一個來自倫敦的重金屬搖滾樂團，是搖滾樂史上非常重要的樂團之一，除了Tony Iommi之外，團員還有主唱Ozzy Osbourne、 貝斯手Terry”Geezer”Butler與鼓手William Ward，Ozzy Osbourne是一位驚世駭俗的搖滾歌手，曾經在演唱會中咬下活蝙蝠的頭而聲名大噪，1979年元月遭Black Sabbath開除，Ozzy Osbourne在Black Sabbath所開創的樂風，使他在流行歌壇有Godfather of Heavy Metal「重金屬搖滾教父」的稱號，也因為那種黑暗、悲觀的歌路，有人封他為Prince of Darkness「黑暗王子」。

Black Sabbath在排行榜上有二首暢銷曲：1970年的Paranoid獲得第61名，1972年的Iron Man獲得第52名，名次雖然不高，但都被收進搖滾樂名人堂。

Ozzy Osbourne個人則有一首Top 10的歌，即1989年與LIita Ford合唱的Close My Eyes Forever（LIita Ford是1970年代後期著名的女子搖滾樂團The Runaways的一員）。



Close my Eyes Forever



Baby I get so scared inside

And I don't really understand

Is it love that's on my mind

Or is it fantasy?



Heaven is in the palm of my hand

And it's waiting here for you

What am I supposed to do

With a childhood tragedy?



If I close my eyes forever

Will it all remain unchanged?

If I close my eyes forever

Will it all remain the same?



Sometimes, it's hard to hold on

So hard to hold on to my dreams

It isn't always what it seems

When you're face to face with me



You're like a dagger

And stick me in the heart

And taste the blood from my blade

And when we sleep, would you shelter me

In your warm and darkened grave?

If I close my eyes forever

Will it all remain unchanged?

If I close my eyes forever

Will it all remain the same?



Will you ever take me?

No, I just can't take the pain

Would you ever trust me?

No, I'll never feel the same, oh



I know I've been so hard on you

I know I've told you lies

If I could have just one more wish

I'd wipe the cobwebs from my eyes



If I close my eyes forever

Will it all remain unchanged?

If I close my eyes forever

Will it all remain the same? Oh yeah



Close your eyes

Close your eyes

You gotta close your eyes for me