Yeah, that always cracked me up. It was almost like he was lost. And don't even get me started on that leapfrog jump that he did! What was that?

Watching Memoirs, one thing that struck me is that Ozzy is almost always up onstage before every one else, actually during the intro music, walking the stage left and right clapping his hands, almost as if he was waiting for the band with the fans.
 
It's quite anti-climatic, but also quite unique - you expect the star of the show to make a majestic entry just in time to sing the first line of the song, something grandiose. But not Ozzy. He's right there with the fans.

Yeah, I think that's why he's got such a strong following. He's a common man. At least he used to be... I think Sharon was a bad influence in that respect. But especially in the early Sabbath days and his early solo era, he was like somebody of the street. He was just a guy singing in front of a band. There didn't seem to be the superstar attitude.

HEY!
i didn't drag anything......
 

Leadfoot
Definitely not the Madman sized stage. Thanks for the screenshot. Yeah I wonder if those were lyrics or the setlist.

It was a reminder from Sharon not to bite anything thrown onstage... 

Another thing that strikes me - just how much fun people had back then. Audiences changed so much...
 
You watch any show before 2006-07 an people seem to be having the time of their life. 
 
More recent shows... It's like people are there to do P.R., to be seen on the giant screen and to take frickin' pictures with their phones.
 
I sincerely hope that Ozzy ruined a couple of iPhones throwing buckets of water on the crowd... If it were just me, I'd give him a flame thrower...
 
Incidentally, I was telling exactly that to my wife last night. Theirs is the Cirque first show which you are 100% authorized to film and take pictures of.
 
How much difference does it make? When they come for the big salute at the end, all the people in the front rows are too busy filming to applaud... All they see from onstage are rows of iPhones and cameras...
 
Dumbasses filming a show with their junk phone, a show which, like all major shows, will be available on DVD with 5.1 sound.
 
 

craigb

Leadfoot
Definitely not the Madman sized stage. Thanks for the screenshot. Yeah I wonder if those were lyrics or the setlist.

It was a reminder from Sharon not to bite anything thrown onstage... 

Nice one Craig. Good to see you back!