00:00To induct Ozzy Osbourne into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame, Jack Black.
00:09What's up, Dweebler? Make some noise!
00:22Plumber.
00:24Car horn tuner.
00:26Slaughterhouse worker.
00:28The greatest frontman in the history of Rock'n'Roll, Ozzy Osbourne.
00:38I remember the first time I heard of Ozzy.
00:42I was 13 years old, wandering around the record store.
00:46What should I get?
00:48Sticks? Journey?
00:51An older rock aficionado noticed my indecision and he said,
00:55Stop fucking around, kid.
00:58This is the album you need to get, The Blizzard of Oz.
01:06Man, was he right.
01:08Thank you, nameless rock aficionado.
01:10Wherever you are, you changed my life.
01:13I remember looking at that album cover, at Ozzy's face.
01:20Before I even heard the music, I was transfixed.
01:23He looked so cool.
01:25That rad white suit with the white fringe on the sleeves.
01:29That crazy look in his eyes.
01:32The skull, the cross.
01:33The whole thing just looked so bad-ass.
01:40It was the most metal thing I'd ever seen.
01:43And I didn't even know what metal was.
01:46He was teaching me.
01:48I didn't realize I was entering a whole new world of heavy metal music.
01:52I took that record home.
01:55And when the needle hit the vinyl, heaven opened up above me.
02:00I don't know!
02:03Then track two, Crazy Train.
02:10There was an explosion of colors in my brain.
02:15Suicide Solution, Mr. Crowley, Revelation.
02:19Even goodbye to romance.
02:21You best believe Ozzy could take it down a notch.
02:24He could do it all.
02:25So, Blizzard of Oz was the best thing I'd ever heard.
02:30A heavy metal masterpiece.
02:32That fucking sound was rap power.
02:36Randy fucking Rhodes.
02:40Yeah.
02:43Giving Eddie Van Halen a run for his money.
02:46And Ozzy, that voice, it could cut through glass.
02:50Magic.
02:51Joy.
02:52Beauty.
02:53So, then I went back into Ozzy's earlier albums, to Black Sabbath.
02:58And I was like, oh, holy shit.
03:01This motherfucker invented heavy metal.
03:05Along with, yeah.
03:07Along with Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, and the immortal Tony Iommi.
03:13The darkest, heaviest shit the world had ever heard.
03:16And through all that power, Ozzy's voice, carving through the sonic blast furnace like an air raid siren.
03:26He made the hairs on the back of my neck stand at attention.
03:29Clear and crisp as a morning bell.
03:32And that smile, he looked so happy, he looked insane.
03:37So much charisma.
03:39The Jack Nicholson of rock.
03:41Okay.
03:43So, he invented a genre.
03:46Had the greatest second act comeback in rock history.
03:49Then what?
03:50How about No More Tears in 1991?
03:53With the guitar god, Zach Wilde.
03:57Proving insane lasting power.
03:59Five times platinum.
04:00You heard me right.
04:02Quinn Choppelplack.
04:05It was then that he decided to totally touch his tender side.
04:10So, he called up Lemmy Kilmeister from Motorhead, naturally.
04:15And together with Zach, they wrote, Mama, I'm coming home.
04:19And thus, Ozzy took a little dip into the top 40 just to prove he could.
04:25Then what?
04:26The Osbournes.
04:28Yeah, he teamed up with his family to create another genre.
04:33Reality TV.
04:35Maybe the most evil thing he ever did.
04:38But there is no denying it.
04:41His whole family were fucking hilarious and intensely entertaining.
04:45Another fucking massive hit.
04:48Then what?
04:50Oh, maybe just a little thing called OzFest.
04:53Only the most successful heavy metal music festival of all times.
04:59Ozzy, stop creating incredibly successful genre-defining world-changing hits.
05:05It's too much success for one lifetime.
05:07And you know a lot has been made of his evil alliance with the dark lord Satan.
05:15But in truth, Ozzy is a loving father and husband and friend, loyal to his family and friends to the end of the world and back.
05:25And now I stand here.
05:32Yeah.
05:33Just another nameless rock aficionado.
05:37And I'm talking to you 13-year-olds watching the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
05:42All five of you.
05:44Put down your phones.
05:46Unless you're watching on a phone, then put it closer to your face.
05:49Old man rock aficionado's about to drop some truth.
05:54Sure.
05:55You could go stream Post Malone and Taylor Swift and get all the warm hugs you need for your broken hearts.
06:01Or you can stay up all night and get your minds blown by Ozzy's entire catalog for the first time.
06:09Holy shit!
06:10You kids are so fucking lucky.
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