The writer of the pop classic "One of Us", Joan Osbourne, isn't actually a real person. Ozzy Osbourne revealed in a Rolling Stone interview in 2007 that it was actually him in drag:
"...it was a fucking crazy time in my life you know man. For about four years I thought I was two different people, myself and this crazy bitch Joan. It took me fucking ages to get all dressed up, sometimes Sharon had to lend me some of her gear. That song, "One of Us", actually came from a conversation I had with Joan on the way to work one morning. I must have looked a right fucking sight sitting on the bus all dragged-up talking to myself about God! And you know, nobody ever questioned why we were never seen together at award ceremonies! Fucking press are fucking idiots ain't they?"
Wednesday 23 January 2008
Rock Myths # 12
Everyone knows the alleged story of how Gordon Sumner became Sting - as a result of wearing an orange and black hooped jumper - but few know the truth he tried to suppress: Sting is actually a shortening of 'Stingy' meaning tight-fisted or mean, and was a result of his refusal to get a round in for the other members of The Police during the first 5 years of their career. When he finally did buy Messrs Copeland and Summers a tipple it was, ironically, a large schooner of fermented honey drink Mead...
Saturday 19 January 2008
Rock Myths #11
When Katie Melua was 15, she left home in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, telling her parents that she would only return to the family house when she had accomplished her dream of learning to become a proper lyricist.
Her parents have since taken in a poor Kazakh family as lodgers to fill the empty space in their hearts.
Her parents have since taken in a poor Kazakh family as lodgers to fill the empty space in their hearts.
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