In 2001, Ozzy Osbourne met his idol Paul McCartney — a dream come true for the Prince of Darkness, who credits The Beatles as his greatest inspiration.
The meeting reportedly took place during a high-profile event in Los Angeles.
Ozzy was reportedly very nervous and emotional about the meeting. The encounter was captured on camera, showing a genuinely starstruck Ozzy embracing McCartney. He famously told McCartney, “Finally I get to meet you, it’s great to meet you, man. It’s been a lifetime ambition of mine... you guys made me start music.” He later described the experience as “like meeting Jesus Christ” and a “dream come true.”
The moment began when a stumbling Ozzy was in the studio. He gets wind of The Beatle lurking around the halls and makes his move. But, in fact, the story started a little earlier in the day as Ozzy had asked McCartney to play bass on his track.
“Meeting Paul McCartney was f***king phenomenal,” Osbourne said. “I was in the studio at the same time as him and tried to get him to play bass on one of my songs. But he said he couldn’t improve on the bassline that was there. I said, ‘Are you kidding? You could piss on the record and I’d make it my life’.”
That’s pretty much where the footage picks up and sees Macca and Ozzy start swapping stories and Ozzy in particular gushing about The Beatles and the effect they had on his life. For a man who has spent much of his life either enjoying or enduring darkness, it feels a little jarring to see his face light up like a small child—but that’s exactly what he is in this moment. He’s not Ozzy Osbourne, not the lead singer of Black Sabbath, not the founding father of Heavy Metal, nor The Prince of Darkness, this is purely John Michael Osbourne meeting his idol.
It’s a touching moment between two legends and is certainly worth a watch if only to feel better about the next time you get starstruck when talking to your own musical idol. At least the Prince of Darkness can get tongue-tied too.
Osbourne died on Tuesday just weeks after his “Back to the Beginning” tribute show. His family confirmed his death in a statement posted to his Instagram.
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