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"Suicide Solution" is a song by the English heavy metal vocalist singer-songwriter Ozzy Osbourne, from his 1980 debut album Blizzard of Ozz.

"Suicide Solution"
Song by Ozzy Osbourne
from the album Blizzard of Ozz
Released	20 September 1980 22 August 1995 (re-issue)
Recorded	22 March – 19 April 1980
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	4:16
Label	Jet Epic
Songwriter(s)	Ozzy Osbourne Randy Rhoads Bob Daisley
Producer(s)	Ozzy Osbourne Randy Rhoads Bob Daisley Lee Kerslake

Overview

Osbourne said in 1991 that the song was about the alcohol-related death of AC/DC's Bon Scott in 1980,[1] but Bob Daisley revealed in 2002 that he had Osbourne himself in mind when he wrote the lyrics.[2]

Controversy and death of John Daniel McCollum

On 1 November 1985, a lawsuit against Osbourne and CBS Records was filed by the parents of John Daniel McCollum, a 19-year-old who committed suicide in Riverside, California on 27 October 1984 allegedly after listening to the song.[3] The plaintiffs, however, failed to prove that Osbourne had any responsibility for the teenager's death. The plaintiffs' attorneys alleged that a line in the song stated, "Why try? Get the gun and shoot!"[4] Lyricist Daisley and Osbourne himself both claimed that the line actually says, "Get the flaps out". "Flaps", they insisted, was an English vulgar slang term for "vagina". Don Arden, Black Sabbath's former manager and the father of Sharon Osbourne, is on record as having said of the song's controversial lyrics: "To be perfectly honest, I would be doubtful as to whether Mr. Osbourne knew the meaning of the lyrics, if there was any meaning, because his command of the English language is minimal."[5]

Personnel

• Ozzy Osbourne – vocals
• Randy Rhoads – guitars
• Bob Daisley – bass guitar
• Lee Kerslake – drums
• Don Airey – keyboards

See also

• "Better by You, Better Than Me"
• Murder of Elyse Pahler

References

На других языках

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- [en] Suicide Solution

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[es] Suicide Solution

Suicide Solution es una canción de Ozzy Osbourne. Es el 5.º tema del álbum Blizzard of Ozz, lanzado en 1980. El guitarrista Randy Rhoads escribió el riff de la canción, y Bob Daisley ayudó a co-escribir la letra.[1]

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