So back in 2000, Ozzy asked Rivers if he had any songs for him.. and Rivers sent Hash Pipe to Oz but Ozzy didnt use it. and now Weezer pays tribute to Crazy Train on Van Weezer
May 14, 2021
River Cuomo tells Guitar World that in 2000 Ozzy asked if I had any songs for him, and I just happened to have written ‘Hash Pipe. I sent it to him, but he didn’t end up using it. In another reality, it might have been interesting to hear him singing that song. There s an Ozzy connection on Weezer s new album Van Weezer check Weezer riffin Crazy Train on Blue Dream, with total approval from Ozzy s camp. The songwriting credit for the song is Cuomo, Osbourne Bob Daisley and Randy Rhoads (going into the hall of fame this year!) who are on Blizzard of Oz. Cuomo says, It’s kind of like a sample, really. But we played it.
May 14, 2021
River Cuomo tells Guitar World that in 2000 Ozzy asked if I had any songs for him, and I just happened to have written ‘Hash Pipe. I sent it to him, but he didn’t end up using it. In another reality, it might have been interesting to hear him singing that song. There s an Ozzy connection on Weezer s new album Van Weezer check Weezer riffin Crazy Train on Blue Dream, with total approval from Ozzy s camp. The songwriting credit for the song is Cuomo, Osbourne Bob Daisley and Randy Rhoads (going into the hall of fame this year!) who are on Blizzard of Oz. Cuomo says, It’s kind of like a sample, really. But we played it.
writer was a guy who lounged around in a smoking jacket or a kaftan smoking a hash pipe or an opium pipe christopher: oh, yes. anthony: in a beautiful anointed house with, uh, littered with, sleeping boys. blanca: yes, or girls. anthony: to what extent did that world exist and to what extent did was that world created by the people who showed up with that expectation? christopher: since bill departed, rip, dear, wonderful, marvelous man. since he s gone, it s a little bit tame now. blanca: it is tame. anthony: well, he was christopher: bit genteel now. anthony: he was, he was the very opposite of genteel. he was an outlaw from every society. blanca: my husband knew him very well. and he was selling the yes bill and i said, he said i cured him of being a drug addict. i said, how? he said, i turned him into an alcoholic. [ laughter ] anthony: who smokes hashish at this table? please raise your hand. blanca: is the camera on? [ laughter ] maggie: blan