Ozzy Injured in ATV Accident

Ozzy Osbourne sustained numerous injuries and required emergency surgery after he was involved in an all-terrain vehicle accident on his Buckinghamshire estate in Southern England yesterday.

Osbourne broke eight ribs on his left side, a vertebra and his left collarbone in the incident. Though he required surgery to restore flow to a blood vessel that was damaged in the accident, the fifty-five-year-old rocker/TV star was described as "stable and comfortable" and resting at a London hospital.

The accident falls during a busy time for Osbourne. His duet with daughter Kelly (a cover of Black Sabbath's "Changes") is a contender for the U.K.'s much-publicized Christmas Number One. Production also recently started on the third season of his family's popular The Osbournes reality television show. And Osbourne also had a fall tour to reschedule; he cancelled the dates to undergo treatment for an involuntary tremor.

And in other Osbourne/hospital news, Ozzy recently placed a signed, limited-edition Down to Earth CD on eBay. Proceeds from the auction will go to benefit the Cancer Hospital in Brazil.

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Song Stories

“Let My Love Open the Door”

Pete Townshend | 1980

A peppy, hopeful love song, "Let My Love Open the Door" became a U. S. Top Ten hit for Pete Townshend in 1980, anchored by the kind of repeating synthesizer figures that he'd used in some of the Who's recordings in the previous decade. Although Townshend brushed the song off as "just a ditty" in Rolling Stone shortly after its release, in 1996 he revealed it was about love of the holiest sort. "It's supposed to be about the power of God's love," he remarked. "That when you're in difficulty, whether it's major or minor, God's love is always there for you."

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