76. Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne – Changes (2003)

One of the most conspicuous phenomena of the decade is the rise of reality TV, which in the middle of the decade threatened to take over completely and kick the more traditional shows off the small screen. Personally, I had enough of reality TV around 2005, and looks like I'm not alone, because it isn't as popular as it was. But some of the shows from the beginning of the decade were classics, and became part of pop culture. Basically, there were two types of reality. There were the survival shows, where contestants were voted for and eliminated by the home audience, and there were shows that documented the private lives of people. And appropriately, the best show of each kind had something to do with rock'n'roll.

The best survival show was of course American Idol, arguably the most successful TV show of all time. Beyond the entertaining concept, which relied mainly on the personality of the judges, there was also the real-life drama of watching youngsters trying to fulfill their dream, and the show produced a number of performers who later went on to pop stardom. The most successful private life show was The Osbournes, which among other things was as funny as any classic family sitcom. The clash between the British working-class family and the lucrative Hollywood neighborhood they moved to; the awesomeness of watching Ozzy Osbourne, heavy-metal's Prince of Darkness, trying to raise a family; the powerful figure of Sharon, the woman behind (and in front of) Ozzy's success, who finally got the recognition she deserves; the rebellious kids, who did everything to be worthy of the family name; and the family pets, who were as wacko as their owners, turned the series into must-see-TV. And there were some serious and painful moments, like Sharon's and the family's fight against her cancer, or Ozzy's and his son Jack's battle with alcoholism – this was true reality, on a level that no other reality show achieved. And if that wasn't enough, then the show had its own American Idol, in the figure of daughter Kelly and her attempt to become a pop star. A lovable, cheeky, big mouthed girl, Kelly added color to the female pop world, and even had a couple of records that weren't bad at all. Here, she joins her dad, and together they remake 'Changes', thirty years after Ozzy sang it with Black Sabbath. In the original record, the singer is talking about a woman who was his love for many years, until he went through a change and decided to leave her, but now goes through another change and feels sorry and miserable for letting her go. The remake manages, in a rather clever way, to change very little of the lyrics, and still turn the record to a duet between a father and his daughter, in which the father understands that his little girl has grown up and he must let her spread her wings and fly away, and tries to come to terms with the change. Good record, and what makes it even better is that we know it represents reality.