The amazing voice of DIO - "Don't Talk To Strangers" Reaction and analysis

[@michelle32855]

The most perfect metal voice in the history of metal! That vibrato!

[@Tray45489]

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

[@Tray45489]

KZbin: 30 Days Touring HELL

[@arto8491]

Thats rhigt ❤

[@arto8491]

Best singer al time Dio❤

[@marierodrigue1445]

I was at this show backstage. It was life changing. Dio was the one of the greatest and never disappointed.

[@foamrob6577]

I was there as well. Front row in front of Craig Goldie

[@Dude1971Dad]

I was lucky enough to be one of the 20,000 in the Spectrum that night. I was a sophomore in high school rockin my mullet. Dio was always so good live. I can only imagine thatbthey pulled the recording directly from the sound board. I wish i could go back to that time...to be in high school again enjoying a metal concert at the Spectrum. Thanks Ken

[@jeffreymeyer4848]

His live version of Mistreated, while he was in Rainbow, is a MUST. A bridge masterclass in live vocals!

[@Μαρίαπ-μ8β]

To see what intonation means please try listening to Dio in Rainbow's,his group in the 70's, "Stargazer".Simply a masterpiece at all levels..

[@Pervique]

Hi Ken, I`m a Dio fan. Love your reaction videos. I wanted to inform you that besides this 1986 tour, you`ll almost never hear Dio using that raw distortion you mentioned at 7:25 again. At the time, before 1984 his technique was on spot but between 1984-1986 Dio went hard with his usage of `not so perfect` distortion because he wanted to seem more aggressive on stage (I`m talking only about the live sessions ) It wasn`t healthy, Dio realized it too(you can hear his voice cracking a bit in this performance), therefore, he started using his former distortion - a little different placement, and a little less false cords vibration which made his technique immaculate once again So here are some examples of him at his best: Stargazer by Rainbow (Dio)(1976) All The Fools Sailed Away - Dio Gates Of Babylon - Rainbow (live) Rainbow In The Dark - Dio Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (live) Children Of The Sea - Black Sabbath (live\album record)

[@juliocesaribanezdavila3448]

But then in 1993 he came back with tons of distortion in the strange highways tour😂

[@Pervique]

​@@juliocesaribanezdavila3448 Hi, I appreciate your concern. listened to this record and I can assure you that his technique there is harmless(If used by him\someone that know how to support well their singing) first of all : placement of the distortion - is healthy, It`s backing down the vocals and there is a trade between distortion amount and chest voice (volume wise), In addition, the amplitude of the distortion is tiny(good) but there is a lot of it, which is again, healthy maintained vocals. All that because, if the amplitude is long and spiky, like in the 1986 tours, it will damage the voice = literally makes the false cords slap the vocal folds. Secondly: If you listen carefully, his distortion on Strange Highways is more "screamy" like(I mean death metal harsh vocals) and not as raw, damaging, badly implied. And on the 1986 tour he is using his soft palate to increase the distortion volume and not the voice volume (which mixed between false cords sound and rettle which is more the mucosa and the "Cuneiform cartilages" vibration. It could be done harmlessly only if you reduce the initial vocal folds vibration so there is enough place for the sound to occur without overloading your voice apparat. As we can clearly hear, he didn`t trade any of his volume for the distortion at that time) Hope I cleared the topic for you :) Sorry it`s too long Have a good one.

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Those are all great suggestions

[@luamoliveira3467]

No hear this voice cracking in this perfomance, he is clearly perfect here.

[@Bravilor]

@@luamoliveira3467 He cracks at 8:48 and when he does the same note again, he doesn't hold it for as long as I think he intended.

[@kimberley1195]

I saw Dio live in the 80,s and Queensryche where the backing group it was a fantastic night two great vocalists 😊

[@scottwilliamscreek2427]

Sign of the southern cross, falling off the edge of the world, children of the sea, straight thru the heart, last in line, stargazer any or all 🤟🏻

[@foamrob6577]

Over and Over and Pain from. Strange Highways I feel are his best vocal performances

[@happy-go-lucky-7]

Yes Ken!! Next up Stargazer, live, 1977

[@timcliffsmith]

Tremendous stuff. From different eras of Dio, I'd go for Heaven and Hell and, of course, Stargazer.

[@frankv.6050]

Dio was FN amazing, and the 1st concert I ever went to. As teenagers we ate that shit up RIP Dio 🤘🤘

[@ronnienose8608]

The best vocal version of this is from a 1983 concert in Holland. Check out the Last In Line song from a 1984 gig.

[@MikaTarkela]

Yes! I was a bit afraid when I saw that your first Dio reaction was the album version of Holy Diver. That one doesn't have much variety in the vocal lines but there's many great live performances of other songs that are awesome!

[@Roylevis]

Love me some dio! And still waiting for a Rainbow - Stargazer with Dio reaction :D

[@starburstppl]

Dio mastered the stage!! No one can even come close to his talent. Great reaction!!

[@svenjensen9770]

Thank you for reacting to the g.o.a.t. I can't remember how many hours we sat together drinking loads of beer listening to Dio, Rainbow and Elf. We didn't have your knowledge to explain his vocal genius but we felt it quite clearly. I was lucky enough to see him at Monsters of Rock in Nuremberg 1987. What a great time!

[@evaetterer6000]

Omg Dio was very amazing and i miss him very much, Rip Dio ! Greatings and love from germany ♥️♥️🥰♥️♥️🥰♥️♥️

[@scottdaughtry6740]

Incomparable. I'm blessed to see him perform in a small club solo and then again with Heaven & Hell. There will never be someone like Dio ever again.. and a class act human being to boot

[@Corvus_Cornix]

Dio was the first band i saw live back in 1992. I was 13 Years old. One of the best moments in my life. His music still saves my soul now and than.

[@trance9158]

Jimmy Bains bass is kicking it! Great tone.

[@rockerfella8122]

So fun watching along with Ken. Great guy and his enthusiasm is uplifting for the music of my youth

[@randalladams7692]

Greatest of all time he's only like 5'2 how does a voice like that come a little guy a badass beautiful song

[@sportsmom165]

If I remember correctly, this stage opens up and a dragon comes out, for RJD to slay during the Sacred Heart song.

[@DefinitelyNotBender]

Pretty sure this video was originally recorded professionally for VHS and has been remastered. That’s why the quality is as good as it is. I love Dio 🤘🏼you really should watch his Black Sabbath content. Start off with “Heaven and Hell” or “Children of the Sea”.

[@Stefan-]

Yes, since it would have originally been recorded with equipment similar to what they would have used in the studio, it could with this remaster for Blu-ray take the sound up to CD quality, they also restored the video from the actual 16mm film that was originally used to film it.

[@lucianopalliggiano9088]

RONNIE JAMES DIO THE GREATEST SINGER IN HISTORY

[@gri7]

He is the most powerful voice I've ever seen life and I've seen maiden and priest and Sabbath live Dio. Just blew me away

[@BluesJammer69]

I saw the "Heaven and Hell" and "Last in Line" shows...been to over 200 concerts....hands down...the best singer/showman i have ever seen!!!

[@Luana6350]

Great voice👍

[@mcgrath16511]

it sounds incredible because it was incredible.. saw DIO in the mid 80's and was absolutely spot on!

[@Bertilfly]

NFL Films documented this show. The timeless clarity of the visuals make sense once you know that. They're very experienced at capturing great action. Film is the medium. If only the other bands used it to film their concerts instead of videotape, we'd have some real (reel?) classics. KISS Animalize Live and Ozzy Bark at the Moon, I'm talking to you (among others). Great review, BTW. Ronnie is still eliciting joy after all this time. He'll never be truly gone. Love it. Thanks.

[@pauloakley2124]

Up there with the best of all time. 🤘🤘

[@chrisb3738]

Saw Dio in 84. This was the 2nd or 3rd song in the set - and when I realized I was seeing and hearing something incredible.

[@chrisgarner5765]

DIO is immortal and a legend forever! I have seen DIO live 5 times and he was epic every time!

[@dannybaker4641]

One of the highlights of my life was seeing DIO and he wasn't even the headliner. He was the reason that I went to that concert though

[@robertserafin-uc3qn]

Glad I got the chance to see him live > Last in Line tour

[@yeahboiii6640]

A must do is Stargazer when he was in Rainbow.

[@yehat77]

They did have digital sound back then. But digital doesn't mean much without good sound engineering, which clearly this recording has. The sound may also have been remastered and cleaned up later.

[@brettjones5041]

praise the master thanks mate

[@femind4903]

1986 Was Sacred Heart Tour. Saw Dio and Accept, Old Compton Terrace, Phx AZ. 👍

[@BluesJammer69]

check out "children of the sea" '83,,,,,1st song he wrote with Black Sabbath!!

[@scottchilds5726]

Awesomeness

[@billblackstarr5935]

Definitely check out Children of the Sea from when he was in Black Sabbath. One of the most haunting and beautiful songs. Also Catch the Rainbow from when he was in Rainbow. I second the suggestions of Stargazer that others have mentioned. Absolute classic.

[@joseandrada264]

Man you sing great!

[@TrevRockOne]

The stonhedge thing was inspired by Black Sabbath. In the movie they accidentally ordered too small a Stonehenge. In reality it was too big. They ordered it in feet, but it came in meters.

[@AB-gb1om]

You're a naughty one

[@Stefan-]

Yes, it was for the Black sabbath - Born again tour just a year before the Spinal tap movie, Sabbath even had a song called Stonehenge on that album.

[@scottpollack5453]

Ken Buddy, you do a GREAT JOB with all of your reactions! Keep doing what you do Best because it provides hours and hours of Great Entertainment for all of your Fans! Be Well and Be Safe!

[@marksteinsberger8457]

DIO was a supergroup of one. . All of the musicians from Iron Maiden just jammed. Maiden was great and members becomes old. ROCK !

[@cirenotsluor9999]

NOTHING beats DIO Live! \m/ \m/

[@jeremystanton382]

Never thought about Spinal Tap until you said it. Good call

[@brandontolman7812]

Stargazer is a must

[@idorion9096]

Blind Guardian nailed theur cover of this song

[@idorion9096]

The drums aren't up high. Ronnie was just 3 inches tall 😂❤

[@vladimirpopov9702]

I really hope you listen to Stargazer, a masterpiece of songwriting, storytelling and singing. Also, through the years Dio has sung with some amazing musicians such as Ritchie Blackmore in Rainbow and Tonny Iommy in Sabbath, but in some manner in any band he sung, it always sounded authentically like him and he always brought his own style with him.

[@haterade9031]

All the fools sailed away...is a great Dio track

[@marcomoreti7803]

Wait till you see him singing Mistreated live in 1977 haha,believe me it`s insane

[@elfabio3969]

Stargazer is my Favourite of dio

[@buzgaden2970]

Please also react to Graham Bonnet. He replaced Dio in Rainbow, and also has an insanely good voice! I'd recommend 'All Night Long' by Rainbow.

[@mrlizardtx]

Dio's early concert videos were recorded by NFL Films, yes, the ones who do the football games.

[@choppingpenguin]

Spinal Tap absolutely based the Stonehenge joke on Dio's incarnation w Black Sabbath. They had ordered some Stonehenge monuments as stage props for the tour, but when they were delivered and reconstructed, they were so large they couldn't fit through the doors and couldn't be shipped. They had to scrap the entire idea as they were days away from touring. Spinal Tap reversed the dimensions of the problem for the film.

[@erwinamesz7642]

We need Stargazer LIVE!!!!! (Ronnie at his best!)

[@SylviusTheMad]

Any footage of this quality from the 1980s was almost certainly shot on film. Film has a theoretically infinite resolution (since the image is captured by a chemical process), which is how we can get HD remasters now when HD didn't even exist then.

[@Stefan-]

Yes, it was shot on 16mm film and restored from that for Blu-Ray release a number of years ago.

[@muzlee7479]

The reason why such old videos can be of high resolution is because those were recorded to actual film which has really high resolution. 4k from a 35mm film is easy and with better film even 8k is possible. If it would've been recorded to tape that would be a different story, that had really low quality.

[@glenseivers8318]

Ronnie is GOD. LITERALLY!!

[@randywissler9923]

No, Lemmy is God, RJD is his right hand man. C'mon man. 😂

[@glenseivers8318]

@Randy Wissler That's fair. I wouldn't argue but I do believe DIO is Italian for God.

[@randywissler9923]

@@glenseivers8318 it's "my god". I thought I had heard something like that way back myself. For real though, I'm good with either one being God, they both earned it!!🤘🤘♠️♠️

[@jpg5038]

it's a bit of a masterpiece

[@wallyvision3268]

The greatest singer to ever walk the earth. You should check out his previous band Rainbow’s song “Stargazer”. Absolute god tier vocals. Or S tier vocals, for the gamers out there.

[@billpet4602]

amazing voice specially on 70s. Rainbow era was epic

[@mikenastasi8927]

Dio started back in the 50s-60s singing doo-wop -- check Ronnie Dio & the Prophets. Then in the late 60s and early 70s with rock band Elf. Elf opened for Deep Purple multiple times. Deep Purple guitarist basically formed Rainbow with the band Elf minus their guitarist. Then Black Sabbath in 1980-1981, then formed Dio with fellow Rainbow bassist Jimmy Bain (RIP) & fellow Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice, & guitarist Vivian Campbell who recorded 1 album with Foreigner singer Lou Gramm as Shadow King and then joined Def Leppard.

[@AndrewEldritch]

Spinal Tap was inspired by Black Sabbath’s born again tour with Ian Gillian of Deep Purple as the singer

[@stevebarber8501]

My fav Dio song🖤

[@papalaz4444244]

Right. Here we go. FILM has up to 18k resolution. If they filmed this (not video) and have the footage, then it can be scanned at 8k or and have 8k quality,

[@robgarcia3259]

Just found your channel and would like to make a May metal suggestion. It's a newer band (rock and metal still lives). The Band is a Japanese band is Lovebites and would suggest their song Holy War from their live show. Thanks

[@pinoypower69]

one of the Best front man.

[@shadybrain3424]

vivian campbell was such an underrated guitar player.

[@gmrhidraulica.753]

Melhor vocalista do rock do mundo

[@icuddlecats1]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@emmasissr90]

He’s been in Whitesnake and Def Leppard and a few several others

[@PaulyV56]

The Man With The Golden Lungs.

[@soradicalreticsandmonitors2390]

Dio is god Mistreated 1977 live Munich it is the best vocal of Dio ever Hits notes that are unbelievable

[@trokoshea1]

To come back in the NOW... 🙂Metal and trad music. A worthy cross-genre. Eluveitie (from Switzerland). Official video of the song Aidus would be an awesome start.

[@MikeOstrowski-iq8wf]

“StarGazer” 🤘🏼

[@michaelneal8384]

film is actually higher resolution than hd but we are just able to see it now

[@richardmassingham1800]

Ken your move to metal is refreshing would you like to front my band - we are called the 5 git faces

[@robertpetre9378]

White, BC Rich😂 I remember those guitars from when I was growing up they were so popular and I really wanted one, but when I tried to play it, you have to have a strap because you can’t balance it on your knee. It’s too impractically shaped😅

[@ambassadortourettes753]

DIO was asked in an interview once☝️ What was his warm up routine?? “Um🤔I smoke a joint every time before I go on stage…”😂

[@Phoenix12157]

Dio is The Master!

[@Stefan-]

For eternity !! Rock In Peace Dio !! 🤘🤘

[@emmasissr90]

The guitarist name is Vivian Campbell

[@emmasissr90]

I don’t know why he sent you that link! Watch the original video the guitarist was 17 years old on their first and second album this kid is a genius. He had a really hard time getting him from Ireland and his age to travel with a grown man in the United States but it finally happened. It’s a great story he should read about it.

[@ExUSSailor]

The guitar player was playing the MOST 80s metal guitar there was, a B.C. Rich Warlock!

[@PaulyV56]

Some O Goldie’s best playing. He’s a lump on a log nowadays

[@dougvoltin164]

Full and of sound and fury. Signifying? Reminds me that like The Beach Boys the music has a greater impact if you do not understand English.

[@gunnelalmge7543]

You really need to listen to the Rainbow-songs. Dio sings them even better! "Catch the rainbow" is wonderful ❤

[@Vic-lp2ko]

Dio = the best

[@edwardyoung8241]

Technically speaking, modern digital clarity, while it has it's perks, is not as full a tone as an analog recording. And they had some pretty awesome hi-fi stuff as long ago as the 70s.

[@mikethomson4290]

Try this singer out...Food replacement in Rainbow

[@jean-michelrobert5920]

Dio and Geoff Tate are untouchables !!

[@malik2433]

Shame you didn't do the studio version

[@adelardj7026]

Dio is the best live. Not only his vocal, but stage presence, charisma, it's a performance. Also on live shows he digs so deep into his emotions, you can here that in every note, every extra sound he adds in between. Ofc he's amazing on studio versions too, but live is just even more powerful.

[@donnikubbitz2146]

We're missing quite a bit in this audio actually. The keys are VERY upfront, too which is a bit off.

[@juansolis4796]

You should react to Eric Adams, singer from MANOWAR who is heavyly influenced by DIO. New subs. Already watched stargazer´s reaction.

[@fabiorobertonascimento8370]

for me Dio is THE BEST

[@jasperlit1345]

This metal journey is awesome! I would like to suggest Black Sabbath "Heaven and Hell" from 1980, this is from when Dio replaced OZZY>> kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4ikmZdqgNCJi7c Another awesome one would be from Rainbow "Stargazer" from 1976, this in my opinion is one of the best performances by Dio>> kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIe7qmSFncZ4iLs Thanks for the great content Ken!

[@motorheadbanger405]

RONNIE JAMES DIO = THE VOICE OF HEAVY METAL 😈😈🤘🤘🤘🤘😈😈

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Love Dio I believe the best voice in Heavy metal....perhaps most music; then the second for me is Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)