Rainbow - Gates Of Babylon | Opera Singer Reacts

[@maggiereneemusic]

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[@rorysnap7026]

Maggie, please react to ptx O Holy Night, new video. I know it's past Xmas, but if you were blown away by Kiss From a Rose then this is even better. The arrangement is stunning and Matt and Kirstie absolutely kill it. I'd love to hear your analysis and reaction.

[@kykyyyzone4382]

Magie please reaction catalyst - weird genius

[@robertserafin-uc3qn]

I would ❤ for you to react to Heaven & Hell - Black Sabbath w/ Dio on vocals Please & Thank You

[@LavenZaychik]

I would love if you reacts to Catalyst from Weird Genius!

[@Fuxerz]

Rainbow 🌈 stone cold or Street of dreams.

[@gregjohnson298]

Dio and Blackmore was a magic combination,every song together was fantastic!

[@Drescher1984]

I know someone who sold Richie Blackmore a guitar.

[@patmartin99]

I do think they are up there with Lennon and McCartney. Excellent song writers

[@basher5107]

Young and Hungry

[@dalejohnson2047]

His voice is the whole package so full and his tone is unmatched most of the time it sounds effortless

[@mooglesmodelrailways]

Every band Ronnie sang with made you listen to the lyrics as well as the music. You are just drawn in by.... ...THAT VOICE! 🤘

[@AudiophileTubes]

This timeless, epic song is a hard rock masterpiece! I'm 62, and I still get chills listening to both the studio and live versions! I remember getting this album in High School, and seeing this tour live at The Beacon Theater in NYC. One of the best shows i've ever seen, and i've seen hundreds! Amazing musicianship that transports you to another realm! Thanks for the reaction.

[@RobertRodriguez-i7y]

I'm 60, and I also get chills listening to Rainbow, I saw them at the Forum in Los Angeles, I rember Pat Travers opened up.............The good old days 🤘

[@glpf5]

You need to listen to Rainbow "Mistreated" Live in Munich '77 ; it will blow your mind. It's funny because my introduction to Ronnie was his solo stuff but I found that, IMO, his best stuff was from Sabbath backwards to Rainbow. I should also add "Catch the Rainbow" to the list. Happy New Year and thank you for the video!

[@jorgejaime4325]

Dio is magnificent but I prefer David version better for the blues feeling.

[@PatR2243]

Two of the most talented men in music ever togther. Can't be a bad time at all.

[@MLawrence2008]

Correction, three of the most talented men in music. Ronnie, Ritchie and Cozy (no disrespect to Jimmy Bain and Tony Carey) when together just took music to another level.

[@PatR2243]

Guess I didn't pay close enough attention to who ALL was in the group. Thanks @@MLawrence2008

[@jalkabre5904]

@@MLawrence2008, I was about to say that - definitely three. Plus not disrespect to Bob Daisley and David Stone who played very well on this track.

[@JamesGreen-bf4jy]

crazy thing about Dio..... dude never had a single singing lesson. Ever. EVER EVER. EVER EVER EVER. Good GAWD

[@gregjetnikoff7124]

My favourite singer for decades , until I discovered Floor. Still my favourite male singer.

[@maximolopezjr2249]

What a reaction, glad to take the journey with you. Blackmore and Dio, what a combination, Dio had that romanticism in his vocal,, and lyric combination. Both of them always took that extra step, and it showed.

[@mikenolan8044]

Lots of wild lyrics delivered with passion! Power filled metal rock band with super strong lead guitar! Music to my brain! 😃 Loved the video. LOVED your reaction.

[@carlosvera5457]

What a voice,one of the best voices ever in history of rock and heavy metal

[@serenaym3974]

Absolutely

[@JeffreyTheTaylor]

That vaguely Eastern motif that Blackmore conjures here has been called his "snake charmer" scale, or E Phrgygian Dominant.

[@beldin2987]

Dammit, i was 14 when that album was released and i remember this was my absolute favorite track from it at that time 😍😍🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@xxTICxxTOCxx]

Were you labeled as a Headbanger by contemporaries at the time? Someone who wouldn't know talent? I know I was, it's a redemption having 'trained' vocalists tell people how magnificent our heroes were/are. P.S. is your name a Belgariad reference?

[@rcl8766]

Dio was such an amazing vocalist and from all the interviews I had seen from different people he was an all-around good person. HE would go out of his way for his fans. It is mind blowing that he had very little vocal training. One of his best vocal performances was the song Mistreated by Rainbow, the live version from 1977 in Munich.🤘

[@monikarossi650]

Ronnie was the best singer and the best storyteller. Love and miss him so much- thanky for this

[@albertnavarro1120]

Great reaction Maggie! Richie's prolific use of the Arabic scale adds to the mystical Middle Eastern feel of the Babylon storyline. Ronnie is the bar for all other rock singers to emulate. Thank you for this!

[@MarkusPingel-t8h]

this is live! no studio production! without vocoder... just live performance at its best. Amazing!!!!

[@uoabigaillevey]

This is a prime example of why I dislike autotune so much. Pure talent like Dio's vs talentless vocals being covered up by autotune... no competition whatsoever. Talent wins in my book every time.

[@Stefan-]

The vocals are live but the music is prerecorded and is the same recording as the album.

[@luamoliveira3467]

@@Stefan- No is the same as album, is much different in my opinion.

[@Stefan-]

@@luamoliveira3467 You are of course entitled to your opinion, but I have heard this song probably thousands of times through the decades and i know this recording extremely well, the only difference is that the vocal is live and this mix is mono for some reason which can make a huge sonic difference of course, it could also possibly be mastered slightly differently so the EQ can maybe be a bit different. The instruments are the exact same performances as on the album though in my opnion.

[@hieinh]

@@luamoliveira3467 No it isn't. It's so obvious

[@cricket8646]

I was 15yo in 1978. I bought this on vinyl I couldn't wait to get it home and pay it. Rainbow Rising and Long Live Rock N Roll are truly records that changed hard rock and metal. Blackmore and Dio were the best. Endless talent. The live Rainbow recorded in Germany from 77' is stunningly well done !!

[@Husse8824]

There is no comparing with Ronnie James. At newyer i celebrated by watching the live concert from Tokio-85. He has done so much in his own name and in other bands. The most legendery and well known must be DIO Holy diver and Heaven and hell with Sabbath. Absolute gems. The small man with the great voice that everyone rfers to when someone comes up nowdsys and can sing. Oh he/she sounds like Dio and thats the greatest remark you ever can get, even though no one sounds like him. Such a magic voice❤

[@cesareuzebio3707]

Ritchie Blackmore is a genius...!!!

[@michaelheller8841]

Imagine being just a kid getting a Rainbow record and playing it for the first time. The entire band blew me away. I didn't catch them in the 70s because I was too young or even see them live. When the early 80s came it all happened for me and they still give me shivers with their songs. RJD has that wizardry to wheel you in like a spell, his voice is that damn good. I never heard anyone with a simple word pronounced so well in a message. That word can be clear, growl, or power. He had it all. How many songs did RJD do where he just shouted out "Look Out" lol my favorite singer of all time.

[@wietseterpstra8295]

Almost unbelievable but i once dated a girl who hated Ronnie's voice, there was no second date.

[@stevenewcomer8837]

The song “Rainbow Eyes” off of this album is one of the best ever!

[@ArnLedesma]

Great that finally you reacted to this great song. I was expecting that 🫡🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@fatboynick4104]

One of the most iconic singers, if not the most iconic. Often imitated but never replicated. What makes him even more amazing, well at least to me, is that he never took vocal lessons. He was trained in classical trumpet at an early age and this is how he learned breath control. In his own words, "I've never taken vocal lessons. My early trumpet training and a fortunate talent for singing has always been enough for me. In the case of rock singing, I've always felt it was better to remain a bit untrained to maintain your individuality"

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Any vocalist/opera reactor is always awe-struck with Mr. DIO. I wonder why, I know, pure talent and execution. Pretty good for just a rock artist...HA!

[@PatR2243]

RJD was good at taking us on journeys where we had no clue where we were going and what was happening but it was still the journey of a lifetime.

[@rutssy]

Great song. Thank you for reacting to it!

[@robertserafin-uc3qn]

Dio with Black Sabbath is Next level everything.

[@michaelkarlsson5966]

no, Rainbow was better, in my opinion

[@tonybird8037]

I was a ground announcer at a soccer ground in Australia and when we played teams that were of Middle East origin I would always play this and Gene Pitney “Mecca” and stir them right up,was good fun 😂

[@TheBillbran]

Great song, great reaction, thank you

[@iansimmons735]

Ronnie is perfection. But that solo. Oh my God. It blew my mind when I first heard it back in the '70s. It still does.

[@Dibbdroid]

I await the day when one of you great people react to Rainbow - Mistreated live in Munich 1977. The world will be a perfect place

[@robertleeluben]

Get your patrons to find Ronnie singing Love is All/Sitting in a Dream with Jon Lorde and the orchestra/chorus. It's Ronnie's softer side and just a really fun performance.

[@alericksonof1967]

Temple of the King, Catch the Rainbow, Rainbow Eyes, the magic of Blackmore and Dio

[@JayKughan]

I can't deny the crush I have on you.. then there's Ronny.. the God of voices!!! What do I do here???

[@Aussiecris214]

Finaly this old Australian rock I am chris get say hi am loving your work love the reactions you been giving keep making us smiling feeling joy ❤❤ ps 70th birthday this month

[@collinnicholasns]

Your comment about the strength of his voice there is actually a story that Jack black tells the when recording dios vocals for the pick of destiny he brought his own mic and the people recording wanted to try different mics out to see which one would sound best but ended up using dios personal microphone because the power of his voice broke three very expensive ones the studio had, that why he brought his own mic because he had this problem before. Also another great track (and my personal favorite) is his version of mistreated from the live in Munich recording. Possibly his best performances if not definitely one of the best.

[@FSboy70]

Now that you covered the two, next should be "Temple of the King"

[@plantlord3266]

powerful vocals and of course Ritchie Blackmore (black open shirt) is the king of guitar seen him live 2x with Blackmores Nights with his wife Candice Knight (super voice) love to intro you to them...

[@WilliamBuckler-s3i]

Hi Maggie, this is Bill. I commented on your reaction to Boston "More than a feeling." Your really reacting some of my favorites. Let me say RJD is another top 5 vocalists of all time. And Ritchie Blackmore is the guitar Goat. Plain and simple Legends!!!!

[@maggiereneemusic]

Glad you're enjoying my reactions! 😊

[@omaramador4669]

@@maggiereneemusic I think you didn’t put more attention on the guy behind the keyboard. Mr David Stones Keep it up girl

[@vladovlado9614]

One of the best voices, one of the best singers! By the way, in my country (Bulgaria) there is a monument of Dio. Rest in peace, Dio!!!❤

[@jamesgarlena5612]

My mom's name was Madelyn. All of her friends and even my sister called her Maggie. Madelyn Lorraine. That's why I love your name

[@neverlandxx73]

Well that Strat needed a cigarette after that solo. And Cozy seemed like the coolest MF ever to play the drums in this video the guy is amazing

[@armorking3776]

Keyboard is David Stone, Bass gitar is Craig Gruber, Drum İs Cozzy Powell..

[@michaelbuttner4262]

That is for me normal Music for more than 40 years, my start as a Metalhead was 1980 with 13 years , today with 56 Years is this the same strong love to Heavy Metal Music

[@dangibson3192]

Have you ever noted Cozy Powell (RIP) is holding the drumstick in his left hand traditional grip? Not may rock drummers do....

[@williamreiser3118]

About time beautiful lady great band great song RIP RJD

[@erikthompson619]

About the credits: David Stone, very obviously, wrote the keyboard intro but were coerced into forfeiting his credits for it. By Blackmore, who else? Stone got increasingly frustrated with this, which precipitated his ousting from the band. After one show, Blackmore took him up to his hotel room and asked: "Do you still want credits?" Stone said yes. At which point, Blackmore drew the curtains from the window, revealing all of Stone's gear, and said: "There's your credits! You're fired!" Blackmore was (and possibly is) a musical genius, but absolute garbage as a human being. The abovementioned story I got directly from Stone's predecessor in Rainbow, the unfathomably gifted Tony Carey. Who Blackmore in turn had bullied, and fired, and rehired repeatedly until one incident too many became the final straw that made Carey flee the band on his own accord. Blackmore, and drummer Cozy Powell, took great pleasure in bullying the young keyboard prodigy, and Carey, who in his inexperience thought this to be normal for a professional band, mostly shook it off. Until, finally, Blackmore and Powell, set Carey's hotel room on fire while also barricading it from the outside. A terrified and traumatized Carey managed to escape - through the window, I think - and ran off, boarded a plane to his native US. To date, he has never met or interacted with Ritchie again. Powell, shortly before his death in 1998, admitted in an interview that he felt really sorry about this uncalled for cruelty against Carey back in the day. Blackmore, to my understanding, has never expressed any regret whatsoever. He usually doesn't. The incident inspired Dio, who in stark contrast dearly loved Carey and considered him one of the greatest keyboard player he ever knew, to write the lyrics for the song "L.A. connection", that immediately precedes "Gates of Babylon" on the "Long live rock'n'roll" album. Carey moved to Germany shortly thereafter, where he has had a very successful and still ongoing solo career.

[@crymsonvega4854]

Thanks for the confirmation, I did not want to give away any misinformation without knowing for sure.

[@tomvenner6030]

Richie Blackmore, undeniably talented composer and musician. Unfortunately one of the greatest assholes of all time, pity.

[@delorangeade]

David Stone's own words: "I wrote quite a lot of “Gates Of Babylon” but I never got any publishing for it although management gave me $10,000. I wrote the intro and the whole middle section and I wrote the passing chords in the chorus." The stuff with credits and publishing was normal industry practice, whether or not it was fair. Every band has someone with a hard luck story.

[@vovindequasahi]

Such an awesome song!! "Sleep with the Devil and then you must PAY!! Sleep with the Devil and then He will take you AWAY!" Through the Gates of Babylon!!!

[@mikenastasi8927]

This is my favorite Dio song, whether it be with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio or Heaven & Hell. I've seen almost every band/singer I'd like to see live that I could. Being born in 1975, never saw the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, Doors, etc. Ronnie James Dio is the one I would see if granted a wish or time machine. I have every album featuring Dio from Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell, but never got to see him live.

[@prosoldierx9583]

Now that you've reacted to all these Ronnie James Dio songs you should listen to Liliac covers of his work, the latest one being Heaven and Hell from the Black Sabbath album of the same name! They are an all siblings band. I promise you won't be disappointed!!!

[@VIDSTORAGE]

They were messing around with sprits an Ouija Board and they nearly got taken away ..

[@PatR2243]

The Ouija Board is a fun toy but don't take it seriously.

[@VIDSTORAGE]

@@PatR2243 Not a toy and should not be used

[@dirmusloner7963]

The gates of Babylon is the gates of Hell. Last phrase in lyrics "the devil is me and I m holding the key to the gates of the sweet hell Babylon" says it all.

[@walidfilan2998]

The have great songs such as TEMPLE OF THE KING, STREET OF DREAMS I SURRENDER the last song was released a single song is WAITING FOR A SIGN very hit song indeed listen it my recommendation from me

[@78Mustang]

Favorite Rainbow song and RJD performance 🤘😌

[@arnonyhm4055]

Ronnie James Dio (RIP) and Richtie Blackmore was a phantastic combination.

[@williamdegrey]

Also best rock drummer ever, Rip Cozy Powell..

[@RememberEddieYork]

You should react to 'Falling Off The Edge Of The World' from Black Sabbath's 'Mob Rules' album. Ronnie is stellar on that one.

[@williamreiser3118]

Was 16 when came out

[@elitezenkai9435]

Ooo your voice has some grit in there too. Nice

[@kennethbutler1343]

You have a good voice; ever consider singing in a metal band? Or would your vocal coach forbid it? A past singer of mine was also classically trained and was told to quit metal. She didn't.

[@tracycarbone934]

More Rainbow, Dio of all kinds Please!!!!🤘💜

[@jalkabre5904]

Good reaction to this classic song from Rainbow. Just a magical group with many great songs, especially live. You should check out songs from the 1977 Munich concert, such as "Mistreated", "Catch the Rainbow" and "Man on the Silver Mountain". These are exceptional performances.

[@ArtBehriDotDe]

Oh my god - Im really impressed -YOU could be the female Version of Mr Dio........🤩

[@malcshone4409]

“ Mistreated”, live in Munich 1977 video. You’ll love it. Promise.

[@SteveMavronis]

Ritchie looks so possessed!

[@MrNobodee]

When you get the chance you MUST do a blind reaction to: JAIRO / Begin by letting go!!!!! ( a cover) - you won't be disappointed, promise!!

[@sps6151]

🤘🤘

[@vachfromru_78durnobdeev2]

🤘

[@PK--ITA]

i reccomand "Sails of Charon" by Scorpions, live studio in '78, same vibes. Live - not really live version.... but is ok! THX

[@thomassanchez-oo6sb]

The Gates of Kiev from Emerson Lake and Palmer

[@WolvenHeart1]

Doewnt thebr9ck part at the beginning sounds like the opening if Jesus Christ Superstar Before Judas'opening number

[@patmartin99]

If you haven't done Stargazer, you definitely should

[@Fuxerz]

Ritchie Blackmore top 3 guitarist in the world in his day.

[@russwells1825]

GREAT song!!!! Kill the King...

[@avitaavito]

Dio singing with 2 voices at the same time !!!!! 😯👑

[@Stefan-]

His lead vocal is live and the rest including the backing vocals are prerecorded from the album, this is a promo video that for some reason have live vocals and not a live video. In the real live performances the legendary bassplayer Bob Daisley that is in this video sang excellent backing vocals BTW.

[@avitaavito]

@@Stefan- Yes, you are right. The thing I know about Dio is that he is one of the few singers like (Ozzy Osbourne and Freddie Mercury) who can produce two voices at the same moment live, and in this video Dio sang with two voices at the same time and the third voice was for (Bob DeSlay). The evidence for this is the Dio Festival in 1986, which was almost entirely performed in two voices, and few will notice that. There are many clips in which Dio sang with more than one voice on the air.

[@yoshuaprananda]

Can you react to putri ariani - loneliness , she was Indonesian singer, and she had a dream to get college to juiliard some day, please react to her, thank you

[@thomassanchez-oo6sb]

The Great Gates of Kiev ….Emerson lake and Palmer.🔥

[@michaelbuttner4262]

Listen Heavy Metal in a Rock - Club with 4 Speakers

[@detlefvonkalben9577]

you should listen to some Blackmore's Night for current Ritchie Blackmore

[@CryptKeeperChuck]

You to react to Two Songs ‘ Pentatonix ft. Lyndsey Stirling this shows Cello, and Dirty Dancing the Last Dance!’ Great ones!

[@BonScott-t3u]

RITCHIE BLACKMORE RULES!!

[@andyrutherford203]

lordy! i haven't heard this for donkeys

[@bathory5026]

Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance (studio version)

[@toddcoolbaugh9978]

You should listen to Rainbow Eyes to hear a different side of Dio. You'll dream about it😉

[@fredtello]

you would enjoy sails of Charon by scorpions it's in the same sentiment

[@rickerz61]

Everyone mimes on this bar RJD. Never known why.

[@Mike-yj8wu]

Have you tried savatage hall of the mountain king

[@dimitrasotirakoglou2553]

The Great Ronnie James Dio ❤

[@Padavona]

please, Make an analysis Queensrÿche - The Chase feat. R. J. Dio. (Live at The Moore Theater, 2006)

[@Roddrummer]

I'll tell you exactly what I don't like, you singing almost every line Ronnie sings, after he's sung it 🤦

[@larrym5120]

She's the worst reactionist ive come across on KZbin.

[@Roddrummer]

@@larrym5120 I’ve actually seen worse, but that really got up my goat.

[@larrym5120]

@@Roddrummer I've seen a handful of her reactions and I stopped because she is so bad. I just got suckered in because it was DIO. Won't happen again.

[@Roddrummer]

@@larrym5120 Have a look around, you'll find much, much worse.

[@flaviopitanga65]

Dio rules

[@franciscojosejimenezmanzan1211]

Por Dios cortar las ultimas notas de la canción con ese violín...., IMPERDONABLE

[@20kingsize]

Ronnie James Dio was the best ever, and the band were superb too. The guitarist sacked all those who didn't please him :-( d Love your reaction to this amazing track d

[@angharaddenby3389]

Sorry but I just can't be doing with your joining in with the last words of the line all the time. I realise that you are only enjoying the song but I find it distracting. Bye.

[@Steven-o8t1m]

You're adorable

[@stevewothers4209]

[@NathanPurvis-hm8nc]

Maybe you should record a duet to go with this video, I know I would enjoy it