Rainbow In The Dark Vivian Campbell / Craig Goldy / Doug Aldrich / Steve Morse

Vivian Campbell
Craig Goldy
Doug Aldrich
Steve Morse

[@irainpalencia255]

Craig, Steve and Doug you really are exceptional, incredible, from another planet ..... but sorry guys, this guitar solo belongs to Vivian ...

[@mifunegoh4773]

Irain, truer words have never been spoken

[@qwertyqwerty3564]

STEVE MAKE HIS OWN SOLO VERSION. NOT LOOK LIKE THE ORIGINAL EVEN CLOSE, NOT BAD BUT NOT CLOSE@@mifunegoh4773

[@SKRooU2]

well Viv wrote the music duh

[@ayclope]

It’s like Tornado of souls. No one can play better than Marty.

[@dwill1970]

Vivian Campbell with that les Paul killed it

[@842765719]

Vivian Campbell is still the best !!❤️

[@SKRooU2]

he should be as he wrote the music

[@steveopc81]

All of these guys are beyond incredible, but Viv owns that music. He was, and is, so incredible!

[@rotasahmed8772]

Vivian Campbell best 💥🤘 for Dio..

[@LXNPANAMA]

Viv Campbell is my personal favorite and main guitar influence. His tone and bends are incredible. Goldy did everything as everyone said, made justice to respect the solo. Doug aldridge is Doug Aldridge…simply amazing. Steve Morse, cmon…cant touch that man…he is also a legend.

[@leftygtrplr6184]

100% agree with your assessment. I would add that I like Viv's solo with the Les Paul much, much better than the Nightswan or whatever he was playing with the whammy bar. Doug's solo was outstanding and Steve Morse's alternate take was really cool too.

[@jamesmarshall4364]

They're all amazing, and it's Vivian's solo, but Doug Aldrich is a BEAST. Holy shit

[@psemond72]

Definitely, that solo was as clean as can be. Wow.

[@Vino_zx1zero]

Doug #1

[@zaclampson6088]

Doug was the only one that came close. It's Viv's solo and he just owns it, but Doug did an incredible job here.

[@aldocuba5614]

VIVIAN CAMPBELL NUMBER 1

[@lonnylewis4347]

Vivian all day no question the best

[@srvuk]

Doug Aldrich all day long for this solo.

[@Vino_zx1zero]

Easily

[@extremotionaltrouffas]

I believe , Craig Goldie did it the most justice , meaning he gave the best evolutionary direction to the original Vivian's solo.

[@markusaurelius777]

Yup, me too.

[@hellsunicorn]

That was also my takeaway. In many ways, Craig was a better guitarist than Vivian because he not only contributed the most insane live solo of any guitarist to work with Dio on the same tour he was featured on in this clip, but he was also capable of adapting to Viv's signature style and also expand upon it a bit, whereas I don't think Vivian could ever do the crazy stuff Craig did on this tour or the subsequent Dream Evil and Magica albums. For his part, Doug Aldrich did an excellent job of miming Vivian's solo, which is essentially what he took to Killing The Dragon, he essentially recreated Viv's style without really changing anything, which is what everybody wanted at the time since it was clear that Vivian and Ronnie were never going to reconcile. Steve Morse's interpretation is interesting in its own right, as it is probably the closest we'll ever come to hearing what Ritchie Blackmore's interpretation of the solo might have been had Dio stayed in Rainbow and successfully pitched the song to him. On the merits it comes off as weaker because it's the most different, but it definitely has a charm to it.

[@Dastardly_X]

🤘🏻 🌟 🤘

[@johnsalzillo8097]

Man, Steve Morse was special.

[@jpurple]

Is

[@johnsalzillo8097]

@@jpurple Sorry, Is

[@user-xx6lv4ej1w]

❤❤yes

[@TheOicyu812]

They're all accomplished in their own right, but my vote goes to the originator. Vivian.

[@sgm6566]

Dam, goldy can play.

[@ivanzotelo5987]

Campbell y Goldy sin ninguna duda, exelentes guerreros de la guitarra! Vieja escuela

[@MauricioRomero-cz8bp]

I love all of these kickass, awesome guitar players; only one's missing's Rowan Robertson, and Tracy G....

[@trunglamhoang]

Vivian Campbell HANDS DOWN.

[@charliemckeever3192]

Vivian ofcause and Doug Aldrich a very close 2nd 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@zaclampson6088]

Love seeing Viv shred his material with Last In Line on his OG Black Les Paul. How cool he was able to get that guitar back. Been front row for many of these LIL shows and Viv is better than ever.

[@rudyescobar7071]

Craig Goldy is the only person next to Vivian who does it justice. I even prefer Craig's version...he's a phenomenal player!

[@afandielucarelliiii9229]

I do agree

[@gixxusmetalman7435]

Cause if the Gibsons better sound

[@markusaurelius777]

@@gixxusmetalman7435 Irrelevant.

[@yinoveryang4246]

Nah. Goldy is melodically massively off a lot of the time. He loses the flow, and your attention, by not caring that he’s playing some passages and bends that are not even in the correct key.

[@renatoandreetta3820]

Vivian Campbell is and aways will be the best !!!!!

[@rendyandrian7149]

My favorite are Vivian and Doug.

[@nordicparanormal4775]

Same 😃

[@robertpavlicart1332]

Craig Goldy my fav...

[@vaneipontes3824]

Mr. Vivian "Beast" Patrick Campbell!!! ⚡🔥🎸⚡🔥🎸⚡🔥🎸⚡🔥🎸🫡😎🤘

[@rekdinhopoetico]

This song is so amazing and those solos either. PS - music is not a F1 race to see who's the first. All solos were played beautifully.

[@MichaelMiller-ug7sr]

Vivian Campbell is so underrated

[@ADDISON857]

They are alls greats musicians👍🏿🙏is just question affinity🤣RONNIE 🤘🏿💕

[@saulportillo2142]

El solo de Vivian Campbell es único e irrepetible, el lo creó y los demás lo copiaron. Mi admiración y respeto para los 3 guitarristas.

[@brianswelding]

The best is whoever upload this awesome video, thank you!!!

[@ninostavric4547]

CRAIG GOLDY

[@anneyrico6099]

Vivian campbell!!

[@franckl.7974]

First Craig, then Vivian, and finally Doug.... but not Steve who plays it with no feeling.

[@SKRooU2]

how can you say that When Viv wrote the fukn music, Craig misses several notes

[@redghost3170]

Steve mangled it.

[@brianpark492]

Steve's a great player but you can tell he didn't even try to learn the solo.He just just did it.

[@markusaurelius777]

Goldy.

[@kidik5461]

I remember back in the mid 80s,in some metal magazine which i could not remember,an interview with yngwie and he was asked if he feels like hes the fastest but suprisingly yngwie said no,becos ive heard some fast solos from viv campbell.considering how egoistic he was back then.

[@pauliron526]

Vivian the greatest

[@sabtahi13]

Vivian originated a brilliant solo, Craig built on it, but Steve definitely took it to a Whole. Nuvva. Level.

[@algrundau9441]

They are all amazing players with their own amazing music....But it's Viv's song and Viv' solo.

[@stanky9875]

Was Steve Morse playing a different song??? His improvised shitty solo didn't even fit within the structure of the song. WTF???😠

[@ilikeguitars3511]

Yeah I thought that was strange

[@alfredosanchez76]

I think even dio just kinda tripped out of his vibe and looked at his guitar like "tf is he doing"...

[@gyllessmyth4759]

Awesome video - it was Viv's solo on this song that inspired me to pick up the guitar. As the originator, it's tough to say someone else does a better job with it. Aldrich is a monster and filled not only Vivian's (and Blackmore's) roles with Dio, but also the roles of John Sykes/Adrian Vandenburg/Steve Vai in Whitesnake. For Steve Morse, my guess is that this was a joint appearance between Deep Purple and Dio at some point and he was winging the solo based on the chord charts and what he could remember from hearing it on the radio. Goldy does a phenomenal job with it, but I always thought it a bit of a shame that Dio had him recreate/approximate Vivian's solo. It would have been really interesting to see how he would have approached the song and solo given the opportunity to do it his way.

[@SKRooU2]

nobody wants to hear a song butchered

[@risingcollectibles]

Goldy ❗

[@SalvatoreQuartararo-zh7ms]

Vivian,non si tocca,ma in questo video mi è piaciuto di più Craig,senza nulla togliere agli altri

[@alx767]

All of them

[@swektmaico]

Vivian Campbell own his own solo and is a beast. And as much as I adore Dio. Why can't he shut up when a solo is played and why can't ha perform live on pair with the studio recordings.

[@raymondgraisson2048]

No kidding. Tony Iommi yelled Ozzy for doing that.👍🏻

[@blackielawless4470]

It's all the best.

[@TheTN24]

All Viv, original is the best.

[@leobarzi]

for a brief moment I thought it was Vivian Campbell ( because I'm a fan of him ) but... nothing compares to Craig Golby ... he is an absolute genius, a phenomenon rarely seen on this planet

[@SKRooU2]

Dude he is not nearly as good as Viv. All of DIO's best songs Viv wrote the music. Craig is good but he never wrote any hit songs for Dio

[@ILLRICARDO]

Shame that Vivian had a falling out with dio... always felt that he wrote his music when he was with dio's band.

[@chrislebon5927]

Vivian, followed by Goldy and then whoever else.

[@arenabr1283]

Descenso das escadas ficou massa....

[@Vino_zx1zero]

Dougy #1

[@massimodezio4506]

Viv Campbell all day long (tho' the other guys are exceptional too...)

[@Habilio1]

Vivian studio is one thing but live, Gregg and Doug

[@nordicparanormal4775]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnS1qHWvnr19pbM maybe this will change your mind

[@The_Macaroon]

If you mean Craig and Doug I agree

[@MisterPoppy-sc1sj]

Doug Number ONE !!

[@raymondgraisson2048]

Doug and Craig were awesome also, but there's reason Dio's popularity was cut in 1/2 after him and Wendy fired Vivian!

[@cjmeadors]

I really don't think it's fair to compare professional footage to a live iPhone recording.

[@kamsonkam8952]

Craig Goldy 😎👍

[@stratkiller2531]

I still think Craig is the best, and WTF was Steve Morse playing? Idk wtf that was. He hit maybe 20% of the correct notes.

[@sirlatinlingo9451]

Viv originated the solo and Goldy maintained a killer consistency. Years later you can still count on Viv to nail his original work. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6bFgZmkrK2iqNU

[@Leonardo-mz1ep]

Sorry but Steve Morse didnt play RITD solo. It was just an improvisation

[@xdiaba]

Doug is a monster!

[@freepressright]

Personally, I think it says a lot, or rather it says everything you need to say in that players the caliber of Goldy and Aldrich kept 90 plus percent of the originality intact. They played Vivian's solo, not theirs. What the hell else can you say that is louder testimony in favor of Vivian? Goldy and Aldrich are badass players, undoubtedly, and they both knew not to fuck with something that didn't need fucked with. That being said, I vote the following: 1. Campbell, 2. Aldrich, 3. Goldy, 4. Morse

[@isaiahmarquez9717]

Hear, Hear!

[@Habilio1]

Goldy and Doug eat Vivian solos for breakfast.

[@MasterDownUnder]

Ok, is that Andy Serkis in the video with Vivian playing...?!!

[@longlivedio3498]

where’s Tracy g

[@kospandx]

Campbell, surprisingly, had some trouble getting the original solo to work, and has to resort to soundalike stock licks; Goldy's rendition, on the other hand, leaves the impression that he is holding back. Aldrich is probably the closest one to the original, but I also thinks he saps it of much of its intensity.

[@Enfin158]

Normally the player who writes the solo wins

[@ClaudioToretto]

Vivian e Dough

[@pkn1130]

Vivian the best

[@Savonarola88]

Morse’s version had nothing to do with the original solo, but I loved it.

[@NeuroplasticityReprogram]

Really? Cause I was embarassed for him. Sounded like shat.

[@mtcoorscan]

​@@NeuroplasticityReprogramAgreed. And sad too, because Steve is such a badass player. I can only guess that Ronnie gave him creative license to play as he wished, cause you know he's got the chops to replicate it more accurately.

[@jaybushwacker7695]

they are all amazing professional guitarists.Vivian Campbell is the original and sets the standard .Doug Aldrich has a cool style. Steve Moss extremely tasty but I prefer Craig Goldy

[@thevoiceman6192]

Craig and Tracy G are my favorite Dio guitar players. Interesting you gave Vivian more air time than the others. And some of the quality of the videos are not great. That isn't fair.

[@GirlBandNerd]

The other 2 copy the original Vivian phrasing except Steve Morse try to do something on his own😁..

[@radkins80]

As good as Steve is ....he pissed all over the solo to this song.

[@heyhafiz9930]

The original one still the best but i like craig steve and doug too.

[@AWMindset]

Vivian.

[@11SHADOWLORD11]

Mr. Bean...

[@johannesrindt2569]

Craig smoked it!

[@brianrinehart8202]

Goldy hands down!

[@urinetrouble3661]

Vivian...not even close!

[@viggogrendahl1]

VC > DA > CG > SM.

[@davemustaine8667]

Vivian Лучше всех боле убедительно 😎🤘♥️

[@4410VABF4NH]

ローワン・アトキンソン？

[@lavoixti-brin3436]

Craig Goldy wins!!! Easily💪

[@SKRooU2]

how when Viv wrote the music ?

[@lavoixti-brin3436]

@@SKRooU2 we re talking here of writers or players?

[@raymondgraisson2048]

This video proves Wendy and Ronnie made a HUGE Ass mistake!! If they would've given Vivian the $$ he asked for, they would've been right up there with Maiden, Preist, Ozzy and AC/DC. They BLEW it!!!

[@karlhungus76]

Gotta say Goldy. Fast as shit and clean! Also, is it me or did Rainbow in the Dark with Doug Aldrich sound like the cruise ship band or casino venue version?

[@Geerladenlad]

You mean the Steve Morse one was the cruise ship band casino. Doug's was technically proficient but not exactly the same.

[@alejandroblanco2071]

Yes

[@krade180]

Only vivian campbell,,

[@joaoguilherme3160]

Steve Morse didn't suck at this, he only change the melody and the speed, bc of this he was the worst at that

[@rogerwelsh2335]

Always was and always will be EASILY Viv

[@Betoradioamador]

acho injusto o trecho de Craig Goldy. olha a performance dele em 2004 nesse link kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXrHq6uapbOjZs0 I think Craig Goldy's excerpt is unfair. look at his performance in 2004 on this link

[@georgecharleston2597]

Steve morse just completely made it up to a point where it didn't even fit into the song in both a rhythm sense and a sound sense

[@robertpavlicart1332]

Exactly......

[@kampuami]

what are Mr Bean doing there?

[@warrenjoseph2605]

Get the original man but if not him then get Doug Aldrich

[@hibernian797]

No one's every gonna top viv

[@k77stan93]

There is ONLY 1 V CAMPBELL

[@AnonymouslyAware627]

1 Doug 2- Vivian 3- Craig 4 Steve

[@ashanetrevin]

Agree

[@who0icu812]

Campbell's the best what are others playing anyways. Chalkboards?

[@markevans8522]

You need to put in tracy g who was easily the heaviest in tone.but viv has a lot of treble in his tone. All badass players

[@lipeguitars]

Vivian & Steve Morse

[@johnlarsen9187]

I grew up having Craig as a personal mentor when I was a teenager, so perhaps I'm biased, but he killed it. Not a sloppy note to be found.

[@davidmatos2922]

Tracy G?

[@wakeupcanuck6763]

LOL!

[@longlivedio3498]

yes Tracy is my favorite