Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Rainbow - Stargazer!

[@randywissler9923]

Yes sir, that is Ronnie James Dio. He was in Rainbow, then Black Sabbath, then his solo career as DIO. 🤘🤘🤘 R.I.P RJD!!!!

[@RedDawnRocker]

Also his band Elf was very different but still an a great band. Elf's Carolina County Ball is definitely a must hear alongside The Butterfly Ball Super Charity Event featuring Elf, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep and a bunch of other performers of the time. The album is great but the concert movie is an experience.

[@Goddzi]

Dio’s recording career started in 1958. After Ronnie and the Red Caps and Ronnie Dio and the Prophets came Elf. Then Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple and wanted to start a new band, so he got hold of Elf, kicked out their guitarist and made Rainbow. It was supposed to be collaborative but Blackmore pulled a fast one on the band and titled the first album “Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow”. To me, Blackmore looks like Mr Bean (Rowan Atkinson comedy character) lol Anyway, Ronnie Dio was not best pleased about the first album title but continued with the band for two more before leaving to join Black Sabbath teplacing the recently fired Ozzy Osbourne. After a couple of albums with Sabbath though, Dio quit and formed his own band called simply, Dio. There’s a little more after that but that’s enough history. Ps. I do love Sabbath, but mostly the Ozzy 70s stuff, I’ve never liked Dio/Rainbow even though my wife was in a Rainbow tribute band as bassist a couple years ago. And I don’t like Blackmore/Deep Purple either. I just know a lot about them because of other musicians I have played in bands with over the years.

[@jean-pierreyot5871]

@@RedDawnRockerSaw Elf as opening act for Deep Purple mk III (my first ever concert was DP mk II !) and I was also in the crowd at the only live performance of the Butterfly Ball. Also saw the original Rainbow lineup AND the last concert I saw a couple of months ago was Deep Purple mk ???????? with Ian Gillan, Ian Paice and Roger Glover. How is that for bragging ? 😊

[@mitch4634]

@@Goddzi ne pas oubllier son passage avec l'ancien bassiste de DP qui donnera love is all...

[@Goddzi]

@@mitch4634 en effet, comme je l'ai dit, il y a plus dans l'histoire

[@vinograd74]

"That dude on guitar" is Ritchie Blackmore. He was a core member of Deep Purple.Rainbow is his project when he left Deep Purple for several years. He is one of Godfathers of hard- and heavy- guitar playing.

[@pollynicklas5220]

Omg, that comment, he kind of looks like Dio! I just about lost it lol!

[@weirddebbiem1619]

Me, too. lol

[@MaxineWatt-jd8ho]

😂😂😂 There is only one Dio ❤🤘🤘🤘🤘🌈

[@me262a1]

Soon as I saw that WTF face I was thinking Yep, that's Dio! LOL

[@sherriwilliams5043]

Yeahhhh….there’s a reason why 😂😂

[@teecop4735]

Me too I’m like I wanted to pull the hair out of my head lol !

[@19Graywulf]

ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James, Cozy Powell, huge level of talent on one stage

[@GuyWalters-j4w]

Absolutely one of the greatest songs of all time ever!

[@MaxineWatt-jd8ho]

💯

[@mitchgriffin2150]

light in the black second part of this song

[@joelmclean2898]

Ritchie Blackmore was the founder of Rainbow. He gained fame as the guitarist for Deep Purple.

[@billkeithchannel]

And BP was impressed with David Coverdale when he reacted to his songs.

[@leroythemaster4268]

Deep Purple had more Spin Offs than Happy Days.

[@billkeithchannel]

​@@leroythemaster4268 Unlike HD, they never jumped the shark but rather disbanded while they were ahead.

[@Gabrielrusth]

Dude, Ritchie Blackmore is a freaking machine, best of all

[@debbrarobinson1548]

My generation produced the greatest music and legendary talent! No auto tune or technology just pure undiluted talent!!!!

[@AlvaroOryan]

tFor me the song's narrative is about the people devote everything to building the wizard's tower, only to be abandoned when their leader fails to deliver on his promises. It’s a cautionary tale about misplaced trust and the dangers of blind faith.

[@andychisarick6879]

Thats great as far as metaphors go, I agree. But I still say it's a true story from a few thousand years ago. You'd have to read my earlier, very long (sorry) post if you want an explanation. Not saying I'm the smartest guy in the room. Just saying.

[@mrmachine269]

I think that the story continues in a song A light in the black.

[@sputukgmail]

@@mrmachine269agreed. Always thought of it as a concept album telling one story.

[@allenruss2976]

You'll be more relaxed if you don't overthink 70s metal. It's a lot of fantasy, wizards, swords, dragons, etc. Rainbow simply meant Rainbow

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

Well said!

[@FrankUnknown]

Named after a club that they used to play at.

[@billkeithchannel]

@@FrankUnknown That is interesting. The local family park Waldameer has a dance hall named Rainbow Gardens.

[@jalkabre5904]

Rainbow was the name they chose because of the Rainbow Bar and Grill on Sunset Strip that was very popular for musicians back in the day.

[@ScrotieJohnson]

@@jalkabre5904ive heard alot of stuff why they got their name

[@richierich398]

You are right on as far as Dios voice being operatic. Opera singers, such as the charismatic voice have reacted to this song and are mind blown. He’s that good.

[@Seelos333]

You are gonna want to check out Deep Purple’s 1970 live “Child In Time” and 1972 live “Highway Star” Ritchie Blackmore is impressive! Blackmore was trained in the Classics Many of his riffs are developed by utilizing arpeggios sections Even accomplished guitarist have a difficult time duplicating Blackmore’s renditions

[@entermesser178]

Child in Time - Live Made in Japan - best rock song ever!

[@andersgranstrom7128]

Does NOT get much better than this!!! 😍RIP Master

[@ZVA3B]

Ronald James Padavona (July 10, 1942 - May 16, 2010), known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer. He fronted numerous bands throughout his career, including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell. Though his parents were from Cortland, New York, Dio was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where his family resided for his father's service in the U.S. Army during World War II. The family returned to Cortland when Dio was very young, and he lived there until graduating from high school in 1960. Dio's music career began in 1957 as part of the Vegas Kings (later Ronnie and the Rumblers). In 1967, he formed the rock band Elf, in which he sang and played bass. In 1975, Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore founded the band Rainbow and hired Dio to be the lead singer; during his tenure, the band released three studio albums. Dio quickly emerged as one of heavy rock's pre-eminent vocalists. In 1979, Dio replaced Ozzy Osbourne as Black Sabbath's lead singer and appeared on three studio albums with the band, all three of which met with success: Heaven & Hell (1980), Mob Rules (1981) and Dehumanizer (1992). In 1982, he left to form the band Dio, which itself had two albums certified platinum by the RIAA. In 2006, he founded the band Heaven & Hell with ex-bandmate Tony Iommi. In November 2009, Dio was diagnosed with stomach cancer and died of the disease six months later. Dio is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential heavy metal vocalists of all time. He is known for popularizing the "devil horns" hand gesture in metal culture and his medieval-themed song lyrics. According to a version provided by the singer himself, the act derives directly from the classic Italian apotropaic gesture, which his grandmother often displayed. Dio had a powerful, versatile vocal range and was capable of singing both hard rock and lighter ballads. He was awarded the "Metal Guru Award" by Classic Rock Magazine in 2006. He was also named the "Best Metal Singer" at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards in 2010 and ranked as the genre's best vocalist in 2013 by music journalist Sacha Jenkins.

[@jasonlove6931]

Great info, I did not know all of this.

[@MaxineWatt-jd8ho]

@@ZVA3B 🤘🤘🤘😪

[@johnpenman9595]

Wiki

[@CasonovaCorkClub]

BEST ROCK N ROLL SONG EVER!!!! .. Some say this was the BEST Rock lineup ever! .. Can't believe it took u so long to find this GEM. ... Yes .. That's DIO .. Guitar - Richie Blackmore - Deep Purple .. Drums - The Great Cozy Powell.

[@starburstppl]

The song has been called a "morality tale", from - according to lyricist Ronnie James Dio - the standpoint of a "slave in Egyptian times". They relate the story of the Wizard, an astronomer who becomes "obsessed with the idea of flying" and enslaves a vast army to build a tower from which he can take off and fly.  Building the tower in harsh conditions ("In the heat and rain, with whips and chains; /just to see him fly, so many die"), the people hope for the day when their misery ends. In the end, the wizard climbs to the top of the tower but, instead of flying, falls and dies: "No sound as he falls instead of rising / Time standing still, then there's blood on the sand." A poll held by Gibson ranked the song the 17th greatest heavy metal song of all time.

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

Ronnie James Dio was also in Black Sabbath, between his time in Rainbow (before) and in Dio (after)

[@49schrader]

and ELF before...

[@Tyler-g5l]

And don't forget the electric elves which came before elf and before the electric elves he went by Ronnie James Dio and he was doing 50s early 60s music​@@49schrader

[@smithpm81]

this is the best classic rock song ever, been listening to this since 1976 still my fave rock song ever

[@Jane-d4w]

Ritchie Blackmore is one of the GREAT ROCK GUITAR GODS. Started in Deep Purple. Rainbow was verrrry successful amongst us Headbangers!! Don't overthink the lyrics, it's like reading a Michael Moorcock novel. See what I did there? Before social media, we had THESE THINGS CALLED BOOKS 📚... ❤

[@lisalaursen3684]

Yes and Dio was a god of rock vocals

[@entermesser178]

Rainbow - Rising is the best Hard-Rock-LP ever! The tour in 1976 (AC/DC was opener) was my first concert.

[@MDMARAMPAGEUK]

Rainbow-Gates of babylon Absolute banger bro!

[@brianclassen5221]

Man on the Silver Mountain is right up there.✌

[@joegillam1497]

Gates is probably my favourite Rainbow song.

[@Malvawitch]

That's my favourite of all times too 🤟🏼

[@independenceltd.]

Ritchie Blackmore on guitar. He was in Deep Purple...then Rainbow...then Deep Purple...then Rainbow...then Blackmore's Night...then Rainbow...then Blackmore's Night

[@christianhoneyman9001]

Great reaction to a great band and song. The guitarist is The Guitarist that used to play with Deep Purple. He was the one that played Guitar for Deep Purple's biggest hits such as Child In Time Highway Star and Smoke On The Water. His name is Ritchie Blackmore. Even at one point The band was called Blackmore's Rainbow. Hope you have a Great Weekend. 😀😃😄😁😊

[@romanoperelli]

One of the best live vocal performances EVER! And Ritchie Blackmore's guitar solo... the proverbial chef's kiss. The lyrics, taken literally, are about a wizard who enslaves countless numbers of people and makes them build a stone tower for him. Just like the Egyptian slaves bleed and died to build the pyramids. The people hope for the day when their misery will come to an end, as they build the tower in harsh conditions, just so they can see the wizard fly away, which gives them the hope and strength they need to go through this sheeez. But in an unexpected happy ending, the wizard falls off the tower and dies. Also, in my imagination, it blends biblical themes (the tower of stone so high to touch the sky, like the tower of Babel) with stars-obsessed Egyptian lore like the one depicted in the movie Stargate.

[@jonathan492]

It is Dio, and the guitarist is Ritchie Blackmore from the band Deep Purple

[@bjw0515]

Cozy was a beast on the drums! You are right, James Dio.

[@dangibson3192]

Many don't notice that Cozy was playing traditional grip in his left hand for this. Not many rock drummers play tradional grip. RIP Cozy.

[@stratcat3216]

You ain't trippin'.. that's Dio baby :)

[@donaldmacias4634]

Yes that’s Dio. He’s been in bands since 1958. He started in a band called Ronnie Dio and the Prophets. You should also check out “Man On The Silver Mountain” also by Rainbow and “Heaven and Hell” by Black Sabbath also with Dio

[@lw3918]

You forgot ELF.

[@donaldmacias4634]

No. I just named one of his first bands.

[@dimitrasotirakoglou2553]

Dio was a great poet❤ Thank you for that reaction

[@RedDawnRocker]

Ronnie was truly a fantasy lover. He loved writing about magic in his songs and even bought himself a castle when he got big. There's actually a sequel to this song "A Light in the Black". It's a great song too.

[@MaxineWatt-jd8ho]

@@RedDawnRocker that has to be the next reaction so it lines up with Stargazer as on the album 💯🤘🤘

[@trevhowie4304]

First gig I ever went to, Rainbow in Edinburgh 1980. I was at Richie Blackmore's feet. Brilliant

[@tahudack7785]

This is my first time hearing this too and I've been around radio for 35 years.

[@billkeithchannel]

I am just now realizing that a local band from the early 90's that I liked (Damien Steele) has a song or two in this style and I never knew this was their musical influence not just Queensryche.

[@jalkabre5904]

If you enjoyed that, check out some live Rainbow. KZbin has great videos from the 1977 Munich concert - "Mistreated" and "Catch the Rainbow" are outstanding. All the other songs are almost as good (Man on the Silver Mountain, Long Live Rock n Roll, 16th Century Greensleeves, and a bunch more)

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Absolutely love this song and Dio. One of my favorite rock songs ever.....and I like a lot of stuff going back to 50's rock.

[@allenruss2976]

Another song that features Dios talent. This was the best Rainbow lineup. RJD vocals, Cozy Powell drums, Ritchie Blackmore guitar, Jimmy Bain bass and Tony Carey keyboard. Another Dio band to check out is Elf

[@andy60234]

I bought the Elf album when I was 13 in a junk store for 25 cents.

[@beoz658]

So glad you came across this. Blackmore made a great choice hiring Dio. I was 15 when I saw this tour at the San Jose Civic. I stood right in front of the stage 3,000 people in attendance, it was mind blowing!

[@thorstenhansel1633]

So great Band amazing songs and the voice of Ronnie... unvorgetable

[@ZoahLord]

I'd heard two of the commercial tunes from Rainbow, but when I heard this as a teenager in the late 90s my jaw dropped. I had this on a mixtape (my rechargeable batteries lasted longer on a walkman than a discman) and I kept flipping the tape and fast-forwarding that side so I could hear the song again. And again. And again. When i heard it, I was still attending church and it made me think of the Tower of Babel - much like how Queen's "The Prophet Song" dipped into pre-Abrahamic Genesis - so the combination of the music, lyrics and subconscious connotations floored me

[@sumonjamal1653]

Rainbow was the band formed in 1975 by Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore after leaving the band... He wanted to start over and enlisted Ronnie James Dio (vocals) whose band Elf opened for Deep Purple on tour in the 70's... Members of Elf also recorded Rainbow's debut album "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow" ... but Blackmore opted to hire new musicians for Rainbow to tour and record the 2nd album 'Rising' in 1976 w/ Ronnie Dio on vocals... Cozy Powell (drums), Jimmy Bain (bass) and Tony Carey (keyboards) 3rd Rainbow album "Long live Rock n roll" was released in 1978 and was the last to feature singer Ronnie James Dio... According to Dio, Blackmore wanted Rainbow to go in a more 'pop rock' direction in 1979 and he refused; so, Ronnie James Dio was fired and singer Graham Bonnet recorded Rainbow's 4th album 'Down to Earth' in 1979... he went through numerous musicians during Rainbow's career. Rainbow continued in 1981 w/ singer Joe Lynn Turner and scored a number of commercial hit singles ('Street of dreams' ... 'Stone cold'... "Can't let you go") before Ritchie Blackmore reunited w/ Deep Purple in 1984. Ronnie James Dio joined Black Sabbath in 1979 after Ozzy Osbourne was fired... In 1980, Black Sabbath (w/ Dio on vocals) released 'Heaven & Hell' and it became the band's first platinum selling album since 1974... the next album 'Mob rules' was released in 1981 and sold gold... However, Ronnie James Dio was fired in 1982 after being accused of tampering w/ the mixes of Sabbath's live record 'Live Evil' (Ronnie James Dio denied those claims and took Sabbath's drummer Vinny Appice w/ him) Ronnie did reunite w/ Black Sabbath years later in 1992 for the album 'Dehumanizer'... before leaving again in '93. He rejoined Sabbath in 2006 but the band renamed themselves Heaven and Hell... and released 1 album ('The Devil you know' in 2009) before Ronnie James Dio passed away in 2010 from cancer at age 67. After being fired from Black Sabbath in 1982... Ronnie James Dio felt he was an established singer from Rainbow and Black Sabbath (few knew Elf, his band in the 70's) and named his new band Dio and released their debut album 'Holy Diver' in 1983 which became a platinum success.

[@norkannen]

And the guitarist is Richie Blackmore from Deep Purple. Rainbow was first Richie Blackmores Rainbow. Saw them in Norway in 1982. But then it was Joe Lynn Turner on vocals. Girl band from US Girlschool as warm up band😈😎🇧🇻

[@jockeyladjockeylad8492]

Yeah, yeah - no. Girlschool is a British band, formed in 1975 in South London.

[@kardeef33317]

It's about a wizard that forces people to build a tower so he can fly. It doesn't fly and falls to his death.

[@andychisarick6879]

Its about that and so much more.

[@tets4316]

I get chills after hearing this song it's amazing

[@nikosalmpanis-ty3jt]

One of the best rock-metal band🤘

[@PebblesBlue]

OMG, finally a song and band from back then that passed me by ..... completely. Thanks for that

[@seacrestboxers1787]

That IS Dio. Famous drummer Cozy Powell too. Rainbow is the brain child of lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, who started it when breaking up his former band Deep Purple. Rainbow had a revolving door of band member mainly due to Ritchie Blackmore likely being er difficult. My fave incarnation was with Joe Lynn Turner on vocals. Their hits include Since you been gone and I surrender , worth seeing.

[@n5iln]

Blackmore was, and still is, an absolute perfectionist, and he does everything he can to push whoever he's playing alongside to advance their own skills. This comes straight from his wife, Candice Night...singer for Blackmore's Night since that group's formation in 1997. I can see where some might think that makes him difficult to work with.

[@seacrestboxers1787]

Oh his talent is beyond question and yes expactations but he did go through band mates, his way or the highway, type of regime ​@n5iln

[@oswaldmontecristo1035]

Since You Been Gone", a great song written by Russ Ballard from Argent (Hey Pegasus, you gotta plug into Argent) and vocals were done by Graham Bonnet, who also did "All Night Long".

[@craigpiper2905]

Man on the Silver Mountain. IMO best Rainbow song. or check out Dio in Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell or Children of the Sea.

[@starburstppl]

Thanks BP for sharing this awesome reaction, and keeping Ronnie's memory alive! Ronnie James Dio..."The God Of Heavy Metal." Best metal singer and frontman that ever walked this planet. There will never be another one like him! Gone too soon, but forever in my heart. R.I.P. Ronnie. You are missed beyond measure!!! Biggest LEGEND that ever graced us with his presence!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@MrRudeboy212]

The best thing about this song is that it goes on forever...

[@teamdata]

Thee single greatest song ever released!!! It destroys stairway,

[@e.x.watson9997]

Soon as the song started I noticed dude didn't know that was Dio and his face was like "is that..." xD. Great surprise to have for the first time though

[@moviereviews4life]

Dio was in a couple of Doo Whop bands in the 50's & in the 79's was in a band called Elf. He joined Rainbow when Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore decided he wanted to create a new band that had a fantasy element to the music and recruited Dio. Rainbow became more popular though when Joe Lynn Turner joined the band as Ritchie Blackmore would want to go a more commercial route with the music & Dio wanted to stay as they were. Dio joined Black Sabbath for a couple albums before leaving & creating his solo group. He would reunite with Black Sabbath a couple of times,once for a Reunion album The Dio Years & then creating a new group named Heaven & Hell. The guitarist as I mentioned is Ritchie Blackmore who was the guitarist of Deep Purple. The song I always found was about faith, working until you die for a promise you may never see, like the slaves of Egypt who believed in a deliverer who would free them. Many generations dying with the belief but never wavering. I'm not religious at all but I do enjoy the lyrics

[@tets4316]

Sorry been watching you for a while & only subscribing now but always gave a thumbs up 👍 this is my all time favourite song enjoy, plus I just got a badge from KZbin for constantly listening to it 🎖️

[@jeffveytia4021]

Ronnie James Dio is and will forever be my favorite singer. Rainbow with Dio is peak rock perfection.

[@MaxineWatt-jd8ho]

@@jeffveytia4021 absolutely 💯

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

One of the great rock/metal singers in Ronnie James Dio, one of the great rock/metal drummers in Cozy Powell, one of the great rock/metal guitarists in Ritchie Blackmore. In my view this is one of the best ever rock/metal solos. There are better shredders and technical players since, but Blackmore had a great bluesy style, and here, he adds that Arabic/Eastern sound. A true hard rock/metal epic.

[@sergiodavila5269]

One word for this: EPIC 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@ledzeppurplerainbow1594]

Hell yeah finally some Rainbow! Named after the Rainbow bar and grill on the Sunset strip, Check out "Mistreated" Live in Munich (1977)

[@bostonvair]

You're not tripping. Rainbow had a few different lead vocalists, but Ronnie James Dio was their first. Rainbow was formed from some of the pieces of Deep Purple, most notably Ritchie Blackmore on guitar. Each of their albums featured an epic song. This was from the Rainbow Rising album which, if memory serves was their second album (The first, being "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow"). If you listen to the lyrics, it's actually kind of funny in an ironic way. The song is about being blinded by ego into imagining you're capable of superhuman feats, only to learn in the end that you're only human. The "wizard" in the song coerces the people who were enslaved to build a tower to help him fly to the stars. The people built it with "flesh and bone" while being subjected to "whips and chains" and "so many died" in the process. When it's finally finished, the wizard climbs to the top and "falls instead of rising" only to go splat in the sand.

[@rogercoles3973]

Yes. That is Ronnie James Dio. His recording career began in the mid 1950's when he was a young teenager. He tour Sweden inbetween his junior and senior year in high school when a Motown group. In 1972 Dio's band ELF was the opening act for Deep Purple> This guitar player Ritchie Blackmore was Deep Purple's guitar player. That's how Dio got this gig. Cozy Powell was one of the greatest drummers of all time. he passed away in 1994 in a car crash. The original bass player for this band was Bob Daisley who along with Randy Rhoads created Ozzy's solo career. the bass player in this video is Jimmy Bain. This song came from one of the greatest albums of my generation, Rising by Rainbow \mXm/

[@NewHomeMedia]

Ronnie and the Red caps was the first band then Elf 👍🏻

[@Efferri]

Hey man, congratulations on your new baby!

[@FlatulentBreeze]

Original name was Richie Blackmore's Rainbow, Richie is the guitar player here and from Deep Purple a british supergroup like Zeppelin etc... Richie is one of the greatist guitarists ever and Ronnie just brings it all together.

[@rebeccacurtis6680]

Yep. That's Dio in the early years. Ronnie was with Rainbow & Black Sabbath in addition to his later solo career. His voice was bigger than he was and I don't know of anyone who can really ever sound like him. My brother met him once at the radio station here in Corpus Christi before their concert. RIP Ronnie James Dio.

[@odelbert]

Mother's Finest - Baby Love !!!! Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime !!!! The Clash - The Guns of Brixton !!!! Ted Nugent - Writing on the Wall !!!! The Knife - Silent Shout !!!! The Vibrators - Keep it Clean !!!! Babylon Zoo - Spaceman !!!! Ace of Base - All that She Wants !!!! Brother Dege - Too Old to Die Young !!!! Eddy Grant - Living on the Frontline !!!! Praying Mantis - Dream On !!!! The Kinks - (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman !!!! Kingdom Come - Mad Queen !!!!´ Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right !!!! Molly Hatchet - Fall of the Peacemaker !!!! Ana Johnson - We Are !!!! Blackfoot - Fox Chase !!!!

[@pobsdad]

Light In the Black next, obviously.

[@JeffreyTheTaylor]

One of Ritchie's more out there solos that somehow paves the way for Ronnie's epic closing lines. Cozy bashing away like a madman. One of a kind stuff.

[@MaxineWatt-jd8ho]

Absolutely 💯 🤘🤘🤘

[@merullesr]

Hey no, you're not hallucinating. It's RJ Dio. When Blackmore left Deep Purple, he took over a band called Elf with Dio as the lead singer. He fired all the members except Dio and replaced them with professionals. Rainbow is the group that propelled Dio to the forefront. You should listen to their cover of "Mistreated", a Deep Purple song originally sung by David Coverdale, but which was transcended by RJ.

[@andrea-v2s]

Ronnie James Dio.....one and only....and....best vocal outro ever!

[@CroMagJohnson]

i couldn't click on this fast enough! i knew you were going to love this experience.

[@hallranch548]

This song is an old, old story of a wizard who convinced the leaders of the land that he could fly, and he said "Build me a tower, so I can fly", and they believed him. So the leaders spent time and a generation of people to build this great tower for this "wizard" to fly out of.... So, they spend years and people, slaves, etc. building this tower.... and when it was done, it was time for the wizard to fly.... The wizard climbed to the top, and stood there, and jumped off..... as could be expected, he fell instead of flying....fell to his death. And then they realized they spent all this time building this tower, spend all these lives building this tower, all because they fell for this wizards trick that he could fly. This is the gist of the song.... it is an old legend....

[@ewan_GTO]

“Up above the streets and houses, rainbow climbing high…” Different times….You’ll know if you know……

[@AlvaroOryan]

FINALLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This song is perfect!

[@theodoreritola7641]

BP pleeeeese check out DEEP PURPLES SONG SMOKE ON THE WATER,From their MACHINE HEAD L,P FROM 1972 ,The Gitar RIFFS from the bass IS HUUUUUUUUGE FIRE It will be @the top of your PLAY LIST i promise ITS TOTAL🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 LONG LIVE THE 70s

[@sgrabtune3950]

The singer of (Dio) is Ronnie James Dio hence the name of the band (Dio) LOL LOL & the singer of (Rainbow) is also Ronnie James Dio, he is also the first singer to take over for Ozzy Osbourne when he left (Black Sabbath). The first (Black Sabbath) album he did was called Heaven and Hell. Dio it's also the lead singer of the group (Heaven and Hell) which is the new version of (Black Sabbath). They chose the name of the band to show that it was the Black Sabbath Dio years not the Ozzy years group that had gotten back together to perform. R.I.P Ronnie.......May 16/2020 died of stomach cancer.. (Rainbow) also had guitarist Ritchie Blackmore who was from the group (Deep Purple) & (Blackmore's Night). (Deep Purple) also had Jon Lord a keyboard player he was also in (Whitesnake) along with David Coverdale who was also at one time the singer for (Deep Purple), Rodger Glover bass player of (Deep Purple) was also in (Rainbow), (Deep Purple) also had drummer Ian Paice who was also in (Whitesnake) & Ian Gillan was also one of the singers for (Deep Purple) he was also on one album for (Black Sabbath) & he's also from the band (The Ian Gillan band). (Black Sabbath) also in the '80s had Eric singer as the drummer for a bit befor he went on to become the drummer for (Kiss) in the 90s out of makeup and still is the drummer for (Kiss) now in makeup dressed as the cat man taking over for Peter Criss & the late Eric Carr (aka the fox) on drums.

[@MaxineWatt-jd8ho]

Heaven and Hell was Dio's first album with Black Sabbath. 😊🤘🤘🤘

[@metalfanatics666]

@@MaxineWatt-jd8ho so it is and the second one Mob Rules and 8-10 years later the fantastic Album Dehumanizer, it is a very heavy album

[@sgrabtune3950]

@@MaxineWatt-jd8ho why did i not remember that I should have known that I have that album! I'll fix it I'll change it in my comment

[@MaxineWatt-jd8ho]

@@sgrabtune3950 🤣🤣🤣🤘🤘💯

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Ronnie James Dio - Here's his groups in a nutshell: Vegas Kings - Ronnie and the Rumblers - Ronnie and the Red Caps. - Ronnie Dio and the Prophets - Electric Elves - Elves - Elf - Rainbow - Black Sabbath - Dio (solo) - Heaven & Hell. His first music was doo-wop (50's 60's stuff) then went into hard rock/heavy metal. RIP Jonnie, what an artist.

[@brendantoungate8287]

Ronnie James Dio is best-known for singing in three bands: Rainbow, Black Sabbath (post-Ozzy), and Dio. This is one of his greatest tracks with Rainbow, along with "Man on the Silver Mountain", "Long Live Rock n' Roll", and "Gates of Babylon". I'd also highly recommend "Heaven & Hell", "Children of the Sea", "Die Young", "The Sign of the Southern Cross", and "Falling Off the Edge of the World" from his time with Black Sabbath.

[@CroMagJohnson]

children of the sea is one of my favorite black sabbath songs!

[@kajcullberg2744]

So many great musicians, that came from the great founders of hard rock.

[@Brumstikryder100]

Very 1st concert i ever been to was Rainbow! Love RJD...hope you do more Dio. So much talent.

[@badbob6689]

Rainbow, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath were 3 bands that started heavy metal. Ronnie was in Rainbow before going over to Black Sabbath and finally his solo career.

[@SusanFritz-v7i]

Ronnie was raised in a household where operatic music was played by his parents. I also remember that in his comments that he had a girlfriend who was an opera singer and he studied her notes, that was possibly the furthest operatic influence in his life.

[@TedTrinity]

When I saw Deep Purple i had side stage seats. Richie Blackmore and Ian Gillian were doing a back and forth dual voice vs guitar and Ritchie and Ian almost got in a fist fight on stage. Ian threw his mic at Ritchies head and the microphone bounced just below where I was siting. It was an amazing show at Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto. I also saw Dio in concert and Pantera was an opening act

[@RichardRitenour0522]

The song has been called a "morality tale", from - according to lyricist Ronnie James Dio - the standpoint of a "slave in Egyptian times". They relate the story of the Wizard, an astronomer who becomes "obsessed with the idea of flying" and enslaves a vast army to build a tower from which he can take off and fly.

[@andychisarick6879]

@@RichardRitenour0522 I think its about more than that- aliens building spaceships powered by pyramids or something- for one thing cause of the title. "Stargazer" not Tower Builder or Rock Stacker or whatever. But also because who needs ro spend years, decades, building a tower to fly off of? Go climb a mountain & jump. Yeah they're in the desert but there were mountains around, too. In the Sinai, if they're in Egypt. Not that it matters, no big deal, but I argue about it sometimes cause I dont wanna say its "just a song." Stargazer is an amazing piece of art, and the way it can be interpreted in many different ways just emphasizes that fact.

[@RichardRitenour0522]

@@andychisarick6879 I see what you're saying but these are Dio's own words and he wrote it.

[@andychisarick6879]

@@RichardRitenour0522 I see what you're saying too, but all I'm saying now- and I admit I could be 100% wrong- is there's more than one way for a story or myth to mutate over the years, decades, centuries. The original events that transformed themselves in Dio's mind into "Stargazer" could have occured 100 years ago or 100 centuries. Kind of like playing the game "telephone". Words are misunderstood & translated incorrectly & blah blah blah. I'm not trying to be stubborn or afraid to admit I'm wrong, I just don't think it's a right or wrong issue. I just think Dio was being more insightful, digging farther back into history than even he realized. Or maybe I'm just an asshole. Wouldnt be the first time.

[@andychisarick6879]

I meant to add, I'm gonna go listen to A Light In The Black just to see if that clears my head any. Got nuthin else to do.

[@andychisarick6879]

FYI everyone misinterprets Stargazer. Briefly: the "wizard" is an alien, using Egyptians to build a pyramid, & the pyramid generates power that propels a spaceship to the stars. (Or it is a spaceship.) Clues are in the lyrics: the "wizard/alien" glides, he's lighter than air (he can fly.) Singer asks "where is your star? Is it far?" (they arent building a simple "tower of stone." They're going to the stars! Why else would he even mention stars?) "When do we leave?" Would only ask this if the pyramid/ship is GOING somewhere. Again, not just a tower. "To see him fly...so many die" Purpose of all the labor is to Fly Away. Period. "A tower of stone to take him straight to the sky." That says it all. Anyway it all goes wrong in the end, blows up on launch day (think space shuttle.) Listen close to the lyrics & keep an open mind- this could be a true story, as many people look at global positioning of pyramids everywhere & think that togather they were a portal, or power source, to the stars for "ancient aliens." I mean explain nearly identical pyramids in Asia, Egypt, Central America, Mexico...ok. There's the bell. Now you can see Stargazer from a different angle, & REALLY enjoy it because it IS a true story! Ok that's it- History class dismissed.

[@me262a1]

It's the story of Simon Magnus, who is a charlatan wizard, and Helena as depicted in the movie "The Silver Chalice". Simon is played by Jack Palance.

[@andychisarick6879]

@@me262a1 Even if that's true- if Dio based his lyrics on what you said- I still think THAT story is based on the whole aliens bit. With pyramids all over the world, there's no way humans engineered & built them without outside help. So if Simon Magnus is the wizard, he's based on an alien from long ago...etc. To me it's believable, w/ all the references to stars & flying & whatnot. And makes for a better story, to think it's based on actual events vs just a made up story. I never heard that Dio based it on anything, but if he did I'd like to read about it. I'll look up Simon just for the heck of it...thanks!

[@me262a1]

@@andychisarick6879 I guess aliens makes as much sense as anything about the pyramids. Nobody has figured it out yet. Like Author C. Clarke said “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” 🙂 Anyway it is a great song and reminded me of stories from the bible and that movie. It's a pretty good movie too with Paul Newman as the lead but the Simon Magus subplot steals the show. (sorry if this came through twice)

[@andychisarick6879]

@@me262a1 thanks for the ideas- i like the alien/pyramid idea best on general dramatic terms if nothing else. And the idea that, even if he didnt realize it, Dio was writing about something that actually happened in real life. I can see pyramids powering spaceships- like you said, to a human that would seem like magic, not just long ago but today too. And I can see where one time a pyramid spaceship launch resulted in a spectacular failure, like the space shuttle did once upon a time too. (Shrugs) Who knows?

[@glpf5]

I highly recommend Rainbow's "Mistreated" the Live from Munich '77 version to really hear Ronnie's range; such a great vocalist. Thanks for the video and welcome to your journey!

[@qivarebil2149]

Someone not recognizing the best guitarist ever, was a first one for me.. LOL 😂

[@wolfpack9958]

I'm so glad I was fortunate enough to see the great RJD live 4 times.

[@stevenredmond7455]

This version of Rainbow was & is my favourite band ever. This album cover is tattooed on my upper arm & this album Rainbow Rising is my No.1 followed by Rush 2112 & Pink Floyd’s Dark side of the Moon. In “my” view the best 3 albums I’ve ever heard. I know there’s no Beatles in there but hey ho they’re not in my top 3.

[@ttrails1]

Back in my day, because of the first album, it was Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow as the band was his brain child. Then it just became Rainbow as they went on past one album. Ronnie James Dio is a vocal god, btw. He was originally a horn player, figured out he wouldn't get girls that way. That training on the horn though is probably why singing then became natural to him. When he was with Elf, he didn't want to be the singer but was kind of forced into it. It served him well. Rainbow, Sabbath then his own band, Dio. Oh, and he did meet a girl and they stayed married until his death. I also read often that he was a hell of a nice guy. Polar opposite to Blackmore. And yes, like a person said in another comment, stop overthinking our music. Sometimes it is just fantasy based fun.

[@AmandaBurrows-up2rx]

Saw these loads, st albans civic centre. Hertfordshire UK. Every Saturday night had the best bands ever

[@Stefnmaddy]

I can watch this every day.

[@Someonelser1]

This is the greatest metal epic ever

[@shmick6079]

One of the all-time great early metal songs. And yeah, Dio on vocals (Black Sabbath, Dio), and Blackmore on guitar (Deep Purple) - they created some magic in Rainbow.

[@wesleyyoung4419]

I grew up listening to this music in what I've always got out of this song it's sung from the perspective of someone born into slavery that has been building a stone tower for years there is a wizard that rolls the society he has learned how to levitate slightly that's why when he walks he glides in the beginning he convinced the people that if they would build a tower of stone that he could fly to another star then take them with him after years of building and people dying the people begin to rebel and were kept in line with whips and chains once they finally get the Tower built the wizard climbs to the top of it jumps off falls to the Earth and dies

[@EarthWalker2023]

ABSOLUTELY 💯 LOVE THIS

[@C1nderfire]

Rainbow came out with a song in the 89’s. Kinda pop. I can’t remember the name, but I have it on my playlist lol

[@charliejg]

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!! I saw Rainbow on the Rising tour in summer 1976. It was a special concert for our country's Bicentennial Celebration. And yes, that certain is Ronnie James Dio, sooooo damn good. My band covered another song on the Rising album called "Starstruck". Two other songs on there are fantastic, Tarot Woman and Do You Close Your Eyes(When you're making love). Listen to more rainbow and Dio. You won't be sorry. Don't forget the Black Sabbath album Heaven and Hell which is also Dio singing. He died way too soon.

[@SnailMailShell]

I can’t listen to this song without focusing on Ronnie’s delivery of the word “hot” here 5:17 . He’s the storyteller’s dream. RJD has been fulfilling our fantasy needs with operatic precision since the late 60’s.

[@chelseahaley8350]

Shout to being a kid and watching Reading Rainbow! 🙌😄

[@mwinstanley7]

Yea that's Dio. The guitarist is Ritchie Blackmore from Deep Purple. When he left Purple, he recruited Dio, who had been in a band called Elf. Dio left Rainbow to join Black Sabbath. Then started his solo career. Ritchie Blackmore got back with Purple in the mid 80's, then later formed Blackmore's Night, with his wife, and they played a sort of medieval folk music. For Rainbow, check out Can't Happen Here

[@jalkabre5904]

Rainbow is and will remain one of my favorite groups, especially the Dio years. This was an elite group with 3 of the most talented musicians in Dio, Blackmore, and Cozy. Check out some live Rainbow, from the 1977 Munich concert, check out the song "Mistreated" or "Catch the Rainbow" from this concert, it's on another level. They are on another level. Don't sleep on the Black Sabbath Dio years as well. "Sign of the Southern Cross", "I", "Heaven and Hell" and a bunch more.

[@davidmazzell2332]

Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, was with Deep Purple back in the day

[@leeh-xh1iw]

The best band ever

[@MarcEdmunds-n4g]

the guitarist is Ritchie Blackmore from Deep Purple

[@luispb-b5d]

The first Rock concert I saw live was Rainbow with Joe Lynn Turner on vocals since that day I'm a fan of Hard Rock Heavy Metal RIP Ronnie James Dio 🤘🤘