One of the most underrated bands in rock history, IMO.....
One of the most underrated bands in rock history, IMO.....
Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
"I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth
"We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee Roth
That's like Spinal Tap when Blackmore's articulating the significance of the rainbow...
Because they were always in the Dark...Originally Posted by Va Beach VH Fan
They supposedly considered a reunion in the mid to late 90's, but then Cozy Powell passed away. It's too bad Blackmore isn't into hard rock anymore.
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Awesome...
I can count the number of hard rock albums better than 'Rainbow Rising' on one hand.
'Long Live Rock 'n' Roll' is fucking awesome too - so much POWER matched with control.
They'd certainly be on my dream bands to see live and alongside Thin Lizzy and Cheap Trick I think they're vastly underrated in terms of their influence on music.....
The Power Of The Riff Compels Me
Good band. To many singers though. Sounds like another band I know.
I asked Ronnie about a reunion w/ Rainbow in 1996, and he told me that "Way too much time has passed, and it's just kinda done at this point. Won't ever happen."
Too bad, I always thought Rainbow had one good album left in them, somewhere. Would have been nice if Ritchie could have seen that, I always thought Ronnie must have suspected it.
Twistin' by the pool.
We miss RJD. I'm not too much of a Rainbow fan, but I easily admit that Rising is a great record. Tarot Woman, my friends.. Tarot Woman !! That riff !!! I like the album with Graham Bonnet as well (Down To Earth, if I remember correctly). I didn't listen to the albums with Turner, so I won't say anything.
And yeah, Cozy Powell was one badass drummer.
Could that be due to the fact they were shit? Rainbow was nothing more than Blackmore's failed attempt to go corporate so he could sneer in the face of his former Purple members who kicked his sorry ass out of the band due to heavy cocaine use. Crap songs, crappy riffs. Crap.
Wait.. Blackmore is Page ??
No Blackmore was original.
But boring.
Kristy, i can cut you some slack with most of your rants but on this one you are out in left field. You are making yourself look bad here.
RIDE TO LIVE, LIVE TO RIDE
LET `EM ROLL ONE MORE TIME
Oh please, Blackbore was boring. His whole 80's syth rock commercialism attempt was an embarrassment and he knew it. No wonder he turned his back on the biz dressing up these days as a wannabe member of Jethro Tull.
Pathetic.
I heard this:
It's as awful as the cover. But then again, seeing that many of you are still living in 1982, enjoy your corporate pseudo-metal rock.
I'm 4 years old, I'm French, I'm gay and I'm a failed musician. Somebody please want me !!
French and gay?
What are the odds?
You present Bent Out of Shape, thier last album with Joe Lynn Turner, as the example of why they sucked for their entire run? For my case, i would present all of the Dio albums with Rainbow. How anyone could listen to the song Stargazer and not be amazed at its brilliance is beyond me.
As for still living in 1982, hey it's still a very cool place to be. It is a lot better than 2012 both musically and economically. Yes, i think i will stay there.
To an awful extent, I'd have to agree. The Ronnie James Dio years produced some damned inspired music, yet sometime later the train definitely left the tracks (I'm looking at you Joe Lynn Turner, you insufferably pompous windbag). Sure, you'd get one or two moments of instrumental glory per album, but if you can't bat your weight in Major League Baseball, you normally deserve to be sent down to the minor leagues or simply be given your outright release. And towards the very end, things just got embarrassing, for lack of a better word.
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen Hawking
If you mean '80s Rainbow, I could see your point.
But the '70s stuff with Dio? 'Commerical?' - not the word that comes to mind for prog rock epics - 'boring?' - I'd say 'innovative': most progressive heavy music since has it's origins in Rainbow's 'Rising' (far more than Led Zeppelin, which should make you smile).
...and that is why you like mediocrity.
81 was a better year.
What did Dio do that was so wonderful? 'Man On The Silver Mountain'? That was more Dio than Blackbore. Blackbore was a coke head bug-eyed douchebag whose best riffs were far behind him.
Just about everything he ever sang on. RIP.
81 was a better year but 82 wasn't bad either. Kristy, you should come back there with me. I could pick you up, we could go see a Duran, Leonard or Hearns fight. Maybe we could go see Van Halen in their prime. I would bring some wine coolers for you and i'll have Budweiser. We can cap the night off by sparking one up in the backseat of my car and listening to some early Rainbow. How bout it?
Finally some god damn sense. Problem with metal/hard rock bands of the early 80's was the incorporation of the synth whuch made them no different from the Duran Duran, Flock Of Seagulls bands they so detested. The only diffy was a distorted guitar higher in the mix and slight better musicianship. It was the time of MTV selling out and singing themselves to major corporate labels that exploited them. It was a horrible sound pompous and bombastic combined with cliche lyrics that would make LoungeMachine blush. Even Eddie did this although more tounge in cheek but still it was so prevalent that it destroyed metal and metal never quite recovered. Blackbore should have his fat ass kicked.
Don't ask me, that's beyond me..
As far as 1982, some cool stuff came out. Let me refresh some short memories here:
Prince - 1999
Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
Joe Jackson - Night & Day
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
And I'm sure I'm forgetting some more.
Dio sang on three classic albums by three different bands:
Rainbow 'Rising'
Black Sabbath 'Heaven & Hell'
Dio 'Holy Diver'.
Who else has done that? Now, you'll probably tell me that those records are 'shit'. You are entitled to your opinion - the opinion of rock/metal fans, journalists and muscians broadly sees them as classics, however. Does this mean you are wrong? No, it means that your opinion is way off the pulse of what most people think.
The idea the Blackmore was past his best in the mid-70s is laughable. Next you'll be telling us that Cozy Powell couldn't play drums.......
But, like I say, you are entitled to your opinion. Personally, I think you're confusing the '80s Rainbow with the '70s Rainbow.....
Holy Diver was shit. I have not heard the other two.
Another risky statement !!!
His best
His worst
One of his best
One of her worst
Ghey
Yeah, i think Dio was removed because Blackmore didn't think they were commercial enough. Blackmore was after some top 40 exposure in America...hence we later got Stone Cold and Street of Dreams. Blackmore got exactly what he wanted done on those records which was try and cross into the mainstream. It wasn't because he didn't know what he was doing or was past his prime. If that were the case, Deep Purple's Perfect Strangers wouldn't have been as killer as it was.
You never heard "Heaven and Hell"??
What were you listening to in 1980? Disco?? Leif Garrett??
Eat Us And Smile
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"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992
In 1982 Too Fast For Love came out...
How's about this little life changing boxed set?
Bay City Rollers
They were so dreamy. Other than that, I wasn't born yet.
Oxxo - Wirley Girl
Last edited by sonrisa salvaje; 12-10-2012 at 01:50 PM.
So...let's go kick his ass.
Didn't it come out in '81 ? I can't remember exactly. What I rememeber, though, is that SUNPYG is indeed Life Changing. As well as a majority of FZ albums.How's about this little life changing boxed set?
Oh, and didn't the Gay City Rollers sing Shang-a-lang, or something ?
If you haven't heard Rainbow Rising you can't really have a qualified opinion on this topic. You have to know the subject matter don't you?
I didn't notice that, Sonrisa.. Good point !!!!
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