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Dio's contribution to music was formidable, I appreciate his works either with Rainbow, Sabbath and of course the solo albums. Holy Diver stands out as one of my favorite records ever, and Rainbow in the Dark provides a sense of energy I can barely describe. Terrific song, Rock on Nena 🤘🏼❤️

My wife loves rush but perhaps it's because I exposed her to rush

In spring 1988, just finished high school and preparing for my upcoming 15 months´ mandatory service with the German army, I mixed two tapes to help me through this - Accept, Slayer, Dio, Voivod, Celtic Frost, Metallica, Flotsam + Jetsam etc... I stick to this stuff until now, and will do until my last breath. That´s why so many bands love to tour Europe and especially Germany - the fans will never leave you. Maybe the clubs will get smaller, but front row will welcome you! 2025 will be forty years of me attending metal shows, I hope to celebrate this with Exodus, Doro Pesch and Destruction - they are still around, like me.

Rush fans tend to be people who listen to Rush, I notice. The ones who slag off Presto can go listen to Skrillex.

🤘😘🤘 rest in p0wer rjd!!

Great analysis as always, on such an amazing song. DIO was a master of his craft, I agree with everything you said. I think he needed to unleash his full potential and on his own merit achieved legendary status. More song analysis, any of his would be great but I do love Holy Diver a lot 🤘♥️🤘

Flea-True Men Don’t Kill Coyotes

Hey Nena ! Great analysis as always ! Thank you so much ! This is a very empowering song, I loved it even before I could understand the lyrics. My favorite DIO song is between this one and Holy Diver, I can't really decide. I think it was a good decision for him to leave Black Sabbath as they weren't a good match. Once he started his solo career, he really got to shine and be himself. Sometimes things just aren't meant to be. And on the other hand, Black Sabbath also grew from that, as I think Ozzy is a much better fit to them. What do you think about that ? It may have been a painful process, but one that really benefited both parties. For a next song to analyse, I'd suggest Dust to dust by The Warning. It seems to be one that's here to stay as they still play it live and it is really powerful. Have a wonderful Sunday and start to the week 🤘🤗🤗💛💛

My favorite Dio song is Stand Up And Shout!!! 😊😊😊😊

Cynic and Death Are my progressive Deathmetalbands

It kind of makes sense!!! When he was in the band ,Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, was the leader of the band and the big star of the band!! He had to answer to Ritchie so to speak!!! Problems started when Ritchie wanted the band Rainbow to move in a more radio friendly commercial direction!!! So he wanted Ronnie to stop singing and writing about dragons and other fantasy and sci-fi themes!!! Dio said that's the way he writes so his tenure in the band ended. In Black Sabbath I think 🤔 Ronnie had to answer to Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, they called the shots!!! I think Ronnie felt insecure and felt artistically tied down!!! Also, Ronnie was NOT the typical stereotype lead singer frontman. 😮 EX: David Lee Roth, Jon Bon Jovi, Roger Daltry, Vince Neil, Rick Springfield etc. Ronnie was a short diminutive in stature and not known to be a handsome cutie boy!!! But he had an awesome singing voice and great songwriter and a theatrical stage presence!!! 😊 Well, there's my two cents!!! Have a great day Nina!!! 😊

Great insights! Interpretaion of english spoken lyrics aren't easy for me, beeing german. Always tried my best, but...

Nena: you should listen to Roger Glover's "The butterfly ball and the grasshoppers feast". A book for children, that Roger made a musical about. Love is all! was the song, where RJD was singing the frog. Absolutely epic! Cheers from the far north of Germany!

Ronnie himself said that he tries to find a place to use the word Rainbow in every song that he could.

PART II 😁 WOW!! If you are right about the Sabbath (Iommi) rift,,, that means Tony messed up twice yet thankfully so!! 😊 Thanks Tony!! ☯️☮️

Great album. I'm hoping you are wrong about the "No one seeing his Greatness" vanity idea instead of just him the humble person. Shamefully never delved into the lyrics but always figured as one chasing Rainbows 🌈 but never catching the impossible,,, more far fetched is catching one in the dark!! Miss the DIO!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎🎸🤟🏼

Very young Vivian Campbell before he was stand in on whitesnake 87 album and joined def leppard in 92

What a image ‼️ The RAINBOW and Sabbath album covers‼️🤘🏻

Have you ever done an analysis of Mudvayne? The depth of Chads lyrics tend to get over looked by the presence and musically of the band. But songs like Forget To Remember are so much more. Just an idea.

Great analysis! I'm sure someone has another interpretation but I can't see anything else.

Let me know if you agree with this analysis and what the song means to you. What is your favorite DIO song?

The whole 2112 "A" side was my melancholic childhood. It came out just after I lived through a traumatic era and resonated. After that, I got hooked by Neil's genius. R.I.P. to the best "Percussionist" the world has ever seen. I hold rush as equal to Mozart !!

Geniuses, rocket scientists, billionaires, studs and overall world changing types.

Rest In Peace Peter Steele😥💔🎸🥁🎤✝️🕊️🙏🏼

For me is Metal a positive way to deal with my frustration,pain and aggression. It gives me the power to talk about those things.

They also like weed, lol, speaking mostly of myself back in the day

Intelligent rock and intelligent lyrics !!

We are charming people too.

I’m a very big fan of Rush, however, there are some real die hards out there on another level. I was fortunate enough to see R40 in Dallas Tx. Outside the venue there were some of the best air drummers I’ve ever saw on the streets and in line nailing the air drum solos. I also was blessed with upgraded seating from nose bleeds to 12 rows back from center stage. That was the Kuhbla Kahn of the Pleasure Dome 😂. Great people with lots of stories of the multiple times they had seen the band over many years. One of the best concerts I have ever attended. Shout out to the Die Hards! Made me an even bigger fan!

Slayer, since 1985. I'm 54 now.🤘