Hold up: wait until you see the episode, guys. This isn't about calling Bent Out of Shape the worst Rainbow album. Please go check out Episode 1 of this concept, Lazy Nights, where we BUILD the worst Kiss album.
Great episode! Almost all those are the ones I delete off of my Rainbow playlists. Actually though I do like the live version of Catch the Rainbow (for Ritchie's guitar soloing.....'cause that's what I am usually seeking in both Rainbow and Purple music).
Bent out of shape is a masterpiece. JLT is its maximum expression, it also excellently resisted the passage of time, it seems that it was recorded yesterday.
Catch the Rainbow and Rainbow Eyes belong on a best of Rainbow, two of my favourite rock ballads. Its the kind of fantasy rock that justified Ritchie going solo in the first place
Here is my version of the "Worst Of" Side 1: 1. No Time to Lose - Down to Earth 2. Stand and Fight - Stranger In Us All 3. Desperate Heart - Bent Out of Shape 4. Power - Straight Between the Eyes 5. Mid Town Tunnel Vision - Difficult to Cure Side 2: 1. Since You Been Gone - Down To Earth 2. Sensitive to Light - Long Live Rock and Roll 3. Do You Close Your Eyes - Rising 4. Snowman - Bent Out of Shape 5. Tite Squeeze - Straight Between the Eyes "Black Sheep of the Family" - I like the song but understand completely Martin's thoughts. "Catch the Rainbow" is a pure classic in my opinion. The expanded live versions are some of my all-time favorite Dio/Rainbow performances!! "L.A. Connection" - agree completely. Just sits flat without anything exciting to hold on to. "I Surrender" - Not my favorite from the JLT era. They should have opened the album with "Spotlight Kid"!! "Tearin' Out My Heart" - Agree again. This is a boring track that doesn't take us anywhere. "If You Don't Like Rock and Roll" - The weakest track on the debut in my opinion and worth a spot here. "Rainbow Eyes" - Beautiful track and Ronnie is marvelous. BUT...way, WAY misplaced on this album. "Since You Been Gone" - I hate this song! "Difficult To Cure" - Not as enjoyable on the studio version as it was live on "Final Vinyl" supported by the Symphony. "Rock Fever" - Don't care for the track at all.
Great episode! I know I'm in the minority but I absolutely love Catch The Rainbow and Rainbow Eyes. I think Dio was just as magical on the ballads as the heavy hitters.
EDIT: Hi Folks! We are NOT calling Bent Out of Shape the "Worst" Rainbow album... We are creating a new compilation album called Bent WAY Out of Shpae and picking the "worst" rainbow albums to appear on it. The Bent Out of Shape thing is just a pun. What songs would you have included? What songs would you take off? Would you buy this album!? Support us on Patreon or Ko-Fi: www.patreon.com/contrarians ko-fi.com/thecontrarians
Well thanks for explaining, I think Martin likes this album a lot, he said it has post punk elements and that is why I got it on vinyl. Contrarians did the worst Rainbow album episode already, Difficult to cure I think.
its hard, we're mostly just having fun, i did another one recently and had a really hard time with it, because i like all the songs, it will be uploaded soon!
Bent Way Out of Shape: 1. Black Sheep of the Family 2. If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll 3. Do You Close Your Eyes 4. All Night Long 5. Bring on the Night (Dream Chaser)
I really do love this concept. Eventually, you will have to highlight some of the sacred cows that supposedly have no bad songs. Trust me, all bands have bads songs. 😁
Fun episode! Those are very good picks for a "Worst of" album.....And here are a few honourable mentions to add to a bonus disc to make it a box set: Do You Close Your Eyes (from Rising....cringeworthy lyrics and uninspired song construction); Long Live Rock & Roll (title track of the album of the same name - tacky, cliche, goes nowhere song); Magic (from Difficult to Cure....is a cover song and worse, it always reminded me of an overproduced Gino Vanelli song); Tite Squeeze (from Straight Between the Eyes....recycled riff from L.A. Connection with even less inspired lyrics); and Stand And Fight (from Stranger in Us All......the harmonica and the poppy feel of it).
Rainbow are by far my favourite band, so I'd regards these songs as my least favourite songs, rather than worst. Most are average/fillers in my mind but still good. For The record, I love Bent Out of Shape.... Make Your Move If You Don't Like Rock N Roll Makin' Love Stand and Fight Tire Squeeze Run With The Wolf Rainbow Eyes Rock Fever Too Late For Tears Jealous Lover
I would like to see a show of what if a flop album had become a big hit what do you think the band would have done example kiss the elder because it’s seems people like the album more
Oh man, "I Surrender" too! I love that song also 🤣. I knew I'd hear some stuff I didn't wanna hear in this video. I like a lot of Rainbow's songs that soak up flack from people.
Good episode ! Interesting choices - some I definitely agree with and a couple not so much - LOVE "Tearin Out My Heart" and "Rock Fever" (will agree it is a cheesefest but it's a fun one)...... My "Bent WAY Out of Shape" Side 1 1. Black Sheep of the Family 2. If You Don't Like Rock N Roll 3. Do You Close Your Eyes 4. No Time to Lose 5. Since You Been Gone Side 2 1. No Release 2. Tite Squeeze 3.Hunting Human 4. Waiting for a Sign 5. Land of Hope and Glory
This is a really cool concept for a show. Love it! Looking forward for more 😎 I agree on lot of your choices, but I would definitely not include "Black Sheep ..." and "L.A. Connection" - the song isn't that bad, compared to the title track (boooooring) of the album it's great.
Fun listen, great concept. I'd love to hear this treatment other bands. To be fair, "Bent Way Out of Shape" is better than most others bands' best output.
Black Sheep Of The Family, Snake Charmer, If You Don't Like Rock 'N' Roll, Do You Close Your Eyes, Long Live Rock 'N' Roll, Lady Of The Lake, L.A. Connection, Sensitive To Light, Since You Been Gone, Magic & Can't Happen Here.
I like the idea, its good fun. I’d do this idea for Led Zeppelin “Out Through The Out Door” or “No Presence” 🎸😎 1. Dyer Maker 2. The Crunge 3. Living Loving Maid 4. Hot Dog 5. Black Country Woman 7. Boogie with Stu 8. Hats off to Roy Harper 9. Night Flight 10. Tea for One
I prefer this to the first album , "RBR", which I like, but is my least favourite. I loved BOoS when it first come out and still do now and all other Rainbow albums with JLT. RR and LLRnR and DTE are just pure classics.
Love the concept - I actually love LA Connection and Since You've Been Gone. Rainbow Eyes is the worst song on 'Long Live' but I do like it. Have no use for "If You Don't Like Rock n Roll" and most of 'Stranger In Us All' - funny how neither of you guys chose songs from that record. I guess it begs the question, do you guys consider it a real Rainbow album?
Terrific idea for an episode. I don´t even have to make much of an effort to arrive at my personal Bent WAY Out Of Shape, because the band itself did it on my behalf back in 1981. Difficult To Cure is a thorough stinker of an album, a lightweight and uninspired insult to the idea of music itself. I dislike every second of that album. I would gladly take 1995´s swan song album, Stranger In Us All, over Difficult To Cure.
Disagree completely about I Surrender. I think its a great rock song, and it's a little poppy but it's got some heavy guitars, and JLT's vocals are killer. I don't particularly hate Since You Been Gone, but I like I Surrender a lot better. I don't like the clap-along chorus to Since You been Gone, and I prefer JLT as a vocalist.
Some interesting choices here, but picking Catch the Rainbow boggles the mind haha. For me, and I get that this is subjective, Catch the Rainbow has one of Blackmore's finest performances and he always seemed to relish playing it live. I really like Bent out of Shape and Straight Between the Eyes but most of my list would be JLT songs because those albums were so inconsistent...
we're not calling bent out of shape the worst, we're create a "worst of" Rainbow compilation album called "bent way out of shape" basically we come up with what we think the track listing would be if Rainbow released a "worst of" album, and we used "bent way out of shape" as a pun on bent out of shape"... there may be only 1 or very few "bent out of shape" tracks on here because we consider the entire catalog, hope that makes sense
Martin Popoff, you have every right to not like "L.A. Connection" and the other songs which you deem in a similar style, but what you fail to mention is that the style of blues and older rock'n' roll exemplified in these types of Blackmore performances make up a foundational aspect of Blackmore's musical upbringing which largely shaped a key formative aspect to his guitar playing. Whether you PREFER these types of songs or not to Rainbow's other type of more mystical and early heavy metal composing is another matter. The point I'm trying to make is that because of this type of tune's INFLUENCE on shaping the young Blackmore's playing, you will ALWAYS get at least one or two tunes per record in this musical direction throughout Ritchie's hard rock years (obviously not in Blackmore's Night) because of the key part this type of playing and writing played in Blackmore's development. You need to look at the overall scope of Blackmore's development from the very beginning forward to understand WHY these types of songs continually appeared sprinkled throughout Rainbow and certainly with Purple.
I used to feel the same about Catch the Rainbow but have mellowed to it over the years. Rainbow Eyes is the only RJD song that would make this album for me. Many comment on how beautiful Ronnie’s voice is on that track but I find it unlistenable. Just glad it was the last track so I could lift the needle without having to put it back down. The rest of the selections would probably come from the JLT era for me. Probably mainly from Bent Out of Shape, which is the only Rainbow album I couldn’t bring myself to buy. But I would have Can’t Happen Here from DTC and probably (sorry Marco) Spotlight Kid as well. Eyes of Fire from SBTE might sneak in too. Doogie would probably go unscathed because I dislike BooS so much!! Edit: amazed that people comment without actually watching the video. WTF is up with that?
hey im fairly in line with you! all good if we have the odd track thats different, but i dont at all hate like half of Martin's side lol, and ya when the link was up before premiering i think there was some confusion about what the discussion was going to be about
I only chose three songs for this episode in the Patreon discussions - all Dio songs because I hold him to a much higher standard. BSotF, IYDLRR, and RE. Glad they all made the worst of album and equally glad you pick up the needle and spare youself the nauseating RE.
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Um... would an artist that has been around a long time put out an album called The Worst of? Jefferson Airplane did just that (although to be fair, they hadn't been around for decades...) OK, I'm with you on If You Don't Like Rock and Roll and Catch the Rainbow, but Black Sheep of the Family is my favorite track on that album... Medieval Moat Metal- hee! HE SAID DO YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES! YASS! LA Connection should have been on Down To Earth. Would have been the best track on the album instead of the worst. Actually that whole album belongs on your album. joyful joyful we adore thee... difficult to cure in church.... can we just agree that it is beneath Ritchie Blackmore's dignity to do songs that mention rock or rock and roll in the title?
Since You Been Gone and All Night Long are the reason I'm not a Graham Bonnet fan. They were playing on MTV, local radio, and the skating rink on constant rotation when Down To Earth came out. I get sick to my stomach when they come on. I prefer I Surrender over both of them and it's down to Joe Lynn Turner's tone being better than Graham's. Graham's voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me.
I'd definitely get that album, it's got some of my fav Rainbow songs :-) That's the thing, a "Worst of" would sell just because people have different tastes (and are completists). This said, I already bought my worst of Rainbow, and that would be Bent out of Shape...don't like it at all... Cheers.
Interesting concept but Rainbow beat you to it themselves when they came crashing Down to Earth after the Dio era. Only joking, I like Since You've Been Gone, so if they swapped that for The Snowman they'd be it. I would not buy a worst of album but might make a playlist of such a release.
I'm going to have to be a contrarian contrarian as I quite like the sound of that album - with the exception of Rock Fever, never really liked that one that much, nor Power from the same album. I'd certainly add all the rubbish tracks that they did recently with the Ronnie Romero lineup. Tearing out my heart was also improved when they did it live, with the extended ending, much like they did with Love's no Friend.
Side A If You Don't Like Rock and Roll Do You Close Your Eyes All Night Long Power Side B Drinking with the Devil Make Your Move Wolf to Moon Cold Hearted Woman Since this a worst of I picked what I deem to be the 2 worst songs as the Single. Side A If You Don't Like Rock and Roll Side B Drinking with the Devil
Ok, guys. What is the point of creating a bad album that most would never listen too? How about doing an episode about albums that could have been better had B sides(not on albums) or unreleased tracks been included. And maybe adjusting the sequencing to remove naff tracks. Much more interesting. Just an idea.
You are totally crazy! MOst of your picks are classics, Chatch the rainbow for Christ sake!!! My 5 picks Tite squeeze Power Rock Fever Do you close your eyes If you don't like roick and roll
Totally hated "Black Sheep of the Family" and "If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll. Simply awful. Can't sympathize with the dislike for "Catch the Rainbow" and "Rainbow Eyes"-always been a couple of my favorite Dio-era songs. I will contend Dio did ballads quite well.
Disagree with LA connection. Good song and great album. My picks for worst only has 1 Dio song. Rainbow Eyes. For my other picks,just pick any sappy songs from Joe Lynn Turner.
It's a pretty decent album there's some hits songs here with some power ballads too. Sadly this was the bands last bow to the Rainbow's edge RB was always a genius in conducting musics.
i agree with these songs , these are the worst Rainbow songs, i love the Dio era, don't care for anything that came after, this band (sadly) just tried to be the next Foreigner band, cheesy album covers and cheesy songs
No Martin Popoff, wrong again. "Black Sheep" is NOT an r&b song, and it doesn't really have much at all to do with the musical direction (Funk/soul) that Deep Purple were moving into with Stormbringer that made Blackmore want to leave Purple. I wouldn't say it epitomizes the sound of Rainbow as we would come to know, but your musical assessment is definitely inaccurate; it is not an r&b song, it is actually closer to a southern rock song than it is to soul music. Whether it's your favorite Rainbow song or not is irrelevant. You are also wrong about the performances on "Black Sheep" in one specific regard; Craig Gruber actually sounds really good on bass on this tune and the entirety of the first Rainbow record so you're way off on that too. I say these things and I have no particular specific love for Rainbow's version of (or Quatermass's) "Black Sheep," but your assessment is largely inaccurate in your definitions of the specific musical elements that you dislike. You have every right to like it or not and that's fine, it's not my favorite Rainbow song either by a long shot, but your musical analysis of the song is incorrect.
Uh, nice one. Ok, similar to KISS, some really bad stinkers from their catalog that I'll never ever need to listen to again. Rainbow - Bent Way Out Of Shape Side A 01. Black Sheep of the Family (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow | 1975) 02. If You Don’t Like Rock N Roll (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow | 1975) 03. Rock Fever (Straight Between the Eyes | 1982) 04. Drinking with the Devil (Bent Out of Shape | 1983) Side B 01. Make Your Move (Bent Out of Shape | 1983) 02. Stand And Fight (Stranger in Us All | 1995) 03. Silence (Stranger in Us All | 1995) 04. Hall Of The Mountain King (Stranger in Us All | 1995)
Hold up: wait until you see the episode, guys. This isn't about calling Bent Out of Shape the worst Rainbow album. Please go check out Episode 1 of this concept, Lazy Nights, where we BUILD the worst Kiss album.
Great episode! Almost all those are the ones I delete off of my Rainbow playlists. Actually though I do like the live version of Catch the Rainbow (for Ritchie's guitar soloing.....'cause that's what I am usually seeking in both Rainbow and Purple music).
Catch The Rainbow?? Rainbow Eyes??? Those are f**kin' beautiful!
Bent out of shape is a masterpiece. JLT is its maximum expression, it also excellently resisted the passage of time, it seems that it was recorded yesterday.
I agree 100%😄👍
Catch the Rainbow and Rainbow Eyes belong on a best of Rainbow, two of my favourite rock ballads. Its the kind of fantasy rock that justified Ritchie going solo in the first place
Is this an ill-timed April Fool's episode? Rainbow Eyes and Catch The Rainbow are amazing songs, love the groove of LA Connection as well.
"Tearin Out My Heart" is one of my favorite Rainbow songs, so yes I would buy the album for that alone.
Here is my version of the "Worst Of"
Side 1:
1. No Time to Lose - Down to Earth
2. Stand and Fight - Stranger In Us All
3. Desperate Heart - Bent Out of Shape
4. Power - Straight Between the Eyes
5. Mid Town Tunnel Vision - Difficult to Cure
Side 2:
1. Since You Been Gone - Down To Earth
2. Sensitive to Light - Long Live Rock and Roll
3. Do You Close Your Eyes - Rising
4. Snowman - Bent Out of Shape
5. Tite Squeeze - Straight Between the Eyes
"Black Sheep of the Family" - I like the song but understand completely Martin's thoughts.
"Catch the Rainbow" is a pure classic in my opinion. The expanded live versions are some of my all-time favorite Dio/Rainbow performances!!
"L.A. Connection" - agree completely. Just sits flat without anything exciting to hold on to.
"I Surrender" - Not my favorite from the JLT era. They should have opened the album with "Spotlight Kid"!!
"Tearin' Out My Heart" - Agree again. This is a boring track that doesn't take us anywhere.
"If You Don't Like Rock and Roll" - The weakest track on the debut in my opinion and worth a spot here.
"Rainbow Eyes" - Beautiful track and Ronnie is marvelous. BUT...way, WAY misplaced on this album.
"Since You Been Gone" - I hate this song!
"Difficult To Cure" - Not as enjoyable on the studio version as it was live on "Final Vinyl" supported by the Symphony.
"Rock Fever" - Don't care for the track at all.
Nice list! Thanks for sharing!! I can agree with a lot of your album too
Great episode! I know I'm in the minority but I absolutely love Catch The Rainbow and Rainbow Eyes. I think Dio was just as magical on the ballads as the heavy hitters.
Funny how "The Very Worst of Rainbow" is still a pretty good album 😂🍺🤘
EDIT: Hi Folks! We are NOT calling Bent Out of Shape the "Worst" Rainbow album... We are creating a new compilation album called Bent WAY Out of Shpae and picking the "worst" rainbow albums to appear on it. The Bent Out of Shape thing is just a pun.
What songs would you have included? What songs would you take off? Would you buy this album!?
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Well thanks for explaining, I think Martin likes this album a lot, he said it has post punk elements and that is why I got it on vinyl. Contrarians did the worst Rainbow album episode already, Difficult to cure I think.
Can't find ten songs 'worthy' of such a compilation... The songs are just all too good! :D Loved the episode though! Thanks guys!
its hard, we're mostly just having fun, i did another one recently and had a really hard time with it, because i like all the songs, it will be uploaded soon!
Bent Way Out of Shape:
1. Black Sheep of the Family
2. If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll
3. Do You Close Your Eyes
4. All Night Long
5. Bring on the Night (Dream Chaser)
nice list!! all good picks
I really do love this concept. Eventually, you will have to highlight some of the sacred cows that supposedly have no bad songs. Trust me, all bands have bads songs. 😁
i agree, my favorite bands have bad songs, and guilty pleasures too
Absolutely love the concept of this album. Would love to see a show like this on Black Sabbath or UFO.
Fun episode! Those are very good picks for a "Worst of" album.....And here are a few honourable mentions to add to a bonus disc to make it a box set: Do You Close Your Eyes (from Rising....cringeworthy lyrics and uninspired song construction); Long Live Rock & Roll (title track of the album of the same name - tacky, cliche, goes nowhere song); Magic (from Difficult to Cure....is a cover song and worse, it always reminded me of an overproduced Gino Vanelli song); Tite Squeeze (from Straight Between the Eyes....recycled riff from L.A. Connection with even less inspired lyrics); and Stand And Fight (from Stranger in Us All......the harmonica and the poppy feel of it).
Nice picks! Thanks for the comment! Good choice with Magic, forgot about that one
Totally reasonable, Gaz.
Rainbow are by far my favourite band, so I'd regards these songs as my least favourite songs, rather than worst. Most are average/fillers in my mind but still good. For The record, I love Bent Out of Shape....
Make Your Move
If You Don't Like Rock N Roll
Makin' Love
Stand and Fight
Tire Squeeze
Run With The Wolf
Rainbow Eyes
Rock Fever
Too Late For Tears
Jealous Lover
Fun fact, in 1990 Devo put out two compilation albums. One was called Greatest Hits, and the other was called Greatest Misses!
haha nice didnt know that!
I would like to see a show of what if a flop album had become a big hit what do you think the band would have done example kiss the elder because it’s seems people like the album more
Oh man, "I Surrender" too! I love that song also 🤣. I knew I'd hear some stuff I didn't wanna hear in this video. I like a lot of Rainbow's songs that soak up flack from people.
Got an idea for a future episode. Motörhead: Rock and No Roll
yes, that's the idea
Good episode ! Interesting choices - some I definitely agree with and a couple not so much - LOVE "Tearin Out My Heart" and "Rock Fever" (will agree it is a cheesefest but it's a fun one)......
My "Bent WAY Out of Shape"
Side 1
1. Black Sheep of the Family
2. If You Don't Like Rock N Roll
3. Do You Close Your Eyes
4. No Time to Lose
5. Since You Been Gone
Side 2
1. No Release
2. Tite Squeeze
3.Hunting Human
4. Waiting for a Sign
5. Land of Hope and Glory
Thank you and great picks! I feel the same way, i disagree with some of side 1
This is a really cool concept for a show. Love it! Looking forward for more 😎
I agree on lot of your choices, but I would definitely not include "Black Sheep ..." and "L.A. Connection" - the song isn't that bad, compared to the title track (boooooring) of the album it's great.
Thank you!!!
L.A. Connection might be my #1 Rainbow song! Oh well.....also - guessing Since You've Been Gone is on their greatest hits
Fun listen, great concept. I'd love to hear this treatment other bands. To be fair, "Bent Way Out of Shape" is better than most others bands' best output.
Rainbow - Bent Way Out Of Shape made me lol 😆
haha ya the puns on this channel are unreal, wait till you see some of the other ones we have in the works!
Our other option was Difficult to Hear.
Black Sheep Of The Family, Snake Charmer, If You Don't Like Rock 'N' Roll, Do You Close Your Eyes, Long Live Rock 'N' Roll, Lady Of The Lake, L.A. Connection, Sensitive To Light, Since You Been Gone, Magic & Can't Happen Here.
I like the idea, its good fun.
I’d do this idea for Led Zeppelin
“Out Through The Out Door” or “No Presence” 🎸😎
1. Dyer Maker 2. The Crunge 3. Living Loving Maid 4. Hot Dog 5. Black Country Woman 7. Boogie with Stu 8. Hats off to Roy Harper 9. Night Flight 10. Tea for One
haha love the puns!
Extra tracks-I’m Gonna Crawl and Darlene
Kick Hot Dog out and it would be a perfect "worst of" album for me. Love all these songs!
Love This Idea!!!! great episode
thank you!!
I prefer this to the first album , "RBR", which I like, but is my least favourite. I loved BOoS when it first come out and still do now and all other Rainbow albums with JLT.
RR and LLRnR and DTE are just pure classics.
Spotlight Kid was on Difficult To Cure.
Love the concept - I actually love LA Connection and Since You've Been Gone. Rainbow Eyes is the worst song on 'Long Live' but I do like it. Have no use for "If You Don't Like Rock n Roll" and most of 'Stranger In Us All' - funny how neither of you guys chose songs from that record. I guess it begs the question, do you guys consider it a real Rainbow album?
Terrific idea for an episode. I don´t even have to make much of an effort to arrive at my personal Bent WAY Out Of Shape, because the band itself did it on my behalf back in 1981. Difficult To Cure is a thorough stinker of an album, a lightweight and uninspired insult to the idea of music itself. I dislike every second of that album. I would gladly take 1995´s swan song album, Stranger In Us All, over Difficult To Cure.
Disagree completely about I Surrender. I think its a great rock song, and it's a little poppy but it's got some heavy guitars, and JLT's vocals are killer. I don't particularly hate Since You Been Gone, but I like I Surrender a lot better. I don't like the clap-along chorus to Since You been Gone, and I prefer JLT as a vocalist.
Some interesting choices here, but picking Catch the Rainbow boggles the mind haha. For me, and I get that this is subjective, Catch the Rainbow has one of Blackmore's finest performances and he always seemed to relish playing it live.
I really like Bent out of Shape and Straight Between the Eyes but most of my list would be JLT songs because those albums were so inconsistent...
Worst? Its one of my favourite Rainbow albums. The worst for me is clearly Stranger In Us All. Nowhere near as good or memorable as Bent Out Of Shape
we're not calling bent out of shape the worst, we're create a "worst of" Rainbow compilation album called "bent way out of shape" basically we come up with what we think the track listing would be if Rainbow released a "worst of" album, and we used "bent way out of shape" as a pun on bent out of shape"... there may be only 1 or very few "bent out of shape" tracks on here because we consider the entire catalog, hope that makes sense
@@thecontrarians2438 My mistake. Thanks for clearing that up.
@@JCStorm76 all goood!
This is a interesting idea.
Martin Popoff, you have every right to not like "L.A. Connection" and the other songs which you deem in a similar style, but what you fail to mention is that the style of blues and older rock'n' roll exemplified in these types of Blackmore performances make up a foundational aspect of Blackmore's musical upbringing which largely shaped a key formative aspect to his guitar playing. Whether you PREFER these types of songs or not to Rainbow's other type of more mystical and early heavy metal composing is another matter. The point I'm trying to make is that because of this type of tune's INFLUENCE on shaping the young Blackmore's playing, you will ALWAYS get at least one or two tunes per record in this musical direction throughout Ritchie's hard rock years (obviously not in Blackmore's Night) because of the key part this type of playing and writing played in Blackmore's development. You need to look at the overall scope of Blackmore's development from the very beginning forward to understand WHY these types of songs continually appeared sprinkled throughout Rainbow and certainly with Purple.
I might go All Night Long, the lyrics are annoyingly lechy and creepy combined with a weak verse
I used to feel the same about Catch the Rainbow but have mellowed to it over the years. Rainbow Eyes is the only RJD song that would make this album for me. Many comment on how beautiful Ronnie’s voice is on that track but I find it unlistenable. Just glad it was the last track so I could lift the needle without having to put it back down. The rest of the selections would probably come from the JLT era for me. Probably mainly from Bent Out of Shape, which is the only Rainbow album I couldn’t bring myself to buy. But I would have Can’t Happen Here from DTC and probably (sorry Marco) Spotlight Kid as well. Eyes of Fire from SBTE might sneak in too. Doogie would probably go unscathed because I dislike BooS so much!!
Edit: amazed that people comment without actually watching the video. WTF is up with that?
hey im fairly in line with you! all good if we have the odd track thats different, but i dont at all hate like half of Martin's side lol, and ya when the link was up before premiering i think there was some confusion about what the discussion was going to be about
I only chose three songs for this episode in the Patreon discussions - all Dio songs because I hold him to a much higher standard. BSotF, IYDLRR, and RE. Glad they all made the worst of album and equally glad you pick up the needle and spare youself the nauseating RE.
This show is my dream talk show. I wish I could chime in sometimes
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@@thecontrarians2438 if only I had the expendable income for patreon lol. Maybe this fall when things even out a little bit
Um... would an artist that has been around a long time put out an album called The Worst of? Jefferson Airplane did just that (although to be fair, they hadn't been around for decades...)
OK, I'm with you on If You Don't Like Rock and Roll and Catch the Rainbow, but Black Sheep of the Family is my favorite track on that album...
Medieval Moat Metal- hee!
HE SAID DO YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES! YASS!
LA Connection should have been on Down To Earth. Would have been the best track on the album instead of the worst. Actually that whole album belongs on your album.
joyful joyful we adore thee... difficult to cure in church....
can we just agree that it is beneath Ritchie Blackmore's dignity to do songs that mention rock or rock and roll in the title?
I like Black Sheep and LA Connection too
A worst of Judas Priest would be GLORIOUS
Since You Been Gone and All Night Long are the reason I'm not a Graham Bonnet fan. They were playing on MTV, local radio, and the skating rink on constant rotation when Down To Earth came out. I get sick to my stomach when they come on. I prefer I Surrender over both of them and it's down to Joe Lynn Turner's tone being better than Graham's. Graham's voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me.
I'd definitely get that album, it's got some of my fav Rainbow songs :-) That's the thing, a "Worst of" would sell just because people have different tastes (and are completists). This said, I already bought my worst of Rainbow, and that would be Bent out of Shape...don't like it at all... Cheers.
good point!
Huge Rainbow fan here and you guys nailed this worst of album.
Rainbow Eyes redone by Blackmore’s Night is a good version of the song.
Will have to check it out thanks!
now i pause to go listen to Since You Been Gone 😂
I love LA Connection and I Surrender.
Only Rainbow could cover Beethoven, but I agree that the drumming sucks
Interesting concept but Rainbow beat you to it themselves when they came crashing Down to Earth after the Dio era. Only joking, I like Since You've Been Gone, so if they swapped that for The Snowman they'd be it.
I would not buy a worst of album but might make a playlist of such a release.
I'm going to have to be a contrarian contrarian as I quite like the sound of that album - with the exception of Rock Fever, never really liked that one that much, nor Power from the same album. I'd certainly add all the rubbish tracks that they did recently with the Ronnie Romero lineup. Tearing out my heart was also improved when they did it live, with the extended ending, much like they did with Love's no Friend.
This is a great album. Would blow away most of the new trash thats being releaed today
Side A
If You Don't Like Rock and Roll
Do You Close Your Eyes
All Night Long
Power
Side B
Drinking with the Devil
Make Your Move
Wolf to Moon
Cold Hearted Woman
Since this a worst of I picked what I deem to be the 2 worst songs as the Single.
Side A
If You Don't Like Rock and Roll
Side B
Drinking with the Devil
Nice picks!
Ok, guys. What is the point of creating a bad album that most would never listen too? How about doing an episode about albums that could have been better had B sides(not on albums) or unreleased tracks been included. And maybe adjusting the sequencing to remove naff tracks. Much more interesting. Just an idea.
You are totally crazy! MOst of your picks are classics, Chatch the rainbow for Christ sake!!!
My 5 picks
Tite squeeze
Power
Rock Fever
Do you close your eyes
If you don't like roick and roll
Love this idea
thank you!!
Totally hated "Black Sheep of the Family" and "If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll. Simply awful. Can't sympathize with the dislike for "Catch the Rainbow" and "Rainbow Eyes"-always been a couple of my favorite Dio-era songs. I will contend Dio did ballads quite well.
This album is very good.😄👍
haha thanks!
I like this album 👍💚
Disagree with LA connection. Good song and great album. My picks for worst only has 1 Dio song. Rainbow Eyes. For my other picks,just pick any sappy songs from Joe Lynn Turner.
Have to laugh at all the commenters with no reading comprehension ability.
I love Rainbow, but I don't like Catch the Rainbow and Rainbow Eyes either. Both are a total snooze fest.
It's a pretty decent album there's some hits songs here with some power ballads too.
Sadly this was the bands last bow to the Rainbow's edge RB was always a genius in conducting musics.
I would buy a Worst Of... lol
haha me too!
i agree with these songs , these are the worst Rainbow songs, i love the Dio era, don't care for anything that came after, this band (sadly) just tried to be the next Foreigner band, cheesy album covers and cheesy songs
I've watched all these episodes and it's my opinion that you guys were spectacularly off base on this one.
No Martin Popoff, wrong again. "Black Sheep" is NOT an r&b song, and it doesn't really have much at all to do with the musical direction (Funk/soul) that Deep Purple were moving into with Stormbringer that made Blackmore want to leave Purple. I wouldn't say it epitomizes the sound of Rainbow as we would come to know, but your musical assessment is definitely inaccurate; it is not an r&b song, it is actually closer to a southern rock song than it is to soul music. Whether it's your favorite Rainbow song or not is irrelevant. You are also wrong about the performances on "Black Sheep" in one specific regard; Craig Gruber actually sounds really good on bass on this tune and the entirety of the first Rainbow record so you're way off on that too. I say these things and I have no particular specific love for Rainbow's version of (or Quatermass's) "Black Sheep," but your assessment is largely inaccurate in your definitions of the specific musical elements that you dislike. You have every right to like it or not and that's fine, it's not my favorite Rainbow song either by a long shot, but your musical analysis of the song is incorrect.
How in the world could y'all not put Snowman on this? That song stinks, its a throw away keyboard song that's over 4 minutes long.
could have been on there for sure!
Uh, nice one. Ok, similar to KISS, some really bad stinkers from their catalog that I'll never ever need to listen to again.
Rainbow - Bent Way Out Of Shape
Side A
01. Black Sheep of the Family (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow | 1975)
02. If You Don’t Like Rock N Roll (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow | 1975)
03. Rock Fever (Straight Between the Eyes | 1982)
04. Drinking with the Devil (Bent Out of Shape | 1983)
Side B
01. Make Your Move (Bent Out of Shape | 1983)
02. Stand And Fight (Stranger in Us All | 1995)
03. Silence (Stranger in Us All | 1995)
04. Hall Of The Mountain King (Stranger in Us All | 1995)
i love Since you been gone but it is definitely not the best Rainbow song. All night long SUCKS!
haha it could have been on there for sure! At least rainbow wrote that one