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ROCK AND ROLL! => Deep Purple => Topic started by: Billy Underdog on March 18, 2018, 09:02:22 PM
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Imagine, i was the one to start a Rainbow thread here.
Was driving with some friends today and Temple Of The King was put on. I didn't even notice at first, i was too busy yapping with the other guy in the back seat (the purpose of the drive was to obtain some substances, and not having smoked for a couple of weeks, pot (which this was, i prefer brown) even longer, so i was pretty high and that probably helped). It wasn't until the guitar solo i started paying attention, because the tone sounded so much like David Gilmour. I even said "this sounds like someone trying to be Pink Floyd" (because the rest of the band obviously wasn't). But it's alot "smoother" and Gilmourish than Blackmore usually play.
And when the vocals came back i ofcourse recognised who it was and had to start yapping again to try to pass the time till the song was over...
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Nice try Billy but this should be in the Deep Purple section... :D
Where it will be going right now....
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Temple Of The King is probably one of the best "soft" songs ever done...Ritchie's playing is sublime and Ronnie's vocals are incredible.
Would you believe that the first time I heard this song was in high school in my english class...this song was actually featured on the english text book at the time!!!
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Would you believe that the first time I heard this song was in high school in my english class...this song was actually featured on the english text book at the time!!!
Seriously??? Unbelievable! I wish we had used that textbook in school!
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Nice try Billy but this should be in the Deep Purple section... :D
I disagree, it's another band, but ok. So, do Whitesnake belong here too, then?
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Nice try Billy but this should be in the Deep Purple section... :D
I disagree, it's another band, but ok. So, do Whitesnake belong here too, then?
They obviously do since they already are here! ;)
I just kinda realised that there should probably be a Related Bands section here then.... :think:
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Would you believe that the first time I heard this song was in high school in my english class...this song was actually featured on the english text book at the time!!!
Seriously??? Unbelievable! I wish we had used that textbook in school!
Quite seriously! That was a time when I was already familiar with Ronnie's work in Sabbath and Ritchie's work in Deep Purple but had not yet heard of Rainbow and you can imagine my excitement when I saw a song credited to R-J. Dio & R. Blackmore in an english text book of all places...I was all like: :excited: :excited: :ninja:
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This *is* the related bands section, lol.
And I know what Billy's going through. So many times I've heard some great playing and then the singer comes on and it's suddenly time to change the tune. Cookie Monster vocals and sludge screaming turn me off almost immediately.
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And I know what Billy's going through. So many times I've heard some great playing and then the singer comes on and it's suddenly time to change the tune. Cookie Monster vocals turn me off almost immediately.
Yeah, Black Metal shrieking is much to be preferred over Death Metal growling.
What about having an actual related band section though? As Purple and Sabbath do have some shared offshoot bands. The criteria would be that a member of one of the bands would have to've been part of starting the project. That would include Rainbow, Whitesnake, Captain Beyond, Trapeze, Black Country Communion, Paice Ashton Lord, even Badlands.
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And I know what Billy's going through. So many times I've heard some great playing and then the singer comes on and it's suddenly time to change the tune. Cookie Monster vocals turn me off almost immediately.
Yeah, Black Metal shrieking is much to be preferred over Death Metal growling.
What about having an actual related band section though? As Purple and Sabbath do have some shared offshoot bands. The criteria would be that a member of one of the bands would have to've been part of starting the project. That would include Rainbow, Whitesnake, Captain Beyond, Trapeze, Black Country Communion, Paice Ashton Lord, even Badlands.
Sounds like they're all at home in the DP section, because DP knows how to have a big family tree.
Back to the topic, I remember the first Rainbow song I heard was "Since You've Been Gone". Thought that was that, like the tune, didn't know anything about who was in the band, I just liked it. I was 12 at the time, didn't know DP from a hole in the ground.
It wasn't until later on after I got into both DP and Black Sabbath that the significance of seeing the band lineup on the back of Rising finally struck me. Blackmore? Dio? Powell? ALL IN THE SAME BAND? WHAAAAAAAT?
Had to have it after that and the album did not disappoint.
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Sounds like they're all at home in the DP section, because DP knows how to have a big family tree.
So where's the connection between Badlands and Purple? Not to mention Tony Martins many ventures. And Quartz...
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So where's the connection between Badlands and Purple? Not to mention Tony Martins many ventures. And Quartz...
Well they'd belong more in the sabbath section...this was something we struggled on earlier too wasn't it...
Maybe we should do a seperate area for Sabbath/Purple Related bands....if need be.
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Amazing version of Tarot Woman with the mighty Tony Carey.
Age Sten Nilsen : Vocals !!! Incredible performance :rockon:
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^ Not able to listen to it now, but I hope to try it out tomorrow, looks tasty.
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What a lackluster preformance of a kick ass track...
Ritchie looks so damn bored it's like he isn't even trying...he was much more engaged and enthusiastic with Blackmore's Night.
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Ritchie looks so damn bored it's like he isn't even trying...
The whole band sounds like they'd rather be somewhere else. Slow and uninspired...
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Ritchie looks so damn bored it's like he isn't even trying...
The whole band sounds like they'd rather be somewhere else. Slow and uninspired...
Indeed...Romero's the only one who even tries...
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Anyone knows how the relationship between Blackmore and Coverdale/Hughes is at the moment? As long as the current Purple, and i suspect it's mostly Gillan, don't wanna acknowledge the mk. III era, it could be cool if the three of them did a co-existing band à la Heaven & Hell. That would ofcourse require that Blackmore pulls his act together and accept playing "shoeshine music"...
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Anyone knows how the relationship between Blackmore and Coverdale/Hughes is at the moment? As long as the current Purple, and i suspect it's mostly Gillan, don't wanna acknowledge the mk. III era, it could be cool if the three of them did a co-existing band à la Heaven & Hell. That would ofcourse require that Blackmore pulls his act together and accept playing "shoeshine music"...
Ritchie asked Glenn to be a part of this Rainbow thing but said that he couldn't sing, so Glenn said no thanks.
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Ritchie asked Glenn to be a part of this Rainbow thing but said that he couldn't sing, so Glenn said no thanks.
It's sad when pride become a hindrance for great art. That goes for the both of them...
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Awesome point to Tyr for the Tony Carey video, that was a real treat.
Considering whether or not to ban Charger for posting that slow-ass version of "Burn". C:-)
And, yeah, Romero's the only one trying. Everyone else is playing a slower version than what DP / Glenn Hughes / Coverdale did. Blackmore's solo makes sense at the slower speed, but his rhythm playing is just crap.
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Oh boy am I happy I did NOT spend 69€ to see this....I mean talk about a lackluster preformance.
Ritche looks bored out of his mind here and you can hear it in his playing...there's nothing going on here...nothing.
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That opening drum line was like a kid trying to copy Cozy Powell... and then the rest of the band came in, sounding like more kids getting together to jam at the cool dad's house, where he wouldn't complain about the noise.
That solo never caught fire... such a disappointment, in that the speed and precision of the original is what made the song. Playing the whole thing slow, start to finish, is just a lumbering dinosaur of a tune, such a shame...
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Anyone knows how the relationship between Blackmore and Coverdale/Hughes is at the moment? As long as the current Purple, and i suspect it's mostly Gillan, don't wanna acknowledge the mk. III era, it could be cool if the three of them did a co-existing band à la Heaven & Hell. That would ofcourse require that Blackmore pulls his act together and accept playing "shoeshine music"...
Something has been on fire for a while between Blackmore and Coverdale before The Whitesnake 's Purple album was released .Not a coincidence. If we understand the unspoken, Coverdale would have refused to sing Rainbow's material.
Billy, did you see the Surprising vid of Deep Purple from their lastest album?
ALL the eras were represented, including Mark I, III, IV and the album with Turner by associated drawings, images and symbols throughout the video. Awesome work.
Gillan doesn't seem to be suffering from Osbourne Syndrome.
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Oh boy am I happy I did NOT spend 69€ to see this....I mean talk about a lackluster preformance.
Ritche looks bored out of his mind here and you can hear it in his playing...there's nothing going on here...nothing.
At each published video posted, I want to click for a few seconds and finally I do nothing, knowing in advance the disappointment to come. And when I see this off topic bassist dressed like a sailor associated with this "drummer", my god ....
So sad .
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Billy, did you see the Surprising vid of Deep Purple from their lastest album?
ALL the eras were represented, including Mark I, III, IV and the album with Turner by associated drawings, images and symbols throughout the video. Awesome work.
Gillan doesn't seem to be suffering from Osbourne Syndrome.
No, i haven't, but i will have to now. Thanx for the tip.
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I actually think that Ronnie was best in Rainbow.
So will I be crucified if I say that I actually enjoy listening to Ritchie Blackmore over Tony Iommi?
I actually got into Sabbath through listening to Ronnie's material, I was a Rainbow head before I became a Sabbath fan.
Would like to know people's thoughts on this.
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So will I be crucified if I say that I actually enjoy listening to Ritchie Blackmore over Tony Iommi?
:naughty:
Burn in hell you heretic!!
:lol:
Tony and 70s Ritchie are two of my favourite guitarists. Although I do enjoy Blackmore's Night too and that features without a doubt Ritchie's finest guitar playing ever...also I think even his attitude mellowed a bit thanks to Candice. Granted he still did walk out of stage few times during BN shows as well...
To me it was the other way around though...Sabbath (Dehumanizer was my first) before Rainbow...or actually it was Sabbath -> Purple -> Rainbow...
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So will I be crucified if I say that I actually enjoy listening to Ritchie Blackmore over Tony Iommi?
:naughty:
Burn in hell you heretic!!
:lol:
Tony and 70s Ritchie are two of my favourite guitarists. Although I do enjoy Blackmore's Night too and that features without a doubt Ritchie's finest guitar playing ever...also I think even his attitude mellowed a bit thanks to Candice. Granted he still did walk out of stage few times during BN shows as well...
To me it was the other way around though...Sabbath (Dehumanizer was my first) before Rainbow...or actually it was Sabbath -> Purple -> Rainbow...
lol,
Dio Rainbow is the best in my book, it’s when Ronnie’s voice was at its best.
Ritchie is just so versatile and fast, those are my two favorite guitarists Ritchie and Tony.
I never got into Blackmore’s Night.
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I always personally thought Ronnie peaked vocally during Dehumanizer and Strange Highways.
Ritchie is/was one of the most versatile guitar players ever that's for sure.
Blackmore's Night has got some great tracks and Ritchie's playing at times is absolutely out of this world.
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^^ Don't worry, Elves, I'm the Deep Purple #1 Fan here... or maybe 2 or 3, certainly top 20... :smug:
I also never got into Blackmore's Night...
As for Dio, I keep coming back to Stargazer/Light in the Black and Gates of Babylon as his best vocal expressions. Those songs simply swirl around my ears, and Blackmore's guitar (and Cozy's drumming) have a lot to do with it. I'm sad that Dio couldn't work with Cozy after Rainbow, as I understand they would have possibly been together on another Sabbath album with Tony and Geezer.
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I always personally thought Ronnie peaked vocally during Dehumanizer and Strange Highways.
Ritchie is/was one of the most versatile guitar players ever that's for sure.
Blackmore's Night has got some great tracks and Ritchie's playing at times is absolutely out of this world.
I’ll have to check out Blackmore’s Night, I have heard a couple of songs years ago, not enough to base a thoughtful opinion on it.
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^^ Don't worry, Elves, I'm the Deep Purple #1 Fan here... or maybe 2 or 3, certainly top 20... :smug:
I also never got into Blackmore's Night...
As for Dio, I keep coming back to Stargazer/Light in the Black and Gates of Babylon as his best vocal expressions. Those songs simply swirl around my ears, and Blackmore's guitar (and Cozy's drumming) have a lot to do with it. I'm sad that Dio couldn't work with Cozy after Rainbow, as I understand they would have possibly been together on another Sabbath album with Tony and Geezer.
I like Deep Purple too, but not as much as Rainbow.
I think that album was suppose to be Dehumanizer wasn’t it? But Cozy didn’t get along with Ronnie, so they went with Vinny, which in a way I’m glad they did because that’s the classic Dio/Sabbath lineup.
Z I feel the same as you regarding those songs and how they make me feel.
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I always personally thought Ronnie peaked vocally during Dehumanizer and Strange Highways.
Ritchie is/was one of the most versatile guitar players ever that's for sure.
Blackmore's Night has got some great tracks and Ritchie's playing at times is absolutely out of this world.
I’ll have to check out Blackmore’s Night, I have heard a couple of songs years ago, not enough to base a thoughtful opinion on it.
Ghost Of A Rose and Secret Voyage are both great albums. I'd start with those. They both got some nice rockier tunes as well and Locked Within The Crystal Ball is epical.
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I always personally thought Ronnie peaked vocally during Dehumanizer and Strange Highways.
Ritchie is/was one of the most versatile guitar players ever that's for sure.
Blackmore's Night has got some great tracks and Ritchie's playing at times is absolutely out of this world.
I’ll have to check out Blackmore’s Night, I have heard a couple of songs years ago, not enough to base a thoughtful opinion on it.
Ghost Of A Rose and Secret Voyage are both great albums. I'd start with those. They both got some nice rockier tunes as well and Locked Within The Crystal Ball is epical.
Thanks Charger I’ll check them out, and let you know what I think.
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I think that album was suppose to be Dehumanizer wasn’t it? But Cozy didn’t get along with Ronnie, so they went with Vinny, which in a way I’m glad they did because that’s the classic Dio/Sabbath lineup.
Yep. Cozy was part of the initial sessions for 'Dehumanizer', before his "horseriding accident". I put that in quotation marks as, while it might have been what happened, there were indeed always rumours that Cozy and Ronnie couldn't see eye to eye during those sessions. A bunch of demos/rehearsals do exist with the Iommi/Butler/Dio/Powell/Nicholls lineup though.
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I think that album was suppose to be Dehumanizer wasn’t it? But Cozy didn’t get along with Ronnie, so they went with Vinny, which in a way I’m glad they did because that’s the classic Dio/Sabbath lineup.
Yep. Cozy was part of the initial sessions for 'Dehumanizer', before his "horseriding accident". I put that in quotation marks as, while it might have been what happened, there were indeed always rumours that Cozy and Ronnie couldn't see eye to eye during those sessions. A bunch of demos/rehearsals do exist with the Iommi/Butler/Dio/Powell/Nicholls lineup though.
I heard of the Dehumanizer Demos, yeah Ronnie and Cozy didn't get along, Cozy always said Ronnie had a big ego.
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The fallout between Cozy and Dio started when Dio left Rainbow. He wanted Cozy to come along and be part of his group, but Cozy wanted to stick around with Blackmore for another Rainbow album and tour. There may have been promises made/broken/misunderstood in the course of that back-and-forth, and it left Dio with the conviction that he'd never work with Cozy again.
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The fallout between Cozy and Dio started when Dio left Rainbow. He wanted Cozy to come along and be part of his group, but Cozy wanted to stick around with Blackmore for another Rainbow album and tour. There may have been promises made/broken/misunderstood in the course of that back-and-forth, and it left Dio with the conviction that he'd never work with Cozy again.
I always heard it was Ronnie’s big ego that Cozy couldn’t stand and was the reason he didn’t like Ronnie.
Ronnie didn’t have a band when he left Rainbow, it’s why he got hired for Sabbath.
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Found the quote from Cozy Powell about his beef with RJD:
"Ronnie James Dio had come back in, and he didn't want me, "Cozy told Record Collector. "He'd been kicked out of Rainbow and he asked me to play on his solo album to spite Ritchie, but I turned him down. He's hated my guts ever since." - Cozy Powell
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Found the quote from Cozy Powell about his beef with RJD:
"Ronnie James Dio had come back in, and he didn't want me, "Cozy told Record Collector. "He'd been kicked out of Rainbow and he asked me to play on his solo album to spite Ritchie, but I turned him down. He's hated my guts ever since." - Cozy Powell
Never heard that Z, thanks for sharing that, learn something new all the time.
Funny every time I see or saw Ronnie doing interviews, he never came across to me as an egomaniac, always composed himself well and well spoken and carried himself like a gentleman.
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Most musicians are taught manners and politeness when dealing with the press. They do SO MANY interviews in the course of a tour, that they just get good at being composed and at having answers for just about every question.
Not that they're above a bit of pot-stirring or throwing shade. They just always try to be well spoken when responding to those accusations. :smug:
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Yeah Cozy and Ronnie had a fallout after Ronnie was let go from Rainbow...a shame really.
Ronnie has never come off to me as an egotistical fellow either....in fact quite the opposite. He was always quite humble when it came to his fans.
Ofcourse it is impossible for us to know for sure how things were with certain other musicians. But one thing I can say with certainty the problem was never JUST with Ronnie though.
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You wouldn't meet a muscican that was more respectful and thankful to his fans than Ronnie, but in terms of working for or with... that's a whole another story.
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You wouldn't meet a muscican that was more respectful and thankful to his fans than Ronnie, but in terms of working for or with... that's a whole another story.
Was he worse than Ian Gillan when Gillan disbanded his group to join Black Sabbath?
Basically, they were coming in the front door of the management office to ask about back payments and Gillan was stepping out the back door after having dissolved the band and basically legally screwing them on back pay. That's why John McCoy has been so energetic with releasing old Gillan band material, so that the band can at least collect on royalties.
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You wouldn't meet a muscican that was more respectful and thankful to his fans than Ronnie, but in terms of working for or with... that's a whole another story.
Was he worse than Ian Gillan when Gillan disbanded his group to join Black Sabbath?
Basically, they were coming in the front door of the management office to ask about back payments and Gillan was stepping out the back door after having dissolved the band and basically legally screwing them on back pay. That's why John McCoy has been so energetic with releasing old Gillan band material, so that the band can at least collect on royalties.
That’s pretty messed up.
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Yeah, it was hard for me to read when I first saw that because I'm such a fan of the band Gillan as well as the singer Gillan.
Looks like I'm a fan of the music, not the shady business deals...
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Yeah the way Gillan band ended was most certainly a dark chapter in Ian's life...but in his defence he did get pretty drunk with Tony and Geezer. :D
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Back to Rainbow, I'm now wondering how having that group affected Blackmore's ego and willingness to tolerate "quirks" in other musicians...
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Back to Rainbow, I'm now wondering how having that group affected Blackmore's ego and willingness to tolerate "quirks" in other musicians...
I'd say he had pretty much zero tolerance for that. Rainbow was his band and he was calling all the shots. I think Ritchie's ego was pretty massive already in Purple but I think it got quite a bit bigger with Rainbow...the live shows were pretty much the proof of that. Everything was pretty much depended on Ritchie's mood....and if he was in a bad mood it affected the whole show.
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Back to Rainbow, I'm now wondering how having that group affected Blackmore's ego and willingness to tolerate "quirks" in other musicians...
I'd say he had pretty much zero tolerance for that. Rainbow was his band and he was calling all the shots. I think Ritchie's ego was pretty massive already in Purple but I think it got quite a bit bigger with Rainbow...the live shows were pretty much the proof of that. Everything was pretty much depended on Ritchie's mood....and if he was in a bad mood it affected the whole show.
It was Ritchie’s band after Ronnie left cause it sucked after that.
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It was Ritchie’s band after Ronnie left cause it sucked after that.
Nah, it was always Ritchie's band...it was called Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow after all now wasn't it? ;)
And the reason Ronnie left was because Ritchie wanted to go to a commercial poppier rock sound, which Ronnie did not. Which also proves it was Ritchie's band.
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To me, Stargazer was the pinnacle of Rainbow's output. The opening drums, Dio's emotionally charged vocals, and man, Ritchie playing like he's from another planet. Stargazer would definitely be on my "desert isle" disk, and is my favorite performance that RJD ever did - for Rainbow, Sabbath, or Solo.
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It was Ritchie’s band after Ronnie left cause it sucked after that.
Nah, it was always Ritchie's band...it was called Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow after all now wasn't it? ;)
And the reason Ronnie left was because Ritchie wanted to go to a commercial poppier rock sound, which Ronnie did not. Which also proves it was Ritchie's band.
I know in the literal sense it was Ritchie’s band, without Ronnie they sucked, so in the that sense to me Ronnie owned that band, the shit that came out after he left was cheese and bad cheese at that.
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To me, Stargazer was the pinnacle of Rainbow's output. The opening drums, Dio's emotionally charged vocals, and man, Ritchie playing like he's from another planet. Stargazer would definitely be on my "desert isle" disk, and is my favorite performance that RJD ever did - for Rainbow, Sabbath, or Solo.
I agree Vyn, better than anything he did with Sabbath.
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To me, Stargazer was the pinnacle of Rainbow's output. The opening drums, Dio's emotionally charged vocals, and man, Ritchie playing like he's from another planet. Stargazer would definitely be on my "desert isle" disk, and is my favorite performance that RJD ever did - for Rainbow, Sabbath, or Solo.
I have often said that Stargazer is without a doubt one of THE best songs ever made. It is pretty much pure perfection from start to finish. And vocally it is incredible.
I know in the literal sense it was Ritchie’s band, without Ronnie they sucked, so in the that sense to me Ronnie owned that band, the shit that came out after he left was cheese and bad cheese at that.
I don't disagree with that. Ronnie's lyrics and melodies were just as big of a part of what made Rainbow sound so great as was Ritchie's playing.
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As much as I love Stargazer it has never quite hit the spot with me as it has other fans. It's not even my favourite song on Rising. That would be A Light In The Black. Stargazer just feels a little plodding to me and I've always felt Ronnie over sang on. Cozy's drumming is what always stood out on the song for me as well as the mid section with Ritchie's solo.
Heaven and Hell will always be Ronnie's crowning glory as far as I'm concerned.
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A Light In The Black was a strange one for me as it really took a long time to grow on me.
Although a big reason for that obviously was that it came straight after Stargazer which blew my mind right away...Also as much as I love Rising I do think that the track order could have been better if they had split Stargazer on side a and A Light In The Black on side b. Because those two monsters back to back is bit much...and A Light In The Black was the one who suffered from it.
But honestly I do now love that track too...Probably my 4th favourite Rainbow track now after Stargazer, 16th Century Greensleeves and Gates Of Babylon.
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Rising's first side is standard, accessible hard rock. Four tunes, some D&D, some raunch, standard stuff, really.
Side two is where the metal meets the prog rock. That's why it takes some getting used to, but has a great payoff for those that can get into it.
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Hmmm... I've never really considered side 2 as prog rock though....yes both songs are long and rather monsterous compositions but I still think they lack the usual wankerness of prog...i.e. they are pretty straight forward hard rock/metal songs.
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Hmmm... I've never really considered side 2 as prog rock though....yes both songs are long and rather monsterous compositions but I still think they lack the usual wankerness of prog...i.e. they are pretty straight forward hard rock/metal songs.
Oh, they're prog, all right. When everyone, *everyone* takes a solo in a themed work of over 6 minutes in length, it's prog time. True, they didn't get into doing math rock stuff with tempo changes or going with 5/4 or 11/8 time signatures or getting Peter Gabriel to sing falsetto, but that's prog.
And it wouldn't be Blackmore's first brush with prog, either. DP Mk1 had a good helping of prog on side 2 of Book of Taliesyn and their third album, and DP Mk2 swam in those waters with "Flight of the Rat" and "Child in Time" - they went into the deep waters with the extended live versions of their tunes, particularly the "Space Truckin / Mandrake Root" set closer.
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Okay...during the live preformances sure the lines between Hard Rock / Metal and Prog were getting bit blurred that's for sure...that goes for mk 2 Purple as well but even more for Rainbow.
BUT mere length does not a prog song make. And again there is that certain level of wankery that goes with prog that is missing from both Purple and Rainbow. They were more like raw jams, not that finely polished over the top stuff that was prog so often.
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I'm going to debate the wankery part... Jethro Tull were 100% in the progressive rock camp with works like Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play. TaaB has incoherent mumbling in parts and APP has a children's story tossed into the middle of it. But both of those albums have some strong hard rock that they deliver. Aqualung was another massive concept album, very prog but also very good rock.
Remember, "progressive" was the term used to describe bands that were going beyond the traditional country/blues style of 50s/early 60s rock. It brought in not just classical themes (which had already been done in the 50s) but actual classical composition techniques, as well as jazz improv, folk songs, and the like. I look at The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper as a great example of a prog rock album - it has a concept, incorporates a huge amount of British music hall theater material, the lyrics are more for listening to than dancing to, and it features experimental passages - most notably, that ending piano chord.
I like this observation from Robert Fripp's - once "progressive rock" ceased to cover new ground – becoming a set of conventions to be repeated and imitated – the genre's premise had ceased to be "progressive". (copied from the Wiki page on prog rock)
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One word:
YUCK!
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One word:
YUCK!
Who’s that she singing?
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Ronnie Romero
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Ronnie Romero
Yuck is right Charger.
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Romero can sing well but he doesn't come across as a heart and soul singer. Just can't convey the feeling Ronnie sang with.
One word:
Unnecessary
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Romero's not the problem here. He is a good singer. But agreed he is also not an interpreter.
Musically it's just so bland. Ritchie just should have stayed with Blackmore's Night. He had a lot of passion (granted the last few albums have been bit bland there too) and used every bit of his talent there...but with Rainbow now...it just can't feel it. And that's because Ritchie obviously just can't feel it. It's like he's going through the motions because he feels like he has to. Like he owes it to the fans or something...which he doesn't.
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It seems Ritchie's heart is not really in it. He is performing the songs in old crooner/lounge band style because he's either not capable of playing with any sort of fire anymore or he's just doing it the way he wants to. Either way, this Rainbow reunion comes across as a cash grab for Ritchie's retirement fund
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Ritchie should bring back Doogie White.
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Ritchie set sail for 1983 and landed safely, I see.
The guitar work overall was great. Even if he's still warming up again to rock, he shows he's still got technique and soloing like few could ever attain.
That's the good news.
The bad news is that at least 4 of the other musicians are about to get fired in the next few years, knowing Blackmore...
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Anyone know if the the new songs recorde with Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow with singer Ronnie Romero are available?
I know there were a couple released, but can’t find them, does anyone know where I can find them?
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The only newly written title. A good one.
They also made a cover of "I surrender", just as inexpensive as the original version and an instrumental title ( a cover again).
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The only newly written title. A good one.
They also made a cover of "I surrender", just as inexpensive as the original version and an instrumental title ( a cover again).
I also read of another one which I think is a Blackmore's Night cover, called The Storm, is this correct?
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The only newly written title. A good one.
They also made a cover of "I surrender", just as inexpensive as the original version and an instrumental title ( a cover again).
I also read of another one which I think is a Blackmore's Night cover, called The Storm, is this correct?
that's correct . The band did another cover with "Black Sheep of the Family" as well.
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The only newly written title. A good one.
They also made a cover of "I surrender", just as inexpensive as the original version and an instrumental title ( a cover again).
I also read of another one which I think is a Blackmore's Night cover, called The Storm, is this correct?
that's correct . The band did another cover with "Black Sheep of the Family" as well.
Was that done as a single? I can’t seem to find it on ITunes.
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Already talked about that here:
https://www.komunumo.net/forumo/index.php?topic=223.60 (https://www.komunumo.net/forumo/index.php?topic=223.60)
Infact lets just combine these...
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Already talked about that here:
https://www.komunumo.net/forumo/index.php?topic=223.60 (https://www.komunumo.net/forumo/index.php?topic=223.60)
Infact lets just combine these...
The only newly written title. A good one.
They also made a cover of "I surrender", just as inexpensive as the original version and an instrumental title ( a cover again).
I also read of another one which I think is a Blackmore's Night cover, called The Storm, is this correct?
that's correct . The band did another cover with "Black Sheep of the Family" as well.
Was that done as a single? I can’t seem to find it on ITunes.
I can’t find Black Sheep that Tyr mentioned on iTunes.
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At least available on You Tube ...
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At least available on You Tube ...
Thanks Tyr I was able to find it on iTunes, are there anymore single available of Rainbow wth Ronnie Romero on vocals?
I just found another one Land of Hope and Glory it’s an instrumental,
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Tyr, I just want to say thank you for helping me out in finding these songs,
I wish the would’ve recorded a whole album with this new Rainbow lineup, this Ronnie is not that bad, he can carry a tune.
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Romero is a good, listenable singer when the band behind him is interested in making an investment in the music. I think he's got a few rough edges that could be knocked off - some material he does too strong, could use a little more subtlety - and it's up to Blackmore to get his act together to give Romero a better vehicle than what he had in that last tour.
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Romero is a good, listenable singer when the band behind him is interested in making an investment in the music. I think he's got a few rough edges that could be knocked off - some material he does too strong, could use a little more subtlety - and it's up to Blackmore to get his act together to give Romero a better vehicle than what he had in that last tour.
Yeah, I like Romero, Ritchie should’ve continued on with him and make a new Rainbow album.