Rainbow

[Billy Underdog]

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...

[Charger]

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...

[Billy Underdog]

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"...

[Charger]

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.

[Billy Underdog]

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...

[Zzzptm]

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".

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.

[Charger]

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.

[Zzzptm]

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...

[Tyr66]

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.

[Tyr66]

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 .

[Billy Underdog]

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.

[AnnoMundi]

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.

[Charger]

So will I be crucified if I say that I actually enjoy listening to Ritchie Blackmore over Tony Iommi?

 
Burn in hell you heretic!!
 


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...

[AnnoMundi]

So will I be crucified if I say that I actually enjoy listening to Ritchie Blackmore over Tony Iommi?

 
Burn in hell you heretic!!
 


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.

[Charger]

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.