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It was time to check out some Rainbow! After hearing the legendary guitar from Child in Time you guys told me the sane guitarist played in this band with Dio! Was a total banger, cheers guys! 😁🔥🤟🏻
This video put a big smile on my face I remember where I bought this in a small town record shop in Wallsend upon Tyne UK.
I've just dug this out of my CD collection alas I don't have the record anymore Rainbow Rising delux edition is the one I have.
It was the most perfect recordings made by any band straight off the bat thanks again for reminding how great my youth taste was in music.
Stay lucky stay safe Mike UK.
Hi Andy/Alex I've remembered what the song is about .
It's about slaves building a tower to reach up towards the sky for a Wizard who then will fly the rest of the way to the sky/heaven.
But just falls to earth and splat!
Not a very clever Wizard if you ask me, but it's still a great song.
Stay lucky stay safe Mike UK .
Yes this is a song that knocked me on my ass when I first heard it gr8 reaction
I was a teenager at the time this came out and I loved it. Once I'd heard Led Zeppelin's far superior 'Kashmir', though, which it was clearly strongly influenced by, I realized the degree to which I'd overestimated it. Still fun to listen to, mind you, but it's far more amusing to me now than it was ever meant to be.
@@steveosborne3714 Yes Kashmir was better but Stargazer comes a close second.
Led Zeppelin were the best at coming up with longer tracks like, In My Time of Dying classic.
Stay lucky stay safe Mike UK.
The guitarist is Ritchie Blackmore he’s one of the best guitarists of all time!
@mo_236 _6
He’s definitely amazing, love what I’ve heard from him in DP!
AndyReacts so you must see his killersolo from song "You fool no one" from California Jam 1974! Epic show! Epic solo!!!
"Space Truckin'" from California Jam is another legendary must see song. They were about to be arrested after the show but got away with helicopter...
A National Acrobat yes, this is 8 minut long song, and 15 minut long stage and many guitar destruction 😊 Worth seeing 🤘
@Marta W
Exactly and I guess it would be the first time these guys hear David Coverdale.
Ok, kids.. This is THE classic Rainbow song. EVERYBODY does a "reaction" to it. BUT..... This saga actually contains TWO songs. The first part of the story(Stargazer) is about a slave in the dark ages, being forced to build a tower of stone. The 2nd song.. "Light in The Black" is about his escape.. Both songs complete the story!
Rainbow with Graham Bonnet was too commercial in my mind. Dio era was loads better, but I guess that's down to taste
This song is actually about a wizard who believes he can fly. He has slaves build a super high tower. on top there is a crane type mechanism that can rotate. The wizard is meant to be suspended from it to trick the people below that he can fly. The wizard, stupidly, believes he actually can fly without it, hence the line " Times standing still, then theres blood on the sand".The song is based on an old black and white movie.
I read somewhere that they did Stargazer followed by Light in the Black on the first few dates of tour but had to drop LiTB as Cozy to exhausted!! Anyone else heard this?
Light in the black Just flat out Kicks ass. Always my fav on this album. Super album !
@@davidmealing5457 yes, I heard it was like making cozy run 2 marathons back to back
Dio’s voice is so powerful it doesn’t sound like he’s hitting high notes when he actually is. He’s hitting B4 and C5 with ease. And incredible singer. He is unmatched.
Rob Halford and Ian Gillian are in Dios category too
No band today can ever come close to a masterpiece like this
Thing I love about this is the Middle Eastern influence. The chord sequences in Richie's solo! Dreamy!
@@v6jim2 I didn't know this :D Thanks for sharing that bit of tidbit!
@@v6jim2 That influence can also be heard in Gates Of Babylon, another great Rainbow song.
Every time Ronnie gets to "I see a rainbow rising" I get chills.
The late, great Cozy Powell is on drums. During his career, he played with nearly everyone. What a monster on drums. The line up on this album is legendary. Of course the late great RJD, Blackmore, Jimmy Bain on bass and Tony Carey on keys. Stargazer is epic IMHO.
@@fp7026 Apologies for the oversight.
Roger Cullis I saw Cozy Powell when he played with Sabbath. Beast.
@@josephbarr1659 Cozy is the reason I picked up a pair of stix over 30 yrs ago, miss him badly.
That fill at 2:38 I recognize from Robert Plant's "Slow Dancer". Same guy.
@@josephbarr1659 I first saw Cozy when he was the drummer for Bedlam back in the early '70's when they opened for Sabbath...
The best part is the fact that there was no 'autotune'.. that was straight-up talent, skill, passion, and devotion.
The majority of today's musicians would not have survived the 70's and 80s.
Dio was a master of his craft.. both lyrically and vocally. He is sorely missed.
Peace
PERFECTLY said...
You also couldnt do detailed edits like today in a computer where you can copy and paste etc to create the perfect take/mix, if you messed up a take then you could punch in to re-record it from a point slightly before the mess upp, but that is destructive editing and really no way to edit the punch in so if the punch in itself didnt sound good you might have to re-record again even though your take was flawless. You could possibly cut the actual tape and glue together, it was practised to some extent.
I have as a guitarplayer recorded albums in the 90´s on analog 24 track tape and its another ballgame and a great learning experience, i do love the new DAW computer technology which means that i can have my own homestudio for not a huge amount of money, this was just a dream in the 80´s and 90´s that i realisticly never thought would come through.
Its easy to cheat with this technology, but if you dont copy/paste and edit to much it will be a better and a more genuine result, the optimal thing would be to record the whole song in one take.
I agree that Dio and the rest of the band were incredible. I would also say that there are some equally great musicians out there today and they're awesome with or without technology. In particular there are some young guitar players who are insanely good.
I totally understand and agree.
As soon as I hear somebody mention autotune I assume they are not a musician. Much better to do the work it takes to be able to sing correctly than spending hours upon hours or more trying to fix it in the mix.
If you're pitchy, autotune won't help you unless you have a massive budget. It's not meant to be used to make non singers sound like singers.
As a member of the older generation I would like to say "Thank you!".
Thank you for picking up the torch of the great bands/songs of the 70s and 80s and bringing it to your generation!
It's so great to see you guys appreciating the great music that helped to shape the lives of so many of us older folks.
Much respect and love to you both!
Hocus Pocus Focus , Here here. I second that. Happy to see younger people enjoying the music (and musical genius) that paved the way for modern hard rock/ heavy metal.
Hocus pocus is a great album
I always get emotional from the epicness of the outro.
Me too
Featuring the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, if I remember rightly.
That's the best part.
One of the most epic outros I have ever heard.
My Eyes are Bleeding! Oh man...
The singular greatest vocal performance in the history of rock...🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻
My favorite song of all time! A true masterpiece. The combination of Ritchie Blackmore(guitar), Dio (RIP vocals), and Cozy Powell(drums, also RIP) has inspired me since I was a teenager.
Powell was an expert drummer who died in an England car accident in the rain. He said something like, “I drive like I drum - FAST!”
I am 56 years old and still love STARGAZER. Next time you listen to it, pay attention to the drumming. And I agree that the last few minutes of the song are amazing....
Please listen to “Catch the Rainbow” off the “On Stage” album... you won’t regret it. Gates of Babylon is another epic too...
I love this song. Possibly my favourite Dio song.
So fucking awesome. Rainbow is an underrated 70s band.
I saw Rainbow during the Rising tour - one of THE very best concerts I ever attended in my life. Had backstage pass and met all the guys in the band)) One of the best nights of my life!
Stargrazer Dio fantastic voice blackmore guitar and Cozy Powell drumming reaches new highs in rock music for me.
The live version is pretty good as well.
Rainbow Rising was a game changer for me.
Starstruck, A light in the black,
Run with the Wolf, Tarrot Woman, Do you close your eyes, everyone became a classic and the best line up ever for Rainbow blackmore. Dio, Bain, Carey, Powell .
Great choice guys.
Stay lucky stay safe Mike UK.
Rainbow is soooooo under rated!
That album actually changed Rock Music. Kill the King was where Speed Metal and Trash came from. Ritchie of course didn't know that at the time. That was one song you didn't mention but is very Historical. Rock on my brother in Rainbow. Am a huge PurpleFan also.
Gates of Babylon too!
Starstruck, my favorite, but this whole album and the lineup itself is epic.
*BEST ROCK N ROLL SONG EVER!!!*
I'm getting goosebumps just watching this!! Cozy Powell on the drums, rjd singing and Richie Blackmoor on lead. Awesome stuff. Love the way this track builds and builds and you can feel the wizard jump off that tower!!
This song will transport you to another time and place.
That song man it never fails to give me shivers, I've heard it a thousand times edit. you need to read the lyrics!
Did I hear correctly? Slaves forced to build a stone tower in harsh conditions for 9 years, just so some crazy dude who calls himself “The Wizard” can jump off from the top and fly? And in the end, he actually jumps off, and falls straight down and splatters into the sand? I just wanted to make sure I understood the lyrics.
@@thefloridamimi9278 you understood them! epic shit right?
Thank you guys for doing this. This is my all time favorite song and has been now for over 30 years. I think the key to Ronnie's voice in this song is that he is literally taking on the character in the song. He's singing from that perspective and he is calling out and you can hear the emotion in his voice and you're right he's not trying to show off by seeing how high he can sing. He is staying true to the emotional tone of the song. The way it builds and starts to layer with so many elements going at once that just lays a bed by which Ronnie can lay his voice on. The tempo and groove is masterful because the cadence illicits movement that is steady and rhythmic and can be followed by being enticed by the melodic structure. It builds so perfectly that you don't even notice until you're already swept away. If you listen carefully you can even hear when Cozy hits the cowbell a single time.
@Edward Brotherton
Well said friend I’m glad you enjoyed!
Ronnie James Dio was pretty much discovered by Ritchie Blackmore. Blackmore left Deep Purple to create Rainbow and he hired Ronnie James Dio as his vocalist and the rest is history.
I went to see Ozzy and he had a dwarf runnin around the stage in an old friar tuck outfit. Ozzy hung the dwarf from a noose toward the end of the show -- kept called him "Ronnie." LMAO
@@donnaransom3770 oh my.... that was just too funny
Blackmore did not "discover" Dio. Absurd. Dio was a well established doo-wop style singer from the late 1950s when he was a young man, believe it or not.
@@magna116 what he meant was that Blackmore brought Dio in the limelight. Sure he already had established bands like Ronnie & The Prophets/ELF , but those bands were still hardly known outside the states at the time. to quote Dio himself "He (Blackmore) gave me my great opportunity. Without him it would have taken me little while longer to get where i am today. I mean im not going to give him all the credit because i am good at what i do, but he gave me my chance and i learned so much from him."
@@magna116 he was a no name no one ever heard of doo-wop singer I guess. No one ever heard of him. Even when he was with the group Elf, he was a nobody. When he joined rainbow then he became the ever famous Ronnie James Dio. So you are absurd my friend
Cozy Powell on drums - Sadly deceased in a single car crash on an English motorway. He liked fast cars
Black Sabbath did an album called Heaven & Hell. You can pick any song off that album.
Cozy Powell, one of the most influential drummers ever.
Absolute killer album. Saw Cozy Powell twice with The Brian May Band in 93. His drum solos were immense.
I saw him too with Brian at The Royal Albert Hall 1993, still got the ticket somewhere. The Guitar extravaganza with Cozy playing that drum solo is amazing, Andy should react to the Brian May live at the Brixton Academy Academy Guitar Solo with Cozy czcams.com/video/Hiu7RYi0SGU/video.html
Good choice for first pick. Every song on that album is great.
I saw Rainbow live in 1976, and two things I’ll never forget about the gig: One, there was an enormous electric rainbow that arced over the stage that was lit internally by lights, programmed to change colour all the time in tune with the music. Two, at the end of Cozy Powell’s drum solo, which ended in darkness, a magnesium powder flash then went off near his kit and the audience was flash-blinded for a few minutes. Obviously an intended part of the act, but scary not being able to see for a while.
Wow!
They did the same at their concert in Adelaide, South Australia at the Festival theatre in 1976. Will never forget it. Best concert I ever saw
@@tedburnard841 LOL, Adelaide was the same gig I went to! Think we were the only ones in Oz to see it as other venues couldn't accommodate the thing.
One of the greatest songs Ever!! Takes me back to a much simpler time.
IMO, this is Ronnie James Dio's best vocal performance
"Oh I see his face", strong, strong vocal.
This, Gates of Babylon and Sign of the Southern Cross.
Eric F krackenthorpe , Agreed.
Totally agree. Superb vocals Ronnie best
i agreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Blackmore's guitar sound has such a recognizable vibe to it, I can hear like three bars of a song I'm not even too familiar with and I can instantly see him playing with my mind's eye. :D
Doesn't even matter what he's playing, guitar or lute or mandolin or whatever, you can tell it's him.
The late great Cozy Powell on drums
Masterpiece of Rainbow...Masterpiece of Rock
do MISTREATED, rainbow live "on stage" 1977 (it´s actually a deep purple song written by their guitarist ritchie blackmore who then formed rainbow. the version mentioned is a sensation).
And 'Still I'm Sad' from live too
🤘Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)🤘
Ritchie Blackmore in everywhere is the best. Ritchie don't need guitar. Guitar needs him...🤘
The strings you heard at the end was the Munich philharmonic orchestra, the album Rising which the song Stargazer is from was also recorded in Munich Germany.
I would also recommend "Temple of The King", besides the songs other people already said.
Seconded!
As far as Dio Vocal, yes; but too many other Dio/Rainbow songs I'd suggest over that.
Just the smiles on your faces is worth the price of admission!! That drummer is the one and only Cozy Powell (RIP) - who's also worked with Jeff Beck, Robert Plant, Brian May, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath & Emerson, Lake & Powell. The man is a beast. Yes, Richie Blackmore's signature is all over this (guitarist from Deep Purple), but this is where Dio REALLY shines - his vocal prowess is just so powerful!! \m/ FOREVER!
I had never heard any Rainbow, insane stuff
Rainbow are killer mate, so cool seeing you discover such a vast period of classic rock. This shit pisses all over modern music imo.
The 70s was an amazing time for music, it's incredible just how well all of this music holds up today!
The album's were incredible but the singles chart was full of absolute shite.
@@lucetteketley9114 Depends on what kind of station you were listening to at that time. Most of the good stuff was played by a handful of very powerful atations after dark. Names like KAAY, Little Rock; WABC, New York City; WLS, Chicao and then there was also the off shore stations which created the late Great Wolfman Jack.
70s has a lot of masterpieces Stairway,Bohemian,Stargazer man..
You guys love Ronnie James Dio's voice?
Check out the song Heaven and Hell. He's leading Black Sabbath on this one. Epic!
Ahhh.... Dio Sabbath is the BEST!
And Children of the Sea.
The slide guitar magic of Ritchie Blackmore and his Snake Charmer riffs
Blackmore was into Mid East musical flavors in 1976. If you can hear these in this solo
There’s a live rainbow album where Cozy does a 10 minute drum solo that is so musical and classical, even without instruments you can hear music, that’s how incredible Cozy is!
Man on the Silver Mountain next, perhaps?
Best rainbow tune end
One of the great slide guitar solos of all time. This might be the beginning of symphonic metal, my favourite genre. Also, "A Light in the Black" is sort of the second part of the song, a sequel, so to speak
Great choice of track guys and great comments it's great to see your enthusiasm and its awesome to share your first experience of the music, cheers guys🎸
Blackmore was in deep purple and founded Rainbow. There was a little known act by the name of Elf that used to open for Deep Purple sometimes, the vocalist was Ronnie James Dio. Dio went on to make the only 3 great Rainbow albums, THE best Black Sabbath album (and song) (Heaven and Hell!), the best debut album ever (Holy Diver) and then rounded off his prolific career touring with Heaven and Hell (The old Sabbath line up). A true legend.
When you two dudes listen to songs together, I can't help but think of the SNL "Night at the Roxbury" sketch. Ha! Yeah, this is a GREAT song, one of my all-time favorites. Cheers, and happy weekend!
A portrayal of talented individuality...each to his own, like the song amalgamated each person and his instruments. The drummer during this period in Rainbow’s history was Cozy Powell. When at College in 1977, a colleague (who favoured ProgRock) referred to that drum intro which subsequently became iconic...and still is, today.
I meant to say...when I was at college in 1977...I’m 64 now, and this song still gives me goose bumps.
Dio was the king of rock, saw him live with Sabbath, awesome, and drummer Cozy Powell best drummer ever.
Kill the king by rainbow is an up tempo burner with an incredible guitar solo. Despite what people think the song is about a chess match not a medieval battle.
I am a Queen fan, but Rainbow to me is a second favorite band! I want to hear more Queen from You but now I want You to react to Rainbow Gates Of Babylon or A Light In The Black! Thanks for Your channel!!!
Bro, you're like me exactly! I actually was lucky enough to see Queen once, dp twice and latter day rainbow once.
The flanger on the drums is a nice touch
The first time I heard this song I was 15 and listening to Metalshop on the radio. I was floored. Still one of my all time favorite songs. The music, the lyrics, the theater of it. Dio as he belts “No sound as he falls instead of rising, time standing still then there’s blood on the sand”
SO epic.
Very good choice, 'light in the black' and 'gates of babylon' are great songs aswell.
And Tarrot Woman too
There are so many great Rainbow songs. Check out all of these - Kill the King, Lady of the Lake, Gates of Babylon ....really just listen to the entire album "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll"!
Kill the King would definite get my vote, especially a live cut, Richie could extended that solo with improv brilliantly.
That song and stuff like Battle of Evermore from Led Zeppelin really laid the ground work for what became power and folk metal in the 80's-early 90's.
Except Rainbow Eyes maybe.
Listen to "Light in the Black" a tour-de-force by the whole band, like an express train.
The whole album is amazing! Keep rockin’ boys! 🎸
I saw Rainbow in a small club in New York City. They had a chain link fence going from ceiling to floor and wall to wall right in front of the stage. Phenomenal!!!
love the end of the song when Rainbow brings it on home.
Rainbow had multiple lead singers over the years. You gotta watch the vid for All Night Long and see how much Graham Bonnet gets into it. Then check out Joe Lynn Turner singing lead on their biggest hit Stone Cold. The guitarist Ritchie Blackmore is a badass. Check out his current band Blackmore’s Knight. His wife is the singer and she’s got a beautiful voice. They do kind of medieval or renaissance stuff. Different but definitely cool as hell.
Yeah that album with graham bonnet on vocals give me goosebumps especially loves no friend of mine.
@@janiterinadrum1627 eyes of the world!
Well done guys for reacting to this this classic 🤘
"Gates of Babylon", "Kill the King", "Man on the Silver Mountain", "Catch the Rainbow", Still I'm Sad" (The Yardbirds cover) and "A Light in the Black" are some other great tracks to check out. You should also listen to their (live) version of Beethoven's 9th, titled "Difficult to Cure".
Yeah we gotta get Last in Line, and Gates Of Babylon!
@komulautre
And some Dio era Black Sabbath like ”Falling off the Edge of the World”, ”Heaven and Hell”, ”Die Young” and ”Children of the Sea”.
Stone cold
Cozy Powell on drums. Also a classic rock legend.
The perfect 5, Dio, Blackmore , Cozy Powell, Jimmy Bain, Tony Carey...
Now do Light in the Black or Kill the King both serious bangers but in the Rainbow killer style! I bought Rising in 1976 two days before Rainbow hit town. By the time of the concert I knew the songs backwards. The concert was so good that the crowd sat there stunned through most of it. Oh if I could go back and see that again I would do handstands!
Great react guys to a great song, and my god what a fantastic heavenly voice!!!! Wow!!! The epic drums and guitar, the essential essence of ROCK!! Classic Rock. Have a great weekend you beautiful dudes, amazing job Andy as usual x
@A J Lomas
The drums were just fantastic, the whole groove was sick, and same to you friend! 😁
@@andyandalex You 2 dudes have great taste, and I love how you listen to viewers and take on board their music suggestions. I hope in the not so distant future you could react on the British Rock duo Royal Blood and a much earlier band from the early 90's THE QUIREBOYS, they were like a bluesy old fashioned rock 'n roll, the British version of the Black Crowes. Look 4ward as always to your vids next week, have a good weekend..keep Rocking 😊✌🎸
I love your reaction at 7:15. Priceless. That's what went through my mind when I first had that. It's like, WTF is Richie doing?
Rainbow live on stage. Listen to The whole album!! Cozy Powell is the drummer Blackmore Dio Powell. Legendary
Great work guys! Love the way you keep the fire burning for the classics!
the guitarist your talking about is ritche Blackmore. when he left deep purple in 75 he formed rainbow, dio was in a band called ELF that used to open up for purple on the road. so when he formed RAINBOW he called DIO and asked him to join the band. The drummer is cozy Powell , a great rock drummer who was also in WHITESNAKE.
Cozy Powell was the drummer. Poor guy passed away a few years ago. I also saw him play with a solo Brian May of Queen tour in the 90's.
amazing rainbow...all members of the band but ritchie blackmore is the one!!!....🤘🎸🎼🎼🇦🇷 more rainbow
A great album for lovers of classic rock.
Maybe you guys have heard their biggest hit "I Surrender" or "Since You Been Gone", both written by Russ Ballard.
Both those songs were sung by Graham bonnet He became the singer after dio left,also Joe Lynn Turner after bonnet.
The legendary Cozy Powell on drums! Had his own band, then Rainbow, Whitesnake, ELP, in the 90s he played on Brian May’s solo band! Died too young in a car crash
I love seeing young people getting into this music as much as I am. Dio was such an amazing vocalist for sure.
You should check out David Coverdale as a vocalist. He was in Deep Purple for a couple of albums and has had his own band since the early eighties called Whitesnake. Stormbringer from Deep Purple is awesome as well as Still of the Night or Slide It In from Whitesnake
Dean Smith David Coverdale ❤️
One of the all time great story telling songs. This line up of Rainbow is one of the all time great rock bands too, Cozy Powell was a great drummer.
The story I heard was that Blackmore got the name Rainbow from the Rainbow Bar & Grill. A hangout on the Sunset Strip frequented by the musicians who played the Strip. Favorite haunt of Moterhead's Lemmy.
Es como una obra magna.., épica, intensa, emotiva, poderosa, majestuosa, enérgica, llena de una grandeza sin límites. No hay adjetivos suficientes para esta canción. Otra de las obras maestras creadas por un genio llamado Richie Blackmore
Produced by legend Martin Birch... his list is amazing !! And not just one fluke that sold... almost all went gold, multiple layers of sounds, he produced the best albums in recording history !
Cozy Powell was a dope as drummer, played a low kit, struck with his wrists rather than full arm extension, he was amazing.
You too are good together and this is my favorite rock song of all time of the hard rock symphonic types. Must be the best ever
Andy and Alex, you should check out th elive version Rainbow did from their German tour in 76. There is a version that is some 24 minutes in length. Blackmore plays this amazing sols that creates such a spellbinding atmosphere. I think it was in Munich.
The band was initially named, "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow," as was their initial album in 1975. Blackmore is the guitar genius and was the guitarist for Deep Purple, before he started Rainbow. So, now you understand a bit more. :)
Cozy Powell, saw him live with Sabbath, never seen any drummer attack the drums harder.
you never saw john bonham then,or bill ward.
Welcome to the way-back machine guys! Many of us were there when this was new music and we bought the record at the record store. On the way home we scored some weed, invited some friends over, and rocked out for a couple hours. That was DAILY LIFE when I was in college.
Yes having a great day and great life, thanks,😁🌈 and Dio a match made in heaven,I got all the rainbow albums, happy you like them 😀
Glad to hear it Steve! And yeah it was super groovy!
If you want to see the drummer in full action watch Cozy Powell Overture 1812 Munich 1977. It was a brilliant Rainbow concert. This solo is breathtaking!
Glad to see that you guys are having a blast listening to this,to bad you weren't able to see this live it was awesome. You should check out some REO Speedwagon or Jethro Tull or Stratovarious and of course Rush
Another great Rainbow song is the man on the Silver Mountain you guys are doing great. Keep it up!
heard this in 1976 when i was 11 years old, still listen today, outstanding rock song
It's so cool seeing young people listening to some good music. You need to watch a video of Dio Live.. He is awesome. I was lucky enough to see him live back in 84. Best concert ever. """" Dio - Heaven And Hell Live In London 2005 """"
Digging deeper into your catalog has been fun. Rainbow, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Dio, Ozzy....you're hitting hard into my history. Nice find, nice song. Good choice young grasshoppers.
Guitar - Richie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
Vocals - Ronnie James Dio
Drums - Cozy Powell (Drummer for many Metal/Rock bands over the years)
Bass - ???
This was a super group before anyone knew what a super group was
Richie Blackmore left Deep Purple to form Rainbow, he recruited Ronnie James Dio from a band called Elf, hit Cozy Powell on drums and the rest was history.
Stargazer is the brain child of Ronnie James Dio (words) and Blackmore (music). In short it's the story of a medieval wizard who thought he could fly. The wizard used slaves to build him a tower for which he could fly from. It took almost a lifetime for these slaves to build the tower, so by the time it was completed the slaves totally believed the wizard could fly. When the tower was finished and the wizard climbed to the top, he jumped off and fell to his death. Now, the slaves, who worked almost their whole lives to build this tower, don't know what to do with the rest of their lives now that their lifelong work is finished and the wizard is dead.
Listen to the words now that you have the story in your head, the song will make a lot more sense, and will make this song even better.
Richie Blackmore's solo is to give the impression of the wizard climbing the tower and then falling to his death, this infused with Cozy Powell's drums throughout the song (listen to his drums throughout the song, they're amazing) gives you a totally immersed quality to listening to the song. It is truly a masterpiece of a song, the more you listen to it the more you'll appreciate its simple complexity.
Jimmy Bain: Bass. Tony Carey: Keyboards. You are welcome :-) I know every word and scratch on the record of this one ;-)
The story continues in “A Light in the Black” but you missed the part in the end where the wizard dies, and suddenly there’s a Rainbow in the distance. This leads everyone to believe it once again and the cycle repeats. Basically the wizard is a metaphor/analogy for false prophets.
I love this channel. The best part is 5:33. Cozy Powell cowbell and then pure Blackmore bliss for the next few mins ...
If you guys want something in this same wheelhouse: Scorpions - Sails of Charon.
Imo that, this, Child in Time & Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You by Zeppelin are the best 70's extended jam songs.
I love Sails od Sharon!
Rainbow - "Rising" from 1976 is their best album, and a wicked album cover!! 💜💜💜