last week and yesterday Frazzetta Ronnie James Dio succumbed to stomach cancer was made public late last year. He has left a singer mystical seeker of spirits, kill-Dragon, creator of the fist and the horns, brown as beasts glaring Ritchie Blackmore and Toni Iommi , minstrel of heavy, huge entertainer of audiences to which he handled with a turn of his hand, lyricist full of rainbow, tireless campaigner and, above all, one of the best musicians in the history of Hard Rock (and if we remove that phrase "Hard Rock" still correct).
Nearly forty years have passed since the release of the debut album of "Elf" (1972), which was one of the first exhibitions to fame of the above. Produced by Roger Glover (first indication that the singer would end up little big part of the saga Purple), the elven home was beginning to glimpse the ladies like a knight by the lake, wizards and dragons, but especially the desire of breaking a gentleman's small in stature but destined for greatness. A toast to the greatest and a chronological journey through my three favorite albums, a trilogy in which round-burst eardrums with his magic:
-RAINBOW "Rising" (1976)
I put the
"Rising" because I have to choose only one of the three masterpieces of study group solo Ritchie Blackmore Dio recorded with frontman . This album was the second of training, involving the total settlement imitated a thousand times "style Rainbow" with enigmatic melodies, influenced by classical music, lyrics that tended spiritual and lashes to roll in the instrumental section of those who leave their mark. In tandem issues of composition, the dual-Dio Ritchie is, for me, at the height of the Gilmour-Waters or even the McCartney-Lennon , or it could have come out of there having walked together could have been glorious. As shown songs like "Run With The Wolf" and hard monolithic psychedelic opening "Tarot Woman" that leads to a riff of which are driven, instrumental extension Stargazer in an epic theme-recorded excessive pachas the Munich Philharmonic - that left in some of the experiments panties rock of Zeppelin the macarreo of "Starstruck" , finally, an album that you can not post or to remove anything. SUBLIME.
-BLACK SABBATH "Heaven And Hell" (1980)
When Ozzy Osbourne
came fluttering of British hard rock combo horrifying (in a good way), Iommi, guitar and alma mater group played the respect of the hearing recruiting a cantande opposed to his predecessor. What he was most charismatic Ozzy before voice, transmuted into a Dio vocal cords as a locomotive and a greater presence in the compositional process. "Heaven And Hell" , besides giving many turns in quality and experimentation of the last three albums with Ozzy ( "Never Say Die" is a great album, but certainly not stand the test of time like the present one ) the sabbatical negrunos agreed to a whole new audience bounced to the success of Rainbow and other attracted by the sudden eruption of song structure and melody without rave within the Black. The result? Another cornerstone of high-flying, from the progressive cane of "Heaven And Hell" , the good vibes blackish "Lady Evil" , the rage-and then released, the "Children Of The Sea " and several other musical monuments.
-DIO" Holy Diver "(1983)
Experience and its give and take with all the colleagues with whom I had previously led in this, his first solo album and another referring to hard rock history. The perfect mix of Rainbow and Black Sabbath have resulted in a seamless collection of anthems that are still chanted in any place where sound. The issue title, reminiscent of the Sabbath "Heaven and Hell" - the vital and exciting "Do not Talk To Strangers" , the beauty of "Rainbow In The Dark" , the shot at full speed of "Stand Up And Shout" the groove of "Straight Through the Heart" ... words are unnecessary.
are only three indispensable, those who will be remembered by ad aeternum ", but should not miss the other discs recorded with Rainbow (including direct), or the " Mob Rules " of the Sabbath, as original, monolithic, nor "The Last In Line" alone. So many.
In these cases the pain of those who follow him is even greater because his voice was still in perfect condition at 67 years. It is true that his last few albums were a bit repetitive and too repetitive, with the same themes and melodies that made him famous. And his performances used to go over and over again the same issues, without any new play or musical I got to live up to their classic songs. But do you know? Now I would love to take out a new album, "I would like their quality or lack thereof," and give money to return to sing the same repertoire for the umpteenth time ... But in the end. As always in these moments, to think in absolute truth that man is gone ... but not quite. There are discs and dvd's more than enough to demonstrate that it is present.
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