R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio by Kwicko

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R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio

POSTED BY: KWICKO
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 06:33
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Monday, May 17, 2010 4:11 PM

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

Sunday morning, Ronnie James Dio passed away after a battle with stomach cancer.

I didn't care much for his work as replacement frontman for Black Sabbath, but I liked his earlier work with Ritchie Blackmoor's Rainbow, and some of his stuff with his own band, Dio. Dude could belt out some metal.

Mike

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero, Real World Event Discussions

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Monday, May 17, 2010 7:37 PM

FREMDFIRMA

That he could - he will be missed.

-F

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Monday, May 17, 2010 11:32 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Just damn.

Bones: "Don't 'rawr' her!"
Booth: "What? she'rawred' me first."

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 12:55 AM

KWICKO

I'll be listening to Rainbow's "Rising" LP at work today, remembering the first time I ever heard Dio back in '76. He'll be missed.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 1:35 AM

PENGUIN

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 5:23 AM

HKCAVALIER

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
I didn't care much for his work as replacement frontman for Black Sabbath...

I beg to differ. Exhibit A:

HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 5:59 AM

KWICKO

HK: I just wasn't impressed with Dio's Sabbath output. Sorry.

And it's ironic, because by the time Dio stepped in to replace an ousted Ozzy Osbourne, I didn't care for Ozzy's work with Sabbath anymore, either. It just felt the whole band had run out of steam; at least it sounded that way TO ME.

So, while Dio re-energized Sabbath to a degree, and was a definite improvement over Ozzy's lackluster work on albums like "Never Say Die" and the like, I just never felt like Dio *fit* with Sabbath. And Ozzy came out far more revitalized with his own solo projects, at least as long as he had Randy Rhoades beside him on guitar.

And yes, I own Heaven and Hell and The Mob Rules on vinyl. But I've never felt the urge to buy them on CD or download them from iTunes. I've done both with Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman. :)

Maybe I'm a snob when it comes to Sabbath; maybe I'm just too old and stuck in my ways. For me, Sabbath means Ozzy, and Dio belongs with Rainbow (instead of that douchey "Stone Cold" putz they replaced him with!), or on his own with stuff like "Holy Diver". I felt like his Sabbath days were somewhat beneath him, in that he was fully capable of fronting his own (better) band, and him being with Sabbath felt like he was trying to fill Ozzy's shoes, which is just an impossible task in the first place.

Mike

"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero, Real World Event Discussions

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 6:33 AM

PIRATENEWS

John Lee, conspiracy therapist at Hollywood award-winner History Channel-mocked SNL-spoofed PirateNew.org wooHOO!!!!!!

OD on fluoride.

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