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Notes
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Click here for
the Spitfire Records Killing the Dragon/Dio page.
- The Special Edition is a
single CD disc, the additional audio tracks are just tacked on the
end, and the video/screensaver are a CD Extra format, have to put it
in your computer to see those files.
- Throw away the Children was
originally supposed to be a charity song like "Stars" was with
different vocalists, and whatnot. Didn't happen, and the song
ended up here instead. Here's an explanation:
It was also
important for Dio to express his somber emotions in “Throw Away
Children.” The vocalist originally composed the song for The Children of
the Night, a charity that Dio is closely associated with, whose mission
is to rescue children from the ravages of street prostitution. Although
he originally intended the song to be recorded in the same fashion as
“Stars” [heavy metal’s answer to “We Are The World”], with various
vocalists sharing the verses and guitarists sharing solos, “the powers
that be deemed the song too depressing.”
“The song has to
portray the truth and the truth is that children are out there being
pimped, getting addicted to drugs, and dying of AIDS,” says Dio. “It is
a heartfelt song that I had to include on the album.” The song includes
an appearance by the King’s Harbor Church Children’s Choir. “When they
began singing, the hair stood up on the back of my neck and our drummer,
Simon Wright, had a tear in his eye,” admits Dio.
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