What Dio-esque song are you listening to now?

**Sabbathman** · 07-08-2010, 05:07 AM

6th round with Mob Rules, the song that lives on almost unchallenged in my books...

Sign Of The Southern Cross

The weight, the landscape, the wavy rising & falling sensation, the heavy drum slabs & guitar stabs, Dio's operatic high-soaring excellence above it all...Nice, very nice dynamic sound on this Deluxe Edition, the power is there and I hold the volume knob.

**Sabbathman** · 07-08-2010, 02:56 PM

Now it's time to celebrate the very best of Dio...

Originally Posted by Sabbathman

I recently re-made my Dio-esque mp3 collection from my discs and now I started compiling a definitive best of set into WinAmp by choosing the best 3 out of every album in chronological order, coupled with few separate but obligatory specialities...incidentally, the track count reached 67...

This is for Dio from a true fan of Dio, I'll surely enjoy this setlist of my personal favourites in his honour:

Elf - Ain't It All Amusing
Elf - Annie New Orleans
Elf - Rainbow
Roger Glover And Guests - Love Is All
Elf - Prentice Wood
Elf - Good Time Music
Elf - Wonderworld
Rainbow - Man On The Silver Mountain
Rainbow - Catch The Rainbow
Rainbow - The Temple Of The King
Rainbow - Tarot Woman
Rainbow - Starstruck
Rainbow - Stargazer
Rainbow - Still I'm Sad (On Stage)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
Rainbow - Gates Of Babylon
Rainbow - Kill The King

...

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Rainbow - Man On The Silver Mountain
Rainbow - Catch The Rainbow
Rainbow - The Temple Of The King
Rainbow - Tarot Woman
Rainbow - Starstruck
Rainbow - Stargazer
Rainbow - Still I'm Sad (On Stage)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
Rainbow - Gates Of Babylon
Rainbow - Kill The King
Dio - Kerry Livgren - To Live For The King
Black Sabbath - Children Of The Sea
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
Black Sabbath - Die Young
Black Sabbath - The Sign Of The Southern Cross
Black Sabbath - The Mob Rules
Black Sabbath - Falling Off The Edge Of The World
...

Back in December 2005 me and my friends went to Jyvaskyla to see Asia, Uriah Heep & Dio give their shows as a part of the "Christmas Is Heavy" event. I personally had hoped to hear this song live for a long time and then it was just like my prayers had been answered directly...take a look at the setlist from that night! DIO RULES!!!

TAROT WOMAN
VOODOO
THE EYES
STAND UP AND SHOUT
HOLY DIVER
GYPSY
CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE
DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS
RAINBOW IN THE DARK
GATES OF BABYLON
HEAVEN AND HELL
MAN ON THE SILVER MOUNTAIN / CATCH THE RAINBOW / LONG LIVE ROCK 'N' ROLL
THE LAST IN LINE
WE ROCK

**AngryHeart** · 07-09-2010, 12:38 PM

Turn of the Screw

**sarsippius67** · 07-09-2010, 09:14 PM

Back to Stargazer again. ...

"I see a Rainbow rising
Look there, on the horizon
And I'm coming home....."

Sorry to be corny, but that gets me every time

**Charger** · 07-10-2010, 06:44 AM

Fitting song for Ronnie's birthday I'd say: Dio - Here's To You

Here's to you Ronnie, where ever you are! May your light shine on forever and ever!

**Sabbathman** · 07-10-2010, 07:52 AM

Honouring Dio's posthumous birthday, I dedicate one of this personally charged songs & one of my top favourites to himself and all of you:

SACRED HEART

Go find your Sacred Heart...

**Sabbathman** · 07-11-2010, 07:21 AM

My very first listening time with the Elf debut album...

HOOCHIE KOOCHIE LADY

Nice blues rocking good time music!

**Sabbathman** · 07-11-2010, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by Sabbathman

My very first listening time with the Elf debut album...

HOOCHIE KOOCHIE LADY

Nice blues rocking good time music!

After the very first 7 rounds with this most fine album, I'm returning to the Dio-esque 67 celebration set for the 3rd run already...

Now the time has come for the final chapter...

Eddie Ojeda - Tonight (featuring Ronnie James Dio)
Black Sabbath - The Devil Cried
Black Sabbath - Shadow Of The Wind
Black Sabbath - Ear In The Wall
Dio, Iommi, Sarzo & Wright - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Heaven & Hell - Atom And Evil
Heaven & Hell - Bible Black
Heaven & Hell - Follow The Tears
Dio - Electra
...

Dio is definitely one of the most addictive artists that I've ever heard in my life, timeless & stainless. The music, the emotion, the atmosphere, the Voice...

I will never surrender. This was a nice journey with Dio, again.

**Sabbathman** · 07-12-2010, 05:52 AM

Next up...The mighty performance of the Holy Diver & a selection of some of the best classics...In Finland back in December 2005 we didn't get the entire Holy Diver album but we did get the majority of the album plus the song The Last In Line which was not played in London. Also, the screen video was a different version, it had the dragon flying across the sky & over the mountains into an inferno...

Rainbow - On Stage 1976
Rainbow - Live In Munich 1977
Black Sabbath - Live At Hammersmith 1981-1982
Black Sabbath - Live Evil 1982
Dio - Intermission EP 1985
Dio - Inferno - The Last In Live 1997
Dio - Evil Or Divine 2002
Dio - Holy Diver Live 2005
Heaven & Hell - Radio City Music Hall 2007

**Sabbathman** · 07-15-2010, 08:30 AM

I'm also listening to the remastered & reloaded edition of the album that is 1 out of 3 ultimate classic albums in Dio's illustrious discography...the 6th round already...I could go on and on with this fantastic showcase of the best Dio-esque power...

HOLY DIVER...

I've had the original CD version of this album for over 10 years, but I found & wanted to buy this remastered edition as well...I like the sound of both editions.

**8bit Fighter** · 07-15-2010, 01:35 PM

Another Black Sabbath Cover Neon Knights on Piano

**8bit Fighter** · 07-15-2010, 06:22 PM

Thought this was awesome and amusing. Check this out:

Sound familiar?

**-E5150 StarWanderer-** · 07-16-2010, 05:07 AM

Originally Posted by 8bit Fighter

Thought this was awesome and amusing. Check this out:

Sound familiar?

Truly a WTF moment

But what about this
It's the same song but with the real Mob Rules playing at the same time. It's not just that, but I found the info box quite interesting:

Most of you probably know by now the striking similarity, which is most likely a rip, between the battle theme "Super Villains" found in the Spider-Man game, Maximum Carnage and Black Sabbath's "The Mob Rules". I was thinking about simply making another little similar music segment. However, I decided to edit, reorder and prolong Super Villains' duration to properly and more accurately sync it with The Mob Rules. The results plainly show they are pretty much the same song. No doubt about that. The solos are a bit different, but I have read that the solo Super Villains used is based off a solo Randy Rhodes did for a mix of Mob Rules later on. I have not heard it myself, but I wouldn't doubt it (sounds a lot like how Randy would play). Please enjoy this musical oddity, as well as all the rest!

Does anyone have some information considering the highlighted segment?

**8bit Fighter** · 07-18-2010, 04:27 AM

Stargazer. A song in recent time making me wonder should I change Rainbow to Heavy Metal instead of Hard Rock. I'll just stick with Hard Rock. But damn, song rivals that of Led Zeppelin's Kashmir.

**Charger** · 07-18-2010, 07:25 AM

Black Sabbath - War Pigs (live from Dehumanizer tour)

I've always felt that Ronnie sung this one to perfection! Ronnie's voice just fits this song really really well and he made it sound even more heavy (just as it would have been even possible!) but that is how good he really was.

**Totentanz** · 07-18-2010, 11:15 AM

This Is Your Life

**Sabbathman** · 07-19-2010, 07:00 AM

Time for the last Dio-esque live album...

Rainbow - On Stage 1976
Rainbow - Live In Munich 1977
Black Sabbath - Live At Hammersmith 1981-1982
Black Sabbath - Live Evil 1982
Dio - Intermission EP 1985
Dio - Inferno - The Last In Live 1997
Dio - Evil Or Divine 2002
Dio - Holy Diver Live 2005
Heaven & Hell - Radio City Music Hall 2007

What a fantastic recording this was! A perfect token of remembrance from the grand times of 2007...I still can't believe this was Dio's final official live recording...

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I'm also adding Dio-esque live DVDs into my program...

Now that Murray has thrown the "priest" into the depths in the land of the lost horizon...it's time to go & find the Sacred Heart...

Rainbow - Live In Munich 1977
Dio - We Rock 1983 - 1984
Dio - Super Rock Japan 1985
Dio - Sacred Heart 1986
Dio - Evil Or Divine 2002
Dio - Holy Diver Live 2005
Heaven & Hell - Radio City Music Hall 2007
Heaven & Hell - At Rockpalast 2009

The combined performance of the songs The Last In Line & Sacred Heart with Dean the Dragon just made me shiver to tears of wistful sadness, speechless awe & proudest joy of being a fan of everything Dio, what a powerful show the Sacred Heart 1986 with Goldy was...

Dio's performances on these live DVDs form a solid proof that he truly was and will always be remembered as the very best & most powerful vocalist in all of rock & metal.

**IommiRules** · 02-03-2011, 11:38 PM

Blanche, to be followed immediately by the epic Wonderworld- Elf

**Charger** · 05-16-2011, 04:01 AM

Time to resurrect this one I'd say!

Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell w/ The Sign Of The Southern Cross (Live in Providence 1982)

**IommiRules** · 05-16-2011, 04:08 PM

Buried Alive, no offense... it really is the tune on right now for me.

**MH1986** · 05-16-2011, 04:18 PM

Metal Will Never Die

**-E5150 StarWanderer-** · 05-16-2011, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by MH1986

Metal Will Never Die

I followed your example

**sunsetsuperman** · 07-09-2011, 01:24 PM

just finished watching the holy diver live dvd,and the black sabbath story.

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