Ronnie James Dio

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  • rhcpjam1029
    rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,982
    Sad to hear...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybrXeMucuSk
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    Butthead: It means that his friends are like turds and that they like suck.
    Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
    Butthead: Huh huh.
  • flywallyfly
    flywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    This sucks. RIP RJ !!
  • EdLaw
    EdLaw Posts: 194
    Awful, awful news. I've not even heard that much of his music, but as a metal fan it's hard not to have a great deal of respect for the man. Always came across as a genuinely nice guy. R.I.P.
    And I planted my bolo knife in the neck of mad John Finn. I took his wretched life.
    Now I'm over near the bandstand, every hand moving on John Finn's wife...
  • Atomic Punk
    Atomic Punk Posts: 2,941
    Caught him in the 90s at a club. He definitely had a presence that not many match.
    MOB RULES!!!
    South Park even paid homage to him a few years back by having Dio play the school dance. They played Holy Diver. Classic!
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    i been listenin to these guys since about 8th grade.
    since age 13 or 14 years old?
    anyhow...this sucks.

    one of my favorite tunes.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqLFl2obk-o
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    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
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  • nooram
    nooram Posts: 392
    Currently, I have PRLJAM on my motorcycle's license plate. From '85 to '89 I had DIO license plates on my Honda Magna. RIP RJD : (
    Seattle 8/91, MPLS 3/92, St Paul 8/92, Denver 6/95, Missoula 6/98, MPLS 6/98, Albuquerque 10/00, Seattle 12/02, St Paul 6/03, Thunder Bay 9/05, DC 5/06, St Paul x2 6/06, Vancouver (EV) 4/08, DC 6/08, Chicago x2 8/09, KC 5/10, MPLS (EV) 7/11, Chicago 7/13, St Paul 10/14, Santiago 11/15, Missoula 8/18, Denver 9/22, Saint Paul 8/23, Saint Paul 9/23, Auckland, NZ x2 11/24
  • zenith
    zenith Posts: 3,191
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv8F8reGa80

    i still remember singing along to this on australian abc tv when i was about 3 or 4

    :(

    rip ronnie
    impatience is a gift ........
  • PJ_Lukin
    PJ_Lukin Posts: 2,055
    \m/
    ~!~ Peace ~!~ Love ~!~ Pearl Jam ~!~
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    \m/

    RIP.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    norm, thanks for your shout out. Words can't describe my sadness today. I've been listening to all the Dio I have all day long. Sabbath, Rainbow, Dio, Heaven & Hell...all of it. R.I.P. Ronnie...you're music, voice, and contribution to metal will significantly help push the genre into many, many future generations.

    Music, and more specifically metal has just lost one of it's most kind, talented, distinct, and memorable personalities. God, this sucks.... :cry: First Peter Steele, and now Dio... :cry: This is a cruel world.

    Anyways...before I hit the sack, I just finished up my tribute to the man that has made me throw more horns up then I can count.

    DioTribute1.jpg
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    dcfaithful wrote:
    norm, thanks for your shout out. Words can't describe my sadness today. I've been listening to all the Dio I have all day long. Sabbath, Rainbow, Dio, Heaven & Hell...all of it. R.I.P. Ronnie...you're music, voice, and contribution to metal will significantly help push the genre into many, many future generations.

    Music, and more specifically metal has just lost one of it's most kind, talented, distinct, and memorable personalities. God, this sucks.... :cry: First Peter Steele, and now Dio... :cry: This is a cruel world.

    Anyways...before I hit the sack, I just finished up my tribute to the man that has made me throw more horns up then I can count.

    I meant to say Fenway, thanks for the shout. I was going to edit but for some reason it keeps telling me my image exceeds 480 pixels when it doesn't. :roll:
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    On a lighter note...I wonder if I could get his dragon slaying weapons in an auction?
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    dio.gif Love that one.

    dio11.jpg
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • absolutcilly
    absolutcilly Posts: 74
    Been listening to Rainbow and drinking some beer...Have always loved Starstruck!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GdbTUShbEM
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  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    absolutcilly wrote:
    Been listening to Rainbow and drinking some beer...Have always loved Starstruck!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GdbTUShbEM

    Stargazer is my go to Rainbow song ... Ritchie Blackmore absolutely kills it and Dio hits all the marks on this one ... love when he gets all powerful, "I believe .... YES! ... I belieeeeeve!"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SedQcg-65a8


    And Dio was always warning you ... several "LOOK OUT!!!!" moments ...

    The end of Sabbath's Children of the Sea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJQQWbr4cXM

    And of course before the final chorus in Rainbow in the Dark - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYlDltwm-JY


    Let's not forget Dio's music in the movies ... not just with Jack Black either ...

    The animated cult classic Heavy Metal - The Mob Rules - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWAVI4x3bIo

    And Hide in the Rainbow was used in Iron Eagle ... get some Jason Gedrick! (with an early LOOK OUT!!! in this one ....) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QCBPchiyCY
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  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    My Sabbath go to tune ... Falling off the Edge of the World.

    This is from last year ... 66 years old, and he was still up there belting this out ...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9pYQoLaEhs

    :cry:
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • MagnusonPark
    MagnusonPark Posts: 79
    Wow....so sad. I was lucky to have seen him twice. First time was back in '82 during the Mob Rules tour. They played the Arena here in Seattle. Awesome show of which part was recorded for Live Evil. I also was able to catch him with Heaven and Hell last summer. He seemed so vibrant and full of vitality at the time which makes his illness and passing all the more unbelievable. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. :cry:
  • Ricsard
    Ricsard Posts: 1,943
    I am terribly sad about the news, he shouldn't have left so soon.
    Rest in peace!
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  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    Only just saw this post now. Such a shame, Dio was a great singer from a great generation. His work with Iommi and Blackmore will always be classic in my view. RIP Ronnie :cry:
    Like a book among the many on a shelf...

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  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    MagnusonPark wrote:
    Wow....so sad. I was lucky to have seen him twice. First time was back in '82 during the Mob Rules tour. They played the Arena here in Seattle. Awesome show of which part was recorded for Live Evil. I also was able to catch him with Heaven and Hell last summer. He seemed so vibrant and full of vitality at the time which makes his illness and passing all the more unbelievable. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. :cry:

    Wow. If I could've seen Dio on any tour, it probably would've been the 82 Mob Rules tour. :thumbup:
    jimed14 wrote:
    My Sabbath go to tune ... Falling off the Edge of the World.

    This is from last year ... 66 years old, and he was still up there belting this out ...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9pYQoLaEhs

    :cry:

    He's got some amazing vocals on that song alone -- his performance on Rising, The Mob Rules, and Heaven and Hell always blow me the fuck away
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2

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