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Mellotron Storm 
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 Posted: May 16 2010 at 21:43 |
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We shared the same birth date and i'll never forget the summer of 1981 when i played that "Heaven And Hell" cassette all that summer driving around the beach. What a voice !
I remember Kim Mitchell talking about him a couple of years ago, talking about playing in the same Swedish festival and watching him up close and not believing how great he could sing even after all those years.He hadn't lost a thing.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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cstack3
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Posted: May 16 2010 at 22:17 |
...for some reason, I was looking around YouTube for Dio stuff a few days ago (I didn't even know RJD had cancer!), and I found this gem...
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Garion81
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Posted: May 16 2010 at 22:18 |
Saw RJD on the innaugral Rainbow tour in 1976. He was fantastic. Here are two of my favorite
vocals from RJD. They are from Kerry Livgren's Seeds of Change album in 1980:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_duMj9dRJ4
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 "What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?"
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Tursake
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Location: Oulu, Finland
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Posted: May 16 2010 at 23:19 |
RIP 
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 Last.fm: TursakeX RYM: Tursake
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Conor Fynes
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 00:09 |
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I've already heard about this... I almost cried.
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Ahmadbarqawi
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Joined: May 10 2007
Location: Jordan
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 01:34 |
What a terrible loss, the news of his passing hit me like a hard brick in the face, coincidently i have been listening to the songs "Wishing Well" & "Rainbow Eyes" by Black Sabbath and Rainbow respectively for the past 2 weeks,
Now, listening to the ending of Stargazer, Dio's closing lines have a profound impact on me:
"Time is standing still
He gave back my will
Going home
I'm going home
My eyes are bleeding
And my heart is leaving here
But it's not home
Take me back
He gave me back my will
Going home
I'm going home
My eyes are bleeding
And my heart is leaving here
But it's not home
But it's not home
Take me back, take me back
Back to my home"
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{Flashlights shade shrunken views
Of a red demon’s foxtrot in brews
Guns & flowers crown morning news
Panic-stricken guilt now ensues}
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jplanet
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 01:38 |
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Horrible news. And just as he was entering a whole new and brilliant phase of his career with Heaven and Hell.
I had the good fortune of seeing him three times with Heaven and Hell - at Radio City Music Hall, Jones Beach, and Madison Square Garden. He was phenomenal - a uniquely gifted singer and intelligent person - he treated his fans like they were intelligent, also. An inspiration to know that at 67, you can still rock with the best of them - and still be one of the best of them...
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Bonnek
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 02:31 |
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I am shocked and saddened, and won't play anything but Dio today.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 02:34 |
Back from holiday & this hits me like a hammer... I thought he was fighting back & winning against the stomach cancer  RJD was a truly gifted vocalist & writer with one of the most distinctive voices in heavy rock; Elf, Rainbow, Sabbath, Solo, Heaven & Hell...  One of rock's genuinely gifted men gone - short in stature, huge in voice, you will be missed. RIP Ronnie
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Easy Livin
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 02:45 |
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RIP Ronnie, thanks for the music!
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progmetalhead
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 02:46 |
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Tuonela
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 03:22 |
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RIP Ronnie...
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"I am a sinner that does not expect forgiveness. But I am not a government official."
- Francis Wolcott
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Mr ProgFreak
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 03:35 |
 Tuonela wrote:
RIP Ronnie...
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ozzy_tom
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 04:14 |
It's a pity I had chance to see him in concert in Poland but I just had exam and couldn't go... Ehhh now I wish I chose concert back then....
Rest in Peace Ronnie! It was surely one of the best rock singer I've ever listened to. 
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boo boo
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 05:22 |
Total bummer, at first when he was reported dead it wasn't true. My brother told me this the other night but it turned out to be a hoax, but then some hours later he really did die.
RIP Ronnie, Ride the Tiger.
Edited by boo boo - May 17 2010 at 05:23
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Sean Trane
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 06:58 |
Adieu l'artiste..........; et merci pour la musique
RIP RJD
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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EatThatPhonebook
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 07:01 |
One of the greatest metal singers You will be remembered forever, Ronnie! 
LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL!!
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Kashmir75
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 07:35 |
Oh man...
I had heard that he had cancer. But I thought he'd pull through.
RIP, Ronnie. You were one of the greats. By conincidence, I was listening to the Holy Diver album just a while ago, before I heard this awful news.
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Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...
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rushfan4
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 08:45 |
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I got an email this morning that told me the news. I came here to update the RJD has cancer thread, but I see that the news was already here. I happened to be listening to a mix tape this morning which included Man On The Silver Mountain. While listening to it I wondered how he was feeling and made a mental note to check and see if there was any news. Unfortunately, it is very sad news. My condolences to Wendy and all of his friends and family.
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Abstrakt
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Posted: May 17 2010 at 08:51 |
toroddfuglesteg wrote:
Terrible, absolute awful news.
R.I.P.
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Indeed! He had such a great and characteristic voice! And he invented the sign! "He's the king of Rock n Roll" - King of Rock n Roll, from DIO's "Sacred Heart"He sure is, or was! 
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