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Fun premise for a video. The Lynyrd Skynyrd song " Working for the MCA " says it all really. The Angels/Angel City should have been massive. Love the band, and have seen them multiple times in the early days.Great show!.

Nice interview, Peter. To be blunt l wasn’t familiar with Ronnie, but he’s got a hell of a CV. He’s played with a lot of interesting bands and artists. And, he called out my favourite Ramones song, too! When l was on GRW a few months back, my number one Ramones song was “My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)!” My favourite tune to jam live - during my decade plus with a few different Ramones Tribute Bands - was ALWAYS “Bonzo.” What a cracker of a song, as you would say. 😉 Also quite surprising was when he name checked one of my top tier B.J. albums. Just goes to show you, never judge a book by its cover! Keep up the excellent work that you do, here on RDN. ~ Davey Cretin, from Cretin Classics.

Interesting that Ronnie seems to infer he’ll still be with the Tatt’s when they do their final gig, as Angry posted a while back on Facebook that Rockin’ Rob Riley is going to be coming back in at some point. “TATTS UPDATE… Brothers and Sisters, so where to start? Well, it may not be common knowledge, as no official release has been made thus far, so here goes,..1976-2026,...come 2026 The Rosie Tatts will be fifty years old as a name and band operating, on and off, over that period of time, so I'm seeing that year as a fitting time to retire dear old Rosie. In keeping with that decision I'm wanting to honour the invaluable contribution of past members by asking them to come back into the line-up for one last go around. Stephen 'Kingy' King, Gordon 'Geordie' Leach and Robin, RRR, Riley will come back for a bow out as we retire Old Rosie. First cab off the rank will be Kingy. Our beloved brother Mark, will step out to make way for Kingy for our upcoming September Tour dates and the rest of 2024. Mark has been a joy to work with and has made a wonderful contribution to the band's history, so it is with sadness that we say goodbye to him but there is a saying amongst us that, "Once a Tatt, always a Tatt!" so Mark will always be with us, in spirit, whenever we take to the stage. So, there you have it, the end of an era is now in sight, on a lighter note, we are working on new material and we hope to put together a new album soon; it's been a hellava ride and would not have been possible without you, the faithful, both old and new but as George Harrison so wisely said:- “All things must pass". I'll write more on our plans for the next couple of years later but for now, adios amigos. There is much love in me for you, we cannot thank you all enough for your contribution, for the loyalty and love you have shown us over the years; remember, it ain't over until the fat lady sings.. but I can hear her warming up! - Ango.”

Excellent concept here! I like this album quite a bit, but my favorite is the debut.

Richie Blackmore's Rainbow - (Best) Catch the Rainbow (Worst) If you don't like Rock 'n' Roll Rainbow Rising - (Best) Stargazer (Worst) Do you close your eyes Long live Rock 'N' Roll - (Best) Gates of Babylon (Worst)Rainbow Eyes Down to Earth - (Best) Eyes of the World (Worst) No Time to Lose Difficult to Cure - (Best) Difficult to Cure (Worst) I Surrender Between the Eyes - (Best) Miss Mistreated (Worst) Tite Squeeze Bent Out of Shape - (Best) Snowman (Worst) Make Your Move Stranger in Us All - (Best) Black Masquerade (Worst) Silence

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I have the same2 Tatts LPs, different covers. Bought the 1st one when i was 16........now 60..Great Interview with one of our greatest artists..🍻

I'm not seeing what everyone else is seeing. 'Perfect Strangers' is mediocre and only a bit better than the spotty and mixed bag, 'Stormbringer'. It's not like they didn't have time to write a bunch of great songs.

For me, there's a big difference between Purple and Sabbath. I love Purple but for me, only the Mk2 albums are really good and only before 'Perfect Strangers'. From that album onwards, it all fizzles out. Whereas for Sabbath, the Dio era is awesome plus most of the Tony Martin albums.

I think joe bonamassa is an average guitar player. He has no stage present.

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Best: Temple of the King, Worst: If You Don't Like Rock And Roll Rising Best: Stargazer (Tarot Woman is close), Worst: Run With The Wolf On Stage Best: Catch The Rainbow, Worst: Mistreated Long Live Rock And Roll Best: Kill The King, Worst: Sensitive To Light

Favorite tracks? The Temple of the King Stargazer Gates of Babylon Lost in Hollywood Difficult to Cure Stone Cold Street of Dreams Ariel Least favorite? If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll Do You Close Your Eyes L.A. Connection No Time to Lose Midtown Tunnel Vision Tite Squeeze Fire Dance Stand and Fight I think the catalog of Rainbow overall is quite strong. The only thing that drags it down is the amount of average rockers/fillers on the albums beyond Dio. I don't dislike the songs but it is often obvious what songs got a lot of attention and what was something to just fill in the albums. If they only given all the songs a similar amount of work I think the catalog could been outstanding.

So disappointed in the jlt period. Too commercial.

Love the solo in since you've been gone and the chorus.

SENSITIVE TO LIGHT.

That's why I don't care for yngwie , he doesnt play with emotion like ritchie.

Ok, this looks a good channel. Rainbow, nuff said 🤘I think 20th century green sleeves fits really well on that album, and as a nod to Elf. My favourite era is Dio, of course, lol. Bonnet, did great on that Down to Earth, and I also like Joe Lynn Turner, difficult to cure, great album. My favourite album is Long live rock and roll, a masterpiece. But all their other albums with Dio are a very close 2nd, for me anyway. Great chat lads, cheers🤘

In my opinion, Down To Earth is their best album, I don’t agree with Reed about the Ronnie era, those medival lyrics don’t hold up well for me and they sound cheesy now,I’m cringe when I hear them.

What you guys are missing is you can have a new rainbow 🌈 album Candice Knight singing and still will sell because richie Blackmore is on it.

The "Shed" is the least favorite .......WRONG! Such a great deep cut. You lost Rainbow credibility, go listen to an Iron Maiden record.

The beginning of the end starting with this subpar album

But Dio played gates of Babylon in 2005 tour !!

The line in Jailbreak always bothered me: Tonight there‘s gonna be a jailbreak somewhere in this town“ (probably in jail, just a guess) and kind of ruins the song. How can such a great songwriter and lyricist come up with this? And ironically this is probably his most famous lyric. 😅

I don't get the lack of love for "Lazy" from 'Machine Head'. That's one of my all time favourite Deep Purple songs with fantastic lead guitar and keyboards. A great, catchy uptempo blues rock track.

Dougie White is currently singing lead vocals in Waldo - Shea's version of Alcatrazz. Who have recently toured with Girlschool in UK.

The "Zorba the Greek" riff in "Spotlight Kid" is actually from Beethoven's Piano Sonata no 21, known as "Waldstein"; a straight lift.

Blackmore's Rainbow...Favorite Song...16th Century Greensleeves Worst...If You Don't Like Rock &Roll... Rising...Best...Stargazer... Worst...Do You Close Your Eyes... LLR&R...Fav...Gates Of Babylon... Least...The Shed... Down To Earth...Fav...Lost In Hollywood...Least...Since You Been Gone... DTC...Fav...Spotlight Kid...Least...Magic... Straight Between The Eyes...Fav...Death Alley Driver...Least...Tite Squeeze... Bent Out Of Shape...Fav...Can't Let You Go...Least...Make Your Move... Stranger In Us All...Fav...Black Masquerade...Least...Silence Of Love...

Nice show lads! For me the self titled Rainbow album have gradually become my favourite album, like Ronnies voice on that one, not so screamy. Love the songs Man On The Silver Mountain, The Temple Of The King, Catch The Rainbow & Sixteenth Century Greensleves. Of course are also Gates Of Babylon & Stargazer on my list.

As a 14 year old Stargazer,as a 60 year old A Light In The Black.Rainbow for me were Ronnie,Cozy and Blackmore what followed was a stab at commercialism and JLT just finished them off.Eyes of the World was Stargazer round 2,Lost in Hollywood great riff and All Night Long lyrically horrendous and cringe

I heard that RCA floundered for years because they had no idea how to handle anything besides Elvis.😵‍💫

Self Portrait is the only song not mentioned. Its become my favorite on the debut.

My favourite Rainbow,is the Dio era. However the arrival of Graham Bonnet and Joe Lynn Turner, Ritchie’s penchant for ‘melodic content’ and Roger Glover’s ear for Pop sensibility having been a Producer of hit singles for other artists. Rainbow wasn’t exclusively a ‘blokes’ act anymore.And why not, indeed! but the crib-sheet lyric “Drinking With The Devil, I’m a Rock’n’Roll Rebel’ sinks that track for me. The issued Live version of ‘Stranded’ was superior to the plodding/slower studio version. Reed mentions Ritchie and guitar synth, Ritchie played one on ‘Sail Away’, on Deep Purple’s Burn album.

I Surrender is Joe's strongest vocal ever in Rainbow, and i love the track.

I can't believe you just see Graham Bonnet as a shouter. As much as I love Ronnie, Graham had a greater range. I'm not saying I prefer one above the other, they're both different kind of singers, but I definitely think you're doing Graham a big injustice.

Being a 70s kid buying these albums when you are 15, they were magical.

Bad Girl as the standout track ? Whilst I applaud your choice as being different, I totally disagree. I love the album and as for Bonnet singing I love it, as I do Since You've Been Gone. Surely Bad Girl isn't as good as Eyes Of The World? That's crazy talk right there.

Great show guys. As your t-shirts prove, I never understood why Rainbow went away from that amazing logo. I guess it came back on Finyl Vinyl, but too little too late.

I love Rainbow Eyes, Ronnie is majestic on that. Musically it's so magic .

Peter Pete and Reed strike again! Grest show about one of the best bands ever guys!

Song wise "Do you close your eyes" always seemed a bit naff lyric wise. But down to the crew Zippy & Bungle were my favorites.

Interestingly, RJD stated he didn't like Side 2 of Rising, and claimed his favorite Rainbow album was the 1st album. He really didn't like Richie's extended soloing on Rising.

Thoughts on the Metallica cover ?? To me it's the best thing they've released this century.

I enjoyed this boys, thank you.

My favorite version of Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow ! Lol Laura Branigan and Joe Walsh versions are also terrific.

Bonnett always altered the lyrics to All Night Long

Good Stuff lads ,Love the detailed Analysis

Graham Bonnet rrrrrrrrruuuuuulllllleeeeessssssss

Yes! The show I’ve been waiting for! Sweet pumpkin pie! Thank MOSES that Mr. Jones feels the same way about GB as l do! I thought l was an odd duck, so I’m glad to see that I’m not alone. A coworker and I used to goof on GB occasionally. I used to joke that the guy in the white suit was my accountant and did my taxes every year. Bwhahahahahahahaha! Alright! Reed mentioned the barn burner known as “Fire Dance!” I’ve always loved that song since l first bought the album. Bent Out of Shape was my first Rainbow purchase and l bought it on vinyl. I liked the two songs l saw the videos to on the NBC 🦚 show Friday Night Videos. Of course, those tunes were “Street of Dreams” and “Can’t Let You Go.” But “Fire Dance” smokes! David Rosenthal cooks on the keyboards on that song. Love it. I dug this panel. Keep up the fine work y’all do on RDN. ~ Davey Cretin, from Cretin Classics.

12:08 "From 1976 Rising"

Least. If You Don't Like Rock N Roll, Do You Close Your Eyes, Rainbow Eyes, No Time To Lose, Maybe Next Time, Tite Squeeze, Make Your Move, Stand And Fight. Is it me or does Doogie channel Glenn Hughes in "Silence"?