Stargazer is a perfect song. This song never gets old. I'm 59 and it still make's me cry like a baby. Rainbow belongs in the RnRHOF for their first 3 albums alone.
Quite possibly the best song ever recorded, in my humble opinion. The combination of composition, lyrics, and Dio's incredible storytelling makes for one of the most emotional musical journeys I can think of. Thanks for your reaction to this masterpiece!
"Stargazer" is an epic classic that is superior vocally, musically and composition. One of the best songs ever recorded. In 1977 Rainbow did a live concert in Munich Germany for TV, there is some great footage from this magical concert that should be reacted to. From this concert the songs, "Mistreated" and "Catch the Rainbow" are the stand out masterpieces, however the other songs "Man on the Silver Mountain", "Long Live Rock n Roll", "Still I'm Sad", "16th Century Greensleeves", "Do You Close Your Eyes", and "Kill the King" are exceptional as well. This band is packed with talent.
@@galadballcrusher8182 I would call them a Super group, but many wouldn't. I see Ritchie, Dio and Cozy as 3 of the best. However only Ritchie has most of the stardom. Cozy some, and Dio was just getting his rightful exposure.
Also keep in mind that the Munich concert was performed at basically midnight because Richie Blackmore had spent 3 days in jail in Austria. He was released and went straight to the concert still wearing the same clothes he had on from the last show where he was arrested, then proceeded to give one of the best performances ever.
The audio on this video was the studio version of Stargazer, dubbed into live clips, but of all the singers in rock, Ronnie was one of the few who was just as good live as he was in the studio and, at times, even better! He retained that quality in his singing spanning six decades. I don’t know of another singer about whom that can truthfully be said. His lyrics and way with a melody took you on fantastic journeys. RJD was a one-off and has gone down in the annals of music history as The King of Metal. To top it off, nobody treated their fans better and had more reverence and gratitude for them than Ronnie. He wrote his music to lift us up and indeed, that’s exactly what it did and does. Ronnie once said, “It’s not how long your pencil is, it’s how big you write your name.” To his fans, his name is scrawled across the very cosmos for all time! He will be deeply loved, sorely missed and loudly cranked forever and ever. Amen! 🤘🏼
This song is probably in the top 10 best songs ever created. Each time I hear it I feel in the same time deeply sad and happy it's really difficult to explain.
Ronnie was never trained professionally. He was totally self taught. He listened to opera/classical music when he was young and it shows when he sings. The guy had range for days. If he wanted, he could have solely sang and made opera music and I am convinced he would have been a star in that genre. He was that talented and versatile. He is nearly unmatched.
I was so fortunate to see Rainbow ,i was my very first concert .Ronnies vocals were incredible and he was such a humble soft speaking man .His legacy will live on .
This is very true definite masterpiece. Awesome composition, and larger than life vocal perfomance. And always when speaking of Rainbow you have to give credit to whole band.
I remember going to Minneapolis, MN in 2000 to see Dio in concert at the (now defunct) Quest Club on the 'Magica' tour... I was up front when Ronnie James Dio took the stage and blew my ears out w/ Dio - Craig Goldy (guitar), (the late) Jimmy Bain (bass), Simon Wright (drums) & Scott Warren (keyboards)... It was the first time I had experienced him live 🤘🤘🔥🔥A night to remember!!! Saw Dio again in 2002 opening for Scorpions & Deep Purple... this time w/ Doug Aldrich on guitar. He played Rainbow's 'Man on the silver mountain' that day. 3rd and last time I saw Ronnie James Dio was w/ Heaven and Hell (Dio-era Black Sabbath) in 2007 w/ Megadeth opening... hearing those classic Black Sabbath songs live was just... legendary 🤘🤘🔥🔥 and I was up front once again!
I saw this tour live around 77/78 and It was amazing, Richie Blackmore's first band after he had left Deep Purple, and what a gem Dio was that he found to front this awesome band. An absolute legend. Your reaction and your choice of words are perfect and makes me feel so happy. the album Rainbow Rising will always be In the hall of fame for brilliance
What a time to be alive. Seen that tour in Detroit. It's too bad so many people will never get to experience what we did.late 70s,early 80s. Unmatched music and concerts.
@@rodneypaul3035 i agree mate i saw him live solo as well as with rainbow but not with sabbath. But a world class singer he was and how lucky we was to seeing him in the early days with rainbow i cherish it
17 hours ago I said that this was the best male vocal performance ever in a rock song. I’m really happy that you enjoyed it as much as you did. Now you know why there was a clamour for it. I’m not sure if there is a video available on UA-cam, but you have to listen to “Rainbow Eyes” from the album after this (his last with Rainbow). Not sure if you reacted to “Gates of Babylon” from that last album either. If not, both of those are absolute musts. Lovely to see someone who wasn’t born being so moved by something that I’ve been listening to for nigh on half a century.
Easily one of the greatest rock/metal songs ever written. Even for someone who's heard nearly every major rock/metal band and album out there from the 70s to today this song still stands out as one of the pinnacles. Pretty much every element is perfect, from Cozy Powell's virtuosic drum intro and fills, to the grooving bass of Jimmy Bain, to that instantly memorable keyboard/choral progression from Tony Carey, to Ritchie Blackmore delivering one of the best guitar riffs AND solos in the same damn song to... well, of course, the GODLY vocals of RJD. One of those perfect song that every element is at its highest level and changing anything would diminish it.
I will use the word literally in its most pure form. It is LITERALLY one of the greatest vocal performances in hard rock/metal/ music. Brilliant guitar work from Blackmore to boot. 🤘🤘🤘 RJD forever.
I really hope you give Mistreated (Live in Munich 1977) a listen. That performance in my mind is the greatest live performance of all time. It really showcases how good the band sounded live. To be fair, any song from Live in Munich is gonna rock your socks off. Just an absolute masterpiece.
The ending always makes me so sad. It feels like Dio is singing about leaving us. 😢 «I see a rainbow rising, look there, on the horizon, and I’m coming home» it’s like he is going to Heaven, but he’s sad and wants someone to take him back… 🤍🤘
The song is about people building a huge structure for a wizard to show them h3 can fly. After a long time and many victims later wizard gets on top and jumps.. he falls and dies, so the ending part is a lament to a wizard and himself
The song ‘a light in the black’ on the same lp has similar lyrics, at the end Dio sings about coming home, which I interpret as returning to the Summerlands / Heaven.
Rainbow came along for me in those crazy years of my mid to late teens. I still get shivers from Stargazer over 40 years later. One thing that saddens me is that we didn’t have the technology to produce live concert videos as well as they are done today. I love that you are exploring the music that I drew up with and that helped me form my musical tastes.
Ronnie was one of the nicest most genuine people you could ever meet especially if you were a fan. Ronnie ALWAYS had time for his fans. He had almost a perfect recall memory...a guy that met thousands of fans annually would famously recall names and meeting you years earlier. He was not always as pleasant with his bandmates because he was a perfectionist and had strong opinions.
This is one of Ritchie Blackmore"s best compositions, songs and solos from an amazing career. Great and amazing tune. Ronnie was at his best, too. For more Ritchie at his apex, see his video concert of Deep Purple at the California Jam in 1974. Try You Fool No One, the whole band goes off in front of a 1/4 million fans. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
Ritchie Blackmore. One of the best guitarists that has ever blessed us with his talent in the metal world along with Dio's tremendous vocals. Words can't express..........
Can't tell you how thankful I am that you doing STARGAZER. Just my opinion but not enough reactors are doing DIO so kudos to you. I bought RAINBOW RISING ALBUM in 1978 and it is STILL AWESOME today. Your in for a treat.
I saw him in 99, only heard one song in the car on the way there. ”Rainbow in the dark”. He was really amazing, great on stage, sang perfectly, great band. My first real consert, I was around 16 or so.
This was the studio recording with a collage of video and still shots. The guitarist (Richie Blackmore) was renowned for creating guitar solos that were both melodic and organic (i.e. they fitted the song context rather than just added for the sake of having a guitar solo\) - live this song was even more epic. Dio was a powerhowse vocalist and the drummer at the time (Cozy Powell) was also a huge presence at the back of the stage. A great ... but short-lived band.
RJD in my opinion approached his music like a musical theatre production, this tune could very easily be adapted to a Broadway production. Dio, saw him 3 times twice solo, once on the Heaven and Hell tour, he was unique, no other vocalist matched his vocal capabilities. ♥️
As wonderful as this was you really need to check out what is probably Ronnie’s greatest live performance and quite possibly the greatest live vocal performance in rock n roll ever. The song is “Mistreated” and the one to watch is from the video Rainbow - Mistreated (Live in Munich 1977) HD. It’s a must
I think tension is the word you were looking for rather than anxious. Good music builds tension and then resolves it much like a good story has a build up, climax and resolution. If Stargazer had been the only song Rainbow ever wrote, it would be enough to categorize them as an epic band. Dio certainly is one of the top five rock/metal vocalists that ever graced the planet. We miss him dearly.
His vocals were not only legendary, his song writing skillset were leagues above anyone who came before or after him! BTW Richie typically plays his solos using that Arabic scale. NOTE: The 2nd part of this song is entitled "A Light in the Black", check it out (Richie's solo in that session is mind blowing & of course Ronnie shines as always)…Thanks for the decades of memories Ronnie, and for you Aileen for show-casing and appreciating the music we grew up on. Great Reaction
Great reaction to the song & the solo! Ritchie Blackmore was the master "snake charmer" of solos on this and many other Rainbow classics with Dio. His solo on "Gates of Babylon" is one of his best and also one of his favorites. Well worth checking out. Also have a look and listen to "Love is All" with Dio on vocals from the Butterfly Ball album. Cheers!
Blackmore was top dog when this band was formed, but by the time Rainbow Rising was released with the addition of Cozy Powell on drums it was clear Dio was the star of the band. 3 alpha males in one band. By the time Long Live Rock n Roll came out, it was Dio's Rainbow. I had the privilege of seeing the band on the Long Live tour and Dio was the Star and Ritchie knew it and tried to draw attention to himself..."hey, this is my band." He has a big ego, but RJD had stolen the spotlight. Anyway, check out the entirety of Rainbow Rising. One of the absolute greatest metal albums of all time. A masterpiece. Great review also. Keep ' em coming.
Awesome, I am from Ronnie Dio's hometown in Central NY. We celebrate him in our community every year having what is called Dio Day. There is also a street in our town named Dio Way. We never have forgotten where he came from. What a legend!!!
Stargazer is considered by most Ronnie’s greats vocal performance. His voice really fit perfectly with Blackmore’s style of music. Dio’s voice is the voice of heavy metal. He was one of a kind.
The whole band did something fantastic here. Listen to all the instruments and the synhesisers and strings too in the end. What a climax! and the words, "my eyes are bleeding" "I´m coming home!" What does it mean?
You just experienced real rock n roll. This is a masterpiece sang by the greatest rock n roll voice of all times. The whole band is made up of the greatest in their craft. I remember when this came out and i had to have the vinyl. I still have it.
Blackmore and Dio, probably my favorite musical partnership ever. These two guys on stage together and an amazing band…those drums…what more can anyone ask for?
That song is the one no one knows how was created, it is such a different mind travel every time you listen to it, it has no words ahow to describe it. The line up was perfection dio, blackmore, appice, bain and lord, humanity rarely see a line up like this.
This is without a doubt Ronnie's greatest vocal performance. I saw Ronnie when he was with Black Sabbath in 1981 and it was an absolutely magical experience
In another Stargazer's reaction I saw a brilliant comment and is this is probably The Best Vocal Outro Ever. Ronnie touching our souls and that magic, mysterious and melodic line. Just a masterpiece.
OMG I cannot wait for the look on your face. The greatest guitar player in rock history coupled with the greatest male vocalist in rock, backed by the powerhouse drumming of Cozy Powell. Of that trio, only Ritchie is still with us, and he’s still the master. The outro is the best male vocal performance in a rock song ever.
Unlike most other guitarists, Blackmore's solos almost never feels like just a filler. He is equally good both when he goes completely bananas and slow and melodic.
She's still probably just gonna comment on the bass xD That's what has happened many times when a sick guitar solo has started playing. Nothing wrong with that though!
Cinematic song with a climactic ending that’s so bittersweet if they ever made a movie about Dio this song should be in the final part of the movie with Holy diver as the song for the credits💯💯💯💯💯💯
Your face is as expressive as Dio's voice. About a year ago I came across the Stargazer video and watched it a bunch of times. The emotion Dio projects, especially at the end, brings tears to my eyes. Then I got a message from the girl I regrettably broke up with 21 years prior. I asked her to take me back, and she did. Whenever I hear Dio's soulful lament to "take me back", it reminds me of the emotions I felt in the week between her first message and the hug that made us both realize we belong together. Keep on Rockin' and reacting!
Sadly, this video, while brilliantly cut together, is not a live video. The music is the original recording, including the Munich Philharmonic orchestra at the end. Stargazer is one of my all time favorite songs, so it's always great to see others discover this titanic piece of music.
@@alexandernicholas7150 I was going to write that this is not a live version, but Ulff beat me to it. It sounds exactly like the studio version, so I suspect it is. Clearly the guitar and singing are not synced to the video. This is my favorite song of all time. (For another great Rainbow song listen to The Temple of the King. It has quite a unique 'dreamy' guitar solo.
this is perfection from the beginning to the end. And the best thing: the best vocalist ever did the singing ! R.I.P. Ronnie, may you find all you were looking for in Sto'Vo'Kor
I remember the first time I heard this, it takes you to a place in your mind like when your a kid and your over active imagination plays a movie in your mind so real that tears roll down your cheeks because I was there and saw the wizard die.
Seen him in 86 with the classic lineup, Amazing you have no idea how Powerful he was. He could sing like a bird then flip into something else that was unworldly. Miss him so much 🤘🤘😢😢
Thank you so much for experiencing RJD with Rainbow, Black Sabbath and his solo work! You express yourself beautifully. All your comments are spot-on. I would also add that there are few other musicians who can write lyrics like Dio. His songs are packed with such depth and mystery they are a never ending source of meditation and catharsis. Equally so, I know of no other guitarist more meticulous than Richie Blackmore who had a profound influence on Dio's performance precision. Thank you for honoring him, I love how you phrased it that "he has made a place in our heart," it has never been said better. I've had the privilege of seeing him in concert, he truly and dearly loved his audience, of whom you have joined. Thank you.
"I see a rainbow rising"... That line still gets me, chills and goosebumps every time! Masterpiece is an often overused word but in this case it's fully justified. OK, so this is the studio version synched over the live performance, so I'm guessing maybe the original live audio quality wasn't too good, but take nothing away from the actual song itself. I've listened to Stargazer so many times down the years I've lost count and it's still as amazing now as the first time it blew me away over four decades ago.
My dear Aileen, for me I have seen all of the reaction reviewers on this site for many years, you still carry on always with so much enthusiasm , and my dear you always have the best smile , when I hear Ronnie singing I tear up knowing what a great singer he was and what he went through in his last few months battling stomach cancer, I think he is up in heaven looking down on you and say a big thankyou,
Ich bin 62 und bedaure es sehr Rainbow mit Dio nie live gesehen zu haben. Stargazer ist und bleibt der perfekteste Song , den es je gegeben hat. Er ist einfach in jeder Hinsicht perfekt. Ich habe immer Tränen wenn ich ihn höre. Weil er einfach super schön klingt. Ich liebe ihn. Das Beste was es für mich gibt ❤
His concerts were the best....20' fire breathing dragons, 15' armored Knights, Giant Spiders, this on top of the best guitars, best singing and amazing music!🎵🎤💙🙉
Dio was, in one way, similar to someone like Ric Flair, in that the person you saw at the show was the exact same person when the show was over. Whether on stage or hanging out in person you got Dio. I never met the man but one of my older cousins did, and talked to him for almost an hour. Told me he was exactly how you would imagine he would be like to hang out with. I only saw him in concert (only! like that's a small thing? But you know what I mean) and he was The Man. He was short. You can't really tell in videos like this but he was like 5'3-5'4 (one of those) but walked around the stage with an aura like he was a ten foot tall god and made you believe he was.
Stargazer is a perfect song.
This song never gets old.
I'm 59 and it still make's me cry like a baby.
Rainbow belongs in the RnRHOF for their first 3 albums alone.
100% agree, Rainbow should have been inducted period. What a Joke that they haven't even been nominated.
The RnRHOF is a damn joke
I am 57, heard this when released in 76, still the best song LP ever
Any version of Ronnie James Dio Should be in the Hall, best rock metal voice ever. The Hall is a sham in general
I am 56, So is this song older to me than you?
One of the few songs that deserve the title of Masterpiece. Such a classic.
there are legit hundreds of songs that deserve the title of masterpiece, just think about how many genres there are.
Masterpiece with a capital M then!
When people ask why Dio was great, I play Stargazer
This is truly a masterpiece. Too bad we lost Dio and Powell
Totalmente de acuerdo
Quite possibly the best song ever recorded, in my humble opinion. The combination of composition, lyrics, and Dio's incredible storytelling makes for one of the most emotional musical journeys I can think of. Thanks for your reaction to this masterpiece!
I don’t know if it’s the best song ever recorded but it’s probably the best song Ronnie recorded, and « Rising » is probably Rainbow’s best album !
for me it's the guitar solo that does it to me.
@@michaelkarlsson5966Richie Blackmore is a guitar god. You’re correct
So many amazing songs to pick from…. Yet no argument from me on your choice. Truly an epic performance
What an epic banger.
Ronnie on vocals,Ritchie on the axe,Cozy on the drums.
Can’t fail.
That “I see a rainbow rising” line gets me every time.
My eyes r bleeeding gets me
Wonderful line, my favourite would be the "coming home/going home" section. Truly magnificent.
Only an American like Dio will rhyme rising with horizon.
The Brits in the band just played along.
The "I'm comin home, I'm comin home" is what gets me....
"Stargazer" is an epic classic that is superior vocally, musically and composition. One of the best songs ever recorded. In 1977 Rainbow did a live concert in Munich Germany for TV, there is some great footage from this magical concert that should be reacted to. From this concert the songs, "Mistreated" and "Catch the Rainbow" are the stand out masterpieces, however the other songs "Man on the Silver Mountain", "Long Live Rock n Roll", "Still I'm Sad", "16th Century Greensleeves", "Do You Close Your Eyes", and "Kill the King" are exceptional as well. This band is packed with talent.
Mistreated, Mistreated, Mistreated!!!!
Were they not considered as a supergroup? Justly so.
@@galadballcrusher8182 I would call them a Super group, but many wouldn't. I see Ritchie, Dio and Cozy as 3 of the best. However only Ritchie has most of the stardom. Cozy some, and Dio was just getting his rightful exposure.
Also keep in mind that the Munich concert was performed at basically midnight because Richie Blackmore had spent 3 days in jail in Austria. He was released and went straight to the concert still wearing the same clothes he had on from the last show where he was arrested, then proceeded to give one of the best performances ever.
@@collinnicholasns it is kind of amazing he was so on that night, plus the band was tight and in sync.
The audio on this video was the studio version of Stargazer, dubbed into live clips, but of all the singers in rock, Ronnie was one of the few who was just as good live as he was in the studio and, at times, even better! He retained that quality in his singing spanning six decades. I don’t know of another singer about whom that can truthfully be said. His lyrics and way with a melody took you on fantastic journeys. RJD was a one-off and has gone down in the annals of music history as The King of Metal. To top it off, nobody treated their fans better and had more reverence and gratitude for them than Ronnie. He wrote his music to lift us up and indeed, that’s exactly what it did and does. Ronnie once said, “It’s not how long your pencil is, it’s how big you write your name.” To his fans, his name is scrawled across the very cosmos for all time! He will be deeply loved, sorely missed and loudly cranked forever and ever. Amen! 🤘🏼
This song is probably in the top 10 best songs ever created.
Each time I hear it I feel in the same time deeply sad and happy it's really difficult to explain.
Same!!! I keep watching all the 'reaction videos' to it and I get misty eye each time :)
Ronnie was never trained professionally. He was totally self taught. He listened to opera/classical music when he was young and it shows when he sings. The guy had range for days. If he wanted, he could have solely sang and made opera music and I am convinced he would have been a star in that genre. He was that talented and versatile. He is nearly unmatched.
There just are not enough words to describe this performance. It is on a whole other level. Godlike, and Blackmore's guitar is at the same level.
My favorite song of all time. True professionals playing together. I am 60 so I have heard many songs. Nothing rises to the excellence of this song…
I was so fortunate to see Rainbow ,i was my very first concert .Ronnies vocals were incredible and he was such a humble soft speaking man .His legacy will live on .
For so many reasons, Stargazer brings tears to my eyes. I will leave with that! ❤
Never get tired of hearing this track, it's timeless. Gates Of Babylon is another gem.
This is very true definite masterpiece. Awesome composition, and larger than life vocal perfomance. And always when speaking of Rainbow you have to give credit to whole band.
his vocals give me chills in this song. Everything about it is pure magic
I remember going to Minneapolis, MN in 2000 to see Dio in concert at the (now defunct) Quest Club on the 'Magica' tour... I was up front when Ronnie James Dio took the stage and blew my ears out w/ Dio - Craig Goldy (guitar), (the late) Jimmy Bain (bass), Simon Wright (drums) & Scott Warren (keyboards)... It was the first time I had experienced him live 🤘🤘🔥🔥A night to remember!!!
Saw Dio again in 2002 opening for Scorpions & Deep Purple... this time w/ Doug Aldrich on guitar. He played Rainbow's 'Man on the silver mountain' that day.
3rd and last time I saw Ronnie James Dio was w/ Heaven and Hell (Dio-era Black Sabbath) in 2007 w/ Megadeth opening... hearing those classic Black Sabbath songs live was just... legendary 🤘🤘🔥🔥 and I was up front once again!
Catch The Rainbow is one of my top songs of Rainbow. Worth a listen.
100% agree, my second favorite Rainbow song, after Stargazer.
My First Concert. Rainbow
Ingelwood, L.A. Forum , packed House, 3.5 hours.
Awsome
Catch the Rainbow is a trip to another dimension. I hold it close second place. I just can’t give up this magical ballad.
For me it's Stargazer at number one and Kill the King number two.
I saw this tour live around 77/78 and It was amazing, Richie Blackmore's first band after he had left Deep Purple, and what a gem Dio was that he found to front this awesome band. An absolute legend. Your reaction and your choice of words are perfect and makes me feel so happy. the album Rainbow Rising will always be In the hall of fame for brilliance
One of the best moves that Blackmore ever made was getting RJD!
What a time to be alive. Seen that tour in Detroit. It's too bad so many people will never get to experience what we did.late 70s,early 80s. Unmatched music and concerts.
@@rodneypaul3035 i agree mate i saw him live solo as well as with rainbow but not with sabbath. But a world class singer he was and how lucky we was to seeing him in the early days with rainbow i cherish it
17 hours ago I said that this was the best male vocal performance ever in a rock song. I’m really happy that you enjoyed it as much as you did. Now you know why there was a clamour for it. I’m not sure if there is a video available on UA-cam, but you have to listen to “Rainbow Eyes” from the album after this (his last with Rainbow). Not sure if you reacted to “Gates of Babylon” from that last album either. If not, both of those are absolute musts. Lovely to see someone who wasn’t born being so moved by something that I’ve been listening to for nigh on half a century.
"Rainbow Eyes" is such a beautiful ballad
Rainbow was such a great band Ronnie James Dio and Ritchie Blackmore were amazing together, great song choice 👍.
Easily one of the greatest rock/metal songs ever written. Even for someone who's heard nearly every major rock/metal band and album out there from the 70s to today this song still stands out as one of the pinnacles. Pretty much every element is perfect, from Cozy Powell's virtuosic drum intro and fills, to the grooving bass of Jimmy Bain, to that instantly memorable keyboard/choral progression from Tony Carey, to Ritchie Blackmore delivering one of the best guitar riffs AND solos in the same damn song to... well, of course, the GODLY vocals of RJD. One of those perfect song that every element is at its highest level and changing anything would diminish it.
I will use the word literally in its most pure form. It is LITERALLY one of the greatest vocal performances in hard rock/metal/ music. Brilliant guitar work from Blackmore to boot. 🤘🤘🤘 RJD forever.
I really hope you give Mistreated (Live in Munich 1977) a listen. That performance in my mind is the greatest live performance of all time. It really showcases how good the band sounded live. To be fair, any song from Live in Munich is gonna rock your socks off. Just an absolute masterpiece.
when you compare the old bands with new ones, you could only cry what the youth from today has to listen...
The ending always makes me so sad. It feels like Dio is singing about leaving us. 😢 «I see a rainbow rising, look there, on the horizon, and I’m coming home» it’s like he is going to Heaven, but he’s sad and wants someone to take him back… 🤍🤘
The song is about people building a huge structure for a wizard to show them h3 can fly. After a long time and many victims later wizard gets on top and jumps.. he falls and dies, so the ending part is a lament to a wizard and himself
The song ‘a light in the black’ on the same lp has similar lyrics, at the end Dio sings about coming home, which I interpret as returning to the Summerlands / Heaven.
Rainbow came along for me in those crazy years of my mid to late teens. I still get shivers from Stargazer over 40 years later.
One thing that saddens me is that we didn’t have the technology to produce live concert videos as well as they are done today.
I love that you are exploring the music that I drew up with and that helped me form my musical tastes.
Dio is by far and away the best vocalist you're going to hear. R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio.
Ronnie's performance On "Mistreated" live in Munich with Rainbow will blow your mind. Thanks for the video.
Ronnie was one of the nicest most genuine people you could ever meet especially if you were a fan. Ronnie ALWAYS had time for his fans. He had almost a perfect recall memory...a guy that met thousands of fans annually would famously recall names and meeting you years earlier. He was not always as pleasant with his bandmates because he was a perfectionist and had strong opinions.
I love the drums in this song. Great vocals too.
This is one of Ritchie Blackmore"s best compositions, songs and solos from an amazing career. Great and amazing tune. Ronnie was at his best, too. For more Ritchie at his apex, see his video concert of Deep Purple at the California Jam in 1974. Try You Fool No One, the whole band goes off in front of a 1/4 million fans. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
I still cry when I’m listening to this masterpiece
Ritchie Blackmore. One of the best guitarists that has ever blessed us with his talent in the metal world along with Dio's tremendous vocals. Words can't express..........
Can't tell you how thankful I am that you doing STARGAZER.
Just my opinion but not enough reactors are doing DIO so kudos to you.
I bought RAINBOW RISING ALBUM in 1978 and it is STILL AWESOME today.
Your in for a treat.
This is the second reaction video where the reviewer mentions the solo being hypnotizing. Hard to describe but great observation.
It’s that B Phrygian Dominant scale, makes it sound exotic and otherworldly.
Still one of the best performers I ever saw in concert. Saw him with Sabbath, solo and Rainbow. Hone but never will br forgotten. Always kicked ass.
I'm a big Pink Floyd fan, but I think this is truly magical. The story, the energy, the voice, amazing.
Goosebumps everytime i hear the strings
I saw him in 99, only heard one song in the car on the way there. ”Rainbow in the dark”. He was really amazing, great on stage, sang perfectly, great band. My first real consert, I was around 16 or so.
This was the studio recording with a collage of video and still shots. The guitarist (Richie Blackmore) was renowned for creating guitar solos that were both melodic and organic (i.e. they fitted the song context rather than just added for the sake of having a guitar solo\) - live this song was even more epic. Dio was a powerhowse vocalist and the drummer at the time (Cozy Powell) was also a huge presence at the back of the stage. A great ... but short-lived band.
RJD in my opinion approached his music like a musical theatre production, this tune could very easily be adapted to a Broadway production. Dio, saw him 3 times twice solo, once on the Heaven and Hell tour, he was unique, no other vocalist matched his vocal capabilities. ♥️
As wonderful as this was you really need to check out what is probably Ronnie’s greatest live performance and quite possibly the greatest live vocal performance in rock n roll ever. The song is “Mistreated” and the one to watch is from the video Rainbow - Mistreated (Live in Munich 1977) HD. It’s a must
I think tension is the word you were looking for rather than anxious. Good music builds tension and then resolves it much like a good story has a build up, climax and resolution. If Stargazer had been the only song Rainbow ever wrote, it would be enough to categorize them as an epic band. Dio certainly is one of the top five rock/metal vocalists that ever graced the planet. We miss him dearly.
Masterpiece my dear and your field is normally set on certain ways but this is the way to do it ❤
His vocals were not only legendary, his song writing skillset were leagues above anyone who came before or after him! BTW Richie typically plays his solos using that Arabic scale. NOTE: The 2nd part of this song is entitled "A Light in the Black", check it out (Richie's solo in that session is mind blowing & of course Ronnie shines as always)…Thanks for the decades of memories Ronnie, and for you Aileen for show-casing and appreciating the music we grew up on. Great Reaction
THE best classic rock song ever. My brother had Rainbow Rising LP in 1976, been a fan since then, nothing can touch this song or LP for excellence.
im 62 and have been into rock music my whole life
absolutely nothing touches this its a masterpiece from start to end
Great reaction to the song & the solo! Ritchie Blackmore was the master "snake charmer" of solos on this and many other Rainbow classics with Dio. His solo on "Gates of Babylon" is one of his best and also one of his favorites. Well worth checking out. Also have a look and listen to "Love is All" with Dio on vocals from the Butterfly Ball album. Cheers!
I've heard this song a few times already but this time, for the first time ever I got some tears in my eyes during that last part. So powerful!
This song never gets old. A joy in every listen.
Happens to me every time.
Blackmore was top dog when this band was formed, but by the time Rainbow Rising was released with the addition of Cozy Powell on drums it was clear Dio was the star of the band. 3 alpha males in one band. By the time Long Live Rock n Roll came out, it was Dio's Rainbow. I had the privilege of seeing the band on the Long Live tour and Dio was the Star and Ritchie knew it and tried to draw attention to himself..."hey, this is my band." He has a big ego, but RJD had stolen the spotlight. Anyway, check out the entirety of Rainbow Rising. One of the absolute greatest metal albums of all time. A masterpiece. Great review also. Keep ' em coming.
When he sings "my eyes are bleeding" it makes me want to cry. Also, "I see a rainbow rising" I miss Ronnie so much but thank God that he lived 🤘
Awesome, I am from Ronnie Dio's hometown in Central NY. We celebrate him in our community every year having what is called Dio Day. There is also a street in our town named Dio Way. We never have forgotten where he came from. What a legend!!!
I'd love to know when that is.Maybe I'll make the trip from Buffalo to check it out.
Stargazer is considered by most Ronnie’s greats vocal performance. His voice really fit perfectly with Blackmore’s style of music. Dio’s voice is the voice of heavy metal. He was one of a kind.
The whole band did something fantastic here. Listen to all the instruments and the synhesisers and strings too in the end. What a climax! and the words, "my eyes are bleeding" "I´m coming home!" What does it mean?
You just experienced real rock n roll. This is a masterpiece sang by the greatest rock n roll voice of all times. The whole band is made up of the greatest in their craft. I remember when this came out and i had to have the vinyl. I still have it.
Blackmore and Dio, probably my favorite musical partnership ever. These two guys on stage together and an amazing band…those drums…what more can anyone ask for?
That's how I was when I first heard this song, just blown away. It's great seeing you have the same experience I had. Truly a fantastic song.
That song is the one no one knows how was created, it is such a different mind travel every time you listen to it, it has no words ahow to describe it. The line up was perfection dio, blackmore, appice, bain and lord, humanity rarely see a line up like this.
This is without a doubt Ronnie's greatest vocal performance. I saw Ronnie when he was with Black Sabbath in 1981 and it was an absolutely magical experience
In another Stargazer's reaction I saw a brilliant comment and is this is probably The Best Vocal Outro Ever. Ronnie touching our souls and that magic, mysterious and melodic line.
Just a masterpiece.
Such a shame Ronnie disliked side 2 of this album. Stargazer is one of , if not the best performances he ever did.
Your jaw dropped a lot he was one of the best 😊
OMG I cannot wait for the look on your face. The greatest guitar player in rock history coupled with the greatest male vocalist in rock, backed by the powerhouse drumming of Cozy Powell. Of that trio, only Ritchie is still with us, and he’s still the master. The outro is the best male vocal performance in a rock song ever.
and Tony Carey the keyboard player still around
Unlike most other guitarists, Blackmore's solos almost never feels like just a filler. He is equally good both when he goes completely bananas and slow and melodic.
She's still probably just gonna comment on the bass xD That's what has happened many times when a sick guitar solo has started playing. Nothing wrong with that though!
Glad to see you checking out Rainbow!! Plenty to discover here!!
Cinematic song with a climactic ending that’s so bittersweet if they ever made a movie about Dio this song should be in the final part of the movie with Holy diver as the song for the credits💯💯💯💯💯💯
Your face is as expressive as Dio's voice. About a year ago I came across the Stargazer video and watched it a bunch of times. The emotion Dio projects, especially at the end, brings tears to my eyes. Then I got a message from the girl I regrettably broke up with 21 years prior. I asked her to take me back, and she did. Whenever I hear Dio's soulful lament to "take me back", it reminds me of the emotions I felt in the week between her first message and the hug that made us both realize we belong together. Keep on Rockin' and reacting!
Sadly, this video, while brilliantly cut together, is not a live video. The music is the original recording, including the Munich Philharmonic orchestra at the end. Stargazer is one of my all time favorite songs, so it's always great to see others discover this titanic piece of music.
Excellent piece of music- so this is the studio version cut with a video?
@@alexandernicholas7150 I was going to write that this is not a live version, but Ulff beat me to it. It sounds exactly like the studio version, so I suspect it is. Clearly the guitar and singing are not synced to the video. This is my favorite song of all time. (For another great Rainbow song listen to The Temple of the King. It has quite a unique 'dreamy' guitar solo.
I think you hit the nail on the head when you say bitter sweet; what a POWERFUL song! Whew!🤯👏👏
One of my favorite Rainbow songs. Dio is my all time favorite metal singers ever. “Gates of Babylon@ should be next
this is perfection from the beginning to the end. And the best thing:
the best vocalist ever did the singing !
R.I.P. Ronnie, may you find all you were looking for in Sto'Vo'Kor
I remember the first time I heard this, it takes you to a place in your mind like when your a kid and your over active imagination plays a movie in your mind so real that tears roll down your cheeks because I was there and saw the wizard die.
Finally got to see him in Sydney on the Heaven and Hell tour in the 2000's....late in his career, but still......INCREDIBLE !!
Legit my favorite song of all time. Always happy to see someone hear it for the first time.
One of The GREATEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN.
Seen him in 86 with the classic lineup, Amazing you have no idea how Powerful he was. He could sing like a bird then flip into something else that was unworldly. Miss him so much 🤘🤘😢😢
Darn, I thought this was a Mother Love Bone reaction. I love seeing young people listening to music I grew up to in the late 80s early 90s
Thank you so much for experiencing RJD with Rainbow, Black Sabbath and his solo work! You express yourself beautifully. All your comments are spot-on. I would also add that there are few other musicians who can write lyrics like Dio. His songs are packed with such depth and mystery they are a never ending source of meditation and catharsis. Equally so, I know of no other guitarist more meticulous than Richie Blackmore who had a profound influence on Dio's performance precision. Thank you for honoring him, I love how you phrased it that "he has made a place in our heart," it has never been said better. I've had the privilege of seeing him in concert, he truly and dearly loved his audience, of whom you have joined. Thank you.
i could listen to this song on repeat forever as my desert island song
Cozy Powell was so underrated as a drummer. His heavy style was incredible.
This is not a song but an experience, very few are like this
DREAM THEATER does a fantastic cover of Stargazer.
"I see a rainbow rising"... That line still gets me, chills and goosebumps every time! Masterpiece is an often overused word but in this case it's fully justified. OK, so this is the studio version synched over the live performance, so I'm guessing maybe the original live audio quality wasn't too good, but take nothing away from the actual song itself. I've listened to Stargazer so many times down the years I've lost count and it's still as amazing now as the first time it blew me away over four decades ago.
My dear Aileen, for me I have seen all of the reaction reviewers on this site for many years, you still carry on always with so much enthusiasm , and my dear you always have the best smile , when I hear Ronnie singing I tear up knowing what a great singer he was and what he went through in his last few months battling stomach cancer, I think he is up in heaven looking down on you and say a big thankyou,
Ronnie puts so much feeling in the songs he did it oozes....you can literally feel what he's feeling.....s0 amazing.
Ich bin 62 und bedaure es sehr Rainbow mit Dio nie live gesehen zu haben. Stargazer ist und bleibt der perfekteste Song , den es je gegeben hat. Er ist einfach in jeder Hinsicht perfekt. Ich habe immer Tränen wenn ich ihn höre. Weil er einfach super schön klingt. Ich liebe ihn. Das Beste was es für mich gibt ❤
A masterpiece, so beautiful! It's one of those songs that you never want to end! Thank you, Aileen! 🤘🏻
His concerts were the best....20' fire breathing dragons, 15' armored Knights, Giant Spiders, this on top of the best guitars, best singing and amazing music!🎵🎤💙🙉
The power of his vocals filled any venue that he blessed with a performance.
has anyone mentioned this is the same guitarist from your deep purple child in time reaction
Look up "Dio, Dreamers never Die" on Showtime. Incredible documentary
He’s a voice of a generation. There will never be another Dio. 🤘🏼
that solo is part of storytelling imo, infinetly rising as "tower of stone" and falling in the end as a wizard in following lyrics
Now you have to listen to part 2 of this song.. "A Light In the Black"... it continues the saga of what happens after the wizards death.
Dio was, in one way, similar to someone like Ric Flair, in that the person you saw at the show was the exact same person when the show was over. Whether on stage or hanging out in person you got Dio. I never met the man but one of my older cousins did, and talked to him for almost an hour. Told me he was exactly how you would imagine he would be like to hang out with. I only saw him in concert (only! like that's a small thing? But you know what I mean) and he was The Man. He was short. You can't really tell in videos like this but he was like 5'3-5'4 (one of those) but walked around the stage with an aura like he was a ten foot tall god and made you believe he was.
I am one of those who believe this song is the best song in the rock history.
Melodic rock is faaaaantastic. Rainbow was a superband with Ritchie at the helm. So many brilliant songs.
Greatest Hard Rock song ever.
My fav track from him easily! That last 60 seconds just was insane
There are masterpieces, and there are masterpieces!!! 😍Great reaction Aileen! And Happy New 2023! 🙂
Aileen , you are awsome