Dio

[Colin J Allen]

A couple of points in response to this:

1. Darrin writes:  "I am just sayin -  give DIO his do!
none of those who bash him
could hit the notes that he does
none of you have been on the stage w/ Iommi, Cozy or Blackmore
nothing even remotely close
arms all worn in your chairs....."

Apart from commenting on the rather bizarre grammar, I would question the
logic of this argument; do you imply that one can only criticise an artist
if one has performed at the same level as that artist?  This is such obvious
nonsense; even someone who can neither sing nor play an instrument can
discern the relative merits of different artists.  For what it is worth, I
feel that Ronnie is a decent vocalist who usually manages to write and
perform the most dreadful material, which damages his reputation immensely.

2. Darrin writes: "c) an intelligent man would NEVER have the guts to make
such (homophobic) remarks to his face"

I can find nothing homophobic in the original remarks; this seems like a
ridiculous, if unfortunately typical, case of misrepresentation and
over-reaction.  I am also intrigued by the connection between intelligence
and "guts"; is there some previously undiscovered correlation between
intelligence and courage?

Colin





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----- Original Message -----
From: "DRider" <Farflung at COMCAST.NET>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 4:56 AM
Subject: Off: Dio


> VEHEMENTLY - great word  ")
>
> don't get me wrong here Bob!
> I would love to hear him give it a shot
> but dig out those old DP records
> and then Rainbow Rising
> put it to the test
> the word is RANGE
> Gillan is great! -one of THE greatest
> What I am saying takes nothing away from that
> just not so sure he's STILL got the pipes......
> short sited...........?
> reminds me of those football replays
> "you make the call ")
>
>  - back in the day...... probably....
> tough to say now though..........
>
> maybe one of the reasons
> some of ya'll flame the elf so much is because
> he packs a pretty good punch
> lil' demon he is...
>
> of the 2 vocalists.....
> Gillan is superior overall
> as much as I like the song Stargazer
> I would much rather hear Highway Star
>
> I am just sayin -  give DIO his do!
> none of those who bash him
> could hit the notes that he does
> none of you have been on the stage w/ Iommi, Cozy or Blackmore
> nothing even remotely close
> arms all worn in your chairs.....
>
> and as far as the "queer" remarks about Halford
> a) he has more talent in his shoe than Gillan or Dio
> b) at 52 years old - he STILL has a better voice than both of them
combined
> c) an intelligent man would NEVER have the guts to make such (homophobic)
>     remarks to his face
>
> a (narrow) mind is a terrible thing to taste
>
> take the skinheads bowling.......
>
> Into The Pit!
>
> Dragon Rider
>
> PS  Never Say Die and Johnny Blade are great songs!
>        2 songs out of 17 total - save your breath
>
> PPS    SARDONIC - now - there's a word  ")
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <RMayo19761 at AOL.COM>
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 1:38 AM
> Subject: Re: Off: Dio
>
> In a message dated 8/21/2003 7:36:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> Farflung at COMCAST.NET writes:
>
> > Do you really
> > think Ozzy could do Stargazer justice? How about Ian Gillan?? No way!!
>
> wow do i have to VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE with you here.
> it's certainly Dio's song, but i would LOVE to hear Gillan's take on
it....
> 'No way!!' seems a bit short-sighted...
> just my opinion
> bobm
>