Este post inclui o vídeo de "Kill the King" dos Rainbow (ao vivo em 1977).
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A morte prematura do letrista e vocalista dos Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio e Heaven & Hell (que deveriam actuar na próxima edição do Optimus Alive) está a merecer uma ampla cobertura dos media.
Não é de estranhar. A Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal considera-o o melhor vocalista de Heavy Metal do mundo e coloca o álbum Heaven & Hell (1980) dos Black Sabbath no nº1 do top de "álbuns essenciais de metal". A música dos Rainbow "Kill the King" (ver vídeo abaixo) é ainda classificada por esta publicação no 4º lugar do ranking das "most awesome songs".
A título de curiosidade recorde-se que foi Dio que introduziu e popularizou no universo musical (do hard rock/heavy metal) o símbolo designado em italiano como malocchio, que originalmente significava livrar-se de um mau olhado ou, pelo contrário, lançá-lo sobre alguém. Hoje em dia, o gesto ("devil horns") tem o significado internacional de "ready to rock" (vide um breve glossário do heavy metal disponível aqui).
Ficam alguns excertos e links de artigos sobre a vida e as realizações do músico americano.
Do jornal britânico The Guardian:
"(...) he had one of the definitive hard rock voices, a rich baritone that could rise through the octaves. He didn't blur or spit his words, so you could hear everything he sang, which was crucial to his appeal.(...)"
"With a whole generation of rock stars from my youth now entering old age, metal is going to have get used to its heroes passing not in plane crashes, or from the effects of partying, or in other rock'n'roll ways. They are going to die of the things that kill ordinary people, a reminder that the swords and sorcery are not real, and that beneath the leather and the hair lurk real people who have sometimes, like Dio, done remarkable things."
"He possessed one of the greatest voices in all of heavy metal, and had a heart to match it," said Twisted Sister guitarist Jay Jay French, whose band had toured with Dio and was to do so again this summer at European rock festivals. "He was the nicest, classiest person you would ever want to meet."
"Ronnie James Dio: A Life in Metal" (galeria de imagens)
Whiplash (vários artigos)
Blabbermouth.net: Carta aberta de Lars Ulrich (Metallica) a Dio
"When I first saw you in ELF, opening for DEEP PURPLE in 1975, I was completely blown away by the power in your voice, your presence on stage, your confidence, and the ease with which you seemed to connect to 6,000 Danish people and one starry-eyed 11-year-old, most of whom were not familiar with ELF's music. (...)"In the fall of 1976, when you played your first show in Copenhagen (Rainbow), I was literally in the front row and the couple of times we made eye contact you made me feel like the most important person in the world."
Billboard.com: "Metal Community Pays Tribute To Ronnie James Dio"
"Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour called Dio "one of the strongest, purist and consistent singers of all time. Ronnie sang like he lived -- all out, from the heart, with so much honesty and joy. He was a great man with a smile and a handshake for fans and peers alike. He spoke his mind and stood his ground for decades. I will miss him dearly."
Olhard Directo: olhardireto.com.br:
"Governador do DF quer luto oficial em Brasília após morte de ídolo do metal"
"Se dependesse do governador do Distrito Federal, Rogério Rosso (PMDB), Brasília estaria de luto nesta segunda-feira após a morte do ídolo do Heavy Metal Ronnie James Dio, ex-vocalista da banda Black Sabbath. Pelo Twitter, Rosso disse que só não decretou o luto oficial por impedimentos legais. (...) Rosso, além de governar o DF, toca guitarra, baixo e teclado".
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