1. A British rock band.<… Read Full Bio ↴Rainbow is the name of at least four bands:
1. A British rock band.
2. A K-Pop group (레인보우).
3. A U.S. psychedelic rock band.
4. Mid-80's Hi-NRG project.
1. Rainbow was a British rock band formed by Deep Purple founder and former guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1975. In addition to Blackmore, the band originally consisted of former Elf lead singer Ronnie James Dio, bassist Craig Gruber, drummer Gary Driscoll, and keyboardist Micky Lee Soule. Over the years, Rainbow went through many lineup changes. including bringing in other vocalists Graham Bonnet and Joe Lynn Turner, before it folded in 1999.
The name of the band was inspired by the Rainbow Bar and Grill, a Los Angeles, California eatery which catered to rock stars, groupies, and rock enthusiasts. It was here that Ritchie spent some of his off time from Deep Purple and met Dio, whose band Elf had toured regularly as an opening act for Deep Purple. Blackmore originally got together with Dio to record "Black Sheep of the Family" as a single, and it turned out so well they needed a B side; when the B side was recorded, however, it turned out to be even better. This led to them recording an album, and that effort caused the formation of the entire band. Rainbow's debut album, 'Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow', was released in 1975; it featured the minor hit "Man on the Silver Mountain".
Blackmore fired everybody except Dio shortly after the album was recorded. He recruited drummer Cozy Powell (formerly of the Jeff Beck Group), bassist Jimmy Bain, and keyboard player Tony Carey. This lineup went on to record the album 'Rising', which was released in May 1976 and was a big success in the U.S. (hitting #48 on the Billboard 200 chart).
For the next album, 1978's 'Long Live Rock 'n' Roll', Blackmore kept Powell and Dio and replaced the rest of the band. Blackmore had difficulty finding a bass player for this record, so he played bass himself on all but three songs ("Gates of Babylon", "Kill the King", and "Sensitive to Light"). After the release and supporting tour, Dio left Rainbow.
Blackmore continued with Rainbow, replacing Dio with ex-Marbles vocalist Graham Bonnet. Powell stayed and was joined by former Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover and keyboardist Don Airey. The first album from the new lineup, 1979's 'Down to Earth', featured the band's first single successes: "All Night Long" and "Since You Been Gone". Bonnet possessed a powerful voice on stage, yet he struggled with the band's quieter numbers and lacked Dio's range. In 1980, the band headlined the inaugural Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington in England. This was Powell's final performance with Rainbow.
The next album saw yet another line-up change as Bonnet and Powell were replaced by Joe Lynn Turner and Bobby Rondinelli, respectively. The title track from their 1981 album, 'Difficult to Cure', notably was a version of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The album also contained the guitar-driven piece "Maybe Next Time". Although facing mixed success commercially, the Difficult to Cure tour was the first tour in which Rainbow headlined in the U.S.
Rainbow's next studio album was 'Straight between the Eyes'. The band added a new keyboardist, David Rosenthal. The album was more cohesive than 'Difficult to Cure' and had more success in the U.S. The band, however, was alienating some of its earlier fans with its more slick, arena rock based sound. The single "Stone Cold", a popular power ballad, had some chart success and has since been included in several multi-artist collaboration albums. The successful supporting tour skipped the U.K. completely and focused on the U.S. market.
1983's 'Bent Out of Shape' saw drummer Rondinelli fired in favour of Chuck Burgi. The album featured the single "Street of Dreams". The song's video was banned by MTV for its supposedly controversial hypnotic video clip. The resulting tour saw Rainbow return to the U.K. and also to Japan, where the band performed with a full orchestra. Though fans greatly enjoyed the band's lively touring, the band's material was getting mixed critical reviews, and its members had a sense of needing to find direction.
By the early to mid-80s, Blackmore and Glover had reformed the Deep Purple "Mark II" lineup, and Rainbow was disbanded in 1984. A final Rainbow album, 'Finyl Vinyl', was patched together from live tracks and B-sides of singles. This album contained the instrumental "Weiss Heim", made widely available for the first time.
After Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple for the final time in 1993, he put together a new version of Rainbow in 1994, this time named Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. This incarnation of the band included Doogie White (vocals), Paul Morris (keyboards), Greg Smith (bass), and John O'Reilly (drums).
The new band released Stranger in Us All in 1995 and embarked on an extensive world tour to promote it from late 1995 to late 1997. For the tour John O'Reilly was replaced by Chuck Burgi and then by John Micelli for the U.S. leg of the tour (as well as their final show in Esbjerg, Denmark).
The tour proved very successful, and a show in Germany was professionally filmed by Rockpalast. It has never officially been released, but has been heavily bootleged. The live shows featured frequent changes in set lists and musical improvisations that proved popular with bootleggers, and many shows are still traded over a decade later.
However, fed up with stadium rock, Blackmore turned his attention to rennaisance and mediaeval music, a lifelong interest of his. Rainbow was put on hold once again and played its final concert in Denmark in 1999. Blackmore, together with his partner Candice Night as vocalist, then formed the renaissance-influenced Blackmore's Night.
2. Rainbow, the tag for all releases by the K-Pop group 레인보우, responsible for tracks: "A", "Gossip Girl", "Mach", and about a dozen more.
3. One of any number of Los Angeles, U.S.A.groups of their time (1968), Rainbow's best-known LP was After the Storm The album's one cover is a take with saxophone of Willie Dixon's "I Just Want to Make Love to You". The lineup was: Darrell Devlin (drums), Bob Gay (bass),
W. David Mohr (keyboards), and Harry Vavela (guitars).
4. Rainbow was a short-lived Hi-NRG project by Allan Coelho (of Tapps and more) that released only one single, Humpty Dumpty, in 1986.
Ariel
Rainbow Lyrics
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A silhouette lit by candle light
In a whispered word she is gone
Familiar stranger without a name
In a darkened room they all look the same
Like the sand of time she slips away so far away
In the mirror you can see her face
An angel dressed in the blackest lace
Just an image lost in fantasy
Then you touch her and you can't break free
Till you see your fate written there in her eyes
Oh Ariel,
Lost in a distant dream, take me home
Ariel
The lyrics to Rainbow's song Ariel depict the singer's search for a mysterious woman named Ariel. They search for her in the dead of night, seeing only her silhouette lit by candlelight. She is a familiar stranger without a name, easily blending in with the other women in the darkened room in which the singer finds themselves. Ariel is depicted as an angel dressed in black lace, a haunting and mysterious figure that draws the singer deeper into their fantasy. The song seems to be about the desire for connection and the allure of the unknown, with the singer desperately seeking out something they cannot name.
As the song progresses, the singer becomes more and more entranced with Ariel. They take a sip of wine and the game begins, with Ariel representing a sort of playful danger that the singer can't resist. They feel lost in a distant dream, but they can't help but want to be taken home by Ariel. She represents an escape from reality and a chance to live out a fantasy, even if it's only for a night. In the end, the singer realizes that they are caught in Ariel's spell, unable to break free until they see their fate written in her eyes.
The lyrics to Rainbow's Ariel are haunting and mysterious, but they ultimately seem to be about the draw of the unknown and the power of fantasy. The song depicts a protagonist who becomes lost in a dreamlike world, entranced by a woman they can't quite figure out. The lyrics hint at a sort of danger inherent in this fantasy, but it's ultimately an alluring and irresistible escape.
Line by Line Meaning
I search for her in the dead of night
I search for this woman during the darkest and quietest time of day
A silhouette lit by candle light
I see her shadow illuminated by a single flickering flame
In a whispered word she is gone
She disappears after only the faintest utterance
Familiar stranger without a name
I recognize her, but I do not know her identity
In a darkened room they all look the same
I cannot distinguish her from other women in this low lighting
Like the sand of time she slips away so far away
She vanishes slowly and steadily, as if being carried away by the ocean tide
In the mirror you can see her face
Her face is visible and clear in the reflection
An angel dressed in the blackest lace
She appears to be a celestial entity, dressed in the darkest of clothing
A sip of wine and the game can begin
After I have taken a small drink of wine, a game or challenge can commence
Just an image lost in fantasy
She is only a figment of my imagination
Then you touch her and you can't break free
Once I make physical contact with her, I cannot let go
Till you see your fate written there in her eyes
It is not until I gaze into her eyes that my destiny becomes clear
Oh Ariel, Lost in a distant dream, take me home Ariel
Oh Ariel, I am lost in a far-off fantasy world; please take me back to reality, Ariel
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: CANDICE NIGHT, RITCHIE BLACKMORE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Василий Шапкин
Отличный состав Rainbow, жаль на один раз. И альбом 1995 года просто шикарен.
АЛЕКСАНДР Юзуков
концертная вещь индивидуальна. в этом ее ценность!
Анатолий Бирюков
Я просто балдею от этой песни...
И вообще- Блэкмор - это гений!
На концерте в Москве в 18 году я отвел душу.
ArtЭго
Блин, круто ,чёрт возьми! Понравилось больше чем в студийном варианте!
Тугарин Змей
Блин я думал только мне понравился этот вариант Вижу я не один такой 😎😇🤗
Игорь Завгородний
Blackmore Человечище. Гитарист от Бога. А интересно-как бы эта вещь звучала в исполнении DIO? Наверное, бомба была бы.
MS4View
@Vladimir Moriak Дио - это Дио! ) Тернер неплох, но это не Дио.
Dmitriy Yudin
Не знаю, с трудом представляю себе Дио вместе Вайта в этой песне. Дуги великолепно её исполнил.
Диляра Домненко
Dio занимает первое место в моем топе. Но! Дуги исполнил эту песню просто шедеврально.
Bilbo Baggins
@Дмитрий Акимов Этой песни в исполнении Дио нет, есть вот какая "Ronnie James Dio - Eriel", но это совсем другая...