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.
Burn
Rainbow Lyrics
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It comes down in the hardest places
Came down all around me
New days come around
At sundown we can change our faces
Bad air all around me
You broke into my heart
Take me, take me, make me over
Feel me, peel me, make me better
We can burn away the things we do
I would love to burn with you
The song "Burn" by the band Rainbow is a power ballad that is open to interpretation. The opening lyrics, "Come down all around," suggest a feeling of being surrounded by something that is difficult to escape from. The repetition of "came down all around me" and "bad air all around me" reinforces the idea of feeling trapped and uncomfortable. The line "new days come around" could be a glimmer of hope - a suggestion that things will get better with time.
The next set of lyrics, "At sundown we can change our faces," again implies a desire for escape or transformation. The idea that one can change their appearance at sundown suggests the idea of starting fresh or leaving behind aspects of one's identity that they are unhappy with. The following line, "you broke into my heart," can be interpreted in a variety of ways - it could be seen as a positive or negative depending on who the "you" refers to.
The chorus, "take me, take me, make me over / feel me, peel me, make me better / we can burn away the things we do / I would love to burn with you," is both the most memorable and most ambiguous part of the song. It suggests the idea of transformation and the idea of burning away the negative aspects of oneself. However, the final line, "I would love to burn with you," is puzzling - is the singer referring to burning away their negative aspects with another person, or do they mean they would like to physically burn with someone else?
Line by Line Meaning
Come down all around
Life's obstacles can appear from any direction, at any time.
It comes down in the hardest places
Difficulties often arise in the most unexpected and challenging scenarios.
Came down all around me
I personally experienced these struggles and obstacles.
New days come around
There is hope for a fresh start and a better tomorrow.
At sundown we can change our faces
Each day provides opportunities for growth and personal transformation.
Bad air all around me
Negativity and pessimism are prevalent in my surroundings.
You broke into my heart
Someone has entered my innermost self, leaving a deep impression.
Take me, take me, make me over
I am willing to undergo change and improvement at someone's hands.
Feel me, peel me, make me better
I desire to be understood, examined, and improved upon by another person.
We can burn away the things we do
Together, we can rid ourselves of negative behaviors and patterns.
I would love to burn with you
I am willing to go through the difficult process of change and transformation alongside someone else.
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Ben Adam775
I wish Ritchie would have kept this line-up together and just did Blackmore's Night as a side project!
mrsayang
yes, that would be great...I don't like his actual line up. This one and the Dio era was great.
Anjohl
Doogie was a great fit for Rainbow! Super versatile voice!
Mitzi Durham
Rainbow is freaking AWESOME!!! I listened to them as a young girl...and still do. There is nothing like classic rock. It never grows old
Kevin Rützloch
killer solo, outstanding
Bill Taylor
I can't believe they waited all this time to release this incredible concert on DVD!! Makes you wonder what other gems might be sitting there in a can somewhere, just waiting to be released..........
Douglas Arthur
This is impressive. Note perfect from the Big Man. What a riff...!!!
Szymon Trzonkowski
Ritchie -krol wszystkich gitarzystów
e1egyiceh0use
Greg Smith rules!!
Not only bass, but also 2nd vocals.
I bought Japanese 1995 live video today.
Educación Física desde el Hogar
THE GOAT el único capaz de improvisar sobre solo de burn y que suene bien.