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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.
Emotional Crime
Rainbow Lyrics
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All you wanted is to scream and shout
Do me a favour don't slam the door
Don't be coming around here any more
Tried to change my whole life with a wave of your hand
I'm going to tell you baby so you'll understand
I'm tired and weary of a love gone cold
I'm sick and tired of doing what i'm told
It's emotional crime
Watch you get so crazy over little things
And i get nervous when the telephone rings
You try to chain me but i won't be bound
It's only dirty love keeps me around
It's only your good love keeps me around
You're ringing my bell my life is hell
Just killing time you're driving me out of my mind
I finally got through by the midnight hour
And you still wanted to scream and shout
You can live your own life let me live mine
You might be an angel but you ain't divine
Why don't you waste your own time don't waste mine
Telling you babe you ain't no friend of mine
The lyrics to Rainbow's song 'Emotional Crime' describe the emotions that one feels when a relationship has gone awry. The song speaks to the difficulties of communication between partners, where one person feels unheard and trapped by their partner's demands. The singer pleads for their partner to stop the emotional abuse that they are enduring. They feel exhausted by the effort that they have put into the relationship, and they are tired of being directed in the way that their partner wants them to go.
The lyrics speak to the desperation that one feels when a relationship that once seemed promising has turned toxic. The singer recognizes that they are being manipulated by their partner, and they are growing tired of the constant mind games. They know that they need to end the relationship, but they feel trapped by their love for their partner. Furthermore, they understand that their partner does not have their best interests in mind, and they need to separate from them to regain their emotional health.
Overall, the song 'Emotional Crime' speaks to a universal experience of failed relationships. It highlights the difficulty in communication, the emotional manipulation that can occur, and the struggle to end a relationship that is no longer nurturing. The singer's raw emotions speak to the truth of heartbreak and the complexity of human relationships.
Line by Line Meaning
I can't get through in the midnight hour
I am unable to make a connection with you during the darkest hours
All you wanted is to scream and shout
Your sole intention is to express your dissatisfaction and anger through screaming and shouting
Do me a favour don't slam the door
Please be gentle while closing the door; show some kindness by sparing me the noise
Don't be coming around here any more
I do not wish for you to visit me again
Tried to change my whole life with a wave of your hand
With one gesture, you attempted to alter the entire course of my life
I'm going to tell you baby so you'll understand
I am about to explain it to you so that you comprehend my perspective
I'm tired and weary of a love gone cold
I am worn out and fatigued by the love between us that has lost its warmth
I'm sick and tired of doing what i'm told
I am disgusted and exhausted by complying with your commands
You're giving me pain you're driving me out of my mind
You are inflicting agony upon me, and it has caused me to go insane
It's emotional crime
Your actions constitute an emotional offense
Watch you get so crazy over little things
I observe you becoming unreasonably agitated over trivial matters
And i get nervous when the telephone rings
Whenever the phone rings, I become apprehensive
You try to chain me but i won't be bound
Despite your attempts to control me, I refuse to be imprisoned
It's only dirty love keeps me around
It is only your unsavory romantic involvement that is making me stay
It's only your good love keeps me around
I am staying with you solely due to your positive qualities as a lover
You're ringing my bell my life is hell
Your constant contacts are creating problems for me
Just killing time you're driving me out of my mind
You are only wasting my time, and it is causing me to go insane
I finally got through by the midnight hour
I have finally made myself heard during the darkest part of the night
And you still wanted to scream and shout
But you are still insistent on shouting and hollering even now
You can live your own life let me live mine
You are free to lead your life as you please, and you must allow me to lead mine
You might be an angel but you ain't divine
You could be a heavenly being, but you lack perfection
Why don't you waste your own time don't waste mine
Spend your own time idling; do not waste mine
Telling you babe you ain't no friend of mine
Informing you that you are not a friend of mine, honey
Contributed by Caleb O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
GABRIELA ACEVEDO
First time I hear this bonus track, not bad.
carlos contreras alvear
Buen tema, nada difundido!!
risingfr
Japanese bonus track of the album "Stranger in us all" (1995).
Dominik Šosták
you dont say
doxie rottenbreath
Sounds like Paul Rogers on vocals to me, always wondered what he would sound like with Blackmore, not bad...
Steven Wiezbicki
Deep Purple wanted Paul as a singer after Gillan. Hired David cuz of his bluesy voice.
John Miller
fabulous singer, guy is Irish sings like he's from Mississippi
Steve Ball
He is Scottish, Doogie White
Yelena Malinovskaya
thank you for posting
it s O K but not great
reminds me sad Turner time for Rainbow
still it S Blackmore after all , ?right