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.
Hunting Humans
Rainbow Lyrics
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As we make love
Touch my skin, let the fun begin, once again
I hear your cries, rise oh rise
Feel the nails, tell tales trails across my spine
Beautiful
Silken kiss, on a night like this, who would miss
Our final hour
Insatiable
Velvet glove, unrequited love, find the words
And make them rhyme
One last dance, hypnotizing trance, a knowing glance
I love you
Closer still, lose your will, see my world, it's criminal
Insatiable
Things we hide, keep them out of signt, heard it said
It's unbearable
Feel my pain, taste my shame, who's to blame
Inexcusable
The lyrics of the song "Hunting Humans" by Rainbow suggest a relationship that is based on lust and the desire for power and control. The song opens with the lines, "Justify, speak the lies, close your eyes / As we make love," which sets the tone for the rest of the lyrics. The singer of the song is engaging in a sexual relationship with someone who they see as a conquest or prey. The lyrics suggest that this person is willing to do whatever it takes to satisfy their desires, even if it means lying and manipulating the other person.
As the song continues, the lyrics become more intense and disturbing. The singer describes the physical sensations of the encounter in detail, using metaphors that evoke images of violence and domination. For example, they sing, "Feel the nails, tell tales trails across my spine / Beautiful," which implies that the other person is scratching their back during sex. The lyrics also suggest that the relationship is based on a power dynamic, with one person in control and the other person powerless. The singer sings, "Closer still, close your eyes, see my world, it's animal / Insatiable," which suggests that they are using their animalistic instincts to take advantage of the other person.
Overall, the lyrics of "Hunting Humans" by Rainbow are disturbing and suggestive of an unhealthy sexual relationship. The images and metaphors used in the song create a sense of intensity and darkness, which suggest that this is not a healthy or happy relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Justify, speak the lies, close your eyes
Encourages the listener to indulge in deceit and justify their false claims by closing their eyes
As we make love
Sets an intimate tone for the song, while hinting at the theme of manipulation
Touch my skin, let the fun begin, once again
Suggestive invitation to participate in the twisted game of inflicting pleasure and pain
I hear your cries, rise oh rise
The artist is enjoying the control they have over their subject
Feel the nails, tell tales trails across my spine
The lyrics describe the singer scratching their partner's back, while insinuating that the wounds are a form of storytelling
Beautiful
The artist takes pleasure in the perverse situation they have created
Silken kiss, on a night like this, who would miss
The singer questions why anyone would reject their advances, as they charm their victim with a silky-smooth touch
Our final hour
Implies that something dangerous or fatal is about to occur between the two
Closer still, close your eyes, see my world, it's animal
The artist urges their partner to see their primal, animalistic world, as they further indulge in their twisted desires
Insatiable
Suggests that the artist cannot be satisfied and always requires more
Velvet glove, unrequited love, find the words
The artist describes their love as unreturned and potentially one-sided, while wearing a velvet glove- a symbol of softness and luxury
And make them rhyme
The lyrics suggest that the artist wants their partner to express themselves poetically, making their mutually destructive relationship appear romantic
One last dance, hypnotizing trance, a knowing glance
The artist alludes to the finality of the situation, creating a dance-like rhythm while subtly warning the listener of the power dynamic in their relationship
I love you
The artist declares love to their partner, despite the unhealthy dynamic in their relationship
Closer still, lose your will, see my world, it's criminal
The lyrics suggest that the artist's world is corrupted and illegal, further encouraging their partner to submit to their will
Things we hide, keep them out of sight, heard it said
The artist asks their partner to keep their secrets hidden, playing into their twisted sense of manipulation
It's unbearable
Suggests that the weight of the secrets they hold is too much to bear, adding a sense of urgency to their partner's compliance
Feel my pain, taste my shame, who's to blame
The artist reveals that their behavior is motivated by feelings of pain and shame, but still shifts blame to their partner
Inexcusable
Admits that the artist's behavior is unacceptable, but still engages in the destructive behavior
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Written by: DOUGLAS THOMSON WHITE, RITCHIE BLACKMORE
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