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.
No Time To Lose
Rainbow Lyrics
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Somewhere down the love got to take and keep
Think about the future, nothing in the past
God, things never last
Come on, come on, come on
Take your love
Get down, get down, get down
It ain't no lie
You're hurting
And you don't know why
No time to lose
We get no time to lose
No time to lose
No time to lose
Ever had the feeling something's going wrong?
Hanging 'round a lover where you don't belong
Waiting for a reason, lookin' for a clue
But you know what you gotta do
Come on, come on, come on
Take your love
Get down, get down, get down
Down the road
It ain't no lie
You're hurting
And you don't know why
You got no time to lose
We get no time to lose
No time to lose
No time to lose
Your brother's at the bar
Three girls in the car
Your sister's on the telephone
That ain't low
Your mother's going blue
Your dad is going gray
There's nothing here for you to stay
Come on, come on, come on
Take your love
Get down, get down, get down
Get down that road, get down you
It ain't no lie
You're hurting
And you don't know why
No time to lose
No time to lose
You gonna have to choose
You go and shake the blues
You got no time to lose
You got to choose
No time to lose
In "No Time To Lose", Rainbow talks about the urgency of letting go of past relationships that are no longer working and moving on to the future. They describe how staying in a relationship that is not working is not only causing harm to oneself but to the other family involved. The lyrics suggest that even though it might be hard to leave the comfort of a familiar relationship to steer into the unknown, there isn't much time to lose, and he who lingers loses.
The song starts with the image of the other family not getting any sleep, suggesting that the other people involved know something is wrong. The lyrics "Somewhere down the love got to take and keep. Think about the future, nothing in the past. God, things never last" suggest that the love shared between the two lovers could not sustain itself for an extended period of time. The chorus of the song reinforces the title, admonishing listeners that there isn't time to waste on relationships that aren't working, and choices must be made.
The song's lyrics are simple, and the persistent use of "come on" and "get down" create a rhythm that is engaging and encourages listeners to act on what the song is suggesting. It's a song that acknowledges that ending a relationship is never an easy decision, but if it's what needs to be done, it should happen as quickly as possible, avoiding more damage.
Line by Line Meaning
The other family gets no sleep
The other family struggles to sleep or rest due to an issue
Somewhere down the love got to take and keep
Love has to be nurtured and prioritized in a relationship
Think about the future, nothing in the past
The future is more important than dwelling on the past
God, things never last
Things in life are temporary, fleeting, and do not last
Come on, come on, come on
Encouragement to take action and move forward
Take your love
Value and prioritize love in life
Get down, get down, get down
Make progress and move forward towards goals
It ain't no lie
The truth is being spoken or acknowledged
You're hurting
You are in emotional pain
And you don't know why
The reason for the emotional pain is unclear or confusing
No time to lose
No time to waste, need to take action
We get no time to lose
We do not have any time to waste
Ever had the feeling something's going wrong?
Have you ever sensed that something is not right?
Hanging 'round a lover where you don't belong
Being in a relationship where you do not fit or belong
Waiting for a reason, lookin' for a clue
Searching for answers or explanations
But you know what you gotta do
You know what action you need to take
Your brother's at the bar
Your brother is out having fun
Three girls in the car
People are out enjoying themselves
Your sister's on the telephone
Your sister is busy with her life
That ain't low
That is not a shameful thing
Your mother's going blue
Your mother is experiencing emotional pain
Your dad is going gray
Your father is experiencing stress and aging
There's nothing here for you to stay
There is no reason for you to remain in this situation or place
You gonna have to choose
You will need to make a decision
You go and shake the blues
Take action to alleviate your emotional pain
You got to choose
You need to make a decision
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: RITCHIE BLACKMORE, ROGER DAVID GLOVER
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