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.
Rainbow
Rainbow Lyrics
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Prime of life? Time is funny?
Shame? Nothing! Limit? Unknown!
意味無し? 異議あり! ありがた迷惑
恐れず切り込む 抗います!
涙の後に虹がかる空にすがって
(穿ち尖った言葉など無視で)
(何色の涙が頬を伝うの?)
もう何回でも言うよ 私は私だしさ
傷ついたあの子と虹を
繋げる橋渡し なけなしで
この剥き出しの 熱情をお試しあれ
その昔見た泣き虫の夢は
履き潰したシューズの数だけ
自惚れて high に 時に心折れ 尻込んで low に (alright?)
Hello, how low? (さあ)連れてってあげるよ
Rainbow plane 西から昇る太陽
Take me higher 今すぐじゃなきゃ嫌だ
平行線で 進むよりかは
無礼講みたいな ハネ方でも良いよね?
Rainbow plane 移りげな星屑へ
Take off したいな 虹を架けて さあ繋ぐんだ
手と手を取り合って行けば
何万マイルでも 遠くまで飛んでけるんだ
意味無し? 異議あり! ありがた迷惑
恐れず切り込む 抗います!
I don't know アイドルの flight はマジで bright!
何者でもない 孤独さも包み込めたなら
(自分らしさの定義など無理で)
荒削りでも 混じりっ気なし等身大の私
(何色にでもなれるって信じて)
脳細胞が震える 私は私なんだ
つまづいて えずいて 気付いて
繋げる橋渡し なけなしで
あの頂へ 裸足で突っ走れ!
届けたいありったけの想い
履き潰したシューズの数だけ
自惚れて high に 時に心折れ 尻込んで low に (alright?)
Hello, how low? (さあ)連れてってあげるよ
Rainbow plane 西から昇る太陽
Take me higher クルーズはくるめくよ
蛍光ペンで 飛行経路を
Fly on したいと なぞってたあの日から
Rainbow plane 睦じい星屑へ
Take off したいな 虹を架けて さあ繋ぐんだ
手と手を取り合って行けば
何万マイルでも 遠くまで飛んでけるんだ
Rainbow plane 西から昇る太陽
Take me higher 今すぐじゃなきゃ嫌だ
平行線で 進むよりかは
無礼講みたいな ハネ方でも良いよね?
Rainbow plane 移りげな星屑へ
Take off したいな 虹を架けて さあ繋ぐんだ
手と手を取り合って行けば
何万マイルでも 遠くまで飛んでけるんだ
遠く君の方へ
蜃気楼の先の未来へと飛んでけるんだ
意味無し? 異議あり! ありがた迷惑
恐れず切り込む 抗います!
I don't know アイドルの flight はマジで bright!
The lyrics to "Rainbow" by Rainbows are uplifting and empowering. The song encourages listeners to be true to themselves, to take risks, and to be unafraid of the unknown. One of the main themes of the song is overcoming fear and shame in order to reach one's full potential. The lyrics express a desire to connect with others and to make a difference in the world.
The song has a strong sense of optimism and resilience. The lyrics also touch on themes of identity and self-discovery. The chorus, "Rainbow plane, take me higher," emphasizes the desire to reach new heights and to push beyond one's limitations. The imagery of rainbows and planes evokes a sense of freedom and possibility.
The lyrics are written in both Japanese and English, reflecting the band's bilingual identity. The song blends elements of J-pop and pop-punk, creating a unique sound that is both catchy and heartfelt.
Line by Line Meaning
I don't know アイドルの flight はマジで bright!
I'm not sure if the idol's flight is really bright!
Prime of life? Time is funny?
Is the prime of life as good as people say it is? Time is strange and difficult to understand.
Shame? Nothing! Limit? Unknown!
I'm not ashamed of anything and don't know my limits!
意味無し? 異議あり! ありがた迷惑
I won't accept that there's no meaning! It's a nuisance but still appreciated.
恐れず切り込む 抗います!
I'll cut in without fear, and resist!
涙の後に虹がかる空にすがって
I'll hold onto the sky with a rainbow after my tears have dried!
(穿ち尖った言葉など無視で)
(Ignore piercing words meant to harm)
ラメ入りのこの紙飛行機は乱反射するよ
This glittery paper airplane will refract light everywhere!
(何色の涙が頬を伝うの?)
(What color will my tears be as they roll down my face?)
もう何回でも言うよ 私は私だしさ
No matter how many times I say it, I am who I am!
傷ついたあの子と虹を
I'll build a bridge of rainbows for that hurt child!
繋げる橋渡し なけなしで
I'll do my best with what little I have to connect them!
この剥き出しの 熱情をお試しあれ
Try and feel this exposed passion of mine!
その昔見た泣き虫の夢は
The dreams that I, a crying child, had long ago!
履き潰したシューズの数だけ
As many shoes as I've worn through!
自惚れて high に 時に心折れ 尻込んで low に (alright?)
I'll get too full of myself, break my heart, and then crawl back down (alright?).
Hello, how low? (さあ)連れてってあげるよ
Hello, how low are you? Come on, I'll take you with me!
Rainbow plane 西から昇る太陽
Rainbow plane, the sun rising from the west!
Take me higher 今すぐじゃなきゃ嫌だ
Take me higher now or I'll be upset!
平行線で 進むよりかは
Rather than moving in parallel lines,
無礼講みたいな ハネ方でも良いよね?
Isn't it better to move forward like we're free to fly?
Rainbow plane 移りげな星屑へ
Rainbow plane, to the passing stardust!
Take off したいな 虹を架けて さあ繋ぐんだ
I want to take off and connect rainbows, let's do it now!
手と手を取り合って行けば
If we take each other's hands,
何万マイルでも 遠くまで飛んでけるんだ
We can fly tens of thousands of miles away!
何者でもない 孤独さも包み込めたなら
If I can embrace even the loneliness of being nothing,
(自分らしさの定義など無理で)
(It's impossible to define what it means to be myself)
荒削りでも 混じりっ気なし等身大の私
I'm just a life-size, poorly put-together me without any pretense!
(何色にでもなれるって信じて)
(Believing that I can be any color)
脳細胞が震える 私は私なんだ
My brain cells are shaking--I am who I am!
つまづいて えずいて 気付いて
I'll stumble, vomit, and finally realize,
あの頂へ 裸足で突っ走れ!
Sprint barefoot to the very peak!
届けたいありったけの想い
I want to deliver every last one of my feelings!
Take me higher クルーズはくるめくよ
Take me higher--the cruise is dazzling!
蛍光ペンで 飛行経路を
With a fluorescent pen, I trace
Fly on したいと なぞってたあの日から
The flight path I traced out that day when I wanted to fly!
Rainbow plane 睦じい星屑へ
Rainbow plane, to the scattered stardust!
遠く君の方へ
Off to where you are far away!
蜃気楼の先の未来へと飛んでけるんだ
We'll fly beyond the mirage to the future!
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Invisible Manners
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