Anyone Here Know Why Dio Was Obsessed With Rainbows?

Well, it seems like Dio was obsessed with rainbows anyway. He sings about them a lot. I was just curious.

 

Maybe the Biblical significance was the reason.

 

I guess you've never been to the end of one to find the pot of gold...

 

Ronnie James Dio in Swahili means leprechaun money place. Leprechauns, rainbows. Boom.*


*This may be a total fabrication

 

Because of Ritchie Blackmore

 

He felt like a "rainbow in the dark" when he left Rainbow. That is the reason for that song, anyway.

 

Someday I will go through every song he sang to figure out how many had the word rainbow in them. Maybe it just rhymes with a lot of things?

 

Rainbows, dragons, rings, kings, dreams. Pick your obsession

 

I've been meaning to do the same with David Lee Roth and count how many times he's used "1-800" in a song.

 

You forgot wheels.......

 

Every Dio song also featured an elf.

 

RIP Ronnie.....

 

He clearly was intrigued with the subject matter as a creative outlet. He and Blackmore did some very cool stuff with it during the 1970's.

 

Yeah, good point. What the hell was up with that?

 

And fools.

 

I almost went back to edit my post and add that

 

I'm still blown away he was recording in the 50's.

 

Look out!!!!

 

And stone.

 

He's f-ing Dio for cryin' out loud. He could write 50 songs about pencils and they would still be awesome.

 

I saw an interview with him and more or less he just thought that fantasy stuff was cool. I like the music so i tolerate it. But his lyrics are awful IMO. But at least he sung them well with passion.

 

Because rainbows have nothing to hide.

 

Maybe he was a big Terry Riley fan,,,,

 

Hard to believe it's been 6 years