Bonus tracks

[PowerMetalPrincess]

I suggest Rainbow in the Dark.

I have to agree here. That song is just too perfect.

 

[Power_Metal_Dom]

That's music to my ears Steve. Rainbow was rattling around my head when you were asking for 80s stuff.

I can only speak personally but as a HUGE fan of Rainbow, ANY of the following covered would make me so happy:

Stargazer
Kill the King
Run with the Wolf
Man on the Silver Mountain
Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
Holy Diver (obviously)
Rainbow in the Dark
Evil Eyes
We Rock

Essentially anything off the Rainbow's Dio years and his best solo stuff

 

[1928]

I'm totally for covering Dio/Rainbow. I'm all behind Rainbow In The Dark, since Dream Theater just covered Stargazer last year.

I also give a +1 to Dom's entire post.

 

[RedFox742]

And Killswitch did Holy Diver, so maybe one that really hasn't been touched lately?

 

[ComboKing]

Kill the King!

 

[Prosopagnosia11]

Can you do a cover of Stand Up and Shout steve?!

 

[Prosopagnosia11]

Well given recent sad events.....I think there can be only one way to pay tribute to RJD and everything he has given to metal over the years. It's gotta be a Dio or Rainbow cover.

Stand Up and Shout would be cool!

 

[Symphony]

We are currently throwing ideas back and forth between us regarding which songs should be on the short list....so much to choose from but some songs are a little too obvious I think.

 

[Andiferum]

I would LOVE to hear a PQ version of Man on the Silver Mountain. Or Don't Talk to Strangers. Or Rainbow in the Dark.

 

[Christabel]

Rainbow in the Dark may be a bit obvious but it is a great song and i think it would be perfect - i love Don't Talk to Stangers but Blind Guardian has already done it

 

[DE4life]

Anything but Holy Diver... good song, but half the people listening would probably think you were covering KsE

 

[Power_Metal_Dom]

His unmistakable style has been compared favourably with Ronnie James Dio, Klaus Meine and Johnny Gioeli.

I suppose it's fitting and very lucky for PQ to have a man who takes after Dio able to give appropriate tribute.

 

[Symphony]

I think we have our choice now for a bonus track.......and yes, it's gonna be a Dio song.

 

[Christabel]

will you let us here know before the rest of the mortals out there or is it a well-kept secret too?

 

[Prosopagnosia11]

you can also do a "Metalized" version of Temple of the King !!!!

 

[Power_Metal_Dom]

I pray that our prayers are answered

I honoured Dio with my last (probably) ever DJ setlist for our uni rock club by playing 4 songs I love with Dio singing all together at the end of the night: Heaven and Hell, Man on the Silver Mountain, Rainbow in the Dark and Holy Diver.

 

[Symphony]

This will be revealed here first!

By the way, sorry for my absence the past few days. Been travelling around a bit since last weekend in Derby, Taking in Newton Abbot and Paignton in Devon and then up to Aberystwyth and Dolgellau in Wales. Just back this evening

 

[Christabel]

good to know

you also travel along the Devon coast? I frequently go to Plymouth and I know well that Newton Abbot route- still think it is one of the most scenic stretches of railway line in the country - I love the view in Teigmouth

 

[Symphony]

Yeah, I know the Exeter-Newton Abbot-Paignton-Torquay neck of the woods quite well now. I love Totnes as well!

 

[Christabel]

me too - lovely place!