Rainbow’s Stargazer and A Light in the Black

I’m a little soft-spoken on this podcast since I recorded it at 2am and didn’t want to wake my landlords.  Even though I’m soft-spoken, my enthusiasm about this song is LOUD!

 

Here’s the breakdown:

-My friend Erin lost her apartment due to a fire and she is accepting donations to get back on her feet.  Please visit her GoFundMe page at https://www.gofundme.com/erin-needs-things 

-Cozy Powell’s drum intro

-The music

-Ronnie James Dio’s vocals

-The first time I heard it

-How I first heard of Dio

-Rainbow in the Dark and Neon Knights

-The story of Stargazer

-The lyrics

-Worshipping the Wizard

-Dio was an atheist

-Relief from religion and faith

-How faith in a charismatic figure gets us in trouble

-Belief versus accepting the facts

-Dying for a belief

-Religion being used as a tool

-Faith

-Purpose

-Ritchie Blackmore’s solo

-What’s the big the deal about seeing a wizard fly?

-Putting his dream together 

-Why are they believing?

-“As he falls instead of rising”

-What the wizard really believed

-A guy I met who guarantees he will fly on his own someday

-The slaves are having doubts

-“I see a rainbow rising”

-Thanking the wizard

-Faith, delusion, blind loyalty

-Slaves having regrets

-The true definition of genius

-A Light in the Black

-The music

-Rainbow’s influence

-The lyrics

-Hope

-What’s the narrator going to do when he/she gets home?

-“Lost and never found” in Dio’s lyrics

-Now having control

-Change

-Starting anew with trauma

-The difference between hope and faith

-What can they do?

-Institutionalized 

-Changing your routine

-False idols, faith, delusion and what to do?

-Trump, the Wizard, and belief

-Evidence, reason, science, and facts

-Compromise and the least harm

-Plugs and vocal fry

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