Tuesday Night’s Forgotten Song of the 80s (Early Winter Edition) -- Stone Cold by Rainbow, from 1982. To commemorate the quick start of the winter season, heres a temperately appropriate tune from this neoclassical metal band. Developed by founding Deep Purple member Ritchie Blackmore and originally fronted by Ronnie James Dio (who would later replace Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath), Rainbow had its biggest success in the UK, but did manage this one Top 40 tune in America -- which, indeed, did peak exactly at #40. During the video, take special notice that at 1:46, when lead vocalist Joe Lynn Turner sings Your words like ice fall on the ground, ice falls on the ground. That is what known in the biz as selling a lyric.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 02:22:52 +0000