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ITT: I bitch about Ronnie Jame Dio being snubbed by MSNBC.com....

Started by AFK, December 20, 2010, 05:39:04 PM

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December 20, 2010, 05:39:04 PM
So it's the end of the year.  That time-honored tradition where news media outlets look back at the new stories they fabricated, sensationalized, or otherwise blew out of proportion.  They also like to make lists and retrospectives.  Like for example, notable people/celebrities who kicked the bucket.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40574724/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1

MSNBC.COM just posted a slide-show of 35 notables who died in 2010.  They made sure to remember Gary fuckin Coleman but nowhere is there any mention of one of the most iconic figures in Metal, Ronnie James Dio. 

Yeah I know, just a stupid media outlet, but I think it highlights how Metal as an art form and music genre continues to be discounted in this country.  This is why so many American metal bands will release albums in the States, but do most of their touring in Europe and Asia. 

Anyway, a big F-U! to MSNBC!
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December 20, 2010, 05:47:14 PM
Dio. ;_;
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#2
December 20, 2010, 05:48:44 PM
Who?
- I don't see race. I just see cars going around in a circle.

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#3
December 20, 2010, 05:50:25 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 20, 2010, 05:48:44 PM
Who?

He was the lead singer of Black Sabbath for a while, did some solo work, and remained short his entire life.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
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#4
December 20, 2010, 05:53:17 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 20, 2010, 05:50:25 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 20, 2010, 05:48:44 PM
Who?

He was the lead singer of Black Sabbath for a while, did some solo work, and remained short his entire life.

Ah! Thanks.
- I don't see race. I just see cars going around in a circle.

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#5
December 20, 2010, 05:54:04 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 20, 2010, 05:53:17 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 20, 2010, 05:50:25 PM
Quote from: Ratatosk on December 20, 2010, 05:48:44 PM
Who?

He was the lead singer of Black Sabbath for a while, did some solo work, and remained short his entire life.

Ah! Thanks.

He was an inspiration to vertically-challenged men everywhere.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

AFK

#6
December 20, 2010, 05:58:09 PM
He also brought us the devil horns.  Though Gene Simmons claims he invented it. 

Ozzy-led Black Sabbath got the whole metal ball rolling.  But, for me, it was really Dio, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden who really gave Metal its direction and I think they largely were responsible for defining the genre.  There are very few voices that were as iconically Metal as Dio's was.   
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The Good Reverend Roger

#7
December 20, 2010, 05:59:01 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 20, 2010, 05:58:09 PM
He also brought us the devil horns.  Though Gene Simmons claims he invented it. 

Ozzy-led Black Sabbath got the whole metal ball rolling.  But, for me, it was really Dio, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden who really gave Metal its direction and I think they largely were responsible for defining the genre.  There are very few voices that were as iconically Metal as Dio's was.   

You forgot Kip Winger.  :madbanana:
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

AFK

#8
December 20, 2010, 06:03:18 PM
 :x

I suppose I deserve that. 
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#9
December 20, 2010, 07:17:51 PM
I'm gonna be Dio next Halloween.
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#10
December 20, 2010, 07:44:52 PM
Quote from: Nigel on December 20, 2010, 07:17:51 PM
I'm gonna be Dio next Halloween.

You should just start now.
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#11
December 20, 2010, 07:50:59 PM
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

AFK

#12
December 20, 2010, 07:51:20 PM
Seriously,

I mean you are already a real Wild One.

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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#13
December 20, 2010, 08:00:20 PM
I am endlessly impressed by Dio's utter lack of charisma, combined with the most oddly "off" fashion sensibility I've ever seen on stage.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

AFK

#14
December 20, 2010, 08:03:54 PM
Lack of charisma?  Ronnie James Dio?  He is, err was, very humble and unpretentious as rock stars go, but I wouldn't say he lacks, gah lacked, charisma. 

Still hard to remember he's gone.  For a little guy he had a huge presence in metal. 
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