MusicHound rock: the essential album guide. All Music Guide Required Listening: Classic Rock. ^ a b Woodstra, Chris Bush, John Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2007)."Metal Goes 'Pop': The Explosion of Heavy Metal into the Mainstream".
Shred!: The Ultimate Guide to Warp-speed Guitar. Schwermetallanalysen: die musikalische Sprache des Heavy Metal. ^ The Drummer: 100 Years of Rhythmic Power and Invention.UK hard-rock outfit Rainbow went all metaphysical with the world's first ever power-metal record, 'Stargazer'. ^ High Fidelity News and Record Review.Munich Philharmonic Orchestra – strings section, french horn."Stargazer (Rough Mix)", an early mix from the 2011 Deluxe Edition of Rising, starts with a keyboard intro played by Tony Carey and has a length of 9:08. A poll held by Gibson ranked the song the 17th greatest heavy metal song of all time. : 23–24 Andy DiGelsomina, composer for the neo-operatic metal project Lyraka, argued for both Wagnerian and existentialist interpretations of the lyrics. Jeff Perkins argues that the "incredible epic", one of the band's highlights, derives its strength from Blackmore's guitar playing, Dio's lyrics and vocals, and Powell's drumming. Vincent DeMasi, transcribing part of Blackmore's solo as an example of his taste for "classical drama" with a "Middle Eastern flavor", calls the song an "operatic blockbuster". Critical legacy ĪllMusic and MusicHound describe the song as one of Rainbow's classics, AllMusic calling it a "bombastic, strings-enriched epic". The next song, "A Light in the Black", continues the story of the people who have lost all purpose after the Wizard's death "until they see the Light in the Dark", according to Dio. Time standing still, then there's blood on the sand". In the end, the wizard climbs to the top of the tower but, instead of flying, falls down and dies: "no sound as he falls instead of rising. : 70 The people hope for the day when their misery comes to an end, building the tower in harsh conditions ("In the heat and rain, with whips and chains /just to see him fly, too many died").
They relate the story of the Wizard, an astronomer who becomes "obsessed with the idea of flying" and enslaves a vast army of people to build him a tower from which he can take off and fly. The song has been called a "morality tale", and its lyrics are written from the standpoint of a "slave in Egyptian times", according to lyricist Ronnie James Dio. Blackmore's solo, after the second verse, is in B Phrygian dominant scale, and is cited as "one of his best". It features the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, a Vako Orchestron, and what Ritchie Blackmore called "a string thing all playing this half-Turkish Scale". The epic-length rock track with symphonic influences starts with a short drum solo by Cozy Powell, a "great drumming moment" frequently cited as an example of his skills. "Stargazer" is notable for its musical complexity, with the guitar, lyrics, and drum solo cited as significant examples of the talents of guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Cozy Powell. It is an epic song narrating the story of a powerful wizard whose attempt to fly by constructing a mystical tower to the stars leads to the enslavement of vast numbers of people. " Stargazer" is a song by the British-American rock supergroup Rainbow, released as fifth track from the band's second studio album Rising (1976).
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