Jesus. Watching copious amounts of VH1 Classic at my girlfriend's parents' house has resulted in "Holy Diver," "Rainbow in the Dark," and "Mystery" being stuck in my head, off-and-on, for months.
This guy's lyrics and delivery are so astonishingly ridiculous, I think they sail clear past CRAP and back around to NOT CRAP. Maybe.
I'll tell you, I never paid much attention to Dio aside from making fun of him, but "Holy Diver" is a spectacular and stupid song. Like mattw, I just about keeled over the first time I heard it--particularly the part where he says "look out!" Oh, dear god is that funny. And awesome. So I think I might like this "Holy Diver," even with all the fruity elf-and-wizard related nonsense, because it is so G.D. catchy. I'm not going to buy any Dio records or anything, but I'll be damned if I won't enjoy "Holy Diver" when I hear it.
I think there's something wrong with me.
There have been some great posts in this thread, by the way:
alex maiolo wrote:WF:6 for the broadsword and chainmail.
Or maybe I should say "minus 10 hit points."
hench wrote:ronnie james dio = rhea perlman in tackier clothing.
the Classical wrote: great stage banter (in fact Dio threaten to beat-up an audience memeber)
stewie wrote:"Look out!"
NOT CRAP, surprisingly, based on my enjoyment of "Holy Diver" and the hilarious live DVD I mentioned in a previous post to this thread.
matthew wrote:His Life and his Death gives us LIFE.......supernatural life- which is His own life because he is God and Man. This is all straight Catholicism....no nuttiness or mystical crap here.