Just went to his gravesite the other day... what a surreal feeling to have stood inches away from this legend.. If you’re in Los Angeles, and would love to pay your respects to this man, he’s buried at Forest Lawn cemetery!

Dio's not just a singer, he's a story teller. There's a huge difference. If you want a more bluesy feel, check Dio out when he was in Elf.

Ronnie James Dio, Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford = God Tier

Ronnie was only 5'4" but his voice was GIGANTIC!

Dio is, in my opinion the only metal muscician that TRANSCENDED music. He is not only the best metal vocalist, but of the best muscicians of all time. He brings MAGIC. Hes on par with michaem jackson if you ask me

Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, but Dio is the best heavy metal singer.Ronnie, we are missing you so much .RIP

Hell yes! RJD is the best singer in metal history, big influence on both Rob Halford & Bruce Dickinson. Massive Iron Maiden fan here but even Bruce said Dio is the best, Vivian Campbell was a beast of a 🎸 player back in the day too 🤘

You got to check out his whole "Holy Diver" album. Not one bad song on it.

I had the privilege of seeing Dio live on three occasions. Once when he was frontman for Sabbath, again early on in his solo career. Again, maybe 5 years before he passed. His presence on stage was that of a 7 ft Giant! I’ve never seen a performer that could hold and captivate a crowd like Ronnie James! Keep rocking the Dio, brother! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

I got to meet Dio, he was small guy, It was amazing to see that voice come from someone so tiny, he was a giant on stage and I can never forget what an absolutely nice guy he was. He chewed out a guy who was pressuring him to go. He told him not to bother him until everyone got their pic, autographs, or questions in. Amazing singer, performer and person.

Ronnie was never a flashy singer. He never did crazy vocal runs or displayed a super wide range. He was all about pure power, emotion and the wonderful color of that voice of his.

Dio had more stage presence in his hands than most singers so in their whole bodies. So much so he single-handely made the "metal horns" gesture a thing... which weren't horns really.. it's called the "maliok" (Malocchio) the "evil eye" when it's pointed at someone it's a curse... sort of an old superstition his oldschool Italian grandmother had. When the fingers are pointed upward, guards against the evil eye.. which is was the sign he was doing to the crowd.. and it took off ... becoming known as "the metal horns". Ronnie wasn't as athletic as Bruce Dickinson.. he wasn't running around the stage and jumping off platforms or doing David Lee Roth spin kicks.. but his gestures, expressions and stances really helped sell the story, emotion, and straight up power of his songs. That and he had "the voice".. immense power, depths of soul.. and complete control over every note.

If you want to hear Dio's best vocal range, listen to him sing with Rainbow on the song "Stargazer". Truly epic!

What a SUPER loss to Metal. ..R.I.P.. Ronnie James..I had front row seats to the Black & Blue Concert in the old Capital Center in D.C. in 1981.

I'm sitting here in philly 1 20 this morning watching this. Can't ask for more. Seen dio many times and shook his hand once at a show. Incredible. Peace out

One thing that I didn’t know until recently, despite being a Dio fan, by the time Ronnie went solo he’d already amassed 30 years of stage/live performance experience! A master of his craft! Nice reaction vid thanks brought back good memories! Check out Geoff Tate with Queesryche doing operation mindcrime a metal opera for all intents!

One of the greatest songs about the illusion of happiness ever

This video brings me great joy! I love watching people love RJD, he rode the dragon, and left us with stars and rainbows ,MASSIVE presence, huge vocal talent, small in stature, HUGE AS A TITAN!!!

Some of the best metal guitarists came out of the 80's. Dio also makes any band badass.

Bro you gotta check out The Last In Line by Dio. Love the guitar work and his vocals there so much

If you like Dio, check him out singing "Gates of Babylon" with Rainbow.

such a large voice in such a small guy.. one of the best

I saw DIO live back in '89 or '90...RJD fought a F*ing fire breathing DRAGON, live, on stage! It was EPIC! I was slightly...altered that night for sure, but there was definitely a dragon, & Dio definitely had a fire sword. And that was after watching Savatage & Megadeth! Hell of a show that one! 🤘😎 (Btw, I'm sure someone has told you before, but if you didn't know...Dio was the person that made the 'devil horns' hand sign so popular. He's the one that started it.)

I saw him live at the Bolixie civics center back around 1985. Hands down the best concert i ever went to.

Dio started the devil horn sign. He said it got it from his grandmother (evil eye). After that everyone did it. LMAO

DIO spoke truth with power and that in any era is Legendary

First time i heard this man sing i was about 16 years old, and me and my friends couldnt believe how good he was, after that we loved drink some beer and listen to this music.

Even the largest bands in the world metal wise put him on a Shelf all by himself. Because of his stage presence his intelligence. Also his ability to work a crowd. And there is no voice out there in many opinions nearly as good because he could voice and you could understand all the lyrics that he says because it was pure

💙💙💙 Dio was a huge part of my HS days in the mid 80s. Intelligent man who wrote songs thar made you ponder Saw him live in 86 and that voice was huge and pure filling the stadium 🏟 of 20k like he wasn't even trying hard

The guitarist was Vivian Campbell, he took over the guitar part for the Late Steve Clark of Def Leppard after he passed away. Most of the hits from the “Dio” solo work came from his guitar work. Really enjoyed your reaction. I love seeing how music can speak to everyone no matter what you know about the artist. Btw, Dio pretty much invented the Devil horns in Rock and roll, Gene Simmons of KISS says he did but we all know the truth! RIP DIO 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻

T, you really should do the song “I” from the Black Sabbath album Dehumanizer. Dio rejoined them for this album after making his mark as a solo artist. It contains one of my favorite lyrics, but I won’t say what it is.

Dio was the master storyteller and although a small stature oh, he always believed in performing with big gestures and hand movements told stories of wizards, warlocks dragons and medieval stuff one of the best concerts I've ever seen when I saw him in the early 80s

Yes yes yes! More DIO!!! "The Last in Line," & "Holy Diver," are must-listen songs!!! 🤘😎😁

Ronnie gave me hope when I was a lost teenager....and I love maiden too..shout out to ozzy and dave mustaine

Thank you for jamming ❤Ronnie James Dio, I seen him three times in concert he was so good I seen him with Black Sabbath too But when he went solo he was the Best Ever💯🤘 Another great song is Rainbow in dark also Holy Diver and Last in line🎧📀👍🤘💯 You'll love them ❤ Love your show 🌟 Rock on and Rock hard 🤘

Dio will always be around, in his music. RIP to this legend. You want a big stage presence, try Motley Crue, Wild Side!

Ronnie, Bruce and Rob are all equally brilliant on stage. They all have their unique stage presence. Dio is more theatrical but they are the 3 best ever to grace the stage.

"All the Fools Sailed Away": There's perfect harmony In the rising and the falling of the sea And as we drift along I never fail to be astounded by the things we'll do for promises And a song

An amazing singer, saw him when he sung for Black Sabbath 1980, Heaven and Hell tour.

Little guy, big voice. The Last In Line has always been my favorite song by him. What's up man? Hope you're doing well😁

Dio was one of the greatest, a True Metal God. Glad to hear you sing his praises.

Im so fuckin lucky to have seen these guys back in the 80s. Please take me back there and leave me

Rainbow Stargazer when Dio fronted Rainbow is a must !!!

Watching Dio live was like magic. You stood among a crowd of thousands, and you felt he was singing only and only for you - and everyone else felt the exact same thing. The world, music and art is lessened with his passing.

One of my favorite songs from Dio solo. As impressive as Dio was during the 80's, you would lose your freaking mind with "Mistreated" from Rainbow - live in Berlin '77. It's around, have the DVD, amazing concert but Dio as a singer goes a whole new level with this song. Having Richie Blackmore as your guitarist doesn't hurt either. :)

Great evaluation.. I loved the mullet comment as I owned a LEGENDARY mullet with only partial spike that transitioned to beautifully layered hair.

Unparalleled stage presence

Ronnie is a God, an S-tier monster, the final opponent for any singer, doubtlessly! But the whole line-up is increddibly brilliant on this one. Turn a great Heavy Metal track into an thrashy Epic Metal hymn.

Dio came up with the "Devil horns" and the whole metal-world embraced it. It ess something he got from his Italian grandma if my memory is correct. It was a way to give someone the evil eye.😊

That keyboard player IS the 80s personified. I'll bet you he was also a cyborg ninja who drank Tab cola because he was that 80s.

Dio Forever

Hey T !! Check out these Dio songs that you might not have heard yet. Man on the Magic Mountain & Long live Rock and Roll when he was with Rainbow. Children of the Sea, Lady Evil, The Mob Rules, Sign of the Southern Cross & Vodoo with Black Sabbath I got to see Dio twice .. ( once with Black Sabbath on the Mob Rules tour in 1981, and then again in January 1988 at the old Montreal Forum with Megadeth & Savatage as the opening acts .... Dio has always been awesome live, He's the consumate Showman. He sings from the heart with so much honesty & soul .

RJD was a giant. I love how you mentioned his stage presence, which is so true. Yet his height was 5'1"

Everybody say he is the best Heavy Metal singer, but in my opinion there's nobody better than him in all genres, he was the best singer of his generation.

Best voice in heavy metal and stage presence. Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did.

I was going to recommend a few Dio songs, but fact is you can blindly pick almost anything from his solo career - there are no bad ones. Outside of his solo stuff though, you might want to listen to Kill the King from his days in Rainbow (or Stargazer and Light in the Black). Lot of under-rated gems on the album Mob Rules from his time in Black Sabbath as well.

This show was recorded at the Philly Spectrum.. And I was there! So cool when they released a video of this show later in the year..

Hi i saw Ronnie sing this song live from the Holy Diver Tour in 1983 in Corpus Christi, Tx i won a couple of tickets from the local rock station.

I love to see people still talk about the good old music 🎶 🎵 ⏹️ I grew up with. 🥳🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

I saw him in '84 in Chicago. Awesome performer.

KING DIO !!! ....was an absolute honor every time to have seen and met him live. FUN FACT : Ronnie James Dio Padanova was singing in DooWop style 4 piece groups back in the era 1958-1964 RONNIE AND THE PROPHETS ;)

Dio was murderous back then. Saw them on that tour.

From canada, stop tryin to be a perfectionist! Enjoy the music as we do, I’m here, lol. Cheers friends! 🤙🤘

I was in the first row center, and it was crazy. Craig Goldy was spectacular. We were trippin so when the flames would fire off you instantly sweated. The first leg of the tour was opened by Queensryche, Rage For Order. Then after eu tour they came back and did the filming only Accept was the opening band. When it was over the 1st 20 rows of seats was flattened to the ground.

Awesome vid bro! Dio got me through high school (82-86) and I was lucky enough to catch him live in 1984 and 1986. His live shows were incredible!

Your one of Dio's desiples now, welcome. I'm a Maiden fan since 1980 I love Maiden but I agree with you 100%. Dio is the man.

You said it!!! The stage presents from the old bands are sick.

dio was one of a kind he could mesmorize an audience like nobody else glad i experienced both him n lemmy

Dio one and only. The band is also fucking awesome.

Much deeper meaning will be realized. Going forward old rock groups knew a truth that is hidden from us

The best version of this song is from a performance in 1983 in Holland. Check out the live version of The Last In Line at The Spectrum in '84.

Saw this tour live, the man was larger than life!

Ronnie Dio is and always will be the Master of the Moon! Joe from Germany

You have definitely been turned into a metal head! HAHA! Love it! To be fair, I've got Judas Priest, Krokus and Scorpions CD's mixed in with my 50cent and Ti HAHA!

If I didn't talk to strangers, I wouldn't have found a stranger to play Valheim CoOp with me today.

Damn, they were good. Glad I saw them live so many times in the 80s.

Yeah man, Ronnie was effing awesome! Something in his voice so familiar. Like you've heard it your whole life even if you're hearing it for the first time.

Top 3 best rock/metal vocalist ever, plus such stage presence for a 5'4 guy, his voice I'd define as powerful and melodic at the same time Btw, great musicians in the band, Craig Goldie excelled in the guitar solo, Vinnie and Jimmi on top form in the rythm section and Claude putting nice touches on the keyboards, I love Dio lml lml

Ronnie is a self taught singer no training other than singing shows in cortland New York where he grew up

Good voice. Great performer. Did you also hear the bass in the mix? Holy shite

Nice- I agree, Halford and Dio are the stage show leaders! Rainbow in the Dark,, Last in Line, Holy Divers- Dio must! Please check out Starz- Hearing Aid, Dio put it together with the big metal stars of 80s. Dio was my first heavy metal concert when I was 14. Please check out the Sinner Live Vengeance 82, shows off Halford.

Saw Ronnie James Dio twice. Once in the 80s and again in 2005ish when he Mottorhead opened for Iron Maiden. Dio always delivered it hard!!!!!

Also if you like dio , some say he gifted his voice to a girl in a band called LILIAC. Its a family ages 21 down to 12. Absolutely incredible. We are the children!!!🤘😎🤘 Or MARS. MINDBLOWING!!

Please react to stand up and shout by dio live in 1984. The only problem with it is that Dio forgot the first verse so he sang the second verse twice but it's a super energetic preformance. And if you want to hear dio when he was really young react to An angel is missing by ronnie dio and the redcaps (the song was made 3 years before the Beatles first album came out just to give you an idea of how long dio was in the music industry)

I'm not a patreon but I am a Dan... but I'm glad to see someone appreciate the true masters of metal vocals like Peter Steele, and Ronnie James Dio, Etc... I tried watching other channels lately but everybody wants to pause every damn 10 seconds. So I watch your Channel all the time and I'm glad you don't do that. A lot of these channels don't realize the proper way how to do this. The fact that most people watch reaction videos because they already know and love the song and just want to hear it and watch their favorite KZfaqrs react to it. You set up the song and the artist, you listen to it in its entirety, and then when it's over you comment critique or whatever else you want to chit-chat about. That's why I like TNT

Man this live version is better than the studio version and that guitar solo is just awesome!

Don't let em inside your mind no.. run run run away gooooo

R.I.P DIO , best metal singer ever !!!

Hell yeah....Im gonna build me one of those BC Rich Warlocks like that white he he is playing man lol

Dio... one of the few gI missed seeing! RIP

Hey you‼️you love me? 💕Ronnie bring me CHILLS, Emotions with gestures🤘always a pleasure listening and SEEING HIM this year 2020🙋🏽‍♀️wonderful🤘💋

I saw the Holy Diver tour Queensryche was opener awesome.

🤟😝🤟 2022 and still loving Dio (yet I keep on talking to strangers).

Love the breakdown and take, honest and right on time

Dang. I just now watched this. Great reaction video! You are 100% right about Ronnie's stage presence. For a little guy (I think someone said he was only like 5' 5") Dio was a GIANT on stage. There are so many great Dio songs out there from his days with Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and obviously his band "Dio". If you follow down this rabbit hole, you can get lost for weeks. Personally, I think Dio's BEST work was with Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I am biased because Tony Iommi is my favorite guitarist. That being said, have you reacted to the song "Stargazer" from Rainbow (Rising)? Lyrically and vocally mind blowing and I'll just leave it at that. Lastly, on the comparison to Bruce Dickenson, it's really hard to say who has better stage presence. They are both legends who perform(ed) at the most elite level. Let's call it a draw. ;) Thanks for another great reaction. It actually got me a little teary-eyed.

Iv'e seen Dio live with Sabbath in 1980 and his band several times and on his last tour with Heaven & Hell (Sabbath but by calling the band H&H they didn't have to give Sharon and Ozzy one cent). Dio's voice always sounded great no matter his age.

Ronnies voice is thee measuring stick for the metal bands

no maiden fans should be offended. Bruce cited Ronnie as an inspiration. Theyre two diff acts. But dio physically was a minimalist n more vocal. Bruce id say was reg vocal best he could but more physical for w.e reason . Dio is the true King.

Falling Off the Edge of the World should be your next Dio/Sabbath reaction.

Love Dio - glad to saw him Live - thanks for react on that Sound