Ronnie James Dio (27,350 views)

[queenfan11]

Voice Type: Tenor
Vocal Range: E2-C6

Significant High Notes:
C6: ("The Mob Rules" live Mexico City 2007)
B♭5: ("Wild One" live Birmingham 1990)
A5: ("Gypsy" live Eindhoven 2005)
G♯5: ("Gypsy" live Kavarna 2006, "I" live Kavarna 2006, "Lock Up the Wolves", "The Mob Rules" live New York 2007, "Wild One" live London 1990)
G5: ("Wild One")
F♯5: ("Black Sabbath" live Rio de Janeiro 1992)
F5: ("Neon Knights" live Live Evil, "Stand Up and Shout")
E5: ("Black Sheep of the Family", "Breathless", "Catch the Rainbow" live Sofia 1998, "Evil Eyes", "Great Balls of Fire", "Gypsy", "Hide in the Rainbow", "I Speed at Night", "If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll", "L.A. 59", "L.A. Connection", "My Eyes", "Rainbow in the Dark", "Sensitive to Light", "We Rock", "What Cost War")
E♭5: ("Black Swampy Water", "Bring Down the Rain", "Caught in the Middle", "Children of the Sea" live Live Evil, "Holy Diver", "King of Rock and Roll" live Tokyo 1985, "Metal Will Never Die", "The Mob Rules" live Live Evil, "Neon Knights" live Live Evil, "Otherworld", "Sacred Heart", "Slipping Away", "Sunset Superman", "Voodoo", "What Cost War")
D5: ("Annie New Orleans", "Another Lie", "Black", "Black Sheep of the Family", "Black Swampy Water", "Born on the Sun", "Death By Love", "Do the Same Thing", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Dream Evil", "Eat Your Heart Out", "Egypt (The Chains Are On)", "Evil Eyes", "Evil on Queen Street", "Fallen Angels", "Feed My Head", "Gambler, Gambler", "I Speed at Night", "Invisible", "Just Another Day", "Kill the King", "King of Rock and Roll", "L.A. Connection", "Lady of the Lake", "Liberty Road", "A Light in the Black", "Lock Up the Wolves", "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll", "Love Is All", "Man on the Silver Mountain", "The Mob Rules", "Mystery", "Naked in the Rain", "Night Music", "One Night in the City", "Overlove", "Prentice Wood", "Rainbow in the Dark", "Rock and Roll", "Run With the Wolf", "Scream", "Sensitive to Light", "Shame on the Night", "The Shed", "Shoot Shoot", "Sit Down Honey", "Sixteenth Century Greensleeves", "Snake Charmer", "Stand Up and Shout", "Starstruck", "Still I'm Sad" live On Stage, "Streetwalker", "Sweet Leaf" live Hartford 1980, "Tarot Woman", "Walk on Water", "We Rock", "Why Are They Watching Me", "Wild One")
C♯5: ("After All (The Dead)", "Ain't It All Amusing", "All the Fools Sailed Away", "Annie New Orleans", "Atom and Evil", "Better in the Dark", "Bible Black", "Breaking Into Heaven", "Bring Down the Rain", "Catch the Rainbow" live Inferno: Last in Live, "Caught in the Middle", "Children of the Sea", "Computer God", "Country Girl", "Die Young", "Dixie Lee Junction", "Do You Close Your Eyes", "Double Monday", "Double the Pain", "Eriel", "Evilution", "Faces in the Window", "Falling Off the Edge of the World", "Fever Dreams", "First Avenue", "Give Her the Gun", "Good Time Music", "Heaven and Hell" studio/live Utrecht 1983, "Here's to You", "Hey Angel", "I Could Have Been a Dreamer", "I Speed at Night", "If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll", "L.A. 59", "Lady Evil", "Letters From Earth", "Liberty Road", "Lock Up the Wolves", "Lonely Is the Word", "Mask of the Great Deceiver", "Mistreated" live Munich 1977, "The Mob Rules", "My Eyes", "Neon Knights", "Neverwhere", "Night People", "One Foot in the Grave", "Rocking Chair Rock 'n' Roll Blues", "Sacred Heart", "Sensitive to Light", "Shivers", "Shoot Shoot", "The Sign of the Southern Cross", "Sins of the Father", "Sit Down Honey", "Slipping Away", "Snake Charmer", "Stargazer" live New Haven 1990, "Stars" live Tokyo 1987, "Straight Through the Heart", "Strange Highways", "Streetwalker", "Sunset Superman", "Sweet Leaf" live Hartford 1980, "Time Machine", "Time to Burn", "Too Late", "Turn to Stone", "Turn Up the Night", "TV Crimes", "Twisted", "Voodoo", "Welcome to My Nightmare", "What Cost War", "When She Smiles", "Wishing Well", "Wonderworld")
C5: ("Ain't It All Amusing", "Along Comes a Spider", "Another Lie", "Between Two Hearts", "Black Sheep of the Family", "Black Swampy Water", "Blood From a Stone", "Born on the Sun", "Buried Alive", "Carolina County Ball", "Cold Feet", "Death By Love", "Do the Same Thing", "Do You Close Your Eyes", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Don't Tell the Kids", "Dream On", "Eat Your Heart Out", "Egypt (The Chains Are On)", "The End of the World", "Evil on Queen Street", "Evilution", "Fallen Angels", "Feed My Head", "Firehead", "Gambler, Gambler", "Gates of Babylon", "Guilty", "Gypsy", "Here's to You", "Hollywood Black", "Holy Diver", "Hoochie Koochie Lady", "Hungry for Heaven", "I Am", "I'm Coming Back For You", "Institutional Man", "Just Another Day", "Kill the King", "L.A. 59", "L.A. Connection", "The Last in Line", "A Light in the Black", "Like the Beat of a Heart", "Living the Lie", "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll", "Losing My Insanity", "Love Is All", "Love Me Like a Woman", "Magica (Reprise)", "Man on the Silver Mountain", "The Man Who Would Be King", "Mask of the Great Deceiver", "Master of the Moon", "Mystery", "Naked in the Rain", "Neon Knights", "Never More", "Night Music", "One More For the Road", "One Night in the City", "Otherworld", "Overlove", "Pain", "The Prisoner of Paradise", "Rainbow", "Rainbow Eyes", "Rainbow in the Dark", "Rock and Roll", "Rock 'n' Roll Children", "Rocking Chair Rock 'n' Roll Blues", "Run With the Wolf", "Self Portrait", "Shame on the Night", "The Shed", "Shivers", "Shotgun Boogie", "Stand Up and Shout", "Stargazer", "Stars", "Still I'm Sad" live On Stage, "Strange Highways", "Tarot Woman", "The Temple of the King", "Time Machine", "Walk Away", "Walk on Water", "We Rock", "When a Woman Cries", "Why Are They Watching Me", "Wild One")
B4: ("All the Fools Sailed Away", "Annie New Orleans", "As Long as It's Not About Love", "Before the Fall", "Better in the Dark", "Bible Black", "Big Sister", "Black", "Black Sheep of the Family", "Breaking Into Heaven", "Breathless", "Bring Down the Rain", "Carolina County Ball", "Catch the Rainbow", "Caught in the Middle", "Challis", "Children of the Sea", "Computer God", "Death By Love", "The Devil Cried", "Die Young", "Dixie Lee Junction", "Do the Same Thing", "Double Monday", "Double the Pain", "Dying in America", "Ear in the Wall", "Eat Your Heart Out", "Electra", "The End of the World", "Evil Eyes", "Evil on Queen Street", "The Eyes", "Faces in the Window", "Falling Off the Edge of the World", "Fear", "Feed My Head", "Fever Dreams", "First Avenue", "Follow the Tears", "Gambler, Gambler", "Gates of Babylon", "Give Her the Gun", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "Golden Rules", "Good Time Music", "Guilty", "Happy", "Hey Angel", "Hide in the Rainbow", "Hoochie Koochie Lady", "I", "I Could Have Been a Dreamer", "I Speed at Night", "If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll", "In Dreams", "Invisible", "Just Another Day", "King of Rock and Roll", "Lady Evil", "Lady of the Lake", "Letters From Earth", "Liberty Road", "A Light in the Black", "Like the Beat of a Heart", "Living the Lie", "Lock Up the Wolves", "Lonely Is the Word", "Lord of the Last Day", "Losing My Insanity", "Love Is All", "Love Me Like a Woman", "The Man Who Would Be King", "Master of Insanity", "Mistreated" live Munich 1977, "The Mob Rules", "My Eyes", "Night Music", "Night People", "One Foot in the Grave", "One More For the Road", "Over and Over", "Prentice Wood", "Push", "Rock and Roll", "Rock and Roll Angel", "Sacred Heart", "Shadow of the Wind", "The Shed", "The Sign of the Southern Cross", "Sins of the Father", "Sit Down Honey", "Sixteenth Century Greensleeves", "Slipping Away", "Snake Charmer", "Stargazer", "Starstruck", "Still I'm Sad" live On Stage, "Straight Through the Heart", "Streetwalker", "Sunset Superman", "Sweet Leaf" live Hartford 1980, "Tarot Woman", "The Temple of the King", "Time to Burn", "Too Late", "Turn to Stone", "Turn Up the Night", "TV Crimes", "Twisted", "Voodoo", "Welcome to My Nightmare", "When She Smiles", "Wild One")
B♭4: ("After All (The Dead)", "Another Lie", "Atom and Evil", "Before the Fall", "Between Two Hearts", "Bible Black", "Black", "Blood From a Stone", "Born on the Sun", "Breaking Into Heaven", "Buried Alive", "The Code", "Cold Feet", "Computer God", "Country Girl", "Die Young", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Don't Tell the Kids", "Double the Pain", "Dream Evil", "Dream On", "Ear in the Wall", "Eating the Cannibals", "Egypt (The Chains Are On)", "Eriel", "Evilution", "The Eyes", "Fallen Angels", "Falling Off the Edge of the World", "Fear", "Firehead", "God Hates Heavy Metal", "Golden Rules", "Heaven and Hell", "Here's to You", "Hollywood Black", "Hungry for Heaven", "Hunter of the Heart", "I", "I Am", "I'm Coming Back For You", "Institutional Man", "Jesus, Mary, and the Holy Ghost", "Kill the King", "Killing the Dragon", "Letters From Earth", "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll", "Man on the Silver Mountain", "Mask of the Great Deceiver", "Master of Insanity", "Master of the Moon", "Metal Will Never Die", "Mystery", "Neon Knights", "Neverwhere", "One Foot in the Grave", "One Night in the City", "Otherworld", "Over and Over", "Overlove", "Rock and Roll Angel", "Rock 'n' Roll Children", "Rocking Chair Rock 'n' Roll Blues", "Scream", "Shadow of the Wind", "Shivers", "Shotgun Boogie", "The Sign of the Southern Cross", "Sins of the Father", "Stay Out of My Mind", "Strange Highways", "Streetwalker", "Throw Away Children", "Time Machine", "Time to Burn", "Tonight", "Too Late", "The Turn of the Screw", "Walk Away", "What Cost War", "When a Woman Cries", "Why Are They Watching Me", "Wishing Well")
A4: ("All the Fools Sailed Away", "Along Comes a Spider", "Annie New Orleans", "As Long as It's Not About Love", "Better in the Dark", "Between Two Hearts", "Big Sister", "Black Swampy Water", "Carolina County Ball", "Children of the Sea", "The Code", "Cold Feet", "Death By Love", "The Devil Cried", "Dixie Lee Junction", "Do You Close Your Eyes", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Double Monday", "Dying in America", "Egypt (The Chains Are On)", "Electra", "The End of the World", "Everybody's Got a Dance", "Evil Eyes", "Evil on Queen Street", "Faces in the Window", "Fallen Angels", "Feed My Head", "Fever Dreams", "First Avenue", "Follow the Tears", "God Hates Heavy Metal", "Good Time Music", "Great Balls of Fire", "Guilty", "Happy", "Hey Angel", "Hoochie Koochie Lady", "Hungry for Heaven", "I Could Have Been a Dreamer", "I'm Coming Back For You", "In Dreams", "If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll", "Institutional Man", "Irresistible You", "Just Another Day", "Killing the Dragon", "L.A. 59", "Lady Evil", "The Last in Line", "Liberty Road", "A Light in the Black", "Like the Beat of a Heart", "Living the Lie", "Lord of the Last Day", "Losing My Insanity", "Love Is All", "Love Me Like a Woman", "Magica (Reprise)", "The Man Who Would Be King", "Master of the Moon", "Mistreated" live Munich 1977, "My Eyes", "Mystery", "Naked in the Rain", "Never More", "Night Music", "Night People", "One Night in the City", "Overlove", "Prentice Wood", "Push", "Rainbow", "Red Top", "Rock and Roll", "Rocking Chair Rock 'n' Roll Blues", "Scream", "Self Portrait", "Sensitive to Light", "Shame on the Night", "The Shed", "Shoot Shoot", "Stand Up and Shout", "Stargazer", "Stars", "Still I'm Sad" live On Stage, "Strange Highways", "Tarot Woman", "The Temple of the King", "This Is Your Life", "Turn to Stone", "Turn Up the Night", "TV Crimes", "Twisted", "Walk on Water", "Welcome to My Nightmare", "Wonderworld")

Significant Low Notes:
E3: ("Catch the Rainbow", "Fear", "Feed My Head", "Great Balls of Fire", "I Told You So", "Irresistible You", "Lord of the Last Day", "Love Pains", "Rainbow Eyes", "Red Top", "Rock and Roll", "Self Portrait", "Stargazer", "Streetwalker", "When She Smiles")
E♭3: ("After All (The Dead)", "Atom and Evil", "Blue Days, Blue Nights", "Give Her the Gun", "Heaven and Hell" live Philadelphia 1986, "I", "Letters From Earth", "Lord of the Last Day" live West Hollywood 2000, "Master of the Moon", "Metal Will Never Die", "Wishing Well")
D3: ("An Angel Is Missing", "Blanche", "Catch the Rainbow", "The Code", "Don't Take Your Love From Me", "Evil on Queen Street", "Fallen Angels", "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", "I Told You So", "Mr. Misery", "Rainbow Eyes", "Welcome to My Nightmare")
C♯3: ("Egypt (The Chains are On)" live New York 2002, "Follow the Tears", "Letters From Earth", "Lord of the Last Day" live New York 2000, "Love Pains", "Make Johnny Blue", "Mistreated" live Munich 1977)
C3: ("Black Sabbath" live Live Evil, "The Code", "Don't Take Your Love From Me", "Falling Off the Edge of the World" live Wacken 2009, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco")
B2: ("Catch the Rainbow" live Dieburg 1998, "Don't Take Your Love From Me", "Lord of the Last Day" live New York 2002, "Make Johnny Blue", "Mr. Misery", "Welcome to My Nightmare")
B♭2: ("After All (The Dead)", "I Left My Heart in San Francisco")
G♯2: ("Hide in the Rainbow", "Welcome to My Nightmare")
F♯2: ("Electra", "New York, New York" 2002 interview with Eric Blair, "Turn to Stone")
E2: ("Rock and Roll")

Blue marks falsetto notes
Green marks harsh/distorted screams
Boldface marks particularly impressive notes
Underlines mark notes in backing vocals
Italics mark non-sung notes

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{QUESTIONABLE NOTES}
G5: ("Do the Same Thing", "L.A. Connection" brief "woo!")
F5: ("Hungry for Heaven" questionable identity, "Night Music" poor quality)
E5: ("Another Lie" implied harmony, "Annie New Orleans", "Do the Same Thing", brief "woo!", "Naked in the Rain" implied harmony)
E♭5: ("Firehead" implied harmony, "Rock 'n' Roll Children" implied harmony, "Shame on the Night" nano-note)
D5: ("Master of the Moon" possibly pitch-shifted)
C♯5: ("Blood From a Stone" brief trill)
E3: ("I Could Have Been a Dreamer" brief dip)
E♭3: ("Big Sister" possible illusion)
D3: ("Egypt (The Chains Are On)", "Self Portrait" brief dips, "Shotgun Boogie" questionable identity)
C♯3: ("Children of the Sea" might not be voice)
B2: ("Children of the Sea" might not be voice)
B♭2: ("Letters From Earth" implied harmony)
A2: ("Shame on the Night" might not be voice) 
E2: ("Like the Beat of a Heart" possibly pitch-shifted)
E♭2: ("When a Woman Cries" possibly pitch-shifted)

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{ALBUMS CHECKED}

Ronnie Dio and the Prophets:
Dio at Domino's (1963) (B♭2-A4-E5)

Elf:
Elf (1972) (G3-D5)
Carolina County Ball (1974) (D3-E5)
Trying to Burn the Sun (1975) (E3-E♭5)

Rainbow:
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) (D3-E5)
Rising (1976) (E3-D5)
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) (D3-E5)

Black Sabbath:
Heaven and Hell (1980) (E♭3-G♯3-C♯5)
The Mob Rules (1981) (F♯3-E♭5)
Dehumanizer (1992) (B♭2-E♭3-C♯5)

Dio:
Holy Diver (1983) (G3-E5-F5)
The Last in Line (1984) (F3-D5-E5)
Sacred Heart (1985) (D3-A3-E♭5)
Dream Evil (1987) (F♯3-E♭5)
Lock Up the Wolves (1990) (D3-F3-G5-G♯5)
Strange Highways (1993) (E♭3-C♯5-E♭5)
Angry Machines (1996) (F3-D5)
Magica (2000) (F♯2-C♯5-E♭5)
Killing the Dragon (2002) (E2-E3-C♯5-D5)
Master of the Moon (2004) (E♭3-F3-C5-D5)


Heaven and Hell:
The Devil You Know (2009) (C♯3-G3-C♯5)

[falsetokaiba]

He also had one LP with Ronnie Dio and the Prophets, called "Dio At Domino's" if you wanna add that to the albums checked section.

[kaji]

What in the lack of lower range is going on here?

[kriegha898]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQBXSsygLhA put at 12:30 he have a a6 is a harsh note but probabily counts

[Henny Macc]

That "If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll" E5 is pretty damn lead vocal to me. I don't see how it's any less audible than the C♯5s before it.

[Rodney Blazershorts]

It's obscure enough that half the people who listened to it couldn't tell it was there without deeper examination

[Henny Macc]

If by "half" you mean "one", then yes.

We can all agree that the C♯5s in the same line are lead vocal notes, yes? Because it's the same volume as those notes in the mix.

[Rodney Blazershorts]

Um, out of four people who listened, two didn't hear it, and clearly even queenfan disagrees about them being the same volume.

[Henny Macc]

I knew of you, me and RINGO as people who reviewed it. Are you counting Queenfan as the fourth?

Anyway, if other folks would like to weigh in, here's the note. I'm still not really sure what the confusion over it is, but eh:

[queenfan11]

Why I posted it as underline is because it sounds pretty buried to me. Even if it is in the same vocal line as the C#5s beforehand, the other harmonies obscure it when they didn't earlier.

[tungsten]

m.youtube.com/watch?v=iG-m5wikSt8&t=7s


youtu.be/AZUC5dsoyfw

[thenightkiller]

I think his scream in

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youtu.be/BTxSNosJrDo

at 0:11 should be mentioned. I don't know if this counts as a green note or what(I'm new here), but it sounds like a C#6 to me (though, I have no musical training)

[Seb]

Aug 19, 2020 8:33:57 GMT thenightkiller said:

I think his scream in

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youtu.be/BTxSNosJrDo

at 0:11 should be mentioned. I don't know if this counts as a green note or what(I'm new here), but it sounds like a C#6 to me (though, I have no musical training)

I believe that's an A5

[thenightkiller]

Aug 19, 2020 12:10:23 GMT Seb said:

Aug 19, 2020 8:33:57 GMT thenightkiller said:

I think his scream in

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youtu.be/BTxSNosJrDo

at 0:11 should be mentioned. I don't know if this counts as a green note or what(I'm new here), but it sounds like a C#6 to me (though, I have no musical training)

I believe that's an A5

Either way, tungsten also posted a clip of him doing a similar thing in the same tour. I think this should be looked into further.

[Platypus]

That thought has actually struck me as well. Luckily I've already checked through every single recorded performance of that song that's avaliable on YouTube, atleast the ones where he's performing with Heaven & Hell. The highest I found was a C6 and so far that's the highest note we've found for him.

[Henny Macc]

Don't forget to list the clip of him singing "New York, New York" in an interview and hitting F♯2s; that's a pretty significant note for him:


There are quite a few other notes (particularly lows) still missing that were listed in his TRP3 thread, like the "Falling Off the Edge of the World" live B2, the "Iron Man" live A2, the B♭2s from "Mr. Misery", the "Die Young" live B♭5, and the "Neon Knights" live F5.

Lastly, I'm still pretty convinced that the "The Mob Rules" live note is an A5, and last I checked a lot of people seemed to agree on that.

[tungsten]

Some of these notes are missing: G#5 from "Gypsy" live in Kavarna 2006, impressive C#5 from "Mistreated" live Munch 1977.
I don't know if it is noteworthy but you can judge:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71uGuwDHvMA&t=53m42s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyX5AMcSOd8&t=2m56s eb5?

[Henny Macc]

There are still a LOT of missing fifth octave notes from live performances that were previously checked and listed in his TRP3 thread. If those aren't going to get checked any time soon, I'll just link them here myself, because I don't see any reason to let this version of the thread be less informative than its predecessor.

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Surprisingly good B5 from this version of "Wild One", probably one of his better upper fifth octave notes actually.


Short overtoney B♭5 here.


This live version of "Gypsy" has a slide up to A5 for the opening scream. The G♯5 from the version linked above should also be added, along with those other two notes.


This version of "Wild One" gets up to A5 (sounds like A♯5 but apparently the tape speed is fast) on the regular "WIIIIILD WILD!" screams, then also climbs up to a considerably strong G♯5 at 3:42.


Climb up to an F5 in this performance of "Neon Knight", then also a cool (but audibly strained) E♭5 at 4:03.


Powerful E5 at the very beginning of this song and a couple other points. I thought this song got checked though, so I'm confused as to why it's still missing from the OP.


A great climax on the last chorus of this live version of "Children of the Sea", topping at a short E♭5.


Solid E♭5 as the opening note in this version of "The Mob Rules".

Then there are at least a few missing low notes as well:

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Pretty solid C3 in this version of "Black Sabbath".


The TRP3 version of the thread had this low slide listed as getting down to B2, but I'm a little unsure of whether it's worth counting that low. Definitely at least C3 though, and I'd be open to discussion about counting B2.


One of his early crooner songs here - the line I have timestamped (along with every chorus) gets down to B2s, and then there are also numerous D3s throughout starting at 0:15.


Slide down to a pretty weak low note in this version of "Iron Man" - was previously listed as A2 on TRP3, but I find myself going between A2 and G♯2 for it.

There are a number of other notes that this version of the thread could stand to add as well, but these are probably the most essential ones for now. I'll probably make another post later with some of the rest, but would really like to see these ones get added before I worry about those.

[Henny Macc]

May 11, 2021 1:28:27 GMT Henny Macc said:

There are still a LOT of missing fifth octave notes from live performances that were previously checked and listed in his TRP3 thread. If those aren't going to get checked any time soon, I'll just link them here myself, because I don't see any reason to let this version of the thread be less informative than its predecessor.

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{Spoiler}
Surprisingly good B5 from this version of "Wild One", probably one of his better upper fifth octave notes actually.


Short overtoney B♭5 here.


This live version of "Gypsy" has a slide up to A5 for the opening scream. The G♯5 from the version linked above should also be added, along with those other two notes.


This version of "Wild One" gets up to A5 (sounds like A♯5 but apparently the tape speed is fast) on the regular "WIIIIILD WILD!" screams, then also climbs up to a considerably strong G♯5 at 3:42.


Climb up to an F5 in this performance of "Neon Knight", then also a cool (but audibly strained) E♭5 at 4:03.


Powerful E5 at the very beginning of this song and a couple other points. I thought this song got checked though, so I'm confused as to why it's still missing from the OP.


A great climax on the last chorus of this live version of "Children of the Sea", topping at a short E♭5.


Solid E♭5 as the opening note in this version of "The Mob Rules".

Then there are at least a few missing low notes as well:

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{Spoiler}
Pretty solid C3 in this version of "Black Sabbath".


The TRP3 version of the thread had this low slide listed as getting down to B2, but I'm a little unsure of whether it's worth counting that low. Definitely at least C3 though, and I'd be open to discussion about counting B2.


One of his early crooner songs here - the line I have timestamped (along with every chorus) gets down to B2s, and then there are also numerous D3s throughout starting at 0:15.


Slide down to a pretty weak low note in this version of "Iron Man" - was previously listed as A2 on TRP3, but I find myself going between A2 and G♯2 for it.

There are a number of other notes that this version of the thread could stand to add as well, but these are probably the most essential ones for now. I'll probably make another post later with some of the rest, but would really like to see these ones get added before I worry about those.

Can these notes please get added to the OP? So far I've only seen the E5s from "What Cost War" get added.

[queenfan11]

- The "Wild One" B5 is already in the thread, as a B♭5. The tape speed is fast.
- Added the "Black Sabbath" C3, "Mr. Misery" B2s and D3s, and "Children of the Sea" and "The Mob Rules" live E♭5s.

However, there are some notes i'm confused about:
- I'm actually hearing a D5 on the "Die Young" clip. I think Iommi's guitar might be throwing me off.
- The "Gypsy" note sounds halfway between A5 and B♭5.
- Not sure if the "Neon Knights" live F5 should be marked as italics or not.
- Not sure if the "Wild One" live A5s should be marked as blue or black. Also, I think the tape speed is fast.
- Uncertain how low the "Falling Off the Edge of the World" slide goes.
- The "Iron Man" note is pretty weak, not sure if i'd count it.

Anyone want to weigh in on those?

[Henny Macc]

- I'm pretty sure the "Die Young" note is a B♭5, and that's also what Sandblasted had it listed for in the previous version of the thread, but I'll take more opinions on it if you're not convinced. Iommi's guitar is definitely playing a D5 there alright, so it's likely you're getting thrown off by that, cause Dio is not matching his pitch at all.
- I think I hear the "Gypsy" clip very briefly touching on B♭5 now that you mention it, but I think it might be a bit too brief to be worth counting. Leaning towards sticking with A5 as my pitching verdict for it.
- I would say italics for the "Neon Knights" live F5; that's what it was listed for in the previous version of the thread.
- I definitely vote black for the "Wild One" live screams; they're no more falsetto-sounding than the "Lock Up the Wolves" ones. You would know better than me about the tape speed, so I'll trust your judgment on that. However, listening back I think I actually hear the first set of screams getting up to B♭5, which would mean that the correct pitch would still be A5 if the tape speed is a semitone fast.
- I admittedly went back and forth between C3 and B2 as the bottom pitch for the "Falling Off the Edge of the World" slide, so I'd be open to more opinions on that one myself. Sandblasted had it listed as a B2 though.
- Agreed about the "Iron Man" slide being pretty weak, so I'll leave that one up to you as to whether you want to count it or not. More second octave notes would certainly be nice, but this is also admittedly not his best one.

Actually speaking of second octave notes, wasn't there a live version of "Man on the Silver Mountain" that you found that had a vocal improvisation down to B2? That should definitely be added as well.

[Zedd Squared]

Jun 29, 2021 1:59:00 GMT queenfan11 said:

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However, there are some notes i'm confused about:
- I'm actually hearing a D5 on the "Die Young" clip. I think Iommi's guitar might be throwing me off.
- The "Gypsy" note sounds halfway between A5 and B♭5.
- Not sure if the "Neon Knights" live F5 should be marked as italics or not.
- Not sure if the "Wild One" live A5s should be marked as blue or black. Also, I think the tape speed is fast.
- Uncertain how low the "Falling Off the Edge of the World" slide goes.
- The "Iron Man" note is pretty weak, not sure if i'd count it.

Anyone want to weigh in on those?

-Definitely a Bb5, not very controlled though.
-Sounds more like a Bb5 to me.
-Italic seems fair. A rare italic high note that has some control to it.
-Black makes the most sense seeing as green's not used in this OP and that's the only other color I'd entertain for those notes.
-This sounds definitely like a C3 to me.
-It's a G#2 but spoiler material imo.

[Batfleck]

I found this cool performance of Ronnie performing with Deep Purple and the London symphony orchestra:

Other stuff that I found:
-A cover of Ronnie performing Aerosmith's Dream On. B♭4 at 2:00
-Hear 'n Aid - Stars. C5 at 1:00
-Live version of War Pigs from the Live Evil album. E♭3s in the verses (Man, I wish he used his lower range more. It's incredibly underutilized, especially below D3). There's also some C♯5s throughout the performance too and B♭4s at 6:23 and at 7:00
-Another one from the Live Evil album: Children of the Grave. B4s in the verses and C♯5s (I think) at 1:28, 2:11, and at 3:53

[Henny Macc]

Good stuff! Most of those were also listed in the previous version of the thread I think, but definitely should be added to this one as well. Also that "Dream On" cover gets up to C5 at 2:44, and also has numerous C5 harmonies from 3:02 onward.

[tungsten]

Low note from live version of "Catch the Rainbow":


Nice scream from a song called "I":


Why notes from "Mistreated are not added, especially this C#5. I think this should be bolded.