Dio Reverse Survivor: round 15

What are your seven favourite Dio songs from this list?

  • Total voters
    6
  • Poll closed .
Damn you 7 votes! Can we get 1-2 more vote for rounds with 20+ songs?

Catch the Rainbow
Temple of the King
A Light in the Black
Neon Knights
Children of the Sea
Die Young
Bible Black
 
That was an odd round with some pretty clear divisions and the results forced me to really clear out the choices
Promoted: Catch the Rainbow, A Light in the Black, Children of the Sea, Die Young
Eliminated: Double the Pain, Rock n Roll Angel, The Turn of the Screw, Eating the Cannibals, Follow the Tears, Neverwhere, Breaking Into Heaven, Ear in the Wall

The latest bonus track:

 
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I say G'DAMN this round is hard!

Temple of the King
Neon Knights
Bible Black - the absolute best song Sabbath did w/ Dio post-Dehumanizer
Sign of the Southern Cross
Mob Rules
Country Girl
Falling Off the Edge of the World
 
Not surprised The Devil You Know got annihilated.
It always kinda left me cold.

Mob Rules on the other hand, is much underrated.
 
Man those bonus songs are good. Still, they have so much concurrence that they don't stand much chance. I go for:

Neon Knights
Wishing Well
Atom and Evil
Fear
Sign of the Southern Cross
The Mob Rules
Falling off the Edge of the World
 
My most recent Dio Day gave me a new appreciation for Devil You Know, though I can certainly understand the dislike of it. It really is the ultimate grower album of Dio's career for me. The songs are quite good, for the most part, but take a lot of time to sink in - especially due to the tempo. There's nothing particularly terrible on Devil You Know (as there is on albums like Angry Machines or Strange Highways), but overall it's a bit of a slog for the first few listens.
 
Mckindog, I confess to you that these songs are new for me.
I particularly like the softer mid-piece.
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Me too, that softer mid-piece and the stuff right after is very good.
 
Falling of the Edge of the World promoted (and deservedly so!)
Slipping Away, Shadow of the Wind,Voodoo, E5150, Over and Over and Long Live Rock'n'Roll fall by the wayside.

Master of the Moon enters the fray as well as our bonus track, one of the final songs Ronnie ever recorded.

 
Damn you mckindog for not promoting more songs! This round is now virtually impossible and I fear these (incredibly overlooked) Master of the Moon songs are going to vanish....

So, with that in mind, I'm abandoning some Rainbow/Sabbath songs that deserve the votes but I assume will get votes from some other people.

Temple of the King
Neon Knights
Country Girl
Bible Black
Country Girl
One More for the Road
The Eyes
Death By Love

I wish I could also vote for The Man Who Would Be King and Living the Lie, which are both awesome songs, but alas, we only have so many votes. :)
 
MrKnickerbocker said:
Damn you mckindog for not promoting more songs! This round is now virtually impossible and I fear these (incredibly overlooked) Master of the Moon songs are going to vanish....

So, with that in mind, I'm abandoning some Rainbow/Sabbath songs that deserve the votes but I assume will get votes from some other people.

Temple of the King
Neon Knights
Country Girl
Bible Black
Country Girl
One More for the Road
The Eyes
Death By Love

I wish I could also vote for The Man Who Would Be King and Living the Lie, which are both awesome songs, but alas, we only have so many votes. :)
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I agree wholeheartedly on Master of the Moon.
Going to give it a serious listen before I vote, but I don't think there is an obvious weak link on there.
At the same time, there aren't any 10/10s either, so I think the majority are going to vanish pretty quickly, especially when I think my favourites will be different than yours.

Reaching back to the previous round, I guess one of the reasons why I like Mob Rules better than most is because I like the two opening tracks a lot: Turn Up the Night bubbles with a sweltering energy and Voodoo is built around such a monster riff.

I'm also glad to see Wishing Well and Lady Evil hanging in there. Of the two Well is the better song. Such a bittersweet melody over a bright arrangement.
 
mckindog said:
I agree wholeheartedly on Master of the Moon.
Going to give it a serious listen before I vote, but I don't think there is an obvious weak link on there.
At the same time, there aren't any 10/10s either, so I think the majority are going to vanish pretty quickly, especially when I think my favourites will be different than yours.
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Oh man, I give One More for the Road a hearty 10/10. It's in my Top Ten Dio songs of all time. Rollicking fun from start to finish, with Dio just positively unhinged to perfection vocally and doing his James Brown-y listicle session with pure gusto...it's a barnburner. Honestly, my single favorite Dio fast/opening track other than Kill the King and maybe Neon Knights.
 
  1. Neon Knights
  2. Wishing Well
  3. Atom and Evil
  4. Fear
  5. Sign of the Southern Cross
  6. The Mob Rules
  7. Death By Love
 
MrKnickerbocker said:
So, with that in mind, I'm abandoning some Rainbow/Sabbath songs that deserve the votes but I assume will get votes from some other people.
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I have been doing that several times. Can't eliminate tactical voting for Forostar.
mckindog said:
Reaching back to the previous round, I guess one of the reasons why I like Mob Rules better than most is because I like the two opening tracks a lot: Turn Up the Night bubbles with a sweltering energy and Voodoo is built around such a monster riff.

I'm also glad to see Wishing Well and Lady Evil hanging in there. Of the two Well is the better song. Such a bittersweet melody over a bright arrangement.
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Glad to see Wishing Well support. But imo Turn of the Night is a much weaker version of Neon Knights. Way less good (in every possible way), and adds nothing else ("Hey, let's do that again". Meh. Duh.).

The Eyes was my number 8. I can't risk to drop any of the other 7 votes.
 
My memory served well: a good album, deep and doomy with a nice showcase for Ronnie's voice.
I agree with the love for Death by Love and will also try to keep End of the World and Master of the Moon alive even though I'm not sure if I like them better than some that already have votes.

And where are the voters? Didn't we have 10 people playing this initially?
 
Promoted: Neon Knights, The Mob Rules, Bible Black
Eliminated: Shivers, Living A Lie, The Man Who Would Be King, In Dreams, Metal Will Never Die


That was an interesting round as strategic voting has definitely entered the game and got some songs promoted with only 2/3s of the vote.
Not sure if we understand the game well enough yet to count on our strategic voting to do what was intended — I could see a "I'm not going to vote for Song A because it will easily get through" backfiring

My personal favourite album enters the game, Holy Diver.
There is no bonus song this round.
 
AHHHHHHHHH 7 VOTES IS JUST NOT ENOUGH I CRI EVRYTIEM

Temple of the King
Country Girl
One More for the Road
Stand Up and Shout
Holy Diver
Rainbow in the Dark
Shame on the Night - such a beautifully moody, doomy masterpiece!
 
I couldn't risk. Voted for my seven faves.
Hope you guys save a few more.
 
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