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rowheadrex
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 Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:07 am Post subject: The Man Who Would Be King |
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Master Of The Moon could be a break through album for the 2004 honestly couldn't catch it earlier. one more for the road could make a real hit with a Proper video clip.
nonetheless i'm not quite sure of this track "5 The Man Who Would Be King"
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We laugh at your religion
You people of the sand
We have no superstition
You can read it in our hands |
Did Ronnie write that himself?
of course the song reveals itself after all but that paragraph ... well aint any's side politically just finding that section... you tell me
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:23 am Post subject: |
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RJD: That song could have been on Magica. When I started writing this album I wanted to do Magica II and III. Due to time restraints, I didn’t think I could do a proper job so I decided to do a normal album. I was in Magica mode and this song came out. It started out to be a song about Richard The Lionhearted, who led the first Crusades back in the 9th Century. He sends solders down to Jerusalem to take the city back from the infidels, who were the Islamic people. As I wrote the song it began to sound like George Bush to me. We have solders dying in the Middle East for what I think is no apparent reason. The song evolved into a correlation between the Crusades and what is going on now. I guess that kind of shows that the world really doesn’t change now does it? In those days they had bows, arrows and knives and now we have nuclear weapons that could destroy the earth. This song is my little political statement but I am not a political person. I don’t think musicians should be that. I am not going to stop a war. The only thing that will stop a war is the number of body bags lined up on the pier and the amount of mothers and fathers crying for them.
Rest of the interview is here....
http://www.catch-the-rainbow.com/Interviews/RJD-Sept04/RJD-Sept04.htm
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ManOnTheSilverMountain_DP
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I read an Italian interview to Ronnie in which he said the same things and I think he's right. I agree with his words when he talks about the actual political situation. As Ronnie said a lotta years ago "Make elves, not war!"  
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edgeoftheworld
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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| ManOnTheSilverMountain_DP wrote: |
| I read an Italian interview to Ronnie in which he said the same things and I think he's right. I agree with his words when he talks about the actual political situation. As Ronnie said a lotta years ago "Make elves, not war!" |
That is so funny!
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rowheadrex
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:32 am Post subject: |
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| He sends solders down to Jerusalem to take the city back from the infidels, who were the Islamic people. |
how long are Christians and Muslims going to accuse each other of infidelity. we should be more clever to prevent mid ages events repeating themselves.
not religious myself. nonetheless i don't agree with that above... RJD has large and growing fans base among Arabs.
i hope he wouldn't disappoint no one
especially he's the one who said on the same interview...
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| I don’t think musicians should be that. I am not going to stop a war. The only thing that will stop a war is the number of body bags lined up on the pier and the amount of mothers and fathers crying for them. |
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ManOnTheSilverMountain_DP
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| rowheadrex wrote: |
how long are Christians and Muslims going to accuse each other of infidelity. we should be more clever to prevent mid ages events repeating themselves.
not religious myself. nonetheless i don't agree with that above... RJD has large and growing fans base among Arabs.
i hope he wouldn't disappoint no one
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Infact Ronnie isn't for war, he hates war and he doesn't agree with Bush plans. He is for peace.
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Reem
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:56 am Post subject: |
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| We have solders dying in the Middle East for what I think is no apparent reason. |
well if Dio cares about the Middle East.i live there....PLEASE Dio come make a concert in the middle east   ...(but not at school time)  ... |
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Holymagica
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:43 am Post subject: |
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| rowheadrex wrote: |
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| He sends solders down to Jerusalem to take the city back from the infidels, who were the Islamic people. |
how long are Christians and Muslims going to accuse each other of infidelity. we should be more clever to prevent mid ages events repeating themselves.
not religious myself. nonetheless i don't agree with that above... RJD has large and growing fans base among Arabs.
i hope he wouldn't disappoint no one
especially he's the one who said on the same interview...
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| I don’t think musicians should be that. I am not going to stop a war. The only thing that will stop a war is the number of body bags lined up on the pier and the amount of mothers and fathers crying for them. |
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Remember Ronnie is talking about Richard The Lionhearted who sent down soldiers...he is not expressing his opinion. |
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