2010년 5월 18일

로니 제임스 디오 사망과 80년대 헤비메탈

헤비메탈 밴드의 보컬리스트로 활약했던 로니 제임스 디오(Ronnie James Dio)가 위암으로 사망했다.

뉴스 출처 : '블랙 사바스' 보컬 로니 제임스 디오 별세

자신의 이름을 딴 디오(Dio)라는 밴드를 결성하기도 했고 블랙 사바스에서 활동하기도 했지만, 내 기억에 가장 남는것은 딥퍼플의 기타리스트 리치 블랙모어와 함께 했었던 레인보우 활동시절이다.

80년대에는 레인보우의 템플 오브 더 킹(The temple of the king)이 우리나라에서 인기가 있었다.



템플 오브 더 킹(The temple of the King)은 왕이 살고 있는 사원을 뜻하는데, 철학적인 가사내용을 담고 있는것 같다.

▣ 로니 제임스 디오가 노래하는 레인보우의 템플 오브 더 킹 가사.

One day, in the year of the fox
Came a time remembered well,
When the strong young man of the rising sun
Heard the tolling of the great black bell.
One day in the year of the fox,
When the bell began to ring,
It meant the time had come for one to go
To the temple of the king.

There in the middle of the circle he stands,
Searching, seeking.
With just one touch of his trembling hand,
The answer will be found.
Daylight waits while the old man sings,
Heaven help me!
And then like the rush of a thousand wings,
It shines upon the one.
And the day has just begun.

One day in the year of the fox
Came a time remembered well,
When the strong young man of the rising sun
Heard the tolling of the great black bell.
One day in the year of the fox,
When the bell began to sing
It meant the time had come for the one to go
To the temple of the king.

There in the middle of the people he stands,
Seeing, feeling.
With just a wave of the strong right hand, he's gone
To the temple of the king.

Far from the circle, at the edge of the world,
He's hoping, wondering.
Thinking back on the stories he's heard of
What he's going to see.
There, in the middle of a circle it lies.
Heaven help me!
Then all could see by the shine in his eyes
The answer had been found.

Back with the people in the circle he stands,
Giving, feeling.
With just one touch of a strong right hand, they know
Of the temple and the king.




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