'Stone Cold' -- Great Track!

Holy Glam, here's an amazing track long forgotten: "Stone Cold" by Rainbow. I saw this posted in a music group I'm in and my goodness, this is such a good track. It is half Glam, half AOR. Just really unique and a joy to hear again after so many years.

The song is on Rainbow's 1982 album Straight Between The Eyes. This was the Joe Lynn Turner era of the band, meaning you know you are going to get smooth vocals! Now I have to go listen to all of Straight Between The Eyes again. It has been forever and a day.

Here's the album if you want to listen with me!

Comments

[Basileus]

Amen, Allyson.

I used to shun this era of Rainbow for many years. Then a few years back and I was undergoing a big Blackmore phase and decided to explore his catalogue beyond 70s Purple and Dio-era Rainbow and something licked and I ended up loving quite a bit of his work with Bonnet and Turner. Not so much whole albums but enough songs to make up a decent playlist.

Songs like Stone Cold, Street of Dreams, Can’t Let You Go, Spotlight Kid, Eyes of the World, Since You've Been Gone, Bring on the Night, Weiss Heim, Lost in Hollywood and a few others make for a very decent Best Of.

[Gary]

@Basileus. Can I maybe add “Can’t Happen Here” , “All Night Long”, and “Power” to your playlist? 👍

[stu]

i caught turner and his “all-star” band a couple of years ago at a club here in dallas. and the moniker of smooth still fits. i know he has his anit-fans, but i’m not one. though a playlist may be the better way since those full albums tend to linger too long on the pop side of things.

[Basileus]

Gary,

Agree, i was just going off of the top of my head. I knew I had missed a few.

[Shawn]

I remember the first time I heard Stone Cold like it was yesterday -- 1982 those were the days! Here here Gary and Basieus! Great play list. Stu you have great tastes and I envy your ability to see all the greats in Dallas!

[Metalboy!]

Know this one “stone cold” as they beat the h*ll out of it on MTV, 98 Rock & DC101!

Yeah, Turner is a KILLER, especially his “Coast” soap jingles, haha!!

I actually had a demo cassette tape of all his jingles but lost it, dammit!

Great combined playlist, Basileus and Gary ... I will recreate and listen closely, as you are right to explore every phase of Blackmore.

The man is flawlessly phenomenal in his guitar playing, except maybe that Merry Minstrel sh*te!

[Him]

Gary, thank you for including "Power." That songs is an ear-worm. And the video they have up on YouTube of them performing it live shows Blackmore at his cheeky and pompous best, with Glover looking like he is in a Jimmy Buffet cover band!

My only issue with the JLT era is that some of the lyrics got cringey as hell. I love the song "Stone Cold." But my back starts to tighten as I wait for JLT to passionately whisper "ice cold" in an otherwise okay lyrical outing about a woman being icy. And "you put me in the deep freeze"?!?! Enuff. Still love the JLT era and the Bonnet album (even if he looked liked he raided Glover's closet). Of course, some might say the swords and sandals and Babylon stuff of the RJD era is a bit too D&D. I dare you! Say it! I kid.

Final note: I think JLT's ego rivaled RB's (and still does). But JLT still has the pipes, even if he strikes me as a somewhat odd creature (his foray into Putin love was a bit much). RB? I think he is, as Glover mentioned recently, a gifted fellow who likes to push buttons, has a snarky sense of humor, and gives a Gillan's butt what anyone thinks of what he does or doesn't do these days.