#strange highways

[animalb0y]

Dio, 1990.

[metalsongoftheday]

Friday, May 29: Dio, "Here's to You"

R.I.P. Ronald James “Dio” Padavona (1942-2010)

Strange Highways was a dark, heavy and difficult album, which made “Here’s to You” with its hollering and cheering both feel like a welcome respite from the borderline oppressive heft and also a little awkward.  Presumably it was meant as another Dio anthem along the lines of “Stand Up and Shout” and “We Rock”, and there was something of a hook in Tracy G’s riffing as well as the pre-chorus.  But Ronnie’s growling had the same belligerence that made “Jesus, Mary & the Holy Ghost” and “Evilution” total monsters and this iteration of Dio was all about beatdowns, so “Here’s to You” felt a bit stuffy and claustrophobic even as the lyrics offered a rallying cry.  Ronnie was aiming for something very deliberate on Strange Highways and for the most part he achieved his goal of crafting a more modern metal record more rooted in the real world, but that created a weird dichotomy on “Here’s to You” that he couldn’t fully reconcile.

[anguawolf]

Finally managed to find some time to listen to Jimmy’s read of Dean Koontz’s Strange Highways.

Why didn’t anyone warn me about a certain sentence or two as the protagonist is leaving the lawyer’s office after their first meeting?!

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

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Dio - Strange Highways

[spaderappreciator]

Strange Highways

Strange Highways

James Spader narrating the book Strange Highways by Dean Koontz. It’s several hours of his voice, which I could listen to endlessly. Plus, it’s an interesting story. I’d love for him to do more audiobooks. I’ve listened to this one many times. Enjoy! ❤️♠️

[queenofthemasquerade]

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Dio - Jesus, Mary & the Holy Ghost

[grahamdollton]

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just wanted to say i'm real fond of the way james says this particular thing in this one part of that audiobook that he recorded . . . . .

[high-gain]

Dio - “Strange Highways” Released October 25, 1993 on the “Strange Highways” album