THE SACRED HEART OF RONNIE JAMES DIO
"I want people to know,” says Ronnie James Dio, “that all albums have positive values. I care about people, I really do, as individuals and as collective society. If I can help just one person, in any way, shape, or form, through my music, then I’ve done what was put on this earth to do.”
THE SACRED HEART OF RONNIE JAMES DIO
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Moira McCormick
"I want people to know,” says Ronnie James Dio, “that all albums have positive values. I care about people, I really do, as individuals and as collective society. If I can help just one person, in any way, shape, or form, through my music, then I’ve done what was put on this earth to do.”
Dio is one guy who takes rock ’n’ roll, and his position therein, very seriously. Especially now, as we’re teetering on the brink of congressional witchhunts for "morally undesirably” rock performers, RJD feels the urgent need to emphasize rock’s contructive side.
His latest album, Sacred Heart, promotes ideas of personal triumph over adversity, healthy relationships, usefulness in society, all that fun stuff. In characteristic Dio Fashion, it’s delivered with the gut-crunching force of a Panzer division, highlighted by Ronnie’s clarion vocals—but it most certainly could be described as metal with a message.