Stars by Hear'n Aid

[via ronniejamesdiosite]

So you know Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? and USA for Africa’s We are the World. But do you know that the hard rock community has their own charity album.

That happened in 1985 (but the recording wasn’t released until 1986) and was the idea of three great Heavy Metal musicians: Jimmy Bain, Vivian Campbell and Ronnie James Dio.

And many musicians follow the call. So in California they reunited and played and sang all together. Things went really well, raising a benefit of a million dollars for Children of the Night, the Charity organitation that would administrate the money.

Many guitarrist start playing their instrument playing the basic pattern (here played by Iron Maiden’s guitarist Dave Murray and Adrian Smith. And the most advanced learners played solos over this base.

So here is Stars, a great song that if you have not listened to it before, now you have the oportunity. It’s worth it.

Hear N' Aid- "Stars

[via gristleizer]
Ronnie James Dio (Dio):
Who cries for the children?
I do

Dave Meniketti (Y&T):
Some time in the night
When you're feeling the cold

Ronnie James Dio:
Take a look at the sky above you

Rob Halford (Judas Priest):
Those are faces in the light
If the story were told

Ronnie James Dio:
They are calling you, calling you
Yeah
We are magic in the night

Kevin DuBrow (Quiet Riot):
We are shadow, we are light

Dave Meniketti:
We are forever you and I

Chorus (vocal lead: Rob Halford):
We're stars
We're stars

Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult):
We can be strong
We are fire and stone

Paul Shortino (Quiet Riot, Rough Cutt):
And we all want to touch a rainbow

Geoff Tate (Queensryche):
But singers and songs
Will never change it alone
We are calling you, calling you

Don Dokken (Dokken):
We're the beating of a heart
The beginning we're the start

Paul Shortino:
Forever we will shine
Yeah

Chorus (vocal leads: Paul Shortino, Don Dokken, Ronnie James Dio, Geoff Tate):
We're stars
We're stars
We're stars
We're stars

Guitar solos:

1st solo: Craig Goldie/Eddie Ojeda
2nd solo: Vivian Campbell/Brad Gillis
3rd solo: Neal Schon/George Lynch
4th solo: Yngwie Malmsteen/Vivian Campbell
5th solo: George Lynch/Carlos Cavazo
6th solo: Brad Gillis/Craig Goldie/Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser

Kevin DuBrow:
We are magic in the night

Rob Halford:
We are shadow, we are light

Geoff Tate:
We are forever you and I

Chorus (vocal leads: Dave Meniketti, Eric Bloom, Rob Halford)
We're stars
We're stars
We're stars
We're stars


We're stars, yeah
We're stars
We are shadow, we are light
We're stars
We are magic in the night
We're stars, oh yeah
We're stars
We're stars
We are magic in the night
We're stars
We are shadow, we are light

We're stars
We're stars
We're stars
We're the magic
We're stars
We're stars
We're the beating of a heart

We're stars
Forever we will shine
We're stars
We're stars
We're stars
We're Stara
[via lyricstime]

The same musicians that conceived the original Stars, create a new song as a secuel. It didn’t work but Dio recorded the song in 2002. Here is the song, as a companion to the Hear’n Aid song. Enjoy!

Dio - Throw Away The Children (with lyrics)

Dio - Throw Away The Children from the album Killing The Dragon

Lyrics
Oh-oh, the sun's gone down
Her day begins
And the rhythm of the darkness
Wakes the dead

Don't answer eyes that smile
Don't let them in
They see the lonely child
She feels their sin
But it's getting so much colder
And she's afraid

Never going back to where the pain was
She'd rather face the pain that's here and now

Someone's thrown away their children
You can see them running from your smile
Sing for the runaway children
The throw-away child

I'll make you safe and warm
Words she needs to hear
What they really mean is no more little girl

Don't see her anymore
They disappear

Yesterday they said that she was dying
And just today I heard that she was dead

Someone's thrown away their children
You can see them running from your smile
Sing for the runaway children
The throw-away child

Someone's thrown away their children
You can hear them only if you try
Sing for the runaway children
Goodbye

Someone's thrown away their children
You can see them running from your smile
Sing for the runaway children
The throw-away child
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Here are some links to look for:
Children of the Night Website.

Hear’n Aid Wikipedia’s article.