Man on the Silver Mountain

One of the more memorable heavy metal songs in the 70s was Rainbow's "Man on the Silver Mountain." Featuring the realatively unknown Ronnie James Dio on vocals and the legendary former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, "Man on the Silver Mountain" kicks off the group's debut album called "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow."

When you first listen to "Man on the Silver Mountain," you will instantly be taken by Blackmore's infectious opening riffs, but when Dio belts out the words "I'm a wheel, I'm a wheel, I can roll," you can't help but roll along, entranced by the intoxicating combination of the lyrics and his impassioned delivery. The lyrics of "Man on the Silver Mountain" have a quality of vagueness which is open to different interpretations. Some people have said that the song refers to the prophet Ezekiel and some people have said that it refers to the Devil. Yet, it can also be the proclamation of a man who knows he's on the way to achieve iconic status in the annals of music.

Firstly, he says he's a wheel, but he can feel. Then, he says he's a sun, but he can run. Now, a wheel can't feel and surely, the sun can't run, but he's turning and burning, all the same. With fire, he comes down from the mountain to lift his spirit higher and he hears someone screaming his name. Diooooooo! Holy again, he sings, "I'm the man on the silver mountain." Suddenly, the man becomes day, showing the way, befriending you. Then, he's the night, the dark as well the light, seeing inside you. That's the "Man on the Silver Mountain."

The great thing about trying to decipher a song is that you cannot be wrong and surely, you cannot be wrong when you come to this silver buyer. Here's the real "Man on the Silver Mountain." If you wish to sell silver, he will pay you instant cash for silver!