Dio - As Long As It’s Not About Love (2000)

Dio - As Long As It’s Not About Love; from the album “Magica“ (2000) As long as it’s not about love - This is by far my favorite Dio song to date, it’s difficult to put into words but I will do my best. The first thing to note is the return of the alien voice, whom in his collectivist brain cannot comprehend the word love. This parallels a very deep held belief in my own personal life. No collective, no government, no society can create love. It is something that can only come by the selfish longing of the individual for the company of one exclusive other. This events of song are both the tragic result of how the demands of all societies destroy love, and also the truth that only love (the selfish love of 2 people) can give the model of peace. This is highlighted by the closing line of the song “If the magic comes between us, and we never meet again, take a part of me away, because maybe it’s all about love.“ On the song itself: the guitar work is very complex, incor