I appreciated the legendary rock singers and groups but never dreamed that popular music would devolve so far. I suppose if disco can happen anything is possible.
This is one of the all timer live recordings. Vocalist Ian Gillan, who also played the part of Jesus in the original Jesus Christ Superstar album, drummer Ian Paice, organist John Lord, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and bassist Roger Glover, they were all amazing on this. Also, no effects, no autotunes. Just pure musicianship.
There's a certain irony in your ending statement cause lots of people back then would've said this isn't real music anymore if they need electric instruments, loud amplifiers and loads of screaming.
Times have changed. The human voice (as heard here) has so much grit and emotion. The way they use canned voice reproduction today is destruction of art (or a lack of talent). At least we still have Chris Stapleton and some other "real vocalists" making today's music.
@@Brian-qn7fn Of course they did, practically everyone who wasn't into 'modern' music would've said that, it was always that way, some people actually still do nowadays. And you really don't think people who were into any kind of more traditional music wouldn't have perceived this as screaming? Come on! I found some quotes: Pat Boone: “Rock and roll is the most brutal, ugly, degenerate, vicious form of expression it has been my displeasure to hear.” Frank Sinatra: “Rock and roll smells phony and false. It is sung, played, and written for the most part by cretinous goons. And, by means of its almost imbecilic reiteration, and sly, lewd, in plain fact, dirty lyrics… it manages to be the martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth.”
For those of us who lived through the greatest period of music the world has ever known... we are indeed fortunate. The warnings in the lyrics were always there - and now we are living them. Perhaps the outcome will be the most wonderful enlightenment for humanity as a whole. Lets hope so. Surely the wonderful creativity of the species cannot end in chaos...
The thing that blows my mind is it seems that a lot of vocal coaches and musical theatre people don't realize that Ian Gillan IS the original lead for Jesus Chris Superstar. All that gorgeous phrasing, crazy jumps, and emotional wailing was Ian in the studio presented a vocal score with "ad lib" written all over the place. Murray Head sang Judas. So good
I heard the story of the recordings he did for JCS album. He made all his songs - in like 4 hours ! The band were on a tour and he took this as a side gig…
You will never see better, more accurate playing of a hammond organ than Jon Lord gave us here. Stunning fast chords and superb fast finger runs. Outstanding. Great reaction and commentary, Bethany.
@@spazzyklutz75 Its one thing to be influenced (which is absolutely true, he was) but you still have to be able to do the business. :-) Many musicians are influenced by another. But unless you have the skills.....and Lord had the skills....nobody will remember you. He was " a useful source of tricks" for Lord....and Lord made full use of the tricks he learned.....and some.
The second verse when Jon Lord comes back in the second verse with the piano and he does that flurry sequence with his fingers, that is a variation on flight of the bumblebee
Im forever greatful for my dad blasting all the classics during my whole childhood in the 90s, so many in my age group is missing out on the best music out there.
@@Muskif I was one of those dads. In the house & in the car (the old cassette tape deck in those days). Led my eldest son to take up the guitar in first year of high school. Then when he left, he went on to become an audio recording engineer & stage production manager. Can play guitar, drums, bass, & keyboards. He's in his 30's now, but he once told me that it was all because of the days rocking out in the car as a kid with his old man.. Makes my heart 'soar like a hawk'.
You mentioned how good the camera work was. Bear in mind then, that the cameras were Link 110's which weighed 54kg (120lbs) with the lens. Those in turn were mounted on Vinten Pedestals that themselves weighed 80+kg and all manoeuvred completely manually.
I remember how stunned I was the very first time I heard that song and Ian's cries, I was 14, and my whole music world immediately change forever. I'm 57 today, and I still listen to Deep Purple with as much respect and love that I had for them back then.
I'm right there with you. It was on their House of the Blue Light tour in maybe '86, Rochester, NY. I was/am around your age. Perfect Stranger was still huge and on the radio a lot, along with all their older radio hits. But they never played Child in Time. Too long for the radio, so I had to hear it live. When they played it my jaw dropped. I couldn't believe what was happening. Like a semi-religious experience or something. I feel very lucky to say that I got to see legends.
Top-five line up in all of rock history. These guys inspired a whole generation of amazing bands. Each and every one a world class musician that, on their own, could anchor a whole band. To think you could have them all on the same stage is truly amazing.
There you have it. One of the best male rock vocal performances of all time. And the rest of the band are musicians who're superior to almost everyone on their instruments.
@@ninoorjon He did not have the range or dynamic vocal abilites of Gillan but John Wetton was far from mediocre vocalist. On top of being an absolute beast of a bass player Wetton had one of the most distinct warmest vocal tones ever.
The more I've listened to Deep Purple, especially this Mark 2 lineup of Gillan/Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Glover, the more I'm convinced that they played like a jazz band slumming it as a rock band. They rarely wrote full sheet music of their songs, but instead would sketch out the basic structured charts, which they'd improvise over differently each concert, relying on mutually recognized cues for when they were moving from section to section. Nothing stayed constant in Purple's music from night to night, and that was a large part of why they were so special.
@phred23 Exactly spot on. Ian Paice was once asked why DP play all those solos and improvisation and his answer was, " because we can." Deep Purple could do what other bands couldn't.
This is NOT a Deep Purple original tune - it was a direct lift of Bombay Calling by It's A Beautiful Day but at half the speed. Purple just added lyrics.
Just such a brilliant performance from everyone in the band. When i saw Bruce Dickinson on his speaking tour a couple years ago he talked about how much he loved and idolized Ian Gillan and he told a story that while he was at University, he was put in charge of the schools entertainment fund and he blew the entire years budget on getting Ian Gillan to come play their school. Totally worth it. I knew you'd love this one!
Also they didn't necessarily know what kind of act they'll see, probably just came to watch a tv show production and lots of 'em might've disliked this kind of music.
@@DerEchteBold There were probably a lot of strangers there, but besides them there were also friends of musicians. Among the spectators you can easily notice footballer George Best, a friend of Ian Gillan, so some of the spectators definitely knew what to expect, and besides, Child In Time had already been present in the group’s repertoire for a year.
This is the band that gave us Ronnie James Dio. Back in the early 70' the bass player Roger Glover and Ian Paice were looking out for talented bands. They were in New York city at a record company sitting in the waiting room when Ronnie's band ELF came in to see if they could get a record deal. As they waited Roger and Ian struck up a conversation with ELF. When ELF was called back to the executives office Roger and Ian went with them. The record company executive assumed they were represented by them. They got the record deal and Roger took them to Studio One in Doraville GA. to record the first ELF record and Deep Purple began to take ELF on the road as their opening act, exposing them to the world. Ritchie Blackmore a few years later would quit Deep Purple and take ELF and create the first version of Rainbow.
I'm a brit who grew up in Hong Kong and was obsessed with Deep Purple when growing up. When I was 14 they came to Hong Kong to play a concert and my dad bought tickets, what an awesome concert! They were obviously much older, this was 2001, but man they still sounded the same. The lead singer was so incredibly humble, thanked the audience after each song and told a short story about the next song before they performed it. One of my best memories.
American here we all were purplemainiacts. Saw them in 1973 and mk2 1974 with Mark 3. Them again in 1984. Britain's 🇬🇧 greatest export Purple and the Beatles.
Great reaction, Bethany! I was a teenager when Deep Purple was first popular. Like so many outstanding performers of that time period, their songs have really aged well! I love seeing the current generations discover them!
Deep Purple formed in 1968, “Child in Time” was recorded in early 1970 for the “In Rock” album, and here today, 2024, they are still recording and touring. Three of the five who played on that 1970 TV studio recording are still there: * Ian Gillan, age 78 - vocals * Roger Glover, age 78 - bass * Ian Paice, age 75 - drums * Jon Lord - keyboards - retired 2002, died 2012 * Ritchie Blackmore, age 79 - lead guitar - quit 1993 * Don Airey, age 75 - keyboards - replaced Jon Lord in 2002 * After Blackmore quit mid tour in 1993, Joe Satriani stepped in as a ‘touring’ member for about a year. * Steve Morse, age 69, was the full time lead guitar replacement and was in the band from 1994 to 2022 (longer than Blackmore), he retired to look after his wife who had cancer, she has just recently passed away. * Simon McBride, age 45 - lead guitar - replaced Morse in 2022 It’s now 56 years since Deep Purple was formed, and YES they’re still going strong! They’ve just released a single “Portable Door” from their upcoming 23rd studio album. Cheers,
There were a couple more in there too. Rod Evans was the first lead singer, with Nick Simper on bass. For the Fireball album you also had Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale when Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left. Then Tommy Bolin took up lead guitar when Ritchie Blackmore left to form Rainbow and Joe Lynn Turner was lead singer on Slaves and Masters.
Deep purple on of the great rock groups of all time, child in time one of the great iconic rock songs. A Sony not to be examined, a song you just enjoy
Luciano Pavarotti, years ago, invited Deep Purple to an edition of "Pavarotti & Friends". He sang "Nessun dorma" together with Ian Gillan, as a duet, and at the moment of the final "C di chest" he was greatly surprised by Ian Gillan's vocal power.
I think the pace of this song and the quiet and cacophony are meant to simulate the dynamics of the battlefield. 5 guys dominating their chosen instrument!
I was doing airfield security during The American Heritage Museum's annual Battle For The Airfield event last October. I was using my earbuds to muffle the gunfire and explosions. Just as things got started, I decided to play a studio version of Child in Time on my phone. It fit the event perfectly, right down where the tempo switches to a martial beat in the middle of the song... that was when our bazooka-armed L-4 Grasshopper, the actual "Rosie the Rocketer" from WWII, flew in to provide air support.
If you like Ian Gillan's vocals, you should listen to him on "Gethsemane" in the original double album of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar. Spectacular!
His version of Gethsemane is sublime genius. I grew up with the movie and Deep Purple, but the first time I heard the Broadway Cast version of Superstar, it forever changed how I saw both.
It makes me smile to know that you finally got to this song with Ian Gillian and early Deep Purple. I know that I haven't been the only person that made this request...hope you truly enjoyed this.
Ian Gillian was not the original lead vocalist of the band. Rod Evans was the original lead singer but was not with the band for very long. Rod Evans sang the lead on DP cover of "Hush".
Your reactions remind me that though thousands of groups like these may have had humble beginnings but there is a reason so few rose to such levels. I am a music lover; always have been, you helped me develop a much deeper appreciation for, and attention to the minutiae.
At the end of the instrumental section, Ritchie Blackmore (the guitarist) gives the cue that brings that band back on time. It's the repeated riff that Jon Lord (the organist) picks up on. When Lord plays the riff, it signals what's happening to everyone else.
It's funny, because it's usually, the drummer and bass player (rhythm section) that does this, but in a guitar solo it has to be the guitarist that gives the signal he is done
Nailed it, as usual, Bethany. I don't know what I love most about your videos: That I learn a ton about vocalization, or your delightful and spontaneousl reactions to what you hear and see. These guys were amazing. Superb and creative musicians, behind a very talented vocalist (or is it vocalyst? 😀). Keep the great content coming. Thank you!
There's a reason why Andrew Lloyd Webber asked Ian Gillan to sing Gethsemane in the original Jesus Christ Superstar recording and I think you beginning to discover that reason with this wonderful reaction Bethany. 🙂
Robert Plant wanted that gig and Gillan beat him out of it. He said Ian Gillian could only sing 12 bars octaves. He's not a real singer.😂 Jealousy, anyone?😂
Ian Gillian sang the main character on the first recording, not only the song Gethsemane. Gethsemane was the garden where Jesus was alone and prayed to God. Gethsemane was not a character
This will NEVER get old. This music is timeless. Gooseflesh every time. Thanks for the stunning analysis...This whole era was awash with musical genius, true gems.
Really enjoy your reactions and all your incredible insights. The fact that you have the most perfectly shaped lips in the history of the world is just a bonus. I’d like to recommend the Deep Purple song Burn. One of the most well written songs ever.
Why is it I love the look everyone gets when Ian steps into that A5, it brings my first time I heard this right back and all I can do is just smile and grove. The content of the song lasts after the artists have done with the song and its delivery.
Unbelievable that this was live in 1970, 54 years ago. 99% of the music is so bad today. The 70’s was a good time for music, when I was a teenager. Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Yes, Rush, Led Zeppelin, Styx, Bad Company, Genesis, Status Quo, Peter Frampton and so much more.
I've been jamming on old live The Who broadcasts and concerts. Absolutely amazing. I liked the Who but was never a fan boy back in the day. What showmen the were.
Wonderful analysis of such a gifted singer and even noticing how technically gifted all the band members are- You will appreciate their live album "Made In Japan"-a masterclass to live performance
Greetings again from Scotland. Thanks for reacting to this. Great band (mark 2 DP) and great performance. The mark 2 version of Deep Purple were the best. Regards and respect, Howard.
To c ure Great reaction on ure face to this once in a lifetime performance captured on video is priceless to me. Ure reactions r so fascinating. Ure always spot on. The Smile u had was guine u couldn't help ureself so no apology is ever needed. Thank u!!!!
Can I recommend Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman, live in New York, 1973? Ian Gillan solves that perennial question as to what does a vocalist do during the guitar solo, by performing a guitar duet with Richie Blackmore - without using a guitar. Just his voice.
One of my top 5 songs ever. Saw them live in South Africa, I think it was 1994. Concert started with a local called Piet Botha known as THE HAMMER(RIP) followed by Uriah Heep and then Deep Purple. A memory etched in my mind forever!!
I was born during the end of the soviet union to young parents. My dad had deep purple and AC/DC tapes that were somehow smuggled behind the iron curtain. One of my first memories is us driving, after the soviet union had collapsed, listening to this song and him talking to my mom, how one day he might be able to see them live. I've seen them live twice, both with my dad. I am so lucky my dad had such an amazing taste in music - pretty sure we could still share playlists.
Deep Purple have been one of the first groups, that made experiments with an orchestra, look for " Concerto for Group and Orchestra". There a different versions on YT. Ian Gillan had sung also in the Musical "Jesus Christ Superstar", worth looking and listening to. I love your interesting and well-founded reactions.
Someone „ You can’t make a 10 minute song without it getting boring“ Deep Purple „ Hold my drink“ I was lucky to see them live 3 times from the late 80s to the mid 90s, so amazing.
Excellent reaction❣️I love your input and observations-I was so mesmerized by the song I didn’t even notice the ring or the audience until you pointed it out! Thank you for this video 🥰🖤
Saw these in ‘96 at St David’s Hall in Cardiff. Jon Lord broke into the Welsh National Anthem halfway through his solo in the most sweetest way. Crowd erupted and we all sung the Anthem. Mr. Lord really appreciated the response. Still gives me goosebumps to this day ❤❤❤
Of the music reaction videos that I watch and listen to, yours is certainly at the top of the list !!! I Greatly enjoy your reacting to the great music that I grew up with in the 60's & 70's ! Thank you !!!!!
At that time I lived in a house full of musicians. My roommate brought that CD home after work one day. He stopped by Peaches records and purchased quite a few CD'S from that trip. Needless to say we had a very up to date stereo system in that house with top shelf equipment. Teac, Pioneer, Cerwin Vega speakers. We got so high and played that CD..... I'll never forget that Friday evening. I never saw DP live but I did see rainbow on the Straight Between the Eyes tour at the Toledo Sports Arena in Toledo Ohio. My sister in law took me because I was like 15 years old. Opening acts? Believe it or not, Iron Maiden and 38 Special. In that order. We had a wonderful time at that strange bill of a concert. Toledo Ohio had some of the greatest concerts back then. They all came to the sports area home of the Toledo Goal Diggers. Always general admission. Rush Ratt Ozzy Ac DC Van Halen Sammy Haggar before Van Halen Ted Nugent Aerosmith Name a band worth seeing and they played The Toledo Sports Arena. Usually it was under 10 bucks. From 1980 to 1984 it was the place to go if you lived in NW Ohio.
I don't agree. Most of their music before Perfect Strangers is of better quality as new hard rock. And it's a stronger achievement because they created the genre as they made it. Later it was easier to just repeat the essentials in new ways and refining it. The album Deep Purple In Rock was the top mark of this style of hard rock.
Wonderful reaction. It was a beautiful time to be young with all the brilliant bands flourishing in a time when talent wasn't confined by the business ✨️🎶✨️
Yeah they were so tight, when they had the sudden stop the drummer even grabbed the cymbals to stop the sound, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath not only gave us Metal, but shaped all rock music that was to follow them, and to have 3 bands like this all at the same time was something very special indeed.
I listened to the album Deep Purple in Rock when it came out when I was 12 or 13. Even at that young age I could appreciate the talent, musicianship of all in the band and everything about the albums. It is great 50-odd years later to hear someone who appreciates if like I did for the first time but also hear your professional take on it. Listen to Ian Gillan sing in Jesus Christ Superstar back in the days before Deep Purple. That’s how good he is as a vocalist.
Rock audiences at that time, at least in the UK where rock was invented and refined, considered it the done thing to sit and pay attention to the music. As opposed to pop fans jumping round shouting.
The audience was to asked to remain seated during the performance because it was being recorded for broadcast.. it was from a tv show that was on in the UK back in the early 70s
It's very easy to get overwhelmed watching this performance. They were a really astounding group of musicians. How fortunate everyone has to be to have gathered this exact group together for so long. Ian Gillan just had the most amazing voice.
I grew up on Deep Purple in the early 70's. This video is from very early on in their heyday and apart from the brilliant musicianship I can't help but notice the audience sitting there all prim and proper. Can anyone imagine seeing a super-group today and the audience being so passive? Times have changed!
I've seen this a billion times but wow, I definitely got goosebumps here and there throughout your reaction just watching you discover this. And I always love your input, I'm a musician myself of so many years, so I love the way that you talk and think about a lot of things. But yeah, that's something else isn't it? All of those guys were so good.❤ Check out the studio version of one of their huge hits, Highway Star, from their iconic Machine Head album in the mid-70s. It features all members of the band just going nuts in the tightest way.
This is an epic iconic vocal and instrumental masterpiece. I love the many different shifts in tempo and different layers to this song, it was ahead of its time. Awesome.
It’s such a trip to hear and see the reaction of younger generations to 70s prog rock. When audiences were interested in artistic expressions and could get hypnotized by its vast amount of nuance and rich harmonies and rhythm, def not what they hear today.
How wonderful to see the reactions from you to this absolute classic! Unfortunately, it's very hard to suggest something to match it - especially live! I'm guessing one that will give us another chance to see those facial expressions would be their "Strange Kind Of Woman" live off of "Made In Japan" with a truly remarkable "call-and-response" section between the singer and the guitar! There are some live video versions of this, but they don't really match the audio capture of the MIJ one! Keep 'em Comin'!
I was born in 1990 but Im so glad my friends group was a little different so I got to grew up on this music. You're one of very few music reaction channels I like, glad you picked this.
I think the cut off is just the band being in the grove and knowing each others playing so well that instinctively they know when to do it. Also notice just before the cut off Ian Gillan takes the mic from the standard in readiness to sing again.
Thakns for great reaction! The founders and masters of hard rock, they were, and this is a great expels. All of them were masters of their instruments and from here and on it was only downhill with hard rock. Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, thanks for the revolution you brought to rock music!
Thanks for reacting to this song. Deep Purple has always been in my top three. BTW, I like that you don't wear jewelry because that means you probably don't have tattoos either, and I love that.
Great reaction. This is a band with a surplus of genius and virtuosity. For this among many reasons, Ian Paice is my favorite drummer, because he holds the experimental mayhem together so well.
On my 15th birthday I went to see this lineup of Deep Purple and my older brother and I were super happy to hear them play this song. Thirty seven years and a hundred and fifty concerts later and I still look back on this one as one of my favorites.
It's strange to hear "I'm going to hear Deep Purple for the first time"
I know right!:)
Well better late than never!
Yep. That is so strange. Where did she live? :-)))
Exactly
@@whitex4652 It's more like "when did she live?" She's far too young to have come of age in the 60s/70s.
I don't know if we understood how good the music was in our youth, happy to have lived through it. Thanks Bethany for diving into this.
There was some amazing music back in the day, but don't overlook the fact that 99% of the music back then was forgettable crap too.
I appreciated the legendary rock singers and groups but never dreamed that popular music would devolve so far. I suppose if disco can happen anything is possible.
@@fnglert 99% of it was crap so you must be able to name a bunch of bands.
Which are the ones that sucked so bad?
....forgettable crap that is still better than 99% of what's out today.
UFO - lights out still holds true today
This song is really one of the best masterpieces of all the Rock & Roll history.
Rest in Peace, Jon Lord. You did so much for a lot of musicians.
Jon Lord is in my Triumvirate of Rock Keyboardists. Lord, Wakeman, and Emerson.
I've read: Rest in Peace, Jon Lord. You did so much for a lots of moustaches.
LEGEND and as a person who also plays keys as well as Guitar my hero !
@@bebimrak9500 😄
RIP
This is one of the all timer live recordings. Vocalist Ian Gillan, who also played the part of Jesus in the original Jesus Christ Superstar album, drummer Ian Paice, organist John Lord, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and bassist Roger Glover, they were all amazing on this.
Also, no effects, no autotunes. Just pure musicianship.
There's a certain irony in your ending statement cause lots of people back then would've said this isn't real music anymore if they need electric instruments, loud amplifiers and loads of screaming.
Times have changed. The human voice (as heard here) has so much grit and emotion. The way they use canned voice reproduction today is destruction of art (or a lack of talent). At least we still have Chris Stapleton and some other "real vocalists" making today's music.
@@DerEchteBoldNo one would have said that in 1970. Also, there is no screaming.
@@Brian-qn7fn
Of course they did, practically everyone who wasn't into 'modern' music would've said that, it was always that way, some people actually still do nowadays.
And you really don't think people who were into any kind of more traditional music wouldn't have perceived this as screaming? Come on!
I found some quotes:
Pat Boone: “Rock and roll is the most brutal, ugly, degenerate, vicious form of expression it has been my displeasure to hear.”
Frank Sinatra: “Rock and roll smells phony and false. It is sung, played, and written for the most part by cretinous goons. And, by means of its almost imbecilic reiteration, and sly, lewd, in plain fact, dirty lyrics… it manages to be the martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth.”
@@DerEchteBold smartass
For those of us who lived through the greatest period of music the world has ever known... we are indeed fortunate. The warnings in the lyrics were always there - and now we are living them. Perhaps the outcome will be the most wonderful enlightenment for humanity as a whole. Lets hope so. Surely the wonderful creativity of the species cannot end in chaos...
No effects, just pure voice and much, much talent
no in-ear piece too, just a hand cupping one ear to hear the sound he is producing.
deep purple are amazing because each musician is an absolute superstar explains their impecable timing and improvisation skills
That was a world-class band, full of world-class musicians.
The thing that blows my mind is it seems that a lot of vocal coaches and musical theatre people don't realize that Ian Gillan IS the original lead for Jesus Chris Superstar. All that gorgeous phrasing, crazy jumps, and emotional wailing was Ian in the studio presented a vocal score with "ad lib" written all over the place. Murray Head sang Judas. So good
So amazing. 🇵🇹💠🌺❇️
I heard the story of the recordings he did for JCS album. He made all his songs - in like 4 hours ! The band were on a tour and he took this as a side gig…
You will never see better, more accurate playing of a hammond organ than Jon Lord gave us here. Stunning fast chords and superb fast finger runs. Outstanding. Great reaction and commentary, Bethany.
@@spazzyklutz75 Its one thing to be influenced (which is absolutely true, he was) but you still have to be able to do the business. :-) Many musicians are influenced by another. But unless you have the skills.....and Lord had the skills....nobody will remember you. He was " a useful source of tricks" for Lord....and Lord made full use of the tricks he learned.....and some.
John Medeski.
The second verse when Jon Lord comes back in the second verse with the piano and he does that flurry sequence with his fingers, that is a variation on flight of the bumblebee
@@ponytrekker8996 you've been watching Elizabeth :-)
IMHO I think Jon Lord has a worthy successor in Margherita Gruden from the DP tribute band Strange Kind of Women.
Bands like deep purple and Uriah heep made it possible for 19 year old soldiers to make through tough times
All us oldies are privileged to have grown up absorbing this kind of music. Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Uriah Heap, Led Zeppelin, etc.
scorpions
Im forever greatful for my dad blasting all the classics during my whole childhood in the 90s, so many in my age group is missing out on the best music out there.
@@Muskif I was one of those dads. In the house & in the car (the old cassette tape deck in those days).
Led my eldest son to take up the guitar in first year of high school. Then when he left, he went on to become an audio recording engineer & stage production manager. Can play guitar, drums, bass, & keyboards.
He's in his 30's now, but he once told me that it was all because of the days rocking out in the car as a kid with his old man..
Makes my heart 'soar like a hawk'.
Born '83. Thanks to my Dad i learned to know this Music. Rest in Peace, Dad. Rock' n' Roll will never die.
Have you noticed these great bands, with clarity of speech etc I include Free and Queen are all British!
You mentioned how good the camera work was. Bear in mind then, that the cameras were Link 110's which weighed 54kg (120lbs) with the lens. Those in turn were mounted on Vinten Pedestals that themselves weighed 80+kg and all manoeuvred completely manually.
I remember how stunned I was the very first time I heard that song and Ian's cries, I was 14, and my whole music world immediately change forever. I'm 57 today, and I still listen to Deep Purple with as much respect and love that I had for them back then.
I'm right there with you. It was on their House of the Blue Light tour in maybe '86, Rochester, NY. I was/am around your age. Perfect Stranger was still huge and on the radio a lot, along with all their older radio hits. But they never played Child in Time. Too long for the radio, so I had to hear it live. When they played it my jaw dropped. I couldn't believe what was happening. Like a semi-religious experience or something. I feel very lucky to say that I got to see legends.
Top-five line up in all of rock history. These guys inspired a whole generation of amazing bands. Each and every one a world class musician that, on their own, could anchor a whole band. To think you could have them all on the same stage is truly amazing.
There you have it. One of the best male rock vocal performances of all time.
And the rest of the band are musicians who're superior to almost everyone on their instruments.
King Crimson
@@phanispal5069 King Crimson never had a vocalist like Ian Gillan, but they were excellent musicians, like Yes.
Ridiculous - high pitching screaming isn’t art …it’s screaming
@@ninoorjon He did not have the range or dynamic vocal abilites of Gillan but John Wetton was far from mediocre vocalist. On top of being an absolute beast of a bass player Wetton had one of the most distinct warmest vocal tones ever.
@@GeriatricHippo I can’t argue with that, and I love Lake too.
One of the greatest voices in rock history in my opinion, such a powerful and soulful voice.
The more I've listened to Deep Purple, especially this Mark 2 lineup of Gillan/Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Glover, the more I'm convinced that they played like a jazz band slumming it as a rock band. They rarely wrote full sheet music of their songs, but instead would sketch out the basic structured charts, which they'd improvise over differently each concert, relying on mutually recognized cues for when they were moving from section to section. Nothing stayed constant in Purple's music from night to night, and that was a large part of why they were so special.
Paicey's swing always gives DP their jazz feel. He's a severely underrated legend
@phred23 Exactly spot on. Ian Paice was once asked why DP play all those solos and improvisation and his answer was, " because we can." Deep Purple could do what other bands couldn't.
A very valid point.
Far and away, Deep Purple's best lineup.
This is NOT a Deep Purple original tune - it was a direct lift of Bombay Calling by It's A Beautiful Day but at half the speed. Purple just added lyrics.
Musicians at this time were so talented an amazing, whst more can you say! Can todays music bring the 60s' an 70s' music back to the radio!
Just such a brilliant performance from everyone in the band. When i saw Bruce Dickinson on his speaking tour a couple years ago he talked about how much he loved and idolized Ian Gillan and he told a story that while he was at University, he was put in charge of the schools entertainment fund and he blew the entire years budget on getting Ian Gillan to come play their school. Totally worth it. I knew you'd love this one!
My own top.
1. Deep Purple in rock.
2. Iron Maiden Piece of mind
I wasn't aware of this detail. Thank you for sharing it!
Jon Lord's keyboard playing is magical! And Ian Gillan's vocal performance is nothing short of perfect.
The crowd was instructed to remain quiet...since it was live. People wonder why they werent going insane.
Also they didn't necessarily know what kind of act they'll see, probably just came to watch a tv show production and lots of 'em might've disliked this kind of music.
The cameraman should have been instructed to not get too close to Ian Gillan.He practically smacked into him.
@@DerEchteBold There were probably a lot of strangers there, but besides them there were also friends of musicians. Among the spectators you can easily notice footballer George Best, a friend of Ian Gillan, so some of the spectators definitely knew what to expect, and besides, Child In Time had already been present in the group’s repertoire for a year.
@@oksteve6368 Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore - he loves the cameras and the cameras love him. 😊
@@DerEchteBold Nonsense. They knew exactly what they came for. Do you think the famous people who were there just accidently stumbled in?
the shock on your face when he goes for those high notes is priceless
Watching you smile in appreciation is one of the reasons I really like watching your reactions.
Thank You
Same here 😊
This is the band that gave us Ronnie James Dio. Back in the early 70' the bass player Roger Glover and Ian Paice were looking out for talented bands. They were in New York city at a record company sitting in the waiting room when Ronnie's band ELF came in to see if they could get a record deal. As they waited Roger and Ian struck up a conversation with ELF. When ELF was called back to the executives office Roger and Ian went with them. The record company executive assumed they were represented by them. They got the record deal and Roger took them to Studio One in Doraville GA. to record the first ELF record and Deep Purple began to take ELF on the road as their opening act, exposing them to the world. Ritchie Blackmore a few years later would quit Deep Purple and take ELF and create the first version of Rainbow.
I didn't know all those details. Very interesting, thanks!
Well, no band is perfect
I'm a brit who grew up in Hong Kong and was obsessed with Deep Purple when growing up. When I was 14 they came to Hong Kong to play a concert and my dad bought tickets, what an awesome concert! They were obviously much older, this was 2001, but man they still sounded the same. The lead singer was so incredibly humble, thanked the audience after each song and told a short story about the next song before they performed it. One of my best memories.
American here we all were purplemainiacts. Saw them in 1973 and mk2 1974 with Mark 3. Them again in 1984. Britain's 🇬🇧 greatest export Purple and the Beatles.
Considered that this is your first time reaction to Deep Purple, you choose their best live performance ❤
You should hear his vocals on Gethsemane in the Jesus Christ Superstar album. Absolutely amazing vocals
Is that the Broadway album?
@@Dreckmal01 Yes it is. The Original Broadway Soundtrack. Ian Gillan was Jesus.
Wrong.. it’s the original first concept album. Everything else copied this from Broadway to the movie.
Beat me to it!
@@ponytrekker8996 wow! Consider my mind blown.
Great reaction, Bethany! I was a teenager when Deep Purple was first popular. Like so many outstanding performers of that time period, their songs have really aged well! I love seeing the current generations discover them!
Deep Purple formed in 1968, “Child in Time” was recorded in early 1970 for the “In Rock” album, and here today, 2024, they are still recording and touring.
Three of the five who played on that 1970 TV studio recording are still there:
* Ian Gillan, age 78 - vocals
* Roger Glover, age 78 - bass
* Ian Paice, age 75 - drums
* Jon Lord - keyboards - retired 2002, died 2012
* Ritchie Blackmore, age 79 - lead guitar - quit 1993
* Don Airey, age 75 - keyboards - replaced Jon Lord in 2002
* After Blackmore quit mid tour in 1993, Joe Satriani stepped in as a ‘touring’ member for about a year.
* Steve Morse, age 69, was the full time lead guitar replacement and was in the band from 1994 to 2022 (longer than Blackmore), he retired to look after his wife who had cancer, she has just recently passed away.
* Simon McBride, age 45 - lead guitar - replaced Morse in 2022
It’s now 56 years since Deep Purple was formed, and YES they’re still going strong!
They’ve just released a single “Portable Door” from their upcoming 23rd studio album.
Cheers,
There were a couple more in there too. Rod Evans was the first lead singer, with Nick Simper on bass. For the Fireball album you also had Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale when Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left. Then Tommy Bolin took up lead guitar when Ritchie Blackmore left to form Rainbow and Joe Lynn Turner was lead singer on Slaves and Masters.
@@michaelsmith2017 Burn. You're thinking of the album Burn, not Fireball.
@@Miwna OMG, you're right. With 30+ albums, I'm sure to screw at least one or two up. LOL. Thanks for the correction.
@@michaelsmith2017 You're welcome! Both are great albums too, so I understand how you mixed them up.
I'm so glad you mentioned the technical quality of this video. For it's time, whoever directed it did a brilliant job. Deep Purple deserved it.
Absolut❤
Iconic as it gets. Great architects of modern rock and roll. They have some great songs.
Deep Purple has been my favorite for over 40 years , they are so much more than just Smoke On The Water !!
This version is unrepeteable.I listen to them almost 40 years,and Im always enjoying to this song like a first time!!!✌🏼
Deep purple on of the great rock groups of all time, child in time one of the great iconic rock songs. A Sony not to be examined, a song you just enjoy
Luciano Pavarotti, years ago, invited Deep Purple to an edition of "Pavarotti & Friends". He sang "Nessun dorma" together with Ian Gillan, as a duet, and at the moment of the final "C di chest" he was greatly surprised by Ian Gillan's vocal power.
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He wasn't "surprised". He'd been quoted at least 2 years earlier the he considered Gillan to be one of the best singers he'd ever heard.
Is there a video recording of that performance?
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@@theorc9098He called him genius and wanted to make a record with him. They were on touch...
I think the pace of this song and the quiet and cacophony are meant to simulate the dynamics of the battlefield. 5 guys dominating their chosen instrument!
I was doing airfield security during The American Heritage Museum's annual Battle For The Airfield event last October. I was using my earbuds to muffle the gunfire and explosions. Just as things got started, I decided to play a studio version of Child in Time on my phone. It fit the event perfectly, right down where the tempo switches to a martial beat in the middle of the song... that was when our bazooka-armed L-4 Grasshopper, the actual "Rosie the Rocketer" from WWII, flew in to provide air support.
Love your take on Child in Time
I watched it from start to finish without skipping or anything
Thank you for uploading 🙏🏄♂️
His breath control is AWESOME
If you like Ian Gillan's vocals, you should listen to him on "Gethsemane" in the original double album of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar. Spectacular!
His version of Gethsemane is sublime genius. I grew up with the movie and Deep Purple, but the first time I heard the Broadway Cast version of Superstar, it forever changed how I saw both.
It makes me smile to know that you finally got to this song with Ian Gillian and early Deep Purple. I know that I haven't been the only person that made this request...hope you truly enjoyed this.
Ian Gillian was not the original lead vocalist of the band. Rod Evans was the original lead singer but was not with the band for very long. Rod Evans sang the lead on DP cover of "Hush".
I was waiting for the look on your face when he kicked that 'scream' up a notch and you didn't disappoint! :)
Excellent! Thanks so much for tackling this incredible classic!
Your reactions remind me that though thousands of groups like these may have had humble beginnings but there is a reason so few rose to such levels. I am a music lover; always have been, you helped me develop a much deeper appreciation for, and attention to the minutiae.
Always love seeing someone’s reaction to a new group. It’s like I’m also seeing it for the first time. Great video 🙌
At the end of the instrumental section, Ritchie Blackmore (the guitarist) gives the cue that brings that band back on time. It's the repeated riff that Jon Lord (the organist) picks up on. When Lord plays the riff, it signals what's happening to everyone else.
Yes, when you're playing in a band, you are always looking for small markings in a song, just to know, when it comes to the next section of the song.
It's funny, because it's usually, the drummer and bass player (rhythm section) that does this, but in a guitar solo it has to be the guitarist that gives the signal he is done
@@ericjohnson2137 Just because, nobody knows when the solo's over.😅
Great reaction Bethany!
Very enjoyable to watch someone with so much love for music discover this legendary performance.
Nailed it, as usual, Bethany. I don't know what I love most about your videos: That I learn a ton about vocalization, or your delightful and spontaneousl reactions to what you hear and see. These guys were amazing. Superb and creative musicians, behind a very talented vocalist (or is it vocalyst? 😀). Keep the great content coming. Thank you!
Jon Lord............................😢He was the man.
There's a reason why Andrew Lloyd Webber asked Ian Gillan to sing Gethsemane in the original Jesus Christ Superstar recording and I think you beginning to discover that reason with this wonderful reaction Bethany. 🙂
Robert Plant wanted that gig and Gillan beat him out of it. He said Ian Gillian could only sing 12 bars octaves. He's not a real singer.😂 Jealousy, anyone?😂
Ian Gillian sang the main character on the first recording, not only the song Gethsemane. Gethsemane was the garden where Jesus was alone and prayed to God. Gethsemane was not a character
Ian Gillan sang the full JC parts on the original JCS album … not just Gethsemane
Watching the joy on your face as you watch this performance for the first time put a huge smile on my face. Thank you for reviewing this classic!
Ther wher no f***ing effects in 1970. Just pure talent ( and a little of psycho problems, maybe). Thed rest is mastership of it's finest.
This will NEVER get old. This music is timeless. Gooseflesh every time. Thanks for the stunning analysis...This whole era was awash with musical genius, true gems.
We used to hold basketball practice to Deep Purple, especially this song. WOW. The memories!
Really enjoy your reactions and all your incredible insights. The fact that you have the most perfectly shaped lips in the history of the world is just a bonus. I’d like to recommend the Deep Purple song Burn. One of the most well written songs ever.
Hairs on arms stand on end when Gillan does his thing. Memories of headphones and amplifier needles bouncing in my teens.
Why is it I love the look everyone gets when Ian steps into that A5, it brings my first time I heard this right back and all I can do is just smile and grove. The content of the song lasts after the artists have done with the song and its delivery.
So privileged to have grown up during this era of amazing music.
Unbelievable that this was live in 1970, 54 years ago. 99% of the music is so bad today. The 70’s was a good time for music, when I was a teenager. Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Yes, Rush, Led Zeppelin, Styx, Bad Company, Genesis, Status Quo, Peter Frampton and so much more.
I've been jamming on old live The Who broadcasts and concerts. Absolutely amazing. I liked the Who but was never a fan boy back in the day. What showmen the were.
Preach it!
My teenage years too.
There is plenty of music that's great today.. just don't listen to contemporary pop. The Metal scene is going super strong right now.
Ian Gillan was the Greatest Rock Vocalist 1971 to 1974 then Dio came along. Blackmore and Lord were the two greatest Rock Musicians EVER.
Deep Purple was my first concert 13 years old Houston Astrodome EPIC
You're the first person reacting to this that I've seen properly react to the stop in the middle.
Wonderful analysis of such a gifted singer and even noticing how technically gifted all the band members are- You will appreciate their live album "Made In Japan"-a masterclass to live performance
Greetings again from Scotland. Thanks for reacting to this. Great band (mark 2 DP) and great performance. The mark 2 version of Deep Purple were the best. Regards and respect, Howard.
You had the same look as every other person does when he hits that A5.
Incredible times, and I’m glad I was there
To c ure Great reaction on ure face to this once in a lifetime performance captured on video is priceless to me. Ure reactions r so fascinating. Ure always spot on. The Smile u had was guine u couldn't help ureself so no apology is ever needed. Thank u!!!!
Can I recommend Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman, live in New York, 1973? Ian Gillan solves that perennial question as to what does a vocalist do during the guitar solo, by performing a guitar duet with Richie Blackmore - without using a guitar. Just his voice.
Someone like this, so I can see this comment again
@@richardpajarillo4136 Done 🙂
One of my top 5 songs ever. Saw them live in South Africa, I think it was 1994. Concert started with a local called Piet Botha known as THE HAMMER(RIP) followed by Uriah Heep and then Deep Purple. A memory etched in my mind forever!!
A perfect rendition of a major rock classic, and I agree with you, the filming is tremendous, all the angles, really great job there too.
I was born during the end of the soviet union to young parents. My dad had deep purple and AC/DC tapes that were somehow smuggled behind the iron curtain. One of my first memories is us driving, after the soviet union had collapsed, listening to this song and him talking to my mom, how one day he might be able to see them live. I've seen them live twice, both with my dad. I am so lucky my dad had such an amazing taste in music - pretty sure we could still share playlists.
Deep Purple have been one of the first groups, that made experiments with an orchestra, look for " Concerto for Group and Orchestra". There a different versions on YT. Ian Gillan had sung also in the Musical "Jesus Christ Superstar", worth looking and listening to. I love your interesting and well-founded reactions.
Someone „ You can’t make a 10 minute song without it getting boring“
Deep Purple „ Hold my drink“
I was lucky to see them live 3 times from the late 80s to the mid 90s, so amazing.
Excellent reaction❣️I love your input and observations-I was so mesmerized by the song I didn’t even notice the ring or the audience until you pointed it out! Thank you for this video 🥰🖤
'Space Trucking', 'Lazy' and 'Strange Kind of Woman' all so breath taking too. Cheers ✌
Saw these in ‘96 at St David’s Hall in Cardiff. Jon Lord broke into the Welsh National Anthem halfway through his solo in the most sweetest way. Crowd erupted and we all sung the Anthem. Mr. Lord really appreciated the response. Still gives me goosebumps to this day ❤❤❤
Of the music reaction videos that I watch and listen to, yours is certainly at the top of the list !!!
I Greatly enjoy your reacting to the great music that I grew up with in the 60's & 70's !
Thank you !!!!!
Perfect strangers is a must…👏👏👏
At that time I lived in a house full of musicians.
My roommate brought that CD home after work one day. He stopped by Peaches records and purchased quite a few CD'S from that trip. Needless to say we had a very up to date stereo system in that house with top shelf equipment. Teac, Pioneer, Cerwin Vega speakers. We got so high and played that CD.....
I'll never forget that Friday evening.
I never saw DP live but I did see rainbow on the Straight Between the Eyes tour at the Toledo Sports Arena in Toledo Ohio. My sister in law took me because I was like 15 years old. Opening acts? Believe it or not, Iron Maiden and 38 Special. In that order. We had a wonderful time at that strange bill of a concert. Toledo Ohio had some of the greatest concerts back then. They all came to the sports area home of the Toledo Goal Diggers. Always general admission.
Rush
Ratt
Ozzy
Ac DC
Van Halen
Sammy Haggar before Van Halen
Ted Nugent
Aerosmith
Name a band worth seeing and they played The Toledo Sports Arena.
Usually it was under 10 bucks.
From 1980 to 1984 it was the place to go if you lived in NW Ohio.
I don't agree. Most of their music before Perfect Strangers is of better quality as new hard rock. And it's a stronger achievement because they created the genre as they made it. Later it was easier to just repeat the essentials in new ways and refining it. The album Deep Purple In Rock was the top mark of this style of hard rock.
Wonderful reaction. It was a beautiful time to be young with all the brilliant bands flourishing in a time when talent wasn't confined by the business ✨️🎶✨️
I love what kind of totally different songs you get introduced to on this channel. I really enjoyed this one and especially the live performance. 👌
Yeah they were so tight, when they had the sudden stop the drummer even grabbed the cymbals to stop the sound, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath not only gave us Metal, but shaped all rock music that was to follow them, and to have 3 bands like this all at the same time was something very special indeed.
I listened to the album Deep Purple in Rock when it came out when I was 12 or 13. Even at that young age I could appreciate the talent, musicianship of all in the band and everything about the albums. It is great 50-odd years later to hear someone who appreciates if like I did for the first time but also hear your professional take on it. Listen to Ian Gillan sing in Jesus Christ Superstar back in the days before Deep Purple. That’s how good he is as a vocalist.
You are the first one who made a comment about the audience that made sense.
Rock audiences at that time, at least in the UK where rock was invented and refined, considered it the done thing to sit and pay attention to the music. As opposed to pop fans jumping round shouting.
The audience was to asked to remain seated during the performance because it was being recorded for broadcast.. it was from a tv show that was on in the UK back in the early 70s
It's very easy to get overwhelmed watching this performance. They were a really astounding group of musicians. How fortunate everyone has to be to have gathered this exact group together for so long. Ian Gillan just had the most amazing voice.
I grew up on Deep Purple in the early 70's. This video is from very early on in their heyday and apart from the brilliant musicianship I can't help but notice the audience sitting there all prim and proper. Can anyone imagine seeing a super-group today and the audience being so passive? Times have changed!
I've seen this a billion times but wow, I definitely got goosebumps here and there throughout your reaction just watching you discover this. And I always love your input, I'm a musician myself of so many years, so I love the way that you talk and think about a lot of things. But yeah, that's something else isn't it? All of those guys were so good.❤
Check out the studio version of one of their huge hits, Highway Star, from their iconic Machine Head album in the mid-70s. It features all members of the band just going nuts in the tightest way.
This is an epic iconic vocal and instrumental masterpiece. I love the many different shifts in tempo and different layers to this song, it was ahead of its time. Awesome.
Thank you for this outstanding reaction, I really enjoyed it. You were very perceptive and appreciative and I learned a lot from your comments.
Ian Gillian was the voice of Jesus on the album Jesus Christ Superstar.
It’s such a trip to hear and see the reaction of younger generations to 70s prog rock. When audiences were interested in artistic expressions and could get hypnotized by its vast amount of nuance and rich harmonies and rhythm, def not what they hear today.
How wonderful to see the reactions from you to this absolute classic! Unfortunately, it's very hard to suggest something to match it - especially live! I'm guessing one that will give us another chance to see those facial expressions would be their "Strange Kind Of Woman" live off of "Made In Japan" with a truly remarkable "call-and-response" section between the singer and the guitar! There are some live video versions of this, but they don't really match the audio capture of the MIJ one! Keep 'em Comin'!
I was born in 1990 but Im so glad my friends group was a little different so I got to grew up on this music. You're one of very few music reaction channels I like, glad you picked this.
I think the cut off is just the band being in the grove and knowing each others playing so well that instinctively they know when to do it. Also notice just before the cut off Ian Gillan takes the mic from the standard in readiness to sing again.
Thakns for great reaction! The founders and masters of hard rock, they were, and this is a great expels. All of them were masters of their instruments and from here and on it was only downhill with hard rock. Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, thanks for the revolution you brought to rock music!
Nice reaction from this super band from the origins of hard rock and also a precursor to metal.
Thank you for doing this one😘
I remember being introduced to Deep Purple. Instantly became my favorite band at the time. I was hooked. Trying to learn to sing this. Not easy..
I call them controlled chaos, and still love them!!!
Thanks for reacting to this song. Deep Purple has always been in my top three. BTW, I like that you don't wear jewelry because that means you probably don't have tattoos either, and I love that.
Great reaction. This is a band with a surplus of genius and virtuosity. For this among many reasons, Ian Paice is my favorite drummer, because he holds the experimental mayhem together so well.
On my 15th birthday I went to see this lineup of Deep Purple and my older brother and I were super happy to hear them play this song. Thirty seven years and a hundred and fifty concerts later and I still look back on this one as one of my favorites.