Classical Composer REACTION & ANALYSIS | Deep Purple: Machine Head (Side 2) The Daily Doug (Ep. 428)
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2022
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In this #masterpiecefriday edition of #thedailydoug, I'm listening to side 2 of Machine Head, the classic 1972 album by Deep Purple. We're using the 40-year anniversary remastered edition of the album, starting with Smoke on the Water, and then Lazy, Space Truckin', and When A Blind Man Cries. Of course, I've heard Smoke on the Water previously. But, all the other songs are first time listens for me. And, I thoroughly enjoyed myself! I hope you enjoy as well.
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Your life will not be complete until you hear the Made In Japan (live) version of Space Truckin' - trust me, it'd mind blowing! (and almost 20 minutes long)
Actually Doug should listen to whole MIJ
I prefer the versions from the BBC In Concert, and the DVD recorded live in Denmark to MIJ.
In the Made in Japan version, I love how the song ends with what sounds like a teenaged valet trying to park a starship when he has no idea how to operate a manual hyperdrive. 😁 ua-cam.com/video/INu4revFdoo/v-deo.html
The lyrics to Space Truckin' are totally "too corny" but it doesn't take away from the jam.
And California Jam where Ritchie totally lost it!
Ian Paice - possibly the most under-rated drummer ever, just brilliant.
So much groove.
Yup. Paicey turned mediocre songs into good ones, good ones into excellent ones and excellent ones into fantastiwastic ones.
Well said, completely agree. A master.
Underrated? I guess he isn't thought of in the same level as Bonzo or Keith but boy he was/is good.
@@shegocrazy It's because people don't know shit about drumming lol. Saying Keith Moon or John Bonham is the best drummer ever in a world where Dave Weckl, Dennis Chambers, Blake Richardson and others exists is just a fucking joke.
So glad to hear you praise Roger Glover´s bass playing in Lazy.
As you mention he´s often overlooked but in reality an absolut foundation for the entire sound and feel of Deep Purple.
He once stated: " When all Hell breaks loose on stage I see my role as the one to keep it all together and keep the groove going. Leaves the boys free to do their thing."
And he´s been doing exactly that for some fifty years by now.
In many cases any Bluesy hard rock´n´roll band´s dream bass player,- and always with a driving groove pumping things along.
Absolute master and way underrated
And Paice, what a rhythm section !!
The best drummer ever imo
And he was the producer, the one at the knobs. Played same role in (later-line-up) Rainbow and 80s DP. He’s intrigued Since I was a 5yr kid, I was curious as to why the band that released Stone Cold had this one old dude in the band.
And then Ritchie fired him after the next album, but immediately regretted it because he could not stand the funky bass played by the guy who replaced him (Glenn Hughes).
As a 62yo Brit, I'm sat here listening to Lazy grinning like a Cheshire cat! It's impossible to overstate how important Machine Head and In Rock were to my musical awakening.
Couldn't agree more!
Welcome to the club! A 1959er from Germany.
American 59er here! Lazy has always been one of my favorite DP songs. I can't wait to see Doug's reaction. ❤️
Me too mate. I've always been surprised that many people dismiss Lazy almost as a filler track. It's pretty much my favourite on the album (although there's not much in it). To borrow from the next track's lyrics - 'man those cats could really swing'.
+2 :)
You have Rock music and you have...Deep Purple.
Second to none.
The Lazy from Made In Japan is 10 pure minutes of SMOKIN"!!! John Lord is the greatest Rock organist EVER!!!
John Lord...played a Hammond B3 through a Marshall Plexy Stack, not the typical Leslie speakers and it would get very dirty and out right raunchy. Loved it!
Lazy is such a jam. My personal favorite DP track.
I'm right there with ya. In my estimation it is their pinnacle--the live version on Made In Japan.
Es mi canción favorita también
Totalmente, Lazy from Made In Japan...👋👋👋😎🇦🇷
Absolutely agree! In fact the best cover I've heard is done by Joe B and Jimmy Barnes - check out their studio version: ua-cam.com/video/pr4EEsiR_Ao/v-deo.html
@@gistechrep3816 Hmmmm, está a medio camino de Lazy from Machine Head y Lazy Made In Japan ... 🧐🇦🇷
so much talent in one band
there is no band like deep purple
Its so sad that nowadays most new music fans have been deprived the experience of buying a vinyl album or single with a B side not heard before. There was almost a ritual involved with new music ... a 12x12 format to absorb the artwork or read along with the printed lyrics ... what a joyful experience that never got old ...
yeah but they cost a fortune
When a Blind Man Cries is probably the best outtake from any album I've ever heard. Richie's solo is exquisite.
Dunno, DP has recorded enough outtakes to fill another excellent album.
Oh I been waiting for this a masterpiece being analyzed. Deep Purple was one of the greatest bands ever. Thank you let's not forget the late great Jon Lord a conductor inventor of Hammond organ thru a Marshall stack and classically trained musician who started rock and orchestras and wrote the entire composition in 1969 before anyone thought of it. RIP 🙏 Jon Lord greatest rock keyboardist rock has ever seen with Wakeman and Emerson.
Still is one of the goats on the earth
I'd love to see analysis of Jon Lord's Concerto. Clasical Composer reacts to classical composition :-)
In the Live in London album, Jon Lord jokingly refers to himself as "Rick Emerson" while introducing the band.
@@purplefan84pl lol one day who knows
Possibly my favorite studio album of all time. Made in Japan is even better as the live performances were incredible.
One of the best live albums ever.
Me too
Simply the best of the best!
It was hearing "Lazy" for the first time (and not "Smoke on the Water", which I already knew of course) that convinced me, as a young man, to buy Machine Head. That and "Pictures of Home" are my two favourites on the album. Thanks Doug.
There best ever album mate 👌 😊
Something to remember for the true Smoke On the Water experience, is that, as they were recording THE TAKE, this now famous TAKE , the police were pounding on the door to the place, as the roadies were holding the door closed. The police were responding to noise complaints, and were trying to shut it down. Thank goodness for the roadies, who held off the police long enough to get THE TAKE recorded and on tape......True Story !
Ian Gillan's performance on that last song, "When a Blind Man Cries", is reminiscent of his stint as the lead character in the original production of JC Superstar
As if there were ever any doubt, Deep Purple during Machine Head is truly a band of exceptional musicians, collaborating at the top of their game.
That was 4 years before I was born.
I remember listening to Lazy dozens and dozens of times, over and over again. It always amped me up.
Ah Deep Purple, one of my favorites. I have all their albums
This is exactly what I needed today. It's been a dark week for me. This took me back to being 16 and infusing myself with this vinyl masterpiece. That was before the world became what it is today. Thanks Doug.
Ritchie came to appreciate ballads more when it came to the next line-up of Deep Purple and on through Rainbow. They contain some of his most understated but expressive playing.
Smoke on the Water, one of the most iconic guitar riffs ever!
The most.
Machine Head was my awakening into hard rock.
And next Jon Lord’s Concerto for Group and Orchestra. Classical and rock fusion.
Performed premiere 1969 Royal Alberthall Londen. And 30 years later 1999 again by Deep Purple.
Recorded in studio 2012 short before the passing of Jon Lord.
Still performed over the world from time to time as tribute to this masterpiece
It's a bit boring isn't it?
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It’s just a unique piece of music for a classical composer a must seen.
@@user-tf6vq9tz6b no it was the first rock band to ever write classical music. Jon Lord wrote the whole thing. He was a world class musician and tried to show the world music is music. RIP Jon Lord
@@barryrammer7906 I know JL wrote it , God bless and rest his beautiful soul, but it's still a bit boring to me that's all. If others love it , good on them and may they be blessed for eternity.
Please, please, please, please!!!!
I’ve loved When A Blind Man Cries since it came out on a single. A good friend bought it for me. The sweet and mellow guitar, effortlessly beautiful Hammond and lovely voice are wonderful.
The track was rare and unknown back then in the early seventies. I’m rather sad that the guitarist didn’t like the piece, I’ve always thought that was his most lyrical and emotional work.
The versión in Live at Olympia with the Steve Morse solo...is the BEST!
These reactions are better when you have the keyboard alongside to play on. Makes it more fun and illuminates what you describe with the chord progressions. :)
Space Trucking live is next level!
“When a Blind Man Cries “ predates “Wish you were here” and “Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd. The key and guitar playing all have echoes of each other
And BTW, Roger Glover does indeed get his moment of glory in the heavy "pictures of home". He makes the Rickenbacker shine in all its "clanginess"
One of the most iconic albums.
Ian Paice is THE MOST UNDER-RATED rock drummer ever!
Did you see the Jon Lord tribute concert with a 74 yo Paice drumming for the whole concert.
Paicey is brilliant on this album. A master of his craft
I've been jammin with these songs for 50 years. Great , great, great album. I NEVER get tired of hearing my two favorites Lazy & Space Truckin. Keep on rockin Doug!
Gillan would often include "When a Blind Man Cries" in the setlist during his solo concerts. Always a special moment of the evening.
And you are spot-on about Roger's bass playing.
Made In Japan is THE Deep Purple album and still 50 years later the greatest live album ever (IMHO). If you think the studio versions of these songs are good, wait until you hear the live takes. They just take it to a completely different level. Please, please give it a thorough review, you won't regret it!
Also, if you want to check out the best version of "When A Blind Man Cries", you simply have to listen to the version off Deep Purple Live At Olympia from 1996. Steve Morse just absolutely kills it on that one.
Sadly they never played it live in Ritchie's day as he hated the song. Why I don't know because again I think he absolutely kills it.
Deep Purple's major strength was their live work, no doubt about it. The stage is where they put other rock bands to shame. They were simply explosive!
You are spot on Leon and Frank.
I saw Deep Purple live in 1973. My ears have never been the same.
So I have two BIG things to say... 1st, TY sooo much for presenting DP Machine Head. It to me represents the Birth of Mark 2 DP and the greatest musical history of the band. OK, 1st- In 1971, my dad had just bought me my 1st drum set and Smoke, was the 1st thing I ever learned to play on a drum kit. Ian Paice has always been a R&R drum hero to me. I even have a pair of autographed drum sticks from him. 2nd- I am one of the very few drummers on the planet that can say I've played with Ritchie Blackmore! It was 17 years after Learning Smoke" on the kit, I was playing with my band in an Old Saybrook, CT nightclub4/1988. and at around midnight who comes walking in but Ritchie, his wife, a body guard (personal assistant), a British bassist named Nick, and a Deep Purple road manager named Ian who had a Westbrook, CT Mansion nearby. . They specifically asked to jam "with the drummer only". It felt like some sort of audition. We started with a shuffle and then Ritchie swapped over to the bass and we did the "Black Knight" jam style groove. It was probably the greatest experience of my life aside of being born! Incredible honor to have been selected by Blackmore to jam out, He will always be my #1 musical hero!
Most of my friends would rave about Richie's guitar solos, but I always looked forward to John Lord's solos much more. Much missed, thanks for the memories John.
One of the first albums I ever bought.
Glad you recognized the bass line on lazy. So integral to the groove.
For Smoke On The Water, Ritchie Blackmore once said he just took (stole) Beethoven's 5th and rearranged it a bit and quote " I owe Beethoven a lot of money" You got to do Smoke On The Water and other songs from Made In Japan. The energy of that live album is amazing!
Backwards
Not Beets 5th but a Latin pop song that was lifted.
He was feeding BS to Richard Quest to wind him up. Quest fell for it hook line and sinker.
Doug,
Re: S.O.T.Water, and Highway Star, superior versions, are on their live LP: Made In Japan
Please, react to “Burn” (Deep Purple). My favorite song by them. I think you will like the keyboard solo :)
JS Bach + blues riff, played fast
@@saposapochile Just how Bach should be played! DP did it on several other songs across their career too!
@@leonmarkrodziewicz279 Blackmore did it in Rainbow as well
@@laurenzgraffilpenstein8117 He certainly did. Opening to Kill The King is a classic example.
One of most famous riffs, even CNN did a piece on this riff (Smoke on the water). Banned in all guitar stores as the staff got tired of hearing it all the time. allegedly
My talented Godson showed me how Richie played that iconic riff in Smoke on the Water - by pinching, not strumming, the strings. And how it makes so much difference to the sound. A revelation! And he explained how e.g the way they kick in at 6 in the usual middle 8 adds to the feeling of urgency. And you nailed it Doug, when you said there is not a bad musician in the band. And Smoke on the Water perhaps best exemplifies that?
I've just seen Deep Purple live a few days ago, they played more than half of the songs from this album :) Still killing it after such a long career! And they still write great music (I love the Whoosh! album)
A masterpiece of an album from some of the greatest musicians of all time. Jon Lord, Ian Paice… Ian Gillian… Deep Purple is a damn all star band. Glover is a more straight forward player but being around the influence of Blackmore and even more so… Jon Lord made him just as good as them… iron sharpens iron… I would love to see you (or anyone really) react to the album Purpendicular it’s their first album with a new Guitar Player and they touch on so many different styles. A rejuvenated band firing on all cylinders. Morse (new guitarist) absolutely changed the band. His jazz sensibility along with that virtuoso playing along with a band with decades of experience under their belt…. That album is amazing…
Deep Purple are iconic...still alive and writing songs...John Lord was God with an organ between his hands!...
I don't understand how someone of your age has never heard of such a great band. For example, I am from Croatia. totally different language area. people here have been listening to it since the very beginning
It's so common for Americans. They know less about DP, they are prefer LZ, I don't know why. Also, I personally don't believe that he has never heard these songs before, he just making content😂
Now you should analyze April from 1969, you'll see another side of the band with a lot of classical influence. This is back when Rod Evans was the main singer of Deep Purple, I think his era is very underrated :)
Doug, it may surprise you, but these studio recordings are somewhat tame, compared to the versions on Made In Japan, one of the best live albums ever. Highway Star and Lazy are my favorites on that one. Highly recommended!
Made in Japan is a fantastic live album, but this is precisely why the versions are not better than the studio versions of Machine Head. They're too chaotic, not refined and the mix is far from being as balanced and great as in the studio album.
@@Ogilla I didn’t use the word ‘better’. I just prefer the versions on MIJ, a personal preference. Just as I like Yessongs (the album, not the movie) more than the studio albums.
@@Ogilla Bollox, the Live versions are superior in every way. You have no clue. Go back to sleep.
Such a classic album. "When a blind man cries" is such a great song that oozes feeling.
"Lazy" is my all-time favorite by DP! Perfect song to light-up to, Doug! Ha! Thanks for such a great reaction and analysis! 💙✌
I really enjoy watching Doug get high and get right into the tunes! I'm there with you Doug, chortling away at your enthusiastic antics.
If and when you do their Fireball album, the UK version has a song called Demon's Eye while the US album has the song Strange Kid of Woman. Great songs on a great album.
Strange Kind Of Woman was, just like Black Night somewhat earlier, released as singles. They sound a lot "cheaper" and more lo-fi too.
Demon's Eye is an original Fireball album track. The band is from the UK, and just as with more UK bands, for the original album go for the UK version. Remember the Beatles? Or early Whitesnake? Stones? Just the same.
But on later releases, in Purple world, the non-album tracks went as extra songs on the albums they kind of belong to.
In Rock has Black Night and Cry Free; Fireball does get Strange Kind Of Woman, Machine Head indeed gets Blind Man Cries, Burn gets Coronarias Redig...
@@ericodijk I'm aware of all this. There is a deluxe box of Made in Japan that is made up of the three complete concerts as well. Machine Head's anniversary set has an entire second disc of the album remixed by Glover. No cold starts or fade outs. All the songs are longer. Capital not only rearranged track listing on the Beatles' albums to make extra albums, they also channeled mono into stereo and they sounded like crap. UK Beatles all the way except Magical Mystery Tour (Germany).
I'm more of an air guitar player myself, but Ian Paice can make anyone an air drummer. Love it! Keep it up Doug!
I saw Deep Purple tour this album in 1972 at the Rainbow in london. For me, their last great album. Their best- 'In Rock'. The personel changes that followed proved the point. My fave tracks- Highway Star and Space Truckin'. Jon Lord was a genius.
I recently attended thd North West Audio Show in UK to listen to high end audio gear. I requested Lazy in the Lowther audio room and asked them to crank it up, much to their reluctance. Sounded great. Great album, great review.
Deep Purple - Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming. Trust me.
Ian Paice is incredible.
Great reaction yet again, Doug. And I love it when you swing over to the keyboard - and remind those who do not already know that you really DO know what you are talking about! Which is of course why 222k like-minded folks follow you.
To me, this has to be THE iconic "heavy rock" album of all time. Except for the live "Made in Japan", of course, which is even more amazing. Yes, the precursor to metal. But I love heavy rock; less so, metal.
Catch that fire Doug!! 🍀 Amazing react as aways, one of the best bands ever to step on planet!
When I was 14 years old, I used to listen to Lazy at max volume every morning before school. That and Blues Deluxe off Jeff Beck's Truth album. So cool to have been a teenager in the 70's.
I’m amazed you were unfamiliar with the Smoke On The Water story. Also, When A Blind Man Cries is hands down the best track never to be released on an original album.
Great stuff. Keep ‘em coming.
Of course he was. Just saying it here, making content.😂
I think the first time I really heard Smoke on the Water I was in 7th grade in 1973 and it was in an assembly talent show. It was memorable. I was 13. After that lots of rock and roll!
You should try “space truckin” from live in Japan. Lots of fun…
Ive never seen you enjoy a reaction so much ..doug ..you are a joy to watch ..and educational as you react..best channel on you tube my friend ..love it 😊❤
It's a rock masterpiece. Every track solid and a few are sure-fire classics.
Pretty sure I heard Ritchie say he took a classical piece, Beethoven or Bach, and played it in reverse and that's "Smoke on the water"
And yes, Roger Glover is an often overlooked and under-appreciated bassist.
Thank you for doing Deep Purple again. I mentioned it, when you did Machine head side 1, and I hope I'm not annoying by mentioning it again. But I think a terribly underrated masterpiece of Deep Purple is "Concerto for Group and Orchestra". A work, written by Jon Lord for the band and a philharmonic orchestra. I don't know any other work like that (especially not that early). Originally from 1969, the original score got lost over the time - so even the band itself forgot it😉 - was restored by a school teacher and brought back to stage in 1999 (and I myself even prefer that later version). It would be great to see a critical analysis of that album by an expert. So thank you very much again for your great videos.
That piece should indeed be a next masterpiece on the list.
Concerto for Group and Orchestra is a groundbreaking piece.
There is also an final studio version that was recorded by Jon Lord during illness, just before his passing.
Each part with an different guitarist
Recorded at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool and Abbey Road Studios, London, UK - 2011-2012.
Jon Lord - Hammond organ
Bruce Dickinson, Steve Balsamo, Kasia Laska - vocals
Darin Vasilev, Joe Bonamassa, Steve Morse - guitar
Guy Pratt - bass
Brett Morgan - drums
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic conducted by Paul Mann
Bought the album in early 80´s when I was breaking free from heavy Kissmania and I was blown away!
Back in the day, this album was played continually on my turntable. The band I was in covered several of these songs, as we were blessed with an amazing lead guitarist than could really do just to these tunes. A lot of memories on this album. Thanks….it was a great trip down memory lane. You Sir, truly have a gift. Your talent and ability adds so much to your reactions. To me, you stand alone.👍
A few years after Machine Head Jon Lord released a solo album "Sarabande" A rock / classical fusion album. At the time I was captivated by this record (So much so, that my wife and I named a yacht we built Sarabande 2), hearing classical themes with a rock beat underneath. Didn't sell well but it opened my ears to other music. There are a few live performances on youtube - well worth a listen. BTW Thanks for the channel always entertaining and enlightening.
Rockin' and made me feel old. First played the record when I was 16, wow. Still play their records but not as often as I should. Thanks for this, made me look at the album a different way.
I just smoked with you during the guitar solo of Smoke of the Water... I really enjoy your channel Sir. One of my big brothers gave me this LP when I was 10 or 11 and it changed the way I heard music.
If someone had no idea what Rock and Roll music was..."Smoke on the Water" would be the Perfect explanation...
Doug, I appreciated how you included When A Blind Man Cries. I love it as much as Smoke On The Water, Space Truckin, Highway Star, Never Before, and Pictures Of Home. My dad introduced me to this record but all I cared about was Smoke On The Water, Space Truckin, and Highway Star. I got turned onto Never Before and Pictures of Home watching a VH1 Behind The Music. This is an ICONIC heavy metal record.
My best friend and I chipped in 2 bucks apiece and bought Machine Head in 1972. By guess and by golly, I wired my student amp into the needle cartridge of my parents 1946 Philco radio/78 speed turntable with a 15 inch speaker and was able to reproduce Smoke on the Water on my Trump guitar. It was magical!
You MUST do their live album MADE IN JAPAN. My favorite of theirs. You've already heard the studio versions of most songs on that album. However, they are played live, much faster and intense, and with fresh arrangements that make the listening experience totally worth while. Guaranteed. You will not be disappointed.
Top ten albums ever
Doug, great reaction. I normally get annoyed with too much talking, but informed opinion is so good. Your humour helps. BTW you could do this with about 10 purple albums and live it. Take care.
Hi Doug! This channel is easily one of the best react/analyze channels out there. You have grown on me!
It just goes to show that lyrics from 50 years ago can mean so much more than the vacuous nonsense that we hear today. Great video Doug, thank you.
I once heard that "When A Blind Man Cries" is about the relationship between Ian Gillan and Ritchie Backmore which became more and more difficult in those years what finally lead to Gillan's departure.
The line "Had a friend once in a room" shows that in the beginning of Deep Purple MKII Gillan and Blackmore were close friends and would share hotel rooms being on tour.
Roger Glover once said that in the last 18 months of Gillan being DP's singer Ian and Ritchie didn't speak one word to each other.
It is so sad that a band filled with this amount of musical genius was fated to fall apart because of friction, tensions and egoism.
This is one of my must have road albums, and has been for 50 years, Then Uriah Heep Live.
I envy you listening Lazy for the first time! I still remember the shock.
Love this album since I bought it on 1972, while at high school. This is my DP favorite album and Lazy is my favorite song, I love the way it goes "harder and harder". All the boys are good musicians, but I love Jon Lord best (I love keyboards on rock).
Roger Glover's bass playing is great, glad you noticed! So many tasty lines, and he's uncharacteristically present in the upper registers of the instrument for that era of rock.
Besides all these great songs an musicians, the sound engineer from this album should be praised as well! So powerful, will sound great forever.
Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head from 2012.
Jump to the Song LAZY with Joe Bonamassa on guitar and Jimmy Barnes singing. Crazy cover and truly one of the best covers of Deep purple I have ever heard.
Iconic Deep Purple. Great reaction!
The inverted “power” chords are what give it that dark, chunky, bad ass sound... that’s what no one could seem to grasp when I was “growing up”. People always bragged about “knowing” that riff, and at least 9 times out of 10 they didn’t, I’ve seen it attempted in more different ways than I can count and each person was adamant that they knew it and was playing it just like Ritchie... HA!!!!!! So not only OSs that a testament to how STUPID the masses are, but also, how much of an infinite variety dwells within our western music system alone.
Lazy was our "psych up" song for when we played intramural hockey when I was in college. Not sure why, but we played it before every game.
Remember getting high on shores of Lake Michigan & listening to YES, DP, & Genesis.
Hi Dr. Doug)) Really glad you reviewed Machine Head. I am glad you acknowledged Roger's bass playing. He is a very good, criminally underrated bassist. He, like Chris Squier, also plays a Rickenbacker. Jon actually ran his Hammond through Marshall amps to get that harsh sound (and volume) so he can keep up with Ritchie. Ritchie's influence can never be overstated. It's huge. Without Ritchie, there would be no Malmsteen, Petrucci, or any of the other so called shredders, neoclassicists that came later. Ritchie was the original. But he is able to play in many styles - rock, classical, blues, jazz and he does it all very well. His playing is fluid, just flows. I often has stated that on Space Trucking, Paice puts on a drum clinic. Okay class, pay attention!!
I highly recommend reviewing Made In Japan. The energy and even higher level of musicianship is astonishing. Plus the 1969 Concerto. Thanks))
A huge record for me. The Made In Japan version of Smoke On The Water is by far the better version. Edited versions of both were on the 45 rpm single! Gotta love that. It was in jukeboxes galore worldwide I'm sure. I always played both of em! Later on a friend's older brother had this album and told me one of the songs sounded like a funeral then a horror movie. I was 13 and I had to know! Probably about my first exposure to anything other than typical top 40 a m radio. This was one of my first 8-Track Tape purchases. This and Made In Japan and Black Sabbath's Paranoid album.
Like so many of my peers in '72, we thought that it was the very best possible riff..., until '74 when they came out with "Made In Japan"..., then I gave away my copy of Machine Head and never looked back, nor did I regret giving that album away!!
Thanks for doing this, and for getting a little toasty during the listen!
The total immersion of DP in the Made In Japan version was probably driven by good amounts of Peruvian Marching Powder, but that doesn't diminish the intensity of that version of all of their songs!
Yeah! I knew that I was not going to be dissapointed, and Lazy was going to have such a huge reaction. Also to Space and Blind Man. Thank you for the videos!
This is great, but Made In Japan is epic! You gotta do that!
It was fun jammin' out with you, friend! 💜
Machine Head was my first rock album, when I first played it I thought my dad was going to faint lol
This reaction was was about as much fun as it gets! Thanks, Doug!
Lazy. Out of all of their wonderful songs, maybe THE best.