This was one of the most heavy songs in protest of Vietnam. As an old war vet, I can relate. But you did your job, no matter how bad. I could tell you stories... but I have to live with it every day... and thanks for this one.
A British band would not sing about Vietnam war, it was not our war! Ian Gillan the singer said it was written at the time when USA and Russia were threatening to use nuclear bombs, this was absolutely terrifying to people in the UK as we would be in the middle of it (don't know why, something to do with distances ), so it was generally about UK war. The blind men shooting up the world, were the USA and Russian governments.
@@scottlaughlin9897 I forgot to mention that there was no animosity, and It's A Beautiful Day later took Deep Purple's 'Wring That Neck' and turned it into their own song 'Marrying Maiden'!
Ian Gillan,the singer was Jesus on the original Jesus Christ Superstar album.His mother sang opera.JohnLord the keyboardist us classically traines and played with symphony orchestras.If they went to a bar. After the concerts If they went to a bar and there was a piano there,John would often play classical piano pieces on it
I saw them at THe Royal Albert Hall with 5,000 others in 1973 and because it was sold out they let us watch from "The Gods" for 25 pence or 34 Cents :) Same deal with Creedence Clearwater Revival around then too. :) Personally, I would consistently Rank Jon as the 3rd greatest Keyboard player behind in either order, 2 other Englishmen:Keith Emerson and Sir Rick Wakeman (My Honorary title ) lol
@@fredtello Good Call and I love that 1977 Oakland live Concert but Wakeman once played 36 Keyboards on Stage the same night and Emerson was a genius although not for my taste, ironically..
Deep Purple was one of the most iconic bands from the late 60s and early 70s that blew into the scene with a different sound along with Uriah Heep, Moody Blues, Procol Harum and Emerson Lake and Palmer they all introduced different instruments and recording variations on their albums
Live on TV 1970, during the Vietnam War. Recorded live for a TV show. The audience was told by the TV people not to react until the song was over. They didn't want any audience noise on the recording.
Vietnam vets were terribly mistreated when they came home from war. I had a friend that had severe ptsd. He wound up committing suicide. He had told so many horrible stories from the war, things that I could never imagine. We all need to support our troops. Thank you for your reactions.
Yeah it was a bad deal. If they had let us loose and declared Nam a war, we would have saved a lot of lives. The gov. was afraid of China. China would have stood down.
Or maybe they shouldn't been in that war supporting a dictator and murdering women and children. On the other hand it shows the dark side of patriotism when you treat those who you send fighting a war like crap afterwards. It's all hooray for the troops and then when they come home all damaged they're just thrown on the scrap heap. And it's the same in every one of Amercas perpetual wars.
@@randallcox6573 Yeah, the draft dodgers were treated better than the ones that were drafted and made to go to Nam. I remember the first thing that Jimmy Carter did as president was to give the dodgers amnesty. So very wrong on his party's part! Sorry, I keep calling it a war which it was for that country, but we were there just there getting involved in a conflict that took so many of our soldiers away from us, if not physically, mentally.
@@bjhellstream Yeah, the draft dodgers were treated better than the ones that were drafted and made to go to Nam. I remember the first thing that Jimmy Carter did as president was to give the dodgers amnesty. So very wrong on his party's part! Sorry, I keep calling it a war which it was for that country, but we were there just there getting involved in a conflict that took so many of our soldiers away from us, if not physically, mentally.
@Geo Dio Yeah, the draft dodgers were treated better than the ones that were drafted and made to go to Nam. I remember the first thing that Jimmy Carter did as president was to give the dodgers amnesty. So very wrong on his party's part! Sorry, I keep calling it a war which it was for that country, but we were there just there getting involved in a conflict that took so many of our soldiers away from us, if not physically, mentally.
Deep Purple is one of the three co-founders of heavy metal. Lead singer: Ian Gillian Lead Guitar: Ritchie Blackmore (who later had his own band, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow) Bass: Roger Glover Keyboard: John Lord Drums: Ian Paice ^^ Those are the members as of the time the video was recorded. The band toured earlier this year, with a somewhat different membership.
This incarnation of Deep Purple is otherworldly and Ritchie Blackmore criminally underrated in America. Deep Purple/Led Zeppelin/Black Sabbath = The Big Three.
Ian had some pipes! All of them are some of the greatest musicians ever assembled in one band. Deep Purple is still together with 3 of this lineups 5 members. R.I.P. Jon Lord.
His vocal talent is unbelievable. He's even done a duet with Pavarotti and was in the original Jesus Christ Superstar. His version of Gethsemane is heavenly
Back in the day it was gillan, plant, Rodgers of Free and a couple of others, they set the standard for the rock vocal that to this day hasn't been surpassed. Timeless, epic and iconic
Growing up with this kind of music is mostly to blame for why I did not like disco. I would put a stack of vinyl on the turntable, sit back, headphones on, eyes and just drift away in the music - no substances required. I always picked up every new Deep Purple album the very same week it dropped. I also would throw some Yes on the turntable. You should react to some of their early stuff to. “Roundabout” “All Good People” As well as many others from that same era. Electric Light Orchestra- AKA E.L.O. Is also epic. #HOG Fam and love these timeless joints.
The doydends of heavry rock , and in no particular order, Led Zeppelin , Black Sabbath and Deep Purple who invented and have the world the gender. The rest just followed, all 3 British bands born out of the late 60's and very very successful becoming supreme rock legends through being stunningly good musicians
Ian Gillan IMO is the preeminent voice in R&R history! even better when you have top of the heap band bringing it every song. Lazy and Space Truckin' are incredible tunes as well! all the guys of this era were born during or right after WWII so i think that is where most of their inspiration came from.
@@vini_nicius643 you r absolutely right but I still think Gillan could do things Plant could never do vocally! Either way they are both phenomenal singers
@@vini_nicius643 I also think that when we talk about Robert Plant a huge distinction has to be made: Robert Plant 1968-1971 Robert Plant 1973 and later (‘72 was kind of a year of transition/decay-the difference in his voice at the beginning vs. end of that year is astounding IMO). By the time The Song Remains the Same was filmed /recorded (1973) he’d lost a ton of range and power as well as clarity in what was left of his higher range. In the early days he was unbelievable. I’d say that Ian Gillian had more control (an unbelievable amount of control actually, over both tone and pitch), but I way prefer Plant’s tone in the higher range-but again, talking about pre-vocal-damage Plant. In those earlier days he could hit unbelievably high notes seemingly in full chest voice, with a really full, bluesy tone. But Ian Gillian’s control rivals that of Freddie Mercury…
@@CliffinAZ yeaa i was talking about pre 73 plant ( even though i love "every voice" that robert had between 68-79) he was just beyond amazing, sadly those tours that he had the flu really fucked his voice, but he was still amazing after
All these songs from the 60's and early 70's were aimed at the Vietnam War. The blind man reference to me has always been about soldiers just shooting blindly at where they think the enemy is at. In urban and guerrilla warfare it seems there are a lot of civilian casualties and that's what this song seems to be pointing at, at least to me. One of the most haunting vocal performances Ian Gillan gave was when he was in Black Sabbath on the song Born Again, great performance.
Thanks for sharing this! I grew up very much with my dad listening to deep purple, so many rock legends. Are we not all very much children in time? lots of love from the Uk!
That was the great guitarist Richie Blackmore. All of these guys were top shelf musicians and Vocalists. Richie Blackmore has to be at least 75 yrs old now. All of these guys from the "Classic Rock era Bands of the 60s and 70s are passing away, one by one. It seems that not a week passes by, that you don't here of these great artists, leaving us. That's life, but we will always have their music on tape, records and video, so we never forget they're great contributions to Rock and Roll. Thanks guys
That epic song you can hear it and in the movie '' Twister '' directed from Jan de Bont , and produced by Steven Spielberg ! Long live Deep Purple ! Happy holidays to all of us!
One of the best bands EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ian Gillians voice is amazing.I have seen this band 3 times and John Lord ,R.I.P. ON KEYBOARDS would get so into it he would have the keyboards rocking back and fourth you would swear he would tip over but never did. Great band. Ritchie Blackmore on lead guitar also studied classical music and it shows.
One of the greatest rock bands of all time! Super musicians and really great live performers. I've been lucky enough to see them a few times since '85 when they rejoined for the Perfect Strangers tour.
Every member were blessed with an abundance of talent , got into them in the early 70’s and still listening to them now , your appreciations of their quality is so good to see 👍
Same here Allan. I got to see them twice, once in Philly and once in Boston. It blows me away when I see a crowd sitting there not moving like the people in this video. The crowds I was in were insane. Alot of smoke in the air
@@quaark57 I guess it’s combination of 2 things that the crowd so “still” maybe it wasn’t the normal type of band playing on that stage perhaps it might have been for pop or folk or summit and secondly they might have been under strict instructions not to move to distract from the band …….I know for 1 I would not have sat “still “ and probably kicked out. haha I did get chance to see them once live and they didn’t disappoint 👍
@@quaark57 I went to Detroit to see Black Sabbath and fell in love with Deep Purple I had to see them a second time I couldn't believe how powerful they all were and it blew my mmmmmmmm
Why would a band from England write a protest song about Vietnam, specifically? Ian Gillan said that he tried to capture in general terms the feel of the Cold War, especially nuclear threat.
war , racism protests were influential in the music of the time . One of the most well known is ' I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die' performed at Woodstock by County Joe & the Fish
great reaction bj and asia,have requested this track a few times to be reacted to,so im really happy to see it,deep purple are my favourite rock band so thankyou so much,much love and respect from the uk (jason)
You are listening to the greatest music in history, we had the pleasure of being young in the 70s and experiencing firsthand music that will never be heard again!!!!!! ENJOY
So you’ve listened to Gary Moore & now Ritchie Blackmore, 2 of the top 10 best rock guitarists ever. John Lord on the Hammond organ, with Ian Gillan’s stunning voice. British music rocks as undisputed world champions.
Nice reaction guys...When I was 15 i had the wonderful pleasure of meeting Jon Lord, one of the great triumvirate of rock keyboardists (Rick Wakeman,Keith Emerson the others)..He was so nice ,encouraging ,not patronising at all and i thought he was great..then he said goodbye to us all,got in his gold Rolls Royce and drove off..what a guy!!....always had a soft spot for any Jon Lord stuff since ,classical or otherwise..
I think if Deep Purple had the choice when recording this song, they would have wanted it done this way rather than the record producer's choice for the studio track. This video gives the song much more emotion with every member smashing it on the solos as well as Ian's spectacular vocals.
The old man was big on this guys in the 70s I remember he had this on tape when I was a kid in the 80s and I would rewind the mid solo constantly again and again on the walkman.
Deep Purple - Made In Japan: Highway Star - ua-cam.com/video/u6-0hL3wtv8/v-deo.html : Child In Time - ua-cam.com/video/uEwVz6P7lZg/v-deo.html : Smoke On The Water - ua-cam.com/video/sx9-lUT66IM/v-deo.html : The Mule - ua-cam.com/video/4UlXkwsexC8/v-deo.html : Strange Kind Of Woman - ua-cam.com/video/aZWJMl_Ys3c/v-deo.html : Lazy - ua-cam.com/video/ZARUZy2RQJ8/v-deo.html : Space Truckin’ - ua-cam.com/video/XNWWqq-cmiM/v-deo.html
Good Reaction Guys I saw them at The Royal Albert Hall with 5,000 others in 1973 and because it was sold out they let us watch from "The Gods" for 25 pence or 34 Cents :) Same deal with Creedence Clearwater Revival around then too. :)
Check out Captain Beyond's Dancing madly backwords (on the sea of air), from the self titled debut killer album from 1972, on vocal Deep Purple's original singer Rod Evans, monster drummer Bobby Caldwell, Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt on guitar, and Iron Butterfly's Lee Doorman on bass, you'll won't be' disappointed.
Good observation that most of the rock stars of that era probably had fathers or other relatives that went to WW2. Especially in Europe. Did you make a comment about Gillian’s unmatched screaming?
Proper rock from one third of the "Unholy Trinity of British Rock" and they use a Hammond organ which back then you usually only saw on Parkinson with Harry Stoneham playing it🎹 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
When you see 60 and 70 year old what you'd call bums think of what they could have gone through in Vietnam they were 17 and 18 years old and it's awfully hard to get those memories out of your mind
What it has always meant to me (been listening to it for close to 50 years now) - you may come to see a "line" between the good and bad people, but ultimately fate is a blind man shooting (especially in a time of war or even worse nuclear war)
It's always great to see the young people today seeing the talent of Deep Purple. They are all at the top of their game. It's a war protest song, Vietnam was the era but it's about war in general. It's also funny how some react to the audience because they don't respond to the amazing performance. What you're seeing is stoic 1860's British society. This was 1970, they had never heard anything like this. Fast forward 9 years and Pink Floyd's The Wall is all about fighting that British tradition of harsh corporal punishment in schools and all that comes with it.
Ian Gillan is the greatest male vocalist in rock history. Just stunning. You all have got to check out Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar - his talent was boggling. The rest of Deep Purple (this version - "Mark II") isnt bad either! Blackmore, Lord, Paice, and Glover were all beasts on their instruments.
You guys are spot on with your analysis! Thanks so much for the review! Btw the keyboardist was Jon Lord (RIP), one of the all-time greats. Ritchie Blackmore on lead guitar, Roger Glover on bass, Ian Paice on drums, all were top of their craft. And of course singer Ian Gillan is epic!
Asia, I loved your expression when watching and listening to this. I've seen my share of fake reaction videos, where people overact to pretend they are really into something. You by contrast were watching, listening, and taking it in. Clearly effected.
Deep Purple and Motor Head are the biggest influence on Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield from Metallica... can you see it... listen and you can see it... so awesome your reactions.. love your channel
♥ Straight into everyones soul, if not - souless. The quality from a LIVEperformance in 1970 is hard to understand. Glad you discover a genre been hided from you since early 90's
Yes, America's war on Vietnam especially, but wars generally too (past and present)... Of course, it was also an era of assassinations such as MLK, Malcolm X, the Kennedys, etc. Smoke on the Water is a great followup song of theirs, about the time a bunch of great bands got dislodged from their hotel by a fire! Great reaction.
Not every song from the late 60s and early 70s is about Vietnam specifically, especially songs by English groups. The UK was not involved in the Vietnam war. Ian Gillan said that his lyrics tried to capture the general feel of the Cold War, especially the nuclear threat.
ok,@@grahamechambers6642... As a major organizer of the Nuke Freeze campaigns of the 70s, I understand that motivation! BUT, name me please a hotter "Cold War" effort during the same period than America's war on Vietnam?
Nailed it when you said Vietnam. If you like this and the feeling it gives of the time during the conflict in Vietnam, check out Grand Funk Railroads, I Can Feel Him in the Morning. It captures the essence of the Prayer of Wartime
Great reaction guys. Probably should do Smoke On The Water by them next. You may recognize the guitar riff in that one. And I would love y'all to do some Boston soon. God Bless
To me It’s a song of the Vietnam War. The blind man shooting is the young guys sent over there and not really knowing why their there. (Blind). My cousin was there in 1969 and came back only to commit suicide about 10 years later. He locked himself in the basement with a gun and blew his brains out just like the song.
No effects, autotune pure Musicianship ❤️ Legendary masterpiece 🖤
in fairness this video is def remastered and there are effects because of that lol. but the performance was fire live too.
There is no doubt about it .
The epitome of talent right here. All of them. So glad you checked this out. Supreme musicianship.
Truth, and nothing but truth
I’m always impressed by the musicianship of every member of Deep Purple.
Incredible musicians in Deep Purple topped off by the epic vocals of the beautiful Ian Gillan. Art at it’s peak.
What a gorgeous man!
Síiii!!! Lo adoré y lo adoraré 😍💜
This was one of the most heavy songs in protest of Vietnam. As an old war vet, I can relate. But you did your job, no matter how bad. I could tell you stories... but I have to live with it every day... and thanks for this one.
Thank you for your service...just an eagle scout..closest I got and then 2 Virginia tech. This is an awesome song
Thank You Sir From My Canada For Your Services 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
A British band would not sing about Vietnam war, it was not our war! Ian Gillan the singer said it was written at the time when USA and Russia were threatening to use nuclear bombs, this was absolutely terrifying to people in the UK as we would be in the middle of it (don't know why, something to do with distances ), so it was generally about UK war. The blind men shooting up the world, were the USA and Russian governments.
The man on those keys is none other than the great Jon Lord. R.I.P.
RIP
If you think the opening keyboard lines belong to the late great John Lord, then take a listen to 'Bombay Calling' by the band It's A Beautiful Day!
@@Katehowe3010 holy shit, never knew?! But still one of the best keyboard players.
@@scottlaughlin9897 Oh there's no doubt about that!
@@scottlaughlin9897 I forgot to mention that there was no animosity, and It's A Beautiful Day later took Deep Purple's 'Wring That Neck' and turned it into their own song 'Marrying Maiden'!
Ian Gillan,the singer was Jesus on the original Jesus Christ Superstar album.His mother sang opera.JohnLord the keyboardist us classically traines and played with symphony orchestras.If they went to a bar. After the concerts If they went to a bar and there was a piano there,John would often play classical piano pieces on it
He certainly was, and there's actually a video of him either practicing or rehearsing a song from Jesus Christ Superstar.
I saw them at THe Royal Albert Hall with 5,000 others in 1973 and because it was sold out they let us watch from "The Gods" for 25 pence or 34 Cents :)
Same deal with Creedence Clearwater Revival around then too. :)
Personally, I would consistently Rank Jon as the 3rd greatest Keyboard player behind in either order, 2 other Englishmen:Keith Emerson and Sir Rick Wakeman (My Honorary title ) lol
@@fredtello Yet another off the chart piano man. Some of the best ever!
@@fredtello Good Call and I love that 1977 Oakland live Concert but Wakeman once played 36 Keyboards on Stage the same night and Emerson was a genius although not for my taste, ironically..
@@ernestortiz4555 yes- a crappy vid but the sound is from the recording “ Gethsemane “ - and it’s incredible. He was the best Jesus.
I'm sure that someone already said this, but just in case, according to the singer, Ian Gillan, the song is about nuclear war.
Probably the most collective talent of any band
Absolute classic song here. The vocals are so haunting to me. Great reaction, guys.
Deep Purple was one of the most iconic bands from the late 60s and early 70s that blew into the scene with a different sound along with Uriah Heep, Moody Blues, Procol Harum and Emerson Lake and Palmer they all introduced different instruments and recording variations on their albums
Great list, I'd definitely put pink floyd and black sabbath on there as well
Live on TV 1970, during the Vietnam War. Recorded live for a TV show. The audience was told by the TV people not to react until the song was over. They didn't want any audience noise on the recording.
Vietnam vets were terribly mistreated when they came home from war. I had a friend that had severe ptsd. He wound up committing suicide. He had told so many horrible stories from the war, things that I could never imagine. We all need to support our troops. Thank you for your reactions.
Yeah it was a bad deal. If they had let us loose and declared Nam a war, we would have saved a lot of lives. The gov. was afraid of China. China would have stood down.
Or maybe they shouldn't been in that war supporting a dictator and murdering women and children. On the other hand it shows the dark side of patriotism when you treat those who you send fighting a war like crap afterwards. It's all hooray for the troops and then when they come home all damaged they're just thrown on the scrap heap. And it's the same in every one of Amercas perpetual wars.
@@randallcox6573 Yeah, the draft dodgers were treated better than the ones that were drafted and made to go to Nam. I remember the first thing that Jimmy Carter did as president was to give the dodgers amnesty. So very wrong on his party's part! Sorry, I keep calling it a war which it was for that country, but we were there just there getting involved in a conflict that took so many of our soldiers away from us, if not physically, mentally.
@@bjhellstream Yeah, the draft dodgers were treated better than the ones that were drafted and made to go to Nam. I remember the first thing that Jimmy Carter did as president was to give the dodgers amnesty. So very wrong on his party's part! Sorry, I keep calling it a war which it was for that country, but we were there just there getting involved in a conflict that took so many of our soldiers away from us, if not physically, mentally.
@Geo Dio Yeah, the draft dodgers were treated better than the ones that were drafted and made to go to Nam. I remember the first thing that Jimmy Carter did as president was to give the dodgers amnesty. So very wrong on his party's part! Sorry, I keep calling it a war which it was for that country, but we were there just there getting involved in a conflict that took so many of our soldiers away from us, if not physically, mentally.
Deep Purple is one of the three co-founders of heavy metal.
Lead singer: Ian Gillian
Lead Guitar: Ritchie Blackmore (who later had his own band, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow)
Bass: Roger Glover
Keyboard: John Lord
Drums: Ian Paice
^^ Those are the members as of the time the video was recorded.
The band toured earlier this year, with a somewhat different membership.
This is one of the most important songs in rock history! It is written against the war in vietnam.
This incarnation of Deep Purple is otherworldly and Ritchie Blackmore criminally underrated in America. Deep Purple/Led Zeppelin/Black Sabbath = The Big Three.
The truly Legendary Ian Gillan in His Absolutely Un-touchable Prime.
The song was/is a Protest Song Against The Vietnam War.
This song will always be relevant throughout history. 🖖🏻🇺🇸
Ian had some pipes!
All of them are some of the greatest musicians ever assembled in one band. Deep Purple is still together with 3 of this lineups 5 members.
R.I.P. Jon Lord.
His vocal talent is unbelievable. He's even done a duet with Pavarotti and was in the original Jesus Christ Superstar. His version of Gethsemane is heavenly
Back in the day it was gillan, plant, Rodgers of Free and a couple of others, they set the standard for the rock vocal that to this day hasn't been surpassed. Timeless, epic and iconic
Growing up with this kind of music is mostly to blame for why I did not like disco.
I would put a stack of vinyl on the turntable, sit back, headphones on, eyes and just drift away in the music - no substances required.
I always picked up every new Deep Purple album the very same week it dropped.
I also would throw some Yes on the turntable. You should react to some of their early stuff to.
“Roundabout”
“All Good People”
As well as many others from that same era.
Electric Light Orchestra- AKA E.L.O. Is also epic.
#HOG Fam and love these timeless joints.
deep purple when a blind man cries is My favory song , the músic is really deep, magic , dope
great song
notice how quiet the audience are, if the music stops you would hear a tear drop, that is how captivating these musicians are ...
Very talented musicians all in lockstep on this song and Ian's voice is otherworldly
The doydends of heavry rock , and in no particular order, Led Zeppelin , Black Sabbath and Deep Purple who invented and have the world the gender. The rest just followed, all 3 British bands born out of the late 60's and very very successful becoming supreme rock legends through being stunningly good musicians
Ian Gillan IMO is the preeminent voice in R&R history! even better when you have top of the heap band bringing it every song.
Lazy and Space Truckin' are incredible tunes as well! all the guys of this era were born during or right after WWII so i think
that is where most of their inspiration came from.
he only looses to rock god Robert Plant in my opnion, both are great
@@vini_nicius643 you r absolutely right but I still think Gillan could do things Plant could never do vocally! Either way they are both phenomenal singers
@@mrnobody9104 yea i think the same but the other way around lol
@@vini_nicius643 I also think that when we talk about Robert Plant a huge distinction has to be made: Robert Plant 1968-1971 Robert Plant 1973 and later (‘72 was kind of a year of transition/decay-the difference in his voice at the beginning vs. end of that year is astounding IMO). By the time The Song Remains the Same was filmed /recorded (1973) he’d lost a ton of range and power as well as clarity in what was left of his higher range. In the early days he was unbelievable. I’d say that Ian Gillian had more control (an unbelievable amount of control actually, over both tone and pitch), but I way prefer Plant’s tone in the higher range-but again, talking about pre-vocal-damage Plant. In those earlier days he could hit unbelievably high notes seemingly in full chest voice, with a really full, bluesy tone. But Ian Gillian’s control rivals that of Freddie Mercury…
@@CliffinAZ yeaa i was talking about pre 73 plant ( even though i love "every voice" that robert had between 68-79) he was just beyond amazing, sadly those tours that he had the flu really fucked his voice, but he was still amazing after
All these songs from the 60's and early 70's were aimed at the Vietnam War. The blind man reference to me has always been about soldiers just shooting blindly at where they think the enemy is at. In urban and guerrilla warfare it seems there are a lot of civilian casualties and that's what this song seems to be pointing at, at least to me.
One of the most haunting vocal performances Ian Gillan gave was when he was in Black Sabbath on the song Born Again, great performance.
Wow. Parts of this sound like gunfire. The wailing is a cry of pain and loss. War is hell.
I would have my left to have been there to experience this classic live! Those vocals and Richie Blackmore killing that guitar!
Deep Purple has been around since 1967. They are one of the best bands that came out of Britain, or anywhere for that matter.
Saw them live in Vancouver when I was in my twenties. Loudest band I've ever heard. And one of the best as well.
Thanks for sharing this! I grew up very much with my dad listening to deep purple, so many rock legends. Are we not all very much children in time? lots of love from the Uk!
Child In Time" is a protest song to the United States' war in Vietnam. The lyrics were written by lead singer Ian Gillan.
The days when there were musicians!
Richie Blakemore killed it on that guitar solo!!
That was the great guitarist Richie Blackmore. All of these guys were top shelf musicians and Vocalists. Richie Blackmore has to be at least 75 yrs old now. All of these guys from the "Classic Rock era Bands of the 60s and 70s are passing away, one by one. It seems that not a week passes by, that you don't here of these great artists, leaving us. That's life, but we will always have their music on tape, records and video, so we never forget they're great contributions to Rock and Roll.
Thanks guys
That epic song you can hear it and in the movie '' Twister '' directed from Jan de Bont , and produced by Steven Spielberg ! Long live Deep Purple ! Happy holidays to all of us!
You nailed it my friend..this song was written and recorded in 1969..
One of the best bands EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ian Gillians voice is amazing.I have seen this band 3 times and John Lord ,R.I.P. ON KEYBOARDS would get so into it he would have the keyboards rocking back and fourth you would swear he would tip over but never did. Great band. Ritchie Blackmore on lead guitar also studied classical music and it shows.
The “Made in Japan” Album (1972) is universally recognized as the best version of the song on that album.
#HOG here for Deep Purple. ✌🏽
the smoke on the water version on that album is pretty epic too
Lazy also!
“Made in Japan” is a must have for everyone that came of age then. One of the most iconic albums of the Classic Era.
I have that album, but I like this version better.
They were an English band. This came out when the “troubles” in Northern Ireland were starting.
Love the way you two analyze and think deeply about the lyrics...It's why your subs keep rising and your following grows.
One of the greatest rock bands of all time! Super musicians and really great live performers. I've been lucky enough to see them a few times since '85 when they rejoined for the Perfect Strangers tour.
My favorite anti-war song. Written in 1972. Vietnam War dead were terrible by then.
@Steve Gans I knew that, was thinking 70 and typed 72....old man problems ! lol
Every member were blessed with an abundance of talent , got into them in the early 70’s and still listening to them now , your appreciations of their quality is so good to see 👍
Same here Allan. I got to see them twice, once in Philly and once in Boston. It blows me away when I see a crowd sitting there not moving like the people in this video. The crowds I was in were insane. Alot of smoke in the air
@@quaark57 I guess it’s combination of 2 things that the crowd so “still” maybe it wasn’t the normal type of band playing on that stage perhaps it might have been for pop or folk or summit and secondly they might have been under strict instructions not to move to distract from the band …….I know for 1 I would not have sat “still “ and probably kicked out. haha I did get chance to see them once live and they didn’t disappoint 👍
@@Distant394 you are probably right. I didn't think of that. We were head banging
@@quaark57 I went to Detroit to see Black Sabbath and fell in love with Deep Purple I had to see them a second time I couldn't believe how powerful they all were and it blew my mmmmmmmm
@@genabourassa7962 We were blessed to be able to see these great bands live back in the day. Some good memories
Classic perfection imo & Lead singer (pffft) he can saang .. he’s trainnnned! Loved it.. THX 🔥 video! ♥️ Yawl
Just a masterpiece…nothing more to say ✌🏻
the artistry and musicianship of early prog rock cannot be understated
Vietnam War. That's what it's about. Space Truckin' and Highway Star are great DP songs too.
I've seen a lot of reactions to this song, and you two really explained the meaning of it. Some parts I never considered. You're both very insightful.
Had to watch this again just for Asia's face in the intense parts, priceless!!
Thank you so much from this old man for reacting to this track from a favourite band of mine ...Deep Purple just Rock
This song is a protest song among of many during Vietnam War........
Why would a band from England write a protest song about Vietnam, specifically? Ian Gillan said that he tried to capture in general terms the feel of the Cold War, especially nuclear threat.
war , racism protests were influential in the music of the time . One of the most well known is ' I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die' performed at Woodstock by County Joe & the Fish
great reaction bj and asia,have requested this track a few times to be reacted to,so im really happy to see it,deep purple are my favourite rock band so thankyou so much,much love and respect from the uk (jason)
Joe Cocker "You are so Beautiful" Live in Berlin
Also JOURNEY "Mother Father" Live in Houston 1981
You are listening to the greatest music in history, we had the pleasure of being young in the 70s and experiencing firsthand music that will never be heard again!!!!!! ENJOY
So you’ve listened to Gary Moore & now Ritchie Blackmore, 2 of the top 10 best rock guitarists ever. John Lord on the Hammond organ, with Ian Gillan’s stunning voice. British music rocks as undisputed world champions.
Nice reaction guys...When I was 15 i had the wonderful pleasure of meeting Jon Lord, one of the great triumvirate of rock keyboardists (Rick Wakeman,Keith Emerson the others)..He was so nice ,encouraging ,not patronising at all and i thought he was great..then he said goodbye to us all,got in his gold Rolls Royce and drove off..what a guy!!....always had a soft spot for any Jon Lord stuff since ,classical or otherwise..
I think if Deep Purple had the choice when recording this song, they would have wanted it done this way rather than the record producer's choice for the studio track. This video gives the song much more emotion with every member smashing it on the solos as well as Ian's spectacular vocals.
The old man was big on this guys in the 70s I remember he had this on tape when I was a kid in the 80s and I would rewind the mid solo constantly again and again on the walkman.
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Good Reaction Guys
I saw them at The Royal Albert Hall with 5,000 others in 1973 and because it was sold out they let us watch from "The Gods" for 25 pence or 34 Cents :)
Same deal with Creedence Clearwater Revival around then too. :)
You watched Jimi Hendrix doing Hey Joe some weeks ago. Maybe you should try the Deep Purple version of "Hey Joe" too :-)
You nailed it he's singing about the Vietnam War
Check out Captain Beyond's Dancing madly backwords (on the sea of air), from the self titled debut killer album from 1972, on vocal Deep Purple's original singer Rod Evans, monster drummer Bobby Caldwell, Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt on guitar, and Iron Butterfly's Lee Doorman on bass, you'll won't be' disappointed.
Look at the people watching. They wasnt allowed to damce because of no room lol! The look on some of the mothers with their kids are priceless lmao
Ritchie Blackmore was one of the greatest Guitar Player in the 70s with Deep Purple and with Rainbow and Ronnie James Dio ( RIP RONNIE) 😇😭👍🎸
Good observation that most of the rock stars of that era probably had fathers or other relatives that went to WW2. Especially in Europe. Did you make a comment about Gillian’s unmatched screaming?
Hypnotizing performance. Incredible talent happening here.
Spot on as far as the meaning of the words.
Proper rock from one third of the "Unholy Trinity of British Rock" and they use a Hammond organ which back then you usually only saw on Parkinson with Harry Stoneham playing it🎹
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Never heard this song , but ive sang like that my whole life joking around
When you see 60 and 70 year old what you'd call bums think of what they could have gone through in Vietnam they were 17 and 18 years old and it's awfully hard to get those memories out of your mind
I loved how Asia recognize fastly that this piece is not a joke. :)
Perfect strangers showing them recording in the home of one of the members is another great track from the purple..
I like how y'all give everything real attention.
What it has always meant to me (been listening to it for close to 50 years now) - you may come to see a "line" between the good and bad people, but ultimately fate is a blind man shooting (especially in a time of war or even worse nuclear war)
It's always great to see the young people today seeing the talent of Deep Purple. They are all at the top of their game. It's a war protest song, Vietnam was the era but it's about war in general. It's also funny how some react to the audience because they don't respond to the amazing performance. What you're seeing is stoic 1860's British society. This was 1970, they had never heard anything like this. Fast forward 9 years and Pink Floyd's The Wall is all about fighting that British tradition of harsh corporal punishment in schools and all that comes with it.
1860s eh? They really were ahead of their time! ;) :)
@@Codex7777 Yeah, when you have snausages for fingers you sometimes hit more than one letter.
@@ernestortiz4555 - lol, yep, I have the sausage finger problem myself. :)
Ian Gillan is the greatest male vocalist in rock history. Just stunning. You all have got to check out Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar - his talent was boggling. The rest of Deep Purple (this version - "Mark II") isnt bad either! Blackmore, Lord, Paice, and Glover were all beasts on their instruments.
1969-1970 were turbulent times I was was riding the subways in NYC to go to school..tough times
You guys are spot on with your analysis! Thanks so much for the review!
Btw the keyboardist was Jon Lord (RIP), one of the all-time greats. Ritchie Blackmore on lead guitar, Roger Glover on bass, Ian Paice on drums, all were top of their craft. And of course singer Ian Gillan is epic!
Asia, I loved your expression when watching and listening to this.
I've seen my share of fake reaction videos, where people overact to pretend they are really into something.
You by contrast were watching, listening, and taking it in.
Clearly effected.
Being alive is always better everyone! Great song.
PS I love the look on Asia's face in the full-on parts, the Deep Purple guys would be very appreciative of her attention to their story..
Love to search evolution of them, from in Rock to Come Taste the Band...Great reaction 👍🤗
The beauty of this song can only compare to that of Asia's
Commence rabbit hole. "Lazy", "Burn", and dozens of other good reaction videos from these guys.
The best hard rock band all time
Deep Purple and Motor Head are the biggest influence on Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield from Metallica... can you see it... listen and you can see it... so awesome your reactions.. love your channel
Great song, glad you liked it 💜💜🔥🔥💜💜
♥ Straight into everyones soul, if not - souless.
The quality from a LIVEperformance in 1970 is hard to understand.
Glad you discover a genre been hided from you since early 90's
Yes, America's war on Vietnam especially, but wars generally too (past and present)... Of course, it was also an era of assassinations such as MLK, Malcolm X, the Kennedys, etc.
Smoke on the Water is a great followup song of theirs, about the time a bunch of great bands got dislodged from their hotel by a fire!
Great reaction.
Not every song from the late 60s and early 70s is about Vietnam specifically, especially songs by English groups. The UK was not involved in the Vietnam war. Ian Gillan said that his lyrics tried to capture the general feel of the Cold War, especially the nuclear threat.
ok,@@grahamechambers6642... As a major organizer of the Nuke Freeze campaigns of the 70s, I understand that motivation! BUT, name me please a hotter "Cold War" effort during the same period than America's war on Vietnam?
Nailed it when you said Vietnam. If you like this and the feeling it gives of the time during the conflict in Vietnam, check out Grand Funk Railroads, I Can Feel Him in the Morning. It captures the essence of the Prayer of Wartime
If you love the movie Twister, listen to Dusty play this song in his Barnburner going down the highway. It’s epic.
Talent + Passion + Practice,Practice,Practice and more Practice...Anti-War Anthem,indeed......
Great reaction guys. Probably should do Smoke On The Water by them next. You may recognize the guitar riff in that one. And I would love y'all to do some Boston soon. God Bless
If you just look at these guys as individual musicians, it's unbelievable that, at one time, all these people were in the same band...
To me It’s a song of the Vietnam War. The blind man shooting is the young guys sent over there and not really knowing why their there. (Blind). My cousin was there in 1969 and came back only to commit suicide about 10 years later. He locked himself in the basement with a gun and blew his brains out just like the song.
There is an interview where Ian Gillan (vocalist) says the song is about the possibility of a nuclear WWIII.