Great reaction, awesome song. The audience was told to be quiet while recording, which was common at the time. Deep Purple are considered the founding fathers of heavy metal, along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath :)
This was being recorded for TV and the audience had been told to sit quietly . . I saw Deep Purple in concert many times and the live performances were always wild.
It was common back in the day when taping a musical act for a TV show to ask the audience to hold their appreciation until the end of the performance. They are part of "The Unholy Trinity" - Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple.
One can only really appreciate this song if you were a soldier in a war. When you realize the lead meant for your own head happened to hit your sergeants' helmet and exited on the other side.
Yes Deep Purple huge. They are part of the main pillars of rock and metal. That includes Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd and a few others. Most rock guitarists first learn "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple because the main riff is iconic.
One thing you must understand going forward with the Rock Gods of that time, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, there was no special effects but Stereo!!! Everything was achieved by virtuoso music twisting and reaching more than what was accepted for that time, the singers voice on all the groups was so much more than a voice it was like a weapon against mediocrity in music!! And hence the heaviest Rock was born over those 2 or 3 years between 1969 and 1971 after that it was a catch up by all the other group still writing pop songs. In 1974 the first music video was created under adversity. A new group called Queen made a record called Bohemian Rhapsody and the BBC wanted them to appear on their weekly show called Top Of The Pops unfortunately they couldn’t turn up so they contacted the DJ at the BEEB at that time and explained what they intended to to do. Make a music video! They had to explain again saying the group had a load of friends where they were doing a contracted gig and they would help to direct and produce it, but there was a problem, Bohemian Rhapsody was 2minutes too long!!! The DJ told the BBC how important this “tune” was to pop music. They said they had just over 24 hrs to deliver a viable video within that time. They made within the 24 hrs demanded and it was broadcast. The rest again was history. If you haven’t seen the original video well it is a landmark televised Magnum Opus for for Freddy Mercury and the boys! All because of this three Rock God Groups! Cheers Aah Kid! Have a good trip going forward through music history!!! 🧐🤟
The crowd was told to be quiet because this was played live and the mics back then could pick up any little noise so not to interfere with sound quality, they would tell the audience to be still and quiet. Besides this was also filmed in Sweden for Swedish TV I believe.
I love watching reactions to this song. Everyone gets thirty seconds into the vocals, comments that Ian Gillan is great. Me, being old, just kicks back and grins...
Deep Purple have performed a specially written concerto with a full orchestra. The organ player grew up with a more classical background in music, so often the live stuff gets famous classical bits woven into the solos
My reaction was the same as yours when i heard this. They are 100% major contributors to the birth of hard rock/metal as we know it today. And as for the audience, i think its like the scene im Back to the Future where marty plays Johnny B Goode and the audience doesnt get it coz its ahead of its time, "...but your children are gonna love it". -Marty Mcfly
Interesting you mentioned BB King. Shortly after this album was recorded, Ritchie switched to playing exclusively Fender Stratocasters, but here you can see him playing a Gibson ES-355, which is exactly the same model of guitar BB King played.
You are very right, this song was very important for the Genre of artistic heavy music. And yes Deep Purple were Very Famous at the time they appear and they are still are famous as one of the foundational hard-rock artists. Jan Gillan also sang the Jesus Christ part in the "Jesus Christ Superstar" world famous musical.
Gigantically famous. Here in Europe in hard rock: No 1 Deep Purple, 2 and 3 are Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. The version you heard was a shortened one. The one on the studio album "In Rock" is longer, more measured and at the same time more brutal. The classic version is the one off the best live album ever, by any group, "Made in Japan" recorded in 1972. There are numerous other live albums dozens. Live in Stockholm, 1970,. is brilliant. Studio albums to listen to: Deep Purple Mk II: In Rock (1970) Fireball (1971) Machine Head (1972) Mk III (different singer and bass player): Burn (1974) Stormbringer (1975) Reformed Mk II Perfect Strangers (1984) With Steve Morse on guitar Purpendicular (1996)
Deep Purple were one of the 70's Greats. Might I suggest some early Purple next - Hush, followed by Lazy (studio version), and Smoke on the Water (of course.) Enjoy your ride... 🎹🎹🎹 🎸🎸
To explain the sitting down thing. In the early days most concerts were in venues used to orchestras and their audience. Also in the early days a lot of TV studios didn't want the audience getting in front of the cameras. You also see a few early Led Zeppelin vids with a sitting audience
The 30-year period from about 1964 to 1994 was an amazing revolution in music. And this song/performance is one of the exemplars of that. Deep Purple, along with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin are considered the progenitors of heavy metal. Some moderns dispute that, but their viewpoints and arguments are dishonest re-interpretations of history based on their modern preferences...totally a-historical. Next from Deep Purple: "Smoke On The Water" and "Perfect Strangers."
DP was & is top 5 rock group of the 70's. Almost rock gods kinda. RB is still considered by most a top 5 guitarist of all time. His riff on the song smoke on the water is the most recognizable riff of all time. Just a truly great,great,band!!!
Great band, still on tour right now (2023) with the same vocalist, drummer and bass player. The audience was requested to be quiet cause they were recording the show. Deep Purple are the creators of HARD ROCK, and with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath were known as the unholy trinity of Hard and Heavy Rock. They are worldwide famous. My suggestion for you to react: 1- HIGHWAY STAR (live 1972, from their MADE IN JAPAN album) 2- SPEED KING (1970 from the DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK album) 3- LAZY (live 1972, from their MADE IN JAPAN album) 4- BURN (live 1974, from the CALIFORNIA JAM video) Thanks for your reaction. DEEP PURPLE is the best Hard Rock ever.
This was recorded for a UK series called Doing Their Thing by Granada TV sitting in the audience at the back in a pink top is the Manchester United legend George Best Other bands that appeared on the show were Free,Status Quo, Mungo Jerry and Stone the Crows
This was a TV audience in 1970, and they probably were dumbstruck by what they saw and heard because this new 'heavy rock' sound was like nothing anybody had heard before... Deep Purple were legendary and more intense & unpredictable than Led Zeppelin, and this line-up had barely been together a year before this performance. It was common for Deep Purple's frantic audiences in the 70's to trash the venues the band played in... Same thing w/ Rainbow (the band formed in 1975 by Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore). The members of Deep Purple were all seasoned studio musicians in the UK in the 60's... they came together in a band called Roundabout w/ drummer Chris Curtis... but after Curtis was fired, the band changed their name to Deep Purple in 1968 and the original band (guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, keyboardist Jon Lord, drummer Ian Paice, bassist Nick Simper and vocalist Rod Evans) were a pop rock band... They were signed in America by Bill Cosby's label in '68 and scored US hit singles w/ covers of songs like - 'Hush' ... 'Kentucky woman' ... 'Lalena' ... 'Help!' But after 3 albums, Deep Purple wanted a change in 1969 after hearing (the music of ) Jimi Hendrix Experience and Led Zeppelin... Simper and Evans were fired and replaced by Roger Glover (bass) and Ian Gillan (vocals)... that was called the 'Mark II' Deep Purple line-up w/ Blackmore, Lord and Paice. This was the most legendary incarnation of the band. After recording a 'Concerto' album w/ an orchestra, Deep Purple opted to follow Led Zeppelin's 'heavy rock' sound and reintroduce the band in 1970 w/ the single 'Black night'... and then the 5th album 'In rock'... which made them a huge hit in the UK. It was their 7th album 'Machine Head' in 1972, followed by the live album 'Made in Japan' (also '72) that made Deep Purple a global success. However, tensions within the band led to both Ian Gillan and Roger Glover leaving Deep Purple in 1973. Ritchie Blackmore stayed on while new members David Coverdale (vocals) and Glenn Hughes (bass+vocals) joined in 1974 (Mark III line-up) and released the 'Burn' album... Deep Purple was bigger than ever that year and released 'Stormbringer' (also '74)... However, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore was creatively frustrated and quit the band in 1975 (He formed the band Rainbow w/ vocalist Ronnie James Dio) ... American guitarist Tommy Bolin joined for 1 album in 1975 ('Come taste the band') but Deep Purple fans didn't want a band without Ritchie Blackmore... After a difficult tour, Deep Purple broke up in 1976... Tommy Bolin died soon after from an OD. Former Deep Purple members played in various bands after 1976 (Blackmore was in Rainbow, David Coverdale formed Whitesnake, Ian Gillan was touring as a solo artist, etc.) ... Deep Purple would finally reform in 1984 (vocalist Ian Gillan did 1 album w/ Black Sabbath in 1983 - 'Born again' ) w/ the Mark II line-up (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord and Paice) and released a comeback album 'Perfect strangers'... but Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore were still at odds in the 80's... Blackmore fired Gillan and hired former Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner in 1990 for Deep Purple, but the other members were not happy w/ that line-up... Ian Gillan returned to Deep Purple in 1993 for their 25th anniversary tour and album 'The Battle rages on'... Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple for the last time in late '93. Opting to carry on, Deep Purple hired American guitarist Steve Morse in 1994... founding keyboardist Jon Lord left the band amicably in 2002 and would pass away from cancer in 2012. Former Rainbow keyboardist Don Airey replaced him. Despite being a 'legacy act'... Deep Purple found renewed success w/ later albums in 2013 ('Now what?') and onwards... With members in their 70's, Deep Purple proposed a 'farewell' tour after 2017... But found their record and concert sales only getting bigger after 2020... In 2022, guitarist Steve Morse announced that he was leaving Deep Purple (his wife was battling cancer, his priorities had changed)... Simon McBride (guitar) joined as his replacement and Deep Purple announced yet another album to be recorded soon. More Deep Purple classics - 'Highway star' ... 'Smoke on the water' ... 'Burn' ... 'Fireball' ... 'Strange kind of woman' ... 'Perfect strangers' ... 'Anya' ... 'Sometimes I feel like screaming' ... 'Rapture of the deep'... 'Speed king'... 🔥🔥🤘🤘
A timeless classic! Originally created, at the time, as an anti-Cold War song - yet so applicable today over 50 years ago! Take away the lyrics and the musicians tell you the story anyway! 5 world-class musicians at the top of their game - but all in the same group! To me, they were the best of the Unholy Trinity - due mainly to the fact of their live performances, but also helped along by Jon Lord (RIP) - unmatched by the others - who was truly unique with the use of that giant Hammond, brilliantly trying to emulate a rhythm guitarist! I agree with many below who mention "Made In Japan" - just recorded on the spur of the moment and yet totally unedited! No songs were ever played the same live and Child in Time from MIJ is a great example - with the solo taking the story to an even greater level! Love the reaction and gives me cause to listen to this masterpiece one again! "Strange Kind of Woman" from MIJ displays the singer's voice superbly, interacting with the guitar to the point of perfection! Welcome to the Rabbit Hole!
Go to a musician store, say you are intertested in a specific guitar and that you like to hear "smoke on the water" for a sound example... They will tell yu how famous these guys are. ha ha Greets from Germany
Recorded for a television "pop music" show of the era. At the time, lots of people didn't "get" heavy music. I suspect the crowd's lack of animation is partly because they were told to keep calm, and partly because most were there to see one of the bubble gum pop stars of the time, and Deep Purple wasn't really in their wheel house. I also suspect they just didn't have the musical nous to appreciate just how good what they were witnessing was.
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You should hear him sing Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar. His voice was on the original recording though he never played the part on stage or in the film.
This band is just one of the MANY great bands of the 70’s. This era of music was unlike any other. The bands of this era were all about creativity and uniqueness. By the way, the culture of this time for the audience was to be constrained and not reflect what you feel. Really, I am not kidding. Those of us that got to live during this era of music enjoyed all of the great musicianship and creativity that came with bands like Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Chicago and many more
Both. They are gigantically famous and also your favourite rocker's favourite rockers. But you are wrong, it was not a once-in-lifetime performance. This is what Deep Purple did. Check out their Made in Japan album.
It's wild that this is someone's first time hearing this. In 2023. Wow. This has been one of my absolute favourite songs of all time since I heard it first time from my father's LP. I think it was 1984 or 1985.
they are super well known (Smoke on the Water) but for some weird reason they are not as well known generally speaking as their 2 peers - Black Sabath and Led Zeppelin. but all three are considered the fathers of metal. fortunately my dad was and still is a big fan so I got to listen to Deep Purple before Zeppelin or Sabath. it all comes down to personal preference but i'd argue Deep Purple has the most talented group of people as a unit. Individuallly, the perfect band would have members of all 3 bands + a mandatory John Lord on keys. there are several songs by Deep Purple (MKII) worth checking but I'l always argue everyone should listen to Ian Gillan (lead vocals) imitating Ritchie Blackmore's guitar live in the album Made in Japan - Strange kind of Woman.
The late 60s & early 70s birthed the origin of heavy metal. The big 3 were Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple. It was "proto-metal". It was also a time of musical experimentation. That's why, with these 3 bands in particular, you will hear a fusion of blues, jazz, classical, and swing influences fused with rock. It was not a pretentious thing like would be done today, it is because those are the genuine musical influences that they had been surrounded with as kids of that Era so it what they had to draw upon. It was an extremely unique moment in musical history that set the next 3 decades of hard/arena rock in motion. Yet the music of these 3 bands was never matched in my opinion.
Deep Purple ~ Machine Head 1972 My first "adult" album, my childhood days of Andy Kim, The Archies 1910 Fruitgum Company and The Monkees was over $3.56 1812 Overture Records
wish it was still like this, pisses me off when they start screaming louder than the performer, almost feels like the crowd is in a contest with the performers. hate those star for a night type shows as they often have great performers on ... but the noise during the performance ...
So many Seppos always take this to be about America's War Against Vietnam when Gillan has said repeatedly it was about the Cold War. Being British it's not surprising that they (and me) were far more concerned with any Soviet/ Warsaw Pact threat of invasion/nuclear war than a rogue nation killing hundreds of thousands in a country half a world away that was never any threat to the US (or any other country) as they were fighting for their independence from France (and eventually US imperialism).
Saw them live back in the mid 80’s. They were awesome as expected. You should check out the singer Ian Gillian part in the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.
They were super well known as one of the greatest blues and heavy rock bands in history. In the 70s they were on the same level with Black Sabbath and even Led Zeppelin.
That was a sad somber song ,an the guitar solo had a chaotic sound to it ,it definitely was not a song to be bangin or dancing to like their other songs are ,that song sent a very clear message! Great reaction!..👍
It is always worth watching live Deep Purple versions because they tend to jam on stage and add all sorts of motifs. This is Ian's anti-war song epic. He could only perform this a few times as it took it its toll on his throat.
He sang this song at the highest level for at least 3 years, another year he performed it with his band, though in a fusion style, but very cool, in the 80x the performance of this song depended on the state of Ian's throat and varied from great to terrible. The last performance was in 2002 and it certainly can not be compared with the performance in his younger years, But for a man under 60 it is very worthy.
Yet he still sang it from 1970 to 2022 ( only recently did it start to take its toll, unlike Robert plant who couldn’t hit any of his high notes on physical graffiti toys back in 1975
Jesus Christ Superstar 1970 album release; Ian Gillian sings as Christ. He's perfect in it emotionally. His voice evokes more emotion about the Christ story than my church did. They were a good church but old boring old Congregational hymns lol. I used to have uncontrollable yawns during a hymn Sunday morning. Mom would flash dirty looks at me and I'd try to hide it, and my hangover. Our youth group listened to it and my brother, RIP, a great rock singer, showed me the the Deep Purple singer was in it. We listened to that album often but wore the Gillian parts down. I saw DP twice during their reuniting in the 80's. They blew the roof off Worcester Centrum.
Awesome reaction! Back in the day they were part of what was called the unholy trinity, Them, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. They had some popular songs like "Smoke on the Water" which I could do without but if you go deeper like "When a Blind Man Cries" you won't be sorry.
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You're definitely correct that guitarist Richie Blackmore was heavily influenced by blues. In fact, most early rock bands, including Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, were originally blues bands.
Deep Purple is part of the great triumvirate of Heavy Metal. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. The crouwd were told to shut up and sit still for this
Child in time es una canción de proporciones bíblicas..., junto a RAINBOW la mejor banda de hard rock de la historia y que incompresiblemente en U.S.A no tiene el nivel de popularidad que otras de su misma época, al igual que sus músicos "cosas del merchandising". Fuera de USA son dioses menos Gillan que es su hijo ua-cam.com/video/gOjyGy1NR4Y/v-deo.html En mi opinión ni Stairway ni Bohemiam , por citar dos de las más "aclamadas" llegan al nivel de intensidad, emoción y grandeza de Child in time. Para mi gusto las dos que pueden rivalizar con Child in Time son Stargazer y la versión de Comfortably Numb de Pulse. Y si para apreciar la verdadera dimensión de Deep Purple mucho mejor en vivo. La versión del Made in Japan mejor aún. Saludos
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Smoke on the Water the song that really took Deep Purple to another level. I hope you have read that audiences were occasionally asked to be quiet because they were recording the concert. I'm sure it was very very difficult for them to sit down and be quiet!
OK. Now look for the live version from "Made in Japan". It's on here (no video, just amazement). AND try "Strange Kind of Woman" (vocal guitar battle) while you're at it. The difference is like watching something on TV and then seeing it in a theater.
and yeah, they were gigantically famous in the early 70s, noth9ing matched them. They were one "leg" of the "Unholy Trinity" of bands that founded hard rock and metal (along with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin). Every single member of every iteration of Deep Purple was a virtuoso performer at their spot. Every one. This is the best lineup, though, with Ian singing. Nobody like him.
Deep Purple live, is crazy..esp this song.. ritchie Blackmore the lead guitarist went on to form Rainbow another iconic group..but deep purple gas great songs.. in fact not sure if Dio sang on purple or rainbow.. but some great music you should check out
Dio opened for Deep Purple with the band Elf for their live tour. Ritchie formed Rainbow by adding in Dio and several of the band members of Elf for the first album. Later in life Ronnie James Dio joined Deep Purple as a guest for a few concerts along with the London Symphony singing songs from the Butterfly Ball album - "Love is all & Sitting in a Dream", so technically he did sing with Deep Purple, but was never in the band.
They were HUGE!!! I’ve long considered Ian Gillan to be one of the top five rock vocalists. His rendition of “Gethsemane” from Jesus Christ Superstar is absolutely phenomenal, and the live version of “When A Blind Man Cries” shows how he can make vocal leaps of one and a half octaves look effortless. Backed by four of the best musicians in the business at the time, you have to ask. How could they not have been HUGE?✌🏼😎🇺🇸
The reason that the audience are nog responding is that it was ordered to them This was a live broadcast on tv so they had to sit down en keep quit Other times I have seen them many times live in the early seventies Great reaction but the seventies where different than it is now Greetings from a old Dutch man
There very famous in the rock world. Check out Smoke on the water. That is a song they are famous for. They have way to many great songs to list. Check out BURN.This was a recording and the audience were instructed to act this way.
Early heavy metal bands like Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin were heavily influenced by the blues, so it would only makes sense that their guitar solo’s would have elements of the blues in them.
Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple and formed Rainbow with the members of Elf, which featured Ronnie James Dio on vocals (Dio then joined Black Sabbath replacing Ozzy & then formed Dio).
On the audience reaction - isn't this the Live in Japan recording? It's a cultural respect thing - Japanese fans tend to be VERY well behaved and calm and quiet during the music, reacting only afterwards. It's just polite! :)
Deep Purple, my favorite band. Thanks for this video. Please react to Ian Gillan singing "Gethsemane / I only want to say" from the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar". It's amazing!!!! Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber decided to ask Ian to sing the role of Jesus when they heard "Child in time" on the radio.
Seems like wonderful the keyboard and guitar solos in the middle of the song are supposed to evoke the chaos and emotional trauma of a firefight, which lends itself to the PTSD and ultimate suicide at the end of the song.
Lead singer Ian Gillian was on the original album recording of Jesus Christ Superstar. He played the role of Jesus in the recording. The track called Gethsemane shows even more of his vocal abilities. He comes from a musical family.
We can't see the video all that good but from what we can see this whole video is backwards. Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover suddenly became left-handed guitar players
IMHO, the guitar Solo purposely avoided the pentatonic scale (usually used in rock/blues) and preferred to work almost entirely with dissonance, to reflect the main theme of the lyrics: war.
Once in a lifetime? Well, yes and no. Yes because they were really a hard rock jam band, loved long instrumental breaks with lots of improv, so the same song was never performed quite the same way more than once. No in that this song was performed live many times with high quality. Altho there is a story out that this song took a lot out of Ian Gillan's voice, so he didn't want to sing it every night after a while--which caused friction with Ritchie Blackmore, the guitarist who knew the song was a fan favorite. Deep Purple is best experienced live--so this iteration of the band's most classic album is Made in Japan--my favorite cut from that album is "Lazy".
Great reaction, awesome song. The audience was told to be quiet while recording, which was common at the time. Deep Purple are considered the founding fathers of heavy metal, along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath :)
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This was being recorded for TV and the audience had been told to sit quietly . . I saw Deep Purple in concert many times and the live performances were always wild.
Legends! Blackmore on guitar and Lord on the keys!
It was common back in the day when taping a musical act for a TV show to ask the audience to hold their appreciation until the end of the performance. They are part of "The Unholy Trinity" - Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple.
One can only really appreciate this song if you were a soldier in a war. When you realize the lead meant for your own head happened to hit your sergeants' helmet and exited on the other side.
Yes Deep Purple huge. They are part of the main pillars of rock and metal.
That includes Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd and a few others.
Most rock guitarists first learn "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple because the main riff is iconic.
One thing you must understand going forward with the Rock Gods of that time, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, there was no special effects but Stereo!!! Everything was achieved by virtuoso music twisting and reaching more than what was accepted for that time, the singers voice on all the groups was so much more than a voice it was like a weapon against mediocrity in music!! And hence the heaviest Rock was born over those 2 or 3 years between 1969 and 1971 after that it was a catch up by all the other group still writing pop songs. In 1974 the first music video was created under adversity. A new group called Queen made a record called Bohemian Rhapsody and the BBC wanted them to appear on their weekly show called Top Of The Pops unfortunately they couldn’t turn up so they contacted the DJ at the BEEB at that time and explained what they intended to to do. Make a music video! They had to explain again saying the group had a load of friends where they were doing a contracted gig and they would help to direct and produce it, but there was a problem, Bohemian Rhapsody was 2minutes too long!!! The DJ told the BBC how important this “tune” was to pop music. They said they had just over 24 hrs to deliver a viable video within that time. They made within the 24 hrs demanded and it was broadcast. The rest again was history. If you haven’t seen the original video well it is a landmark televised Magnum Opus for for Freddy Mercury and the boys! All because of this three Rock God Groups!
Cheers Aah Kid! Have a good trip going forward through music history!!! 🧐🤟
This way they were number one band and had so many hits some best singers of all time
The crowd was told to be quiet because this was played live and the mics back then could pick up any little noise so not to interfere with sound quality, they would tell the audience to be still and quiet. Besides this was also filmed in Sweden for Swedish TV I believe.
I love watching reactions to this song.
Everyone gets thirty seconds into the vocals, comments that Ian Gillan is great.
Me, being old, just kicks back and grins...
....grins and thinks 'just you wait, you ain't heard nothing yet!' 😁
Deep Purple have performed a specially written concerto with a full orchestra.
The organ player grew up with a more classical background in music, so often the live stuff gets famous classical bits woven into the solos
My reaction was the same as yours when i heard this. They are 100% major contributors to the birth of hard rock/metal as we know it today. And as for the audience, i think its like the scene im Back to the Future where marty plays Johnny B Goode and the audience doesnt get it coz its ahead of its time, "...but your children are gonna love it". -Marty Mcfly
It was a live TV show, the Producers told the audience to stay checked!
Interesting you mentioned BB King. Shortly after this album was recorded, Ritchie switched to playing exclusively Fender Stratocasters, but here you can see him playing a Gibson ES-355, which is exactly the same model of guitar BB King played.
You are very right, this song was very important for the Genre of artistic heavy music. And yes Deep Purple were Very Famous at the time they appear and they are still are famous as one of the foundational hard-rock artists. Jan Gillan also sang the Jesus Christ part in the "Jesus Christ Superstar" world famous musical.
Jesus F'ing Christ, it's Ian Gillan! hehe that boy can SANG!
great band and vocal at this time , u never see this skills in the hip hop or pop rock my channel , tnks great reaction
Gigantically famous. Here in Europe in hard rock: No 1 Deep Purple, 2 and 3 are Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
The version you heard was a shortened one. The one on the studio album "In Rock" is longer, more measured and at the same time more brutal. The classic version is the one off the best live album ever, by any group, "Made in Japan" recorded in 1972. There are numerous other live albums dozens. Live in Stockholm, 1970,. is brilliant.
Studio albums to listen to:
Deep Purple Mk II:
In Rock (1970)
Fireball (1971)
Machine Head (1972)
Mk III (different singer and bass player):
Burn (1974)
Stormbringer (1975)
Reformed Mk II
Perfect Strangers (1984)
With Steve Morse on guitar
Purpendicular (1996)
Deep Purple were one of the 70's Greats. Might I suggest some early Purple next - Hush, followed by Lazy (studio version), and Smoke on the Water (of course.)
Enjoy your ride...
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To explain the sitting down thing.
In the early days most concerts were in venues used to orchestras and their audience.
Also in the early days a lot of TV studios didn't want the audience getting in front of the cameras.
You also see a few early Led Zeppelin vids with a sitting audience
Anything by Deep Purple ' Made in Japan" album is worth listening to.
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BACK THEN THE BEATLES STOPED LIVE CONCERTS BECOUES OF LOUD CROUDS. I WENT TO MANY CONCERTS WHERE THE CROWD LERNED TO SHUT UP AND LISTEN.
The 30-year period from about 1964 to 1994 was an amazing revolution in music. And this song/performance is one of the exemplars of that. Deep Purple, along with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin are considered the progenitors of heavy metal. Some moderns dispute that, but their viewpoints and arguments are dishonest re-interpretations of history based on their modern preferences...totally a-historical.
Next from Deep Purple: "Smoke On The Water" and "Perfect Strangers."
Deep Purple are living legends of Rock music.
DP was & is top 5 rock group of the 70's. Almost rock gods kinda. RB is still considered by most a top 5 guitarist of all time. His riff on the song smoke on the water is the most recognizable riff of all time. Just a truly great,great,band!!!
always loved looking at crowd here like 'you dont get it but your kids will'
Great band, still on tour right now (2023) with the same vocalist, drummer and bass player.
The audience was requested to be quiet cause they were recording the show.
Deep Purple are the creators of HARD ROCK, and with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath were known as the unholy trinity of Hard and Heavy Rock.
They are worldwide famous.
My suggestion for you to react:
1- HIGHWAY STAR (live 1972, from their MADE IN JAPAN album)
2- SPEED KING (1970 from the DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK album)
3- LAZY (live 1972, from their MADE IN JAPAN album)
4- BURN (live 1974, from the CALIFORNIA JAM video)
Thanks for your reaction.
DEEP PURPLE is the best Hard Rock ever.
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Yes Deep Purple was HUGE. "Smoke on the Water" and "Highway Star" are must listens.
This was recorded for a UK series called Doing Their Thing by Granada TV sitting in the audience at the back in a pink top is the Manchester United legend George Best
Other bands that appeared on the show were Free,Status Quo, Mungo Jerry and Stone the Crows
This was a TV audience in 1970, and they probably were dumbstruck by what they saw and heard because this new 'heavy rock' sound was like nothing anybody had heard before... Deep Purple were legendary and more intense & unpredictable than Led Zeppelin, and this line-up had barely been together a year before this performance. It was common for Deep Purple's frantic audiences in the 70's to trash the venues the band played in... Same thing w/ Rainbow (the band formed in 1975 by Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore).
The members of Deep Purple were all seasoned studio musicians in the UK in the 60's... they came together in a band called Roundabout w/ drummer Chris Curtis... but after Curtis was fired, the band changed their name to Deep Purple in 1968 and the original band (guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, keyboardist Jon Lord, drummer Ian Paice, bassist Nick Simper and vocalist Rod Evans) were a pop rock band... They were signed in America by Bill Cosby's label in '68 and scored US hit singles w/ covers of songs like - 'Hush' ... 'Kentucky woman' ... 'Lalena' ... 'Help!'
But after 3 albums, Deep Purple wanted a change in 1969 after hearing (the music of ) Jimi Hendrix Experience and Led Zeppelin... Simper and Evans were fired and replaced by Roger Glover (bass) and Ian Gillan (vocals)... that was called the 'Mark II' Deep Purple line-up w/ Blackmore, Lord and Paice. This was the most legendary incarnation of the band.
After recording a 'Concerto' album w/ an orchestra, Deep Purple opted to follow Led Zeppelin's 'heavy rock' sound and reintroduce the band in 1970 w/ the single 'Black night'... and then the 5th album 'In rock'... which made them a huge hit in the UK. It was their 7th album 'Machine Head' in 1972, followed by the live album 'Made in Japan' (also '72) that made Deep Purple a global success. However, tensions within the band led to both Ian Gillan and Roger Glover leaving Deep Purple in 1973.
Ritchie Blackmore stayed on while new members David Coverdale (vocals) and Glenn Hughes (bass+vocals) joined in 1974 (Mark III line-up) and released the 'Burn' album... Deep Purple was bigger than ever that year and released 'Stormbringer' (also '74)... However, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore was creatively frustrated and quit the band in 1975 (He formed the band Rainbow w/ vocalist Ronnie James Dio) ... American guitarist Tommy Bolin joined for 1 album in 1975 ('Come taste the band') but Deep Purple fans didn't want a band without Ritchie Blackmore... After a difficult tour, Deep Purple broke up in 1976... Tommy Bolin died soon after from an OD.
Former Deep Purple members played in various bands after 1976 (Blackmore was in Rainbow, David Coverdale formed Whitesnake, Ian Gillan was touring as a solo artist, etc.) ... Deep Purple would finally reform in 1984 (vocalist Ian Gillan did 1 album w/ Black Sabbath in 1983 - 'Born again' ) w/ the Mark II line-up (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord and Paice) and released a comeback album 'Perfect strangers'... but Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore were still at odds in the 80's... Blackmore fired Gillan and hired former Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner in 1990 for Deep Purple, but the other members were not happy w/ that line-up... Ian Gillan returned to Deep Purple in 1993 for their 25th anniversary tour and album 'The Battle rages on'... Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple for the last time in late '93.
Opting to carry on, Deep Purple hired American guitarist Steve Morse in 1994... founding keyboardist Jon Lord left the band amicably in 2002 and would pass away from cancer in 2012. Former Rainbow keyboardist Don Airey replaced him.
Despite being a 'legacy act'... Deep Purple found renewed success w/ later albums in 2013 ('Now what?') and onwards... With members in their 70's, Deep Purple proposed a 'farewell' tour after 2017... But found their record and concert sales only getting bigger after 2020... In 2022, guitarist Steve Morse announced that he was leaving Deep Purple (his wife was battling cancer, his priorities had changed)... Simon McBride (guitar) joined as his replacement and Deep Purple announced yet another album to be recorded soon.
More Deep Purple classics - 'Highway star' ... 'Smoke on the water' ... 'Burn' ... 'Fireball' ... 'Strange kind of woman' ... 'Perfect strangers' ... 'Anya' ... 'Sometimes I feel like screaming' ... 'Rapture of the deep'... 'Speed king'... 🔥🔥🤘🤘
A timeless classic! Originally created, at the time, as an anti-Cold War song - yet so applicable today over 50 years ago! Take away the lyrics and the musicians tell you the story anyway! 5 world-class musicians at the top of their game - but all in the same group! To me, they were the best of the Unholy Trinity - due mainly to the fact of their live performances, but also helped along by Jon Lord (RIP) - unmatched by the others - who was truly unique with the use of that giant Hammond, brilliantly trying to emulate a rhythm guitarist! I agree with many below who mention "Made In Japan" - just recorded on the spur of the moment and yet totally unedited! No songs were ever played the same live and Child in Time from MIJ is a great example - with the solo taking the story to an even greater level! Love the reaction and gives me cause to listen to this masterpiece one again! "Strange Kind of Woman" from MIJ displays the singer's voice superbly, interacting with the guitar to the point of perfection! Welcome to the Rabbit Hole!
I love Deep Purple!! 💜💜💜💜💜
Go to a musician store, say you are intertested in a specific guitar and that you like to hear "smoke on the water" for a sound example...
They will tell yu how famous these guys are. ha ha
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This song has been my FAV thing since 1970 !! Progressive Rock, and the beginning's of Heavy Metal along with Black Sabbath !! CLASSIC !!
The smile on your face says it all bro love it
Recorded for a television "pop music" show of the era. At the time, lots of people didn't "get" heavy music. I suspect the crowd's lack of animation is partly because they were told to keep calm, and partly because most were there to see one of the bubble gum pop stars of the time, and Deep Purple wasn't really in their wheel house. I also suspect they just didn't have the musical nous to appreciate just how good what they were witnessing was.
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Very true. Were the fans told to be quiet while they’re filming? What a performance.
You should hear him sing Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar. His voice was on the original recording though he never played the part on stage or in the film.
This band is just one of the MANY great bands of the 70’s. This era of music was unlike any other. The bands of this era were all about creativity and uniqueness. By the way, the culture of this time for the audience was to be constrained and not reflect what you feel. Really, I am not kidding. Those of us that got to live during this era of music enjoyed all of the great musicianship and creativity that came with bands like Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Chicago and many more
Both. They are gigantically famous and also your favourite rocker's favourite rockers.
But you are wrong, it was not a once-in-lifetime performance. This is what Deep Purple did. Check out their Made in Japan album.
It's wild that this is someone's first time hearing this. In 2023. Wow. This has been one of my absolute favourite songs of all time since I heard it first time from my father's LP. I think it was 1984 or 1985.
Awesome ❤️🔥 beyond awesome ❤️🔥
they are super well known (Smoke on the Water) but for some weird reason they are not as well known generally speaking as their 2 peers - Black Sabath and Led Zeppelin. but all three are considered the fathers of metal. fortunately my dad was and still is a big fan so I got to listen to Deep Purple before Zeppelin or Sabath. it all comes down to personal preference but i'd argue Deep Purple has the most talented group of people as a unit. Individuallly, the perfect band would have members of all 3 bands + a mandatory John Lord on keys.
there are several songs by Deep Purple (MKII) worth checking but I'l always argue everyone should listen to Ian Gillan (lead vocals) imitating Ritchie Blackmore's guitar live in the album Made in Japan - Strange kind of Woman.
Highway Star from Deep Purple. You'll never drive your car the same again!
Once in a lifetime performance. Great definition. Deep Purple is a giant band in ALL senses and angles...
The late 60s & early 70s birthed the origin of heavy metal. The big 3 were Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple. It was "proto-metal". It was also a time of musical experimentation. That's why, with these 3 bands in particular, you will hear a fusion of blues, jazz, classical, and swing influences fused with rock. It was not a pretentious thing like would be done today, it is because those are the genuine musical influences that they had been surrounded with as kids of that Era so it what they had to draw upon. It was an extremely unique moment in musical history that set the next 3 decades of hard/arena rock in motion. Yet the music of these 3 bands was never matched in my opinion.
And the SCREAM was born along with the human guitar!
Purple are one of the holy trinity...Zeppelin...Sabbath...Purple
These guys were considered one of the first Heavy Metal bands along with Black Sabbath.
Deep Purple ~ Machine Head 1972
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If you want another for the playlist I would suggest one of their badass driving tunes like "Highway Star".
TV audiences weren't allowed to react during live show recording in the old days. Messed up the sound.
wish it was still like this, pisses me off when they start screaming louder than the performer, almost feels like the crowd is in a contest with the performers.
hate those star for a night type shows as they often have great performers on ... but the noise during the performance ...
So many Seppos always take this to be about America's War Against Vietnam when Gillan has said repeatedly it was about the Cold War. Being British it's not surprising that they (and me) were far more concerned with any Soviet/ Warsaw Pact threat of invasion/nuclear war than a rogue nation killing hundreds of thousands in a country half a world away that was never any threat to the US (or any other country) as they were fighting for their independence from France (and eventually US imperialism).
Saw them live back in the mid 80’s.
They were awesome as expected.
You should check out the singer Ian Gillian part in the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.
they weren't bored it's just that greatness at that time was normal. we don't have that today.
They were super well known as one of the greatest blues and heavy rock bands in history. In the 70s they were on the same level with Black Sabbath and even Led Zeppelin.
That was a sad somber song ,an the guitar solo had a chaotic sound to it ,it definitely was not a song
to be bangin or dancing to like their other songs are ,that song sent a very clear message!
Great reaction!..👍
It is always worth watching live Deep Purple versions because they tend to jam on stage and add all sorts of motifs.
This is Ian's anti-war song epic. He could only perform this a few times as it took it its toll on his throat.
He sang this song at the highest level for at least 3 years, another year he performed it with his band, though in a fusion style, but very cool, in the 80x the performance of this song depended on the state of Ian's throat and varied from great to terrible. The last performance was in 2002 and it certainly can not be compared with the performance in his younger years, But for a man under 60 it is very worthy.
Yet he still sang it from 1970 to 2022 ( only recently did it start to take its toll, unlike Robert plant who couldn’t hit any of his high notes on physical graffiti toys back in 1975
Jesus Christ Superstar 1970 album release; Ian Gillian sings as Christ. He's perfect in it emotionally. His voice evokes more emotion about the Christ story than my church did. They were a good church but old boring old Congregational hymns lol. I used to have uncontrollable yawns during a hymn Sunday morning. Mom would flash dirty looks at me and I'd try to hide it, and my hangover. Our youth group listened to it and my brother, RIP, a great rock singer, showed me the the Deep Purple singer was in it. We listened to that album often but wore the Gillian parts down. I saw DP twice during their reuniting in the 80's. They blew the roof off Worcester Centrum.
I love how much you loved this.
Awesome reaction! Back in the day they were part of what was called the unholy trinity, Them, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. They had some popular songs like "Smoke on the Water" which I could do without but if you go deeper like "When a Blind Man Cries" you won't be sorry.
Smoke on the water is a classic. I understand if you’ve heard if a million times but coming back to it after a while .. I love the verses
Brilliant band
When Van Halen come out I always thought that they reminded me of Deep Purple
Ellos inspiraron a muchas bandas!! Iron Maiden, Metallica, etc.
Padres del metal con la Trinidad Impía ( Led Zeppelin y Black Sabbath)
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Oooooooooh my good God 😮😮😮!!! Frank, old pal, W H Y DO YOU INSULT DP??? To me, VH belongs to the shitty music crap of the US.!!!!!! - so dreadful sorry, bro 😢! ! BERNIE GERMANY 😊
You're definitely correct that guitarist Richie Blackmore was heavily influenced by blues. In fact, most early rock bands, including Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, were originally blues bands.
Some of the videos of Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock also had people 'stunned' into silence.
Because of audio difficulties audiences often were told to be quiet until the end.
The live fans are not disinterested, they are high as kites. The band is known by anyone who heard Smoke on the Water
About the audience:
1. This is called well-behaved and focused listening;
2. They'd been asked not to make noises for the clarity of the recording;
in 73'ish this was my jam
Deep Purple is part of the great triumvirate of Heavy Metal. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin.
The crouwd were told to shut up and sit still for this
Are you know that Deep Purple was the favourite band de Luciano Pavarotti? Them, yes was it!
Child in time es una canción de proporciones bíblicas..., junto a RAINBOW la mejor banda de hard rock de la historia y que incompresiblemente en U.S.A no tiene el nivel de popularidad que otras de su misma época, al igual que sus músicos "cosas del merchandising". Fuera de USA son dioses menos Gillan que es su hijo ua-cam.com/video/gOjyGy1NR4Y/v-deo.html En mi opinión ni Stairway ni Bohemiam , por citar dos de las más "aclamadas" llegan al nivel de intensidad, emoción y grandeza de Child in time. Para mi gusto las dos que pueden rivalizar con Child in Time son Stargazer y la versión de Comfortably Numb de Pulse. Y si para apreciar la verdadera dimensión de Deep Purple mucho mejor en vivo. La versión del Made in Japan mejor aún. Saludos
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't
Smoke on the Water the song that really took Deep Purple to another level.
I hope you have read that audiences were occasionally asked to be quiet because they were recording the concert. I'm sure it was very very difficult for them to sit down and be quiet!
Deep purple led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath are the godfather's of rock
Young Gillan was unreal.
OK. Now look for the live version from "Made in Japan". It's on here (no video, just amazement). AND try "Strange Kind of Woman" (vocal guitar battle) while you're at it. The difference is like watching something on TV and then seeing it in a theater.
and yeah, they were gigantically famous in the early 70s, noth9ing matched them. They were one "leg" of the "Unholy Trinity" of bands that founded hard rock and metal (along with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin). Every single member of every iteration of Deep Purple was a virtuoso performer at their spot. Every one. This is the best lineup, though, with Ian singing. Nobody like him.
Ypu should try "Pictures of Home", "Highway Star" and "Burn", with another great singer and bassist/singer
Deep Purple live, is crazy..esp this song.. ritchie Blackmore the lead guitarist went on to form Rainbow another iconic group..but deep purple gas great songs.. in fact not sure if Dio sang on purple or rainbow.. but some great music you should check out
Dio opened for Deep Purple with the band Elf for their live tour. Ritchie formed Rainbow by adding in Dio and several of the band members of Elf for the first album. Later in life Ronnie James Dio joined Deep Purple as a guest for a few concerts along with the London Symphony singing songs from the Butterfly Ball album - "Love is all & Sitting in a Dream", so technically he did sing with Deep Purple, but was never in the band.
They were HUGE!!!
I’ve long considered Ian Gillan to be one of the top five rock vocalists.
His rendition of “Gethsemane” from Jesus Christ Superstar is absolutely phenomenal, and the live version of “When A Blind Man Cries” shows how he can make vocal leaps of one and a half octaves look effortless. Backed by four of the best musicians in the business at the time, you have to ask. How could they not have been HUGE?✌🏼😎🇺🇸
The reason that the audience are nog responding is that it was ordered to them This was a live broadcast on tv so they had to sit down en keep quit Other times I have seen them many times live in the early seventies Great reaction but the seventies where different than it is now Greetings from a old Dutch man
There very famous in the rock world. Check out Smoke on the water. That is a song they are famous for. They have way to many great songs to list. Check out BURN.This was a recording and the audience were instructed to act this way.
They're still around today. Ritchie Blackmore has gone, and Jon Lord sadly died. However they are still huge
Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore is 1 of the most influential guitarists in hard rock and metal.
Their song LAZY is a classic if, as I presume, you like blues.
Early heavy metal bands like Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin were heavily influenced by the blues, so it would only makes sense that their guitar solo’s would have elements of the blues in them.
Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple and formed Rainbow with the members of Elf, which featured Ronnie James Dio on vocals (Dio then joined Black Sabbath replacing Ozzy & then formed Dio).
On the audience reaction - isn't this the Live in Japan recording? It's a cultural respect thing - Japanese fans tend to be VERY well behaved and calm and quiet during the music, reacting only afterwards. It's just polite! :)
british band very famous in britain .
Deep Purple, my favorite band. Thanks for this video. Please react to Ian Gillan singing "Gethsemane / I only want to say" from the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar". It's amazing!!!! Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber decided to ask Ian to sing the role of Jesus when they heard "Child in time" on the radio.
Nice react as always.👊
Seems like wonderful the keyboard and guitar solos in the middle of the song are supposed to evoke the chaos and emotional trauma of a firefight, which lends itself to the PTSD and ultimate suicide at the end of the song.
Lead singer Ian Gillian was on the original album recording of Jesus Christ Superstar. He played the role of Jesus in the recording. The track called Gethsemane shows even more of his vocal abilities. He comes from a musical family.
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1968 led zeppelin and deep peuple pioneer of hard rock and public absent new music at the time
They hade 2 be still becose it was a live recording for tv and radio. 🤘🇮🇹🇧🇪🇪🇺💯
We can't see the video all that good but from what we can see this whole video is backwards. Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover suddenly became left-handed guitar players
IMHO, the guitar Solo purposely avoided the pentatonic scale (usually used in rock/blues) and preferred to work almost entirely with dissonance, to reflect the main theme of the lyrics: war.
They were one of the three known as the unholy trinity with black sabbath and led zepplin
Once in a lifetime? Well, yes and no. Yes because they were really a hard rock jam band, loved long instrumental breaks with lots of improv, so the same song was never performed quite the same way more than once. No in that this song was performed live many times with high quality. Altho there is a story out that this song took a lot out of Ian Gillan's voice, so he didn't want to sing it every night after a while--which caused friction with Ritchie Blackmore, the guitarist who knew the song was a fan favorite.
Deep Purple is best experienced live--so this iteration of the band's most classic album is Made in Japan--my favorite cut from that album is "Lazy".