Deep Purple was so early on the Hard Rock scene (Late 1960's) no one realized the talent till a few years after. Yes, they had a few great tunes that were over-played on the radio for many years. But the deepest part of Deep Purple was not realized till much later. The double Live Album (MADE IN JAPAN) was the introduction album for many folks. After hearing LAZY, SPACE TUCKEN, THE MULE, and Strange kinda woman LIVE you really get hooked. Ya, this Studio version of Lazy is nice, but the live version is 10x better... I still have a hard time listening to the studio versions of these songs because how awesome the live ones are...
IMO yes! I like some of Black Sabbath's and Led Zeppelin's stuff, but my favourite band of the trio are Deep Purple. I prefer Ian Gillan's voice; Ritchie Blackmore's electric guitar; Ian Paice's drumming; and Jon Lord is the greatest Hammond organ rock keyboardist ever (for me). "Made in Japan" is, I think, the best live rock album ever put out by anybody. Always listen to the studio versions first. But when you hear the same songs from that record you'll be gobsmacked!
@@79BlackRoseDP mark II was the quintessential DP. Gillan’s voice is legendary. He sang the studio version of Jesus Christ Superstar. I hope MDreezy reads this.Both this song and Smoke On The Water are both sung by Gillan. ❤️
In 1970 Deep Purple released an epic song called "Child In Time". Many will urge you to react to live versions. I hope you will do so LATER. I recommend you listen to the original version first. When you hear live versions you'll appreciate them more.
There were several lineups of the band. This is the second one (Mark 2) featuring singer Ian Gillan, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, John Lord on keyboards, Roger Glover on bass and Ian Paice on drums. For me, this is the best line-up.
Yes, we called money, bread😅. Way back when 😅. Deep Purple has some great songs. Please play Highway Star, it will blow your mind. But you must close your eyes and picture yourself behind the wheel of a car. I think you'll like it 😅. You are a Fantastic reactor ❤️😎☮️
I will definitely react to highway star😁 and i appreciate your kidnd words you have been such a supporter to my channel and growth i appreciate you mire than words can describe
FunFact Deep Purple were the LOUDEST Band in the world for a while. They joined a group of 10 or so bands who really turned it up to 11! 😂😂😂 Getting close to the practical limit of just how loud a conventional speaker can actually work. This does incluse the band "Disaster Area" the fictional band from Douglas Adams "Restaurant at the End of the Universe" 😂😂😂
… Rock music is explained like this: There is a lead guitar, an organ, a bass, a singer, a drummer... and there is DEEP PURPLE!! … There is nothing more to say!! 🎸🎹🥁🎤 Thank You
The keys in this are played the the organ master Jon Lord a legend and when paired with Richie Blackmore on guitar it's always good. Also with the term bread you are exactly correct he does mean money and that term has been around for a long time.
Deep Purple 💜 LAZY!!?? Caught my eye 👁️ So you have Iconic Legends that you hear about forever and you have Awesome bands you kinda hear of! Very simple. SPACE TRUCKIN!! Same album also HIGHWAY STAR as well! Ian Gillan sang on this particular album. Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎
They were part of the unholy trinity which was led zeppelin black sabbath and deep purple All 3 shaped future musicians and created the begging of heavy metal
Why does everyone keep misclassifying Led Zeppelin as heavy metal??? Black Sabbath was arguably headed in that direction, but not Led Zeppelin. Neither really was Deep Purple.
When I was younger we were at a mall and they had this piano, organ place. They were having some old guy playing some melody when my friend asked if he could play. Guy said sure and my friend started messing around with it and finally got the grove for the beginning part of Lazy. He started playing it and all of sudden all these teens came running to the piano place to hear my friend play. Was freaking great
Saw them in about 2007 in Varese Italy. Weird, 17 years ago yet I remember thinking that it was so many years after their true prime…Time, boy it catches you…
Without a doubt, Deep Purple is a great band. Together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabath he was part of the heavy rock trilogy. It has many high-level songs. Richie Blackmore is one of the best guitarists, very clean to play. He left Deep Purple to form the band Rainbow with which he also had great success.
As a 17 year old student living in England (after having lived the first 16 in Africa) I only had superficial knowledge of the music scene at the time. The family I lived with had a son who was Deep Purple’s lawyer and he gave me tickets for a show. Got slammed in the face with this concert and have been heavily involved in listening to good music ever since. They were promoting this album (Machine Head) at the time. Seen them twice since and they are appearing this summer only a few miles away from where I live here in France this summer. Already got my tickets !!! My first live show and maybe, at my advanced age, my last … who knows ? 😂 And yes, bread has meant money for a very long while. Take care. I enjoy your reactions.
And by the way, DP has never been underrated, being that they are considered as precursors of this genre, along with Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and a few others.
Yes, money was bread. In fact that was a 50's expression used by the Beatniks, the pre-hippies. They also invented "cool" although that may have been even earlier. Jon Lord started as a jazz organist, his idol was Jimmie Smith. Then he amped it up with DP. They were among the loudest bands, neck and neck with The Who, Sabbath, etc. Lord however was known to break eardrums
The mule live from Copenhagen Denmark 1972 drummer Ian paice is blistering through the whole song which includes an amazing drum solo as well. it is a live video so you get to see it..rock on dude.
More Deep Purple please! I really enjoy your reactions! You really need to check them out live! I suggest Highway Star, Child in time and Space Truckin! Also Perfect Strangers original video is awesome! Thanks!
Money has been referred to as bread or dough since ancient times. It something we all knead!!!😂😂🤣🤣✌✌😁😁 Rock n' Roll is a mixture of all genres, so don't be surprised hearing country mixed in.👌👌👍👍✌✌😁😁
Well, at their very beginning, they were, like many startup bands, not so so popular. But boy did they take off in the 70s! They were part of the "unholy 3" of early hard rock: them, Led Zep, and Black Sabbath. Those three were the pioneers of what we know today as hard rock/metal. Deep Purple has soooo many fantastic hits, but you definitely need to hear Highway Star (first), Woman from Tokyo, Space Trucking, Pictures of Home, Maybe I'm a Leo, Hush, and Fireball.
‘Bread’ was slang for ‘money’ in the 1970’s and long before that, to answer your question. You’re hearing the organ because it’s featured heavily in most DP songs, the great Jon Lord at the time.
thanks for bringing real music to another generation, the music your listening to now, We knew the name of the guitarist, the bass player, the Drummer, what so called artist now can you truly say that about?
back in the dark damp 70s when I used to have hair I seem to remember a hippie saying have you got any bread man I know where we can score some really good weed.(never could remember his name)Manfred Mann can play Good keyboard,and so was Rick Wakeman and Tony Banks.🙃
Keyboard? Wait till you hear Styx Grand Illusion. Lol. Bread has always been money even back then. You need bread to buy bread. Hammond B3 organ with distortion. Classic. And Richie Blackmore was one of the turning points in guitar becoming the lead instrument.
yes, money was bread way back early and mid 60's -the biggest album of deep purple was machine head there were 3 huge songs played at all the parties they were smoke on the water/lazy/and HIGHWAY STAR -FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT FOR HIGHWAY STAR!!1 Never as big as the biggies (BEATLES /ROLLING STONES/LED ZEPPELIN/THE GRATEFUL DEAD) but i had 3-4 deep purple albums in the 70's
One of my all-time favorite songs.The whole album is great. For whatever reason the classic rock stations have only played a small number of their songs. They didn't have a lot of huge radio hits, but anyone who's a true classic rock fan knows all about them. This version of the band is the best (IMO) and most well known. Everyone in the band was one of the best at their instrument. Jon Lord played his organ through a disorted Marshall amp, which at times makes it sound almost like a 2nd guitar. Ian GIllain was a phenomenal singer. He sang the part of Jesus on the Jesus Christ Superstar album, not long after he had joined Deep Purple.
Jon Lord was a classically trained keyboardist and a big part of DP sound. DP had several singers so depending on the song David Coverdale, Ian Gilliam and Glenn Hughes who also played bass.
You're gonna hate me after a while and maybe you already do. I saw Deep Purple in '84 at Irvine Meadows, which was kind of a reunion tour for them. Blackmore disbanded from the group (or maybe I should say, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover) and replaced them with David Coverdale on the mike and added backup vocalist and bassist Glen Hughes. Then he joined forces with lead vocalist Ronnie James Dio and formed the band Rainbow in '75, which was named after The Rainbow Bar and Grill on the Sunset strip. It seemed as though Ritchie had many interchangeable parts through the years, yet he and his cohorts remained relevant, but not superstars. IMO: Machine Head was likely DP's best collective effort. Lazy is a great song! Glad you got the chance to hear it. Rock on!
Ok so my suggestion on Deep Purple is BURN - sucker moves!!! Now you might as well do a Steppenwolf reaction (dad played bass and sang back up) #MagicCarpetRide and #BornToBeWild of course. Used on the soundtrack for Easy Rider (check the trailer)
Well Mr.Dreeezy, where do I start!! Well I really wish I had the time and the space to get “deep” in depth with ya’ about all of your thoughts and questions but I can cover a few things that might help clear up some confusion! First and foremost the “focal point” that you mentioned first of all was the “eternal”(meant with the utmost respect🫡)Jon Lord on keys 🎹😇!! On his off-time from Purple, he wrote symphonies for “The London Symphony Orchestra” if that gives you any idea as to his skill level as a musician!!! And as far as the rest of the guys, well they were “all” stellar musicians at the top of their game in an era when music was evolving and changing about as fast as you changed socks 🧦 and genres were basically “just being created!!” So it was pretty much “anything goes” in those days oh and yeah brother, we(at least the hippies)called money 💴 “bread back then too!!!🧔🏽♀️🤭✌🏻🫶🏻🎶🎹🎸🥁
I think the band broke up and they all started their own bands or something like that I seem to remember Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow rising and Gillan a few more at reading Festivals of the 70&80
Great live performance of Lazy: ua-cam.com/video/KnIgXtE4K5U/v-deo.html. It is about 4 minutes longer with extended instrumentals. Each musician’s skill can be observed & appreciated, and the bass can actually be heard.
This is quite cheesey for deep purple in my opinion. Deep Purple were hard rock, and this is a huge departure from that. Instrumentaly great, but not their usual sound. Have a listen to Speedking, Fireball, Child In Time to hear them at their heavy best.
I hear what you're saying about the keyboards and synthesisers, when I was 12 or 14, back in the early 70s, I had never heard keyboards that was like a trippy church organ on mushrooms mixed with gothic and blues and funk and rock and ...WTF was I hearing ?? Deep Purple, like Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Aerosmith and ZZ TOP, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, and Skynyrd back then, were a bit hardcore and flew parallel to AM radio music, which was more "family friendly". This stuff was more for us hard rock fans, those a bit more "in the know" about who was hot and who was not. Blackmoor was so pupular among young men and boys, that Fender released a Ritchie Blackmoor custom white Stratocaster, featuring his signature deeply scalloped fretboard and an outrageous price. One of the first in a long line of Fender "artist signature series guitars".
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Was Deep Purple an Underrated band?
Deep Purple was so early on the Hard Rock scene (Late 1960's) no one realized the talent till a few years after. Yes, they had a few great tunes that were over-played on the radio for many years. But the deepest part of Deep Purple was not realized till much later. The double Live Album (MADE IN JAPAN) was the introduction album for many folks. After hearing LAZY, SPACE TUCKEN, THE MULE, and Strange kinda woman LIVE you really get hooked. Ya, this Studio version of Lazy is nice, but the live version is 10x better... I still have a hard time listening to the studio versions of these songs because how awesome the live ones are...
IMO yes! I like some of Black Sabbath's and Led Zeppelin's stuff, but my favourite band of the trio are Deep Purple. I prefer Ian Gillan's voice; Ritchie Blackmore's electric guitar; Ian Paice's drumming; and Jon Lord is the greatest Hammond organ rock keyboardist ever (for me). "Made in Japan" is, I think, the best live rock album ever put out by anybody. Always listen to the studio versions first. But when you hear the same songs from that record you'll be gobsmacked!
@@79BlackRoseDP mark II was the quintessential DP. Gillan’s voice is legendary. He sang the studio version of Jesus Christ Superstar. I hope MDreezy reads this.Both this song and Smoke On The Water are both sung by Gillan. ❤️
No, not underrated where I'm from!!!✌✌😁😁
No. They were always known as one of the greatest and influential bands in the business, ranking alongside Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath.
In 1970 Deep Purple released an epic song called "Child In Time". Many will urge you to react to live versions. I hope you will do so LATER. I recommend you listen to the original version first. When you hear live versions you'll appreciate them more.
Got it!
There were several lineups of the band. This is the second one (Mark 2) featuring singer Ian Gillan, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, John Lord on keyboards, Roger Glover on bass and Ian Paice on drums. For me, this is the best line-up.
Ian Gillan on harmonica
Most fans are fans of the Mark 2 lineup.
jon
True, Jon Lord. My mistake😳@@userpal
And yet, he was born John.
One of the greatest Hammond B3 organ tunes, anywhere.
Yes, we called money, bread😅. Way back when 😅. Deep Purple has some great songs. Please play Highway Star, it will blow your mind. But you must close your eyes and picture yourself behind the wheel of a car. I think you'll like it 😅.
You are a Fantastic reactor ❤️😎☮️
I will definitely react to highway star😁 and i appreciate your kidnd words you have been such a supporter to my channel and growth i appreciate you mire than words can describe
Just don't drive a real car when you play any Deep Purple as your right foot gets mighty heavy really fast. I don't know why that happens every time
Think deep purple are just being rediscovered. Soon everyone will be reviewing them. Great band. Love your reaction
Definitely not underrated. Very popular back in the day. You need to check out "Child in Time" live. An banger song and amazing performance.
"Space Truckin," "Highway Star," "Child in Time" (live), are three other great Deep Purple songs to check out!
4:27 That's a keyboard. THE keyboard, I dare to say.
FunFact Deep Purple were the LOUDEST Band in the world for a while.
They joined a group of 10 or so bands who really turned it up to 11! 😂😂😂
Getting close to the practical limit of just how loud a conventional speaker can actually work.
This does incluse the band "Disaster Area" the fictional band from Douglas Adams "Restaurant at the End of the Universe" 😂😂😂
Guinness Book World records for 12 years straight. "Loudest Live performance" however they measured it...
Just one more reason why they are my favorite !
… Rock music is explained like this: There is a lead guitar, an organ, a bass, a singer, a drummer... and there is DEEP PURPLE!! … There is nothing more to say!! 🎸🎹🥁🎤 Thank You
Deep Purple is epic!
One of the true great blues rock tunes.
Yes, "bread" was a metaphor for money back-in-the-day, definitely in the 70's and I think even before that time as well...
Imlense indemodable 🎸🎤🎤🎸🎸👏👏👏👏
A fantastic track from Deep Purples 1980s lineup is a track called
" Perfect Stranger"
If you want a guaranteed smile check out Ram Jam "Black Betty" gigging in someone's back yard it's just great fun!
Well done young man for discovering one of the great classic albums, every track a gem, happy listening
Saw these guys live in Memphis 1973
Check out Highway Star, Knocking at your back door, Hush, Space Truckin, My woman from Tokyo.
Omg this bass groove sounds easy but, is hard lol! No, actually insane! Fav Purple tune! Thank you!
My favorite too!!
My favorite DP song! Great album.
Saw them on this tour in 1973
The keys in this are played the the organ master Jon Lord a legend and when paired with Richie Blackmore on guitar it's always good. Also with the term bread you are exactly correct he does mean money and that term has been around for a long time.
Deep Purple 💜 LAZY!!?? Caught my eye 👁️ So you have Iconic Legends that you hear about forever and you have Awesome bands you kinda hear of! Very simple. SPACE TRUCKIN!! Same album also HIGHWAY STAR as well! Ian Gillan sang on this particular album. Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎
This is 50yr old music. Takes jammin to a level rarely seen.
Grandissime groupe 🎸🎸👍👌👍🎸👏👏👏👏
They were part of the unholy trinity which was led zeppelin black sabbath and deep purple All 3 shaped future musicians and created the begging of heavy metal
Why does everyone keep misclassifying Led Zeppelin as heavy metal??? Black Sabbath was arguably headed in that direction, but not Led Zeppelin. Neither really was Deep Purple.
You hit the nail on the head, bread means money in old school slang
When I was younger we were at a mall and they had this piano, organ place. They were having some old guy playing some melody when my friend asked if he could play. Guy said sure and my friend started messing around with it and finally got the grove for the beginning part of Lazy. He started playing it and all of sudden all these teens came running to the piano place to hear my friend play. Was freaking great
"Child in time" live fantastic
This was from one of those albums that all the guys, and a good number of the girls, owned in the seventies. It’s still in my top ten.
3:51 No, it's not a keyboard, it's THE guitar.
I saw them on concert.
we went to a lot of concerts back then. Time fly's.
Saw them in about 2007 in Varese Italy. Weird, 17 years ago yet I remember thinking that it was so many years after their true prime…Time, boy it catches you…
U've got to do CHILD IN TIME live. It 1 of the greatest songs ever performed on stage!!!!
DEEP PURPLE CUANTO MÁS LOS ESCUCHO MÁS ME GUSTAN GENIOS DEL ROCK!!!
Loved this band
Really enjoy your reactions. Don't ever feel like you have to defend yourself. You put more thought into your reactions than so many!
I appreciate that!!
Without a doubt, Deep Purple is a great band. Together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabath he was part of the heavy rock trilogy. It has many high-level songs. Richie Blackmore is one of the best guitarists, very clean to play. He left Deep Purple to form the band Rainbow with which he also had great success.
Best nighttime highway driving song.
Ian Gillian lead vocal..Jon Lord keyboard..Ian pace drums..Roger glover bass, Richie Blackmore guitar
As a 17 year old student living in England (after having lived the first 16 in Africa) I only had superficial knowledge of the music scene at the time. The family I lived with had a son who was Deep Purple’s lawyer and he gave me tickets for a show. Got slammed in the face with this concert and have been heavily involved in listening to good music ever since. They were promoting this album (Machine Head) at the time. Seen them twice since and they are appearing this summer only a few miles away from where I live here in France this summer. Already got my tickets !!! My first live show and maybe, at my advanced age, my last … who knows ? 😂
And yes, bread has meant money for a very long while.
Take care. I enjoy your reactions.
And by the way, DP has never been underrated, being that they are considered as precursors of this genre, along with Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and a few others.
smoke on the water good a head banger
Yes, money was bread. In fact that was a 50's expression used by the Beatniks, the pre-hippies. They also invented "cool" although that may have been even earlier. Jon Lord started as a jazz organist, his idol was Jimmie Smith. Then he amped it up with DP. They were among the loudest bands, neck and neck with The Who, Sabbath, etc. Lord however was known to break eardrums
The mule live from Copenhagen Denmark 1972 drummer Ian paice is blistering through the whole song which includes an amazing drum solo as well. it is a live video so you get to see it..rock on dude.
More Deep Purple please! I really enjoy your reactions! You really need to check them out live! I suggest Highway Star, Child in time and Space Truckin! Also Perfect Strangers original video is awesome! Thanks!
Money has been referred to as bread or dough since ancient times. It something we all knead!!!😂😂🤣🤣✌✌😁😁
Rock n' Roll is a mixture of all genres, so don't be surprised hearing country mixed in.👌👌👍👍✌✌😁😁
Back them bread was money. The word bread has been used as American slang for money since at least the 1930s.
Well, at their very beginning, they were, like many startup bands, not so so popular. But boy did they take off in the 70s! They were part of the "unholy 3" of early hard rock: them, Led Zep, and Black Sabbath. Those three were the pioneers of what we know today as hard rock/metal. Deep Purple has soooo many fantastic hits, but you definitely need to hear Highway Star (first), Woman from Tokyo, Space Trucking, Pictures of Home, Maybe I'm a Leo, Hush, and Fireball.
Bread was money back then too Noticed the Dolphin pennant on your wall I'm from Miami and saw many games in the 70s even the perfect season
Thats awesome! Dolphins have been my team since incame out the womb in ‘03😂
‘Bread’ was slang for ‘money’ in the 1970’s and long before that, to answer your question. You’re hearing the organ because it’s featured heavily in most DP songs, the great Jon Lord at the time.
In this Era of Deep Purple vocals are Ian Gillian
there's a very good copy of child in time live done by the BBC that you may react to and enjoy
DP, Led Zep, and Sabbath were the top 3 bands back in the day.
thanks for bringing real music to another generation, the music your listening to now, We knew the name of the guitarist, the bass player, the Drummer, what so called artist now can you truly say that about?
Burn is my favorite song from these guys Coverdale sings on that one but I do love all their stuff no matter what lineup they had🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
back in the dark damp 70s when I used to have hair I seem to remember a hippie saying have you got any bread man I know where we can score some really good weed.(never could remember his name)Manfred Mann can play Good keyboard,and so was Rick Wakeman and Tony Banks.🙃
Lead singer "Ian Gilan"....And back then we did call money "bread".
Highway star is another banger
Money has been called bread for looooong time.😂😂
Keyboard?
Wait till you hear Styx Grand Illusion. Lol.
Bread has always been money even back then. You need bread to buy bread.
Hammond B3 organ with distortion. Classic.
And Richie Blackmore was one of the turning points in guitar becoming the lead instrument.
David coverdale comenzó en el álbum buen, machine head canta Ian gillian!!
yes, money was bread way back early and mid 60's -the biggest album of deep purple was machine head there were 3 huge songs played at all the parties they were smoke on the water/lazy/and HIGHWAY STAR -FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT FOR HIGHWAY STAR!!1 Never as big as the biggies (BEATLES /ROLLING STONES/LED ZEPPELIN/THE GRATEFUL DEAD) but i had 3-4 deep purple albums in the 70's
One of my all-time favorite songs.The whole album is great. For whatever reason the classic rock stations have only played a small number of their songs. They didn't have a lot of huge radio hits, but anyone who's a true classic rock fan knows all about them. This version of the band is the best (IMO) and most well known. Everyone in the band was one of the best at their instrument. Jon Lord played his organ through a disorted Marshall amp, which at times makes it sound almost like a 2nd guitar. Ian GIllain was a phenomenal singer. He sang the part of Jesus on the Jesus Christ Superstar album, not long after he had joined Deep Purple.
Yes, we called it bread back then. If you want to hear great fiddle playing, you have got to listen to Papa John from Hot Tuna.
Jon Lord was a classically trained keyboardist and a big part of DP sound. DP had several singers so depending on the song David Coverdale, Ian Gilliam and Glenn Hughes who also played bass.
Ian Gillan
You're gonna hate me after a while and maybe you already do. I saw Deep Purple in '84 at Irvine Meadows, which was kind of a reunion tour for them. Blackmore disbanded from the group (or maybe I should say, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover) and replaced them with David Coverdale on the mike and added backup vocalist and bassist Glen Hughes. Then he joined forces with lead vocalist Ronnie James Dio and formed the band Rainbow in '75, which was named after The Rainbow Bar and Grill on the Sunset strip. It seemed as though Ritchie had many interchangeable parts through the years, yet he and his cohorts remained relevant, but not superstars. IMO: Machine Head was likely DP's best collective effort. Lazy is a great song! Glad you got the chance to hear it. Rock on!
Helll nah i would never hate you! I appreciate the support and informstion! You really help me grow
Ian Gillan was singer on Lazy.
Yeah the slang "bread" for money goes back many decades, and that's the usage here.
Money is bread from the '60's on...
Money has been known as bread as long as l can remember and I'm 74
MADE IN JAPAN , song CHILD IN TIME !!!!!!!!!
🎸🎸🎶🎤🎤🎤🎤👏👏👏👏
Check out I'm a man, by Chicago Transit Authority ❤ It makes you move and I think you would really enjoy it.
Roger Glover was working OUT on bass on this one.
Yeah bread was money back in the day
Ok so my suggestion on Deep Purple is BURN - sucker moves!!! Now you might as well do a Steppenwolf reaction (dad played bass and sang back up) #MagicCarpetRide and #BornToBeWild of course. Used on the soundtrack for Easy Rider (check the trailer)
Well Mr.Dreeezy, where do I start!! Well I really wish I had the time and the space to get “deep” in depth with ya’ about all of your thoughts and questions but I can cover a few things that might help clear up some confusion! First and foremost the “focal point” that you mentioned first of all was the “eternal”(meant with the utmost respect🫡)Jon Lord on keys 🎹😇!! On his off-time from Purple, he wrote symphonies for “The London Symphony Orchestra” if that gives you any idea as to his skill level as a musician!!! And as far as the rest of the guys, well they were “all” stellar musicians at the top of their game in an era when music was evolving and changing about as fast as you changed socks 🧦 and genres were basically “just being created!!” So it was pretty much “anything goes” in those days oh and yeah brother, we(at least the hippies)called money 💴 “bread back then too!!!🧔🏽♀️🤭✌🏻🫶🏻🎶🎹🎸🥁
Screw all of the electronic synthesizers. There is nothing heavier than a Hammomd B3 organ with a Leslie for punch!!
Ian Gillian was vocalist at this time. Bread or gedders. Cute girls tuff.
Check this song out with Joe Bonamassa and Jimmy Barnes in studio a killer.
I think the band broke up and they all started their own bands or something like that I seem to remember Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow rising and Gillan a few more at reading Festivals of the 70&80
I never was impressed by a keyboard player until I saw DP ive
Great live performance of Lazy: ua-cam.com/video/KnIgXtE4K5U/v-deo.html. It is about 4 minutes longer with extended instrumentals. Each musician’s skill can be observed & appreciated, and the bass can actually be heard.
This is quite cheesey for deep purple in my opinion. Deep Purple were hard rock, and this is a huge departure from that. Instrumentaly great, but not their usual sound. Have a listen to Speedking, Fireball, Child In Time to hear them at their heavy best.
Whomever did this re-mix did an awful job lol. Such a kick butt tune too.. sad.
I hear what you're saying about the keyboards and synthesisers, when I was 12 or 14, back in the early 70s, I had never heard keyboards that was like a trippy church organ on mushrooms mixed with gothic and blues and funk and rock and ...WTF was I hearing ?? Deep Purple, like Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Aerosmith and ZZ TOP, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, and Skynyrd back then, were a bit hardcore and flew parallel to AM radio music, which was more "family friendly". This stuff was more for us hard rock fans, those a bit more "in the know" about who was hot and who was not. Blackmoor was so pupular among young men and boys, that Fender released a Ritchie Blackmoor custom white Stratocaster, featuring his signature deeply scalloped fretboard and an outrageous price. One of the first in a long line of Fender "artist signature series guitars".