Excuse the ridiculous singing but I've had this song stuck in my head at work the whole afternoon and CAN'T remember which one it is. This part is the GUITAR, not voice. Someone help.
Ok, here me out. IMO the Ezrin-era albums are some of the best DP albums ever made. I think people rank them low because of nostalgia they have towards older albums (and I get it, I was raised on In Rock and Machine Head) . But its clear that material-wise, production-wise and skills-wise they are in their 2nd golden era. Now, here's my point:
I am considering going to see DP in my country. But I worry about setlist. If it was material from last 4 records (+ the AWESOME new single) + Smoke on the Water (for fans to sing mostly) and maybe Lazy, then fine, I would pay even double. It would be an amazing show. But despite making this top-level material for over a decade now (since NOW What!?) for some reason when preparing for the tour they still say: "Hmm... how about we let Ian murder Highway Star another 500 times?". He should be banned from singing 70s and 80s songs (and 90s too actually). If it was the band that tours rarely I could understand the argument that "fans in such-and-such country never heard the classics" but at this point every country on earth heard Highway Star, Into the Fire, When a Blind Man Cries etc. about a milion times.
It bothers me. In 70s and 80s when they released a new album they would play half of it live at least. Now we get awesome records and the tour is still same old songs. That's a waste. I would pay DOUBLE if they played a set like:
Arrogant Boy
Bit on the Side
Pictures of You
Aprez Vous
The Power of the Moon
All the time in the world
Show Me
Time for Bedlam
Throw My Bones
One Night in Vegas or All I Got is You
The Surprising
Vincent Price
Lazy Sod
Lazy
Smoke On The Water
Space Truckin
Original (9 months together),1968 band with Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Nick Simper, Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Evans
Tunes: And The Address, Hush
This show, outside of Hefner's Ts & A and bullshit guests, showcased some very good bands from jazz to R&R. Most, like this one here, were infants in the business.
This was all fantasy made in a Hollywood studio. There was no real elevator guest who came out to look like it was going to a rooftop Playboy party.
Singing the first verse of Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers. Tried to nail that piercing, forward Ian Gillan's compression. What do you guys think about it?
Went to look up the lyrics of Arrogant Boy and noticed this. Doubt that they’re fake because who on earth would take the time to actually write fake lyrics for the entirety of a late-period Deep Purple album? They seem consistent with Ian’s lyrical style too.
My only question is… who put them there and where did they find them???
If you look at the entire Canadian tour the buildings might have sold 5% of available tickets. I'm worried the tour is going to fall victim to this "blue dot fever" and get cancelled....
Been wondering this since the cover artwork was unveiled. It’s a great album cover, and the additional artwork seen throughout the physical editions is just as good. I’ve seen a lot of people worried that it’s AI art, but the art style is too consistent across all the graphics for me to think it’s AI. It certainly looks human drawn, but it’s a bit weird to me that they haven’t said who did the art yet. The art style reminds me so much of Roger Dean, but I’m sure they would’ve actually revealed it was him if it was, his name alone would be enough to sell some copies.
I saw an instagram comment say the artwork was “a collaboration between Ian Gillan, Olaf Heine, Candy Medusa and Bob Ezrin”, but no source so it obviously could be someone just making shit up. Also as I said the art style is consistent enough that I would be surprised if it was multiple people working together.
Stumbled upon this Deep Purple lyrics quiz today. Scored 11/14, those MK II era questions are tricky! Can you guys get 100%? Link in comments! 🎸🔥
This might be my favorite Deep Purple song.
People who actually listen to Deep Purple, search up More Than Abstract Hip-Hop by Degiheugi and skip to 1:26 and tell me what song it sounds like. When you figure it out here is a question I have to ask. Do you think they knew what they did sampling the song or not at all and it just so happened to be very similar?
Lmk