[Music] Why Deep Purple ROCK

[Kosh]

I've waited long for NSC to become a music forum proper, and at last it's come to pass... and not before time.

There I was the other day, and I surprised myself a little bit by thinking it's been too long since I'd listened to a MKII classic... after a few moments pondering the options I decided to give Who do we think we are ? a bit of a dust off... I'd always liked this album, despite it being considered a pale imitation of both Machine Head and MIJ ---- yet, I find that sonically it's the best album of the bunch, the middle (Roger and little Ian) simply explode out of the speakers and I can't help but imagine where MK2 might have gone following this wonderful and underrated LP.

I guess Rat Bat Blue is probably the one track that stands out as being an absolute beast... And the solo from Jon is frankly beyond comparison...

I love it.



I'll be posting regularly from now on, with essays from Purps to Amazing Blondel and all points in-between, and why not? this is a music forum after all.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

One of my all time favs

 

[chip]

I loved John Lord's keyboard playing

 

[chickens]

Light mauve more like.



I’ll get my amazing technicolour dream coat.

 

[tigertim68]

Can’t believe on a football forum out of the first 5 topics ,4 are music based

 

[Greg Bobkin]

When I was a kid who was just getting into music – of all types, but mainly rock and rap – I bought 'The Best Of Deep Purple' album for about £4.99 in Woolworths and absolutely loved it. Had the CD on repeat for weeks. Those guys literally rock.

 

[£1.99]

I really like Saxons version of Speed King.

 

[knocky1]

Brings back the smell of sick and stale beer from my days at The Hungry Years.
Never saw them live but caught half of them at The Rainbow in North London 1975 as Rainbow or Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.

 

[knocky1]

When I was a kid who was just getting into music – of all types, but mainly rock and rap – I bought 'The Best Of Deep Purple' album for about £4.99 in Woolworths and absolutely loved it. Had the CD on repeat for weeks. Those guys literally rock.

Got my music ready for the weekend long run now.

 

[Peteinblack]

Brings back the smell of sick and stale beer from my days at The Hungry Years.
Never saw them live but caught half of them at The Rainbow in North London 1975 as Rainbow or Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.

Great place - incongruously run by a lovely middle-aged Greek couple who looked about as far removed from hard rock as you can imagine, yet they'd be serving drinks while the heaviest, loudest, rock songs were blaring out, and the floor was a mass of 'air guitars' and long hair

One of the regulars was a such a Status Quo fanatic, he changed his name by deed poll to Francis Michael Rossi.

Used to laugh at the 'bikers' who walked up Queens Road after a night in the Years, carrying their motorcycle helmets - to catch their train home

 

[Diocletian]

Bought a number of Purple's albums during the 70's and saw them live.

Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore just brilliant

Wring That Neck - live



Purple also did some really good covers such as Hey Joe and this one

Help

 

[Kosh]

One of my all time favs

I utterly adore Stormbringer and even dig the funkier elements of the album too… I own a very rare quad press of it on vinyl, with slight little differences in the intro/outro and solos too… really cool.

Three things make Stormbringer (the track) f***ing awesome… the riff, the drumming, the double tracked wah wah outro riff … the lyrics too suit the song soooooo well… it’s stood the test of time and then some.

 

[Kosh]

This for me, although not my favourite Purple track - well, it just shows how special a group they were and how Blackmore is oft erroneously filed under a one trick pony guitarist… horse shit obviously…

 

[BluesRockDJ]

When I was a kid who was just getting into music – of all types, but mainly rock and rap – I bought 'The Best Of Deep Purple' album for about £4.99 in Woolworths and absolutely loved it. Had the CD on repeat for weeks. Those guys literally rock.

Rock and Rap.................really ?

 

[kojak]

a bit of football in this one

 

[METALMICKY]

Love this!

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

This for me, although not my favourite Purple track - well, it just shows how special a group they were and how Blackmore is oft erroneously filed under a one trick pony guitarist… horse shit obviously…

Would be in my top 5 bands just for the hat.

 

[birthofanorange]

Great place - incongruously run by a lovely middle-aged Greek couple who looked about as far removed from hard rock as you can imagine, yet they'd be serving drinks while the heaviest, loudest, rock songs were blaring out, and the floor was a mass of 'air guitars' and long hair

One of the regulars was a such a Status Quo fanatic, he changed his name by deed poll to Francis Michael Rossi.

Used to laugh at the 'bikers' who walked up Queens Road after a night in the Years, carrying their motorcycle helmets - to catch their train home

John and Pepa....good cop, bad cop. John has now sadly passed away, but the HY torch still burns brightly.

 

[Stato]

Because Richie's Nan could pick a decent tune:



This has always been my favourite by the classic line up:

 

[studio150]

From when they almost had a number 1 single