I can not believe that there is no thread under this forum about Deep Purple. If ever there was a band that covered Symphonic and Heavy Metal then it it was the Purps. Concerto for Band and Orchestra and the concert with the London Symphony Orchestra should mean that they deserve more than just a thread.
Even listening to a few old tracks from 'In Rock', specifically "Child in Time" and "Speed King" show that they were Symphonic even without the orchestra, mostly due to Jon Lord of course.
Last edited by SecondBass; Apr-15-2007 at 22:52.
Fireball is my favorite album of theirs. I am not that into Metal music. But Deep Purple is great.
Dont know that I would call Deep Purple metal,more hard rock.Fireball gets my vote as their best work,simply because of the drum intro to the actual track Fireball.Brilliant.Stormbringer from a later period is the business to.
Yeah I dont know, People call Zeppelin Metal so I call Purple Metal.. (But it dosnt really matter to me either way I like it :P)
The Fathers daughter song is great also. Funny theme for a song.
Plus I love the Organ in Deep Purple.
I thoroughly revel in Jon Lord's playing of the Hammond B3 organ, in particular on the track Lazy from Machine Head. Also enjoy Highway Star, Space Truckin'. Plus Child in Time. And probably others that I can't remember right now...
Smoke on the Water has become a cliché, but it's still pretty cool...
Last edited by rojo; Jul-21-2007 at 23:15. Reason: Corrected C3 to B3 organ. Doh!
''Music, I feel, should be emotional first and intellectual second.'' - Maurice Ravel
''The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.'' - Michael Jackson
My favourite DP's track of their 70es ' period was BURN. Though they surely had a huge amount of other great songs . After reunion in 80es - Knocking At Your Back Door, and one more later track I admire is Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming. Jon Lord - his version of Bach's Toccata & Fugue D-moll is one of my favourite classical remakes.
Good band. Predictably, Child in time is my favourite, although even that did not make the cut for my 600+ favourite songs. Yesterday I heard their concerto for band and orchestra for the first time. Hm.
I love the Concerto for group and orchestra and I love Made in Japan but my favourites are the second lp named the Book of Talyesin and the third one named just Deep Purple, take a listen to April last track from this lp
by the way the symphonic (or whatever you call it) influence may come from Jon Lord but to me the true genius in Deep Purple is Ritchie Blackmore, what a guitar player!
I agree...Originally Posted by Deeru Piotr
I also like the song "Mistreated", especially the live version in Made in Europe.
Smoke on the water
The songs I like by Deep Purple is Smoke on the water and Kentucky
woman. Those are my favorites.
I always liked Deep Purple.
I also think that their late sixties music is overlooked.
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