This was filmed during a live TV performance. TV audio was very fickle back then, so the audience were specifically directed to be still and silent during the actual performance. It was just "how things were done" back in '69...
Very close. It was performed live. The audience was instructed not to react as the performance was being recorded as a track, and they didn't want audience noise interfering with the music recording.
The 'blind man shooting at the world' was a metaphor for the war machine that was currently ginning up the Viet Nam war. The audience were requested to be still because they were filming the video. This was a common practice back then. I love Deep Purple and they have a large and varied catalog. For me, this is the best song they ever did, and this version in particular is even better than the studio version on their 'In Rock' album.
@@tomrudolsen6235It's ah fact, They are British, The cold war was on our door step,Hahaha, just watch some of his interviews, Straight from the horses mouth, Instead of firing bullets in the dark, by the way, my sister was in the Audience,
Each one a musical genius in their own right - together, just pure magic! No autotune, electronic wizadry or more modern 'polished' instruments - just insane storytelling where every instrument balances perfectly (and I include the voice as an instrument)
No gimmicks, no gizmos or autotune - absolutely live just straight up pure raw talent from some of the finest musicians to stroll this earth. We're blessed to have this recorded for posterity and for current and future generations to be able to see, feel and learn just how things had to be done 54 years ago and counting. It was this performance that convinced Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to ask Ian Gillan to be the original Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar - it is him singing on the original soundtrack though he never reprised the role in the film due to his Deep Purple commitments.
Well...this is a Masterclass. 5 Musicians, a Container-Ship-Load of Talent and some Instruments......This is legendary. Compare this to nowadays music and you will find very few bands that come close.....very few..... I am so happy I have seen them Live and that they were part of my youth.....feeling blessed. Nice Reaction again - seemed you liked it too 🙂 If you need more Deep Purple - Try Highway Star...or a longer one....Lazy from "Made in Japan"...you will love it.
Deep purple was my first concert at 13 years old I talked my mom into taking me and 3 friends a 100 miles to the first concert in the Houston Astrodome with 45k other fans and the rest is history
Music of my youth......handmade as we say.......no pitch correction, no nothing..... The audience in TV studios in these days was told to stay calm and seated......so they did. Ian Gillan on that one is unmatched...... Funny thing I remember...it was hard to dance on ...... First part was perfect to clinge with your girl....but when was right moment to let loose?????? A great classic song......everyone in my age knows it........
I was disgusted when I heard her say that. She had nothing of any value to say about this song. One of the best all around bands in history, one of the musically best songs in every way. And she says reminds her of the stones and doesn’t like or get the ending. I’m all set with this chic that’s clearly here for the money and hasn’t got a clue.
A great reaction to this masterpiece from a one of the real legends of music. This was a live TV performance from TV station Granada TV NW of England, from a series called "Doing Their Thing". Yes everyone always zones in on the audience, but you have to remember technology back then wasn't as sophisticated as it is today, there's a brief shot of one of the cameras, and it's huge, no wonder Ian Gillian reacted as he did when it was shoved up his nose, so the studio audience would have been under strict instruction to sit like church mice, so as not to detract from the performance. It is so great to have lived when Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Black Sabbath, Rolling Stones, etc were in their prime. The musicians in Deep Purple were probably the best of the UK’s heavy rock generation. John Lord on keyboards, Ian Paice on drums, Richie Blackmore on lead guitar, Roger Glover on bass & Ian Gillian with the vocals. Pretty please, next "Perfect Strangers".
I love the way you engulf yourself in the music and let it take you with it! You are a person who 'gets' the music. I can tell just from watching you. The reason the people are just sitting there is because it was a TV show that had artists preform, and during those performances, the audience watched.
The Made In Japan version, also live with no overdubs, just pure talent bordering on supernatural, kills this, but it is still an amazing performance. My favorite live group of all time, at least this lineup.
I was 5 at this time. But I did manage to see Deep Purple 2 times in the 80s. One of the best live albums is Deep Purple Made in Japan. Great album. Oh yea I’m a TW fan.
One of my favourite bands, amazing to grow up listening to this and then seeing them live. Last time live was in Edinburgh (Scotland) late 80s/ early 90s and here I am going to see them again in 2024 in Glasgow is a bit crazy (to me)! ( three members from this concert will be performing (lead singer- Ian, Drums - Iain, Bass -Roger). ❤
Hi Red - I saw them live in 1970 (Bournemouth Winter Gardens, for all my Brit compatriots!) and this song was certainly one of the highlights of the show - the whole album (Deep Purple in Rock) was ground-breaking, pointing to one of the various directions that the early 70s Rock scene was moving. It remains, to my mind, one of the great seminal rock albums of all time. And it had a really cool cover! The organist, Jon Lord, was a classically trained musician with wide-ranging skills - later in his life he went on to write orchestral music that was much influenced by the great British composer Edward Elgar. A year or two after 'Deep Purple in Rock' they became the first band, as far as I know, to make a 'fusion' rock/classical album 'Deep Purple in Concert' - Jon Lord's Concerto for Group and Orchestra, with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Malcolm Arnold, one of the up-and-coming classical conductors of the time. Of course, these days, everyone and their brother has done orchestral collaborations, but at the time it was pretty innovative. The organ noodling at the beginning and near the end was a little different at every live gig, but I've never heard a version to beat the original studio album performance. And you're right about the ending, it's messy and disconnected and irrelevant - I'm sure it was a lot tighter on the album. As far as that uptight audience goes - well, yes, weird - it looked like a television spot to me, and you must remember that television was still a very young and developing medium - program formats were often quite bizarre mixes called 'Variety shows' which tried to include something for everyone - that audience might have been watching a juggler 5 minutes before, or a stand-up comic, or listening to a crooner. They certainly didn't all turn up just to see a rock band, and some of them would have been shocked by what they heard. 'The past is another country; they do things differently there'.
Deep Purple have gone through numerous lineup changes over the years but this mark II lineup is recognised as the best. Ian Gillan on vocals, Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, Jon Lord on keyboards, Roger Glover on bass and Ian Paice on drums. Believe it or not, they are still going and have just released another album. Ian Gillan, Ian Paice and Roger Glover are still part of the band. Ian Paice, the drummer is the only member who has been there throughout.
This period was graced with some amazing rock vocalists, Roger Daltrey (The Who), Paul Rodgers (Free and others), Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) to name but a few. Ian Gillan of Deep Purple was up there too and as a 'singer' as well as a vocalist IG was probably the most controlled and accomplished. His performance on this recording is amazing. Well worth watching The Charismatic Voice's reaction and analysis.
I remember the first time I ever heard this song. I was 17 sitting on the floor in my room with my legs crossed doing artwork after smoking a J. My best friend had let me borrow the record to listen to. Still love this song now just as much at 60 as I did then, minus the smoking now though.😊
Keep in mind that they are still active today, albeit with a different guitarist and keyboardist, and continue to release very good albums, last released 1 month ago.
Hi, love your videos! If you're listening to Deep Purple, I strongly suggest "Perfect Strangers". That was a huge come back album for them. Thanks again!
Wow, AJ, then Eivør and now Purple, great taste in music:) Purple just did a gig in Denmark, 54 years after this one! I did read that Gillans voice didn´t have the power it used to - at 80!
Greatest rock song ever written. Stargazer, by Rainbow comes as close second. And they are still going! Touring and released a new album just last month.
Brilliant. You are that rare person known as a female 'Thinker' rather than a 'Feeler'. I watched your reactions to this and you were truly engaged! (similar to my own...an absolute feeling classic) and yet, after it was over, you reverted to a thinking analysis of what you just heard. Fascinating. (As Spock once said...:)). I have watched other 'Thinking types' review my favourite tracks and you are all the same...hehe. What do I mean? The very best feeling, emotionally intense songs actually bring you thinking, logical types (momentarily) outta your shell. I literally watched you go from fandom to analysis within a few seconds. And the best praise you can give is 'that was very interesting and different'. Love it. Robot...ok emotionally repressed robot...:)))) OK. Don't believe me? I watched a very similar review by a (male) equivalent to you. He is a top bloke. Dry. Sardonic. But very technically accurate (i.e. a bit boring!). I watch this review because it ticks all my boxes...He is like you. I'm interested in this...otherwise...why bother eh? Did I already say that? Whatever. :) Here's a recommendation. I'd love you to watch the same video review of one of this track...from Alex...but my challenge to you is to review 'Swamp Thing' and not use the words...'Fantastic! I like that....a lot actually...in fact I'm going to give that a nice 4.5 stars...Great...GREAT! (you get the point)' . This is the closest any thinker has come to actually connecting with feelers...I try to connect people in my life. Obviously, neither one of you are in my life, but every week, you guys are my virtual best mates...i.e people I connect and engage with after a few beers...Haha. Thanks for being in my space....!!!! Ah. Ok the actual review I want you to respond to...ok...Alex is my top guy. I'm sure you'd connect... ruclips.net/video/DgWfHH9pRFA/видео.htmlsi=qHr261ASLD_RjzOf
This MK II version of Deep Purple was incredible and they are still influencing bands today. I know you like Band-Maid. Their drummer, Akane Hirose, credits Deep Purple's drummer, Ian Paice, as one of her main influences and the Deep Purple band as one of her favorites.
The audience was told to stay seated during the performances because the technology wasn't really good enough back then to mute the cheering and clapping. In between songs, they could go wild.
As someone that was there, I can confirm that is was indeed the '60s until at least '75 😂 It looks like this was being filmed in front of a studio audience, maybe American bandstand. The Deep Purple concerts that I went to were much more lively, we did a thing called "Sock hops" (Because of being very stoned).
That verbiage at the ending is not on the studio cut. Yeah I've always felt a little odd about that as well but the thing is this is such a fantastic quality of early recording sound and video from that era. Of course it's on a set and so the audience has to be quiet and all that but there is footage of them playing live from around this time and just shortly later that you will see that they are the epitome of a really crazy loud chaotic Rock concert.
Fantastic. Lead singer Ian Gillam played or sang the voice of Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. If you haven't heard it you really need to. Thanks for reacting to one of my favorites of theirs.
Check out Mr. Big by Free , Doing Their Thing Live 1970. I believe it's filmed at the same place with the same kind of mellow looking crowd. Not quite as epic as this but still great.
Love your reaction to this. Hopefully you do more deep purple. Listen to smoke on the water next because you’ve probably heard it before and then I suggest lazy, one of my favorites
Saw the purple with G n R and A smith back in the day was a knock down line up … they rock it hard … Ritchie Blackmore shreds … hit up smoke on the water or perfect strangers
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My old house gods together with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin back in the 70's.
You finally discovered Deep Purple ! Time for an album review of their double live album titled Made in Japan ! Try Space Trucking from Made in Japan if you want to do a song review.
I wasn't going to comment but felt I had to. As a teenager in the 70s I bought my first album (Sabotage - Black Sabbath) - next was Machine Head by Deep Purple (I ended up owning all the mark2 albums of which you have just heard one of the Classics of the record IN ROCK. These two bands together with Led Zeppelin are the originators of the genre of "Heavy Metal" And I love them to this day. Master musicians but a few sad stories along the way with personality clashes etc.
This is DP Mk2, the best line-up imho. Jon Lord (RIP) on his cutdown and modified Hammond C3 organ fed thru a bank of a Marshall amp was originally classically trained. Ian Gillan’s vocals are stunning. He sang the role of Jesus in the studio production of the 1969 live Jesus Christ Superstar. Ritchie Blackmore on lead guitar is one of the best and most underrated guitarists ever and is an absolute legend. Ian Paice is one of the best drummers and Roger Glover is superb in the engine room on bass guitar. You must do some more DP. Highway Star, Space Truckin’, Burn, Black Night and of course Smoke on the Water. You should also have a listen to some Rainbow too. Stargazer and its sequel A Light in the Black is epic. Kill the King, Tarot Woman and Starstruck are also great.
Metaphorical bullets aside, the Vietnam war was going on in 1970 (and when the song was recorded), and casualties, both military and civilian were being caused by a lot of flying lead. Worse, the cold war was threatening to have conflicts like this explode into world war. Those putting the world at risk were blind men, shooting at the world, and the consequences were untold numbers of dead and maimed humans. Thanks for reacting to another great piece! 😄
@@truthenema245three of them are original DP Mark 2 (the best line-up imho) from 1970 to 1972/3. They broke up in 1975. Lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore formed Rainbow with Ronnie James Dio (RIP). Deep Purple reformed in 1984 with the Mark 2 line-up. Perfect Strangers is well worth a listen. After several changes they are still going!
@@tedburnard841 I would call their rhythm tone today weak sounding. They're sorely missing Blackmore's patent rhythm guitar tone. Listen to the live version of the song Burn from the Cal Jam concert to hear it.
The ending reminded me of a lost and hurting soldier trying to reach out to a friend or loved one, but getting no response. On the third try, he gives up and takes his own life. Seeing it that way hit me hard, because several years ago, a friend of mine left us the same way, and I've always wondered if I could have helped, if I'd been more attentive to his cries for help. However, I heard later that the verse was actually a metaphor for peace getting so frustrated with humanity that she killed herself. Yikes!
Agreed. I’ve never thought that ending belonged to the rest of the song either. It’s a shame they bolted it on. It’s like painting a moustache on the Mona Lisa.
Each decade carries over to the next one, some take a longer time than others. The 60's seemed to carry into 1972. But the 70's carried into 1984-85. At least that's the way it seemed to me.....
Welcome to Deep Purple, I'm sure you'd probably know some of their songs. Burn is my favourite. The guitarist here, Ritchie Blackmore, you might know the name? Anyway he formed a band called Rainbow that had Ronnie James Dio as the lead singer for quite a while. There's some great songs that you might like by them. Stargazer and Gates of Babylon are two excellent songs of theirs.
Yeah, I agree, the ending is a bit odd and you're right, that audience looks like they bought the wrong tickets! Gillan's vocals when he starts belting stand out for me, loved Lord's keyboards plus Blackmore's solo.
Wow...Quite a different song for you to review. I had 'Made in Japan' back in my teens growing up in the 70's. So this review brought me back to those days. Great musicians and one of the biggest rock bands back in the day. I was lucky enough to see Richie Blackmore's Rainbow (The guitarist's band) back on The Rainbow Rising Tour in 1976. I know you probably get thousands of recommendations but 'Thin Lizzy & Gary Moore - Don't Believe A Word - Live at BBC TV, 1979 (Remastered) HD' is worth a listen. Moore snaps a string during the live performance but still rocks the s--t out of the track lol. Worth watching also for Phil Lynott, the coolest, smoothest, front man in rock. Shame he died so young.
Deep Purple man gotta dig em nearly every guitarist started with smoke on the water in my day walk in to a guitar shop and someone would be playing it. not me my first tune was Pretty Vacant by the Sex Pistols.
In two years youre my wife, your a match for me!!!!!!!. I know till over 40 years music, because music is my passion, and i sold many albums in my 63years. I think, you know a lot before this phrases . Good night, i have to sleep know, because i have to awake at three in the morning. Tschüüüüüs my love!!!!!!!!. Und ich mache keine Witze, weil ich ein sternzeichen Löwe bin, am 1.august 1961 leider mit Krebs geboren. Die Leute mussten stumm bleiben, weil es ein exklusiver Auftritt war.
As others have noted this song was quite literal - the people being cried for day and night were the young men (and women) catching lead in Vietnam. Tragedy. Btw - Richie Blackmore’s guitar solo on the studio version is absolutely iconic and imo not done justice here. Reacting or not it’s well worth a listen. 👍🏻
I just looked up the song meaning. According to Ian Gillan, the singer, it's about the cold war that had been going on for a while. He said everyone was aware of the threat of nuclear war and being annihilated at any moment. Those last lyrics, I don't know. Maybe he was talking to God saying that 3 times he tried to be with Him. (maybe begging the Lord to take him bc of a nuke war???) And the third time, he just ended it himself. Just a theory. Nobody has addressed it yet in the comments or elsewhere that I saw. The song is dope, though. I'm sad at the end you weren't into it though. It's a harsh lyric, I know. Especially if you know someone who did that. Peace and love, darling.
I think the ending was improvised here and had little to do with the rest of the c song. There are different endings on other performances. People often recommend this performance for the shock value of when Gillan goes into those impossible screams after the more gentle verses.
God bless you...the original VOICE! The one and only Ian Gillan. You should really check out Devin Townsend, now...his live performance of "Deadhead" from the Royal Albert Hall. Your education will be so much fuller for it❤✌
Another nice choice for a song to present. The version of this song on their epic live album, "Made In Japan", is better, if you'd like to hear another take of it. In fact, that whole album is excellent, if you like early hard rock.
This was written as a protest against the war that was going on in Viet Nam at the time. The chaotic ending fits with the war theme, as war is not a pleasant endeavor.
Probably a studio audience. Definitely not a Deep Purple audience. Don't over think this music. As rocking teens in the 70's cranking DP on the radio on the way to school, we never gave two seconds of thought to the meaning of the lyrics. It's irrelevant. Hear and feel the power. Crank it up and rock on.
This was filmed during a live TV performance. TV audio was very fickle back then, so the audience were specifically directed to be still and silent during the actual performance. It was just "how things were done" back in '69...
Very close. It was performed live. The audience was instructed not to react as the performance was being recorded as a track, and they didn't want audience noise interfering with the music recording.
The 'blind man shooting at the world' was a metaphor for the war machine that was currently ginning up the Viet Nam war. The audience were requested to be still because they were filming the video. This was a common practice back then. I love Deep Purple and they have a large and varied catalog. For me, this is the best song they ever did, and this version in particular is even better than the studio version on their 'In Rock' album.
No, it has nothing to do with the Vietnam War. It's about the Cold War.
@larteonceagain Not many bullets fired during the Cold War, so I agree with the Vietnam War suggestion. ❤😎
Ian Gillan as said the song was about the Cold War
@@tomrudolsen6235Well, the bullets are metafores. But since Gillan countless times said that it's about the Cold War, I'll go with the real facts.
@@tomrudolsen6235It's ah fact, They are British, The cold war was on our door step,Hahaha, just watch some of his interviews, Straight from the horses mouth, Instead of firing bullets in the dark, by the way, my sister was in the Audience,
For the 70s , I still think that Ian Gillan had the best vocals and voice ! And Deep Purple is so much more than just Smoke On The Water !
I agree he was one of the bests.
I really enjoyed him singing the role of Christ in "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Each one a musical genius in their own right - together, just pure magic! No autotune, electronic wizadry or more modern 'polished' instruments - just insane storytelling where every instrument balances perfectly (and I include the voice as an instrument)
No gimmicks, no gizmos or autotune - absolutely live just straight up pure raw talent from some of the finest musicians to stroll this earth.
We're blessed to have this recorded for posterity and for current and future generations to be able to see, feel and learn just how things had to be done 54 years ago and counting.
It was this performance that convinced Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to ask Ian Gillan to be the original Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar - it is him singing on the original soundtrack though he never reprised the role in the film due to his Deep Purple commitments.
Well...this is a Masterclass. 5 Musicians, a Container-Ship-Load of Talent and some Instruments......This is legendary. Compare this to nowadays music and you will find very few bands that come close.....very few.....
I am so happy I have seen them Live and that they were part of my youth.....feeling blessed.
Nice Reaction again - seemed you liked it too 🙂
If you need more Deep Purple - Try Highway Star...or a longer one....Lazy from "Made in Japan"...you will love it.
Deep purple was my first concert at 13 years old I talked my mom into taking me and 3 friends a 100 miles to the first concert in the Houston Astrodome with 45k other fans and the rest is history
For me best TV performance i have seen.
Great Reaction, Red! One of the original 'heavy metal' bands.
Nice ride Red. Ty for takin us with you on thus one. Really enjoyed it...💚🇺🇲
Music of my youth......handmade as we say.......no pitch correction, no nothing.....
The audience in TV studios in these days was told to stay calm and seated......so they did.
Ian Gillan on that one is unmatched......
Funny thing I remember...it was hard to dance on ......
First part was perfect to clinge with your girl....but when was right moment to let loose??????
A great classic song......everyone in my age knows it........
@HCH944 Right moment to let loose was when the 10 minutes were over, not a second earlier. 😆
I miss the 70s.❤️⭐️🥂☀️
Ritchie Blackmore top 3 guitarist in the world in his day. Rip Jon Douglas Lord 😢 🙏
Those vocals reminded you of the Stones? Are you kidding ne? Mick Jagger couldn’t approach that on his best day ever !!!
I was disgusted when I heard her say that. She had nothing of any value to say about this song. One of the best all around bands in history, one of the musically best songs in every way. And she says reminds her of the stones and doesn’t like or get the ending. I’m all set with this chic that’s clearly here for the money and hasn’t got a clue.
@@michaelsadowski2360a bit harsh, no?
Hey RHN, Another awesome tune and reaction!!! Thank you. Have a great day.👍👍
Classic RnR ! Highway Star is probably my favorite of theirs
A great reaction to this masterpiece from a one of the real legends of music. This was a live TV performance from TV station Granada TV NW of England, from a series called "Doing Their Thing". Yes everyone always zones in on the audience, but you have to remember technology back then wasn't as sophisticated as it is today, there's a brief shot of one of the cameras, and it's huge, no wonder Ian Gillian reacted as he did when it was shoved up his nose, so the studio audience would have been under strict instruction to sit like church mice, so as not to detract from the performance.
It is so great to have lived when Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Black Sabbath, Rolling Stones, etc were in their prime.
The musicians in Deep Purple were probably the best of the UK’s heavy rock generation. John Lord on keyboards, Ian Paice on drums, Richie Blackmore on lead guitar, Roger Glover on bass & Ian Gillian with the vocals.
Pretty please, next "Perfect Strangers".
I love the way you engulf yourself in the music and let it take you with it! You are a person who 'gets' the music. I can tell just from watching you. The reason the people are just sitting there is because it was a TV show that had artists preform, and during those performances, the audience watched.
Are you serious? She said nothing worth anything in this reaction. Clearly knows nothing about music.
The Made In Japan version, also live with no overdubs, just pure talent bordering on supernatural, kills this, but it is still an amazing performance. My favorite live group of all time, at least this lineup.
There will never be an album that comes near Made in Japan
I was 5 at this time. But I did manage to see Deep Purple 2 times in the 80s. One of the best live albums is Deep Purple Made in Japan. Great album. Oh yea I’m a TW fan.
One of my favourite bands, amazing to grow up listening to this and then seeing them live. Last time live was in Edinburgh (Scotland) late 80s/ early 90s and here I am going to see them again in 2024 in Glasgow is a bit crazy (to me)! ( three members from this concert will be performing (lead singer- Ian, Drums - Iain, Bass -Roger). ❤
Hi Red - I saw them live in 1970 (Bournemouth Winter Gardens, for all my Brit compatriots!) and this song was certainly one of the highlights of the show - the whole album (Deep Purple in Rock) was ground-breaking, pointing to one of the various directions that the early 70s Rock scene was moving. It remains, to my mind, one of the great seminal rock albums of all time.
And it had a really cool cover!
The organist, Jon Lord, was a classically trained musician with wide-ranging skills - later in his life he went on to write orchestral music that was much influenced by the great British composer Edward Elgar.
A year or two after 'Deep Purple in Rock' they became the first band, as far as I know, to make a 'fusion' rock/classical album 'Deep Purple in Concert' - Jon Lord's Concerto for Group and Orchestra, with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Malcolm Arnold, one of the up-and-coming classical conductors of the time. Of course, these days, everyone and their brother has done orchestral collaborations, but at the time it was pretty innovative.
The organ noodling at the beginning and near the end was a little different at every live gig, but I've never heard a version to beat the original studio album performance.
And you're right about the ending, it's messy and disconnected and irrelevant - I'm sure it was a lot tighter on the album.
As far as that uptight audience goes - well, yes, weird - it looked like a television spot to me, and you must remember that television was still a very young and developing medium - program formats were often quite bizarre mixes called 'Variety shows' which tried to include something for everyone - that audience might have been watching a juggler 5 minutes before, or a stand-up comic, or listening to a crooner. They certainly didn't all turn up just to see a rock band, and some of them would have been shocked by what they heard.
'The past is another country; they do things differently there'.
Hi mate! Actually the Concerto For Group And Orchestra came before Deep Purple In Rock
One of the iconic song to live by👍👍👍💙❤💙
Deep Purple have gone through numerous lineup changes over the years but this mark II lineup is recognised as the best. Ian Gillan on vocals, Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, Jon Lord on keyboards, Roger Glover on bass and Ian Paice on drums. Believe it or not, they are still going and have just released another album. Ian Gillan, Ian Paice and Roger Glover are still part of the band. Ian Paice, the drummer is the only member who has been there throughout.
Yep--and it's a great new album,too! Purple fans need it! T
I saw DEEP PURPLE live 7 times in concert! 😮
Just pure undiluted talent ! This band are legendary xx
This period was graced with some amazing rock vocalists, Roger Daltrey (The Who), Paul Rodgers (Free and others), Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) to name but a few. Ian Gillan of Deep Purple was up there too and as a 'singer' as well as a vocalist IG was probably the most controlled and accomplished. His performance on this recording is amazing. Well worth watching The Charismatic Voice's reaction and analysis.
I remember the first time I ever heard this song. I was 17 sitting on the floor in my room with my legs crossed doing artwork after smoking a J. My best friend had let me borrow the record to listen to. Still love this song now just as much at 60 as I did then, minus the smoking now though.😊
Deep Purple, one of my favorite bands and one of my favorite songs from them. YOU ARE A FOX!!!!
Wow the octaves his is hitting !!!!!!
saw them do this live in 1972 awesome
Keep in mind that they are still active today, albeit with a different guitarist and keyboardist, and continue to release very good albums, last released 1 month ago.
Hi, love your videos! If you're listening to Deep Purple, I strongly suggest "Perfect Strangers". That was a huge come back album for them.
Thanks again!
This was a for tv recording and the audience were told to sit still and quiet so as not to affect the recording.
Hey Red!!!
🔥 reaction as always!
Hope you're doing well!
It is one of the greatest rock band ever
Wow, AJ, then Eivør and now Purple, great taste in music:) Purple just did a gig in Denmark, 54 years after this one! I did read that Gillans voice didn´t have the power it used to - at 80!
Greatest rock song ever written. Stargazer, by Rainbow comes as close second.
And they are still going! Touring and released a new album just last month.
My era. I lived through all of this great music and great bands. The audience was told not to 'freak out'.
Brilliant. You are that rare person known as a female 'Thinker' rather than a 'Feeler'. I watched your reactions to this and you were truly engaged! (similar to my own...an absolute feeling classic) and yet, after it was over, you reverted to a thinking analysis of what you just heard. Fascinating. (As Spock once said...:)). I have watched other 'Thinking types' review my favourite tracks and you are all the same...hehe. What do I mean? The very best feeling, emotionally intense songs actually bring you thinking, logical types (momentarily) outta your shell. I literally watched you go from fandom to analysis within a few seconds. And the best praise you can give is 'that was very interesting and different'. Love it. Robot...ok emotionally repressed robot...:)))) OK. Don't believe me? I watched a very similar review by a (male) equivalent to you. He is a top bloke. Dry. Sardonic. But very technically accurate (i.e. a bit boring!). I watch this review because it ticks all my boxes...He is like you. I'm interested in this...otherwise...why bother eh? Did I already say that? Whatever. :) Here's a recommendation. I'd love you to watch the same video review of one of this track...from Alex...but my challenge to you is to review 'Swamp Thing' and not use the words...'Fantastic! I like that....a lot actually...in fact I'm going to give that a nice 4.5 stars...Great...GREAT! (you get the point)' . This is the closest any thinker has come to actually connecting with feelers...I try to connect people in my life. Obviously, neither one of you are in my life, but every week, you guys are my virtual best mates...i.e people I connect and engage with after a few beers...Haha. Thanks for being in my space....!!!! Ah. Ok the actual review I want you to respond to...ok...Alex is my top guy. I'm sure you'd connect...
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This MK II version of Deep Purple was incredible and they are still influencing bands today. I know you like Band-Maid. Their drummer, Akane Hirose, credits Deep Purple's drummer, Ian Paice, as one of her main influences and the Deep Purple band as one of her favorites.
It stand's to this day . look at our world . Peace good luck.
Fantastic Song from a Great album..ln Rock ❤❤
LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE REACT TO THIS, I GREW UP WITH IT, THOUGHT IT MIGHT SILENCE YOU AT THE START, YOU JUST CANT STOP THE TRACK HEY
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Highway Star should be your next one. Another classic by the mighty DP.
That's my favourite band till my death. And this concert is sooooooo special, because it was special and exclusivelly only for the bbc.
Perfect strangers has to be your next song 🤘🏴🌹
It's Bloody Wicked Indeed...
Psychedelic? Hippie aesthetic? This is pure blues rock at its finest
The audience was told to stay seated during the performances because the technology wasn't really good enough back then to mute the cheering and clapping. In between songs, they could go wild.
A classis song and by a band not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, shame on them....Great reaction by the way!
Deep Purple was inducted in 2016.
They are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by the way!!
As someone that was there, I can confirm that is was indeed the '60s until at least '75 😂 It looks like this was being filmed in front of a studio audience, maybe American bandstand. The Deep Purple concerts that I went to were much more lively, we did a thing called "Sock hops" (Because of being very stoned).
That verbiage at the ending is not on the studio cut. Yeah I've always felt a little odd about that as well but the thing is this is such a fantastic quality of early recording sound and video from that era. Of course it's on a set and so the audience has to be quiet and all that but there is footage of them playing live from around this time and just shortly later that you will see that they are the epitome of a really crazy loud chaotic Rock concert.
Fantastic. Lead singer Ian Gillam played or sang the voice of Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. If you haven't heard it you really need to. Thanks for reacting to one of my favorites of theirs.
Jon Lord on keys, Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, Roger Glover on bass, Ian Paice on drums, and Ian Gillan on vocals
On a side note, Ian Gillan played the lead in the London production of Jesus Christ, Superstar just prior to joining Deep Purple.
Check out Mr. Big by Free , Doing Their Thing Live 1970. I believe it's filmed at the same place with the same kind of mellow looking crowd. Not quite as epic as this but still great.
You might like to listen to the studio version as DP will have had to fit this song into the tv schedules.
Love your reaction to this. Hopefully you do more deep purple. Listen to smoke on the water next because you’ve probably heard it before and then I suggest lazy, one of my favorites
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Saw the purple with G n R and A smith back in the day was a knock down line up … they rock it hard … Ritchie Blackmore shreds … hit up smoke on the water or perfect strangers
My old house gods together with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin back in the 70's.
this was about the vietnam war which was the most polarizing event of the 60' and 70's
@larteonceagain I see, thanks again. ❤😊😎
Another of my all time favorite bands!!
Check out the album "Made in Japan"!!!
I was only 9 in 1970. 🙂
You finally discovered Deep Purple ! Time for an album review of their double live album titled Made in Japan ! Try Space Trucking from Made in Japan if you want to do a song review.
Great band, they recorded live hence the audience keeping quiet.
If your going to close your eyes you should just listen to the album version. The video of this song is a must SEE
Epic band...Meravigliosi
The crowd was told to be quiet because it was being recorded .if you watch old beetles live crowds were so loud you couldn't hear music
I wasn't going to comment but felt I had to. As a teenager in the 70s I bought my first album (Sabotage - Black Sabbath) - next was Machine Head by Deep Purple (I ended up owning all the mark2 albums of which you have just heard one of the Classics of the record IN ROCK. These two bands together with Led Zeppelin are the originators of the genre of "Heavy Metal" And I love them to this day. Master musicians but a few sad stories along the way with personality clashes etc.
This is DP Mk2, the best line-up imho. Jon Lord (RIP) on his cutdown and modified Hammond C3 organ fed thru a bank of a Marshall amp was originally classically trained. Ian Gillan’s vocals are stunning. He sang the role of Jesus in the studio production of the 1969 live Jesus Christ Superstar. Ritchie Blackmore on lead guitar is one of the best and most underrated guitarists ever and is an absolute legend. Ian Paice is one of the best drummers and Roger Glover is superb in the engine room on bass guitar. You must do some more DP. Highway Star, Space Truckin’, Burn, Black Night and of course Smoke on the Water. You should also have a listen to some Rainbow too. Stargazer and its sequel A Light in the Black is epic. Kill the King, Tarot Woman and Starstruck are also great.
Metaphorical bullets aside, the Vietnam war was going on in 1970 (and when the song was recorded), and casualties, both military and civilian were being caused by a lot of flying lead. Worse, the cold war was threatening to have conflicts like this explode into world war. Those putting the world at risk were blind men, shooting at the world, and the consequences were untold numbers of dead and maimed humans.
Thanks for reacting to another great piece! 😄
And deep purple are still going 55 years later
Wrong. Today's Deep Purple isn 't this band .
@@truthenema245three of them are original DP Mark 2 (the best line-up imho) from 1970 to 1972/3. They broke up in 1975. Lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore formed Rainbow with Ronnie James Dio (RIP). Deep Purple reformed in 1984 with the Mark 2 line-up. Perfect Strangers is well worth a listen. After several changes they are still going!
@@tedburnard841 Yeah but they sound weak without Blackmore and Lord.
@@truthenema245 I wouldn’t call them weak, just not as good. Jon Lord is brilliant on the Hammond C3 and Blackmore is an absolute legend
@@tedburnard841 I would call their rhythm tone today weak sounding. They're sorely missing Blackmore's patent rhythm guitar tone. Listen to the live version of the song Burn from the Cal Jam concert to hear it.
Comes from the song by ITS A BEAUTIFUL DAY song Bombay Callin they added Lyrics and change up the sound each group changed material
If you've heard the song "Smoke On The Water", you've listened to Deep Purple.
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The ending reminded me of a lost and hurting soldier trying to reach out to a friend or loved one, but getting no response. On the third try, he gives up and takes his own life. Seeing it that way hit me hard, because several years ago, a friend of mine left us the same way, and I've always wondered if I could have helped, if I'd been more attentive to his cries for help. However, I heard later that the verse was actually a metaphor for peace getting so frustrated with humanity that she killed herself. Yikes!
Try another Deep Purple Live:
Concerto For Group And Orchestra (+ Malcolm Arnold)
Agreed. I’ve never thought that ending belonged to the rest of the song either. It’s a shame they bolted it on. It’s like painting a moustache on the Mona Lisa.
Each decade carries over to the next one, some take a longer time than others. The 60's seemed to carry into 1972. But the 70's carried into 1984-85. At least that's the way it seemed to me.....
Welcome to Deep Purple, I'm sure you'd probably know some of their songs. Burn is my favourite. The guitarist here, Ritchie Blackmore, you might know the name? Anyway he formed a band called Rainbow that had Ronnie James Dio as the lead singer for quite a while. There's some great songs that you might like by them. Stargazer and Gates of Babylon are two excellent songs of theirs.
Ian Gillan putting on a 2 octave range vocal performance, LIVE!
I think he bottoms at about a G2 and tops out at an A6 if you include the falsetto. So he can hit four octaves!
The ending was not included on the album, which was tacked on for this live performance.
Yeah, I agree, the ending is a bit odd and you're right, that audience looks like they bought the wrong tickets! Gillan's vocals when he starts belting stand out for me, loved Lord's keyboards plus Blackmore's solo.
Wow...Quite a different song for you to review. I had 'Made in Japan' back in my teens growing up in the 70's. So this review brought me back to those days. Great musicians and one of the biggest rock bands back in the day. I was lucky enough to see Richie Blackmore's Rainbow (The guitarist's band) back on The Rainbow Rising Tour in 1976.
I know you probably get thousands of recommendations but 'Thin Lizzy & Gary Moore - Don't Believe A Word - Live at BBC TV, 1979 (Remastered) HD' is worth a listen. Moore snaps a string during the live performance but still rocks the s--t out of the track lol.
Worth watching also for Phil Lynott, the coolest, smoothest, front man in rock. Shame he died so young.
Deep Purple man gotta dig em nearly every guitarist started with smoke on the water in my day walk in to a guitar shop and someone would be playing it. not me my first tune was Pretty Vacant by the Sex Pistols.
In two years youre my wife, your a match for me!!!!!!!. I know till over 40 years music, because music is my passion, and i sold many albums in my 63years. I think, you know a lot before this phrases . Good night, i have to sleep know, because i have to awake at three in the morning. Tschüüüüüs my love!!!!!!!!. Und ich mache keine Witze, weil ich ein sternzeichen Löwe bin, am 1.august 1961 leider mit Krebs geboren. Die Leute mussten stumm bleiben, weil es ein exklusiver Auftritt war.
Look at that audience! 😆
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As others have noted this song was quite literal - the people being cried for day and night were the young men (and women) catching lead in Vietnam. Tragedy.
Btw - Richie Blackmore’s guitar solo on the studio version is absolutely iconic and imo not done justice here.
Reacting or not it’s well worth a listen. 👍🏻
I just looked up the song meaning. According to Ian Gillan, the singer, it's about the cold war that had been going on for a while. He said everyone was aware of the threat of nuclear war and being annihilated at any moment. Those last lyrics, I don't know. Maybe he was talking to God saying that 3 times he tried to be with Him. (maybe begging the Lord to take him bc of a nuke war???) And the third time, he just ended it himself. Just a theory. Nobody has addressed it yet in the comments or elsewhere that I saw. The song is dope, though. I'm sad at the end you weren't into it though. It's a harsh lyric, I know. Especially if you know someone who did that. Peace and love, darling.
I think the ending was improvised here and had little to do with the rest of the c song. There are different endings on other performances. People often recommend this performance for the shock value of when Gillan goes into those impossible screams after the more gentle verses.
God bless you...the original VOICE! The one and only Ian Gillan. You should really check out Devin Townsend, now...his live performance of "Deadhead" from the Royal Albert Hall. Your education will be so much fuller for it❤✌
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Great video red can you try Emerson lake and palmer, fanfare for the common man.please
Another nice choice for a song to present. The version of this song on their epic live album, "Made In Japan", is better, if you'd like to hear another take of it. In fact, that whole album is excellent, if you like early hard rock.
SOME ADVICE Now you need to listen to this same band but listen to the song (MACHINE HEAD) a classic for sure.
This was written as a protest against the war that was going on in Viet Nam at the time. The chaotic ending fits with the war theme, as war is not a pleasant endeavor.
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@@bluesdoc737it was not a protest song against the Vietnam war Ian Gillan as said it was about the Cold War
Probably a studio audience. Definitely not a Deep Purple audience. Don't over think this music. As rocking teens in the 70's cranking DP on the radio on the way to school, we never gave two seconds of thought to the meaning of the lyrics. It's irrelevant. Hear and feel the power. Crank it up and rock on.
MKII. This version of Deep Purple was still hippie-ish.