This song was born on a tour bus going to Portsmouth UK in 1971, when a reporter asked the band how they wrote songs. To demonstrate, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore grabbed an acoustic guitar and began playing a riff cosisting of a single g repeated over and over, while vocalist Ian Gillan improvised lyrics over the top. the song was refined and was performed that same night.
I must admit, back in the day if you knew you were going to street race someone, this was a pretty good motivational tune! And we took it all for granted, still amazes me
Oh. My happy bobble heads who I love so much. You have GOT to do more Deep Purple. React to ANY SONG off of "Perfect Strangers". EVERY SONG IS COMPLETE FIRE! This is a band I would die if couldn't listen to them. MORE DEEP PURPLE and while we're at it. MORE BLUE OYSTER CULT! Pretty please!
Roger Glover again on bass, just like on "Lazy" from the same album, Machine Head. Ian Paice right with him on drums. And of course, the great Ritchie Blackmore on guitair.
This is one of the few hard rock groups I enjoyed in the 60's-70's. My favorites are their covers of Joe South's "Hush" & Neil Diamond's "Kentucky Woman". Also like "Smoke On The Water", "Child In Time", "Woman From Tokyo", "Fireball", Speed King", "Space Truckin'", etc.
Getting a ticket? Not this one, but I did get stopped at midnight on my way back from playing pickup hockey, with the Steely Dan song "Midnight Cruiser" playing.
My mom and dad got me this album in '72 on my 18th b'day. My dad was a intense Purple fan. He turned me on to Buddy Holly, the Everlys, Bobby Rydell, Chuck Barry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, to name a few. He took me to see Tommy James and the Shondells, my first concert in '68.
I played in a Classic Rock band for over 30 years, and we did a few DP songs, and this was my favorite. To mis-quote JFK: "...not because it was easy, but because it was HARD! 🥵
Man, what great memories with this tune and LP. I was 15, sophomore in HS when this came out. Grew up on beautiful Lake Huron...great beach parties...bonfires, bongs, booze and babes...and oh yeah, this song and LP...magical times, and this was played ALL OF THE TIME! Great pick, guys.
Ty, you will like this story. there were two songs I listened to driving from Cape Town to the Skeleton Coast in Southern Africa, through the desert, and hell yeah, my foot literally drove a hole into the metal, gotta be done! The other song produced a different kinda driving mood, Yazoo's (Yaz in the US) I Before E Except After C, totally weird vibe, and my first ever road trip, only having learned to drive a few months before I set off.Deep Purple's Child in Time, is a good next choice. P.S. The Machine Head, is at the top of the neck of the guitar, where you tune your strings.
JUST THE WAYYYYY LORD AND BLACKMORE PLAYED OFF EACH OTHER IS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD AND FASCINATED ME THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT 50 YEARS AGO NOW! LMAO :) DAMNNNNNNN! AND THE ALB UM ITSELF IS DEFINITELYYYY IN THE TOP 50 ROCK ALBUMS OF ALL TIME, JUST 7 TRACKS, OUTSTANDING GUYS! :) PICTURES OF HOME, LAZY, SPACE TRUCKIN
The organ solo and guitar solo are indeed written to mimic the other, the same thing Ritchie and Jon did on Burn. This are the only two songs with written solos the rest are done improvised.
One of the best albums ever made period. You can hear everyone from Pantera to Metallica in this song, every musician a master of their craft and quite obviously the blueprint for every hard rock/metal band that came after. Not a single bad song on the album, a true work of art
I street raced quite a bit in the 80s and yes, this played often while I did it! There were ways to steet race; point to point, an agreed distance and then just highway racing to see how fast and who backed off first. I lost very very few 😁
Wow. The memories that flow through this music and wash over me. I loved, loved this album, it was the first record I ever bought when I got my first pay. I was 16 years old, awkward, shy and self conscious but owning this record made me feel cool and part of something bigger than myself. It made me feel alive!
So glad you finally played Deep Purple. They are my all time favorite group. I went to a concert in Detroit, Michigan to see Black Sabbath which I really liked but once Ian Gillan started to sing I didn't care anymore about Sabbath. Each person in this band was the epitome of perfection and I loved Gillans screams which I still think could not be topped. The year was 1972 and i saw them again at the Ford Theatre in Detroit and they were even better. I have to say that I also saw Led Zeppelin and I always preferred Deep Purple. Ian Gillan sang in the performance of Jesus Christ Superstar because Lloyd Webber wanted Ian because he had the perfect voice for the part.
such a good band so many good tracks but if you want to see how they developed try Hush followed by child in time. The instruments are all excellent as always with DP but Mr Gillans vocal on child in time is everything. it is an anti war song written in 1969 but still completely relevant. They are brilliant to see live always an element of humour and clearly love what they are doing. I would also check out blacknight and strange kind of woman the 1972 live versions. In strange kind there is a dual between the guitar and the vocal which is superb. Also last year they released a version of oh well with a heist movie video which is brilliant and very funny. The fact they are still releasing material and loving what they are doing is life enhancing.
During the Blackmore guitar solo you can see the short white line in the middle of the road goes so fast man , I received this album for my 16th birthday in 1973 and I still remember the feeling of then when I first listened, what a group what a song.
Oh guys, I really enjoyed listening to that again with you! Great observations! My request is "Child In Time". It is arguably their magnum opus. The studio version from 1970 is incredibly good. Their live performance of it is even better and includes a keyboard solo not featured on the studio version. So, please play the audio track from "Made In Japan - remastered" 1972. Your ears will thank you for it, ngl. :D
Glad you choosing lots of dedp purple. My reguest is for you to put on those beadphones on andtake a wild trip with space trucking live from made in japan. 5 musicians and the top of their games jamming an encore like no one else. Driving none stop drums 4 20 minues. Th3 great jon lord doing what only he could do. Sounds you didnt even were possible. Slick guitar played with violin bow. Just close your eyes and alter ur minds!
The story goes that this was written in the tour bus on the way to a gig in Portsmouth UK. A journalist was interviewing the band and asked how they came up with the songs - Ritchie said I do a lick like this, then Ian comes up with some lyrics...they put it in the set that night
"Lazy" and "Child In Time" are the two best DP songs--on the live Made In Japan album. I bought the Machine Head album after hearing "Child In Time" on a local underground radio show and when "Smoke on the Water" came out. "Space Truckin'" is worth a listen just for the drum work alone. So I listened to this on eight track in a '72 Pontiac Grand Ville. It was a boat, but with a .455, man, it could getup and move. Back in those days you didn't need a song like this to get a speeding ticket, the cars were enough by themselves.
@@jamesdignanmusic2765 What a strange bit of reasoning. I forgot nothing. That song is not on my A list--we all have our own tastes. That one of the best live albums of all time was recorded in and has Japan in its name is peripheral--it could have been recorded any number of places and still been an excellent example of how these guys were ridiculously good at improvisation making them incredible live. That's all I think of when I refer to Made In Japan as an album (other than the phrase back then meant cheap and shoddy so was somewhat ironic) and I doubt many people other than you make this connection between the album and the song in this way--that any time you mention the album you must remember to mention the song. Makes sense if we're talking about Deep Purple in general, but not just because one mentions the album.
The three 'works of art' albums these guys did were Machine Head, Deep Purple in Rock and Who Do We Think We Are.... not many listen to the last one anymore but Black Suede off Who Do We Think We Are is a classic... enjoy...
In 1984 I bought a 71 chevelle w 8569 miles on it. Retired couple bought it out west retired n trucked the car to Pennsylvania. Every oil change was document on the sticker inside the door. Small 8 307 posi rear. You bet we had this blasting many a summer night running the highways and street. Black Betty was another gonna get you to drive as fast as you can song. Miss that car!
I'll be honest I had only ever listened to this song out of the corner of my ear, so to speak, as music in the background while people were talking. Listening closely with headphones, no buds chattering, this is total fire. Next do "Hush".
When I was a young driver, with my first car, a 71 Chevy Nova, all I was doing was getting speeding tickets, so chances are, I was listening to this during one of them! LOL!
As the story goes, this song was composed spontaneously while riding a bus with a journalist. When he asked how the band wrote songs, Blackmore began to play the riff, and Gillan began to sing along. That's how they wrote the song, which they performed that evening at the concert. A rawer version can be heard on the Beat Club's live recording. Not that the Lord did not take any part, but to call this song his, somehow it is wrong 😊.
Yeah it's too bad you didn't react to the Made in Japan version of "Highway Star." It's one of the rare occasions where the live version is superior to the Studio version. Not only the performance value but the sound quality is far more advanced in the live version for some reason. But you can redeem yourself with Deep Purple by hitting the Made in Japan version of "Strange kinda Woman." There's a kick ass dueling guitar and vocals in the song, and a top ten lead guitar solo ever. Cheers from the Rock and Roll Past!
Please!! You guys need to listen to this song on the Made in Japan album!!! It is so much better in my opinion. Anyway, thanks for what you do and sharing it with us. Take care.
I remember when machine head came out. We loooved it. Oughta do Lazy... Awesome song. Actually... Don't drink water from a cactus. That's a myth. I don't recall getting a ticket while driving to this song but it was in the 8 track/cassette box. Probably had the CD too.
Met and shook hands with bassist Roger Glover outside House of Blues in downtown Chicago. That was really cool. Told him I grew up listening to you guys. He laughed and said I must be older than him. Heavy English accent. Check out video from song Perfect Strangers. They all get together at one of their massive mansions. You see them eating with their families playing soccer and just hanging out with everyone there. Of course they jammed in the studio also. Pretty neat seeing that side of them after seeing them live which I did 3 times.
That is their greatest album. I was a bit young for the earlier 60s/70s stuff but awesome bands like this I have grown to absolutely fall in love with, especially in the last several years. Love their fan base who have sent me down the DP rabbit hole.
This is the ultimate driving song - a tour de force of guitar, organ, voice, drums, and bass! Never got a speeding ticket to this... but Pink Floyd's "One of these Days", that's another story :) As far as the Zappa fire is concerned, a lot of people were rescued from that fire by Claude Nobs, a Swiss record executive, who is mentioned in "Smoke on the Water" as funky Claude. "Woman From Tokyo" or "Lazy" next!
Just can't go wrong with Deep Purple!!! Check out Hush, Space Trucking, Burn, any song off of Machine Head is awesome, my women from Tokyo, the list goes on and on. Great job guys. Love the channel.
An absolute classic that never gets old. I think you've reacted to Smoke on the Water and Child In Time. Guys, if you haven't yet please react to the other Deep Purple classic Woman From Tokyo. It is too often overlooked but is fire.
Storm Bringer/ Black Knight/Space Truckin' /Fire Ball are 4 more absolutely amazing and Rocking tracks that you guys will definitely enjoy true early pioneer songs of heavy rock and metal early sounds
Pioneering, hard rock classic for sure. To hear an even more intense performance of this song, be sure to check out the classic live version recorded in August 1972 from their live album "Made in Japan". I could not even begin to count how many times my friends and I have "air-guitared" to this baby over the years. To use your guys' classic description, it's FIRE...to the hilt!!!
Beach Boys did fast car songs in the 60’s. “ Little GTO” is a great one. Also, don’t forget “ Hot Rod Lincoln” by Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen!
My first "adult" album that I bought myself in 1973. Before that I had all the Monkees albums which had been Christmas and birthday gifts. This is the album and song I usually pop in the CD player in my Mustang when I get her out of storage in spring.
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This album is a complete MASTERPIECE. Period!!!
AB-SO-FUKKIN-LUTE-LEE✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️
I remember dancing to smoke on the water in 1972 in the jr. High gym. This band was great. Every member was top tier
One of the greatest heavy rock records ever made. I named my dark purple VW camper van after it, my Highway Star... had to be done. x
This song holds the record for speeding tickets at 2,3 million followed by radar love with 2,6 millliontickets
Richie Blackmore says that Mozart was the inspiration for the guitar solo. Jon Lord said Beethoven was his inspiration on the keys.
LEGENDS!!! Blackmore rules forever!
This song was born on a tour bus going to Portsmouth UK in 1971, when a reporter asked the band
how they wrote songs. To demonstrate, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore grabbed an acoustic guitar and began playing
a riff cosisting of a single g repeated over and over, while vocalist Ian Gillan improvised lyrics over the top.
the song was refined and was performed that same night.
Greatest music what people remember about live music
I must admit, back in the day if you knew you were going to street race someone, this was a pretty good motivational tune! And we took it all for granted, still amazes me
Эта композиция,как и весь альбом просто Великое совершенство!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Songs like this couldn't be written in 2022....
Oh. My happy bobble heads who I love so much. You have GOT to do more Deep Purple. React to ANY SONG off of "Perfect Strangers". EVERY SONG IS COMPLETE FIRE! This is a band I would die if couldn't listen to them. MORE DEEP PURPLE and while we're at it. MORE BLUE OYSTER CULT! Pretty please!
A pure Classic. One of the greatest rock songs ever recorded. Pure Fire. This song was made for the Highway ! A power song ! FIRE !
Guys, you have to check out " Lazy" phenomenal song
“Machine head” refers to the small gear mechanism on the back of a guitar string tuner.
Remember that the shredding was 1971. No other guitarists was doing that back then.
Roger Glover again on bass, just like on "Lazy" from the same album, Machine Head. Ian Paice right with him on drums. And of course, the great Ritchie Blackmore on guitair.
This was Deep Purples best line up .
Definitely
Thank you for the call out to Richie Blackmore. And playing the solo twice!!!🎸🎸🎸🎸🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Love you guys❤❤❤❤❤❤
Saw him in the early 80s with Rainbow. (post DIO, the god of rock!) Freaking love it all!
This is one of the few hard rock groups I enjoyed in the 60's-70's. My favorites are their covers of Joe South's "Hush" & Neil Diamond's "Kentucky Woman". Also like "Smoke On The Water", "Child In Time", "Woman From Tokyo", "Fireball", Speed King", "Space Truckin'", etc.
It’s currently on the main playlist I have while driving my 69 Mercury Cougar along with Space Truckin!
Ian Paice, one of my drumming heroes. Great band. Have this, Made In Japan, which deserves a complete listen.....amazing.
I got so many speeding tickets in the seventies because of this song.
Aerosmith’s walk this way always seemed to make my right foot heavier.
This song is the epitome of 'banger'. DP rocks...and 'hard'.
Yup! It’s an absolute “Banger”!
One of the greatest rock songs of all time from the Fathers of Hard Rock !
"Child in Time" please and thank you. Maybe one of the greatest songs ever... a must for anyone
The live version makes me melt to the floor under my PC EVERY TIME.
Getting a ticket? Not this one, but I did get stopped at midnight on my way back from playing pickup hockey, with the Steely Dan song "Midnight Cruiser" playing.
Reading all the comments and no one sounds like they appreciate Roger Glover's bass which is masterful.
I want to drive a vintage convertible and blast this song! I’m 61 years “young”! It’s also a great song for the “horizontal mambo”😊
My mom and dad got me this album in '72 on my 18th b'day. My dad was a intense Purple fan. He turned me on to Buddy Holly, the Everlys, Bobby Rydell, Chuck Barry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, to name a few. He took me to see Tommy James and the Shondells, my first concert in '68.
I like that you’re going back to throw back bands as young guys!
I played in a Classic Rock band for over 30 years, and we did a few DP songs, and this was my favorite. To mis-quote JFK: "...not because it was easy, but because it was HARD! 🥵
Best guitarist ever! ❤
Check out Space Truckin' off the same LP. It's another good one.
Man, what great memories with this tune and LP. I was 15, sophomore in HS when this came out. Grew up on beautiful Lake Huron...great beach parties...bonfires, bongs, booze and babes...and oh yeah, this song and LP...magical times, and this was played ALL OF THE TIME! Great pick, guys.
Roughly same age, but I just got my learner's permit, and had saved up for a car. After hearing this song, tell me I couldn't wait!!!
@@antarcticorb9197 Great time to be alive as a teen!!
@@benavich8 yep...the world was your oyster as they say.
@@antarcticorb9197 👍
Back when muscle cars were the norm. I had one….69 chevelle SS. Man that shit was fast.
For the amateur guitarist of the '80s, mastering Highway Star's melodic technique is a non-negotiable must.
Classic! The video is exciting too- you get to see them playing.
Ty, you will like this story. there were two songs I listened to driving from Cape Town to the Skeleton Coast in Southern Africa, through the desert, and hell yeah, my foot literally drove a hole into the metal, gotta be done!
The other song produced a different kinda driving mood, Yazoo's (Yaz in the US)
I Before E Except After C, totally weird vibe, and my first ever road trip, only having learned to drive a few months before I set off.Deep Purple's Child in Time, is a good next choice.
P.S. The Machine Head, is at the top of the neck of the guitar, where you tune your strings.
Guys two more great Purple songs are No One Came from Fireball and Sail Away from Burn 🥰🥰
Just think back in the 70s stuff like this was coming out every week.Awsome
I played this album to death in ‘72.
What a band.
JUST THE WAYYYYY LORD AND BLACKMORE PLAYED OFF EACH OTHER IS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD AND FASCINATED ME THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT 50 YEARS AGO NOW! LMAO :) DAMNNNNNNN! AND THE ALB UM ITSELF IS DEFINITELYYYY IN THE TOP 50 ROCK ALBUMS OF ALL TIME, JUST 7 TRACKS, OUTSTANDING GUYS! :) PICTURES OF HOME, LAZY, SPACE TRUCKIN
The organ solo and guitar solo are indeed written to mimic the other, the same thing Ritchie and Jon did on Burn. This are the only two songs with written solos the rest are done improvised.
No speeding tickets, but some serious speed. Think it was playing the first time I hit 110 on a two-lane highway in Arizona.
One of the best albums ever made period. You can hear everyone from Pantera to Metallica in this song, every musician a master of their craft and quite obviously the blueprint for every hard rock/metal band that came after. Not a single bad song on the album, a true work of art
Ive known this for 40 odd years, and listened to countless video reviews, but you really added something new. It just gets better and better
I street raced quite a bit in the 80s and yes, this played often while I did it! There were ways to steet race; point to point, an agreed distance and then just highway racing to see how fast and who backed off first. I lost very very few 😁
Back in the day we'd skip past the slow songs to get to the speedy fire.
Thanks for this guys. This has to be my favourite Purple song ever ! That guitar solo is so Hot, love it xx
Doesn't that give you a whole new perspective on your grandparents who rocked to such music?🙃
I never play this in the car, I need my license.
I had a 72 Dodge Challenger 440 in 1975 you bet your ass I was cruising down the highway to this song
Plymouth fury, old police car in 75. ZOOM.
Vanishing Point...lol, ya'll just described it...we learned early on do not play this album while driving!
Wow. The memories that flow through this music and wash over me. I loved, loved this album, it was the first record I ever bought when I got my first pay. I was 16 years old, awkward, shy and self conscious but owning this record made me feel cool and part of something bigger than myself. It made me feel alive!
Great reaction,more Deep Purple please
So glad you finally played Deep Purple. They are my all time favorite group. I went to a concert in Detroit, Michigan to see Black Sabbath which I really liked but once Ian Gillan started to sing I didn't care anymore about Sabbath. Each person in this band was the epitome of perfection and I loved Gillans screams which I still think could not be topped. The year was 1972 and i saw them again at the Ford Theatre in Detroit and they were even better. I have to say that I also saw Led Zeppelin and I always preferred Deep Purple. Ian Gillan sang in the performance of Jesus Christ
Superstar because Lloyd Webber wanted Ian because he had the perfect voice for the part.
I only want to know!
such a good band so many good tracks but if you want to see how they developed try Hush followed by child in time. The instruments are all excellent as always with DP but Mr Gillans vocal on child in time is everything. it is an anti war song written in 1969 but still completely relevant. They are brilliant to see live always an element of humour and clearly love what they are doing. I would also check out blacknight and strange kind of woman the 1972 live versions. In strange kind there is a dual between the guitar and the vocal which is superb. Also last year they released a version of oh well with a heist movie video which is brilliant and very funny. The fact they are still releasing material and loving what they are doing is life enhancing.
We all wanted to play like Ritchie Blackmore
Guys, you really have to react to Lazy. :) Another awesome song.
Their album “ In Rock” had an album cover that was the best…their faces on Mount Rushmore.
'Perfect Strangers' by Deep Purple is incredible
I been telling them. And telling them. LOL!
That’s my favorite DO song!
Live 'Made in Japan' version is killer.
My woman from tokyo next
During the Blackmore guitar solo you can see the short white line in the middle of the road goes so fast man , I received this album for my 16th birthday in 1973 and I still remember the feeling of then when I first listened, what a group what a song.
“ I see spots” - Commander Cody
Oh guys, I really enjoyed listening to that again with you! Great observations! My request is "Child In Time". It is arguably their magnum opus. The studio version from 1970 is incredibly good. Their live performance of it is even better and includes a keyboard solo not featured on the studio version. So, please play the audio track from "Made In Japan - remastered" 1972. Your ears will thank you for it, ngl. :D
Another song that you might want to do from this album is Lazy
Glad you choosing lots of dedp purple. My reguest is for you to put on those beadphones on andtake a wild trip with space trucking live from made in japan. 5 musicians and the top of their games jamming an encore like no one else. Driving none stop drums 4 20 minues. Th3 great jon lord doing what only he could do. Sounds you didnt even were possible. Slick guitar played with violin bow. Just close your eyes and alter ur minds!
The story goes that this was written in the tour bus on the way to a gig in Portsmouth UK. A journalist was interviewing the band and asked how they came up with the songs - Ritchie said I do a lick like this, then Ian comes up with some lyrics...they put it in the set that night
Blue army
Saw them 4 times in early 70s .
You got give "Space Truckin'" a listen. Same album.
"Lazy" and "Child In Time" are the two best DP songs--on the live Made In Japan album. I bought the Machine Head album after hearing "Child In Time" on a local underground radio show and when "Smoke on the Water" came out. "Space Truckin'" is worth a listen just for the drum work alone.
So I listened to this on eight track in a '72 Pontiac Grand Ville. It was a boat, but with a .455, man, it could getup and move. Back in those days you didn't need a song like this to get a speeding ticket, the cars were enough by themselves.
You mention Japan (the location of the album gig... but forgot another banger DP track with a Japanese connection - "Woman from Tokyo"
@@jamesdignanmusic2765 What a strange bit of reasoning. I forgot nothing. That song is not on my A list--we all have our own tastes. That one of the best live albums of all time was recorded in and has Japan in its name is peripheral--it could have been recorded any number of places and still been an excellent example of how these guys were ridiculously good at improvisation making them incredible live. That's all I think of when I refer to Made In Japan as an album (other than the phrase back then meant cheap and shoddy so was somewhat ironic) and I doubt many people other than you make this connection between the album and the song in this way--that any time you mention the album you must remember to mention the song. Makes sense if we're talking about Deep Purple in general, but not just because one mentions the album.
The three 'works of art' albums these guys did were Machine Head, Deep Purple in Rock and Who Do We Think We Are.... not many listen to the last one anymore but Black Suede off Who Do We Think We Are is a classic... enjoy...
In 1984 I bought a 71 chevelle w 8569 miles on it. Retired couple bought it out west retired n trucked the car to Pennsylvania. Every oil change was document on the sticker inside the door. Small 8 307 posi rear. You bet we had this blasting many a summer night running the highways and street. Black Betty was another gonna get you to drive as fast as you can song. Miss that car!
Seen them an love Ritie Blackmore plus seen rainbow Raising ! Blackmore started the group love them !! 💯💯💯💯❣️🙃😜🤪😁😎🌸💞💕
I'll be honest I had only ever listened to this song out of the corner of my ear, so to speak, as music in the background while people were talking. Listening closely with headphones, no buds chattering, this is total fire. Next do "Hush".
Try the song, " Burn" ~ Deep Purple :)
When I was a young driver, with my first car, a 71 Chevy Nova, all I was doing was getting speeding tickets, so chances are, I was listening to this during one of them! LOL!
Jon Lord totally makes this song, like he did on so many other DP classics. What a monster player he was.
Lord of the Hammond!
I don't know...Blackmore wasn't TOO shabby either... Just sayin'
@@guidosarducci They were ALL great musicians...
As the story goes, this song was composed spontaneously while riding a bus with a journalist. When he asked how the band wrote songs, Blackmore began to play the riff, and Gillan began to sing along. That's how they wrote the song, which they performed that evening at the concert. A rawer version can be heard on the Beat Club's live recording. Not that the Lord did not take any part, but to call this song his, somehow it is wrong 😊.
@@benavich8 I know, believe me. Was there from the beginning...
Richie can play that Fender guitar
Yeah it's too bad you didn't react to the Made in Japan version of "Highway Star." It's one of the rare occasions where the live version is superior to the Studio version. Not only the performance value but the sound quality is far more advanced in the live version for some reason. But you can redeem yourself with Deep Purple by hitting the Made in Japan version of "Strange kinda Woman." There's a kick ass dueling guitar and vocals in the song, and a top ten lead guitar solo ever. Cheers from the Rock and Roll Past!
Please!! You guys need to listen to this song on the Made in Japan album!!! It is so much better in my opinion. Anyway, thanks for what you do and sharing it with us. Take care.
I remember when machine head came out. We loooved it. Oughta do Lazy... Awesome song. Actually... Don't drink water from a cactus. That's a myth. I don't recall getting a ticket while driving to this song but it was in the 8 track/cassette box. Probably had the CD too.
Two speeding tickets thanks to that song. However, one was this version, the other was from their classic live album, Made In Japan.
BANGER
Met and shook hands with bassist Roger Glover outside House of Blues in downtown Chicago. That was really cool. Told him I grew up listening to you guys. He laughed and said I must be older than him. Heavy English accent. Check out video from song Perfect Strangers. They all get together at one of their massive mansions. You see them eating with their families playing soccer and just hanging out with everyone there. Of course they jammed in the studio also. Pretty neat seeing that side of them after seeing them live which I did 3 times.
That is their greatest album. I was a bit young for the earlier 60s/70s stuff but awesome bands like this I have grown to absolutely fall in love with, especially in the last several years. Love their fan base who have sent me down the DP rabbit hole.
This is the ultimate driving song - a tour de force of guitar, organ, voice, drums, and bass! Never got a speeding ticket to this... but Pink Floyd's "One of these Days", that's another story :) As far as the Zappa fire is concerned, a lot of people were rescued from that fire by Claude Nobs, a Swiss record executive, who is mentioned in "Smoke on the Water" as funky Claude. "Woman From Tokyo" or "Lazy" next!
Always a pleasure to hear this double solo :)
Milestone Album -- Deep Purple in Rock: Living Wreck, Hard Lovin Man, Bloodsucker, Child in Time
Blackmore, el mejor guitarrista de la historia
Just can't go wrong with Deep Purple!!! Check out Hush, Space Trucking, Burn, any song off of Machine Head is awesome, my women from Tokyo, the list goes on and on. Great job guys. Love the channel.
An absolute classic that never gets old. I think you've reacted to Smoke on the Water and Child In Time. Guys, if you haven't yet please react to the other Deep Purple classic Woman From Tokyo. It is too often overlooked but is fire.
Storm Bringer/ Black Knight/Space Truckin' /Fire Ball are 4 more absolutely amazing and Rocking tracks that you guys will definitely enjoy true early pioneer songs of heavy rock and metal early sounds
Love that ya played the solo twice, lol
Pioneering, hard rock classic for sure. To hear an even more intense performance of this song, be sure to check out the classic live version recorded in August 1972 from their live album "Made in Japan". I could not even begin to count how many times my friends and I have "air-guitared" to this baby over the years. To use your guys' classic description, it's FIRE...to the hilt!!!
Beach Boys did fast car songs in the 60’s. “ Little GTO” is a great one. Also, don’t forget “ Hot Rod Lincoln” by Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen!
I was in 11th grade when this came out.
Machine Head was a "must have" 8-track in the car in the group I ran with!
Some damn good tunes back then!
You should check out “Space truckin’ “ it’s the hidden gem on the album.
My first "adult" album that I bought myself in 1973. Before that I had all the Monkees albums which had been Christmas and birthday gifts.
This is the album and song I usually pop in the CD player in my Mustang when I get her out of storage in spring.
Let’s not short change Ian on vocals!