Definitely. I really liked Steve Morse, but he has a pretty different sound to Ritchie Blackmore. Simon is way closer to the classic sound of Deep Purple. He did really good work on this album, totally deserves his place in the Deep Purple history book.
Steve Morse is incredible and one of the nicest "famous" players I've met. His playing seemed to bring out a bit more of Purple's "prog" side. In fact, I loved the last album ("whoosh!"). But Simon's playing really does have a lot of "classic" Purple flavor. Guy is a beast of a player!
Ritchie Blackmore was a master of never playing the low root of a cord. That his sound his magic that made him a top 3 guitarist in the world in his day. He had it all.
I have played in bands for 50 years but I wish I knew half of what you know I am pretty much all by ear I love you explaining chords and so much more 🙂
Steve Morse is a great player and I have been a fan since the Dixie Dregs days but he was responsible for me stopping to listen to Deep Purple entirely during his tenure with the band….even though Purple was one of my favourite all time bands. Simon has made we want to listen to them again…he plays like what Blackmore would have evolved into had he not given up the rock in favour of his love of medieval music. Certainly Blackmore has nothing to prove, but Simon has such an expressive style. My only advice is STOP ANALYZING WHAT HES DOING And just LISTEN!!!! and learn!!!!
Blackmore has always been leaning toward classical/baroque/renaissance/medieval side of music in his playing. He has developed that side alot in his electric solos in Blackmore's Night. Simon seems more like a "metal" player, I don't know. Anyway, love Deep Purple and all their guitarist and other members. Everyone adds something... :)
Cool analysis. I spent the first half of the 70s lying on my bedroom floor (for maximum bass) with head between speakers listening to Purple and Zeppelin and the fact that Gillan, Glover and Paice are still givin' it rice (like the full nine yards) in 2024 makes me very happy for them as well as me. And the nods to 'Lazy' and 'Smoke On The Water' do no harm, whatsoever. And a 'Lazy Sod' is somewhere between a villain and a doofus.
I have been following Simon McBride for years and he’s fantastic! Just watch some of his older stuff on RUclips like Little Wing! It’s no wonder PRS endorses him!
Has he done Molly Tuttle yet?? Her brother Sully plays in a band called AJ Lee and Blue Summit. IIf he likes Billy Strings he will love Molly. She played with him a lot. B.Summit also have another bluegrass picker that’s incredible.
This is the first time I've heard anything from Deep Purple since their 80s stuff. I had been avoiding it because I didn't think I'd like it, but this was much better than I expected.
Good track...between Blackmore and Lord..they bought D.P. to life,and the other guy's too😉....essential listening,try 72's Made in Japan,classic live album,has it all😉👍😊🏴🇬🇧🏴....what a killer✌️
Stephen Wilson Jr. Just dropped a Something in the Way cover you HAVE to hear! I don't have Patreon so you guys with it get Michael's attention and push this one, it's unreal!
Eric Weinstein and Terrance Howard were in the Joe Rogan podcast. They spoke about music theory for a little bit. Be interesting to hear your opinions on what they said. The convo starts at 2:58:00
Everyone is dealing with Terrence Howard in a way which is encouraging him .. rather than telling him straight that 8 million +++ hits for his theories will further degrade the *American ability to discern fact from fiction and scientific theory from word 🥗 salad. (*other countries with poor school science education are available) The drone he “invented” had already been invented. There is nothing in his analysis of the elements that makes ANY sense. Who cares about his music theory. If he’s so confident re his number delusions they should employ him as a Primary School teacher for a term and leave him to deal with parents who’s children have had their education torpedoed. He has too many yes men around his Hollywood ego and / or, he has a mental health problem. It’s as if the Kanye West media and mental health saga never happened.
Thanks. Simon is a good fit. However Purple with Steve Morse produced an English/American sensibility that was unique .. a musical creature which shouldn’t have lived but usually thrived. They often repeated the triumph that their first album “Purpindicular” was. Purple obviously felt like making an out and out bluesy rocker this time. Hope they make a follow up and see if Simon can produce the prog’ invention/twists and turns that Steve was so good at as on the previous album .. Whoosh!
Even though it's not the same, when I listen to "Lazy Sod", the music sort of reminds me of "Strong Arm Of The Law" by Saxon. Yet when I listen to both those songs consecutively, they're completely different!. 😂
A couple years ago they put NOTHING AT ALL. By far the best song they’ve put out in decades. This one’s a rocker too. Original OG’s still doing it better than most.
I"m a DP fan... what would it sound like if the way back machine would have DP from 1975 play and sing that track! :) No offense to the current members, but Jon Lord would have killed that.
The arrangements and the solos really make these songs .. and the Purple sound helps. I like when Purple go out on a limb 🦵 and deepen their recent prog rock direction as they were doing with Steve. However Simon embodies aspects of Ritchie’s playing with some great unexpected note choices. They needed this new energy but Steve saved that band and gave us some truly great guitar moments .. like “Sometimes I feel like screaming” and Ted the mechanic.
It's very good - unmistakable Deep Purple - must say it could well be an AI generated track from a training set of their early albums! Joke being their classic song Lazy becoming Lazy Sod...
My favourite band, can't wait for the new album on the 19th! Simon is perfect, swagger, owns the stage and chops gor days. Steve was great but too much gain whereas Simon has a cleaner sound that cuts through. There are two more new singles from them called Pictures of You and Portable Door, would love to see you react to those too at some point. Thank you.
Steve Morse was in Purple for the thick end of 30 years, but was he the wrong fit ? This is the best Purple work for donkeys years. Simon McBride is from Belfast, like Gary Moore. I can hear little bits of Gary in his playing.
I don’t agree but of course I know what you mean. They produced an English/American sensibility that was unique and produced a musical creature which shouldn’t have lived but usually thrived and often repeated the triumph that Purpindicular was. Purple obviously felt like making an out and out bluesy rocker this time. Hope they make a follow up and see if Simon can produce the prog’ invention/twists and turns that Steve was so good at as on the previous album .. Whoosh!
In my opinion, each of the last 3 albums was musically more interesting and also better produced in terms of sound. The new album is good, no question, but the band had a great musical development under Steve Morse, especially with the later works.
Mcbride is a good player but I think their sound guitar wise isn't hard enough, hasn't been for along time now. Their sound is a bit soft cock for my liking. They are all good players but I expected them to sound more like a hard rock band.
What is silly comment to start out with ! Michael you missed many opportunities. You could’ve broken down the solo coherently The best part of the song the keyboard solo where we would normally hear Steve Morris play right along Simon obviously stayed away from that. Just like you did😅
@@rowillo Can't do it. Can't listen to paw paw sing. Same reason I can't listen to anything newer from the Stones or any other 60's/70's bands. Some things are just better left in the past.
The song is very good and a good reaction/lesson as usual. I am really digging the main riff. BUT no Richie Blackmore or Jon Lord? Not really Deep Purple. It's Roger Glover with a tribute band basically.
Roger Glover...Ian Paice... Ian Gillan.... It's hardly a tribute act is it. Look at their line up changes through their years.... It's never been stable..going right back to the late sixties.
Deep Purple has famously had more members than every other band except Black Sabbath, and they've been a functioning unit for most of the last almost sixty years (minus '76-'84). Organ god Jon Lord hasn't been one of them for more than 20 years, Blackmore more than 30 years. Don Airey and Steve Morse not only have incredible pedigrees of their own, they are absolute masters of their instruments in their own right. They are hardly tribute players. You may be wishing for more early-seventies-era Lord and Blackmore dual acrobatics (we all do!), but that doesn't mean this isn't an actual vital band. It's fucking Deep Purple!
Sounds nothing like classic DP. Sounds to me like a record/single contract obligation. Some Rick Beato watching, out of touch producer who is likely nostalgic of a time in music they didn't live through. 😂 that or a classic rock band, with nothing to prove BTW, lazily emulates their hit Smoke on The Water. Totally missing the mark imo. Played ass chord changes without a decent hook or riff.
@@tomi-jon8798 I agree. There comes a time when every band needs to just retire. 60 years old...max. Even a lot of my 90's bands are about to that point.
This Simon Mcbride Purple sounds more purple than they have for years.
Yeah, just stop in 2005. Rapture of the Deep was AMAZNG.
Definitely. I really liked Steve Morse, but he has a pretty different sound to Ritchie Blackmore. Simon is way closer to the classic sound of Deep Purple. He did really good work on this album, totally deserves his place in the Deep Purple history book.
Lucky to have seen Simon McBride several times in small venues in London before he joined DP. Killer player!
Purple is purple. In their late 70s and they still rock
Steve Morse is incredible and one of the nicest "famous" players I've met. His playing seemed to bring out a bit more of Purple's "prog" side. In fact, I loved the last album ("whoosh!"). But Simon's playing really does have a lot of "classic" Purple flavor. Guy is a beast of a player!
Simon is a nice balance between Steve and Ritchie. I like!
Fire track! Deep Purple has and will always have it.
Lovely references to Blackmore halfway through the solo!
Simon Mcbride is a beast!
The 3 singles have been amazing!
Ritchie Blackmore was a master of never playing the low root of a cord. That his sound his magic that made him a top 3 guitarist in the world in his day. He had it all.
Ritchie Blackmore isnt a great player he sounds like a beginner through all his life
Steve and Simon are skilled much much more
Hints of Blackmore in the guitar solos
I have played in bands for 50 years but I wish I knew half of what you know I am pretty much all by ear I love you explaining chords and so much more 🙂
McBride is a Bless on Purple sound. He the perfect balance between Blackmore, Bolin and Morse. What a joy to see him playing!
FWIW the entire record rocks hard AF. All killer no filler.
I really like your breakdowns. There are so many great nuggets of information in your videos
Glad to hear it!
I love the album! They should be so proud- it’s a helluva of an effort. A lot of really good songs all the way through it
Steve Morse is a great player and I have been a fan since the Dixie Dregs days but he was responsible for me stopping to listen to Deep Purple entirely during his tenure with the band….even though Purple was one of my favourite all time bands. Simon has made we want to listen to them again…he plays like what Blackmore would have evolved into had he not given up the rock in favour of his love of medieval music. Certainly Blackmore has nothing to prove, but Simon has such an expressive style. My only advice is STOP ANALYZING WHAT HES DOING And just LISTEN!!!! and learn!!!!
Blackmore has always been leaning toward classical/baroque/renaissance/medieval side of music in his playing. He has developed that side alot in his electric solos in Blackmore's Night. Simon seems more like a "metal" player, I don't know. Anyway, love Deep Purple and all their guitarist and other members. Everyone adds something... :)
im hooked on the purple 2024 old school purple sound some new members bringing old school
Yeah you could feel Mark II absolutely oozing through all the songs I have heard from the album
Awesome song!
Cool analysis. I spent the first half of the 70s lying on my bedroom floor (for maximum bass) with head between speakers listening to Purple and Zeppelin and the fact that Gillan, Glover and Paice are still givin' it rice (like the full nine yards) in 2024 makes me very happy for them as well as me.
And the nods to 'Lazy' and 'Smoke On The Water' do no harm, whatsoever.
And a 'Lazy Sod' is somewhere between a villain and a doofus.
Great video. Really enjoyed it. Great job of getting this song some attention. It was definitely growing on me by the end.
Good job bro breaking it down for all the purple heads 🤟🤟🤟
DP classic stuff whith the sound quality of nowadays. Fantastic.
News flash. It’s not doctored up. & they nail it effortlessly every show.
Simon McBride goes off on Lazy Sod - fantastic! Going to see them in 2 weeks at Hard Rock Live Hollywood Florida 8/15! Excellent analysis!
Simon is an outstanding Player, I Follow him since years and have all his solo Albums 🙌🏻
I have been following Simon McBride for years and he’s fantastic! Just watch some of his older stuff on RUclips like Little Wing! It’s no wonder PRS endorses him!
Great video. Love DEEP PURPLE. Learned alot from you, and the band.
The new album is incredible, I really hope they get to produce more music with Simon before the band ends.
One of the first HUGE bands in my life. I was 12 in 1980. Alpine Valley 12th row in 1985 is why my right ear has issues.
I was at that show, a bit older than you I had already figured out the importance of ear pro.
Their new album is spectacular.
Michael, you've GOT to do a video on Molly Tuttle and Golden Hwy. -- they're just stunning 😮!!
That staggered part before Airey's solo is so much like the staggered end part of Machine Head's Lazy song
You really get a taste of Simon McBride's talent as a guitar player from his solo albums.
Has he done Molly Tuttle yet?? Her brother Sully plays in a band called AJ Lee and Blue Summit. IIf he likes Billy Strings he will love Molly. She played with him a lot. B.Summit also have another bluegrass picker that’s incredible.
Great video Michael keep em coming buddy
great little outro by simon. very tasteful.
Great Video & analysis, Michael! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Worth checking out Simons solo albums. Really great stuff and he’s a fine singer.
This is the first time I've heard anything from Deep Purple since their 80s stuff. I had been avoiding it because I didn't think I'd like it, but this was much better than I expected.
Their Steve Morse era has some *really* good stuff. Check out the perpendicular album, it's great start to finish.
Yeah definitely check out perpendicular! Its probably my favorite rock album period
And abandon is excellent as well.
Check out the song Nothing at All of the previous album
@@haroldbelfast yeah and Abandon rocks balls
Thanks for the live take…wasn’t even aware Deep Purple had another album coming out. Simon McBride’s tone is always killer.
Simon Mcbride is in the zone.
So happy you broke down this song, Michael I just heard it few days ago myself and I think its great. I’m a fan its great they are still in the game.
Good track...between Blackmore and Lord..they bought D.P. to life,and the other guy's too😉....essential listening,try 72's Made in Japan,classic live album,has it all😉👍😊🏴🇬🇧🏴....what a killer✌️
Ian Gillan is just like silk!
Simon McBride!!
I AM AWARE!
@@Guitargate In my opinion one of the biggest under the radar monster guitar player.
they are harkening to "lazy" which is prob their greatest song...i know...big statement...but listen to it loud on headphones....it grooves so good.
that solo is too good
Tremendous breakdown you did here on this tune. By the way they sounded vintage Deep Purple…
Facinating to still be able to listen to new original tracks from DP.Yes Simon is good Morse to but I still miss Ritchie.
Blackmore is great. McBride and Morse are good. Blackmore is a level or two above them.
Yes the "Smoke" reference, but also the "Lazy" reference from the same "Machine Head" album.
Nice to see mr Palmisano get exited 🎸🤘
Thanks for the tip at 12 mins, dump the root and let the bass fill it. A fav of the pros, Billy Gibbons employs this strategy almost exclusively.
Stephen Wilson Jr. Just dropped a Something in the Way cover you HAVE to hear! I don't have Patreon so you guys with it get Michael's attention and push this one, it's unreal!
Great analysis
Saw Deep Purple, Aerosmith and surprise guest appearance Judas Priest in concert in 1978 OKC, Ok. Wow!!
Cool, but you must have the year wrong. There was no Deep Purple between 1976 and 1984,
I think that might have been in 85 or 86
ZZ top meets deep purple.
My thoughts exactly!
Nothing at all is also one of there newer songs form a year or two ago and it’s one of there best of all time.
Totally
Glad I’m not the only person who loves it. The Hammond towards the end is so uplifting .. and then Steve’s guitar hook comes back in .. Magic 🪄
Will you do Burn (Deep Purple) or Black Masquerade (Rainbow)?
Great breakdown
Eric Weinstein and Terrance Howard were in the Joe Rogan podcast. They spoke about music theory for a little bit. Be interesting to hear your opinions on what they said. The convo starts at 2:58:00
Everyone is dealing with Terrence Howard in a way which is encouraging him .. rather than telling him straight that 8 million +++ hits for his theories will further degrade the *American ability to discern fact from fiction and scientific theory from word 🥗 salad. (*other countries with poor school science education are available)
The drone he “invented” had already been invented. There is nothing in his analysis of the elements that makes ANY sense. Who cares about his music theory. If he’s so confident re his number delusions they should employ him as a Primary School teacher for a term and leave him to deal with parents who’s children have had their education torpedoed.
He has too many yes men around his Hollywood ego and / or, he has a mental health problem. It’s as if the Kanye West media and mental health saga never happened.
9:09 i swear i heard this exact progression before, but i cant remember where
I miss steve
Thanks. Simon is a good fit. However Purple with Steve Morse produced an English/American sensibility that was unique .. a musical creature which shouldn’t have lived but usually thrived. They often repeated the triumph that their first album “Purpindicular” was.
Purple obviously felt like making an out and out bluesy rocker this time. Hope they make a follow up and see if Simon can produce the prog’ invention/twists and turns that Steve was so good at as on the previous album .. Whoosh!
Even though it's not the same, when I listen to "Lazy Sod", the music sort of reminds me of "Strong Arm Of The Law" by Saxon. Yet when I listen to both those songs consecutively, they're completely different!. 😂
A couple years ago they put NOTHING AT ALL. By far the best song they’ve put out in decades. This one’s a rocker too. Original OG’s still doing it better than most.
Lazy Sod
Michael - you should do “Overtime “ by Knower
Nice work
Perfect 4’s
8:54 sounded like it went to B3 to be :o)
What PRS guitar is Michael playing?
McCarty 594
Simon McBride= awesome guitarist. Check out his playing on Rob Strong's album. Top notch.
I"m a DP fan... what would it sound like if the way back machine would have DP from 1975 play and sing that track! :) No offense to the current members, but Jon Lord would have killed that.
The arrangements and the solos really make these songs .. and the Purple sound helps.
I like when Purple go out on a limb 🦵 and deepen their recent prog rock direction as they were doing with Steve. However Simon embodies aspects of Ritchie’s playing with some great unexpected note choices. They needed this new energy but Steve saved that band and gave us some truly great guitar moments .. like “Sometimes I feel like screaming” and Ted the mechanic.
Any John Martyn or Richard Thompson yet?
Would love to see your reaction to either 👍👍👍
I like this record and the guitar sound. Id like it better if McBride played an old Strat and old Marshall.
I rhink the only real " doctoring" is the compression. Play dorian in the solos.
For the love of sweet baby Jesus are you ever going to react to the latest Dirty Loops song with the insane bass solo? We've been waiting for months!
It's very good - unmistakable Deep Purple - must say it could well be an AI generated track from a training set of their early albums!
Joke being their classic song Lazy becoming Lazy Sod...
My favourite band, can't wait for the new album on the 19th! Simon is perfect, swagger, owns the stage and chops gor days. Steve was great but too much gain whereas Simon has a cleaner sound that cuts through. There are two more new singles from them called Pictures of You and Portable Door, would love to see you react to those too at some point. Thank you.
For my taste, a little softer deep purple than usual...
Steve Morse was in Purple for the thick end of 30 years, but was he the wrong fit ? This is the best Purple work for donkeys years. Simon McBride is from Belfast, like Gary Moore. I can hear little bits of Gary in his playing.
I don’t agree but of course I know what you mean. They produced an English/American sensibility that was unique and produced a musical creature which shouldn’t have lived but usually thrived and often repeated the triumph that Purpindicular was.
Purple obviously felt like making an out and out bluesy rocker this time. Hope they make a follow up and see if Simon can produce the prog’ invention/twists and turns that Steve was so good at as on the previous album .. Whoosh!
In my opinion, each of the last 3 albums was musically more interesting and also better produced in terms of sound. The new album is good, no question, but the band had a great musical development under Steve Morse, especially with the later works.
Mcbride is a good player but I think their sound guitar wise isn't hard enough, hasn't been for along time now. Their sound is a bit soft cock for my liking. They are all good players but I expected them to sound more like a hard rock band.
,эх,тск ниче и не содрал....
What is silly comment to start out with !
Michael you missed many opportunities. You could’ve broken down the solo coherently
The best part of the song the keyboard solo where we would normally hear Steve Morris play right along Simon obviously stayed away from that. Just like you did😅
It’s like a talent show at my grandmother’s nursing home.
Deep Purple is not Deep Purple without Jon Lord.
The most important component missing is Ritchie Blackmore, don't you think?
Jon Lord handpicked Don Airey as his replacement upon retiring.
@@Distortion360 I did not know that. I may have to reconsider my position then.
@@darkstar92772they played together on few concerts back then...Lord and Airey both on stage with DP
I tried. I really did. I just can't do rock music from 75+ year old guys.
Close your eyes and just listen, 😊
@@rowillo
Can't do it. Can't listen to paw paw sing. Same reason I can't listen to anything newer from the Stones or any other 60's/70's bands. Some things are just better left in the past.
Yeah, this is weak. Lyrics are terrible. I’ve never been a DP fan, respect them though. This is embarrassing.
You have no idea@@donewithmodernlife
Every time I see this guy I'm reminded of the time he almost flipped out
when one of his kids interrupted his filming.
Pathetic. 🤨
You call yourself a guitar teacher?!? You can’t even play that one lick right on G. Keep learning! 🎸
The song is very good and a good reaction/lesson as usual. I am really digging the main riff. BUT no Richie Blackmore or Jon Lord? Not really Deep Purple. It's Roger Glover with a tribute band basically.
Roger Glover...Ian Paice... Ian Gillan.... It's hardly a tribute act is it. Look at their line up changes through their years.... It's never been stable..going right back to the late sixties.
Deep Purple has famously had more members than every other band except Black Sabbath, and they've been a functioning unit for most of the last almost sixty years (minus '76-'84). Organ god Jon Lord hasn't been one of them for more than 20 years, Blackmore more than 30 years. Don Airey and Steve Morse not only have incredible pedigrees of their own, they are absolute masters of their instruments in their own right. They are hardly tribute players. You may be wishing for more early-seventies-era Lord and Blackmore dual acrobatics (we all do!), but that doesn't mean this isn't an actual vital band. It's fucking Deep Purple!
@@mark240862 Ok, but Jon Lord's organ playing and Blackmore's guitar were the catalyst for that band's sound.
@@PeterJDeVault Ok to your point, is Sabbath really Sabbath without Tony Iommi? I rest my case.
Not sure. He's always been there.
Sounds nothing like classic DP. Sounds to me like a record/single contract obligation. Some Rick Beato watching, out of touch producer who is likely nostalgic of a time in music they didn't live through. 😂 that or a classic rock band, with nothing to prove BTW, lazily emulates their hit Smoke on The Water. Totally missing the mark imo. Played ass chord changes without a decent hook or riff.
shut up
@@tomi-jon8798
I agree. There comes a time when every band needs to just retire. 60 years old...max. Even a lot of my 90's bands are about to that point.
Wanker
Of course it’s not Purple of the 70s but this song does have that Demon’s Eye vibe.
Simon mcbride is a fantastic guitarist... i like me so much.