Music you are listening to at the moment thread

[Pugsley]

Oh I see...I was gunna say


Hmmm
Sympathy for the Devil, Satisfaction, Gimme Shelter...thats it for me.

Fool to Cry was great also.

 

[Bicks]

 

[Mike Smyth]

Three back to back albums in the early 70s are their prime:
Deep Purple In Rock
Fireball
Machine Head

They kind of fell apart after that

Thanks mate. I'm starting form the beginning and listening to the 1st two albums. They are certainly an enigma. Their best is brilliant but their worst is almost like psychedelic/folksy early Spinal Tap. Very hard band to pigeon hole.

I think it will take a couple of listens.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Thanks mate. I'm starting form the beginning and listening to the 1st two albums. They are certainly an enigma. Their best is brilliant but their worst is almost like psychedelic/folksy early Spinal Tap. Very hard band to pigeon hole.

I think it will take a couple of listens.

Yeah an odd start to their career

One of the great Classic Rock, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal bands, Deep Purple were something of an oddity when they appeared on the scene in 1968. A mix of psychedelic-tinged pop with progressive/classical overtones – Jon Lord’s organ playing was the band’s most distinctive feature - they initially came on like an English version of Vanilla Fudge. Vanilla Fudge was a Long Island cover band who’d risen to the top of the US charts with grandiose and overwrought organ-driven covers of recent hits including the Supremes’ “You Keep Me Hanging On” and Sonny & Cher’s “The Beat Goes On”. Deep Purple took a similar approach early on – although with a little less pomp – with a cover of Southern American singer-songwriter Joe South’s “Hush” on their first album Shades of Deep Purple. “Hush” was a flop at home but an instant hit in the States, although Deep Purple was beaten to the punch with “Hush” in Australia by Russell Morris’s band Somebody’s Image, who’d hit with it here earlier in the year.

Released in July 1968 in the US, Shades of Deep Purple was held over in the UK til September; one month before the band’s second album was released in the States! The group had worked quickly to capitalize on the success of “Hush” in the USA and rushed out another cover in a similar vein as a single. Their cover of Neil Diamond’s “Kentucky Woman” was released in October 1968 in the States, as was their second album The Book of Taliesyn. “Kentucky Woman” became their second US hit and first major Australia hit – it reached #11 – when it was released with “Hush” – by then clear of Russell Morris’s version – thrown on the flip.

So yeah, one of the great Classic Rock, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal bands started off with a soul-pop and Neil Diamond cover, and as something of a pre-fabricated British version of Vanilla Fudge. Hardly the sort of things myths are made of really, but Deep Purple Mk1 was a very different band to the band that came later.

 

[Mike Smyth]

Yeah an odd start to their career

The 1st album has a good version of The Bealtes "Help" and a brilliant version of "Hey Joe" which in itself a sensational song anyway.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Speaking of...

Love this version

 

[Bicks]

Thanks mate. I'm starting form the beginning and listening to the 1st two albums. They are certainly an enigma. Their best is brilliant but their worst is almost like psychedelic/folksy early Spinal Tap. Very hard band to pigeon hole.

I think it will take a couple of listens.

Glen Hughes who's fronted different line ups of Deep Purple and Black Sabbath over the years has put out some decent "heavy" music with a project band of his Black County Communion, the members are Hughes along with guitar maestro Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham drums, son of legendary Led Zep's John Bonham and Derek Sherinian of the Alice Cooper Band.

 

[Mike Smyth]

Speaking of...

Love this version

I reckon that's a younger Rucci on the right. Great version.

EDIT: Man, that version is **** awesome.

 

[Mike Smyth]

Another great cover

 

[Bicks]

Former legendary Journey front man Steve Perry back after a 25 year hiatus from music......Once referred to as "The Voice"....He's still got it...

 

[Bicks]

 

[Bicks]

 

[Mike Smyth]

 

[footy4ever]

Not usually my cup of tea - went to see Dionne Warwick last night.

Holy shit! 77 years old yet that voice! If you lived through the 60s - 80s the nostalgia alone was worth it. One of the most distinctive mainstream voices ever. She is still amazing.

 

[Bicks]

 

[Bicks]

One of the last live performances by the late, great Joe Cocker, old bugger still had it.

 

[El Doederino]

 

[El Doederino]

Another great cover

Metallica’s covers are severely under rated



Great film clip too

 

[Dixie Normous]

 

[dogs105]

 

[Mike Smyth]

 

[Mike Smyth]

Best Concerts/Gigs (no particular order):

Metallica, Thebie Theatre
Nirvana, Thebie Theatre
Kiss, Entertainment Centre
Radiohead, Brixton Academy
The Black Crowes, Shepherds Bush Empire
The Australia Doors Show, Bridgeway Hotel
Faith No More, LeRox
Rolling Stones, Adelaide Oval
Green Day, V98

Worst Concerts:

Hole, Thebie Theatre
U2, Footy park
Peter Murray

 

[El Doederino]

I used to think Tom Morello was an over rated guitarist. I'm a massive RATM fan (would have their BDO gig in my top 3) but always felt while the guitar stuff he did was nifty, it wasn't really great guitar work.

But then you see this, and I realise I was wrong the whole time.

Morello is a freaking genius. I can't stop listening to this. I'm not sure how many have shared the stage with The Boss and taken all the attention away from the great man.

 

[Mike Smyth]

Well done Spackler on suggesting DP's Machine Head. Brilliant Album. Fireball is not bad either.

 

[Anzacpaul]

Up to Number 60 on the top 100 albums.

Captain Beefheart and his magic band - Trout Mask Replica.

Truly something else. Getting some weird looks listening to it at work