Looking forward to this one:
http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2013...-now-what.html
Looking forward to this one:
http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2013...-now-what.html
She'll be standing on the bar soon
With a fish head and a harpoon
and a fake beard plastered on her brow.
Well, that sounds very good when the fanfare kicks in - maybe Bob Ezrin still has the ability to ignite the creative spark in these guys. (and not get in the way of Steve Morse's creativity)
It's being produced by Bob Ezrin? I don't think he's produced anything as heavy as Deep Purple.
The battle rages on!
Hired on to work for Mr. Bill Cox, a-fixin' lawn mowers and what-not, since 1964.
"Arguing with an idiot is like playing chess with a pigeon. It'll just knock over all the pieces, shit on the board, and strut about like it's won anyway." Anonymous
“Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.” George Carlin
I've been quite fond of Purple's recent albums. I've very much enjoyed Morse's contributions and Don Airey has done a great job succeeding Jon Lord. I think it's a happier band without Blackmore. Whether they are a better band is open for debate. I know a guy who just cannot abide by Mr. Morse. I've encouraged him to spend a little time with the Morse era band but he is not being swayed! He's a big Blackmore fan so I understand. I like the guy myself. The Battle Rages On I thought was a very strong record. Too bad Richie can't play nice.
Bill
She'll be standing on the bar soon
With a fish head and a harpoon
and a fake beard plastered on her brow.
I always thought that Richie left Purple, because he wanted to do Blackmore's Night. I know he did another Rainbow album between Purple and Blackmore's Night, but my statement still stands. Maybe he was just doing another Rainbow album to close out his rock career, and not because he particularly wanted to do another Rainbow album, per say.
I suspect most Deep Purple fans have no idea what a fine guitarist Steve Morse is in his own right. They probably don't know much about Dixie Dregs, the late 80s Kansas stuff, or even Flying Colors. Shame.
Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple in the middle of a tour due him being a dickhead, not because he wanted to do Blackmore's Night. He left the band high and dry with no guitar player and miraculously, they got Joe Satriani to agree to join just in time to complete the tour in Japan. They initially were hoping Satriani would stay as the full time guitarist but he couldn't join due to management issues or some such. It's no secret that Blackmore and Gillan never got along and that final 1993-4 tour was fraught with difficulties. You can get a feel for it in the "Come Hell Or High Water" concert video.
I believe the reason Blackmore disbanded Rainbow in 1996 was because the album wasn't a huge success and he didn't want to be relegated to club band status, which Rainbow mostly was in the US. And I think he was just tired of lengthy tours and the lifestyle that goes along with it. So there really wasn't a scheme to form Blackmore's Night going back to the Deep Purple days. I think he knew that his time as a rock guitar god was over and wanted to explore folk and renaissance music, which he has always been fond of anyway.
Oh, my bad. Btw, I am warming up to the idea of Bob Ezrin being Deep Purple's producer. I remember watching the Heavy:The Story Of Metal doc on VH1 Classic and remember Bob talking about the relationship of Deep Purple and classical music. So, maybe he can get some neo-classical heavy riffing from the boys(especially Steve and Don)?
Purpendicular is one of the best DP albums, period. Everyone should own that one. Steve is the man, and a happy, talented one at that. I'm looking forward to a new DP album and tour.
Some of them, maybe. I've been a Deep Purple fan from their early days. Likewise Dixie Dregs and Kansas. And I have the Flying Colors album as well. And all I really did was live enough years and like music the whole time. There must be other Deep Purple fans with a similar experience. I was happy with the choice of Steve Morse as their latter-day guitarist.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
I haven't heard anything by the Morse version of the band I've been able to get into at all- for me, Steve is really slumming (in musical terms, not the players, I love all the Purple guys, especially Paicey.) But I never tried the last album, if I can find some UTube or something I'll give her a spin.
I saw the (Dixie) Dregs on the Dregs Of The Earth tour. One of the best concerts I've ever been to. Saw them on the Full Circle reunion your with Jordan Rudess too. Great but not as good (although Jerry Goodman was awesome!)
I find myself listening more to the Morse-era than to the classic, MK2 stuff. I've never been a huge DP fan to begin with. I've never seen a group endure so many personnel changes and still have such a loyal following. I saw them once in 2001. When I heard they were coming to town I really had no idea they were still so popular. I really expected the theater to be half empty. I was shocked at how crowded the theater was. I was blown away, especially by Jon Lord and Steve Morse. The interplay between the two was awesome. The concert was recorded for a DVD titled "Perehelion." It's a damn fine concert DVD.
I have a CDr of Purpendicular. I like it but I don't think it's as awesome as most people think it is. I actually like "Abandon" more. I have that one dubbed on a cassette somewhere. I have a DL (that I paid for) of Rapture Of The Deep, which I really like too. The one I haven't heard is "Banannas." What's the consensus on that album?
Purpendicular is my favorite of the latter day band. There's also a DVD called Perihelion that is flat out one of the best music DVD's I've ever seen. I'll get the new one, for sure, although Purple are firmly entrenched in the "loudness wars". The last two albums have been compressed and limited to ear splitting levels. Not to be listened to with headphones, for sure!
You don't know how many times I've watched Perehelion hoping I'd spot myself in the audience when the cameras pan to the crowd. Maybe they did catch me in the crowd but the glare from my bald head probably made 'em cut it out . There are parts of the concert that were cut out though. There was Pace's long drum solo that was cut out, and then there's this solo guitar thing Steve does before going into Smoke On The Water that was cut out too. He does this montage of well known guitar riffs from Led Zep and a few others then he does the guitar riff to Smoke, and off they go. Pretty cool.
Steve's been in a funk for years. The guy got so good that he could never surpase anything he did before, so he kept turning out the same thing over and over. I like songs from his DP stuff, but never a full album. I do believe that there's a great disc when you put the good stuff together from all of his work with DP.
Rick
You know, I really did like the new version of the Concerto for Band and Orchestra with Morse.
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