Comments on: “Second Hand Life” US release

By: Sami

Sami — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:45:02 +0000

You’re absolutely right…JLT is really good on harder tracks nowadays; his
voice has matured alot with age, adding new kind of (bluesy)depth to his style.

YES, Hughes/Turner albums are real gems…they truly rock!!!

By: purplepriest1965

purplepriest1965 — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:42:51 +0000

Did I already mention that those 2 Hughes/Turner albums are REAL GEMS?
I play them to death.
Because it’s a 2 man operation it’s hard to pick Turner classics from it. I suppose because hughes is the MAN on these albums?

By: purplepriest1965

purplepriest1965 — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:39:29 +0000

I’m sorry not to have finished my list yet, it’s kinda hard to choose……….

In general the SOLO efforts(Apart from “Rescue You”, which I can play non stop)I find lacking in compositional strenght and, like I said before somewhere, lack a Mister B or Kotcheff. But still I could make a wonderful compilation of those albums……

It’s kinda funny : A lot of people say he’s not a rocksinger, but I like the FAST songs with him very much!

Anyone going to see Brazen Abbot in Bulgaria?
WITH JLT!!!!
I’d love to see it, but economic discipline has decided that I am not allowed to go. Sob sob…..

By: Sami

Sami — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:57:57 +0000

The acoustic version of King of Dreams with
Roger Glover is Excellent also!!

By: Sami

Sami — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:56:43 +0000

Great choices, I would add Wicked Ways to DP-tracks…

Cheers, man.

By: purplepriest1965

purplepriest1965 — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:28:04 +0000

I’d rather ask people for their favourite JLT tracks, spawning from fandango and Rainbow to Malmsteen, DP and SOLO and Brazen Abbot………..
It would be very digfficult for me, but a man can try while he’s not going to sleep yet :

Fandango :

Blame it on the night

RAINBOW :

1) Tearing out my heart or the rendtion from Live between the eyes
2) Jealous lover
3) can’t let you go
4)Firedance
5) Street of dreams
6) Eyes of fire
7) Miss Mistreated StoneCold
9) I Surrender
10) magic
11) Spotlight Kid
12) Street of dreams
13) Desperate heart
14) No release
LIVE :
15) Stranded and All night long from 12 inch single (I want the complete double album from that evening! Now!)

Rising force/Malmsteen :

1) Rising force
2) Dreaming
3) Deja Vu
4) Heaven tonight
5) Crystal Ball
6) Riot in the Dungeons
7) lazy Pictures of home
9) Demon’s Eye

Deep Purple :

1) king of dreams
2) the cut runs deep
3) fire in the basement
4) Truth Hurts

I’ll get back to ya for a selection from Brazen Abbot, DP New York, SOLO, Hughes/Turner………

By: Rascal

Rascal — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:30:24 +0000

Lets have a JLT for president poll………………..anyone????

Lets take all his CD’s melt them down, and mould a huge statue of JLT.

By: cranberry

cranberry — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:25:27 +0000

How kind of you to use my correct title ‘Miss’……………..how did you know?

Just dont get so cut about JLT. Take a pill, and have a rest, stop getting your knickers in such a twist!!

JLT is just so fantastic…………………their you go ‘Gami’, has that calmed you down a little? …………….NO……….oh dear……….have a lie down in a darkened room………..and think of his godliness JLT

By: purplepriest1965

purplepriest1965 — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:14:39 +0000

How funny!
Here I am being thanked for supporting JLT, on other pages I am almost crucified for doing the opposite with Steve Morse…….
Arf Arf Arf?

Btw, I want to see JLT LIVE in The Netherlands. Alone or togwether with Graham Bonnet. Let’s start a supportaction for that combined with a setlistpoll WHAT he should play. Btw, I advocate that he(indeed)should not play too many DP covers, only those of S and M.

Kind Regards “Endlessly” ……..

By: Sami

Sami — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:25:53 +0000

Cranberries tribute band anyone!?

By: Sami

Sami — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:09:37 +0000

DP tribute band…oh, you mean the current Deep Dregs band, Miss Berry!!

No need for a medication, no stress either, just having a laugh, mate.

Bye…

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:54:57 +0000

Keep taking the medication ‘Tami’……..get those stress levels down!!

If JLT wants to sing in a DP tribute band…………good for him!!

Now calm down ladies!!

By: Sami

Sami — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:46:26 +0000

ARF ARF ARF…(thought you wouldn’t get it, what a pity)

By: Sami

Sami — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:39:31 +0000

Guys, we’re wasting our time.Dickberry just don’t get it…
stressed out, not at all, just tired of narrow-minded &
immature kids who can’t get their heads out of their asses!!!

Until next time, and thanks PurplePriest1965 & the rest of
the ‘JLT-gang’, who understand the meaning of these discussion
forums, or whatever they are called.

Sami(that’s my REAL NAME in Finnish!)

By: ramshackeled man

ramshackeled man — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:26:03 +0000

Cranberry sounds like a sour grape.

By: purplepriest1965

purplepriest1965 — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:34:24 +0000

Hey Cranberry………..

Why JLT does not play other tracks than he does.
It appears to me the same reason DP does not play the Morse era songs. The crowd is not interested in those tracks.
You have a problem with JLT sining non JLT traclks as Burn, Highwaystar and so on ? So you must really hate Morse doing doing Blackmore songs.

ARF ARF ARF

By: Rascal

Rascal — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:04:52 +0000

What a shame we had to end it here………………..

JLT for King (or should that be Queen)!!!

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:18:54 +0000

Thanks ‘Pami’…….. I think your right, we have reached the end of this discussion.

You seem far to stressed to continue……………….until the next time!!

Arf Arf Arf (?????????)

By: Sami

Sami — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:39:30 +0000

Sorry everybody(you too cranberry), I’m getting too heated…

I would like to compare Slaves and Masters to the Sabbath’s Born Again-period…
neither one was quite succesfull & fan pleasing, but both still
raise comments and both of them still has admirers!!

By the way, I love Gillan and nowadays he’s better then ever, but
JLT is one of my all time favourite singers, so…

‘Nuff said, end.

By: Sami

Sami — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:18:35 +0000

What’s Gillan doing singing Hush…he didn’t sing it originally…OH, I’M SO
APPALLED & SHOCKED!!!

ARF ARF ARF ARF ARF…

By: Sami

Sami — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:16:45 +0000

By the way, what’s wrong with playing a few Purple songs live for the fun
of it…even if he did not sing them originally…it’s called FUN, something you
nihilists don’t know, I suspect(why not get a life of your own)!!

By: Sami

Sami — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:11:53 +0000

Thank You PurplePriest1965 & T!You said like it is!!

As for the brief airing of new songs in a live setting : what about Deep Dregs’s new songs!?How many songs from House of Blue Light,Cattle Crazes on,Purpendicular,Abandon & Bananas are still
in the live set…from Rapture there is a few…and only a few people in the audience know those songs, so what’s the point!?Oh, the ever present ‘progress’ is there, I see…
ARF ARF ARF…
What ’bout Coverdale ruining Whitesnake by hiring faceless American stadium-musicians to play all those great blues-based old Snake-songs!?I guess it’s okay, because he’s not an American like JLT is…or is he!!?ARF ARF

Hey Strawberry, grow up, JLT did happen, like it or not!!!

By: Rascal

Rascal — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:48:56 +0000

Sounds like JLT prefers to perform with his DP tribute band in favour of singing his own work.

Mind you if you want to fill your tour to capacity I guess you have to sing stuff people have at least heard. Is that called making a ‘Fast Buck’?

I would sing SOTW if I thought it was contributing to my pension.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:32:27 +0000

As I said JLT did a reasonable job singing with rainbow. As to ‘purplepriest1965′ double disc solo collection of great tracks……………..well if thats the case why does JLT prefer to pilfer DP songs?? Why doesnt he dip into his ‘great solo tracks’??

If think its perfectly acceptable for him to sing songs from the dreary ‘Slaves & Masters’ effort………………..he is welcome to them!!

Unless of course JLT does a solo ablum based on entirely what he does best………………..thats it!! JLT sings Black Sabbath, Led Zep, Whitesnake…………….he could even sing the Spice Girls!! He may as well!!

‘Second Hand LIfe’ is another compilation of tracks that will have a brief airing, but ultimately dropped in favor of ‘Smoke On The Water’, Highway Star, Burn’……………………….you know……….all those great classic JLT songs!!

Ha Ha

By: T

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:07:35 +0000

Frankly, I never understood the Slaves & Masters bruha. It was one of the best DP Reunion-Era albums, and far better than its successor–or predecessor. It is what it is. Just another shade of Deep Purple.

No two DP albums sound the same, and it carried on in that tradition. It contains some of the best guitar work Blackmore had ever done (”Cut Runs Deep,” “Fire in the Basement”), and included a high degree of sophistication from Jon Lord. It was also one of the best produced of the modern DP albums.

Go back and listen to it. If you just don’t like JLT, that’s fine–but listen to the instrumental work. I will admit it does sound like a Rainbow album, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

This album is much like “Burn” in that it gave Blackmore a renewed sense of enthusiasm that “House of Blue Light” lacked. The S&M songs were well-written (for the most part).

I would love to hear the “Battle Rages On” tracks with the JLT vocals. They must exist somewhere.

By: purplepriest1965

purplepriest1965 — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:05:09 +0000

What JLT did after DP? (Becoming a questionable one after seeing some adult clips on the net, lately, hehehe. Yeah, I know, I am late to notice………..Finally I left my innocence behind. Well………….)
You can also question the quality of what RB did in BN or the annoying Morse solo’s or the sometime questionable output of Mark 2(…)during reunionyears.
I can easily collect a double disc or more worth of great tracks he recorded SOLO or with Brazen Abbot……….

Btw, I went to see “Queen “with Paul Rodgers. That very bad. During the COMPLETE show a tape was rolling with Freddy’s vocals as back up!!!!!!!!!! And nobody seemed to cared!!!!

The best memory of that evening : a wonderful attractive young girl with appleblossomscent in her long hair beside me…………..

By: Sami

Sami — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:51:11 +0000

After all, it’s only a matter of one’s personal taste…so lets drop this JLT vs. whoever-topic ,and have a nice holiday with some great Purple-music!!

Cheers from Finland(that’s my excuse, Cranberry…)!

By: Sami

Sami — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:46:57 +0000

Hi!

Well, what can I say…JLT raises some strong opinions here, so he must be
doing something right…He is A Great Singer!!!

5th cousin(cranberry or blueberry or whatever his name is, again!), or “exploitin’ Rainbow/DP-legacy”…don’t be ridiculous :
how about Paul Rodgers “exploiting” Free/Bad Company/Queen-legacy…
Meat Loaf “exploiting” Jim Steinman-legacy…John Sykes etc. “exploiting”
Lizzy-legacy…Sammy Hagar “exploiting” Van Halen-legacy…and so on and so on and so on…current Dixie Purple(with One original member left) playing new songs to an audience who only wake up when it’s time for the classic Blackmore-riffs/songs!!!

Second Hand Life is A Great JLT-album, you won’t be wasting your money!!

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:23:39 +0000

Maybe Ive been giving JLT a bad deal!!

Maybe I should re-assess my opinions. Maybe I should embrace pop rock, pvc, and lycra, But frankly I find it difficult!!

Some stuff he did with Rainbow was good……….I have to admit.

‘Slaves and Masters’ on the other hand was Rainbow in disguise, but without any memorable tracks. Appalling!!

As to what JLT has done since then……………anything memorable??? anything substantial? anything at all?

Seems to me the guy’s career these days is created on the back of DP. Why?

But as stated above, JLT is part of the DP family.

I Like to think of him as a ‘5th cousin twice removed’, you know, that part of the family we all try to forget……………..Bad Blood!!

By: heycisco

heycisco — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:14:50 +0000

Finally a voice of reason! I couldn’t agree more Mark. Cheers!

By: Mark Bryant

Mark Bryant — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 11:56:47 +0000

Okay, like all DP singers, JLT had some “not so great” songs. But, all-iin-all, I like Slaves and Masters with JLT as singer and his work with Rainbow was pretty darn good. I think most DP fans dislike him because of the off-handed manner in which IG was let go after HOBL: how arrogant JLT was when he was “given” the gig and; how poorly he represented himself on stage. Any singer who comes into DP and is expected to sing IG songs is set up for failure. Could you imagine IG singing DC/GH songs? No. Or RB playing guitar on TB songs? No. Like is mostly the case, JLT songs on S&M worked well on stage. So, give the guy a break. He is a member of the family lineage (whether through Rainbow or DP) and each of us can either buy his stuff or not. I like his voice. I may not like him personally, but I like his voice.

By: purplepriest1965

purplepriest1965 — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:37:28 +0000

It appears to me that JLT evokes more aversion than Steve Morse………..

It’s all very subjective……….

I like LJT very much and dislike the sound of Steve.
So it,s 1-1???
I don’t agree that JLT is only an popsinger. Odyssey was very heavy. Listen only to the title track, it’s way heavier than nowadays DP……………I loved from the opening on(that drums, like played in a big hangar, yeah!)and still do, almost 20 years later.

I agree that not all of his work is that strong and that he needs someone like RB or Nikolo Kotcheff (Love those Brazen Abbot albums)for compositionstrenght.
Although I love Rainbow with Dio more and I dislike Slaves and Masters a lot(except some great tracks)I can enjoy him in everything he does. Well, almost, hehehe. Hurry up and wait was terrible, for example………….

By: Mark Bee

Mark Bee — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:31:45 +0000

Is it true Joe’s real name is “Irving Boskowitz?”

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:02:02 +0000

Well, I wouldn’t go as far as calling him ‘incredible singer’, frankly. He’s ok singer, which best can be described by his own words - “a spotlight kid”. He belongs more to a pop scene rather then r’n'r. Look at his work in Rainbow - sweet voice and way too sugary lyrics. Check the S&M - same stuff. His work with Malmsteen - same stuff!!

And look at his live track-list! I post it entirely (found on this very site) so noone could say I’m exaggerating:

Street Of Dreams
Stone Cold
Death Alley Driver
Spotlight Kid
Jealous Lover
Can’t Happen Here
King Of Dreams
Power
Can’t Let You Go
Fire In The Basement
Unfinished Business
Jack Knife
I Surrender
All Night Long
Long Live Rock’n’ Roll
Burn
Highway Star
Smoke On The Water
Arianna

19 songs, of which only 3 (three) do not belong to Rainbow or DP (thanks God I haven’t heard him singing Burn…). That gives a good idea of how he objectively rank himself! To me it’s a clear indication that the guy is simply afraid of performing his own material ’cause he knows that otherwise he’d be singing to an empty hall. I also don’t think that being an official member of DP for 1 year/1 album gives him decent right to perform songs to which he has no connection whatsoever (I mean songs from Machine Head and Burn). Is he an average pub cover-band or what?

Just to put things straight - I don’t hate JLT (why should I?) and I really think he’s not so bad a singer, but I just don’t like how he blares around how great he is at the same time exploiting DP/Rainbow legacy to earn money.

By: STEVE STEWART

STEVE STEWART — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:12:31 +0000

WHAT DOES ONE BAD PURPLE ALBUM HAVE TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT JOES A GREAT SINGER.LISTEN TO THE HUGHES TURNER PROJECT RECORDS.HELL LISTEN TO CANT LET YOU GO WITH RAINBOW.
ALSO THE PURPLE RECORDS AFTER PERPENDICULAR WERENT VERY GOOD AT ALL.THAT DOESNT MAKE IAN ANY LESS OF A SINGER.LISTEN TO THE VOICE NOT THE RECORDS.ALL OF YOU.ESPECIALLY CRANBERRY

By: ormandy

ormandy — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:12:07 +0000

why? A slow news day. Or like a scar, it remains forever.

By: heycisco

heycisco — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:45:05 +0000

Why stupid comments of losers like you are allowed on this forum? Go and express your complexes somewhere else.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:22:34 +0000

why is this loser included in the world of Deep Purple ?
he filled in for 1 album like a high school substitute teacher !

By: Marc Q.

Marc Q. — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:13:48 +0000

Forget what Cranberry says !

Pretty good album ! Best from JLT for a long time !

French Hello to everyone §

By: STEVE STEWART

STEVE STEWART — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:47:45 +0000

HEY CRANBERRY THERE YOU GO AGAIN HATING ON JLT.THE GUY IS AN INCREDIBLE SINGER.GIVE HIM A BREAK.BY THE WAY ITS IAN PAICES AND MY BIRTHDAY TODAY
CHEERS FROM NEW YORK
STEVE STEWART
ARF ARF ARF

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:21:40 +0000

If you want to save some money, wait until its available in the bargain bucket. Lets face it, you wont have to wait very long!!!

Im going to save even more money……………..by not buying it at all!!