Appearantly yes

I dunno

Could have been a black out

Maybe I thought why bother, I do not remember

Cheers

Send me an email and they’re yours
purplexed@msn.com

“Slaves And Master Studio Jamming One”(10 tracks)
“Slaves And Master Studio Jamming Two - Outtakes and Sessions”(17 tracks)
„The Battle Of Slaves And Masters Demos“

What is the quality of the recordings and where would I find them?

Cheers

The purpose of a forum is discussion.

Some of that discussion concerns OPINION. There is a difference between OPINION and FACT.

I don’t “argue” with people. I make it a point not to. Rather, I discuss.

But some people cannot handle a difference of opinion because they are so bent that they are “right” that they can’t handle any opposing viewpoint. That’s a little fascist–don’t you think?

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I can express a balance of opinion and facts, and you sense some facts coming on so you feel you have to act big, just read your words as I post them back to you and tell me who’s “facist.”

Some people? Exactly what are you?

The way you ‘tell’ people what “the purpose of a forum” is, whatever, big guy.
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“T” wrote:
“Latest album version” and something done fifteen years ago which we’ve never heard are two different things. You tend to theorize and pass it off as fact.

The FACT of the matter is we will never know what were on those tracks. Most likely they were wiped so no comparisons could be made. You tend to forget the PR side of the industry. Many answers in interviews are stock answers. You’ll never hear Gillan or any other member say, “You know…the Turner versions were so much better but we went on anyway…” Get grip!

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I didn’t pass any theory off as fact, I’m now telling you the facts because you seem to require them.
JLT was sent a tape with two of the completely recorded tracks, and thats where he got “Stroke Of Midnight” aka “One Man’s Meat” and there is another one he is saving, so it is closer to a fact than theory that another one will surface… and just to prove that, here is an interview exerpt from his website via Classic Rock Revisited:

“Ritchie had emailed me to come to his Christmas party but I couldn’t make it because I was in the studio. He told me to work up this number so we did. The other song he sent is called “Cruel” which is a song that Ritchie wanted to do back in the Rainbow days but I am saving that one. I was so busy that I didn’t have time to sit down and write - we wrote a handful of songs on that record.”

As you can see, the other track is titled “Cruel” FYI.

Telling me to “get a grip” this is real mature?
Btw, I tend to get more than the average blanket statements in my interviews.

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“T” wrote:
Several of those songs–and which ones are not entirely clear, although I can guess by the arrangement–were written with Turner in mind, and when they were re-done, “The Battle Rages On” turned into a mediocre album mainly because Gillan had trouble fitting his lyric to it. That’s why we get songs like “Lick It Up” and “One Man’s Meat” .

Oh, is that a “fact” or your opinion? Take your pick, it can certainly be argued as to why it was a mediocre album, and even by some that it even was “mediocre” and the production would likely be first in line.

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“T” wrote:

Blackmore saved that album with his playing on the title track and “Anya,” the only two classics in the real sense. Ian Paice is ALWAYS on fire.

More “facts?”

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“T” wrote:
The Turner version is irrelevant anyway, as that song was the worst one on “The Battle Rages On” anyway.

There were many reasons why a personnel change was made, but I’m glad you were present at Turner’s firing; otherwise, we’d never know these things.

The “worst one” are you sure, is that a fact, or your opinion?
Again, take your pick, mkaes no fifference to me, I just disagree.

Was that last part a joke?

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“T” wrote:
I am not going to get into a “Whose is bigger” argument. I don’t claim to be the expert in Purplology that you do. I’m just an average fan. Nothing more.

I don’t spend all my money on every version of every recording done by anyone related to Deep Purple, including the next door neighbor’s cousin’s album. I’m not that anal. I just buy what I find interesting and pass on what I don’t.

I just like the group.

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Is that so? Could have fooled me, you… not a “serious fan?” I think you can do a little better than that. I don’t have 20 something guitars either, get it?

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“T” wrote:
Some people can’t accept Purple without Blackmore. Others are just as adament about Purple without Gillan. That’s cool.

I liked the Turner-era. So sue me. I have a Constitutional right to be misguided. Someone once said that stupidity is not against the law, but is a God-given right.

Don’t tase me bro!!

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Fair enough… but where it is you’re misguided is not there.

There are just certain things you don’t know, and you tell me I’m theorizing.

There is a nice addition to S&M and even TBRO that you should check out.

“Slaves And Master Studio Jamming One”(10 tracks)
“Slaves And Master Studio Jamming Two - Outtakes and Sessions”(17 tracks)
„The Battle Of Slaves And Masters Demos“

Demos & Rehearsals
Contains session material from the two studio albums,
“Slaves And Masters” & “The Battle Rages On”

Tracks:

Ramshackle Man (demo)
A Twist In The Tale (demo)
Anya (demo)
The Battle Rages On (instrumental demo)
The Battle Rages On (demo)
Lick It Up (rough take)
Solitaire (demo)
Fire In The Basement (instrumental demo)
Fortuneteller (demo)
Slow Down Sister (demo)
Jam Session #1
Jam Session #2
Jam Session #3
King Of Dreams (unplugged version)

So I wasn’t teasing, I believe I used the term “enlightenment” with all due respect.

T:
There is a Blog regarding “Secret Voyage”. Just click on Blog and scroll down. I invite all who are interested to go there with more comments on that…..

Cheers

Tracy, we’ll need to start a string about “Secret Voyage” because the webmasters are likely pulling their hair out with our using the “comments” section for a blog.

Perhaps they could install a hyperlink from these news items directly to a forum? Just a suggestion.

“Wouldn’t it be nice
When everything
Falls into place?”

For the other part about BN I’m rather in the middle of opinion.
I like very much ‘Dances Tambouilles’ a kind of old French folk and Rennaissance dances , with true ancient instuments and of a high level.I spare you the russian folk with rather to much mood/soul!
My hear lies in the (Hard )Rock world.

I go tonight rather for an icy shower after my sauna, and then the cherryvodka is waiting with of course a beautiful…
NA ZDOROVJE!

If we must respect the Freedom to be negative and whine, cry and complain, then is it not as important to respect the Freedom of the opposite point of view which finds the positive side to the whining, crying and complaining? Isn’t that what comunication is all about? Expressing either an oppinion, a view, a perspective, a subject, a feeling, a common or uncommon ground, a topic, etc. with someone, and the other person returning their response, either in agreement or disagreement? Isn’t that what we do here? Share our thoughts, regarding this band and responding to each others different view with the intention of either expressing your point due to the feelings and knowlede that you posess about the topic? Surely it isn’t that uncomplicated to understand the redundency in the constant Blackmore is Gone from Purple Complainers. Like I stated above…..”Are we there yet?…Are we there yet?…..Are we there yet?…..The answer is always going to be the same to same old question…..so again, If you don’t like the repeated response from those who don’t agree with your constant Blackmore Rant, then don’t bring it up every chance you get or in every Blog of a different subject. That’s a fairly simple approach to this don’t you think?

“Are we there yet?……..

“There ain’t no good guy,
there ain’t no bad guy,
There’s only you and me,
and we just disagree…..”

BTW, since we again are on the ever tiring Blackmore subject, I have finally been able to give “Secret Voyage” a listen. My view thus far, after only one listen, is that they should have changed the name of their band to “Candice Night, featuring snippets of Blackmore”. Very disapointing regarding the lack of Blackmore. I have expressed my personal attraction to this style of music and there are many other renaissance bands out there that are as good, but when I wish to hear Blackmore, I obviously would put on some “Blackmore’s Night”. He is basically absent here. What the bloody hell? That is like putting a Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow album out and everyone else is highlighted and Blackmore not heard. Are there a few spots that are memorable? Very few. Good album overall as far as the type of music they are supposed to be doing, but exempting the sole person that is the main attraction to this band, is insane and makes no sense. Again, for those folks only interested in some nice renaissance music fayre, you can’t go wrong, but if you are mainly interested in Blackmore, you will be very disapointed.

Anyway, how about this…..change of subject….you know, back to the actual Topic of the Blog…

Is there any updated news regarding the subject of this Blog…..Purple Rainbow? I see JLT is touring. Seems he should have some of the chaps he is recruiting for Purple Rainbow guest appear during these dates as promo highlights…..Just a thought to get away from the “Blackmore Issue”.

But I will give “Secret Voyage” another listen this evening, while relaxed in the Hot tub, sipping on a “Musical Enhancement Refreshment” of course……

Cheers

I know this is a music site with the D.P. music heroes who are standing also very much for freedom.
Freedom with respect that turns not into egoism, is one of my true aims in life.
Freedom for crying/laughing/whining/boozing/or whatever, but without harming my neighbor.

I want you very much to know I’m deeply touched and astonished by your(btw always)wise words about our (all)history.
I lost almost my whole family during the war…without only a bitter reward after and no-one remembering facts of our ‘part’ and misery at all.
I thank you for your honest words!

I noticed you possess all the qualities for writing very well, short/exact/witty/informing…I DO hope and wish you manage for a book.

I like to make clear that I only used the name ‘Yankee’ to focus(and not to hurt) the attention for some to act not so bossy and pretentious.The lac of respect and tolerance for another ones opinion or thought is a proof of arrogant narrow-mindedness.
This even if I would wish to weep an whine every day for a nursey rhyme!

CHEERS, to you and whole your family T !!!

BUT; I agree with what you have stated (I’ve said the same thing over and over)regarding Steve Morse being DEEP PURPLE’s Guitarist. If Joe Satriani had stayed and been there till now……then JOE SATRIANI would be DEEP PURPLE’s Guitarist. It’s that simple. The only time the Blackmore/Morse issue comes up, it’s from the Blackmore Worshippers who not only miss him playing Rock, but hate the fact that he is no longer and hasn’t been for 15 years, Deep Purple’s Guitarist. I agree that everyone has their taste and prefference, but to constantly whine and cry about that, no matter what the Blog Subject is, is fairly silly don’t you think?

It’s like travel across the country with the family and the 5 year old in the back seat repeating over and over again…..”Are we there yet?”

Oh, and on the War issue…….I am not going to go there. This is not the forum for it and like discussing Religion and Politics, it usually ends in disaster and friends are lost……

I enjoy the Purple Talk here with all of you too much to allow that horrid subject to become the “Great Divider”, so I am going to opt out of that one if that’s OK.

Cheers

That is not to say, however, than I can’t be a tremendous admirer of Blackmore’s work–past and present–and hope for a return to his rock roots. I still consider the man to be the greatest overall hard rock guitarist in history, and that could be said just based on certain points in his career–even certain SONGS.

If “battles that you have lost and we have defended” is a reference to the war, it needs to be pointed out that it was the Red Army that had the greatest hand in defeating Germany, taking Berlin and forcing Dönitz to sue for peace.

I AM NOT IGNORING the contribution of the remainder of the Allies and their importance in the post-war world; however, the effect of the Soviet army cannot be underestimated and they do not as often get the credit as we Americans do. Let’s not forget the Battle of Britain, also–a MAJOR turning point due to the RAF.

Without the Soviet advance on the Eastern Front, the war could have been twice as long–or gone the other way. I should know–my grandfather fought against them, and my mother’s uncle fought against them before saving the last round for himself. They were ferocious fighters. (I’m planning a book on all this).

It was not a good time, and it was a world effort. Let’s hope there will still be a United States and Allies to pick up the pieces next time.

Here is the difference:

You and other “Blackmore Worshippers” constantly do Cry for him to return to Purple. That is a FACT. The Purple fans that are wise enough to understand the present, don’t waste their time whining and CRYING about His decission to leave, and enjoy his separate work along with Purple as they are. I never start to rant, I only respond to you and your fellow whiners who seem to miss him so much. Believe me, if you wouldn’t cry and whine so much, This Yankee wouldn’t have to do what we always do…..wipe the tears from those who in the end need us to put their life back in order. So, as with most of your other battles that you have lost and we have defended……get past it and move on, or forever live in your Purple Blackmore Past, filling empty gobblets with tears…..”No More Tears”

HELL YEAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Back to my little friend “Gentleman Jack”, and a listen to Steve Morse “Major Impacts”.

Cheers

As long as you visite this site…you WILL read and accept the many Blacker replies who miss Ritchie.

I can’t help that you seem to belong to the crying and weeping type. Normal people don’t ‘cry’ for RB, we just speak our thoughts.

It would be great BN singing the Worm Song, what joy it would be for all of us…
D.P. could also do this, perhaps you can suggest it to them at one of their meet&greets, I will do the same!

If you read this often enough , I have all confidence you will get this in the end…probably even with that head of yours like a big soapbell

Pazhaluista, cheers!

I answered……as far as “My Same Old Repeated Reply Stuff”….read what you just wrote and it says it all. That part “Repeated Reply” is due to the same old topic that the “Blackmore Worshippers” keep repeating. You repeat the constant crying of his jumping ship?…I repeat and remind the fact that the ship is running strong without him.

Now, repeat after me…..

Blackmore is happy in his little forest, and is no longer Deep Purple’s Plucker.
They hired a new gun by the name of Steve Morse,
and he’s a bad ass guitar playing Mother Fucker”.

I would like Blackmore’s Night to play the “Worm Song” though. Very cool tune and is perfect for their style of play…..Blackmore should sing it also…..riiiiigggghhhhhtttttt.

Cheers

I see YOU HAVEN’T responded yet to YOUR OWN NEW YOUTUBE SONG on the ‘NOTES FROM THE ROAD’blog!

btw Is it still not obvious to you that some people have more important things on the mind then answering your same old repeated reply stuff.

I don’t want to be personal with that, just being straight me.
Do you see what I mean, Tracy…

I want RB back -like many others-in a hard rock evenement.
So stop that idiotic pushing with pointing only at BN. We are not retarded, but I become more and more doubting you are!

If you need it, take some more Jack Daniëls and some more sleep.
And now…your hot tub is waiting…my time is up
CHEERS!

Im not really that fussed as to ‘whose is bigger’…… But, i will tell you something ‘mine is enormous’ A Monster!!!

‘Let the right Fly take you away. Don’t let the Dung Beetle have his way with you’………its like a frikkin wildlife debate on here!!!

So many ’syndromes’ out there……..I dont think I can step out the front door!!

Hochachtungsvoll

T

First; I see you haven’t responded. I hope the “Dung Beetle” hasn’t had his way with you……

Second; See how these two [’T and Crimson Ghost’], “Guitar Nuts” go at it? Just as I described in a different Blog, regarding the “Lead Guitar”/”Front Man” Syndrome…….their head swells up like an infant. Ever see the size of an infant’s head compared to his body7 SAME THING. Now, watch the sparks fly. Same thing I discribed about the Blackmore/Gillan thing. FRONTMAN SYNDROME. That is how I [the drummer] became the lead singer in my ‘cover band’ LOzT CAUz. {check out WAR PIGS by LOzT CAUz on YOU TUBE). The Singer couldn’t stand sharing the spotlight with our masterful guitarist and left the band. I bought new sound equipment and took over the singing, and he was never missed (like Blackmore). A four piece band became a three piece band receiving better recognition and better pay (less is more). Extra baggage is something to get rid of, when you can. It only takes time for the HEAD to swell to the point where it isn’t worth the HEAD ACHE.

See what I mean Priest? “Blackmore Syndrome” was the decline of the Deep Purple you love most…….But, Deep Purple is alive and well without him. You want Blackmore? Buy “Blackmore’s Night” records or listen to OLD BLACKMORE records. “IT IS THE WAY. IT IS DONE. MOVE ON”. Be THE SHIT. Let the right Fly take you away. Don’t let the Dung Beetle have his way with you. It’s a “shitty” way to finish life……

Now, I must retire to the Hot Tub, with my MP3 player in my ear playing “ALL THINGS PURPLE”, MK1 thru MK8, along with a sip of Merlot to help blend the Rainbow of sounds……thinking of “Things I Never Said”……and if you say I did, you’ve got the “Wrong Man”…unless of course I cry, then you have the “Blind Man”, but then “I Never Cry”……(tribute to my other main band “Alice Cooper” whom I am going to see in St. Louis, Missouri on August 7th, at the Pagent Theatre, where I saw Deep Purple, last year). Those who know the “Coop” know what I’m saying here.

Cheers

Some of that discussion concerns OPINION. There is a difference between OPINION and FACT.

I don’t “argue” with people. I make it a point not to. Rather, I discuss.

But some people cannot handle a difference of opinion because they are so bent that they are “right” that they can’t handle any opposing viewpoint. That’s a little fascist–don’t you think?

I am not going to get into a “Whose is bigger” argument. I don’t claim to be the expert in Purplology that you do. I’m just an average fan. Nothing more.

I don’t spend all my money on every version of every recording done by anyone related to Deep Purple, including the next door neighbor’s cousin’s album. I’m not that anal. I just buy what I find interesting and pass on what I don’t.

I just like the group.

From a musical standpoint, “Slaves and Masters” was a superior album to most. In contrast, I didn’t like “The Battle Rages On” all that much.

Some people can’t accept Purple without Blackmore. Others are just as adament about Purple without Gillan. That’s cool.

I liked the Turner-era. So sue me. I have a Constitutional right to be misguided. Someone once said that stupidity is not against the law, but is a God-given right.

Don’t tase me bro!!

I’ll address your misguided comments to me once this day is over “T” expect some huge enlightenment concerning recordings, opinions and facts when dealing with me, as usual, I’ll point out the goods, opposed to your hair splitting and spiffing approach. Hopefully you’ll wait intstead of replying to this, lets see if you can handle that much at this juncture, since you’re so hell bent on arguing with me for self entertaining results at best.

I own 23 guitars from various manufacturers and they all sound different–and FEEL different. Some are more challenging to play than others.

Just changing guitars makes me play in a different way. It’s not just the pick-ups, but also the “feel” of the instrument. Some are big and bulky; others are small and comfortable. Some are long-scale; others are short. Some have a place to put your right hand; others have a weird position. I have a lap steel that has the cord plug right where your hand is supposed to rest. That’s awkward!

A couple of my favorites are the Danelectro Dano Pro and the Yamaha RGX A2. They are “short” guitars with very “fast” necks. The Dano only has 19 frets, and I love it! I also tend to play well on the SG–which is notorious for having a heavy neck.

For me, the Stratocasters are a bit more challenging to play (I have a ‘57 and a Strat Plus), but I do very well with the Telecaster I just won in a contest. If you haven’t already looked, you can see it by clicking on my “T”.

Only three of these were made, so I won’t be playing it very often–but it’s REALLY comfortable for me. (I never used to like Telecasters. I thought they were a bit too “country”. Then my wife found a woodgrain one and I tried it…)

Ritchie used to play a Gibson ES-335 in the early days. In my opinion, he played better on it (he recorded a lot of “In Rock” with it–I’m fairly certain “Child in Time” was recorded with it, and very possibly “Speed King”. He used the 335 to play “Mandrake Root” live with Mk II as well).

But the Strat was more to his liking. I believe he liked the Fender neck better as well as the tremolo arm. The Gibson used a “Bigsby” which does not have as dramatic an effect as the Fender tremolo, and Blackmore loves to pull on that tremolo arm!

I consider myself to be a Fender guy–but I keep an open mind and like to play different guitars BECAUSE I play differently on each one! I would never say “Gibson sucks” or “Fender sucks” or whatever. That’s just ignorant.

I never met a guitar I didn’t like! I found a cheap Gretsch for $140 and it ROCKS.

The sound are not the same,have you never seen Van halen or Thin Lizzy with a fender? there is a big difference among these guitars…

Angus Young with a fender?
never…

Blackmore with a gibson?

The FACT of the matter is we will never know what were on those tracks. Most likely they were wiped so no comparisons could be made. You tend to forget the PR side of the industry. Many answers in interviews are stock answers. You’ll never hear Gillan or any other member say, “You know…the Turner versions were so much better but we went on anyway…” Get grip!

Several of those songs–and which ones are not entirely clear, although I can guess by the arrangement–were written with Turner in mind, and when they were re-done, “The Battle Rages On” turned into a mediocre album mainly because Gillan had trouble fitting his lyric to it. That’s why we get songs like “Lick It Up” and “One Man’s Meat” .

Blackmore saved that album with his playing on the title track and “Anya,” the only two classics in the real sense. Ian Paice is ALWAYS on fire.

The Turner version is irrelevant anyway, as that song was the worst one on “The Battle Rages On” anyway.

There were many reasons why a personnel change was made, but I’m glad you were present at Turner’s firing; otherwise, we’d never know these things.

“If you are worth a shit, the right fly will come and carry you off”……”If you aren’t, then may the dung beetle have his way with you”.

Cheers

Would you marry someone who is definitely NOT giving you goosebumps while the memory of someone who ALWAYS triggered that effect is gone…
Would you proceed only because you think : Something is better than nothing?

I don’t like to be alone, but hopefully I ll never succumb to something I hate.

One has to stay true to oneself.

I did make some choices over the years just in order to survive, but it still gives me an empty or dirty feeling.

Can you really imagine Blackmore on numbers like “Walk On” or “I Got Your Number?” I sure can’t, and although the title track “ROTD” seems an alright fit, I think that was Don’t point, or sounds like it anyway.

Btw, if you read my posts you will see that I understand 100% the desire to keep opining in Blackmores defense, but that doesn’t change reality and never will. There is nothing to defend, it’s not like he is lobbying for a return to Purple and saying it’s his right to rejoin them and take over again, that would be just silly, he forfitted.

I fear to offend american friend when I try to speak about my point of view among american musicians and european musician,but I want only say that exist a difference between the music from this 2 continent.

there is only a difference,I don’t want to mean that one is better than other,that all friends.

about fender,I think to remember that BlacKmore did not play a fender in DP IN ROCK studio recording,
am I right or not?

hey people,it is a pleasure to “meet” you here
thank you
cheers
cìn cìn
A.

WOW!!! I can’t believe you did this!
Oh what a joy to read !
You’re aammmmmmaaaaaaaazzzziiinnnnnnnngggggggg!!!

THANX

Hahaha! You’re great!
Na zdorovje

You have the passionate soul like the Russians! Like blackmore…like Annemie and Purplepriest1965 and likely others…big T…Mysterious Rascal…

The Fender translates Blackmores soul and temper…NO school to learn that…the technique IS totaly diffrent then SM.
I like DP now very much, but al fanatic defense for SM is unnecessarily IF he is that brilliant that we could forget about Ritchie!
The respect for the freedom to express regrets for Ritchies abcense is therefore at a very normal reaction and right to me, and not a strange phenomena or crime.

PS In the old USSR, when the brainwashing didn’t work, we had saltmines in Siberia in stead of the US shrinks for those who spoke ‘crimes’…

AND…NOW, WITH ALL MY HARD ROCK SOUL :
CHEERS TO YOU AND ALL D.P. FANS OF THE WORLD!

I heard THAT! I wish they pumped out records as often as some people do. I only get to see Purple once every so many years. But I listen to something EVERY DAY. I LIKE that suggestion!

As for the Fender, they do have a very characterstic “bell” sound to them. I don’t know how else to describe it. I think it might be the neck, too.

I recently won an American Standard Fender Telecaster, and it has that “sound” AndreA is talking about. I’m running it through a Vox tube amp. You can see it by clicking on my “T” above. At the end of the video I demo it–unfortunately I do not have proper mixing equipment for video and it ends up sounding thin.

My wife just bought me a Laguna that I’m using to “replace” my Strats (both are too collectible for daily duty) since I could never afford a Music Man.

Crimson Ghost is right in that there are a thousand ways to set up a guitar–strings, effects, amps, settings–but the combination of Blackmore’s technique and the Fender guitar just creates a sound unlike any other. Maybe the secret is tossing it around. You know, there are sounds you can get with your feet…

AndreA is very perceptive. Blackmore is just “different”. It might be his temperment and personality that comes through via the guitar. He’s not known for being a social butterfly and tends to prefer to be on his own.

But I still think that Blackmore did some of his best work on that old 335.

As far as the humbucker thing is concerned…that’s why I like guitars with a coil tap! Problem solved!

Some folks like the weather cold, it’s healthy they tell you.
It may be dense but where’s the sense if your nose keeps turning blue?

On the day that I was born I was just ten minutes odd.
I popped my head ‘neath the clothes and said, “Brrr! don’t the wind blow cold?”

Sailor Joe got shipwrecked on a raft that pitched and rolled.
He yelled and raved as a shirt he waved “Oh! don’t the wind blow cold?”

There’s no sense in shivering until you start to freeze.
What’s the use of quivering and shaking at the knees.

Cried Maudie on the pillion seat, “it was great fun I was told
But when you ride with you’re legs astride, Oh! don’t the wind blow cold?”

A Scotchman for an advert once around the town he strolled
On a pair of stilts in Scotchman’s kilts, Wow! don’t the wind blow cold?

While Miss Jones was in her bath, our Curate called I’m told.
He saw the door ajar, giggled, “There you are, Oh! don’t the wind blow cold?”

There’s no sense in shivering until you start to freeze.
What’s the use of quivering and shaking at the knees?

Six Fan Dancers did their dance, six Fan Dancers bold.
They only had five fans - so what? Oh! didn’t the wind blow cold?

I saw some lovely bathing belles, upon the beach they rolled.
They jumped to their feet when I said, “Tweet tweet, Oh! don’t the wind blow cold?”

When Godiva rode her horse round Coventry I’m told,
She cried and sobbed, “Eemy hair I’ve bobbed, Oh! don’t the wind blow cold?

There’s no sense in shivering until you start to freeze.
What’s the use of quivering and shaking at the knees?

A girl I cuddled in the park said, “Please, let go your hold.
Something’s ripped and I think it’s slipped, Oh! Mother don’t the wind blow cold?”

Incredible you remind us to George Formby…I adore him and his movies!
‘Mr.Wu’s a window cleaner now’ is my favorite, and I try to find it again for years!
I remember again the scene at the end with him desperate singing ‘oh how the wind blow cold…’ and no possiblities to escape!
Cheers with ukulele and Mendez orchestra to you!

To AndreA

I agree completely with you!!!
Have a lovely day

PS: my cellar is refilled with stout

“With my Little Ukulele in my Hand”
“Mr Wu’s a Window Cleaner Now”
“My Granddad’s Flannelette Night Shirt”
“With my Little Stick of Blackpool Rock”

and of course the world famous “Leaning on a Lamppost”

Some people rejected his style and poured scorn on his ‘funny dated clothes’, the ’stupid songs’, and his ‘banjo’……..

Mmmmmmmmm

“It’s Turned Out Nice Again”

DP were born in GB,and there Blacmore has got influence from classic,baroque,blues,prog judt little bit.

USA has different culture,find a hard rocker guitarist playng near to Blacmore sound,is very diificult: van halen,morse,hagar,rush guitarist,journey guitarist,jake lee,ted nugent,Mountaing guitarist etc..they alre all very very great and I like them,but they play american…

perhaps only the GREAT RANDY ROADS showed his classic inluence and I’ll miss him forever..

Are you sure it’s the Fender that gets that sound you like, and not simply the type of pick ups and certain palm techniques etc…?
I can name 50 fender players who sound absolutely nothing alike.
Steve can never get that sound with humbuckers, no matter how hard he tries, oh, and MLJ tells me a good tube amp helps… have you heard him play SOTW live? “T” has, in person in fact, and if he didn’t notice a great replication of Blackmore then he likely was just caught up in the excitement of playing it on stage with him, but there is many a piece of footage to prove he nailed Ritchie’s “sound” in SOTW, something Dean Howard, as much as I love the chap, can’t seem to get, and he tells me it’s not the guitar, it’s the player and how they approach it, he even said he can sound just like that on a Telecaster too, but if he used the Less Paul, there go the humbuckers again….

I’m not sure which classical piece Steve used for the basis of TWDG, but he sure took it from something and I’ll wage some good coin on that, sorry to assume it, but I know a profound classical approach when I hear one, he didn’t invent those progressions, they’re centuries old. “Gillan sing Burn” all that gets is a simple no thanks from me, but perhaps he could at least do it as good as Coverdale does now.[sic!] But seriously… I don’t desicrate Turner for stepping in when he did, but it literally flopped hence the record company threatening to drop them if they didn’t get Gillan back, but then I seem to remember you mentioning that as some sort of hype?
I rather liked it while it lasted, but I did have a feeling they gave it their best shot and didn’t have much left in them to continue, turns out I was right. He, like many “was” great in his time while he lasted.
Most all of them do not have their best days ahead of them.

About Purple and what to do concerning set lists and touring in general, well I say it’s been a good run and you have to know when to stop, filthy lucre tends to cross the noodle on that one.
I say retire from the constant touring, because they certainly will be doing that sooner or later… keep making good records, schedule less frequent tours very creatively, and boost merchandise sales and head up their own archive department. How does that sound? They aren’t spring chickens anymore, but can certainly cut it on a much less heavy schedule… but the almighty dollar seems to be the spell they’re under. I don’t have any problem saying that about them, but I might not be as happy if they did it, as I’m an up to the minute follower, but to digress, I’d like to be a free man from it all myself someday. LOL!!!!!!!!!

FENDER STRATOCASTER,

Morse is great guitar player but often I don’t like his “rumor”,sometime its guitar seems a plastic sound,too much compressed…The FENDER gives me always a good feeling like open infinite space,more lovely…it makes me falling in love for music.

I miss FENDER!

cheers FRIENDS

have nice good time

A.

I simply meant that there was more to Blackmore than just playing a guitar part, and his contribution to Classic Purple can’t be dismissed as just a single line in a bigger work. Writing a song goes beyond that.

As for the “liking Blackmore mental disorder,” (LBMD?) I’m not the only one who’s made mention of it. Anzor said, “The possitive side of exchanging this thoughts is to my opinion that the schrinks everywhere will do very good business.This because there are many RB-lovers and hard fans on this site, and I understand they all are recommended to go to the schrink?” It was rhetorical, but here’s the answer anyway: No.

Many have brought this up throughout the blog, usually but not exclusively as a reference to Priest’s fervent preference for Blackmore over Steve Morse. He’s entitled to his opinion.

Tracy made the comment, “[Morse] was brought into the actual band due to Blackmore leaving, and aside from the Blackmore Nuts, hasn’t been missed too much and Deep Purple haven’t skipped a beat without him.” I agree with that conclusion. That’s a given.

However, the Blackmore Nuts are entitled to their opinion, too. As the saying goes, you may not know a lot about art–but you know what you like. Crimson Ghost pointed out that these preferences could also be applied to vocalists. To some, Purple is not Purple without Gillan, and the Gillan Nuts cannot accept Turner at the microphone. Same difference. To each his own.

Crimson Ghost also made the point that Blackmore had his off-nights. This is very true. As I have said ad nauseum, Morse is a much more consistent player and can be counted on from night to night.

The downside is that all the live albums tend to sound the same. Blackmorists point out the “Blitzkrieg” style that made Purple so exciting back in the day–something that today’s Purple lacks. Morse is quite capable of his own brilliance, however. Take the live “Seventh Heaven” from “Total Abandon,” to name only one.

“Hall of the Mountain King” is indeed derived from Edvard Grieg’s “Peer Gynt Suite”. He’s done this before. “Exposition” from “The Book of Taliesyn” comes from the allegretto of Beethoven’s 7th. “Difficult to Cure” is really “An die Freude”. I wasn’t aware, though, that “The Well-Dressed Guitar” is a take on a classical piece. Which one?

The title is apparently a tongue-in-cheek reference to J.S. Bach’s “The Well-Tempered Clavier.” There are two books and a ton of préludes and fugues to that work. Did I miss it? Anybody know the BWV number of Morse’s model?

I agree with Crimson Ghost that replacement singers (with the exception of Dougie White) sang their predecessors’ songs “horrendously” at times and the point is well taken. Mark III was obligated to sing Mark II songs because, first of all, the fans expected to hear certain songs, and second, Mark II was at the top of the charts at the time–still riding the wave from “Made in Japan”. They kept the Mark II numbers to a minimum, however, and most of the set was from “Burn”.

I think the consensus is that the current Purple should do a couple of expected and rotated classics, some “oddities”, and have Morse-era tunes complete the rest of the setlist. For the most part, [I think] they do this to the best of their ability. (I still believe Gillan could do “Burn” though!)

Who said “Steve Morse can’t play guitar”? Certainly not ME. He’s a musician’s musician and any comment to the contrary is just nutty. That’s like saying Caravaggio can’t paint, or Cervantes can’t write.

I don’t care for Morse’s interpretation for the “Smoke on the Water” riff–that’s opinion–but I give him kudos for making the attempt to make those songs his own–as he should. That was just an example of one that I didn’t care for.

He did to a much better job on the “Total Abandon” extra–the cut from the multicast with all the (muted!) kids playing along. The whole band was on fire there. That’s the version I chose for my “Live & Loud” Morse compilation. Morse also tore it up with the stunning jazz interpretation of “Smoke”. The guy can do everything.

I don’t care for Jackson Pollock–but that doesn’t diminish his accomplishments and I wouldn’t say he can’t paint. It’s just a matter of taste.

And I know what I like.

Can’t believe some people and what they resort to when they find equally passionate others, but come from a place they don’t, the truth about them comes flying out in such an ugly and unnecessary way.
It’s only rock and roll.(personally I think he tripped when the guys rolled out the red carpet for me, since he provided the passes, but he had never met them, and they were flabbergasted at seeing me so far away from home)

Sheesh!

Hell yeah!Let´s have a loud rebel yell for the mighty Deep Purple and fans!!I salute ya´ all….wherever you are! Cheers!!

I don’t like to generalize but I must say certain outings from people on the board understress the perception Americans really are big headed, loud mouthed, dominant and so on…….”

Come on Priest, are we now going to make this a racial “Flag Waving” page too? Are we now taking a survey on what country’s fans are more relevent? I don’t recall anything being stated where that has to be thrown in. I was only responding (in my usual sarcastic way) to the comment thrown at me from “Anzor Denisultanov” #301 regarding his term “Yankee White House” aimed at me. I did not cast that stone, but one thing for sure, as all good “Yankee White House” folks, I will Defend to the End. Now, let’s move on from that area. That will surely get us nowhere and only finally result in true pointless animosity in the end.

Now let us all make a toaste here, as we are all a bunch of fans to this great band Deep Purple, with different Shades of view…….so here goes:

Friends may come and friends may go,
and friends may peter-out you know.
But we’ll be friends through thick or thin,
peter-out or peter-in.

Cheers

You are “Bad To The Bone”, “Have A Drink On Me”!

Quote ‘As long as they enjoy the music’!!

Dont these imbeciles take into account history, legends, and birth rights???

Surely thorough research, band member quotes, likes & dislikes, pedigree, personel history, instrument techniques and styles, should all be considered before you can safely judge whether to enjoy the music?

Ive heard some idiots start ‘foot tapping’ without even knowing the basics of a band, some not even knowing the band name!! yes, yes……..its hard to believe.

I know, I know……a sickness exists, and is within our midsts.

Musical enjoyment without dissection, and analysis………….get a fucking grip!!!

And why confuse it with his contribution to the music? I didn’t use the term “merely” nor did I insinuate that, maybe you confuse DP with Rainbow or BN. Those two can be considered his invention and sole responsibility as far as you’re concerned for all I care, but DP never was, it’s that simple, no rocket science to it.

Did someone actually say here that “being a Blackmore fan is” generally “a mental disorder?” If so, point it out, cause I missed it.

I also prefere Blackmore’s parts done by him as well, I also don’t think many would argue with such a thing, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be happy with someone with a degree in music thats only ten years behind him making records either, and he started out with a good deal, he didn’t have to struggle in the business for 4 years to get the deal with Capricorn. The guy has the chops to cut it, and his own contributions to Purple are oustanding.

The point is that some people are musically flexible, and some simply aren’t, I take the former and I’m proud of it, but it doesn’t mean I don’t understand those who don’t, I was once seventeen too you know, but as Blackmore says himself, at that time my opinion was of no consequence. Make any sense? If it doesn’t, don’t blame me, I only quoted him. The two camps are not what they seem… the Morse line up suporters still like Blackmore as much as ever, what are they thinking if not? But the Blackmore supporters seem to hate Morse, or at least thats how things seem to be divided, does that sound fair to you?

I don’t see anybody here ranking on Blackmore’s contributions, but some are so quick to sum up those who support MkMorse as dissing on Blackmore’s skills, and thats pathetic, but it doesn’t dismiss their opinion, it’s just not very usefull to discuss things that way, it’s like going one way in both lanes on a two way street, and it’s just old hat.

About TWDG, I don’t know, even Blackmore has said he has had days where he felt like nothing more than an average guitarist, knowing clearly that on most days he is aware of his own talent.

I have so many recordings of his work from night to night, week to week and month to month, hundreds of live recordings man, and I can easily show you some bunk performances, many of them… one in particular with JLT in DP, in good quality video, where you would swear it was a bad rehearsal, till the cam zooms out and you see they are in front of an audience and can’t believe it, atrocious… he would have to feel the whole “TWDG” vibe in order to pull it off with much good result… he can play anything, but feeling with any honesty it is another story, and it comes out when anyone has that problem, i.e, Morse on the Purple classics… see what I’m saying, he could do it, but I highly doubt I’d prefere it to Morse doing, although it’s an interesting thought. Priest said that it sounds something like ‘HALL of The Mountain King” and there is some truth to that simply because neither Blackmore or Morse actually wrote either track, they just took them from composers and embelished them, although Mores came up with his own title and Blackmore kept the title, but you have to admit, both are creative titles.

What you once said, something about each guitar player having their own unique approach to playing, or whatever it was, it’s true, so why should it not apply in the case of reasoning with a respective replacement? It applies to singers too, but you don’t hear many ranking on MkIII’s former insitance on singing the MkII songs pretty horrendously… it’s always been my opinion that they did, but I have never and will never rank on their abilities to sing, that would be just plain ignorant… but I see all the time people saying extreme comments like “Steve Morse can’t play guitar” simply because he chooses to play SOTW in a way that he feels comfortable with, and the arrangement has plenty of room for… you may not have said it T, but I can copy and paste from around the net where people have, so I’m not joshing, some people are that juvinal about it. It’s irritating, especially those who just do it to wind others up when they know it’s not true, that one always astonishes me.

Tracy’s point that Morse was hired to play the guitar parts for the current version of Deep Purple is well taken. That is in fact a large part of his job. Tracy also said, “But you just won’t be hearing anything new from him in Purple. That’s what Steve Morse is for.” This is very true. As I have said before, it would be inappropriate for Blackmore to suddenly usurp Morse. It’s academic at any rate. I don’t see it ever happening.

On the other hand, being a Blackmore fan is not a mental disorder! Even if my family might think otherwise!

I disagree that Blackmore merely played “some parts” in the classic era DP. Much of Mark II Deep Purple has Blackmore’s fingerprints all over it. Over the years, various members repeatedly commented that “most of the ideas were Ritchie’s”. In Mark II, it was a situation in which we had a group of geniuses who fed off of each other, but Blackmore was the catalyst. Certainly, Purple was more than just Blackmore, but his contribution cannot be simply written off. Most likely, they self-destructed with other members discovered they had more and more ideas of their own.

Mark VII and VIII proved that there is life without Blackmore. Steve Morse plays the old numbers quite well. Unlike Joe Satriani, who sounded like he was afraid to put his own personality into the songs (sacrilege?), Morse made many of those numbers his own.

I prefer the Blackmore versions of the old numbers, especially the riff to “Smoke on the Water” which Morse plays very staccato and with finger vibrato! However, that is only natural. How much space has been devoted to this blog regarding singers singing their own songs–and why is that? On the other hand, Morse does an outstanding job on the bridge to “Woman From Tokyo”.

Sure, Blackmore could play “Well-Dressed Guitar” as it is composed of a lot of repeating figures across open strings–something at which Blackmore is very adept. But it would sound strange to the ears, because he would play it in his own way, and it would never sound the same twice!

And yes, Americans are loud and obnoxious. But we keep things interesting.

Don’t worry about me and priest going at it……IT’S WHAT WE DO…….Hell, I think he enjoys it more than I do. I work too hard at it. And it actually brings out some good views and reminders of other areas with all things Purple, and is a good filler for the rest of the gang, waiting for a new subject.
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As symantics often do… including making people concerned, not to be confused with actual “worry.”

To some of the ohters, is someone trying to say that even one anti Blackmore fan exists in the entire online Purple fan base? Now there is something hilarious, if thats what I understand someone is thinking, jumping Jesus Christ on a pogo stick! I highy resent such a theory even remotely existing. THE WORD “MINORITY” PROMPTED THAT!

As for the new BN album and the rest of their catalog, I’m a huge Purple/Morse supporter, but also a BN fan club coordinater, if thats possible to anyone… I think Ritchie’s playing in the songs where he clearly is into the arrangement, he continues to make an effort to bleed from his soul with zero loss in his inspiration and abitties, and the result is stunning, but what it’s surrounded by is where the room for argument rears it’s head.
Listen to him on SV, he really shines when he surfaces, and shows that he still has his chops intact, but what I don’t like isn’t aything too complicated to nail, and thats the cut and paste of Susatto’s repeated arrangements like he keeps doing, there is a melody thats laced through two r three songs on every BN album, that does not change, it’s the same melody over and over, just placed in different tracks. It’s become his signature of late, but I wish it were his own, instead of verging on BN being a Susatto tribute band. (sorry if I spelt the composers name wrong, I can care less, BN are nostalgic as nostalgic gets) But Ritchie still has something left in him, lets hope tat when she is on location for the movie shoot, which should take five months minimum, that Ritchie isn’t stuck monitoring her kisses to Geoff Tate like some sort of investment stalker, and does something we “all’ can enjoy again… my bet is he does do something outside the BN box for once in decade now. The last thing I can think of was “Apache” but even tat was a tribute, and he couldn’t even detach Candice from tat, I don’t here her on the as always “instrumental” track, but the credits say otherwise. Oh, and I also find since FAM, BN have been using traditional arrangements that sound better on the movie soundtracks they seem to get the idea from. Sometimes a fantasy trip can really cause chaos.

One more thing Priest, they are not paying tribute to Blackmore just because he played guitar and came up with his part on those songs, they belong just as much to the rhythm section and lyric writers as they do him, period! There is no crime in them playing what obviously remain their favoite numbers of all time, just because one or two decide to jump ship, no matter what the reason, thats always been what happens in this band, it’s business, nothing personal, although people who think they write the job discription for guitar and organ in this band seem to think otherwise.

Good night Vancouver USA, its a better place to be in WA, although I know what you were referring to, it’s just that I happen to live in the state. te he

I don’t like to generalize but I must say certain outings from people on the board understress the perception Americans really are big headed, loud mouthed, dominant and so on…….

Yeah, I know they saved my country from itler.
I m afraid(Id did study some History lessons) that that was not only for altruistic reasons but also to save a market where they could go on with their buisness.

Like everyone with a sane mind knows USA mostly rescues countries in possession of oil.

I think IG will share my view on that one.

It will take time, but it will come, there will be a day they ALL confess they were just trying to do a job , have some fun at the same time, during the Marks without RB.

Regardless of what his part was in this sad story, that for me and countless others take away the fact that HE will always be the most important guitarplayer they ever had.

And yeah, they made some nice tunes without him, but…….

1) WHY don;t they play them more often?!
2) Answer to 1 : because they don’t stand up really to what HE wrote.

IG tried to cover “the set list question” in his DVD.
I think it’s nonsense, well partly.
I know they will have to try to satisfy certain youngsters who never saw DP and desire to hear MK 2 songs.
But …….
THEY SHOULD BE MORE ADVENTUROUS LIKE IN THE OLD DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those youngsters will appreciate the new stuff at the same value.
Or not?

Well, even me would enjoy it more.

I gave set list options before……….

Come on, 80% SM era stuff and some rarities.
The quality(???)of the stuff will please everybody.

Or not?

Goodnight Seattle, I love you!

They´ve totally slaughtered the beautiful “Rainbow eyes” and the old Elvis number, “Can´t help falling in love”….cheesy and laughable! Sorry all Blackmore obsessives (you know who you are)….Just beacuse it´s RB doesn´t mean it´s any good,in fact it´s CRAP!! That´s just my humble opinion,and so is the wish for RB to return to the hard rock stage ASAP!! Cheers!

I discovered that Steve Morse (who I like very much as you know) is here just to REMEMBER Ritchie.
I taste the difference between both every day.
I like the current line up so much, I like the
MK 2 more!

Whether I like to cry and weep for whatever or not, that is my business.
Thanx for your concern but I don’t need any mental assistace ,I’m quite capable to make my own opinions!
CHEERS !!!

So, very clear and simple:I do regret every day that R.B. has left D.P. and I prefere him to S.M. Do you have a problem with that?
And further more: NOBODY can predict the future,
NO-ONE can say R.B. will never be back in D.P. We just don’t know.
I wonder now why my view would lead me to a schrink?Do you?
Na zdorovje to D.P.

read the above words, they are for you too………I have never NOT been a Blackmore fan. I follow all of his efforts. He is a true iconic figure and amazing player whom has done some amazing things. One of the things he did was QUIT DEEP PURPLE. Why cry about it here. Cry to Ritchie on the Blackmore’s Night Site for your unhappyness. He did it. He left. Steve Morse is there now to help you forget. Plug in “Rapture of the Deep” and lose yourself in the “Rapture of the Present”.

Cheers

Maybe it is the language barrier that interferes the most. I am also a Blackmore fan. SINCE 1969, long before Steve Morse was even known. But, I’m not naive enough to not accept the facts as they are and the facts are…….RITCHIE IS NO LONGER DEEP PURPLE’s GUITARIST and hasn’b been for almost 15 years. And most likely never will be. So Enjoy all of your Blackmore music that exists like I do and everyone else must do…whether it be his “Frolicy Forest Music”, or his past efforts in Rainbow and Purple. There is tons of it to enjoy, AS I DO all the time. But you just won’t be hearing anything new from him in Purple. That’s what Steve Morse is for. Keeping Purple Alive and Well, “Come Hell or High Water”. We’ve gotten some really good music from this band since Steve took over and I think his contrast to the past makes the band that much more interesting.

“Yankee White House”?…..Oh, you must mean the Great Protectors of the Planet. Kind of like Steve Morse…..Saving the Day. The world without the “Yankee White House” would be like Deep Purple without Steve Morse……It probably wouldn’t exist anymore. And if it did, it would probably suck.

Cheers

What a relief that I’m still normal being also a Blackmore fan and being allowed to share the same opinions as you and Priest(and likely many others) Because, at the moment I need all my money to buy some new Blackmore stuff ,and I don’t have any money for a schrink.
Cheers !

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John Bonham? I know you said “witnessed” but I have to add that it’s always been a tribute to him, me thinks.
As for Bobby, could be that someone is capable of showing they can do it too, at the very least… kudos to him, he blew the entire band off stage when he was filmed doing it in San Antonio in 82, I have the directors cut, very nice indeed.
Not hugely different than banging congas, as far as how it affects the hands.

As you suggest about the Priest thing…..I already have come to the conclusion about his attachment to his view, but as you also state, the bloging is about views, oppinions, sharing info, communication what is on the mind. If I don’t have something new to present, then I respond to what gets my attention, and try to convey a point in which can be digested. When one tends to “regurgitate” the same reteric without regard for what has been expressed by the other party, then I try and stress it from another angle. I’m not trying to change his desire for Blackmore or his blatant preference for the man in black. But there are certain aspects that just don’t make since and I love to hammer issues that are in a since…….Black and White to the most part. I totally understand his attraction the Blackmore and his playing. I for one, am a true Blackmore Fan. With Purple and outside. But one must also know when to accept certain issues regarding where they are today, and why. I thinks I made a fairly good sumation of what was being discussed regarding the SOLOs.

Don’t worry about me and priest going at it……IT’S WHAT WE DO…….Hell, I think he enjoys it more than I do. I work too hard at it. And it actually brings out some good views and reminders of other areas with all things Purple, and is a good filler for the rest of the gang, waiting for a new subject.

Cheers

The possitive side of exchanging this thoughts is to my opinion that the schrinks everywhere will do very good business.This because there are many RB-lovers and hard fans on this site, and I understand they all are recommended to go to the schrink? Why pretending it would be just one R.B. fan? And even what if this was so? I’m one too with all my heart, and I even know that Ritchie could play Well Dressed Guitar far more and better then Morse. At the same time I know this is not the point, I just want to show free right of opinion without becoming insulted. Like also great R.B. fan, T says, RESPECT !
The negative side according to me is that no-one can speak honest thoughts about R.B. or there comes a red telephone call from the ‘Yankee White House’ to a few allied minded minorities.
Who needs a schrink here? Oh no, it is hot tub cure time…quick Tracy…your dripping nonsense…

btw: oh Tracy I am not personnal you know, It is just a little Russian humor, I’m sure you understand and like it! I assure you all it is only amusement

By the way, even though you make a good effort in explaining the key components in discussing relevancy of the current reality surrounding Deep Purple to Priest, it will never work, as it’s not going to keep him from speaking his mind about it without the Blackmore element clearly leading his way, according to how he feels, and he also doesn’t seem to feel that he needs to understand the whole grand shceme of it in oreder to express himself about it, some just don’t communicate that way, they just want to post their thoughts and not have to be responsilbe for their expressions by getting simantically into that. He has something to say, thats for sure, but no one is going to get away with turning his mindset around.

The subject is all too volitile, it’s become a soap opera just about everywhere it’s discused on the net. I’m as guilty either way as the next, for free expression about it. There are no amount steps to measure how to mend this kind of thing, it’s just live and let post, or guns get drawn, so to speak.

The examples I gave regarding Cozy’s Solo were made based on the musician’s personal attachment to their particular self-made ’signature’ effort. In other words, Cozy had a particular style of playing and feel which he put into his own Solo which was his own. Blackmore did the same with his ever so present and repeated solo Beethovens’s 9th. Steve has his which is Contact Lost and Welldressed Guitar.

As far as Steve playing Blackmore’s material…..sorry, but he is playing Deep Purple material, and his job is to play the guitar parts. When you join a band (he was invited to join, they needed, wanted and seeked him), you then take on the role as a Band Member and therefor must play the music the Band plays. He has done that very well. That is his job. But he has made his position very clear. HE IS THE GUITARIST in DEEP PURPLE and doesn’t mind playing someone else’s “Drivel” when need be. When he came on board, they finished the last leg of the tour that Blackmore baled out on, and immediately went in the studio to produce one of the best Purple records in existance…..’Purpendicular’. They are not a Tribute Band. They produce very good records still to this day and are HAPPY TO DO SO. Look at MK1 with Blackmore. They covered many other artists songs. The Beatles, Neil Diamond, Joe South, to name a few. They weren’t Deep Purple Songs at all. No band, when there is a line-up change ever ignores the important songs of the band’s past. That would be concert suicide. I guess Coverdale, Hughes and JLT aren’t worthy either, due to singing songs from MK2, (though I didn’t care for their versions). Sorry Mr. Priest, but Steve Morse isn’t in some Purple side project and ripping off Blackmore’s material. He was brought into the actual band due to Blackmore leaving, and aside from the Blackmore Nuts, hasn’t been missed too much and Deep Purple haven’t skipped a beat without him. As a matter of fact, I think it’s long overdue for them to do a MK4 tune in honor of Tommy Bolin. If Ritchie ever chose to replace another guitarist in some other band (let’s say just for grins Lynnyrd Shynyrd), you don’t think he would be playing their known tunes from the past like Free Bird or Sweet Home Alabama? (Wow, I gotta say, that would be pretty cool now that I think about it). But Ritchie has his “solo” and Steve has his, Cozy had his and so on.

As far as Rondinelli goes, I remember seeing him with Rainbow where he does the “Stickless” portion, bare handed. That was back in ‘82. So he has his own thing…..he doesn’t need to imulate Cozy and most likely won’t out of respect.

Once you have joined a band, there truly is no song that the band has that is off limits. It’s up to the ‘existing band mates’ to decide what they want to play and when.

Ok priest, get off the couch now…..your time is up.

IT’s TODDY TIME for this shrink!!!

Cheers

Does the Well Dressed Guitar track in certain ways resemble The Hall Of the Mountain King Instrumental?

No more shrinks please.
I m hopeless.

I could have picked out anything of what you guys write, but……….

I m kinda “lazy”…….

So……

SM cannot play DTC because it is a RB track?
And RB cannot play Well dressed guitar…..?

Well, logically I think it’s ok to say that when he cannot touch RB’s material he should refrain from playing ANYTHING RB wrote, hehehe

BTW, I am convinced RB could(If he wanted to)easily play that SM piece.

But HE does not(…) have to.

SM on the other hand appears to HAVE TO play other men’s material to earn his livelihood.
Which in itself is completely understandable from a practical point of view, ofcourse.

Shipping out the garbage and still in clouds of confusion(PP1965)

I knew about the DIO thing, but he atill maintains his band in tact usually. I didn’t know about the BOC drummer though. I have a BOC Live DVD from ‘06 with Rondinelli on it. Not a big fan of theirs, but aquired it due to the line-up with him on drums. Pretty descent show.

Priest: when you were foaming at the mouth all ‘Starstruck’ yapping with TC, you asked him if Rondinelli would be doing a Drum Solo in the same style as the late great Cozy Powell did. He even had the audacity to do as he did with Purple and defame Cozy and praise Rondinelli. Another example of TC’s lack of Class. Why would you not want to see an “original” RONDINELLI style solo, instead of a rehashed copy of something so original as Cozy’s. I guess this takes us back to the ‘Blackmore’ obsession. Must Purple be Purple to you only with “Blackmore” or a “Blackmore Clone” and must the musicians only reconstruct what was done before, in your favorite time of being for you to truly enjoy it? Just another observation from your own personal SHRINK……

If you yearn see a Cozy Powell type drum solo, it’s already being ripped off by Simon Wright of DIO. Check out any of his latest live gigs on DVD (I have a few). He does the same basic solo as Cozy with a recording of an Orchestra in the background where he accents all the main points just as Cozy did, but……….IT AIN’T COZY!!!!! That would be like Steve Morse doing Beethovens 9th or Ritchie doing Well Dressed Guitar as a guitar solo. I’m sure they each would do a jam up job, but ‘It Just Isn’t Right’. And that’s what separates a “Real Band” from a “Tribute Band”. It’s called ‘Class’, and a true artist knows which lines NOT to cross in order to save face.

The only way to justify doing a Cozy Powell copy solo, would be to verify that this project is truly a “Tribute Band”. Then it would be appropriate to do anything at all from either Purple or Rainbow. That’s what “Tribute Bands” do. TRIBUTIZE.

By The Way……..JLT already did a whole concert on August 4th, 2006 with the “New Japan Philharmonic” in Japan. In fact the concert was titled “Tribute to RAINBOW” with Joe Lynn Turner and the New Japan Philharmonic. I have a double CD of the show including a copy of the Show Poster. The setlist was as follows:

1. Eyes of the World
2. Catch the Rainbow
3. Gates of Babylon
4. Weiss Heim
5. Rainbow Eyes
6. Tchaikovsky’s from Overture “1812″
(dedicated to Mr. Cozy Powell)
7. E.Edgar’s March “Pomp Circumstance”.
8. Spotlight Kid
9. Stone Cold
10. Can’t Let You Go
11. Stranded
12. I surrender
13. Maybe Next Time
14. Street of Dreams

The show is actually very good, as should be expected, but again it’s what he does best. Tributes. And he “covers great material”. I still can’t wait to hear him sing “Hey Joe 2008″.

Cheers

I assumed a new recording was a given.

As for the name, it is apparently a consensus that it’s not the best choice, although its use was to call attention to who these people are–and they succeeded to that end.

Since no recording has been done, it’s still early enough for a name change. “Carey-Turner Project,” “Carey-Turner’s Spectrum,” “TRC,” “Purple Parallel,” “Reign of Purple”… Perhaps make an allusion to a rejected name, such as “Fire” or “Concrete God”–whatever.

Or they could go with something completely unrelated to past bands. The possibilities are endless. The name at this point is relatively unimportant.

“What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title.”

On the subject as to whether or not there is room for a Rainbow/Purple side project, I don’t think there is any apprehension regarding any Purple Related personel doing anything on the side. I believe there is always a welcome interest to anything that these various talented individuals do. There are so many that have been attempted and much of it has been great. As long as there is an attempt to bring something NEW to the table. But to make such a feeble approach by totally relying on the names of a prior band by name as though you are trying to be “Another Version” of an ‘existing’ or ‘past’ band is quite lame and results in much warranted scrutiny.

Therefor to get back on track here……CHANGE THE NAME and CONCEPT. I don’t think anyone minds the Rainbow/Purple connection. It is the USAGE of the name and connection which is revolting and at first glance is a “Turner Off”.

Isn’t Rondenelli still playing with Blue Oyster Cult and Craig Goldie still with DIO anyway?

Go Get ‘em Priest…….you Blackmore Groupie…he he he.

Cheers

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Whatever you say, Jim……

Ciao to ya 2 Andrea…….

dont make excuses for Turner here because to me your groveling as in most of your posts you think you’re the last word on Purple and Rainbow…well you’re not..why not all ex musicians that where involved in both bands with the exceptions and they are the obvious…and go through Tony Carey if it was him ..I think Graham Bonnet and Dougie White and any of the 95 players in Rainbow would do it..So this rules out JLT and Carey as the only vocalist and instrumentalists so lets be honest here we’re talking mostly Rainbow players here so the set should be at least 4 hours long with no top of the bill on any night because all Rainbow variations where as good as each other so if Glen turns up then of course a few more Purple songs but all in all Rainbow in 3 lineups vocally and in 4 lineups musically and of cousre Deep Purple in 2 lineups then its a big show and if the guys that are in the show can persuede the big guns to get involved then I’ll support it all the way

well..when I say “the past is the past” I mean to a any reunion…I don’t wait for this Mark2 reunion even if it is the best Mark for me…but this does not mean I like enjoy the old Gillan’s.
do you understand what I mean now (I remember always to my self that my english is bad but..).

I think it is not usefull to hope or speaking about a possible reunion: I have to enjoy my present,this band and I wish the best to them for the future (Arey,Morse,Glover,Gillan,Paice)..
It is not a good living to see always foward to the past..even if I know that perfect strangers CD reunion is fantastic..after nothing is the same like PERFECT STRANGERS…but good.

ciao purplepriest1965

Yeah, why go on about anything at all? Duhhhhhhhhhhhh

Repeating your personal attack towards JLT . Isn’t that…….?

Apart from that, I can envisage a certain thing from JLT’s appearance.
I witnessed that a long time ago at the ODYSSEY show in 88, I believe it was.

But it was the singing which did the trick, I suppose, ’cause I can’t remember that being a problem, so……

Well, anyway……

Finally watching(Thanx to the amazing AnneMie)Ian Gillan’s “Highway Star, A Journey In Rock I must say it is a truly enjoyable experience.
It brought back a lot of memories and the occasional smile.
I do have some points to make about it as well ofcourse, you know me…..

Maybe later……

Let’s not spoil the moment.

Or is MOMENTUM, the word I borrow a lot since I once read those words from him in his book “Child In Time” ?

Why go on about Morse to me he was’nt even part of my comment…my comment about Turner is my opinion if you dont like it tuff…I bought all of Rainbow’s albums at the time they where released through all the lineup changes and personally think Turners just a pop singer theres nothing dynamic about him or his voice and the live stuff I’ve seen through concerts and youtube his voice is weak and I’ll even name a song I like very much he sings for DP that being King of dreams but on this occasion he sang it with Glen Hughes live..Glens parts where great and the music was good but Turners parts where oversung as if he was trying to outsing Glen and he really does look like a transexual

First, you want US all to shut up in order to be the last who says something about it?
And then you you just fall back on insults?

It reminds me of the time when DP got back together with Perfect Strangers(About a century ago!)and certain members of the press tried to belittle them by referring to their age(…), wigs, prosthesis and so on……

Would it not be nice to stay away from personal attacks?

Oh, wait a minute, I will now hear I insulted SM by saying he smiles to much, looks my neighbour, overrated by loads of(appearantly)crap Guitar magazines over the years.

Yeah, yeah, I know, he makes this out of this world music OUTSIDE DP.
Well, for the zillionth time : bring it on in DP then!!!!!!!
It’s about bloody time after about 15 years.
O shit, I forgot, he’s too friendly to put a stamp on the proceedings and happy just to go with whatever is being asked……

Maybe I should pity the guy instead of insylting him.
Steve, I empathize! I m being miss used as well.

Next time better, bro.

Is it not irony you want to promote “The past is the past” and then you step “back” to great albums like Magic and Double Troble?

IG at that time was at a peak vocally, IMHO.

He even got rewarded in England in the polls aeound that time when people voted he was the best singer. He was 37.

Maybe THAT gave RB the final trigger to step in the Deep Purple reunion plans?
But oh Irony again,……then Ian got into trouble with his voice……

In the end resulting in, amongst other and better(…) things the horrible recording of DP in Paris 85.
Which gave, like Come hell or HighWater a not so representative picture of the quality the band still COULD have.

I m always apalled when people take these 2 shows as an example for what DP’s , RB’s or IG’s qualities in general.

Never had the honour and pleasure to see GILLAN live in the early 80’s. I really should have.

Anywayyyyyyyyyyyyyy…….
HADELY BOP BOP all the time for me!!!!!!

ciao Annemie

Be sure…I follow every inch of this blog… enjoying you also on the other blogs…
But I never interfere with the topic when it is not enough known to me.(I’m learning here from all off you)

You know,this week I travelled to the Netherlands ,my neighbour country, visiting Priest. He did the effort to make me become more and profounder informed and familiar with the Rainbow history…and Dutch beer…

DP now and earlier are for me more and more two ‘different bands’.I never have difficulties myself, listening to SM. But during my Dutch visit ,after watching and listening to RB all over the times, I respect and understand all the fans who can not find the same vibes and power in DP now without RB and Lord.I think there is no reason why they shouldn’t speak their honest thoughts too.
The artistic musicianship and passion of Ritchie, his temper and mood expressions and beautiful melodic tunes,are indeed irreplacable.
Like you and T and many others,I’m happy there is still a (for me also now) wonderful DP, but I prefered the MK2 and I would certainly buy my ticket for a concertvisit, like in the old days if this was possible!

I’m waiting for PR also with curiosity and enthousiasm. But of course…always more your original replies!

Lovely weekend for you all,full of Purple Music and alcohol

ps
Annemie: how are you? You miss me..here..it is long time I don’t read “you” here..to be sincere I don’t know about missing between you and Blackmore..perhaps you? perhaps..

wishing well to you all purplepeople

A.

The “Live in Europe” ‘93 is a staple of my collection. I edited the two shows together, and in many respects this is Purple at their finest–Blackmore’s performancea on “The Mule” and “Paint It Black” are particularly stunning. I morphed the two performances of the latter together to make a long jam out of it, and it became my favorite of the two-disc collection.

A part of what made Purple great was Blackmore’s unpredictability in the sense that many solos continually changed from night to night. I also prefer his style of playing and his sound. Morse, on the other hand, is extremely reliable and more true to the songs–an extra clean player as well. I would not say that the modern Blackmore-era DP is always superior to the Morse era–just different.

It is not a prerequisite to like any version of Purple in order to be a fan. On the other hand, I do consider myself fortunate that there is very little that I do not like–and as someone already mentioned, none of it is “crap”.

However, I also agree with Tracy on a couple of respects as well. Mk8 continues the Purple tradition of progression with no album really sounding much like any other. Except for the long break between “Abandon” and “Bananas,” they have been very consistent. Like other line-ups, some albums are better than others. But I would NOT say they have run their course. More than anything, they are due for the next album, which unfortunately doesn’t look like it will come anytime soon.

I also agree that Blackmore’s Night has become more of the same. I am a Blackmore’s Night fan, of the first three albums in particular and especially of the acoustic instrumentals; however, I would like to see a string of rock albums with an occasional Blackmore’s Night album thrown in.

Candice Night is not out of place in that regard, as her contribution to “The Stranger in Us All” was appropriate and beneficial to the sound (”Ariel”). That line-up’s lifespan was too short.

And no, we don’t need a Blackmore’s Night version of “Strange Kind of Woman” or “Bloodsucker”. Some numbers work–others wouldn’t.

As long as Blackmore is out of the picture in the rock sense and the current Purple leaves some fans wanting, there is room for a Purple Rainbow-type project.

That is clearly quite absurd. One Blackmore’s Night album sounds the same as all the rest. It’s all good if you like it, which I actually do, but they do sound the same. You can’t deny that..

But, each Purple record since MK7 has a totally different vibe or feel. Purpendicular, Abandon, Banana’s and Rapture of the Deep each have a totally different sound yet aside from the Lord/Airey swap the band is the same. Therefor, (I know it’s hard to believe) I would have to disagree with you again on this one. Purple hasn’t yet run it’s coarse. THEY ARE THE COARSE. It’s the others whom have run their coarse, otherwise they wouldn’t have to rely on PURPLE Tunes all the time…..OK. Must stop here before I begin foaming at the mnouth again like a “Mad Dog” in my Nylon Shirt.

Rascal; “You Fool No One”. Me thinks you meant “bater”…..he he

Cheers

Yeah, baby, yeah!

Priest, “You complete me”……”Why do I surroung myself with such friggin’ idiots”????

Just quoting “Austin Powers” priest…..oh I forgot, you stated before that you weren’t familiar with the movie…..you won’t get it then.

Cheers

They ‘complete’ each other

After backing you up I tried to remember what went on between “us” on THS, why did I even care , what was the dispute, who said what and so on……

One (…) of my problems is, compared to some of you guys and girls, I do not posses a very good memory of all what went on here .
Neither do I feel inclined to search back and forth.

I KNOW that is is not very strong behaviour.
Espescially when you give the impression to mingle on a board and say you care.

Respect to those who handle that better than me.

On the other hand, Tracy being a very passionate man and trying(….)to be precise about lots of things keeps repeating certain errors himself.

And in the past he gave the excuse he just wanted to stir and tease , or something like that.

Well, to me it’s utterly boring and non convincing to suggest again and again that I am a Blackmore’s Night worshipper who does not care what and how they do things.

Ok, putting into words what I feel about the SM thing is in itself repetitive, but…..

1) It’s TRUE that I keep coming back and try again to aprreciate it.HONEST.

2) I did NOT see certain(well most of them, anyway or not for many years) DVD’s before, so that makes it a current experience.

3) “Moving on”.
I do not have a problem with that in itself but I have to LIKE the progression/the change.”Change is good”, RG once said.

“Change” is being overated all the time.
It’s a “thing” which stems from some kind of art paradigma in the 20th century.
Before that they held a more “conservative” view.

Everyone with a SANE mind can look around in this world and see a lot of things changing and NOT for the good.
But ofcourse, when you are wealthy and rich you can permit a view of your own.

4) It’s not my fault DP does NOT move on in a positive fashion.

It’s not “black and white” cause there are certain elements I like and the professionalism and musicianship of most of the band is without question.

But you really cannot be serious saying this line up is as good as the ones before.
Just saying : It’s only different but as good as always…………NO WAY!
THEY know that as well, but CHOOSE to do so.
For which THEY have their reasons. Reasons I can understand but not respect, really.

Again, being repetitive, but still :

MOVING ON really would have meant that by now(it’s *****ing time!!!!!)they would have ditched most of the Blackmore era tracks live, playing MANY songs from the last albums since Purpendicular.

Talking about repetitive……
You really don’t have to be a musician to HEAR lots of solo’s of SM sound the same.

It’s true that it’s a opinion that after many moons I still can’t grasp their choice to integrate this “sound” into the band while to me(AND NOT ONLY ME) it’s obvious it’s out of place.

Well, for a few songs it works, but even then…….it gets boring.

I know, moving on in the book of Morsey adepts mean that certain people like me should jump train or shut the f*** up.

I seem to care about this, so is it really logical in consequenze just staying away from all current DP stuff and let you endulge in your love for what’s NOW?

Is it really my place(in line)to keep silent cause I do not like what’s happened to MY band?

There is a common thing in DP and BN :

Both have “projects” that have run their course years ago.

And no, I do not need, BN to cover all kinds of DP and Rainbow tracks.
Certainly not!

Never thought I d see the day I d skip gigs from both outlets.

Well, here’s a man who also writes too long and too often.

But…………’No head banging allowed in the forest’? Are you mad? What has the world been reduced to?

From my words on being “sentenced to TC’s solo stuff for 10 years in prison”.

Very appropriate though and well covered, as good as any good “Tribute Band” would do….

No really, cudos to that one Stefan….Good wit and hopefully Priest will find it just as creative. Now, hopefully we aren’t going down that same “Priest Blackmore Highway Star” program again.

Hmmm, I wonder how Priest would like it if Blackmore’s Night did Highway Star. He seems very critical about certain songs being played by certain folks. Woops, what am I saying? Ah, but of course, he would probably be fine with Blackmore playing with his “Family Jewels”. Blackmore is GOD, eh Priest? NOT!!!!!!! I don’t think GOD wears little pointy shoes and tights and answers to a “Monotone Harlot” for security like a 2 year old needs his pacifier. MOVE ON Preist, Deep Purple did and they have lived “Happily Ever After”. You really should refrane from Deep Purple and join Ritchie’s little following band of pan handlers. What a happy little forest that would be. No electricity needed. Just the thumping of logs and twanging of strings and banging of twigs. “No Head Banging Allowed in that Forest”. Maybe then you will finally get the long desired rest you crave. It sure puts me to sleep………

Cheers

What about Ritchie then?

Ritchie Blackmore on guitar then…………

I just struggled myself through “Around the world” live…………..
Although I kinda enjoy bits and pieces and mostly disc 4.
………………………………………

It’s definitely NEVER going to happen that I appreciate this man and his horrendous sound as a suitable replacement.

I now tried for ages…………….

I still can’t handle it without symptoms of pure grieve, agony and disgust.
No,Tracy I do NOT want to move on.

I listened to Live 1993 in Germany……

That’s the thing…………

NO ARGUMENT. YOU RE WRONG.

Collecting bootleg videos is cheaper and much more fun, but not worth much anything, over 300 DP DVD’s later and half of it is trade bait junk.

And now it gets seriously intimidating as well………….

I knew money rules the game……….

But right now I really feel……..

Well, I m gonna find a stone to hide myself under.

You mentioned insurance. Believe it or not, I don’t have mine insured as of yet sinse I moved. It will take decades to itemize it. Now I’m panicing……toddy time..

Cheers

Thanks

Cheers

Some stuff is worth a small fortune and some is worth next to nothing, but it’s all mostly a sentimental thing, and records are only valued so much outside the interest of how collectible the artists is.

Sometimes we have to bump heads to find out whats really going on, lol!
Memorbilia is a lot more fun for me these days, I snap that stuff up as much as I can. I know what you mean about ‘boxes’ I haven’t had a shrine in years, but it will be nice some day to have one again, till then my folks’ insurance rates make a better home than mine does for it all.

the comments facility is really very basic and was never intended to have discussions about the meaning of life, universe and everything. as you know, we have a forum for that: http://forum.thehighwaystar.com/

that being said, comments allow posting of URLs (subject to spam filtering), use some rudimentary HTML, and autoconvert text smilies to graphics.

Cheers.

Cheers

But how about:
Concerto For Group and Orchestra US on silver Tetragrammaton label
which was pulled within a week or two, and replaced with
the green Warner Bros. label reprints because they went bankrupt
right after it was released, worth over $500

Lets not get too carried away, but I’ll give you one more:
The Battle Of Jimi Hendrix and Deep Purple tin film can set from Japan
Polydor MO 9369/70 - worth $325 and increasing in value.

If you want to really talk about the crazy world of collecting, contact me privately any time, I’d be glad too, but people are likely to comment on the boredom here, lol!

Cheers

Cheers

Cheers.

I’m not interested any of that, BUT one thing catches my eye Tracy, is you say you probably have the biggest DP related collection in the US? Please… when I say I have over 7000 titles in my vinyl collection alone, Tracy, I’m talking about official pre-during and post DP and family ONLY, and if you can fathom just how that is possible, we’ll be onto some interesting discussion about record collecting. I wouldn’t turn this discussion into a “who’s got the bigges wanker” routine, it’s not worth it, but at this point I’m laughing at the laughable. I think you have no idea what a real large DP inventory looks like, so lets not bore the people any further about it.

If you can name me some rare Deep Purple records worth over $100 for instance, I’m all ears.

Btw, I clearly stated my concerns about using the name “Purple Rainbow” just about as far back here as anyone else, did I not?
I’m not exactly supporting this thing, and Bobby Rondinelli and I talk all the time, I still don’t think it’s the greatest idea.

1. This blog subject matter is “Purple Rainbow”.

2. The fans and fellow bloggers began this whole thing with their response to the name. Some in favor, some not, some in between, and their you have the start of the debate.

3. Very few are critical of JLT or TC for putting a band together and touring or playing the music that made them known.

4. Most of the true fans or even those who analize their approach to the name of the band are only expressing what they feel about the “Tribute Rip-off Name” and I concur with the complaint.

5. Tony Carey decided to jump in the discussion and bloviate on his “past contributions to Rainbow and defend his pal JLT.

6. Let’s just say that this shows how lame a person he is and how desparate he must be. With all the critisism that has been thrown out regarding Steve Morse or Blackmore or Don Airey or whoever else people remark about, you don’t see them lowering themselves and responding to our BS rheteric. They are established and don’t need to be stupid enough to wind up in an arguement over whether or not they are ‘Liked, respected, known, or even worth a shit’.

7. RE-READ MY statement in #200. I make it very clear that I am AVID Deep Purple collector. I have a huge collection, probably the largest in the US which includes very rare stuff and all of the connected “SpinOff” material. I purchase it no matter what. It’s a hobby of mine, just like my Hunting and Fishing. I have a huge amount of vinly, even 8-Tracks of all things Purple. There are tons of it that I do NOT listen to, because I don’t care for it. Again as I stated…..It doesn’t mean that it isn’t good, it’s just not my taste.
EXAMPLES: Tony Carey’s solo stuff, Roger Glovers Butterfly Ball, The Wizard’s Convention, Most of Jon Lords orchestral stuff,……etc. I own it due to the Deep Purple Connection, but I don’t listen very often. I have given it a try…..just not my taste. Out of the thousands of records and CDs that I have, I can choose which ones I listen to. That is what music is for. ENJOYMENT.

9. As far as the Last Word…..well sorry to say, but no matter what discussion there is, someone always has the last word. It usually ends when both recognise the point of compromise or one just doesn’t care to continue the discussion, but there is alway the Last Word to any discussion. I didn’t notice you and “T” holding back trying to make your points earlier in the other Blogs. You both were passionate about a particular subject and therefor took over the blog trying to convince each other you were right until guess what……Somebody got the last word.

10. Last but not least…..”CHANGE THE NAME” and there will be much more positive response to the “Tribute Act” to come….It’s obvious the Majority feels this way….and I were seeking Fans, I would listen to those whom you are the largest in number to come. Non-Deep Purple and Rainbow fans won’t be the ones to attend or buy into it, so why push an issue that obviously offends the crowd that you are marketing?

Nuff Said:

Now, if Tony Carey will start writing his songs for his Tribute Band and stop concerning himself about his Popularity or lack thereof, maybe I will move on, but I “Won’t Back Down” and if you think I will, you’ve got the “Wrong Man”…..

OK, maybe this wasn’t that short, but much shorter than my last input…..

Cheers

We should all go the hot tub and bloody mary route…………and chill!!

What shade of lipstick does JLT prefer these days ’sunset blush’, ‘cherry berry’ or ‘just kissed’ ??

Anyone?

On the seventh day, God created what became the greatest hard rock band in the world!He was however hungover that day and soon saw his mistake,and promptly removed the weak links(Evans & Simper)!!Satisfied with his creation he leaned back,cracked a heavenly lager open,smiled and uttered the words….”Boys,the world is yours to be taken….you are on your own”!!

But low and behold….The almighty had underestimated the sinister and venomous Black adder, smirking behind his deadly weapon…..the black Stratocaster!!!
(To be continued)

Here I like to say something.

Besides my impression he very often KNOWS stuff…….
He also wrote, if I m not mistaken that he owns a lot of DP related stuff, INCLUDING the Tony Carey ones, so…….
WHY are you trying to tell him this and that about it?

Or is it me and the late hour I m tyoing this one, with 3 fingers , that is.

It stands out in the over 7,000 official titles I have in my vinyl collection that started in the late 70’s. Tony is not whistling Dixie when he talks of the value of “Pink World.” Things such as that are what I specialize in collecting. I’m not interested in your argument with him, but talking that way about his music seems to have something to do with never getting wind of it in your neck of the woods, but hopefully I’m wrong about that and you’re at the very least a closet fan, as I recommend you become one if not. I hope that Bloody Mary worked, one or two of those never failed me.[sic]
(I just don’t see the need, someone always has the last word though, I’ll give you that much on the subject) And I’m still not exactly behind ‘Purple Rainbow’ yet, but Tony will always be a great composer if you know enough about it. As someone else said, lets see what they do together.

Purplepriest, you are 100% correct, let us move on….which is why we must also face that MK8 IS DEEP PURPLE. It’s about moving on.

As to this new discussion (how it relates to the topic of this blog is beyond me), I would like to convey that everyone will have a different list as to the taste for a particular Deep Purple album. That just shows the variety of impact this band has. I loaded every studio song that exists from this band onto an MP3 player. I set it up per album. I found that I truly enjoy putting it on “Random Play”. I never know what song, from what album will pop up. I hadn’t been giving much listen to the MK1 era as of late, due to really giving most of my attention to the newer tunes. But this format of listening to all of their recordings is a great eye openner to just how talented and important each and every member and lie-up is to this ever evolving long time band.

There are some tunes from MK1 that are as today as anything they have recorded. Remember, it was the late 60’s and they were trying to find their direction. The Beatles, Neil Diamond, and other covers didn’t “Help” their situation. But the 60’s was the foundation to what music was to become and luckily they saw the handwriting on the wall and progressed to MK2, centering on a direction that has maintained to the most part for the rest of their existance till now.

Putting all biasness aside and forgetting about “Your Favorite MK”, and openning yourself up to the variety of music this band has produced is very inlightning to say the least. There are a few MK1 tracks I find just as enjoyable to hear as anything from the many to follow. Not as many, but again, that is why they revamped. I find it difficult to believe that anyone who truly likes any Deep Purple record can call any of it “Crap”. There are songs and records that may not do it as much as others, but it is not truly possible to call any of it “Crap”.

Just give “Hey Joe” a proper listen, casting asside your “favorite” players. How that song was not chosen over the “Hendrix” version for radio airplay is a huge mystery to me. The shear power and emotion in this version to this day sends goosebumps up my spine.

Anyway, I don’t have a list to present because there truly are great songs from each album and I choose to just click past the song that I don’t feel like hearing at that moment, but funny enough, I find myself later going back to hear the one I skipped……..

Oh yeah, sorry but I must finish something else here, in answer to TC #210:

TC said:
“okay tracy, you win. can’t beat your negativity. but with all your ‘darth vader helmet’ and ‘bitch’ references, tell me, were you in prison? if not, you’d probably feel a lot better about yourself if you came out of the closet, the worst homophobes are those still in hiding..”

(All I can say to that TC is, you started the namecalling when you called me a “Son of a Bitch”. Also, if you are going to quote me, do it correctly. The ‘darth vader helmet’ was actually termed “Purple Darth Vader” and I didn’t use helmet at all, but it was used as a corelation to show JLTs self centered approach to himself (and it went quite well in the song lyrics of “Hey Joe 2008″ that I presented to you for use. Can’t wait to here you guys do it live). I would have to say that you must be the homophobe, because I don’t recall making any negative reference towards that particular lifestyle. How it came up in your reading my stuff and how relates to you and your view is your problem, but I think this might be a sign that YOU are either a homophobe or a homo yourself. One of the two caused you to take it that way. I guess you were offended or maybe turned on by the ‘Purple Darth Vader’ thing. Again, if you read all of my response to the end, you are aware then of my status and to my preference.

And prison? No, never been their. As there is “No Laughing in Heaven” there is “No Drinking in Prison”. Plus, I’m too afraid they might sentence me to 10 years of having to listen to your solo stuff. That’s enough to keep anywone on the straight and narrow…..he he he.”

Now, this one finger typing takes forever and wears me out. I’ve typed my “Finger to the Bone” and must cool it off, holding an ice cold “Bloody Mary” (shaken not stirred) while watching the sun go down while sitting in the hot tub, ironically listening to “Sun Goes Down” in the background.

Cheers

Seven-47: I’ll agree that I don’t play MkI as much as the others, but I grew up with the stuff and knew a lot of this version of the band before others. I even have a vinyl silver Tetragrammaton-labeled 3rd album (The Harvest release is better…”April” doesn’t fade out so soon).

AndreA: Thanks for the show of support for the Carey project. I was beginning to think I was the only one excited over this.

Tony: you have to know I have always admired your playng even if I have not a lot your stuff!

from the fist your piece with TAROT WOMAN intro you conquered my soul.

nobody can remake the sound you did along the rainbow’s tours (the solo in STILL I’M SAD you are wonderful)

My Best Wishes To You

I really Thank you for emotions you gave me!

AndreA

I made such a compilation years ago, when I was finally mature enough to appreciate the music. Occasionally I’ll play some Mark I, but more often than not I’m listening to Mark VII or Mark II. After that it’s Mark VIII or Mark III.

Sorry about that…..couldn´t resist! Seriously….I stand by my statement! Not until Gillan & Glover came in, some of the MK I songs really took off,not to mention Evans etremely weak voice and poofy image!I admit the entire group looked silly in those days, but Evans in particular sticks out on a negative note!I´ve tried to persuade myself to like MK I, but…..sorry….everytime I hear those cheesy songs,I laugh myself silly! Just beacause I´m a DP fan, doesn´t mean I think everything they´ve done is great….And MK I was,at least as far as I´m concerned…. pretty cheesy and mostly crap!! Sorry!!

Certainly “Mandrake Root” is as strong as the MkII material, as is “Wring That Neck” and “Hush,” all of which found a place in the setlist in early MkII shows.

Mark I is very much Rod Evans, Jon Lord and Ian Paice. It seems like the smaller the kit, the better Paicey plays, and he was all over those drums in the early days (”Emmaretta,” “I’m So Glad”). Jon’s organ is always high in the mix and very prominent–some of his best playing ever (”The Bird Has Flown,” “Kentucky Woman”). Rod’s voice is very rich and well disciplined with a wide range–a great ballad singer (”Anthem”).

Mark I suffers from some bad production. “The Book of Taliesyn” in particular was very tinny-sounding and weak. The remixes went a long way to cleaning this up. By the third album, things were sounding better.

I would recommend that non-MkI fans try making a mix from the suggestions above, play it through, and if it still does nothing for you, fair enough.

Everything what made MK2 great was already there, maybe produced a tad lighter.
Great vocals, even more skillful lyrics.
Blackmore and Lord in great form.
A young Ian Paice already sweeping the floor with other drummers.
Lots of classic tracks……

Man, if you really rate this at the bottom….

Well…………

I m off…………….

I much prefere some of the mkI and II BBC recordings myself, to many of the other versions. Also ‘Hush’ and a superior ‘Mandrake Root’ were done very well on stage with Ian singing, even though ‘Hush’ was done rarely. He also gave ‘Kentucky Woman’ and ‘River Deep Mountain High’ a shot and did not disgrace them.(infos for those who don’t get that into the extreme rarities)

Here is my list:

And the Address
Hush
Hey Joe (Unedited “Early Years” mix)
Wring That Neck
Fault Line/The Painter
Bird Has Flown (”Purple Passages” mix with no reverb on the organ solo)
Mandrake Root

Listen, Learn, Read On
Emmaretta (BBC Top Gear Session)
Kentucky Woman
Playground
The Shield
Chasing Shadows

Bonus Track: Wring That Neck (BBC Top Gear Session)

Some of Blackmore’s best work was done on that ES-335. Bigsbys are a little slow, but he made it work. If I’m not mistaken, ‘Child in Time’ was done with it, and he voided the warranty many times on ‘Mandrake Root.’

Don’t tell me Gillan can’t do other line-ups’ songs. Ever hear his version of “The Bird Has Flown”? Holy smoke on the water…

I’ll be interviweing Nick Simper as soon as I get the questions wrapped up, perhaps it would be a good idea to ask him what songs would make up such a compilation? I think I’ll do just that, thanks for the idea “T.”

I agree that as the embryonic version of Purple, Mark-I is the weakest; however, there are certain songs that hold their own alone: “Mandrake Root,” “And the Address,” “Wring That Neck,” “Hush,” “Emmeretta,” “The Bird Has Flown,” and a personal favorite, “The Shield”.

Those first three albums are an odd mixture of heavy rock, psychadelia, classical and harmony pop. Take all the best songs from those three albums, stick them on one, and you have a killer DP album that rivals any line-up.

The German is just so fluent it threw me off, sorry to assume.
These days I’d rather be from Gemany sometimes myself though, this place is sucking hot air at terminal velocity.

To “T” that was very well put, every word of them and all in the same length, thanks for that.
They go up and down for me but the bottom 3 would have to be TBRO, Abandon, and S&M, in that order.

So I take it you like S&M…
Fine to disagree, I certainly do with most of the material and the production, at least it wasn’t to me how you rate it. But I must admit to having the time of my life in Maui when I picked up the promo from Tower Records and proceeded to party all night on it. After not being too happy with Gillan’s Naked Thunder.

But two things about it and Purpendicular… I do think both albums fit well into the times they were out, I don’t know about where you are but on the west coast rock of this type on S&M was at it’s peak, going away by the next year though, and that album died with it, AOR and hair metal was abundant, so abundant it was over, too many of them, so the story goes… And Purpendicular had the variety of songs that did try to fit the times, it had the grunge feel in Ted, and the rest you can relate each one to something around at the time, so I’m saying I believe for once they were a band of the times again, but that doesn’t mean it succeded commecially, I think they were more interested in finding their socks in the morning, as Roger so brilliantly put it, cause they had done something magical.

I really didn’t pay too much atention to which place you rated each of them, you took enough care in rating them the way you did with some fine points. Although I do think Bananas was rushed, I still like the tracks, although one or two of them I never play and sometimes they alernate. I wouldn’t rate Abandon so high, it wasn’t that bad, and the similairities in the InRock factor were spot on. The argument of ‘I like something and you don’t’ or vice versa shouldn’t go too further than those five words sometimes, but that was worth getting out of you, thats for sure… good read.

Ive seen JLT with that guitar strapped to him, hips thrusting, lips pouting, spandex, and makeup…..what a treat. Just wish someone hadnt reminded me of it though……….taken years of therapy, and financial sacrifice to try and forget that image….

Someone call me a doctor!!!

Maybe the Germans tried to forget that image too….

Interesting comments, Patrick. I remember Turner and the guitar. I’m not sure, but I recall it being an SG.

oddly enough out of in rock fireball machine head and who do we think we are , he likes who do we think we are !?

regarding rainbow ; he’s seen blackmore ,powell,dio version 77′ …….. and the glover/turner blackmore outfitt in 82′ .. he said there was more “magic” in the air in 77 , but he was real impressed in 82′ when during beethoven’s 9th a roadie came out and straped a guitar on joe lynn turner and he was playing the riff note for note with RB !

We’ll just have to disagree on “Slaves & Masters” and chalk it up to being a matter of taste. I’m still blown away by its production, the arrangements and the fact that Blackmore, Lord, and Glover in particular are *on fire*.

As for the Blackmore thing, although I do prefer Blackmore’s work and contribution overall, I have sung the praises of Morse for a long time for his technical brilliance and consistency–a style “opposite” of Blackmore’s, which translates to it having both its ups and downs. But I’m not a “Deep Purple is not Deep Purple without Blackmore” guy.

Here is my shocking list of the Reunion-era albums in order. This list will have to be filed under “opinion” as you are right–there is no real way to prove anything. I’m mostly basing it on my (limited) experience playing guitars and keyboards; the rest is just personal preference.

1) “Purpendicular”. A new approach for Purple with the new guitarist given full reign and freedom to explore–something which Blackmore was not allowed to do. The songs are different in sound and structure than any previous album. It’s not a “hard” album, but it is very maturely done and remains the benchmark among the Reunion Era albums. Unfortunately, at least in America, it suffered the same fate as “Slaves & Masters”, i.e., being released at a time when that kind of music was just not in vogue. I never heard any of it on the radio.

2) “Slaves & Masters”. The production is the best of the Reunion Era, the instrumentalists are at the top of their game (”Fire in the Basement” just SMOKES!–no pun intended), and the album had a hard edge to it in the thick of the Grunge and Hip-Hop rage–the main reason why it didn’t do as well as some others–as it was a victim of the times. “Slaves” was too sophisticated for the popular audience. Arguably a “Rainbow” album, it was a damn good one–perhaps it was recorded by the line-up Rainbow should have had in 1980. Turner was much more adept at slower numbers than Gillan–at least until “Purpendicular” came along with a production sound that Purple has been unable to duplicate. Interestingly, “S&M” charted better than “Purpendicular” (US & GB); however, I do not believe that means much when one considers the climate of music at the time.

3) “Perfect Strangers”. With similar production to “S&M,” “Perfect Strangers” had outstanding playing from Ritchie and Jon Lord and Ian Paice just thunders through that album. “Perfect Strangers” had just the kind of back and forth instrumental banter that made Purple famous in the first place (”Gypsy’s Kiss”). The title track remains one of the highlights of Reunion Era Purple. The remastered version sounds fabulous.

4) “Abandon”. There are parts that hark back to “In Rock,” and it’s not just “Bludsucker”. “Seventh Heaven” is as hard as anything DP has done, and “Watching the Sky” has those over-the-top dynamics. “‘69″ and “Whatsername” also have a rough texture with an attitude and vibe similar to “In Rock” (think “Living Wreck”). But the album has some similarities to its predecessor as well, with “Fingers to the Bone” mimicking “The Aviator”. A much underrated album and one of my personal favorites overall.

5) “Rapture of the Deep”. ROTD is proof of life after Jon Lord AND Ritchie Blackmore. Purple survived what should have been the death knell for the band after the loss of their second major soloist. Lyrically brilliant, the album contains the “Perfect Strangers”-like title track, and the thundering “Wrong Man,” both very Purple-sounding in attitude and execution. The oversight of previously not including a studio version of “The Well-Dressed Guitar” on “Bananas” was corrected with the Tour Edition. “Money Talks” is an opener worthy of any of its predecessors, and the album is a reminder that “Purpendicular”-style feeling has not completely eluded Purple. I eagerly await the next recording.

6) “House of Blue Light”. “Bad Attitude,” “Unwritten Law,” and the awsome “Spanish Archer” are highlights, with the latter in particular an example of a sound that needed to be explored. “Mitzi Dupree” has great blues guitar Blackmore did on a demo off the cuff and refused to polish. Just as well–it didn’t need any. On the other hand, this album suffers from a tinny-sounding mix and the horrid “Hard Lovin’ Woman”. “Call of the Wild” was another attempt to be commercial. They never learn…

That bottom two tie. I moved them around and around, back and forth several times before deciding one really doesn’t precede the other–despite the fact that Deep Purple’s “worst” would be anyone else’s best.

7) “Bananas”. Despite some really good tracks and clever lyrics, it just wasn’t worth the long wait. Purple fell out of the groove. From the questionable title, cover, and female background singers to the production qualities, it lacked what “Abandon” promised. There had been just too much time between albums. Including “Well-Dressed Guitar” would have been a saving grace, as would an extended instrumental passage on the title track…but it didn’t happen. Highlights: The title track, “Silver Tongue” (similar to “Wrong Man” in texture), “Sun Goes Down,” as well as the clever lyrics to “Picture of Innocence.” Purple does best producing themselves or allowing Roger to twist the knobs. This album sounds RUSHED.

7) “The Battle Rages On”. Most of these songs were likely for Joe Lynn Turner and several were already recorded that way. Gillan seems to struggle on some (wrong key?) and the lyrics leave a bit to be desired. The KISS-sounding title “Lick It Up” is just trite. The album’s strong points include “The Battle Rages On” and the epic “Anya,” the latter of which became a latter-day “Child in Time” on stage. The album ended up being a “pick up the pieces” transitional opus. Oddly, TBRO was the last Purple album to chart in the US–even if barely. Ian Paice has never had a bad day on any album–this one included (”Twist in the Tale”).

Thus, my list is very well-rounded. The top spot is a MORSE album, and both Morse and Blackmore share the bottom spot. Tracy would say I’m walking the fence, but this is how I see it. I just like Deep Purple–period. It doesn’t matter which mark or which era, who was singing or who was playing bass.

I could make the same comment for Rainbow.

That’s something to take in the moment before sleeping.

I ll try to keep this aside for later……..

I m already having a tendency for nightmares. No pun intended here.

Goodnight Mister Passion

BTW. I think too it’s a strange remark to say that nobody in Germany remembers Rainbow.
Why making a new outfit leaning on that band when Rainbow is not remembered at all?
Because the band is still being remembered in Japan?
Because you think NOW is the time to jump in that gap?

Wait a minute, I , still responding…………
Yeah, I know i m F***ing NUTS.

Knowitall….or is it Knowsnothing?

FYI to Purplepriest65 and All….I clicked on the name and it shows the same link as Tony Carey. It goes to http://www.truebeliever.de./
So either you and TC are one in the same, or you are TC’s Bitch, as he is now JLT’s Bitch…

Nice Try though.

Now let’s get started here: Answering you from 191 and 192.

Knowitall/TC said: “Tracy, you must be a frustrated son of a bitch”…..
(No I am not. On the contrary, but judging by your response……YOU?)

Knowitall/TC said: “Jealous much?”…..(Not at all. I have accomplished most of the things I wish to accomplish and envy no one. Every day is the beginning of another perfect day…..YOU?)

Knowitall/TC said: “Hungover?”……
(Not yet, but I’m working on it…YOU?)

Knowitall/TC said: “Old and Fat?”….
(Not as old as you, I believe you were born in 1953. You’re the old fart here. I’m 6 feet tall at a strapping 190 pounds…..YOU?)

Knowitall/TC said: “Out of work?”….
(Actually I’m retired and don’t have to ever work again, for the rest of my life. I made some great choices in life and am fairly well off….YOU?)

Knowitall/TC said: “It’s a bitch right?”….
(don’t have a clue as to what the bitch would be…..YOU?)

Knowitall/TC said: “all that time on your hands and nothing to do since she left you but tear other people apart so you can feel important.”….
(What Planet (I guess P) are you from? I actually do exactly what I want, when I want, as much as I want all the time. I am living the life that my early hard work gave me and now I bask in the day to day life of living “la vida loca”. Who left me? Unless you can’t read, I have been married to a beautiful lady whom is my best friend and lover and 10 years my younger for 13 years. She makes me feel as Important as I need to feel, and that isn’t one of my needs from anyone else…..YOU?)

Knowitall/TC said: “BREAKING NEWS: you’re NOT important. to anyone.”…..
(News Flash, My importance or the lack of it is not even an issue. But I guess if that is how you relate your existance in life, well I don’t recall you name coming up at all as being missed until you and JLT sprung yourselves onto this Blog. Until then, truly nonexistant….YOU?)

Knowitall/TC said: ” google ‘tony carey’ or ‘planet p project’ then go on over to amazon and do the same, you’ll be doing yourself a favour and sparing yourself some (more) ridicule. Carey’s done fairly well for a homeless person.”…..
(I don’t need to google your bloviated shit. I’m fully aware of your accomplishments. I have most of it. I am an avid Deep Purple and Deep Purple Related Collector. I have tried to listen to your solo stuff since your short Rainbow stint, but It just doesn’t do anything for me. That is not to say that you have no talent or that it isn’t good. It’s just that it’s not for me and it shows very clearly why you didn’t even enjoy the music of Rainbow. In fact, I actually even have most of it in Vinyl, including the “Pink Vinyl” version of Pink World. You should thank me for that matter. I own almost every recording you have put out and even duplicated the vinyl with the CD versions. I would have to say that most of the people who buy you stuff is due to the “Deep Purple/Rainbow” connection, not because they listen to it. Trust me, the Avid Purple Collectors are just that precise. All of your records and CDs are stored in a box marked “Deep Purple Related Spinoffs/Non-listenable”. Again, that is just my taste and no reflection of it’s quality. I guess 20 years of “Feeling Important” in your little Pink World and being “Creative” on your own has only gotten you a large catalogue of records that wind up in the clearance ben and a website devoted towards YOU trying to show YOUR IMPORTANCE to HOPEFULLY ANYONE who may remember you from Rainbow, the band that gave you some exposure. Now you are crawling backwards 20 years, begging for some sort of Re-connection so you may finally be IMPORTANT AGAIN. Whores will be whores and I guess that would make Rainbow and Deep Purple your new pimp.)

To everyone else who has been putting up with my approach to this pompos ass, I am Deeply Sorry if you are taking this to heart. I do love messing with you all and sharing information and opinions on this site concerning my favorite Rock Band. But I also try to maintain who I am. “Hated by many, Loved by few”. But that’s my load to bare and I welcome the challenge.

If you are all “Star Sruck” by being able to correspond with this dude, then all I can say is “Make youselves proud”. The fact that he came on this site and basically Demands Respect and recognition, and at the same time, has to chip away at the credentials of Deep Purple by calling them a Tribute Band, just to raise his own stature, shows his desperation. I find that to be a little sad and I actually feel sorry for him…..NOT!!!

So I try and keep it real, and sometimes Real is a little harsh. I realize that, and those who grace this site and take the time to correspond with me on these issues…it’s always a blast, and “Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming”, but I choose to do it through my “Silver Tongue” instead……

Now, let me get back to more important stuff, like working on tomorrows hangover in the Hot Tub overlooking my hilltop and waterfall along side my walkway….with my favorite Rainbow tune, “Ariel” playing in the background……

Cheers.

====

Tony Carey, your work since Rainbow Rising is some of the most underrated in the Purple family, but you aren’t going to find many staunchers here to change that. Hats off to all of it, man, from “Tough City” with the lovely sublime “West Coast Summer Nights” right up to this very day, you’re a great musician who plays all of the instruments yourself and I’m a huge fan of it all, some here just aren’t familiar with it, that doesn’t take anything away from it, and the susccess you actaully did accomplish on the first PlanetP album and “Fine Fine Day.”
(I’m a friend of Steves from your old myspace group btw, cheers!)

That’s a shame, but……

It is like it is.
We are all what we are.
Not?

I keep feeling that the way TC is talking too is something I d not expect from the real one.

Let’s think about that.

You fool no one?

What the **** do i know?
I never met the guy, he might as well behave like a hooligan instead of a gentle and civilised keyboardplayer.

So………….

Well, I m off sleeping.
Well, I hope so anyway(…)
See you all in Insania Land, tomorrow.

I fully support this project by Carey/Turner if they…. 1: Do an album 2:Majority of songs played live from said album 3:Only touch songs from the past they were involved creating/recording 4:Change the bloody name of the band!!

I hope hope they can prove all of us sceptics wrong and create a killer album!

The “Slaves” material did indeed work well live–actually, more than well…it was great–as did much of the older material. Blackmore was in particularly fine form. An official release is a void in the catalogue.

It is also true that Turner proved himself with his work with Malmsteen. The live album was also very powerful.

With Carey in the band it is legitimate to play things from “Long Live” and “Rising” and Turner did some of that from his days in Rainbow. I think Turner could do justice to a song like “Do You Close Your Eyes”.

Tracy is out of line. This has gone beyond criticism of a project that has yet to come into existence and has become sarcastic and hateful–even bitter and personal.

I do think it’s nice of Mr. Carey to keep us informed despite some of the negative and premature feedback. This is unprecedented, in fact. How many times in history have fans had a chance to participate–albeit in a small way through suggestions–in the formation of a band that is in its embryonic stages?

ha hah haha haha hahah ahaha ha ha.

“HEY JOE- 2008″

“Hey Joe, where ya goin’ with your Purple Darth Vader in your hand?

Hey Joe, where ya goin’ with your Purple Darth Vader in your hand?

I’m goin’ to meet Tony Carey, we’re gonna make another Tribute Band.

I’m goin’ to meet Tony Carey, we’re gonna make another Tribute Band.

Hey Joe, I hear you and Carey laid some cover tunes down..

Hey Joe, I hear you and Carey laid some cover tunes down..

Yes we did, we rehashed some old tunes, because I’m just a Poofy Tribute Clown.

Yes we did, we rehashed some old tunes, because I’m just a Poofy Tribute Clown.

Hey Joe, I hear you failed again, so who ya gonna run to…

Hey Joe, I hear you failed again, so who ya gonna run to…

I’ll find another wellknown band who made it big, and sing their “Drivel” my way…

I’ll find another wellknown band who made it big, and sing their “Drivel” my way…

Malmsteen’s Rising Force, Brazen Abbott, Various Artist Tribute Albums,….but mostly Deep Purple and Rainbow, are my best Pay Day ……”

Written specifically for Joe (the poofy) Lynn Turner and Tony (I don’t) Carey of the Tribute Band “Purple Rainbow”.

by,
Tracy Heyder

Hey JLT/TC. Feel free to use this. I believe it would sell. And if not, the unsold boxes of CDs along with the rest of your solo stuff will burn very nicely in your “Fire Can” keeping you warm at night under the bridge with the rest of the Homeless Hasbeens….

Damn, now I can’t get this tune out of my head. It just keeps on “going and going and going, and I can see JLT srutting and strutting and struttin..it’s like a Chinese Torture……AAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Must wash it away with some “Real Purple”. Time to plug in “Rapture of the Deep” and dive into the Hot Tub sipping on some “Crown Royal Reserve”…..with my lovely wife….”Girrrrlls Like That…..ha ha.”

Oh, and don’t forget. Reach way down inside and see if there is a tiny shred of dignity left in your non-creative bones and…CHANGE THE NAME! Not only are you doing a Tribute Act, but you are even MUCH WORSE than that. You are ripping off another established “Tribute Band’s” name. Isn’t that an oxymoron? You are actually a Tribute to a Tribute Band….that says it all right there.

Cheers

ps bobby’s got the best technique I’ve ever seen, cozy’s bit (no disrespect intended) was a little too hollywood for me, plus you could never see him, lit from underneath like that. and you never knew how much flash powder was in those boxes,his tech was a wildman with a pyro license. I used to just turn around (I’d seen caljam) and pray at the end. plus we smoked on stage… ah, the 70’s.

Mmmhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh……….

Visited the INFANCY website of your band………………….

Made me scratch my head again…………

When will be the day we are being told this is A HOAX anyway?

Winnie The Butcher on bass????

I need some more coffee………..

That sounds promising, though I really wonder if Joe is the right man to dosongs like Kill the King justice.

He really delivered on ODYSSEY which had damn heavy songs, but that was 88 and after Slaves and Masters I thought his voice got less.
In the STUDIO he might be able to pull things like that off but I feel worried about the LIVE side of things.

Glenn involved in the beginning as well?

Mmmhhhhhhhhhhhhh………….

Right now I m playing some Cozy Powell stuff from the early 80’s.
Is there a chance Bobby could do something along the lines of what Cozy did with the 1812 Overture?

Kind regards, well that’s if you are REALLY the man who delivered that wonderful Tarot Woman intro.

Perfect Strangers,
the Black Night/Child In Time/Long Live Rock’n'Roll medley(okay, 1/3rd of that was a Rainbow song),
Burn,
Highway Star,
Smoke coupled with Woman From Tokyo,
and Hush tacked on to The Cut Runs Deep

I think everyone here will agree that the band should do lots of “Slaves And Masters” songs. If all these elements were fused together with the Rainbow classics, you would have a pretty spectacular show…and probably be on stage for six hours a night!

Looking forward,
TH

best, tc

The album contains some fine playing from Tommy Bolin–a much underrated guitarist.

Since I can´t include the greatest album of all time period, live or studio (Made In Japan)!My list……
1.Machine Head
2.Stormbringer
3.Come Taste the Band
4.In Rock
5.Burn
6.Who Do We Think We Are
7.Perfect Strangers
8.Bananas
9.Fireball
10.Rapture Of The Deep

Well…There you go!In my opinion “Come taste the band” is probably the most underrated DP album ever, if it indeed is just that…..Can´t make up my mind.No matter what,in my mind it´s bloody brilliant!!Take care fellow DP nutters….wherever you are!!