I m sorry Andrea

I meant to imply or say that it will NOT happen that both eras will be regarded in the same way.

Ofcourse I m no clairvoyant but what do you think whick track will still exite loads of new youngsters in 2040…….

Child In Time or Sometimes I feel Like Screaming?

Cheers, Mark who drowns his Deep Purple depression by swimming in Y and T waters……

HANG HIM HIGH, BURN TOGETHER!!!!!

priest would mean:

people will appreciate in 2040 the DP’s stuff with Morse
at the same as we did/do with DP’s stuff from 70’s?

It has been because growing with the tales from Rainbow and Dio,often I live above the clouds…
Believe me: as time passes I get more and more dizzy,I have only to decide when getting worried for my mental health..

:-O

ciao!

I enjoyed URIAH HEEP immensely for a few gigs with the later incarnation, minus the new drummer.

But I ll always favour the David Byron and Ken Hensley era.

First of all David was in the same league as Gillan, Coverdale, DIO, and so on.
Well, IMHO.
Even John Lawton was another stand out singer who, IMHO, never got enough recognition.

Ken Hensley was THE COMPOSER of loads of classics still played today.
He even played guitar and could sing quite well.
The nowadays keyboardplayer does a acceptable job but is really not comparable.

One might say that URIAH HEEP is the weak copy, a poormans Purple one already suggested in the 70 s, of DP.
Personally I always preferred DP as long the core of Blackmore, Paice and lord were in the band.

I never was that passionate about Heep compared to DP and off shoots.

In their double live lp URIAH HEEP LIVE 1973 I read a clipping that a certain journalist would commit suicide if Heep would ever make it.

Does anyone know what happened to her?

I could respect her not liking the band but saying they copied Led Zeppelin I never understood.
Maybe because Heep did lots af acoustic guitar as well?

Indeed, comparing to DP seems to fit more, I think.
Mainly because they also did and do the guitar and keyboard format, and always had a singer doing or trying the LEADVOCALIST format.

I must admit I cant recall his name right now, which is a shame probably,…… but did they not try out a Coverdale look a like in the early 80 s which after that tried his once again bad luck with Gary Moore?

I know they had Pete Goalby in the band for a period but the other one that did not make it only resounds by image in my head.

Live they were and are very able to display elements so strongly a part of the original Heep sound.
No real, ahem, annoying element here IMO.
But I feel they lost the X factor after Hensleys leaving.
His WRITING was what Ritchie brought to the table with DP.

Both bands have tried to soldier on and in a way they have done a great job I must say.
They kept making an acceptable live outfit that although never really matching the real thing gave lots of enjoyment to both old and newer fans.
Personally I ve not been able to neglect certain things.

In general I think and hope newer fans will in the end acknowledge where it all came from and not stay in the thinking frame nowadays line ups are the real thing.

Both Heep and Purple would never have recorded the classics they are still performing if Blackmore and Hensley would not have been such great composing talents.

Its always a tricky puzzle why one is ABLE TO enjoy a certain act which changed almost all of its original members and loath a certain other band which has done more or less the same.

One cant predict the future.

Who would predict neo liberal right would win the elections last night over here while they represent the world of bankers and other wreckers?

Why reward people that were essential in creating the basics for disaster?

The outcome is a misty and muddy thing.

Will people in 2040 really rate DP albums with Morse and Airey as high as the albums from the 70 s?

I wanted mean

9 JUNE

JON LORD

BECAUSE TODAY 9JULY IS HIS BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DEAR JON LORD,
BEST WISHES TO YOU AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I “LOVE” YOU!!!!

CHEERS

It could be argued that nostalgia plays a role in the success of these groups, and given that much of the audience is made up of “people with grey hair,” the point is well taken. However, the audiences also contain a large amount of younger people, including NEW fans. Indeed, age diversity is a characterstic of a Purple show. With that in mind, the influence these groups have cannot be so easily dismissed.

Current popular music will see a resurgence in twenty or thirty years as the youth of today re-live their younger years, just as 80’s music enjoys a rebirth today. But how many will still be touring and making records? How many of today’s artists are so groundbreaking that their work will remain a staple in three or more decades? Quite frankly, I cannot see the rappers of today making recordings in 2040.

When Purple formed in 1968, blues-based prog rock was in its infancy as the band struggled to find an identity, exploring pop covers and long jams on the same album. But when In Rock surfaced in 1970, the music found a definition so profound that if it were released today it would be as relevant as it was when it was recorded. Machine Head also continues to reverberate today. One definition of a “classic” is that the work is timeless. Certainly Purple posseses that characteristic.

Deep Purple is currently in its twilight. That notwithstanding, they could quit TODAY–or could never have re-formed in the first place–and they still would remain one of the most profound innovators of rock music.

Ritchie Blackmore in particular defined the term “rock god”. There isn’t a rock guitarist around who has not been influenced in some way by Ritchie Blackmore. The same point could be made of the vocal technique of Ian Gillan, the drumming of Ian Paice, the Hammond organ playing of Jon Lord…

It is not a question of Deep Purple being relevant TODAY. They are ALREADY relevant–and they will continue to be so–based on the huge body of influential work produced over the decades. The fact that the group still remains active is just icing on the cake.

Look forward to see them soon in Denmark.

Interesting her perspective on IG - I thought the black designer shades were a tongue-in-cheek reference to the likes of Ray Charles, & didn’t find him “awkward” at all. What I believe I noticed was that the 2 Ian’s in particular seemed to be suffering jet-lag more than the others. IG was far more chatty & upbeat in Durban, & even more so in Cape Town. Bear in mind that 3 nights before the Joburg show, they had played 2 dates in Russia & I in Armenia, having arrived there from Malaysia - consider the long-haul flights & travel procedures to accomplish all that!

Interesting her linking of Don Airey to Ozzy Osbourne - most DP fans will know that he played in Ozzy’s band in the 80s.

Talking of relevance, my two teen daughters (14 & 17) have enjoyed DP’s music all their lives (the younger one heard DP’s final Joburg concert on April 2 1995, 3 months prior to her birth, & has been a fan since). They were so psyched to finally get to hear & see them live in concert - the older girl said that she would be gloating to her friends at school the following Monday. One of her friends was distraught that her father hadn’t been able to get tickets as the shows were apparently all sold out.

By the way, a friend of mine who works for the venue management confirmed it was a full house of 19′000 people.

It’s great that these bands can still impress in this way.