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7 and 7 Is
The first single from the upcoming new Deep Purple album has landed today, October 6. It is the opening track of the album 7 and 7 Is, written by Arthur Lee in 1966 and originally performed by his band Love.
Thanks to AndreA for the heads up.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Great sound, powerful Gillan. I love it.
October 6th, 2021 at 14:03Because I’ve never heard this song before I feel to listen a dp’ single.
A song full of energy…i like it
October 6th, 2021 at 14:09I just listened to this song. HOLY CRAP! I thought it was that good. Short but good. The guitar and the drums STAND OUT. The lyrics are very Gillanish. If I didnt know better I would’ve thought he wrote it. I think the family of Arthur Lee are going to get very rich off this song cuz it’s going to be a monster.
October 6th, 2021 at 14:34Quite nice, I should say. More vital than the last recordings. I’m supprised.
October 6th, 2021 at 14:36For this old Guys……… really POWERFUL !!!
October 6th, 2021 at 15:13Positively surprised (yes, including the singer)
October 6th, 2021 at 15:14This is quite unbelievable! Fun, and full of energy. I hope I am that way when I ‘m 75. Time spent in the studio not wasted. Thank you.
October 6th, 2021 at 15:15This must be the second shortest track DP have put on a record. Fault Line in 1969 was less than two minutes. This clocks 2:28.
October 6th, 2021 at 15:27Sincerely, I was extremely skeptical towards the idea of DP releasing a covers album, I even thought that they were done, but WOW! Excitement grows since I’ve listened to this new single for the 10th time already, I hope (and I’m sure) the best is yet to come on the full album. LOOKING FORWARD! Love
October 6th, 2021 at 15:43Not bad! Better that I expected. Will be an interesting project to listen to when the full album is released.
October 6th, 2021 at 15:53I’m excited!
October 6th, 2021 at 16:38Operator, this is the call of the wild !!!!!
October 6th, 2021 at 17:29The drumming is awsome!!! And by the way…so is Gillans voice!!
October 6th, 2021 at 17:45I take back all my skepticism
This sounds great!!! So much energy!!! The fire is back in the band and Gillan’s voice- and yeah, he can’t scream anymore, but man, he brings it here- there’ so much grit and gusto to his voice- it’s rock and roll again!!! The band is back- I hope they can transfer this energy to the next originals project!!!
October 6th, 2021 at 19:05I already like the original version by Love. This one by the Purps makes me want to heart the rest of the album. I’m not confused nor dazed, just curious
October 6th, 2021 at 20:59“video not available” to me but, the trailer on YouTube is very cool! Can’t wait……………
October 6th, 2021 at 21:20When the solos begin Paice Glover start drum bass improvisation like Space trucking in Japan
October 7th, 2021 at 04:47Waoww great solo by Don and Paice is as good as ever… But GILLAN ! Can’t believe how powerful he sounds and how much energy he can put out. Isn’t he supposed to be 76? Incredible singer and that band sounds fantastic.
Very excited about the album.
October 7th, 2021 at 06:17surprising good
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October 7th, 2021 at 06:57Extremely good, but I’m not surprised, DP are unbeatable. I guess this record will be full of energy, as this first song is, very different -obviosly- than the last three, but I won’t compare, I think it’s pointless to do it.
All they are great here, specially (IMO) Paice, incredible, and Airey. The final duel Morse-Airey reminds me of Bananas.
23th album, amazing… (23th, by the way, not 22th)
October 7th, 2021 at 10:03john @20:
it is 22nd studio album. way, way more if you include live ones. by no math it is 23rd.
October 7th, 2021 at 13:10Not unpleasant at all! Though I think longer versions Is something they totally forgot about?
October 7th, 2021 at 18:28Powerful, rocking, and impressive in the energy and drive.
All of the group are sounding strong, with Gillan’s voice sounding particularly strong, and Paicey driving the tune forward. Some very memorable musical interplay too.
I am now looking forward to the new album, and hopefully DP can also produce a new double album of all new songs in 2022 with this renewed energy, drive, and commitment and with Bob Ezrin again at the helm.
The world’s greatest rock band is back!
October 7th, 2021 at 21:58It’s should get double the radio air time since it’s under 3 min.
October 7th, 2021 at 23:34I have to listen to it on CD as I don’t trust streaming quality.
It’s fun and It’s purple as Steve said 🙂
Can’t wait for the whole album.
Well done to the guys and maybe Ezrin will be the six member for sure
Peace
@24…glad you’re on board!! It should be fun as it was intended😎
October 8th, 2021 at 10:55Neill @23, I like the idea of Purple doing a double album because for me I want that in my collection and they haven’t done that before.
October 8th, 2021 at 15:01Not sure about this so many people have covered this track over the years and the original of course is still very much the best version, of the others Rush did a very good version as well https://youtu.be/EhVJEKb_xG8 maybe it’s one that will grow
October 8th, 2021 at 16:14@24 Adel Faragalla, you’ve said some awful (and borderline libellous) things on other threads about this album after the first news leaks.
At least have the good grace to show some humility when performing a complete about turn.
October 8th, 2021 at 16:41Nick Soveiko @ 21
It’s 23th. Concerto for a group and orchestra IS a DP album, always has been.
October 8th, 2021 at 23:17Big Ian is better than Robert Plant …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKyiJj-ZYXI
October 10th, 2021 at 07:13Baa Baa Black Sheep: Everybody is allowed to be wrong some of the time and/or change their mind, even several times over!
October 11th, 2021 at 15:16Ivica @ 30 – no point in comparing a live band sound to a studio band sound. Also no point comparing a different band to a different band, although we often do that at times. Plant & SS keep the avant-garde approach to the song nicely. The DP studio version is much more straight ahead, if you know what I mean. Lets see how Gillan sounds in a live setting singing those songs, we know how difficult it can be for lead vocalists as they are always up against it when singing live all the time. And aging lead vocalist even more so. Respect. Cheers.
October 12th, 2021 at 07:42I have just listened to Alice Coopers version & Rush also. They both keep that rough sort of feel to the song, studio versions of course. The Bangles version is live & fine to my ears. The Ramones version is also studio & as we know them even more hyper & aggressive in a way. The studio DP version is good, smoother still, keyboard & guitar more to the front in solo’s, maybe too smooth. Is is that Ezrin man again? Comparing apples to oranges again are we? Cheers.
October 12th, 2021 at 08:16Mit Robert Plant gibt es auch eine sehr gute Live Version aber dp spielen es schneller und geschwungener… wir dürfen uns aufs neue Album freuen – es spricht doch nix gegen Coverversionen zumal sie ja wirklich überwiegend verstaubtes Zeug ausgegraben haben, dass so wieder zum Vorschein kommt und obgleich sie verdammt viele richtig gute eigene Songs haben ist auch nicht jede Eigenkomposition ein Geniestreich – so können sie spielen was ihnen Spass macht und kommen im positiven Sinne auch ein wenig vom Hardrock weg…
October 12th, 2021 at 14:41Himmel, Krauts are hijacking the site!!!
Aber Du hast recht, Dietmar, nicht jede DP Eigenkomposition ist ein Geniestreich.
(For our German-challenged readers: You’re right, Dietmar, not every DP own composition is a stroke of genius.)
Dietmar wrote that it is nice to see DP stretch their wings a little, attempting other people’s material. Writing their own stuff is really their comfort zone/default setting.
October 12th, 2021 at 21:35‘Tho’ I am decidedly unenthused about the track listing of this covers album, 7&7 Is…..very good !! It would have fit better on inFinite than Roadhouse Blues ( which I skip every time).
October 15th, 2021 at 16:17Why isn’t this song just called 14?!
October 17th, 2021 at 08:13