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King of Dreams director passes away
Filmmaker James Foley, who directed the King of Dreams video off Slaves and Masters, has passed away at the age of 71 following a year-long battle with brain cancer. His work included acclaimed films and shows, such as Glengarry Glen Ross, House of Cards, Billions, Twin Peaks, as well as numerous music videos — mostly for Madonna, but Deep Purple among them as well.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Honorary mention: The two sequels to Fifty Shades Of Grey, just sayin’!
This won’t win me any friends here, but King Of Dreams was the closest DP ever came to a proper MTV vid, all angsty, paranormal and suppressed teenage sexuality as it was. I remember seeing it for the first time and thinking that for once they had put some money in a vid that was properly directed and filmed (even the band looked cool in it) and did not jar with the song it accompanied.
So danke, Herr Foley, for proving that DP vids must not necessarily look embarrassing, hope you get a neighbor cloud to Stanley Kubrick’s so you have someone to chat with.
May 10th, 2025 at 02:45“Slaves and Masters”… an ok Rainbow album by Blackmore, Turner, Glover, Lord and Paice.
May 10th, 2025 at 10:19No, the best Turner era Rainbow album ever – by a stretch. 😎
May 10th, 2025 at 15:14I always liked this video but, the one for Love Conquers All, EGAD!!!! I think Joe did a great job on the S&M album. Fortuneteller is one of my favorite DP songs!
May 10th, 2025 at 15:30First time I have listened to this song, much mentioned on social media. I hope it’s the last, too. Bleedin Awful!! Just my opinion. I’m sure there are people who genuinely like it. As Douglas Adams might have said, it’s like being drunk. From the perspective of a glass of water.
May 10th, 2025 at 16:23I get that, the Moonshiners were essentially a cover band celebrating various high points from Ian’s career, they did that fine if unremarkably so.
I’ve always liked The Doobie Brothers, perhaps more so than Black Sabbath, they had a great West Coast groove.
May 10th, 2025 at 21:04I think King Of Dreams is a strong, moody and dark, even somber number – and if Survivor or Foreigner had written it. A good song is a good song, period. I immediately liked it first time I heard it.
It actually owes quite a bit to this number here:
https://youtu.be/Wp6UBRv9rug
I think going after a Bad Company sound wasn’t coincidental, they were trying to make inroads with the American market.
May 10th, 2025 at 22:24Me thinks Uwe only likes S&M more than JLT era Rainbow because Ian Paice is on it. I had better mention Jon Lord too. To my ears the Rainbow albums had better songs and also sounded livelier with more passion etc. Not a laid back retirement feel etc. Although the Straight Between The Eyes album was the weakest of those three Rainbow albums, it does have Eyes of Fire and another good driving song in Death Alley Driver. Each to their own again and don’t forget to SWING everybody and also to get a horse that fits the course. Cheers.
May 10th, 2025 at 22:56This belongs to someone else’s time. I have no problem with it. Great song and great video.
May 11th, 2025 at 07:20A true classic, much loved in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, home of Audi (always with five zeros, four on the grille + one behind the wheel) and Bonfire!
https://youtu.be/K7E-n7Pa7N0
KOD was extremely catchy without being banal or trying too hard. Not as contrived as Street Of Dreams either, it‘s a proper rock song. SOD tried to be ABBA.
May 11th, 2025 at 10:14To me S&M is “Deep Purple meets Dire Straits”, it has that vibe. I prefer that to rigid Rainbow where Blackmore played less relaxed and where neither Rondinelli nor Burgi were remotely in Little Ian’s league. Nor were early 80s Don Airey and/or David Rosenthal on keys Jon Lord. Plus a lot of Turner era Rainbow material sounded stilted.
Add to that how Joe would sometimes sang with Rainbow at the end of his range (—-> I Surrender, whose key was originally chosen for Bonnet’s higher voice) and you know why I consider S&M superior to DTC, SBTE and BOOS.
May 11th, 2025 at 12:17S&M is the only DP album not on my shelf. 🤘
May 11th, 2025 at 14:09I have always l..iked (not loved) this song. Strongest number on S&M with Truth Hurts. Did anyone notice the Abandon part in the video..?
May 11th, 2025 at 15:14I did! Had the same thought, Micke, great minds think alike …
May 11th, 2025 at 21:14