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Track that would propel them to stardom
Louder Sound profiles Purple’s original take on Hush for their The story behind the song series, with the input from Roger Glover, of all people. The story is reprinted from the Classic Rock magazine issue #297.
Recorded at London’s Pye studio in the spring of 1968, during sessions for their debut album Shades Of Deep Purple, Hush very nearly didn’t happen at all.
The song had been earmarked for the final track-list, but nobody had thought to bring along a copy of Royal’s recording as a guide.
It was left to Simper to hastily phone his friend Rod Freeman, who’d recently been singing Hush with a band. Freeman fetched up with his guitar and dutifully wrote down the chords and lyrics.
Read more in Louder Sound.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Thanks Nick for the very interesting article!
Hush is a beautiful song, but this:
https://youtu.be/u1kZ9zYr7kk?si=jaqURTpuDPoEnr3X
Is so much better than the original.
First and foremost Ian’s voice is way better than RE’s voice.
Rod had a lovely voice, however compared to Ian G it was too weak, especially for this song.
When Purple Mark l made the cover of ‘Help’, Rod’s voice was so sad and longing, actually better suited than the original group’s attempt 😊
https://youtu.be/qsBYen4qXQo?si=nqDqap3nw9UkTThG
See Rod was perfect here,
Whereas the originals:
https://youtu.be/2Q_ZzBGPdqE?si=TCz3VdDTRVlmUnVg
Much more fun really, but the insanity is just beneath the surface!
You can choose to listen to the Beatles and smile and giggle, or being rather worried for their mental health.
Rod and co made it much more serious, without being close to a break down!
(Yes, I know Beatles were hunted by screaming fans, and of course the song was their cry for help!)
However Hush, with Ian as the vocalist is so good, full of life and glint in the eyes 😃
October 19th, 2025 at 06:00Dear Karin, I’m sorry but i disagree with you in this case..
October 19th, 2025 at 10:33I remember listening to Book of Talyesin and April quite often in the early and mid eighties, loved the mellower quality….Ian G is DPs voice, no question but the musicmanship of MK I shouldn’ t be downgraded
October 19th, 2025 at 11:43@2
Pacuha – that’s ok, I didn’t expect everybody agreeing in this 😄
But please tell me what you think then? 😊
Is it the ‘near-insanity’ in Beatles you don’t agree with?
Because until recently I thought the Beatles’ version was the very best and very humerus.
But then I noticed the eyes of Ringo 🥺😓 he looked all teared up, and if you take a closer look at John og Paul, they look like they wanna say ‘f*ck them all’, and I really don’t blame them. It must have been living hell on this beautiful earth every day. George looks like he is not completely sure of what he is doing there… a bit baffled!
Or is it my opinion of the voice of Rod?
Because I was dead against his voice in this rather soulful song. But now, have matured a bit (😁) (sorry, no pun intended) I can hear the longing and melancholic in his voice.
The band, Purple that is, is so wrong for this song, or oh please, no, Mark l of Purple is very suited for ‘Help’, but the Purple I know and love dearly, is not right for this song.
But it wasn’t Mark ll and the consecutive Marks we listen to here, it is indeed Mark l, and Rod’s voice is so sweet and, not cute but gentle! Yes, that was the word I was looking for: gentle!
Not that Ian’s voice isn’t gentle, it certainly can be in certain songs, maybe you agree in this:
https://youtu.be/oGqCCnFxQLU?si=1lSKoCrzXIpzOqdo
But even here, in this lovely song, there is the deep lion’s roar underneath the sensual longing for this girl!
You’re not in doubt when Ian is singing that he is the main character. (And by this I’m not diminishing the rest of Purple, certainly not! They are phenomenal and outstanding each and everyone of them!)
Or is it Ian’s version of ‘Hush’ you don’t agree with? 😱
Because then I urge you to listen to it again and again! His voice is completely magnificent!
Cheeky, and if I may compare it to my favourite beverage: coffee, it’s like coffee with a very good whiskey on the side!
Just like this song:
https://youtu.be/LqXTAXLrb7Q?si=VlLRBoqMBkJ0GS0j
No Rod Evans on this earth could have sung this song like Ian did!
On the other hand, could Ian have done ‘Help’ like Rod? I am not so sure actually….
I look forward to read your answer 😊
October 19th, 2025 at 15:48@3
Erik!
“Ian G is DPs voice, no question”
– you are so right!
“but the musicmanship of MK I shouldn’ t be downgraded”
– if I did that, I’m really sorry, because that wasn’t my intention at all.
Mark l had Ritchie! Jon Lord! Ian Paice! (Sorry I don’t know enough about Nick S to say anything sensible about him, but I guess he was a very good bassist.) and Rod was certainly a very good singer.
But! When I compare Mark l to Mark ll, there is no comparison really.
Mark l was (compared to the period when RG and IG entered) a band that were more suited to play at hoedowns.
And I am really not meaning this in a negative manner. But I just mean it compared to Mark ll.
Had Mark ll never happened, I would have enjoyed Mark l.
But Mark ll did happen!
Ian Gillan did sing like no one else on the planet earth.
As we always agree on in here: taste is subjective!
I am completely fine if everybody doesn’t agree with me, because I know what I love to listen to, and I just hope that you listen to what ever you prefer 😃
October 19th, 2025 at 15:58Asking Karin (who says she places loyalty above objectivity) whether other singers might have done at least once in a while something even remotely better than her St. Ian is like asking His Holiness the Pope whether one’s own intended conversion to Satanism is a good idea: The answer will inevitably be somewhat tainted and dare I say even partisan. 😎
I don‘t like Hush as a song that much, the chorus and the nananas are banal, the verses unadventurous, it‘s essentially an RnB song which Billy Joe Royale sang with a country twang:
https://youtu.be/iz4Kneqsk70
And with all due respect, Purple did not change it around too much, the rhythmic component was already there, of course John‘s lengthy psychedelic organ solo gave it something new.
But likening it to Vanilla Fudge‘s groundbreaking rearrangement
https://youtu.be/3dJO47d26kc
of this here
https://youtu.be/IjXiRN4I434
is a stretch. Lasst uns die Kirche im Dorf behalten.
Rod Evans didn‘t have a weak voice, his baritone was stronger than Ian Gillan‘s (which in 1969 was pretty much non-existent, he has admitted himself that it only developed as he got older). Rod got the job with DP by stunning them with an impromptu a cappella version in the rehearsal room of this song here:
https://youtu.be/m7xTvb-FAhQ
And that kinda sums Rod‘s predicament up: He was more of a musical and theater crooner than a rock singer, his baritone voice was a lot more limited than Ian‘s in the upper registers, he had no real soprano or falsetto range to speak of, yet both vocal abilities played an increasingly important role as DP’s music morphed from orchestral psychedelia arrangements to the riffy “Gorgan”-sound. For that type of music it became in the late 60s/arriving 70s de rigueur to place a soprano/passaggio/falsetto voice on top of the music as the more attention grabbing and fashionable musical element. Or as Jon and Little Ian put it: “Rod had issues pitching during the louder parts” which would have required a change in register for the voice to really still stand out.
If you listen to this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eeEFJ5EPy8
and this
https://youtu.be/YZWfh4pzt_s
(both btw ballads and recorded around the same time) you know everything there is to know about these two voices: Rod couldn’t have sung WABMC, but neither could have Ian given the similarly beautiful Starglow Energy the tender and more subdued presence of Rod.
Did Ian sing Hush better than Rod? I’m not sure, Ian did a good job, but I think Rod’s deeper and some might say more cabaret voice slotted right in with the song’s 60s style.
I do stand by my (never tested!) pet theory that David & Glenn with their RnB leanings could have done a stunning version of it, it baffles me why they never attempted it, even as just an interpolation which Mk III frequently did live. If they had graced that silly nananana with their twin vocal harmonies, Glenn would have funked up the bass and they would have traded verses, that song would have been one cooking encore for Mk III, I have a hunch David & Glenn would even have enjoyed doing it (certainly
more than Highway Star!). As usual, no one asked for my crucial input at the time!
Humble Roger is btw on record for saying that he could never really match Nick’s buoyant “pick-played-Fender-Precision-with-flat-wound-strings”-bass sound that dominates Hush so much “and believe me I’ve tried!”.
October 19th, 2025 at 16:32Rod Evan’s voice is wonderful and isn’t it grand to not have to listen to screaming vocal at any time. It is what it is, history never repeats and MKI were a very good way to commence a rock ‘n roll journey. Nice and melodic and a little virtuoso musicianship thrown in, what a rather good way to start out. Cheers.
October 19th, 2025 at 22:11@6
“who says she places loyalty above objectivity”
– WHEN have I ever said that! 😄
Uwe, it’s really not that difficult to be objective and loyal at the same time 😃
“whether other singers might have done at least once in a while something even remotely better than her St. Ian”
– 🤣🤣 you are sooo wrong! Has the Taylor-girl album finally hit and damaged your otherwise very nice brain 😃😄
The second last line in @4 answers your spiteful allegations!😄
I have never said Ian can sing anything! Never!
But I do believe that when he chooses to sing certain songs, where he knows beforehand that they suit his voice, then he does it perfectly!
“is like asking His Holiness the Pope whether one’s own intended conversion to Satanism is a good idea”
– 😂 well, have you ever asked your spiritual leader that question?
I don’t think you would feel at ease being a devil worshipper! (Ohh this reminds me of a joke: a married couple is arguing and almost fighting. The woman says: being married to you is just like being married to Satan, and the man answers: I don’t think marriage between siblings are acceptable even in those circles! 😄)
“I don‘t like Hush as a song that much”
– well, I love it, when Ian is singing it! There is so much spontaneity and smiles in it, and I’m at once in a better mood, should I for once wake up being in a bad mood!
His voice is perfect for that song.
But why Uwe do you link to the Supremes? Diana Ross is a peach, no doubt about it, but what has that song to do with Hush!
“Did Ian sing Hush better than Rod?”
– well he did! In my head (oh I would like for you to experience what I’m experiencing every time I hear very lovely music and voices) there is no discussion, Ian is a way better singer than Rod re Hush.
Not when it comes to ‘Help’ though, because Rod seems so fragile while singing that, and I really like his soft touch.
And no, I don’t think Ian could ever sounds fragile. The lion in him will take over, and completely ruin such a sad song as ‘Help’ is. Which is also why I found Beatles ruined it!
OTOH: Ian singing ‘When a blind man cries’ is blowing me away every single time I hear it, but he doesn’t sound fragile at all, way more masculine though, so he can of course sing sad songs! ‘Haunted’ is another song where he nails it perfectly! Sad song somehow but still so powerful…
To summarise:
– Ian sings ‘Hush’ perfectly!
– Rod sings ‘Help’ perfectly!
– Ian is the number 1 vocalist for Purple!
– and now I’m busy and don’t have more time, so have a good day everybody 👋🏼👋🏼
If you need a little smile to start the day, then listen to this beautiful lady:
https://youtu.be/AF5BlL5UH24?si=YDjl21lg_CmOZsub
October 20th, 2025 at 06:32@6
And while talking about voices, I was thinking about this guy:
https://youtu.be/UJUEV46n6yY?si=zV3yaBHolXUs9YJM
Could Ian sing this? So beautifully? I doubt it actually!
And furthermore I can inform you that your hero, the bt above all bts has acknowledged RO to have the most beautiful voice.
And his voice is indeed wonderful.
But! Could Roy O sing rock like Ian could and can?
I really don’t think so.
Do I prefer Ian over Roy?
Yes, for most songs I do, and that goes the other way around too for some songs.
Debating which voice is more precious is just like debating if coffee is better than tea (and coffee is WAY better than tea 😃 but that’s my opinion, I guess hundreds of people will disagree!)
Roy O also sand this beauty:
https://youtu.be/Fb6luT4NNJU?si=Oqgh3-MCwX0o-b-G
Written and produced by Jeff Lynne btw 😊
And this of course:
https://youtu.be/4TPIjzEmyt0?si=yN11fbxmj8OAeM4c
Which I don’t particularly like, but that’s another story, no doubt that his voice is beautiful!
And of course this:
https://youtu.be/D3a8Seh3Cp4?si=OkDtkrjFm7USgBsb
Makes me go crazy dancing 😄 (when I’m sure no one is looking!)
And this was just to show you that of course I acknowledge other lovely voices than Ian’s! Of course I do…
October 20th, 2025 at 08:24But when it comes to Purple and rock in general no professional singer sings better than Ian Gillan!
😃
The 1968 version of Hush by Purple (incl. vocals) is by far the best!! Actually heard it 2x on Sirius XM this weekend, Jon was so great, but they never play the howling intro!!
October 20th, 2025 at 10:15I tire of Roy Orbison’s voice with its constant Jennifer Rush-type vibrato
https://youtu.be/b_zHQ6kFuQ0
quickly, like after two songs. Not that Heidi (Jennifer’s real first name) and him couldn’t sing, but their vi-i-i-i-i-i-i-bra-to-o-o-o-o-o-o could be a bit bothersome – like an electric dildo running and humming constantly by accident in a woman’s purse (to paint a more vivid picture).
I only received Taylor’s new album today, it hasn’t had the chance to corrupt me yet!
PS: Rod’s voice, tuneful and male-baritonish as it was, was not a 70s voice, DP would have found it hard going commercially had he stayed on. In a way, his voice would have been better suited to some Prog outfit like Caravan and it’s hardly a coincidence that Captain Beyond, where his vocals worked fine, were essentially a US Prog band.
October 20th, 2025 at 12:15@ 11- “Not that Heidi (Jennifer’s real first name) and him couldn’t sing, but their vi-i-i-i-i-i-i-bra-to-o-o-o-o-o-o could be a bit bothersome – like an electric dildo running and humming constantly by accident in a woman’s purse (to paint a more vivid picture).” That certainly does paint a vivid picture Uwe. I bet the vibrator isn’t as melodic though. But then again, the ensuring result could have it conjuring up a tune or two. The dark recesses of Uwe’s mind, just where does he find these sorts of things? Cheers.
October 20th, 2025 at 21:23@11
I happen to like Roy Orbison. He’s like the spokesperson for all those unfortunate souls who are unlucky in love. Where would all those people that be without him to remind them that he’s even more miserable than they are.
Like, for instance, the poor S.O.B. in this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyzAmDvRw40
RE: “but their vi-i-i-i-i-i-i-bra-to-o-o-o-o-o-o could be a bit bothersome – like an electric dildo running and humming constantly by accident in a woman’s purse (to paint a more vivid picture). ”
You mean like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22vyrPv3u0w
October 21st, 2025 at 07:03I just like to lighten up your day, Herr MacGregor! 😇
October 21st, 2025 at 07:32I thought Rod had a great voice but that it was better suited for Ballads or Pop songs, not Hard Rock. It was those first 3 albums that got me hooked on DP. They have all stood the test of time well! The Third album, along with Fireball, are my favorite DP Studio Albums. The Live in Inglewood 1968 CD shows that the power of the band was there from the beginning.
October 21st, 2025 at 09:58@11 – 1
Gentlemen 😄😄
Even your hero Elvis Presley acknowledged Roy Orbison’s outstanding voice 😃
Well, never mind, women’s little helpers or not, sad heartbreaking songs or not, EP’s praise or not:
Roy Orbison was a very nice singer!
But funny it is, I could not stand him when I was younger and he was alive!
His voice was too sugary for me.
But today: he had such a cute sweetness and dimples to show for it!
“I only received Taylor’s new album today, it hasn’t had the chance to corrupt me yet!”
– ohhh Uwe, your beyond corrupted by that girl singer!
Listen to this dear Sirs, and tell me – is this the precursor for TS:
https://youtu.be/HSNSTerj2Kc?si=pcoRUyDgLQFk6C6Y
😂
And I don’t know, I thought they sounded better:
https://youtu.be/mwDpInDY5LE?si=4nY5WEn4iEn6_YJB
But what do I know?
I know this beautiful man is singing to my heart:
https://youtu.be/CaCSuzR4DwM?si=ukh0F0QWJ1Fu1ZRd
October 21st, 2025 at 10:12He makes me believe in humanity again 😍
Roy Orbison, one very fine vocalist who I often forget when mentioning the male vocalists from that golden era. A good songwriter too. Thanks Russ for the reminder. I own that Black and White Night concert dvd, haven’t played it in many years. I noticed a recent comment at YouTube from Karin on the Pretty Woman song. Some good guitar duelling on that song from James Burton and Bruce Springsteen, have to love that Telecaster twang eh. I delved into quite a few classics there after your link to it. What a stellar cast of support musicians. James Burton on guitar, Ronnie Tutt on drums, Jerry Scheff on bass, Elvis’s backing band TCB. Plus all the other very well known popular musicians and the string section musicians too. A wonderful concert. The Big O suffered some unbearable tragedies in losing his wife and then two of his sons in the 1960’s. His vibrato or trembling vocal was a voice inflection that he had a lot of trouble in controlling it. He did well to keep it to minimum at times. Changing topic now to Uwe’s favourite vibration inflection. That short ‘vibrator’ song from 1979, that was amusing indeed. Cheers.
October 21st, 2025 at 10:13Btw:
This song:
https://youtu.be/DL7-CKirWZE?si=MoNNzswPo_EkYMkD
It has a lovley start, at least in my weird brain, but what I would like to know: what happened to New Radicals?
Can’t seem to find anything about the singer, but I seem to remember he became a producer?
Sadly 1 minute into the song, it’s pure awful 😄 but man the start is really good…. No sorry, 30 seconds in, it goes south 😂
October 21st, 2025 at 10:38Russ, those gadgets have many advantages, they don’t hang around endlessly expecting to have breakfast made for them, but just … buzz off …
And yes, mo dark recess is safe from me …
On more lighter terms: There is nothing like having a good buddy with a six-pack around when you’re lovesick …
https://youtu.be/f6KJdsgPz24
October 21st, 2025 at 13:36Frau Verndal, you will immediately cease and desist (= lawyer speak!) from insulting and ridiculing the magnificent and très lovely Sally Carr any further! She always brought the caveman out in me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws0NRujOhOE
In the early 70s you could not be a blossoming male teen and say “Hot Pants” without
creaming for, errm … dreaming about Sally!https://i.pinimg.com/400×300/42/fb/c6/42fbc6aace831ddd11b3fb04e30e8118.jpg
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https://media.gettyimages.com/id/645195145/de/foto/scottish-singer-sally-carr-the-lead-singer-of-pop-group-middle-of-the-road-uk-23rd-june-1971.jpg?s=612×612&w=gi&k=20&c=Eh-RXthwbhSJCwAqEjqwQW7P-c4jhUN54faknA-e2ek=
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I will not have my warm memories of her thus soiled by you!
BTW, your heartthrob/squeeze Ian Gillan must have thought so too because there is a DP boot live recording out there from 1971 where he starts the gig with ad libbing “Where’s your mama gone …” 😂
The New Radicals track and vid is nice. Reminds me of The Zutons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNDYrmf3sGs
October 21st, 2025 at 16:02“I thought Rod had a great voice but that it was better suited for Ballads or Pop songs, not Hard Rock.”
True.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHYkzB5ZIzI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxX_zIK4bRA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a64B4DiPId0
It’s a crime that no comprehensive compilation of The Maze singles and EPs exist, they were as good if not better than Episode Six as 60s beat Music goes.
Allora, our Italiano speakers here, how bad is Rod’s Italian vero? As good as Adriano’s English? 🤣
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-wH8SrFro
No matter with him, great moves and voice!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b6g33g-I2tc
October 21st, 2025 at 16:28Thinking about it, we definitely need more hotpants content with modern day Purple Family too … songs that rhyme burn with sperm and such … his face is red, the man’s on fire … the woman’s pants are cut off higher …
https://youtu.be/2LOqcAX4f3I
October 21st, 2025 at 20:09@20
“She always brought the caveman out in me.”
– by all means! Please stay in your delightful cave 😂😂
I did NOT insult or ridicule her!
Where as everything is as it is, it was the Taylor girlie I made a tiny hit at 😄😄
“BTW, your heartthrob/squeeze Ian Gillan must have thought so too because there is a DP boot live recording out there from 1971 where he starts the gig with ad libbing “Where’s your mama gone …” 😂”
– awww how cute! 😃 aren’t you just happy you have so much in common with Ian 🤣🤣
“The New Radicals track and vid is nice. Reminds me of The Zutons.”
October 21st, 2025 at 20:15– they do? Can’t hear it….
But what happened to the singer from New Radicals? I don’t seem to remember anything about him or his band. Well I guess they were a ‘one-hit-wonder’, if even that!
The Maze – Non Fatemi Odiare sounds incredibly MKI there. I enjoyed that and have never come across it before, thanks Uwe. Yes indeed they were miles ahead of Episode Six, who to me always sounded a little corny, for want of a better description. No wonder Messrs Gillan and Glover were keen to move on and get a little more serious. Now about this Sally lady and her ‘hot pants’ images Uwe. I am going to have to start avoiding certain links totally and even THS itself first thing in the morning if this keeps up. It is rather distracting for the rest of my innocent day. Cheers.
October 21st, 2025 at 23:39@17
RE: Black & White Night…
You may not play your DVD that much but I play the shit out of mine. I too love the Springsteen+Burton dueling… I never thought that much of Springsteen before I saw this when it was broadcast back in the 80’s but that performance changed my opinion of him.
And a bit of trivia for Karin in case she bothers to read this: Roy’s core backing band was an outfit called the TCB Band. They were the backing band for “he who shall not be named” from 1969 until his passing.
Glad you liked the “vibrator song”… Like Uwe, My brain is also filled with all kinds of weird & obscure trivia that I can whip out at a moment’s notice when the occasion arises..
October 22nd, 2025 at 08:45@20
Watched your clip of Middle of the Road… yeah, that Sally chick is kinda hot. Karin is wrong to have said anything disparaging of her. I’ve got a 6-pack on ice waiting for you if you need it.
Though, when it comes to Middle of the Road, I prefer the song of the same name as sung by this hottie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVry7uMud1o
I don’t care that she’s older now… she was hot way back when and she’s still hot today. Something about her that brings out the… well, all kinds of things in me. 😈 😈 😈
October 22nd, 2025 at 09:12Figures, not a single Italian yet awake to answer my question. 😑
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c2/91/d4/c291d4192ba42d5dcf14347132be2ace.gif
October 22nd, 2025 at 10:11And the new Taylor Swift album ain’t bad at all – duh!!!
October 22nd, 2025 at 11:43Roy Orbison was a true artiste. Who knew his own voice well enough to schedule recording sessions for mornings whenever possible, when he was best able to control his vibrato. Aware that later in the day it could be a tiger that was difficult to tame.
One of those artistes, like Sarah Vaughan, whose vibrato always sounded musical.
Phoebe Snow was perhaps the singer who got away with the greatest quantities of vibrato without sounding unpleasantly pitchy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkrhxV7iqwY&list=RDSkrhxV7iqwY&start_radio=1
Unlike Johnny Mathis, whose vibrato struck many – including Sinatra – as being a little TOO wide at times.
Elvis was unique in that his vibrato ranged almost exclusively between the desired pitch and below, rarely going above. Resulting in an incredibly beautiful sound. No wonder Gillan acknowledged E. as “The greatest singer that ever lived.”
October 22nd, 2025 at 15:26@21- Uwe – yes, “It’s a crime that no comprehensive compilation of The Maze singles and EPs exists”.
Supposedly the DPAS was working on one, but it never came to fruition, possibly because they were trying to track down a pre-MI5 single on which they suspected Paice may have appeared. (By “The Shindigs” – whose record turned out to be that of another group with the same name.) The idea was also later pitched to Cherry Red, who have done a number of Purple-related releases, but nothing has eventuated so far.
The songs “Aria Del Sud” and “Non Fatemi Odiare” represent only two of the six songs The Maze played every night while appearing in that play in Italy. Wonder if the band recorded the other four as well… If so, and they could be located, that would make for a truly comprehensive compilation.
Also agree that “Hard To Be Without You” is a great match for Rod’s voice. Great as he sounded with DP and Captain Beyond, based on this single he could also have had a career singing more bubblegum pop / easy listening music. The record would make a great coda to a MI5 / Maze anthology, if such ever appears.
Wonder what happened to the masters for that single. And whether more songs were recorded during those 1970 sessions. Too bad the record’s producer Bobby Paris has passed away – the answers to those questions have likely gone with him.
October 22nd, 2025 at 15:52@25
“And a bit of trivia for Karin in case she bothers to read this:”
– in strictest confidence I’ll tell you this: I read EVERYTHING in here! Sometimes my patients have to wait until I have time to help them! I know my priorities 😄
“They were the backing band for “he who shall not be named” from 1969 until his passing”
– I guess we’re talking about the guy who was married to this woman:
https://youtu.be/6ZvDWYKEeuo?si=FaWYwW3ku0S76w7-
And I don’t know about you lot, but I need some decent music now:
October 22nd, 2025 at 16:20https://youtu.be/r0uSLM8ndYM?si=tGz6emkS4kLD6Oq_
@26
“Karin is wrong to have said anything disparaging of her”
– I DID NOT!
Would never dream of it 😁 I might have been a bit arrogant regarding Taylor S, but nah not even that!
Not even this song would make me wrinkle my nose:
https://youtu.be/sLEQvWt0axk?si=IAEyMJuSiO-GpkfT
Or this:
https://youtu.be/ygfA1A45tn8?si=KKEQbkP71DtJjn-5
But my all time favourite is this:
https://youtu.be/T2T5_seDNZE?si=vVOWshOxsMuGTfpW
What a woman! 🤩🤩🤩
October 22nd, 2025 at 16:31@28
“And the new Taylor Swift album ain’t bad at all – duh!!!”
– 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You know what I really find so much fun? Drag your little nose around the place 😄
I’m glad you didn’t waste your hard earned money 😅
October 22nd, 2025 at 16:35@29
“Roy Orbison was a true artiste“
– Skippy you’re right! 😃
“No wonder Gillan acknowledged E. as “The greatest singer that ever lived.””
October 22nd, 2025 at 16:39– and do you know who Elvis acknowledged as the greatest singer?
This guy:
https://youtu.be/-kWZZ71yzas?si=BUfelZCK2Te5ttFI
Phoebe Snow‘s voice is interesting, but I don’t‘t know if I could stand a full concert of her!
We still don’t have no input on Rod‘s linguistic capabilities, where are those damned Italians when you need them?
https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/wurQzPbJ5iv2aF3Ww7uA8w–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mzc7Y2Y9d2VicA–/https://media.zenfs.com/en/us_magazine_896/9d2f119d9453009870739411d1834cec
October 22nd, 2025 at 21:56@34
I think what Dwight Yoakam said about Orbison sums it up nicely… “Roy Orbison’s voice sounds like the cry of an angel falling backward through an open window”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpMGQ3zUIaI
October 22nd, 2025 at 23:18“I read EVERYTHING in here!”
No, you actually don’t. Far from it. Or you would have said something about post #130 in the BOP TILL YOU DROP thread. Especially after pesting me together with Herr MacGregor about historical documentation of my heavy metal past.
Very sloppy research and exploration I must say. Tsk tsk tsk.
October 23rd, 2025 at 01:02@27
“Figures, not a single Italian yet awake to answer my question.”
That’s because I’m of Sicilian descent. Well, half of me is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p5yFgMIY48
October 23rd, 2025 at 05:34@36
“Roy Orbison’s voice sounds like the cry of an angel falling backward through an open window””
– 😂😂🤣
Well I like the guy! Or at least his sentimental voice!
October 23rd, 2025 at 06:41@37
“No, you actually don’t. Far from it.”
– 🤣🤣
Uwe you will always be my favourite lawyer in here 😄
Often when I read – EVERYTHING – in here, I giggle and smile and very often I don’t always have time to answer like I would love to! So pardon my French:
October 23rd, 2025 at 06:44😆😆
@ 37 – oh, I forgot about that image of you when you had long hair. I went to use my google account to log in as requested and when I did, it said that that information would be passed onto Photobucket or whatever it was called. I declined that ‘invitation’ and got the hell out of there. I understand the privacy and security anyone has with their personal history etc. It isn’t that important to get into some sort of security issue. We believe you Uwe, the long hair scenario and the mullet too. We all, or most of us had wilder hair when we were younger. I am still wondering where mine all went to over the years…………maybe it was stress or something, it just slowly went away. Probably being in relationships with women to tell you the truth, he he he………….I have to blame someone don’t I? I want my wild hair back………..The devil, he taketh it away from me. Cheers.
October 23rd, 2025 at 08:57@37
Aha!
I did read it, and I tried to read the link too, but it was blocked!
At least when I link to something I make sure everyone can read it if they want to! 😇
But honestly Uwe, I read everything, sometimes late at night, if I hadn’t been able to find time for it during my busy day, so don’t come here and accuse me for being insincere 😄😄
October 23rd, 2025 at 09:53My long derelict photo bucket account is safe (and irrelevant to anyone not interested in mostly bass porn), no worries. I just didn’t know any other way how to get that picture here for viewing.
Russ, I didn’t know you had North African roots! So that is why you like scurrying around in the sand!! 😎
Actually, I really love Sicily. The White Lotus Season 2 brought back wonderful memories.
https://youtu.be/Baflc_0XVfY
October 23rd, 2025 at 11:45” Having dropped it from their tour set-list for a time, Hush was eventually revived at the insistence of guitarist Steve Morse shortly after taking over as Blackmore’s permanent replacement in 1994.
It’s been part of their encore ever since, often taking on different shapes.”
I loathed HUSH, the studio take of 88 as much as I loathed the remake of Bloodsucker on Abandon.
My benchmark always was the Powerhouse version.
Another frustration always has been WTF did they did not film the band doing CIT,HUSH, WRING THAT NECK?!
They didnt do it in 87 but the limited 88 tour, which I managed to miss out on, had it I think.
With JLT it was done, but not the total song.I think.
I hate it when they only play little parts of a song.
Not to forget the scaling down of the monumental live versions of Space Trucking to something as short as the studio take.
I m not sure if I d have been able to endure it with Morse on board.
Hush definitely was done properly during the TBRO tour.
Forgot if they did it with Satriani.
Maybe not. Then the quote could be right.
October 23rd, 2025 at 20:18For Karin and the Tasmanian woodsman:
https://hosting.photobucket.com/f30ee81d-9dda-4c8e-b420-7df2d57cf3d6/c0edc34c-e50a-4b13-a74b-1e2a18853c24.jpg?width=320&height=320&fit=bounds
Does this work now? 🤗
October 24th, 2025 at 12:14@ 45- ha ha ha ha, talk about debonair. Now we know why Uwe has a penchant for Tommy Bolin and others who like a bit of flamboyance and colour, he he he. The image reminds me of when Glenn Hughes when he met Bolin. ‘I don’t care about the music, you coming home with me’ or words to that effect. By the way Uwe, what is that Rainbow doing in the background? Thanks for that, a classic photo that one. Cheers.
October 25th, 2025 at 10:12@45
It certainly does Uwe 😃
I was thinking: do I ever get a review and some opinions, in-depth review I mean, of the young starlet’s latest outpouring 😁
You see I am thinking about turning myself into a devoted Swiftie 🤣🤣
October 25th, 2025 at 11:50(Sorry, my little iPad almost couldn’t write the last two words…)
There are two other things of note in that image of a young and ‘innocent’ Uwe, that have me wondering. First of all, what is that chord you are playing? Secondly, at first I thought Uwe was wearing flowers in his hair (can anyone imagine that). Then I realised it was a headband holding his wig on. Cheers.
October 26th, 2025 at 20:24I‘m playing a C on my Kramer XKB-10 Flying V aluminum neck bass and that is a garter in my (real!) hair. 😂
October 27th, 2025 at 05:30@48
“Uwe was wearing flowers in his hair (can anyone imagine that)”
– yes! Yes that is how I always picture him in my head!
And with a floral gown and a little embroidered purse with his necessities in 😃
“Then I realised it was a headband holding his wig on”
October 27th, 2025 at 06:18– MacGregor, this image makes me think of this amazing song:
https://youtu.be/ZyBFxjmJPqk?si=a1ZzDvFlYM-H1lMr
The garter was my tribute to Cherie Currie you fashion vandals!
https://media.glamour.com/photos/56958b3a8fa134644ec2b025/master/w_1280,c_limit/fashion-blogs-slaves-to-fashion-2010-03-15-0316cherie-currie-the-runaways_fa.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/XMgTitcBaHzBxYF7AYZp0KrVQg6I3d47KCAK5SW77IHSPwylAyvamqJCbdCoUFeiJkOFFY1fP6MZuYnayKceimE0
https://www.glamour.com/story/exclusive-the-runaways-costume
October 27th, 2025 at 12:58@51
It’s Verndal Uwe! Not Vandal 😄
https://youtu.be/vg28WzVr9Vo?si=zXPh7Zwqa4iGVejw
October 27th, 2025 at 19:15