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Yet another bonus track
German chain Media Markt sells Now what?! CDs with a sticker that unlocks a free download of a bonus track called First Sign of Madness from it’s own website.
Hell to Pay on TV Total
Today, April 24, the band also appeared on the German TV show TV Total. They performed Hell to Pay live (and not All the Time in the World as was announced earlier). Watch it on ProSieben.de
Thanks to Milan Fahrnholz and Ralle for the info.
Roger: “we have to be the dog!”
A long(ish) and rather interesting interview with Roger Glover on Rockpages.gr:
Rockpages.gr: What really surprised me in the new album is that you weren’t afraid to have long tracks, longer than regular 4, or 5 minute rock songs, you went a little further trying new stuff that I haven’t heard from Deep Purple again, what do you think about that?
Roger Glover: Well, history is all that we’ve got, doing something new is very important without losing your identity. Sometimes you might become a parody of yourself, there is a danger if you are playing a certain way to sounding the same. It really all comes from the writing, and of course we play the same, because we have the same lineup, the same organ, guitar, bass, drums and vocals, that won’t change and that is our identity, the characters that we are. They way that we play, that’s our identity. So, we actually feel free to explore all kinds of music. There is no such thing to us, as “a long Deep Purple song”. “Deep Purple song” is whatever we play. If we started thinking what people would expect from us, I think we’d be heading towards the wrong direction. We’d be the tail wagging the dog. We have to be the dog!
Read more on Rockpages.gr
Thanks to Yiannis Dolas for the info.
Morgenmagazin performance
Deep Purple performed All the Time in the World this morning, April 24, live on Geman TV show Morgenmagazin. You can view the perfomance at DasErste.de
Thanks to all who reported it.
An insecure singer talking Klingon
(Updated Apr 24) Ian Paice and Ian Gillan made a very entertaining appearance today on BBC Radio 2. The show will be available for listening online until April 30 from the BBC. Chat with Ians starts approximately 65 minutes into the recording.
Both Ians were also on BBC Radio 4 Front Row last week recalling anecdotes from the years, including the slightly infamous 2008 Kremlin gig. This one probably won’t stay on BBC’s site for much longer, so go and have a listen while it lasts.
Also, listen to Ian Gillan talking to a slightly disorganized inerviewer at Hangar 19.
Thanks to Andrei Gusenkov and Marcus Streets for the info.
Purple aiming for #1 – with your help
Made In Japan is currently #2 in a new Greatest Live Albums Of All Time poll at British music magazine NME.
Why don’t we all pull together to make it #1 – and bump Muse off that spot?
Worth a try while we wait for the new one… Cast your vote now.
Given the age…
…Most of us will need one. Some sooner than later. Continue Reading »
Win a signed copy of Classic Rock hardback
Classic Rock magazine is running a competition in which they are offering 5 Deep Purple hardback special edition magazines signed by both Ians. The competition is apparently open worldwide. Head over there and fill in the form to enter.
Live on German TV
(Updated Apr 23) Deep Purple are scheduled to appear on German late night comedy show TV Total this Wednesday, April 24. We don´t have any details about the taping and if there are any tickets left but the broadcast will start at around 11 pm CET on German private TV channel Pro Sieben.
This time they will perform All The Time In The World. This show generally has no mimed performances, so they are most definitely going to perform the song live in the studio. We don´t know if there will be any interview with the band but our guess is not, as live performances are usually near the end of the show without any interviews (except the host personally thanking the guys).
After the first airing the whole show, as well as clips from live performance, should be available for viewing online at their website (look under ‘Mittwoch 24. April’).
The band have already performed on TV Total in 2005 (Clearly Quite Absurd Rapture of the Deep and Smoke on the Water with Michael Bradford standing in for Steve Morse).
The same day, April 24th, the band will also appear on the morning show Morgenmagazin which starts at 5:30 (yawn) and is aired on ARD and ZDF.
After these TV appearances the band will be in Berlin from April 26 to 28 to shoot a video (and undoubtedly, do more publicity).
Thanks to Milan Fahrnholz, Yvonne Osthausen, and Burkee PR for the info.
Now What?! A Review
The last time there was this long a gap between Deep Purple studio albums was in the period 1976 – 1984. Back then Amazon was the forest which no doubt provided the cardboard for the record sleeve, not the company you most likely bought the cd from!
In the days preceding the release of Perfect Strangers, there was a playback and radio interview on BBC Radio 1, which we all recorded and listened to before running out on the Monday morning to get the record.
Today, with the release only a few days away we are lucky enough to receive an advance copy in the post, although if we lived in Denmark, where calendars are different…….
I recall in the early listens of Perfect Strangers that actually I wasn’t that sure about the album. A bit too Rainbow if you like… No such worries now. This is assuredly the most Deep Purple album I think I have heard in a long time!
The sound is BIG. Actually I’ve had to turn the subwoofer down a bit, rather than the volume down… rattling ornaments were getting a bit annoying, but this will sound fantastic over headphones, or in the car, which is likely how it will most often be listened to.
Starting gently with ‘A Simple Song’, the experience is like being gently lulled into a false sense of security, before BLAM! and we’re off. This song by itself is almost worth the wait, but very quickly you realise it’s not a one-off, “Weirdestan” follows, with almost Colin Towns-like keyboard sections.
And a lack of overly fussy guitar solos. The riffing is great, and the interplay between guitar and keyboards is fantastic. At times the keys are reminiscent of Jon, at others perhaps Keith Emerson.
Obviously the spirit of Jon is felt throughout, and indeed the album itself is dedicated to the much missed founding father of the band.
But, despite Gillan himself saying he didn’t do much with this album, except the singing and the songs, the feeling is of adventure, of a band experimenting in a way that perhaps hasn’t happened in the Purple family since the Gillan Band days.
I find myself wanting to tell you about every nuance, but at the same time, sorry guys. You need to hear this to believe it.
You’ll have All The Time In The World!
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