Deep Purple

that favourite guitarists thread had me thinking and listening to some music i havent heard in ages. while some have grown cheesy over time, deep purple still sound brilliant! they had an amazing sound.


i never owned all of their albums but i remember in the 80s i wore out this (tape ) 3x.

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you contemplating a listen or formulating a value judgment?

when I read deep purple at first I thought

but then I realised I was thinking about fleetwood mac

then when I actually thought about deep purple I was all

on so many levels mate

when I read deep purple at first I thought

but then I realised I was thinking about fleetwood mac

then when I actually thought about deep purple I was all

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you contemplating a listen or formulating a value judgment?

both – I never really took much notice of Deep Purple

though obviously I've heard those youtube tracks plenty of times before

If you don't love this, you don't love DP

Or Highway Star
Space Truckin
Burn
Stormbringer or
Demon's Eye

Or Speed King
or Fireball for that matter

If you don't love this, you don't love DP

I own Machine Head and In Rock LP-s.

Sure, cheesy, but DP have their moments. Always loved the hammond arpeggio solo @ 2:14

By that definition, is all hard rock (of that era) cheesy?

This forum has seen way more unworthy bands being hyped (*cough Radiohead *cough) than Deep Purple.

I wouldn't say all hard rock of that era is cheesy, but high-pitched screaming voices and lots of testosterone-driven guitars somehow kind of make me cringe.

What's to not like about Radiohead? (nah, wait - don't answer - I'm glad it's all personal likes and dislikes )

I must be made of purple cheese

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What's to not like about Radiohead?

Thom Yorke

I quite like Thom Yorke.
But I did despise Radiohead at some point, because EVERYBODY was loving it and playing it and talking about it. Like the lyrics in Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip song say: "Radiohead - just a band".

I must be made of purple cheese

I happily admit I like quite some late 60s/early 70s Hard Rock like Cream, Black Sabbath or Deep Purple

Me, too

Although I find the term "Hard rock" misleading. For me that's an 80ies thing and Deep Purple kind of were the forerunners of Iron Maiden or Poison. Hence a bit cheesy imo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_rock (all pretty blurry, though)

Me too. Songs like Child In Time or King Crimson's "Epitaph" (version with "March for No Reason/Tomorrow and Tomorrow") are pure masterpieces imo.