6 posts tagged “deep purple”

This is a totally different type of tune from Deep Purple, and the last I'm going to post for a long while.  It's from an album called Bananas, and I like it.  Hope you do as well.

That's it for this week.  Cheers!

I've got to post this tune.  It's subject matter (which I have confirmed) may or may not be obvious to you.  If it's not, don't worry about it as it's not at all worth it.

I'm posting this tune for two reasons.  One, it's an example of a more recent Deep Purple sound, with somewhat of a more typical usage of the keys than in past Purple albums.  Second, I used to hear the beginning of this song, which sounds strangely different from the rest of it, at Chicago Blackhawks games all the time.  I wonder if the Hawks knew what they were advertising?

I'll be posting one more by Deep Purple next week, and then I think it's time to move onto something else.

Although I only play music from my collection, if anybody has a request, I'll be happy to try to accommodate them if I've got something of that particular band!

I hope you all have finished your taxes by now.  If not, hey, you've got until the end of tomorrow even.  Why bother until, say, tomorrow evening around 9pm?  Yeah...that should do it...  I do know that a number of post offices will be open tomorrow until midnight, some of them even with workers on the curb to receive stamped returns from folks driving by.  Kinda nutty if you ask me.  I could brag and say we've had our refunds from the feds and the state for several weeks now, but that would be cruel, so I'll just pretend to do it and say I didn't.

Well, I'm posting Deep Purple's most recognizable and most popular song, "Smoke on the Water".  Truthfully, I'm not a big fan of this song, but I figured I'd not be doing this band justice if I didn't feature their most well-known ditty at least once.

The funny thing about this tune is that it was never intended to be an actual song.  According to some of the reading I've done, the song's introductory riff (a "riff" is simply a chord progression that repeats throughout a rock song, if you weren't sure) was used to warm up at the beginning of concerts.  When they'd play the riff, though, fans began to become increasingly excited and agitated, assuming it was a song and wanting to hear more.  The band finally decided that the only solution was to write a song around the riff, and the result is this week's Tune of the Week.

I hope you enjoy, and here's hoping none of you who've procrastinated in getting your taxes done have cardiac arrest in the process while you race the clock.  Seriously, though, I'm sure you will all be fine.  Good luck!

I just finished watching the last game of the Final Four on Joost.  Too bad Memphis couldn't pull it out.  We also took a much needed break from working 10-12 hours a day and attended the White Sox home opener today, paid for with a bit of our income tax refund.  Joe Crede had a grand slam, which put the game out of reach for the Twins.  All in all, not a bad day.  Now, if we could just get my wife some help with all her muscle pain.  I'm not a professional, so my attempts at rubbing it out only go so far.  I did find her a new chiropractor on Google Maps that looks pretty good, so we'll see.

Anyway, today I'm posting my favorite Deep Purple tune of all time.  I like a number of them, but this one is their best as far as I'm concerned.  Listen especially for the Hammond organ when you listen to this band.  For those of you who aren't familiar with it, it was essentially the predecessor to the synthesizer, but it produces a far more organic and more interesting sound.  (I find it fascinating that several new bands, such as Wolfmother, have returned rock 'n roll to its roots with their usage of the Hammond.)

If you like the Doors (I don't particularly), you'll recognize the sound of the Hammond organ.  There was no bass player in that band, by the way -- the bass lines were played on the left hand of the organist.  In Purple, the Hammond organ is used almost exclusively to simulate the sound of a rhythm guitar, occasionally deviating from it to play lead.  This song in particular features the Hammond-as-rhythm-guitar sound.  I like it a great deal.  I hope you enjoy.

Yeah, I'm gonna play a few more Deep Purple ditties before I move on.

Like the last Deep Purple selection I played, this one is pretty fast, and certainly fast for the time.  If you're an aspiring guitarist, this band is not one you want to ignore.  Ritchie Blackmore was a near-genius.

That's it for now.  I'm under the gun at the moment.  Enjoy!

No, this tune doesn't have anything to do with the Irish.  Why should it?  Nothing on this supposed holiday does, either.  As a guy on a bike said to a bunch of twenty-something females all dressed up for the occasion, "Just another excuse to get drunk."  To which, the entirety of the gathering replied, "That's right," as though what he had said were a compliment.

Anyway, I've been meaning to post some Deep Purple for some time, so here is the first in what will be a short collection of their songs.  As the title of this particular song suggests, I love the speed of Deep Purple.  For its time, this was incredibly fast music.  As far as I'm concerned, it still is.

I hope you enjoy, and Happy, Err, St. Patty's Day!