Any Purple Fans?

mikers85 · Post by **mikers85** » Sunday Nov 20, 2005

I don't know if anyone else listens to Deep Purple on here, but their new CD Rapture of the Deep came out at the beginning of this month. Although their new stuff sounds completely different than their older material, I still really enjoy their music. It is different, but you can still tell its Deep Purple. I think Steve Morse is a great replacement for Blackmore, although his style is not the same. If anyone listened to Bananas and enjoyed it, they will probably like Rapture of the Deep.

no surrender · Post by **no surrender** » Sunday Nov 20, 2005

MANDRAKE ROOT!!

no surrender · Post by **no surrender** » Sunday Nov 20, 2005

that's it.
you wanna play mr censorship.. i'm outa here.

i'll let you geniuses to your obits and lame azz want ads!!

what a lame bored!

no surrender · Post by **no surrender** » Monday Nov 21, 2005

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Monday Nov 21, 2005

Great song. Thanks for posting those lyrics! What a peach!----->JMS

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Monday Nov 21, 2005

Oh yeah... posting lyrics to other folk's songs violates the Berne Convention of 1976. That's the international treaty that regulates worldwide copyrights. What you do when you post lyrics is legally actionable, but hey, you go, girl. Just be careful you don't alienate someone, who'd report you to Harry Fox. Know who that is?
Have a great day!-------->JMS

Eightball · Post by **Eightball** » Monday Nov 21, 2005

I heard Deep Purple live this summer in Piittsburgh and they still kick ass even without Blackmore and Lord. Ian Gillian still had fresh pipes and Ian Paice still is one of the best drummers alive.

Post by **Jim Price** » Monday Nov 21, 2005

I'm looking forward to checking out the new Deep Purple album. I've liked much of their output with Steve Morse so far; as said, different style, but still good.

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Monday Nov 21, 2005

Ian Paice is my god!

Only seen him play live with Whitesnake with John Lord in Jtown opening for Priest and Maiden in 82'

daveb · Post by **daveb** » Monday Nov 21, 2005

I've always liked Deep Purple. Classic line-up, new line-up, mixture of the two. The Battle Rages On is a great disc and I feel that it is really underated. I read an interesting article by Steve Morse's tech. Steve has to sound exactly like Steve to Steve. The audience wants the classic Deep Purple songs to sound like Blackmore. There has to be a whole seperate set of amps and cabs off stage eq'd for the Richie tone while Steve is hearing his own signature tone.

mikers85 · Post by **mikers85** » Monday Nov 21, 2005

Eightball wrote:I heard Deep Purple live this summer in Piittsburgh and they still kick ass even without Blackmore and Lord. Ian Gillian still had fresh pipes and Ian Paice still is one of the best drummers alive.

I saw they were playing there... wish I could have made it.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Monday Nov 21, 2005

Anyone given a listen to Blackmore's Night, Ritchie's current project? It's purely Celtic folk. Check out their website, if only for the sweet intro theme: http://www.blackmoresnight.com. At the end of every Blackmore's Night show, he smashes a lute and kicks a peasant. I kid.

Last time I saw Purple was in video form from Live 8. They sounded waaay good. Gillan couldn't sustain the high notes like he used to, but they blew away a lot of the younger bands.

Another Woodstock-era band that refuses to stop kicking ass: Blue Oyster Cult.

Staceman · Post by **Staceman** » Monday Nov 21, 2005

Actually, I think the Morse-era DP resembles the classic early 70's era quite a bit, while maintaining a fresh sound at the same time.

Nothing off of Rapture of the Deep has jumped out at me yet like certain songs off of Bananas and Abandoned did. But I haven't really listened closely to it yet, so I'll give it time.

Ronnyd · Post by **Ronnyd** » Tuesday Nov 22, 2005

Steve has the best tone and chops I've seen in awhile,wish I could play 1tenth as good!

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Tuesday Nov 22, 2005

Steve Morse is a great player, I have a disc of his he worked with Mike Portnoy on called Transatlantic. Great stuff!

K-Skell · Post by **K-Skell** » Sunday Nov 27, 2005

Purple rocks anyway you can slice it. Blackmore & Morse are two different styles of playing and so was Tommy Bolin. DP mark2 (Blackmore- Lord- Paice- Glover-Gillan) material has gotten the lime light. DP mark1 ( Blackmore-Lord- Paice- Simpler- Evans ) material is so overlooked accept for the song Hush. Tracks like Listen Learn & Read on, Wring That Neck (The Bird Has Flown), Fault Line/ The Painter, Chasing Shadows, The Shield proves that band was looking to just to heavier with material. Even after Gillan went solo and Glover went into producering bands, The band just get even more with their material. With all guns blazing the band released tracks like Burn, You Fool No One, Stormbringer, & Mistreated, proved to the world that they were here to stay. Unlike the broke apart in mid 70's. They took about a 10 year vacation and came back with vengence, but the disgruntled Blackmore left again for a different scene. I guess he got fed up with Gillan bullcrap on which way they wanted to take the band. In walks Dixie Dregs/ Steve Morse Band guitarist, Steve Morse who is well known in the rock guitar field. Joins the band. First album ( with Morse ) reminded me of a Dixie Dregs album with Gillan vocals added later on. Yes they were to break new ground but I feel the band sounds more like an Ian Gillan Band album than a Deep Purple album. Out walks Jon Lord & Don Airey joins who is known from being in the bands Rainbow and has done a lot of studio work with the likes of Michael Schenker Group & Ozzy Osbourne. I myself haven't gotten the last 2 releases from DP, I just hope they would just step back look over the band career & just do what they did before- just get heavier!