A bit of blues, a bit of jazz, a bit of rock n roll and a bit of classical, played with aggression and virtuosity = Deep Purple. Thank you for this reaction! Great work as always! 👍😀
I think it's important to point out that the solos (guitar and keys) were mostly improvised. Deep Purple was famous for that, every night the solos were different and sometimes the songs would extend for several minutes longer than the recorded versions.
@@EmelicTena Been trying to get them on the channel for a while when they fit a theme. Might have to suggest them for a livestream but many of their best songs are longer than the 7 minute limit.
The original (?) studio version of the solo is way more structured - I actually prefer that one, actually, above all solos. I mean for me the studio version of Child in Time guitar solo is the best ever guitar solo there is.
The most amazing thing about this video is how the entire audience is resisting what must be an overwhelming urge to bop their heads. Like in England at the time it was a immediate ejection if you were caught headbanging or something.
I think I was around 4 years old when I heard this first time when my father played "In Rock" vinyl. Now, 40 years later, I still get goosebumps whenever I hear this song. No matter which version.
This was DP during their best period imo! 😊 Ian Gillan wrote it to express the all the fear and tensions of the Cold War and the ever-present nuclear threat. The proxy wars including Vietnam were a part of that. The "blind man shooting at the world", with no regard for those caught in between, was the superpowers USA and USSR. The "line that's drawn between the good and the bad" I take to mean the lines that people draw between "us" and "them", out of fear and prejudice. Not a line set in stone, but one we draw ourselves. According to that mentality, anyone can be in an out-group and thus "bad" in someone else's eyes, so in reality no one is safe from the bullets. But maybe that's just my interpretation. The juxtaposition of intense buildups, dissonances and quiet interludes expresses the chaos of war. Gillan's haunting vocals alternate between weeping in grief and screaming in pain and horror. And of course that final spoken section is a - literal - killer. A perfect expression of PTSD, I think. This song stands the test of time because tragically, it applies just as well to every war, terrorist attack or crazed shooting that ever was. Personally, it reminds me of the Kent State Massacre that also happened in 1970. The Ohio National Guard fired into a peaceful and UNARMED anti-war demonstration on campus, wounding dozens and killing 4 students: 3 demonstrators and 1 passerby who was walking to class. 😭 Thanks for a great analysis! I love it when today's generations re-discover and appreciate the music I grew up with! Liked and subscribed! 😊👍👏 Edit 1: I LOVE The Charismatic Voice! Thanks so much for the shout-out! I recommend her every chance I get. Edit 2: I'd love to hear this kind of extended analysis on Stevie Ray Vaughan. Let me know if you want some suggestions.
in those days were talking in terms of ROCK / BLUES / PROGRESSIVE / JAZZ and perhaps some elements of PSYCHEDELIC for bands like Pink Floyd, etc. hard rock for bands like LED ZEP / ALICE COOPER / BLACK S / etc. DEEP PURPLE was considered Rock with some elements of Jazz and sometimes bordering Progressive (but ever so lightly and usually in extended live sessions)
Ian Paice is known for his precise drumming , both fast and slow, and for his super fast one handed drum rolls while doing other things with the other hand. All with precision..... The song starts slow and is constantly building until the first all in crescendo then BANG !!! it stops and starts all over again..... once again constantly building. The speed of the build is constantly changing because it is music and not THRASH..... the music is also telling a story.
The masters at work here, a brilliant track, and what a performance! Interesting how the audience are sat quiet? Orders from the TV production team. I believe this is a live recording in for a TV network. Ritchie Blackmore doesn't disappoint here, a scintillating solo and to inspire his followers Van halen, Satriani, Malmstein, etc.
The first live recording of Child in Time was in Sept 1969 and can be found on their live Concerto album with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - back up a few steps and give a listen to Mandrake Root from 1968
@@beawsbiz Child in Time was performed at that concert. I have it on the compilation album from the 1970's called Powerhouse. I don't know if it was ever released as part of a package alongside the Concerto on a later release.
@@delorangeade Thank you for your insight. I was never aware of that fact even though I have the Powerhouse album you mentioned. I can imagine the Orchestra politely sitting there through that performance without any one aware this was to become one of the greatest rock songs ever performed and composed.
@@beawsbiz Wring That Neck was also performed, and maybe one other track. It would have been interesting to know what the members of the orchestra thought of the whole event, but I don't know if anyone ever asked them? I've never come across any interviews.
@@delorangeade The LP notes on “Powerhouse” say the third song was HUSH” I have read and seen few anecdotes about the concert and relations between the orchestra and band members. Apparently the orchestra WERE a little stuffy to start with at rehearsal and Malcolm Arnold, the conductor had to have a few words. However I understand the orchestra eventually held a grudging respect for the band. However I am sure hearing Child in Time for the first time was a huge leap for anyone not used to hearing rock music.
Tablature has been around at least since the renaissance. The type most similar to guitar tabs is called French tablature and is used for e.g. lute and viola da gamba. They often use letters instead of fret numbers: a for open string, b for first fret, c for second fret, etc. And they often don't put the note value over each note, but only when the note value changes. So if you have a series of 16 eighth notes followed by a quarter note, you only have an eighth note on the first note of the series, and then the quarter note. If Purple used tabs, I don't know though. I think not, since they prided themselves with being really great improvisers and playing a lot by ear.
I'm old enough (63) to remember those times in the early 70s (indeed their album from which this song was on, was the first album I ever bought). They were regarded back then as heavy/hard rock (along with British contemporaries like Free, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and Uriah Heep). Black Sabbath at that time were heavy metal, and quite distinct from those others. As a British band, the lyrics, as Gillan has said, were about the Cold War (not Vietnam as many Americans seem to think).
It's nice to hear from someone (my age) who knows what he's talking about. As an American, I can vouch for the fact that Vietnam was only a music obsession in the US, not so much in British music and lyrics. Black Sabbath was and is definitely quite distinct, but unfortunately too many people don't understand that the different between metal and hard rock. Metal has nothing at all to do with speed per se; it is the heaviness that is the point and the distinction, but there again too many people are too musically illiterate to understand what "heavy" means or sounds like.
I was 9 years old when I first heard Child In Time. I bought In Rock Album which is my favorite Studio Album with AC/ DC' Power Age my second. But Heavy Metal is rooted in Iommi and Ritchie Blackmore. Which I believe Ritchie played the first Heavy Metal Licks and Proto Trash and Speed Metal Licks. He played inside short parts licks ahead of his time with Deep Purple Mark l. In Rock just changed things. It was at another level than anything that came before it in my opinion. The Live Version on Made In Japan of Child In Time is off the charts. Ian Gillian's voice was untouchable and the band was just on fire. Purple live was improvisation and different every night. The 3 times I saw Black Sabbath it was played pretty much just like the Studio Album. There was a little improv when I saw them with Dio. Ian Paice was the Original Energizer Bunny. The energy he had was crazy. And Deep Purple played a long time.
I just recently commented on the tablature questions, but I did also want to note that I am so glad you mentioned and later spoke in detail on the drum setup. I have watched several analysis videos on this performance and nobody ever mentions it. In fact when I was watching your analysis, I actually said out loud "why doesn't anyone ever comment on the drum kit?" and you immediately did so right after I said that. I wasn't as perplexed by the hi-hat on the right as I was by the high cymbals. Since some, but not all, left handed drummers do this. But as a casual amateur drummer, I cannot figure out the cymbal height (makes my arms hurt thinking about it). Interestingly enough, Jason Bonham (son of Led Zeppelin's John Bonham) also uses a similar cymbal height in the Performance Heart does of 'Stairway to Heaven' at the Kennedy Center honors concert (a very popular TH-cam video).
Saw drummer Ian Paice with the Buddy Rich orchestra a few years ago. Genius natural player. It’s hard rock. Metal wasn’t labelled as such until the 8O’s. Deep Purple in Rock was recorded in 1969 (released in 1970) a few months before their Concerto for Group and Orchestra (by organist Jon Lord, Lyrics Ian Gillan, performed by the band and the London Philharmonic Orchestra) No band could have pulled off those two disparate triumphs within a few months of each other. The studio version of “Child in time” is amazing, possibly Ritchie’s best studio solo. It’s about the Cold War nuclear threat possibly.
I love this track, been listening to it all my life (mid 50s) and I never put much thought into it but I've heard it and this live version so many times. It's great to see you bring an analysis to this track. I would have always assumed a critical reviewer wouldn't find much to comment on, because I've always viewed this song from an emotional and nostalgic view. So I very much appreciate the reaction. Cheers!!
Ian Paice is left handed and plays a mirrored kit. But even so, I agree that the cymbal placement is … unconventional. And Jon Lord played a Hammond B3 organ. Fun side note: Ronnie James Dio also used to play the trumpet when he was young :)
I just "ran into you" and I immediately subscribed to you channel. Deep Purple is my favorite group so I will not bore you of how "Great" they are. I really appreciated your analyses, and I am really grateful that you took over an hour to really analyze this song. "The Charismatic Voice" is my favorite, and now you are also there along with her. Thank you sir! "Critical Reactions" along with "The Charismatic Voice" are my two favorites. Thank You.
Glad to have ya on board! And it's pretty cool to see my name alongside The Charismatic Voice. Elizabeth is a huge name in educational reactions, rightly so given her immense knowledge and musical understanding.
John Lord was classically trained and he documented things using music notation. TAB arrived about 15-20 years later. John Lord scored a classical piece just prior to this album being recorded - played live and conducted by Malcom Arnold - it was filmed as well. In Rock was the total opposite the Group Concerto because Blackmore wanted to record a heavy album...
Deep Purple is a great group. Another related group worth covering with the origins of heavy metal/ hard rock. The Deep Purple guitarist (Ritchie Blackmore) left the band and formed a band called Rainbow. "Stargazer" is a classic, but one of their songs that is considered one of the first heavy metal songs is "Kill the King" (live version from the 1977 Munich concert is a great example). Very fast tempo and Ronnie James Dio's vocals are great and the beginning stages of his heavy metal career.
There isn't a video but Rainbow 76 in Cologne. Man they were so hot that night. The Ending of the Concert on Do You Close Your Eyes Ritchie just goes off. I believe it is also the best live recording of Stargazer. I don't think that Era of Rainbow played a bad Concert.
Ian paice is one of the best drummers in the entire world! no joke, he's a total bad ass.. Thank you for your reaction to this insane song.. It's one of my absolute favorite favorites
Tablature actually has a long history, going back several centuries. It was used for lute playing in order to be specific about which frets to play the notes on. While I grew up in the 60s and 70s, I wasn't playing either guitar or bass back then, so I don't have first hand information as to how prevalent tabs were at the time. But I don't remember any of my friends who did play using them. For them it was strictly based on playing by ear and sharing amongst themselves (of course no TH-cam videos at the time, not even VHS tapes early on). I picked up guitar and bass at 50 and have been playing for over 10+ years now. I relied heavily on tabs to start, but now use a combination of tabs and standard notation, along with using the old school method of playing by ear as part of my ear training. Tabs are great for knowing what frets were originally used. But I do like the visual image standard notation gives of the rise and fall of notes. Standard also helps when playing alternate tunings when I don't want to retune myself (speaking in terms of bass only, chords of course make this harder). I also like the idea of choosing the fret/string myself based on the timbre I want to express, even though the note/pitch is the same.
@@CriticalReactions I just recently became aware of this after becoming curious about the lute. I was really surprised to learn that they used tablature, since I also thought it was a fairly modern phenomena. You can find images of some of the older manuscripts online. Some combine standard notation staffs and tablature, which was interesting since this is the format I often use in notation software or online sites like ultimate guitar. Some of the actual forms differ, such as using letters to represent the note on the string, rather than a fret number. I kind of like that ideas, since the downside of tabs is that it can separate you from the idea of the actual notes being played. Now that I know the fretboard well, this is no longer an issue since I now associate specific frets/strings with the notes themselves automatically. But early in my playing, it was more like playing by the numbers and shapes than by the notes themselves.
Back in the 60s and early 70s , there was no heavy metal , or punk , or thrash . As time went on , these things got broke down and defined a bit more ,, and more as more time went on . DEEP PURPLE was hard rock , Black Sabbath was hard rock , as time went on and more bands tried to copy , then Black Sabbath was defined as heavy . But , DEEP PURPLE was and always will be the greatest hard rock band ever !!!
you have to listen to Mandrake Root Live - from the album "Deep Purple In Concert" 1970. Simply stunning ..... Ian Paice the drummer is a genius, check him out on any live tracks - also has his own youtube channel.
While I love Child in Time, it’s a not terribly representative of what Deep Purple’s music is like. For one thing, arguably Deep Purple’s biggest influence on metal was their hard, bluesy riffs, sped-up tempos and rapid fire soloing (especially the crossfire solos between Ritchie Blackmore on guitar and Jon Lord on organ). For that reason, I think Highway Star is a better intro for getting an idea of how Deep Purple influenced the future of heavy metal. Still, this is a fantastic track and does show off some of Deep Purple’s early prog influences (many people forget that DP were briefly a prog band before they settled into their groove as hard rock/heavy metal; this album, In Rock, was basically their transition). As I said on the Slack Sabbath track I wouldn’t worry about trying to distinguish between hard rock and heavy metal. Especially in this late 60s/early 70s period hard rock and heavy metal are basically the same thing, which is why I think it’s most useful to call these early metal influencers proto-metal. BTW, lyrics are about Vietnam. As another commenter said on another video, for any songs written in this late-60s/early-70s period it's good to keep Vietnam in mind because so many artists were writing about it either directly or indirectly.
Speed King. That's Purple's first song which could credibly be called proto-metal. It has like 80% of all the stuff in metal that can't be traced to Black Sabbath.
@@jonathanhenderson9422 And In Rock is the first real HM album, I think. Interestingly most say it would be Black Sabbath but just compare the two albums: DP:IR riffs, tempos, vocals and solos are the wildest things there were at that time and definitely have that energy still, while BS has loads of blues (and jazz) elements that, let's admit, softens the sound of it. I'd really say that BS is the origin of doom metal while In Rock is the root of a wider range of HM.
This lineup of Deep Purple contained five of the most purely talented and influential musicians on their respective instruments - and Gillan's voice was most definitely an instrument! I feel Deep Purple never got the credit they deserved for shaping the future of hard rock and metal.
72 years old. Seen this band in the late 1960s, and 70s. 1969 spent the year doing Rock Festivals from the West Coast to the East Coast. Any recorded music can nowhere show the true sounds, vibes, and concussions of live music back then. Only Uriah Heep outperformed them when seeing them live in 1972. LSD & Rock music ruled those days and changed America. DP's second album hooked me on Deep Purple
In terms of the bridge getting faster slightly across those few bars I "feel|" this was done deliberately or they were happy to "drift". It happened regular in live versions of this track that I have heard I think, I am no expert in music theory but to verify this listen to other live performances and see how they do this.
YOU'RE SPEECHLESS AT THE BEGINNING BRO, AND, I, REALLY, LIKE THAT! 😂👍✌️Seriously, what a live performance! The crescendo, when the lead singer is screaming, it's going more and more powerful, it's, just, perfect! The musicians, are monsters! The organist, the drummer, the guitar, solo, the voice! WOOOOAW! FUCK! SERIOUSLY! And, don't, forget, they were all fighting against the Vietnam War at that time, HENDRIX, THE BEATLES CLAPTON, DEEP PURPLE, ETC.... THAT'S A SONG AGAINST THE WAR! It's because, they are fighting like that, they're giving all their souls, their energies! That's why, it sounds so good, and perfect, even, if they are making few mistakes! And look at the audience! 😂SO funny! They're not moving, even, if there's a fucking crazy energy! Because, that kind of music was new at that time! They, even, didn't realized what they were looking! 😂Peace from France bro! 🎸🇫🇷👍✌️😂
A note on tabs. Tabulature, or the equivalent, is old as sin. That was one of the ways the common man "wrote down" music in the past, if it was written down at all.
An accomplished pipe organ player on Hammond organ with a classical loving guitar player and a trained jazz drummer ( his dad was a jazz drummer or teacher of it ) ..... I think a few musical notes would be written somewhere........ BUT this is 1970 live. Most of this is Jamming, real playing. No auto cue here or computer doing it all for them. Back then , the best bands prided themselves on doing it different every night. Peter Green was known to never play a lick the same twice....EVER !!! Personally, I don’t believe that, but that is his legend from those who were there night after night
Drums look weird to you because Ian Pace was left-handed and his drums go around to the left and he is the best drummer on the planet now that Neil has left. This is another band that was known for playing while partying. Originally a bar band that’s what you get.
You are right about your perspective being skewed with the time displacement. Back in the day we called Deep Purple (and Black Sabbath) HEAVY ROCK. That was the main term in use in the UK to describe these bands at the time by the fans. The term HEAVY METAL was not generally in use for another decade and this was reserved for bands like AC/DC, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Motorhead. HARD ROCK is the general term critics and writers use to differentiate heavy rock bands from metal bands these days.
Nice video! It's an anti-war song about the cold war. To me the lyrics is displaying anxiety, both for the population as a whole during a time when there was a lot of turmoil and uncertainty in the world. But also on an individual level of someone who's suffering from PTSD - which is umderlined in the live version of the song, when in the outro he is relishing ending his life.
For a great Ian Paice drum performance you can try Deep Purple "Burn", 1974 albeit with different vocalist and bassist/(vocalist) and classical inspired solos
Term 'heavy metal' (as description not genre) was first used regarding to Jimi Hendrix (and then moved to Balck Sabbath). Look for Voodoo Child Slight Return 1968. Other proto-hard rock: Crazy World of Arthur Brown Fire 1968, Cream - I feel free 1966. Deep Purple was hard rock. Metal as genre started with Black Sabbath.
Very interesting analysis. I think this version of the song was truncated for the demands of the TV schedule, and the guitar solo and the outro section are shorter than on the original recording. The original recording also speeds up during the guitar solo, which adds to the build of tension and excitement. I think the modern obsession with the rigidity of time in music, both recorded and live, has been very damaging. In a live situation the solos were always improvised and Blackmore's guitar solo would go on for as long as he felt like playing. At this early stage he was a very jazz influenced player, but as he progressed he became much more melodic, introducing more classical elements and dynamics to his playing. He is now almost exclusively an acoustic player. Ian Paice probably has the best hands of any 1970's rock drummer. Very influenced by Buddy Rich, and his solo from The Mule in 1972 will tell you a lot about his playing. The bass was so prominent because it really held everything together and allowed the drummer, as well as the other instruments, a lot of freedom. When Roger Glover was replaced by Glenn Hughes, a much more individual and creative bass player, the style of the band had to change to accommodate this.
The Sound was also changed to fit Coverdale's Bluesy voice. I retrospect it was amazing to be able to lose Gillian and come out with a different style and a huge Album with different vocalists. Hughes was a great key into changing up Purple's Sound. He is still a great singer to this day.
I have read that Gillan had only just written the lyrics and this was probably the first time the band had heard them...... would think at least one rehearsal would have taken place. lol Is about the Cold War..... not us as common people but our leaders. Line between good and bad..... defence or attack and even a bit of sword rattling / insults. The “bad” people here never do the fighting themselves..... they use words / diplomacy and give orders.......but watch out for the ricochet, the sting in the tail of your own personal actions .
In my mind I always "labeled" these bands (Purple, Zeppelin, Black Sabbath etc.)as hard rock, and only the bands coming after them, like Iron Maiden, Metallica etc. metal.
This is more like progressive rock / heavy with strong influence from blues and classical music . Jon Lord made classical music as we all know . Speed changes ; check lyrics .
This is an odd concept for many people, but I don't think any music, musician, nor composer are above scrutiny and criticism. To place anyone on a pedestal is to deny them their humanity, idolizing an incomplete version of themselves; one lacking the human element of flaws. I don't diminish Deep Purple's contributions to music nor deny that I enjoyed this song. But no art is perfect.
At the time I thought of this song as "FM" Rock and Roll. At that time we were often introduced to this type music on "FM" Radio. I didn't consider it to be akin to Black Sabbath's "Heavy" FM Rock and Roll. Keeping in mind that there was no such thing as "Metal" in 1970.
'd recommend to react to Deep Purple - Strange Kind of Woman, Live in Osaka, Japan (1972), great back and forth between Gillan and Blackmore... Powerful performance. There's only audio version of that concert🤟🏻 th-cam.com/video/EPGila072tw/w-d-xo.html Also, if you want to hear Ian Gillan during his solo career I'd recommend to listen to Fighting Man🙌🏻
Yeah, at some point the whole categorizing of rock by subgenre is arbitrary and meaningless anyway... to call something as bluesy as this "heavy metal" is just words, and debating or expounding about it is nonsensical. This song is just what it is, it doesn't need a pigeonhole to live in. If one is compelled to agonize over what category any particular song belongs in, eventually it amounts to little more than semantics anyway.
Deep Purple is NOT "heavy metal". They are a hard rock band with blues, jazz and classical influences. The term "heavy metal" didn't even exist in 1970 to describe a musical genre. By the way, it's possible the drum kit looked strange to you because the drummer (Ian Paice) is left-handed and his kit is set up that way.
"YOU BETTER CLOSE YOUR EYES, YOU'D BETTER BOW YOUR HEAD... " and listen to the music. you are so busy on being a technical guru, that you miss the large picture. study who these people were and what they did, the context within their time,.
i dont agree. NWOBHM was attached to the bands that came out in the late 70s that predominantly adopted that heavy guitar chug we now associate with the term heavy metal. Judus Priest, Saxon, Iron Maiden, def leppard and even Motorhead. It spawned a distinctive "metal" culture, adherents adopting the heavy metal uniform of denim and leather with bullet belts and patches
For origins of metal is there any classical music coming up? A lot of tech death has classical roots (and sometimes straight up play riffs from classical pieces).
Not for this week as I'm specifically looking at the starting point of "heavy metal" the genre. It's a specific era of metal. But I'm always looking for more ways to get classical on the channel.
I highly suggest going to the link in the description to find the official video if you're wanting to listen to the song uninterrupted. Not only do you support the artist with the ad revenue but you get the experience the song the way it was intended. My videos are intended to be supplementary to that experience and are not designed nor intended to be a replacement to that.
@@CriticalReactions This is real music. Ian Gillam was the singer on the original JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR album…. He's JESUS. Its about soldiers in Viet Nam. Blowing his mind against the wall =sui¢ide that happened so often. It is all pain. You are very ignorant. Too bad your ear is so ruined by auto-tune and tehnichal tricks. Smh
That's certainly possible. I'm coming at this many decades displaced and without the context of it's creation. Plus I'm approaching it as a modern composer who's studied classical and jazz so my perspective isn't always the best for analyzing classic rock -- though that doesn't discredit what I do get out of this track. I still believe my analysis and criticism to be just as valid as anyone else's.
I've always wondered why when they look at Deep Purple's contribution to metal music, they pick up Child In Time. Yes, it's great, but it's prog music, all In Rock is prog and eventually 3 songs became hard rock (Into The Fire, Living Wreck and Flight of the Rat), one - Child In Time - remained in prog, and 3 became proto-metal. It is better to take Speed King for analysis (and necessarily from the British version, and not the castrated American version) or Bloodsucker (my favorite) and Hard Lovin' Man. As for the drummer, he never makes mistakes in rhythm and he is alive, healthy, still plays in Deep Purple and even has his own TH-cam channel called Ian Paice Drumtribe, so you can ask him your question personally. As for the lyrics, this is a song about the Cold War, when passions are running high and irreparable can always happen, like an atomic attack, and the ricochet awaits those who fire, because in such cases they shoot blind.
Piece of advice: listen to the original studio cut (from the album "Deep Purple in Rock"): the guitar solo is a thousand times better than this one. Cheers.
Just wanted to say that I woke up to some 10+ comments from ya and was quite surprised to see so many. I learned quite a bit about the 3 bands and greatly appreciate you helping me understand what they're doing a bit better.
Never a heavy metal fan yet absolutely love DEEP PURPLE'S pure genius. Incredible gifted range in all the musicians.
Wish it were then again!
A bit of blues, a bit of jazz, a bit of rock n roll and a bit of classical, played with aggression and virtuosity = Deep Purple. Thank you for this reaction! Great work as always! 👍😀
I think it's important to point out that the solos (guitar and keys) were mostly improvised. Deep Purple was famous for that, every night the solos were different and sometimes the songs would extend for several minutes longer than the recorded versions.
That's awesome! I wish more solos in rock/metal were.
@@CriticalReactions You should try Motorpsycho then
@@EmelicTena Been trying to get them on the channel for a while when they fit a theme. Might have to suggest them for a livestream but many of their best songs are longer than the 7 minute limit.
The original (?) studio version of the solo is way more structured - I actually prefer that one, actually, above all solos. I mean for me the studio version of Child in Time guitar solo is the best ever guitar solo there is.
@R. Andromeda Indeed. The construction of the whole song is way more coherent and clearer there. And that guitar solo...!!
The most amazing thing about this video is how the entire audience is resisting what must be an overwhelming urge to bop their heads. Like in England at the time it was a immediate ejection if you were caught headbanging or something.
No kidding! Maybe it was all mesmerizing and they had an out of body experience with it 😄
The English drummers Ian Paice (here), John Bonham and Bill Ward brought so much jazz swing to the music of such great bands. I kinda miss it.
I think I was around 4 years old when I heard this first time when my father played "In Rock" vinyl. Now, 40 years later, I still get goosebumps whenever I hear this song. No matter which version.
This was DP during their best period imo! 😊
Ian Gillan wrote it to express the all the fear and tensions of the Cold War and the ever-present nuclear threat. The proxy wars including Vietnam were a part of that. The "blind man shooting at the world", with no regard for those caught in between, was the superpowers USA and USSR.
The "line that's drawn between the good and the bad" I take to mean the lines that people draw between "us" and "them", out of fear and prejudice. Not a line set in stone, but one we draw ourselves. According to that mentality, anyone can be in an out-group and thus "bad" in someone else's eyes, so in reality no one is safe from the bullets. But maybe that's just my interpretation.
The juxtaposition of intense buildups, dissonances and quiet interludes expresses the chaos of war. Gillan's haunting vocals alternate between weeping in grief and screaming in pain and horror. And of course that final spoken section is a - literal - killer. A perfect expression of PTSD, I think.
This song stands the test of time because tragically, it applies just as well to every war, terrorist attack or crazed shooting that ever was.
Personally, it reminds me of the Kent State Massacre that also happened in 1970. The Ohio National Guard fired into a peaceful and UNARMED anti-war demonstration on campus, wounding dozens and killing 4 students: 3 demonstrators and 1 passerby who was walking to class. 😭
Thanks for a great analysis! I love it when today's generations re-discover and appreciate the music I grew up with! Liked and subscribed! 😊👍👏
Edit 1: I LOVE The Charismatic Voice! Thanks so much for the shout-out! I recommend her every chance I get.
Edit 2: I'd love to hear this kind of extended analysis on Stevie Ray Vaughan. Let me know if you want some suggestions.
in those days were talking in terms of ROCK / BLUES / PROGRESSIVE / JAZZ and perhaps some elements of PSYCHEDELIC for bands like Pink Floyd, etc.
hard rock for bands like LED ZEP / ALICE COOPER / BLACK S / etc.
DEEP PURPLE was considered Rock with some elements of Jazz and sometimes bordering Progressive (but ever so lightly and usually in extended live sessions)
Ian Paice is known for his precise drumming , both fast and slow, and for his super fast one handed drum rolls while doing other things with the other hand.
All with precision.....
The song starts slow and is constantly building until the first all in crescendo then BANG !!! it stops and starts all over again..... once again constantly building.
The speed of the build is constantly changing because it is music and not THRASH..... the music is also telling a story.
The masters at work here, a brilliant track, and what a performance! Interesting how the audience are sat quiet? Orders from the TV production team. I believe this is a live recording in for a TV network. Ritchie Blackmore doesn't disappoint here, a scintillating solo and to inspire his followers Van halen, Satriani, Malmstein, etc.
The first live recording of Child in Time was in Sept 1969 and can be found on their live Concerto album with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - back up a few steps and give a listen to Mandrake Root from 1968
I have that album and there is no recording of Child in Time on that.
@@beawsbiz Child in Time was performed at that concert. I have it on the compilation album from the 1970's called Powerhouse. I don't know if it was ever released as part of a package alongside the Concerto on a later release.
@@delorangeade Thank you for your insight. I was never aware of that fact even though I have the Powerhouse album you mentioned. I can imagine the Orchestra politely sitting there through that performance without any one aware this was to become one of the greatest rock songs ever performed and composed.
@@beawsbiz Wring That Neck was also performed, and maybe one other track. It would have been interesting to know what the members of the orchestra thought of the whole event, but I don't know if anyone ever asked them? I've never come across any interviews.
@@delorangeade The LP notes on “Powerhouse” say the third song was HUSH” I have read and seen few anecdotes about the concert and relations between the orchestra and band members. Apparently the orchestra WERE a little stuffy to start with at rehearsal and Malcolm Arnold, the conductor had to have a few words. However I understand the orchestra eventually held a grudging respect for the band. However I am sure hearing Child in Time for the first time was a huge leap for anyone not used to hearing rock music.
Tablature has been around at least since the renaissance. The type most similar to guitar tabs is called French tablature and is used for e.g. lute and viola da gamba. They often use letters instead of fret numbers: a for open string, b for first fret, c for second fret, etc. And they often don't put the note value over each note, but only when the note value changes. So if you have a series of 16 eighth notes followed by a quarter note, you only have an eighth note on the first note of the series, and then the quarter note.
If Purple used tabs, I don't know though. I think not, since they prided themselves with being really great improvisers and playing a lot by ear.
I'm old enough (63) to remember those times in the early 70s (indeed their album from which this song was on, was the first album I ever bought). They were regarded back then as heavy/hard rock (along with British contemporaries like Free, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and Uriah Heep). Black Sabbath at that time were heavy metal, and quite distinct from those others. As a British band, the lyrics, as Gillan has said, were about the Cold War (not Vietnam as many Americans seem to think).
It's nice to hear from someone (my age) who knows what he's talking about. As an American, I can vouch for the fact that Vietnam was only a music obsession in the US, not so much in British music and lyrics. Black Sabbath was and is definitely quite distinct, but unfortunately too many people don't understand that the different between metal and hard rock. Metal has nothing at all to do with speed per se; it is the heaviness that is the point and the distinction, but there again too many people are too musically illiterate to understand what "heavy" means or sounds like.
I was 9 years old when I first heard Child In Time. I bought In Rock Album which is my favorite Studio Album with AC/ DC' Power Age my second. But Heavy Metal is rooted in Iommi and Ritchie Blackmore. Which I believe Ritchie played the first Heavy Metal Licks and Proto Trash and Speed Metal Licks. He played inside short parts licks ahead of his time with Deep Purple Mark l. In Rock just changed things. It was at another level than anything that came before it in my opinion. The Live Version on Made In Japan of Child In Time is off the charts. Ian Gillian's voice was untouchable and the band was just on fire. Purple live was improvisation and different every night. The 3 times I saw Black Sabbath it was played pretty much just like the Studio Album. There was a little improv when I saw them with Dio. Ian Paice was the Original Energizer Bunny. The energy he had was crazy. And Deep Purple played a long time.
I just recently commented on the tablature questions, but I did also want to note that I am so glad you mentioned and later spoke in detail on the drum setup. I have watched several analysis videos on this performance and nobody ever mentions it. In fact when I was watching your analysis, I actually said out loud "why doesn't anyone ever comment on the drum kit?" and you immediately did so right after I said that. I wasn't as perplexed by the hi-hat on the right as I was by the high cymbals. Since some, but not all, left handed drummers do this. But as a casual amateur drummer, I cannot figure out the cymbal height (makes my arms hurt thinking about it). Interestingly enough, Jason Bonham (son of Led Zeppelin's John Bonham) also uses a similar cymbal height in the Performance Heart does of 'Stairway to Heaven' at the Kennedy Center honors concert (a very popular TH-cam video).
One of the best deep purple song love it.
Saw drummer Ian Paice with the Buddy Rich orchestra a few years ago. Genius natural player.
It’s hard rock. Metal wasn’t labelled as such until the 8O’s. Deep Purple in Rock was recorded in 1969 (released in 1970) a few months before their Concerto for Group and Orchestra (by organist Jon Lord, Lyrics Ian Gillan, performed by the band and the London Philharmonic Orchestra) No band could have pulled off those two disparate triumphs within a few months of each other.
The studio version of “Child in time” is amazing, possibly Ritchie’s best studio solo.
It’s about the Cold War nuclear threat possibly.
I love this track, been listening to it all my life (mid 50s) and I never put much thought into it but I've heard it and this live version so many times. It's great to see you bring an analysis to this track. I would have always assumed a critical reviewer wouldn't find much to comment on, because I've always viewed this song from an emotional and nostalgic view. So I very much appreciate the reaction. Cheers!!
Ian Paice is left handed and plays a mirrored kit. But even so, I agree that the cymbal placement is … unconventional.
And Jon Lord played a Hammond B3 organ.
Fun side note: Ronnie James Dio also used to play the trumpet when he was young :)
I just "ran into you" and I immediately subscribed to you channel. Deep Purple is my favorite group so I will not bore you of how "Great" they are. I really appreciated your analyses, and I am really grateful that you took over an hour to really analyze this song. "The Charismatic Voice" is my favorite, and now you are also there along with her. Thank you sir! "Critical Reactions" along with "The Charismatic Voice" are my two favorites. Thank You.
Glad to have ya on board! And it's pretty cool to see my name alongside The Charismatic Voice. Elizabeth is a huge name in educational reactions, rightly so given her immense knowledge and musical understanding.
John Lord was classically trained and he documented things using music notation. TAB arrived about 15-20 years later. John Lord scored a classical piece just prior to this album being recorded - played live and conducted by Malcom Arnold - it was filmed as well. In Rock was the total opposite the Group Concerto because Blackmore wanted to record a heavy album...
Deep Purple is a great group. Another related group worth covering with the origins of heavy metal/ hard rock. The Deep Purple guitarist (Ritchie Blackmore) left the band and formed a band called Rainbow. "Stargazer" is a classic, but one of their songs that is considered one of the first heavy metal songs is "Kill the King" (live version from the 1977 Munich concert is a great example). Very fast tempo and Ronnie James Dio's vocals are great and the beginning stages of his heavy metal career.
There isn't a video but Rainbow 76 in Cologne. Man they were so hot that night. The Ending of the Concert on Do You Close Your Eyes Ritchie just goes off. I believe it is also the best live recording of Stargazer. I don't think that Era of Rainbow played a bad Concert.
Ian paice is one of the best drummers in the entire world! no joke, he's a total bad ass.. Thank you for your reaction to this insane song.. It's one of my absolute favorite favorites
Tablature actually has a long history, going back several centuries. It was used for lute playing in order to be specific about which frets to play the notes on. While I grew up in the 60s and 70s, I wasn't playing either guitar or bass back then, so I don't have first hand information as to how prevalent tabs were at the time. But I don't remember any of my friends who did play using them. For them it was strictly based on playing by ear and sharing amongst themselves (of course no TH-cam videos at the time, not even VHS tapes early on).
I picked up guitar and bass at 50 and have been playing for over 10+ years now. I relied heavily on tabs to start, but now use a combination of tabs and standard notation, along with using the old school method of playing by ear as part of my ear training. Tabs are great for knowing what frets were originally used. But I do like the visual image standard notation gives of the rise and fall of notes. Standard also helps when playing alternate tunings when I don't want to retune myself (speaking in terms of bass only, chords of course make this harder). I also like the idea of choosing the fret/string myself based on the timbre I want to express, even though the note/pitch is the same.
Thanks for this! You're the first person to give some info about tablature's history. It's cool knowing that it's an older form of notation.
@@CriticalReactions I just recently became aware of this after becoming curious about the lute. I was really surprised to learn that they used tablature, since I also thought it was a fairly modern phenomena. You can find images of some of the older manuscripts online. Some combine standard notation staffs and tablature, which was interesting since this is the format I often use in notation software or online sites like ultimate guitar. Some of the actual forms differ, such as using letters to represent the note on the string, rather than a fret number. I kind of like that ideas, since the downside of tabs is that it can separate you from the idea of the actual notes being played. Now that I know the fretboard well, this is no longer an issue since I now associate specific frets/strings with the notes themselves automatically. But early in my playing, it was more like playing by the numbers and shapes than by the notes themselves.
Back in the 60s and early 70s , there was no heavy metal , or punk , or thrash . As time went on , these things got broke down and defined a bit more ,, and more as more time went on . DEEP PURPLE was hard rock , Black Sabbath was hard rock , as time went on and more bands tried to copy , then Black Sabbath was defined as heavy . But , DEEP PURPLE was and always will be the greatest hard rock band ever !!!
you have to listen to Mandrake Root Live - from the album "Deep Purple In Concert" 1970. Simply stunning ..... Ian Paice the drummer is a genius, check him out on any live tracks - also has his own youtube channel.
While I love Child in Time, it’s a not terribly representative of what Deep Purple’s music is like. For one thing, arguably Deep Purple’s biggest influence on metal was their hard, bluesy riffs, sped-up tempos and rapid fire soloing (especially the crossfire solos between Ritchie Blackmore on guitar and Jon Lord on organ). For that reason, I think Highway Star is a better intro for getting an idea of how Deep Purple influenced the future of heavy metal. Still, this is a fantastic track and does show off some of Deep Purple’s early prog influences (many people forget that DP were briefly a prog band before they settled into their groove as hard rock/heavy metal; this album, In Rock, was basically their transition).
As I said on the Slack Sabbath track I wouldn’t worry about trying to distinguish between hard rock and heavy metal. Especially in this late 60s/early 70s period hard rock and heavy metal are basically the same thing, which is why I think it’s most useful to call these early metal influencers proto-metal.
BTW, lyrics are about Vietnam. As another commenter said on another video, for any songs written in this late-60s/early-70s period it's good to keep Vietnam in mind because so many artists were writing about it either directly or indirectly.
Speed King. That's Purple's first song which could credibly be called proto-metal. It has like 80% of all the stuff in metal that can't be traced to Black Sabbath.
@@SylviusTheMad Indeed, and it's from the same album as Child in Time (Deep Purple In Rock).
@@jonathanhenderson9422 And In Rock is the first real HM album, I think. Interestingly most say it would be Black Sabbath but just compare the two albums: DP:IR riffs, tempos, vocals and solos are the wildest things there were at that time and definitely have that energy still, while BS has loads of blues (and jazz) elements that, let's admit, softens the sound of it.
I'd really say that BS is the origin of doom metal while In Rock is the root of a wider range of HM.
This lineup of Deep Purple contained five of the most purely talented and influential musicians on their respective instruments - and Gillan's voice was most definitely an instrument! I feel Deep Purple never got the credit they deserved for shaping the future of hard rock and metal.
As far as I know they always insisted they were hard rock. For example Jon Lord in an interview somewhere on TH-cam
Jon is such a fantastic player
You should watch / review Deep Purple - Lazy live 1972. That show shows how creative performers John Lord and Ritchie Blacmore were.
Another banger man loving this week's videos
This came out in June 1970... IN ROCK
72 years old. Seen this band in the late 1960s, and 70s. 1969 spent the year doing Rock Festivals from the West Coast to the East Coast. Any recorded music can nowhere show the true sounds, vibes, and concussions of live music back then. Only Uriah Heep outperformed them when seeing them live in 1972. LSD & Rock music ruled those days and changed America. DP's second album hooked me on Deep Purple
As mentioned above, look for original/inspiration: It's a beautiful day - Bombay calling.
In terms of the bridge getting faster slightly across those few bars I "feel|" this was done deliberately or they were happy to "drift". It happened regular in live versions of this track that I have heard I think, I am no expert in music theory but to verify this listen to other live performances and see how they do this.
Try "Highway Star" and "Burn" from them to see some of the faster, heavier, and more classical experentation they were bringing to the table.
Favourite Deep Purple track. Sounds a little different from the album version.
YOU'RE SPEECHLESS AT THE BEGINNING BRO, AND, I, REALLY, LIKE THAT! 😂👍✌️Seriously, what a live performance! The crescendo, when the lead singer is screaming, it's going more and more powerful, it's, just, perfect! The musicians, are monsters! The organist, the drummer, the guitar, solo, the voice! WOOOOAW! FUCK! SERIOUSLY! And, don't, forget, they were all fighting against the Vietnam War at that time, HENDRIX, THE BEATLES CLAPTON, DEEP PURPLE, ETC.... THAT'S A SONG AGAINST THE WAR! It's because, they are fighting like that, they're giving all their souls, their energies! That's why, it sounds so good, and perfect, even, if they are making few mistakes! And look at the audience! 😂SO funny! They're not moving, even, if there's a fucking crazy energy! Because, that kind of music was new at that time! They, even, didn't realized what they were looking! 😂Peace from France bro! 🎸🇫🇷👍✌️😂
A note on tabs. Tabulature, or the equivalent, is old as sin. That was one of the ways the common man "wrote down" music in the past, if it was written down at all.
He is a jazz drummer
An accomplished pipe organ player on Hammond organ with a classical loving guitar player and a trained jazz drummer ( his dad was a jazz drummer or teacher of it ) .....
I think a few musical notes would be written somewhere........
BUT this is 1970 live.
Most of this is Jamming, real playing.
No auto cue here or computer doing it all for them.
Back then , the best bands prided themselves on doing it different every night.
Peter Green was known to never play a lick the same twice....EVER !!!
Personally, I don’t believe that, but that is his legend from those who were there night after night
Drums look weird to you because Ian Pace was left-handed and his drums go around to the left and he is the best drummer on the planet now that Neil has left. This is another band that was known for playing while partying. Originally a bar band that’s what you get.
Love this performance.
You are right about your perspective being skewed with the time displacement. Back in the day we called Deep Purple (and Black Sabbath) HEAVY ROCK. That was the main term in use in the UK to describe these bands at the time by the fans. The term HEAVY METAL was not generally in use for another decade and this was reserved for bands like AC/DC, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Motorhead. HARD ROCK is the general term critics and writers use to differentiate heavy rock bands from metal bands these days.
Nice video! It's an anti-war song about the cold war. To me the lyrics is displaying anxiety, both for the population as a whole during a time when there was a lot of turmoil and uncertainty in the world. But also on an individual level of someone who's suffering from PTSD - which is umderlined in the live version of the song, when in the outro he is relishing ending his life.
Such an epic ride.
For a great Ian Paice drum performance you can try Deep Purple "Burn", 1974 albeit with different vocalist and bassist/(vocalist) and classical inspired solos
Drummer Ian Paice plays left handed.
Might I suggest the song Fireball?...or The Mule...
MASTERPIECE
Term 'heavy metal' (as description not genre) was first used regarding to Jimi Hendrix (and then moved to Balck Sabbath). Look for Voodoo Child Slight Return 1968.
Other proto-hard rock: Crazy World of Arthur Brown Fire 1968, Cream - I feel free 1966. Deep Purple was hard rock. Metal as genre started with Black Sabbath.
Very interesting analysis. I think this version of the song was truncated for the demands of the TV schedule, and the guitar solo and the outro section are shorter than on the original recording. The original recording also speeds up during the guitar solo, which adds to the build of tension and excitement. I think the modern obsession with the rigidity of time in music, both recorded and live, has been very damaging. In a live situation the solos were always improvised and Blackmore's guitar solo would go on for as long as he felt like playing. At this early stage he was a very jazz influenced player, but as he progressed he became much more melodic, introducing more classical elements and dynamics to his playing. He is now almost exclusively an acoustic player. Ian Paice probably has the best hands of any 1970's rock drummer. Very influenced by Buddy Rich, and his solo from The Mule in 1972 will tell you a lot about his playing. The bass was so prominent because it really held everything together and allowed the drummer, as well as the other instruments, a lot of freedom. When Roger Glover was replaced by Glenn Hughes, a much more individual and creative bass player, the style of the band had to change to accommodate this.
Best full-length (18 min) live "Child in Time" is from "Live in Stockholm 1970" imo. BLOWS this TV version away.
The Sound was also changed to fit Coverdale's Bluesy voice. I retrospect it was amazing to be able to lose Gillian and come out with a different style and a huge Album with different vocalists. Hughes was a great key into changing up Purple's Sound. He is still a great singer to this day.
I have read that Gillan had only just written the lyrics and this was probably the first time the band had heard them...... would think at least one rehearsal would have taken place. lol
Is about the Cold War..... not us as common people but our leaders.
Line between good and bad..... defence or attack and even a bit of sword rattling / insults.
The “bad” people here never do the fighting themselves..... they use words / diplomacy and give orders.......but watch out for the ricochet, the sting in the tail of your own personal actions .
Α Real Masterpiece
This song was written and recorded in 1969..it’s progressive hard rock.
In my mind I always "labeled" these bands (Purple, Zeppelin, Black Sabbath etc.)as hard rock, and only the bands coming after them, like Iron Maiden, Metallica etc. metal.
This is more like progressive rock / heavy with strong influence from blues and classical music . Jon Lord made classical music as we all know . Speed changes ; check lyrics .
We should be bowing down before these God's of Music!!!!!!!!
This is an odd concept for many people, but I don't think any music, musician, nor composer are above scrutiny and criticism. To place anyone on a pedestal is to deny them their humanity, idolizing an incomplete version of themselves; one lacking the human element of flaws. I don't diminish Deep Purple's contributions to music nor deny that I enjoyed this song. But no art is perfect.
At the time I thought of this song as "FM" Rock and Roll. At that time we were often introduced to this type music on "FM" Radio. I didn't consider it to be akin to Black Sabbath's "Heavy" FM Rock and Roll. Keeping in mind that there was no such thing as "Metal" in 1970.
All done with talent alone no computers at all
This is not metal; it’s Hard Rock. John Lord, the keyboard player, explicitly says so. It evolved eventually into metal.
'd recommend to react to Deep Purple - Strange Kind of Woman, Live in Osaka, Japan (1972), great back and forth between Gillan and Blackmore... Powerful performance. There's only audio version of that concert🤟🏻 th-cam.com/video/EPGila072tw/w-d-xo.html
Also, if you want to hear Ian Gillan during his solo career I'd recommend to listen to Fighting Man🙌🏻
Plus, it's fun to listen to
Hello. The drummer renown genius
Yeah, at some point the whole categorizing of rock by subgenre is arbitrary and meaningless anyway... to call something as bluesy as this "heavy metal" is just words, and debating or expounding about it is nonsensical. This song is just what it is, it doesn't need a pigeonhole to live in. If one is compelled to agonize over what category any particular song belongs in, eventually it amounts to little more than semantics anyway.
Another great video man!
Proto-metal? February 1969
Pink Floyd "The Nile Song"
Definitely not typical Floyd 😉
Deep Purple is NOT "heavy metal". They are a hard rock band with blues, jazz and classical influences. The term "heavy metal" didn't even exist in 1970 to describe a musical genre.
By the way, it's possible the drum kit looked strange to you because the drummer (Ian Paice) is left-handed and his kit is set up that way.
"YOU BETTER CLOSE YOUR EYES, YOU'D BETTER BOW YOUR HEAD... " and listen to the music. you are so busy on being a technical guru, that you miss the large picture. study who these people were and what they did, the context within their time,.
You gotta break out the smoke and break it up on a vinyl record for this one
The British new wave of heavy metal included Deep Purple.
i dont agree. NWOBHM was attached to the bands that came out in the late 70s that predominantly adopted that heavy guitar chug we now associate with the term heavy metal. Judus Priest, Saxon, Iron Maiden, def leppard and even Motorhead. It spawned a distinctive "metal" culture, adherents adopting the heavy metal uniform of denim and leather with bullet belts and patches
The original instrumental is by Its A Beautiful Day off their debut album. A truly great album.
Why did Ian Paice set his crash symbols so high? For show
This is the softest song off their In Rock album. In Rock is metal but this is prog hard rock.
WTF?????? We should be bowing before these God's of Music.
should have heard Bombay Calling by Its A Beautiful Day 1st
For origins of metal is there any classical music coming up? A lot of tech death has classical roots (and sometimes straight up play riffs from classical pieces).
There aren't, as far as I'm aware. It's more origins of heavy metal though, not influences on later subgenres.
Not for this week as I'm specifically looking at the starting point of "heavy metal" the genre. It's a specific era of metal. But I'm always looking for more ways to get classical on the channel.
@@MichaelKing-qe6uq pretty sure Tony Iommi had a copy of Holst The Planets. Its the foundation of the riff to Black Sabbath
Please don’t ruin the music with your comments.
Written comments wanted!
I highly suggest going to the link in the description to find the official video if you're wanting to listen to the song uninterrupted. Not only do you support the artist with the ad revenue but you get the experience the song the way it was intended. My videos are intended to be supplementary to that experience and are not designed nor intended to be a replacement to that.
@@CriticalReactions This is real music. Ian Gillam was the singer on the original JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR album…. He's JESUS. Its about soldiers in Viet Nam. Blowing his mind against the wall =sui¢ide that happened so often. It is all pain. You are very ignorant. Too bad your ear is so ruined by auto-tune and tehnichal tricks. Smh
The first heavy metal song was Helter Skelter by the Beatles (1968).
I don’t get the impression that you understand what music is. Especially music like this.
That's certainly possible. I'm coming at this many decades displaced and without the context of it's creation. Plus I'm approaching it as a modern composer who's studied classical and jazz so my perspective isn't always the best for analyzing classic rock -- though that doesn't discredit what I do get out of this track. I still believe my analysis and criticism to be just as valid as anyone else's.
I've always wondered why when they look at Deep Purple's contribution to metal music, they pick up Child In Time. Yes, it's great, but it's prog music, all In Rock is prog and eventually 3 songs became hard rock (Into The Fire, Living Wreck and Flight of the Rat), one - Child In Time - remained in prog, and 3 became proto-metal. It is better to take Speed King for analysis (and necessarily from the British version, and not the castrated American version) or Bloodsucker (my favorite) and Hard Lovin' Man.
As for the drummer, he never makes mistakes in rhythm and he is alive, healthy, still plays in Deep Purple and even has his own TH-cam channel called Ian Paice Drumtribe, so you can ask him your question personally.
As for the lyrics, this is a song about the Cold War, when passions are running high and irreparable can always happen, like an atomic attack, and the ricochet awaits those who fire, because in such cases they shoot blind.
Great song, however possibly not really that great a choice when it should be about the influence on metal...
I agree, something like Stormbringer would've been more appropriate.
I agree, any of the other 6 songs from this album would be more appropriate.
@@ninoorjon Flight of the Rat or Into The Fire.
@@BeeLineEast yeah and also Speed King, Bloodsucker or Hard Lovin' Man (Living Wreck to a lesser extent)
@@ninoorjon Yes those are great also. Rat Bat Blue is a good jammer also. Of The Who Do We Think We Are album.
The song is about the Vietnam War.
No, it's about the Cold War as Gillan has repeatedly said.
Excellent album. One of the first Hard rock albums just after Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin.
Left handed drummer. That’s why the kit looks odd
Piece of advice: listen to the original studio cut (from the album "Deep Purple in Rock"): the guitar solo is a thousand times better than this one. Cheers.
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Theory I’ve heard about the lyrics is that it’s commentary on the pointlessness of the ongoing Viet Nam war at the time.
Jesus Christ!
Ian Gillan.....Superstar..?
First..? 🤣
First! Every other singer came afterwards....Check the original soundtrack......
As a drummer, it is my job to point out that Richie Blackmore’s guitar was out of tune. That’s why musicians hate drummers.
Just wanted to say that I woke up to some 10+ comments from ya and was quite surprised to see so many. I learned quite a bit about the 3 bands and greatly appreciate you helping me understand what they're doing a bit better.
It is not heavy metal
Live is rubbish. The Album song is the classic.