Jon Lord was a great raconteur and a genuinely funny man, who didn't lack candour. One of the gentlemen of rock. His description of Ritchie as an eminence grise perched in the corner is hysterical.
Brilliant docu, pure Spinal Tap. I remember watching it on BBC 2 when it was originally broadcast back in April-ish 1995. Ha ha Gillan's gaff about Deep Purple Wallpaper "We should do Deep Purple bog paper as well......i really wan't my picture on that!" Classic. Not many bands have had as colourful a career as this one. Long live Deep Purple.
I'm so glad that this thing happend in 1969, the year I was born, and I'm so glad that they re-visited it 30 years later!! Saw them do this show during the 2000 tour, and it was nothing less than FANTASTIC! Shoot, it was bloody amazing, and I didn't miss Blackmore for a fraction of a second (and I've seen MKII live). It was a "out of this world" concert experience:-)
I would have liked to have heard Ritchie's opinion on what happened. Of course we now have the RB Story on DVD, but there's stories I'd have liked to have heard from their time together. Tommy and David apparently had a good time with Bob Marley and the Wailers in the mid '70's. This kind of stuff is more interesting than how they managed to tape albums. It gives an insight into what it was like to live in a band of that calibre at its peak.
Have a look at these books during the madness of CV19: Colin Hart - A Hart Life (DP Tour Manager), Glenn Hughes: The Autobiography, DEEP PURPLE - The Illustrated Biography by Chris Charlesworth Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore by Jerry Bloom Colin's and Glenn's autobio's are really superb and full of great stories. The Charlesworth bio is from 1983 and is one of the best ever books on DP. It's sometimes available on eBay. The Blackmore bio is excellent too, but you might know a couple of the stories already. To give an example of a couple of stories, Glenn Hughes was spotted naked on the roof of his house when a neighbour called the police. Also, during the recording of 'Machine Head,' a girl was murdered that the Tour Manager had a date with earlier that night. Interesting if you're a fan.
In the 70s we never saw or heard these performances on UK TV. There was no rock apart from the odd appearance of Marc Bolan on Top of the Pops (20 mins per week)
8:45 "It was the biggest shame in Rock and Roll...Ever." Jon Lord Somewhere sometime in a parallel universe Ian didn't leave the band. People on that Earth don't know how lucky they are :P
Because they were each so equally talented, mark 2 needed STRONG management and didn't have it. Five talents was their strength and led to the great group composing but that should have been the only thing left up to them. Their incomparable combined talent should have allowed them to go, over time, where no other rock groups could. They actually created their own genre, not style but an entire genre of which only mark 2 played. It could be called: HARD rhythm and symphonidelic jazz ROCK.
Jon was born on June 9th, he was a Gemini and the worst trait of this is indecision, by nature they need longer to make up their minds. If someone else comes along and says this is what we're doing, the Gemini will say okay because they themselves haven't had to decide. Jon wasn't a coward, he was indecisive, Rod,Nick and ,Roger were Ritchie's decisions. You notice years later he was aware of what he should have done, this is not guilt its clarity.
How do you get the Royal Philharmonic, Malcolm Arnold and the Albert Hall when you've had only the smallest of success?? Also a record company who thinks it's a great idea to release a classical/rock album!!! I don't get it. How did that happen!
Jon Lord was a great raconteur and a genuinely funny man, who didn't lack candour. One of the gentlemen of rock. His description of Ritchie as an eminence grise perched in the corner is hysterical.
Brilliant docu, pure Spinal Tap. I remember watching it on BBC 2 when it was originally broadcast back in April-ish 1995. Ha ha Gillan's gaff about Deep Purple Wallpaper "We should do Deep Purple bog paper as well......i really wan't my picture on that!" Classic. Not many bands have had as colourful a career as this one. Long live Deep Purple.
I'm so glad that this thing happend in 1969, the year I was born, and I'm so glad that they re-visited it 30 years later!! Saw them do this show during the 2000 tour, and it was nothing less than FANTASTIC! Shoot, it was bloody amazing, and I didn't miss Blackmore for a fraction of a second (and I've seen MKII live). It was a "out of this world" concert experience:-)
I would have liked to have heard Ritchie's opinion on what happened.
Of course we now have the RB Story on DVD, but there's stories I'd have liked to have heard from their time together.
Tommy and David apparently had a good time with Bob Marley and the Wailers in the mid '70's.
This kind of stuff is more interesting than how they managed to tape albums.
It gives an insight into what it was like to live in a band of that calibre at its peak.
Have a look at these books during the madness of CV19:
Colin Hart - A Hart Life (DP Tour Manager),
Glenn Hughes: The Autobiography,
DEEP PURPLE - The Illustrated Biography by Chris Charlesworth
Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore by Jerry Bloom
Colin's and Glenn's autobio's are really superb and full of great stories. The Charlesworth bio is from 1983 and is one of the best ever books on DP. It's sometimes available on eBay. The Blackmore bio is excellent too, but you might know a couple of the stories already.
To give an example of a couple of stories, Glenn Hughes was spotted naked on the roof of his house when a neighbour called the police. Also, during the recording of 'Machine Head,' a girl was murdered that the Tour Manager had a date with earlier that night.
Interesting if you're a fan.
@@grobbler1 Thank you for the suggestions.
I'm very much a Purple fan and I hadn't heard of these books, so thank you.
All the best to you.
@@euanelliott3613 You're most welcome.
In the 70s we never saw or heard these performances on UK TV. There was no rock apart from the odd appearance of Marc Bolan on Top of the Pops (20 mins per week)
class up load mate
awesome band..!
thanks so much for this...
this must have come out around mid 90s, remember seen it as a kid. the guys in deep purple looked old then ha ha
RIP Jon
I Think, Black Night was The BIG Bang of Hard Rock!!!
Thanks.
8:45 "It was the biggest shame in Rock and Roll...Ever." Jon Lord
Somewhere sometime in a parallel universe Ian didn't leave the band. People on that Earth don't know how lucky they are :P
Coverdale is their best singer
RIP Jon Lord
Because they were each so equally talented, mark 2 needed STRONG management and didn't have it. Five talents was their strength and led to the great group composing but that should have been the only thing left up to them. Their incomparable combined talent should have allowed them to go, over time, where no other rock groups could. They actually created their own genre, not style but an entire genre of which only mark 2 played. It could be called: HARD rhythm and symphonidelic jazz ROCK.
Two words: Jon Lord!
Thats true!
@RockHerbert72 lol. Indeed!
Jon was born on June 9th, he was a Gemini and the worst trait of this is indecision, by nature they need longer to make up their minds.
If someone else comes along and says this is what we're doing, the Gemini will say okay because they themselves haven't had to decide.
Jon wasn't a coward, he was indecisive, Rod,Nick and ,Roger were Ritchie's decisions.
You notice years later he was aware of what he should have done, this is not guilt its clarity.
@RockHerbert72 : Is the right answer!
How do you get the Royal Philharmonic, Malcolm Arnold and the Albert Hall when you've had only the smallest of success?? Also a record company who thinks it's a great idea to release a classical/rock album!!!
I don't get it. How did that happen!