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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 21, 2019 9:50:55 GMT
Starting off with a dose of Deep Purple and their classic, "Highway Star". Ritchie Blackmore is on fire!
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Post by kds on Apr 22, 2019 12:09:29 GMT
I've said this before, but for my money, there's no better guitarist who ever lived than Mr. Ritchie Blackmore. Between Deep Purple and Rainbow, he had a run in the 1970s with In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Made in Japan, Burn, RB's Rainbow, Rising, Long Live Rock and Roll, and Down to Earth that's unmatched.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 22, 2019 12:52:51 GMT
For some reason, I never got into Deep Purple. They were certainly around during my days of being into hard rock. My high school buddy had a Machine Head cassette which we listened to a lot. I always respected them, including Ritchie Blackmore, and to a lesser extent Ian Gillan. I've posted it before, but do you know what my favorite Deep Purple song is? "Hush". It's one of those songs I can listen to over and over.
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Post by kds on Apr 22, 2019 13:17:47 GMT
For some reason, I never got into Deep Purple. They were certainly around during my days of being into hard rock. My high school buddy had a Machine Head cassette which we listened to a lot. I always respected them, including Ritchie Blackmore, and to a lesser extent Ian Gillan. I've posted it before, but do you know what my favorite Deep Purple song is? "Hush". It's one of those songs I can listen to over and over. Hush is a great song, from the overlooked original Purple lineup.
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Post by kds on Apr 25, 2019 12:37:18 GMT
Happy 39th Birthday to one of the great albums in the history of heavy metal - Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 25, 2019 12:53:09 GMT
How does Dio's vocals on this album compare with his other work?
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Post by kds on Apr 25, 2019 13:17:38 GMT
How does Dio's vocals on this album compare with his other work? I'd say he's in top form on this album, but in all honesty, Dio's pretty much always been in top form. But, for me, his prime is probably 1975-1984, which covers the three Rainbow albums he was on, the first two Dio Sabbath albums, and the first two Dio albums. In that time, he sang on three albums that are rightfully considered iconic: Rainbow - Rising, Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell, and Dio - Holy Diver.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 27, 2019 19:26:23 GMT
I found this cool video of "Hush" on YouTube. It's not the greatest performance or sound quality, but the energy is there. We didn't have this TV channel in our house, that's for sure.
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Post by kds on Apr 28, 2019 19:36:54 GMT
I found this cool video of "Hush" on YouTube. It's not the greatest performance or sound quality, but the energy is there. We didn't have this TV channel in our house, that's for sure.
From the Playboy Mansion. That clip always struck me as odd because Ritchie's not playing his Strat.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 28, 2019 23:27:19 GMT
It's not talked about as much as other "separations", or maybe it is and I just don't see it, but it's kinda sad how Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple at a relatively young age - and the band continued on without him for several years (I know there's been reunions).
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Post by kds on Apr 29, 2019 12:16:20 GMT
It's not talked about as much as other "separations", or maybe it is and I just don't see it, but it's kinda sad how Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple at a relatively young age - and the band continued on without him for several years (I know there's been reunions). Which time are you referring to? He originally left in 1975 (age 30) to form Rainbow when Deep Purple didn't want to record a cover of Black Sheep of the Family by Quartermass. Purple released one album with Tommy Bolin on guitar before packing it in in 1976. Then, the MKII line up reunited in 1984 and Ritchie left again in 1993 (age 47), and has been gone ever since. After a resurrecting Rainbow again, he formed Blackmore's Night, which he does to this day.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 29, 2019 12:31:55 GMT
It's not talked about as much as other "separations", or maybe it is and I just don't see it, but it's kinda sad how Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple at a relatively young age - and the band continued on without him for several years (I know there's been reunions). Which time are you referring to? He originally left in 1975 (age 30) to form Rainbow when Deep Purple didn't want to record a cover of Black Sheep of the Family by Quartermass. Purple released one album with Tommy Bolin on guitar before packing it in in 1976. Then, the MKII line up reunited in 1984 and Ritchie left again in 1993 (age 47), and has been gone ever since. After a resurrecting Rainbow again, he formed Blackmore's Night, which he does to this day. I was basically referring to the present, that he wasn't "riding off into the sunset" with the group, much like The Beach Boys. They lost a key member with Jon Lord's passing, but I kind of view Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore like Mike Love and Brian Wilson - the two main focal points of the group. And, although Blackmore's replacement apparently is excellent, would not the shows have more impact, more emotional impact, with Ritchie Blackmore on stage with the band.
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Post by kds on Apr 29, 2019 12:39:19 GMT
Which time are you referring to? He originally left in 1975 (age 30) to form Rainbow when Deep Purple didn't want to record a cover of Black Sheep of the Family by Quartermass. Purple released one album with Tommy Bolin on guitar before packing it in in 1976. Then, the MKII line up reunited in 1984 and Ritchie left again in 1993 (age 47), and has been gone ever since. After a resurrecting Rainbow again, he formed Blackmore's Night, which he does to this day. I was basically referring to the present, that he wasn't "riding off into the sunset" with the group, much like The Beach Boys. They lost a key member with Jon Lord's passing, but I kind of view Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore like Mike Love and Brian Wilson - the two main focal points of the group. And, although Blackmore's replacement apparently is excellent, would not the shows have more impact, more emotional impact, with Ritchie Blackmore on stage with the band. Unlike Love and Wilson, who actually seem to like each other on some level, there appears to be no love lost between Blackmore and Gillan. Gillan and the current Purple basically kept Blackmore from Purple's far overdue RNRHOF induction a few years ago. So, unfortunately, I think that door is closed. Although Ritchie has hinted that he'd be open to do a "farewell" type of show with Purple, Gillan doesn't seem interested. Yeah, it would be great to see Blackmore back with them, but in general, he doesn't seem to be interested in doing rock music other than the handful of summer festival Rainbow shows he does each year, and those shows are basically Blackmore's Night covering Purple and Rainbow with a Dio-esque singer.
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Post by Kapitan on May 3, 2019 17:37:32 GMT
You know, I don't look at charts very often, but while checking new releases, I noticed something odd in the iTunes top hard rock songs:
Six of the ten songs, including numbers one, five, six, eight, nine, and ten, are Queen songs. (Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, Don't Stop Me Now, Somebody to Love, Another One Bites the Dust, and Fat Bottomed Girls.)
Not bad for a band that for all practical purposes disbanded as a creative force nearly twenty years ago (discounting the posthumous Made in Heaven and the + Paul Rodgers thing).
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Post by kds on May 3, 2019 18:33:45 GMT
You know, I don't look at charts very often, but while checking new releases, I noticed something odd in the iTunes top hard rock songs:
Six of the ten songs, including numbers one, five, six, eight, nine, and ten, are Queen songs. (Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, Don't Stop Me Now, Somebody to Love, Another One Bites the Dust, and Fat Bottomed Girls.)
Not bad for a band that for all practical purposes disbanded as a creative force nearly twenty years ago (discounting the posthumous Made in Heaven and the + Paul Rodgers thing).
The Bohemian Rhapsody movie has done wonders for their catalog. Although, I wish it would've lead to some more archival live releases. There's a great concert from June 1977 at Earls Court that's begging to get a legit DVD / BluRay treatment. For as underwhelmed as I was by the movie, I'm glad it's turning people on to good music.
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