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Bass bonanza
In the spirit of celebrating the 40th anniversary of machine Head, we present you with this gem: Highway Star and Smoke on the Water performed by an octet of double basses aptly named Octobass.
Thanks to almiramarante for the video and to Andrey Gusenkov for bringing it to your attention.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
I always receive with pleasure any quality performance of this memorable piece (in particular that from a chinese or so traditional band posted here few time ago), also never thought that this piece woold make famous so many people just for playing it to a crowd,
cheers!
April 16th, 2012 at 04:22Now I’m in the mood to hear Apocalyptica cover some Deep Purple.
April 16th, 2012 at 05:09Excellent renditions indeed, sheesh I hope they don’t turn into a tribute band! Seriously though, a wonderful performance, nice to see & hear!
April 16th, 2012 at 07:02Isent it amazing that a good song fits in all venues and genres like this or transform it in to bluegrass or whatever, a god song goes in all styles
April 16th, 2012 at 17:00Great stuff!Thank you.
April 16th, 2012 at 17:21Great performance, great music, Deep Purple music sounds awesome any way it is played, real classics, thank you.
April 16th, 2012 at 17:56Amazing.
April 16th, 2012 at 20:42Thanks for the clips but I’ll take the Leningrad Cowboys version LOL
April 16th, 2012 at 22:34SWEET!!!
April 17th, 2012 at 04:20Musically, these two renditions of the great DP tracks are the worse sounds to have hit my ears in ages, but also the funniest! Thanks to Andrey and Octobass, I will be passing this on.
April 17th, 2012 at 14:30Great!! Toungue in cheek. Although well done indeed. Different. My grandson calls it the cock-a-doodle-doo song. (Highway Star)
April 18th, 2012 at 20:59I enjoyed it very much way be the could try some other classic tracks
April 19th, 2012 at 13:09Awesome!
I felt high energy spirith while listening, and I cried.
Tnx for Great and passionate PERFORMANCE!
Purple songs shine no matter how you wrap them 😉
April 21st, 2012 at 07:00BTW, I can hear those two renditions over and over and never get enough!
WTF? Hilarious and awesome at the same time!
April 27th, 2012 at 17:58Found this one :
Mister Big exchanging instruments doing Smoke On The Water…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4etPvqAy66c&feature=related
May 4th, 2012 at 13:00‘Bass Bonanza’…..
Funny, I thought due to the title it was a fishing subject…..oh well.
Cheers
June 4th, 2012 at 19:38It’s that Phrygian mode (I’m told) that excites them: the change from C to Aflat in the chorus.
May 18th, 2014 at 18:45