Lay Down Stay Down‘2015
Whitesnake is streaming another track from the upcoming Purple Album. This time it’s Lay Down Stay Down, done with all the finesse of a jackhammer:
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Whitesnake is streaming another track from the upcoming Purple Album. This time it’s Lay Down Stay Down, done with all the finesse of a jackhammer:
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Should I tell him, or will you?
April 7th, 2015 at 21:41Not sexy enough.
April 7th, 2015 at 21:43With a title like that, you gotta bring on the sex-appeal. lol
Purple were and are class but this isn’t I’m afraid ?!
April 7th, 2015 at 21:47Not crazy about this one at all.
April 7th, 2015 at 21:49Lay Down, Stay Down. Once a classic MkIII track, now everyone’s instructions to David Coverdale…
April 7th, 2015 at 21:49This track was always the poorest on Burn, & this version by the sound of it will continue that & worse! It has all the ingredients of the ‘modern metal’ guitar drivel I have often mentioned. A terrible version! Not to worry. Cheers.
April 7th, 2015 at 21:54I’m glad you see it that way, get ready for jackhammers that can appeal tho. This, Might Just Take Your Life, and you can pick any third dud between Stormbringer and the rest, but the rest is what’s waiting to really show. Just wait and see.
April 7th, 2015 at 22:12If what the current Whitesnake calls music is anything, The Purple album rectifies their chops anyway, must be the songs. 😀 And this from a non mkIII lover.
April 7th, 2015 at 22:13And no honky tonk piano . The piano is a key element of the original.
April 7th, 2015 at 22:20Nice try , but that comes from the strenght of the song. I m gonna play BURN 1974 tomorrow.
April 7th, 2015 at 22:22And again a fine example of hoe to des
April 7th, 2015 at 22:34How to destroy a song in a matter of minutes..
April 7th, 2015 at 22:35I like it.
April 7th, 2015 at 22:43Tommy Aldridge is no Ian Paice.
April 7th, 2015 at 23:40I’m glad they keep streaming the new Whitesnake “Purple” songs Now I know I am not going to purchase the new recording. It’s not pure rock, it sounds like it is over the top, it sounds like teenager heavy rock.
April 7th, 2015 at 23:55Not my cup of tea.
Art
Some of you are so freaking assenine w the comments
April 8th, 2015 at 01:44the idea is to have a different version not a copycat of the old version,so the idiots in here should stop comparing things.Whether you like it or not is different.
April 8th, 2015 at 02:06I’m with Alket Kellici! It’s different from the original, and that is the “sellingpoint”. If WS would’ve tried to copy the original DP version, they would’ve failed miserably! It’s not possible to copy the perfection of Blackmore, Lord and Paice
April 8th, 2015 at 06:44i love this idea from whitesnake to made a “new” Purple record. It´s a new magic Ghost in these old amazing songs. I love these new versions – realy!
April 8th, 2015 at 07:52I state that I love the Mark3 almost as much as the Mark2 but why spoil the wonderful songs, performed by a granitic rock band? Today DC has no voice, if he wanted to thank “the school” Deep Purple, could simply do it publicly with a great interview.
April 8th, 2015 at 10:27Based on the 3 tracks I’ve heard so far, I will get this album!
April 8th, 2015 at 12:18A tantalising reminder of how good it could be if DC would take a more bluesy root instead of the banshee wail , this is easily the best of the released tracks and yes it’s not the original or as good as ,but by the end after the harmonies kicked in it leaves you wondering if finally DC may realise that his future lies in this direction , one can only hope so
April 8th, 2015 at 12:55Stormbringer was ok, Burn was so so and this one I don’t like at all
April 8th, 2015 at 13:07Like it!
April 8th, 2015 at 18:36I can’t stand it. Please Make it stop!!!!
Coverdale is killing these songs and not in a good way. His voice is horid and the band has no feel at all.
April 8th, 2015 at 18:49Well its different to the original and done in a Whitesnake kind of way with the twin guitars etc. Its not intended to be better than the 74 version just a different modern interpretation – more like how it might be recorded today with a band like Whitesnake.
Just listened again to the DP version and interestingly listened hard to Blackmore’s twin tracked guitars which make an interesting comparison with this version.
Clearly no one will dare ape RBs guitar sound and what is played here is a modern rock guitar sound but the playing is decent and it makes a good counterpoint to what was laid down all those decades ago and I can’t recall any other ex-members attempting this so well done DC. Its good to see these oldies dusted down again.
Will look forward to hearing it on tour.
To those that don’t like it then don’t watch the video or buy it. Simples.
April 8th, 2015 at 19:23Sorry not for me. Don’t like it at all.
April 8th, 2015 at 20:23Further HM drivel from DC imho
if these 3 tracks had been the originals, would anyone still remember them or call them classics deserving of a remake – thought not
April 8th, 2015 at 20:55With Stormbringer and Burn being staples in the WS setlist,I kinda knew what to expect:decent renditions with “metal” guitars tuned down a key. I thought “Not great,but not bad”.
April 8th, 2015 at 23:05Lay Down,Stay Down is,however,bad,almost viscerally painful to my ears. OUCH !!!
The record label should stop pre-releasing these official videos.If not,The Purple Album might end up as a free download with every ticket sold to the the WS summer tour.
Listened to this, then listened to the original. Man has DC’s voice really deepened with age, I suspect he’s a baritone now rather than a tenor! I really think between the two of them Ian Gillan has probably faired the best in the vocal department, but Glenn has them both beat. I agree with some of the criticisms of the sound being over compressed and produced, and the drums lack that Ian Paice swing feel but out of all the tracks that have been released this is my favourite.
It’s decent, but one thing I did notice: David forgot one of the most important details about this song when they re-arranged and transposed it: the guitar solo changes key in three places on the original, which is what helps make it so exciting. I knew something was off when I heard it, and thought, wait, where’s that key change… now I know, it’s missing! Also, I get it they don’t wanna do the piano like the original, but if you’re gonna have that hammond in the mix, TURN IT UP!!!! This is a Purple tribute we’re talking about! With all of DC’s recent talk about wanting to pay tribute to Jon with this record, you’d think the organ would be much more prominent. It’s almost a slap in the face!
So far I’m not too happy….
April 9th, 2015 at 01:58I kinda liked Burn and Stormbringer, but this is not good at all.
April 9th, 2015 at 07:50Where’s the soul?
Sounds so empty.
It gives me serious doubts whether or not to buy the album.
It’s so funny how people carry on after the label supply what so far are the worst moments on this album. You crack me the hell up with that! You will eat your words if you GET WIND of the entire product. This little nit pick and that little nit pick will be buried. You remind me of critics in the field who rate an album from one track. Frontiers is not going to leak the best of this prior to release, if they do it might be one of the better tracks, so far zilch. This, Stormbringer, Might Just take Your Life are the biggest duds to choose from with Burn not too far behind, and that is all you’ve appeared to hear so far. The rest goes from pretty good to monstrous in areas.
April 9th, 2015 at 17:47Love it! This isn’t a replacement, just a more modern interpretation by the original singer, really looking forward to the album and tour, I very much doubt David forgot any important details when re arranging the songs Mnagoda, he and the guitarists just chose not to replicate the original and directed it to a modern audience.
April 10th, 2015 at 18:26#32-I’ll take your word for it,LRT !! I hope there are monstrous moments among the tunes you’ve heard that most of us haven’t. Heck,I’d even settle for “pretty good” after the first 3 promo vids.
April 10th, 2015 at 22:48A true taste of what the album holds would lead to more anticipation for it’s release,don’t you think ?? After all,isn’t that what advance promotion is supposed to do ??
LRT@ 32- The only person setting themselves up to ‘eat their own words’ is possibly heading your way. Do you seriously think that people are going to suddenly get the ‘wow’ factor upon hearing further tracks? Some may, but seriously, fans will hear what they hear, like it or not like it, comment on it perhaps, it is that simple! That will never change & why would it?
April 10th, 2015 at 23:55Why do you waffle on about ‘other’ tracks being ‘pretty good to monstrous’? Your opinion means nothing to others listening to the music. That would be decided by the individual listener I would have thought. Or should everyone take your word for it? I doubt that indeed! Nice little piece of PR though! Cheers.
Oeps its not so good David sorry but
April 11th, 2015 at 08:25The original song is played in A…
This new snake version in E…….
Now the song has no power/soul in the voice
no grooving in the bass..
No rock/swing in the drums….
It shows that Deep Purple Mark 3 was a super band..
Maybe “coming home” in Em is better…..
Guys, it’s not Deep Purple, it’s Whitesnake doing Deep Purple. WS have their own sound and style and as Arthur says they are introducing these great songs to a new audience. That’s good isn’t it? In the US and UK WS are bigger than DP and a lot of WS fans have never heard his work with DP. I have a couple of friends in their late 30’s who adore DC and all of the WS albums. They heard Stormbringer and thought it was a brand new WS song. AND loved it!!
April 11th, 2015 at 08:31Not sure how I will feel about the album yet, but live it should be a treat!
April 11th, 2015 at 16:32DC will laugh all the way to the bank anyway.
If people decide the originals were better he will get more money.
April 11th, 2015 at 21:23DC is truly one of Rock’s gentleman and very sincere in his gratitude to Lord and Blackmore for his ascension to Deep Purple and I think we need to view the Tribute in that positive light. Of course it will be different and exciting – it is not a note for note transcription unlike as required if reciting Bach for example in a classical concert! The originals are of course beyond question and least-of-all DC would do this as he says he is “not for comparisons” check the tape “Whitesnake is a series of chapters. . . ” Obsessing with this vs Mk 111 or Mk IV does not help. We are way past obsessing about Morse replacing Blackmore (one could be callous and ask “where are the hits since then”) but after all this time it seems to be accepted.
April 13th, 2015 at 06:37just dont get why the obvious and the weaest retakes get to be released. it wil ruin the sell.
April 16th, 2015 at 15:30Oh dear!
April 18th, 2015 at 12:08I kinda like it. There I said it. DaveG is right, it’s Whitesnakish, but in a good Marsden/Moody way. Chorus more commercial than it ever was with DP, where David’s and Glen’s respective lead vox stood out more, this sounds more like a Poison chorus now, but I’m not knocking it, it is an entertaining version of a song that I never thought to be one of the strongest tracks on Burn if it hadn’t been for Jon’s excellent piano solo.
April 20th, 2015 at 11:59I always thought it to be one of the strongest tracks on ‘Burn’, Paicey’s drumming is out of this world, so imaginative! By contrast, Aldridge is his usual leaden tub-thumping self. Whilst I don’t particularly like Coverdale’s ‘re-imagining’ of his time in Purple I do feel he has every right to do this. Such a shame that he didn’t get to do this with Ritchie, it might have been so very different. Now I can’t help but feeling that the project is let down by a combination of prosaic performances that merely serve to show how inspired the originals are. It’s difficult not to make comparisons when there is such disparity between the two. I listened to ‘Live…In The Heart Of The City’ last night and it’s a real shame that Whitesnake’s sound has seemingly been reduced to heavy metal guitar playing and screeching vocals.
April 27th, 2015 at 10:56Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City !
May 12th, 2015 at 23:46