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Quintessential straight ahead Deep Purple rock and roll
It’s nice to see a reaction and analysis video not focused on Deep Purple’s 70’s output, and even with extra focus on the newest member of the band. Guitar teacher Michael Palmisano takes a good look at Lazy Sod and suggests it’s a good thing for a guitar player to leave the bass player some space. What speaks against Michael though, is that he seems to think DP has been gone longer than they have.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Yes, this is pure RnRblues!
July 21st, 2024 at 12:36I like this album more than the last three combined. Here there is energy and above all joy. The previous ones were reflective and exuded too much melancholy and resignation: they were sad, you just need to understand the lyrics with all the musical contour. Do you remember the Javelins with Ian Gilan? Now, this is what the new album conveys: distortion and fun.
“and suggests it’s a good thing for a guitar player to leave the bass player some space”
Is the filing period for Nobel Prize nominations still running? I have an entry!
Simon’s rhythm guitar is not as hilariously sparse/lazy as Ritchie’s and not as playful as Tommy’s, but a lot less dense than Steve’s. He’s choppy. He could have played with these guys here, both musically and image-wise … 😎
https://youtu.be/uvRNRiA_h34
July 21st, 2024 at 16:34Simon’s rhythm is the best of all. Morse especially live was limited.
July 21st, 2024 at 19:44A modern day rock guitarist Simon McBride is & good on him. A fine guitarists but in no way is he as colourful, inventive or tasty as Blackmore, Bolin or Morse. It is what it is in the modern era. I don’t hear anything on this new Purple album that makes me stop & reverse & play again & think, that was wild, what is he doing there. It is a different era of a well worn path since the 70’s that will occur. Good luck to McBride, get it while you can. Cheers.
July 21st, 2024 at 22:38This album is Kick Ass!
July 22nd, 2024 at 12:38Yo,
I’m not really sure what the guitar teacher really had to offer, apart from being quite enthusiastic about music, & being able to rip-off the tune in real-time by stopping & starting the video section for section, which most competent people / musicians can do.
If you’re a motivated student, take note that he learns the tune by following the bass-line, & adding the rest of the chordal harmony later. But does he like the tune enough to make-it-his-own, & play it all from start to finish ???…That remains to be seen / heard, though he is a good player & on-top-of-it-all. You’d be lucky to be his student, if you can keep up !
The trick here is to write your own chart out, with your own reference points.
Peace !
July 22nd, 2024 at 13:24#4, hmmm “now you’re talking” @1.28min had me rewind my cassette deck a couple of times 🙂
July 22nd, 2024 at 13:34I think it’s a great album, with lots of “drive”, the louder you play it the better it gets!
Love “I’ll catch you” as I imagine who it’s referring to.
Yo,
@4 said…( About Simon )…
qt.”A fine guitarists but in no way is he as colourful, inventive or tasty as Blackmore, Bolin or Morse”…
I couldn’t agree more…He likely surpasses these guys & has created a realm all-of-his-own, that sits really well with the band. He’s the bomb yo !
The album arrived today as expected, & it’s simply stunning from start to finish. A great job done by all involved, I remain in shock about how great to listen to it is. 11 / 10 !!!
*(Ian Paice’s effort throughout is sublime…It’s almost like an Ian Paice solo album he plays so well).
Peace !
July 23rd, 2024 at 12:03Review of = 1 from a long term fan.
July 30th, 2024 at 15:36”In Bleeding Obvious” Ian Gillan sings the C part like he is back in the 1970 recording of Jesus Christ Superstar – marvellous, and a wonderfull experimenting tune. They should have played ”If I Were You” in a better key, so he shouldnt have to strain himself so much. It gets annoying to listen to in the end.
The solos on= 1 are absolutely stunning with some great synthizeser and guitar work. I hope they have a smash hit with Lazy Sod, which is just as good as Strange Kind of Woman and so on. Show Me, Portable Door, Pictures of You, Bleeding Obvious, (I´ll Cathc You) are very well arranged with good riffs, but on the rest of the songs Ian Gillan has a hard time finding good melodies to bad arrangements and too simple riffs.
With Steve Morse in the band you could be shure that the musical groundlevel was in order. Here its not. But all in all – a very mixed record with some of the best and some of the worst works in years.
I think the new stuff is more accessible to people who perhaps don’t have a row of Dixie Dregs/Steve Morse Band CDs on their shelf! 😁 My wife likes it.
Purple was always a bit of both: simplistic/headbangerish AND a little Prog. On =1 they cover both bases equally well.
That said, DP didn’t release a single bad album with Steve. I think Rapture Of The Deep was possibly the weakest one (Bananas, though sonically harsh in places, sounded fresher to me), but that was hardly Steve’s fault. I’m not even sure the Michael Bradford production is to blame, like many people say, I just found very little that gripped me on that album, too jammy.
July 30th, 2024 at 16:14I can’t really chime in with the accolades for Bleeding Obvious, it’s not bad by any means, but it sounds a bit pasted together to me and I wonder whether the individual parts would not have been better developed into separate songs. I really like the two ballads + Show me, A Bit On The Side, Pictures Of You and Lazy Sod. Sharp Shooter and Portable Door aren’t quite as good, but still pleasant. The rest of the album is a bit Deep Purple by numbers, but then you have that on most DP albums. Eight strong tracks certainly ain’t bad.
July 30th, 2024 at 16:25