Here's a list of some other 70s artists and rock bands you should consider reacting to (I know you're already aware of Zeppelin, CCR, Rush and Jethro Tull): - Steppenwolf - Bad Company - The Guess Who - Black Sabbath - Uriah Heep - Yes - Strawbs - Genesis - Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Grand Funk Railroad - Pink Floyd - King Crimson - The Moody Blues - Elton John - The Allman Brothers Band - Frank Zappa and The Mothers - Peter Frampton - Rainbow - Max Webster - Electric Light Orchestra - David Bowie - Roxy Music

you can see the dislike blackmore had for Gillan just by the looks he was giving him. it's a pity because this was and is the greatest purple lineup.

This song was responsible for untold speeding tickets.

Try driving and blasting this song! Speeding ticket guaranteed 😃

I´m 65 years old but................. This was the 70s !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Deep Purple Made in Japan the best album ever !!!

Lot of great guitarists during this era, but Blackmore was just different...

Classic rock song s from 70s and 80s with their solos are pretty much musical orgasms.

From the tome when keyboards were sounding heavy and insane….And Ritchie Blackmore, the guitar god…

I was nine years old 1972 and heard Deep Purple for the first time and was sold for the rest of my life,

From Australia , the great legendary DEEP PURPLE , greatest British Rock band of the late 60s early 70s era , sorry Led Zeppelin people love them aswell , Peace from down under

Deep Purple were amazing live and their gigs were always about the music .The live double album Made In Japan is probably the best live album ever made .

Deep Purple was soo much more than just Smoke On The Water !!!

Ritchie Blackmore is a legendary performer who has influenced 2 generations of rock bands one way or another,,,

I had just got my driver's license and it took all my will not to get a speeding ticket when this song was on the radio back in the day.

Welcome to the awesome music of deep purple

the song Lazy from the same album is insane!

Deep Purple - Lazy (Live, 1972)

That's why my generation says we had the best music and it was so common we didn't appreciate how good it was

I did grow up with this and I would never trade it in for anything.

Eruption begun today like twenty minutes drive away from my home.Everybody are going to see it but i prefer staying home and listen to Deep Purple .I´m 66 years old and they have been by my side since i was 10 or 12 years old.They are pure Gold.

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! Nothing beats a 70's rock guitar solo. And the best of them all were by Ritchie Blackmore! Greatest guitarist to have ever walked the earth.

Deep Purple only with the master of the Hammond/ Jon Lord and the Guitar god Richtie Blackmoore 🖤🎸🤘💥👋👋👋👋

I'm 75 now, but back in the day, driving my firebird 440 with red metal flake finish and white convertible top, this track on the tape deck, with power amp and huge speakers, always got me to the end of the line, petal to the metal.

I saw Deep Purple live into the 80s at Birmingham NEC best concert I ever went to.

Guarantee speeding ticket if driving and this came on the radio back in my day ,

Deep Purple are proto-metal, the band that other early metal musicians saw live and thought "THAT, is the music I want to make, I want to do THIS!"

Made in Japan IS the best album Purple ever released

Live in Japan is often considered the best live album of all time.

When you say nothing beats a great 70's rock guitar solo, you're not wrong!

LÁ DISCOGRAFIA DE PURPLE DE IN ROCK PARA ADELANTE ES DE OTRO PLANETA !!!

Thumbs up to You, KZfaq and contributors keeping memories alive...I'm on board. I'm also discovering new music. Thank you!

Ritchie's guitar solo on Child in Time live from Made in Japan is brilliant and well worth a listen....

Did you know frontman Ian Gillan was Jesus from the original album Jesus Christ Superstar ? Look at him ! Listen to him! Andrew Lloyd Webber saw him on TV singing Child In Time and screamed, “ That’s my Jesus!” There’s video of him singing Gethsemane.

Deep Purple was so much more than smoke on the water , wait till you hear Fireball !! Studio version is fine !! Who else , , Johnny and Edgar Winter , , Tobacco Road , live !

Deep Purple's Richie Blackomore is one of the best guitarists.

These songs are over 50 years old and still stands the test of time

The speeding ticket tune love it 🇬🇧

They literally wrote this song on a tour bus when a reporter who was accompanying the band asked about their songwriting process. They wrote it on the bus and performed it that night!

Music is recorded, one , to spread the word for money ,two as an archive for you. You are getting the same enjoyment as we got listening for the first time.

*DEEP PURPLE fun fact:* ---------------- How's this for an interesting statistic... Deep Purple has put out at least one album in each of the last seven (7!!) decades that charted at #20 or higher, somewhere in the world. The first to reach a Top 20 spot was released in 1968, and the most recent was released in 2020. Each of those points is remarkable alone, but combined it's absolutely awe-inspiring!

You are wrong: this kind of music is not dead. You just don't hear it on the radio but it's out there if you want it!

The Year:1973 The Venue: The Royal Albert Hall: West London, with 5,000 capacity crowd The Group: Deep Purple The cost...............................25 PENCE or 34 CENTS.....

In May of 2005, three retired guys sold out Royal Albert Hall for four shows. People in the crowd weren't alive when they were popular. Cream. Crossroads.

You reacted very respectfully, as I'm one of those 'old guys' who grew up listening to this band and still listen to them to this day! Glad you enjoyed them as the music they made was outstanding.

Careful driving to this one. Tickets, tickets and more tickets!

A cold beer between the legs, a fatty between the fingers, left hand on the wheel and Highway Star on the 8track headed to the cottage.

Thank you for your comments, I am 64 and was born with this kind of music, with respect for music of any time I have the impression that nowadays it is not so much about creativity, experimentation pure skills and just being on top of your art but rather production, marketing, fashion, etc.. maybe wrong but this is why I personally listen much less to modern and more to classic rock/pop music

Just as you appreciated this great track, I appreciated your eloquent and meaningful comments.Thank you. In the 70's the performers were musicians. Today the performers are... performers.

This song was definitely played on the radio back in the day. Not to the same level as "Smoke on the Water," of course, but it was a radio staple. Popular on jukeboxes too. Absolute banger! 🤘🤟

Ritchie Blackmore, the best guitarist I ever saw or heard live in concert! ♥️

Another classic for you Pink Floyd comfortable numb live in pulse concert 1994. The best guitar solo of all time❤❤❤

Deep Purple lead singer, Ian Gillan is a legend! When a blind man cries, child in time, Gethsemane (from Jesus Christ Superstar).

Lazy is another song that is high energy. Child In Time showcases Ian Gillen five octave range. In 73 there was a band called Hocus Pocus . They were performing Focus on The Midnight Special television show but there wasn't enough time for them to perform their song or so one would have thought. The song in normal time is a trip. But to watch them do the song in double time it's hilarious. They were a Dutch rock band. I've been a Rancher for seven decades. I am as much old country music as anything. Country had a lot of great guitar players like Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Les Paul, Glen Campbell,....... 🤠🏞️🐂

Loving watch your reactions to the mighty Deep Purple, I'm 68 and going to see them in november and this song stillopens the show

This is the greatest live version of any song ever recorded. The intro sets it up, then it just kicks ass from beginning to end, and only gets more intense as it goes on. It's worth listening to the "Machine Head" studio version (which is great BTW), just to appreciate how elevated and amazing this version is.

This song was born on a tour bus going to Portsmouth UK in 1971, when a reporter asked the band how they wrote songs. To demonstrate, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore grabbed an acoustic guitar and began playing a riff cosisting of a single g repeated over and over, while vocalist Ian Gillan improvised lyrics over the top. the song was refined and was performed that same night.

Well when I lived in MD 98 Rock would play this and Space Truckin all the time. But I'm old.

Jon Lord - 'There you go, the best solo ever in a live song.' Ritchie Blackmore - 'Hold my beer.' Ian Gillan - 'Does anybody know all the words to this song?'

Listen to “In Rock”, “Fireball”, “Machine Head”, “Who Do We Think We Are” and then all of “Made in Japan” and “In Concert” ( I think it’s the 1971 Denmark show) and you will see where all the hard rock and metal you know came from 🤙🏻

I had this blasting in my Cheverly SS back in the 70s!! Good 'ol rock! Thanks!

Time machine -- exactly. Hearing this takes me back in time. I used to play this back when I had a '70 'Cuda -- "Go Mango" orange, black vinyl top, 383 with a "Slap Stick." Kids aren't allowed to even look at pictures of that car today without wearing a helmet. ••• Headphones now are amazing, but not the same as big honking speakers that vibrate your whole body. You've heard of "muscle memory." Well, my generation has that, only for music. You should make a list. Get your grandpa's tower speakers and amp out of his attic. Then go someplace where they fire elephant gun rounds at atlas stones and crank it up 'til your bones vibrate. Wear earplugs, and pull them out to adjust. Wouldn't want you listening to Stevie Ray Vaughn's first note for 35 years like me -- MCIT (mild concert induced tinnitus).

This is a classic example of "It was better to be 20 in the 70's than 70 in the 20's". Just for the quality and quantity of great music.

The audio is from Made In Japan, the video is from Copenhagen. Ritchie didn't play the famous solo in Copenhagen for some reason. And regarding Made In Japan, it's live in it's true word. No overdubs och fixing with anything. And that goes for almost every live recording of Deep Purple, exect for some of the Nobody's Perfect live album.

Ah, the song that launched a thousand speeding tickets! 😂

Fireball from this show or 70 in Paris. Lazy would be a good one too, from this album. Of the 3 big bands from this time they were under rated and didn't get the airplay. Peace

Listen to those fills from Paice. Amazing.

Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore always hated being filmed, just ask the cameraman at the California Jam in 74, a real shame for us but we still get to hear him let loose like here and recognise the genius he will always be!

Long live DEEP PURPLE 😊

Deep Purple was one of those bands that sounded better live than in the studio. They were so musically gifted and their jam sessions on stage where pure chaos. I was so lucky to have grown up in the 70's.

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich was on his first rock concert on this concert i Denmark, when he was 11. It changedf his life forever and gave so much to Metallica, who made a little album of their inspirators, and there are several Deep Purple numbers on it-

As a 59 year old Welshman can I just say welcome to European Rock . From here to Sabaton, Epica, Nightwish, Within Temptation. I have lived this for nearly all my life. Welcome my friend.😊

I know what you mean about freebird, mine is by the same band, but sweet home Alabama, to cut a long story short, I was working on a Friday Saturday in London and having to stay overnight, so as you do we went out to the pub, as we were walking along the street, we heard Alabama coming out so we said this is the place as it’s playing our music, low and behold it was my cousin on the drums who I had not seen for 10yrs. The power of music.

I saw Deep Purple live at least six times in the 1970s and the concerts were always wild.

So true my friend memory lane thank you so much. Greetings from 🇮🇹❤️🇪🇺

You have to hear Lazy live in Japan. Its THE best track

The only reaction channel that makes a 4 minute video into 20 minutes lol

You have to keep calm and listen to more Deep Purple songs. Thanks for the pleasure of your reaction.

Your comment on Lynyrd Skynyrd, Freebird ❤ it. One of this old Australians favourites!

Hey bro!! Hahaha, under a rock!! Hahaha. This is the best song to drive in a road with a nice compasión. Good reaction. Thanks. Greettings from Argentina

You have to buy made in japan live, its a must have piece of music. Richtie Blackmore on guitar so fab. All of them are amazing-

Best speeding music ever. Back in '75 I'd put this in my 8 track and do naughty things to the speed limit on the 417 just after it opened. No traffic, no cops, just virgin asphalt and Deep Purple blasting through the speakers.

Should have done the Machine Head version , this video n audio were from two different places . Deep Purples best line up .

Smoke on the water was an album ladder because they were one song short of the requisite number of tracks and they hadn’t got anything to hand. So wrote about their experiences of that trip in Switzerland. From desperate padding to legendary rock anthem

Another must hear to add to your list is the Rock God himself 🤘🤘Ronnie James Dio🤘🤘.

it's what you listen too when you want a speeding ticket!

OK, but just look at this side of This Rock... Nice job! Keep it up. Keep rolling to understanding. It may take some time, but it always comes! Thanks for highlighting my misspent youth - This is My World! rl 🤘👹🤘

Sweden here , we were on the same label as Deep Purple and had the honor of being the opening act during thier 1973 European tour and became good friends with them as a big rock tour family and still keep in touch with some of the members , andalso did a second tour with Deep Purple then with David Coverdale vocal and Glen Hughes bass .1976

14:59 to 16:11 Very well said and true from a 68 year old who was there for it at the beginning. And an old still wanna be drummer who played some of these tunes on stage. I miss that most of all. We had no auto tuners, it was all real and raw. And FUN we would play for free set up outside of some ones house on the sidewalk. All we needed was electricity which the house gave us. We won trophy's at battle of the bands. We just loved to play. And yes we felt the music it got into our soul and took us to a different state of mind. End memory lane. Thank You again for taking me there.

Love this track so much its on my gym playlist 🤘🏼🏃‍♀️

I grew up with these guys along with Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull and others. And they were my "favourites" but not any one of them was my out right favourite. Fast forward 40-50 years and I have been blind sided by a recent band that I would never have thought would occupy my top spot. A band that does admit to being influenced by Deep Purple. I recommend you check out LOVEBITES.

Would love to see a keyboardist today sound like this, Jon Lord was the G.O.A.T on keys. The 70's and 80's were the times for Guitar Heroes and you're right it is a dead art, most young guitarist unless they were influenced by these kind of bands just don't know how to solo. That's why todays modern Rock or Metal isn't that great at least IMO.

Mind you, I think this solo is listed in the top ten of all time.

They used to play this a lot more on the radio in the NY, CT area classic rock stations but not much recently. It's always nice seeing someone new appreciating the classics so many of us grew up on.

No need to feel bad man, there is just so much music in the world now. When this was released there was less than 20 years of rock output to be aware of, now there is almost 70. plus the digital age has made it much easier for more bands to get exposure and therefore add an even greater amount to the pool every year. Health warning for playing Highway star in the car though - it has a magic effect increasing gravity under your right foot.

Your spot on about music and the Internet. Music apps have broadened my horizon so much. Im a British 70's rock fanatic but i love your southern/bluegrass artists and a few years ago i was so lucky to discover doc Watson and the lesser known but phenomenal Ola belle reed. Simply amazing. (Try "my epitaph" by ola belle Reed. Its not rock but as a true music lover i think you will appreciate it) Loving your reactions (just subscribed).

Do you sleep, sir? Your face is all up in my feed... lol Can't go wrong w Deep Purple! Glad to see younger folks intetested in the classics!

Checkout the 1969 deep purple performance of the piece of music Wring that neck at the Bilzen jazz festival, now that's a guitar solo

REALLY GOOD VERSION LOVE IT ❤

I am so glad you've got a place in your heart for old school rock. These guys laid the foundations of modern rock. Lars Ulrich of Metallica raves about them and has done since he was a child. It's perfect in its imperfection. No two nights were ever the same with this band. Solos, length of songs, tempo......it all depended on the day. They were very much in favour of ebb and flow, when the song gets exiting the music speeds up a little bit which adds even more excitement. Keep the music coming, I'm loving your reactions