As this was a recoding for the TV, the audience was forced to stay calm, not to clap, not to make any noises, don't sing along or to move, etc. At least my mom told me so, as she was in the audience back then ... :) Thanks for your reaction!

Master musicians 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻Jon Lord on the Hammond Organ. Classically trained. Ritchie Blackmore on lead guitar, Roger Glover on Bass, Ian Paice on Drums and the incredible voice of Ian Gillan 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 The studio was recording this live and everyone was told to sit still and quiet. Not the technology we have today 😂

No makeup no horrible plastic surgery no autotune or any other interference. Just raw talent.

Ritchie Blackmoore = One of the greatest guitar players of all times!

This is raw talent...that's what it is. No fake music, no computers, no autotune or other shit today we are used too. Those were times when, if you hadn't talent, you couldn't get up a stage. Give me back that fuckin' age.

That voice of Ian Gillans is one of the absolute standouts in Rock history.

This live version is exactly what music should be...FLAWLESS with ZERO studio fiddling

I have heard this song 200+ times in my life. Each time is better than the last.

You just witnessed one of the rock gods of music. In Ian Gillan you have one of the greatest vocalists that has ever blessed this planet. One of the best quintets ever put together.

Black Sabbath,Led Zeppelin,Deep Purple the holy triad of rock music🤘

Without Deep Purple there wouldn't be Metal music! 🤘 Next Purple song: "Smoke On The Water"

When a blind man cries, Another beautiful song by him

The talent of that lineup in the band is insane. And as others have mentioned, the crowd had to be still (but I'm sure deep (purple) inside they were rocking out).

The audience was under directions to remain silent during the performance because, the studio was recording their performance and didn't want any external back noise. Things were different for live performances then.

Everyone misunderstands the reaction of the audience on this video.

jon lord the best keyboard player in rock history

This is one of the greatest masterpieces of Rock music, Gorgeous Jenna

Made in Japan - one of the best live albums ever. DEEP PURPLE

I was born in 1971, and knew the name Deep Purple, and a couple of songs like 'Smoke on the Water', but I didn't hear this masterpiece until the KZfaq reactors started to cover it. Ian Gillan is also known for his work in 'Jesus Christ, Superstar' in the title role, and guitarist Richie Blackmoore would go on to found the band Rainbow with the legendary Ronnie James Dio.

I'm so glad that I was a teenager starting to listen to music in the early 70's - Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, etc

Deep Purple were always a band comprised of phenomenal musicians... they started out as a British pop rock band in 1968 and scored hits in America like 'Hush' ... 'Kentucky woman'... In 1969, their mercurial guitarist Ritchie Blackmore wanted a change after hearing the new 'heavy rock' sound by Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin... Deep Purple replaced original singer Rod Evans w/ vocalist Ian Gillan... original bassist Nick Simper w/ Roger Glover (bass) and also were the first rock band to record a 'Concerto' album w/ a full classical orchestra. This line-up of Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Jon Lord (keyboards) and Ian Paice (drums) made history in 1970 w/ their 5th album 'In rock'... this was filmed in a TV studio as Deep Purple were promoting their first 'heavy rock' album and few had heard music that was this loud and powerful... Deep Purple pushed the limits of heavy rock in the 70's - like Led Zeppelin, they didn't want to keep 1 sound and wrote diverse songs w/ the albums 'Fireball' (1971)... 'Machine head' (1972)... 'Who do we think we are' (1973)... And it was their 1972 live album 'Made in Japan' that gave Deep Purple a huge hit and the band soon had 5 records on the US charts. Some of Deep Purple's iconic songs were recorded in this time: 'Smoke on the water'... 'Highway star' ... 'Speed king' ... 'Fireball' ... 'Woman from Tokyo'... 🤘🤘🔥🔥 However, both Ian Gillan & Roger Glover were out of Deep Purple in 1973 after guitarist Ritchie Blackmore made some demand for him to stay in the band... In 1974, Deep Purple hired Glenn Hughes (bass + vocals) and David Coverdale (lead vocals) and released 'Burn'... It made Deep Purple a massive band that year... Unfortunately, Ritchie Blackmore did not like the musical direction on the next album 'Stormbringer' that year and quit Deep Purple in 1975 to form his own band Rainbow. This line-up w/ Coverdale & Hughes scored some major singles - 'Burn'... 'Soldier of fortune'... 'Stormbringer' ...'Mistreated'... Deep Purple hired former James Gang guitarist Tommy Bolin in '75 and released 'Come taste the band'... but fans were not interested in the band without Ritchie Blackmore... After a difficult tour marred by mishaps and drug problems, Deep Purple split up in 1976. Tommy Bolin passed away that year from a drug OD... In 1984, the classic 5 members of Deep Purple (Blackmore/ Gillan/ Glover/ Lord/ Paice) reunited and released their comeback album 'Perfect strangers'... But conflicts between Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore resurfaced after the 1987 album 'House of blue light'... Ian Gillan was fired in 1989 and replaced by Joe Lynn Turner (former singer of Blackmore's band Rainbow) for 1 album 'Slaves and masters' in 1990. Deep Purple wanted Ian Gillan back on vocals for the band's 25th anniversary album & tour... Ritchie Blackmore opposed it but gave in and recorded 'The Battle rages on' in 1993 w/ Ian Gillan... Frustrated, Ritchie Blackmore quit the band in '93 in the middle of the tour. Deep Purple decided to carry on in 1994 w/ former Kansas guitarist Steve Morse joining... They enjoyed a stable recording and touring era w/ Morse in the band, releasing 'Purpendicular' in 1996 and 'Abandon' in 1998... By 2002, founding keyboardist Jon Lord amicably left the band to focus on classical music projects... He was replaced by Don Airey (keyboards)... Sadly, Jon Lord passed away from cancer in 2012. Ian Gillan had said that Deep Purple had enjoyed the years w/ Steve Morse on guitar because Ritchie Blackmore was an unpredictable character on and off stage... They also recorded and toured successfully and announced plans to close out their career after 2017. Some of their newer songs - 'Vincent Price' ... 'Sometimes I feel like screaming' ... 'Rapture of the deep' ... 'The surprising' ... 'Throw my bones' In 2022, guitarist Steve Morse left Deep Purple to care for his wife who had been afflicted w/ cancer... He was replaced by Simon McBride (guitar) on tour and Deep Purple has announced plans to record a new album.

A legendary rock band. About the audience, this wasn't a concert, it was a performance on a short-lived British TV show called "Doing Their Thing" so the studio audience couldn't behave like a concert audience even if they wanted to. I'm sure some were there just to see a TV music show not matter who was performing. Keep up the great reactions!

INCREDIBLE . Ian Gillan’s vocal dexterity at its BEST on Child In Time 👊🏼

This was a ‘for TV’ recording and, back then, audiences were asked to stay still and quiet so as not to affect the recording.

I am not a metal fan, but DP was one of the most talented group of musicians to ever play together. Jon Lord was a classically trained keyboardist (he even works in a little piece of Flight of the Bumblebee here), Ian Paice one of the most respected drummers in rock history, Ritchie Blackmore essentially invented shredding, and of course Ian Gillans unfreakingbelieveable voice. Fantastic band.

A great band. Saw them live in 1971. Needless to say, they were excellent! They don't make music like this these days... unfortunately! Kindest regards from England. 😊😎🎸🇬🇧🇺🇦

Welcome to one of the most talented bands of all time.

The keyboard is a Hammond B-3 organ, played through a Leslie Tone Cabinet. Jon Lord is a master of the B-3. Fun fact, Deep Purple was listed in the 1975 Guiness Book of world Records as the loudest band on the planet!

Back in the day, the TV studio people didn't want to deal with the noise of a cheering crowd in addition to trying to balance the sound levels of each instrument of the band. So they told the audience to behave and be quiet. But still, if I were there, I would have one hell of a hard time to not allow my emotions to show during that killer performance. But this audience in particular looked as if they were all given heavy-duty tranquilizers before the show. It's almost as if they are on another planet, or plane of existence. It's comical, and yet I'm so happy that we have this remarkably high-quality live recording of this band at their peak, really firing on all cylinders here. And to you, thanks for your honest reaction. This was so much fun.

Hi lovely Jenna, Now we are back to one of my first band experiences back in the early 70's. Deep Purple along with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin was the first hard rock bands I came in contact with. This song was one of the greatest masterpieces written in rock during the 70's along with Led Zeppelin's "Stairways to heaven". When this lineup of Deep Purple was reunited again in 1985 and I got to see them in 1986 and Ian Gillan still pulled of this song so perfectly, I found my jaw in my knee... 😁😊😋 I just love this song and this old performance. See yaa on Twitch.....

That's a Hammond organ, which were chiefly marketed to churches, but a lot of keyboardists favored them for their distinctive tone

Not sure which was more intense - the song, or your reaction! Brilliantly done and so well interpreted! I think you were spot on with the chaos of war and then it all repeats itself, but can also be applied in so many different ways! I love the way these musicians, in particular the guitarist, tell a story with their solos - it makes the listening so much more interesting - especially if you've been doing so for over 50 years! The "Purple" rabbit hole is so vast, but you won't be disappointed with any of it! One of the finest examples of that story-telling though, comes from the guitarists next band, Rainbow - and in particular "Stargazer" which is absolutely epic! To understand everything I would strongly recommend you study the lyrics first! Keep 'em coming and well done once again!

I believe the audience was instructed to be docile

Where is such kind of music today- I dont hear it. I know this song since 50 years, and each time I hear it, it is fascinating again.

Music in the 70's was just the best!

The audience wasn't chilled, they were stunned. They'd never heard anything like it before!!!!

If You liked this live version of "Child in Time" with that incredible quiet audience, I strongly recommend the one on "Made in Japan“ some time later. In my personal view some of "Deep Purple‘s" best live recordings ever! Five of the best musicians in Rock History having the time of their lives, at least on stage!! Btw: very nice reaction!

The audience is so quiet because the band is being recorded and they have been told to sit still and quiet. They have more self control than any human should be required to exercise.

So where do we start with Deep Purple ?? So many classic Albums and tracks to choose ! From Black Night to Fireball , Smoke on the Water to Speed King ,and then you have all the line up changes along the way ! This was the Original line up when they formed ,or became famous ,Ian Gillian Vocals , Jon Lord Keyboards , Roger Glover Bass Guitar ,Ian Paice Drums and Ritchie Blackmore Guitars , in fact Brian May of Queen regarded Ritchie Blackmore one of his favourite Guitarists and an influence when he was younger :) David Coverdale was also a vocalist for a while after Gillian left the band ,but later joined again ha! Once to start listening too Deep Purple music you WILL always compare other modern bands with them ! As has been said the 3 legends of Rock Black Sabbath , Deep Purple , Led Zeppelin are in my view the bench mark of ALL rock music past and present !

Jon Lord plays a Hammond B3 organ so, yes, it is ‘organy!’

How could one band have that many world class musicians in it, amazing. What's also amazing is that she's never heard of them lol.

That's the kind of music you have when 5 genius meet together.

The audience was told to keep quiet .when the beetles first came to America the audience was so loud that the audience couldn't hear music

Bad Co. opening for Deep Purple was my very first concert. It was epic!

Always love the original 'Autotune' self pitch correction from these times. The hand cupped over the ear with their voice bouncing off their palm up into the ear, allowing the singers to self monitor their own pitch and adjust accordingly.

The audience had been instructed to keep quiet and not move around as this was a special recording.

Deep purple especially this lineup was absolutely amazing. My stepdad saw them live three times in Chicago. Lucky dude, id give my right arm to have seen them in their prime

"Wait for it," exactly what I thought. "A beautiful blending of insanity," didn't think of that!

A one of a kind vocalist. An incredible band. Has to be one of my all-time top 5 live gigs.

Progressive rock giants who made hard rock a fine art and unleashed some of the greatest guitar riffs known to the world, England's Deep Purple are bona fide classic rock royalty. Deep Purple's soon to be classic Mark II version made its proper debut and established the sonic blueprint that would immortalize this lineup of the band on 1970's awesome In Rock ... the subsequent non-LP single "Black Night" falling just shy of topping the U.K. pop charts. Released in 1971, Fireball was also a smash, scoring a hit with "Strange Kind of Woman." Machine Head, one of the essential hard rock albums of all time, contains the "mother of all guitar riffs" -- and one of the first learned by every beginning guitarist -- in "Smoke on the Water." The song positioned Deep Purple among rock's elite; the band consolidated its status with the 1973 studio follow-up Who Do We Think We Are and the hit "Woman from Tokyo." - Edited excerpts from AllMusic

Over a 130m lps. Biggest band in the world in 1973 in gate receipts and lps sold. RIP Jon Douglas Lord. You are watching one of the greatest rock bands from the 70s.

The Audience had to behave that way at that recording...they were told to sit still.... This Band at that time was a pack of Genius Musicians. The Bass and Drum Combo....just listen to tight foundation.... And Mr. Charisma himself on the Guitar..... And lets not forget the Man on the Organ...delicate And last but for sure not least - The guy who sang Jesus Christ Superstar before... and then compare it to the stuff that was played around them at that time.... This is peak performance. Well done Reaction - and yes...we were waiting for it to speed up after you talked about the chilled vibe 🙂 But thats ok. There are bands that surprise you....(like these..) and there are Bands that deliver exactly what you expect from them (Motörhead for example)...but thats OK and makes it so enjoyable... Keep it coming !

Great reaction to a great performance. As others have said, I think the audience was asked to be quiet during the recording of this performance and they responded with a conformity more typical of the times - contrary to now, when you can often go to a live gig and despite amplification not hear the artist properly over everybody talking to their friends about anything other than the music 🙄

Brilliant reaction! Thanks. As one of my favorite bands of all time but especially from late 60s through the early 70s, I was fortunate enough to see them live in Frankfurt, Germany, in either '73 or'74. I can't remember, I saw so many great concerts back then. After all, it was 50 years ago.

Everyone who watches this mentions the audience. I can only assume they were asked to keep still because it was being recorded. The keyboard player, Jon Lord, was a classically trained master. As a drummer in the 1970s I loved Ian Paice. I always wanted his hair.

that "organ like thing" is a Hammond organ, used a lot in the 70's from some rock bands and Deep Purple was one of them, now i worth a lot (at least in Italy) and you can't easily find one.

One of the best live performance out there. Ian hits every tone ! And still his soft parts is amazing! No wonder the producers of the coming musical ”Jesus Christ Superstar” grabbed him for the studio recording - as Jesus. He nailed all his songs in just 2-3 hours - and went on his ongoing tour with the band ! I didnt like this song on the records, but when I saw this - 40 years after - I was floored.. Their best songs otherwise is on Live in Japan. Beats every studio album - by far. By FAR.

Love your reaction of someting Ive been growing up with

Hey Jenna, what a great song to start the adventure into Deep Purple! It’s an absolute classic and anyone listening to it for the first time is blown away by it, particularly the vocals 😂 Reference the organ, that’s the classic organ used for Rock, a Hammond! The amazing guitar solo - by ‘the man in black’ as he is known by due to his choice of attire 😜 I guess you’re up for more then? 🌹

This is the era where crowds were expected to behave themselves for the most part. Mosh pits were still a few years away lol

The" double keyboard instrument" is the mighty Hammond Organ and Leslie speaker. This instrument combo was almost as important to the classic rock sound as the guitar. All this from an instrument invented in 1939.Often imitated never replicated.

The keyboard thing sounded very "organy" because it's an organ. A Hammond organ to be a little more precise.

The audience simply had no understanding of how epic this performance was.

Masterpiece

Put 4 geniuses together and what do you get... PERFECTION

When i see a reactor say "my first time listening to Deep Purple, not sure who they are and i will check out Child in Time" i think oh boy you are about to have an experience ...

Describing the main section of the song as war being "Chaotic" was a great observation. Nice reaction (you come across as more "grown up" and appreciative than some reactors, a refreshing change)

Deep Purple was the greatest collection of talent in rock.

Buongiorno. Se per noi sessantenni i DP sono parte della propria vita, dobbiamo anche accettare che ora ci sia qualcuno che non li conosce... Proprio oggi in ufficio ho acceso questa canzone ed i ragazzi , venticinquenni più o meno, sono rimasti TUTTI colpiti e affondati dalla gragnuola di note sgorgate da quel fantastico ensamble.... RISPETTO E VENERAZIONE 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

you were feeling it and your face was showing ... great reaction

1970 i was 3 years old ,but my start as a Metalhead was 1980 , today with over 56 years and still long hair is that the same strong love to Heavy Metal Music , i want to sing like Ian , as a Singer or like Bruce from Iron Maiden

Deep Purple Highway Star next…more amazing 😊

I really loved the fact that you went into the lyrics and associated it with the rest of the performance; this is what every person doing a react should do, especially with a song with such complexity and a deep meaning. Congrats!

The audience probably wanted to get more crazy but they were told not to make noise. They wanted a clean recording with no bleed from the audience. Deep Purple filled arenas full of screaming people. One of their most popular songs was Smoke on the Water. You should check that one out. I always liked this band. This was recorded when I was a senior in high school!

That was recorded in a T.V studio, so the audience had to be quiet, because those old analog microphones would pick up the noise. I was told that a long time ago

The audience in this clip were actually stuffed people randomly placed in the studio. There is no other explanation to their lack of reaction to these two crescendos. Also, each time I watch this clip, I notice that this "live" version is quite different from the studio one.

Would love to see you do more Deep Purple, My favourite band of all time, I genuinely feel every single one of their songs is a masterpiece. Masters of rock.

This was in the early days of bands perfoming in a studio for live broadcast, so the audiences were told to sit still and stay quiet, so as not to interfere with the sound or the broadcast. This was not like the live broadcasts we are used to today, where the band just gig and have it filmed as is. I have been fan of this band since they first came out, and still listen to them to this day. I'm so glad young people are still discovering them. Keep it up, love from England, UK x

I'm sure other people have commented already but the reason the audience were so chilled is the performance was being filmed in a tv studio and the producer of the tv show would have asked the audience to keep from reacting until the end of the band's performance. In a normal concert things would have been quite different. 😊

I think you nailed it with the notion of history repeating itself in the song.

A beautifull blending of insanity 😂😂❤

Back when bands where packed with musical talent.

Listen to Perfect Strangers by the same band years after this one. Great band all around 🎉

Great reaction, Jenna! Deep Purple was popular when I was in my early 20s. I can remember driving around in my VW Beetle with their Machine Head 8 track blaring. Lots of great music from them...Smoke on the Water, Lazy. Highway Star and many more.

Listen again to it: It's impressive vocals, virtous played guitars and organ ... but it's the drums which keeps it all together.

I love your interpretation and analysis of this song. Your thoughts were very insightful and impressive. I've got to compliment you on having a very good thinking mind and say thank you for posting this worthy song on your channel.

My era. Our gods. We were spoilt in Britain at the time …DP et al

My favourite rock band of all time.

Deep Purple die Band meiner Jugend und Child In Time einer meiner Lieblingslieder Jon Lord mit seiner Hammondorgel war für mich eine großes Idol. Deep Purple was the band of my youth and Child In Time is one of my favorite songs Jon Lord with his Hammond organ was a great idol for me.

Great reaction again! I love how you delve into the lyrics, most other channels don't. Lyrics are a huge part of metal in general, I think non listeners are surprised by this. Cool thoughts on the music too. Looking forward to the next one already! Carry on....

There is other footage of them playing in an actual rock venue and it's totally different with the audience. This was a very special situation where they were recording it, and this probably wasn't much overlapping with the kids that were actually going to see Deep Purple live in concert. For more Jon Lord on Hammond organ, check out another hit of theirs, Lazy. To hear how much this band could truly rock, check out their mega hit Highway Star from their iconic Machine Head album, definitely the studio track for a first listen. I'm positive you will be blown away. I really like your thoughtful and excellent insights, and I also love the discussion about it transcending just a specific war or even the concept of War itself, it can apply to so many things. Sadly, in recent years, the first thing that leaps into my mind are all the school shootings and the fact that we now have to train little kids at school, and adults in their work places and so forth. And you can really hear the pain in Ian's voice when he starts wailing.

this is y i love the 70,s.

TV studio audiences back then vere usually told to stay quiet and hold their applause until the end. That, or they're just British.

That primal scream renders me almost overwhelmed!

They play this note for note, every time.. they are an amazing band.. natural key of a keyboard (C/Am) all white notes.. haha Not to brag but when I was 19 (Im 51) I stood backstage at a gig in a circle and sculled bourbon shots with Ian Gillan.. and he did this song that night, just like this.... he must have been in his 50s at the time haha... I was never able to see Deep Purple I wasnt old enough.. but that was a bit cool.. The keyboard is a Hammond B3.. played through Marshall amps.. 8:00 Bolero beat.. with a full rock band.. love playing this bit.. You MUST youtube "Deep Purple Live In Japan" and listen to the whole thing!!!! Interesting interpretation re: the feeling of War.. Twice.. We have had 2 World World.. So very apt..

I like your reaction by the way. Deep Purple one of the greatest Heavy Rock bands ever. Stil exist today. Only John Lord did pass away.

About the non-reacting studio audience: This performance, of course, was videotape recorded in a studio intended for television broadcast. TV production at this level of quality, in 1970, took time to get everything adjusted (lighting, staging and sound), then going through several "takes" in the event of a problem, or to get a "perfect" take. Studio audiences were often merely set pieces, sometimes paid, sometimes just a pool of people willing to be part of a TV studio recording, regardless what was being recorded. These people were likely not fans of the band, maybe not even fans of music. So knowing the time often involved, that audience may have already sat through hours of takes, or even several other acts - jugglers, plate spinners, dog tricks, whatever - before Deep Purple. Also, this sort of music, the early heavy rock scene, wasn't very common. Given the volume of the performance in that studio, it is also possible they were stunned, overwhelmed, not sure how to react.

One of the best reactions to this song I have seen. Nice job.

Jenna I grew up with this and listening to to today’s music there is no comparison Garth

they played it live, not many people can do that today