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@pookiemartinez1745

24 күн бұрын

straight from Ian Paice. Ian got the inspiration for his drum track on the Mule from Ringo Starr on Tomorrow Never Knows and just added his rolls which is on the studio version. Ringo is one of Ian's favorite drummers. cheers

The greatest live album ever and no overdubs at all, recorded by Martin Birch just as it happened. Five outstanding musicians at the top of their game all at the same time.

The best LP ever. All Songs are great. The Mule is a masterpiece by Ian Paice. Great

The end of "Smoke....." is a great battle between Blackmore and Lord. More than 50 years have passed and it is still the best live album in the history of hard-rock.

@ThinPicks

25 күн бұрын

I love Ritchie's savage guitar sound on this.😃

"Everything louder than everything else." That bit of banter between Ian and his sound tech later became the name of a Motörhead album.

@Dibbdroid

26 күн бұрын

It's Ritchie who says it first in the background

@CB-xr1eg

25 күн бұрын

@@Dibbdroid Ian Gillan also says, "A bit more monitor if ya got it".

@Dibbdroid

25 күн бұрын

@@CB-xr1eg he does but in the background, before Ian speaks Ritchie says the words. Sequence: Ian Gillan: "yeah everything up here....please.. and a bit more monitor if you've got it?..........Ah" Ritchie Blackmore (low in mix) "can we have everything louder than everything else?" Ian Gillan "yeah, can he have everything louder than everything else........ right.... ha ha..."

@ThinPicks

25 күн бұрын

You can hear it first just before Jimi Hendrix comes on stage at the Isle of Wight festival, that might have been Lemmy, he did roadie for Jimi for a while!👍

@Dibbdroid

25 күн бұрын

@@ThinPicks no. "A bit more volume on this one Charlie, he's going to need it", and it wasn't Lemmy

This live version from "Made in Japan" was the first time I ever heard "Smoke on the Water" back in the 1970s and for me it is still THE definitive and very best version of the song. Absolutely superb!. And as for "The Mule" -what a drummer Ian Paice is! Enough said.

@adriangoodrich4306

27 күн бұрын

Agree re Smoke on the Water. I am no fan of most drum solos, and I confess I prefer the Fireball original of The Mule. But, that said, Ian's solo here is about as brilliant as they come in the heavy rock genre - it showcases how great a drummer he is.

@bobsteele9581

27 күн бұрын

@@adriangoodrich4306 Agree 100% on all counts mate 👍

@xyz-md2mv

26 күн бұрын

Agreed! 👍

The absolute best version of this song. Jon Lord is amazing here.

Made in Japan quite possibly the best live album of all time

@FuturePast2019

27 күн бұрын

Bruce Dickinson said that. "And it was recorded on an 8 track or something"

@chriso5374

26 күн бұрын

Definitely in my top 4

@xyz-md2mv

26 күн бұрын

​@@FuturePast2019Yes it was! Just on small, portable device. 👍

@xyz-md2mv

26 күн бұрын

Absolutely!

@JulioLeonFandinho

22 күн бұрын

Overrated

Ian such a great drummer!! Always thought he was underrated big time!

Jon Lord is why I became a Purple fan over heavier metal or say Zep. That combination of rock and Hammond organ just spoke to me like nothing else in the genre.

@IceStationZebraAssociates

26 күн бұрын

Same here. Absolutely addicted to that glorious hammon organ. That's also why I prefer Uriah Heep to Zep as well.

I can’t believe it took so outrageously long for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame to induct Deep People.

@scsmith4604

27 күн бұрын

Have you ever been to the Rock Hall? Who is in and who is not is very confusing to me as a follower of rock.

@PadreTelnor

27 күн бұрын

I think Alex Lifeson summed it up pretty well when Rush was inducted… “Blah blah blah? Blah blah blah blah!!!”

@aaron199

27 күн бұрын

That HoF is a complete joke

@JosesAmazingWorlds

27 күн бұрын

No Iron Maiden, nuff said

@scsmith4604

26 күн бұрын

@@JosesAmazingWorlds Exactly.

IMO, there is no contest. This live version blows away the studio album version. It’s the greatest live song ever recorded!

Ian Paice is extremely rudimental. He is very jazzy in his approach. But full of power. Plenty of single and double paradiddles, double stroke rolls,

Fireball, one of the most underrated albums. Fools is on that album one of the best songs ever written and recorded by Deep Purple. Highly recommended for a first listen.

You can hear how much Ian respects the classic jazz drummers like Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa - this is not a 'typical' rock drum solo, but far more complex and rich. The absolute master.

A simple guitar intro but nobody does it better than Ritchie

You’ve just got to love Ian Paice’s work on the hi hat, on Smoke on the Water

@markmiwurdz2248

26 күн бұрын

Not bad for a left - hander!

@jasperdevries1726

26 күн бұрын

With how many times I have heard the song, the hi hats are almost the only reason I don't skip it. Just so great and dynamic. Roger's bass tone here also helps.

Thx for playing part 2. one of best rock albums ever. Greetings from Maastricht, NL

Listen to " Strange Kind of Woman" and at the end how Ian sings along with the guitar perfectly.

@garyarnett1220

15 күн бұрын

Agreed. Seems like he's trying to get through the album.

There has only been one consistent member of the band, through all the iterations. It is Ian's band. That's why they're so fucking metal.

@rorycunningham8324

26 күн бұрын

Which Ian?

@vladimirvelikov8115

26 күн бұрын

I guess he means Ian Paice who along with the late Jon Lord were the only permanent members.

@electricladyguitarsdevonuk1414

26 күн бұрын

Never Metal! English Hard Rock with a drummer who 'Swings' the beat at every opportunity. Melodic, dynamic, blues, classical and experimental but never Metal!

@vladimirvelikov8115

26 күн бұрын

@@electricladyguitarsdevonuk1414 They were proto-metal. A lot of metal bands have been influenced. Just listen to In Rock for example.

@electricladyguitarsdevonuk1414

26 күн бұрын

@vladimirvelikov8115 I guess chilli was part of a salad before curry was invented. To me, the definitive Deep Purple track is Lazy (MIJ), so I focus on how far from Metal that is

“Can we have everything louder than everything else” is also really funny.

@Ilikeryche

27 күн бұрын

I don't think Doug heard that because he was yapping.

@andywild9183

27 күн бұрын

I always loved that

@PaulRowlands

22 күн бұрын

I sometimes say that when at work and everybody wants something done first!

If you love organ Doug Lazy and Spacetruckin will send you into space.

@JohnSmith-mx8wp

Күн бұрын

I really hope he does a breakdown of the 19 minute Space Trucking, greatest Rock recording EVER.

@gordy3714

Күн бұрын

@@JohnSmith-mx8wp He is halfway into The Made in Japan breakdown. Just Strange Kind of Woman, Lazy and Spacetruckin to go. 👍

My ears rang audibly for 5 days after seeing Deep Purple.

@adriangoodrich4306

27 күн бұрын

In the 1970s they were said to be the loudest band anywhere. Sadly, I never got to see them then.

@captainpike8908

27 күн бұрын

Stage left row 15, my buddy and I had to leave near the end. His ear was bleeding. Great night!

@dolf370

26 күн бұрын

@@adriangoodrich4306 Yeah, same for me. I was 12-13 when Made in Japan was released and was a little bit too young when they did their Europe tour after Japan. But a few years later I had the album on tape, playing it on my cassette player during the summer when tenting. But at least I got to see Rainbow with Blackmore, Dio and Powell during their Rising tour in 77.

@chrisgoddard9236

25 күн бұрын

My first big show was their 1985 Kenbworth gig. Fantastic, covered in mud, cider and piss, and similar, ears ringing for days.

@CB-xr1eg

25 күн бұрын

@@adriangoodrich4306 117 decibels....they were in the Guinness book of records

Shout out to the legend Claude Nobs.

I remember hearing this version on FM stations in the early 70’s. Smoke on the water is best represented on this live album.

I love that intro to "The Mule". It's so symphonic, it seems almost like an overture.

One of the best live albums ever

My best mate & I listen & listened AND listened again..... on cassette - we were around 14/15 - fabulous!

Being an old git, I've both "Made in Japan" and the "Machine Head" on vinyl. The gatefold of "Machine Head" has photographs of the fire, the set up in the closed Grand Hotel where they recorded and Claude Nobs ("aka Funky Claude"). As well as "pulling kids out of the ground" Claude walked the casino's owner's elderly mother out. She was the last one out and hadn't been aware of the fire until Claude came and got her.

One of the most primal rock'n'roll riffs! I wore out Machine Head.

Amazing album.

Fireball is also a classic album, it's position between In Rock & Machine Head means it's often overlooked.

All the big bands of the seventies had very long drum solos. It was indeed the smoking, drinking part of the show for the rest of the band. This also worked for radio DJs. John Bonham's Moby Dick was famous for this.

Great recording.. That drum sound. Rock Forever

Really glad you're gradually doing the whole album Doug. My favourite side (3) is coming next! I don't think they're are many live albums that give a genuine impression of just how ridiculously loud it would've been. This one does. This was Deep Purple at their best. Now if only I could get a time machine...

Are you aware that every time you use the shaker, the volume on the song goes down? Then it goes back up when stop using the shaker. BTW, Deep Purple was one of my favorite bands when I was a teenager. I am 73 now and I still listen to Deep Purple.

Nice to see with some one with musical education taking in and appreciating classic music from some of rocks beginnings. Hard to believe that all people have not heard all of what you have been reacting to. Im a 59 year old having been born in '65 who, as long as i can remember has never not heard any of this. Glad to see you discovering all of this. Gives me a very emotional feeling seeing people find and love it just as i and many others do. Whats amazing even more is that alot of the musicians you react to have had little or no training and some cant read or write music properly like a schooled person such as yourself.

Can't wait for "Strange kind of Woman"...

my first concert was deep purple in 1972 prior to recording this in Japan... have seen them 12 times since, never without Ian Gillian

You talked over the most important words in The Mule *Lets have everything louder than everything else" right at the start.

@CB-xr1eg

25 күн бұрын

And you misquoted it...."can we have everything louder than everything else?" is what he said.

Fun facts! Jon Lord played his Hammond organ through Hi-Watt amps and his RMI electric piano through Leslies. It certainly gave him a unique sound! Also, Ian Paice is a left-handed drummer. So technically, all of your air drumming was going in the wrong direction this time! 😉 Great fun, Doug. Thanks! Hope you get your shaker back in working order soon!

Of course “Smoke on the Water” is a great and famous song - especially this live version 👍"The Mule" is a long drum solo. I usually skip this track unless I'm in the mood for it.

Yeeeeiiiii Deep Purple... and masterpiece Made in Japan.... very good reactions and comments... I want to see the reaction on space trucking.... Last Part, maybe 4th

With all due respect to all the fine musicians who have gone through DP through the years, DP mark 2 is the one who set my teenage loins aflame. And still does, though the song "Burn" scorches as well. God, listen to Ian's interpolations; he's what David Lee Roth wanted to be (IMHO).

Thanx Doug for reacting and analyzing side two of Made In Japan by Deep Purple!!!! One of my fave live albums along with Yessongs and Frampton Comes Alive. This great album showed that Deep Purple were not just very loud and noisy ruffians but were very talented musicians.

You need to listen to the studio version of the mule, from FIREBALL

This is such a simple song, and what really makes it is the raw vocals and the great story.

@CB-xr1eg

25 күн бұрын

Ian Gillan was actually suffering from a heavy cold at the time.

I'm envious of your keyboard skills

Ever since custom ringtones became possible I made this my default. I have never had anything other than smiles at all of my business meetings for about 20 years. Everyone knows it and everyone likes it.

Love your Air drumming Doug🤘

Oh, man. I still have my "Made In Japan" LP that I bought a lifetime ago.

I'm just catching up on Doug's EPL of "Tommy", which I missed on Tuesday as we were out, while I wait. As so often, I can only thank Doug for a great reaction, and for reminding me about yet another superb work I have not listened to for far too long. I confess, as a long-time Quadrophenia devotee, I do tend to forget just how good Tommy also is. I'll NEVER forget just how superb Smoke on the Water is, though! Over a decade ago, I remember my then-14 year old super-talented Godson showing me how you play Smoke on the Water. By pinching the strings, NOT by strumming the chords! My favourite rock anthem ever. Looking forward to this!

@adriangoodrich4306

27 күн бұрын

And it was great. I always LOVE hearing Doug's thoughts, but the best part here was when he picked up the tune on his keyboard - perfectly, of course. And added his own variation. This is why Doug has nearly 400k followers now (chuffing heck! I was here when he had around 10k!) - because he is a professional and totally knows what he is talking about. And why this is my favourite KZread channel. Thanks again, Doug!

You could totally dub in Money for Nothing for about the first 2-3 minutes and keep it rolling! Love your stuff, Doug!

I have VIP, and backstage passes, and front row center for their DFW show in August. Yes is also playing (my favorite). I. CANNOT. WAIT!

As I said previously, Ian Paice and The Mule is just plane amazing!

The best drum solo in history from the greatest drummer of all time. His drumming throughout this recording was not matched yet.

Paicey always had a small drum kit. Fireball was the seecond album I bought back in 1971, of course the studio version doesn't have the drum solo. It's a brilliant solo from such a small kit. One of the best drum solos ever, yes there are other brilliant solos of the time until Neil Peart took things in a whole different direction

The CD released later has the encores on it and you should react to them as well. It's incredible, especially Black Night and Speed King.

After sitting through the Eurovision Song Contest last night. It's good to get back into the grove with Deep Purple. Cheers Doug. :)

C'est le premier riff qu'on apprend en guitare 😏

First, if you’re going to play along with Deep Purple on keyboards, grab a B3 patch and play parallel fifths. Second, analyze the syncopation of the melody. The first phase is on the beat, the second is syncopated, 3rd is on, and the final phrase is syncopated again. It’s almost like a Latin rhythm in that way. And yes, this is THE version of the song.

Made a pilgrimage to Montreaux from Geneva by train just to see the Casino , the Grand Hotel and the lake shoreline where this iconic song conceptualized 😇

I got my copy of this album from my older brothers, it came pre loaded with a couple minor scratches that caused skips in a couple places. Even the cassette tape copies I had, had a few skips on it. It's always disturbed me to hear those parts without the skip. "Everything a little louder than everything else" is something I would always say to sound guys when my band was doing checks. To let them know I wasn't really with these guys (the hair metal band I was in at the time). As a drummer, listening to The Mule is a religious experience. I've always thought of Asimov's Foundation when I hear it. 🤘🧙‍♂🤘

@MatthewBerginGarage

27 күн бұрын

Funny I think the same thing. I really liked the Foundation trilogy and had just read it when I first heard this album.

@dolf370

26 күн бұрын

Ah, so I'm not the only one associating it to the Foundation! I never checked up the lyrics but has always wondered if it actually was referring to Foundation.

Oh this brings back memories of buying this in the early 80's, one of the best live albums of all time. There playing this autumn and if I can afford it I will be going to the Manchester gig. Seeing Nick Mason next month and saw Mr R Plant last month so turning into a year of grates still going. A band I hoped you would come back to are Babymetal but I'm going to suggest something up to date, Monochrome live at the PIA and BxMxC (live). There all grown up now. Love the stuff you've done on Zappa as well, if you don't know it try Joe's Garage (have to listen to it all in order for even a semblance of sense to come out of it but a true master piece).

"The Mule" is my favourite early Deep Purple Song. The Studio version (without the drum solo) i prefer even more, because it is more concentrated on tha great proggy-psychedelic harmonies. But anyway that song (maybe the entire album album fireball) shows the huge variety of Deep Purple. They are not just hard rock. They are like Led Zeppelin or Jethro Tull so much more than that, maybe concentrated on hard rock. But when you listen to songs like "The Mule", or "Fools" or "Anyone's Daughter" you have three different styles of music and all great. To say something about "Smoke on the Water" in these early times: It is quite interesting wich role that song played in the setlists. It is included not as a final song, not as the geratest hit, wich is everyone waiting for like nowadays. It is played just somewere in the show! I have another record from 1972 (from Denmark) at home. I think "Machine Head" was not out at that time, but they played "Highway Star" as opener and they also included "Lazy" and "Space Truckin'", so they definitely wanted to promote the album. But the one track that's missing... yeah "Smoke On The Water". They didn't even include it to the setlist! So it's interesting how Deep Purple didn't believe in that song.

We need Side 1 and Side 2 of Fireball eventually. That's a really fun album to explore.

Still brilliant. I bought the album on release and still have it. I also bought a 180g release a few years ago but the original still sounds great. Look after your vinyl folks!

This may have been mentioned by someone else, but Ian Paice won the National Snare Drum Championship several years in a row as a teenager. Great hands....AND feet!

Doug I think that when you are so outclassed as with these guys - don't play just listen!

Richie Blackmore said the riff for "Smoke on the Water", is just the opening of Beethoven's Fifth with one other note added

@FuturePast2019

27 күн бұрын

Backwards kzread.info/dash/bejne/daJl1beCo5jflag.html

@milosdunjic8718

25 күн бұрын

He actually said it the INVERSION on the Beethoven’s 5th … a 5th played in-reverse with Ritchies twist

Swiss time was used in the Olympics when Smoke on the Water was written.

What most guitarists miss is that Richie is playing 4ths for the riff. He does it fairly often

Great reaction video as always Doug. I also think that this version of Smoke is the best I've heard. Cheers

Ian gets the last word

Get the shop vac out Doug 😂 oh man I feel for ya all them beads ugh! Love your channel my friend! Have a great rockin weekend!!

My dad always said, "Son, if you play with it long enough, you will break it" LOL

9:00 "kind of bluesie" about the guitar solo? Whole song is blusie! 😁

Beans everywhere got me laughing

please also give commentaries on Genesis in their early years, when Peter Gabriel is their vocalist. Thank you!

Brilliant

Interesting to see what Doug is gonna like about space truckin on that Made in Japan album, it’s nearly a 20min long. Drum solos are almost always included in Deep Purple concert. Nor for sure was there drum solos in 1968 but at least 1969 it was and probably since then it’s been included almost every concert.

yeah I like how Blackmore teases the riff in the beginning. Also like your reaction. And yes, Glover's bass is phenomenal as usual.

WORTHY! 🤟🏼

Best version of Black Night also on this also !

@asharmstrong6730

27 күн бұрын

No it isn't, not on the original album.

@whiteonion670

27 күн бұрын

@@asharmstrong6730 I know, but it appeared later on a re-released version as one of the bonus tracks. Same versio also on 24 Carat Purple.

lmao at the shaker

In terms of the out -of-tune guitar sound during the smoke on the water, I think it was Ritchie's intentional fun.

Another great review Doug! If you can review Rare Earth Get Ready long version you won’t be disappointed especially with the drum solo at the end of the track, it’s my favorite solo of All Time!!!🥁 I think the Mule’s drummer was inspired by it!

If you want to do the DP album Fireball, please include the song "Anyone's Daughter", which is an atypical song for the band. I was lucky enough to see their live performance of this song during Ritchie Blackmore's last tour with the band.

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

This is the definite version of Smoke on the Water indeed. However both the studio version of The Mule and the live version recorded in Copenhagen a few months before are superior. Specifically Roger Glover's antics on bass are way better audible. But yeah - it was Deep Purple who set the standards for what a live album should be. To get a full understanding how they managed it you'll have to listen to previous live recordings.

🤘

DEEP PURPLE LEYENDAS VIVAS ,LA MEJOR BANDA DEL MUNDO!!💜💜🎸🎸🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻

The drum solo has some heavy Louie Bellson, Buddy Rich style solo with a little Max Roach thrown in. A quick drum teacher comment on your 'air drumming" Almost everyone has the tendency to tighten up their muscles as they play faster. When in reality the faster you play the more relaxed your muscle should be. This will give you greater speed and more control. Carl Palmer is probably the best example of this principle. Also, spend the big bucks and get an LP shaker I've had one for over 30 years and it has never lost a bead. Keep up the great work.

!!!!!!!!!!IAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Deep Purple's Jon Lord developed The Beast! a Hammond organ played through Marshal stacks, so that it had as fast and aggressive an attack as a guitar. So with DP it is not so easy to know who is actually playing what. I have seen a video about that.

Smooooooooke on tha waterrrrr. *Acting a fool over here. That song is fun to sing along to. Have a great weekend 🎸🎶🎸🎶

Hey Doug, I've always wondered who it was that played the shaker half-way through Purple's track "Fools" off of the Fireball album! Absolutely perfect rendition!!

The dtum. Solo is to show how great drummerhee is

Ian Paice is one of the most tragically underrated percussionists in Rock and Roll.

@CB-xr1eg

25 күн бұрын

He's not underrated at all. That word is tragically *over* rated

Next Metal Monday you should do Maiden Japan...