Posted on 07/18/2012 2:21:28 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Jon Lord passed away on the morning of July 16th at the age of 71. Mr. Lord left the Earth surrounded by loved ones and leaving behind a legacy that has been so criminally underrated and disregarded by the "intelligentsia media critics" and "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame clique", that his death is creating not only an outpouring of grief and reflection....but anger as well.
Lord served as a founding member of one of the most successful rock and roll bands of all time: Deep Purple. Deep Purple is the band that during the 1970s, 80s, and 90s had guitar shops posting signs reading "If you plan to try out our guitars please don't play "Smoke on the Water" or "Stairway to Heaven", we can't handle it any longer."
You know your band has made it when a single guitar riff is one of the most iconic and hummed riffs and melodies in the history of all man-kind.
But Deep Purple was so much more than "Smoke on the Water", they were and are an institution that continues to perform to this day in venues across the globe. With such classics as "Hush", "We Can Work It Out", "Highway Star", "Space Truckin'", "Perfect Strangers", "Knocking At Your Back Door" , and "Chasing Shadows", it is just appalling that the band has never even once been nominated for "The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame".
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If they made a rap HOF it would be one of the safest places around as few people would go there. Would close after a couple of years at the most.
Taking your word for it, I head for Spotify as we speak (even though it’ll go on my permanent record everywhere on the Internet.)
Great artists and bands too numerous to mention are excluded, likewise, mediocre artists and bands, many having nothing at all to do with rock and roll are inducted.
My advice, come to my fair city, skip the r&rhof and see the Cleveland Orchestra instead and you will get to hear one of the best Symphonic Orchestras on the planet.
The mistake by the lake.
I love that song, Child in Time, and know that most people hate it. It gives me pleasure when my Mexican neighbors keep me up all night with their accordion music. I’ll wait until the family is gone for the day, 7:45 am, turn the volume up, open the windows and doors, and blast that song until things start vibrating off their shelves and the windows distort anything on the other side.
I’ll follow it up with another of my favorites, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Little Wing, then Ted Nugent followed by Metalica.
It doesn’t get any better than that.
I saw Deep Purple at the Hollywood Bowel in the 70s with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Awesome.
I love that song, Child in Time, and know that most people hate it. It gives me pleasure when my Mexican neighbors keep me up all night with their accordion music. I’ll wait until the family is gone for the day, 7:45 am, turn the volume up, open the windows and doors, and blast that song until things start vibrating off their shelves and the windows distort anything on the other side.
I’ll follow it up with another of my favorites, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Little Wing, then Ted Nugent followed by Metalica.
It doesn’t get any better than that.
I saw Deep Purple at the Hollywood Bowel in the 70s with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Awesome.
This comment and your name tell me you must be from Boston - I remember hearing Flash and The Pan on WCOZ back in the late 70’s (”Hey St. Peter” got more airplay, but “Walking in the Rain”, later covered by Grace Jones, was much better).
Other great Boston bands -
The Lyres
Tribe
The Neighborhoods
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages
The Upper Crust (nee The Titanics)
Combustible Edison
Seks Bomba
And, from Springfield,
Pajama Slave Dancers
There used to be great live music in Boston and Cambridge back in the eighties and nineties...
Agree that "Walking In The Rain" was one of Flash And The Pan's better cuts, among with "Down Among The Dead Men".
As a rock guitar slinger of well over 40 years....I’m positively ashamed to admit that I JUST found out about Jon Lord’s passing this evening. I was going to post a thread about it when I found this one.
Deep Purple in the early ‘70’s....Fireball, Machine Head (one of the best, hands down, bar none, no argument rock albums ever made), Made In Japan (here we go again....one of the best live rock albums ever made...along with The Who’s Live at Leeds, Steppenwolf Live, Procul Harem Live). These guys flat kicked ass and everyone knew it. They influenced ALL of us. Blackmore....ok, he’s a legendary asshole, but he had chops. Gillian....fabulous vocals. Hughes....my God, to have THAT voice as your BACKUP?????....while playing bass???
New incarnation(s)....Steve Morse on guitar? You kidding me? He’s a master. More balls in his tone and technique than Blackmore ever dreamed of.
Jon Lord, as was pointed out here by many, was really the glue that kept the band together on and off stage. He was an amazing musician. His replacement, Don Airey, is also phenomenal....but I love him for his work with my all time favorite, Gary Moore. That era was Airey’s....and Moore’s....best work, hands down.
We are all a bit poorer for the loss of Mr. Lord. I hope that he rests in THE Lord’s arms and was welcomed home. He brought so much joy to so many of us....for so many years.
Jon Lord, you’ll be missed.
Amen.
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