Deep Purple - Highway Star Live 1972 | REACTION!!!

[@frankpentangeli7945]

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

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Nice list Gentle Giant Strawbs too

[@jerrywoods4066]

UFO , triumph,thin Lizzy, Lynyrd Skynyrd,Kansas montrose , of course purple and rainbow my favorites.

[@alanstrom2221]

@@lesblatnyak5947 You don't get me I'm part of the Union.

[@alanstrom2221]

I don't know who Max Webster is, though I do know that STATUS QUO are the best and greatest Rock Band in history. Peter Frampton is a soft penis. Yes are directionless Prog rubbish. If you are going to include The Guess Who then the natural thought process would be to include BTO. Randy Bachman was in both Bands. The Strawbs were a Right-Wing Conservative anti-Union group. There are some cool Bands on your list though. Bad Co. are way good.

[@sailinbob11]

Pink Floyd 11 and Almond Brothers 15 ? I'm hoping this is random. All and honestly all great bands. Saw most of em in the 70s or 80s. Live ? Gotta give it to Pink Floyd #1. Jam band ? Almond Brothers can take a 3 minute song and turn it into a 30 minute masterpiece. Just my opinion. This guy is digging a bunch of deep holes if he's unfamiliar with 70s music. I'd do it again. Peace ✌️

[@vixybanker]

Try driving and blasting this song! Speeding ticket guaranteed 😃

[@JFinSD2]

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

[@brxee]

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

[@Isleofskye]

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.....

[@oddeman3489]

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

[@karenrawling3632]

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

[@georgoskar1957]

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.

[@007chinochef]

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

[@RMForbes505]

This song was responsible for untold speeding tickets.

[@jamesbondbond8388]

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

[@johnshipley8700]

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

[@michaelanthony3304]

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

[@gerardovega]

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

[@kevinlundgren1169]

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 !

[@20kingsize]

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.

[@Gothondra]

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.

[@shegocrazy]

Listen to those fills from Paice. Amazing.

[@GalaxyBumperOfKepler-c]

Deep Purple - Lazy (Live, 1972)

[@davidmontgomery9846]

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 .

[@tonyb9735]

"Made In Japan is probably the best live album ever made ." Yes it is.

[@ClydeHawk]

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

[@ksiistoyiiwa]

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

[@carolinestirland3126]

Welcome to the awesome music of deep purple

[@ConcurpaRich]

I Concur .

[@TheDivayenta]

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.

[@cabdriveruk]

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.

[@georgemorley5926]

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

[@kevinmcgeown9727]

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.

[@patrickhendrikskingston9303]

I think they were two captains on the same ship. But both very talented captains

[@victorstefanovsky6902]

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

[@CHIARAMENTE-j5j]

Deep purple ❤❤❤❤

[@hrmorfar]

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-

[@JorgErmert]

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

[@KathyBokano]

Love your reaction, so good to grow up in this era.

[@garyh.238]

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.

[@luiscarulla4607]

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

[@madiola1234]

I was fortunate to go up in this era....im glad these famous bands are returning to the scene...we used to have to search the record stores for this great stuff way back..

[@German_1]

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

[@Suloleipuri]

REALLY GOOD VERSION LOVE IT ❤

[@antarcticorb9197]

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.

[@roblaw4554]

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 🤘👹🤘

[@bocephus1911]

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

[@CB3358]

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

[@TheGreatGig73]

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

[@m.ericwatson968]

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!"

[@kevinlundgren1169]

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

[@peter9962]

One of my favourite Purple songs ever!!!! Live was unreal!!! You should have been there😄

[@kenbelke8549]

the song Lazy from the same album is insane!

[@MalHope-j9z]

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

[@davexenos9196]

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.

[@AGDinCA]

*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!

[@ninoorjon]

In fact, they released at least 2 albums per decade, which at least got into the top 10 in the charts of different countries (except for the first three albums), and 11 albums took the first place. in the 60s - 3, in the 70s - 7, in the 80s - 2, in the 90s - 4, in the 2000s - 2, 2010s - 2, 2020s - 2 and they are preparing more one album that I'm looking forward to. ☺

[@darrencooke4207]

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

[@lesblatnyak5947]

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.

[@alanberesford7900]

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.

[@AGDinCA]

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!

[@jacquilewis8203]

Show off's 😂😂🤘

[@Ozarkprepper643]

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,....... 🤠🏞️🐂

[@wombata3105]

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

[@modejar2022]

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

[@Unibabble]

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.

[@kenteague4802]

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

[@mariuszgowacki2900]

@@kenteague4802 true

[@jonathanlocke6404]

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

[@wash12]

Totally agree, one of the greatest, I haven’t listened to this song for a couple of years, I forget how awesome this is

[@MarkmanOTW]

Hi Daniel from the UK. Just discovered your channel. Having followed and commented on 'Embrace The Suck' for years, didn't realise you had your own. I'm here because you popped up in my feed for 'Highway Star' reaction videos - one of my all-time fave songs. Pleased to see you appreciatibg Deep Purple.

[@stevencarr4002]

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?'

[@Kavala76]

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.

[@michaeldecker3480]

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.

[@davidclarke7122]

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

[@neilgilbert6798]

The speeding ticket tune love it 🇬🇧

[@petermcconnell466]

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

[@nickrichardson4876]

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.

[@tonyb9735]

What is different is that this was groundbreaking stuff in the 70's, they along with Sabbath and Zep were creating a new genre, louder and faster than anything that had gone before. It was new and had a level of excitement about it because of that. That excitement cannot be repeated, but there is lots of fantastic music around today. You just need to keep an open mind and listen out for it.

[@giomar1746]

@@tonyb9735 ..c.e.poca roba in.giro ora che vale la pena ascoltare e memorizzare.per sempre...pensa noi ancora ascoltiamo musica anni.70 .....questa è una differenza abissale....

[@Tarkus_]

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! 🤘🤟

[@larteonceagain]

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.

[@Isleofskye]

I expect you meant except when you said exect as I am adept and accept we all make mistakes...

[@larteonceagain]

@@Isleofskye Yup, I meant except.

[@Isleofskye]

@@larteonceagain I accept you mean except, my friend. I am only joking because your grasp of my language is,infinitely,better than mine is of any foreign language:)

[@ricardoluistomasone4663]

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

[@steviesellers]

Made in Japan IS the best album Purple ever released

[@billattercliffe8655]

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.

[@rafalmichalik]

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

[@tomasjansen7582]

Nice, and we are moving to "Perfect strangers" next :)

[@asepbobby]

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.😊

[@petermorgan768]

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.

[@airbus135]

include dire straits to list of top performers

[@victorstefanovsky6902]

Maybe, because they perfected their songs live but even in the studio they were perfect!

[@marks5451]

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.

[@martinfinn674]

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

[@coffeindrinker2581]

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

[@jerrywoods4066]

Awesome

[@allandriver2066]

John Lord was...and still is.....the GOAT! 😎🤘

[@chrisbanks5925]

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

[@jerrywoods4066]

Rainbow in the seventies for me . Then purple in the eighties and nineties

[@kevinlundgren1169]

And I jammed to this in '78, or '79, when I was 8 or 9 years old!! Yes , it still rips today!!!

[@ScienceTalkwithJimMassa]

Don't forget the incredible drumming of Ian Paice, plus Roger Glover on the bass (criminally underrated) - great rhythm section. Ritchie Blackmore is the best guitarist. Ian GIllan, in the 1970s was unbeatable as a vocalist. And the great Jon Lord (RIP) on keyboards and Hammond organ. The ultimate rock band. BTW, both of the solos are classical in form. The organ solo is based on a Bach progression, the guitar solo, as Ritchie said, "I imagined putting a bit of Mozart over it."

[@araaaraa9765]

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

[@amygoodson-catlady]

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!

[@micolsen9824]

Long live DEEP PURPLE 😊

[@martinfinn674]

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

[@barryrammer7906]

Top 3 in the world in his day

[@seabud6408]

The quintessential Deep Purple song … THEE best live rock band of all time. Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice.

[@martinfinn674]

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

[@rudymorganti7155]

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

[@owl-gd6ce]

OMG I so feel you! I never thought it would go away. Keep exploring, this is what i grew up with. I just thought it was regular. Rock out Brothah There is sooooo much music from the 60's and 70's that will blow your mind. It's out of body. peace to you

[@markwakefield8533]

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

[@SaulGoodman-w2x]

15:16 I agree. Perhaps a vintage rock organ solo

[@MJM1309]

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.

[@jgilbertify]

Welcome to what I knew at 14 yrs old...... :D

[@tonycardone990]

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.

[@chrismatthew8812]

Saw DP live in Athens last week. This is the song they opened their set with. Just amazing. Decades later and still as strong as ever 🤘

[@utekrause8334]

Seen them last november, still sooo good with most of them about 77 years old ( Ian,)Roger)

[@davidscroggins7728]

Well, said about the 1970 S guitar solo brother, nothing will ever beat it until next time. Stay well popping for fresh and keep on keeping on more, please.

[@colrhodes377]

Dude, you really need to listen to Deep Purple, Strange kind of woman, circa 1970 1972 If you listen to them live, you're gonna get a huge thrill with the battle of guitar and voice.

[@dennisthemenace671]

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