First time hearing Deep Purple "Perfect Strangers" Reaction | Asia and BJ

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[@leefreed2060]

You both really know how to make me happy. This is when they got back together after disbanding in1976. One of the best from the GREATEST band ever. 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@susiestone5644]

The song is about Deep Purple getting back together after many, many years apart.

[@svenwallstrom3368]

And what a get back i❤

[@ronaldelliott4373]

A personal favorite from their long storied catalog. That riff is hypnotic, and Don Airey was a great choice to carry on as John Lord’s heir apparent on keys. Thanks for this one guys, love the channel! 🤘😎

[@robyfiorili]

There is no riff in this song

[@ronaldelliott4373]

@@robyfiorili yawn.

[@chrisa4695]

Don Airy is not on this album. I don’t know if that was your intended sentiment.

[@ronaldelliott4373]

@@chrisa4695 Absolutely knew that. Sorry for the confusion. Regards

[@erikthompson619]

@@robyfiorili There are MULTIPLE riffs in this song.

[@terrathunderstorms3701]

The riff is solid and my day is made. 🔥

[@rhill49849]

I think its about how the band members came together after years to record the new album (Perfect Strangers).. all the times they had, the tension and the differences in the past, especially between Gillan and Blackmore.

[@chrisa4695]

They still saw each other as various members drifted in and out of Rainbow and Whitesnake.

[@rantoppp]

I have a vivid memory of the first time hearing this song back in the day. A bunch of us bunked school. We jumped in a friends 1970 Cutlas, got stoned, and he put in this cassette and cranked it up. I was like wow this song ROCKS! Good times!

[@sumonjamal1653]

'Perfect strangers' was a great comedy sitcom from the 80's as well... about an American (Larry) and his very distant immigrant cousin (Balki) living together and the clash of cultures between the two... actor Bronson Pinchot did a great job as the East European immigrant learning to navigate himself in Chicago... Several movies were also named 'Perfect strangers'... including one in 2007 w/ Bruce Willis & Halle Berry. The late keyboardist Jon Lord was the sound u heard accompanying Ritchie Blackmore's guitar on the track... he would play his keyboards thru a guitar amp, which gave it a unique sound. Jon Lord was genius... such a remarkable talent - played on all Deep Purple albums from 1968 to 1998... he left the band amicably in 2002 to work on orchestral projects. He died from cancer in 2012 (R.I.P.) 'Smoke on the water' was in 1972... 'Perfect strangers' was 1984... so there was some musical progression over the decade.

[@gregmoquino7896]

Those riffs at the end in Perfect Strangers by Deep Purple are played by bass - keyboard and guitar I used to play the keyboard (organ sound) on that song with a local band called -Shit Happens- And I opened the song on keyboard organ

[@bobschenkel7921]

Saw The Purple twice in one weekend on this tour, once in Worcester, Mass. and two nights later in Providence, R.I.. The show in Providence required me to drive from Southern New Hampshire to Providence in a major snow storm. We got there just as the lights went out, and since I had to be at work at 8 a.m. the next morning, I didn't even wait for the lights to come up at the end before I hit the road north. Worth every bit of time, energy, risk and money.

[@terrygarcia897]

Right on man I seen them 2 times in 1985. Texas jam Dallas. Perfect strangers tour.

[@genabourassa7962]

That's the organ and that similar is in a song by Led Zepplin. I believe it's Kashmir. Love both songs

[@DominusLuna]

"You're tears are lost in falling rain". I was married to a Creek/Seminole Indian girl and she was talking with her mother on the wind, and this song makes me think of her.

[@dagmar.6954]

This is one of the few hard rock groups I enjoyed in the 60's-70's. My favorites are their covers of Joe South's "Hush" & Neil Diamond's "Kentucky Woman". Also like "Lazy", "Smoke On The Water", "Child In Time", "Woman From Tokyo", "Highway Star", "Fireball", Speed King", "Space Truckin'", etc.

[@mikephillips8810]

Certainly they've done Smoke on the Water and Child in Time (Asia really liked Child in Time). Maybe they did Highway Star, not sure. Be good to hear some of those others...Space Truckin especially!

[@amrak5028]

I saw this Tour! Great act to see live

[@laurakali6522]

The official video to this one is really great.

[@markusantonio4866]

The official video is amazing. It shows the classic Mark ll lineup come together and reuniting for this album and video. Jon laughing in one part clapping always gets me.

[@vicprovost2561]

What a great song and Album, that was a huge comeback for the Mark II and best version of that band. For more, try the amazing live Made in Japan album, do Highway Star, it is the definitive version of that banger. Enjoy! 🎸🎹🎵

[@lovedc4ever678]

Absolutely of the GREATEST bands of all time! Every song on this album is just FIRE!

[@jasperdevries1726]

BJ, it it is entirely possible you are thinking of P. Diddy with Jimmy Page going through the motion of Led Zeppelin's Kashmir as "Come with me" for the Godzilla soundtrack. Nothing close to Perfect Strangers or Kashmir itself, but a little closer to when you were listening to the radio.

[@markd5067]

Deep Purple....Acid Rock Baby!

[@stevesauck7001]

I saw Deep Purple in ‘85 Chicago the Perfect Strangers tour. The sounds at 8:05 is Jon Lord on the Hammond B-3 organ and Ritchie Blackmore on his Stratocaster and 200 wat Marshall amps.

[@anthonypowell6234]

Love the groove and mystique on this one ! Probably my favorite from them.

[@ponytrekker8996]

A strand of of silver hanging through the sky…is the astral cord it’s about reincarnation..and thats Ritchie Blackmore on the guitar.

[@dougpoe4775]

I saw this tour in Philly, awsome show Richie Blackmore is awesome n lead the band on stage throughout the show. Great Reaction 👍

[@seiraeiramasil2302]

Deep Purple is a group who've actually disbanded and or have changed lead singers but somewhere down the road the original line up would rejoin again and it's as if nothing's changed, they fit 'perfectly' as they always did, like "Perfect Strangers", or at least, that's what MY interpretation of this song is. This song is pretty much my favorite by them, thanks for this reaction!

[@woolhatmcfck7131]

The song is about reincarnation and how the past and present self can never truly know one another. It is a past self talking to the present self. The "strand of silver" is what connects the soul through the astral plane. I remember reading somewhere that it was also influenced by The Chronicles of Elric, which has a tragic story of repeated lifetimes.

[@frankingenito]

That sound you were hearing was an organ being played by their late great keyboard player Jon Lord.

[@jasoncarman9656]

It sounds similar to Whitesnake “Still of the night” which The singer David in WS used to sing for Deep Purple before they got back together with Ian…. Whitesnake is from the DP tree and it also sounds similar to Kashmir from Led Zeppelin….A killer sound on the guitar.

[@jimfreeman2640]

Ritchie Blackmore on the guitar and Jon Lord on the organ played the notes together for that sound... Knocking at your back door from the same album is a banger, ha...

[@drmorqWarrenProject]

I saw them on this reunion tour.... they were in top form and hit every note on time and in tune... It was a pleasure to see such a great performance..

[@arnoldcox9128]

I love the odd signatures on the drums, almost prog rock

[@mrnobody9104]

this album dropped at the perfect time to give us a break from all the 80's Hair Metal that was everywhere....

[@pulsarlights2825]

I disagree, there wasn't really hair metal everywhere in 1984. Hair metal was everywhere in 1988, in 1984 is was still an underground scene in LA with a few bands starting to get big nationally....

[@mrnobody9104]

@@pulsarlights2825 good 4 u you have every right to your opinion but it was around and not being a fan this was most welcome...

[@glennb2227]

@@pulsarlights2825 not true. Quiet Riot's Metal Health broke in 1983, which catapulted hair metal even further. That same year, Motley Crue's Shout At the Devil was hitting hard, along with Ratt, and on and on.

[@pulsarlights2825]

@@mrnobody9104 Name some of the bands you are talking about. Poison, Warrant, Winger, Slaughter, Skid Row, Cinderella, Bon Jovi, LA Guns, Firehouse, even Guns n Roses did not exist in 1984...so I still dont know wtf you are talking about. Bon Jovi had one album out, opened for the Scorpions in 84 - not exactly getting alot of airplay...So Im calling bullshit unless you are talking about Motely Crue, Quiet Riot and Def Leppard. Even Motley Crue wasn;t big until 1985 a year after "Perfect Strangers"

[@pulsarlights2825]

@@glennb2227 I know that but hair metal wasn't over exposed at that time, most pop radio and Mtv did not play hair metal in 1984, it wasn;t mainstreamed yet. Some people call Roth era Van Halen hair metal too, and they were huge in 1984... so to say "hair metal was everywhere" in 1984 is a false statement

[@danaferguson1021]

Check out their song "Hush" from their first album 'Shades of Deep Purple'.

[@unclefido6484]

🤘 🤘 Knocking at your back door, is the biggest hit from that album.

[@Fancyford]

A perfect stranger is a Lover who remains incognito.

[@chellj8175]

Awesome song !!! Awesome times !!! 🔥🔥❤️ Lots of music to dive into from DP !!

[@matthewpettengill3008]

Saw this tour and loudest band I ever seen live the bass would crush your chest so good 🙃

[@jeffjones6221]

My favorite deep purple tune.

[@JamesMorningstar]

I know this comment is a bit late so you probably might not see it, but a few things to consider from somebody who was around when that tune was very popular: In the late 1970's and early 1980's, keyboards and/or synthesizers (not always the same thing, actually) were very common, and may have been responsible for some of the more difficult to describe sounds being heard. That repetitive riff heard throughout, and continued as the song faded at the end, can be done with guitars, and was a common gimmick in the early and mid 1980's. It is done by using effect pedals to soften the initial attack of the sound, and then suddenly muting the strings to end the sound without the usual fading you hear from more typical guitar sounds. But the safer bet is that it was done using a keyboard, as that was very common in this style of music, during that time. The term "perfect strangers" was common in the mid 80's, and only means the exact same thing as "complete strangers", or "total strangers". It is simply the concept of being strangers, and a perfect example of being strangers, and so, "perfect strangers". I hope this helps to clear up a few things.

[@davidtrippi8905]

Went to this concert 1985

[@barbaraboscariol7210]

My Deep Purple favorite song 👍

[@PaulJoeTX]

The Song by them! ❤️❤️🔥🔥

[@JDogg1971]

Love Deep Purple. Y’all need to hear “Highway Star”. It is a banger and a vibe! Much love and FOE!!🤠

[@paulmohr319]

This was my 2nd chance to see this Classic Deep Purple line-up. Year 84 2 years out of high school and Deep Purple have reformed. Nope and I didn't miss it, saw them live in good old Detroit. Well worth it, as usual, Ritchie would leave the band yet again. When you really look at it Steve Morse has been the Deep Purple guitarist longer then Ritchie ever was.

[@MrObelisk2290]

Seen Deep Purple 5 times

[@johnfaulk7775]

Your thinking of another song by Led Zeppelin called “Kashmir”.

[@johnvalderrama8638]

Keyboard and guitar combined

[@garyarnett1220]

Yes yes yes always ready for some Purple, 80s style this time !

[@jeffsmith5494]

Great Album with the best lineup

[@stepomuk9783]

I think a perfect Stranger is someone you meet for the first time and everything is perfect like you know her/ him from a earlier life.

[@ericsmith6615]

Wife here...My Dad LOVED DEEP PURPLE..!!..So of coarse.., the first song I was taught on the 🎸 was DEEP Purples..Smoke on Water..Thank you two for your intelligence and insight!! .

[@ingovonderluhe2174]

The LEGENDARY Mark II Reunion Line Up/Recordings ......

[@mikeg.4211]

A perfect stranger is a person you've never met and know nothing about personally.

[@CJ-Fischer]

If you enjoy this…need to go back in time and listen to the Deep Purple in Rock album…it’s incredible

[@tapenisuiaunoa9692]

Through over 100 members this is the original line up reuniting in 1984

[@Reddog7937]

It’s a type of keyboards. Forget the name. They have no violin. That’s Kansas. 😃

[@mikenastasi8927]

You're probably thinking of Kashmir by Led Zeppelin which was sampled by P Diddy

[@kvititoe]

Run into someone on the street you don't know. They are a perfect stranger. There is s long story behind this song .

[@Gobirds13]

Knocking on your back door great song

[@steverobillard3241]

Eddie Van Halen may be the ultimate guitar god, but Ritchie Blackmore is right there with him. Check out his guitar licks on Jealous Lover, totally awesome.

[@bkeis166]

It was a sitcom

[@terryconnelly484]

Led zeppelin used that riff Originally by jimmy page played his guitar with a bow... And whitesnake as well when Vivian Campbell did it.. But if you think about ITIT was in the 1,800s with Beethoven and Mendel

[@erikthompson619]

It's not the same riff as Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" at all, just a similar rhythmic pattern. Besides, "Kashmir" wasn't influenced by classical music like Beethoven, but by Arabic music. And to be pedantic, you're probably thinking of "Händel" - who, coincidentally, lived in the 1700s. "Mendel" was the inventor of the scientific field of genetics, though he did indeed live in the 1800s.

[@MrJoseph6119]

This is my favorite Deep Purple song!

[@badbob6689]

I love this song because it exprsses the message perfect to me. The perfect stranger in the song is an executioner!

[@tyronehudson4770]

I always thought the song was about a spirit who was in turmoil because he couldn't be physically with the person he loves. "If you hear me talking on the wind" and " I am the echo of you're past" always gave me that vibe.

[@ktwebbdevil]

Jon Lord's organ is a big part of this song!

[@bradlynelson357]

That’s a time signature and that beat you are remembering is from Led Zeppelin

[@clivegrant4225]

The sound is the guitar in the hands of the magician Richie Blackmore

[@petrijuhanipeltonenporvoo9641]

The most virtuoso rock band ever

[@lsp3]

That string riff is similar to Kashmir by Led Zeppelin and Diddy sampled it.

[@jukkasinda2073]

Could it be that the riff that you felt was somehow familiar or reminded you about something comes from Led Zeppelin's song Kashmir? The sound has similarities to that. Tempo and the same kind of string sound.

[@dannymarr414]

that album is classic from start to finish!!

[@TheSunnycal]

As a bartender for 15 years i classified a perfect stranger as someone that gave a $20 or more tip.

[@grahamjeffries4566]

The sound of five perfect strangers

[@mikeb3835]

You're probably thinking of the Cello.

[@johnfaulk7775]

Great answer of a “perfect stranger”.

[@DirtyLowDown1969]

The riff is probably reminding you of Led Zeppelin's "Cashmere"

[@debjorgo]

This sounds a little like Led Zeppelin's Kashmir. There was a mash-up with Eminem's Lose It called Lose Your Kashmir.

[@richardcranium5048]

This is a great album

[@Brandi6666]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 i remembered this song last year. Added to all my playlist. Crap i even seen these guys in philly 1974 or 75🤘 i was playing this rolling down RT 206 today to the military cemetery

[@Hi-kq1vi]

It's the Franchise Shane Douglas.

[@twowolves29657]

The song sounds like "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin in places.

[@rbsayegh31]

Television show, Balki Bartakulus was the main character name,if you were thinking?

[@josemenendez4454]

The best reunion album

[@danielbritton8588]

This was a big deal to me when it came out. Ian Gillan had just returned to Deep Purple after a quest with a solo album & joining up with Black Sabbath & recording "Born Again." I went to see Sabbath in Bangor Maine to see them with Ian Gillan. He had just bailed out of the band & tour & we were stunned as we stood before Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio singing. We knew Dio from "Rainbow." Overwhelmed we were. Dio was a big deal as was Ian Gillan.

[@rebelxxx3382]

Sounds a bit like Led Zeppelin Kashmir

[@MrObelisk2290]

Perfect strangers was a TV show

[@anthonypowell6234]

Walk an old graveyard at dusk with this one in your earbuds!

[@steveh7108]

Does anyone remember if this came before or after Rainbow? If I remember correctly rainbow was pretty much Deep Purple wasn't it? And I think some of the riffs from this album ended up on the Whitesnake album as well.

[@erikthompson619]

This was the first album after Rainbow split up (they have reunited twice) and Deep Purple reunited, released in 1984. Rainbow was formed by original Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple made one more album without him before breaking up, though), and Rainbow's last four albums - out of seven - also featured Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover. Both men are also part of the reunited classic Deep Purple lineup that you hear here. The connection between the two bands are even greater these days, since the late Jon Lord has been replaced by former Rainbow keyboard player Don Airey. Singer Joe Lynn Turner has also been a member of both bands. But no, riffs from this album most DEFINITELY didn't end up on "the Whitesnake album" (I assume you're referring to the multi-million selling "1987" album, but you'll find none of these riffs on any Whitesnake album), because nobody from this lineup of Deep Purple went on to join Whitesnake. Even if keyboard player Jon Lord and drummer Ian Paice both played in an EARLIER incarnation of Whitesnake - and Whitesnake singer and leader David Coverdale was of course the singer of Deep Purple before he formed Whitesnake in 1978.

[@steveh7108]

@@erikthompson619 good information thank you. There is a riff dancing around in my head that is most definitely on more than one album. Maybe I'm thinking of the Coverdale Page album that has a riff that's on either deep purple or white snake. I can't put my finger on it but it's there somewhere. One of these days I'll have to break out all the old CDs and find it.

[@BigKWS]

This is a good song off this album, but you should also review - Knocking at Your Back Door. That's probably the best song on this album.

[@mikephillips3331]

It's the guitar your hearing ... great reaction..👍

[@AsiaandBJ]

Thank you 🙌

[@anthonyblakely399]

Metallica.....Creed......Sound garden......Alice In chains....Tool......these 90's Rock Bands were influenced by Deep Purple.....Led Zeppelin.....Steppenwolf....and Black Sabbath......you can hear it in the vocals and riffs of the music.....Cello is the instrument!!!

[@LeviAckerman-cb5ji]

i still have this record

[@badbob6689]

Key board is that sound at the end.

[@bobblethreadgill4463]

Yall got to react to "LAZY " My Woman from Tokyo Highway Star

[@erikthompson619]

It's just called "Woman from Tokyo".

[@chrisa4695]

This was a great comeback for the Mark II line up of Deep Purple. It was not the headbanger many of us wanted but it was a good album with good songs. Knocking At Your Back Door was another good track. This music sounds more like 80’s Rainbow than 70’s Deep Purple.

[@erikthompson619]

It sounds like nothing of the kind! If anything, the album was criticized - the little criticism it got - for sounding TOO MUCH like old school Deep Purple, no risk-taking or experiments of any kind. Which didn't stop it from becoming a huge commercial success and a cherished classic.

[@valdezorbust]

In the context of this song I think a "perfect" stranger is a complete stranger. Sever all ties. Done. Finito.

[@petrijuhanipeltonenporvoo9641]

Contains a tribute to LZ Kashmir

[@bkeis166]

Picking good music

[@timscroggins2345]

You will hear the song in your mine.master peice

[@Robcheeto]

Great song choice Fam. Stay inside Dallas is too damn hot today.