Opera Singer Reacts to Deep Purple - Child In Time (Live 1970)

[@BritishBeachcomber]

Falsetto is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous edges of the vocal folds. So it's a head voice, but you feel it in your throat.

[@vancelray]

one of the greatest live performances ever!

[@majstorrasa6397]

Dear Maggie, the ear plug wasn't invented then and it won't be for at least another 10 years! He held his hand to his ear to hear his voice better!😁Love your reactions.❤

[@Mickleing]

You reacted perfectly at all my favourite spots, brilliant, but top marks for enjoying the keyboard at 14:10 which is my favourite.

[@bld9696]

One of the greatest bands of all time. Very underrated and underappreciated.

[@jamesherlock3473]

This song is a master piece rock doesn't get any better so much musical talent in one place thats deep purple what an amazing achievement

[@charlesbrewer6552]

As I remember it there were no monitors or "in ear" monitoring for the speakers. (High school Garage Band) The singers used to cup their ears so they could actually hear their own voice over the huge sound coming out of the speakers around them. I am a 70 year old, this was MY generation's music. God it was good!

[@brianthieme9969]

This song was written during the Vietnam War. That SCREAM is the Anguish of a Parent whose Child has been killed by that "flying lead".

[@ingridgabelo2934]

No fué escrita para Vietnam!! Fué en la guerra fría...

[@bobhope3716]

I highly recommend Deep Purple's live album titled Made in Japan . One of the best live rock albums ever.

[@drjag1155]

This song is a masterpiece ! All the musicians are fantastic 👍🤘

[@alan-thealanyst]

This song tends to get the focus on reaction / analysis channels - and with good reason - but Purple have an entire catalogue of great hits. Hopefully we'll get another one in soon!

[@Blackbeard007]

Burn is still one of my top favourites.

[@X1xone]

Ian Gillan was the voice of Jesus on the original sound track of Jesus Christ Superstar. He does some amazing singing in that role.

[@Tunkkis]

Shame he didn't much care about taking care of his voice back then. One of the reasons he and Ritchie butted heads so much.

[@damianvc31]

Gethsemane is great

[@Wombatmetal]

@@Tunkkis Ritchie butted heads with everyone in his career. He butted heads with Ronnie James Dio and Ronnie was the nicest guy in the industry and certainly took care of his voice.

[@Another_Broke_Musician]

"Gethsemane" is my favorite vocal performance. That whole album has a TON of brilliant singers and performances. It blew my 7-year-old mind when it came out

[@mariofreire2974]

my best vinil made in japan in the 70 and rare earth

[@BritishBeachcomber]

Vocalist Ian Gillan sang the role of Jesus in the original recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar (1970). An amazing voice.

[@brianthieme9969]

This man is the Archetype for the Metal SCREAM. You can be sure Rob Halford & Bruce Dickenson had DP in their music collections.

[@tonyharmon8512]

One of the big problems for vocalists back in the day was there were essentially no proper stage monitors. Thus you could get to where you couldn't hear your own voice clearly He wasn't plugging his ear, he was doing a small cupping to bring the sound of his voice to his ear. The instruments were not monitored and amped into the stage sound system other than when on large concert stages. In that setup you saw the amps for the instruments were on stage and not one monitor was visible. They were, as you noted, a fairly loud act and thus it was easy for the singer to lose his connection to his own voice. I used to take a smaller set of speakers from the side stacks and turn them in partially so they would help with fill and the singer could hear better without inducing feedback. So much has improved in the last 60 years since I started doing this that it is almost unrecognizable as the same thing anymore. As both a musician and vocalist, I learned so much doing sound for us and other acts that most musicians never have to think about. Sound systems today make it far easier to bring forward the best bands have to offer.

[@secularnevrosis]

Even today, when starting out your career, your 5 man band will get showed onto a stage that's not big enough for 3. Monitors? 2-3, if you are lucky. And then it's 1-2-3-4..BAM! the drummer goes and you are standing in his kit with your butt in your amp! :) Usually we try the get the vocalist the best monitors and space. As a bass player i have learned to actually feel the vibrations in the neck to check if I'm in tune. All the tricks in the book and excessive practise helps.

[@HisboiLRoi]

That ear-cupping was fairly common at that time.

[@stevewothers4209]

Deep Purple was such an iconic and legendary band

[@billholder1330]

This, to me, was the classic DP lineup. Much respect to some of the others ("Burn" is genious), but this group together is the best of the best at every position. Nobody can scream like Ian Gillan!

[@neurodiverse4414]

Fantastic musicians. And my fav group.👍

[@mikenastasi8927]

Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan was the biggest influence on Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson.

[@user-nestornugpo]

Hello Maggie👋👋👋Deep Purple is one of the best Metal Rock Band since late '6o's,they're beyond epic👏👏👏

[@norkannen]

Many of us not living under rocks in the US have listened to all the rocknroll classics for decades 🥳🇧🇻

[@mrnobody3161]

In Canada too. Many of my favorite bands and musicians are from the UK.

[@BritishBeachcomber]

Only if you are as old as me. Everyone else does not know what they've missed

[@MsGeoffh]

Ritchie Blackmore is a master of guitar one of the best ever!

[@Patrice-rs1jg]

Deep peuple immense grandiose 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@DHARMN00]

Thank you Jerry for sponsorship.... would love to see a reaction to Deep Purple's "Strange Kind of Woman " from Nobody's Perfect

[@Drinckx2]

The guitarist, Richie Blackmore, widely considered to be one of the very best heavy rock guitarists, was not playing finger style (which usually refers to plucking the strings rather than using a pick), he is playing using a hammer-on/pull-off technique. With a heavily amplified guitar, it is fairy easy to play just on the neck using the fretting hand (in Blackmore's case his left), making enough sound without picking the strings. Incidentally, he does often play his guitar using a finger-style or hybrid technique (pick and fingers together). Famously, the opening riff to Purple's Smoke on the Water, is played using finger picking as he needs to play multiple strings simultaneously, rather than strum the chords with a pick.

[@tomrocks5367]

You need to hear the live version off Deep Purple's Made in Japan. I feel it is the best version Purple has ever recorded.

[@Tunkkis]

Made in Japan is an excellent record.

[@kurtsherrick2066]

It is the best recording of Child In Time. Made In Japan is the Measure of what a live Album should sound like. I never have gotten tired of listening to In Rock and Made In Japan.

[@eugenestoner2685]

best version is from live in stockholm 1970

[@laniakeadelapena7287]

I have the original disk; I bought it about 20 years ago in a pawn shop( about 10 box) jeje when they were still very precious and the seller changed his mind a few years later and asked me for it again, never, now is everywhere on the Internet but the disc is beautifull

[@sea-ferring]

Falsetto is often criticized when it becomes a gimmick rather than a technique. I've heard other vocal experts talk about there being a subtle difference between falsetto and head voice, but I can't recall what the details were.

[@Snowman29101963]

They are all masters of their craft!

[@Tireshredderjoe]

I enjoyed watching that with you. Awesome review, Deep Purple has a deep catalog of great music.

[@rekinlas]

I find myself wondering how the two 8-year-olds managed to get front row seats to Deep Purple and whether they remember the show.

[@Tricknologyinc]

"lead" rhymes with "head"! "Bullets" & "ricochet" were big hints... It's what they make bullets out of... And "fingerstyle" is the RIGHT hand as opposed to using a pick.

[@palantir135]

Deep Purple didn’t play metal music. They played Hardrock; they said that themselves. Metal evolved from hardrock.

[@tomrocks5367]

I always looked at Deep Purple as being that middle link between Led Zeppelin to Black Sabbath.

[@palantir135]

@@tomrocks5367 they started as a cover band that played blues, as every starting band seemed to do.

[@bjwnashe5589]

You were "worried about his voice." LOL

[@reneelyons6836]

You are kooky and fun and i love you and your name. We are sooooooo lucky to have a recording of this. It is EPIC!!

[@robertwalker1803]

He and Deep Purple killed it….

[@LynneConnolly]

Gillan could have trained for opera. He had three full octaves, more than Freddie Mercury. His range is D2-G#5 and he could reach B4 when he used falsetto.

[@andytilley7205]

the finger style...is called hammering. They hammer the strings hard enough to evoke a note

[@mikenolan8044]

Ah 1970. I was around at the time and old enough to understand, but still young enough to appreciate, the ongoing changes in music. Psychedelic and blues rock and everything else happening around that time were becoming these new things - metal, progressive, southern rock, fusion and more. We can see some of these kinds of changes taking place in Deep Purple in this performance. E.g., the heritage of psychedelic like the rapid unpredictable changes and the high voice runs are still there yet the feeling of metal is starting to show up. A certain recurring riff in this song would soon morph into the power chords in Smoke on the Water. Loved the video. Loved your reaction. Loved your analysis. Loved it all! 🕓

[@danellwein8679]

was 14 years old back then ...

[@mikenolan8044]

@@danellwein8679 I was 27

[@kurtsherrick2066]

9 years old. When I first put In Rock on my GE Wildcat Stereo and Speed King came blaring out of the speakers I never looked back.

[@stevenlineberger3333]

You now need to hear the studio and made in Japan live versions

[@aerosmithful]

CHILD IN TIME-You betcha! I heard of em when I was attending Mount Saint Michael Academy High School Bronx New York Sophomore year 1972. Song released 1970. Today song is as FRESH and NEW when I first listened to and heard it back then!!!!!!!!!! Today's music......Don't even try to compare compete with 70's ROCK!

[@MsGeoffh]

He's going to hit it! I told you he would.

[@kc59148]

the progression of pain ......i heard it was from the perspective of a soldier experiencing the trauma of witnessing their friends dying from horrific injuries during the vietnam war and the progression of pain , from a minor injury to limbs blown off...the screams get louder the worse the injury he witnessed..

[@bobharp3492]

Beautiful going threw the words was worth it lol great reaction

[@dalegran7199]

Watching your videos is like sticking ones hand in a paper shredder or sticking your tongue on an exposed nerve.

[@brucefelger4015]

Best wake up song ever!

[@kc59148]

holy moly youre so good ...much love from california

[@plantlord3266]

Ritchie Blackmore has his new band for number of years-Blackmore's Knight...rock/renaissance-saw them live twice..awesome-have a vcr of concert in germany that is unreal-they not to be missed--they playing here on Long Island November-hope to see them!!

[@markjohnson4936]

It's " not been hit by flying lead " as in bullet lead. Vietnam protest song.

[@psbarrow]

It was about the Cold War, not Vietnam, as Gillan has repeatedly said.

[@lookmanohands1966]

Welcome to Deep Purple

[@VerreyckenGerd]

The technique is called hammering.

[@dannymoore6886]

These musicians were born in the forties. They were all classically trained before rock and roll appeared.

[@Scuba72Chris]

And then you have the audience sitting there looking like they're attending a wake.

[@chrislegner4816]

Insightful enjoyable commentary. And excellent job with your vocal play by play.

[@TubetakerBHV]

Jon Lord didnt play keyboards but his famous Hammond organ.

[@jeffmalloy8200]

This song was in protest of the US involvement in the dripping green Hell that was the Vietnam war. The multiple references to flying lead (as in bullets) etc. and the intensity and dissonance represents the chaos of war. As the saying goes..... war is long periods of mind numbing boredom punctuated by bursts of overwhelming terror.

[@psbarrow]

As Gillan has repeatedly said, it was about the Cold War, NOT Vietnam.

[@jeffmalloy8200]

@@psbarrow the Vietnam War WAS one chapter of the Cold War. It's supposed primary justification was to curb the expansion of Communism in Southeast Asia. The lie dragging the US into the war was the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which never acually took place. Just like the Iraq WMD lie led by baby Bush decades later.

[@psbarrow]

@@jeffmalloy8200 If Gillan wanted it to be about the invasion of Vietnam he would've said so. To us British at that time the threat of war was with the Soviets, not the Vietnamese people’s liberation from French colonialism and US imperialism.

[@jeffmalloy8200]

@@psbarrow back in the day there were protests in Britain against the Vietnam War. The youth at the time in both the US and Europe actively protested the Vietnam War and the state of the world in general regarding the back and forth conflict between the US and NATO and Russia and China. We weren't that far removed from the conflicts resulting from the effects of imperialist policies of many European countries and the US. Both the breaking away of many foreign colonies and the Cold War had been going on since the end of WWII. The Korean War and the Cuban Missle Crisis are more examples. All just different chapters of the Cold War. Hell, it's still going on today, look at Ukraine and Putin's threats to use tactical nukes.

[@psbarrow]

@@jeffmalloy8200 It seems that no amount of evidence from Gillan's own mouth that contradicts your apparent obsession with the song being about Vietnam is going to stop you from what you want to say, so I see no point in replying anymore.

[@norkannen]

One of the best screamers in rock 😈😎🥳🇧🇻

[@gordo0449]

None of the musicians are lacking, I hope not, Jon Lord on keyboard, one of the best ever, Roger Glover on bass, Ian Pace on drums and the great Ritchie Blackmore on lead guitar, rock Gods!

[@davidmoss2548]

It's very easy to do when you get off a plane after 14 hours to Tokyo and take a shower and change into stage costumes and go onstage under 140 degree lights? I've never heard of you. Ritchie Blackmore is just a bonus. The organ/piano player and lead singer are the stars.

[@standandeliver8376]

Good to see a music professional actually getting into the groove rather than stopping and rewinding it every ten seconds to over analyse it (like a certain other person on KZbin).

[@chrish3762]

a Masterpiece!

[@kurtsherrick2066]

Ian Gillian wasn't trained by a vocal coach. All his style and natural ability. My dad was a Opera Singer and Voice Coach. He was impressed by a couple of Rock Singers. Ian Gillian and Mr. Mercury. Pavorotti was a big fan Ian Gillian and they performed together.

[@bartrobinson2103]

Gillan

[@kurtsherrick2066]

@@bartrobinson2103 Oops! Can't believe I missed that. I need to proofread. The funny thing is I have looked at that name since I was 9 years old. I am 61 now. I have a excuse. I was a teenager in the seventies.

[@bartrobinson2103]

@@kurtsherrick2066 no worries I'm 62 haha!

[@kurtsherrick2066]

@@bartrobinson2103 Keep on Rocking!

[@johanbjork7433]

I saw Purple live just a couple of days ago. Three of the members in this video were there, and they still pretty much got it. For some reason they did not play Child in Time though,

[@johanbjork7433]

@Anyway the Wind Blows Yeah, probably. His voice was still surprisingly fresh, considering his age. He put up a really good Highway Star, for example. Child in Time is on another level though.

[@arnefl5549]

Me too. In Ålesund, 2. October, and they were great! Ian Paice was on fire, Roger Glover jumping around on stage like a teenager along with Simon McBride, and Ian Gillan far far exceeded my rather modest expectations. Don Airey was as always a worthy successor of The (John) Lord. What a band, What legends! Love em to bits!❤😊

[@johnp5351]

Guess what the reason was lol ? with a 77 y old vocalist?

[@TheHookahSmokingCaterpillar]

Me too, saw them in Manchester. Wish they'd done Burn and this. I know they've got 50 years of back catalogue, but still...

[@Scoobydcs]

GREAT musicianship!!

[@trixiebella]

Another fantastic classic rock song for the ages! Great job Maggie. Keep 'em coming!

[@jo.s7993]

I've always thought the slow vibrato is meant to mimic wailing & crying. The song was a protest against the Vietnam War.

[@johnterry1852]

Sorry I missed this. Just a note. Ian Gillian, the lead singer, was the original Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar.

[@ingridgabelo2934]

Es la voz, no quiso actuarla por no dejar la banda. El actor sólo hizo la "mímica" con la voz de Ian....

[@demiedualm5629]

pra mulher eh facil agudo ele era icone pra alcançar pra epoca...considere um show a parte

[@simply_psi]

Great reaction based on this I would love to see you react to Hocus Pocus by Focus Live on Midnight Special in 1973, I think you'll enjoy the vocals for sure

[@thesoundship]

Great reaction.....Thank you. You asked about fingerstyle on the guitar. Not many play like that. The best one (for me) is Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing (alchemy live) where Mark Knopfler play his guitar only with his finger. I guess you will enjoy his playing. Asking me, that is my favorit guitar playing.

[@MsGeoffh]

Fabulous band!

[@ripergrimm5910]

amazing vocal

[@cesarroberto4674]

I like your " Aaaaah,aaah, aaaajh"singing together with Ian Gillan. Fanny, ha ha!

[@kramerbassplayer]

Thank you Jerry

[@pmR32red]

Thank you Jerry!

[@andyrutherford203]

What i cant get over is the complete lack of response from the audience. Probably in shock as this would have been quite revolutionary at the time.

[@LynneConnolly]

It was filmed for TV. I went to a couple (not this one, unfortunately!) We were told that if we got up and danced, we would be breaching fire regulations, and they'd stop everything. Also, they would record the same thing a few times so they could get the best performance (I don't think they edited, just picked the one they liked best). It wasn't like this in normal concerts!

[@ket0_t0ne39]

Ok...Modern Day.....Check out Liliac.....they just released an Official Music Video. Title is Not Afraid (extended version) where they used LIVE footage from their recent tour. This is the song they OPEN each show with....then you try to hang on tight for the rest of the show, as they do NOT slow down during the entire show...WARNING: 20 yr old Female lead singer has some LOUD screams (8 of them!) Band is 2 sisters, and 3 brothers...Her sister is the drummer, their older brother is the lead guitarist...the youngest brother (15yr old) is on the keyboard, the other brother (16yr old) plays a rocking Bass.....

[@jacobmarriott7971]

You always make my day better!

[@bookhouseboy280]

The nearly 20 minute version from "Stockholm 1970" is a much better overall rendition than this one. The concert is peak early DP and one of the all-time great live rock performances.

[@alexchristopher221]

Ian Gillan hit A5 when he went up a notch in the screaming.

[@MsGeoffh]

Made in Japan is to my taste the best live album EVER!

[@HenrikRClausen]

Yes!

[@kevinlundgren1169]

All the members of this line up are top notch , the next vocalist they got was David Coverdale , he could sing too , but he was not IAN GILLAN !!!!

[@ingridgabelo2934]

Efectivamente, no era el gran Gillan ❤

[@Huepe12]

The list of the artist playing in this band is like the who is who in rock history Ian Gillan, Richie Blackmore, David Coverdale, ian Paige Roger Glover and the incredible organ player Jon Lord.

[@DanSmith-cb5vj]

He didn't have a ear piece. The original studio version on the album, "Deep Purple in Rock" is the best that I heard new in 1970, before you were born. When you do these reactions, maybe you could refrain from "voice blocking" and let your viewers listen and enjoy the song/music. It my understanding they never did this song the same in live concerts. I saw DP live in Houston in 1970. And this version left out some great vocals.

[@iain860]

Jesus Christ! What a Superstar! And Ian Gillan too 😂

[@a10-t9p6p]

Ian gillan is one of the best. U should do also mat bellamy from muse.

[@waynebrower5558]

Hand over the ear was the forerunner of the current earpiece.

[@BlueGene1402]

Pavarotti: huge fan of Ian Gillan & called his voice "a force of nature" This snob: WAT DAT LIL SCREAM? THAT MIGHT SEEM IMPRESSIVE TO YOU PEASANTS, BUT TO US TRAINED SINGERS IT'S DEAD EASY. I'M A JUILLIARD TRAINED SINGER. I CAN SING OPERA BECAUSE I WAS TRAINED AT JUILLIARD. DID I MENTION I WENT TO JUILLIARD?

[@ЛевВечканов-ж6е]

Взрывоопасная композиция для соседей))))

[@borisbabich]

You're refreshing. Thank you.

[@michaelbuttner4262]

I love this Song , 1970 i was 3 years old

[@richardspencer7038]

Ian Gillan was the singer in Deep Purple at this time, an amazing voice, you should try him singing When a blind man cries live, another great performance.

[@damianvc31]

And he is right now

[@chabirandjeanmarc7032]

John lord was one of the 3 or 4 best keyboards players of the rock history

[@josephparker9312]

Just another note about the band, specifically the drummer. Doesn't he remind you of Joey Ramone? Lips and hair kind gives me that vibe.

[@davidshawcross5884]

a good song spoilt by your singing

[@brucecronin6396]

Love you, great reaction to a great song !! The technique Blackmore was using is "Hammer-On" and played with only the left hand holding down on one note and the middle finger hammering on the next fret. (same string). No picking with the right hand...

[@johnp5351]

Why do you think they never perform this now Ian Gillan is 77 ? lol

[@gibmichdiekirsche420]

I don't think that there were earplugs of that small size available in the late sixties/early seventies. Gillan literally closes his ear by pressing a finger on his auricle just to better up sensation for his own voice.

[@schmaler68]

I have a awesome Band for you to react. It`s "Dirty Loops" from Sweden. Because you are a singer, I think the best to react is the song "breakdown" or "next to you" ... groovy regards, Kay

[@michaelsalisbury1960]

my favourite band you turned into a total rock chick watching that i think you would of loved being around in those days

[@collinnicholasns]

This is a great song from deep purple, you should check out lazy, it's not as heavy on the vocals but an amazing performance of the band as a whole.

[@norkannen]

Ian was the original Jesus Christ Superstar 😋😎