Now we’re gonna talk about Deep
Purple, one of the greatest bands all around the world, you know. We want
to review one point in his particular world: the official promo video clips. Purple’s not the best band in this
visual world, we really know about this. That’s for sure.
The promo video clip isn’t much older, one of the first videos ever made
would be “Let there be rock”, from
veterans hard rockers AC/DC, this
track was visually recorded in a short clip back in the seventies.
The official promo videos grow up in the eighties with TV’s shows and
musical channels like MTV and
suchlike. What was being shown in MTV
were the songs that people immediately known. The promo clip was the live home
video and dvd big brother, it has had to fight in order to get his place in the
music business. Nowadays you tube
thing makes the promo video existence easier.
Deep Purple has always been a
difficult relationship with video clips. Some group members have publicly said
that they aren’t interested in promo videos at all. Even there’s one video that
seems to be a joke talking ironically about the promotional clips. They usually
release home videos with full shows and related documentaries. Anyway there are
some great official promo videos and some obscure gems out there. It could be
that a recording would see the light of day even if has been hidden in the
vaults for more than forty years, anything is possible with Purple. Please join us to taste a bit
of Deep Purple's official promo videos
universe.
“Hush”. Playboy Club. Tv: “Playboy After Dark”. Date: 23.10.68
It’s one of the early known Purple
videos. It’s from the Mark I, with Nick Simper and Rod Evans. Recorded at the Playboy
mansion, Hugh Hefner made a cameo in
it, the sixties way of life. The band’s playing and people are dancing ready to
lose their control. Great.
“Hush”. Swimming pool. Date:
10.68. Released in 2013.
Recorded in a swimming pool, it’s funny and delirious. The musicians are
miming and don’t play their instruments, Jon
Lord playing a table, Simper
running with a wheelbarrow… and Rod
Evans swimming with a tiny and ridiculous bather. You should watch Jon’s splendid Chaplin impersonation. A very young Purple having fun. Good ol’ days.
“Black night”. De Lane Lea
Studios. London. Date: 6.70
It’s one of the early Mark II
line up promo videos. Those studios would be later the Ian Gillan’s property Kingsway
Recorders. Deep Purple showing
us his unbelievable potential.
“Strange kind of woman”. Date: 1971.
Strange clip released in one of the multiple Deep Purple documentaries.
It’s really weird and bizarre, absolutely necessary for every Deep Purple die-hard fan.
“Smoke on the water”. Video released in
2014. From the 1972 single.
Forty two years since the edition of the best known anthem in the world.
This song finally has got his own video clip.
“Perfect strangers”. Date: 1985.
The great come back of the classic line up at the end of 1984. This
video was shot at the “Perfect
Strangers” recording sessions. It’s filmed like a documentary and it’s full
of great moments. I remember when Blackmore
said hello to the other members and when he came to Gillan he initially refused to shake Ian’s hands, just like a joke… and Gillan answered too. British humour.
“Knockin’ at your back door”. Date: 1985.
It’s another great tune from “Perfect
Strangers”. They released up to four promo videos. Purple was going all the way with this album.
“Nobody’s home”. Date:1985.
This video was recorded live at the Providence Civic Center. Live
sound, not from the album.
“Under the gun”. Año 1985.
Last “Perfect Strangers”
video clip. It was assembled with some shots from other videos. Again for
die-hard fans
“Call of the wild”. Date: 1987.
The first single from “The House
Of Blue Light”. With this video they
claimed their totally lack of interest about promo video clips. The plot was a
producer who called to everyone searching to star the video and the players
declined the proposition one by one. The video starts with Gillan laughing and saying a big no. Blackmore
was especially jokey, the producer phoned to his secretary white he was tapping
his guitar. The man in black didn’t answer to the secretary and kept playing as
if nothing ever happened.
“Bad attitude”. Date: 1987.
Another track from HOBL.
Featuring Ian Gillan.
“Hush”. Versión estudio 88’. Date: 1988.
Great and tremendous version from this old Purple Mark I track. This 88 version was recorded when the group
was literally broken and Gillan was
almost out. Deep Purple at his best.
“King of dreams”. Date: 1991.
With Ian Gillan out of the
picture Deep Purple recruited the
vocalist Joe Lynn Turner and
released the great and misunderstood “Slave
& Masters”. Suddenly everyone likes photos, interviews and promo
videos. Strange things happen. The shadow of Ian Gillan’s flying everywhere.
“Love conquers all”. Date:1991.
Beautiful and sensitive song with a perfect video. One of the better Deep Purple promo clips.
“Sometimes I feel like
screaming”. Date:1995.
Calm after the war. The Man in Black disbanded and the new Purple recruited the virtuoso Steve Morse. This one was the first
single of the new line up. New vibrations came to the Purple world.
“Haunted”. Date:2003.
It was the first single of their new album. “Bananas” maybe would be the best Morse-Purple record. It seems like the band was searching for a
radio single. “Haunted” is a very
inspired song, full of emotion and tranquility.
“Vincent Price”. Date:2013.
Last promo video to date and maybe the best. From the cd “Now What?!”. This song is dedicated to the last Vincent Price, one of the better
entertainers of all time. This clip remains the B-movies. Look at the end of the video with all those wax statues.
Deep Purple: "Vincent Price".
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