Coolest Shit Ever: Deep Purple Live Video “Gypsy’s Kiss” Paris 1985
25 Aug, 2010 in Coolest Shit Ever, fnord, music
I saw Deep Purple on this tour, Youdopia. It was the Perfect Strangers tour, in 1985. The classic, “Smoke on the Water” lineup of Deep Purple reunited for an album and a tour. Both were excellent. Cheesy? A little, but much of the 80′s factor can be mitigated by the honest awesomeness of this band. What keeps the Hammond Organ from being a gag, is the mastery and badassedness with which it is played. Richie Blackmore’s sourpuss and Roger Glover’s Miami Vice look are excused when you hear them play live.
When my friends and I saw them in Worcester, in 1985, it was an event. I got very into Deep Purple leading up to the show. They were amazingly tight, fun, and fucking great. The talent is huge, the spectrum just isn’t that wide for classically tinged steppenwolfy cock rock. It’s all good. This video is from a Russian tube site, so let it buffer. Let me know what you think, but I think this music is the Coolest Shit Ever.
Love that overdriven Strat tone! Perfect Strangers is a cool album…a bit dated, and iffy lyrics, but great sprit and playing. I still have it. And their Live in Japan has got to be among the top 10 best hard rock albums ever, IMO.
Thanks, August! Yes, Deep Purple never made the full leap to transcendence, but that tour was undeniably awesome, and it was awesome in a way that was timeless. There’s nothing like a super tight band firing on all cylinders.