Monday, September 29, 2008

Deep Purple September 15

Go to their websites and read their own words and they try and tell you they have moved on from the sound that made them great in the 70's. Well they lie. This is a band that don't know how not to rock! Yes there was material from the latest album but come on guys this crowd got jumpin' when some of the greats started to get bashed out. Black Night, Smoke on the Water and Highway Star all had the 3000 or so leaping about.
An incredibly polished performance from what they say is one of the hardest working bands on tour and when you look at their schedule you have to believe it. Good fun, good rock, good quality musicians, the only downside is remembering all those great songs the first time round, hey ho.
I've never seen so many black t-shirts in one place before and I've been up the front at a few rock concerts including a Hawkwind concert. (OK a long time ago.) And as for the aroma wafting through the Palmarena, I think most of us managed to get high even though it was impossible to get near a bar for the complete concert. But the upside to that was introducing the country folk to the 24/7 Cafe after, with a couple of beers and a burger.
Come on guys more rock less jazz, please!

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