Apparently you guys don't get Ritchie BLackmore's humour. The whole thing about Beethoven was all said tongue in cheek. The actual riff is from an old jazz song. Not sure if Ritchie had heard that and copied it or it was just coincidence. The riff from Astrud Gilberto czcams.com/video/ZVrgj3A0_BY/video.htmlsi=89GyBXFjJMZnsXM8. You need to take Ritchie with a grain of salt. He doesn't take himself too seriously and he especially likes to send up the media people reporting on the music scene.
The picture of Zappa and The Mothers of Invention is from the 60s. The line up in '71 was a very different band which included three former Turtles (Hoaard Kaylan, Mark Volman and Jim Pons).
During my junior year of high school when I was first studying music theory, a couple of my classmates came close to ruining this song and "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" for me. They would turn on the small keyboards that lined one wall of the chorus room and repeat those riffs over and over again. From my part, if I was into anything like they were into either of those songs (such as "25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago), I always tried keeping it to myself and finding out if people could enjoy them the way I did. If they didn't, I tried to keep them to myself.
Sometimes you have to go beyond what an artist records and watch a video like this to understand how talented a musician really is. This video shows Richie Blackmore is much more than an opening guitar riff on a rock song.
I have the highest regard for Ritchie Blackmore - it is, however, back to those live recordings of the early 1970s that I always turn when I want to hear this track - and, in particular, this riff - neither Ritchie nor his successor - Steve Morse - in Deep Purple - after DP re-formed in 1984 and in succeeding years ever played this track as well imo. Then again Ian Gillan never sung it as well as he did in the early 1970s. Those were the glory days ! I’ll listen out for how Simon McBride - Morse’s successor - plays it - Morse and McBride are, of course, v. talented - personally, I think the guitarist who composes a particular guitar part is most likely to have the “best feel” for it.
Apparently you guys don't get Ritchie BLackmore's humour. The whole thing about Beethoven was all said tongue in cheek. The actual riff is from an old jazz song. Not sure if Ritchie had heard that and copied it or it was just coincidence. The riff from Astrud Gilberto czcams.com/video/ZVrgj3A0_BY/video.htmlsi=89GyBXFjJMZnsXM8. You need to take Ritchie with a grain of salt. He doesn't take himself too seriously and he especially likes to send up the media people reporting on the music scene.
For confirmation watch the interview he gave with Roger Glover around 1980 in Rotterdam, when he was asked about being injected with musicians.
Yeah, I know. Richie told me to ask you how Pussy is doing?
Oh boy this is new information. You are onto something.
The only riff I was ever able to play on a guitar!
The picture of Zappa and The Mothers of Invention is from the 60s.
The line up in '71 was a very different band which included three former Turtles (Hoaard Kaylan, Mark Volman and Jim Pons).
... because he had a different band every other day
Lazy and Child In Time are my favourite Deep Purple songs.
During my junior year of high school when I was first studying music theory, a couple of my classmates came close to ruining this song and "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" for me. They would turn on the small keyboards that lined one wall of the chorus room and repeat those riffs over and over again. From my part, if I was into anything like they were into either of those songs (such as "25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago), I always tried keeping it to myself and finding out if people could enjoy them the way I did. If they didn't, I tried to keep them to myself.
Ritchie has already guaranteed his place in Guitarist history. Any Rock fan worth his sort will always have Ritchie in their top ten.
Sometimes you have to go beyond what an artist records and watch a video like this to understand how talented a musician really is. This video shows Richie Blackmore is much more than an opening guitar riff on a rock song.
Nigel Tuffnel
Lol....try Whole Lotta Love Heartbreaker or Kashmir!
I have the highest regard for Ritchie Blackmore - it is, however, back to those live recordings of the early 1970s that I always turn when I want to hear this track - and, in particular, this riff - neither Ritchie nor his successor - Steve Morse - in Deep Purple - after DP re-formed in 1984 and in succeeding years ever played this track as well imo. Then again Ian Gillan never sung it as well as he did in the early 1970s. Those were the glory days ! I’ll listen out for how Simon McBride - Morse’s successor - plays it - Morse and McBride are, of course, v. talented - personally, I think the guitarist who composes a particular guitar part is most likely to have the “best feel” for it.
Old brasilian song
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I thought they were going to be the next Beatles. They should have been, but they fell apart.
Richie has a hairy lip.