I realize "Hush" is from the 60's....and the last two were sung by David Coverdale of Whitesnake fame....anyway, I chose Space Truckin' followed By Hush and Woman From Tokyo....I also would probably be better off not hearing Smoke On The Water to much more though ::)

"Highway Star." That song makes me want to STOMP ON THE GAS!!!

AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH Smoke on the water.  :( That song makes me CRINGE. We lived next door to a band and that was the ONLY song they knew how to play. It was like I was listening to it 24/7 and they were totally awful. :o  Now, I can't listen to that song at all. Also because of that BAD, BAD experience, I never really listened to ANY Deep Purple.




Cat

"Smoke On The Water"  :)

"Smoke On The Water"  :)
That's just wrong, Karen.... ;D

"BURN" absolutely! This is THE song.
Nothing's gonna be the same. Makes you burn with a wave of hand!

how about "no one came" from "fireball" or "supertrooper" from "who do we think we are?" ?

AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH Smoke on the water.  :( That song makes me CRINGE. We lived next door to a band and that was the ONLY song they knew how to play. It was like I was listening to it 24/7 and they were totally awful. :o  Now, I can't listen to that song at all. Also because of that BAD, BAD experience, I never really listened to ANY Deep Purple.




Cat
that"s so funny!! i just pointed out to a friend of mine as we watched a commercial for fender guitars during the grammy's or something that the ad was so funny because they showed all these little kids trying to learn that song on their first guitars because, of course, it's the easiest song in the world to play. if that's the only song your band knows, then that is pretty pathetic....but funny!!!!!!

"Highway Star." That song makes me want to STOMP ON THE GAS!!!
definitely!!! i used to play that in various cover bands and it was always the high point of the night. absolutely cooks from beginning to end. there's an interesting version of it that's played regularly on vh1 classic(what isn't played regularly on vh1 classic - same video's over and over) - it's live in a studio somewhere, and apparently performed previous to recording the album version since the lyrics are alot different (sounds like ian gillian is just making them up on the spot).

Other - 'Black Night'. 

I have this on 45, so it's a sentimental fave. :)

Other - 'Black Night'. 

I have this on 45, so it's a sentimental fave. :)


Oh, absolutely! I was virtually 'brought up' on this number...

The riff was stolen from The Blues Magoos' 'We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet' (itself a great song...)

Once again I'm with Moo and Paul -" Black Night".  A school dance favourite. ;D

I've just bought the Best Of Deep Purple for my son's 11th birthday!  He loves "Smoke On The Water" - he also asked for the Best Of Chuck Berry and Blink 182. :D :D

AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH Smoke on the water.  :( That song makes me CRINGE. We lived next door to a band and that was the ONLY song they knew how to play. It was like I was listening to it 24/7 and they were totally awful. :o  Now, I can't listen to that song at all. Also because of that BAD, BAD experience, I never really listened to ANY Deep Purple.




Cat
that"s so funny!! i just pointed out to a friend of mine as we watched a commercial for fender guitars during the grammy's or something that the ad was so funny because they showed all these little kids trying to learn that song on their first guitars because, of course, it's the easiest song in the world to play. if that's the only song your band knows, then that is pretty pathetic....but funny!!!!!!



I have seen that commercial and I felt like I was going through a time warp because it sounded a lot like that band. http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/sprachlos/speechless-smiley-040.gif



Cat

Highway Star

Other - 'Black Night'. 

I have this on 45, so it's a sentimental fave. :)


Oh, absolutely! I was virtually 'brought up' on this number...

The riff was stolen from The Blues Magoos' 'We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet' (itself a great song...)


Was it ?  I don't think I know that song Paul  :-\

Other - "Strange Kind Of Woman" (B side to Black Night)  :)

I voted Highway Star....but I forgot about Black Night!

Like mandamoo I have it on an old 45 - great stuff. I love the drum sound on the record.

Ive got 3 that are my favorites that arent mentioned...

-Kentucky Woman-Who would have thought hard rockers like Purp would remake a Neil Diamond song?

-Lazy-Off Machine Head, a greal duel between Jon Lord and Richie Blackmore

-Knocking at Your Back Door-From the DP Mark II reunion in the mid-80s that actually was one of the highest charting songs

I picked  Highway Star off the list, but my favorite is Strange Kind of Woman

Hey I saw Deep Purple last month,  they still have it  they rocked.  ;)

Hey I saw Deep Purple last month,  they still have it  they rocked.   ;)
I always thought Ritchie Blackmore was under-rated :(

I used to be a big fan of Highway Star and Woman from Tokyo, but I got burned out on both of them... :P

Now I would have to go with Kentucky Woman.

They also did a nice version of "Help" - which shows what a decent band can do with a Beatles song... ;)

Woman From Tokyo

Smoke On The Water  8)

Smoke On The Water 8)

Same here O0

Smoke On The Water

I chose other;

April...From the self titled album (1969)

Highway Star for me.

I always thought Ritchie Blackmore was under-rated :(
take heart, when i was first learning to play guitar ritchie was definitely one of the big influences, among guitar gearheads he's one of the all-time greats.