Deep Purple

This week’s artist was Deep Purple. It actually went a little over a week because we were too busy to sit down and talk about it.

The album that they had to listen to was Machine Head. They also listened to various other songs, and they listened to Burn.

I asked them what the song “Smoke On The Water” is about. We had discussed this already. They said that it was about a building that caught on fire, and the fire reflecting on the water. That’s where three visual for the title of the song came from. Not a bad recollection. I had given them more details than that (where exactly it happened, why it happened, etc), but they didn’t remember that.

I asked them to discuss the use and sound of the organ in the band. They said the organ was like a piano, and that not a lot of bands used an organ, so it made their sound unique.

I asked what they thought makes Deep Purple important to classic rock. They said because they use an organ. Granted, it was a bit of a tough question, so I guess I can be satisfied with that result.

This week’s Weekly Music Artist Challenge artist is R.E.M., and the required album is Out Of Time.